Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley QtllL Utitl S2DQQ In CeuntY-- 2500 out of countv-- months S1300 in Advance) Cnnv inn Senior Citizens t65 and older) S1800 In county S2000 out of county USPS Vol 80 No 25 January 4 199Q Happy birthday Mr Fillmore! known on several issues: by a small margin they endorsed continued efforts to host the Winter Olympic Games in Utah - by a margin they voted to prohibit rather than permit hazardous waste facilities in the county side voters approved a tax and east to fund operation and maintenance of a new swimming pool by a margin Swimming pooi Millard County and the city of Fillmore put up $250000 each for con- struction of a swimming pool in the east side of the county early last year that It was quickly discovered $500000 would not cover the entire project An additional $160000 would ideas Several be needed were proposed including a concert in August by Michael Martin Murphy Several public hearings were held on the issue throughout the year including those required by law if east side residents were to be taxed for maintenance and operation of the pool The tax author - Rec District In February the West Millard Recreation District went into the bowling business when it leased the Pendray Lanes in Delta The decision to lease was made to keep the facility from clos- - Sunday Jan 7 1990 is the 190th 3 th presibirthday of Millard Fillmore dent of the United States Millard County and the city of Fillmore are named after him Dedicated followers of Fillmore pause each year at this time to honor him in what they call a "Millard moment of silent meditation” On Monday Jan 8 the Birthday for Pres Celebration Anniversary Fillmore will be held at the city library Open house is from 3 pm to 6 pm with refreshments of the and tours displays facility Two years ago a portrait of Fillmore was donated to the Fillmore library by Huntsman Dr A Blaine Huntsman bought the historic photograph taken by photography pioneer Matthew Brady from the Library of Congress Bom in Summerhill NY and trained as a lawyer Fillmore was first elected to the House of Representatives President Fillmore in 1832 He served from and again from In 1848 he was nominated by the for vice the presiWhig Party to run dency with Zachcry Taylor Fillmore became president in 1850 when Taylor died in office Fillmore served only two and a half years His most significant achievement as president was a trade agreement with Japan He also supported the compromise of 850 an attempt to ease grow- ing tensions between the North and South Fillmore himself opposed slavery but analysts today szy his support for the 1850 compromise ended his chances of He left office on March 4 1853 after his party the Whig's failed to renominate him He retired from public life in 1856 after an unsuccessful candidacy for the Party Fillmore died in 1874 Everest team on Timp Dove's Happy Service when DHS Acappella Choir sings at fund raiser (Editor’s note: The events summarized here were among the most prominently reported in the Chronicle Progress during the past year They are presented in no particular order) Choir goes to Paris Delta High School acappella choir members friends family and fans spent a great deal of the last half of 988 and the first half of 1989 raising money to send the choir to Paris in early July to participate in the celebration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution The choir sponsored shows parties car washes and other events and put out drop boxes on checkout counters in stores throughout the area to raise the necessary funds They needed about $2000 per person to make the trip The group of 41 students and 11 chaperones left for France June 30 and returned to Delta days later Hamilton retried George Wesley Hamilton had been convicted in 1987 of murder for the August 1985 mutilation He murder of Sharon Sant of Fillmore in prison with a was sentenced to recommendation he not be paroled But a juror had flashed a newpaper article about the trial to other jurors durHamilton appealed on ing deliberations Jan 27 1989 A month later Fourth District Judge George E Ballif overturned the verdict because of the juror misconduct and Hamilton was Hamilton was tried in late September He was found guilty of second degree in murder and sentenced to serve the state prison with a recommendation that he not be paroled Dove’s closes Some opponents said they didn't mind paying a little more to help out their neighbors on the east side but they did mind not being allowed to vote on it Only east side taxpayers would get to vote The commission decided to not have the measure printed on the Nov 7 ballot Instead they decided to dissolve both hospital districts and fund extended care out of the county general fund A tax increase will be required to do that A public hearing on the increase was scheduled for Tuesday Jan 2 Drought On July 20 Gov Norm Bangerter declared