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Show Milfors Monitor MAY 31, 1996 PAGE 2 Golden Wedding Anniversary ~Letter to theEditor: be REN Hubert A. and Anna Mae Grimshaw Hickman will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday June VIR WAR ATTORNEY ar LAW 2411 KIgsEL AVE., SUITE 306 P.O. Box 1827 OGDEN, UTAH 84402 1827 (801) ed i 392 15, 1996. We the family of Hub and Annie wish to congratulate and invite them along with friends and relatives to a reception at the Cottontree Inn, North Salt Lake (Exit 318), Aspen Room from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. We are very proud of them for the love and harmony that rings throughout our family. 8200 Fax: (801) 302-2724 2 eee & May 15, 1996 ‘Alice Smith ‘Milford Monitor ‘450 North 100 East ‘Milford, UT 84751 RE; Doug Carriger Your +Dear Ms. Smith: treasured requested. ‘| have been retained by Doug Carriger to represent him in a matter concerning an article that appeared in the ‘ Milford Monitor, relating to the Beaver County Jail construction project. In the event that we can show actual ‘ malice on your part, we would be able to pursue an action against you for defamation. Continued slanderous friendship gift. No is a others ‘ comments about my client will not be tolerated. We will also consider such continued attacks to be malicious : and subject to legal action. z believe Mr. Carriger, with respect to his position with Beaver County would be considered a “public official” for such an action, but even public officials are protected against defamatory comments. Had Mr. Carriger not been a public official, we would have filed without contacting you. Mr. Carriger appreciates the need for a free press and the press’s need to editonalize about issues that : concern the publisher. Freedom of the press is an important right which we have no intention of impinging upon. However, freedom of the press does not allow personal and defamatory attacks that impune the ‘ honesty or character of individuals without a basis in fact. We would appreciate your care in eliminating personal attacks and keeping your commentary strictly on the issues as they relate to Beaver County. Thank you. Yours sincerely, | E. Kent Winward Attomey at Law EKW/pwh ce: Doug Carriger Melina Mellor and Dallas Stewart Kent L. and Randee Warren Mellor announce the marriage of their daughter, Tara Malina Mellor to Dallas Editorial Response vy aiice smith P. I have chosen to temporarily treat the above correspondence as simply a “Letter to the _Editor” and not as an attempt to restrict public information. Following are additional examples of ' Mr. Carriger’s attempts to discredit and intimidate, which I am also willing to overlook - with Mr. - Carriger’s apology, of course. . In a tape recorded public meeting, April 16, 1996, Mr. Carriger alleged “inaccuracies and innuendoes” in the April 12 editorial related to architectural bids for the jail/courts complex. Please Note: Bids are public record. As per public record the building authority chose a firm quoting $95. per hour for the principal architect over a firm quoting $55. per hour for hourly fees in addition to those covered in the contract. As per public record the same firm originally proposed a fixed fee of . 6.5%, and later lowered that bid so that it came in just under the 4.8% bid by the competing firm. The People have a right to know circumstances allowing the bid amounts to be “clarified”. The | 748 sequence of dates associated with those “clarifications” is public. | endo” = Marlow's = = that_—s I record. The People have a right to know that the winning bid | 5! ormed” the people, letter (as faxed from the County Planner’s office to the Milford | ? ublished in the May 9 issue of the Beaver Press, Monitor on April 3rd) didn’t even have Beaver County’s name on his editorial right to freely it. There was only a blacked out space where the name should express an opinion, or was it have been. The pre-opened bid: What is the purpose of a sealed slander? FrankLee bid if “public official” is permitted to open it - for any reason? speaking, I was delighted to “Shady Shenanigans” or an error in judgement - Beaver County see that much spirit in the is at risk. Press. © In that same public meeting - on tape and available in the Milford City office - Mr. Carriger stated that the County had a 5: year guaranteed contract with the Department of Corrections to house state prisoners. Either by his statements or in answer to direct questions, he confirmed the existence of the contract at least eight times in the course of his 14-minute presentation. One call to the Department of Corrections the following morning confirmed that the claim was not correct: