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Show THE SENTINEL Thursday, May 17, 19B4 Page 5 the court hearing is held on that case. If the person pleads or is license the found guilty, suspension process is already in effect for 90 days. "Weeks, even months, of postponement time used to be wasted as defendants contested DUI charges, solely for the purpose of saving their licenses from suspension," said Nielsen. "With the sophisticated breath testing equipment now available and police officers thorough training in detecting the physical, signs cf successful DUI, challenge of offenses has become DUI increasingly difficult. County prosecutors continue DUI crackdown Salt Lake County Attorney's Office announced its prosecutors percent conviction rate Under DUI (Driving Influence) offenders during had a 96 for 1984's M-C- t . 0 i ..( Fifth grade students at Riverside Elementary perform musical numbers as part of "State Fair" held at the school. Students from the classes of Janece Ford, Kathy Swenson, Shirley Mullett, and Bevan Wasden were broken down into groups of two or three and selected one of the 50 United States as a topic of study. They put together a presentation giving examples of the art, products, industries, culture, history, and etc. of that state. The fair was held as the concluding activity in the six week program. .its' l.U)4 ifs. . if.: first quarter. Before the enactment of the new DUI laws passed last August, the County Attorney's Research Manager, Larry' Bench, reported a 90 percent conviction rate. This average was above the national 70 percent average for DUI trial successes. Since that time the success ratio has climbed into the high nineties. "The continual increase in DUI convictions, before and after the new laws, reflects our prosecutors' consistent commitment to cracking down on DUI offenses," says Ted Cannon, County Attorney. "We want present and future offenders to know we mean business." From Jan. 1 to Mar. 5, 1984, 154 cases were tried resulting in guilty pleas or guilty verdicts in 148 cases involving DUI offenders. Elementary Good Citizens. First row (left to right), Jennifer Hales, Laralee Throckmorton, Jill Bennion, Michael Stoddard, Andrew Bellon, Stephanie Litster, Mandi Karchner. Second row, Teasa Van Setters, Stacy Wilcox, Teresa Limmereck, John Graber, Brian Karchner, AmieDalton, Mandy Stahl. Third row, Hoa Trink, Julie Miyasaki, Tiffany Atwood, Brandi Grubb, Cheri Gibson, Catherine Peterson, Jeremy McEwan, Angie Felt. Fourth row, Bryan Miller, Richard Weaver, Chassey Spencer, Aaron Montgomery, KiKi Chansamone. Not present Lisa Bjorndal. Bell View programming, computer reading, math and karate. The home economic course will be individualized for each student and can include foods, clothing, child development, housekeeping, personal development and computer science. Students may work at their own speed and receive help from instructors, Mrs Beddoes and Mrs Callister. Summer home ec. is open to all fifth to eighth graders at no cost. The music classes will include band, percussion, jazz woodwind, brass and orchestra with instructors, Mrs Webster and Mr Buys. These classes will have a fee. The computer programming classes will be taught by Mr Clawson and Mr McNeill. They will cover LOGO and BASIC. The computer classes will require a STUDIS Home of the Salt Lake Stars Razzle Dazzle Dazzle Dancers for Register RAZZLE DAZZLE Now Dance and Drill Teams Girls Classes begin June 4th and are filling up fast to 16 join us and discover the exciting world of 3 Dance and performing at Star Studios FOR INFORMATION CALL 263-261- 8 3855 So. SIC, 500 West UTAH fee. ''iTvN 4 V 4 4 Bacon W.pM 4 6 oz Round 6 02 Top Sirloins 0! FILET MIGN0N i coupon limit oz Bacon 4 A , Wrapped Chopped Sirlom 48 Ee M 46 oz Flle,s lAAwt J tQ5 , rv ' ! 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One poster depicting the extinction of the dinosaurs was captioned, "If Only They Hadn't Smoked." 10-da- y Registration will take place on May 15, 16 and 17 at Mount Jordan Middle School from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., or prior to those dates, with the individual T":' L- ..in J -l Daron A. Isaac, son of Mr and Mrs Allen L. Isaac, will be the speaker at the Midvale sixth ward, Midvale Stake Center, 425 Jackson St., on May 27, 1984 at 10:50 a.m. He will enter the MTC on June 14, prior to leaving for a California, San Jose, 403 Coolidge, L ' Sandy 12 Years! Serving Northern Utah for Over vppie UPHOLSTERING HOUSE We Recycle Furniture. 5610111 Main. Midvale 51 N. 1 L. Law, son of Gilda Martin, be the speaker at the South Jordan fifteenth ward on May 20, 1984 at 12:50 p.m. He will enter the MTC on May 31, prior to leaving on a Japan Tokyo South LDS mission. An open house will be held that afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m. at 3286 W. Brent will on Midvale, 1 I Samoan speaking LDS mission. 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I Drug fair held 'GROUND BEEF ..coupon I Remedial math and remedial reading will be offered primarily for middle school students to improve their basic skills in these areas. Karate will be offered to all youth six years and older. Students may progress through various levels of skill. All math, reading and karate classes have a nominal fee. fool-pro- Additional dispositions included only one not guilty; 5 cases were dismissed. According to John T. Nielsen, of the County Attorney's Justice Division, "Our commitment to letting DUI offenders know the severity of their actions has not changed because of the new laws; that commitment has always been a priority of this office. The new laws help simplify the prosecution of DUI offenders and provide enhanced penalties for chronic offenders." The new laws combine the previous two theories of guilt, a presumptive blood alcohol level (BAD of .08 percent and impaired driving from a BAL of 1.0 percent, into one statute. 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