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Show i i V U 11th Year September 12, 2002 4. -- 74 No. CHS Dinos stomp Union, 6A 500 Price, Utah i . County panel reviews Scofield Estates project By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter ' Carbon Countys planning commission met Tuesday and board members considered a for a subdivision near SsalReservoir. The first phase of Scofield develEstates involves a 29-lopment on the west side of the reservoir. Several people from the development corporation attended the meeting, but Alan Christensen presented the proposed project to the planning commission. Since we first presented this to you, there have been some changes, explained Christensen. We have changed some of the frontages, changed where the water tank will be located so it will be closer to the well site and ot have designated maximum amount of irrigation area any homesite can have so that water can be conserved. Also we have designated any outside irrigation has to be of the drip type. Commission member Lynna Topolovec indicated she was concerned about one covenant that specified homeowers would be disoouraged from filling in any existing natural drainage. Personally I think that it . should specify they cant fill them in, not just discourage it, she stated. Christensen felt there would be no problem in' specifying that natural drainages not be filled. CIB We are putting in the culverts for roads we are construction so I seen no problem with specifying that, said Christensen. Richard Thtton, commission chair, voiced concern about the septic systems that are specified on the lots. I realize that you have done percolation tests on sites in each lot. But what if a resident doesnt want to put their septic system in that area? asked 'Ihtton. If a homeowner doesnt like the place the developer denoted as the septic tank site, the indi- r v! J ,'v ;i , . A v-- - . - s - YvV-i- ; ft 1 i I vidual can move it, replied Christensen. But they must do the percolation tests on that site to be sure it will work right, said Christensen. Individual lots have stand pipes for fire suppression. But the covenants pointed out that no (me can guarantee fire crews will respond. Scofield will respond if they can. But they cant guarantee anything, commented Christensen. County building and zoning director Dave Levanger pointed i out that the stand pipes in the subdivision had to supply more pressure than the 25 pounds per square inch noted. He said state statutes now. required 40 psi. Carbon County elementary students observe Patriots Day at special program Christensen said developers could change that by moving the water tank farther up the hill. Robert Welch, a planning panel member, asked where the (Continued on page 4) anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. School children sang songs and conducted a flag ceremony. Similar activities were staged in various parts of the county and by various agencies to commemorate what has become known as Patriots Day. Law enforcement and local emergency response personnel participate in a specialty planned patriotic event at Wellington Elementary. The school pro- sented the program on the grounds in front of the building Wednesday mom- ing to honor the first responders m the community as well as observe the ties. The hydrologic study will also determine if water from the nearby Electric Lake reservoir is seeping into the aquifer below the Skyline mine. Carbon municipal building authority officials indicate that the results of the hydrologic study wiil help set the course of economic development for the three-count- y area,-whethe- r through water development or expanded coal mining activity. Wealthy Americans contin- ued to pay the lions share of fed- eral income taxes. .Headquartered in Washing;- - v ton, D.C, the Thx Foundation recently compiled data collected by the United States Internal In addition to allocating the emergency funding to Cartons building authority, the CIB granted Moroni city $53,500 in the preparation of a master plan for wastewater collection and treatment The Sanpete County citys wastewater treatment plant was issued a notice of violation by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. The master plan will help with steps to bring the facility in compliance with state regulations. The community impact board is a program of die Utah Division of Community Develop- sumed by the bottom group of American taxpayers in 1989. The Americans are paying an increasingly larger share of the federal tax burden for two reasons, pointed out the research report First, top wage earning U.S. citizens pay a significantly higher n effective rate due to the sive nature of the federal income