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Show Saturday, r--: : i'-"- Hi ... December 30. MOO.TIir 11 All Y III R l Hark D. nellet;ilj cmiii. I'nuo. I i.ih I'.iire V PEYOTE : Continued from A 1 Bryson is also demanding that (III . rT 1 Mfi J ' i S sj i Mooney's or his church's property, located in Benjamin near Spanish Fork, be taken away and sold with money going to government coflers for the state's war on drugs. More than a dozen sheriff's deputies raided the church site in Benjamin in October, confiscating church records, computers and 33 pounds of poyote derived from a hallucinogenic cactus native to the state of ' t J Texas. A sacred pipe and other church property were also i 1 seized. Initially -- ' - - - DAN LUND The Daily Herald Goodness, gracious ... Sam Billings, right, along with fireman Erik Andersen, top left, Brian Tanner, middle, and Provo Mayor Lewis Billings, string lights on a ball in the garage of Provo Fire Station 1. The ball will be lit and lowered from a 105-foo- t fire truck ladder during the First Night celebration tonight. ' Pair plans to light First Night By AMY K. STEWART The Daily Herald PROVO Mayor Lewis and his son, Sam, 12, have created a big ball of light for the city's New Year's Eve celebration, First Night, tonight. At the stroke of midnight, the ball will drop 80 feet as it's suspended from a fire truck ladder. "We hope everyone will come and count down the ball," Billings said. This is the fifth year the father-soteam have made a ball of light for First Night. K. Billings 105-foot-t- n FIRST NIGHT The first year, the mayor and Sam built the ball on their back porch. The second year, the Billings team moved the project to the garage of the city fire station where they could work in a warm atmosphere and even get some help from the firefighters. The big ball of light is made out of PCV pipe, which comes apart after New Year's and can be stored in a box. This year, Sam has decided the ball should have 2001 lights. So be it, said the mayor. They got busy this week tying on more strands of 1 ProvoSpringville McDonald's restaurants, The Daily titrald, Central Bank, Taco XBrie, the Provo Towne Cen-rj- p customer service booth, city cashier's office and city economic development office. H After 5 p.m. today, admission buttons will be $5 at t&e door. Children under 10 are free. First Night Many fSlorites return this year, including live bands and ballet, entertainment, rjjrades, food, kids' activities, irjj skating, fortune telling, a ctTmbing wall, youth hockey, afun run, mask making, te te NEW YEAR Continued from A 1 The letter encourages families to celebrate the evening together and with other families at home doing activities "appropriate for the Sabbath day." Buildings at church headquarters on Temple Square in Salt Lake City will be open Sunday night. The church says it will provide entertainment such as " ties. There are even some strobe lights on the ball the kind that are used for police cars. The whole idea is to have something unique in addition to the fireworks for the First Night countdown. so Time Square does it Provo? not why The event really gets the crowd cheering, the elder Billings said. "It's so loud you can't hear a thing," he said. Amy K. Stewart can be reached at or rs 852-664- the gious sacrament predates European occupation of the continent. Federal Drug Enforcement Administration regulations allow its use only in bona fide American Indian church ceremonies. Mooney said any criticism that have been allowed to participate in peyote jsacrament ceremonies are unfair and discriminate. He and his followers said African Americans, such as the late Sammy Davis Jr., have been allowed to convert to the Jewish faith. And the 1)M 6. Win-terFe- IM1 faith that the Catholic faith was allows members of all faiths and races to join its ranks and ceremonies. Amy Jensen, one of Mooney's supporters, also said she believed, but was not certain, that even during the U.S. constitutional prohibition of alcohol use, allowed the exception to use ! wine in its sacrament. LDS Utah-base- d The judge scheduled the Mooneys to return to court, for a waiver hearing Jan. ". ' Pat Christian can be reached at or at 314-255- 6 pchriatilieraIdfxtra.coin. Utah's average income grows -- including wages interest, dividends, rent, Social Security and similar payments. While each component affects personal income, wages are generally the largest source of income, so when personal income rises it means wages have too. Jeff Thredgold, economic adviser to Zions Bank, estimates Utah wages increased around 4 percent this year, Although the rise in personal income in Utah is significant, it lags behind other Western states such as California, Colorado, Ari average personal income grew by an estimated 6 percent in 2000 as a tight labor market forced employers to offer higher wages, a group of economists said. The experts, who con- tribute to the Western Blue Chip Economic Review pub- lished at Arizona State University, said Utah's unemployment rate had averaged less than 4 percent for several years, creating strong competition for workers. Personal income is the total of all income sources, st zona and Nevada. According to the Blue Chip survey, they are estimated to have grown 9.5 percent, 8.2 peri cent, 7 percent and 7.7 per cent respectively in 2000. Economists generally agree Utah's economy has slowed since the growth of the fast-pace- mid-1990- "The economy slowed, in part, because of the inabili- ty of finding people to hire," Thredgold said. "If you are running a business, you an; frustrated at the inability tt find people and scared of losing key people." 