Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS Vol 94 No 36 March 2 2005 1990 Murder Suspect to be Extradited from Illinois b Dean Draper A former truck driver and suspected serial killer has been named in a Millard County murder case Robert Ben Rhoades59 formerly of Texas has been charged with the death of Patricia Candace NAalsh in CXtober 990 Rhoades currently serving a sentence will be extradited from Illinois to stand trial in Millard County “Me is being brought back for a real serious crime and he needs to pay for it" said Captain John Kimball Millard County Sheriff's Office “This young woman's life was cut short and we're seeking to get ” justice for that Walsh's badly decomposed body was found by deer hunters in October 1990 Kimball and Sgt Jim Masner worked on this case for the better part of 13 years before identifying Walsh They had regularly xecutive Agreement in ebruary sent by Governor Huntsman to Governor Blagoievich of Illinois to extradite Rhoades I xtradition cannot be contested under the terstate ((impact to which I tah and Illinois both belong Due to the aggravated kidnapping" Penalties have changed since then and first degree murder is now the same as aggravated murder This is a capital case the death penally can be imposed and a gag order has been issued by the 4th District Court The county requested certain information not be leased before the hearing and trial so as not to taint the itiry pcnil “We want to try the case here and avoid a change of venue" Berkley said Rhoades became the primary suspect m the case when information was correlated by a ( alifomia Department of lustice woman answer- compact Blagojevich is required to send Rhoades to Ctah “The suspect will be charged der the statutes in place when the crime was committed" Berkley said "There is one count of first degree murder and one count of ing a missing person's question from a lexas Ranger She recalled similar from Millard inquiries ( ountv and referred the Ranger to Masner and Kimball Sgt Brooks ong Texas Ranger was looking for information re sent inquiries to law enforcement seeking to agencies nationwide identify Walsh “When you identify your victim you'll solve your case" Masner said “Someone was looking lor her Someone killed her We just wanted to solve it " The case will be prcvecuted Chief Deputy by Brent Berkley County Attorney He prepared an garding Douglas yskowski killed m Oona TV in Jan 1990 and Walsh were newly married at the time I ong put Masner and Kimball onto Rhoades as a possible suspect after identilvmg Walsh as yskowski's missing wife Walsh and yskowski bad been traveling in the South as missionaries for an evangelicil faith when it is alleged Rhoades picked them yskowski was up as hitchhikers killed and his bods led m lex as Kimball and Masner believe Rhoades kept Walsh with him as he traveled for about seven davs and murdered her 22 miles south Is WaUh was of illmore of! of shot multiple times hi the head Rhoades was arrested in Anmia in 1990 where he was torturing woman held captive in his truck He was sent to prison in Arizona He was almost reads to be released when the state ot IH inns sough) him out is a iinir h p to Illinois Rhoades was move and convicted of rlu n ndc of iln runawavs Kcgmt and Rickv ee foncs Millard ountv of lie (Is hope to have Rho ide s in the counts ill ill In cm lie Inal w ilhin a monih a st ion atlct his unv il is is possi iicciitcd ble le is mi ei lie Pontiac ( orrcctionil cuter m Pontiac II ihout 9 mdes south west of hie aco 'Rho ides was picture' said tor the Phillips Mdlud He is uctiiillv person ihlc pus which is probiblv whv Ins victims misted him Mill ird olllllv pioscc tillin’ Rhoades bcc nisc this w is a let (ountv a vuv binimmc WV V Rnl She rihle aegravated dime Phillips said he familv s expectation is that something will Ih lone Phil ii lip so Rh OtiiJos a1 hi Rho 'i no eu nu il' pul mu d h hi the In slid lc '' II It Ills will reach Sevier Bridge if nothing changes Upstream diversions to other reservoirs will take a great deal of water before it reaches the San Pitch basin Kohl coordinates cloud seeding along the Sevier River drainage Seeding has stopped in all but the San Pitch basin Seeding will continue in this area to increase water availability for lower Sevier users Gunnison Bend and DM D have a holding capacity of a little more than 5JHKI acre ft As of February 2X these reservoirs are expected to receive a total 3600 ac ft of water this spring Should a wetter than normal spring occur the resen oirs could have higher water levels 'X'urrent estimates indicate water delivery should be up about 0 percent above last year" said Dean nderson DMM) water office "No one knows for certain but that's the wav it looks right now " Spring runoll is not completely utnlerwav vet It is expected water levels in the reservoirs will rise New estimates will be formulated each month throughout the spring Although the snow pack and moisture levels are high danger of flooding in the Sevier River drainage is low according to the Utah Division of Water Resources Watersheds in the Sevier River drainage are currently carrying over 2‘0 percent of the average wa- r R s Is t 'llii sllspe Iht ist s in DMAD V Reservoir is at 27 of capacity before spring runoff and equal chances temperatures (Ml Ml) for precipitation “Soil moisture is high" said Todd Adams tah Division of Water ter content foreThe April June cast from the National Weather ServicetNW Si is for above normal (' It is about Resources pitnnl salinated Runotl will Ik Imm than last veai when the snl n s drv it absorbed most of the it in loti l"i u i r IV III till U n n nit tool ' " I" Utah Dairy