Show Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley USPS 349 - 520 Vol 90 No 35 March 8 2001 Eagles Win Region Tournament Reece Stein KUTV 2 sportscaster addressing Snow Goose Festival tendees over the weekend in Delta at- Snow Geese in abundance for Unique Festival Over 1000 people some from as far away as Texas and Arizona attended the annual Snow Goose Festival held over the weekend in Delta This is the only festival of its kind in the United States The visitors enjoyed the spectatular sight of thousands of magnificant Snow Geese enjoying the Gunnison Bend Reservoir and flying to fields to feed Also WWIi included in the entertainment were Reese Stein KUTV2 sportscaster addressing the group Tracy Avirary who brought raptors for an educational presentation and Division of Wildlife Resourses swered questions and provided educational matenal Held in conjunction with the festival was an Arts and Crafts Fair at the Millard Wesley Thomas Grand Prize winner of the Art Work Contest He is a student of Delta South Elementary County Fairgrounds photography and art contests and the Quilt Guild presented an exhibit The festival was sponsored by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce and the Division of Wildlife Resources veteran fulfills promise Jose Cepeda III Article end photo reprinted with permission by Pacific Daily News Ray Church vividly remembers Dec By 10 By Cole Carling The 2A NorthSouth division tournament continued Friday March 2 where Millard played Beaver in the Millard jumped out to a lead in the first quarter where all five Millard starters scored Beaver battled back the second quarter when Millard went cold from the field Beaver was up 8 points at hlftime The second half was a -- 'Settle Millard owned a lead With 38 seconds left in the game Beaver’s Matt Albrecht hit a with 8 seconds remaining to put Beaver up Millard came down and missed a shot Beaver got the rebound and Millard had to foul Beaver missed the front end of a 1941 Church witnessed Japanese forces overtaking Guam while he was stationed Marine on the island as a Corps private assigned to the governor’s office Sixty years later church returned to Guam to lay a wreath and his ghosts to rest “1 made a promise to myself to return to Guam and honor those that died in battle" the veteran said As his silver hair was ruffled by a strong breeze Church laid a wreath of blue and - Marine Divipink flowers against the sion World War monument then slowly raised his hand and saluted “It feels good to be able to do this” Church said Church was one of eight Marines signed to insular patrol in Hagatna when bombs began to drop and Japanese soldiers overran the island “It was scary” Church said "Japan began bombing and there wasn’t enough weaponry to repel them” Church said he was present when Naval Gov George McMillin signed the surrender of Guam to the Japanese “It was a very sad moment" Church Part The Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) has scheduled public hearings March 6 and 7 to accept testimony from Questar Gas Co and to receive comments from Utah residents about recent gas requests The first hearing will be held March 6 2001 at 5 pm at the PSC’s main office at the Heber M Wells building 60 E 300 S room 426 (fourth floor) Individuals who want to attend this hearing must sign up gs Knox Huntsman After the inmate leaves the booking room he or she is faced with other procedures within the Millard County Jail The nerve center of the jail is the Dispatcher Communications Center (911) The Center is manned 24 hours per day with a dispatcher (sometime two when action peaks) on duty for eight hour shifts Captain Dekker said the dispatcher has the most stressful job on the force Eight hours of constant pressure making life and death decisions on 91 calls assigning officers to dangerous duty coordinating other officers in adjacent counties or by 6 pm that day To sign up call the 13 PSC at (80 1) The second hearing to be held Wed Mar 7 at 5 pm will be broadcast from the University of Utah EDNET facility in order to teleconference with residents who live in other parts of the state The PSC has arranged for numerous remote locations to be connected so that Questar Gas customers throughout the state will be able to listen or comment Those who want to participate should contact the mote EDNET site in their area Hearing sites areas follows: Millard High School 200 W Center Fillmore site phone no 4357435608 Individuals with disabilities who want to attend and need special accommodations should call Julie Orchard Public Service Commission secretary at (801 5 at least three working days before the hearing Callahan’s Jury Trial Knox Huntsman Early in the morning of Mar 5 potenjurors arrived at the 4 District Court Fillmore Eight of the 25 summoned citizens of Millard County would be lected to sit on the trial of defendant Robert Dean Callahan 4 District Judge Guy R Bumingham was computer selected from a pool of judges which are experts in criminal trials Judge Bumingham asked numerous questions to help determine jury selection Five women and three men were selected Callahan was charged with one count of second degree felony Theft of a Motor Vehicle This charge carries a punishment of to 15 years in the state prison and a $10000 maximum fine Prosecuting Attorney Dexter Anderson explained to the jury that the person who stole the vehicle is currently in prison Russell Jacob was convicted and sentenced to to 15 years 7 2000 for stealing the in prison on Aug vehicle Anderson said the issue with this case is Callahan was charged with “knowing” that the vehicle was stolen not actually stealing it whereas under Utah Law this makes him a vehicle thief Anderson said Callahan intended to use the transmission in the stolen vehicle to replace the transmission in his truck Anderson called local business man Allen Roper to the stand and established the fact that the stolen vehicle was Ropers 1977 blue pickup used by him and his employees at his business The truck was reported stolen on Jun 14 00 Anderson introduced a “Stipulation" to the court by tial in War veteran: Ray Church a Marine who was taken by the Japanese during World War II returns to Guam Church is a former Millard County resident gee We looked on the ground for anything that was edible” in The