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Show C ln3 The Daily Herald Cumbers wait out snowsKde danger Monday, March 17. 1997 Arches proposal pendin "'it is an integral part of the park MQAB APJ Rep. Chris Cannon is drafting legislation to environment." said Hedden of add ?,500 acres to Arches National Castle Valley. SALT LAKE OTY (APi Park as various agencies map out Cannon's staff w as in Arches Two climbers in Little Cottonwood the area to determine last week with officials from the precise NPS and the U.S. Bureau of Land Canyon waited lout a pair of boundaries. snowslides .and eventual' walked Bill Hedden, who works for the Management which ((BLM), it Grand administers most of the land safety while rescue crews stood environmental group ready to help if .needed. Canyon Trust, is pushing for the around the park. The agencies have (Off-dut-y Salt Lake County sherannexation of Lost Spring Canyon. been tusing global positioning iff' Deputy Terry MoQueen'called So far, the proposal, first con- equipment to map the canyons in for a rescue crew on Sunday after ceived three years ago when Hed- determining boundaries. he watched She men walk out of den was a county councilman, has The addition would increase the sight into a deep ravine, and then failed to attract much enthusiasm size of Arches by 5 percent, from saw awo avalanches wyie out the from Hedden 's peers in the envi- 73.W0 acres to 77.J00Q, and the (Climbers'' footprints. number .of arches in its boundaries ronmental community. "The snow itook out their footBut Hedden remains convinced by 6 percent, from 200 to 212. Mike Mower, Cannon's (district prints, ,and they didn't come ouC that putting Lost Spring and its McQueen said. softly sculpted sister canyons into director, said proposed legislation More than a (dozen rescuers National Park Service (NPS) juris- should be released in early April, arrived on the scene jjust after J diction is "the righteous thing to followed by public meetings in Moab and possibly Sah Lake City. p,m, and a helicopter also was .dis- do." patched. But Samuel Schroyer, .38, and (George an, .33,, say they were never in any danger while climbing tan the south side of Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, about three miles below Snowbird Ski Resort. When the snow warmed and began to slide, the two imade their way to a high, ridge to wait for (cooler temperatures to SALT LAKE CITY iAP) out," Holman told the Deseret harden the snow. Mormon missionar- News by telephone from his Thirty-on- e Jan used some of the time to call ies were among the 700 plucked hotel room in laranto, Italy, Jhks wife on his cellular phone to out of Tirana, Albania, Friday .about 40 miles west of Brindisi ask her to call sheriff 's deputies to and Saturday by (U.S. military in southern Italy. The newspaper tell them he was OK. Later when helicopters. reported his comments in a the helicopter flew up and hovered All but one of the missionar- copyright story on Sunday. right in front of the pair, they ies for The Church of Jlesus Holman, of Pangukch, LHah. called 91 1 iusing the last of the Christ of Latter-daSaints, was sent by the LPS church to phone's (dying (battery power based here, are Americans. The open the mission nine months and repeated the message. other missionary is from Hun- ago, "No one wanted to leave," gary, but he, too, was carried among the 700 Americans air- added Holman. 'XWe would,) go lifted out in the tLS, rescue back in a minute if the brethren ((church leaders) would 'allow us operation. The (U.S. military began res- to go back." SALT LAKE dTY iA?) A Holman 's wife, Louise Holcuing U.S. citizens after they arum accused (Of fatally stabbing his were ordered out .at the end of a man, was among the 29 .missionlover as to !be arraigned on one week of anarchy. The European aries ev acuated Friday. fount of first degree felony murder has been plagued by They were flown by L ,S milcountry on fxiday before 3rd District Judge weeks of 'violence sparked by itary helicopter from the U.S. Pat Brian. investthe collapse .of high-ris- k Embassy in Tirana to the SJSS Aleksandr Maliaev, 23, as ment schemes in which nearly Nassau, where they were served charged in the JJan. 116., II 996, .death every Albanian family lost mon- dinner before arriving in Brin(Of Michelle Turner, 22. The couple disi. ey. met about six months before TurnAll 31 Albanian missionaries Laurel L, Holman, the presier' s death while both were working dent of the Mormon church's stayed in hotels over the weekat a Salt Lake County convenience mission in Tirana, and the Hun- end, and expected to be bused to store. garian missionary were the last Rome on Monday. Although Turner was married The president of the church's of the LDS missionaries to with two children, she and Maliaev leave. They were airlifted out mission in Rome, Leone FJosi, became