all such contracts are subject to yearly appropriation and/or termination - just as they have always been. 1n a public information meeting in Minersville on April 23, Mr. Carriger continued the assertion of a 5-year contract. What was the source of peeea claim? It was not retracted until the April 26 public information meeting in Milford when Sheriff Yardley clarified that Utah law does not permit a Legislature to bind a future Legislature. Mr. Carriger was present at that meeting, but did not comment. Mayor Wiseman was the only representative of the Milford City Council in attendance to hear the correction. _ Unfortunately, the misinformation, which was very convincing, was not repealed with the same degree of effort used to promote it, and a good many people still accept it as fact. If Mr. Carriger was, himself, misled and unaware that the claim being used to promote a “yes” vote was not correct, is he not - as a “public official” - obligated to set the record straight? Instead, he has chosen to retain an attomey to attack the newspaper. Is it his intent to employ a posture of intimidation, thus gaining immunity from accountability for his future actions as a “public official” representing Beaver County? © After such shabby treatment, why should I benevolently turn the other cheek instead of pursuing an all-out First Amendment suit, a suit which most likely would ultimately involve not only Mr. Carriger, but Beaver County and various elected officials as individuals? Quite simply, win or loose, nobody wins. It would be far more beneficial to address the business at hand: separating fact from fiction in order to prepare a proposal for a county jail to be placed on the November ballot. If Mr. Carriger is unable or unwilling to do that, perhaps the $50,000. + it costs Beaver County taxpayers to maintain his office would be better spent in other areas........... County roads on the Milford flat, maybe? It’s your call, Mr. Carriger! Stewart, son of*Mel and Carla Stewart, on Friday June 7 1996. Malina is a Junior at SUU and Dallas works for Circle 4. They will make their home in Milford. Ute be commissioned a Second Lieutenant on Wednesday, May 29th, 1996: He -has been assigned-to Luke Air Force Base near Pheonix, Az., where he will work as a Public Affairs Officer. Cadet Robinson is the son of Noal and Linda Robinson, of Beaver, Utah. EXTENSION bee UNIVERSITY DKA PCLT HOW DO I RE-SEED LOW SPOTS IN MY GRASS? Answer by: Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticulturist As you rev up the mower this year, you may notice that winter has left your ground a little bumpy. A low spot in the grass can be caused by such things as settling soil, erosion or mice. Ben C. Robinson The United States Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Co., is pleased to announce that Cadet First Class Ben C. Robinson will graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree and Try these methods for filling in low spots. *For a smaller area, not bigger than one to two feet in diameter, -you can throw sand into the low * The best method for filling in area and let the grass grow up low areas is to use a sod cutter through it. The sand should not and remove the sod over the be applied more than half an inch low spot. Then fill in the dirt deep. This does not work for with soil similar to the native larger areas, however, since the soil in your yard. Lay the sod sand can choke out the turf and back over it so it is level with leave a bare area. Sand can also the rest of your yard. Sod cause an interface layer that may cutters are available at local tool not allow for proper drainage. and equipment rental stores. *Many people prefer the method They rent for approximately of putting soil in the hole and $40 for two hours. letting the grass grow up through *If a sod cutter is not available, another option is to kill the grass in the low area with a herbicide weed killer, such as Roundup. Bring in soil to raise the level, then till the area and either reseed or lay sod on it. “it This method doesn't work as well as the others because it can | suffocate the existing turf and \ create a perfect environment for | weeds to germinate and invade. It. also can create a poor drainage environment. FOR ALL YOU GROWN-UPS... Here’s A Lesson From Us Kids! ACTIVATION AND ONE MONTH’S ACCESS FREE A Savings Of $60 TO $240 Motorola Tele-Tac $29.95 CELLULARONE network Remember those Main Street workshops last April? The Main Street revitalization project is on the agenda for the Milford City Council meeting June 4th. David Bell will present additonal information based on the April workshops. John G. Carter 387-2722 + John C. Carter 387-5226 “Restrictions Apply \ | |
