Show '“ ?yi(f"ii'f 7 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Dslts Utah $2000 in county $2500 month out of $1300 fln Advance) Hamilton trial begins Jury selection began Monday Sept 18 in a retrial for George Wesley Hamilton whose murder conviction was thrown out because a juror had taken a newspaper article into the jury room during deliberations Hamilton 45 was convicted in 1987 of murder in the August 1985 death of Sharon Sant of Fillmore a Southern Utah State College student Hamilton appealed and the Utah Supreme Court referred the case back to presiding Judge In February George E Ballif Ballif declared a mistrial after rights determining Hamilton’s had been violated and the verdict tainted by the juror’s action Ballif is presiding over the trial moved to Provo from Millard County on a change of venue Hamilton had served about 18 term months of a at Utah State Prison when the mistrial was declared He was returned to the Millard County jail to await trial Hamilton was originally murder charged with but the charge was reduced at the start of trial because of a misunderstanding over immunity that resulted in the freeing of an alRobert William leged accomplice Bolt The newspaper article contained information about Bott that had been excluded from Hamilton’s triaL Sant 19 disappeared while hitchhiking to attend the funeral of a friend Her torso was found in a shallow grave near Cove Fort but the hands feet and head were never found The remains were identified by a spinal made shortly before her disappearance Archuleta trial delayed The trial of Michael Anthony Archuleta has been delayed from Oct 10 to Nov 13 Archuleta and Lance Conway Wood are charged in 4th District murder Court with and six other crimes in connection with the death of Gordon Ray Church last year The two men are charged with murder aggravated kidnapping aggravated assault object rape aggravated sexual assault forcible sexual abuse and possession of a stolen vehicle Wood-pleads-inn- The capital homicide charge dealt with separately from the other counts and the two men will face different judges Wood will be tried before Judge Boyd L 19 Park Feb beginning Archuleta will be fried by Judge George E Ballif In a pretrial conference in Fillmore Wednesday Sept 13 Ballif decided to reschedule Archuleta’s Oct 10 court date until motions involving news organization can be resolved AH will be trial date set faces the same charges as Wood but the cases are being heard separately Archuleta’s case is being heard by Judge George E Ballif Archuleta will stand trial Nov 13 Millard County Attorney Warren Peterson said about three weeks would be needed to fry Wood Park set aside Feb 19 through March 9 for the triaL During the arraignment defense attorney Marcus Taylor argued some of the charge filed against Wood should be dropped Park denied the motion Ctzens (65 and older) $18 00 n county $20 00 out of County Vol (JSPS 80 NO 2 21 September by Ken Rand The $5000 bounty offered for recruitment of a new doctor in Delta has paid off: Dr Robert L Nix went to work Thursday Sept 14 The west Millard area around Delta with a population of about 8000 can support four doctors according to Gary Stay administrator for the Delta and Fillmore Community Medical Centers When one of three physicians moved this summer to join his family in Tooele Stay was faced with a recruitment dilemma Conventional methods had not worked in the past so Stay conceived the idea of offering a Intermountain Health bounty Care Inc officials approved the idea IHC based in Salt Lake owns and operates the two City Millard County hospitals and several other rural facilities in the intermountain region "We made The idea worked and distributed 3000 Wanted’ pewters advertising the reward and had 15 qualified doctors from California to Ohio express interest" Stay said Nix’s Kevin Dam- ron read about the bounty and went to work to get his three children’s grandfather to move out West from his home in Louisiana efforts were successfuL presented a check for $5000 Thursday Sept 14 Damron’s sister Linda Jo Nielson of Hinckley worked for Dr Nix “That was about 78" Nix said “Kevin came down to work for the summer and stayed with her My daughter Denise and he met and got married" Nil has spent several summer vacations in Utah “I began practice in Slidell Louisiana" Nix said "but after 30 years the community grew up got bigger and I always had in the back of my mind the idea of returning to the rural setting" Nix has 30 years experience as a general practitioner He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi Medical School where he served his internship “I’m a country doctor at heart" Nixsaid “I like to treat the whole patient and not divide him up into 40 different pieces like the specialists do That’s what