all 29 Utah counties disaster areas as a result of the drought Farmers and ranchers became eligible under certain conditions for aid Tinder dry conditions prompted extreme precautions to prevent range fires Few occurred in the county Several areas experienced water shortages including Oak City where water was rationed Reservoirs were down to extremely low levels As 1990 begins skiers and ranchers are still waiting for moisture Elections In early January two new commissioners and a new county recorder were sworn into office Frank Baker and Jer'E Brinkerhoff replaced Warren Jensen and Abe Johnson on the commission and Linda Carta became county recorder On Nov 7 voters went to the polls to elect mayors and city council members in 10 Millard County towns New will take their municipal oaths of office in early January In addition voters made their wishes ing which is what the owner planned to a lease oould not be worked ouC Thc move was the subject of heated debate pro and con In August the District announced it had accepted bids for construction of racquetbail courts and related facilities adjacent to the swimming pool in Delta Again voices for and against the action were heard loudly Commissioners became County concerned the District was spending too much money In early September they froze the District's authority to make capital expenditures without Commission approval do if Attorney’s office expands County Attorney Warren Peterson asked the county commission for help in March saying his caseload had him “stretched tighter than a drum" Among items on the front burner in his office were three homicide trials pending a major tax suit involving IPA and preparation of several ballot issues including the hazardous waste initiative Peterson got help To assist in prosecution of Michael Anthony Archuleta accused of murdering Gordon Ray Church Davis County Attorney Carvel Harvard was brought on board To assist with the workload waiting back in his office while he was prosecuting Archuleta Patricia Geary was hired as a temporary dcpuy attorney Archuleta has The work continues been convicted and sentenced but appeals are mandatory in death sentence esses And Lance Conway Wood also accused of killing Church goes on trial in February was ity was approved by voters in the Nov 7 election Funding sources are still being sought but officials are hoping the indoor facility in Fillmore can be open for business by late summer Student bill passes Delta High School students drafted a billinJanuary 1989tochangchowprofits from vending machines in public schools are used in Utah The law at the lime provided for machine profits to be used to buy textbooks but many of the machines are and the students were not consulted when the law was passed three years ago Students wanted the revenue to pay for dances and other activities DHS students Rex Butterfield Jackie Lovell and Sherilyn Johnson went to the state legislature in January to plead their case for House Bill 46 introduced by Rep Jospch Moody The bill passed and became law Hazardous Waste The same public protest that forced Rollins Environmental Services Inc to abandon attempts to locate a hazardous waste incinerator in Lynndyl in 1988 was awakened in 1989 when Rollins tried to locate the same facility at Black Rock The Rollins controversy prompted action in the State Legislature that would effectively limit the number of waste disposal facilities allowed in Utah Other restrictive measures also became law in the February session The idea of making hazardous waste disposal facilities in the county subject to popular vote was announced in January See 1989 Page T Dove’s Happy Service Market in 1989 wasn’t very The stoic in Delta closed in early March victim of the same fiscal problems that closed the nine other Utah stores in the Dove’s chain Authorities believe Dcon Dove of Springvillc owes Utah about $5 million in sales taxes He owes the city of Delta Dove was charged with 56 $110000 counts of several felonies associated with his failed business His trial in 4th District Court in Provo is pending The Delta store reopened last summer as an IGA store Observe school bus flashing lights Millard County Sheriffs office is vfccv concerned snout the increasing amour! of drivers of vehicles disregarding uTnooi buses loading or unloading children People driving cars are fussing stopped school buses with red lights flashing It is a Utah State traffic law that drivers must stop behind a school bus when it’s red lights are flashing and are not to proceed until the lights are off Sheriff Garth Deputy White slates this is a misdemeanor violation and drivers can receive a fine or days in jail or both and deputies are enforcing this law School bus drivers have complained many times of this violation and are turning in license plate numbers of the violators Hospital districts The East Millard Hospital District Board sought to mage with