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Show TIU KSDAY. August 30, 1984 ITh 1 One Family House for Rent a word that stirs controUtah, versy in Mormon-settlewhere the church once practiced but banned polygamy without total success. Some L'tahns persist in the practice. '"A polygamist family is the only single family I could think of that could use it," iMrs. Peebles said. "The Avenues wants only single-famil- y homes," she said in her advertisement. "Bring your family and dwell in my 20 bedroom, home. Will sleep 50 with room for expand complaints that she violated zoning laws by turning a home into a house, she thought she'd try to comply with the neighborhood s hostel-halfwa- restriction. y single-famil- y But neighbois in the city's "Avenues" housing section, with its tiers of homes rising on a foothill, aren't happy with the way she's going about it. want-a- d Her one-inc-h published in Salt Lake City's two daily newspapers was topped by the word "POLYGAMIST" sion." The asking price is $285,000 for the home's purchase and $3,500 a month for its rental. She certainly is a creative woman," said Sydney Fonnes-beck- , the city councilman representing the Avenues "That s fine with me. 1 don t think the " neighbors would mind at all The neighbors, however, have objected to Mrs Peebles' past tenants. Some of them were white-colla- r criminals awaiting release into society in a "halfway" setting. City officials said the halfway house violated zoning ordi- nances and ordered it moved 'si Demo Offers Seagull to Mrs. Reagan to Polygamists by couldn't happen to a better neighborhood," Mrs. Peebles said "They think everything that goes on m this neighborhood is their business. 1 want them to leave me alone and 1 will leave them alone " Mrs. Peebles received one call the first day her advertisement ran, but no one has been by to look at it October. Other tenants shared the home as a hostel, which also violates zoning ordinances but has not drawn the neighbors' ire. While Mrs. Peebles does not have to rent the giant facility to one family, she does have to comply with some restrictions, a City Planning and Zoning official said. She could turn it into a boarding house, but it must be a permanent residence for its tenants. "I leased it to a halfway house because 1 thought it SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Utah Democratic Party Chairman Pat Shea has offered First Lady Nancy Reagan the services of one of Utah's famous seagulls to eat the chirping cricket that has invaded the White House. "I'm thinking about running the advertisement again," Mrs. Peebles said. "I just want to lease it and I'm not too particular who I lease it to." Shea sent a telegram Wednesday to the first lady in response to reports a chirping cricket in the bedroom of President and Mrs. Reagan woke the couple up about 4 a m. Monday. Mrs. Reagan was unable to go back to sleep and kept reminding herself that is is supposed to be good luck to have crickets in the house, an aide said. Utah Schools Open With Innovative Programs SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) uled to start next Tuesday. The experiments, ranging from schools to technologiyear-roun- d cal instruction, have been approved by the Utah Board of Education as part of a package of education reforms. The price tag is $1 million. The projects are intended to improve efficiency and quality in A new school year has begun in Utah, marked this year by the launching of 23 experiments around the state aimed at improving quality and efficiency in education. School already has started in some school districts, with all Salt Lake County schools sched- - lature in January. The productivity measures focus on the use of buildings, non- - teaching aides, year-roun- d extracurricular activities, The seagull is the state bird of Utah and sculptures of the birds adorn downtown Salt Lake City. Schools experimenting with different staffing patterns are American Fork Junior High and Orchard Elementary, Alpine School District, Mound Fort Middle School of Ogden, McKinley Elementary in Box Elder and Club Heights Elementary in the Weber traditional building design and construction, volunteers and school, school discipline, transportation, administrative costs, budgeting, class size, educational technology and curriculum development and modifications. "The Utah Democratic Party, congesture of cern for your health, will contriba seagull ute the state bird to eradicate your cricket problem," Shea's telegr am said. in a district. Affleck Fraud Jury Seated Briefs SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Over the objections of defense attorneys, a federal judge has selected 12 people and two alternates to hear the trial of a Utah Beer Drinking Leader Won't Resign - Trujillo an Councilman LAYTON, Utah (UPI) City Councilman Sam Trujillo says the mayor's attempt to get him to resign because he was caught drinking beer in a van is a political vendetta because of his role in the suspension of City Recorder Randall Heaps. Golden Sill said Mayor Lewis Shields demanded Trujillo resign after the councilman was questioned by a Layton police officer because he ws sitting in a van sipping a can of beer with a companion on a public street. Judge Says React Can Continue (UPI) -FBruce Jenkins says a company using U.S. Postal Service bulk rates to offer low-coletter rates can remain in business while it appeals his ruling finding the firm illegal. Last month Judge Bruce Jen Judge st Phony Bills Appear in North Utah - urday at stores in Layton Hills Mall. The LAYTON, Utah (UPI) Secret Service says it is investigating the discovery of dozens of phony $20 bills that were passed at stores along the Wasatch Front last weekend. Layton police officers said numerous fake bills turned up Sat Tim McCarthy, chief of Salt Lake City's Secret Service Bureau, said no arrests have been made, but authorities are looking at possible suspects. Idaho Aids Montana With Choppers range fires in the neighboring state, officials said. The helicopters were dispatched from the National MOSCOW, Idaho (UPI) -IGov. John Evans ordered two National Guard helicopters and crews Wednesday to fly to Montana to help fight raging daho man charged with bilking hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars. Opening arguments by prosecuting and defense attorneys are set for today at 9 a.m. in the trial of Grant Affleck, the AFCO Enterprises owner charged with 21 counts of fraud. U.S. District Judge David Winder Wednesday seated a nine-men jury, two of them who will serve only if one of five-woma- kins ruled React Postal Service was in conflict with the Postal Service's legal monopoly. But Jenkins said Tuesday he will stay his order barring React from using the U.S. mails pending an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court. SALT LAKE CITY ederal Utah education. State laws passed this year say money saved from the programs should be spent for additional education reforms. The board will report the programs' effectiveness to the Legis- Guard base in Pocatello Court Upholds Dili Conviction the 12 main jurors cannot serve through the entire trial, which could take several months. Attorneys for the Utah businessman have argued since last year that Affleck cannot get a fair trial in Utah because more than 200 investors in the alleged fraud scheme reside in the state. They also claim extensive publicity about the case make it impossible for him to receive a fair trial. But Winder turned back all defense arguments and said the jury would be selected out of the available pool of Utah residents. A investigation by fed- - Sprinkler Systems Water Heaters Repairs and Parts Sump Pumps Hot Water Heating eral and state authorities led to the charges against Affleck. Prosecutors will argue he induced investors in late 1981 Remodeling to Residential and take out second mortgages on their homes, telling them the money would be invested in AFCO, a failing real-estat- devel- e largest supply of do Defense Attorney A. 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