Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley (y f Coov 50c USPS 0 si No Vol 2S January 17 1221 Assignments made Brinkerhoff to chair commission by Ktg Rand Commissioner Jer’E Brinkerhoff wiQ serve as chairman of the Millard County Commission Brinkerhoff of Fillmore was scheduled to formally assume the regular post at the commission’s meeting in Fillmore Tuesday Jan 15 the first meeting of the new commission Brinkerhoff was elected in 1988 to a term "There hasn’t been a chairman from the east side for eight years” Commissioner Frink Baker said Brinkerhoff replaces Mike Styler as chairman Styler lost his bid for in the primary Brinkerhoff Lana Commissioner Moon and Commissioner Baker make up the Millard County Commission For the past month commissioners have been working on committee and task assignments including who or chairshould sit as chairman woman The assignments are somewhat Bsker said selected formally "We've shuffled that list several times There are some that Jer’E didn’t want and some that he liked and so on We tried to work it so we got the best man in the best place or woman We got Lana some things like the fair Lana can add to that fair" Assigning committee responsibility makes for a more efficient commission Baker said "It's a matter of spreading yourself" he said “You don’t have time for everybody to work on everything" Commissioners also build up expertise in their assigned areas “Some things are just routine" he said “but any time you’re having a little trouble you always check the other commissioners on your decisions" Baker said that if people have a comment or complaint question about something they should go to the appropriate board district or committee Fust rather than the commissioner assigned to that group “We have some good boards” he said “Later on we’re going to publish all our boards” he said "We have to update them We’ll make a few changes get those updated and we’ll try to get people to work with them Then if they have problems they can come to the commissioners” Millard County Commission FRANK BAKER - Road Dept Special Service DiiL 8 — Landfill System Cemetery Districts - Drainage Districts Building Inspection Buildings & Grounds Millard Co Jr Livestock Show Boat Dock Golf Course County Weed Board Mosquito District Board LANA MOON Economic Development Della Area Chamber of Commerce Planning & Zoning County Fair Public Health Board Menu Health Board Library Bookmobile - Weal Millard Recreation District Board JER’E BRINKERHOFF Six County Executive Commit- - — assignments Senior Citizer Recreation (TV) EMT Services Fillmore Area Chamber of Com- merce County Management Race Track (Fnmore) EDA Board Ecc nomic Devel- opment CDBG Priori tizat on Board BLMForest Servi s Relations County Risk Management St Insurance County Tourism Fire District Board JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES West Millard Recreation District East Millard Recreation District Millard County Hospital Board County Tax Commission County IPA Public Lands County Personnel Management — Millard County Housing Authority USU Extension Service President gives Delta Library $5000 by Kea Rand President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush have given the Delta City Library $5000 The gift came from money left over from the privately funded presidential inauguraL The president and Mrs Bush decided the excess money should be given to libraries American Bicentennial Presidential officials were Inaugural Committee given the task of selecting two libraries in each sute and the District of Columbia to receive checks from the First Family The American Library Association helped the Committee chose the 102 libraries Delta and Hcber City libraries were chosen in Utah Deb Librarian Head Delta Greathouse said Inaugural Committee Bobby Holt told her Delta was chosen because it was “small but wonderful” “I really thought we’d get maybe $500 or maybe a thousand” she said couldn’t be"but when I got $5000 lieve it” Hcber City Library also got a check said She did not for $5000 Greathouse know how much the other libraries got At first Greathouse thought the contribution was related to the library's literacy program “because Barbara Bush is big on literacy but that wasn’t it Hcber City doesn't have a literacy pro- gram" letter from Holtdated Dec 21 read in part “One of the most important tenets of the Bush Administration has been that community service and the efforts of individual citizens can significantly A improve our communities and our nation Groups like the Delta City Library actively and successfully testify to this belief “On behalf of the privately funded Bicentennial Presidential American Inaugural Committee it is a pleasure to send the enclosed contribution to the Delta City Library The President and Mrs Bush are aware of this contribu- tion” There were no strings attached to (he gift “I can use it for anything I choose to do” Greathouse said “but yes it has to be used for the library Nobody else can have it” The money will be used to automate the library “Our card catalog will be on Greathouse said "Well computer” m aintain our old one too in case we only have one terminal and we have a stack of people who need more access” County Attorney LeRay Jackson right administers the Oath of Office to his fellow county officials Left to right: County Clerk Marlene Whicker County Recorder Linda Carter County Assessor Jim Talbot County Sheriff Ed Phillips County Treasurer Mary Day County Auditor John Hansen County Commissioner Lana Moon and County Commissioner Frank Baker New Millard County officers sworn in Elected Millard County officials were sworn into office m ceremonies at in Fillmore the county courthouse Monday Jan 7 At the ceremonies held in the Fourth District courtroom County Clerk Marlene Whicker first swore in County Attorney Leray Jackson who then swore in the other officials in the last Noelected and vember election Jackson and County Commissioner Correction It waa reported in the Jan 3 edition that the Fillmore Pink Ladies donated $4000 for furnishings in the new patient lounge at the Fillmore hospital We have since been informed they donated two to checks $2500 amounting $5000 Gold found at Kings Canyon A mining company has announced an "extremely significant” find of gold near Kings Canyon in the