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Show &?!& ' LETTERS continued from page 2 Man has facts wrong in property tax dispute Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the letter of Roger Holfelti, which waa printed July 3. After reading hia letter, I reread your article printed June 26 to Bee if I had mined some thing. I had not. The facts in your articles accurate. Facts stated in Mr. Holfeltxs letter were not When Mr. Holfelti spoke with the Duchesne County Treasurer, Colene Nelson, he only offered to pay hia delinquent property taxes fin' the 1997 tax year. Mrs Nelson informed him that by state law she could take his money but could only apply it to last years delinquent taxes not those for 1997. Mr. Holfelti did not make his payment He now says that he cannot find suchalaw. He is wrong. It is found in the Utah Code at Section entitled Redemption and requires the county treasurer to ap- - year in the delinquent count and continue applying the partial payment in the same manner. Mr. Holfelti s partial payment, by state law, had to be first applied to the taxes owed for the tax year 2000. Mrs. Nelson was right in what die told Mr. Holfelti: As Mr. Holfelti is wrong on his bets, he is also wrong on his legal conclusions. Mr. Holfelti claims that . state law now frees him of his tax obligation because he made an offer to pey that was refused. Hr cites Utah Mr. Code Section Holfelti misstates the facts. That section applies to commercial transactions not tax redemption and furthermore he only states part of the section. Where Mr. Holfelti ends the section with a period, the original section hasacomma and continues to state that the section applies only as between endorsers and third parties. This section does not apply as between debtor and creditor. Again Mr. ; advantage ofthe opporuntitiee of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful! By itself this sounds reasonable enough, but if you dont have the right to free foud and housing at ( Article II), and you dont have the right to free health care (Article 1), and you dont have the right to a job so that you can pay for these things, what choices are left besides stealing or starving? From another point of view, isn't it a bit contradiction to claim that adults have duty to provide for themselves and their families, but then they claim that they dont have the right to a job or the means to do so? Its more-or-leaccepted that children have the right to education at public expense, but is this education doesnt give someone the skills to work once they got out of school. Its miseducation and a waste of public fluids. Lets not just point fingers at the turn liberals if we let into every one for himself. Holfelti ia wrong. Mr. Holfelti is also wrong in his tegal conclusion! for not paying his property taxes in the firal place. Hie legal theory rests on the fact that a land patent is a grant from the ernment of alloidal title free ofobli- gations to the government Therefore ifhehasalandpatentin his name he has no obligation to pay taxes. While it is true that a land patent is a title grant from the government, the issuance of a land patent by a landowner to himself, as Mr. Holfeite did, ia not valid. Two courts have held such documents to be selfserving documents of no value. Furthermore, the theory rests on an old English legal doctrine of Alloidal title, which is a grant of title to lands by the King to a feudal lord which is me of the feudal re- sponaibilities of providing money, recog-nizingevi- l, face. As a grown-u- p I like to pretend evil doesnt exist. But on the evening of July 6 when Roosevelt City Police ChiefCecil Gurr was gunned down, I remembered the monsters. I recognised evil's sinister face - and at the same time grieved the loss of its noble combatant of 26 years. For if there was one thing Chief Gurr was about it was protecting the commu nity from its foul presence. My husband sees stark reality much better than I. Most of the time the monsters are other people, he said, in answer to ray analogy. Its true. Theres a battle goingon, but fortunately most of us donTt have to be in the trenches day after day unlike law enforcement officers. The war is good verses evil. Fraud verses integrity, immorality verse morality, violence verses peace. It is all the makings and sophistry of evil in its every pernicious form. While we go about our lives, eating, sleeping, working, shopping, our community's police officers are patrolling, investigating and often - as happened Friday evening- - rushingto ( , ee ss menandfoodtotheKing. Mr. Holfelti ignores the feet that this doctrine has not been in effect in England for hundreds of years, and never came across the water to become part of American law. It is unfortunate that Mr. Holfelti lost his house, but he was offered all legal means to avoid that consequence. Mr. Holfelti rested hisclaim ofnot having to pay his property taxes on a legal theoty that has been dead for hundred ofyears and is not applicable to American and Constitutional law. Mr. Holfelti could not be saved from himself, but hopefully this letter will save others from the same fete. time. Brad Draper, a former Roosevelt Police officer who is now State Corrections Agent summed it up thi g way, "I never heard Cerilgo 10-4-2 (the code for ending duty), he always went 10-9which meant Ill be at my house. As he taught loyalty, service, integrity and kindness through his quiet example, along the way Embleton said he also taught his officers another important lesson that is needed in times like this. He taught us how to cry. He wasnt ashamed to have feelings and allow those feelings to be seen. He helped us all knowhow, he said. 6, self-relian- Thad Coons ' GURR TRIBUTE Continued from page 1 care of when they had to leave to return home, "and he did, said Continued from page Strangers too, were often the beneficiary of his kindness. McDonald recalled how on one dark, late night SYMBI0TICS anyones throat. Duchesne. Roosevelt. Mvton ft Ballard It's time to file for those interested in running for open city council seats 1 retrace each event as it unfolded. A debrief crisis team also arrived from Salt Lake over the weekend to she pulled over because site saw something in the road ahead. She went to investigate, it was the Chief helping an elderly wo man make her way across Roland Uresk Deputy Duchesne County Attorney UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. July 10.2(X)1- - Paecil licensing, Symbiotics will approach local business entities such as Moon Lake Electric Association with an offer to purchase the power produced by the new plant. Ken