Show ft USPS 349 - 520 New Deal from Gun Warning Pcler Pikayval was serving a sentence for 3rd degree felony manslaughter at the Millard County jail when he decided to withdraw his guilty plea Although the 30 day statutory limit lowing for this action had expired the Court under advisement from both the proscution and defense agreed that a new deal for Mr Pikyavit would be the "best possible resolution" Mr Pikyavit decided to withdraw his plea based on a warning placed in national magazine that the rifle used in tire February incident in which his cousin Waylon Pikyavit was killed was defective The Pikyavit cousins were riding in a vehicle driven by Farrell Begay between Richfield and Kanosh on February 10th 1993 The three men had heavily during the day Supposedly some marijuana had been used by the three also They were shooting the Chinese SKS Assault rifle out ofthe moving vehicle's window as they drove along Allegedly Peter passed the gun over his shoulder to his cousin who was sitting in the back seat The gun discharged shooting Waylon in the head killing him instantly The warning from the gun manufacturer reads that “some of these rifles may have a manufacturing defect of the engaging surfaces in the result assembly which can without in the unexpected firing pulling the trigger or if the weapon is jarred or dropped" Mr Based on this information Pikyavit determined that the warning w as sufficient grounds fur him to with draw his previous plea of guilt In a plea agreement between the County Attorney's office and public Hunt defender Lawrence (Mr Pikyavit's attorney) it was determined that in the interest of efficiency and economics Mr Pikyavit be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea revert back to the original information accept the State's amended information reducing the charges from manslaughter to neglimisdemeanor A a homicide class gent have Mr Pikyavit enter a plea of guilt to the amended information and be sentenced on that basis County Deputy Attorney Dexter Anderson says “arguing the difference in my view would have gone on forever and ever This was the most efficient way to deal with it" Defense attorney Larry Hunt said that “it was based on all circumstances an understandable resolution” “Peter Pikyavit grieves the loss as much or more than anybody it’s a sad sad situation Without the involvement of alcohol with all three individuals including the victim this wouldn’t have happened In discussions between Peter the County Attorney and the Sheriffs department we all believed this was the best result for him" Fair plans horse show futurities The 1993 Millard County Fair Open Horse Show is scheduled for August 14 1993 at 900 am in Della Utah at the Millard County Fairgrounds There will be a full listing of classes from Halter Western Pleasure Western Riding Reining Poles Barrels and Keyhole for both adult and youth competition Special events this year at the Millard County Fair Open Horse Show will be the 1993 Weanling Halter Futurities for 1993 Colts and 1993 Fillies and a Junior Western Pleasure Futurity and a Senior Western Pleasure Maturity This is the second year of the Weanling Halter Futurity Last years entries were among the top weanlings in the stale The entry fee for the 1993 Halter and Futurity is S5000 before August There is a 909e $6500 after August payback for the Weanling Halter Futurity The Junior Western Pleasure Futurity and the Senior Western Pleasure Maturity also have an entry fee of $5000 with entries taken up to the day of the show There is also a 9&Z payback for the Pleasure Futurity and Maturity Last years Open Horse Show and Futurities attracted entries from Millard Sevier Sanpete Utah Salt Lake and Juab counties Make plans to be in Delta Utah on August 14 1993 For more information contact Ken Goward at County The violation was reported to the Bureau of Land Management and the BLM has banned the club from using public land for the next 2 to 8 months It is the first time such a ban has been violation issued in Utah for Darren Moody chairman of the 1993 Cheny Creek Race w as contacted three weeks before this year’s race by Lynn Ferguson of the BLM to discuss routes and the Sierra Club’s concerns "We were tar enough into it that the race was run" said Mr Moody But subsequent races are being reworked to accommodate the ban The Rockwell WSA encompasses 13400 acres of sand dunes where the fourwing saltbrush grows The plant while once widespread throughout the West is not found any w here else Mark Clemens the Sierra Club chairman found course reportedly markers in the forbidden zone and motorcycle tracks carved into the hillsides and washes throughout the area He called the ban a positive response to his complaint In a press release Mr Clemens stated that the ban indicates the BLM realizes that some improvement could be made in the area of signage fencing education and patrol Mr Moody says the Sugarloafers are willing to participate in any kind of service project the BLM designs “If they give us some signs we’d be happy to help put them up" said Mr Moody “We told them anything we can do to prevent this from happening again we’ll do" Mr Moody ex pres sea concerns that the area is poorly marked and vague “We have three route chairmen and we’re required to turn in a map at least 90 days before the race Everything that the BLM and Sierra Gub are having a canary over happened last year and I don’t know how it happened” Part of the BLM's concerns revolve around the cutting of a barbed wire fence leading to the WSA Any lime they cut a fence like that they know they’re not supposed to be in that area said a BLM spokesperson The Sugarloafers have approximately 50 members and race twice during the year The ban has forced the club to take a different approach to the fall race in October This year the club will present a Grand Prix race through the streets of Delta and on private property “We’ve met with the City Council and it should be a lot of fun" promises Mr Moody “I have had a lot of comments about