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Show AI Suk a fae 90 CENTS School prayer debated Supreme Court hears R.1. case WASHINGTON(AP) -— School prayer is back before the Supreme Court, and the justices were being asked today to relax a 29-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools. The court was hearing arguments in a Rhode Island dispute over invocations and benedictions spoken at high school graduations and junior high school promotion ceremonies. Utah Attorney General Paul Van ANNE RAUP/Standard-Examiner Awashin victory, Glenn Mecham is cheered by supporters during a TV interview Tuesday nightafter collecting 83 percent of the Ogden mayoralvote. Mecham set to ‘mobilize’ Ogden By LQRI BONA HUNT Sta _ OGDEN — Attorney Glenn Mecham was elected Ogden’s first full-time mayor Tuesday, captur- ing more than 83 percent of the vote. ; “I’m so pleased, not for Glenn Mecham but for Ogden. The vote demonstrates people really care for change,” said Mecham,55, a former city council member and co-chairman of the Ogden City Governmentin Transition Committee. * “It’s my responsibility as mayor to mobilize all that human energy a 41-year-old janitor, who received 1,482 votes, or 16.83 percent. Write-in candidate Dorrene Jeske, a PTA council president, captured 909 votes. Mayor Scott Sneddon chose not to run for reelection. Both Lowder and Jeske declined to comment Tuesday night when contacted by a Standard-Examiner reporter. Lowder, a perennial candidate for local offices, has refused to talk to. the Standard-Examinersince it published a story in April chronicling his checkered political career. But Lowder told The Associated Press on Tuesday night, “Ill nev- er run again. I love Ogden.I live Election action not limited to ballot box Standard-Examiner staff Easy wins for mayoral candidates in Ogden and Syracuse highlighted Northern Utah's voting results Tuesday, but there was plenty of roomleft for other action — like sexist campaign barrages against women candidates in Farmington and a rampaging raccoon holding hostages at Pleasant View election central Glenn Mecham will be Ogden's first full-tume mayor and Michael Garrett is mayor-clect in Syracuse. Those were the only local mayoral elections Tuesday In many cities, incumbent members retained their seats, but several incumbents were sent home including veteran politicians in Ogden, Layton and Clear‘fia! ' Elsewhere in the region, election candidates, officials and watchers were kept hopping by these happenings w Four candidates were sent into a nati-biting waiting game because ofyt tre votes bent C. Brent Saxton enger Carol Harris nt after deadCounchi &k Roy City yn, while ab- See ACTION on 2A two-year term @ Glenn J. Mecham 7,322 Q Leander E. Coates 502 Q Dorrene Jeske 909 (write-in) & Michael Miller* 1,253 At-large city council seat, four-year term Ward 2 council geat, four-year term @& Barbara A. Dirks* 5,384 QO Terry L. Marcus 4,297 ‘@ Brenda Mitton 1,179 O Robert H. De Boer* 3,260 QO Clifford Goff 4,093 beating challenger Larry Lowder, Lowercourts, using a test fash- Mayor, four-year term QO Larry Lowder 1,482 At-large city council seats, two-year terms and resources and makethe substantial changes Ogden is ready for,” he said. Mecham received 7,322 votes, council the case by next July. Ogden City results -Examiner staff ioned by the Supreme Court, Ward 1 council seat, banned such prayers in Providence, R.I., schools after ruling they violate the constitutionally required separation of church andstate. The high court since 1962 has barred organized prayer from public schools. But Providence school officials and the Bush administration prayers are different. Ward 3 council seat, And Justice Department lawyers say the court should use the Rhode Island case te scrap the test courts two-year term See PRAYER on 2A @ David H. Haun* 1,686 Dealership fined $10,000 for titie mess Ward 4 council seat, four-year term * Denotes incumbent @ Bonnie McDonald* 1,608 OQ George L. Beil 1,432 Standard-Examiner doneis ruin mylife.” Nearly 36 percent of Ogden’s eligible voters went to the polls Tuesday, compared to 15 percent during the October primary election. Mecham said his victory proves “Ogden is back.” say graduation ceremony M Darrell J. Saunders* 1,294 @ Ralph W.Mitchell 4,913 & Adele Smith 5,886 here. All I wanted to do was contribute. All Ogden, Utah, has Dam submitted a friend-of-thecourt brief Tuesday, urging the Supreme Court to issue clearer guidelines for public school graduation prayers. Students participating in such ceremonies realize they are not ina classroom setting, contended Solicitor General Kenneth Starr. “You may hear things you don’t like and you don’t agree with,” Starr said in assessing the reaction of some students. “That’s part of a free society.” The court is expected to decide With the mayoral victory under By DON BAKER his belt, Mecham said he will now focus on studying Ogden’s government and