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Show C7 The SaltLake Tribune BIRTHS/UTAH Saturday, May 22, 1999 Polygamist “once or twice.” During a second interview with investigators, she claimed it happenedthree times. Based on thatinterview, prosecutors filed three counts against Kingston. Incest Trial Set for June | Kingston, 33. It was during the investigation of the beating that thegirlalleged she had been wedto her uncle and had sex with him. She also said she was pulled from school and put to work in a Kingston-owned business. After twice attempting to run away, her father drove her to a ranch near the Idaho border and beat her with his fists and belt until she passed out, she said. Bruises, cuts and welts on the girl's body left no doubt she had been abused, police say. But at theincesttrial, it will be the girl’s word againstheruncle's. Pastvariationsinthegirl's sto- ry maybecritical She told a social worker last Mayshe had sex with her uncle Reid Defends Buying Space on S.L. Billboard @ Continued from C-1 Flagstaff Still Waiting Final Approval @ Continued from C-1 limits between Park City Mountain and Deer Valley resorts. A proposed compromise with the city calls for clustered retail development, ski runs and about 30 palatial resort homes. In addition to Flagstaff, another development has been proposed by the mining company in Booze Boss Says Laws Don’t Need to Change @ Continued from C-1 polygamist has beencharged with charges. bigamy. This time, it is a Sevier County tee’s Coordination Committee urged local Games organizers to lobby for more flexible liquor laws. ore 10C representatives were par- Mark Joseph Easterday, 38 was charged this week with third- call Nolan as a trial witness to learn what had beensaid. degree felony bigamy after he purportedly admitted during a di vorce deposition that he had more Judge Youngsaid Friday there was no adequatebasis to disquali- than one wife, according to Carmen Thompson, executive direc. tor of the anti-polygamy group, fy Nolan from the case. But after the hearing, McCaughey said he got what he wanted. Tapestry of Polygamy “Nolan wentoverhis interview We areseeing local prosecutors — with some urging and the [with the girl] with me,’ McCaugheysaid, adding that Nolan had previously refused to sit down andtalk. Also Friday, Judge Young banned anti-polygamists and others from demonstrating inside the courthouse during Kingston's trial, which is expected to last three days. Tapestry of Polygamy members have been wearing purple ribbonsto court in support of women who want to leave the po- Rick Egan/The Sait Lake Tribune David O. Kingston, right, with attorney, Stephen McCaughey. lygamouslifestyle Tapestry spokeswoman Car- men Thompsonsaidshewill write the judge to protest his ribbon spent “Reagan Advertising came to received a $90 in-kind contribu- me because they were feeling a little frustrated with how they werebeing treated,’ Christensen paign reports show he $1,464 on Reaganbillboards and tion. Christensen also has received minor campaign aid from the company. He reported $250in inkind contributions from Reagan in his last election, in 1997. neighboring Wasatch County at Bonanza Flats. The Bonanza de- velopment would include condominiums, a golf course and new ski runs, but the proposal is still in its early stages and has not had muchpublic discussion. Several years in the making, the Flagstaff sea achieved would over the long-cauatedproject But an angry backlash among many of the town’s residents might raise anotherobstacle to it, as a group called Citizens Allied for Responsible Growth (CRAG) pushes for a referendum on the annexationthisfall. Division was evident at Thurs- said. The councilman said he asked for no favors, just fair treatment. ject’s proposed public-trail sys- tem, calling it “extensive and very well put together.” “It’s going to help our appeal as a destination resort,” said Bill Li- gety, the town’s former planning director. Others noted that the funda: and catered events Hales said he and Flint agreed last summer existing state law permits enoughflexibility to allow liquor service at the wide range of Olympics functions. Accommodating the reporters will be easy,” said Hales, the li- quor commission chairman. