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Show Saturday, October THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 13, 1990 Page A5 Activists, overproduction bla med for fur industry slump - In 1982, RIGBY, Idaho (AP) after working 35 years for state and federal wildlife agencies, Paul Jeppson of Rigby retired and took up trapping. He says it's been a good way to pass the time. This winter, though, he's not sure he'll even bother to buy a trapping license. While trapping along the South Fork of the Snake River last January, he says he was followed by an airplane and a powerboat. The next day, he found one trap missing, and several others tampered with. Over the season, he figures he lost up to half of his traps; in one case, people went to the trouble of releasing a live beaver from one of his traps. He lays the blame on animal rights activists. While many may feel far removed from Ida-hoa- the debate over furs and trapping, Jeppson says the furor has hit him close to home. "You wouldn't even know there's some kind of organization out there," he said. Is there? The Idaho Department of Fish and Game isn't sure. Some traps are stolen or tampered with, but the culprits seem to be jealous trappers or young pranksters, said Al Nicholson, a Fish and Game regional conservation officer in Idaho Falls. But Jeppson isn't the only Ida-hoin the fur industry who says he's had problems with activists. Lee Moyle, who raises 35,000 mink a year on his Heyburn ranch, says he's received death threats. an people have threatened to release his animals, and others have come to his ranch to argue. "They come in here with a thousand insects on the windshield to tell us we shouldn't kill animals," he said. Al Hailstone of Pocatello, who's been making fur coats for 63 years, hasn't had any problems with van- Some dalism or threats, but he had someone show up at his shop last year to argue with him. Hailstone, now 80, told his visitor to leave his shop "while he was still in one piece." Even a spokeswoman for a major animal rights group says some anti-fu- r activists are too extreme. "I do think that death threats are Post Office seeks mailers' help Every address in the Provo area will receive a guide next week on how to get the best possible service from the new automated Postal Service. Acting postmaster, Wally Adams, called it the biggest-eve- r mailing by the Postal Service to inform and educate its customers. "The address on a letter or any piece of mail, whether it needs a rural route or an apartment number to be complete, is still the best tool the customer can give us," an integral part in the delicate balance of Magic Valley farming. The minks eat tons of waste products from the trout, poultry, beef and potato industries that otherwise would have to be thrown Traps often tampered with or stolen; animals sometimes set free Adams explained. "And," he added, "a little help from customers who use a complete, correct address including the ZIP Code lets us take full advantage of our high-spee- d electronic mail processing equipment." Adams said increased customer cooperation in addressing mail is needed because the Postal Service is changing the way it processes mail. "Right now, 40 percent of all letter mail processed in the Salt Lake City area, for exmaple, sorted on is automated scanning equipment," Adams said, "But by 1995 all mail nationwide will be sorted with automated equipment, saving $5 billion that year alone." a bit much," said Barbara Hale of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Rockville, Md., inciding with the "flower power" movement of the late 1960s, cut worldwide mink production by and forced some 5,500 fur farms out of business, he says. The current glut coupled with the debate fueled by the animal should have rights movement the same effect. Until that happens, and prices go back up, Moyle is content to cut costs and tread water. "If we go broke, we're going to be one of the last ones to go broke," he said. Hale says this is more than just a slump. Corporations, entertainers and the public are coming around to oppose the fur industry. "I think the fur industry is basically on a downward flight," she said. Like the battle between hunters and activists, the fur debate runs heavily on emotion and tradition. Trapping, like hunting, is a part of Western heritage and two-thir- which lists its national membership at over 250,000. "We certainly don't condone (that)." Tampering with traps is different, however. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would condone this, as a way of saving animals, Hale said. Those in the fur business, and those who want to shut down the fur business, at least agree on one count. The industry is in a slump. Jeppson says it may not pay to trap this winter. A beaver trap costs about $10 to $15, which is about as much as he can expect to get for a cleaned, processed beaver pelt. Hailstone only expects to work on 10 or 15 coats this year. Sales are way off, and he figures he'll only keep at it for another year or so. "If somebody comes and buys me out, I'll sell tomorrow," he says. Moyle blames the current fur industry crash on overproduction, not activism. A similar slump, co fur-beari- "The use of clear, complete and accurate addresses will cut delays that occur when a Post Office must make a correction," Adams said, "and will keep mail processing costs and thus postage rates lower for longer periods of time." out, at great expense. They produce manure to fertilize cattle pastures. Even mink remains are ground up and made into trout meal for fish farmers. such Supporters say trapping as the 51,871 muskrat, beaver and other animals killed in Idaho last year helps keeps populations in check, and limits the spread of rabies and Lyme disease. tick-bor- "Because more animals, on average, thrive as a result of a bal- anced environment, each active trapper contributes more good than 10,000 bleeding-hear- t bunny-hugge- rs who do nothing to help wildlife," Tom Krause, a Riverton, Wyo., trapping activist, wrote in the September issue of a National Trap- anti-hunti- ping Association magazine. Hale, however, thinks the biological arguments