344-255- 2 LP other Rocky Anderson, a who is openly lobbying non-Morm- for more liberal liquor laws, are was bewildered when told as long as revelabout the Provo and St. activities" allowed Salt Lake City Mayor ers are home before mid- night. In St. George, Mortensen expects a crowd of about 25,000, similar to last year's party, when New Year's Eve fell on a Friday. He said staging the event on Sunday would probably cut attendance in half. urn Volunteer are still needed fo assist George parties. But he also said Utah has gotten a bad rap from the media, particularly the foreign press. "I just think it's sort of odd that anyone would celebrate New. Year's Eve on any other night than New Year's Eve," Anderson said. "But to each his own." at first Night venues. Various locations and times available. Please contact Cathy Bledsoe 375-841- 6 for more information, Merle W. Richards - Loa, Utah. She was born November 2, 1914, in Hurricane, Utah, to Jofleph Thomas and Annie Jarvis Webb Wilkinson. She married Thomas Nyle Richards, June 8, 1939, in St. George LDS Temple. ""She taught school in Koosharem and Cannonville before her marriage. She last vfi7rked at the Payson Hospital. J ,She played and taught the ifyfno for many years. She and her IMithers had a dance band and phiyed in northern Arizona and in fiauthern Utah. Her favorite past time was oil painting. She enjoyed gardening, arranging flowers and hiking. She was an active member of f tijto LDS Church, where she served ftrlthfully in many callings, ing music service for over 30 years. She is survived by her husband, Nyle of 61 years; children, Thomas Reldon (Dixie) Richards of Apache Junction, Ariz.; Dennis Lynn of Escalante and former wife Pat Richards of Evansville, Indiana; RoLaine Reynolds of Goshen; Arvel K. (Carole) Richards of Sandy; Mary (Prall) Taylor of Loa; Lori (Jim) Jones of Pleasant Grove; 21 grandchildren; 19 greatViva grandchildren; sisters-in-laand Audrey. She is preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter, Lynette Scott; brothers and sisters: Annie Colvin, LuZene McAllister, Emily Johnson, Arvil Wilkinson, Karl Wilkinson, Lelwin Wilkinson, Wells Wilkinson, and Relvon Wilkinson. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2001, at 11 a.m. in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call on Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Tropic Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary, Richfield, Utah. Rosella G. To Olson Matthews passed away December 29, 2000. Services are pending and will be announced by Memorial Estates Mortuary of Salt Lake City. . Volunteer visit us on-sit- e Today, please at 26 West Center Street, OBITUARY FEES The Daily Herald charges lor ies. Death notices, brief items ing the deceased and the home Involved, however, run charge and must be placed funeral home. obituaridentify- funeral free of by the The Daily Herald obituary rates are as follows: $17.01 per inch, $8 per picture. For further information call You may also to dhobltphot9heraldextra.com . DEADLINES Tuesday Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Day belore publication. Sunday: 12 00 p.m. on Saturday Monday: 12 00 p.m. on Sunday Photo deadlines same as above. - J THE DAILY HERALD The fa.ite.it growing newspaper in Utah www.harktheherald.com ... .. ,.. d, s. LiVJ 345-337- 8. religious films. The letter also points out that events may be held on Saturday when "dancing and lie .iM non-India- OSITUAttY Merle TROPIC, Utah Wilkinson Richards, 86, of Tropic, Utah, died December 28, 2000, in Ilk- D.iilv In court: Attorney Deven J. Coggins, left, converses with Linda T. Mooney during a bail hearing for her husband, James Mooney, right, Friday in 4th District Court in Provo. Utah's astewartheraldextra.com i Mooneys remain free on $10,000 bail. Native American use of peyote as medicine or reli- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) 344-255- 2 Concert tickets are $5 for karaoke, art exhibits, hot air balloons, shuttle buses, a car adults, $3 for seniors and children 18 and under. Tickgiveaway, fireworks, and ball and a bal- ets are available at the city loon drop. cashier's office, city economic New events include an ice development office and Provo sculpturing exhibit, a snow Towne Centre customer servsculpturing contest, a teen ice booth. For more information, call dance and carriage rides. Volunteers are still needAnd if you love concerts, to help with First Night; ed luck. Serena in Kanig you're and Robert Peterson will you will receive a free admisperform for free with First sion button for helping. Night buttons at 8 and 10 Show up at the volunteer station, 26 W. Center St. (the p.m. at the Provo CommuniUniversiN. 175 old Suzy M candy shop) to ty Church, ty Ave. Peter Breinholt and receive instructions. his band Big Parade will be For basic First Night in the Provo Tabernacle, 91 information, call the S. University Ave., at 6:30 hotline p.m. and 9 p.m. You don't need a First Amy Stewart can be or Night button to attend the reached at Breinholt concert. astewartheraldextra.com. noise-make- Continued from A large and small white lights using plastic wire jailed, :? r i |