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Show House seeks ways to better ethics system Area food bank quickly running out of food Family, police eager to resolve Davis case Page A3 Page A4 Tulsa overwhelms lifeless BYU Page D9 C1 Page Wood Burning Condition.; OK Burn Day I. Cntrtl Utah's Ntiwpapw January 2I.1M7 for 124 Vtara, Provo, Utah - A Pulitzer Community Newspaper $1.25 Wilkins moire tiham justt a grocer Provo Canyon avalanche kill Colo, climber Generous man closes shop after 49 years By MIKE PATRICK Daily Herald Managing Editor Once upon a lime there was a grocer. He had a little bitty store and a great big heart. For 50 years, the grocer stood tall while superpower supermarkets grew up around him. For half a century, he and his wife defended their turf, making friends, having fun, paying the bills. But the competition they couldn't beat is time. Even a small store is a big thing when you're 80. So they locked the door for the last time, and they walked proudly away from their beloved corner monument. They cried, hut this is not a sad ending. It's happy, because they did not cry alone. Y ou don't i i - By ALEXANDER STOCKS The Daily Herald Bridal Veil Falls turned deadly Saturday. A free-lanphotographer was killed when an avalanche swept him and a climbing companion from the summit of "The Fang" near the falls in Provo Canyon. Doug Hall, 27, who recently moved from Salt Lake City to Colo., was w ith close-frienScott Lee, when the rushing snow took them on an fall at 12:15 approximate 250-foLt. Ron said Femstedt. p.m., public information officer with the Utah County Sheriff's Department. Salt Lake Lee, a City resident, was tied to Hall, who was above him on the mountain. Below, another party of three climbers was not touched by the avalanche as it passed overhead. Fernstedt said authorities were notified via cellular phone by one of the witnesses. The three also assisted in the rescue, attempting unsuccessfully to administer CPR on Hall. The three witnesses also dug Lee out of the partially-burie- d who snow, Fernstedt said. Hall n, d, make the big bucks working V shifts six a u ' 17-ho- days week in your comer grocery. Doesn't matter how much you mark up the Spam or how many Mounds bars you manage to hustle. You can't be in it for the money. Scott and Claudia Wilkins knew this 49 years and two months ago, w hen thev opened Wilkins Grocery at 798 W. 00 North in Orem. So from the beginning, they were in it for' I something else. They didn't make a fortune, but when the store officially closed Friday, ending the run of one of Utah County's longest continuously operated p businesses. Scott and Claudia Wilkins were rich. - y' "it 'A ... r l Jul) MfM It's 4:08 Wednesday afternoon, and there are 14 customers in two lines at Wilkins' place. The store was supposed to close today, but it won't. Though all five grocery carts have been sold and w hole aisles cleared out. there's still some merchandise left at half price. And the truth is. Scott's having trouble letting go. "There w ill be tears." Claudia predicts. "After so many years...." . Scott, a boxer in the '30s, former Orem police officer and volunteer ambulance 18-ye- (See WILKINS, Page A12) J; rv2JjLx I j Daily Herald PhotoJason Olson Early one morning, Scott Wilkins, owner of Wilkins Grocery in Orem, prepares to unlock the to his store as he has for nearly half of a century. The store officially closed Friday, ending the run of one of Utah County's longest continu-doo- r businesses. ously operated mom-and-p- ' get vocal over plan By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald " The proposed PM2.5 standard could be just what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's critics have been looking for. Senaf Representatives of U.S. tors Orrin G. Hatch and Robert Pennett say the draconian restrictions the fine particulate standard jvould force on cities could turn against the public sentiment agency. "We're hoping that with this PM2.5 deal, people are going to wake up to the thought that this could go as far as restrictions on lawn mowers and barbecues, and we hope that the reaction will go against the EPA." said Ron Dean, executive director of Hatch's central Utah office in Provo. Dean and Brad Shafer. Bennett's aide, said most of the Republican-controlled Congress' attempts to implement environmental policies ran afoul of public emotions. ! However, an EPA official said he does not see any sign of a potential anti-EPgroundswell and added that the agency has not adopted any new standard. Dean and Shafer, who delivered a report on Congressional activ ity to the county Clean Air Commission earlier this week, made their comments in response to the CPA's proposal to create a new standard for particulate pollution. The EPA proposal calls for retaining the existing PMI0 standard and adding a PM2.5 standard to regulate fine particulates, such as those caused by burning wood or gasoline, and those formed by chemical reactions. Critics in industry claim the new standard would put most of America's cities out of compliance and require strict and costly control measures. Shafer said the previous Congress, where Republicans first seized control of both houses, did not have enough votes to amend Find it HI Arts Births A (See EPA, Page A2) Business Classified Ads Crossword Currents Garden Lifestyle Movies Obituaries Opinions Prime Time EI Dl FJ E12 a.A9 B6 1)9 B4 