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Show An SALT LAKE CITY (AP) men crowd attended a public Sealing Friday to protest cats in at supplements to federal aid to $e disabled, elderly and poor in ftah. people attended the fearing conducted .by the Department of Health to ask state officials to reconsider the cuts that &ke effect Monday. At present, the state adds 6 per single person to federal social security income of $407 per month, but that will be reduced to $5.30. Couples who receive $12 in state funds will get $10.80 instead, Haag, director of the OfjficeCindy of Family Support, said the kale has a limit of $893,000 that it fan spend on supplements to the About Saturday, Jane THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Page A4 SO , 1K1 federal social security payments. But because of an increase in the number of people receiving the federal money, legislators were forced to cut the state supplement, she said. Haag said the hearing could not forestall the cuts, but she said the Legislature could revisit the issue if there is a state revenue surplus this year. Advocates said that even those small reductions would harm the people who depend on the state and federal money. "The specific 70 cent per month cut to 12,000 elderly and permanently disabled people's SSI state supplement is cruel and unnecessary," said Bill Walsh of the Utah Human Services Coalition. t I, 4 "Funding for human services needs to become a higher state higher than spending priority McDonnell Douglas, museums, the Salt Palace, and the Olympics," he said. The Legislature has appropriated $10 million dollars to try to persuade McDonnell Douglas to expand its aircraft operation. It also approved a $15 million appropriation to hdp renovate the Salt Palace, and in 1959 dedicated a portion of the sales tax to build faculties intended to bring the Winter Olympics to Utah. Walsh said it would take just $79,000 to maintain the SSI state supplement at the present $6.00 per month. lies with Dependent Children program. Haag said a family of three, or a single parent with two children, can receive a mammim of $179 per month from the state, including food stamps. The federal poverty level for 1991 is $928 per month. "We have to come and beg once a year with our tin cups," said Barbara Toomer in an emotional speech from her wheelchair. "Seventy cents might not seem like a lot to you, but to us it means choosing between laundry soap and deodorant, dish soap and toothpaste. Fusion center closes doors Fusion Institute National The Cold closed its doors Friday, its star researchers long gone and a $5 million budget exhausted. The institute's researchers have shut down their experiments and found other Jobs. Director Fritz Will is on sabbatical but will return next spring to take a research professorship with the University of Utah. "Basically, the NCFI has come to an end. The research has come to a stop," said university spokesman Larry Weist. The institute's demise has been SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ' A Speakers also questioned why there had been no cost of living increase in the state's Aid to Fami- 7 anticipated for months because Will and others have been unable 1 3 5 O to raise private or government funding to pursue the research. The research center was established with the $5 million state appropriation in August 1987, five months after electrochemist B. Stanley Pons and his British co- o 6 J2 Accident 4 Anna Lee Gause, left, of Santaquin, and her sob, Nathan, waked away from a rollover of their pickup on 1- 15 southbound Friday. Both were wearing seatbelts. The Ia lleague, Martin Fleischmann, rocked the scientific world by announcing they had found the key to producing a sustained nuclear fusion reaction. Since then, scientists in the U.S., Japan, Italy, India, the Soviet Union and elsewhere have established fusion research programs and several have reported encouraging Herald Photo Andre Yosprtte truck contained four refrigerators, a range and a dishwasher that they were transporting to their appliance store in Santaquin. "Customers are waiting," Mrs. Gause said. Man sentenced to drug treatment program S.1 2' By KAYLENE NELSEN Vi Herald Senior Reporter v lA Provo judge said he would give kiPayson man one more chance to torn his life around during Friday in 4th District Court. . c Judge Boyd I Park warned Michael Ray Neese, 33, 741 N. 750 East, Payson, that he had better perform well in a drug treatment program or he would go to prison. J'lf you're willing to do what's necessary, youTl get this one last roance," Park said. -- a Neese's attorney, Richard Clark, laid the judge Neese had had a hard life and that as a youngster fcad been on his own and had to steal food to feed a younger brother and sister. f jdark said Neese had agreed to attend a support group which Clark attends for drug addiction. Clark faced drug charges last year. Neese got suspended sentences of file year in jail on a class-fading charge, six months in jail to stop at a 1J a class-- B failureto five years in stop sign, and up of of on a possession charge 'prison a restrict-e- d j a! dangerous weapon by person. L-must spend three years on probation, spend 30 days in the Charter Canyon inpatient program and follow with outpatient therapy. He must pay fines and fees of $625. In other sentencings, Christopher A He N. 500 East, Lj'le Dam, Spanish Fork, received a suspended prison sentence of up to five forgery. He years on a third-degre- e h was placed on three years of 19, 361 pro-Deat- notice al will be Tuesday, 11 a.m., in ttie $prmgville 10th IDS Ward Chapel. 