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Show Page B2 THE DAILY HERALD, Pro.o, l uh, Wednesday. October 13. 1996 Commissioner wants to trim tax Service planned for Undon teen By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald Utah County Commissioner Jerry D. Grover has proposed to cut the county-wid- e tax on food served in restaurants by 20 percent, beginning Jan. 1. 1997. The current raie of 1 .0 percent would be adjusted to 0.8 percent under Grover's proposal. Grover has long opposed the restaurant tax, and made its elimination part of his campaign when he ran for office two years ago. "My understanding has always been that the primary reason for the restaurant lax was to fund the S7.7 million bond on the Utah Valley State College Special Events Center." Grover said. "The motion passed in the Utah County Com- - Confribution fund is established A contribution fund has been established for the young family of Jon A. Stephens. Stephens. 28, died from brain cancer Oct. 10. ufier struggling with the illness since last sum- mission meeting on March 27, 1991 w as fairly clear " That motion states "that if the $7.7 million bond is passed to fund the multipurpose community events center a! UV'SC, that the Utah County Board of County Commissioners implement the one percent restaurant tax as delineated in House Bill 438, and that the revenues raise! d ) therefrom be used to retire the S7.7 million bond." Use of the restaurant lax to expand the proposed gymnasium at UVSC into a special events center was approved in a special election conducted by the county, which drew a small turnout. "The only other representations on the public record are that, in the case of any excess. $50,000 couid be made available for city projects and some additional monies for county-wid- e projects. Other than that, I think it is proper for the commission to cut the tax rate when current obligations can be met at an 0.8 percent rate. To do otherwise is an invitation for pork barrel politics, which erodes public confidence in the commission." Grover said. The county-wid- e restaurant tax is set annually by the County Commission and has a maximum rate of 1.0 percent. A reduction of the tax by 20 percent equates to approximately $300,000 in revenues. In past years as much as $113,000 has been allocated to cities which submitted applications for grants from community and tourism-base- d projects. At Grover's insistence, this year's county budget allocated only $50,000 for community grants. A committee composed of Count Commissioner David Gardner, Alpine Mayor Joel Hall and Salem Mayor Randy Brailsford screened the applications and recommended allocation of $72,314 in grants to nine communities. The would require extra money reopening the county budget. Spanish Fork Mayor Marie Huff declared at the last Council of Governments meeting that the tax is being collected unfairly. She said at least seven eating establishments in her community are not paying the restaurant tax. Vineyard Mayor Rulon Gammon has long advocated using any surplus money to pay off the bonds, then the tax should be retired. mer. Michelle 1 Stephens, Jon's wife, now faces a serious illness jo a. Stephens of her own and struggles to maintain family stability for their two daughters: Shanda. Shayli and year-old At the same time Stephens' brain cancer was diagnosed, and just after the Caesarean birth of their second daughter, Michelle also became extremely ill. In Michelle, doctors discovered a rare blood condition and chromosome defect that often turns to leukemia. Michelle is still attempting to regain her health. Her faith in God and support from church, family and friends have helped her make it this far. Financial donations may be taken to any Zions Bank or mailed to: Zions Bank, Jon A. Stephens Contribution Fund, 45 S. State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. jf 1 -- CUSTODY: (Continued from Page Bl ) believes his U.S. lawyers may have advised him in connection with the 1993 removal of their daughter from Sweden. Ohlandcr said. "It was a big tiling for Julia too. and she remembers it being very scary. But he doesn't think it was scary for Julia. She was only three then." Larson's reaction to Judge Schofield's ruling last Friday was chronicled in Monday's Daily Herald, which noted him as saying the ruling was a hollow victory. It was hollow because Larson doesn't believe the judge's decision will be accepted by Ohlandcr and can't alone reunite him with the daughter he hasn't seen since 1994. Larson said he is still contemplating his next step in the custody case where Julia has been subjected to an international after the marriage between Larson and Ohlandcr soured. Ohlandcr said she learned of the custody ruling in the Swedish press. "It was kind of sad. but it w as kind . qf expected since I wasn't there." she said. "I know that the judge wasn't