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Show 50LJTHWE5T KANAB JUSTICE COURT JUDGE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF COURT FUNDS: Fonner Justice Court Judge Patricia Chavez has pleaded guilty to stealing court funds . " I apologize for what 1 did that was wrong," Chavez teai:fully told a packed courtroom Monday. "I hope that I can be forgiven and that I can go on with my life," said Chavez, who was accused of stealing $2,240 in bail money from Kanab.As part of a plea bargain, she pleaded guilty to one count of misusing public monies, a third-degree felony, and agreed to resign. The offense carries a possible one- to five-year prison term. Sixth District Judge David Mower tentatively set sentencing for May l foUowing a pre-sentence investigation. ONE SU SPECT IN MISSIONARY ABDUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN FORMER CHURCH MEMBER: A pair of Mormon missionaries freed unharmed after being kidnapped and held for ransom in Russia will remain in the country to help with the investigation. Church officials have said missionaries Andrew Lee Propst, 20, of Lebanon , Ore., and Travis Robert Tuttle, 20,. Gilbert, Ariz., eventually will be reassigned. TA N N I N G The men were kidnapped March 18 and released four days later in Saratov, some 450 miles southeast of Moscow. The kidnappers had asked for $300,000; however, government .and church officials say no ransom was paid. Meantime, officials at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints yesterday declined comment on news reports that one of the people who organized the kidnapping was a former member of the local Mormon community. STUDY: UTAH HIGH-SCHOOL' GRAD DEMOGRAPHICS STEADY IN CHANGING WEST: Within a decade, racial minorities fo r the first time will combine to comprise more than half of the graduating high school seniors in the West. Bue that demographic trend will not hold true in Utah, where whites will continue to account for more than 90 percent of graduating seniors through at least 2012, according to projections by the Wes tern Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the College Board. The region includes Utah, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. r-------------, : Sveiy $10 gpent : on tanning lotion, I : get one : I r I I FRSS tanning E.xp,res }/} 1/98 L-------------.J There's only one love in your life ... Why settle for anythin less ... FOOD & DRUG STORES Come shop for it all under o.ne roof! CQ'J In the middle of the block... belt!nd the clock Diamond Engagement Sets 83 N. Main Cedar City 586-8341 633 South Main Cedar City UT 84720 (801)586-1203 Fax (801) 586-0428 |