RICHFIELD, Utah (AP)-Heather Taufer and Jiselle Sorenson both scored and Aubrey Smith and Erin Peterson combined on the shutout as the Richfield Lady Wildcats blanked the South Sevier Lady Rams, 2-0 Tuesday in non-region girls soccer action.

ENTERPRISE, Utah (AP)-Taylor Phelps had eight digs, five aces and 18 assists and the Enterprise Lady Wolves swept the Beaver Lady Beavers, 3-0 in Region 13 girls volleyball action Tuesday.

PAROWAN, Utah (AP)-Chennin Benson posted 10 kills to lead the Parowan Lady Rams to a 3-0 sweep of the Kanab Cowgirls Tuesday in Region 13 girls volleyball action.

(RICHFIELD) – The Ashman Elementary School in the Sevier School District is nearing full completion. Administrator Pat Wilson says has undergone massive changes throughout the structure to make it more efficient for teachers, students and parents. Wilson said the remaining ten classrooms will be complete by Sept. 13 so that teachers won’t have to use the modular units. He said the re-roofing and restrooms are completely done, including the drop-off and parking areas and the lunchroom, multi-purpose room and stage should be completed by the end of October. Wilson commented that the project was earmarked to be completed by February of 2011 but is ahead of schedule and should be completed by Nov. 1 this year. He said the entire project has moved smoothly with few delays.

(CENTRAL VALLEY) – Central Valley Town officials are planning a public hearing Wednesday night to gain input on securing funds for a feasibility study on constructing a sewer system for town residents. Town officials have applied to the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board and the Utah Department of Water Quality for funding for the feasibility study on the future project. The public is invited to offer comments at the meeting to be held at the Central Valley Community Center Wednesday night at 7:30.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-For the past 27 years, historians have identified William Edwards as a participant in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Nevertheless, forensic document examiners now say the 1924 affidavit that implicated Edwards is a forgery linked to convicted bomber Mark Hoffman.

The affidavit was part of a collection of documents acquired in 1983 by the Utah Division of State History.

This purported to be a notarized affidavit of Edwards, who allegedly stated in the September 1857 affidavit that he accompanied roughly 30 men and older boys to Mountain Meadows where an Indian massacre of an emigrant train had been consummated and their services were needed to bury the dead.

Nevertheless, when the 15-year-old Edwards arrived on the scene, the affidavit asserts, the emigrants were not yet dead and John D. Lee was planning the massacre.

Edwards claims in the affidavit that he refused to discharge his weapon.

Three books have quoted this affidavit, but now it is claimed to be a forgery.

Utah State History Director, Philip F. Notarianni, said the affidavit was acquired either from Hoffman directly or from Lyn Jacobs, who often represented Hoffman.

Presumably, it was sold or traded to the society with letters from historian Charles Kelly, a legal document signed by outlaw Matt Warner, a document signed by Brigham Young and papers from Salt Lake City’s first non-Mormon mayor, Montgomery Scott.

Almost all of these documents sounded familiar to Brent F. Ashworth, the owner of B. Ashworth’s Rare Books and Collectibles of Provo, and a victim of Hoffman’s forgeries, especially on matters of archives from Carbon County.

Ashworth insists he sold everything but the Kelly letters and the affidavit in question.

Hoffman’s connection to the affidavit was forgotten until historian Polly Aird reviewed the article “Innocent Blood” in the spring 2010 Journal of Mormon History.

She mentioned the affidavit had been acquired by the historical society through Hoffman which led representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ Department to investigate the document’s authenticity.

In 1981, the Church’s archives cataloged a list of massacre participants created by Annie Ritchie of Pinto, Utah while Ritchie, who was born after the massacre, wrote that Tom and William Edwards served as participants although her list appears to be copied from the notorious anti-Mormon novel Mormonism Unveiled with Tom and William’s names added.

It is being presumed that the forger could have taken this information and linked it to William Edwards as with easily accessible biographical information and with the bolstering of Carbon County affidavits, the forger would have had all he needed to create the document.

