Show Ml riiiii twriniinrinri-- J Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS COPY SC£ Vol 81 No 25 1992 2 January i Conviction of Hamilton Upheld kn'e n I l)i M If nbrand di rric Court i phe'd ' die r of ihc State of conviction of first degree felony H umllon who had 'on on three counts of George y appealed his 00 of error Tlie ruling by the high court was issed on November 22nd 991 Hamilton had appealed his conviction of the second degree murder of Sharon L Sant on the basis of (1) of the evidence to support the conviction (11) failure to instruct the jury on the nature and effec t of fingerprint cviui nee (111) improper admission of evidence concerning other violent aets by Hamilton Justices Gordon R Hall Richard C Howe and Christine M Durham concurred liiJt on the first two counts they found no error With regard to Hamilton’s third claim although the trial court erred in admitting the evidence of Hamilton's prior acts of violence the error was found to be harmless "Wc therefore affirm Hamilton's conviction'' siaies the opinion Sant was a student at Sharon Southern Utah State College in Cedar City Utah during the summer of 1985 Around the end of July Sant told friends at the College at she was returning o her hometown of f dlmore to attend the funeral of another friend On Angus! 1st after failing to obtain Sant started to other transportation hitchhike from Cedar City to Fillmore Sant never arrived in Fillmore and was reported missing on August 6th Ham: ton and cc w otker Robert Boll were seen ith a woman later identified lobe Sant on August 1st pure hasing beer at a mini mart m Parowan Utah When Sam's body was discovered on August ltuh by Utah Department of Transportation inkers near Cove Fort Utah beer cans bearing the fingerprints of Hamilton and Bolt were disetivered at the scene of the grave site Both Hamilton and Bolt were rested and charged with first degree murder and aggrav a'cj kidnapping The prosecutor granted Bolt immunity and he was never tned Though Hamilton was convicted on amended information of second degree murder because of jury misconduct during Hamilton’s first trial that conviction as set aside and a new trial was ordered After the second tral the new jury panel found Hamilton guilty of second degree murder Hamilton was appealing his conviction from the second trial Hamilton appeal contended that there was insufficem evidence that he participated in the murder of Sharon Sant that the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury that before it could consider the fingerprint cs idenee against lamdton it must determine that the fingerprints at the scene were left at the time of die murder and finally that the trial court erred when it allowed the State to introduce evidence of his specific aus of violence against a witness w ho w as not a ictim of the crime w nh w hu h he w as charged Christmas Rollover Proves Fatal John Roy Lessee 8? of Sugarvillc suffered minor physical injuries when the car he was driving on Christmas 6ifcw evcmngovcrtumcdonHighway miles west of Delia Rev a Roy 's 77 year old w lfc w as pronouns cd dead at Delta Regirmal Medical Center The accuhnt occurred at approximately 6 15 pm according to Utah H ghway Patrol rcpixts Apparently Mr Losee's car traveled from the road onto a steep shoulder and as rolled he tned to correct die situation Rev a and Roy were named m Sugars die m 93 Historical Society Meeting Sugarville and North Tract Sugarvdlc and the North Tract will be the topis of the January meeting of the Great Basin H suvncal Ssvcicty Bob Jensen is in barge and will be presenting historKil mater a' and shdes The ty meeting will be beld m the Delta W pm 1 he Council Chambers at public is ins ilcd and ght w ill be sen cd p oy a Andrea Henrie lucky winner of $500 Holiday Cash prise adtVres her windfall while KSVC's Ken Colby looks on Delta Chamber of Commerce Cheese Factory Hosts Christmas Party Kate Hellenbrand Christmas Eve day found many of Delta's merrymakers crunched into the Delta Valiev Farms Cheese Factory for die annual Delta Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party Santa was there to liswish lists Elwin ten to Johnson and Cheese Factory stalfeis poured punch and filled tray s ith sweet treats and cheese snacks Radio station KSVC manager Ken Colby offered a running commentary and came and w ent looking for a place to sit down The big moment came at 00 p m when names were drawn for the $500 Holiday Cash Money Giveaway Aaron and Kara Bennett drew names from the Unforgiant box held by Glen Sw albcrg tunately the first tw o names draw n w ere and thereof people under the age of fore ruled ineligible The third time is the charm they say and after the two false starts Andrea Henric's w inning ticket w as pulled from the box Andrea Hcnne looking just barely over the 18 year old age limit heard her name announced over the radio and arrived in time to claim the cash “Oh my gosh!" she was heard to exclaim as Glen Sw albcrg and Ken Colby handed her the packet of vouchers Emma Lou