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Show Tuesday. March 10. STATE r l! t: :i it M Tim? m , 1 ttrrcrf- -t and police chief last week seeking an investigation of WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah Williams. W. John Williams, who "They thought maybe there West was as week last something more (to the resigned Valley City's fire chief after allegations)," he said. "They being accused of sexual harassthought there should be further ment, is now the subject of a investigation and it should be done by an independent criminal investigation. Bud Ellett, assistant dis- (agency), and we agreed." Williams stepped down March trict attorney in the Salt Lake District Attorney's Office, said 2 when confronted with allegahis office received a letter from tions that he sexually harassed a West Valley's city manager female city employee. center SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --,, At one time, Douglas Joshua EHerman and Kevin Clark were both Btrict vegetarians and animal rights activists targeting Utah businesses. Today, the two appear head- ed in opposing directions. j. Ellerman confessed in January to blowing up a Sandy mink-fee- d factory and agreed to divulge the names of his But thus man has far, the said nothing, despite the opportunity to cut his possible prison time in half. , ;'Pcrn scenes B The Associated Press delayed - SALT LAKE CITY rarely die of old age. A LOGAN, Utah (AP) "judge on Monday ordered a y evaluation for Andrew Morrill before he sentences the former substitute teacher on pornography and drug charges. First District Judge Clint Judkins delayed sentencing until June 8 pending the diagnostic evaluation at Utah State Prison. Morrill, 42, a Hyrum free-laphotographer who vas a substitute teacher in Cache Valley schools, pleaded guilty in December. He was arrested last summer after neighbors became suspicious about the number of youths visiting his home, said Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelson. Williams. Sheep and pick up a lamb and fly off with it. We've had that hap- nce sheep rancher handlers get to the scene and an investigation is made, the scent is gone, he said. According to the recently released Utah Department of Agriculture annual report, the most serious issue in predator control is the coyote. Coyotes killed 23,900 sheep in Utah in 1996, including some 6,500 lambs a month old or younger. Coyote kills outpaced other predators such as eagles, mountain lions, bears, bobcats and foxes. Eagles took 1,300 sheep, up from 1,000 the previous Jarvis noted that bald eagles are protected; golden eagles are protected but are not an endangered species. Ranchers aren't allowed to go after either because of the difficulty in telling them apart. "They've just restricted us so much," she said of the government controls. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Despite a court ruling last week that allowed a of proposed Utah wilderness lands, it could be some time before the process begins. Interior Department Solicitor John Leshy said that his agency still faces logistical hurdles, and legal action could bring further delays. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a U.S. District Court injunction that "had stalled the inventory for e 15 months. The and ruled Utah that panel other plaintiffs lacked the 'Standing to block Interior's Inventory of the federal land. year. Farmers and ranchers in Utah lost 73,500 sheep to a variety of causes in 1996, including disease. Wilson said he loses 10 percent to 20 percent of his lambs to predators. e Ranchers were keeping fedunder control until the eral government took away most of their tools, said Craig Burreil of the Utah State University Extension Service. A poison used to lace car-casses, for example, was outlawed several years ago. Also banned for general U3e is the that cyanide gun, an shoots the deadly drug into the coyote's mouth when the ani- coy-ote- Limited permits Bear and cougar are game animals that ranchers can't kill without a permit, and permits are limited. Rancher3 can hunt them only after they've attacked a flock, said Vern . three-judg- Wilson. "You need hound dogs, but it's practically impossible to catch them," he said. Often by the time the dogs and their Csndidstcs fib esriy -- ; M-4- 4, - Especially troubling to them is the traditional, iron-jatraps that are still legal in Utah. Utah law requires such traps to be checked every 48 hours. "The good tools are gone," said Wilson. Now ranchers rely on fake coyote calls to lure them into the open where they can be shot, or state trappers hunt them from small airplanes or helicopters. Sheep ranchers also rely on their dogs. A popular breed is the Great Pyrenees. They are raised with and bond with the sheep they are to protect. "They think they are a sheep," said Wilson. When needed, their protective instincts come out to protect the flock. Some ranchers also use llamas, which have a natural herding instinct and will chase after coyotes. Wildlife Services, a branch of of the U.S. Department kills about 4,500 Agriculture, Utah coyotes a year to protect w Joan Jarvis, Spanish Fork them." inventory likely ds'syed Animal activists Animal activists call the methods used to eliminate coyotes inhumane and cruel. pen to us." as a conflict of interest. There is no police report on file with West Valley City concerning any of the allegations against Williams. Nguyen said he was not City spokesman Ted Nguyen confirmed Monday that city aware of the nature of the alleofficials sent the letter "after gation or whether it might rise the victim requested an investi- to the level of a criminal offense. Whether the conduct gation by the DA's office." The matter was referred to was criminal is a decision that the county, he said, because an will be made by the District internal investigation of the Attorney's Office. case would have been perceived District Attorney investiga mal tugs on baited meat. Only supervised state or federal trappers can use the gun. "Eagles will fly down Other than slaughterhouses, predators and disease claim most sheep. Wile E. Coyote does it best. Vern Wilson knows the difficulty in preventing sheep losses. An owner of Wilson Brothers Livestock near Payson, one of the larger sheep operations in the state, Wilson said the coyote does more damage to flocks than any other predator. But government restrictions are making it more difficult to keep predators at bay. "Eagles will fly down and pick up a lamb and fly off with it. We've had that happen to us," said Joan Jarvis, who with her husband Lee and son Matt, raise sheep near Spanish Fork. "You can't do anything with 90-da- A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) crowded j dozen office-seekethe Lt. Governor's Office , Monday morning, the first day to file to seek seats in the U.S. Congress, state Legislature, ; judicial retention, school boards and county offices. , "It was kind of exciting," ; said Kelleen Potter, state elections director. "We are shifting gears from the (Utah State) Both city officials and the district attorney's office have declined to give any details about the allegations against Predators are bane of sheep industry The Associated Press cycle." By late morning, all the major incumbents had filed, Swith the exception of Rep. Jim Siansen, of license to store nuclear waste The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Envirocare of Utah, the state's nuclear storage only low-levfacility, is nearing renewal of its license. The of Department el Environmental Quality's Division of Radiation Control said Monday the information submitted with the company's renewal application is complete, meaning the only hurdles left are the public comment period and final approval 60-da- y by the division. If accepted as proposed, the allow new will license Envirocare to accept waste with concentrations )f higher said Dane radioactivity, Finerfrock, the state's environmental monitoring and waste section manager. "We (would) just have to check that waste coming in at the gate is at or below the maximum concentration allowed" said Ken Alkema, director of for affairs government Envirocare. low-lev- Wn I 6o our twiner seem "t MAfce -- 1L J i '1 3 livestock. An exoduu from the sheep ranching business is taking place, not only in Utah but across the country. Prices are low, and many ranchers are selling off their flocks. The most recent peak in the number of sheep farms was in 1992 when Utah had 2,300 sheep ranches. 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