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Show M 13 Utah News 63 Opinions B4 Business B7 The Daily Herald Wednesday, June 7, 1995 Storm damage may total in millions fi Trademarks need to be capitalized When you write the following words, you will want to capitalize many of them because they are Ping-Pontrademarks: Xerox, Jell-Frisbee, Kleenex, Band-AiLevi's, Walkman, and Saran. The words yo-ymimeograph, zipper, freoh, and spackle also began as tradenames, though their owners haven't been so careful to protect the rights to them. But capitalize the first list or you may hear from the company, reminding you who owns the rights to those words. And also capitalize the word " Webster's," but not because it's still a tradename, but because it's a surname Noah Webster ( 1 758-- 1 843), the most important figure in American lexicography (dictionary makjng). His 1828 dictionary was a landmark in American lexicography. g, d, o, two-volu- leu 1 Hoiten X; By The Associated Press - By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald Utah County taxpayers will go to the polls June 27 to decide if the Utah County Commission will be allowed to raise taxes to staff and maintain the new Utah County Jail. Under a new state law, any proposal to increase taxes must be approved by the voters. The Legislature specified that such an election must be conducted on June 27. Some voting districts will be combined for the election, but there will be 53 polling places located throughout the county. Sheriff David Bateman has asked for $2.45 million in additional revenues to hire 48 additional staff members and provide for maintenance of the new jail under construction at Spanish Fork. Bateman said the original jail staffing plan, prepared by con SALT LAKE CITY Damage to crops and property from Monday's wind, hail and rain is expected to total millions of dollars. sultant Dennis Liebert of Colorado, called for a total of 121 jail staff members. The present jail has 59. Three additional Some observers called Mon- day's storm along the Wasatch Front one of the most destructive in years. The National Weather staffing studies have been made since, including one in which every position was examined in When the boat had drifted to within 25 yards of land, a squall blew it into the air, forcing them to jump out and swim to shore with the aid of life jackets, he said. putting the broken limbs from their property on the street for the city to pick up. But Bingham said the city can't clean up everyone's yard. "We'd like to do it. but you can only do so much with the crews you have," he said. Damage throughout the state has prompted State Farm Insurance to send 22 agents to Utah to handle claims. "We estimate we're going to have 3,000 homes totaling $1.5 million in damage," agent Murray Payne said. "We looked at the floor plan and examined every position to determine if it had to be staffed 24 hours a day," he said. The total has now been trimmed to 107, which will require 48 additional people. The sheriff pointed out that storm-relate- d at American injuries were treated boy Among them was a who suffered a head injury when a trampoline tipped over on him. The winds forced four people boating on Utah Lake to swim to shore Monday night. Keith Morgan of Provo, who was with his son and a family wife, friend, said waves filled the boat with water, shorting the electrical system and killing the motor. now been expanded to 334, although with partial double- (See JAIL, Page B2) """"""wmwBMpp" h-- T' WordWise After Webster died in 1843, rights to his dictionary were sold to the Merriam brothers, and the company became Merriam-Webstthe publisher of THE standard Anerican dictionary for more than 150 years. v Because "Webster" became almost a synonym with ' 'dictionary, ' ' other publ ishers decided they wanted to use the magic name as well. They did. They got sued. They won. Now any dictionary can carry the name Webster, and many do: Webster's New World, Webster's Random Hou'se, and others. But Random House carried it a little too far. The jacket on its last edition was made to look so much like Merriam-Webster- 's jacket that and this time Merriam sued again won. Random House recalled tens of thousands of its dictionaries and rejacketed them. What I'm really leading to in today's WordWise is Noah Webster's success in spelling reform. Like many reformers, Webster was something of a crank, but he also often came to his senses and he had the good fortune of timing his reforms about right. The Americans, having just beaten the British in the American Revolution, eagerly rejected a lot of things "British. Webster is why we spell ;words only the American way: entertheatermetervs. British I r-- : Some Provo residents are c 4 m months to replace the damaged Fork Hospital. detail. the new jail, which will be ready for occupancy in April 1996, is twice the size of the current county jail. Designed for 135 inmates, the present jail averages between 210 and 215. The new jail originally was designed for 300 beds, but has At the LDS Church's Mount Timpanogos Temple, under construction in American Fork, insurance adjusters were assessing damage from a crane that was toppled by the wind. An Okland Construction Co. official at the construction site said it could take up to two crane. In Provo, public works personnel have been clearing branches that were torn from trees on city property. The most immediate problems were in the downtown area, said Public Works Director Merril Bingham. Service predicted the unseasonably cool and wet weather would continue. It issued an overnight frost advisory Tuesday. In Utah County, 28 minor L i ; j ( J i j ! r 1 ; "is "i n i ,n vm dm i ? 