Show (4th District Court!r Q s Report Shelhe Dutton Excerpts from the Millard f oontv Fourth District Court Mondav B April 9 Michael Pichaco 30 did not appear for scheduling conference Pichaco has been charged w ith one third gree felony theft It was determined that Pichacho is currently serving a commitment in Federal Prison The State moved to dismiss the theft charge without prejudice Thomas Jesse Nay 22 appeared for initial appearance Nay is charged with two third degree felony charges theft of a vehicle and obstruction of justice The matter was set for waiver hearing on April 23 Richard Allen Fransis 22 appeared for initial pearance Fransis is charged with one third degree felony theft The matter was set for waiver hearing on April 23 Cathy W ilson 42 appeared for tial appearance Wilson is charged with one third degree felony distribution of marijuana A waiver hearing was set for waiver on April 23 19 Michelle peared and pleaded not guilty to one class A misdemeanor obstruction of justice The matter w as set for aiv er hearing on April 23 Eric Nolan Jackson 24 appeared for order to show cause Jackson is currently on probation for one third degree felony possession of a controlled substance and one class B misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia Jackson admitted to violating the terms of his probation Jackson was ordered to serve 45 days in the Millard County Jail with credit for 9 days served He may have work release Probation was terminated as unsuccessful Amberly Anderson 28 appeared in custody Anderson is currently on probation for one class A misdemeanor attempted witness tampering Anderson's probation was revoked and reinstated with an ditional provision that she serve 20 days to run consecutive with the 60 days she is currently serving Anderson may hav e day for day credit for the last 30 days of incarceration if she enters into an impatient dmg treatment facility Anderson is to undergo a substance abuse evaluation follow through with any recommend o MtHari awdj ed treatment and prov ide prool to the court of completion Chansy Phyllis Campbell 26 appeared and pleaded Not Guilty to one third degree felony possession of a controlled substance and one class B misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia Campbell told the court that he has hired an attorney The matter was continued to May 21 for preliminary hearing Campbell is to be present w ith his attorney Lee Ann Lomax Borunda 30 appeared for waiver hearing Borunda is charged with one third degree subpossession of a controlled stance and one class B misdemeanor possession of drug paiaphemaha The matier was continued for heating on April 25 Jared Glen Sjoberg 28 failed to appear before the court for an order to show cause Sjoberg is charged w ith one class A misdemeanor unlawful use of a finance card Judge Fyre ordered a $1500 Cash Only Bail warrant for his arrest Angela Price Jacobson 24 appeared for order to show cause Jacobson is currently on probation tor one class A misdemeanor dm ing under the influence Jacobson admitted to violating the terms of her probation Jacobson is to show proof of a substance abuse evaluation and complete her community serv ice A rev lew w as scheduled for May 21 Walter G Wagner 30 appeared in custody for sentencing Wagner has been found guilty of tw o third degree felony charged of theft by receiv mg stolen property and theft Judge Evre told Wagner that the crimes he committed were crime that could have caused substantial damage by taking parts of AT&T Communication serve m two different locations Wagner was sentenced to a term not to exceed five years in the Utah State Prison and ordered to pay restitution of $ 00000 to AT &T Lena VanFlcct 42 appeared in cus- e Mi''arJ Progress Countv National Volunteer Appreciation is being celebrated April with a theme of “Inspire by Example " - 21 In recognition of National Aolurueet IXIta (itv is Appreciation Week honoring Roberta Dutson and feed I osee for the volunteer service they perform for residents of the Vita area These individuals tru’y do spire bv example so it is fitting that they be recognized for the their ef forts to improve life in our omnium tv bv helping others without concern for recognition reimbursement or re numeration The I itv Council of I Via have ho sen ec il osee as the volunteer set vice man in IVlta this year He was bom in this area and has lived here all ofhishte lie and his wile a have entoyed raising their familv of eight children in IVlta He taught them to work hard and be giuvl citizens He is now 84 vears old and still going strong Here are just a few of the set vices he renders in tins communitv He loves to have things look nice and if he sees trash along the side of the road thal has been tossed out of car w indow s he stops his true k and pas it up and puts it m the back of his truck to haul it to ffc dump He helps mans widow s and shut ins uh tbeir weeds trash and the odd bn he can do If be secs a a ant fit in tow n that needs cleaning up he ill do it He loves be last year before Afemonal mg buev Day he chopped the weeds along the fence line of the cemc’erv so it would livok nue fit the people that came to over decotate the graves It a week to do Work is not all of the service he renders He his placed the harmonica verv well for over ht’y years When he was a voting chip he placed it in the I osee (he hestra for d ok cs about everv week When he was m World War II Acme missions over Germanv and livme in ngland he would rlav the harmonica almost every mght for Ins crew members to help build their moral Over the Iasi twentv vears he has placed with the "Old Time hddlers" in this communitv lach month thev give a progr lin firt the people in the Sands Apartments and the xtended ( are They also go over to I ilhnore everv month and plav tor the people overt there He also fines placing for finulv gathering and whenever he is ask to do so ‘mtoev"!?