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Show Page A8 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HaitTheHerald.com), Provo, Utah, Thursday, May 4. 3000 Homes built Victim Service Award in wildland to six Utahns given face fire risk Proctor and Shippen CHRISTIAN By PAT JOSEPHINE By The Daily Herald As long as PROVO people choose to build homes in wildland areas, there will be a high risk of fire in these communities, tims. "It's a hard job, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever done," Proctor said Tuesday., "She is invaluable for victims," said Provo City prosecutor Vernon Romney, who works .with Proctor on a daily basis. Romney said Proctor is a pioneer who actually start-eda- s a victim assistant in the first organized victim advocacy program in the county. . comfort. Vicky Proctor, who works full time as one of Provo Police Department's victim assistants, is one of six Jim : Soter and Janet Johnson, Summit County, told the Utah County ; Utahns honored with a Commission Tuesday. Soter and Johnson repre- 2000 Victim Service Award. Joan Shippen, a volunResource teer victim advocate work- sent the Conservation andT""mg with the North Utah Development " Council County Victim Assistance Program since 1998, was (RC&D) of Mountainland also, honored. Association of Governments in a campaign for fire protection called "Living with Fire." They asked the to contribute $2,000 to a public education camBy MARTA MURVOSH paign that over the next The Daily Herald three years will cost $852,058. MIDVALE An They said in summit announcement on the ot County alone incidents -largest land swap in home builders seeking perUtah history will be made mits to build in urban interthis morning by Gov. Mike face areas (where developLeavitt at East Midvale The Daily Herald AMERICAN Vicky Proctor, Provo Police Department victim investigation, they are there only, to help the vic- assistant Shippen has not only completed all the required training for being a victim assistant, but she has gone beyond what was required and rea'd and studied victim issues oh her own, said a announcement winner's program prepared by the Council on Victims of Crimes. ' . 344-255- 6 second- ment intrudes into 1 i : ci janus; nas mcreaseuj i ' 1 wild- - Elementary School. Leavitt is expected to unveil a back-uplan being p-- What were once pur-cen- t. sum- p said. They hope to'conduct an extensive public information campaign urging people to establish "defensible space" around their homes and also provide protected sional Wasatch Climbing Co. to provide rock climbing at the Utah County Fair, as well as an agreement with Daniel and Janet Haskell to provide Fun Car at the fair. state-owne- go-car- ts land," and presidential approval, Andrews said. The modification would exchange the same amounts 128,000 acres of federal land in Juab, Tooele, Box Elder, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington counties for land owned by the Utah School and Institutional Wednesday afternoon that the trade would move forward without a wilderness designation. "It appears to be a go at this point,'' Andrews said. Two weeks ago, Leavitt's office didn't respond to queries made by The Daily Herald about the viability of the option. The option would ensure that 118,085 acres including some in missioners approved agree- grazing Andrews said. Mineral and grazing leases will be honored by the respective hew owners at the lower federal rates, if the trade receives congres- Institutional Trust Lands Administration, confirmed crs can work to hose down structures. In other business, comwith desert Hansen, chairman of the National Parks and Public traded land and mineral rights is about $22 million, but the money that could be earned for Utah's public education system if it was r " .Lv. '... .. r I x Wear ' Any Size! Any Toppings! I a uuLihiii: Try Our HEW NOT VU0 VALID WITH 0NIT 0TKEI COUPON M PAITICIMTIN6 t ( ; V - , " J- 4 - :, " J - Misses.. "CinnaStw" Ot Off LOCATIONS. R. NO DOUUE TOPPINGS. 0UI DIIVEIS CAUT LESS THAN $20.00. RING resses In yellow. ::,,: Ml u , By Country m. Any Pizza! S P With sunflower patchwork 11 :00a.m.-10:00p.- 344-255- 8 dress y Friday May 5, 2000 Saturday May 6, 2000 Sunday May 7, 2000 Marta Murvosh can be or reached at mmurvoshheraldextra.com. 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Others thought the s acquiring is good old West considered by school trust lands officials in case a proposal to simultaneously trade 118,085 acres and des-- . ignate 1.1 million wilderness acres doesn't make it through Congress. John Andrews, general counsel for Utah School and mer homes are becoming dwellings. permanent Similar reports are coming from other counties in the Mountainland area, they ments : new buildings were needed. However, many were concerned about potential hazards that a safety facility in a residential area at 400 North scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the new American Fork Library; 64 S. 100 East. The second will be at 7 p.m. May 11 at Shelley Elementary, 602 N. 200 West. The last is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 16 at Barratt Elementary, 168 N. 900 East. A bond that would have provided for a new public safety facility and city centerstate courts' Leavltt announces land swap developed is much greater. Dropping the wilderness designation has been discussed as long as the trade has been, but some are starting to believe that such carried as a a proposal separate bill has a better chance of becoming a law before the 106th Congress term. completes-itThe original proposal to trade the land is sponsored by U.S. Congressman James FORK Last year's hottest issue is about to land on the public's plate again. The first of three open hearings on new civic building proposals and a redesign of downtown is $15-millio- Pat Christian can be reached at or at pchristiheraldextra.com. federal wilderness study can be traded for areas developable land elsewhere in the state. Wilderness is among the most restrictive designation ' public lands can receive. Access is limited to means of travel. "Most of what we're, giving up and what we're building was overwhelmingly defeated in elections last November. Most residents agreed By JASON PATRICK ever done." . PROVO i As long as there are jails and prisons, there will be victims, and hopefully the Vicky Proctors and Joan Shippens of the world will be there to give ZILMERMAN but it's the most rewarding job I've often show up at a crime 6cene along with police, but instead of helping with the The Daily Herald AF hearings scheduled "It's a hard job, |