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Show AUTCT5-DI01- mr.5 84101 FIRM T UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 307 W 200 S STE 4000 SALT LAKE CITr' UT 84101-127- TNCTV222 Exp. 112005 7 IIJJJ.JilUJIJUiLJIJJ.UJ.i.M , Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 97, No 43 www.nephitimesnews.com To Live! A.A 0 (I VV' Single Copy Price Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Forty-fou- r Uncontrolled, controlled bum caucoo 015,000 in property damages blocks are slated for asphalt overlay this fiscal year By Myrna TraaBtrcia By Myra Ttauntvein Times-NewTimes-New- s Correspondent A controlled ur hand Saturday afternoon and destroyed approximately $15,000 of property. Brett Ostler, Nephi City Fire Chief, said he wanted to warn people in the community to stay with any fires they start. The law requires that those who have bum permits stay with the controlled bum until it is completely out. Ostler said the blaze began when Cleston Park, who owns property on 400 South and 400 East, Nephi, left a controlled bum in a woodpile on the prop- 2000. The season was much too cold now to lay any more asphalt this year, however. We have completed all ofthe asphalt projects we are going to do this fall, said Ed Park, streets superintendent When asphalt is laid in cold temperatures, it was difficult to get a good seal along the mid-linIn addition, the soil was too cold to allow the asphalt to spread well. It would not serve the city well to lay the asphalt now because it would not be lasting. We have spent $60,000 on asphalt this year but most of the asphalt has been laid at new home sites, said Park. erty. Park left, thinking the fire was going to stay put, said Ostler. He went home, (271 South 300 East) just a few blocks away, to get a drink of water and to pick up his wife. , The fire quickly flared up, said Ostler. It burned into dry grass and crossed onto property belonging to Kerry Tidwell, 440 South 400 East. Tidwells home is located at the site. Fire on page 2, Correspondent blocks of city streets are Forty-foslated for asphalt overlay during this fiscal year (which ends in June). The city has budgeted $244,000 to use on improvement or street rehab," said Chad Brough, mayor. We need to have the money spent by June 15, bum swiftly got out of See s e. FIRE THAT GOT AWAY Nephi City fireman put out the grass fire that almost burned a semi tractor last week. The fire spread from a fire being used to clear brush and weeds from a vacant lot. Quick response from the fire department kept the damage $ 15,000 dollars to the neighbors property. See Streets on page 2 Ps'eEmmasy Eaeadsag m. mu?der case held om Mosaday Carter said he, Deputy Justin Kimbody and the missing woman could, posbe the same person. He said the ball and Millard County Detective John sibly, s correspondent weight, size and physical characteris- Kimball went to Florida. "We spent A preliminary hearing in the case of tics of both the body and the missing three days there, said Carter. On March 3, Williams was officially a woman whose body was found eight woman led him to think they could be a match. charged with the murder of his wife. years ago in Juab County was held on HowUsing the fingerprint identification Williams was incarcerated in a Florida Monday, Nov. 8, and her husband ell Williams was bound over on 1st de- collected by Juab County Sheriffs De- jail at the time he was charged where partment and matching it to the finger he was being held for parole violation. gree homicide charges. Juab County Sheriff David Carter prints Florida had of Barbara Kaye Juab County Deputy Justin Kimball said the woman was identified as Bar- Williams, said Carter, Millard County also testified on Monday. He had travbara Kaye Williams in testimony he Deputy Sheriff Jim Massner, who is a eled with Carter to Salt Lake City, liic-soArizona, and to Florida. He testigave at the preliminary hearing held in recognized fingerprint expert, came up to fied the information he had learned with match. a before Fourth District Court in Nephi positive Gootee the sent various places. us the fingerprints in "Agent Judge Ray M. Harding. Lt. John Kimball, Millard County The Williams left Florida in 1990 but of Mrs. Williams by mail and Deputy the missing person report was not filed Massner had fingerprints of the body Sheriffs Office, said he had been inuntil 1997, said Carter. "We found the taken at the time the body was found. volved in the case from the beginning. Ahomicide detective in Salt Lake City, The Millard County Sheriffs Office had nude body of Barbara Kaye Williams March 22, 1991, near the Mills Detective Mark Scharman, shared the