the West Millard Hospital District in late July The districts were responsible for funding care for the county’s elderly County Commissioners sat as the boards of both districts but that did not make the merger plan run any smoother The idea was to Iowa taxes for east For that to happen side taxpayers a taxpayers on die west side would see small increase in their Uxet It would amount to about a $1 hike in taxes on a $60000 home in Delta and about a $30 lax decrease on a $60000 home in Fillmore The idea was very popular on the cast side It wasn’t cm the west side ’’ it George Wesley Hamilton center 2 On New Year's Day members of the Utahns on Everest expedition were scheduled to climb Mt Timpanogo and set up a prolonged winter camp at the peak team is Craig Among the Bishop of Hinckley The group will maintain their mounto Jan 15 tain top sanctuary from Jan as a training exercise in preparation for their assault in 1992 on Ml Everest Several other mountains have been scaled in a lengthy detailed scries of training exercises in preparation for tb" exped ition but none have been so publ ic as the Timp climb Utah County residents with good binoculars or telescopes may be able to sec the team The group plans to camp behind Baldy the rounded hill in front of Mt Timpanogos “We expect this high camp will provide us with experience in extended team leader high altitude camping" Doug Hansen said “and help us leant how to betta organize supply forays from lower camps" Supplies were carried up Timp Friday and Saturday in prrparauon for the extended camp Bishop had carried heavy loads to the lop of Timp twice by Friday Hansen described Bishop as one of the strongest climbers on the team "He's an animal" Hansen said Execution date set Monday Feb 19 1990 has been set as the execution date for Michael Anthony Archuleta Archuleta was found guilty of murder on Dec 15 in death of Gordon Ray Church whose body was found in Millard County in Nov 1988 The same jury that found him guilty decided on Dec 20 that Archuleta should die for the crime He will be executed by lethal injection AF Fourth District Judge George E Ballif signed the death wan ant on Dec 21 Death sentences arc automatically appealed to the Utah Supreme Court No date has been set for the case to appear before that court Trial for Lance Conway Wood also charged with first degree murder in connection with Church's death is scheduled to begin in Provo before Judge Boyd L Park on Feb 20 project could impact school lands A spokesman for the State Division of Lands and Forestry said whatever amount of acreage the Air Force withdraws in the West Desert for it's proit could posed electronic battlefield have an impact or public school lands The Air Force has said it wants only 396 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Juab and Millard counties fa the project but a recent BLM letter said 455000 acres could be withdrawn scenario" as a Karl Kappc policy integration manager for the division said if the scenario was to come about it could impact up to 50000 acres of school trust lands Those lands are now providing revenue for public education through grazing and mineral leases School lands trust scattered throughout the state are based on an agreemnent reached at slalehixal a cen Utah and the federal govemmenL Foui sections of each mile township were sc: aside to support public schools through mineral and grazing lc ascs Kappc said if trust land is taken by the Air Force to create an electronics battlefield the state will likely look for a land exchange to recover lost income The most likely procedure according to Kappc would be to ask Congress “Given the to supervise an exchange history of negotiations with the federal government on trust lands" he said “wc wouldn’t rely on them" November jobless rate steady Utah’s N ovember unemployment rate remained unchanged from September and Octoba at 39 percent of the workforce The figure represents 28900 people in the state without jobs in November According to figures released by the Utah Department of Employment Security in the December Utah Labor Market Report“Low joblessness suggests a ‘full employment' scenario and a few employers report a labor shortage for Iowa paying jobs" In Millard County the November jobless rate was 49 percent It wax 45 in October and 5 0 in September The jobless rste in Millard County was 47 in November 1988 There were 5210 workers in the civilian labor force in the county in November 1989 compared to 5200 the year before representing a change of 02 perccnL Also in the monthly Job Service port The state added 31100 new jobs from November 1988 to November 1989 (up 46 percent) - Since November 1988 energetic service industry employment growth of 10300 jobs fueled job expansion - seconded by the retail trade industry with 7900 new positions The rate for the last three months tic for the lowest Utah unemploymentrate of the decade |