Harris w as the winner of a S75 gift certificate from Christensen’s New Year's Day In 153 B C the Romans first called January 1st the Kgminr f ue year In the Middle Oges Cliis' ms changed it first to Us ciVi h'hihcdatcof Jesus'shirth the to Marh 25 the Annunciation With Pope Gregory Mil's calendar reform in the 6th Century celebration of the new year relumed to January 1st There are many w ays to send off the old year and welcome the new one In Denmark people make the rounds of their neighborhoods smashing crockery against tlic doors The noises chase aw ay the evil spirits of the old ear and prevent them from crossing thresholds into people's homes In Ecuador cash Emma Lou Hams gladly accepts $7500 gift certificate from Christensen's Department Store and Chris of Oak City won an Whirlpool microwave from Delia Auto Two hours after the party was over Andrea Henrie was spotted in the Quality Thriftway parking lot with several family members “I'm having a ball!" she exclaimed as she pulled out of sight She admitted that she w as putting some of the money in CDs Heavy Metal compact discs (not Ccrtificatesof Deposits) Hanson Caught at Canadian Border Kate Hellenbrand Ronald Edw ard Hanson had attended all of his court appearances during the summer of 1991 while the system ground through the steps to get him to trial on two felony courts Hanson had been arrested for falsifying stolen prescription forms from Dr Melvin Lyman distributing the drugs he had obtained w ith the fake prescription and for other forms of drugs and drug paraphernalia found in his apartment during a subsequent search by Millard County Sheriff Deputies Factual basis had been found for the second and third degree felonies Hanson w as facing When it w as lime Lx him to enter a plea he did not appear Public Defender Lawrence Hunt felt assured that Hanson would appear and made such statements to the Court asking fix the matter of Hanson's plea to be continued The matter w as postponed But Hanson wasn't comirg to the next appearance or any subsequent appearances Hanson had fled to Canada “We knew where he was" said Probcrt assistant to Ccunty Deputy Attorney Dexter Anderson “But I didn’t want to file the foxcign extradition papers I figured that chances arc he’ll be back" Georgcann’s hunch proved to accurate On December 20ih Ronnie Hinson the United States possitned to bly to visit family members fix the holiday s A No Bail Bench Warrant had been issued fex Hans xi withjt Utah and the warrant was picked up on the border computer when officials plugged in Hanson's name "Canada notified us" said George inn continuing that Hanson is new tw mg held m a Washington Statcjail and extradition paperwork is bcirg processed between Washington and Utah for Hit son's return to face charges in Mi! lard County Gcorgrann notes that cx tradition proceedings between the two states is nothing compared to that between two countries “Foreign extradition consists of 10 pages of paperwork then the County would have to pay for his transportation room and board and attorney in Canada The whole process would have cost S30(K)uj Gcnrgcann Hanson was not noticed going into Canada as he is officially a Canadian citizen and had no outstanding w arrants in that country Jr Livestock Show tagging Beef cattle fur the Mllard County junior livestock show w ill be weighed and tagged on January 111 992 at the following locations Mslntyre Ranch in LeamingAM ton from 10 2 Howard Basset's m Lfcha (1220 N 400 W ) from 10 00 AM to 2 00 noon 3 Scipio Town Corral 10 00 AM to 12 O0 noon 4 Holden Town Corral U) PM Anyone in the Kanosh area contact the Extension Office at to make arrangements Lx wcightrg your animals Maximum weight limits arc 8tKl pounds fx steers and 750 pounds for heifers 12 2M 9 Do you have a news tip? Call us at 8642 974 or 864-240- 0 Hogmanay The Fnt person to cross the threshold the first footer foretells the year to come The fa ion varies but gei rally if the iVst f 'Ur is tall and dark he year w1 tv g al one Hogmanay c akes arc out cl ikes civ cn to children In Spam cclei'rat rs uke a buns! of graxs and mast et twelve of them J last toll of the between me fi't N a T’ e feat midi g requires some eo erTat t't also rnraes aun-the Sw ) ear in c ii w'Ver you choose to cciebrate a nio't lrosxrous Sue essful end Sale N ) ia'1 figure of family makes the Ano Viejo the old year by sew mg together an old shirt and pants and stull'irg them with straw Families display him m a window and on New Year's Fvc everyone walkv through town admiring all the Anos Viejos Some children dress in bias k as the Ano Viejo’s w idow and beg for contributions for his funeral By midnight everyone has returned home and when 12 o'clock strikes someone lights a match to Ano Viejo as others read his last will and testament While he bums his “widows" stream and everyone breaks into a dance for the New Year In Scotland Dec end's r ''! is known as Fog Causes Multiple Collisions Kate Hellenbrand Many motorists traveling southbound on 15 early Sunday morning