Show ' C i V ! r Ir ' i Tha Herald Journal Logan UtaiT Tueaday March 24 1998 Mai date for Mo Judge sets agvate'assaiilt Inbifof Preston man arrested for assaulting police — Page 3 - -- v si ' ' ' - charges lawyers may seek change of venue All three arraigned on vu in PRESTON A Preston man the Cache County MU Ada morniag foe-ia- g chogei of assaulting police offices Bradley Soreaaoa 33 allegedly 1 Press By The Aaoodated A June 8 trial date has been scheduled assaulted taro Freitoa police officers for three men charged with aggravated earlier this month after a preliminary assault for allegedly using too much lence to detains ybung people Who hearing force to datum trespassing youngsters at the fonner St Anne’s Retreat ln eppaori had been represented by pub a Logan Crayon retreat1 Logan Canyon on Qcr 0Tor a HaK- lie defender David Perry but during JeppseteOf Pocatello Mnhorff ioweea acaaonthrilL KJ4wlaya arraignment Perry told lit ' District Judge Clint Judkins that Jepp- Chris Doerr and Arthur PearaaU both of '"'The young in age peopleranginj Tooele County were arraigned on Mbi£ from 16 to 21 initially were charged aon baa retained his own attorney Greg ‘ day on six counts each of the third- with trespassing But dwowuen of the Skonlaa of Salt Lake City Skordas will now have to approve the degree fdoay private retreat asked that charged be dia-trial date is with forcible also that after missed charged Jeppaon hearing allegations with a knife Saturday night Police Chief Scott Shaw laid Shaw said the incident began when the officers stopped Cynthia K Sorenson 33fbr speeding She explained shef was nuhing home became her husband ' was there ud was going to commit Sui ' cide Shaw said ’ She asked die officen to follow bar imd gave diem permission to enter foe he said music' turnip Shaw sail was playing vexy loudfy when Sorenson appeared dutefaing a steak knife 1 Tie screamed and dMuged them like he was going to stab them" Shaw sakL‘ Thai he dropped die knife and ran” The man was appriunded and taken - ‘ - vv e: - Logan attorney Arden Lauritzen who represents PeasnaE and Doerr’s attorney Barbara Lachmar said they will confer wife Skordas about the possibili-mov- e the trial to another to county Judkins said all motions must be filed with die Court by April 20 By Michael R WMbel Sorenson was discharged from the ' ' hospital Monday and was in custody at ' staff writer die Cache Comity Jail awaiting transfer The Cache Countywide Planning and Development Office has a aeries of public meetings planned starting Wednesday to gather comments for die development of the transportation section of the county master plan to Franklin County sometime today Shfw said The Police Department is preparing warrants for two charges of Aggravated assault on a police officer County wide Planner Mark Teuscher said there will be two series of meetings as the transportation section is developed He noted thst the Cache Metropolitan Pluming Organization is responsible for transportation plan- Jv-"- Although he could not release the names of the officers who were jntacked Shaw said he was pleased they were able to avert the threat to their safety The officen did a good job of avoids ing somedung more tragic” Shaw said ning in the urbanized area of Cache County stretching from Millville to Smithfirld The coun- ty's transportation plan will mention CMPO plans but Tsuscfaer said tt will primarily focus oa trans- portation issues outside the urbanized area The first series of public meetings which start at 6 pjn are: Northeast Cache Valley Wednesday Richmond City HalL Northwest April 1 Newtan City HalL North central April 8 Benson Ward Cultural HalL Urbanized area April 16 Cache County Coun- - Now IHC center ready for opening Care’s' new Jnfermountain Health health center for south Cache Valley yriUbe open for toms at a ribbon-cu- t ting ceremony Thursday AdfisW mi tflwbegin at 1632 S) Utjjh r 4 newfacility pjai lfi&aiottoi Edwards FnmitureHn jaMlS idenedrj’BUrribboaMcatting days Officials seek public input on transport plan Hos-pita- V-- trial - to Franklin County Medical Center where he was treated for ingestion of prescription drags and alcohol before he was transported to Logra Regional ShawsaxL If the tentative date works out the it expected to last four and a half three men staying there terrorized the youth The three were bound over for trial sexual abuse for allredly 'toucfaing the breast and buttocks ora fethafoptapass- er while seaschmg hen - ‘ t’l t The men are accused of usiag vio-- j cerembny-i- s Southwest April 29 Wdlsvillel&emeitaiy at 4:30 pjn and tours will resume at 3 pm along with a health screenings and School gym Southeast Maty 6 Hyrurn City HalL' IHC is a nonprofit heahb-car- e compa-n- y that owns Logan Regional Hospital the Budge CKmcand IHC Cache VUley Family Practice in Logan Summit Me ical Clinic in SmithfWd and other med- Cache Coudy Council chambers a prize drawing East (unincorporated forest land) May 14 Police launch on video lotteries ical and insurance facilities in Cache Mat4 f"'-- : tr'' Judge orders study of confessed rapist V : SALT LAKE CTTY(AP)— The case West Valley man who of a pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping three woman last year hat baffled a judge who ordered an evaluation of Shane Allen Batungart before he is sen- - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A widespread underground gambling industry Is in trouble in Utah as police