really too happy about that." She said fear of her former hus- band taking Julia away from her was behind her refusal to come to Utah. "No matter how or what I do. it turns out wrong, kind of like being caught, how do you say. between a rock and a hard place." "I mean I w anted to be there, and I wanted to show my gxd will and everything, but I mean I couldn't do that." Larson met Ohlander when he w as a missionary for The Church of Saints in Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Sweden, after which the two fell in love and married in 1989 in Utah. They lived in Orem. Julia was born in a Provo hospital in 1990. The marriage wasn't working, and during a family Christmas visit to Sandviken in 1990, Sofia went into hiding with Julia, forcing Larson to return to Utah alone. Ohlander filed for divorce in Sweden; however, before it was final, the couple reconciled and resumed living in Orem. But Ohlander finally wanted out again, and in 1992, she took Julia and returned to Sweden, rejecting Larson's pleas not to go. She was granted a Swedish divorce and temporary custody. In Utah, Larson also filed for divorce. He was granted a divorce in Utah Courts, and on Monday he was finally granted permanent custody. But he expects his former wife will ignore the American court as he said she has done in the past. After Larson absconded with Police beat HOUSE FIRE A home in Pleasant Grove sustained about $5,000 in damage after catching fire early Tuesday. No injuries were sustained thanks to a girl who awoke in the middle of the night, fire officials said. The fire started when a heater motor cracked and burned up inside the wall above the fireplace in the front room, said Dave Vick-er- s, city fire marshal. As smoke filled the house, Bri-ana Warden w oke the rest of the members of her family and got them out of the house. "If she hadn't happened to have been aw ake at the time of the fire, we could have six fatalities," Vick-er- s of 800 East and 100 North, did not have a functioning smoke detector. 0 "Another minutes and those people most likely would have died of smoke inhalation." said Vickers. "People think the smoke will wake them up, but it doesn't. People sleep right through it." Some of the residents were treated for smoke inhalation by medical personnel. The fire started shortly after midnight. 15-3- on-sce- w said. Julia in November of 1993, Ohlander followed the pair to Utah in January of 1994, and filed for the return of the child under the Hague Convention in a federal court in Salt Lake City. A court order forced Larson to release Julia back to Ohlander, but ordered the Swedish mother not to remove her daughter from Utah while proceedings on the main custody issue continued. But two days after the court order was issued, Ohlander absconded with Julia back to Sandviken in 1994. It seems custody issues in Swe- den have favored her interests while just the opposite has been true in the United States. "I can understand it to some extent," Ohlander said. "It's because I haven't been there, and the judges have been kind of upset about that. But I don't feel I really have a choice." Asked why she didn't leave Julia safe with family in Sweden and then travel to Utah alone to appear at court proceedings, Ohlander said, "That's what I wondered before. But my lawyer at the time, Lloyd C. Eldredge, said if you come without Julia the judge is going to be even more harder on you. They wanted Julia over there too." Ohlander did not speak of any intention to comply with the American court ruling and seemed content with the Swedish temporary custody order that she said has been protecting her for five years. She spoke only of a growing fear. "Since Friday, you think about it more. I mean you feel more unsafe." She wonders what Larson is doing or contemplating right now. It worries her. "I just want him to think more about Julia than his own self. I don't know. I kind of get the idea he feels like Julia is a piece of furniture or like a possession rather than a human being. And I want him to think more about Julia and try to see things through her eyes. He doesn't really do that; I don't think he does, anyway." Remarried now with another child, Larson said he can't forget Julia and fears Ohlander is turning her against him. He said Ohlander has tried hard to keep him and his daughter out of each other's lives, and an American judge at least agrees. On Friday, Judge Schofield said, "She's done everything she can to frustrate Mr. Larson's relationship with his daughter." "My biggest hope right now is that maybe Sofia will be willing to work out some kind of agreement both of us can live with, where Julia can spend time in both countries with both parents," Larson said. County. Alone on the radio station. Orton capitalized on a virtually defenseless Cannon. "Have you ever seen a campaign where the incumbent member, out willing