Farmers Lawsuit Venue Shifted to Salt Lake City b Dean Draper The $100 million lawsuit filed by Utah Dairy Farmers changed venue to the Third District Court in Salt Lake City on February from the Superior Court of I os Angeles The California court found "This Court has jurisdiction over all defendants in the case as all defendants reside in Utah and conduct extensive business in I tah “In the present case respondents showed that Utah's jurisdiction reaches to all defendants ” The case centers around possible stray electrical current generated by the Intermountain Power Project Stray electrical current exists when electrically charged current travels across or through the earth instead of along the lines of the electrical transmission svstem Based on numerous tests the losses suffered by the dames ate not a result of the power plant “sad George Cross Genera' Manager PNC 'Independent experts have confirmed there is no stray voltage from IPP- rose sad the Intermountain Plant (IPPt has devdi'ped a battery of tests working with an unnamed local dairy to identify the cause of dairy problems “The ground return is used ( Pc eT minutes a year and measurements show no electricity s propagated to the dames" said Cross “IPP wants die problem to be solved “ this case the generation and system consists of a transmis- In the plant converts the ( to IK power thus completing the circuit That conversion stjtmn uses a pair of rectifiers for converting the AC transmission sion pathway lectncally charged current is transmitted from I tah to California via one line and current should he returned on the second line lectneal high voltage direct current transmission systems are designee and operated so that as a failsafe only under emergence operations or a fault condition such as a component failure electricity travels over the earth returning to the source such as the power plant causing a protective device to operate and 'top the flow of fault current over the earth usually in seconds The complaint alleges the defendants “designed and cimstruetcd the power plant so that the earth in I tah and ( ahfornia is used as a turn path to and ir form the souree even under operating conditions and mt just during emergency and or overload conditions “ At there the end of the line in I uh Urge grounding electrode placed in the eanh about 26 miles west of the plant wh'ch captures any current returning through the eanh and directs it m the poweT plant s“jrce This current travels friwn the e'ccttidc huned in the earth to a ime strung aUmg power to the point where p!es is a hk The Doe defendants are other persons liable to the tah Dairy aimers (plaintiffs) whose identities are currently unknown to the plaintiffs hen the plaintiffs learn the true identities of the Doc defendants the complaint will be amended to allege their identities Black A Veatch and Bechtd could have been Xe defendants According to the complaint in ember 2004 the plaintiffs learned for the first time that Black A Neat'll and Bechtel were responsible for the design and construction of the Intcrmountain Power Proiect Southern ( ahf Power was formed by the I os Nrgeles Xp irt ment of NNj’ct A Power ind ihc municipal utilities ot the cities d B i' Anaheim Azusa banning hank ( olton Glendale Pasalcti Riverside Aemon ihc Irpcrta1 lr s ngation District and the ( emtos and San Marcos SCPPA is a mint powers author in the State ot ity doing busine-s( ahfimia tah and the State ot own and hold a loo cnfrol They percent capacitv entitlement in the Southern Transn Svstem ST Si and the e cine ii emerge produced and tra' r t’ed lhcreKv 2 hillior S( PPA pud ovc' bnarne has the right SfS to sell the eicc’rivai emerge transmitted thereof to its men berv into TX power The compljint illeges the defendants knew or should have known that there is a degree of imbalance between the output of these two rectifiers that results in excess IX’ power traveling outbound on the un line strung between the rectifiers and the grounding electrode 26 miles west thjt would ordinarily carry reluming current The excess IX power is snt along this line to the grounding electrode then travel' into the electrode and into the eanh using 'he eanh as the return path to the plant thus adding to the load ot ground current between the electrode and the power plan! The uh Dairv armors chum it is this sirav electrical current that is causing iriur to ca'tlc in their herds There are ten defendants lisied in the complaint they are I os Vpartment ot NAa'er A Power Si nit hem PD ( alifomia (I Public Power Authoruv (S(PP Intermounfam Power Agencv "ir PoweT Services (or Intcrmourun Power Pro eel ht'ermountain Power Project ('orporatiin Bechtel ( Black A catch and Doe One thrmigh Fiftv pf3tion le jd COM 'ry V CONTINUES mtm 4TH FRIDAY & -- See Ad'ih’sRMfWrtIVKniUlWf POOR COPY a am PUN! WE ANNUAL IPgrT7lKTVm plaint 'is ii mi 2 Ni licence Pet s o' Itef ano nIaitcode s orlinani es ' - --- Events & 5TH t III tloll It Sevier River drainage water outlook is better for 2005 b Dean Draper Snow and rain in the Sev rer River drainage have changed the aspect of the drought but the drought isn't over yet As of Teb 2X the Sevier Bridge DM AD and Gunnison (Yubal Bend reservoirs were less than half full 'tuba was 30 percent DM M) and Gunnison was 27 percent Bend was 4b percent full “Sevier Bridge reservoir holds 236000 acre feet of water and the projection is that it will reach 200000 acre feet after the spring runoff" said Dave Kohl Utah vision of Water Resources “There will be no water going over the “ spillway About half of the expected 400(XXJ acre ft in spring runoff from the Sevier River drainage d p mid lit o is o i ilit |