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Show f THE DAILY HERALD, Page AS Provo, L uh, Thursday, August 19, 1999 Withdrawal forces residents to stall protest Condors find home grand By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN f' ' - mountain home development in their area. They learned, however, that the developer had pulled the issue from the commission agenda. Eagles Landing is a mountain home development conlots on a sisting of 107 tract. A number of residents also Birdseye meet last month's at appeared ing and voiced their objections to the subdivision, but there was no discussion about the development itself. Many were dismayed Tuesday night when the project was again delayed. commissioners Planning voted to deny the project which without prejudice, means the developers may resubmit the project at some time future. in the large-scal- Fewer cougar, hunters will : get chance to fill tags Jf The Daily Herald PROVO Residents of Birdseye in south Utah County turned out for a County Planning Commission meeting Tuesday night to protest a LOCALREGION -- r !. - f' I By CANDACE PERRY ; . fw - -- A- - ' c ... J The Daily Herald (s Wildlife Board Wednesday. That will allow hunters to take a total of 647 cougars this season, though the actual number will be closer to 415, according to Bill Bates, mammals coordinator for the Wildlife of Division Resources. A meeting. Randy Ostler, Birdseye spokesman, said it was the second time residents had encounaffair." He tered "a said they had brought expert witnesses prepared to speak against the development. There is tremendous support against the development," he said. The residents are mostly engaged in farming and fear the development will destroy what they have tried so hard to preserve. Last month, they voiced concerns about traffic safety, water issues, 107 septic tanks, fire protection in the remote area and other issues. "What recourse do we have?" Ostler asked the commission. Planner Buck Rose pointed out that Vineyard had incorporated as a separate town and opted to remain in agriculture. He also said petitions could be submitted to change the zoning in order to protect their interests. Rose said the state law on had been incorporations changed a few years ago to require a percentage of the land involved, rather than the number of people required to last-minu- form a town. d. Commissioner Steve White said incorporating has some drawbacks, since it would have to be proven that it was economically feasible. Commission Chairman Jill Taylor also noted that one big issue is always fire protection. "Sundance solved that by forming their own fire district," she said. Ostler said it wasn't fair that the developer could keep delaying the process until they gave up. Taylor agreed that it isn't fair. JAKE BACONAnzona Daily Siin California condor soars into the twilight of a sunset along the south rim of the Grand Canyon near Mather Point recently. Since finding a couple of large mammal carcases in the area a group of up to nine condors have made the south rim their home. There are about 20 wild condors in northern Arizona, and all of the birds have visited the area in recent months. A Planning Commission The Daily Herald PROVO products, such as deviled eggs. They were denied permission, because the production would have reported importation of other materials not grown on the farm. Shepherds then applied for a zone change to Industriai-1- , but were turned down, because poultry-relate- d By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN By a split, vote, the Utah County Planning Commission voted to recommend a zone text change that will allow farmers to expand their activities with manufactured products beyond their regular agricultural produc- tion. in The commission voted favor of a zone text change that will make such uses conditional, upon approval of the 7-- 3 Planning Commission. The issue will now go to the Planning Commission for a public hearing. The original petition was submitted by Shepherd's Hard Cooked Eggs, a poultry company in Lake Shore that wanted to expand to manufacture other planners believed activities allowed in the industrial zone were not compatible with agricultural and residential uses in the Residential Agriculture-zone. Planner Buck Rose argued 5 against making the production a conditional use, saying that in 1990 the County Commission changed the Agriculture-zone into a development zone, thus making it a residential zone. He said manufacturing may be suitable in an value-adde- zone text change OECs d 1 five-acr- e zone but not in is a residential zone. "The 0 for farmers who want to remain in production agriculture." Agriculture-4- 0 A-4- Commissioner Planning Dean Miner declared that there is not an abundance of farm land left in the county. "Much of it is checkerboarded and not contiguous," he said. "Preserving prime farm land is a primary concern." Planning Commissioner Bill Ferguson, a fruit grower, objected to calling the RA-- zone residential, saying that 90 percent of the agriculture in Utah County occurs in the RA-zone. He noted that there is so little of the land devoted to agriculture, everything should be done to allow it to happen. Commissioner Steve White objected to some of the wording in the staff report and said 40-acr- e 5 5 Goff continued The Daily Herald PROVO An Orem busi- nessman convicted of helping to bilk mostly local investors out of nearly $80,000 was sentenced to prison Wednesday. Roger Goff, a former repreof Buckhorn sentative Financial, was arrested last November after a nearly yearlong, probe into the dealings of the company. Other entities linked to the probe included Safe Keeping United States Depository, Business Owners Association and Lone Star Financial. The police investigation into the case overlapped into Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Utah. At his sentence hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, four-stat- e to represent himself and told District Judge Ray M. Harding, Sr. that he still objects to the state district court's jurisdiction in his case based on his view of U.S. constitutional law. He claimed he was not a resident of Utah because he had been operating a business as a sovereign individual and said clients of Buckhorn Financial had also entered into contracts as sovereign individuals. Goff told Harding that his arrest and trial had been hard on him. "This has been causing a tremendous amount of stress. I had a heart attack leaving this courtroom in January, and it has almost killed me," he said. Before Harding actually handed down the sentence, a victim also testified and said her dealing with Goff had been