involving himself in Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — The former Dusty’s automobile dealership was fined the transition process. $10,000 today in 2nd Circuit Court for mishandling titles of cars sold by the now-defunct company. The owner of the dealership, Scott L. “Dusty” Rhoads of 1528 The fuli-time mayor position will be created when the city’s form of government changes in January. “Ogden is once again a major Mecham’s campaign centered player in Utah and the Interaround improving Ogden’s economountain area,” he said. - my and unifying the city council. N. 350 East, Kaysville, escaped individual prosecution in the case be- 4 Nicole Qualls, 5, of Brigham City, showed up to su pport her grandfather, Ogden Mayor-elect Glenn Mecham. cause of changes madein thestate De Boerousted in Ogdenelection motor vehicle law last April. However, Rhoads will be required to pay restitution to people who incurred expenses because of title problems at the Riverdale dealership. Assistant County Attorney David By LORI BONA HUNT Wilson said the actual amount of Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — Robert De Boer’s 14-year stay on the Ogden City Council came to an end Tuesday when he finished last in a four-way race dominated by two newcomers who captured the pair of two-year at-large seats. “I served one of the longest terms on the council and feel I had a good track record. I throughly enjoyed it and can look back on it and say I made a reasonable contribution,” he said. De Boer, 64, assistant to the president for government relations at Weber State University, said he has “no regrets” an wishes the newcomers well. “I think there are interesting \, More on election : Pages 1-6¢ McDonaldall emerged victorious in their respective races. Almost 36 percent of Ogden’s eligible voters went to the polls M WINNERS: Morgan, Box Tuesday, compared to 15 percent in the primary election De Boer and former Mayor Clifford Goff were defeated in the two-vear at-large race by Adele Smith, a 53-year-old customer service consultant, and Ralph “Bud” Eider results reported Mitchell, @ WEBER: Pleasant View OKs smailer building lots. recount part of election 60, a vice president and trust officer for First Securit people on the counc il. It will be to see how interesti form of government is handled,” he said. The other five council incumbents fared better. Bart ara Dirks, Michael Miller, Dart | Saunders David Haun and Bonnie Bank Smith received 5,886 32.43 percent Mitchell receiv 4,913 votes, 27 percent lowed by Goff. 4.093 percent, and 17.96 percent Smith, De votes, Boer aggressive campaign of the four, said ail the contenders were wellqualified and she was “glad I came out one of the winners.” “I'm really looking forward to working on the council,” Smith said. Mitchell said he was “gratified” by Tuesday's results and attributed his success to extensive “doorto-door, face-to-face” campaigning “J am deeply indebted to my wife and the rest of my campaign committee. I learned a jot about what the city council means and §government functions,” Mitchell said 22 who had placed second Goff 3,26 se October Octok behind Smith in the pni- who launchedthe n PEG McENTEE “ai a xe ity’s hich! highly visible su $5- ok W inter Olvmhe SALT LAKE CITY — Democrat Deedee Corradini, the first woman to be elected mayor of Utah's capital city, i$ out-to prove the Bechive State no longer can be viewed as an island of provinalism Corradim received 20,349 votes to 16,342 for Dave Buhler, a Re publican Car cialiy who soughi to Ds mocratn Marth non-partisan end a She Mayor-elect hopes to reverse movement of people trom SLC to suburbs mck n of ¥ She will succeed Paimer DePaulis, who and then abandoned a governorship in 199: “i do think i've won this race because I'm most qual nadia at deing a woman Candidate, and nt « d { wir r r Ippo Sali > 2 ip it 4 AS . ! Lak min Utah Mormon in I . e gt ¥ 4 R w ing Car lttles In exchange for the guilty pleas. four other charges against Rhoads were dropped by the Weber County attorney's office Second Circuit Heffernan fi nea Pp Pamela G company a maximum penalty of $1,000 on each of the i0 counts and schedSee DUSTY on 2A tne See COUNCIL on 2A Corradini credits wid spectrum of support Ry restitution has not been determined and asked for additional time to collect claims from victims. Rhoads, who owned and operated Dusty’s Volkswagen-Audi and New Custom Vans on Riverdale Road, pleaded guilty on behalf of his company Sept. 17 to 10 Class B misdemeanor counts of mishandl- n lake a vacation nlemnina fae the ia thority and then in January Business/Economy 8-Gh Classified ads i(i‘éi‘éCFAC Comics & puzzles 10-11 Dear Abby 108 Editorials &ietters 12-138 Food tti‘(‘™SOC;*‘é Localnews i (ati‘éété;*é SC National news (sti(ité‘éa beg trameie he transition of a ‘ Nov. 6 1991 — Vol. 104, No. 310 Obituanes OO BC Sportsnews =—i(i‘é«sr Stock market———SSCSC« Theaters ##§§ 2p TVschedule = 0A |