intimate, and Turner had Saturday, after the helicopter said some of the missionaries talked about leaving her husband, they were aboard Friday night likely will be assigned to the defense attorney Vernice Ab Ching was shot at by rebels in Tirana. ' British Jsles. (Others might stay in southern said at a prelinunary hearing last "Its because of faith and week. prayers of those concerned Italy so they can return to Albaabout us that we were able to jet nia when aioience ends. But the affair had its .ups and downs. The day she was killed. Turner was trying to break up with Maliaev, her family said. Turner was stabbed following an argument over some cigarettes Maliaev had loaned to her, according to testimony at the hearing. Turner threw Maliaev the cigarettes, then he sat down next to her tun the couch. But Turner got ,up SALT LAKE CITY AP) and went into the ikitchen. The company contracted to bus Sah Lake City School District stuSALT LAKE CITY iAP) dents fired two bus drivers for failThe work needed for public-ai- d ing drug tests in December, but rehired the pair. recipients to meet state and Two skiers federal welfare reforms may be (OGDJEN AP,) Tran Spec Busing Inc. apparentwere rescued Sunday morning after hard to come by. according to a ly did not violate the law when it new study by an advocacy spending the night in a snow cave rehired the bus drivers, who both resiunder a tree .near Powder Mountain group for low-incotested positive for marijuana use. Ski Resort, said Weber County dents. One tested positive on two occaThe report, released SaturSheriff Sgt. Art Haney. sions. The skiers, both from Virginia, day by Justice, Economic DigThai's because ev en though bus had left a companion within the nity and independence 0ED1 ) drivers who test positive fur "probounds of the resort and struck out fur Women, was based on welhibited drugs" fust be fired fare office interviews with 107 Saturday to find an area where according to state law. the law does snowcats and helicopters take skiers recipients. It notes obstacles to not prohibit rehiring such a driver, for skiing. including job the Deseret jsJews reported in a But they took a wrong turn and training, education, transportacopyright story on Sunday. tion and child care. ended up in Middle Fork Canyon. But the practice is discouraged, down women a skied said. The surveyed "They Haney said Pat (O'Hara. the state's pupil reported they had seen their ways and realized 'This isn't where transportation specialist. we want to be,'" .he said. average pay increase from "When we sere up. we can first for their $5.75 an hour Rather than continue on the steep kill kids. We have high standards hills and deep snow, the skiers built jobs to only $5.76 an hour for because of that." O'Hara said. their most recent jobs. a snow cave under a tree. They had On March 5, Slate SuperintenThis busts the myth that bottled water and power bars for dent of Public Instruction Scott food, and lit a small fire to keep getting a job, any job, will Bean notified school administraresult in being a better prov ider warm through the night, Haney said. tors that Tran Spec had rehired the for a family." said Deeda Seed, drivers. a founder of JEDI Women and District officials then contacted a Salt Lake City Council memTran Spec and recommended that ber. the two driv ers be fired Tran Spec More than half of those surofficials complied. DS MOINES. Iowa KAP) veyed reported their greatest told me we could do 'They w fur the sold as tickets None of the obstacle to wanted. It w as cerwhatever we Powerball game Saturday night a lack of education and job in our right to hire them tainly matched all six numbers drawn, training. Fifty women cited be their recomwould but it back and which were transportation. 40 pointed to be terminated. mendation that they Rowerball 42. child care and 40 blamed we decideverything, Considering numfive all affordable housing. Players matching wishes." their ed conform to to When the state's new bers and the Powerball would have said Don Tran Winters. genSpec Sermillion Workforce won or shared the $31.5 Department of eral manager. estian full on to into The vices swing prize goes goes jackpot. Winters said the two drivers mated $36 million for Wednesday. July J, most families will be were rehired after their drug viomaw-mufive the for first benefits match a that Tickets limited to lations because '"Sometimes peoof three y ears during their numbers, but miss the Powerball, do were ple silly things, and they there and win $100,000 each, lifetime. Federal guidelines regret it. seven of those; one each sold in allow a lifetime limit of Jive '"When they're good employees vears. Arizona, iowa, Kansas. Louisiana. seem like they're being honest and and Dakota South New Mexico, with wu, vour human side says Wisconsir ngress review J"We 're trying to keep it as clean and