William Edwards had served as a bishop in the LDS Church from 1898 to 1913 and died in 1925.

Without a forged affidavit to connect him to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Edwards may fade away into history again although Notarianni said that Hoffman, who was just as known for forgery as his bombings, may still continue to impact history for years to come.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-About 84 percent of U.S. Representative Jim Matheson’s campaign contributors have come from the political action committees of businesses, labor unions and other politicians.

House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, and the Blue Dog Caucus, are his biggest contributors, followed by six labor unions, Union Pacific and the National Association of Realtors.

Each of these PACs has given him at least $50,000 since 1999.

The Center For Responsive Politics ranks Matheson third among all U.S. House incumbents for the percentage of PAC money raised.

Matheson, a Democrat, is seeking his sixth term and he said the percentage of PAC money raised will likely decline before the year ends.

His Republican challenger, Morgan Philpot, said Matheson’s reliance on PAC money is a clear sign he has “gone Washington,” suggesting he doesn’t represent his Utah constituents sufficiently.

Meanwhile, Philpot has raised about $112,000, or less than one-tenth of Matheson’s total.

More than 80 percent of Philpot’s money is from individuals and he has taken two PAC contributions, one from EnergySolutions Inc. and another from Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America.

Matheson denies Philpot’s assertion that he’s being swayed by contributions, but Philpot remains adamant that Matheson should be cautious who he accepts money from.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-Western Governors University, a Salt Lake City-based online university, says its enrollment has surpassed 20,000 students.

The university has been growing by an average of 30 percent per year since it was founded by 19 governors throughout the country in 1999.

Time Magazine calls this the “best and cheapest” university that most students have never heard of as tuition only costs $6,000 per year while it is fully accredited.

The nonprofit university primarily serves working adults attempting to earn Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees.

Western Governors University attracts students from all states in the union and has awarded nearly 7,000 degrees in business, teacher education, information technology and health care.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-Tuesday, a Utah judge will ask polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs to sign a wavier extraditing him to Texas to face criminal charges.

In June, Jeffs refused to sign a similar warrant and his attorneys said they will fight extradition.

Earlier this summer, the Utah Supreme Court overturned Jeffs’ 2007 conviction on accomplice to rape charges citing faulty jury instructions.

Meanwhile, the Utah Attorney General’s Office is considering a retrial while Jeffs’ attorneys have said they want him retried in Utah before he’s sent to Texas.

Texas authorities have charged Jeffs with bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault related to alleged incidents with girls at a church ranch near Eldorado, Texas.

Jeffs’ hearing is slated for 1:00 p.m. hearing before Judge Terry Christiansen in 3rd District Court.

(OGDEN)-As Utah approaches its last water month of 2010, experts are monitoring the state’s water levels.

Although the state has done well with a summer that is wetter than usual, the reservoir levels remain around average.

National Weather Service hydrologist, Brian McInerney says the new water year starts out October 1, when the weather generally gets a bit wetter before winter commences.

Nevertheless, McInerney says Utah’s weather has been sporadic the last three years and it’s hard to project what shape the state will be in once the 2011 water year commences.

Even if the upcoming winter is mild, experts say conservation efforts over the last 10 years have helped prepare for times when reservoirs happen to be well below average.

The Farmer’s Almanac asserts that Western states are in for a “milder than normal” winter, suggesting reservoirs could be drier next spring if the snowpack is below average.

McInerney said, however, this may not be the most solid indicator of that which is to come.

(PANGUITCH) – A female bicyclist from Pensacola, FL. was injured along with a small boy when she collided with him after a group of pedestrians crossed SR-143 Sunday afternoon. Utah Highway Patrol reported that at about 12:30pm, 62-year old Phyllis Cooley was riding eastbound, when a small boy darted across the highway, following the group and hit the boy. UHP said both Cooley and the boy hit the asphalt. She was wearing a helmet and was transported to the Garfield Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries and the boy, eight-year old Ishiah Render of Henderson, NV., was not taken to the hospital.