Show ay li'giy iiyfwnmni 3 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $15 in 00 out ol county 6 monthi S8 00 and $900 (In Advance) 5 & Q USPS Copy 50c Vol 0 Oct 30 77 No 17 used teen killer George 1986 IPP mulls new construction project to protect plant Officials of the Intermountain Power Agency have agreed to proceed with a study of the feasibility of adding two small generators to the generating station at IPP to increase plant reliability according to Rex Stanworth IPP spokesman The proposed construction project would be new work and is not part of a proposed Unit HI project Word on the future of Unit III construction is not expected until next year 1PA officials chose to make public the new construction study this week because of rampant speculation on the future of IPP officials told plant construction the Chronicle Progress The new small generators being studied would be added to provide energy for safely shutting down and main generating units restarting the two in the event of a “trip" or total shutdown of the station The generators would utilize steam from the large IPP boilers to assist in the shutdown and The construction of this project improvement could start in 1987 if the concept proves feasible The feasibility study will include cost and manpower requirements Other alternatives for accomplishing “black start” have been studied Mr Stanworth explained IPP officials revealed the need for the reliability and stability equipment a year ago At that time Project Manager Rod Clark said it was hoped the new construction project would allow IPP to keep its construction office open perhaps until work begins on Unit III Voters face propositions Swalberg tagged for Panoramaland Glen Swalberg the man who led the fight for grassroots tourist promotion in Millard County has been selected to Panoramaland chair the tourist organization He is the first to be chairman of the twelve member Panoramaland board which administers a budget of $178000 the board has been Traditionally manned by the same county commissioners who comprise the Commissioners Organization But two years ago Mr Swalberg began attending Panoramaland meetings at the request of a former Millard County Commissioner At that discontent time there among the county officals on the funds comamount of Panoramaland in and into the the way those ing county funds were being spent After heading a new tourism council in Millard County Mr Swalberg encouraged other citizens from the aiea to get involved in Panoramaland The result was that he was elected chairman of the organization and another citizen Westin Woodwas elected vice bury from Juab chairman The new chairman said that he plans to continue the emphasis on county in Panoramaland "A participation third of the budget goes to regional and the rest to the promotion That means the dividual counties counties have a lot of money to work with to individualize tourist promotion That is what we have tried to do in Millard County" he said With the emphasis on county goals administration of the centralized Panoramaland has become less important For this reason Mr Swalbeig and the other citizen members of the board voted to cut the Richfield office penses in half However the board is still interested in regional to augment promotion county efforts “There is a lot that needs to be Bone to let people know about the whole region" Mr Swalberg said “We are working on a number of projects to attract attention” Among those projects are more and belter highway billboards and information booths better signing of city and town exits a regional freeway and a unique restaurant magazine program that would be traded with other areas This latter project board's own was the Panoramaland idea Delta groundwater meeting set A plan to protect Utah groundwater will be discussed during a meeting in Delta Tuesday Nov 18 at City Hall The meeting is one of ten to be held around the slate to discuss a Utah Department of Health quality protection strategy Groundwater provides almost of Utah’s drinking water and once contaminated it is almost impossible to clean up Officials said that even when further contamination is prevented use of groundwater from a polluted area is precluded or severely restricted Some contaminant sources are landfills septic tanks underground storage tanks waste lagoons pesticides and herbicides Suggested management proposals a groundwater clude developing resources mangement plan controlling sources all contaminant protecting watersheds that feed groundwater supappropriately plies and responding when there is contamination or potential contamination A 1984 executive order directed the Department of Health to develop a groundwater strategy and its study was published in June Detailed proposals for legislation management regulation staffing and funding will be developed based on public comment at the meetings In addition to voting for candiatex seeking office Utahns are facing three proposed constitutional amendments I would exempt nonProposition profit hospitals and nursing homes from the property tax Proponents claim that the hospital tax exemption is needed to prevent an increase in hospital costs Opponents contend the ammendment is unnecessary because it would eliminate the necessity of a hospital to prove that it serves a charitable purpose Proposition 2 would exempt (arm equipment and machinery from the property tax Proponents claim that farm equipment exemption is needed because struggling farmers pay a much higher percentage of their net income in property taxes than do individuals and other businesses Opponents aigue that farmeis already receive substantial tax breaks and that the proposition would encourage other groups to receive special tax treatment Proposition 3 would make a comprehensive revision of the education article of the state constitution in order to clarify the structure and governance of education in Utah Proponents contend the education article revision would eliminate about uncertainty education governance in Utah Opponents challenge the proposed because it prevents the of education and the streamlining reducing of excessive bureaucracy and permits indirect aid to education facilities thus violating the separation of church and state Pre-scho- “Lazy-Eye- ” Parents please notice: If you have a child between the ages of years see that they get their eyes checked! The Millard School District is sponsoring of the each side on free clinics one two county If your child is enrolled in preschool they’ll be screened automatically but even if not enrolled all