this" he continued “But the Sierra Club is a force with a lot of money and a lot of backing They’ve been in California for years and now they’re in Utah Once they decide to fight you you're done They 've made it hard on a lot of sports and have shut down many races over the years" Tha Cherry Creek race is in its 33rd year and is the oldest "hare and hound race around” said Mr Moody Mr Moody has been a member of the ers since 1980 Dorothy and Ward Killpack Delta’s Grand Marshalls Ward and Dorothy Kill pack have years in service spent the last to the people of Millard County and they’ll both tell you they have been the best years of their lives Dorothy a graduate of LDS School of Nursing specialized in surgery and spent years assisting with both surgeries and obstetrics in the Delta area She on call seven spent from days a week During that time she also worked in the Red Cross Blood proPolio Clinics taught with gram helped Adult Education classes worked on the PTA as the Health person served on the Millard County School District Vocational Advisory Committee and was instrumental in the formation of the West MillaTd Historical Society and the Great Basin Museum She has always enjoyed singing and has sung with the Blue Notes and in the Messiah for the past 20 years Dorothy has been active in her church serving as president councilor or teacher in the Primary Relief Society Sunday School and Mutual A special love has been genealogy doing both research and teaching In 1990 she and Ward served a mission to Nauvoo which was a special experience Dorothy has been honored as a candidate for Mother of the Year for the State of Utah in 1981 Women of Millard County and this spring as an Area Giant by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce She has donated thousands of hours of service and still found time to read garden sew and enjoy sporting events Ward Killpack graduated from the University of Utah in accounting and later in Pharmacy Since 1950 he has been a pharmacist and drug store owner in Delta but he has been more than just a businessman He has been a servant of his church and community and has shown an uncommon level of love and concent for his fellow man He has served as Bishop Stake Clerk Executive Secretary to the Regional Representative High Councilman and full time missionary For two terms he served as a county commissioner in Millard County and a member of the Central Utah Public Health Board He has been active in the JC’s the Kiw an is Gub the Lions Gub the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce the Utah Pharmaceutical Association and the National Highway 50 Federation serving as a director vice president and president He served for eight years as a member of the Institutional Council of Snow College He also served four years in the Pacific during World War D and has been active in the Democratic Party in Millard County Ward has been honored by Southern Utah State College with the Honors Medallion and by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce as an Area Giant this spring Dorothy and Ward among all their other activities have alw ays held family as top priority They are the parents of six children: Karen and Roger Delta Ann Salt Lake Robert Logan Ray Edmond OK and Richard deceased They have 23 grandchildren 83 No 51 June 24 1993 Voters Asked to Decide About CUP Sugarloafers Slapped by Sierra Club and BLM Kale HtUenbrand In 1992 the Sugarloafers Motorcycle Club of Delta staged its annual Cherry Creek Race on Memorial Day Nearly a year later the chairman of the Utah chapter of the Sierra Gub look a hike through the race's course and reported that the Club had routed a portion of the race through the Rockwell Wilderness Study area near the House Range Resource area northwest of the Little Sahara Sand Dunes in Juab Vol t Part I of a Series Kale HtUenbrand On Tuesday July 13th Millard County voters will be asked to participate in a special election that could turn the tide in the County's continued volvement with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District better known as the CUP The election known as a referendum election is a direct vote of the people relating to the laws already existing about the CUP and could supersede or overrule the legislature itself For some time Millard County wa- ter users have been concerned about the CUP and Millard County's continued participation in the Irrigation and Drainage (I&D) portion of the project That concern has now spread to the Millard who believe County Commissioners that the project is no longer viable for the County and have therefore called for the election to see what the majority of the people think The biggest concern could be the complexities surrounding the CUP and the general confusion about the project “The County Commissioners have taken the position that they want out" says County Attorney LcRay Jackson “What they are afraid of is a low voter Most people won't come to an election espiecially a special election unless it deals with taxes But what we are talking about here is taxes property taxes The average person is a and they don't know that they are paying for the CUP now" Most Millard County residents are not aware that they are paying a portion of their property taxes to fund the CUP Millard County is presently the third largest contributor to the CUP fund paying $ 13 million (or 8 percent of the project's current costs) annually for a water use project that many say will be of no use to the Millard County resident It is anticipated that the first delivery date of any water would be thirteen or more years from now That $13 million Millard County is currently paying each year is expected to double very soon It was to have doubled this year but Governor Mike Leavitt asked for and received a temporary one year moratorium B ut w hen the moratorium is lifted that $13 million that Millard County residents pay now will immediately jump to approximately $3 million It is the cost of the project that has the water companies the County