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Show Etmes-cfo- Nephi, Utah s Page as part of a new board. The number and rep- Commission studies wheather counties should control DWR By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent resentation of these Commissioners and members should ensure the peoples rights to be heard regarding hunting and the use of public land, said Steele. The State Wildlife Board move. not be elected by the peoThe DWR is a creation of ple is a mistake. Peoples the legislature, and only the rights will never be heard state legislature can change until our representative are Should the Department and shape its direction and of Wildlife Resources this is why we are asking for (DWR) be controlled by a meeting in 2004, Robert the individual counties of Steele, commissioner, read Utah where the resources from the letter. now managed by DWR are At the meeting, said found? Juab County Commissioners think that it would be best if that would happen and, for that reason, authorized Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chair, to sign and send a letter to Glen J. Mecham, Northeastern Region Concerned Citizens, voicing support for such a Steele, the concerned citizens of Utah are going to request that the State Wildlife Board be changed. It is being proposed that the Utah State Wildlife Board have either one commission member andor one Association of Governments member from each county Area Weather From The Internet Wednesday... slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows near 70. Chance of rain 20 percent. A Thursday ... Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs near 101. Chance of rain 20 percent. Friday ... Partly cloudy... Lows in the upper 60s... Highs near elected officials. Steele said it was true, to his way of thinking, that citizens equal representation had been denied for decades under the current wildlife board and the local RAC board system. In his letter to Juab County Commissioners, Mecham said: Quality hunting in Utah now is geared for the rich by reducing wildlife numbers making them scarce while hoping for bigger antlered animals for bigger dollars. Introducing wildlife species which most Utah people will never see nor never hunt is only a way to bring in big dollars for DWR, he said. It is based not on science and law but on politics and political influence. Law The Budd-Falen have been asked for sup- Saturday ... with the proposal, said Steele. The general public of the state is being denied the use of public land and I 100 agree percent wildlife. Sunday ... Partly cloudy... Lows near 65... Highs near 101 Nephi Weather Dorothy Ball, reporter Levan Weather Rose Godek, reporter The Utah family has been denied one of the greatest family outings for the past two decades by the policies of the DWR, said Steele. Permits are hard to get and animals are small because of the mismanagement which has occurred at the hands of DWR. Steele said that neither he, nor his son, drew out this year. Some people dont even bother to put in for a permit because of the way DWR has conducted business Letters to the editor policy... The Times News welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to Juab County. Letters should be to the point and must include the writers name, address and telephone number. Letters may not be used to replace advertisements, Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors or participants to a particular event Letters to the editor will be not be accepted from any candiate that has filled for political office or from anyone supporting a filed candidate. Anything unsigned, of a libelous nature, or containing defamatory statements will not be considered for publication. 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Monday pnor to publication When a holiday falls on Monday, the deadline is the Friday pnor to publication Subsen ption pnees Si months. $20 in or out of Juab County, one year. $24 in Juab County, $30 outside Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted for less than si month. Single copy price. s 1 7S. Advertising rates available upon request All articles and pb4ographs submitted for publication are subject to ed ting and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy The editor reserves the nght to hold submitted news items for space reasons Nephi. L'tah 2001 All nghts reserved Copyright c. The Times-News- . Reproduction .reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without pnor wnttrn permission by the publisher or editor V and because of the prices charged for some permits. DWR divided up families when they divided up the state, said Neil Cook, commissioner. They have ruined the family hunt. In spite of the fact that he did not think the legislature would listen to the request for a meeting. I have strong doubts, because of the history, but I do support the proposal. I read the letter from Mr. Mecham and I agree with it, said Cook. He voted to authorize Howarth to sign the letter and to send the letter of support to Mecham. From page 1 Plant Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. Gibson. Editor two-un- it planned for the property receives approval, all taxing entities of Juab County stand to benefit. In fact, with the addition of a power plant, assessed values could almost double The utility company operates as Utah Power in Utah and Idaho. PacifiCorp has 655,000 Utah customers among .1.5 million in six states. Western price caps for power were put in place by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission just a few years ago. Wednesday, July 23, 2003 time, Eldridge said, that at least simple negligence on the part of several people, acting independently of one another, combined to create a situation where an unsafe bus was allowed on the road and this tragic fatal crash was the end result. He said that, throughout the investigation, his office had received tips from the public that had been helpful and promised to continue to follow up on any information that was passed on to them with respect to the crash. which would represent a Eldridge said that the tax break for the average cause of the crash was brake resident plus the addition of failure and that an inspection needed money for the entities of the bus following the crash which run on tax dollars. had revealed that the right Utah Power and Lights brake on the 2 tandem axle and the right brake on the 3 resources recently received a boost by the construction tag axle were each one fourth of an addition at the Gadsby inch out of compliance with Power Plant in Salt Lake City the Federal Motor Carrier and by the purchase by Utah Safety Regulations. The left brake, hq said, on Power parent PacifiCorp of the output of a West Valley the 2 tandem axle was defecCity plant owned by Pacific tive and appears to have been Power Marketing, an unregucompletely ineffective at the lated subsidiary of PacifiCorp time of the accident. parent ScottishPower. Bus 100 Partly cloudy... Lows near 65... Highs in the upper said Howarth. No one from the Juab School District nor Nephi City Council attended the meeting, though if the proposal of a power plant Firm of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has offered their From page 1 assistance but has told the concerned citizens group that the best way to effect change is by getting support of Utah voters. For this reason, county commissioners from rural With this definition in areas throughout the state mind and considering the in- port. 90s right to construct the plant. Any company that can build the proposed plant cheaper, will get the bid, 2 These are very serious problems that contributed to the accident and indicate' to me that this bus was not; maintained as thoroughly as; it should have been, Eldridge ; said. ! Following the accident, the company was is-- ; sued an unsatisfactory rating and fined $2,000 as a result of-the review conducted by the Utah Department of Trans- portation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-- ' tion. Based on the companys co- operation, UDOT reduced the' fine to $1,000 and in March, j the company was given a satimulti-death- sfactory rating, the highest-availabl- e. The insurance provider; for Donnas Tours, Inc., has; settled with five of the seven-families who lost family mem-- ! bers in the tragic accident! and has also covered the fu-- j neral and medical costs of all; victims, according to George Naegle, attorney for the tour-bucompany. s j Commission adopts tax rate for 2003 By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s The certified tax rate for Juab County will be 0.002428 for the tax year 2003. The county is also to set a discharge of judgement tax rate, said Pat Ingram, county clerk-audito- r. Juab County Commis- sioners adopted the tax rate at county commission meeting on Monday so that the rate, in order to comply with state law, can be included in the tax disclosure notices being mailed at the end of the month. Ingram said the rate would generate $978,259 and was formation I have at this time, he said, I do not believe that I could prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury that any one persons conduct rose to the level of criminal negligence. near the certified tax rate Eldridge did say the statset for 2002. ute of limitations for CrimiIf everyone paid their nally Negligent Homicide in Utah is four years and that taxes, that is the amount we other information may sur- would collect, she said. It does not represent an face in the future that may she said. increase, different on a the put light The discharge of judgecase. ment rate would be .000021 He said he did want the families of victims to know and would raise approxithat he would keep a vigilant mately $8,000 which would be the countys share of the eye open for any additional judgement levy granted IPP information that may influfor a return of tax money paid ence the case. a few years ago. Poor communication beIf the county commission tween the drivers of the bus and the maintenance crew, accepts the proposal, they will a shortfall in training and need to hold a public hearing before the discharge of justice a shocking lack of maintenance records, especially the proposal can be adopted, said lack of documented work on Ingram. The proposal will go the brakes, all contributed out with the disclosure noticto the failure to discover the es mailed to all property tax in the county. problems with the brakes on payers the bus, said Eldridge. Eldridge said the drivers of the bus and the mechanics who maintained it, had certain responsibilities to make sure proper maintenance and repairs took place and that the bus was fit to be driver on the public roads. By Myrna Trauntvein While Eldridge said he beTimes-New- s Correspondent lieved the failure to discover Nevertheless, the county commission