Show I ®fje Monday Morning — September 12 1983 Seetion II Page 1 Sports is on B-- 3 gait fake ifcilwn Gang Activity power Cooperative F aciiig Default By Guy Boulton On Upswing Are National Sects Recruiting Here? By Mike Carter Tribune Staff Writer There are gangs in Utah It isn’t much of a revelation But it ' is a concession on the part of law en- forcement to recognize them For years Salt Lake City police to recognize the gangs as orga- nizations Members were arrested but police administrators rarely ad- Imitted there was a "gang problem” " ‘Street officers knew differently Former Chief Bud Willoughby’s ‘idea was simple: If you don’t recog- nize gangs as legitimate entities then myou don’t have to negotiate with ! them ' The department’s policy came to a halt in the summer of 1986 By the end of August there had been four murders in Salt Lake City The sudden escalation in vio- lence frightened even gang mem- bers recalled Salt Lake City Police Department Detective Monte Kra- mer who monitors gang activities for the department And while the gangs backed away from confronta- tions the relative peace didn’t last long Local gang activities were on an upswing this spring lawmen noted Membership has topped 500 youths I involved in a total of 18 separate gangs said Detective Kramer There I was more graffiti — a good measure of gang activity — than any year I since 1986 But the local gang trouble was ac- companied by a new more ominous I development with the arrival in Utah of members of the "Crips” and I “Bloods” — notorious gangs credit- ed with nationwide drug trafficking and murder I Lawmen fear the national gang members are trying to establish a I foothold in Utah as they have in Den- ver and other large Western cities Detective Kramer said the depart- ment has received reports of local “recruiting parties” for gang mem-- ‘ bers sponsored by Crips or Bloods The Utah gang problem has gener- ally been confined to Ogden and Salt Lake City with the majority of gang members being Hispanic Some of the gangs have been a burr under the Police Department's saddle for dec-- ' ades But last spring Salt Lake City po- lice officers stopped and “field-carded” two “suspicious" male blacks on the west side near Indiana Avenue It 1 was later learned those men’s names were listed in the Los Angeles Police I Department's gang tracking comput- er as members of a violent faction of i the Bloods I About the same time Metropoli- tan Narcotics Task Force undercov- er detectives raided a barricaded “crack house" on the west side and confiscated a pound of cocaine and several weapons Arrested was a - member of the Bloods from the Mid- west In May gang rivalry between supposed members of the Crips and Bloods enrolled at the Clearfield Job Corps flashed into violence during a routine confrontation in the lunch room according to Job Corps Depu-- ! ty Director Earl Bassard Members of six police agencies were required ’ to quell the near-rio- t that ensued ‘ In addition to bona fide Bloods and Crips arriving in Utah the Job Corps has experienced an increase of gang “wannabes” — corpsmen who claim - affiliation with a gang without hold- ing actual membership Mr Bassard said the would-b- e gangsters are of-- I ten as dangerous as the real thing "Sometimes they have more to t prove” he noted In the last two months Mr Bas-- ‘ sard said the corps has dismissed 125 youngsters “who have wanted to present some gang affiliation” ' Lawmen in urban areas also are seeing an influx of Oriental gangs some involved m extortion and rob- - beries More recently groups of so-- I called “Skinheads” who align them- ! re-fus- Deseret Generation & Transmiscould default on sion the $1 Bonanza Power Project in December unless an agreement can be reached with creditors to restructure its debt and lease payments DG&T which has 30000 customers has nimbly escaped defaulting on the project for three years But time may finally have run out for the cooperative DG&T which consists of six rural electric associations has begun preliminary negotiations on a restructuring plan with the Rural Electrification Administration and its other creditors The cooperative which d -I ‘ debt has $525 million in long-terguaranteed by the federal government was assigned to an REA workout