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Show Utah Valley's Newspaper IWl Wednesday MAY 28, 2008 local News for 135 years 1111 50 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER ONLINE: CENTS heraldextra.com IN LIFE & STYLE TEST-TUB- E hi 0 AU ' I BABY IS DOUBLY I BLESSED CAMPAIGN 2003 52 Utah Bush in Utah to raise funds for McCain Liz Sidoti THE ASSOCIATED-PRES- President Bush will be in Utah today for two f undraising events for GOP presidential candidate one in Salt Lake John McCain City and another at former candidate Mitt Romney's Deer Valley home. Like a similar event in Phoenix on Tuesday, these fundraisers are being held in private homes. While in Utah, Bush will also meet with Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Details on the visit have not been released, but Rob Howell, a church spokesman, said the visit is scheduled for Thursday. Also, President Bush will give an award to a Utah man who volunteers to help "If my showing up and endorsing him helps him or if I'm against him and it helps him either way, want him to win." . I President V i iroperties put up for ,t -- --s ( - . Bush young people. Rick Pehrson will get the President's Volunteer Service Award when Bush arrives Wednesday. The White House says Pehrson is a team leader who has logged more than 900 hours in the Ameri-Corp- s CHARLES DHARAPAK Associated Press 's Youth Service Corps. President Bush waves alongside Sen. John McCain before boarding work included recruiting, Air Force One at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in See BUSH, A2 Phoenix on Tuesday. auction Peh-rson- Bank-owne- d inventory worthmore than $20M Grace Leong DAILY Cute baby Contest HERALD A Las Vegas real estate auctioneer is putting up for sale more than 50 foreclosed residential properties and lots in Utah in yet another sign residential market. of softness in the high-enThe inventory, owned mostly by Centennial Bank, is valued at more than $20 million in total. About 35 of the 52 homes and lots for sale are located in northern Utah County. On the auction block are 23 finished and unfinished homes ranging between $ 175,000 and $2.6 million, based on previous list prices d or values. Several of the properties are located in Highland, Alpine, Eagle Mountain, American Fork, Lindon and Provo, while others are in Riverton, Bluffdale, Layton, Draper, Mountain Green, Kaysville and South Jordan. Also included in the sale are 29 custom lots that range between $111,800 and $408,000. Fifteen of those are in Mapleton including 10 to be sold in bulk, while nine are in Lehi and the bank-appraise- See i v AUCTION, A2 CIA director: ; :f- will have 'succession crisis' Al-Qai- da 0 Pamela Hess THE ASSOCIATED ASHLEY " i U first-plac- press breakdown Monday night resulted in a reconfigura-tioiro- f approximately 10,000 copies of the newspaper. We apologize for any inconvenience to those readers. A4 BUSINESS B4 COMICS D4 Cloudy EDITORIALS A5 HIGH 74 LOW 51 STYLE D1 OBITUARIES B3 OUR TOWNS B1 SPORTS CI WEATHER C8 VOLUME 85 ISSUE 302 HERALD For the second time since Kiplyn Davis disappeared, a suspect in her disappearance was sentenced to a long stay in federal prison for lying to a grand jury that convened to investigate the case. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell on Tuesday sen- tenced David Rucker Leifson to four years in prison, one year less than prosecutors had asked for but significantly longer than his attorney felt was warranted. Campbell said the unusually harsh sentence was appropriate because Leifson's perjury was committed in ) David Rucker Leifson See L HAYDEN, A2 Joe Pyrah DAILY DAILY INSIDE See Leifson gets four Jail to hold open house for new addition years for perjury in Kiplyn case Jeremy Duda & FRANSCELLDaily Herald J A LIFE The U.S. is making "a big WASHINGTON and continual push" to capture or kill leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview. The CIA is equally interested in those jockeying to replace bin Laden in what he predicted will be a "succession crisis." "It will be really interesting to see how that plays out. The organization is a lot more networked than it is ruthlessly hierarchical," rooRiynn uope, a momns, taugns wun ner moiner, Aieena, aunng ine rony express uays oaoy comesi i uesauy in tugie mountain, we ininn we nave a winner, una men anoiner cuie one comes up, saia Daoy curuesi uuge oue nmiKer u; irie Eagle Mountain Senior Council. There were 180 entrants in the contest that were narrowed down to the top Win five e winners will Jcategories from OtolS months of age. Those 50 were judged at the council chambers Tuesday. The ride on a Pony Express Days parade float on June 7. Note to Readers: BRIEFING PRESS LEIFSON, HERALD The public will get a chance on Monday to see the inside of the county's new jail expansion while officials are finally seeing a way out of a frustrating project. The jail is months behind schedule and has eaten nearly all the way through its contingency funds because of millions of dollars in change orders. The price tag for the expansion and renovation of the old facility sits at about $22.6 million, said Commissioner Larry Ellertson The reasons for the overruns run the gamut, from incorrect wiring to flush toilets to improper doors to the addition of a $900,000 system. While commissioners have contemplated recouping some costs through litigation, Ellertson says many of the overruns were A8 WWW.HERAL0EXTRA.COM See - CALL 373 503 AIL, A8 TO SUESCHIEE 4 i ri , "f - - jj zTl S. MARIO Jail open house When: Monday, 3--5 p.m. Whew: 3075 N. Main St., Spanish Fork RUIZDaily Herald Th nearly completed addition to the Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork on Tuesday. |