simple as possible." said Mower. We want evervone to be most boundary .of the proposed addition would extend into. The BLM would have Jittle problem with trading the state trust land section on an basis fur an adjacent section. Preliminary discussions with state officials indicate that the state would be a willing partner too. Mower said. As for grazing. Mower said the bill will allow the rancher. Lowell Klingelsmith. of Meeker. Colo., and his son to continue to graze cattle inside the park fur their lifetimes. The bill also would have a clause that allows for outside groups, such as the Grand Cany on Trust, to purchase Klingelsmith's grazing privileges in the park and retire them. Kate Jutchell. manager of the acre-per-ac- We're trying to keep ft (the legislation) as dean and simple as possible. J Mike Mower, Cannon's district director "sell-and-retir- To date, just two issues are the grazing rights of one rancher, and a section of state lunresoJved: school trust land that the eastern- - BLM's Moab district, said the proposed amieKatinn of BLM land into Arches is a good idea. "This is an example of where we can take baby steps." Kitchell said. "There are other areas where we'd be a Jot more territorial" Where the biU could run into trouble as with the state's most powerful environmental groups-- , whose members are suspicious ot Cannon in light of his bitter opposition to President Clinton's desigof Grand Staircase-Escalant- e nation National Monument. Representatives of the Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance w om the proposal will adversely affect their goal preserving as wilderness a J7.000-acr- e area thai would larger. include Lost Spring Canyon. missionaries now in Italy Private generosity fortifies colleges after Albanian evacuation 31 tree-studd- ed Arraignment set in stabbing case -- . Skiers OK after night outdoors Problems exist with program, study says No winner drawn in Powerball lotto cy m SALT LAKE CITY AP) institution also broke its Contributions to the state's five records during fiscal year collecting $6.4 million in colleges and four universities J 995-9soared to more than $11 J million gilts. The previous year. WSL in the last fiscal y ear, topping the received about $4.2 miJJitn. The biggest of WSIT gifts jfl previous year's total by nearly $25 w as a $1 milmillion. fiscal y ear 3995- And the trend appears to be conlion donation from William Child, tinuing this year. iitb the major chief executive officer oJ K.C. V'il-le- y g schools reporting Home Furnishings. g universiefforts during the first Ltab's half of their 3 996-9- 7 campaigns. ty. Southern HHafj Lniversity is The University of LHah, which CedarCity. saw its gilts grow from Claims about 75 percent of all con$4.6 million to $5.ti million. tributions to higher education in "We have been pleased w ith the the state, announced another in a growth, but our needs are always, series of multimillion-dolla- r gifts exceeding our rev cnues," said Stulast week, $2.5 million to the Colart C. Jones, SIT .assistant to the lege of Law . president for .university advanceContributed by the SJ. and ment. Jessie E, Quinney Foundation, it is According to Jones. SW last the largest single gift ev er receiv ed y ear benefited from the generosin by the law uchool. said Dean Lee of two .anonymous donors, who Teitelbaum. contributed $1 million each to the A graduate of (Utah State (Unschool: Di ie Col lege in St George ,al so iversity and Harvard Law School, the late S J Othnney as a founder had an $1 million gift from an of the Ray. Ouinney .& ftebeker anonymous d'nor. Thai single gilt boosted Dixie's total contributions law firm here. The university as a whole has from $1.8 million in fiscal vear attracted $60 million haJfway 3 994-9- 5 to 2M million last ear. Gifts tw LHah 'Valley State Colthrough the current fiscal year, which compares to $79.5 million lege mushroomed from $?203.5 tw about in all of last y ear and $63.6 million in fiscal year J 994-9- 5 the y ear before that. $3.5 million last year. Kathenne K. Pochards, assistant Cory Duckworth. associate v ice vice president for development, president for institutional advancattributes the growth to enthusiasm ement said the huge increase w as over the school's sesuuicentennial due in large part to a long-tercampaign, the univer- campaign that included a "silent" g phase before going sity's pending role in the 2002 Winter Games, successful athletic public. Sah Lake Coram unhy College teams and generous alumni. A booming stock market also received almost $? milJiun in girts has helped, Richards added, noting during the past iwo years, far that skyrocketing values have exceeding past totals. Peter an attracmade stock Maughan. director of developtive option. ment, said the school is increasingOther schools also saw increasly recognized. y ou've got to give them an