Show t - v 110-V--40- w- - 1 ep( elle14 itgatitZtibunt 11 & i News Desk: 1 237-204- ' :: - — B1 SUNDAY October 20 1991 5 Utah l Taxpayers 1 -- -- -- t - f-( - t -- a t - 7 - ''t - : fs: r f' 1 4ht4- ir 4't44 Groups Sue Seek Vote On Future Tax Hikes ‘ t - - - - I 1 I mar Harrie THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The seeds of a new statewide - 'V '4 taxpayer revolt are sprouting in two rural Utah communities The Utah Taxpayers Association and a handful of residents in Utah and Sevier counties are suing over the right of citizens to I N -- ' —'' - ''''' 4 ‘4- kN - '' 1 o ' (' - le""1"::'- - ' 1:4s: r:1 i : - 1 -- 1 ' - ' 1 1 ' 1 5 - Istanding II AlLegislature" said bert Ricksecker Jr a resident of Monroe Sevier County Mr Ricksecker and the other plaintiffs are challenging a state law that exempts city town and county budgets and tax levies from being placed on the ballot through citizen petition Voters have the right to challenge state tax increases through the petition process as they did through the defeated 1988 initiatives But a ban on such activities at the municipal level was imposed in a 1985 amendment and expanded to cover counties in 1987 1 "That petition right has served a lot of years All of a sudden it's going to disappear? Not without a scream and a holler" said Mr Ricksecker a retired Air Force major Plaintiffs want to strike down the law as a violation of basic democratic rights guaranteed by the Utah and US Constitutions But officials in Payson Utah County and Sevier County warn that subjecting local government budgets and tax decisions to ratification by popular vote would create chaos "If a small group of voters could challenge any proposed revenue or expenditure measure of a city the orderly operation of cities and towns would be thoroughly disrupted" attorneys for Payson argue in court documents Such "interference" they continued would destroy the checks and balances of representative democracy The two lawsuits could change the balance of powers between citizens and elected officials in all of Utah's 230 cities and towns and 29 counties "I don't know of any more important issue where taxes are Column 1 con-Se- e B-- 4 iii4 40 1 i: f44 - t T1 'f' I I : t 5 't A - I ' Mat ist - 1 i 1- I tomptitit 211401on - t- 1 iii a at 4- 1 fitami :'2LA0444tlxwmeRmt4' e t t 't 5 '- - A t'k 5 A - 1 z t t Steve Griffin The Salt Luke Tribune Rod Horton Steve Bybee and Karl Rogers scan East Canyon meadow for bucks from comfortable seats atop recreational vehicle on Wharton By Tom point buck behind him and shot it 'dicated hunting success was going Jesse Bishop about as expected of Spanish Fork who has been "Most people have seen deer successful in two of his first three but have not gotten shots at deer hunts missed three times them" said Ron Stewart wildlife when he shot at a buck resources' northeastern region innear Strawberry Reservoir After formation specialist Ron Stewart seeing four does he spotted anechoing a theme heard by many other buck and hit it Mr Stewart reported heavierthan-normal Dale Arnold of Salt Lake City pressure in the Book on the other hand waited 10 years Cliffs where hunting was slow between bucks But he was all Success near Currant Creek was smiles after he shot a in the same as last year Some nice a group of two bucks and four three- - and bucks were does near Creek being taken from Tabby MounMost hunters were seeing deer tain where a road closure by priand a few elk in the hills around vate landowners upset some huntStrawberry Reservoir where ers Hunting was slower on roads were dusty and the skies Diamond Mountain Southern Utah hunters near the slightly overcast The foothills saw few deer The most cloud cover surprised National successful hunters were those who Weather Service forecasters who got into the high country where predicted clear skies until the deer were staying in the unseaWednesday when the first snow of sonably warm weather the year may hit northern Utah Hunting in Utah Juab and San"There is little threat of signifipete counties was rated as slow to cant precipitation in the next day fair with the best reports coming or two though there may be one out of the mountain areas in south or two drops of rain in the mounJuab County Pressure was extains" said forecaster Dave Sand- tremely high and roads dusty in ers "There were more clouds than the Mount Nebo and Manti Mounwe anticipated The temperatures tain areas with success running at will be in