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Show Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 94, No. 48 Wednesday, November 27, 1996 10 pages Single Copy Price 500 Subject amraigmed Santa will be here on Saturday The Nephi Volunteer Fire department has made arrangements m kidnapping case with Santa Claus to open the Christmas Season. He will arrive on Main Street at noon November 30th. He will then wrists. He said Vonderhae was taken to Central Valley Medical Center. He was s Correspondent then taken to Millard, said Carter. The decision was to take him to the Thomas Lawrence Vonderhae, 22, facmental hospital, said Carter. Vonderes seven charges in the November 7 kidhae will be evaluated there, he said. napping of a local Nephi female. Vonderhae has made two court apThe name of the victim is being proon the case. He had an initected, said Juab County Sheriff David pearances tial appearance November 18, in Fourth Carter. Court before Judge Boyd L. District Vonderhae also attempted suicide at Park. the Juab County Public Safety BuildRepresenting the state was David ing where he was being held on a Juab County Attorney. Leavitt, $100,000 bail requirement. In the initial appearance Vonderhae We have him at the mental hospital was read the charges: 1st degree feloat present, said Carter. count one, aggravated kidnapping; The attempt occurred in the evening ny, 1st degree rape, count 2, 1st degree feland came after court appearances. Howony; 1st degree rape, count 3, ,1st deever, the date of the preliminary heargree felony; 1st degree forcible sodomy, ing may have to be adjusted. count 4, 1st degree felony; 1st degree Carter said Vonderhae attempted to forcible sodomy, count 5, 1st degree felcommit suicide by attempting to cut his ony; aggravated assault, count 6, 3rd degree felony; theft of a motor vehicle, count 7, 2nd degree felony. Judge Park appointed Milton Harmon, Nephi, to serve as Vonderhaes attorney. In the initial appearance the defendant does not respond to the charges. The charges are read and an attorney assigned, said Leavitt. In his second appearance at court, a waiver hearing, held on November 19, Trauntvein By Myma the state was represented by AnnMarie s Correspondent Howard, deputy county attorney. At that hearing, also before Judge Phillip Baker was presented with a Park, a preliminary hearing date was plaque by the Utah Community Forest set for December 2, in Fourth District Council of Utah. Court in Nephi. The plaque was presented at TuesVonderhae is accused with kidnapdays city council meeting by Nephi ping a local woman from her home, Mayor Robert Steele. Baker was selectkeeping her all day until she escaped, ed as the Arborist of the Year by the and then of hiding out from law enforceUtah Community Forest Council of ment in the area west of Nephi. Utah, said Steele. Phil has been getting so many awards lately that it is lucky he is an arborist. He has been getting so many wooden plaques honoring him that it is a good thing he plants lots of trees or there would be a wood shortage, said Steele. The award was originally presented at a meeting in Park City, said Baker. The award was presented to the arborist who had demonstrated outstanding initiative to develop the profession ofarboriculture in Utah in 1996. It was presented by Michael Kuhns, president of the Utah Community Forest CounBy Myras Ttanntvein Times-New- Baker named Arborist of the year by Community Forest Council of Utah Times-New- 12:00 Saturday, greet area youngsters at the Old Gym from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. and pass out candy. Nephi City extends building moratorium on new subdivisions until February 15th By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Nephi City council determined to extend the building moratorium for new subdivisions until February 15, 1997, or until the new subdivision ordinance is accepted by the council. However, council members did not include commercial and industrial subdivisions in the ban. Mayor Robert Steele recommended that industrial and commercial subdivisions be accepted throughout the period of the revision of the subdivision ordinance. Because the development requirements for commercial and industrial subdivisions can be established at site plan review, I recommend we continue to allow commercial and industrial subdivisions, said Steele. Randy McKnight, city administrator, said there was still work to do on the subdivision ordinance before it would be ready for the council to review. We need to extend the time before the council will accept new subdivisions, said ' , McKnight. McKnight said the subdivision ordinance will adequately deal with the present demand. This should not be a hardship on any current proposals, said McKnight. Those who were working on such proposals would need to spend more time getting the proposal together. The council can lift the moratorium as soon as they vote to accept the new subdivision ordinance, said McKnight. The council does not need to wait until February 15 to pass the ordinance. However, the extension of time will allow the necessary work on the ordinance to be completed in a professional manner. Nephi City Council members awarded a business license to P&K Investments, or Dennys Food Service. The Dennys Restaurant will open in the old Cedar Hollow Restaurant facility at 2087 South Main Street in Nephi. Clive A. Pusey, Salt Lake City, applied for the license for the restaurant chain. The council also approved a business license for Samuel B. Richardson for . Phil has done a great job for our city, said Steele. He is now getting recognized all over for his outstanding work. Couple receives plaque from City Times-New- s Myras Trauntvein Correspondent v Ron and Louise Gowers were present- - a plaque by Mayor Robert Steele at sphi City Council meeting Tuesday ening. Ron Gowers accepted the award. He ked that his wife, who was ill that ening, be excused. For the third year in a row, The Gow-- i were presented a civic beautification rard for continuous improvements to s grounds of their home. 'Every year, said Steele, their yard tks even better than it did the year fore. said, thanks to people like the iwers, the community was improving in the chyear. Many of the mmunity had bain eliminated, he He eye-sor- es id. Nephi is becoming a beautiful place, id Steele. i i, - vxA ' H X I i I We'dfify to tafe tHis opportunity to thanhjdC our suSscriSers and advertisers foryour support tfiis Cast year. !May your Thanksgiving andholiday season 6e grand Jidan, Mariann, Sarah, Chris, Sean, 9dyma andJuGe. i Main, Nephi. The approval was subject to furnishing a sales tax number. A Class A beer license will also be approved for the establishment. Sheriff comments on kidnap arrest By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent A family near Burrastons Ponds objected to being in the news as the home where Thomas Lawrence Vonderhae made a phone call that lead law enforcement officers to Vonderhae. They, in particular, objected to the reference in the story indicating Vonderhae was arrested at a home near Burraston Ponds after officers learned Vonderhae was in the area because he stopped at a home located near the Ponds and borrowed the phone to contact friends. They objected to the fact that the article did not make it plain that Vonderhae had left the home when the arrest was made. Quoting the article: David Carter, Juab County Sheriff, said he and Deputy Justin Kimball arrested Thomas Lawrence Vonderhae at a home near Burraston Ponds after learning cil. By Main Street Conoco at 1010 North J Vonderhae was in the area. Vonderhae was then taken to jail at the Juab County Public Safety Building where he is being held at the jail pending a court appearance. We received information he had contacted one of his friends from a home near Burrastons, said Carter. He was arrested without incident and without struggle. Carter said Vonderhae was arrested after he had stopped to use the phone at the home. Carter, when contacted about the statement, said he did not see what all the fuss was about. We did not name the individuals nor identify which home it was, he said. Carter said he thought the article was clear enough that Vonderhae had asked to use the phone at the home and that the residents were not harboring a known criminal. Vonderhae came right out of that house, said Carter. I watched him and we arrested him on the road by the house, said Carter. There is nothing wrong with what was said. We did make the arrest on the road outside the house, said Carter. We still have not identified to the press nor the public what home it was where he asked to use the phone, said Carter. If no one made a comment about it, then know one would know which house it was nor who the residents were, he said. |