Show Comics Standard-Examine- r L®ssi!M©to Theater Wednesday March 16 1988 ravd By GORDON WEEKS Standard Exammef staff WILLARD — If another gravel pit is allowed in Willard “maybe Peach Days will be renamed Pit a resident told the Box El- der County Commission Tues- day A proposed sand and gravel pit the bench above the town will create health problems scar seen- ery destroy orchards and lower property values speakers told about 150 people at the public hearing at Willard City Hall “It’s too close too large too hazardous for its neighbors to it’s an uncontrollable stand cancer” said resident Shirleen “It worries me that we’ll turn fruit row into a dust bowl” said a weeping LaVee Hemsley The Box Elder Planning Com- mission in October approved a conditional-us- e permit to allow the development of a gravel pit on Big Bench between Willard and South Cook Canyon Landowner and Bountiful resi- dent Darrell Nielsen had fought the city for eight years to obtain the permit saying it is his consti- tutional right to use the land the way he wants Most of Nielsen’s land is out- side Willard city limits but an access road leading to the proper- ty from Highway 89 runs through the city and residential areas The approval is contingent on a 160-ac- Robert PopeStandarc-Examine- r About 300 Hooper residents attend a hearing Tuesday to discuss the size of a proposed park M Inf ©mlar oooeir By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Standard-Examine- r staff HOOPER — About 300 protesting residents changed the minds of Hooper Park commissioners who wanted to purchase 15 additional acres for a perk The residents said a park was too 30-acr- e ' big The commission had considered buying an acre a year at $7000 an acre for 15 years to add on to existing land already set aside for a park But after q hearing and numerous resident complaints the board unanimously voted not to buy the 1 5 acres and to instead develop a park only half that two-ho- pr size ' ' Public concern about the park arose a month ago when it became known the board planned to buy five acres for $35000 to add to an existing 10 acres at 4600 S 5500 West already set aside for a park The board had bought the 10 acres about three years ago A flyer was sent to residents saying the board wanted to buy that five acres plus 15 more' Some of the residents said they had heard a tax increase would be necessary for the purchase but Hooper Park Service District chairman Brent Draper assured them the board had never even considered tax increases The board had decided Jan 19 to buy the five acres and Tuesday after a short public hearing it approved an amended budget that would provide $35000 for the pur-cha- se The board took care of some other matters and then opened up the lengthy public acres hearing on the purchase of 15 more site the of west present park to the has five parks and the largest is 13 acres Salt Lake ‘Roy doesn’t even have a 30-ac- long re park’ — Elden Bingham well-rehears- ed Draper told residents the land would be purchased over 15 years and developed a year at a time - If the city would have borrowed money for the land it would have paid $87500 in interest Draper said He said the park board has an operating budget of $ 1 9000 a year and that $ 1 000 would be needed each year to purchase an acre and develop it Bill Gibbs a resident who favored the purchase said the present seven-acr- e church-owne- d park is inadequate and that the new one should be built with future growth and adequacy in mind 1 “The city is coming this way Let’s think down the road” But board member Floyd Fowers who purchase presented a opposed the 1 plan for the present 10 acres that would allow two soccer fields two ball diamonds a rodeo ground and a double tennis court and still leave fairly adequate parking space Greg Haws Hooper resident and auditor of the board’s books said the board had been negligent in not listening to LaGrande Belnap who wanted to donate three acres at the west end of 5900 South on condition right to due process staff The appeal was taken under adSALT LAKE CITY — An at- visement Justices also deferred torney for a former Davis County ruling on a motion by state attorman convicted of child sexual ney David B Thompson to reabuse told the Utah Supreme voke a certificate Of probable Court Tuesday that evidence cause that allows Bullock to remain free on bail while the high against his client was “contaminated” by the questionable methcourt considers his appeal Bullock who had been serving ods of a meddling social worker Craig S Cook asked the high time in prison for his December court to overturn the conviction 1986 convictions on three counts of Arden Brett Bullock on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a of aggravated child sexual abuse child and three counts of sodomy and child sodomy because the ad- on a child had been released on mission of tainted evidence had bail through an earlier Supreme violated his client’s constitutional Court action By DON BAKER r 15-ac- re the park would be named after his father But Theo Cox board member said the board wanted a centralized park and the Belnap property was too far to the west Brad Beus asked the board “how big of a county do you have to have to use a church-owne- d park?” He said the present unused often goes park And Elden Bingham said “Roy has five parks and the largest is 13 acres Salt Lake doesn’t even have a park” He said several smaller parks would accommodate growth in other areas later on 30-ac- By GORDON WEEKS ty- - “It appears to be a very worth- while solution” to the building’s BRIGHAM CITY — The Box possible demolition said ComElder County Commission has' missioner Robert Valentine Valentine told Crabtree he should given its support to a local entrepreneur’s proposal to move Ogpursue the move “if you can pull den’s Egyptian Theater to a site it off" that would feature a pyramid and The commission told Crabtree waterfalls to present the concept to the The commissioners told Ogden County Planning Commission resident Scott Crabtree they liked Valentine said the board probably his plan to disassemble the facade would look favorably on the idea theater and of the Crabtree said he wants to move Point his to it Rocky transport 91 in the Egyptian's facade to Rocky convention site on Highway Point build a facsimile of the Coun Elder Box unincorporated theater next to a proposed pyra- mid and surround the structures with gardens and waterfalls The