West Desert of Millard County The find was announced recently by Centurion Mines Corp 285 W North Temple Salt Lake City It was made on property 60 miles west of Delta and 15 See GOLD page 2 Lana Moon were the only new faces among the elected officials The rest were incumbents Deputies of the various county departments were also administered the oath of office by Jackson Judge Ron Hare was also sworn in during the ceremonies Also at the event out going County Commissioner Mike Styler and out going County Attorney Warren Peterson were honored Commissioner Frank Baker presented them each with a plaque to commemorate their service to the county Styler served as commissioner for eight years while Peterson was county attorney for four years A buffet luncheon was held for the 40 or so people who attended Motion to withdraw murder plea denied by Ken Rand A motion filed by a state prison old inmate to withdraw his guilty plea to a Millard County murder has been denied Fourth District Court Judge Ray M Harding signed his three page memorandum decision Monday Jan 7 rejectalso ing the motion James Earl Blair known as James Earl Smith will continue to serve his life sentence for the March 1978 murder of Robyn LeRoy Halsey of Scipio Smith pleaded guilty to first degree murder on July 25 1978 for his involvement m the shotgun slaying of Halsey near Scipio He was sentenced to life in William Lloyd prison Another man Eastwood pleaded guilty to second degree murder after testifying against Smith Smith argued in a hearing Wednesday Nov 7 in District Court in Fillmore several reasons his plea should be withdrawn He said his guilty plea was not knowinadeing and voluntary his counsel quately advised him and his case was prejudiced the prosecution's misconduct All the arguments were rejected by the court which accepted the state position represented by Deputy Millard County Attorney Patricia Geary David A Blackwell represented Smith Harding also found Smith had waited too long to act Harding wrote that “trial of this matter would be impossible because of the effect 2 years delay has availability of witupon evidence nesses and the memories of these witnesses” In his motion hearing Smith said Eastwood pulled the trigger but Smith pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty He also said he and Eastwood concocted a scheme m which Smith would plead guilty to the murder Eastwood would sue for false arrest and split the money from the lawsuit with Smith when Smith got out of prison For a while Smith went along with it When he realized he was being conned he said he had already entered hu plea Property returned to burglary victims by Ken Rand Property recovered in the investigation of several recent Delta area alleged burglaries was returned to some of the alleged victims Friday Jan 11 The Millard County Fairgrounds exhibition building east of Delta was used to display the merchandise for identification and recovery because of the large volume of items involved County Sheriff Deputy Kim Taylor said Deputy Morris Burton said he didn't have an exact count of how many burglaries were involved in the investigation “We're looking at between 20 and 25 here in the Delta area one in Nephi and one in Ml Pleasant” he said Recent Delta businesses whose property was on hand in the exhibition building included Thriftway Hotworks Walker Lumber Christensen's Lake Philgas Delta Sports Business Communication Radio IF A and Dick's Tires Items from three residences cluding the Gilmore and Mork families were also on hand Beck’s m Ml Pleasant and Garrett's in Nephi were also burglary victims Items included clothing furniture tools radios tires guns and children's Some people cursed the recent snow for the problems it caused in driving on Utah’s roads and all the heavy shoveling that also came with it Others were grateful for the moisture Some saw the snow as n opportunity for fun Several snowmen sprung up around Millard County including one in the front yard of the Warren and Judy Peterson residence in Oasis But instead of a r snowman the Peterson’s built a Judy Peterson said family and neighbors participated in building die bear Sunday Jan 6 The sculptors included Peterson children Anna 2 Amber4 Neighbors Emily 8 and A lyssa helping included Andrea Stanworth 13 and Elizabeth Skeem 10 Warren Peterson did not help in sculpting the snow bear but he brought the sculptors hot chocolate "and we drenched him” Judy sax! toys The inventary was not complete “There are quite a few items that are still missing” Taylor said "I don’t know if well ever get those” B urton said dollar v ahie of recovered items is “a little more than half the approximate $31 000 value of all the known or suspected stolen property The items were recovered after four men were arrested and charged in connection with the burglaries in the Delta area over the past year The goods were fotnd in the resi Sheriffs Deputies Rob Lang (in hat) and Moms Burton unload property recovered in burglary investgation for victims to identify and claim dences of two suspects "and other buildings around town where they had put stuff” Taylor said "We confiscated it all marked it lagged it and put it m a storage shed That gave us time to itemize all of it and contact the victims ” After victims identified their merchandise they were photographed with it “showing they had received that mer chandisc” Taylor said The photos and receipts may be used as evidence m court he said Sheriffs deputies surprised three men m an alley behind Courtesy Ace Hardware in downtown Delta at about 230 un Friday Jn 4 Twoof the men escaped but the third was chased for six miles before he was found hiding submerged m a water trough The other two men and a third were then arrested Sheriff Ed Phillips said more arrests expected The i aspects are Brad A Christensen 23 Joseph K Larsen 8 Randy Stewart Smith 8 all of Deha and Jess Oman 20 of Hinckley Anthony Pm tor 19 of Las Vegas was also later arrested Bail for the first four men arrested It was was originally set at $25000 reduced to $5000 at a hearing Monday Jan 7 The men including Pin tor were arraigned in Ninth Circuit Court in Fillmore Friday Jan 11 Judge Robert Backhand advised them of charges against them "There were about 22 separate burglaries" Sheriff s Sargeant Chuck Ste- are Gee BURGLARY page 2 |