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Show SECTION 2atltiHmiti B CITY EDITOR THURSDAY, JULY I Marc Haddock 1.2004 : 344 2586 mhaddodOheraidextra.com District judge KING OF CEDAR HILLS bars opening of group home Ruling gives weight to negative evidence Amie Rose DAILY COREY PERRINEDaly Herald and unanimously voted in by the City Council on Tuesday evening at 10:30. McGee applied along with two other applicants to replace former Mayor Brad Sears, who resigned through his term. Mike McGee, the new mayor of Cedar Hills, was interviewed mid-wa- y Mayor's office gets new occupant Tammy McPherson Daily herald Mike McGee settled into his first day as mayor of Cedar Hills on Wednesday from the seat of the "big chair" in his new city office. He opened mail addressed to the mayor, talked with staff about city issues and fielded a steady stream of phone calls from residents, family, friends and others congratulating him. "I expect it'll be really exciting " said McGee, who owns a private home inspections company. McGee will be mayor of the north county city for at least the next 18 months longer if residents vote him in during the general election next November. He is filling the vacancy left by former Mayor Brad Sears, who resigned last month after eight years of service. See MAYOR, State won't charge cop in alleged theater incident Justin DAILY Hill HERALD The Utah attorney general's office said Tuesday it will not file charges against a Utah County sheriffs deputy who a Provo woman alleges threw her down movie theater stairs in May at the Provo Towne Centre. The attorney general's office did not find any evidence that warrants charges, said Paul Murphy, spokesman for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff . The attorney general's office reviewed the case after Provo city forwarded the case to the state because of the city's close working relationship with the sheriff's office. "The AG's office has declined to file any criminal charges, and we have referred the case to the Provo city prosecutor," Murphy said. A Provo city prosecutor is reviewing the case, city spokesman Michael Mower said. A decision Hill can be 8 or reached at jhillheraldextra.com. 344-254- The Utah County Board of Adjustment cannot allow a group home for troubled teenage boys near Payson to open until it reconsiders evidence against it, 4th District Judge Lynn Davis ruled Wednesday. Davis said board members didn't use a high enough standard when considering the evidence against the group home and ordered them to reconsider all the evidence, including the possible negative effects of the group home on surrounding property values. The issue will likely be on the board's Aug. 5 agenda, said Robert Moore, a deputy county attorney. In June 2003, the board granted a special exception, allowing Craig Riding permission to open the group house on more than home in an existing 5 acres in the Lilac Estates subdivision near Payson, with some conditions. The site is in a residentialagriculture zone, which allows residential treatment centers with the approval of the board. The petitioners, Hoby and Christine Metz, Ralph all nearand Rhonda Bennett and Donnie Ray Dunn by property owners appealed the decision in 4th District Court in July 2003. They contend the board didnt consider the facility's existing septic tank and water supply, which they said are too small to accom. modate the business. They also said the facility will lower their property values. The board must consider several factors when deciding a special exception. They can't grant the exception if it degrades the public health, safety or welfare; , it isnt consistent with the zoning district and general See HOME, C4 First church ceremony since court ruling involves no peyote on whether to file charges is expected to come right after the holidays, he said. Vanessa Arnold, 22, of Provo alleges Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Skip Curtis grabbed her and threw her down movie theater stairs after Curtis, Arnold and her friend were involved in a confrontation on May 23 at the movie theater, at Provo Towne Centre. Arnold retained lawyer S. Austin Johnson, who filed a lawsuit against the deputy on June 14 in federal court in Salt Lake City. The suit does not include a dollar amount. Johnson said his client cannot see out of her right eye as a result of brain damage she appears to have suffered. Arnold also has internal bleeding that doesn't seem to stop, Johnson said. I Justin C2 HERALD Todd Hollingshead DAILY HERALD Deep in the mountain valleys behind Mount Nebo in a place called Wildernook, James Warren "Flaming Eagle" Mooney on Wednesday held his first religious ceremony since the Utah Supreme Court ruled in his favor on June 22. The group was small and the ceremony was short, but Mooney was clearly in his element knowing the f elony drug charges that threatened to put him in prison for life were almost behind him. e Those charges, 10 counts of operating a controlled substance criminal enterprise, came in 2001 when police said he was illegally distributing peyote to Indians. Sitting on a woven rug Wednesday, the founder of the Utah chapter of the Oklevueha Earthwalks Native American Church once first-degre- MATT SMITHDaily Herald the Utah Chapter of the Native American Church, recently held his first ceremony since winning a Supreme Court ruling. James Mooney, founder of "Most white people thought we were trash; they thought we were drug dealers. But they just didn't know." James Warren Mooney founder, Native American Church again gave advice or "medicine" as he passed around the different elements of his ceremony: earth, air, fire and water. There was no peyote involved this time; Mooney is waiting for 4th District Court Judge Gary D. Stott to formally drop all charges, but the medicine man was busy making smoke with his See MOONEY, C2 3S9 Indispensable. More local news than any source in the universe. In print daily. Onjeharktheherald.com |