Show TT&r® ® 7 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $2000 in months out ot $1300 (In Advance) Copy 50c Senior Citizens (65 and older) $18 00 in county $20 00 out of Voi USPS County 40 79 No April 6 1989 Mamdhers say military lies r by Ken Rand Ranchers in Ibapah Callao Trout Creek Partoun Gandy and elsewhere in the Snake Valley don’t want the Air Force to build the electronic battlefield proposed for the West Desert There are variations on the theme and some exceptions but generally moods over the plan range from ‘‘concerned’' to “angry” The theme has a few basic elements: The supersonic military flights are annoying at best but - protests will be routinely ignored as in the past because the Air Force routinely lies and while no one opposes a strong national defense - many residents expect to lose their homes in what amounts to an Air Force land grab The Air Force wants to expand the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) south into Juab and Millard Counties to provide an area where fighter pilots can train in electronic combat Tule Valley is the site preferred by the Air Force to build mock targets for its electronic Combat Test Capability (ECTC) Snake Valley to the west of Tule and Whirlwind Valley to the east are alternates Snake Valley already periences supersonic flights Callao sits at the southwest corner of the UTTR It is at the north end of the Snake Valley which stretches south to The valley is flanked on Highway the west by the Deep Creek Mountains and on the east by the Confusion It is sparsely populated Mountains The main source of income is cattle and Wild horses and sheep ranching antelope roam the area Rancher Cecil Garland Callao opHe has poses the new battlefield repeatedly complained about military jets flying at treetop level over his ranch at supersonic speeds in what the Air Force calls the Gandy Supersonic Operating Area (SOA) Garland said his complaints to officials at Hill Air Force Base where the flights originate are ignored The new range will produce a 30 percent increase in the number of supersonic flights according to Air Force officials More night flights are will be Live ammunition expected used “How do they intend to use flights here in this valley and not kill someone in the process with live ammunition” Garland asks “or make it so damn miserable that we just simply can’t connever hear tinue to live here? If have in the cities Of course you don’t have some of the opportunities here that you have in the cities but it doesn’t take long being in the city that you’re ready to get the hell out of there and get back here” Aimie Sabey is concerned about losing her home “1 don’t think they have a right to push us out of our homes if that’s their intent” she said “Of course they wouldn’t say so if it was I don’t want to leave here If they could keep it like it is right now it would be ITTR fine” - C t f another roar over my ranch again as long as I live it’ll be too soon” Callao rancher Wayne Robertson said he’s bothered by the aircraft loo “They bother me a lot” he said “When we’re out there driving cows or trying to do something those guys will see you and buzz you They’ll come right over the top of you while you’re on a horse That can get pretty hairy and scary It happens to me a lot when I’m out there” Whether he’ll fight it or not depends on the Air Force's attitude Robertson said “If they come in here and say ‘we want to be fair with you people and do what we have to do and buy you out and let you go to another area where you don’t have this problem and we feel like these planes have to be here for national defense’ well okay I’ll go along with that I'm not against the United States government” “On the other hand” he added “I don’t think they should come in here and infringe on our rights either If they come in here and say ‘We aren’t going to do anything for you We’re just going to bring more planes and sonic booms and people in here and you’re just going to have to live with it’ I’ll say don’t have to live with it” But the project can’t be stopped Robertson said “If the United States government feels that this is the place to put in an electronic bombing range and it’s going to be to the betterment ol he defense of the nation” he said “I don’t see how anybody can really stand in their way think it’s already cut and dried I don’t think public put is going to make a difference” Robertson has been ranching in Callao for about four years But his family has been in the area since his came from Scotland “When I got the chance to go into the ranching business” he said “I always wanted to get back out into this country “We like it here” he said “We think it’s a great place to live a great place to raise kids You don’t have drug problems here or a lot of problems you AF lied commission says by Ken Rand Juab County Commissioners say they oppose plans to build an electronic battlefield in the West Desert after learning the Air Force will use live bombs The revelation about the live bombs came in a draft report written by the Air Force in April 1988 But the commissioners did not get it from the Air Force The report was first obtained through unofficial sources by the Salt Lake watchdog group It was in turn shared Downwinders with residents of the West Desert who in turn shared it with their commissioners Air Force officials say the document was not meant for public release Gov though it was not classified Norm Bangerter has the document and updated versions but refuses to release them to the public including the commissioners County Commissioners Jim Garrett said Air Force officials were expected to show the plans to the commission at a public meeting scheduled for Monday April 3 in Nephi “We want to find out just what their plans are” Garrett said the The meeting will determine nature and extent of any complaint ed by the county "It depends on what I'm “But said they tell us” Garrett not sure they’re going to tell us the Ogden over Nephi en route to the test range were told sonic Commissioners booms over Nephi would not be a problem “What they failed to tell us was that they would have live ammunition and bombs on those planes” Commissioner Richard Brough said “From the have been able to information that get it (the project) is dangerous to the health and safety of our people” Garrett said the Air Force lied “I was flabbergasted w hen I realized what they had done” he said Air Force spokesman totally misrepresented the facts Brough said “I am appalled and shocked to find out their true intent as evidenced in their am definitely opApril 1988 proposal posed to the entire project I would ask the Air Force personnel to pack their carpet bags and leave our county They are