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Show i n n1 5Tl The Daily Herald Friday, kiefs SALT LAKE CITY (AP) KAYSVILLE Sufian (AP) has taught four years in the Davis School District, holds a doctorate in education and a minor in teaching English as a second language. The Brigham Young University graduate also won last year's Jon M. Huntsman award for excellence in education. But the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Northern Center office in Nebraska turned down request last month for a "green card" visa, ruling he had made only a limited contribution to the national interest. A shocked is appealing the decision, and has the support of Utah Education Association president Lily Eskelsen and Abu-Rmail- Abu-Rmaile- Abu-Rmail- Davis Education Association executive director Kaye Chatter-to- n, among others. The appeal mailed last week included more than 40 letters arguing the national importance of work. Abu-Rmaile- Enrollment up at Dixie College ST. GEORGE (AP) College's enrollment Dixie has hit 4.92 1, up 13 percent from last fall. "I believe we'll be at the top (of statewide campus growth) for the third year in a row." said Mark Petersen, director of college public relations. Full-tim- e students make up 51 percent of the college's enrollment. Dixie's full-tim- student e equiv- alency (FTE) is 3.1 19 students, an increase of almost 350. The FTE is used by the state Board of Regents to determine college budgets. Dixie has 3.800 traditional students, those who attend college directly after high school. There are 1,121 students, those who return to college after some layoff following high school. Petersen said. Petersen said efforts in student recruitment by Kelly Kendall and Asai Gillman. the director and assistant director of School Relations respectively, were key elements in enrollment growth. Robber 'strikes' 3 times, is out Utah's inmate population is growing at eight times the rate the general population is increasing. Prison capacity needs to be nearly doubled in the next nine with construction averyears aging more than 350 beds annuto accommodate that ally growth, according to preliminary findings of CGA Consulting Services, a state-hire- d independent contractor. "No question about it. it's the fastest growth industry in the state unfortunately," Corrections Director O. Lane McCotter said Thursday. He was quoted in a copyright story in The Salt Lake Tribune. The draft study said longer prison terms are "driving the substantial (inmate) population ' growth, and it also cited climbing arrest rates. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) When it comes to the nation's ongoing war against illegal drugs. President Clinton has been "AWOL absent without leadership." Sen. Orrin Hatch says. In a speech to the Senate Thursday, the Utah Republican took the Democratic leader to task for cutting key programs and not using his "bully pulpit" to discourage SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Two La Sal men are charged in a federal indictment with defacing and stealing archaeological remains in what authorities have called one of the worst cases of vandalism of a prehistoric site in Utah. The indictment handed up by the federal grand jury Thursday aliened that Greeorv L. Lathrom ancfTodd P. McKee in 1990 and 1991 excavated, damaged and removed the materials from North Beaer Mesa Cave, also known as Polar Mesa Cave, in Grand Coun Elk FARMINGTON (AP) A former Salt Lake teacher who pleaded guilt) to having sexual relations with her foster son has been sentenced to a year in the Davis County Jail. Donna Martinez, a onetime Northwest Middle School industrial arts instructor, also was ordered bv 2nd District Judge Rodney Page to pay $5,550 in fines. On Tuesday. Page gave Mar-tin- e the maximum sentence of live ears to life in prison and a $ 0.000 fine on her plea to e forcible sodomy, a senthe Me then suspended felonv. tence' in favor of the jail time and lower fine. "I think it's a fair sentence, Martinez's attorney Terry Cathcart first-degre- said. "There's incarceration, which allows the victims to see thai there's punishment for the crime, but it allow s an opportunity for her to get rehabilitation." Martinez. 39, pleaded guilty in the dismissal August in return lor felony of three other first-degr- charges. ar y lower-securit- In Utah, just 168 However, a SALT LAKE CITY (AP) About a doen rural count commissioners are in Washington to lobby for a bill that would designate more wilderness in Utah than they want. They are trying to counter environmentalists lobbying for even more wilderness. The from commissioners Beaver. Carbon. Emery. Garfield. Juab. Millard. San Juan and Tooele counties are backing the bill proposed by Utah's Republicans in Congress. minimu- 240-be- d center in Draper opened last summer, and a 192-be- d prison is scheduled to open next March. Corrections is asking for permission next year to begin design and construction of a $20 million 264-be- d women's prison at its Draper complex and $14 million for a 192-be- d addition at the Gunnison prison. se m-security of every 100.000 are locked up. "We're not getting the minimum-security, trusty kind of inmates they are in other states," McCotter said. "Here in Utah. drug use. Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" to drugs campaign was an example of leadership Hatch said he admired, but he added. "We need a campaign to gel the president to and say it 'Just Say Something' loudly and consistently." Statistics show America losing ground against drugs, the senator said. ty- A third person. Scott A. Timp-so- n. 29. was indicted Sept. 21 on 10 counts alleging archaeological damage to the same site in 1990 and 1991. The looting of North Beaver Mesa Cave in one summer did more damage than the digging in all other years combined, one Forest Service worker said in 1991. The cave held human remains and artifacts dating back 8.000 years. Damage is estimated at more than S500 in Thursday's indict- - Commissioners originally wanted no more than million acres of the Bureau of Land Management property to be protected as wilderness. Many wanted none. But they are grudgingly supporting the delegation bill for about 1.8 million acres. Another 300.000 acres proposed by Rep. Enid Waldholt.. could be added. The bill is opposed by the state Democratic Party, which contends the sponsors have been unresponsive to public opinion. Mike Zuhl. party chairman, said in letters to Senate Democrats Wednesday that people speaking at public hearings on the issue were in favor of designating far more wilderness. He said the hearings showed support for designation of at least 3 million acres, with I Teen drug use almost doubled over the past two years, reversing what had been a steady decline since 1977. Hatch said. The most recent National High h School Survey indicates use of marijuana is up 110 percent for eighth graders; 95 percent for 10th graders, and 60 percent for 2th graders. past-mont- Lathrom. 33. and McKee. 27. also are charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting. In all. Lathrom faces seven counts and McKee nine counts. Lathrom was released from the Salt Lake County Jail Thursday on several pre-triconditions, including that he not drink excessively and not go on public lands except while working in his job. which is laying electrical cable. McKee was summoned to appear before U.S. Magistrate Sam Alba on Nov 6. A trial date has n. t yet been set. In the summer and fall of 1990. ment. but Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Dance said the actual estimated damage is far higher. Forest Service officials said vandals went through the equivaloads of lent of five dump-truc- k dirt to steal baskets, mats. rope, bone needles, sandals and other clothing, stone tools and arrowheads. Archaeologists said the looters destroyed evidence of where the prehistoric people slept, where they had their fires, how they made their tools and the evolution of their technology. the licensing board by issuing prescriptions not included on his restricted list. The board, which has the option of revoking or suspending Rees' license to prescribe controlled substances, set the case aside for further deliberation. A decision is expected within three weeks. In 1991. Rees was placed on probation for Pl.endimetrazine. an appetite suppressant. The board then restricted the kinds of medications Rees could prescribe, providing him a list. Only one medication containing hy drocodone a prescription cough syrup, was included on the restricted list. However, other experts testifying on Rees' behalf concurred that several other medications on the restricted list were more addictive and prone to abuse than hvdrocodone. transfer plan ST. GEORGE for sexual abuse minimum-securit- bends. Utah has 82 percent of its inmates in medium or higher security, compared with 63 percent nationally. The study recommends that the state concentrate on cony structing prison space in the short term. Corrections officials contend that it's mostly the most serious offenders who are going to prison in Utah, and they" cite Utah's incarceration rate that is half the national average. Nationwide, 392 of every 100,000 residents are in prison. substantial support for designation of up to 5.7 million acres ol wilderness. commissioners The county don't like to say they "support" the delegation bill. "'I'd call it tolerable acquiescence instead." said San Juan County Commissioner Bill Redd, who figures it included about two times too much wilderness m his county. "But when you look at the alternative, we really hae no choice." said Carbon County Commissioner Neil Breinholdt. He said commissioners decided they must support the delegation bill it) countei lobbying b eni ronmental groups tor a bill In Rep Maurice Hinchey. to crate 5.7 million acres of wilderness .. in L'tah. Environmental groups haf ghen member- expensive cotter table books full of wilderness area photos along w ilh books ol and poems on l'tah wilderness by famous writers. They also g and phone campaigns ami held seeral demonstrations. Millard County Commisvionc! n I. ana Moon said. "No one the back viewpoint pushing here about the people who live on the land. Our Morv has to be told, too. and that's vvhv we're here." hau-stage- letter-writin- al . the two men used a shovel and a metal screen to excavate and ylt soil within the cave before removing the artifacts, according to the indictment. It also says the pan built a fire in the cave The following August. McKee returned to the cave and excavated and damaged resources again, according to the indictment. In September 1991. Laihrnm and McKee allegedly used shovels, buckets and a metal screen to excavate and sift a portion of the soil in the cave, again building a fire in the cave, which is on public land. State demands that panel discipline Ogden doctor Muestas. 