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Show ODGa Go The Daily Herald (Stesd mother is located - ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Police found a boy wandering around downtown streets at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, carrying a bag of diapers and a bottle of juice. They spent the rest of the day looking for his mother. Dispatchers fielded dozens of calls from people worried about the child's welfare. Many wanted to take him in, others offered food, toys and clothing. Finally, at about 8 p.m., an anonymous caller told authorities where to find the mother. Salt Lake Police Lt. Dennis Tueller said it was not clear why woman had not the. called police when she discovered that her child was missing. She told officers that she left the boy with a friend down the street who apparently lost track of him. He was supposed to drop off the child early Sunday morning. "She said she wr.s just starting to get worried," Tueller said. He was amazed that she hadn't called .police. "We had to track her , , wm fom Utoftoa&D toil re Shooting victim remains critical; friends say police not provoked - - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A Magna man was still fighting for his life after being shot by a sheriffs deputy while a friend, a witness to the shooting, said police had no reason to fire. Steven Manzanares was shot once in the head by Deputy Vaughan Allen during a confrontation late Friday night at a supermarket where the youth and two friends were stealing beer. His mother, Joann Manzanares, said he seemed to be responding well on Saturday, squeezing her hand and slipping in and out of consciousness. But he took a turn for the worse Sunday. Physicians at LDS Hospital were forced to operate a third time Sunday morning after fluid collected at the base of Manzanares' brain. After surgery, he slipped into a coma and remains in critical condition. "Yesterday he was responding really well, but today we're not getting anything from him," Fire officials are discounting a link between four business fires in a single block in St. George this year. Three of the fires have been attributed to unintentional causes. The fourth, a June 3 blaze at the Dixie Plaza, is under investigation as' arson. All of the fires have occurred in the 400 block of St. George Boule- ' yard, the city's main thoroughfare. on Jan. 13, gutted the t .',The first, First Security Insurance Office. .; While the cause was not deter- ; mined, no foul play was suspected, said Fire Chief Wayne Houston. The next, on Nov. 18, cause $250,000 damage to the Furniture .Outlet. A malfunctioning heater , was blamed. ". ., The most recent fire, July 10 at the Golden Corral Family Steak , House, was caused by a power transformer and resulted in $16,- 000 damage. Houston said the June arson fire at the Dixie Plaza closed six businesses. No motive has been release and no arrests made, he said. . she said. "The waiting is the hardest part." Sheriffs officials said Allen twice verbally warned the youth to cease "threatening movements" before firing at Manzanares, who was seated behind the wheel of a car parked in the supermarket's lot. None of the three men was armed, officials said. Allen fired once through the open passenger door with a semiautomatic handgun, striking Manzanares in the right temple. Chico Chavez, 18, who was seated behind Manzanares, disputed the official version. "I saw on the news the cops said they gave two verbal warnings, but they didn't," he said, Chavez said his friend was surrendering when he was shot. "I heard someone yell 'stop' and I saw Stevie put up his hands up, but they shot him," he said. "I thought they shot him on purpose. I thought they were going 1 to shoot me. "That cop should pay," Chavez said. "They shot him, and they, didn't give him a chance. Steve Manzanares Sr., the victim's father, thinks the deputy's gun discharged accidentally ' 'and now he won't admit it. " Salt Lake County Sheriff's Capt. David Bishop said in a news release that Allen "encountered circumstances he believed threatened to his life and the life of his partner. ' ' Allen and reserve Deputy Kent Mattingly had responded as a backup unit after another deputy became suspicious of Manzanares' car in the parking lot of the Smith's Food King in Taylors-ville. Another man, Steven Early, 20, of Magna, was arrested by a detective after he fled the store toward the vehicle carrying a case of beer. As Manzanares' car began to leave the lot, Allen and Mattingly cut them off. Poll: Utahns open to higher school taxes what students read - A cent want a combination of the state appropriations fall short. SALT LAKE CITY - (AP) poll shows Utahns would rather see a general tax increase rather than additional school fees if more money is needed for education. In a copyright article in Sunday's Deseret News, pollster Dan Jones found 47 percent of those questioned find higher overall taxes preferable to increases in piecemeal fees charged on activities ranging from books to sports. Jones found 29 percent preferred raising special fees, 3 per SALT LAKE CITY (AP) .Utah is one of 23 states that has a textbook commission to decide .' what students read in the class- ' room, but choosing the books is no ..small task. As part of the screening process, books are reviewed by teachers who recommend them to the Utah