stressful on her as well. She said her son had died a few years ago and that the insurance money had been used by her husband to start a business for the benefit of the boy's remaining sib- lings. She said that Goff told them about a program that guaranteed them a return on their initial investment that could be used for an LDS Mission, so they invested $20,000 and lost most of it in the Buckhorn Financial program. Goff said he disagreed with prosecutors that the program was a Ponzi scheme and said that people who signed up were taught how to lower their taxes and how io increase their earn- d The LDS and BYU communities lost one of their most entertaining teachers OREM Monday. Ivan J. Barrett, who spent his career giving dramatic flair to church history as a seminary teacher and BYU religion professor, died at his home from a heart attack. Larry C. Porter, professor of church history and doctrine at BYU and a department head during part of Barrett's tenure, said Barrett received his bachelor's degree in drama at Utah State and carried that love of f ered a healthy amount, the golden years for deer hunters was 20 years ago, with 81,000 buck deer collected in 1981, Welch said. The DWR has planned a reintroduction of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the Timpanogos area this winter. The board split the region into two new units and doubled the number of cougars to be six in each. taken Limited permits in the Wasatch region were dropped from 25 last season to 1 5. Though the past three years has brought more cougar hunters, the number of cougars taken has declined. An estimated 2,900 cougars inhabit Utah, and hunters take about 450 cougars a year. The number of permits available by random drawing, called limited entry, declined from 446 to 343, mostly due to the increase in harvest services. Harding said it was unfortunate that a lot of people lost money in investments, and he sentenced Goff to prison. Goff was sentenced to an indeterminate term in prison from 1 to 15 years for three counts of felony securities fraud, up to five years each for two counts of securities fraud, up to five years for one count of felony selling unregistered securities and up second-degre- e third-degre- e years for the third-degre- e drama into his religion classes. "He was an actor and really enjoyed dramatizing everything he was teaching," he said. "In one moment he would be standing on the table; the next moment he would be drawing an 'exact photograph' on the chalkboard. It was a way to have fun." Barrett was a mission president in the Northwestern States Mission in the mid-1960- s and a district president in Jerusalem. He wrote several books about Joseph Smith; one of which, "Joseph Smith and the Restoration," was used several years as a textbook at BYU. "The Ivan kids loved Barrett," said LaMar Berrett, a retired BYU religion professor. "We had to get larger rooms for his classes." Teacher of the Year in 1955 and winner of the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teacher Award in 1973, Barrett retired from BYU in 1975. Porter said Barrett never really stopped teaching. "There was always an announcement of retirement, but he never did. "He just kept on producing until his system just gave out," Porter said. "He was invited back many years after his retirement to teach a class, and there are many of his students who even now come by and ask about him." Elder-Deser- felony count of being Barrett's grandson, Gregory Adams of Salt Lake City, said his grandfather taught his children and grandchildren the importance of hard work, commitment to a cause and the importance of having personal integrity. "When he committed to something, you knew it was as good as done," he said. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday at 1 1 a.m. at the Sharon Stake Center at 545 S. 800 East, in Orem. "His secret to his success was his love for his students," Porter said. "Anything you could say is not enough. He was a great man." t, Creek-Kama- an unregistered securities agent. Harding ordered the sentences to run concurrently. its our permits increased from 230 to 304 and are used to quickly decrease animal numbers in areas, including the new additions of Box Elder-Raf- t River, Box s Chalk and third-degre- e to five Harvest permits. Cache. Utah's cougar hunting seat son will June run Dec. 4, 2000, 1999io 15, in most areas' Vacation-Vacatio- n VnceStnm ing. Educator, historian, author dies at age 89 The Daily Herald according to Mike Welch, Big Game Program coordinator for the DWR. Although 37,000 is consid- The zone text amendment provides that an application for manufacturing must show that it does not degrade the public health, safety or welfare; will not affect local property values; and must be consistent with the general purposes and intent of the zoning ordinance. The Planning Commission may attach conditions to fit the use with the surrounding areas. The use must not make it difficult to provide essential Authorized Retailer IB 5190 Digital By STEVEN GARDNER Bates said a big problem for the lack of deer is the increase in building construction, which leaves less sagebrush for deer to eat. The deer population in the Wasatch mountains is 37,000, Orem businessman convicted of securities fraud By PAT CHRISTIAN committee of n species. neighbors of the Shepherds had objected to creating an industrial zone. Rose pointed out that the County Commission in 1990 took agriculture and made it a "grandfathered" use in the RA-5-. value-adde- nine-perso- cougar hunters, houndsmen, animal activists and environmentalists drafted a Cougar Management Plan, used in recommending cougar permit numbers, "The plan was the driving force on what we did this year" Bates said. There are many sportsmen who view the cougar as a trophy animal and have sought its legal protection and management. Other hunters view the cougar as a predator that reduces the numbers of mule deer and other big game 7-- 0 developer must again go through the process of notifying all interested parties. Director Jeff Planning Mendenhall said the applicants had submitted a written request for a continuance just the day before the commission -H- permits for cougars decreased from 676 last season to 647, as approved by the state 613-acr- e Commissioners, however, specified that they will not hear it until the application is complete. They also noted that the CITY LAKE SALT unting e Includes Phone The Vacation-Vacatio- n & PCS Travel Charger Instant Rebate S99" . . .'6000 $99 Your Out of Pocket Price Activation, credit approval and annual contract required $39.99 for 460 minutes. 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