A4 E2 All Sports CI Television B4 D7 Travel Weather Today cloudy with a 50 per rent chance of rain ers. See Page A5. ; ! (See AVALANCHE, ; - 2 Paj;t dance Film Festival already honors the best of the best. But at the awards ceremony Saturday night, the standouts were singled out. Sponsors, press and filmmakers from around the country and the world packed into the Racquet Club in Park City to see "Sunday" win the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic competition and "Girls Like Us" win in the documentary competition. The Grand Jury Prizes represent the best films from the independent community released this year. "Sunday," which portrays one critical Sunday in the lives of a middle-ag- e couple and a serendipitous case of mistaken identity that e results in a world, stars David Suchet and Lisa Har Madigan produced "Sunday." The documentary "Girls l.'k Us" was directed and produced i Jane C. Wagner and Tina DiFck atonio. The documentary trace i evolution of four teen-ag- e rin. from South Philadelphia us ihey come of age. "The importance of the t is only that they incre i e the visibility of independent films." said Geoffrey Gilmmn-v- . director of programming. s, The innovators :ui inventors were represented at I:, festival. "I think the films and i!i festival are quite extraordinary,'" award-tonigh- risk-taker- And repeatedly those v. awards thanked Sundae for the opportunity to come ;m receive exposure. BYU alumim Neil LaBute received a Filmma'.i ' make-believ- (See SUNDANCE, Page A2i mi would even burte EPA critics hope public Will ; row. Jonathan Nossiter and Air By TIFFANY ZWEIFEL Daily Herald Arts Editor PARK CITY With more than 800 films submitted, the Sun- Vl . Sundance festival honors best of be; mom-and-po- ' died was not buried. Rescuer Jon Allred, 37, of W-- : Valley City, said by telephone .N.n urday evening that his party wunl ' have been ahead of Hall and I.iv .: the top of the mountain if they h,,! n't taken a wrong turn. After it v over, he said, his group heard a kfor help below. "Really, it should have kin us," he said. "It's incredible i' i Scott Lee lived." Allred said the avalanche v. by howling whiiN and "was like being next to a j airplane." In the future, he n;ikI "I'm going to pay a little mnu attention to the weather." Lee was reported to be in fait condition at Utah Valley Regieiu! Medical Center Saturday ecn:m with mostly internal injuries. "He's pretty lucky ... he's the." said girlfriend AnnDee Benin l from UVRMC. Bennett. 24, of Salt Lake '. ,iv. said Lee's face and body were t .i ly bruised and that lie sulieivd from a broken nose and bniiv.tl lungs. who She said her boyfriend show- Air Quality The air quality Saturday was good for Utah County. Jiee Page Al Committee OKs county sales tax By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald If Utah County had a sales tax option, the new county jail would not have had to be mothhallcd in 1995. a county official says. County Commissioner Gary R. Herbert said a county sales tax, as is Sen. Al Mansell. proposing, would have provided the county with revenues that kept pace with growth and would have made funding the new jail easier. "As we have growth that occurs, it only shows in the expense side." Herbert said. With Mansell's bill, "we will have the ability to provide revenue to reflect that pressure." Mansell's bill, which was approved by the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Friday, would allow counties to charge a 14 percent sales tax within the county. The county would have to reduce its property tax revenue by an amount equal to the sales tax income, thereby keeping county revenue consistent. Herbert said the sales tax would provide a more equitable way of funding county services. The present system puts the burden on property ow tiers w ho see their bills ar when property values are driven up. "You may own a million-dolla- r piece of property, but it is only worth a million if you sell it." Herbert said. A sales tax. however, is based on the consumption of taxed items, and it targets tourists and commuters who benefit from county services w ithout having to pay property taxes. The revenue is also directly driven by growth. As more people move in and shop at local businesses, the sales tax revenue increases. In the case of the county jail. Herbert said, the county would have had the tax rexenuc in 1995 to pay for staff and open the Spanish Fork facility. The jail's opening was delayed until April of this year when voters ly rejected a June 1995 tax to fund the jail. A sales tax would also lev property tax bills as tax rates adjusted to accommodate the n revenue. Herbert explained that the ov.n er of a home with a taxaM, assessed value of $I(K).(XX) n. pays $180 a year to the couni government. With Mansell's sale tax proposal, that same propcii . owner would only pay SS0. A count v resident would hav e (. buy $40.6(0 worth of lax.iM. items to make up that $100 difla ence if the proposal were implemented. Herbert said the bill would allow the county to tap into Orem's retail shopping market, which h;u already provided a steady incowc for the city. Cities receive I vr cent of the sales tax generated In ' local stores. C. Orem's Goodrich. Philip Administrative Services direciot. said sales tax revenue kept the property tax rate down for 20 as a result of good sales tax cnuc. 7 (ttlniiHlP increi-reques- ut rr. fl3K |
