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Show 4 Vemal ExreSS Wedreday. February 1. 1989 Sen. Garn co-sponsors abortion bill 0 1 o" JUDGE DENNIS Drainey gives the oath of office to three new state employees: Roena Licht, deputy court clerk; Pat Swim, court clerk; and Clerk, deputies take oath The new court clerk and two deputies received the oath of office last Wednesday in brief ceremonies which marked the state's assumption assump-tion of the district court system. Taking the oath of office from 8th District Court Judge Dennis BLM grazing fees to increase again "The formula works," Bureau of Land Management Director Robert F. Burford proclaimed as he announced that, "grazing fees on Bureau of Land Management administered public lands will rise for the second consecutive year to reflect the strong health of the industry." "litis second year of fee increases shows the formula we use to determine the fee is wmking as Congress intended. In pood times when pikes arc tip, t!ic fee rises; in hard limes when the im!utry is depressed, it drijs," "The fee Ut proin; )tar I9S ), wl-.Uh ran fm SUnh I, w) w 11 LNtuf) IS, V) w$; u sif, per anini.il unit 5ie,:h (At'M), an itv.iv? nf II jvfu-rl enrr le TjS fetf,"itHifJ vji.l, An Ar.iir.jJ tV-sl M.-n;H is 4J-v4 iilt.( r-.',c4 1 r5f t aM ?..'(. i e Mv t,e ' p-i'-k i1 re tT.:!,11.g fr.v$ fctf 131 pa AfMAsy --at t? t.. -.., '4 i t-x Appeals method set by Forest Service f i . . ''3 & t (i :t I : it- i r,;.1 ,r, : f ' " i : : ( if f. ;- - -t -s f -t r- ;4 - "J v 1 ';. 'ill (I-.-,-; 1 f 1 ' 1 t '. - it 1 - - 1 - if - ' a. - f Barsie Hatch, deputy court clerk. The state took over the district court system at the first of the year. Drainey were Pat Swim, clerk; Barsie Hatch deputy and Roena Licht, deputy. Val Harris, court administrator said the move of the district court to the states has cost $263,000 less than expected. Harris praised Judge cs. Grazing fees are collected under the authority of the Taylor Grazing Act using a fee formula set in Executive Order 12456 of February 14, 1 9X6. That formula consists of a base value of grazing on public lands adjusted by indices reflecting this past year's private land lease rates, cost of production, arid beef cattle prices. The increase in the 19K9 grazing fee was due largely lo the increase in kef cattle prices, and to some extent, the increase in priva'c land lease rates. Any yearly increase or decrease of fees w!l he Imiic4 n no rmfc tfun a 15 percent change from the pro ttnis ) tar's fee. IT-e fee :i rM, la ever, U jer tfun SOS per Animal I'ftit Mmh, Trc ffaifg fee bll tMi is tyiJ 14 tHe aUi If V fut '-k U- J a t-..:.;4 fry C c f fvr AL'M ft.i,!;;; :.c4 fry tf-'C r r t ( r" :.'. tfC a;.tl it 1:4 year", A4 I ?:) h(-k wnu "JXftJ pn b4 e-J.t.istkffj fry M M ii i.-nJy f ( t-? f -f.'4;4 fry Uf li'.'jt iT-i ilffji J t :- i It, i'J r 1 ' ;; -7 r ; - "A t i.- t :.t . .... jy f1 u . I i-' ! V ' :' i ' -I j-f n ;(': T -r--: - " V t v :r 1- - : . : - . s V f ;j ! l if Drainey for his work in the juvenile court. Judge Drainey said the judicial system in the state is a very efficient operation at about 1 .5 percent of the state budget. In 1988 the state budect was S2.38 billion and the judicial costs were S28 million about 1.2 percent. In 1989 the state budget is expected at S2.4 million and the judicial costs arc expected to be S34 million. Judge Drainey said he assumed the juvenile court case after a prior judge left the bench. "I did it because I have an interest in juvenile cases." One of the reasons Judge Drainey could assume .some of the juvenile case load is because both courts arc in the same district. ' ' 1 S St. t 'V 'V Ir) Senator Jake Gam (R-Utah) along with Senator James McClure (R-Idaho) on Jan. 25 offered an amendment to the Constitution to protect human life by prohibiting abortion. Introducing the Human Life Amendment, Garn said the highest court in the land erred grievously in its 1973 decision legalizing abortion. The Garn amendment, introduced each Congress since the Court decision in 1973 states that "with respect to the right of life, the word 'person' as used ... in the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution ... applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development." It goes on to specify that measures necessary abortion, Gam noted. 