opporIt's now the second or thud es. tunity. PoUticaUy, it probably wasFriends of LHah State (Universlargest institution in the state, n't the best of decisions, but that's ity doled out sbgbtJy mure than depending on how enrollment is what we did." $10.7 rriillion. edging the previous counted, he said. "When we're out "Winters said rehabilitation total bv fund raising, we don't have to vear's record-breakincounselors and the drug testing lab only $25,000. explain who we are anymore."" told him the drug ,use appeared to Snow College received abuu But more importantly, accordbe isolated and recreational in ing to officials, the university post$500,000 in gilts last year, an nature. ed healthy gains in planned giving, increase of $300,000. However, The rehabilitation counselors or money pledged over time. In Bruce Peterson, assistant to the recommended the men be rehired, that category, LSU reached a president for advancement. ,aid the and Tran Spec had eight drug tests record high of $J4 millionEphraim school also gained about scheduled to ensure they remained Don . Spainhower, executive $?.b million in planned giving. drug-fre- e, he said. No numbers were available for director of development at Weber In the tw o years since the federState Lnivershv in Ogden. said .his College .of Eastern H'tah. al government mandated drug tests for school bus drivers, only nine of 5.b00 Utah bus drivers or job To register any pualic comment concerning apenoa nems. peat call applicants tested positive. Of the our comments 'ill be transmitted to Council memoers. nine, eight involved working drivers and each was fired, O'Hara said. The ninth test involved a job applicant. it is unclear how Jong the To be held: March 18, 1937 at 7:00 pm. worked for Tran Spec after at 351 West Center Street Ptwo they were rehired. Winters said the men worked a "matter of days." Other drivers, however, told fip5ffi2 CfrFVSni&l Invocation antf Pledge of Allegiance O'Hara they were back on the job Approval C Minifies: Approval of Wlnutes 1or February 18. 1937 Counci for tw o months Meeting The revelanon comes a month gwplpyte of ffif Month; Daw Graves - Engineering Department. Presented by Bart Simons before the school board will vote Utan Pioneer Sesquicentennia1 Otlice Vear PrpcterTigftpn.; 1937 whether to e.tend Tran Spec's attCelebration ract. to 15 minutes.) Discussion with the Mayor and Council: The company has a live-yeAction Aoenda:. contract to bus Salt Lake students, appropriating $154,000 m the but the agreement can be severed ELQLn)'Li$3I A resolution ana applying to tne tiscai year eno-mFund General Improvement Capital after the first ear. June 30, 1937. The company's service has been 8. RSQtVI!PNJ927ji A resolution adopting a Memorandum tfi the subject of hundreds of comUnderstanding regarding the availability, control, and disbursement ol 1unds associated with construction ot a Libyan at Academy Square. plaints from parents and educators, C. Sottteasf CvurKi! Dtflnct Concern fi whose complaints have ranged There will be representatives 1rom Ciy departments available to Irom leaving special education address concerns. children unattended at bus stops to 1997-- ., A resolution giving consent to the appomtmen' D. late buses. ol Kevin W. GariioK as the Energy Director tor Provo City. Tran Spec has said it needs a The next Council Meeting will be beld on March 18. 1997 at 7:00 p.m. $440,000 increase in its contract m Council Cbambens. 351 West Center Sfeet. Pnvo. unless otherwise for the upcoming school year. Tran noticed. For more ntormation. please contact the Council CI ice at Spec say s it is losing $o0.000 a month. fund-raisin- Holman acknowledged that could take years, but he said he doesn't expect the violence to continue $w long. "There's only so many bullets you can shoot," he said. Mrs. Holman told the newspaper that moving away from the people of Albania was traumatic for the missionaries. They worry about their friends left behind, She said. Yet the reprieve from the gunfire, often erupting outside the mission home, has calmed some nerves, she said. Rebels overtook Elbasan. a tillage 32 miles from the mission home, lolling three people, she said. But two missionaries there were able to escape nnharmed. "We were always praying. U'e knew that the Lord was protecting ius," Holman said. Flosi said Italian volunteers and LDS Church members offered their homes to Albanian evacuees. "Our first priority is making sure the missionaries are safe, arranging for housing and lifting the burden from the U.S. govso they could worry ernment about people who were more needy or without assistance," Elusj said. d. record-breakin- fund-raisin- fastest-growin- g . fund-raisin- g fund-raisin- School bus drivers fired for drug use gift-givi- g - 278-612- 0. PROYO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA dri-Ae- rs - ar ; g 4 4 |