been interested in the case because they information Salt Lake City Police had had a similar case and, at first, thought Junction exit Flor-with Juab County. That was also a big the two might be connected. Williams Howell was charged in ida on March 3, 1999, with aggravated help to us," Carter said. Sgt. Jim Massner, Millard County murder in the death of his wife. He was 'extradited to Juab County to face the charge. Milt Harmon, a Nephi attorney, was appointed in March to serve as counsel for Howell. Monday at the preliminary hearing Harmon requested the first degree mur--. der charge be reduced to 2nd degree fel-- J ony manslaughter. Harding denied the motion. A trial date was not set It will be cal- -, endared soon. At the time the body was found in j Juab County, a missing person report ( ! had not been filed, said Carter. No one was looking for her at the time." t The Williams couple had moved from , Florida to Salt Lake City prior to the death of Barbara Kaye Wiliams. CartBy Myra Treuntvein Times-New- n, 1-- er said the womans mother had talked j to law enforcement officer in Florida a few times because she was concerned that she had not heard from her daughter for some time. "Her mother had talbri to the sheriff but had not filed a revert," A break in the case came when Agent Bill Gootee, with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, started on old carts ia Florida," said Carter. ZcrU Carter said Gootee had contacted him ecirj on Feb. 10. 1923. "He let us know that our unidentified Tl that we are finally bringing the case to from Barbara trial. the of Kaye body prints Williams at the scene where she was There is still one unidentified female found in 1991. He also was one of the body found in Juab County to account experts who made the match between for, he said. A woman was found dead the fingerprints he had taken of the near Yuba Lake in 1978. It has been body and known fingerprints of the vic- 21 years since her body was discovered I wasnt even sheriff then and tim made while she was living. This case had really bothered me for we still have no clues as to her identieight years, said Carter. I am happy ty. Sheriffs Office, said he took finger- Federal grant money has enabled SherifPo Department to purchase equipment and pay for overtime By Times-New- s Myra Traetveia Correspondent Over the past five years, the Sher- iffs Office, under leadership of Juab County Sheriff David Carter, has received approximately $500,000 in extra funding through grants and contracts. "Last week we were awarded a block grant through the federal government for $7,363.80 to purchase spikes to be placed in all our vehicles and to buy bullet-proo- f vests for use by our depusaid Carter. ties, Carter said the road spikes will be used to place in roadways to stop those fleeing from deputies. Their use will help cut short high speed chases and will enhance public safety." The remaining money in the grant, after purchases are made, can be used for overtime for law enforcement officers in the sheriffs office. The last week of October, said Carter, he received word that his offices application had been approved to receive equipment valued at between $5,000 and $8,000. The grant cam from state alcohol enforcement money. portable camera and enough portable intoxilizers to place in all our law enforcement vehicles, said Carter. Carter said the grants received over the past five years had amounted to We received one more than $400,000. This represents extra money the county has received which has provided needed money at no extra cost to our taxpayers." A three-yea-r grant for $75,000 from the Cop Fast Grant was received to fund the hiring of another deputy for Eureka. Carter said Tony Laird was hired as that deputy. "The grant was for a three-yea- r period, said Carter. "It was important to have another officer in that area. One lone officer, located more than 40 minutes from Nephi, was not good because there was no back-u- p in critical situa- tions." A federal grant to be used for a task force was received jointly by Nephi City Police and the Juab County Sheriffs Office, said Carter. The grant was worth $72,700. The task force, with the of Nephi City Police and Juab County Sheriffs Office, was formed to cut down on illegal drug activities in the area. One officer was hired to work specifically for the task force. Carter, who has been sheriff for the pari 19 yarns, said he had worked to increase the contract he has with the Bureau ofLand Management to pay for law enforcement at the little Sahara Sand Dunes. "When I began as sheriff, the Law Enforcement Contract my office had multi-jurisdictkm- al rs See Sheriff on page 2 |