committee six months ago The cooperative hopes to have an agreement in place by the end of the year that w ill lower its lease and debt payments at least temporarily “The comindications from the work-ou- t mittee is they can help us out before default” said Merrill Millett DG&T general manager A restructuring plan generally involves deferring a portion of the interest on the debt The deferred interest is added to the principal This stretches out the debt payments and results in higher costs over the longterm But the creditor escapes the stigma of a default DG&T’s debt payments are $49 million a year This includes the debt on the coal mine that supplies Bonanza Its annual lease payments on Bonanza which was sold in 1985 are $46 3 million DG&T’s lease payments are due in July and December The cooperative which lost $17 3 million in 1987 excluding depreciation met the July payment by borrowing $29 million The December payment will be the test “That’s when they are indicating it’s going to be pretty tight” said Anthony Glauser a general field representative for the REA Mr Millett and REA spokeswoman Ruth Ann Mason declined to comment on whether DG&T can make the December payment But Mr Mil-leacknowledged that DG&T eventually will have to restructure its debt DG&T's problems began with the construction of ihe Bonanza Power Plant near Vernal The power plant was built with the tt tt expectation that the demand for electricity would soar from oil shale development and the MX missile being based in Utah Neither materialized And DG&T found itself with almost no market for Bonanza's output DG&T had hoped the sale of the power plant to Shell Leasing Coup in 1985 would solve its problems The cooperative essentially sold Bonanse za's tax benefits in exchange payments lower than the de n payments on the plant But DG&T’s hope faded when the price of oil plunged and production in western Wyoming and eastern U tah declined “After the oil price dropped we See Column 1 B-- 2 Spectators Welcome Sweater Weather 4-Leg- Fashion Plates Don Farmyard Best at State Fair ged ! gang-relate- Needs Debt Restructuring on $13 Billion Project Tribune Staff Writer Fashion was in vogue Sunday at the State Fair For fashion-minde- d folks there was a competition The evening showcase of animal fashion featured sheep pigs goats and rabbits in trendy outfits sure to attract attention around the farmyard Nothing too ostentatious mind you discretion is in this year four-legge- d best-dresse- d For two-legge- types who d milled around the Fairgrounds Sunday fashion tastes were simple and pragmatic It seems a change m the weather dictated that sweaters and jackets were favored by all After weeks of highs in the upper 80s and low 90s the temperature took an abrupt plunge Sunday The high reached only 60 at Salt Lake City International Airport where the overnight low of 45 was the coldest since May 31 Warm clothing apparently will be a wise commodity to have along at the fair the next couple of days said weather service meteorologist William Alder because highs un- should not exceed the mid-60- s til Wednesday It was cool enough Sunday that minute ice pellets reportedly fell during the early morning in Davis County Emigration Canyon and the airport and the elevation where water froze dipped to 7800 feet above mean sea level But the front dropped only a trace of precipitation at the airport The cool temperatures thinned the size of Sunday morning's State Fair crowd but attendance picked up as the mercury rose “The cold doesn't seem to be a problem now It’s really going well” a fair spokeswoman said “It's a nice crowd It's a Sunday crowd and it's nice big or small” And being a Sunday fair officials offered strollers a variety of entertainment options not least of which was the animal fashion — Tnbun© David Jones 10 makes a face from the jail windows of the Fun House at the Utah State Fair on Sunday The low in from Tooele County was “a Justin Wingfield of Grantsville sold for $3 50 per pound the going rate for most other sheep was $1 40 per pound said fair spokeswoman Ann Woodland Justin showed his sheep from his wheelchair she noted and the high bid for his sheep showed that the crowd responded “He did real well” Ms Woodland said of Justin The sheep