preschool age children are encouraged to attend Amblyopia is treatable if determined early enough If not it can cause blindness in the affected eye We also look for any sort of vision problem that Detective Robert Dekker and Sheriff Hamilton (I) during hearing last week MILLARD COUNTY escort acc Wesle Accused teen killer faces trial Nov 17 Hamilton waives jury George Wesley Hamilton charged in Tillmore the slaying of a teen in 1985 last week waived his right to a jmy trial Hamilton 42 is scheduled to stand Tfial on Nov 17 before 4th District Judge Cullen Christensen on charges stemming from the death of Sharon Sant whose dismembered body was found in a shallow grave near Cove ort in August 1985 Hamilton is charged with capital and aggiavated sexual homicide If convicted of the murder assault charge he could be sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty At a hearing Thuisdav Christensen told Hamilton his inteiests would be best served by having a jury decide the case and asked if it was Hamilton’s “specific request to waive that right" “It is" Hamilton said Defense attornev Marcus Tavlor also withdrew an earlier motion questioning Hamilton’s competency to continue with the trial Taylor said reports from two psychiatrists and a chosen by the defense psychiatrist agreed that Hamilton is competent to stand trial and that he did not suffer from mental illness during the time of the alleged crime Christensen denied Taylor's request to move the trial to Utah County Assistant Utah Attorney General John Soltis argued that Millard County would be the best location because most of the witnesses were from southern Utah The judge granted Taylor’s request to depose Robert W Bott 27 who is to appear as a material witness in the trial Bott had been charged along with Hamilton but 9th Circuit Judge J Phillip I vex dismissed the chatges with meaning they could be preiudicc refilcd Taylor also told the judge he intended to submit a motion to clarify some element of the charges and Christensen said he would rule on the motion once it had been formally submitted Hamilton was arrested on a tip from an anonymous caller six months altei the slaying a During the ptehmmary heating fingerprint expeit testified Hamilton's prints were found on empty beer cans discovered near the sue where the bodv was found Authorities said Sant disappeared on 1985 alter telling It lends in Aug Cedar City that she was planning to hitchhike to Fillmore her hometown to attend a funeinl Mother and baby recover Teen gunmen ordered to appear as adult in Justice vision screening could affect your child’s performance in school during the coming years Tree clinics are: Delta: Tuesday November 4 1986 9:30-- 1:30 am and pm Fillmore: Wednesday November 5 Girls’ 1986 Millard High School am and Gym pm Thanks very much If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mrs Marti Bishop School Nurse at Court Montana teenager Gerald Glen Bell has been ordered to appear as an adult in the Fillmore Justice Court for a preliminary hearing on two charges of attempted murder and one charge of aggravated robbery in connection with the shooting of a Fillmore gas station attendent and her unborn son Juvenile Court Judge Trevort last week made the decision to certify Bell as an adult based on the seriousness ot the crime and Bell's previous record Bell's alleged companion in the crime was charged with the same felonies but will not be tried as an adult Based on an agreement with police the Chronicle Progress does not reveal names ol juvenile offenders tried as juveniles Meanwhile the victims Carley Penney 22 and son Joshua are doing ceptionally well and are expected to be released from the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center this week Clint Penney husband and father of the victims appeared on TV recently with his family and expressed his deep appreciation to everyone for their help and kindnesses Ms Penney of Kanoxh was shot in the head with a 22 caliber pistol during the Oct 13 robbery at her father Rodger Johnson's Fillmore gas station 17 Reagan signs park bill President Reagan signed the Great Basin National Park bill at 12:30 pm MST Monday Oct 27 1986 officially designating 76000 acres in Nevada's Snake Range 90 miles west of Delta as a national park The bill two weeks ago received the unanimous support of both the House of Representatives and Senate earlier this month Passage of the bill came on the last hour of the last day of the final session of the 99th Congress A small Senate version at 45000 acres was compromised with a large House version of 129000 to arrive at the 79000 park designation The Great Basin National Park is the nation’s 49th and the first in the continental United States since 1978 when the Channel Islands off the coast of California were made a park At 79000 acres the GBNP is a medium to small size park Most are in the quarter million acre range Elias National Alaska’s Wrangcll-S- t Park at about 9 million acres is the largest while Arkansas’s Hot Springs National Park is the nation’s smallest at 5000 Ed Phillips She was eight months pregnant and son Joshua was delivered Caesarean section at the hosptial just prior to his mouther’s brain surgery to remove a bullet that had entered her left temple and lodged at the base of her skull the bullet did not Miraculously penetrate the skull and Ms Penney has suffered no permanent appaiently damage The baby was horn weighing 5 lbs 9 ounces and alter having lost a little is now up to around 5 lbs ounces Ms Penney was apparently left for dead after being shot in broad daylight A customer on a Monday afternoon found her just moments after being shot and she regained consciousness well enough to describe the gunman and his car After an intensive county manhunt and statewide alert Bell from Rosebud Montana and a second teenager was picked up near Cedar City later that evening Motivation for the shooting was apprently nothing more than the of soda theft of $11 in gas a and 3 packs of cigarettes Bell is scheduled to appear before Fillmore Justice of the Peace Ron Hare :(X am Nov 25 at Enter from Center Street ROCK GLACIER below Wheeler Peak is one of many features of newly created Great Basin Nationalrk There seems to be some confusion as to how one can drive to the new Fillmore (Tty Offices and park Enter from Center Street EAST of the old June There are two ENTER win signs posted There is a drive-u- dow alongside the entrance door to the building The EXIT driveway is on the WEST side of the old clinic with two EXIT signs posted at Center Street |