December 29th got more than they could handle when a frigid bank of fog sealed briefly over sections of the highway Within a brief period of lime front approx imatcK 6 30 am to 900 am collision accidents were strung from Scipio on the Juab Millard County line to the Meadow terchange south of T dlmore W hen the tliere were smashed fog had cleared fenders crippled and one completely totalled Utah Highway Patrol car U11P Trooper Dean Shields stated that amainglv more people were not hurt and chat most injuries were very minor Shields was anew enng a call to assist Millard County Deputy Sheriff Scott Corn with a rollover just a few miles south of the Meadow interchange when he hit a fog bank and slid out of control striking the concrete jenqv barriers on the side of the exchange He say s he never got a chance to as s st C orry rh h is three v k ti m s m the After colliding with the bamcr Shields stated that "while was sitting there a van behind me went out of control spun around and hit the jersey barrier ran ba k from my car and told the people to get out of their vehicle and get behind the barrier because didn’t w ant hat w as coming next to hit them" Shiclls continues "I went bask and got my car and basked up about 1000 feet got out with several flares and started up the road to flag people down so they would reduce their speed" “Psi'ple who would sec me would panic and hit their brakes That’s when they'd hsc control” Shields was trying todoert drivers into the fast ianc slow them down and alert them to the blask ice covering the h ghay “These people ere drv mg at 60 and 70 miles per hour ssxne even faster" says Shields “They wcu!J hit them brakes and slide past me white knusklcs and ide eyes and dsappcanrto the fog bank" he say s A semi came through bare!y missing Shields and when the inisk got between Shelds arid h s pairs'! car the truck “dcmo’ishmg" j as k knifed Shields’s vchisk “After I heard the crash couldn't see my car arymsxc " There was gxxi reason The semi had ht the car eo ‘or c Idly it krxxks'd the car off me road through a fence and over a cement dish and 120 mto a snow fcld “If bad put Lhc ’hrec people frcm the van this my car to keep warm would be a ss"t stsxy" says Shields a i ' 4 gerg a rew mvehde Hs cd car re fog 'th a semi UHP Trooper Dean Shields wllbe shows the wearad tear of tanging "I started running even faster" Shichis “Now u was a matter of telling drivers that the semi and the van were obstructing the slow lane “I thought I'm gomg to have to run a’! the w ay to Fillmore” said Shic’sie realizing the futility of his cffsxts as car after car came through the fog sld rg and crashing "I Figured Scott w as has mg the sane trouble at his end " OLtof the A second semi then lx'n-fog lost control and smashed into the Fret semi A Cadillac as hy a the fog had truck By the lifted some diflerrt vvhilvs were invo!v cd some stuck m the ned an Sgl Ev ans of the H ghw ay Patrol stated Ly that an add non a! four to foe other aciJcnts occurred but drivers had continued cm The I 15 hghwiy is a major thoroughfare for semi truks traveling to Arizona and Calif'- ’- a on Sundays to load up w ith cargo Shields has h'ghp'a scf x Sheriff Ed rhl ps the Deputies and Posse members ho am' ed on the Scene and closed down the roads “Time and time aga n e oJdn't stand a chans e out here if it weren’t for tticir Support "Most of the irjuncs wee minor" said Sr ds “The people went vak mto th the wreckers “ town me olv cd bc'o"gcd to the ho woe re tu g fro— - and Ruth's 5’d edd g ami versary party in Br gha— Cty Linda from Genda’c Mllc' a c as if m the car c cevuld hear a" thc c s sec a th mg behind stashirg tr:ocachothcr‘sad fader Linda 'r'r licmcr added “I The van M'r Hi fa— ly w heard one KuBx'ii KiRx'm This is and then a louder a climax is' our irp The Hum sons w be coitmuirg on to Quartz te Arizona Csrry rema'kcd that when he left Meadow at 7 t" an it was clear Shields added "it vo: from foggy to super soup as the foggy a r rov mg north h a vaei of cold ar " d and every thmg to ic As tve fog moved up into Scip-the same sencno began to take plasC there resulting m another “foul or Fvc" 3s The Fillmore der ls Msdsil Center’s ambulance was d spats! cd to deal wth a should r a d a head urv wsh sre believed to be rclauvcly mnor ass in the Deputy Garth V m is"ts trose ccs can be - c “That's what I rep’accsi" eys " aN'u ere r Nkhi :c adds uhat moet of these could haee been avoided if the dnvers h3d “:oi slowed down a Utile bit They d dn’t ht vlas k s the hole road w as Mas k e fro— ve Cs'un'y lnc " e'n down south In Scp o c F's rsknt mvolveu a BMW The ‘N po a— had Lhe bcc- - dispats'-etvc scrc VvTde UHP aCs dent haj no M as hell T'lX'pcr Pau’ investigating 'Mis me idem several other accidents A mi! ixcumed eamymg a father J djug" cr s'or'e were cd in a ce'll sion wuh a semi Lhe suffering a injury and the daughter ncce vmg a head injury a sue window when she (The m either and so" of the family w ere h also kft following m a Toyota Lve 'vad ryes bt pslp Com ned on page 2 |