not welcome here” Commissioner Joseph Bernini said ‘ Sabey is not bothered by the aircraft “They’re kind of neat to go out and watch in the daytime” she said “but when they fly at midnight and wake the kids up then it starts bothering me” Her children are two and four years old Sabey has lived in Callao lor about five years She was born and raised in Gandy “I’m strictly against it’ Annie’s Dorsey Sabey said Sabey said the Air Force has been lying for years When the Gandy SOA was created in 1983 meetings like those now being held for the FCTC took place “Will there be any aircraft over residential areas?” Sabey said the Air Force was asked “No they said never How about some booms? You needn’t worry about sonic booms they said because they will dissipate before they reach the surface of the earth” Sabey and his son are pilots “How about us flying back and forth to Salt Lake and the surioundmg area?” he asked officials in 1983 “No problem” he was told “all you have to do is get in touch with the military and we’ll ear the area for you But now they restrict us They say you can’t do it They have stopped us from flying to Delta and Salt Lake” Sabey has been flying since 1948 “I have become very suspicious of anything the Air Force promises” he said “As far as me believing what won’t they’re telling us now no beleive it” Aimie Sabey echoed the theme that is Force futile has Air the “If protest See RANCHERS page Public notices In this issue: A notice to water users a a trustee’s sale a summons notice of Credit Union membei meet and a note on the Boaid of Water Pollution Control the commission has agreed to cooperate with the Air Force provided that Juab citizens are not endangered “Air I oice representatives assured us (at a recent meeting) our people would be safe” he said “and now we find they ma not be” he Chronicle Progress attended the April 3 meeting Since it look place after our news deadline details will be reported in the next issue) (I of Hinckley crosses Highway on the West Desert by Ken Rund The Millard County Commissioner wants to make whatever changes are necessary to bring heavy industry sites in the county into compliance with zoning laws or change the zoning laws to fit current use Action is not expected until fall Heavy industry sites in the county clude the Intermountain Power ProContinental Brush Wellman ject Lime Crystal Peak Minerals and others “None of them are zoned for heavy industry” County Attorney Warren Peterson said “They’re all zoned Range and Forest which is an open space preservation zone” The proposal is tor County Planner Jerry Reagan to rewrite zoning ordinances to change what is allowed in certain zones “In our old zoning ordinance” he said “we didn’t allow for certain and people didn’t things understand what they could and couldn’t do We’re going in and making that a lot clearer” Zoning is a very complicated thing Reagan said “especially when you have to look at 7 square miles” Millard County covers 6818 square miles larger than Rhode Island and combined Connecticut The county is also becoming more concerned about the construction of utility lines including power lines fiber optic cable natural gas pipelines and others which crisscross the county Reagan has recommended the county identity and establish utility corridors where such lines would have to be located “It you've ever flown over this county” Peterson said “you’ll see there lines cnssciossing it every which thing” Several years ago a fiber optic com munication cable placed through Millard County that cut through a number ol ditches and roadways No laws existed then appropriate zoning and problems have turned up Peterson said “There are a number ot places where they went through irrtga lion ditches drainage ditches and such where the ditches later failed ai the crossing point” he said A proposal to build another rnajoi power transmission line between Ely and IPP is a recent addition to concerns he Idaho Power over utility corridois Company and the Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting j Jim Garrett BEAUTY LOU Aim TEE COUNTRY BEAST It is typical Industry zones to be updated way” WMCC presents Delta High Auditorium $300 per person This powerline west of transmission lines Reagan also recommended a permitting process be established lor such lines “They would have to meet Peterson said requirements” “like posting bonds having ceitam construction practices taking care ol impacts on roads and that sort of truth” The Air Force plans to build an electronic battlefield in the West Desert to test fighter pilots Air Force officials have briefed Juab commissioners several times about impacts of the jets flying out of Hill Air Force Base in 3 si on that plan m Delta Thursday March 30 7 to 9 pm at the Delta City Hall A natural gas pipeline project is beIt would pass through ing discussed Millard County from gas field' in southwestern Wyoming to markets m southern ( alilorma The Air Force also wants to build a network ot fiber optic cables in the West Desert part ot its proposed electronic battlefield “At some point” Peterson said “these could interfere substantially with future land use especially as we more attention to start paying wilderness areas and thui son of ” thing Reagan said a corridoi can be made reasonably “Make them a mile wide” he said “and run them a certain way Some people are going to be unhappy with that because they want to go the Well I’m least path of tesisitance sorry We’re going to look at this should be con Zoning oidinance' stands updated Reagan said “If you See ZONING page 4 Pair bound over to 4th District for murder trial by Ken Rand Two men accused ol first degree murder in connection with the death ot Gordon Ray Chuich last November have been bound over lot trial in ourth District Coun lance Conwav Wood 20 anil 26 Michael Archuleta appeared Last before heaiine preliminary Millard JuMiceol the Peace Ron Hare The Thuisday Match 3i in Iillmirc preliminary healing toi th two had started in Januarv but wa continued ai the reques of delmattointvc Both sessions were closed to the public at Hare's oidr Attorneys and m othei principals the case were ordered to not discus- the case it h themed a 2s a senior ai Southern Church tali State ( liege disappeared Monday Nov 21 1988 Hisbodv was found m a woodid area off near Cove Fort two days later He had been beaten to death On Friday Nov 26 Archuleta and Wood were arrested and charged m connection with the crime Hare bound the two men over for trial on charges of mutder in the first degree a capital homicide aggravated sexual assault a first degree felony object rape a tusi degree felony forc- ible TRIAL page 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