Textbook Commission. Science teacher Larry Stanley reviews books and said today's texts must be colorful and enticing even to the most avid video game enthusiast. They include full color graphs, charts and other activities. text Some elementary-scienc- e packages come equipped with mar- bles, funnels, eyedroppers, balloons, samples of minerals and A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) other items used for simple experiman who nearly died after touchments. a power line with an aluminum "Imagine a high school student ing wants others to know the danpole today enjoying a lines that hover of gers power text," he said. "These materials above their homes. involved let students get actually "It killed me," Randy with the concepts we are trying to said. "Only the jolt of teach." hitting the ground started my heart . two; 14 percent prefer a third, unspecified alternative and 7 percent In some cases, parents find hundreds of dollars in fees for don't know. books and other activities accomJones questions 595 Utahns July panying high school registration or The poll contains a 4 per- special classes. Up until six years cent margin of error. ago, those fees were illegal, alUtah's public education system, though the practice has gone on for with its large class sizes and low years. il expenditures, is one of In 1986, Utah lawmakers the most financially strapped in America. While property taxes are amended the state Constitution to supposed to fund education, many allow for fees in secondary school districts tack on fees when schools. 27-2- 8. per-pup- Electrocution victim wants lines labeled and covered don't it." black-and-whi- te . Blo-omqu- ist Search for Clinton man is stopped - Search COALVILLE (AP) teams from three counties have called off their underwater search "for a Clinton man who fell into ' East Canyon Reservoir last Wednesday. : Instead, officials will use boats to conduct a "surface search" for ' the body of Christopher Roy Mor-ey,2- 5. Diving teams from Weber, Summit and Morgan counties looked for Morey, who disappeared after a day of drinking with friends. Authorities said he had been divcliff and was ing off a one more take to leap despite going from his friends to stop. As Seas away, a strong wind knocked him off balance and he fell into the water. 30-fo- ot : actoptie adopt Chelsee. When the American woman returned to Ms. Strecolf s office, she was verbally attacked by the official who told her "Soviet children are not going to be used by foreigners as transplant material. " Ms. LeFebvre made one last attempt with a friend at the Ministry of Justice, but even that failed. People who helped her had lost their jobs and were being threatened with jail, then the family she was staying with asked her to leave. Her husband, waiting at home in Sandy, told her to go to the American Embassy and stay there. "I told her, if the baby's going to be in jeopardy, leave the baby and get back and we will work on it from this end. I was going nuts, pulling my hair out," he said. Ms. LeFebvre was scared and upset over what had happened to the people who tried to help her. She gave up Chelsee and flew back to Utah. Chelsee went back to the hospital. Last Monday, the little girl was put in an orphanage. Cradle of Hope, an international adoption agency that handles adoptions from the Ukraine, charges a $5,000 fee. Former Novell executive, partner want to turn basin into ecotourism mecca - Two ROOSEVELT (AP) businessmen have purchased 500 acres of land west of here to create an environmentally friendly tourist mecca. Howard Brinkerhoff, owner of Altamont Flyfishers, and Jim Bills, former executive vice president of Novell Inc. 's Netware Systems Group, bought the land in Stillwater Canyon. "Wake up, eastern Utah. You have what others want," said Bills, who is the financial backing for Brinkerhoff s plan for the retreat and its attendant lodge, Falcon's Ledge, that they hope will be the model for future growth and development in eastern Utah. But Bills won't say how much money he is investing in the venture. In a story in the Salt Lake Tribune, the two outlined plans for the resort. Brinkerhoff said activities will include fly fishing, biking, hiking, riding and faly conry. In the winter, be will ice added and skiing fishing to the list. "We will educate people about catch-and-relea- se cross-countr- Delegation decides : Monday, August 10, 1992 brown-haire- Business fires not related, chief says - c SALT LAKE CITY (AP) go to the police department and register. Her she said. Gaylene the from second stop was the American Embassy to child Next, Ms. LeFebvre shifted her search to thought adopting a Ukraine was a good idea until she discovered find out what special steps were required in hospitals. In Faustav she found Ukraine. Svetlana, a tiny the process was peppered with greed, bribgirl aban"I was trying to make sure the adoption doned by her alcoholic mother. Because she ery and heartbreak. has a disfiguring birthmark on her leg, the "I wanted to do it because it was a noble was legal," she said. d child was considered the she Then started her of tour But instead of said. she orphancurly finding help, idea," she found one woman who stood between ages. Ms. LeFebvre, who sells beauty supAn assistant to the hospital administrator her and her adopted child, Chelsee. Now she plies for A&D Beauty Supply, does not all the paperwork in three days. By July did official She an hired Ukrainian The or Russian. was realizes the motive speak greed. 