Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Daiti Utah $15 00 in county $18 00 out of county 6 months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) IJSPS Copy 50c Vol 77 No 23 Dec II 1986 Similar costs expected in 1987 Murder case expenses stagger county budget A staggering $I(X)(XX) has been spent on investigation and prosecution in the Sharon Sant murder ease and Millard County officials expect to spend a similar amount on the ease next year even as (hey arc woiking to cut a thiid from the 1987 county budget Millaid County Commissioner Warren Jensen said the estimated cost of the ease is probably conservative since such us many associated costs employee wages and jail housing penses uic dill'icult to Hack is that we have "My understanding spent at least $100000 and we have been told to expect that we could end up spending a quaitcr million dollar s by the time the ease is finished" Commissioner Jensen said Trial for accused teen killer Cieorge Hamilton (who has waived a juty) is not scheduled until March 1987 If convicted of the August 1985 murder ol illmorc teen Sharon Sant Hamilton could face the death penalty which would require a separate hearing probably with a juty Because Hamilton cannot afford legal counsel the county by law must pay for both prosecution and defense in the case through trial penalty hearings and at least two appeals In anticipation of these growing costs county commissioners have quadrupled the public defender lunds in the proposed 1987 budget in the amount of $100 (XX) Another $20000 line item has been earinaiked specifically for the murder case The county attorney’s office had asked for $40 000 in 1987 wanting the commissioners that costs could end up totalling $250 by lime the case is completed 1 he but den of this single case comes at a had time for the county since ard trying to finalize a budget that anticipates a 33 percent decline in icvenues over the next 12 Attempted murder charges filed against motel manager The manager ol illmoic’s H Anna Motel will be airaigned this week in Disliict Court on charges of attempted homicide after he allegedly attacked woman and savagely beat a staying overnight last week at the motel during a trip from California to Salt I ake City 48 of Charles Thomas Ctawloid lllmote Ohio was ariested at another motel the next morning vheie he was unJcV ficticious a numej acreglsteie'd cording to police He reportedly had ’been working as motel manager for only month The Sheriff's department said the was woman was attacked Wednesday evening Dec 3 at about 10 pm After surviving a severe beating she managed to crawl to a nearby business establishment for he v She was rushed to the Fillmore Community Medical was Center where her condition stabilized ler name was not released was also The suspect Crawford with chatged aggravated butglary and after it was robbery aggravated discovered that motel cash receipts weie missing police said fhursday Fillmore Precinct Justice of the Peadc Ronald Hare set bail for the suspect at $l(X)000 Police have no motive for the crime and do not know of any connection between the victim ot suspect (i months The only help given the county has from a small been some $10 Statewide Association of Prosecutors emergency fund which helped defray costs of special counsel ftom the state attorney general's office The lack of monetary help from the state is a problem that Commissioner Jensen said needs to be corrected "If the law is going to dictate how much we have to suppoit out indegent defendants then the state should have some system for aiding counties that can't possibly al fort to do this type of expensive prosecution" he said The commissioner added that the problem is statewide and should be born equally by taxpayers "In most of these cases it is just a matter of chance that they end up in any one county Lor example in the Sant case if the body had been diopped just a few miles south in Beaver County they would be pi osec tiling instead ol us and they could piobahly alfoid less There needs to be some lot in of statewide piosecution system to handle these cases" Indeed the state legislature has the idea of a state prosecution system to addtess this problem But to Paul Doyden of the Statewide Association of Prosecutors iheic is not much impetus for a legislature facing a budget shoi fall to be pushing new programs “the need is clearly tlteie but the money is tight Millaid County and the other rural counties are not the only ones facing these high piosecution costs even the icher counties are in trouble" Boyden said his group's emergency lund lor helping counties with criminal piosecution was the taiget last year of fiscal the governor’s analysts was salvaglowever a meager $50 ed "I or now we have so little money there really isn't an emergency fund so the counties are pretty mudi on then he said Some money tioin a suijinigc on criminal fines is going toward emergenfunds but Boyden said cy prosecution the majority of it goes for the Victim und Reparations Despite this taint outlook tor help Hoyden’s group plans to continue the push for a state ptosecuiors system to help with funding and supplying prosecuting expertise to counties Causes lot the escalating expenses ol ciimmal piosecution are blamed on creasing populations and number of cases and of com sc on lawyers Boyden himself a Deputy Salt ake County Attorney said that defense aie working fulltime to figure out how to take cases on appeal making them tougher and more complicated "Just lot example" he noted "delcnsc attorneys have dtullcngcd the own” use ol voter rolls to pick juries claiming they don't icpiesent ethnic minorities Anothei example is the demand by defense aiioinevsthat jurors m Capital cases be sdccncd lor titudes tow aid the death penalty these aie relatively niv considerations which take tunc to appeal and consider" he said Meanwhile as Millaid County commissioners scratch heads trying to tiguie wliete miiidei trial lunds aie to come tiom they aie laced with the piospect ot two attempted homicide cases up lor nnuignmcnl this week One involving a teen gunman who shot but did not kill a illmoic woman and old man anothei involving a who hi hi alls beat a woman last week (see stoiv this issue) Energy efficient home building workshop to be offered Isn't everyone interested in making their homes more energy efficient? The Millard County Vocational School and the Millard County Building Inspection Department ate combining forces to bring a special class which is open to all coniractois as well as the general public The class will cover building updates on energy efficient construction techniques Dr Wayne Ringer from the Utah State University Extension Service will conduct