351 E. Center. Friends may call at Wheeler Mortuary. 211 E. 200 South, Springville. Monday 8 p.m. or Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial .will be at Evergreen Cemetery. 6-- Berg IWortunry Sprvices 1 hi iniel O. Eicbelbercer Funeral services will be held Mon day at 11 a.m. in we nerg Drawing Boom Chapel, Provo, Friends jnay call at the Provo Mortuary 1 Sunday 8 pm or Monday hour Interment Provo prior to services. - Full military CemeteryPty be accorded by the rites TW trill 6-- District M. Kav R. Nielsen Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel Provo. Friends may all at the Provo Mortuary Sunday 8 p.m. or Monday 1 hour prior to fcrrvices. Interment Provo City will Cemetery. Full military rites I accorded by the American $-- Dean Mendctihall Post theft, must spend three years on probation and pay third-degr- ee fines and fees of $1,250. Cody Lee Fox, 18, 1114 N. 950 West, Orem, had a prison sentence of up to five years suspended on a third-degrcharge of attempted credit card fraud. He must spend three years on probation, spend 10 days in jail on weekends within the next 60 days, pay fines and fees of $625 and restitution of $326.68. John Paul Forrester, 27, 841 E. 760 North, Lehi, had up to five years in prison suspended on a third-degre- e forgery. He will spend three years on probation and must spend 14 days in the county jail, plus pay fines, fees and restitution. Amos Boone, 34, 35 N. 100 East, ee 13. Payson, was ordered to spend six months in the county jail with credit for 45 days, on a third-degre assault and a witness tampering charge. He will be allowed work release in one month and after four months can enter the Alcohol Recovery Center for treatment He had two concurrent prison sentences of up to five years suspended. He must pay fines and fees of $750 and will be on probation for three years. He must also complete outpatient alcohol counseling. third-degre- Fidel Fiqueroa Enriquer, 21, Midvale, was ordered to spend another 11 days in jail before beginning three years of probation. If he is deported, the probation will be terminated unsatisfactorily. If he is not deported, he must complete 100 hours of community service and pay restitution of $2,813. He had one to 15 years in prison suspended on the second-degre- e burglary. Kenneth D. Fox, 18, formerly of American Fork and now of Hurricane, was ordered to spend 10 days in the county jail beginning Monday on a third-degrdrug charge. He had another 50 days suspended until September when his case will ee be reviewed. He was ordered to spend three years on probation and pay fines and fees of $900 and $70 restitution. He had up to five years in prison suspended. A Logan teen who fired a gun during the robbery of a Lehi store last year, was ordered to spend 60 more days in the Utah County JaiL Tieuan Tran Ha was in court on a probation violation Friday. Judge Cullen Y. Christensen reinstated probation for 36 months and told the man that the 11 years be has lived in the United States was plenty of time to learn what is g citizen. expected of a He said he didn't think the additional jail time would do much since Ha didnt want to cooperate with people trying to help him. "Get employed or get to school," Christensen said. He must also pay fines and fees of $625 and obtain a mental health evaluation. Ha was arrested, along with two other men who said they belonged to a Southeast Asian gang. Ha said he does not belong to a gang and according to his attorney, Don Elk-in- s, authorities have not been able to trace him to any gangs. Judge orders Spanish Fork man to prison By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter man has been ordered to prison on charges of burglary, possessing stolen property and tliree counts of forger'. Wilford Todd Ellison, 19, 275 N. 100 West No. 1, Spanish Fork, was evaluaback Friday from a tion at the prison and appeared in 4th District Court for sentencing. Judges Boyd L. Park and Cullen Y. Christensen both ordered prison A Spanish Fork 90-d- Edwin James "Ted" Haymund, M, of Springville, died June 27, mi. at Utah yalley Regional Medical Center. Funer- 373-181- bation and ordered to spend six months in the county jail although he can go to the Parkview Community Correctional Program when bed space is available there. He must pay fines and fees of $1,250 and $50 in restitution. Evan VanAusdaL 27, 145 E. 200 North, Lehi, was ordered to remain in the county jail until bed space is available in the Indian Alcohol Recovery Center. He had up to five years in prison suspended on a sentences. Park said he was concerned the man had seven crimes prior to those he was being sentenced on Friday and said prison was really the only option. Ellison was ordered to serve four concurrent sentences of up to five years and one concurrent sentence of one to 15 years. He must also pay fines and fees of $2,250, plus