Show USPS Checking Meter Brings a Check kale He Ue abroad The County is $9000 richer because Pool didn't IheWcslMillardSwimming save substantially after switching the heating system over from a to natural gas The Commissioners learned of the windfall during their regularly held meeting on Monday October 18th Mr Pearson told the Commissioners that before the switch to natural gas he had been assured the public pool would see a savings in their energy bill from to and we weren't seeing those numbers" A call w as made to Mountain Fuel's headquarters and an investigation was made It was discovered that the company had installed an improper metering device The right gauge was installed and the company granted the county a $9000 rebate said Mr Pearson The question is now raised: how many Millard County residents will be checking their own meters and calling the company hoping for a similar bate? School Trust Land Hearings The School and Institutional Trust Lands Advisory Board is holding public meetings in October and November to get input regarding the best structure management scheme and operational policies for managing school trust lands “I encourage Utahns to get involved in this process" says Governor Mchacl O Leavitt who appointed the advisory board “The management of Utah's school trust lands affects all of us because of its impact on education funding" Individuals and organizations may provide irput in several ways: Submit written comments by November 10 1993 to the School Trust Lands Advisory Board 3 Triad Center Suite 320 Salt Lake city Utah Attend Utah Education Network (ED NET) meeting to be held on November 6 from p m at the Delta Technical Center in Delta Group Home Incites Rumors Lynndyl residents are already discussing the possibility of a youth home for warward boys that is projected for their comm unity Rumors are flying that the home will house all sorts of undesirables Two meetings are scheduled for October 27th and November 3rd where interested parties can learn more about and express their views on the home The meetings w ill begin at 700 pm and will be held in The Princess COTA Campaigns for Callister Child At a community meeting held in Della's Fair Building on T uesday October 19th David Cain founder and head of Children's Organ Transplant Organization explained how his group is poised to assist Dee Jay Callister six month old son of Dee Mar and Chandra Callister receive the liver transplant he needs in order to continue to live Mrs Callister told the audience about Dee Jay's current status w hich is critical The child is undergoing dialysis in intensive care at Primary Children s Hospital in Salt Lake City Plans are being made to transport him to San Francisco for the transplant which is estimated to cost around $ 25000 said Mr Cain Mr Cain outlined w ays the community can raise the money He praised small towns for their ability to pull together more successfully than larger metropolitan areas Watch the Chronicle for updates and wavs you can contribute A rifle raffle was held at the meeting and Jack Anderson won the rifle donated by Delta Sports Center Apology I personally apologize to the east Millard area and to MHS for the omission of their copy photos and announcements in last issue's Chronicle kale He He abroad tt aa 5"5 Vol 84 No 16 7 October 21 1993 Who Do You Believe? Jurors Split Decision on Perjury kale Helle abroad An jury found Lester Anderson 38 of Delta guilty on one third degree felony ch arge of Aiding and Abetting Perjury during a one day trial in Juab County’s courthouse on October 13th They also found him not guilty of a similar charge Mr Anderson could be sentenced from zero to five years in the Utah State Prison and Fined up to $5000 for his conviction He is currently serving two consecutive sentences for two class B misdemeanors of Lewdness and Sodomy and also faces additional in Millard County for felonious charges theft and drug related incidents The Perjury trial in Nephi is unique in the State of Utah and as one bystander stated depends on whom you want to believe The jury evidently believed the testimony of Elizabeth Fullmer girlfriend of Mr Anderson who testified that she lied on his behalf out of fear during his March trial in Nephi for Rape Forcible Sodomy and Aggravated Sexual Assault The sex crimes allegedly took place m September 1992 at the Eliminator Hill Races at Little Sahara Sand Dunes Mr Anderson was acquitted of the major charges during a jury trial in Shane Hams March and was also acquitted of the same crimes during a tnal held last month At Mr Anderson's tnal in March Mrs Fullmer stunned the courtroom with her tearful testimony that she and Mr Anderson were having an affair dunng the end of 1992 although both were married to others that she and Kathy Poulson had gone to the Little Sahara races on the spur of the moment and that she had followed defendants Harris and Anderson and the rape victim into the sand bowls where she saw that the sexual acts were consentual At Mr Anderson's tnal last week Mrs Fullmer offered a very different story She staled that she was not with Kathy Poulson that she did not witness the event that she w as instead afraid for her life and for the safety of her children She stated that she met Mr Anderson in January after they had both separated from their respective spouses They both experienced