to debate and appear before the people and answer questions, and the candidate says, 'No, I am not coming?,'" Orton asked. The incumbent said people should start asking themselves how much time Cannon will make for them after the election if he can't find an hour for them today. The Democrat then started answering callers' questions durshow. ing the hour-lon- g While Orton had free reign. Cannon may not have been completely defenseless, because one caller Keith Haines managed to get with a through question about Orton ducking what he called a debate in the Utah County Journal. Haines happened to be calling from the vicinity of Cannon's Provo campaign headquarters. At trie Cannon event at the airport. Mower said actually that Haines was calling from a place in Cannon campaign headquarters that is really not Cannon campaign space because it is rented to the Utah County Republican Party. Haines, however, told The Daily Herald he is a volunteer for Cannon. Orton said he had responded to the biweekly Utah County Journal, which is published in Orem. during the primary. But when asked to respond during the general election, he informed editors he was in Washington, D.C., and too busy at the time. Orton said he requested they wait until he was back in Utah for his response, but he says the newspaper didn't allow it and published material solely from Cannon. Everything was different at Pro-voairport with the highest excitement of campaign showboating. Nearly 200 people arrived to long rows of American flags. They were fed hamburgers cooked on an outdoor grill. "I got a call from Speaker (Newt) Gingrich, who said this (District 3 seat) is an important seat," Leavitt told the crowd. He told them to make sure Cannon is elected, because they can't afford for Republicans to lose control of the House. Cannon said some are even saying Campaign '96 could come down to one congressional seal in the national race over control in the House. He said he has spent so much of his own resources because the nearly $1 million race is so important. 's U-1- friends when they decided to go swimming to cool off from the heat. On Saturday, Nyland suspended , searches but said the effort' would continue during daylight hours. Commercial jet boat opera- -' " tors also were keeping a lookout. for Fautin service A memorial w as planned for Thursday morning in Lindon, where the youth had lived from the age of 2. 24-ho- ur Peterson Pearl Poulsen Peterson, age 86. passed at away Sunday, October 20, Can on Hills Care Cemer. Nephi, Ulan, alter a lingering ill due ness to Alzheimer's. Pearl was born October 1 7. I910. in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to P A. and Henrietta Brotnerson Poulsen. Twv She married her childhood sweet- yn heart. Rav C. Peter son, on June 27. 93 1, in Mt. Pleas ant. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manii Temple on May 7. 1948. She was an accomplished singer, in school, church, and the community during her life. She was an active LDS church member. She and her mate served as temple workers in the Manti Temple. She was a charter member of the Artopic Women's Club. She is survived by her husband: Ray C. Peterson. Mt. Pleasant. Utah: 4 daughters: Annetta (Bob) Mower, Orem, Utah; i9, pi iw LUJLJ Tucker. (Owen) Myrna Belva May Gurney Norman K. Taylor Pearl Poulsen Lander. Wyoming; Pegav (Ron) Christensen, l. West Valley City.Ulah: Jill (Lewis) Kanab. Utah: one brother Warren Poulsen. Ely. Nevada: 19 grandchildren, 35 and 2 She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Hans, I grandson and I Funeral services will be held Friday, October 25. ai 1:00 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant 4th Ward. Friends and family may tall at the Ursenbach Funeral Home on Thursday. October 24. from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday October 25. from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the serv ices. Burial will be at the Nit. Pleasant Cemetery, under the direction of Ursenbach Funeral Home. 9, (Continued from Page Bl) Herald about the radio and said any confusion was his fault, not Cannon's. Asked specifically what the schedule conflict was. Mower said Cannon honored a prior commitment to speak to Rotary Club members and later met with supporters in Herriman in Salt Lake Fautin was swept away by the current Oct. 12 while swimming with friends beneath a bridge where crosses the river near Moab. "There's quite a powerful undertow there," Nyland said. The boy's brother, Jeff Green of American Fork, said Tuesday that Fautin knew how to swim. He said the youth had been camping and hiking in the area with about 15 Ofcteriss A funeral service LOMPOC, Calif. was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October at The Church of Jesus Christ 12. of 19. Latter-da- y Saints, for Norman K. Taylor, 52. of Lompoc. Bishop Norman Grimnes Burial presided. followed at Lom- f H k (J poc Cemetery. He died of natural causes October 9. 