still does not need to actually impose the discharge of judgement tax rate. After the public hearing, the commission may well decide not to do so. We really have no choice, do we? asked Neil Cook, commissioner. Rather than the county just accepting the judgement levy and the returned taxes into the budget and dealing with it as an expense, the money would be raised to help pay for it. That would mean that the county would be able to continue with some of the services now in place and no more budget and program trimming would need to oc-- . cur. In the past, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chairman, the county has just eaten the cost. If the county had, as some of the more urban counties do, enough money to cover the payback, then such a discharge of justice rate would not be needed. When Robert Steele, commissioner, made the motion to adopt the certified tax rate, he also made the motion to ac-- ! cept the proposed tax rate for the discharge of judgement. ; Commissioners will need to set a public hearing at least 10 days after the dis- closure notices are mailed to receive public opinion on the. I . question. Because of fiber optic lines, Ambulance shed will probably not be built next to fire station and address the brake problems demonstrated simple negligence on the part of Don- nas Tours, simple negligence and criminal negligence are two different standards. Simple negligence is what a civil plaintiff would have to show by a preponderance of the evidence in order to prevail in a civil lawsuit, he said. Criminal negligence, El- tim, and is centrally located in the community. It still might not be . the best place for it, said-Steele- It may be that the best site for the new East Juab Ambulance shed being proposed is not next to Nephi City Fire Station after all and all because of fiber optic lines. I am still trying to find out about the fiber optic lines and am waiting for the information so that I can bring it to you (other two commissioners) before we make a decision," said Cook. Robert Steele, commissioner, said the commission may want to consider another site rather than try to meet dridge said, is a more stringent standard and, in such a case, he would, as the prosecuting attorney, have to prove sentatives from Utah Power beyond a reasonable doubt to and Light, PacifiCorp, and a jury that a person should stipulations and regulations Pacific Power in attendance be held criminally responsible concerning fiber optic cable. for the deaths which occurred at the hearing. Building next to the fire of a result case. the as station were may not be a prefThey happy with In reviewing the evidence erable place to build the the outcome," said Howarth. I They said they thought it was in this case, have considered new ambulance shed," said very seriously the charge of Steele. worth the trip to Nephi. Fiber optic cable is buried Criminally Negligent HomiPacifiCorp bought out cide." he said. Panda rights to build a along the street on 100 East. The State of Utah the law That location may make it difpower plant near Mona and ficult to build an ambulance have now placed a proposal defines criminal negligence before the regulatory board. as a person who engages in shed in that area. Cook said commissioners However, that proposal may conduct that is negligent with did have other sites they or may not be accepted, since respect to circumstances surthe lowest bid to build a rounding his conduct when were looking at and were power supply plant will fee the person ought to be aware just trying to find the best of a substantial and unjustifiplace for the ambulance to accepted. be stored one where it has If a lower bidder surfaces, able risk. The risk must be of such ready access to a they will have the right to roadway and degree that the leading to the freeway, other nature a a construct plant and it need not be at IacifiCorp's pre- failure to perceive it constihighways and roads. tutes a gross deviation from Because of its location, the ferred site near Mona. The RFB (Requirements the standard of care that an 100 East site would he ideal in that it is on a street leading for Prospectus) will close on ordinary person would exerin all the circumstances to the interstate exchange in cise 22. At that Tuesday, July time, it will be determined as viewed from the actors the center of town, is easily accessible by EMTs if any other power company standpoint. It appears to me, at this to take an ambulance arriving to a vic out bid PacifiCorp for the Commissioners agreed to wait to make a decision until Cooks requested information arrives so that-thecan make a more educated decision. New Babies born to area ; couples Daughter born July 15,; 2003 to Chet and Mindy-Steel- e of Nephi. She will be ! named Emerson Dawn Steele. Her grandparents are Robert ! and Christy Steele, and Ste- -' phen and Donna Allred, all; of Nephi. ents are Stellman and Faye! Greenhalgh, and Florence! Kendall, all of Nephi. Great-grandpar- -' Son born May 28, 2003 to William R. Shorty" and Tracy M. Butler of Cody, Wyoming. His name is Wyatt William Butler. His grandparents are George R. and Nancy M. Meyer of Douglas, Wyoming, and Walter F. and Deliena Fincher of Minatare, Nebraska, and Jim and Roseann Clayton of Cody, Wyoming. are George P. Bowker of ScottsblulT. Nebraska, Cl- - ! . ; Great-grandparen- aira Beaman of Pocatello, Idaho, and William and Rita Marshall of Nephi. 9 V 1 ; ; |