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) offers five licenses: restaurants,private clubs, single events, beer bars and mini package agencies ay, SLOC President Mitt Romney restated the position that anothertype oflicense: banquets The ABC commission had a hearing Friday to consider pro- posed legislation that would add It's a concept Utah businesses have pushed for morethan a dec- adeandthat briefly appeared be- fore the Legislaturelast winter in the form of a draftbill. The commission has been askedto present its recommendations to lawmak- ers by October. If the new license were to be implemented, it would have to pass the state’s conservative Legislature. Like a majority of the state's population, the Legisla- ture is composedlargely of mem- bers of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. which forbids its faithful to use alcoholic beverages. Lawmakers typically resist changing the law unless the proposalhas been thoroughlystudied “Each of you ran on a controlled growth platform,” Dana Williams, executive director of CARG said as he scolded the council for crafting the annexation agreement with United Park City Mines. “It didn’t happen.” “It will overburden an already overburdened community,” said Rich Wyman, another CARG ac- Coalition Chairman George Van Komen wrote a letter of sup- portfor thenew license, which be- camepart of the hearing record on Friday. He said the proposal “seems to have the potential to it for ‘I would question whetherthat is truly a community benefit.” As council approval looms sometime in the next few weeks difference over details probably clients. They noted, for instance, current law does notoffer clear pro- posal, too. Theypointed to a web of laws that are cumbersome for unanimous support for the pro. professionals and confusing for and three 5 years in prison Wewould not wantto suggest runfor office,” Musci said. “ fortunately, this incident throws a cloud over his campaign because est and throws a cloud overhis current office. It shouldn't have to be that way from meddling state legislators. who have a longhistory of thwarting such mechanisms at the municipal level At least twootherpoints are be- ing argued. One is over howmuchof a grace period ofinactivity United Park City Mines would be given should the projectfall on hard times. Another is what to do about other property owners whohold deed to about 150 acresinside the devel- opmentbutare opposed to it The council is already on record favoring annexation and the approvalit would bring, insisting that leaving Flagstaff's develop- ment to countyplanners would ultimately hurt Park City. opportunity for overcon. umption censes. At the same time, people who get thoselicenses are, bydef. inition, not professionals andless likely to be familiar with the state's laws on storage, transporResorts, meanwhile, have to juggle their existing licenses to provide services typically expect Representatives of Utah’s ho- conduct class reunions in banquet facilities because of the definitions of who can obtain single-event li- “The new license would therefore have theplausible desired effect of decreasing alcoholic beverage consumption through a trained alcohol server person nel,” he wrote. sexual counts of incest, all third-degree That sentiment was shared by Cap Ferry, a former state senator and lobbyist for the Utah Hotel and Lodging Coalition. tation, dispensing and disposal of alcoholic beverages morecarefully controlled process of increased supervision bywell. ful visions for wedding parties or decrease the misuse and abuse of alcoholic beverages.” nondrinkers to alcoholic bever. Curiously, the new banquet-ca earmarking mitigation of the project's impacts on the town draft compromise between the tel, restaurant, private club and food service industries voiced ages velopment, merous exhibits alluded to in a and approved by the commission The commission, meanwhile, resists changes presumed to pro- mote consumption or to expose percent“realestate transfer fee on every propertysold in the de- is essentially a sales tax on the project's real-estate transactions in the law Thompson said of the potential conflicts of inter- “Howcan we give reasonable public input?” asked DaveStaley, questioning the absence of nu- ciation, a watchdog group known for fighting any proposed change marriage, the couple had eight Reid's position as community will be hammeredout betweenattorneysfor City Hall and the mining company Atissue is howto protect what alition of the Utah Medical Asso- Thompson that a city employee or anybodyin that position shouldn't be able to tivist tering license has won support even from the Alcohol Policy Co- other polygamists. said. But because 5; Anthony Musci, chairman of the good-government watchdog group Common Cause of Utah said the conflict