1996, at cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. California Mr. Tavlor was born October 22. 1943, in Provo. Utah. He worked for Lockheed and later International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. - Federal Services for 28 years a' a senior system analyst. He took early retirement in January 1996. Mr. Taylor came to Lompoc in 1963, from Provo, with his wife Beatrice Reed Taylor. They were later divorced. He then married Beverly Pasket in the Provo Temple. They were later divorced. He was a member of Lompoc Elks Lodge 2274. Survivors include his wife since September 10. 1994. Charmayne Taylor, mother. Mildred B. Lerwill of Provo. Utah, sons: Norman K. Taylor Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska. Larry E. Taylor of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Jason Taylor of San Diego, California Matthew and Jesse Tavlor. both of Lompoc, daughter. Maggie K. Tay lor of Lompoc, step-soDr. Edmund Geswein of Lompoc. sisters: Carolyn Cole of Provo. Utah, Shirley Woodward of Deer Park, Texas, and Mary J. Jefferies of Draper, Utah, brothers: Vernon E. Taylor and Robert E. Taylor, both of Provo, Utah, one grandson, numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his father Jesse E. Taylor, two nephews: Ronnie Cook and Jeffery Woodward. n. Johnson Belva May Gumey Johnson, 91, of at an Lehi, died October 21. American Fork care center of natural causes, bhe was bom November 15, in Lehi, 1904, 19. Utah, to William John and Martha Emma Bushman RS-aGumey. She spent most of her life in Lehi. graduated from Brigham Young Academy in 1925, and became an elementary school teacher in Lehi. Florence Louise Whitton Martin. 80, died peacefully October 21, at her home in Orem. She was bom August 10, 1916, in Worch-este- r. 19, Massachu-seiie- s. She married William Robert Martin. February 1945. He died October 8. 1985. She raised her 7 children in the 14. Springville 7 15 and Provo area. The last 5 she years worked at Deseret Industries in the Home Craft Department. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and served all those she came in contact w ith in a caring A D. Tanner, 66, died Friday. October 18. 1996, in Provo, Utah. He was born on March 24. 1930. to Arthur B. and Elsie Taylor Tanner in Cortez, Colorado. He grew in Kirtland, up New Mexico. He married Carol Harris in 1952, and graduated from B.Y.U. in 1954. He lived and raised his in Las family Vegas. Nevada. He was a businessman and rancher. He served on the National Advisary Council of B.Y.U. for several years, and he was Steven Clark Molyneaux MONA Steven Clark Molyneaux, age 36, passed away October 21, 1996, in Provo. Utah. He was born April 18. I960, in Pay son, Utah, to Clark Lee and Cleo Simmons Molyneaux. He worked for US West as an operator. He w as a way. She is survived by 3 sons and 4 (Owen) Jacqueline daughters: Bartholomew, Orem, Utah, Junior "Grizz" (Ann) Martin, Spanish Fork, Utah, Charlotte Smith, Livermore. California. Robert "Cap" (Toni) Martin, American Fork, Utah, Myrt (Mark) Gehring, Orem, Utah, Mary Lou (Gary) Smith, Lindon, Utah, Allen Martin, Aurora, Colorado. She also has 29 grandchildren and 43 with her family still growing. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 25, at I p.m. in the Suncrest Ninth Ward Chapel, 1 30 N 400 West, Orem. Friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E. 800 North, Orem, and Friday at the Ward :45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. priChapel from or to services. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah. don) Jarrett of Mona, Utah, Scott (Melanie) Molyneaux. Nephi, Uath, Jill (Jason) Haveron of Mona, Utah, Lesa (Chad) Cronuuist of Ogden, Utah, 19 nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held at a.m. Thursday. October 24, 1996, in the Friends may call Mona LDS Chapel. one hour prior to serv ices. Burial in the Mona Cemetery under the direction of Anderson Funeral Home, Nephi. Dxth nctico Inez Ott Miller, age 88, Payson, died Oct. 22. 1996. Funeral services will be announced Payson. by active in the Boy Scouts of America for most of his life. He was a strong supporter of B.Y.U. athletics, particularly the tennis programs. He is survived by his wife, Carol, and five children: Viason, Bradley, Jason, Tracy d, Linley Duncan, and II grandchildren, one sister, Reva Tanner and three brothers: Boyad, Maurice, and Bernard. He is preceded in death by his parents, and four brothers: Stanley, Leonard, Lynn, and Kennard. Funeral Services will be held Friday, October 25, 1996, at 2 p.m. at the LDS Hobble Creek Eighth Ward Chapel. 1965 E Canyon Rd, Springville, UT. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 2 1 E 200 South, Springville. UT. Cemetery. Walker Mortuary, Cunningham Allan Gregor Cunningham, 58, of American Fork passed away October 20, at his home as a result of a heart attack. He was bom December 15. 