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Show Page A2 THE DAILY HERALD. Prwo, ttah, Thursday. AugusJ Choosing a hero easier with Winnie the Pooh around POLICE BEAT GRASS FIRE An electric transformer blew up near Canyon View Chevron at 1565 E. 800 North, Orem, igniting a grass fire that quickly headed up the hill west of the Chevron. Orem Fire responded and controlled the 200- - by 100-fofire in a matter of minutes. Utah Power and Light was then called in to repair the source of the fire. - A Provo BIKE CHASE bicyle officer attempted to stop a black, 1972 Chevrolet pickup at about 8:15 p.m. The white male driving the truck refused to stop and headed south down University Avenue. The officer tried to keep the vehicle in sight as he called for assistance, but other officers could not respond in time to stop the truck before it made it to Interstate 15. Police dispatch said the driver of the truck was driving on an expired license with outstanding warrants issued because the truck is too loud. WHOOPS It looked as if a dastardly deed was being perpetrated on the tracks at 800 N. Geneva Road Tuesday afternoon and some reported it to police. The caller told police dispatcher a damsel had been tied to the railroad track. Police raced to the scene of the dastardly crime only to find four teen-ager- s and the damsel in distress all shooting a video for a program at school. Police cautioned them about the dangers of playing on the railroad tracks and left to find others who needed rescuing. AUTO BURGLARY A yellow toolbox containing about $280 worth of miscellaneous tools was reported taken from the back of a pickup truck Monday night parked in the vicinity of 100 East and 1500 South. A car was reported as having been broken into in the vicinity of 1400 W. 400 S. where it had been parked at a business location. The wing window as broken out and a stereo taken. Unknown value on the stereo and the theft could have taken place anytime in the last week. - A house in VANDALISM Orem and vehicles were toilet papered, egged, sprayed with shaving cream and riddled with condoms sometime Tuesday night. Orem Public Safety Department spokesman Doug Edwards said the victim of the vandalism was upset over the obscenities and other things that were written and are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and arrest on who committed the crime. The victim told The Daily Herald that they would prefer that the suspects turn themselves in. The victim said the crime also must have involved theft of barricades and street signs that also were placed in their yard. MOTORCYCLE RECOVA Red Kawasaki ERED motorcycle, reported stolen during the weekend from Ridge Road, was recovered Novell in some bushes. The motorcycle was returned to the owner. Win at Styx tickets Answer the following for your shot at a pair question of prime tickets the Aug. 28 Styx concert at the McKay Events Center: "Which Styx song has been immortalized with a satirical rendition in the show 'South Park?'" The Herald will ask one Styx trivia question in every day's edior fax us with tion. Simply the correct answer sometime today with the correct answer and you will qualify for the next step. Send your answer via to: dfoxheraldextra.com under the or fax it to 373-548heading of "Styx quiz." Please include your name, address and phone number. Winners will be notified starting Monday and printed next week in The Herald. PROVO 9 19, 1999 "I am not a role model." Charles Barkley When Charles Barkley has to tell us he's not a role model our society is about to disintegrate. The problem isn't just Charles Barkley's fault. These days, it's just about impossible to find any famous person who is qualified to be a role model. Every week, there are new revelations describing the debauchery of previously esteemed politicians, athletes and movie stars. There's no one left to admire. Not even Charles Barkley. Last week, I finally ran across hero that doesn't have any skeletons in his closet: Winnie the Pooh, In his book, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff discovers the wisdom of ancient Chinese philosophers in the cartoon bear. Throughout his adventures. BASEBALL Pooh never tries to change himself, his friends, or his situation; he just accepts them and, somehow, things usually work out. The more I contemplated this, the more I realized that Winnie the Pooh isn't the only cartoon animal with something to teach us. child. But would he have had the resolve to stand on a teeter-totte- r and throw an anvil onto the other side, propelling himself 80 feet into the air? I think not The Coyote's example is surpassed only by the Road Runner. He is the perfect model of passive resistance. Not even Gandhi or Martin