21, the adoption was set. All that remained wanted money. In the end, Ms. LeFebvre interpreter and a driver to help. was for Ms. LeFebvre to take Svetlana, who At an orphanage in Boraka, Ms. Lewas forced to return Chelsee and leave the Febvre fell in love with Anya, a chubby she renamed Chelsee Jayne, to Moscow to country quickly. Ms. LeFebvre and her husband, Randy blond toddler. get a visa. simBut there was a hitch she was told that instant Ms. an was like be would "It connection," LeFebvre, thought adopting she the state to take from needed sons were said. to when and "Like love LeFebvre home had a After permission my all, they ple. ' Chelsee out of the country. Valentina Streshare, and Ukraine had babies who needed a born. It went all through my body . ' But she needed permission from a woman colf has that authority . family. The former republic of the Soviet The law that required state approval had Union is one of a few countries that do not named Valentina Strecolf to adopt from the been said were there Strecolf When an to families changed on July 24. Because Ms. Leagency, orphanage. through adopt require had adopted July 21, she had to get Febvre a plus the LeFebvres found inviting because "long lines of people" waiting to adopt before her, Ms. LeFebvre didn't realize she permission. People assured her it would be it eliminated additional costs. no problem. It started in January, when Ms. LeFebvre wanted a bribe. me much how never occurred to to "I had a gut feeling" that things wouldn't the "It say papers necessary began putting together to adopt a Ukrainian child. Even without an money," she said. But after a few weeks in workout, she said. Strecolf was furious and told Ms. Leagency, parents are required to submit the Kiev, she said she can see how parents same documents and a home study. By July, would be so desperate to leave they would Febvre was told to come back at 5 p.m. In those four hours, Strecolf fired five people, she was ready. She had a family to stay with resort to bribery. "The food is bad, the telephone system three from the hospital and two government in Kiev and promises of help. Her first task after landing in Kiev was to cuts you off and even the hotels are filthy," officials who had helped Ms. LeFebvre down," he said. ST. GEORGE (AP) kp - Abandoned tot's Cto again." He was hanging Christmas lights in ail outside tree eight years ago when the pole discharged volts of electricity through his body and left him paralyzed from the chest down. He lost his business and sold everything to pay the household bills. Because his West Valley home was not wheelchair compatible, Bloomquist moved his wife and five children to a single-levhome in Midvale. Bloomquist went back to school and is a computer programmer for American Express. He recently received a $203,000 settlement from Utah Power, about half of which went to pay attorney and medical bills. "Initially I wrote the accident off as being my own fault. But the more I got thinking about it, I was convinced they (UP) fail to educate the public," he said. "You don't assume that wires you come in 7,-2- 00 el out-of-co- I contact with aren't insulated. You think about literally But UP officials say they spend a lot of time, effort and advertising money to make people aware of the danger. The watchword of the utild ity's advertising program is "look up and live. " "The wires that come through the transformer to the home overhead or underground are insulated wires. But insulation is no guarantee that you can touch them with impunity without fear of electric shock," said UP spokesman Dave Eskelsen. The distribution lines in front of most homes are not insulated. "If we are to put insulation on lines, the insulation would weather over time and it (replacing the insulation) would increase the cost of providing service," Eskelsen said. "It's an expense and reliability isyear-roun- Tuesday Nutritional immunologist to give free seminar Dr. Jau-FChen, noted scientist and international lecturer, will give a free seminar in Salt Lake City Tuesday. The seminar, free to the public, will be at 7 p.m. in the Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City. Chen has lectured worldwide before academic and research communities on the subject of nutrition and its vital role in strengthening the Immune system. Her pioneering work in the field of nutritional Immunology has earned the respect of the scientific community and the highest award from the Chinese Cultural Center of Coordination Counsel for North American Affairs for her contribution in the sciences and humanities. The seminar is free to the public. Cholesterol checks Cholesterol screenings will be available Tuesday at Orem Community Hospital, 331 N. 400 W. The cholesterol screenings are IS and will be held near the hospital's front entrance from 10 a.m. till noon. For more Information, 0. call sue." Eskelsen said this case shows the dangers: "He was standing on an aluminum ladder, using an aluminum swimming pool pole to place his Christmas tree lights on his evergreen tree. He was working within a few feet of a power line that was clearly visible. Eskelsen maintains the line was safe, within guidelines of the National Electric Safety Code. School