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Show WWW Volume Eureka, Utah 84628 Eighty-Fiv- e M (glmij! 30$ March 16, 1990 tlefield project. He also com- mended Rep. Bruce F. Vento, chairman of the House Interior public lands subcommittee, for holding a hearing in January that took D-Mi- nn. life-supp- was killed at the Little Sanara Sand Dunes, 17 miles south of Eureka, on Saturday, in a motorcycle accident. Glen R. Long, 20, Orem was riding a 250 Yamaha YZ bike behind Sand Mountain at the recreation center at noon when the ac- cident occurred, said the in- vestigating officer, a Juab County deputy sheriff. Long had been riding with Mark R. Walsh, Spring ville; Brent Butler, Spanish Fork; and soon-to-brother-in-laDoug Smith, said the deputy. ort on the Rick Guldan, spokesman for Rep. James V. Hansen, Utah, said the Air Force decision to cancel the battle-te- st field wasnt surprising in light 0f forthcoming Pentagon bud- - get cuts. He noted that Rep. Hansen, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, had said in January that Congress might icfusc to fund the battlefield project, given the need to cut federal The American Legion Aux- - spending, m at. the Memorial Buildlg Monday evening for a regu ar meeting. Following routine business, organizations Girls State discussed and it Pr08ra the girls must that ?oted and unds and n The 157th Infantry sele. fornation must be sent in by Association is making a con- lst AP centrated effort to locate all Several other items were former members of the 157th discussed, including needed Infantry Regiment and the clean-u- p work at the cemetery 158th Field Artillery. These and around town. units were part of the 45th Alice Fox was welcomed as Infantry division during World a new member. Refreshments War II, and had an outstanding were served after the meeting, record of combat while fight-b- y Dorean Ames and Cleo ing in Sicily, Italy, France, and Judge. Prize winnerswere Else Germany. Green and Virginia Bradford. The association conducts an testimony . strategic and that the process followed by the Air Force was flawed." The battlefield project had come under sharp attack by Utah ranchers and environ- mentalists, who warned that the test range could force the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw 455,000 acres of Utah land from public use in order to protect civilians from Air Force activities. The high-di- rt technology battlefield, akin to 11 IblelffihtffaM jpflliD The Air Force informed Asked whether the Air Sen. Jake Garn Thursday it has Force had decided to put the its controversial plan battlefield in any other state, to build an electronic combat Sen. Garn said, "As they en- range in Utah's west vision the project, it will not desert. be built. The big, expanded The Republican senator, electronic test range simply who was briefed by Air Force has been canceled, the money officials at an afternoon meet- - for it has been zeroed." ins, told reporters afterward Owens that the proposed battlefield only Lmbe? of Utah's con! "has been canceled. And gessional delegation who had theres no further considera- - declared opposition to the bat- tion to bringing it to Utah, tlefield, said he was pleased by primarily for budgetary rea- - the Air Forces decision, but sons." troubled that its environmental The decKmi! was praised by impact said would not be rel- Mandy Brendel, fourth grade Utah critics of the project. eaScd. student at Eureka Elementary, "Well, Im very, very glad to "To paraphrase Mark won third place in the district hear that. That would have Twain I am glad the rumors spelling bee which was held at been the beginning of the end 0f the death of the electronic the West Desert School on for this (west desert) country," battlefield have not been exag- P March 9th. Mandy did an ex- - said Cecil Garland, an out- - gerated," Rep. Owens said "Its cellent job in winning the spoken rancher from Callao, geen listed as critical in the third place trophy. Juab"I County. Pentagons budget for six real about feel it," was word good the she months and it was wise of the "Polycyclic" finally missed, which put her said Juab County Commis- Air Force to turn off its sioner Richard Brough. "It 'vas in third place. First place trosystem." But calling himself "troubl- phy was won by Jessica Alder, just an excuse on the part of an eighth grade student at the the Air Force to get more air ecj" by the Air Forces refusal West Desert School and sec- - space, Th&t S 3ll it amounted to release its environmental ohd place was won by her twin to." impact study, Rep. Owens Steve Erickson, from the said, "Its always possible that sister, Liberty Alder. Mandy is the granddaughter or Peggy Downwinders military watch- the Air Force would want to Demmick of Eureka. Youth dies at Little Sahara Number battlefield. WHIim proposed mrf!!flrf ' Group seeks lost members scoping sche(juied in Spanish Fork on Diego, CA. April 13, all Auxiliary and (study) process, we need to . know them now." Rep. Owens, Utahs lone Democrat in Congress, praised American Legion members invited. A spagh would be served fi the Juab County Commis- - 7:30 p.m. A memc sioners and Mr. Erickson for was planned honoring deceased their role in fighting the bat- - members during the past year. shey, PA 17033, phone: 533-548- 717-Apr- il, 2. a giant video game, would have created battle scenarios for Air Force pilots, Sen. Garn said Air Force officials told him that given s, the military budget cuts and Bush has dent proposed, with Congress expected to Presi-friend- be w, According to the officer, the friends were riding el sand recreation vehicles and Long dropped behind. His friends went back an hour later and found him. Long had been travelin east to west on the sand an "He dropped into a deep sand bowl." He appeared to have died instantly. four-whe- make even deeper cuts in the Pentagon budget, the battlefield "simply will not be built." The officials also said the costs of the battlefield had grown over what they had originally .. ! 1 C r J President Bush submitted to Congress in January. Air Force officials told Sen. Garn Thurs- was Ironically, Long day their projected five-ye- ar all the wearing safety equip- budget also includes no money ment possible. for the battlefield. Willard Fullmer, park ran- Since they "have absolutely West the Juab intention" of building the no Ambulance, ger; and the all Eureka; deputy battlefield, Sen. Garn said Air responded the call. Long was Force officials told him "they pronounced dead on arrival at see no reason to release the Mountain View Hospital in EIS," referring to the environ- Payson and was transferred to mental impact statement they the State Medical Examiners had prepared in connection Office. with the test range. 34-fo- ot- Tintic High School Stage Bank that first in at the Region XI Jazz Festival are as follows: Front right to left, Hawlii Allinson, Josh Grimstead, Cathy Young, Mary Castleton, Leah Nedreberg. Second row left to right, Lisa Baum, Martha Jessup, Mike Castleton, Allen Evans, Brian Jones, and Director Sonya Hammock. Back row left to right, Stephanie Young, Gaylon Garbett, Robbie Young and Cody Laird. |