tax code, noted the foundation report The disparity in tax rates tween high and low income groups widened during the high-inco- Revenue Service. Based on the IRS statistics, research orga- concluded that the por-tion of total federal income tax paid by the top 15 percent of American wage earners in- the non-partis- an progres-nizatio- ed from 25.2 percent in 1989 to 36.2 percent in 1999. The top 5 percent of wage earners in the Unpaid 55.5 per-cent of all federal income foxes in 1999 compared to 43.9 per-cent in 1989, indicated the foundations recently released ment The CIB helps state and local agencies and entities directly or indirectly impacted by mineral resource development on nearby federal lands and the exclusion of the public parcels from the local tax base. The board provides assistance through grants and loans for the planning, construction and maintenance of public facilities. The funds also help community agencies provide public : Analysts compare Utah US income tax burdens Skyline hydrologic study Trie municipal building authority received the QB funding on behalf of Carbon, Emery and Sanpete counties. The aquifer is located in parts of the three coun- . : allocates grant for The Utah Community Impact Board has approved an emergency grant to conduct a hydrologic study on the water seeping into Skyline coal mine. In the boards latest funding . actions, the CIB panel allocated $594,000 to the Carbon County Municipal Building Authority. The emergency grant monies are specifically earmarked for completing a hydrologic study to determine the size of the aquifer located below the local coal s - , iiv ' ? , 1990s. The effective rate for taxpay- ers in the top 1 percent of the American labor force increased from 23.3 percent in 1989 to 27.5 percent in 1999. By comparison, the rate for the bottom 50 percent decreased from 5.1 percent to 4.5 percent during the decade, The total average rate for all U.S. taxpayers increased from report The top 10 percent of Ameri- -' can employees accounted for of total federal income taxes, up.from 55.8 percent in two-thir-ds Campus police Issue parking citations 1989. The bottom 50 percent The construction closure of the main lot at College of Eastern Utah has low-inter- across the United States paid 4 percent of total income taxes generated nationwide in 1999. .The 1999 share decreased from the 5.8 percent burden as- - ? . 13.1 percent in cent in 1999. Of employed at locations compounded the parking problems students and visitors encounter on the campus. But motorists should be aware that CEU campus police win not I 1! ignore me violations. We are issuing citations for illegal parking, cautions CEU Officer James Prettyman. We have given out a number of them. 1989 to 14.8 per-worke- rs Second, high salaried Ameri- cans are earning a larger share of total income, noted the indepen- dent research report, (Continued on page 8) . . Judge binds Heffelfingers over for trial in murder case The subjects of a massive last October in the Car- bon area will be tried on capital murder charges and face the death penalty in a Daggett Daggett County sheriffs ment, Mark Watkins and Ray Ruble, as well as Helper Police Officer Kent Allred, Following the witness mony, 8th District Court Judge John R. Anderson bound the ther and son duo over to stand trial on all charges contained in the Daggett County murder depart-manhu- , On Sept. 6, the 8th District ruled the preliminary hear-- ing evidence sufficient to show probable cause Lewis Hcffelfin- ger and Michael Heffelfinger ' committed the double murder - complaint. The father and son dants entered not guilty pleas at arraignment on Sept. 6, but the court did not schedule atrial date in the death penalty capital mur-ne- y riercase. The Heffelfingers were repte- sented at the preliminary hearing by Salt Lake defense attor-meneys Ed Brass, Ken Brown, Vir- and Ann ginia Ramos-Smit- h n- crimes in Daggett Countyl . Construction work continues, crews Install rafters at Active Construction crew members focus on installing rafters at the new Active Re- balding near the county fairgrounds Tuesday afternoon. Work on the com s building expanded independerttiviiiprajectappearsto be proceedingonsched-Enta- y ule and local officials still plan to open the facility later in the fatt. x A Re-Ent- ry V In a courtroom packed with family members of the alleged victims, Daggett County Attor-Dennis Judd and fellow pros-ecutor Creighton Horton ques-honed Sage McCormick, the hunt- ing companion of the two dead Additional witnessed called by the prosecution to testify at the preliminary hearing witnesses in-eluded two deputies from the nt a. . Girot on behalf of the Acting ' (Continued on page 2) SI |