atomic bomb detonation Hiroshima marked the end of the war and the end of Church’s POW experience He said Japanese soldiers fled the camps and prisoners were able to walk out without resistance Church said he weighed 175 pounds when he went to Japan When he arrived on Guam 30 days after he was freed he was frail and withed only 115 pounds Church now lives in Utah with his wife of 54 years He retired from the banking business after 40 years and is active within the Mormon Church As he sat upon the steps of the memorial yesterday Church looked somber "I came here to pay my respects to those who passed away both in the war and since” Church said “They were all courageous people” 11 Inner-workin- Even with an injury to Matt Holt and Matt Robison in foul trouble the Eagles lead and coasted to opened up a a over the Braves and win the region championship Millard's leading scorers were Matt Robison with 16 and Carson Stevens with 12 Matt Holt was selected to the all region team Josh Monsen was named the Region MVP Millard goes to state at SUU in Cedar City on Thursday March 8 The first game is against the Gunnison Bulldogs at 10 am in the Centrum Round two will be Friday afternoon Everyone come support the Eagles as they play in the state tournament Public Hearings on Natural gas rates said Church fought alongside the Guam Militia and took up a position near the Plaza de Espana in Hagana where they made their last stand He said that a standard issue military pistol and two clips with 10 rounds each were all the weaponry he had He said he knew that there was nothing he could to stop the Japanese and that surrender was inevitable Church was then taken to Japan along with what he estimated to be 120 Navy and 130 Marine Corps personnel where they were placed in slave labor camps Church said the conditions in the camps were horrible and he endured them for four years Food was scarce and there was little shelter for POW's He was taken to different camps and forced to do salve labor in the salt mines and railroad yards “The camp was tough" Church said “There was just no food - it was hard to Matt Holt grabbed the bound and handed to Joshn Monsen who dribbled the length of the floor to hit a jumper over two Beaver players to win sending them give Millard a into the chmapionship against North Summit The leading scorers in the Beaver game were Matt Holt 10 Carson Stevens Josh Monsen and Ryan Blad all with 9 points On Saturday the stands were filled with Millatd fans Millard got off to a slow start allowing North Summit to take the early lead in the game The Eagles battled back to take a lead at halftime Millard with it’s great all around team play was able to dominate the second half of Millard County Jail By states informing officers if their arrestee is dangerous or has outstanding warrants assisting in fire fighting attending to the fire 'robbery 'burglary alarms through the county plus other duties to numerous to mention The Center has 2 radio frequencies monitors the audio in all cells monitors the high traffic areas with closed television monitors plus audio 91 calls have a display monitor for the number (which displays name address past history and nature of the calls special instructions prior violence special medicine etc) Dekker said the Dispatcher never takes a break Once the dispatcher starts his shift he is on constant duty for eight hours The Center has a bath room cated adjacent to the control console and meals are brought to him There are no keys to the security door tc the Center the dispatcher opens the door from the inside There is one other unique duty of the dispatcher The visiting booths where prisoners visit their lawyers or love ones are in full view of the dispatcher The lawyer See Jail on page 5 because Kathy Walker who found the truck by her cabin could not be a witness at the trial because of a broken ankle Judge Bumingham told the jury that a Stipulation was to be considered as evidence Anderson said in brief Walker owned the cabin found the blue truck and called the police Deputy Sheriff Scott L Cony testified that he was dispatched to the cabin Jun 30 00 and when he surveyed the scene immediately called for an expert crime scene investigator Deputy David William “Bill" Jackson The scene was investigated photos taken and a tow truck rived to remove the vehicle The truck was taken to the jail and put in a sallyport which is a secure area and investigated for finger prints none were found Anderson called witnesses to the stand to establish the fact that the truck was at Callahan "s house Chene Paxton who was living with Callahan at the time testified that when Jacob drove the truck into the drive way she knew immediately that the truck was stolen Paxton said she told Callahan in no uncertain terms to get Jacob and the truck out of there that they had too much to loose and if he did not she would leave Paxton said she told Callahan not to drive north of town and pick Jacob up Paxton also testified that Callahan did not go and pick up Jacob because Callahan was with her all night During her testimony she said that Callahan is currently in prison Callahan was sentenced to prison on a wAwa Robert Dean Russell Jacob Callahan Oct 3 00 being convicted of one count of a class three felony - Aggravated Domestic Assault and one count of misdemeanor A - Violation of release on a Domestic Assault Russell Jacob testified that he was living off and on with Callahan and Paxton because he was released from prison in Arizona May 00 (theft of vehicle) did not have a job and did not have any money Jacob said that he wanted to pay Callahan back for his kindness and dec ided to find a automatic transmission to replace the problem ridden automatic transmission in Callahan"s truck Jacob testified that he stole the truck (keys left in the ignition) drove the vehicle to Callahun'’s house on Canyon Road and parked it for a short while then drove the vehicle about 6 miles north west from Fillmore up Cedar Mountain and parked it near a cabin Jacob abandoned the truck walked to the main dirt road and was picked up by Callahan Jacob said that during the return trip that Callahan did not know the blue truck was stolen See Trial on page 2 MSLLARD COUNTY’S ft NOW AVAILABLE poor copy 2nd ORDER FORMS ON PAGE 4 $13 includes tax Edition Shipping $3 ll |