was purchased jointly a from melodrama to Scottish bagpipers to a tribute to the Beatles and Elvis Presley Fair officials also announced that an auction Saturday night to raise money for an electric wheelchair for a cerebral palsy victim by Rodon Foods and Smith’s Food King A sheep raised by show Alternatives ranged won- derful success” pnze-win-mn- g Here s a tel of scheduled events tot Ihe 1988 Utah State Fan for Monday Sept 12 Morning 800 - Thoroughbred Holtet Classes (Horse Are- 2 00 2 30 300 na) 9 00 - Events (Horse Arena) Open Goat Bam) Hunter-Jump- Goat Show (Datry GATES OPEN 30 1130 - Sheep Shearing 10 3 30 FAIR Demonstration stage) 00 - Togetherness Kids (Bandstand) 30 - Mistm s Magical Revue (Budweiser stogel 1 00 - Swine Producers Demo (Showrmg) Jet Ford (Bandstand) 130 - To Be Announced (Budweiser Stage) 12 12 Soff Photo by Dan Mil k Salt Lake City was 45 degrees Sunday morning but crowds returned as the mercury pushed its way to 60 by afternoon 4 00 4 30 Strings and Things Puppet Snow (Jordon Rtver Portrway) Jock D Johns Entertainment (Bandstand) - To Be Announced (Budweiset stage) State Dony Judging Championship (Showrmg) Ice Cream Festival (Specialty food tent - Center Fairgrounds) All the ice cream you can eat $2 From 3 to 9 p m To Be Announced (Bandstand) Freeway Band (Budweiser stage) Strings and Things Puppet Show (Jordan River Parkway) Volley KidsSweet Sensation (Bandstand) Hory Shudirn magic show (Budweiser 6 00 Salt lake Stars Dnl Team (Bandstand) Pe ono Bar and Guitarist 16-- 8 pm ) (so 6 15 Special Delivery stand) - stoge) 500 - Jock D Johns EnteitOinment (Bandstand) 5 30 - Sheep Shearing Demonstration (Budweiset stoge): Strings and Things Puppet Show (Jordon Rivet Parkway) Evening Building) Sky Diving Team (Grand OAK RIDGE BOYS Featured Act (Grandstand) Doggers on Oue (Budweiser stoge) 7 00 Cambridge (Bonds'and) 7 30 - Ice C anodes Peymance (Soft Paioce) Crazy Jane Bond (Budweiser stoge) 630 00 30 9 00 9 15 - 8 - 8 - Jock D Johns Entertainment IBonds'and) Faulttme Bond ( Budweiset stage) Runway rock muse (Bandstand) OAK RiDGE BOYS 9 30 - To Be Announced 11 00 FAIR CLOSING Featured Act (Grond-stond- ) (Budweisei stage) -- I ! Bookbinder Takes Pride in Giving Old Books New Life best-sellin- sweet-smellin- selves with white supremacists groups such as the Aryan Nations also have been appeanng said Detective Kramer fights and assaults at Salt Lake City's downtown malls have become so commonplace that patrol officers have in extreme cases confiscated gang members’ “colors" — clothing depicting a gang member's affiliations In one tn- stance last May a patrolman cited an 18 year-old gang member confiscat- ed all of his clothing and gave him a ride home “(Arrested person's conduct constitutes a territorial challenge to intimidate others and cause fighting” wrote Officer Robby Robinson m his report detailing the incident The youth had earlier that day been involved m two fights and a “weapons violation” Officer Robinson noted The wearing of colors — generally consisting of tandanas jackets shirts — was o ltlawed on the Clearfield Job Corps campus this summer Mr Bassard said Even colored snolaces have been Bloods were banned he roej and red laces Crips were wearing ” wearing blue Mr Bassard sa d So we wert out and bought a couple thousand pajra of white laces ’’ J Mr said outside lawrnen was anv way to lad akcd if See B 2 Column I Gang-relate- d Be-sar- the By Cathy Free Tribune Staff Writer For 28 years Elizabeth Pieper has judged books by their covers whethnovels trashy er they be romances trigonometry textbooks volumes of or delicate love poems As a bookbinder specializing m restoring old books at Salt Lake City's Hiller Bookbinding Co Elizabeth has learned to appreciate the things that most book buyers take for granted Even margins sturdy spines tidy stitching fine leather covers and satiny pages ' Before I started this job I didn t pay much attention to such things” she says “but now I won t buy a book unless it s perfect If it isn’t put together as well as the books that I repaT then I put it back on the shelf It s sad but many books aren't made to last the way they used to They re slapped together quickly by machine The fine art of nuking books ” by hand has all but disappeared