medical problems at approximately the same time and Mrs Fullmer testified that she moved in w ith him so that they could care for each other It w as at this lime that Mr Anderson began to suggest she said that he “sure wished he had an eyewitness that it would help Sheldon Carter (defense attorney) if there w as an eyewitness" As Mr Anderson and Mrs Fullmer became more romantically involved the story became “an obsession" she said She testified that the day before the rape trial was to begin in March she panicked and told Mr Anderson she couldn't go through with the false story She said he then put a gun to her head threatened her life and the lives of her three daughters and she agreed to go Three-Count- y through with the charade She leshficd that she was kept as a literal prisoner in the Anderson home and stayed out of fear "I was set up right from the beginning "says Mrs Fullmer After the trial she said that Mr Anderson's attitude towards her deteriorated substantially “He didn’t need me anymore" she said “He w as happy he got want he wanted" Finally she said guns were fired she called the Millard County's Sheriff department for protection and then confessed that her story on the witness stand hatfbecn a lie She says she still fears for her life and has relocated out of state Mrs Fullmer testified that after her perjured testimony at the March trial “I fell so bad I felt so guilty” Yet she continued to tell friends that her eyewitness testimony was the truth Meanwhile Kathy Poulson admitted to Juab Sheriff s deputy and investigating officer DuWayne Walker that she had not taken Elizabeth Fullmer to the Little Sahara Sand Dunes on the day in question Juab investigating Sheriff s Deputy DuWayne W'alkcr then approached Mrs Fullm er w ith the penal ties for ly in g under oath up to 20 years in prison and a substantial fine Mrs Fullmer says she then determined that she would not sacrifice 20 years on Mr Anderson’s behalf and agreed to recant her eyewitness testimony and take the consequences "I had real good reasons to lie as far as I was concerned" said Mrs Fullmer “I was scared" Mrs Fullmer testified that after the March trial she began to receive anonymous phone calls They did not quit until after she moved aw ay One was recorded on a phone answering machine She believes that Mr Anderson put “someone up to iL The whole idea was to keep me really afraid" she said Mrs Fullmer is still facing up to five years in prison said Juab County attorney Don Eyre One charge against her has been dismissed “I did what I had to do" says Mrs Fullmer “But now I’m telling the truth and no one will believe 4 - UJX r tw-— ! ? I "Cre? fr photo by Sue Dotson The Sun Sets on Delta North Elementary of the old Delta North Elementary School built in 952-5didn 1 take long The giant shovel tore the roof sheared off lengths of walls and dug through floor joists like a hungry beast Sprays of water from giant hoses insured that debris and sparks didn't fly In a matter of hours the old school lay in heaps of rubble The shovel's operator was "a work of art" according to many who watched the demolition With meticulous care he was able to pluck out the icons and sculptured plaster decorative plaques The icons will be mounted in the new Delta North E lementary School Students ha ve been phased into the new school which is nearly completed Principal Scott Bassett says the school Istill has a few needs but bves his new facility More photos inside Demolition into 0 G Kl t me" Mr Anderson and defense attorney Sheldon Carter painted another picture one in which Mrs Fullmer was the f control party one in which she volunteered from the beginning to tell what she saw one in which she had been having an affair with Mr Anderson since August of 1992 “She’s admitted lying once" said Mr Carter “the question is whether we can trust her now" "The Federal and State governments have immense powers to investigate but my client has to dig into his own pockets to try to balance it all ouL It's kind of an unfair fight” said Mr Carter during his opening remarks “A lot of these cases come down to grey areas If there is any question of reasonable doubt let him go set him free" continued on page three Used Oil Collection Program A cooperative effort among Millard Juab and Sanpete Counties the Utah Department of Environmental Quality Protection the US Environmental Agency and Ash Grove Cement Company will soon kick off a of used for collection pilot program lubricating oils from (DIYer) oil changers and agricultural operations Dr Thomas Chandler and Scott Nickle are Millard County Representatives The US EPA estimates that 60 percent of the people of America change their own oil and 90 percent of that oil is improperly thrown into sewers on the ground or into landfill areas This wastes a valuable resource fouls the waste systems and endangers the water s applies of the area Merchants in 15 communities in there three counties will be invited in the near future to become DIYer used oil collection centers The communities are Fairview Eureka Delta Ephraim Fountain Green Fillmore Holden Gunnison Levan Mtnti Moroni Ml Pleasant Mona Scipio and Nephi The 1993 Utah State Legislature enacted new legislation (S B 12) that makes it unlawful for used oil to be disposed of in any of these methods It also provides for the establishment of DIYer Collection Centers