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Show Mi fort Monitor JUNE 28, 1996 ~ Religious Freedom ~ Ends Where Property Tax Begins Ie June 24, 1996 - Six members of ie 8 A IBULANCE the Immanuel Foundation Fraternity of Preparation were arrested and removed from their home: in the west desert today. Beaver County Sheriff Ken Yardley and deputiés escorted the — little caravan from the Vance Spring site to the Beaver County - Jail, where they were booked on trespass charges and released on their own reconginance. They were then allowed to return to their homes to pick up personal possessions. Their crops and their garden were left to desolation. Left to right: Doug Garrett, Loretta F orman, Les Whitney, John Craw, Todd McMullin, They were neither downeast nor Peter Jones, and John Gledhill. Actually, it was a bargain purchased a retired ambulance from hospital board chairperson, Loretta service as a support vehicle to carry defiant, but simply determined to _ pursue their case for common law rights and religious freedom as far as the court system will allow. “We would like to thank all of the Beaver County people prepare a dwelling place where the pure in heart can live in safely in an autonomous society away from corruption of the world,” Talmage Weis, Foundation member, explained. No money changed who have supported us. . Their kindness is appreciated as we move through this process which’ fulfills the *) persecuted persecutor,””. prophecy: shall hands at Vance Springs; all goods were held in common. Hughes, Foundation member said. They expressed no animosity toward the law enforcement officers who 0 government grants, nor federal funds of any kind, including Social Security benefits. Why? “Turning taxes _ back to benefits is an enslaving principle. Social benefits are government except the protection of our freedom guaranteed in the Constitution,” Weis said. Foundation members believe that they - because of | . their status as a religious fraternity - are exempt from county property tax. Beaver County views the situation a little differently. In 1991 the property was sold to Mike White at a tax sale. That sale was | retreat in 1985, at a total cost of $170,000. Phil and Karma Berg, along with their baby daughter, are staying ‘with Phil’s brother in Salt Lake City. Other evicted Foundation members are camped out in a warehouse. Tony Hamilton may still be wandering around somewhere on the west desert. like fish bait - every time the government gives something to the people, it has a hook in it. We want nothing from removed them from their homes. “We will pray for them,” Hughes added. The Foundation purchased the 640 acre religious Work was shared equally. There were no mortgages, no debts, no credit cards, no welfare checks, no food stamps, no medical assistance funds from government, ‘The. become _ the Dwight , for everyone: For the grand total of $1. Fire District #2 Service District #3. Les Whitney handed the check over to Forman earlier this month. The Fire District will put it into extrication and auxiliary equipment on emergency calls. They pooled. their not completed. White, however, still has a claim against the property. In 1994, Beaver County sold the section of land again. This time to Ranger Enterprises (Jim Eldridge) for $15,000. “It is ironic that at the very same time the centennial wagon train moved into Cove Fort, in commeration of the sacrifices our forebearers encountered to secure freedom, we were driven from our homes,” Weis noted. funds. and paid _cash.....no mortgage. “We are concerned about where government is going. It was - and is - our intent to. iit) AUTO PARTS ELODIE 1275 N. Main P.O. 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