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Show I STATE OF THE STATE 1 Hisnanirs ontnnmhpr blanks as largest U.S. minority group ' By GENARO C. ARMAS ty since results from the Associated Press Writer -WASHINGTON Hispanics have surpassed blacks as the nation's' largest minority group, the Census Bureau said LLC V NlCiiOLMJiNdne Associated rtos VTanney Rubto, 5, of Leavitt stresses schools are key the requisite number' of with the The estimates are the Ana, Calif., Census Bureau's first statistics on race and ethnici in the . future," Ramirez said. Hispanics now comprise nearly 13 percent of the U.S. population, which grew to 284.8 million in July 2001. Thafs up from percent of the nation's population, up from 12.6 percent in April 2000. The black population grew by 700,000 in the 15 months after the census was released. Whites remained the largest single population group, numbering about 199.3 million in July 2001, nearly 70 percent of all US. residents. See HISPANICS, A4 best-educate- d peo- ple wins. Period. End of conversation," Leavitt told a joint session of the Legisla- By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald - whether a student has achieved genuine competency in a subject area rather than merely occupied a classroom seat for Santa holds a sign at a rally. Hispanics are now the nation's largest minority group. more 35.3 million, or 12.5 percent of the country's 281.4 million residents in April 2000. Blacks make up 12.7 hours. "In the economic race of this century, the society , to Utah's future SALT LAKE CITY If Utah is going to succeed economically, it needs to overhaul its education system, Gov. Mike Leavitt said Tuesday. Leavitt, in his State of the State address, unveiled plans to make Utah's public schools put emphasis on Tuesday. yThe Latino population grew to 37 million in July 2001, up 47 percent from April 2000. The black pop-ulation increased 2 percent during the same period, to 36.1 million. 2000 census were released two years ago. Census Bureau demographer Roberto Ramirez said it has long been expected that Hispanics would someday Burpass blacks because their birth and immigration rates are higher. "And the trend shows it will clearly be increasing , ture. Senate Majority Whip John L Valentine, and House Majority Whip Jeff Alexander, gave the governor's education goals good grades but said the details need improvement "Specifically it is short on the dollars needed to ...77 t, ? achieve it," Valentine said. --. Leavitt said the current system, where the amount of time a student spends on i See GOVERNOR, A5 Investigators say private labs faking environmental tests By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer laboratories Pri- WASHINGTON. vate are increasingly being caught falsifying test results for water supplies, petroleum underground products, tanks and soil, hampering the government's ability to ensure Americans are protected by environmental laws, investigators say. The fraud has caused of people to fill their cars with substandard gasoline that may have violated clean air standards, or to drink water not properly tested for safety, the officials told The Associated Press. millions In addition, officials making decisions at hazardous waste cleanup sites have relied on companies that fraudulently tested air, water and soil samples. "In recent years, what has come to our attention is that outside (nongovernment) labs are oftentimes in bed with the people who hired them, and conspired to commit environmental said ' David crime," Uhlmann, chief of the Justice Department's environmental crimes section. The EPA's watchdog against fraud, Inspector General Nikki Tinsley, has called the rise of lab fraud a -- See FAKE TESTS, A4 . iA.N LL.NU l im Daily Herald Don Morris digs up a small peach tree at the Sharon Welfare Orchard in Orem. This tree will be planted in his: : daughter-in-law'- s yard rather than be destroyed when the land is cleared for a housing development. ; . WORKERS TAKE HOME A BIT OF HISTORY By JUSTIN HILL in a flannel shirt and was DressedFat Ormond out a tree digging " pear a souvenir of a lifetime of ? working in the Sharon Welfare Orchard in Orem. After a recent announcement that the 11 stakes of the Church of Jesus Sainta which Christ of Latter-da- y owned the orchard were shutting down operations, church officials said they would allow members who had worked on the two farms that comprise the orchard to take its trees. Ormond was taking two pear and The Daily Herald three peach trees. ' Tm going to tell my grandkids when they come," said Ormond, 55, a computer professor at Utah Valley State College, "this is part of the old apple orchard we used to have here." ' He was not alone. On Tuesday evening, 10 days after the church allowed people to start taking the trees, several families were digging out the ones they had selected. Cars and pickup trucks filled with trees were parked in the orchard, which had been deserted for months. The land, once filled with trees, , i ANTI-SEMITIS- M Comics THE DAILY . . . .... Business ... HERALD . . . . . . . in 055 00050" 11 8 C4 . B7 C2 C5 . A7 A6 ......... Obituaries .... Opinions ........ Movies NEWSPAPER Dl . . . Horoscope ;PR0VO,UTAH Sports Weather . ; I?.'?DC Classified Low 32 was barren as whole sections of the orchard had been taken. The church already has moved " some of the equipment to its other orchards and sold supplies to stake members. Church ofpcials also took bids for the removal of the orchard's building Tuesday night But Jon Mitchell, high counselor in the Sharon Stake who oversees the orchard, said the trees are the last things to go from the roughly orchard. They are," Mitchell said. "They C absolutely are." Bl E3 LiJ- IU - Ey JUSTIN HILL '' The Daily Herald FROVO John Payne, For landlord -a new city ordi- nance requiring, property owners to obtain a business license to rent units could mean hell lose his buildings. SURVEY: Perceptions about Mormons revealed IJWA'W,wO Under the law, which the City Council approved by a 2 vote two weeks ago and takes effect later this year, landowners must provide the number of parking spaces for which the building was approved or parking spots for By DEBBIE HUMMEL . Associated Press Writer 5-- See LANDLORDS, A4 - SALT LAKE CITY A national survey has found that Mormons were ranked alongside Muslims and atheists as religious groups that did not share the respondents' beliefs and values. The study, by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, said that two of three adults surveyed said atheists are unlike them. Meanwhile, 56 percent also viewed Muslims and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints as y See SURVEY, A4 |