throughout the state However that pro- - A gram will not be developed for another year This three county program w ill be a pilot effect to establish the pa Hem for the entire state One of the shortcomings of the present law is that it does not make allowance for the state to accept liability for the disposal of contaminants in the oil collected by the DIYer collection program that cause it to become a hazardous waste However Ash Grove Cement Company has put up a limited fund to cover such loads if they should develop during this test period Meantime State Representative Bill Wright from Elberta has indicated he w ill w ork closely w ith the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to obtain passage of an amendment to the 1993 law that permit the state to take the responsibility off DIYer Collection Centers that follow all of the regulations and still get a "hot' load of oil Ash Grove Cement Company of Utah has also provided Leamington much of the funding to get this pro grim started and w ill be supplying the collection container and testing kit far each collection center Letters of explanation inviting local merchants to participate in the program a DIYer center will be mailed within the next few day according to Wyne Evans program director JJL One of the old icons of the demolished Delta North School is rolled a way to be sa ved as a reminder Great Basin Historical Society A Look at Lake Bonneville kale Helle abroad The new season of the Great Basin Historical Society's monthly meetings got off to a good start on Thursday October 14th with a packed house in attendance for Dr Blair Maxfield's look at Lake Bonneville The Delta City Chambers room as filled with familiar faces of the faithful w ho attend this senes of inform alive and interesting peeks into our past There was also a large number of newcomers loo as well as a healthy representation from the east side of the County Dr Maxfield retired in 1986 after serving as a professor of Geology at Cedar City’s Southern LTtah University for many years Since retiring he has remained active in the Eldcrhostcl program as w ell as leading tours throughout the state for interested groups Dr Maxfield’s lecture was short facts about concise and full of the w orld’s largest inland body of w ater once a literal sea that stretched over 20000 square miles roughly from Preston Idaho on the North to Enterprise Utah on the south past Wendov er Nevada on the west and to Spanish Fork canyon on the east The lake w as one of three huge inland seas - Lake Missoula in Montana and Lake Lahanki near the Carson Sinks coexisted with Lake Bonneville Dr Maxfield informed us that Lake Bonneville began around 25000 years ago the water coming from giant glaciers that scrapped down from the lat ice age The Great Basin filled with melting glacier w ater until the lake w as 1000 feet deep at its height around 15000 ears ago The deepest part of the lake still holds w tier we know it as Lhe Great Salt Lake says Dr Maxfield The lake's elevation was 250 feet higher in its center than at its shorelines which reached levels 5090 feet above sea level Dr Maxfield explained that the huge body of w ater exerted pressure on the earth causing it to bow up in the middle accounting for the differences in elevation Natural dams contained the w ater A ofs ft unconsolidated ash Photo by Kate Dr Blair Maxfield fields questions after the Lake Bonneville lecture program Dr Maxfield hosted the frst in GBHS's new season of month'y meetings contained the water in hat e know now as the Bear River Valley The water level continued to rise until it topped this natural dam and washed it away Lake Bonneville also lopped a natural dam at the Red Rock pass In total this flood caused the lake to lose over 321 feel in depth in less than three weeks’ time “The Teton Dam flood woJd be a tnckle compared to this" he said I'sirg the massive slides to demonstrate flood's impact Dr Mixficld showed how the water cut huge courses as it the sea to through Sw an Creek poured and the Bear River Valley to the Snake Rivet and then to the Columbia River and Lhcn to the sea “I tould have been something to see all that w ater pounrg out of there" said Dr Maxfield wondmrg if maybe an Indan or two might not have been in the gorge when Lhe walls of water came cashing through Other slides noted shoreline markings of Lake Bonneville a its heigh' and after the Hood The ledge we travel at the Point of Lhe Mountain is a Lake Bonncv die bench as w ell as Lhe old road to Topaz Mountain w csl of Delta “The Old Nephi Road is really a shore line" said Dr Maxfield “And you can see Lhe levels on the Cinder Knoll west of Kanosh" “On the west side of Lhe Sunsbury range you can sec 27 beach levels as the Lake rose and fell" Dr Maxfield adding that after the huge Hood the lake continues to ev aporaic and drop in small stages Dr Maxfield noted that Lake Bonnes ille w as “not w ithout life" The lake we learn was home to native trout and fresh water clams and snails Dr Maxfield opened up the second hour to questions from Lhe audience and Lhen it was time for social mingling over the Historical Society's famous punch and cookies The homemade cookies are especially wonderful and the punch is we leant blood building A v ual part of the programs has moved on Betty Lister recently passed aw ay and she is and w ill be deeply missed |