restitution of $345.25. In other court action, Ron Barker, 33, now serving a prison sen tence, pleaded guilty to an amend- ed class-- A attempted drug possession charge. He had been charged with a third-degrdrug charge stemming from an incident where officers found cocaine in the pocket of a jacket he allegedly owned. Barker asked to be sentenced immediately and was ordered to spend one year in jail which will run concurrent with his present prison sentence. ee Police arrest men following beer theft Three men were arrested late Thursday in after beer was stolen from a Springville convenience store. Springville Officer Scott Morten-se- n followed a vehicle matching a description offered by a clerk at Mr. G's. 309 N. Main. Springville, and pulled the driver over for questioning. James Anderson, 3448 S. State, Springville, was arrested on charges of DUI. Passenger Christopher Richins, Provo address un known, was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and pubbc intoxication. A second passenger, Mike Christian, 732 W. 600 North, Orem, was arrested on a public intoxication charge. VEHICLE BURGLARIES -Springville police report three vehicles parked at the Springville National Guard Armory, 700 E. 100 South, were burglarized while the owners were out on manuevers. The burglaries, which netted $300 in stolen items, were reported when the owners returned Thursday. RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY American Fork police report three juveniles, ages 8 and 9, broke into a home twice on Hindley Drive Wednesday, being caught the second time by the homeowner. $1,000 in damage Approximately was done to the home as the boys attempted to light fireworks on the stove and a stack of papers on the kitchen floor. Local residents join Pony Express relay Bv" PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer "We ha'e to be crazy, said Provo resident Fred Bohman, as he and eight other Utah County residents headed out of town towing their horses behind their vehicles in trailers on Thursday. The nine riders are competing this weekend in a equestrian relay race along a spur section of the Pon Express route located le between Idaho and Clarkston, Utah. Bohman said that other teams would be from Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and other western states. What makes the Utah team unique is that instead of the usual the typical cowquarter horses that others will be boy's mount using, the Utah County team will race on Arabian horses. According to Bohman, the western Pony Express rider's mount was closer to an Arabian anything else. than "They rode mustangs, and what were mustangs? They were wild horses. "And where had tbey come from? They came from horses left behind by the Spanish explorers. "And these horses were of Arabian stock'said Bohman. The riders from Utah County include Mary Bohman, Vaughn Austin, Mark Austin, David Austin, James Ashman, Melody Ashman, Tricia Ashman and David Ashman. McMcnuo ffors more fen frutii, fiction ih t-jS- My pkk for this week's top book at the Provo City Library is "Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!" by Patrick McManus. The latest in a series of national best sefiers by this Spokane author, this book centimes the UcManus style of working htxle fiction into bis accounts of real life events, if a change of pace is indicated. As the author says, "If I stick to the unblemished truth for too long at a stretch, I tend to tense up, get a headache ..." How much do you know about the stock market? Did you ever wish you knew more? "Stock Market Primer," by Claude Rosenberg, Jr., may be Just the book for you. Now in its sixth edition, this volume provides sound advice on when and what to buy, how much to pay, when to seU, and all the ins and outs of how the market worts. "The Temple and the Lodge" by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh is an illuminating and informative history of Freemasonry tracing the roots of Templar traditions and evolution of the lodge over the past 600 years. Their book also shows bow Freemasonry played a key role in the formation of the United States. Early in the Civil War, President Lincoln received reports that the Confederate Navy was building an invincible ironclad ship which would be no match for the conventional wooden ships of the day. Work began immediately on an experimental half submerged craft, the Mond the size itor, less man of the rebel Merrimack, but still the North's only hope against the South's monster ship. "Ironclad," by Arthur Mokin is the fascinating story of these ships, their battles, and the manner in which they revolutionized navies around the world. one-thir- Howcrd j3 AT THE LIBRARY "Collision at Home Rate," by James Reston, Jr., is the defi- nite book on one of the most publicized and traumatic epithe sodes in baseball history Rose of Pete lives converging and Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti. When the con- frontation was over, Rose was disgraced and imprisoned for brilgambling and Giamatti, a liant, gentle scholar was dead of a heart attack. The background and life story of two men could not be more different nor diverse, but still they were drawn together by their mutual love for the game. If you are near or just