don't make sense. Even if animals aren't "trapped mercilessly," or raised for their furs under "despicable conditions," the ecological balance will take care of itself, she savs. folklore. A big part of the debate, however, is biological. Moyle says his minks are "four-legge- d vacuum cleaners" that play MM2iM'S TECHNOLOGY STORE' Two enter pleas on sex charges By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter Two men entered pleas Friday in 4th District Court to charges of sexually abusing children. Danny Owen, 29, formerly of Lehi, pleaded no contest to two abuse sexual second-degre- e charges stemming from incidents involving a stepdaughter and a stepson. Charges of first-degrrape and second degree sexual abuse were dismissed. Judge Boyd L. Park ordered him to complete a diagnostic which was also ordered by Judge George E. Ballif earlier on a probation violation. He will be returned Jan. 4 for sentencing and could receive one to 15 years in prison on each of the second-degre- e charges. Daniel L. Card, 21, 349 W. 450 North, Orem, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted sexe ual abuse of a child, a felony. He was originally charged with a second-degre- e felony. He will be sentenced Nov. 16 ee 90-d- third-degre- PI. Grove By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter A Pleasant Grove man, who was found guilty of attempted homicide during a September trial, was ordered to spend nine months in the Utah County Jail. Christopher Bevard, 27, was before 4th District Judge Cullen Y. Christensen Friday for sentencing on the third-degrfelony. He was originally charged with second-degre- e attempted homicide in the shooting of Richard Houston on Feb. 10 after Houston broke out several windows of the home Bevard was living in. A jury, however, found Bevard guilty of the lesser charge. Houston and his sister also were in court Friday and both told Christensen they were concerned for their safety and for the safety of Houston's daughter who lives Bevard 's girlwith his friend. Defense attorney Kent Willis said there are people on both sides of this domestic dispute that have fears about the other's potential behavior. Bevard apologized to the judge for his "cavalier attitude" during the trial. His father also talked, asking the judge to consider the opinions of professionals when passing judgment. "As I indicated at the trial," said Christensen, "your attitude was very poor." He said he hoped that would change. He suspended a prison sentence of up to five years and then ordered him to spend nine months in the county jail with work release beginning Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. Bevard will spend three years on intensive probation, must have no firearm or dangerous weapon in his possession and must not intimidate the victim or his family. Christensen cautioned Bevard not e, following a presentence report by Adult Probation and Parole. He could receive up to five years in prison. Rodney Blackburn, 18, 998 Sterling Circle, Spanish Fork, pleaded e forgerguilty to three ies. Six more forgery charges were dismissed. He will be sentenced Nov. 16 following a presentence report. Shirley A. Butler, 21, no address available, pleaded guilty to a third-degrretail theft charge. Another retail theft charge and a theft by e deception charge, both felonies, were dismissed. The charge stems from an incident at a Spanish Fork store where Butler charged $89.36 in groceries but offered false information to secure the charge. Because she had been twice convicted of retail theft the charge was a felony. She will be sentenced Nov. 16 following a report. Ecuador native Paola X. Valla-dare- s, 19, 980 W. 2100 North, Provo, pleaded guilty to a second-degre- e third-degre- third-degre- financial transaction card fraud sexual abuse. Y. Christensen orCullen Judge dered two doctors to examine Terry Haas, 27, 180 S. 500 West, Lehi. The examination will determine if the man is competent to proceed with court action. t Haas asked the judge to release him from the county jail, saying he would not return to the home where he lived with the victim but would live in a hotel. Christensen denied the request. Arvella Cowdell, 47, 8939 S. 60 ast, Sandy, appeared before judge Ray M. Harding following a second-degre- e Dot-Matr- I Printer ix to become involved with the victim in any way. He also oredered $625 in fines and fees plus restitution. Willis said he intended to file a certificate of probable cause which would delay imposition of sentence while an appeal is filed. Six other people were sentenced Friday. Colton D. Oliver, 19, 12079 S. State Highway, Payson, received two suspended sentence of up to e five years in prison on a theft charge and a third-degrburglary charge. He was ordered to spend six months in the Utah County jail with credit for some time served and will have work release. After 120 days he can go to the Alchol Recovery Center. He must spend three years on intensive probation and pay $1,250 in fines and fees.. Van Webb Taylor, 68, 223 E. 100 South, Delta, who pleaded guilty e Sept. 14 to attempted sexual abuse of a child, will undergo an exam before Judge Ray M. Harding sentences him. The recommendation had been evaluation at the state for a prison but his attorney, John requested the exam without going to the prison since the man lives with his aged mother and cares for her. Adam Joseph Black, 19, 375 N. third-degre- third-degre- 90-d- Mus-selma- n, East, Springville, received three suspended concurrent prison 900 sentences of one to 15 years on two burglary charges and a charge of felfirearm theft, all second-degre- e onies. He will spend six months in the Utah County Jail with credit for 49 days served. He must pay $1,104.49 in fines, fees and restitution. Brett Shumway, 21, 161 E. 500 South, Provo, was back in Hardiding's court following a agnostic evaluation following a pro- 90-da- y competency evaluation which began July 6 but was extended past the 30 days so doctors at the Utah State Hospital could work with her. She is accused of attempting to shoot her and his second wife as they drove down last year. 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