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Show : R H,viTVi;.v..a ,1. Ml. Pi oxo. I'Uh. Thursday. Max P. 2001 STATE OF UTAH v. TOM GREEN Web Comments We're getting three stories every daybout this. Isn't there any other newsouftliere? Whar happened to those stories about the woman that rescued the squirrels? It truly must be Happy Valley if this is worthy of such broaa coverage. hard-hittin- t ... "' M '. -- V ! 1 a is .'if,'' I : i g -n- M t I. .i.. - - t - David Leavitt will go down in history as a county one-ter- i i m ,t- - A... I i i. attorney who bankrupt Juab County. 'Anonymous So, some people wonder what his children and wives will he goes to prison; who There seems will support them? do if to be five capable women who can get jobs. Millions of single l Beats riding the elevator: Loren Green, front, and his brothers and sisters, can hold their arms up the longest. and get by just fine. My mother worked full time, went to school and raised eight children as a single women do paient. I it Continued from believe these women Anonymous knew Green's wife wasn't having her baby. Just another delay tactic that didn't work. ... The whole family is a bunch of clowns. And the sad thing is we're all supporting them, every last kid. Soon to be 30 of them. Anonymous same Mark Shurtleff who hired and paid 25k to Paula Houston, a porn czarina. Why doesn't Mark sic 1 Paula on Tom Green for the real sense of in the word? At least Paula actually would be working to earn her taxpayers' money. Surfdog Why would Mayor Billings "perk up" when he heard Provo mentioned on CNN. Everything mentioned about Provo on CNN or anywhere else makes Provo look as goofy as ' it is! Like raiding "Vegetarian Barbys" at BYU! Contused in Utah taking turns with the Palm Pilot games and wondering when they might be asked into the courtroom to testify on behalf of their father. "I'd rather stay home, playing Diablo," said Bill Green, 13. "I was doing OK an hour ago," Cari said midday. "But now I'm getting so tired." "I don't know anvthine." June Mttiu ciuuui. ut'iu a wiiiicnn ill mc trial. "I don't even know why they bothered with me." They talked about how LeeAnn, one of Tom's wives, who is eight months pregnant, was LeeAnn went into premature labor Monday night, due largely to stress from the trial, they said. "She's doing better now, but only if she doesn't get out of bed," June said. June cradled tiny Melanie in her arms while Melanie's birth mother, Shirley, was in the courtroom. "She's our very special child," June said of Melanie. Melanie is about the size of a and has severe physical and developmental problems. Her twin is perfectly normal, June said. The littlest girl coughed and wearily looked around at the reporters and cameramen popping inland out of the elevator, before eventually closing her eyes and drifting off. "She's finally asleep," June sighed. Down the hall, eight of the Green children, in a rare subdued moment, huddled around a pack of cards from the Excalibur casino in Las Vegas, playing something called "The Great Dal-muti- shouldn't even be here. It's simply a case that will bring someone's brother This case notoriety and nothing more. Charge Mr. Green for a CRIME, not for living the way he has chosen. Otherwise we may as well have the Chinese ." , "It's actually a game with its own kind of cards," Bill said. "But By PAT I give us their Marx book and go CHRIS I Some people choose to live meth dousesthus exposing their children and community to a criminal lifestyle. Do you recommend that they not te Drosecuted for breaking the aw, under the stipulation that the way they have chosen to live? A crime is he Daily Herald The thought of something tragic happening near the courthouse during the trial of polyg'amist Tom Green has crossed Utah County sheriffs Sgt. Jens Horn's mind. Horn, who is in charge of courthouse security, heightened securi- ty around 4th District Court, where Utah's first bigamy trial in decades is taking place. Monday, Horn ordered out of six parking stalls north of the judicial center. Horn said only police vehicles were allowed in those stalls. public-vehicle- it influences others. adversely A crime is defined by any breaking of any law. Anonymous Post your comments on icunv.HarkTlwHerald.com. s Asked if the command was meant to prevent a Timothy not defined by whether or not who 4 4. r 7 '. K ' ... " if" N " h 1 1 v ...,vm- "- 1 KKMM.H: Ilk' Dmlv lloi.ilil moment to relax: Tom Green takes a break during afternoon recess Wednesday with his children, from left, Hyrum, John and Mindy. A these are the only ones we have here." Bill talked about all the computer games he plays at home while Mel, the new head of the family, pestered him to quit talking and take his turn i" "The Great Dalmuti." "Who wants to play 'Hearts' next?" Bill asked a' few minutes later. Another of Green's wives, Hannah, even wandered over offering melted candy bars at one point. The dazed children accepted the gifts and eagerly licked the chocolate off the wrappers, supplementing the meal with a shared fast-foo- d Mountain Mindy, who is 12. "And of six-pac- k runs during the day to bring in the children's meals. "Well, I wish I wasn't here but if I was at home, I'd be in school," Mel said. Then all the kids erupted in laughter when they thought they saw their brother Joseph eating what appeared to be a booger off the end of his hose. "It was frosting," Joseph said loudly, but the other kids were already convinced in the alternate direction, "We sleep on the benches, use the restrooms, drink out of the fountains, slide down the stairs and ride the elevators," said cally make Dew. Bill said the mothers periodi some- times we barge into the courtrooms and when the police come after us, we dive under. '' I.he-"- J benches." And Mindy s crazy, said John. Bill said he, Mindy and Joseph"' were headed back to Green-"- ' haven, their home in the West" Desert, after ' the day's proceed-"1- , ' Vz ings. have no idea what they're t'oinir to ask me." he said "I don't want to talk," saidr., Hyrum, another Green son. Mel admitted to being nervous.-,-ttestify and repeated his re lu octant presence in Provo. "All I know is there is a lot to,f. take care of at home," Bill said. "I . i Havaluh Gholdnttm ran reached at or hffhoIdntnnheraldcxtni.rini. he. -- 3lt-2.r.r- ) house self-profess- it's simply D.nlv Security officers at the courtare communicating by radio, using earplugs, rather than IAN PKOVO from there. Anonymous in Ik- an effort to entertain themselves outside the courtroom, see Courthouse increases security during trial government come on over and on M) A doing. This is the very "porn-mongerer"- . I give in. So the kids just hang out in the hallway, playing cards, can do the same. I T FAMILY in I bombing, Horn said it had crossed his mind. "Police parking was our guise," he said. Officials have also brought in sheriffs deputies from other courts and provided closer surveillance, Horn said. The Provo Police Department has also put extra foot patrols in the downtown area. "We hoped for the best but planned for the worst," Horn said. McVeigh-styl- e their usual hand-hel- walkie-talkie- s. d ..... , .... h- - .,. Horn estimated the costs gener- ated by the extra security and more overtime at about than normal costs. He said he was surprised there had only been two one-thir- d demonstrators outside the center this week, and that he had expected more people to attend the trial. The trial is being watched globally, reported on by a cadre of journalists that is growing in size each day. That focus adds to security ; ' ' f 4 i I tr. :.; , ''n in t: concerns, Horn said. Shirley Beagley Green, one of Tom Green's wives, said the family has not been assigned body- guards. "We have got God for our secu- rity," she said. Tuesday, Shirley said that just before the family left their homestead in Utah's West Desert, a stranger showed up asking questions. While no harm was done, it did unsettle the sister wives. Pat Christian can be reached at or at 344-255- 6 pchrititiheraldextra.com. (ii . J 'fi DAM.IiMI Green, center, talks Conferring: session. morning Tom with his attorney during llicD.nl-- llnjlii the trial's |