Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Detta UDktnWm cm inty J25 00 ewt ef county 4 nwM 111 00 Atfranw) Copy SOe Saw Citan f IS 00 65 and coo m 20 00 out A M m 2 G have not found any problems with it" Rowley said "We expect to hear from them before tong" Delta Mayor Ruth Hansen said the airport is "patented land" "The patent states that if (lie land is used for any other purpose than an airport" she said "it reverts back to the federal W'e don't want to engovernment danger our airport m any way" Hansen said she was told by FAA of ficials that it could take six to eight weeks to st udy tfie problem "And even then" she said "indications aie there could be considerable problems in freeing up this land" UDOT spokesman Gary laikin acknowledged there may be a problem Cou7 ISPS Vol Left to fjjjht UDOT officials Cary Chamberlain Larkin Millard r oon'y Corrirri'tsionert ha e asked a Sot ( iiy law firm to draft an of d nance that would give resident a chance to so'e on hazadous watte si'es proposed for the county (ounty At'oney Warren Brtcrson told commissioners in iheir fuesda ilimorc 'f a as in in May 16 structed he had con'ac"ed the turn of Barr ( rocked arid W Kimball requested they draft the ordinance T lie move confii med a discussion about the ma"er (ha had occurcd in a commission m in Delia tlie week 2 jR AF briefs Delta Chamber A presentation to members of the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce by Au f orce officials on tlie electronic battlefield they want to build to the West Desert is part of an "opening up" hope will stifle process officials criticism that they aren’t leveling with the public about the project ""there is so much misinformation going around" An Force spokesman Dick Hector said "W'hat we want to do is get the correct story out " The briefing was held m Delta May 7 About 60 area Wednesday business and civic leaders attended No new information was revealed at the meeting which lacked the confrontational nature that has characterised others wete fueled in Those confrontations part by a diaft report the Au force wrote in April 1V88 that was discovered watchdog group by the military The Down winders in late february report prompted questions that the Au force had not answered m scoping The wind wa a little stingy at first but with a little help from things got off the ground Mom and Dad had fun too tlie impression the meeting was to be private f he commission refused their request to dose the meeting to the meetings on the project to November The Au Force said (lie draft report w as obsolete and that although it was not classified it was not meant for public release A Hurry of protest followed release of the report and the discovery that tlie governor's office had several updates to it hike the Au Force Gov Bangerter refused to release the updated versions of the plan A big public relations blunder occur ed when Air Force officials answeied a request by Juab County Commissioners to appear bef oie them in Nephi Monday April 3 The commissioners had seen the April draft which contained m formation they said they had not heard in two previous meetings with the Au I orce f he commissioners were in an angry mood and wanted answers When the Au Force olfimals arrived and found a TV camera crew and reporters in tlie room they were dearly distressed They said they were under public Tlie results were strained and unwere not Commissioner productive satisfied with tlie briefing They wrote to Utah’s congressional delegation requesting (hey ask for an investigation of the project by the General Accounting Office On Thursday April 27 Au lore officials briefed about 35 West Desert giamg pernut holders on impacts the would on their livelihood have project I he meeting field in Delta was called attlemcn’s by the Utah J arm Bureau Association and Woolgroer’s Association Vihile not as strident as the Juab meeting overall many of the ranchers even who attended were skeptical open) y hostile It was before the farm Bureau meeting that Au Force officials ‘aid tliey came to realize such meetings were good public relations Jf they could be kept non eon ) rontat lonal they said such group meetings would be in then best interests They were eager to cooperate when Chamber member Vince Crawford Delta Utah Bower and Fight manager invited them to the May 