I’m experienced at that’s what I’ve done all my life and I ha ve no intentions of changing" He will help lighten the workload for the two physicians who have been shouldering it for the past several months in Delta “By bringing another qualified physician into the area" Stay said "we will hopefully stem the tide of people that now leave the area for medical care" Rural hospitals have been facing an increasingly uphill struggle in recent years to maintain finanThe cial viability Stay said American Hospital Association reported 43 rural hospital closed last year Rep Joseph Moody of Delta who sits on the Utah Department of Health’s advisory committee was skeptical of the idea "When Mr Stay first came out with his offer of a finder’s fee" he said "I wasn’t sure about this notion But I’ve got to tip my hat to an administrator who would do Robert Dr L Nix with granddaughter Megan 5 that" Moody’s group is putting together a three-paplan to ad-- t dress the shortage of rural physi-- ’ clans The plan includes: — offering scholarships to students from rural areas who want to go into medicine — repaying student loans for doctors who commit to practice in rural areas — and expanding nursing programs The bounty idea has fired imaginations in struggling rural hospitals nationwide Many hospitals are now offering bountys and Elay is offering another bounty for another physician in Delta Nix’s first day on the job and the presentation of the bounty check to Damron at the Delta hospital was filmed by a crew from Kevin Damron receives a check tor $5000 from hospital administrator Gary Stay Looking on are Damron’s wife Denise and children CNN Kenneth crew Continued on page 2 8 months Mary Beth 2 and Megan 5 and a CNN Car show a big hit Paul Larson of Cedar City takes pride in his Oldsmoblle Taylor was named “Mr Legs Df 1983" The 4th annual Classy Chassis Car Club car show was held in the Delta City Park Saturday and Sunday Sept 16 and 17 Club members were pleased to note their predictions of 120 to 140 There cars entered fell short were 152 cars entered in the show "We’re glad to see this many" Club member Bill Lister said That number did not include local d 1900 club members who had about 15 cars on display Cars came from as far away as Rock Springe and Evanston Wyoming Others came from elsewhere in Utah including Cedar City and ttie Wasatch Front ai ea Most of the awards were judged by participants themselves through ballots Categories included HDs ’30s ’40s T0s ’60s i4 t 989 Delta aets new doctor Damron’s He was ocent Lance Conway Wood one of two men facing murder and six other charges in connection with the death of Gordon Ray Church last year has pleaded innocent In addition to murder Wood is charged with aggravated kidnapping aggravated assault object rape aggravated sexual assault forcible sexual abuse and possession of a stolen vehicle The pleas were entered in an arraignment before 4th District Judge Boyd L Park in Fillmore Tuesday Sept 12 Michael Anthony Archuleta Senior Copy 50e 70s trailers unfinished street rods muscle cars convertibles originals custom truck competition street machine First place winners in each category received a jacket Second by Bill Lister place received a certificate People’s Chou Best of Show was s 1936 Chevrolet truck owned by Joe Pearson of Provo Six businesses gave their own trophies to their favorite cars They were Rick’s Restaurant Dalton Motors The Cleaners Delta Auto SupBarry’s Drive-Iply Top’s City Cafe and T and T Twin Theater Prizes were awarded Sunday morning at the park Other activities at the show included the Mr Legs of 1989 competition Male gams were the subject of much oogling during judging at the dance at the city park tennis court Saturday night Paul Taylor of Cedar City won Model cars were also on disThere was a sparkplug play changing contest and other games Entertainment provided for kids included s magic show and other memorabilia were also displayed and sold throughout the day Raffie winners were also announced at the Sunday morning award ceremonies Raffle items donated by club members and cal businesses included quilts camp coolers s stereo system and a Posse Kirk Lewis and Jack Kessler Greg Allen Delta Auto Supply The Cleaners First Security Bank Valley Bank Zion’s Bank Petrolane Gas Rod s Barbershop Anita Bates of the Jesters Car Club Hart’s Baker Drug of Fillmore Best Western Motel and C and G Cottage Ceramics r This is the dashboard cf a 1329 Desoto owned by Sondra Powell cf West Valley City Powell also entered a 1335 Buick Both cars won several awards TV’ Many local businesses groups and individuals aided in tiie show’s success They included Rick’s Restaurant and Counfry BUme West Millard Sheriff s Jeep These are just 2 lew c? the cars lined up for the weekend car show iA camera |