Show pooraw Delta Utah $1800 In out ol county 6 months $1000 (In Advance) Copy 50c Senior Citizens (65 and older) $15 00 in county $18 00 out of County lw USPS 0 Vol 79 No 13 Sept 29 1988 Hamilton plea considered by Strader honored Full military honors were accorded Capt Kim Strader at his burial in the Delta Cemetery Friday Sept 24 cluding honor guard above Strader died of burns suffered in the crash of a jet at an air show in West Germany last month Right the flag draped over his casket is carefully folded Note the ID tags on the handle The flag was presented to Strader’s wife Virginia below as a group of Army Huey helicopters flew low overhead Taps was played Strader is remembered by his family and friends in a story on page 9 - - Request for bids on h ome built by West Central Utah Vocal onal Center of water users application - Fillmore Industria Foundation Shareholders meeting Two trustee’s sales Fillmore audit annual City completed in - Rezoning ordina nee planned County Public notices are printed on page 9 Publication of these notices are re quired by law They are your way of knowing what your government is doing They will continue to be printed in this and other newspapers throughout America as long as the people demand the right to know Regs could stop dump by Ken Rand A committee has recommended Utah adopt siting criteria for hazardous waste disposal facilities that would prevent Rollins Environmental Services Inc from building a $30 million cinerator at Lynndyl The recommendations by the Solid and Hazardous Waste Committee for minimum criteria for hazardous waste and disposal treatment storage facilities were presented at a public meeting in Salt Lake City Wednesday Sept 21 The Committee recommended such facilities be: - prohibited within five miles of the nearest residence - prohibited within five miles of the nearest stream lake or marsh - prohibited in areas with high- quality groundwater r prohibited in areas where can reach from the facility to within 1000 feet of a well in a year within or national state prohibited wilderness areas and county parks wilderness study areas required to provide emergency services such as firefighting and medical assistance Utah environmental health scientist Phil Burns said the zone was proposed because of a “great amount of public concern" over waste cinerators He said the buffer was ade - - was not identified At the Sept 8 hearing the court terviewed the jurors about the incident Each interview was conducted seperaie-l“so the wintnesses wouldn’t taint each others stories” Peterson said “They were interviewed individually in a closed court room one at a time Each of the jurors stories is now a matter of record” Hamilton’s case is officially listed as being against David Franchina Director of the Division of Correctional “It’s a jailer habeas corpus type proceeding” Peterson said “where they’re saying ‘You’re unlawfully detaining George Wesley Hamilton and we’re seeking an order that you have to turn him loose” The body of Sharon Sant was found 1985 near Cove Fort Her August both feet both head both arms breasts and her uterus were missing Hamilton was charged with second degree murder in connection with her death and trial concluded Aug 20 1987 A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to five years to life in that prison with the recommendation he be denied parole The state could make no case against an associate of Hamilton's who provided testimony Judge George Ballif presided at the Sept 8 hearing in Provo Attorneys Ron Yengich and Fred Metos Warren Peterrepresented Hamilton son and John Soltis Attorney General's office represented the state Yengich and Metos requested additional time to research legal issues raised by the jurors testimony The state has also been given time to respond Arguments are scheduled to be heard November 4 The judge has the option of ruling then or taking the matter under advisement and issuing a written opinion at a later date Peterson said Payback options sought Public notices listed in this issue The following public notices are listed on page 9 of this issue of the Chronicle Progress: Intention to create county special district involving roads - Cancellation of county commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday Oct 4 - Sheriff’s sale of real property Ken Rand George Wesley Hamilton convicted of second degree murder in the brutal death of Sharon Sant near Cove Fort in August 1985 has asked to be released from prison The request was made in Provo Thursday Sept 8 in Fourth District Court alleging there were “errors in the which makes the jury deliberations guilty verdict invalid” Millard County Attorney Warren Peterson said After the verdict August 20 1987 Judge George E Ballif learned a juror had a newspaper article about the trial in the jury room during deliberations “The juror pulled it out of his wallet” Peterson said “and he held it