17 mee Ung "We want people to understand what is bemg proposed" Hector said "and we don't want to have misinformation in newspaper articles in TV shows or whatever Our objective ts to get that information out" Delta municipal auport is a possible alternative staging area for au craft thai would use tlie range The Chamber membership took no official position on tlie project Hector said the Air Force would be responsive to other briefing requests "Jf they're m this type of category of groups re questmg information yes" he said "We're not going to have confrontations That serves no purpose But if it’s a request for information people should get then questions answered and we'll do the best we can " No such mcetmgs ate planned "bet we're open to questions" Hector said A Diaft I nvuonmental Impact Statement on the project is schedule I for release m late Juiy Public hearings One on it wih be held in of the hearings will be held in Nephi based on a request by Juab tc8"v Commissioners Mom Kite contest fun for all A kite flying contest sponsored by the Youth Coordinating Council was held Saturday May 26 at the Neighborhood Bark in Delia Winners were Best flyer Spencer Anderson 12 Mary Fyrnan If Bussell Anderson 7 Highest flyer Matt Stewart 8 Kevin (Cox 8 Shayla ( heff 5 Biggest flyer Jeff David 7 Zack I'anlior st 12 ole I yinan 10 0 - Smallest kite Dayna Matt Stewart 8 ho Hew a ki'e without Youngest 4 Jacy Huntington Most original tun Maclee If Felly leragon 7 Chris Fox 16 - Smallest kite that flew Stepfunie Walker 8 longest tail Amber Johnson I he event was "desgned to help fulfill the Y6C goal of promoting family involvement and m leased feel for all involved " mgs of Besides it was fun Over a hundred people took part help 105th birthday celebrated Mrs Bose I iiabeth Tippets celebt ated her 105th birthday on Saturday May 13 Slie was born in Fovell V yorrung in 1884 She marntd in J ovell and had eight children there Ja 1V24 slit moved wi'h tier husband and children to tfie JeJta area The family came with an emigrant tram to take up land under tfie Cary Act f he I Jtppeits lived m Suther land until after ail the children were married They then moved to Hurricane where she now resides in a test home Jour of her daugh'ers also live in Hurricane Tippetts lias 304 descendents over five generations sjnead Public Notices JJubhc notices in tins issue a notice of intent to purchase water by Oak City - the county is seeking Kds for concessions booth at Gun mson Reservoir two summons a land exchange notice - a notice of trustee sale a notice to creditors a no ice of a public hearing on an ancndmrnt to Dei' a C'i'y zoning ordinances an in vita' ion to bid and a notice to wa'er users Notices begin on page J4 Rose Tippett Scott birthday greetings sent to Tippetts (fxhlor's oXe: I be following a letter wol to Rose 1 ip pelts JC News personality If Hi ard Volt dated Mat II I Dear Mis Jippetts I ehuta'ions arid best wishes are in order for and in remem trance of a very special event this month youi I05ih birtham or ice again delighted day to add my greetings to those of others in icxognrion of this very rematkable event Jt is with pleasure and love to (fiat offer eongta'ula'ions you my fnend Happy Buih day M's Tijxpetts and may Cod bless you always foadfy iltard V oil Is DELTA CITY LIBRARY STORY HOUR -- Regular Hours: June 14 to August 16 Mon-Thu- rs 2:00-8:0- 0 1989 47 May 25 Waste ordinance KOAI) page Howard Richardson 79 No a step closer that needs to be worked out "There is really not a good alternative to going through the airport property" he said The county lias acquired the to the length of the proposed route with the exception of tlie city airport property Rowley said UDOT expected fewer accidents would occur because of tlie bypass I fe also said drivers would save considerable time and money by using the bypass "This does not count for fuel savings emission reduction or other factors" he said If tlie bypass is not built Rowley See 7 & rj Koadl hearing heW by gee Hand State officials conducted a public hearing on plan to build a bypass road that would save IPP coat trucks nine mites in getting to and from the plant north of Delia and would cut down traffic at Delta's cast end The hearing was held at the Delta High School auditorium Thursday a docn people May 1$ About attended