beyond the age of 50, we have a wonderful new fitness book written just for you. "Pretend Your Nose is a Crayon and Other Strategies for Staying Younger Longer," by Carol Greenberg is a delightful book designed to creaki-nes- s help one deal with the of aging. Finally, "Straight Talk for Monday Morning," by Allan Cox e stories contains 100 to help any manager become a catalytic leader, and be better able to motivate hisher staff or employees. Any of the books may be borrowed from the Provo City Library if you have a current Provo or Orem slice-of-lif- above-mentione- d library card. Other local li- -; braries in Utah County may have them as well. Free fireworks show tonight A free fireworks show will be provided at Utah Lake State Park tonight at 10 sponsored by America's Freedom Festival at Provo. The fireworks will be shot from barges on the lake. The fireworks will follow the annual Picnic in the Park activities at the state park, which will in clude musical performances and children's games during the entire day. At 8 p.m. tonight, Aims Records will provide some of its professional talent for a concert All events will be covered live by 6 FM K-9- radio. Men accused of abuse sentenced to jail time By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter Two men accused in separate incidents of sexual abuse will be spending several months in the county jaiL Both were sentenced Friday during 4th District Court action. David R. Hughes, 42, 442 N. 1280 West, Provo, was ordered to spend one year in jail on two second-degrcharges of aggravated sexual abuse. He had two concurrent prison sentences of one to 15 years suspended. Defense attorney John Mussel-ma- n aruged for leniency for the man, saying Hughes had gotten ee into a therapy program before charges were ever brought. Hughes, speaking on his own behalf, said be accepted all the responsibility for the crimes. "Pm unconditionally responsible for my actions. There's no one to blame but myself." Hughes said he felt great remorse for the crimes and thanked police officers who helped him "break through my denial." Judge Boyd L. Park said he generally expected to see prison recommended for this crime but because of tbs nun's remorse it was not, so he suspended one to 15 years in prison on each of the two charges. Hughes must spend three years on probation. His jail time will be served with work and therapy release and will be reviewed in four months. He must pay fines and fees of $1,250 and pay the counseling costs of the victims which already amounts to $19,000. He must continue counseling at the Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment Center, have no contact with the victim and no unsupervised contact with minor girls. Carl Peter Burke, 19, 824 E. 200 North, Spanish Fork, was ordered to spend six months in the county jail with therapy release. The case will be reviewed in three months and work release may be allowed. Defense attorney Stephen Mad-se-n said Burke, who was back from a y evaluation, had been a victim of sexual abuse himself from his father who is now in prison. He said the younger Burke was in therapy when be admitted the present crime to a therapist Burke needs intensive treatment, Madsen said. "Jail doesnt intensify the treatment" 90-da- Prosecutor John Allen said the man needed therapy but needed confinement as well' to help stop the problem. "Oft times these kinds of abuse have a circular pattern." Judge George E. Ballif suspended up to five years in prison and placed Burke on three years of probation. He ordered him to pay fines and fees of $781.25, to complete the ISAT program, pay for the victim's counseling and have no unsupervised contact with juveniles. plead not guilty; trial dates scheduled By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter Two people pleaded not guilty and had trials set during 4th District Court action Friday. Hector M. Valladares. 23, 295 N. 300 West Provo, pleaded not guilty to one second-degre- e and four third-degrdrug charges. His attorney, Solomon Chacon, said be planned to file a motion to suppress by July 11 The trial will be Aug. 5 in Judge Boyd L Park's ee court Tracy Madsen, 20, 280 N. 900 West Provo, pleaded not guilty to a second-degrdrug charge. A motion to suppress evidence will be conducted July 8, prior to a trial. In other court action. Judge Ray M. Harding reset a trial for Boyd Leroy Bowiw Jr., Jl, 29 W. 500 North, Provo, who has pleaded not receiving guilty to second-degre- e stolen property. His new trial date is Aug. 1. Three people entered guilty pleas and one woman opted to change ee her plea to guilty. James Hemmert 19, 380 N. 1080 East No. 104, Provo, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of e third-degre- attempted auto theft Juan Church, 20, address not available, pleaded guilty to a third-degrdrug charge. He will be sentenced Aug. 2 and faces up to Gve years in prison. Jason R. Sume, 21, address not available, pleaded guilty to two third-legre- e second-degre- forgery charges. A forgery was dis- e missed. He win be sentenced July 25 Kathy Marrott, 18, 569 E. 3O0 South No. 4, Salt Lake City, opted to change her plea to guilty to an amended charge of class-theft A.3i - mm ft ROHBOCK'&N rUNrnAL FLOWERS ET?w. 225-310- 0 |