1937. in Los Angeles, California to Robert E. and Hjordis Cal-sim- e Cunningham. He grew up and attended school in American Fork and 19. from graduated American Fork High School in He then 1955. joined the Navy and served in the Pacif--' ic aboard the USS Tulare. He later served in the Atlantic as a Chief Petty Officer in the fleet ballistic submarines. After serving thirteen patrols he retired as an instructor after 2 years of service. He was a member of the LDS Church. He is survived by one son and one daughter: Dr. John Allan (Clarise) Cunningham, Brooklyn, New York, and Hjordis Margaret Bell, Mistic, Connecticut, and his granddaughter, Erika Additional survivors Cunningham. include his sister, Karen Fullmer, Logan, Utah, and his special lady, Annella Ash, Pleasant Grove, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Roberta Page. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 25, at II a.m. in the Olpin Family Mortuary Chapel, 500 S 300 East, Pleasant Grove where friends may call one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the American Fork City Cemetery. Military rites will be performed by District 4 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. , 19, Lee Ray Beckstead Lee Ray Beckstead, 63, of Provo, Utah, died Monday, October 21, 1996, Springville, Utah, as a result of a auto accipedestrian dent. He was born August 13, 1933, in Payson, Utah to Orson Lee and Amy Josephine Allen Beckstead. He married e v 'V Ber-nic- very thoughtful person that will be missed by his fam ily and friends. Survived by his parents of Mona, brothers and sisters: Debbie (Curt) Adams of Salem, Utah, Randy (Sarah) Molyneaux of Delta, Utah, Jack (Cindy) Molyneaux of Mona. Utah, Ronda (Gor- ' Allan Gregor Darrei D. Tanner Darrell 8 On Dec. 21, 1927, she married Val E. Johnson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple." He died April 21, 1969. They were blessed with three sons and raised their family in Lehi. Belva spent her life in service to her family and others. She is a beloved treasure to all who know her. For many years she played the piano in Relief Society and was an active member of the Lehi 10th ward (now Wines Park Ward). She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Survived by sons: Charles William ,, (Eleanor) Johnson, Las Vegas, Nevada: Grant Hiram (Vicki) Johnson. Salt Lake City. Utah; Martin Val Johnson, Orem. Utah: 17 grandchildren; 15 brothers and sister: Dean (Mel-ba- ) Gumey and Delvora Pehrson, both of Vernon. Utah: Richard (Lisa) Gumey, Cedar Hills, Utah. Funeral, Thursday, October 24, 1996, a.m. in the Wing Mortuary Chapel, at 1 8 E Main, Lehi, w here friends may call Wednesday evening from 7 to and Thursday one hour prior to ser-- " vices. Burial will be in the Provo City Florence Louise Martin w The house, located in the area J. DEBATE: The search MOAB (AP) continued for the body of a Utah County youth presumed drowned in the Colorado River, even as relatives planned a memorial service on Thursday. Grand County Sheriff Jim Nyland, who spent three hours searching on the river himself Tuesday, said river patrols were being run twice a day in the search for Sean Paul Fautin. - Hall in Maple-to- n, Utah. She preceded him in death. Lee loved to help people. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially camping and fishing. He is survived by two sons: Craig (Debbie) Beckstead; Kevin Beckstead; 3 grandchildren; I brother, Lynn and 2 sisters: Afion Stubblefield and Jean Talbot. He was preceded in death by his parents, ' 2 brothers and 1 grandchild. Funeral services will be held, Thursday, October 24, 1996, at 12 Noon in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel, 211 1 200 South, Springville, Utah. Friends may call an hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery: f National Without advertising a terrible thing happens ... nothing. i, Grace Bessay CAMBRIDGE. Mass. (AP) Grace Bessay, who won a battle with the federal government to preserve a collation of seaside shacks on Cape Cod (hat were refuges for literary giants, died Oct. 10. She was 84. Bessay worked since the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961 to preserve private ownership of 1 7 rustic structures in Truro that had been inspirational retreats for Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, e.e. cummings, Eugene O'NeiN and other writers and artists. Bessay succeeded in having the shacks designated national historic landmarks in May 1989, and when the case was finally settled in 1990, she was allowed to occupy, but not own, her shack. The Coast Guard built the one- - and two-roogray shacks as shelters in the 1920s and 1930s. They lacked modern comforts, such as electricity, plumbing and telephones. 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