the class which will be held on Tuesday December 16 1986 at 7 pm at the Delta Vocational Center Consider this announcement as youi invitation to attend A SPEC IAL celebration parly last week in Fillmore these folks were among the nearly 40 honored for making the Main Street sidewalk improvement project a reality Pictured are those who accepted certificates thanks at the party Front row left to right are Edna McBride lack McBride Abe Johnson Duane Bartholomew Randy Bartholomew Jerry Warner and Doreen Emmett Estelle Back row left to right are Ron Baker Donna Baker Tim Carling Evan Simpson Paul McBride Bennett Joe Warner Jess Bennett Wes Heward Craig Bartholomew and Mr and Mrs Dannv Waters AT Give ’'sV' Christmas to a needy family COUNTY NATIVE SON Don Walker hopes to make a permanent home on his ranch near Holden as he continues his nearly four decades long writing career He was recently honored by the Western Literature Association with a Distinguished Achievement Award MILLARD Oak City native honored for Western writing A Millaid County native son Don Walker has been honored with the Award Achievement Distinguished from the Western liteiatute Association for three decades of published work on the literature and history ol the American West Mr Walker was born in Oak City in 1917 and graduated from Hinckley High School Though he gained a PH D from the University of Minnesota in 1956 then spent 37 years on the University of Utah faculty he said that Millard he has always considered County his home He is the son of Leroy and ucy Anderson Walker and has many cousins still living in the D county He and wife Marjorie maintain a 150 acre ranch east of Holden which for years has been their summet home However they hope to move pei manently back to the ranch within the next few years Mr Walker has published dozens of short stories essays and articles on the A portion of his American West lifetime work was published in book form in 1981 as "Clio's Cowboys" which is a comparative woik on how historians have viewed the cowboy He is currently at work on a collection ot shoit stories about cowboy life and reflections and has plans for an ambitious work of comparative literature exploring the literary response to the “wide open spaces” in both America and Australia Mi Walker said that he considers himself a generalist among literary and historial specialists "Much of my work but I have moved through is scholarly several areas of literature and history including fiction and like to think of myself as not tied down to one discipline over another" he said conThe noted writer was a tributor to the Millard County Chronihe wrote a cle when in the series of ai tides on the history of the cattle industry in Millard County Wife Mai jorie said “We both enjoy the special flavor of the Chronicle Progress hich seems to us unique among small town newspapers We look forward to living in Millard County" Sub lor Santa in illmore needs youi help! Take some time out of your busy day and send a check or money older today Time is running out and we also need to know of families that will need Sub for Santa this year Please call lamily names in by no later than December 20 1986 (Saturday) so we can meet everybody’s needs We need to know ages and sizes in families Send donations to: Sub or Santa PO Box 1214 illmore Utah 84631 Call in families to Wes Hew aid dav or Shaii Ashworth evenings of East siders say thanks by Mark A molt Over 130 people enjoyed food danillmoie's cing and entertainment at POD building Friday night in celebration of the completion of the town's Main Street sidewalk project The citizen sponsored party honored neatly 40 people and organizations who either were property ownets who funded the project or people who worked to make it a reality "the beautification project included sidewalks and gutters which have given Mam Street a fiesh look and those ol us who appreaciate it just wanted to say thanks to the people who made it happen" said Evelyn Mallet ol Meadow one of the party organizers Delta volleyball star is 2A MVP Wendy Stanworth has been chosen Most Valuable Player by the Salt Tribune for helping the Rabbi' girls become a powerhouse m volleyball competition W'endy was credited with being an important factor in three consecutive state championships Delta coach Liz Wiscombe said Wendy’s strengths are in jumping anJ senior said the hitting But the "whole team deserves the awaid" Other Rabbits the honored by Tribune were Jeanette Larsen as a irst Team member and Sue Miller and Team Joyce Jackson as Second members 2 lake Property owners along several Mam Stieet blocks have been propot tionuiely assessed the cost of the improvement project hose people and institutions include Ron and Donna Baker Duane and Rula Mae and Randy and Craig stelle Bennett less and Belva Day CToyd and Rayma Day ondo Deal den Ronald C Dmrant William and Doreen Emmett irst Don and Atnola Bank Security Abe Johnson lullmei raiicis Jay and Daniel Co Investment kelly Earlene kimball June kyler Jack and Edna Me Bride Paul McBride Millaid County Courthouse W illiam A Sr Donald and Marjorie Muiphy Deanna Norton Gayle Winter rose: othaue and Ruth illian Rowser Rich Gciald and Jumoi Robison Gaiy and Man Kopei I tali State Division ol I’ai ks and Recteation Ray and Joe Wunct IB and Dan Wateis SM11 Helen Wmget (oip: Don leGiaiide ui net Rogei Rasmussen and uNila kimball and Paul Puekutd At the cclcbiation illmore City Reed Robison acted as Councilman Mistei ol ( crcmomes while ibiaiitn Gwen Himtei piesented the Ceititicutes of Appreciation civil said that many people volunteered to made the paity a success and thanks go to all Delta back is 2A MVP The Deseret News coach's poll has picked Delta High School fullback Most Dave Porter as the Class 2 Valuable Player lor the 1986 season after his instrumental role in the Rabsecond state bits straight championship Porter was noted tor having played the most minutes in the school’s Potter The history averaged 6 yards a carry and rushed tor 730 yards He had 1025 yards rushing as a junior He is a repeater as a Deseret selection News 2 A His brother Gary was the 2A M P last year in leading the Rabbits to their first title in 10 years 1 he Porters are the sons of Jun Poiter who coached Rabbit wrestling and football during the 1960s and 19"()s Also honored by the Deseret News poll were First Team picks Jared Smith Bret Draper quarterback Dusty Calhster linebacker k ano i Djve Porter Colt Moody lineman all ITom Delta High Three Rabbit team members also made the Second Team They were Justin Peterson teceiver Russ Henry and Ricky Porter back running linebacker Millard Wayne High lineman a Deseret News Second was Rowley leant pick as lineman |