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Show r Sunday Utah Valley edition FEBRUARY 17, 2008 www.heraldextra.com $1.50 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS ' YOUR NEWSPAPER LIFE & STYLE mm INTAGE 6 liJANCING MESS Rediscover the charm and energy of a lost era of social dance 2008 LEGISLATURE Lawmakers: McCain tries to fix his rep spared his sharp tongue. Libby Quaid 2008 budget THE ASSOCIATED projections too optimistic The political landscape in Arizona, McCain's home state, is littered with those who have incurred his wrath. Former Gov. Jane Hull pretended to hold a telephone receiver away from her ear to demonstrate.a typical outburst from McCain in a 1999 interview with The New York Times. McCain has even blown up at volunteers and, on occasion, the average Joe. He often pokes fun at his reputation: "Thanks PRESS WASHINGTON Temper, temper. Republican John McCain is known for his. He's been dubbed "Senator Hothead" by more than one publication, but he's also had some success extracting his hatchet from several foreheads. Even his Republican Senate colleagues are not for the question, you little jerk," he said last year to a New Hampshire high school student wondering if McCain, at 71, was too old to be president. Other times, his ire is all too real. This has prompted questions about whether his temperament is suited to the office of commander-in-chie- f or whether it might handicap him in a presidential campaign against either Barack Obama or Hillary See A8 MCCAIN, Joe Pyrah DAILY ICE FISHING AT DEER GREEK HERALD Midway through the 2008 legislative session, lawmakers are getting down to brass tacks, though they may want to opt for the slightly less expensive tin version. Budget revenue numbers will be released Monday, and members of the leadership say previous projections are probably too optimistic by as much 20 percent. Teachers and "transportation advocates shouldn't worry too much though, because the starting point was a billion-dolla- r A V surplus. What it might mean is that any immediate tax relief is in question. Before the session, Senate and House leaders said they wanted tax cuts in the $100 million range, most likely from property taxes which have spiked in the past three years as home values soared. But analysts are finding that the state economy is following the country's downward trend, albeit much more gracefully: I A report just released by the National Association of Realtors shows Utah's home sales down by 33 percent from the same time last year. I Utah's microscopic unemployment rate has risen from 2.6 percent to 3.3 percent. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Once the rate drops below about 3 percent, employers have a hard time finding workers and production suffers. I To combat a possible recession, the federal government has approved a massive stimulus package that would put thousands in the pockets of families, but will cost Utah $65 million in tax revenue. Like most years, the first half of the session has been dominated by policy matters like immigration and crime. But once the numbers are out, the horse trading begins. "A lot of people will realize not everything is going to get funding," photos by - !7" i Lin-do- A8 s''-'l- PHOTOS FOR SALE See a photo you would like to have in your home or office? Daily Herald photos now are available online at heraldextra.comgallery. INSIDE A4 EDITORIALS A6 OUR TOWNS B1 HISTORY B4.5 OBITUARIES B6, 7 LIFE & STYLE BUSINESS CI C10 D1 SPORTS WEATHER 01 0 .. Ashley j I '.. , M. Heher - . I , Partly sunny HIGH 43 LOW 15 llllllliiU' 6 n, THE and Caryn Rousseau ASSOCIATED PRESS t VOLUME 85 , ISSUE 201 5 Herald Daily Investigators try to reconcile the 2 sides of Illinois gunman 1 BRIEFINGS. MARK JOHNSTON, llinton Durfey drills a hole for ice fishing at Deer Creek Reservoir as James Jorgensen, Shane Durfey and Jesse Christensen right to left wait their turn Saturday. The young men, along with a group from their local church ward in were spending the day on the reservoir to experience ice fishing for their first time. The group of friends, who fish regularly throughout the rest of the year, were not having any luck on the ice or really enjoying the experience, "Maybe if it wasn't so cold," Jorgensen said. Clinton Durfey, at right of Iindon watches while friends drill holes in the ice. said Rep. Becky Lockhart, BUDGET, .) I who's been a lawmaker for nearly a decade. While she hasn't seen any early revenue projections, she expects it will be much like her first few years See r r f v iV. V: ... Steven Kazmierczak DEKALB, 111. had the look of a boyish graduate student except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms. Professors and students knew him as a bright, helpful scholar, but his past included a stint in a mental hearth center. Many saw him as happy and stable, but he had developed a recent interest in guns and was involved in a troubled possibly abusive " relationship. What people initially told police about Associated Press the Northern Illinois University shooter This undated image obtained from a MySpace webpage shows Steven didn't add up, and now investigators are searching for answers to what Kazmierczak, who was identified by Florida authorities and a triggered Thursday's bloody attack, in university official familiar with the investigation as the gunman which five students were killed and sev who killed five people at Northern Illinois University. H : - ... ' it-A- A off-aga- tM ifc eral more injured before Kazmierczak committed suicide. While searching for a motive, authorities questioned family and friends and tried to determine whether he had recently broken up with his longtime girlfriend. One person who knew the couple, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, said the couple's relationship was and "really rocky." Kazmierczak was controlling, she said. "He was abusive, had a temper," she said. "He didn't actually hit her; he would push her around." The Kazmierczak also had a history of mental illness and had become erratic in the past two weeks tnf.ilfc"i off-aga- in See nuwriuianhfrm WMfeMaui& - K yfe. SHOOTING, A8 |