Egyptian would be used for plays films seminars and other events he said When he first made the proposal last month Crabtree said he would reconstruct and maintain the entire building if a historical group or individual donor disassembled and moved it to the convention site he built in 1962 man-mad- ey ur : The commissioners did not speak at the hearing Rep Robert Bishop received the loudest ovation when he said residents should have priority over the landowner in this pute Westley read from a Box Elder ng County travel brochure that urged visitors to “share this land with us” “I don’t think they meant one truck load at a time” he said as the audience roared with laugh-featuri- ng T‘ ter Nielsen was granted a similar permit by the planning commis-sion in 1982 only to have it taken away by county commissioners after residents appealed the deci- sion and presented evidence that the pit would cause severe flood — " ‘ damage Nielsen has since modified his plans by agreeing to build a flood control basin that he said will handle floods 100-ye- ar WASHINGTON TERRACE — have asked that playground The Weber School Board has equipment the city planned to again refused to allow part of a put on the north end of the planned North Ogden City deten- - tention basin be put on the tion basinpark to be placed on grounds at Green Acres Thai the grounds of Green Acres Ele- - way the family could retain the re mentary However the board also said Tuesday it wants its attorney to examine whether the board should formally oppose having the detention basin so close to school to avoid future problems North Ogden City owns immediately irreparably contaminated evidence by manipulating and coaching four children to give fabricated videotaped testimony against Bullock He also argued that Bullock’s defense attorney erred in the pretrial phase by not moving to suppress the testimony of Snow the children and other witnesses Thompson maintained the dee fense did not object to the ABUSE on 2B evi-Se- support structure of exact size would be ce- The original proposal was met with little enthusiasm from the Mission 2000 planning group and representatives of the Friends of the Egyptian who called the move unfeasible The group has been searching for a purchaser to renovate the theater which was closed Dec But the building is made of 31 1984 by the health department for unsanitary conditions poured reinforced concrete and See PLAN on 2B qannot be taken apart so a new liabili- 5 acres north of Green downstream waterways could handle the runoff Because it ' northernmost strip of land which has frontage on 2100 North That request was made in June and was rejected by the school board which said it didn’t want to involve itself in the dispute be-ttween the Ortons and North Og-t- y ' den city officials The family on Tuesday again requested the board consider the ‘ he 1 Acres Elementary 640 E 1900 North The city is trying to ac- quire another 5 acres just north of its property to build a flood detention basin That property is owned by Donald Orton City officials say the basin would be used infrequently to hold excess flood water until versial trial of Alan Hadfield of Lehi Hadfield was convicted of sexual abuse of two children Cook contended that Snow had built Crabtree said “All the real valuable stuff is ramic and movable” he said dam-Day- s" '‘ main to acquire the land As a compromise the Ortons By SUSAN IPAKTCHIAN standard Examiner staff 30-ac- re s things here or we won’t survive jJjg said Box Elder is the last major agricultural county in the state and the dust from the pit would age crops said Willard resident ' Marva Jeanne Pedersen “Maybe Peach Days will be rem amed Pit Days” she said “May-o- n be we’ll eat dirt instead of fruit’ The gravel pit plan contradicts the Box Elder County master plan which stresses conservation soil stability and scenic beauty e while denouncing scars on the mountains said Clyde Westley Speakers also said the trucks rumbling through residential eas would create noise and air pollution pose a threat to chil-odren playing near the road and crack streets Development would chase away deer on the hillside while the dust would hurt people with respiratory problems they said Blasting at the the pit also would be dangerous to nearby residents Thorpe said Farley told the commissioners they had a “moral obligation” to protect the safety of residents and prevent Willard from becoming “a blighted industrial corridotin- to our county” X School board won’t OK detention basinpark r Floyd Fowers listens to comments at a public hearing on a park But the state maintains Bullock seekis a threat to children and-iwhile him return to to prison ing justices rule on the case Cook also argued that Bullock was represented by ineffective counsel who failed to challenge the admission of evidence allegedly flawed by a controversial social worker who specializes in sexual child abuse cases Much of Tuesday’s oral argument focused on the testimony and interviewing methods of Dr Barbara Snow a key state’s witness against Bullock Snow also provided testimony in the contro gypfen plan draws Standard Examiner stafl of requirements compliance with city and county ordinances on dust and noise pollution impact state- ments showing the effects of grav- el trucks on Highway 89 and comments from Forest Service and Wildlife Resource officials The presentation poetry and slides — “Not a roast of any kind” Wil- lard Mayor Lonnie Thorpe said was designed to persuade the commission to overturn the deci- sion Willard already has three gravel pits and a fourth along the nar- row corridor between the moun- tains and the Great Salt Lake would be a disaster Hemsley said “We can’t put too many bad eoowidfoini Standard-Examine- list re mb would be used only occasionally for that purpose the city plans to build a park on the site But the Orton family doesn’t to sell The city is trying to its right of eminent do- - proposal but board members said they didn’t want to be liable for any injuries that might occur on playground equip- ment “The equipment we have (now) at Green Acres is not much” said board member Ted Parke “But we don’t want a lot around when we are liable for injuries” “If you are concerned about lia- bility I’m astounded that you’re not more concerned about having a flood detention barin adjacent to the school” said William ton an attorney who is represent-exercis- e ing his father Donald Orton city-own- ed Qr-wa-nt |