Luther King could meet the high standards of the Road Runner. The Coyote tries to poison him, crush him, stab him and electrocute him. Still, the Rojsd Runner accepts it ail with a smile and comes back for more. The only revenge he takes is sneaking up behind the Coyote and yelling. "Beep! Beep!" Surely he can be forgiven for that. Even Gandhi used to sometimes sneak up behind frazzled British soldiers and yell, "Beep! Beep!" FATHER KNOWS BEST MY PERSONAL hero is Wile E. Coyote. His courage is unequaled. Sure, there are men like Casey Martin, Jim AblHitt and Franklin Roosevelt that overcame tremendous hardships and obstacles in pursuit of a goal, but no person comes even close to exhibiting the sheer determination and persistence of the Coyote. Casey Martin became the first pro golfer to use a cart on the PGA tour because of a disability; but what if he had to play on roller skates with a strapped to his back? Bri Only the Coyote has shown that brand of courage. Jim Abbott became a major league pitcher despite having only one hand; but would he have had the determination to shoot himself down a windy t mountain road with a giant spring? 100-foo- Franklin Roosevelt became president of the United States after being crippled by polio as a jet-pac- k , ,.' " : ' ... ',,:' Phillips .. i " .,..,) ' ' ! r ;( THE OTHER Looney Tunes , " I; ' ' -t ', ' . - . . ' . : M '',! n'i also have much to tech us. Tweety comes close to display ing the Road Runner's same brand of passive resistance. And Sylvester almost matched Wile E. Coyote's quixotic courage and determination. Even staring down the barrel of Elmer Fudd's gun. Bugs -Bunny remains admirably calm and in control. Pepe LePew is the male ideal of r , chivalrous love and devotion.;;, And who can help but admire , Porky Pig's determination to be an announcer despite his incurable speech impediment? , Only Daffy Duck seems to have no socially redeeming qualities. ' Yes. there is much we can ' the learn by following exampK of the Ijoney Tunes. I'd rathe- 'J' my children emulate the Looney Tunes than Charles ' ' Barkley, any day. Brad Phillips is a fatter in'1 Mid vale. PITCHER Continued from Al Continued from A 1 tuition fees for one year. Brinton He had coached a football team of 11- - to associated with the Utah Valley Football League. The counts Pitcher pleaded not guilty to are three firat degree felony charges ,of sodomy on a child; four firs degree charges of sexual abuse of a child; 11 felony charges of forcible sex abuse and two felony charges of dealing in harmful materials to a minor, There are also two Class ,B misdemeanor charges of lewd- will provide money for one scholarship a year for 20 years, he said. Brinton will decide who receives the scholarship. "It is very generous for Mr. Brinton to step forward and help the college in this way," UVSC President Kerry Romesburg said in a press release. "Without the generosity of people like Gary there simply is no way our college could offer the many outstanding programs available to our students." New lights will be installed immediately and crews will begin to lay in sewer, water and second-degre- third-degre- e ness. The three felony charges of sodomy on a chijcl carry a minimum sentence' of six, 10 or 15 years in prison depending on aggravating and mitigating circumstances. first-degre- said Michael electricity, UVSC athletic direcJacobsen, tor. The building will offer permanent chair and bleacher seating, VIP seating, a team clubhouse, opposing team two-stor- y locker rooms, coaching offices, a weight room, a batting tunnel, laundry, showers, concessions and storage. Although construction will start for the lights and for the building's infrastructure, building of the actual facility won't start until spring of 2000, Jacobsen said. "We have to wait for legisla- - The Daily Herald The Utah County property tax notices will be mailed out Friday, according to James chief deputy Sutherland, clerkauditor. Sutherland said the 1999 tax rates were approved by the State Tax Commission, and evaluation notices can now go out to property owners. PROVO long-awaite- d QUAKE Continued from Al Wednesday, pleading with rescuers to look for loved ones in the rubble of destroyed apartment buildings. Many of those poorly constructed structures were built to house rural Turks who have flocked by the millions to the cities, looking for work. "When are they going to come and help us? When we are all dead?" cried Zeyfettin Kus in front of a collapsed apart- e e And he faces four of a of sex abuse felony charges minchild that carry a five-yea- r imum mandatory sentence. Asked if his client is concerned with going to trial and forcing his alleged victims to go through testifying in court', Demler