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Show 7m Us iMRAJJ) Online: http: THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH gsmoodDDus By ANN POTEMPA Copyright C IWJ by The Daily Herald EAGLE MOUNTAIN This town began with a con- cession. The polygamists who made up a majority of the original population gave up the isolation they were seeking for the Sports benefits that incorporation could bring. That's what one polygamous wife in Eagle Mountain is saying, days after a number of Town Council members stated that Councilman Cyril Watt has more than one wife. This particular polygamous woman, who has connections FRIDAY. JUNE 25. 1999 y y w GOOD silORHING! www Jeraldextraxoni lO 'T aoip ie & 1. n to the Watt family but wished to remain anonymous, confirmed that Watt does have two wives. The Utah Constitution states "polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited." Debbie Hooge, Eagle Mountain's former mayor, said Thursday that the town could have incorporated without the help of the polygamists, but that wasn't the route Eagle Mountain wanted to take. "I think they had a lot of the same goals that we did," Hooge said. "It was better to have them than not to have them." The polygamous woman moved to Utah about five years ago. Eagle Mountain was incorporated as a town in December n r e h e h 19DG. The woman said she moved to what is now Eagle d n Sec POLYGAMY, A2 e , Batter up? t)nly one thing's for certain in Provo's quest for a pro baseball team the ballclub wQuld be affiliated. Bl Academy library is a go, finally Kosovo Serbs flee leaders The first visit of NATO fan 'Kosovo Jtas marred , 5y the flight of Jnany Serb families from the town of e e e o s 0 Mayor's signature puts plan in action Zegra. The families left under U.S. escort as their homes burned Z' behind them. A4 By AMY K. STEWART The DaMy Herald a 2 Local PKOVO Some people sat and grinned, some teared up and others breathed a sigh of "3&rtiers no nuisance relief. The residents, police and officials gathered on the Provo city mayor signed documents Thursday to begin work on and authorize bonds for the new library at Academy Square. "It's almost difficult to express our feelings after four and a half years of work and thousands of hours of volunteer time," said LCOC chair Dr. L. front lawn of a former slum apartment complex to watch and applaud as the mayor , ! s$igned a new nuisance ordinance into law. A7 Nation Sickest first BRIAN FITZGERALD The Daily Herald Adventist Church in Salt Lake City, kneels Prayer meeting: Rowland Nwosu, pastor of the Seventh-dachildren at the and Kaylie Sustalta, 5, center, during a meeting in the tent for elementary school-age- d in Creek Hobble Canyon. Camp Meeting y The United Network for Organ Sharing approved a policy that puts people iJi&fth less than a week to live at the top of organ donation waiting lists. A4 in prayer with Erika Goodloe, 7, left, Conference Springville Nevada-Uta- h 'fjursday Camp sermons emphasize the end Olympics 5E- -v No answer Sen. John McCain has been prying for months to get "Olympic boss Juan Antonio i f, 1 TjSh Samaranch to The Daily Herald O f participate in Senate By TAWNY ARCHIBALD SALT LAKE 2002 hearings qq the bribery "candal, but to QNp Co avail. A7 Hearing the word: James Rothgeb of Orem cups his ears with his hands to better hear an evening speaker at the Seventh-daAdventist "Welcome to Springville Camp Meeting 1999," held in Hobble Creek Canyon this week through Saturday. y The end HOBBLE CREEK is coming and the Seventh-da- y Adventist Church is trying to prepare its congregations. Speakers at the 38th annual Nevada-Uta- h Conference Springville Camp Meeting have molded their sermons around the theme, "Helping Others Prepare for Eternity." Elder Edward Reid, stewardship director for the North American division, is featured at the 7:15 nightly meeting. His topic is "Almost Home." "The evening topics are on the end time events and on the signs of the end (of the world)," said Ken Ladd, secretarytreasurer for the conference. During the Tuesday night meeting, Reid spoke about several natural disasters that occurred in the last year. He concluded that, because of the signs that have been shown, the " Douglas Smoot. The project will not only renovate the old Academy Square building and save it as a historical landmark but also provide the city with a new library. City officials and members of the Construction Library Oversight Committee didn't know until Thursday morning whether the project would proceed or be stalled. The contestability period ended at midnight 30-da- y Wednesday. City officials reported at the early morning meeting the coast was clear: no one had filed a case against the city in court by Wednesday evening. Barbara Kinghorn, who has been quite vocal against the project, posed a threat until the end. She contends the ballot for the bond was misleading and public view was skewed because there was a 4th See ADVENTIST, A2 See ACADEMY, A2 THE DAILY HERALD ; PROVO, UTAH j, A NEWSPAPER Index ! BASEBALL... TEAM... (pause for breath, now) Oh, no! Dl "Business D5 Classified Atomics v BIO Please, please tell me we're not having to endure another yarn about pro baseball coming to Provo. Folks, after three or four years having your collective chains yanked shouldn't you be getalmost ting the picture? Look, I'm a baseball junkie. I can't think of many neater things than taking my family to a ballgame on a gorgeous summer night. Man, we could cheer for the homeboys, munch hot dogs, boo the umps. Heaven. But with all these minor league rumors resurfacing, Valley citizens need a reality check. BUT... IT... . non-sto- Local North A6 Local South A6 Movies C7 Obituaries A7 B8 fTOfiinions . . Sgports feather 2 leak III! nil61055"0005 DAY BRAND-NE- . Bl B12 Again. So be kind to yourself and repeat after me: Steve Cameron STEVE... WOULD... DO... ALMOST... ANYTHING.. TO... LAND... A... AINT... GONNA... HAPPEN! Let's count the reasons: 1. Provo has no stadium and has no viable way to build one. Taxpayers would throw a high hard one at any tax increase, especially with so many other projects sitting on their plate. "If you don't build it, they won't come." 2. No businessman in his right mind will put up any serious dough for a franchise here. In the low minors, you've got to sell i beer (or a ton of tickets) to make money. Beer here? Forget it. The Western League says it'd like a companion team to its franchise in St. like, hey, they don't sell beer George down there, either. No, but St. George has a zillion retirees with nothing to do but watch a little baseball. People here are doers in the summer, not spectators. Count the RVs sometime. Sorry, but pro baseball just doesn't fit, no matter how much we wish for it. Steve Cameron is managing editor of Herald. He can be reached The Daily at or via scameronheraldextra.com. |