issue is a tough call city and the mining company that was released onlythis week Staley alsochallenged a partof the deal that would impose a 1 said resident Jim Powell. “I can where Easterday had been workingtoestablishhis own fundamentalist Organon with felonies, each punishablebyup to revolves around the municipal control it would brin; Opponents had their say as just feel the work that went into it.” “Density has been pared down,” said Betty Brown. “Open space has been made secure.” Brian Burr praised the pro- to Utah, accountant for thesecretive and wealthy Kingston clan — is more than 75 people who filled well munity in Kentucky, where he found a second wife, according to Thompson. They all moved back é harged with one count of unlaw 25, the judgesaid. Kingston — an for Reagan, it was probably me.” pacity. “This is a great document,” In the Easterday case, he and his wife were “mainstream Mor: mons” until they moved to a com: ty, jurors will be picked from a pool of 50, rather than theusual like for outdoor advertising, I’m City Council chambers past ca- promisedto obeythe law children together, in polygamy and the public at While Reid participated in the discussion with Reagan, “he Bronson entered apleain abey anceto one count of bigamy and mists,” Thompson said. “It is in the best interest of children with. tor “puts him atfairly highrisk of beingin a conflict,” said Musci has been expressed repeatedly and state officials. “We have made no attempt to change the laws, and we are not lobbying to change the laws,” he said. “We'll just have to see how the lawsapply to the situation.” SLOC spokesman Frank Zang said Friday he did not know of anyspecific situation that might not sure they get equaltreatment, quite frankly,” he said. “Everyone’s always lookingfor thelatest trick to get rid of a billboard,” Last week. a Millard County from 1995 through 1998. Steve 7 allegedly abusing his first wife she filed for divorce. Duringtheir and economic development direc- mental point favoring annexation over the years by local organizers ban. She noted members of Moth ers Against Drunk Drivingareal lowedto wearribbonsin court Because of theintense publici- cases man admitted having two wives right facts — moving forward with the prosecution of polyga didn't ask any favors one wayor the other. If anyone went to bat “Due to everybody's strong dis- day’s public hearing, which drew ticularly concerned about serving alcoholic beverages at a hospitality room for the 9.000 news media people expected to attend the Games manaccusedof having two wives. Because Nolan did not record his interview with the girl, McCaugheyclaimed he needed to clash with state law. peting to be an Olympicshost city andin the four yearssince it won the bid. The subject arose again this week when members of the International Olympic Commit- to press forward with these LAKE TRIBUNE prompting the prosecutor to add a fourth count ofincest to the David large. that prosecutors continue BY STEPHEN HUNT THES. In what seemstobe a develop. ing trend in Utah, anotheralleged Thegirl subsequently told prosecutor Nolanofa fourth instance, @ Continued from C-1 marriage to her uncle, Alleged Polygamist Charged With Bigamy “The confusion provides the andviolation of the Utah law,” he told the ABC commission. “The majorityof this bill does not break newground,” he added “It is a compilation of existing Utah law.” Jerry Fenn, a lobbyist for the Mormon Church and former chairman of the ABC commission. observed the hearing from the back of the room. He had no com ed by their customers. Instead of ment onthe proposedbill of room service, for example Commissioners and many who testified at the hearing Friday agreed the proposal will need delivering a single drink as part they must provide entire bottles of wineandspirits. The proposed legislation would eliminate many of these more work beforeit goes to the Legislature for its review. But they seemed confident the dis said David Jensen of agreements can be resolved There may be significant changes [in the draft] but nothing the Salt Palace Convention Center people won't agree with.” said Hales, the commission chairman apital Kountiful ter May 18 Laker LUNT, Sasan and Hodne Nephs son. May | Valley Kepmnal M MAESTAS, Mico! and daughter May 20 Cotte MALMSTROM, Danelle and Eddie Salt Lake City. ay 20 MANNING, Av fra and Thomas Par ay Logaa Reponal Hospital Logan MARTINEZ, Fux aed Gerard tab Valley Reponal Medoeal san West ONSTOTT. 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