begin enforcing a new law banning moat video gaming machines from the state’s taverns and clnba L Lawmen estimate 500 machines around the state — will be put out of commission taking with them weekly profits of up to $2X)0 each ’” said Lt Andy “Don’t say Anderson who supervises gambling and state liquor enforcement for the Department of Public Safety “It's amega-induitrGov Mike Leavitt this month signed into law a bill passed by the 1998 Legislature making it illewife certain “gaming char gal to have l tit Ihnfjfil v r William District Third Bohling t Judge Smlered the Division of Aduh Probation grad Parole to conduct the evaluation the otgectioos of prosecutors who the nearly three months delay will undue stress bn die victims Sen-was postponed until the evahia-i-s -- -- s Bohling said he needed the infbrma--i before binding down a sentence could land Banmgart behind ban inexplica-de- ” txcepi a ringle arrest for shoplifting lire defendant’s explanation of the crimes the judge said leads him to believe he may be dealing wife pooteol of hii focuhiesL? Biumgart pleaded guilty io aix Ms of fjfWiW i first-degr- ee felontet carrying nn' nmm-wmiseatances of up to 13 yean to Ufo Police igy that last April m woman Agreed to accompany Baum-- i wy ‘pickup truck 08 Auf MVfiaumgart' allegedly woman after effetK' iji ride td W0tk0n Oct 24 ire iug Baumgart allegedly asked directions from a employee of a restaurant then abducted her at -- fast-fo- od gunpoint and raped hen v OGSN (AP) — Utah Power hu - been in ranching business for more than two decades but some v ’ Northern jptah ranchers think it’s time to clamp down on the electric ‘conmany'- - ' - ’ TeSIg against them cattle on the mar-- ket against me I can t compete agrinst them in power” said Arthur Douglas a Howell rancher who is vice president of the Utah Farmers Union which has adopted a resolu- - The power corqumy got into agri-culture for environmental reasons said Utah Power spokesman Dave Eskclsen It provider a way for the odd He said the farms save Utah Power some $8 million a year in v ‘ coal-fire- County ' Federal regulations prohibit the water from being returned to so rather than budding an eraporton pond the company usre the water to irrigate its farmland which produce alfalfa and hay Since the company had hay the next step Eskelsea said was raising cattle to eat the crop Utah Power has been operating - The cattle business is tough enough Hunter plants It has 800 head of cat- - 'tie in Box EMer and Sevier counties without it cattie “Why are tiiey in the 1 - (‘1 busi-electr- ic owns rAnh near the company’s Box Elder operBtion “They’ll be in direct campetitkn with private family-- ' farms” Douglas suggests the company lease for land and hay to a farmer who “knows what he’s doing” size : - Several ranchers say Utah Power has new pickup tracks and hired g e - i— - ’v-’- - “We are expecting voluntary compliance' in removing the machines" Ingersol said “We don’t want to have to go out and seize these machines” ' i? A video poker gamea like those found in casinos Utah however bans all gambling and the law say businesses that sell alcohol “may not engage in of permit any form of gambling" The hew law sponsored by Rep Blake Chant of Davia County Mntaufa the statutes to include any “video gaming devicea”-Thmachines usually declare their use ‘‘for : amusement onty but Anderson called the signs a ' '“force"--slot machines like look machines the of Some with tumblers and wheels others are the equivalent of KENO a popular gambling game And there are hundreds of varieties of card In its April newsletter the state's Department of ' Alcoholic Beverage Control will try to educate liquor licensees about the new bilL It will do a direct BMiiteg to let diem know what’s now iUe ' V V ''gaL ' hands that An ranchers cant afford Eskelsea says Utah Power isn’t in ranching for a profit I m IS nnrily wwnpiterinil rint mrhtnitt nr mBAfama hod Eskelsea ' v farms still dubbed “experimental School nmva Dps ing the agriculture business for more than 20 yean on 730 acres Silbaidized said Mhiam Rand corqwtiCai reporter I’Douglas i‘ v ’ tiou is the last thing farmers need at the Huntington Canyon and ' 782-212- 1 and is expanding his company to dispose of the water ’ disposal coats used to cool the turbines at its two But many ranchers say Utah d power plants in Emery power it out erf its element ntiaing !" The ranchers question how the regulated utility can be allowed to horn in oh flieir business and uy the giant is' using ratepayers’ l tioo opposing public utilities enter- - ? i! -H ui :igart toppfot ont the locrtion of the r VjjMagnS raceway Baumgart allegedly ' lichoked foe’ woman told her be had a iignn and raped her in die back of his I acteristic!” in Utah bars private clqbi and Bohhng arid Monday adding flat Banmgart few ho prior criminal Ustmy : ( bowling alleyi The tavern and bar owners say it’s overirilL The mrfiiiiM nffwr MtoHajimianf imtcyA Hwy —M “It’d be like taking pool tables out of a bat” said Ken Marlowe a bartender at the Bar X Inn a Salt Lake tavern Bar X baa a coqde of the machines — owners just purchased a new “Golden T” golf game — but the games are just for fun he says “It's totally not a problem Nobody gambles in tins bar” " Undercover police operations show some ben give cash or other vahp for credits earned on the i usome-ooenot- tr ‘mini-industry- completed sometime in early rnpto90yeai-:CThese crimes seem to be fc ''i' i |