up and said You ought to know what’s in this’ or something to that effect And all the other seven jurors jumped on him and told him to stuff it back into said the Peterson his pocket” newspaper from which the article came quate to protect bi ith people and water supplies from ccr itamination But Maggie M filde spokeswoman for Aptus a company proposing a facility in Tooe e County questioned the need for a 5 pmile limit “I’d like to see the tech riical backup for that" she said Committee member Ken Alkema Director of he state Division of Environmental Health said the limit was “soi new hat arbitrary I’m not saying five miles is the right figure It could be m'j re it could be less But we needed sorn ething out for discussion” Other st i ites have less restrictive buffer zones Idaho has a zone while Arizona has only a buffer The sit t on which Rollins proposes to build i ts incinerator is at the Lynndyl Indu strial Park which is less than five mihes from Lynndyl residents and less th im five miles from the Sevier River Exer nptions to the rule would be alio wed according to committee e Secretary Brent Bradford if the committee “determines that there will be no adverse impacts to public health or the environment” Alkema said he believes few will be sought “If they don’t meet the minimum criteria” he said doubt if they would even try There a re so many other suitable sues in the s tate” Leamington resident Ruth Bradfield an opponent of the Rollins project was not convinced "This exemption thing makes me nervous” she said She called the committee’s recommendations measures that don’t go tar enough to protect Utahns The state Bureau of Hazardous Waste has until May 1989 to adopi siting criteria The deadline was imposed a week earlier by the state legislature as part of a moritorium on permitting of hazardous waste facility applications The intent was to have he criteria in place and all applications subject to it rather than have pernnis approved before criteria was formed Several companies are in some stage of applying for permits to build facilities including Rollins at Lynndvl several in Tooele Counts and one in Grand County Four public hearings will be held on the proposed The first is criteria 7 p m scheduled for Nov at Delta High School The other three will be held at Moab Tooele and Salt I ake City Written comment will be until Nov 14 Mail comments to Bre tab C Bradford executive secretary Solid and Hazardous Waste Commit tee PO Box 16690 Salt Lake Cits Utah by Ken Rand Despite some skepticism the Millard County Commission is continuing to consider proposals for impact alleviation repayment to the Intermountain Power Agency in an effort to reduce the debt to taxpayers A new proposal was offered at the 20 Commission Sept meeting in Fillmore by John Crandall representing Kirchner Moore and Company of Salt Lake City a subsidiary of Drexel Burnham and Lambert bonding company No action was taken Last month the Commission cancelled an election to get voter approval to issue bonds at a lower interest rate to pay off the debt The Millard County School District also planned a bond election for the same purpose Both were to appear on the primary election ballot Tuesday Sept 6 but IPA rejected the plan and the election was called off Commissioner Mike Styler said IPA is “adamant” they will not discount what owes the them county ($4666000) and they won’t pay cost of a bond issuance “But they said if will make that work can something you still fit within those parameters” Styler said “then they would probably agree to it” IPA spokeswoman Ann Garrett said IPA was concerned a bond issue could end up costing more than expected in bond and uncertain a fluctuating “And who’s going to pay market that?” she asked “The county taxpayers right? And who is the biggest county taxpayer? It’s IPA What we looked at was the fact that we were in a no win situation at either end of it” But the Kirchner and Moore proposal is “closing in” on meeting IPA criteria to accept a payoff of the debt Styler said The offer calls for a payoff in about five years Interest rate was projected at around 62 percent and banks would also qualify to buy the bonds Styler said The proposed bond election that was cancelled would have called for a rate of about 73 percent over 15 years The existing rate is 8 6 percent A bond issue would need voter approval But Styler said he has personally lost a lot of enthusiasm for a bond issue He said Commissioners are worried that if IPA withholds tax payments for any reason “We would be stuck with those bonds if we issue them” In the current situation according to Styler if IPA discontinues paying taxes the County’s debt to them is dissolved “We don’t want to go from the ing pan into the fire” Styler said ”We still want to have some sort ol an assurance from IPA that if they discontinue to pay taxes to help retire those proposed bonds they would then come forward