Thanks to Elizabeth however worn and torn books can turn over a new leaf after the years have yellowed and aged their priceless pages She patiently and gently gnes old books new luster — not to mention a reason for somebody to take them from the shelf and read them again and agam One mistake and the fragile pages could crumble like butterfly wings so Elizabeth has learned to work slowly and thoughtfully without regard to the loud hum of the binding presses that surround her work desk Like a youngster w ho daw dies in the park on a lazy summer afternoon she is never in a hurn I must take my time I cannot be rushed ” she savs slipping her slender knife beneath the cover of a Bible and 108 vear-olbeautiful pu'hng it through as though she were opening an envelope The soft leather peels awav like fine onion skn to reveal a rreamv vellow end sheet scrawled wi'h the faded siga J- i jv ‘ - A : t ' V I’1 & - i W f'A '' - " V- f LA r 1 g ‘ 1 $0 tV Al HcyVyjryr Bookbinder Elizabeth Pieper Mill restore this Holy Bible as she has other books for 28 sears at Hiller Bookbinding Co J NTHE g ture of W G Snoddy who was no doubt the Bible's original owner "Nice very nice” says Elizabeth tugging carefully at the cover and This stripping it from the pages book is in wonderful condition It shall be a pleasure to work with I enjoy taking books like this one apart so I can admire their craftsmanship I often wonder what the person who made the book was like and get to thinking about the people who have lingered over the pages With a job like mine you can become a part of history somehow I suppose that s what I like best It's a special feeling to know that I’m the first person in 100 years to discover a book s hidden secrets I often find ' ‘ love letters and old forgotten ' pressed flowers between the pages Born in Bavaria Elizabeth who is now 60 grew up during the war years and spent her days tending to family crops livestock and household tasks "They were tough times but we never went hungry ' she recalls "We always had plenty of potatoes to get us by There was so much w ork to do though — it seemed like I was always scrubbing floors and peeling vegetables 1 enjoyed reading when there was time but 1 never dreamed I d end up giving new life to old books ” After World War II Elizabeth worked for several years inside a refrigerator factor) making parts until she was encouraged bv family and friends to search for a better life in America Mv husband had died and I was struggling to make ends meet with two children” she said "It was a difficult decision but finally I got up the courage to move to the United ” States She settled in Salt Lake City in 1956 and found work as a cleaning woman at LDS Hospital — a jobrshe "it did not resays she took because ’’ quire reading "I knew not one word of English” she says with a hint of a German accent "and because I had to work there was no time for classes I had to learn the hard way the slow way b watching people talk and picking up pieces of their conversation In 1960 she applied at Hiller Bookbinding and was hired to put together genealogical covers for Mor mon church books Lured by the sentimental appeal of antique volumes of songs and poetry she was eventu ally taught how to restore old books to their original splendor and given the task Now whenever old books with torn pages and frav ed edges arm e at the bookbinding shop they are taken to Elizabeth s desk in the middle of a large noisy warehouse stacked high with colored paper pieces of heavy cardboard and rolls of leather and cloth book cover material When there are no old books to repair Elizabeth fills her hours making hundreds of book covers by hand for old library books and school text books From People and Our Coun' try' history books to Modern CalEt and culus ous''' French books she has seen just about everv kind of textbook the world offers ' But the soft spot in my heart will alwavs be reserved for the beautiful old books " she savs ' I alwavs feel good when I come to work in the morning and see a stack of them on mv desk On this particular dav m addition to the 1880 Bible she was refurbish mg a 1902 repv of Cambridge Sorcs and Poetry bound in smooth green full-tim- e ’ leather The frrt thirg I do aftpr the old ee B 2 Column 3 |