Commissioners and some people concerned But even more alarming they say is the interference in their water rights that will occur from the federal government And the amount of water that is anticipated is a literal ’drop in the bucket County Attorney LcRay Jackson says that if the majority of voters do not choose to get out then a second step could be used to withdraw from the CUP Five percent of the registered voters could then petition the CUP Board of Directors to remove Millard County land from the project A sympathetic advocate of the withdrawal of Millard County now sits on the CUP Board Roger Walker widely regarded as the expert on the lower Sevier River and once the water com Paulina Flint (left) and Pat Cory (right) of a Salt Lake CUP watchdog group discuss Millard County's possible withdrawal with Roger Walker a director on the board of CUWCD at the Delta public hearing missioner is a member of the Board and is a vocal opponent of Millard County's continued involvement (Mr Walker's son Jim is the current lower Sevier River water commissioner deepening the family’s connection to the life’s blood of this County) A third step has also been taken The CUP Directors have been asked by County Commission Chairman Frank Baker to unilaterally exclude Millard County The Board referred Mr Baker's request to their legal counsel who is expected to return We request for We referendum election On Friday June 18th Commissioner Frank Baker Roger Walker Clyde Bunker and Gale Chapman met with Governor Mike Leavitt to express the infeasibility of the project for Millard County Sevier County is in the process of holding public hearings and it is anticipated that they too will seek to withdraw Sanpete Garfield and Piute Counties are expected to remain in the project but if Millard County successfully gets out Attorney Jackson wonders what benefit they would derive “w ithout our water to exchange" “We’re not that important a part of the project" says Attorney Jackson “They frankly don’t have the water for us We’re talking about 140000 of water a year and at the most at the head gate" 6800 'I’ve always heard about the CUP and never really understood w hat it w as about It’s complicated and very political But if you think you’re not paying for the CUP you’re wrong" As an example Mr Jackson points out that on a piece of property he owns last year he paid $403 to CUP $181 to mosquito abatement and $292 to the fire district On his office he paid $497 to CUP and $5889 to Delta City So far Millard Giunty has paid over $65 million dollars to the project It is doubtful that Millard County w ill receive any refund from the CUP if it is successful in its attempts to with huge pile of trash tires are loaded onto ASJ Tire's I uck at the Delta Dump at the end ofthe Ash Grove Cement tire collection campaign Ash Grove’s environmental manager Ken Ware estimated that there were 3 000 tires collected at the Delta Dump and a smaller pile was collected from the Fillmore Dump Youth sporting groups collected the tires for price money which will be announced in a later issue ’Some people jog others ride bikes 'said Mr Ware wiping the sweat from his brow before tossing another tire to ASJ Tire owner John Densley “We do this’ Dimas Garcia also helped The huge stack of tires taken away in three trips would constitute a day's burning at the Cement plan which uses the tires as a 15 percent portion of their fuel A draw “There is a possibility of a refund over and above the administrative costs and any benefits received from the project over the years We all know how administrauve costs can go and the only benefit I know of is a $300000 provement for DMAD" said Attorney Jackson Many of the water users in Millard County once believed in the CUP project but “it's turned 180 degrees it's not the program it once w as or ought to be" said Commissioner Baker at a recent public llCAiulg Bonding is a key issue prompting some urgency As a requirement for state matching funds bonding would have to be needed soon increasing the current lax dollars assessed by the CUP 2 times “If they raise the as much as rate that much Millard County would be looking at 15 years and $40 million plus interest for the right to rent $200000 worth of w atcr annually" said Commissioner Baker If Millard County withdraws after the bonding they would be responsible to continue paying their share of the indebtedness without getting any of the CUP w ater Delta Greets New Doctor On June 18th Millard County residents got their first glimpse of Dr Robert Mcmson the newest doctor to work at the IHC medical facility in Delta At an open house held in his honor at the Delta hospital Dr Mon son and his wife Teresa and sons Brian 8 and Todd 6 and daughter Kelli 2 years w ere introduced to the community at large Dr M orison has been working in Delta during weekends for the past several months as he began to disengage himself from serving as the chief resident at Hospital in Ogden Dr Monson says his ‘specialty’ is family practice and he will be focussing in obstetrics and minor surgeries mainly hernias ingrown toenails ear tubes appendectomies "No brain surgery” he jokes Dr Monson was bom in Afton Wyoming and then he and his to Holden when he was eight years old His parents are Lewis and Janet Monson Mr Monson is best known as the football coach for Millard High School for many years “This is my dream" said Dr Monson “I'm really excited to be fulfilling my life long dream of being a country doctor" “I like small towns The people the relasimplicity honesty and tionships My wife and I both wanted to move back" Dr Monson w ill be opening his practice on July 6th and is in the process of taking appointments now You can contact him by calling Dr Alan Smith’s office at Water-Wis- e Gardening Week June has been designated Gardening Week" for homeowners in Utah Association member Steve Linde urges homeowners to visit a UANLC firm and get a free sprinkler gauge to measure w ater use being promoted nationwide by the American Association of Nurserymen 0 |