44. held up the Mountain America Credit Union in West Jordan on Sept. 19. 1994. jailed number of before someone is sent to prison he has to commit a very violent crime" or have committed multiple offenses. Corrections made its pitch for construction funding before the state Building Board on Thursday. McCotter said the state needs to make up for a construction slowdown in recent years. Despite increasing needs, "in six years we have not built one cell in this state." he said. Men indicted for stealing archaeological resources 'Three Strikes' against violent repeat offeners who commit a great deal of crime in this country." he added. "The law locks up for life the most dangerous criminals." er Consultants contend Corrections has too many medium- - and maximum-securit- y cells for its Hatch charges Clinton AWOL on drug issue SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah's Physician Licensing Board has taken under consideration a state attorney's demand that an Ogden doctor be disciplined for prescribing drugs against the board's orders. During a hearing Wednesday. Dr. J. Richard Rees acknowledged he had prescribed medicines conthe reliever pain taining hydrocodone while on a probation for an earlier offense involving personal abuse of a controlled substance. However. Rees testified he thought it reasonable to dispense with medications pain hy drocodone because other similar drugs he is now restricted from prescribing are more addictive and no more beneficial. Assistant Utah Attorney General Paul Allred countered that Rees had no right to substitute "his ow n professional judgment" for that of SALT LAKE CITY (AP) For the first time in Utah, the federal "Three Strikes and You're Out" law has been used to sentence a repeat violent offender to life in prison. Scott MaMieson Jr.. U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, also said the sentencing Thursday of Clyde Maestas for armed bank robbery was only the third time he knew of that the statute has been applied in the nation. In all. prosecutors have sought such sentences against 19 defendants in 13 states since the law was enacted one year ago. Mathe-so- n said. "Federal prosecutors are using Ex-teach- Officials lobby for wilderness Inmate population bulging Honored teacher appeals denial October 13, 1995 (AP) Divi- sion of Wildlife Resources officials are taking another look at a plan to mov e elk to the Pine Valley Mountains that has drawn local opposition Officials want more time to talk with residents who fear the elk will wander down into Leeds and Silver Reef and munch on shrubbery and crops, said Jim Guymon. regional supervisor for DWR's Southern Region. "We are still appraising the situation to see if it's viable." Guymon said. "We have quite a bit of opposition from local residents. We want to make sure where our support is." The proposal stems from an elk removal from the New Harmony area that stalled about three years ago. Guymon said. The prospect of an elk population in the mountains was intended to compensate hunters for the loss of New Harmony elk. The Leeds Town Council passed a resolution Sept. 27 opposing the proposal, saving the elk w ould cause residents the same property damage that got the ani CP Q. QD I 4 MOTOROLA i r AItJ Wireless Services DYNASTY JLMITSUBISHI A l;0 Portable Cellular "Flip" Phone talk time 111 r m-- caoan ty Hands-'re- emo-- v 33cz standby memory 27 Transportable Cellular Phone s;- -- ccoa;1 re-evalua- ted ....mtmii mals kicked out of New Harmony in the first place. The resolution also took issue with the term Council members dispute that elk are indigenous to the area. "It was a nightmare up there (New Harmony )." said Silver Reef resident Laurelle Dalton. "It was a disaster. We have talked to the residents and don't want this to happen in our community." DWR workers would work to mitigate any elk problems if necessary. Guymon said. He said they would kill elk if they caused problems on ranches. If they show up officials in downtown Leeds, would be limited to such tactics as harassing them back up the mountains. Guymon said. "We've never felt very concerned about having to cross that bridge." Guymon said. "We don't think they'H show up in downtown Leeds." "If we put them up on the mountain, we have strong feeling they'll slav where they are." Guymon said'. "But when working with wildlife, vou don't have any a guarantees." A V iM OTOROLA Panasonic . ri''I i " X? Portable ,1 Cellular Phone talk time fTTZZi A ml I I standbv memory Weighs only 8 5 02 1 1 i? Drtrtahlo VI IUUIV I ISM Cellular Phone 50 V-- M ATsT Portable v Cellular Phone aiD'ar-u,-re"- emo'y B uirt-- cnarge' AC DC ta'k ! te V'eignS only 9 4 cz 5?" 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