© OmraaDsti Cecil thinks our little town of is a great place to live and the association of the friendly people he has worked with over tfie vears The City of ffelta wants to thank him for the service lie renders in our community Rccberta Dutson was bom and raised in Oak City and has lived mosl of her adult life in IVlta which she is verv passionate about She married Rohnd Dutson and had 3 Along with her own three she adopted and raised one child from Mexico one from Korea and three sisiers from II Salvador She has been a foster care provider for manv children in our area or the pad 16 vears Roberta presents a sing time at the tended are eac h eek Mie prov ides compassionate service for members of our communitv She is always he'ping with community and singing at funerals Her familv is erv important to her and she is a pit to them She is very lar of strenc-tactive in her church and is cunen'lv serv ing a temple mission She awavs brightens m nv lives with her cheerful enthusiasm and trulv inspires people bv her example ©©one Come Get Yours at the Mt Wheeler Power Annual Meeting sides k Tmj TneiM complimentary steak dinner will be served from 2:30 p m to The business meeting will begin at 4 00 p m 4 00 pm ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND: Saturday April VUIIM 21 GREAT PRIZES! 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R Arnl 18 tody for sentencing Van! leet is currently serving a sentence m the I'tah State Prison for forgery She has been found guilty of one third degree ony forgery and one class B misdemeanor that was committed while waiting for sentencing Vanlleetwas sentenced to serve a term not to ceed five years in the I’tah State Prison The sentence w ill run consec- - Our moon is now one day old on Wednesday the 18th after passing through its “New” phase on the 7th at 05 36 MDT One of the challenges for the amateur astronomers is the attempt to find the moon at less than 20 hours after its "New” phase cither w ith the naked eyes or just a pair of field glasses shortly after the Sun sets The slim crescent just barely lit takes some doing and practice knowing pist where it is located in the twilight sky However the upside of this that we will have a few days after the 17th for oh sen ing under good dark skies arly in the evening if we look towards the southeast we will note that it seems devoid of bright stars with the exception of one notable bluish col00 magnitude This star is Spica in the constellation ored one at exactly ot Virgo "The Virgin" This constellation is one of the 12 that make up the zodiac and which the planets apparently pass through as they orbit the Sun with respect to us here on Earth Although Spica is the 16th brightest star in the heavens it is also an interesting astronomical wonder Its opposition date (date which Spica passes the zenith at midnight) is April the 13th Its spectral hot star of the “helium" class To bum class is Bl making it lium requires temperatures well above 20 million degrees Kelvin and in this case Spica is 2300 times more luminous than our Sun Spica is about 275 light years from us fortunately lor our solar system It is a double star in which the companion cannot be resolved with a telescope and was discovered by use of the spectroscope Both stars are very close together having a period of revolution of only 4 days The primary star that we see has a mass of 0 9 times greater than our Sun and a diameter of 7 7 million miles and emits 80 percent of the light that we actually see The companion a deep blue star has a mass of 6 8 times greater than our Sun has a diameter of about 3 9 million miles and the light that we see amounts to 20 percent From all of the elements understood from its orbital path about the primary star the center to center separamillion miles The two stars form a grazing eclipsing system tion is about 0 07 that is not noticeable to the causing a slight magnitude sanation of about naked eye The orbit of the secondary is inclined at about 24 degrees from the primary star For those owning even a small telescope Virgo offers a wealth of multiple star systems but its finest feature is its 3000 galaxies known as The Virgo Galaxy Cluster Anvone owning a telescope with an aperture of at least 6 inchill reveal over 00 galaxies As es will be in for a treat An 8 inch telescope aperture increases more and more galaxies will become visible The Virgo Galaxv Cluster seems to center at a distance of about 42 million light years from us with members extending outw ards to 70 million light years This is far at 2 2 million light years' greater than the Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda Compare these distances with the known extent of out universe as being 13 7 billion light years' And we must think again that all ot these galaxies in Vrgi are mov ing aw av from us at an av erage clocity ot 680 miles pet second The fastest one is receding at M5 miles per second' Space herein prohibits details about the Virgo Ouster but hopeftilly the below w ill help in locating some of the brighter individual galaxies Osnac utive to her current sentence and is to restitution of $2262 72 Cindv lee Beeny 33 failed to appear for review hearing Beeny is currently on probation for one class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and one class B misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia A $750 cash only bench w arrant w as issued Robert John Woldhuis 30 appeared for review hearing Woldhuis is currently serving a commitment of one third degree felony forgery Over the Faster weekend Woldhuis's children and guardians were in an automobile accident in Michigan Two of his four children were killed The court agreed to release Woldhuis to return to Michigan Woldhuis is to pay fines fees and extradition costs to the court within 90 days He is to involve himself in an aftercare program and ide proof to the court Miguel Roman Rodriguez 21 appeared for review hearing Rodriquez is currently on supervised probation for one class misdemeanor attempted burglary Rodriguez requested his remaining probation be convert ed to court supervised probation Rodriguez was granted his request Todd Allen Genessy 37 peared for review hearing Gennessy is currently on probation for one third degree felony possession of a See Court on page 13 pay |