Winder, manager-engineerin-g at Moon Lake Electric said ne is surprised that Moon Lake has not been contacted as yet by Symbiotics. "Moon Lake Electric is swore of the preliminary application for a hydroelectric power plant at Starvation Dam, and we are willing to work with this company just as we have with other companies who have considered thisendeavorin the past, said Winder We would work with a power purchase agreement or with a wheeling contract, a contract to use Moon Lake s Lee Roy Wood transmission system and substations to move the power beyond the Moon Lake system to sell other places. Hart stated that ifthe project were 1 Continued from page to go tothe licensingstage, Symbiotics would workwith the local business permits for hydroelectric power plants for Symbiotics. These applications are entities to make the hydroelectric for sites in virtually every western power plant at Starvation Dam a commuprqject. Wereabout state, frOm Missouri to Hawaii, and nity-involved the community, said Hart. "We from Houston, Texas to Montana. Once a site has been approved for wouldn't want to force anytliingdown CHIEF GURR McDonald. help counsel officers. Everybody will have some problems, said Hooley, who is now. acting police chief. The officers are the survivors and included with them are their wives. The Uintah County Sheriff's office is in charge ofthe investigation. They are beingossisted by nine other agen- It wont be long until citizens of Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton and Ballard are castingtheir votes for the "He helped s lot of people through his people they want to represent them a lot of hard times ... tried to make m city government. City council and this s good, safe place for us to live. He mayoral seatsareupfor election this died doingjust that," she said. November. Polly Karren worked with Gurr to Filing for municipal office is probcombat drug abuse and recalled his cies. Gurr joined the Roosevelt Police ably easier than you think. Candidevotion to tiie cause. "He wanted to Departmentasapatrolofncerin 1974. dates must fill out a half page Declaget the word out to the community about how bad the drug problem is. He was made police chief in April ration ofCandidacy any time between July 16 through Aug. 16. Forms are His death was a dramatic statement 1978. available in the city clerkB office Tueswill held Funeral be services about how rampant the problem is business hours. There here, she said. "He fought the drug day, July 10, at 1 p.m . at the Roosevelt duringregular is no filing fee to run for office. 150 West South Center Stake at Skystand. a took Karren he and problem To be eligible to run for office, said she hopes the fight will not stop line Drive. A visitation will be field Monday, July 9, from6to8p.m. at the candidates must be a UB. citizen, be with his death. a registered voter ofthe city where Upon hearingthe news ofhia death, Hullinger Mortuary at 457 E. 300 on at and church the Tuesday they live, and must be a resident of Jan Graham, former Utah Attorney North, General, wrote to say that the time from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to the city (in which they plan to run for office) for 12 consecutive months she spent with Gurr preparing for a the services. In lieu donations be of immediately proceeding the date of in UJS. Court flowers, may Supreme trip to the made to theChildrcns Justice Center the election. 1993 to argue the reservation bounda rundown of the terms ary case made a lasting impression on in memory of Chief Cecil Gurr. An thatHeres are expiring and where: account has been set upatZions Bank her. In Duchesne t he term of mayor The case presented many stresses, in the chiefs name. Kim Hamlin is expiring; along with but Cecil never lost his composure or Editorial shouldn't the street be accepted at face value Dear Editor, Inaprevious edition, DougPat ton in ANationofExcuees, a BillofNo Rights was proposed. This cant be accepted at bee value, because its either unworkable or heartless and cruel The mq'or problem with it is Article 9 You do not have the right to a job! An of us sure want you to have one and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take ThinEiing Out Loud Being human is never easy. But when something is thrown on vour plate as horrible as murder, well, its just something that my puny human brain cant reason out. There is shock, anger, deep sorrow then fear - the kindoffearweaUhadaskidswhenwe were sure that there were real monsters hiding just out of eight and if they couldcatchyou, they were going to eat you. Its a childs way of without knowing its true sense of humor," she said. "Cecils destiny was to keep hia community safe. Few of us can ever hope to honor a destiny so proudly." Former Roosevelt Assistant Police Chief John Gardner echoed the sentiments of coworkers, friends and family: The Chief was selfless. "I never did hear him say T. He never liked to be praised. If you praised him he would turn it around and make you feel like it was you who deserved the compliment, said Gardner. And he was always on duty. He came in early and stayed late, with one exception, said Gardner. "If his grandkidsor kids were home he would come to work on time and leave on city council seats held by Clint Park and Dr, Paul Tanner. In Roosevelt the terms of mayor Dennis Jenkins and council members Mike Guinn and Roger Dart will expire this year. In Ballard, council members Tom Nordstorm and Susan Bellon, and mayor Vaughn Parrish terms are up this year. Bellon has resigned and moved from the area, her unexpired term is being filed by Earl Hawkins. The Ballard Water Conservancy District also has two seats which expire this year. Those seats are held by Brett Prevedel and Mark Hicken. Water board members serve four-yea- r terms. In Myton, mayor Connie Fillingim.and council members Lany Dye and Ernst Martinez terms expire this year. If the number of candidates does not exceed twice the number of people needed to fill the office, a primary election will not be held, and the candidates will face each other in the November general election. answer a call - to protect and serve. I see the photos of bad guys in the newspaper, read about their crimes: burglary, child abuse, possession of narcotics. Every week new stories, new feces, itjust doesnt sink in. Undaunted, unaware, I walk Roosevelts streets and never look over my shoulder. A patrol car glides by and I think its very presence keeps evil at bay. I am wrong. There are warriors in those squad cars, well versed in the laws established to warrant a safe society. 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