1 i 2 !i 1! Utah Power spokesman Dave Eskelsen said after crews repaired main distribution lines by noon Tuesday, the remainder of the day was spent restoring power to isolated neighborhoods in Utah, Salt Lake and Box Elder counties. "The distinguishing thing about this storm was that it was so wide- spread ... this is one of the worst in I quite a while," he said. The wind, hail and rain flattened! or soaked hay being harvested in' ', ', northern Utah. It also damaged other grain crops that would have been cut in a month or so. wasn't known how much of the crops were damaged beyond It salvage. Clifton Kerr of Tremonton. where the wind gusted to 95 mph, said he had two empty granaries that became airborne during the wind. "One hit the barn and made it lean," he said. "The other went about 50 feet, knocked over a fence supported by railroad ties and ended up on top of a cattle shed, 20 feet up." Police Chief S. Warren Hodges said the damage in Tremonton was estimated at $ million. 1 City officials defend extra expenses By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald er P J I 'VW V ' 1 r J V ; til " Orem's city department officials' have erected their final defense as the City Council looked over the municipal budget one last time. The council agreed to preserve some new positions in the municipal budget, but rejected sugges- -' tions to raise the franchise tax and water-relate- d fees during Tuesday night's budget workshop session. As it currently stands, the proposed $41 million spending package provides for 1 1 new positions y- without raising property taxes. , Many of the positions are fundefl i through fee increases. But council members, taking a; ' final look at the budget before the June 13 public hearing and adoption, sought to trim spending back further. The review prompted department heads and administrators to. defend the extra personnel and ex- - 4 1 1 IS.. i I. i -- -, t W Daily Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn Buckets o' fun Karin Robbins, 17, left, Liz Raule, 18, Amy 17, and Susie Steffens, 18, clean out buckets in Springville Monday Ing. The foursome said they were cleaning morn-Pucket- t, the 130 buckets for their trip to girls camp so girls can decorate them. June 20-2- 3 centretheatremetre; honorcolor ;favorvs. honourcolourfavour; riskcheck vs. risquecheque; rnusicpoliticlogic vs. musick ;politicklogick (even the British now "use these last three American spellings); realizerecognize defense vs. realiserecognise '.defence. ; Webster also shortened a good many words: just one letter in wdrds like traveler, jeweler, and 1 Mothers; judgment vs. judgement; and a host of others. Sometimes Webster went too far. He proposed tung for tongue, proov ".for prove, fether for feather, tuf for Jough, thum for thumb, bred for tiread, wimmen for women, and others which Americans simply ignored. Webster even liked many pronunciations which we consider dialectal: deef for deaf, nater for nature, heerd for heard, booty for beauty, voloom for volume. I - Had Webster had his way, we tbuld all be saying, "them boys, youwas" (for one person, "you .were" for two or more people), and ."Mt is me" (which we've probably always said anyway). I Webster's spelling reforms taught on because they made good sense and they weren't extreme. Lesson: You can't force the language; it pretty much takes its natural course. If you try to push it tod hard, it kicks back. ; Webster's dictionaries, spelling books and readers set American English on a new course. Webster "cbUld be in one breath sensible and in fcfc next cockeyed. Yet thanks to Ws'cncrjiy and passion, American English became the quite standard tool it is today. Jfyou ha ve a comment or question about usage, write WordWise, The Daily Herald, P.O. 7. Box 71 7, Provo, UT 84603-07- 1 '. r ncy program expands to Am. Fork Self-suffic- ie By SHEILA SANCHEZ The Daily Herald In 1989, Pleasant Grove resident D'Ann Carter was forced to go on welfare. She couldn't support her two young children anymore. woman Today, the no longer receives public assistance. Through employment, she makes enough money to get by. Carter's story was told Tuesday as officials with Utah's Office of Family Support announced the expansion of the Single Parent Employment Demonstration Program to American Fork. Carter credits her success to the program, which received $500,-00- 0 by the 1995 Legislature to enroll more women on welfare in American Fork and Brigham City. "Everyone keeps calling me a hero, but I don't feel like one," an emotional Carter told a small audi- - ence gathered at the Office of Family Support, in American Fork. "When I started receiving public was in assistance my the gutter. This program helped me realize that I could become and support my children. This program works." The