and pay off those remaining bonds They have in concept agreed to that But we haven’t anvthing in writing ” In addition Styler said he is concerned voters might reject a bond issue in the mistaken belief that it represents a new debt He said apparently people don’t realize the debt already exists that a bond issue at a lower interest rate would actually reduce it “That one week we ran the bond election notice in the paper" he said “I had a lot of people ask me ‘What are you getting us into more debt for? We’re not going to vote for that’ Public perception is everything and if we don’t have time to explain the message which we don’t right now for the next general election it would probably fail and we would have just spent more money trying to pass it” County Administrator Robyn Pearson said another reason commissioners tabled consideration of the bond proabout what posal was uncertainty would happen if the tax initiatives pass “None of us are quite sure just exactly what kind of financial impact that’ll have” he said Anyway Kirchner Moore and Company still has some homework to do Styler said “We raised some questions he didn’t have some answsers to so that’s where we left it” Styler said the County intends to pav IPA early anyway by giving them tax credits early “That would give us much the same savings Kirchner and Moore was talking about" he said “I wanted to compare how much more savings there would be with the bonds over just giving IPA the credits early” Kirchner Moore and Co will return with answers “probably in several weeks" Styler said “there is no rush now that we realize that we can’t do it ’’ by the general election Pearson said “I don’t see anything happening before the first of the year if they even decide to do that” There is still a possibility for some savings Styler said which is why commissioners are still listening to proposals “I just want to make sure it’s worth the effort of realizing those savings” Japan subject of Library talk by Ken Rand The Delta City Library hosted a lecture and slide show Wednesday Sept conducted by Delta High School English teacher Jane Beckwith just returned after a year in Japan The Japanese Department of Education had invited Beckwith to teach English at a school in Hiroshima About 850 teachers from the US Canada England New Zealand and Australia were invited to teach in Japanese schools Beckwith was granted a sabbatical from her job at Delta High Her salary in Japan was paid by the Japanese government Shortly after her arrival in Japan Beckwith began writing back home correspondence printed weekly in the Chronicle Progress Beckwith wore a kimono as she narrated a slide show answered questions and displayed a wide variety of items typical of the Japanese culture Those items filled several tables along the walls of the City Council Chambers where the lecture took place They included brightly colored kimonos paper fans delicate teacups and items used in tea ceremonies origami rice paper and cards artwork of Japanese examples calligraphv clothing an abacus kites and toys and other items The slide show was based on pictures Beckwith had taken in Tokyo Hiroshima Kvoto and elsewhere A slide of a Tokvo billboard featur ing a sumo wrestler: “He is fiom Hawaii He weighs about 500 pounds While he was winning he was considered a hero But now his knees are gone because he was too heavy and they say ‘Well aftei all ne was " Hawaiian A slide ol many ait conditioners at a department store “There’s a rule called the three C’s In Japan vou know you've become successful when you have them a color television an air conditioner and a car Ol course they’ve revised that now Thev’re goand monev ” ing for microwaves Beckwith said Japanese electronics are twice as expensive in lapan than thev are m America Picture ori driving school "It costs about $2(XKi to get your drivers license and vou can’t get it until vou're about 19 years old The students in the school always are envious of Americans " Picture from inside the famous bullet train "We were going 210 kilometers an hour which is about 120 miles an hour " 21 Jane Beckwith wears a Japanese kimono The obi she wears is not iradtiionai Pictures trom the Peace Park in Hiroshima where the atom bomb was “There is a story that a dropped mother told one of her children who was suffering from the bomb that if she folded a thousand paper cranes she’d get better She was 13 when she died and she was kind of an athletic girl a runner guess when she developed leukemia or whatever it was The whole nation mourned for her” Pictures of women in traditional kimonos with the obi “Obi’s for kimonos can cost anvwhere from 3000 to 1500(1 dollars The obi is just the belt Needless to sav don’t have one of those ” Cherry blossoms Buddhist shrines ceremonies parks markets schools street scenes city and country scenes The people and places of Japan About two dozen people amended the lecture |