'The fact that is so conveniently overlooked, however, is that once a woman becomes pregnant, another separate human being is involved who deserves some sort of protection, and whose rights should be considered. Because the Supreme court entirely disregarded this fact does not justify our doing so," he said. Gam asked: "Is human life so inconsequential that the difference ujmus uuiy upun wncuicr a cnua is 'wanted' or 'convenient?' The abortion issue raises these kinds of heart rending questions, which we need lo answer, taking into account the supremacy of human life itself." to prevent the death of the mother should not be prohibited. 'The Supreme Court's decision in Roc vs. Wade, based on the presumption that the Constitution guarantees the right to have an abortion, is fundamentally in conflict with the basic values and beliefs which bind our nation together," Garn said. "In all my readings of the Constitution, I have never found an all-encompassing right to abortion. I have always understood that it was the function of the document to protect what Jefferson called those CXI i- I ! i it tit .Wta . n i -w m r-. at i X 'inalienable rights,' first and foremost fore-most of which is life " he said. "I do not see how the Constitution can be constructed to sanction the wholesale destruction of human life that is taking place in our society today at the rate of over 1.5 million lives per year," Gam added. "Advocates of abortion often speak as though they have some kind of corner on rights, justice, equality and humanitarianism. They are free to believe that, if they wish, but I don't think there can be much justice or humaneness in a philosophy which espouses abortion-on-demand," he said. "At the same time, I do not want minimize the size, cost and personal impact of problems resulting from unwanted pregnancies," Garn said and quoted President George Bush, who in his Inaugural address staled, 'there arc young women throughout this nation who are about to become mothers of children they cannot care for and perhaps will not love. They need our care, our guidance, and education; though we bless them for choosing life. But most important, we must protect the inalienable right of life and liberty rights which are being prohibited to millions of r , , bpeaker to stress Under the theme of conservation, noted lecturer and professor Daniel D.Chiras will address Uintah Mountain Club member Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. concerning "Building a Sustainable Future." A sustainable society is based on three ethical principles: the world is a limited supply of resources which must be shared with all living things, humans arc a part of nature and subject to its rules and nature is not something to conquer, but rather a force we must learn to cooperate with. A sustainable society is built on conservation, recycling, renewable resources and population control. "To build a sustainable society wc must make changes, profound changes," Chiras contends. innocent lives each year.' None of the statutes which have come before Congress presume to force a woman to become pregnant, Garn said, or to prohibit the use of contraceptives, or to otherwise regulate the kind of behavior which results in pregnancy. "However, the tragedy that has evolved because of our abortion policies is that abortion is now used by many as a substitute for birth control." Over one-third of all abortions are performed on women who acknowledge at least one previous abortion, Garn noted. "The fact that is so conveniently overlooked, however, how-ever, is that once a woman becomes pregnant, another separate human being is involved who deserves some sort of protection, and whose rights should be considered. Because the Supreme court entirely disregarded this fact does not justify our doing so," he said. Garn asked: "Is human life so inconsequential in-consequential that the difference depends de-pends only upon whether a child is 'wanted' or 'convenient?' The abortion abor-tion issue raises these kinds of heart rending questions, which we need to answer, taking into account the supremacy of human life itself." . . . sustained society To obtain the goals of a sustainable sustain-able future individuals arc encouraged encour-aged to cut back on energy, water and materials, recycle, use renewable renew-able or abundant resources and limit family size to two children. The lecture will be in the conference confer-ence room just north of the Ashley Valley Medical Center. & round 'cm up ffid"';".rT Whatever you ; lOf ) want to sell R .ADVERTISE it ir - the Vml Exprm Call 789-3511 I4V- ucnli r .... nuiun |