Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1500 ia out ot county-- month MOO and $900 Copy 50 (In Advanca) USPS 0 Vol 76 No 42 Apr 24 1986 Qoccaaaoaa8awaMggggwoxagi080gmoeoe8eeagiiPwaaoa8a3eaooaeeo80coaii8acaaeascaso8aBCixo t BOXES GREEN be placed and removed from several locations will throughout the county THIS TRENCH WILL EVENTUALLY BE completely filled with trash and then buried with a layer of topsoil Similar trenches over the landfill will be dug to accomodate the garbage The landfill is based on a thick layer of virtually impermeable t lay thus protecting the water table A special heavy duty compactor will be used daily to prepare the garbage for soil covering Sanitary Landfill nears opening ivi f?1! n a f i'f'V'n ' - ' js av-v’’ ’ ' 4 i DELIVERY TO THE GREEN BOX V ' 4 $! ?r ££ j Jy?7a41 tMF'KU't ’tV?'''? 'V ar a p j ' ' ONLY THE DETAILS REMAIN in the county's preparation for the opening of the Sanitary Landfill and its satellite "green box" dump stations throughout area wide Offcials are awaiting final state approval of the long trench which will be the destination of all degradable garbage in the county trucks will be located green boxes which will roll on and off new at or near the old open dumpsites scattered throughout the county The gree boxes will be hauled to the land fill near Delta Officials state that few people will need to actually deliver trash to the landfill Most ordinary trash will be taken to the green box locations by individuals themselves or by privately contracted garbage companies 'r ' v'h locations can be by the individual or collectors an by private garbage Streets public improvements top Millard’s budget for ’86 You owe the county $372 for its 1986 operating expenses Well you would owe that much if each of Millard County’s estimated 14210 residents paid an equal share of a recommended budget of $5286396 Landfill Lynndyl Town Hall: April 23 Leamington Town Hall: April 29 Scipio Town Hall: April 30 Holden Town Hall: May I hearing dates set Delta City Building: May S Kanosh Town Hall: May 8 Oak City: already held Hinckley LDS Church: May 9 Meadow: already held Fillmore: April 22 DeserelOasis Old Oasis Church: May 2 Sutherland Abraham Sugarville Sutherland Church: May 7 at Hearing in Fillmore teen’s death delayed Preliminary hearing for two men accused of killing Fillmore teen Sharon Sant has been delayed for a month from the state and as prosecutors Millard County prepare for a May 29 and 30 court date 41 and George Wesley Hamilton Robert William Bolt 27 were arrested in February and charged with the Ms of 1985 and torture killing August Sant whose dismembered body was found in a shallow grave near Cove Fort Millard County They have been charged with murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the slaying of Ms Sant Steve Millard County Attorney Jackson has received approval from commissioners to ask for help from the Utah Attorney General's office on what is expected to be one of the most cases in the costly and county’s history Based on the request for help the Utah Attorney General has assigned Assistant Attorney General John Soltis to the case Mr Soltis will use his own investigator from the attorney general’s office Cost of Mr Soltis handlings the case will be paid from a fund of the Statewide Association of Prosecutor’s of which Millard County is a member Though Mr Jackson will be working on the case Assistant County Attorney Dexter Anderson will lead the prosecution with Mr Soltis Mr Hamilton was arrested in St George and Mr Bott in Cedar City It is thought Ms Sant was picked up while hitchhiking out of Cedar City 1985 killed soon after then Aug buried at Cove Fort has Most of the investigation centered in Southern Utah away from Millard County Richfield attorneys Michael Labrum and Marcus Taylor are the low bidders for the job of defending Mr Hamilton That decision was made by county commissioners after taking several bids for the legal work Mr Jackson said Milton T Harmon Nephi Millard County’s public defender has agreed i to defend Mr Bott The accused pair will face 9th Circuit Judge J Phillip Eves at the May preliminary hearings at the courthouse Hamilton and Bolt remain in the Millard County Jail on S500000 bail each Police were frustrated in working on the case until an anonymous tip led them Hamilton in February Ironically Hamilton's arrest was prompted by Bott authorities said who gave information to a third party acThe third cording to court documents call to party made the anonymous police tipping them to Hamilton who told officers Bott killed Ms Sant Both suspects are reported to be transient farm laborers who had been working for the past year in the Cedar City area Ms Sant who was studying law enforcement at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City was last seen Aug 1985 hitchhiking to Fillmore to tend a funeral of