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Show Young scientist proves Hockey Associatic. : . Mo goisrOs Genetic study is winner -c- -. ur fWi?i jT, alleged detq neckei? "The girl s never undress begond their boxers and sports bras. . --Jill Owen irinnis By MELINDA WILLIAMS Contributing Writer n spite of protests from one frustrated mother, female high school hockey players, including her daughter, will no longer be allowed in the dressing room with their male counterparts while players are showering or dressing. The Board of Managers for the Utah High School Hockey Association voted Tuesday to ban female players from dressing rooms except during team meetings when all players are fully dressed. The board represents high school teams from Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties which play at the Bountiful Recreation Center, Cottonwood Recreation Center and the Delta Center. They approved the policy after it came to their attention some female hockey players were dressing with the male hockey players. The new policy mandates separate showers and dressing rooms for the young women. Not all parents were happy with the decision. Larry and Jill Owen attended to protest what they viewed as discrimination. Their daughter Julie plays on the East High varsity hockey team. Mrs. Owen worried Julies standing as a player see HOCKEY pg. 3 Local legislators respond to survey BOUNTIFUL Legislators repiesenting oters in south Davis Count) are angry and frustrated over a survey published in the Sunday Sell Lake Tribune which indicated a majority of Utahns have serious doubts about the integrity of Shawntea Serawop, 6, one of the patients in the pediatric ward at South Davis Community Hospital, is assited by her visitors as she enjoys her new teddy bear which was a gift from Bountiful Lions' Club members Milt East, and Jay Meservy. The Bountiful Lions donated two of the talking bears to the children on Wednesday. They were greeted with smiles and hugs from the delighted patients. Clipper photoCreig Moyer members of the Utah Legislature. The poll, conducted by Valley Research for the Tribune , found that nearly 82 percent of the respondents felt that at least some of their state senators and representatives took bribes; and more than half, 56 percent, said the legislators representing them were no more honest than other state senators and representatives. A majority of the respondents also indicated that legislators were too influenced by lobbyists and were more interested in representing their own personal interests than they were in representing their constituents. Its very, very discouraging as elected officials to have you personal integrity impugned see uLEGISLATURE pg. 3 Don't take your guns to school Staff Writer LAYTON A student who School Layton High took a gun to school for protection against gang members was arrested Wednesday and referred to juvenile authorities for possession of a dangerous weapon. Layton police spokesperson Melanie Phillips said the boy w'as arrested after a witness told police that he was packing a gun Police contacted the at school. suspects parents, who searched the house and found a .22 caliber revolver, which they subsequently turned into the police. The boy told investigators he Crowley, of 520 N. Davis Boulevard, entered a biochemistry project. A synopsis of the finalists sent out by the science talent search describes Crowley's project as a genetic study of one of the recognition proteins in a grasshopper embryo. He designed and carried out an intricate experiment to locate the coding sequence for the protein. Knowledge of such coding sequence is useful in the study of neutron growth. Crowley's first exposure to science was in elementary school where he participated :n the science fairs. "I kind ot dropped it in junior high because theie's not much gome on in those classes," Crowley explained. During his ninth grade yeai. he took trigonometry and biology at the high school vvheie his interest was arroused. During his junior year, his AP biology teacher from the previous year encouraged him to participate in the science fair, where he placed second in the see CROWLEY pg. 4 POMPONS ALL GONE: page 2 WX. LOCAL LEADERS JAILED by Diabetes Association page 3 SPORTS BACK ON TRACK: took the handgun to school with him on Monday and Tuesday to protect him from gang members who had threatened his life. The gun was kept in the boys locker. They (gang members) kept calling his home and saying they were going to kill him. They didnt like him because he was Asian, Phillips said. Gang members at the school allegedly tried to run him over with a car on Tuesday. Phillips said the youth responded by pointing the gun at members of the gang, and then ran to a friends house. He took the gun home with him Tuesday night. School officials have put the youth on home study for his own protection, until he can be placed in another school, Phillips said. contests 32 missing in juvenile arrested By MARK EDDINGTON David Crowley, the top student in Viewmonts senior class, was recently named as one of 40 finalists in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Crowley, and fellow Utahn David Farmer of Orem, join only three other finalists ever from the state in the HEWS Layton Pistol-packin- g BY JENNY BERNARDS Contributing Writer Vikes start new streak page 1 4 DARTS PIN RIVALS: Wrestlers win Region crown, page 1 6 page 1 2 page 1 3 LIFE VINTAGE ENGINE STEAMS TO TOWN An intensive project underway in Bountiful to preserve a piece of Utahs history and its fire fighting heritage. A 19 0 2 American LaFrance Metropolitan" horse drawn steam engine is being restored to pustule operating condition to be used in conjunction with the Utah Statehood Centennial Celebration in 1996 and in future demonstrations and events. The steamer left its home for the next two yeais while it undergoes a h o ro u g h w ill be housed ENGINE pg. 4 restoration and see t BUND DATES your worst nightmare LOVE STORIES: read all about it opinion NO GIRLS ALLOWED in boys' locker room page 5 VEATIIER QMcs1', S'lP 'd on uay HI: 40 LO: 15 |