said, "Obviously, it won't be pleasant." But the attorney said it now appears that going to trial' is the best option available for his first-degre- Courtesy pholo Vision: Construction of the Gary R. Brinton Field at Utah Valley State College is expected to begin with a ground-breakinearly in the spring g tive approval before we can begin construction," he said. "Once started, it should be finished in about six months. It will be a great addition, a complex for our school." state-of-the-a- rt The drive to raise about $500,000 to refurbish UVSC's field began in April. - Even with Brinton's large donation, there is still a need for more money, said Shay Wyatt, director of development for athletics. Tax Commission approves By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN e Only four of the county's 42 taxing units want to raise property taxes this year. They are Provo City, Elk Ridge Town and Alpine and Nebo school districts. Some of them have already published notices in the local newspapers, but they must now conduct public hearings before adopting higher tax rates. The total tax rates vary from the low .009963 for the Vineyard "truth-in-taxatio- Water Conservancy District to the high .014173 for the Salt said one Israeli was pulled out alive. In Izmit, one of the most ravaged places, authorities tried to area surevacuate a three-mil- e rounding the blazing oil refinery, 80 miles southeast of Istanbul. foam dropped by firefighting planes failed to quell the flames. With no electricity, fire crews were unable to use pumps to draw water from the nearby Sea of Chemical Marmara. The worst fear was that the blaze could engulf the entire field of 30 giant storage tanks, touching off an environmental disaster. Nearby, other serious dangers loomed: a fertilizer facility with 8,000 tons of dangerous ammonia was at risk of catching fire. Barriers were set up to stop any oil from spilling into the ment in Izmit where three neighbors were buried. He said he could no longer hear any cries for help. How many were still alive under the debris was not known, but the death toll appeared destined to swell as Turkish and foreign rescue sea. teams slowly picked their way "If the fire spreads ... it a task would be a new disaster for through the rubble Izmit," said Memduh Oguz, the likely to last days. A team from Israel headed to governor of this industrial city a village near Yalova, 90 miles of 75,000 people. oil plant, built The state-rusouthwest of Istanbul, after reports of 14 Israelis trapped in in 1961 under U.S. supervision, the rubble of a building. Police provides more than a third of n "We have had a lot of positive response to our 'Field of Champions,' " he said. "We are still looking for significant contributors to 'step up to the plate' and help us make this endeavor the very best." '99's fax rates Lake County Water Conservancy District (now Jordan Water Conservancy Valley District). The district extends into the north party of Utah County and is included in 11 different taxing districts, including the county, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, state local assessing and collecting, fees, school district, city, North Utah Count Water Conservancy District, a special district and three county service areas (primarily for police and fire protec Turkey's retail and industrial grade fuel. Many of the factories and business in the quake which account for nearzone ly 35 percent of Turkey's gross domestic product depend on the plant. Bringing it back into operation could prove a costly endeavor and set back government efforts to sell off the estimated $2.5 billion facility. The blaze forced some nearby residents Wednesday to leave behind relatives still missing in the ruins of toppled homes. Others couldn't bear to join the exodus. "I was told to leave, but I just couldn't," said Savas Oguz, who believed two family members were still alive in the wreckage. A boggling array of misery emerged from the rubble: grotesquely contorted bodies, dead children with faces frozen in terror, corpses stacked in refrigerated meat wagons and on the ice of a skating rink. One woman held a vigil for a newly-wedaughter expected to be among the dead. "I'm not leaving until they find her," proclaimed Ayse Mutlu, who has sat in the same client. IHEDIiyjHERALJ P.O. 1555 Nordi Freedom Boulevard Bra 717, Provo, Utah 846GMOTT, ' ) Ores Bttrwm 174 Wat Center Street Orem, Utah 84057 224-- 1 147 . .... " " tion). The Utah County Commission has scheduled equalization hearings beginning Sept. 7. Property owners protesting their evaluations should make appointments by calling the Utah County clerkauditor's office, beginning Monday. 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