a friend And where is all that money going you may be asking According to a report by Utah Foundation a private tax research organization the breakdown looks something like this: General government gets a big slice of the pie $1605266 law enforceIt will cost ment will need $696198 $85263 to protect your homes loved from fires ones and businesses $390670 is earmarked for the penal corrections system $35493 for protective inspection and services $207360 for public health and welfare and $1742528 for streets and public improvements Wait we’re not over yet We’ll need $207113 for parks recreation and public property and $1 1505 for conservation and economic development Now that you know how it’s "going out” you’re probably interested in how it’s "coming in" Property taxes as you may have guessed will contribute a hefty bundle About $813000 Sales taxes will kick in another $400000 and “other taxes" will add $51000 Licenses and permits in the county will bring in an estimated $23000 Federal funds should be good for about $759100 and our share of state Serfunding will be around $1356000 vice charges fines and forfeitures and contributions and transfers will donate and $265365 $291800 $562300 respectively Local property taxes are expected to from the present remain unchanged 892 mills ($892 per $100 assessed valuation) Millard’s tax rate sits at the nearof the state’s spectrum bottom Wasatch county is highest with 2384 mills Box Elder County is lowest with 600 mills The average county tax assessment in Utah is 1662 mills Ground water levels continue to rise Ground water levels have risen in Millard County for the third year in a row-- in some cases as much as ten feet according to a government report Ground water levels in wells scattered throughout the Pahvant Valley and Sevier Desert are routinely monitored by the Geological Survey of of the United States Department Interior A recent lepoit 'of measuied levels between March 1985 and Match 1986 said the county's increases are some of the largest in the state But the report also notes sweeping declines especially in areas which rely on ground water for irrigation Some of these areas reflect up to two feet of decline despite three years during which levels have risen statewide Overall both the Pahvant Valley and the Sev ier Desert have seen substantial areas of increased ground water levels Near pumping centers west of Kanosh and west ol Holden ground water rises of gieater than 8 feet were common according to the Geological Survey The Sutvey reports that in contrast to neighbors like Utah County water levels rose in both artesian aquifers thioughout most of the Sevier Desert The survey notes the state as a whole is returning to more normal precipitation levels though "isolated areas show l larger changes which may be due to localized large departures from normal precipitation or continued withdrawals large local Forest Service cuts slow animal habitat improvement Just when L'tah deer hunters ate coming together in support of new habitat mangement the US Torest Service has announced that budget cuts in that agency’s wildlife program will make it mote difficult to have a iablc program Pi evident Reagan is proposing a S4 9 million cut in the forest service 1987 wildlife budget That funding cut means the loss of 74 wildlife biologists nationwide Though volunteers can be used to help restore habitat biologists are needed to organize ildlife programs They must provide technical information to land manager s so that good decisions can be made said Bob Nelson who is in diaigeol managing 191 million acres of forest sci kc habitat nationwide for 30K) species of wildlife and fish “We get great help with volunteers but when you have one biologist assigned to an entire national forest how much time does he have to spend a weekend with volunteers?" The wildlife and fisheries chief said that while private organizations like Dusks Unlimited and the Rocky Moun- are helping tain Llk Foundation too many wildlife on the forests remain apathetic to the sportsmen needs of wildlife "If sportsmen understood a program they might support it more” said Nelson “1 hey have to realize that the Division of Wildlile Resources in the state is in charge of the animals but the forest serv ice manages the habitat The way we mange that habitat will ultimately determine how many cows elk and deer come off those land" between conflicts In addressing livestock grazing and wildlife he said the big problem in increasing elk numbers on public lands is that the animals winter on private lands thus impacting landowners there ate a lot of areas “Naturally where stockmen don't want elk numbers high” said Nelson "If elk increase where will the numbers animals winter? We try to keep elk numbers within the original manageWhen elk numbers ment objective we need grow above the objective more liberal seasons" |