registration Registration for all area elementary school students, kindergarten through fifth grade will be from I a.m. to noon. Students should register at the school In their neighborhood. Lunch tickets may be purchased at this time. Regular classwork will begin Aug. 14 at 1:45 a.m. the environment, teaching them how to appreciate the beauty of the area in a nonconsumptive manner," Brinkerhoff said. In the economically depressed Uinta Basin, locals are supportive, but skeptical of the plans. The oil industry that surged in the area during the oil embargo of the 1970s is slackening due to new state taxing methods, and declining oil prices over the years. Marc Eckels, manager for the firm Held By Production Inc., is glad to see ecotour Sanpete residents and answer questions on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Mt Pleasant City Hall Blue Room. The event will be sponsored by the Sanpete County Economic Development Advisory Board. It will allow each candidate, independent Merrill Cook; Democrats Stewart Hansen and Patrick Shea, and Republicans Mike Leavitt and Richard Eyre, five minutes for open comment followed by a series of questions presented by the advisory, board and one minute for closing remarks. According to advisory board chairman William Way, candidates will be asked to only address issues related to rural economic development. Bob Lee, KSL Radio talk show host, will be the moderator. Refreshments will be offered. The public is welcome. Estate planning seminar free seminar on "Planning Your Estate" wlU be taught by Joseph M. Larsen, CPA, MACC, and F. McKay Johnson, JD, LLM. The seminar will be held at 7 p.m. in the Provo City Library board room, 42S W. Center, Provo. Call to reserve a seal A Teachers retirement workshop Teachers and employees of educational Institutions are Invited to attend a workshop, from 74 p m. at the Provo City Library, downstairs conference room. The workshop is sponsored by TTS Financial. Strategies for retirement, asset protection, tai savings and estate planning that have been designed for teachers and education employee will be offered. Free retirement workbooks will bt given to all who attend. The public is also Invited. For more Information, call IFMAtomeet Wednesday Gubernatorial forum Five gubernatorial candidates will meet The Utah Chapter of International Facility Management Association (IFMA) will meet at noon, at the New Broadway Centre, 111 E. 300 South, Suite 350, Salt Lake City. Rich Nordland from Commerce Properties I ism taking root in the region. "This takes the pressure off of us," he said. "We've been footing the bill for the county's taxes ever since we came in. With our declining revenues, people here have got to face facts. Other sorts of reve- nue are necessary . " Brinkerhoff agrees. "While oil is boom or bust, and agriculture is flat," he said, "tourism steadily grows. It doesn't attract boom or bust economy. T resource won't play out. It w.u become more and more valuable as nature and space become more premium." much of whose The Ute tribe Uintah and Ouray Reservation lies in Duchesne and Uintah counties is attracted by the idea of tourism but is taking a cautious approach. Ute Tribal Chairman Luke Duncan said the tribe's economic development department is working on promoting tourism and believes ecotourism will benefit the tribe as long as tribal traditions and sacred customs are respected. Tribal Business Committee member Curtis Cesspooch agrees that the tribe is wary of exploitation, but says ecotourism might be a good idea. "I would like to see the tribe work on protective tourism, to be ready for next summer's tribal celebrations," he said. Scott Bigler of the Duchesne County Chamber of Commerce said there is a rise in tourism in the area and believes Stillwater Canyon will enhance that trend. "From what I know of Mr. Brinkerhoff s abilities and vision, nothing should stand in the way." nature-compatib- le lead the discussion and tour of the building. For more information and RSVP, call Lori Wingeleth, will League of Utah Writers The Utah Valley Chapter of the League of Utah Writers will meet at 7 p.m., at the Eldred Center, 270 W. 500 North, Provo. Two workshop sessions will be held Writing the Magazine Article, by Abbie Fran-corand Fiction From Experience, by Linda Muhlestein. The public is welcome to attend. For more Information, call Linda Muhlestein, CPR for citizens The Provo Fire Department is offering a "CPR For Citizens" class Wednesday from p.m. at the Fire Station One, 80 S. 300 West, Provo, said EMS Director Ray Anderson. Anderson said reservations for attending the class, which enables citizens to be CPR The certified, can be made by calling first 30 people will be allowed into the class. The class is scheduled for the second Wednesday of each month. There la no cost. It four-hoIs a one-timsession. However, people can take the class more than once If desired. Thursday Tourette Syndrome group The Tourette Syndrome Support Group of Utah County will hold Its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Wasatch School 1080 N. 100 East, Provo. Utah Wildlife Board meeting There will be a Utah small game board meeting Thursday to determine management policies for cougar, bear and other wildlife specie. The meeting will be held at Richfield High at I a.m. The public Is invited to attend. School |