program helps low income families and incapasingle-parefamilies get off citated welfare assistance. self-estee- m nt nt two-pare- nt SPED begins plans for welfare applicants before eligibility is determined, mandates participation for everyone, supports employment rather than penalizing it and maintains support services during employment so recipients don't revert back to the welfare system. The OFS is offering the program to clients at nine sites Kearns, Roosevelt, St. George, Kanab, Cedar City, Beaver, American Fork and Brigham City. Pan-guitc- h, The program also focuses on training and education to help welfare recipients acquire skills to get jobs that pay wages sufficient to raise their families. It doesn't set time limits on the amount of training or education. State program coordinator Bill Biggs said SPED is the first in the country to require welfare recipients to participate in activities. For example, a woman with a family of four who takes a job, earning $860 per month, will continue to receive $92 from the program. Her total family income is $952, plus food stamps, child care assistance and Medicaid. Without working, she would only receive $470 per month. The program is working. In Kearns, for example, the number of people receiving public assistance has decreased by 38 percent since January of 1993. Statewide, the number has dropped by 9 per cent. Prior to the program, the number of welfare recipients had been increasing in St. George by 22 percent a year. Since the program was started, it has decreased by 5 percent. Sen. Craig Peterson, praised the program because it helps welfare recipients become "I'm very interested in welfare reform," he said. "But rather than working on changing the welfare system from the legislative perspective, we need to listen to you." The Republican legislator spoke against stereotypes and misconceptions about people on Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the welfare program that provides cash benefits to the poor. Rep. Christine Fox, said, "The real heroes of this story are welfare recipients who've had the strength to work hard and become Steelworkers express concerns about their attorneys By PAT CHRISTIAN The Daily Herald Former steelworkers at USX Corporation's Geneva Steel who won a recent court decision, met Tuesday night at Steel Workers Hall in Orem to discuss their irritation with attorneys. They also debated what to do next. In a related action, some of the plaintiffs in Pickering vs. USX, who are remaining anonymous, have retained Provo law firm Howard, Lewis & Peterson to represent them over issues with their e attorneys. Nearly 60 people attended the meeting, and most cf them expressed concern with a lack of communication with attorneys. They also said they were afraid their attorneys may be trying to long-tim- negotiate a settlement with USX when all they want is to accept the judgment a court handed down. -- Allen K. Young, one of the plaintiffs attorneys, told The Daily Herald after the May 5 court ruling that the decision could amount to $80 million for plaintiffs. Gerry Spence, a Jackson Hole, Wyo., attorney, is also on the legal team led by Young of Springville. Last month, Federal Judge, Bruce S. Jenkins reaffirmed an earlier ruling that USX closed down its Utah County steel mill and sold it to avoid paying pension benefits to some employees and thus owes the plaintiffs. Terry Hansen, one of the plaintiffs, said he was upset because he hasn't heard from his lawyer. He said it has almost been a month since Judge Jenkin's May 5 decision and he asked those who had been contacted by Young to raise their hand. No hands went (See USX, Page B2) penses. In personnel matters, the council sought to cut one computer programmer and a private development engineer from the spending package, for a savings of $103.-00- 0. Councilman Timothy A. Chris-tense- n said the city only needed to have one programmer, rather than the two who would handle computers in the Data Processing and Public Safety departments. Chris-tense- n said one programmer could time between the two dehis split partments. "We are facing an archaic pro- gram. We have problems process- ing information." Public Safety, Director Jay Carey said in defense of the second position. "The person working on the program is doing it part time. He's doing brush fire fighting. We need a full-tim- e ; programmer." City Manager Michael Dyal said a single programmer would-nojust work between two depart; t ments, but would have to deal with the computer needs of every city office. "I don't want to split the person of the departments. I most among want that management prerogative to remain with me," Dyal said. . The council voted 6-- 1 to keep: both programmers after Council- man Steven L. Heinz suggested! staggering the hiring dates so the way through the fiscal year, saving (See BUDGET, Page B2) ' Correction A story about Provo City Councilman Dennis Hall in last Saturday's Daily Herald gave incorrect information concern-- ; ing former Provo mayors Joe ; Jenkins and Michael Hill. It was actually Jenkins who had resigned from office. ; '. : Provo City Councilmaty Dennis Hall served as acting mayor until Hill took over! 77je Daily Herald regrets the error. ; 'j i |