the 50s at about 8000 5 percent Hunting was good in the feet and near freezing at night" La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah and fair to poor near ScoEarly reports from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' biolofield Reservoir where a few nice bucks were reported gists and conservation officers in THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sixteen-year-ol- measure success in many Utah deer hunters opening-da- y ways Those looking for spectacular fall weather and an enjoyable outdoors experience likely went 13 Hunter in Butterfield Canyon Finds Body of Shooting Victim two-poi- bed happy after Saturday's opener So did those looking for a relatively calm and safe hunt Few accidents were reopening-daported Firefighters battled a brush fire in Farmington Canyon that was started about noon Friday by deer hunters and burned all night said a dispatcher from the Interagency Fire Center in Salt Lake City But hunters who base the success of the season on shooting a buck may be disappointed this year Early reports indicated success in many of Utah parts There were of course hundreds of happy hunters who bagged a buck and enjoyed the warm fall weather Few were happier than Travis Watkins of Kearns who came away with a buck on the first morning of his hunt near Creek He elected to stay in the y BUTTERFIELD CANYON — deer hunter stumbled Saturday morning onto the body of a man who was apparently killed earlier in the week by two shots in the back Salt Lake County sheriff's officers said Co-o- p No identification was found with the man who was described only as a white male in his 50s !nvestigators are also baffled as to thz motive of the killing "It was not a hunting accident" said sheriff's Lt Dave Bishop "He was in casual dress — and blue jeans — and heavier-than-expecte- d mountains when his parents back to their truck for breakfast His patience was rewarded when he spotted a two walked not prepared for deer hunting" The body was found face up sprawled in the middle of a trail in the Oquirrh Mountains about nine miles up Butterfield Can- yon and about 200 yards north main road victim had apparently '' - tion Kearns High students "laid claim" to the animal after raising $2200 in two months for the program After a brief stop at the ' lt ' f' 1 - I 11' ' Ajf 4 : 4 '" I :i t c4r ' t - t7 - 1 17 te' N 'h :1 4— 't 44 'It' f : A : ' zrovrv C 'tz - k ' -- - 4 A S i 4Vb to‘ I - P IP' ' ' I '''''-- ' 3 : ' i $ - 4 ' f'74 t ' :! — :' Aub r 0 : 4 i I 'iL''''''qt " So l i t '- ' '' 0 'I' 1 " ‘0 - t t !) ' 4 ''' 1 ‘ ' 4- As - I ' r - I t r-- t t i ''' '''''N'''''' i ( ' ' '' 0 k Ji k I i - e ri a :: i A dea'-4- 7 ! 10:ilp f i ' '”" l:it ''' -- I t-- - t 1 - - f i ' 1 14 its t t q 4 1 I - ' 1 ' - 114 k - - ''' 1 0 - 7 $ t t AL - ti f Al Hartmann The Salt Lake Tribune Kearns High students try to snap a photo of their "adopted" otter as it scurries toward new home in water of Green River school where students clamored around the bed of a DWR pickup to get a look at the long-tailed mammal there were several hours on the road to Vernal A van full of teen-aggirls followed the cargo to its destination All had sold more than MO worth of "Who Says There's No e W:ldlife in Utah? There Otter Be" shirts and "Otter Dollars" Brandi Bird collected $450 Efforts by Lucy Slaymaker and Brandy Hodges brought $345 and $335 respectively Amy Smith Barbara Riddle Jeanne Bunker Heather Andersen and Hess the only junior Candi among seniors also made the two-da- y trip Before the otter's release at Split Mountain a veterinarian implanted a radio transmitter in its abdominal cavity The trans mitter allows tracking of the animal as it makes its home in the Green River drainage chosen for undisturbed riparian cover abundant prey unpolluted water and established beaver populations with which otters often coexist While the Kearns High students were in Vernal two more s otters arrived The Column 4 See extensive teen-ager- B-- 4 The hunter found the body about 9:30 am and reported it to a Utah Wildlife Resources officer Lt Bishop said He said the victim may have died several days before his discovery A sheriff's search and rescue team combed the area with metal detectors looking for a weapon or spent cartridges but nothing significant was located Lt Bishop said No vehicle was found in the area that might have belonged to the man he added "We want to determine who he is and notify his next of kin" Lt Bishop said "Maybe they know why he was up there" An autopsy was scheduled day at the state medical er's office to-th- e Trail of Gasoline Ignites Fire At Sandy Home SANDY — A house fire Saturday morning was the result of two "dumb" acts fire officials said The only trouble was deciding which act was worse "I can't decide" said Sandy Battalion Chief Mar len Webster 11 am when a man stripping a car for parts punched a hole in the gas tank to drain it As the gasoline trickled out of the garage and down the driveson way the man's came outside and "wondered what it would do if he lit it with a match" Chief Webster said The boy apparently got more than he bargained for the chief said The flames crawled back up the driveway into the garage and started the car on fire The roof of the garage then started burning and flames eventually spread to the attic of the attached home at 2599 E Quail Hollow Drive (9400 South) the battalion chief said When fire crews arived they first checked reports that someone was trapped in the basement of the home he said When that proved untrue firefighters turned their attention to the fire which caused an estimated $25000 damage before it was extinguished The car the garage and the attic of the house were destroyed Chief Webster said But the interior of the house sustained little damage Utah Quotes of Note "I went mentath off the deep end This 'lour lady didn't desene to get hurt Ihns do von think it makes tne feel to kilos a bah is Isithont il mother?" — Richard Worthington "Hick and I were happilv in Imp divorce wips a never a part (f it That was just something a detective overheard and took accused killing a nurse and holding eight Imople hostage in a hospital maternitv ward relationship with her usband Richard whofaces charges in flu' hospital siege 4 liberi ies wit h" — Karen Worthington on I 18-ho- her "I could be the first Utah state senator to represent northern Arizona" — State Sen Scott Howell !peaking sarcastically about the Legislature's redistricting phut that changes his boundaries "You can't see the boards and can't see the nets It stinks It's olA ions it was built for Earn tiller's Jazz I lockev's just a sidelight It's something thrown in to keep the place open" — Golden Engle hockey fitn Charles Gunn on the new Delta Center I 'k It went 'rip and it was wide open V'e grabbed the baby and ran It was a miracle we outran the water It was 2 feet behind us It was high as the icebox" —Monica Lee who was inside her Holladay home with her husband and son when a 300000gallon tank collapsed water-storug- e I n Events began about (4 '2- 4 k- - ' i - ' 4' ' 74 - I 4 ' z''' - ' - i i - ' 'd- 3 f- ' - ' - ' I Adopt-AnOtt- e ' f- - '7 l'r 1 1 tivity non-gam- It ! k - r I in thick scrub been oak and could not have been seen from the road said sheriff's officials well-hidde- A four-poi- Co-o- p Stephen Hunt By THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE two-poi- normal brilliant leaves and the wonderfully refreshing Green River outside Vernal welcomed a river otter "adopted" by Kearns High School back to the wilderness after temporary cap- Tuesday the 17th otter to be released this year arrived by air from Cordova Alaska A trapper there has been commissioned by DWR's section to trap 30 river otters for reintroduc- opener Saturday d skies 1899 deer-hu- nt Weather Is Winner But Fewer Deer Hunters Bag Bucks By Nancy Hobbs Eight students credited with raising the most "Otter Dollars" since school's start were on hand to watch the sleek animal scurry from its wire cage take a quick left to evade newspaper and television cameras then rush for the river's current For a third year Kearns High wildlife and zoology classes taught by teachers Linda Pearson and Cheri Gonzales set out to raise funds for the Division of Wildlife Resources' program The program was initiated to involve the public in reintroducing a viable river otter population to Utah The otter's numbers had steadily dwindled despite state protection since I r it- - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunny ' - t --- a I i - 1 EA :t 4- 'I I 04vomeekA : 5 - - Kearns Students Help Aktskan Otter Find New Lease on Life in Utah I 1 1 de-4- By Dan I t Seeds Of New Revolt i E ) SolsanLY 1 t ii "Most Of the men in the Senate don't knovi Nt hat sexual harassment is and in fact I Would even go so far as to guess manv of them do it'" — Rebecca Elliott executive coordinator for 1talt National Organization for Wornen I I I |