Proposed State Route 136 would connect US Highway 50 near its junction with State Route 125 (the road to Oak City) four miles east of Delta with US Highway 6 south of the Sevier River The road would pass through the north end of the Delta Municipal Airport i!J be two lanes 3 5 miles The road long and 36 feet wide Project cost is estimated at $3 5 million If approved construction could begin next spring and be completed next fall The project is a cooperative effort between Delta City Millard County tPP and UDOT Alternate routes for commuter and truck traffic to and from die plant were studied before the plant was built Improvements (to the Jones Road west of Delta and improvements to the Brush Wellman Road near the plant resulted from those studies SR 136 was the thud part of that cooperative effort road passes Since the proposed through the east corner of the airport UDOT engineer Bob Rowley said the department is work mg with the Federal Aviation Administration to make sure the plan meets ttieir approval "J talked with a man front the FAA and he said they are still studying if but they 7? pm 10:00-11:0- 0 Fri 2:00-6:0- 0 am pm Sat 1:00-5:0- 0 pm befoe Beter son sa J a representative of the fun) fold him (he firm will contact him when they have deer mined if the can do tfie job wi'hm 'le 12000 budget un posed by de commits on ( ounty ( ommisio'er Mke Stylet said fie believed it t la firm can do it "If it d 'ursn’t come in under budget" fie said "we probabl come up wnb more budget " Ou'side help is needed to draft the ordinance because Be'ervui said he lacks the expertise in the highly he firm specialized field to do it abate is the only one in Utah wnb an expertise in the field who doesn't also have conflict of hazardous with a in'erest waste companies fhe ord'fiance was propovd m a county commission meeting Idee 27 six days after Rolhns J nvuonmental Services Inc officials announced they were no longer interested m building a hazardous waste incinerator at I Die idea for some sort of a popular vote on the issue was an outgrowth of protests against Rollins and heating hazardous in particular waste disposal facilities m Millard ( ouny in general At a commission meeting in (delta a citizen's group conTuesday May cerned over the five mon'h delay in dtaftmg the ordinance and concerned that Rollins may be proceeding forts to buld a facility at Black Rock sou'h of fzeseret accused Beter son of sandbagging i! IVerson angrily denied the charge One reason cited for the delay is tfie heavy workload m the (ounty Attorney's office lead by three homicide cases up for trial On a priority list of 34 projects for his office worked out wnfj the coun'y commission Betervin said the ordinance was JOrti J ven if a draft ordinance is return ed to county officials tomorrow n will take weeks before it can become law ust step is for Beter son to review the draft and make whatever changes he feels are needed "I've told (tfie warn it it) time for tfie June irrnj Mliatd ( ounty Blannmg ( ommission (Verson said "but whether they can dehver by then or not they wJi have to say " S'yler wil introduce the proposal to tfie planrut g commission on which fie A put he sits arid ask for their approval hearing will probably be held "After ‘fiat" Styler said "(hey will recommend it or n recommend ff they do it to tfie county commission recommend it there will be a puhlica don Mine and a public hearing Af'er tfiat tfie coun'y commisison will decide whether or not to vote to approve it " S'yler said because of requitemen's ir for publication and public hear t would take 66 days "at a minimum" for the draft to become law AF denies FOIA request appealed I be Salt lake av:0 m litary Downindus Inc wa'chdog fias appealed a decision bv the Air (orce to deny access to documents fcia'ing to the electronic ba"le'ield proposed for tfie k est T tie g'oup is a 'so appeahng to s'a'e officials to gel access to d'xcuments about tfie ptoee (be Ait force has sha'ed wi'h Gov Nofrn BangeMer and (fiat Bangerter refuses uj make pubhc J torn tfie An I orce tfie group is specifically in'rrrstcd in kiiowir g more abou' (fie vi'e selection process for the I Icctromc ( ixrnba (est ( apabiht) Air orce officials have said 23 o' her site were considered be! me tfe field was narrowed to three valleys south of tfie See AK C0tf£ paje ft (jp 2 |