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Show Tuesday, January 23, 1996 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah ;v: - u!ah flews . Few more storms needed in south 'SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Recent storms have improved the . water outlook in northern Utah significantly and southern Utah is somewhat better. looking J ;"Last week's storms came at just the right time," said Ivan Flint, tyeber Basin Water Conservancy District manager. "Most of our watershed is right up to 100 percent of normal, where we were down to 60 percent or 70 percent a feW weeks ago. I don't think we could ask to be in better shape." His district's reservoirs, which supply water to much of Weber and Davis counties, had been in good shape at summer's end. But diiy weather well into ''had used up our slack. '. , mid-Janua- ry Flint certainly was not alone in welcoming a series of storms that boosted the water content of northern Utah's snowpack by 20 percent to 30 percent. Southern Utah missed out on most of last week's storms, but was clipped by a third Sunday night and Monday. Cedar City received 7 inches of snow and Brian Head received 9 inches. Zion National Park reported I inch and St. George received 0.5 inch. The storm improved southwestern Utah's water prospects, but at least a couple more big storms are needed. Okay, maybe it seems a little early full last fall. Last week's abundant moisture will help ensure that Jordanelle to be thinking Reservoir reaches capacity this year for the first time. full-stora- With those reserves, Ovard said. "If we had a back-to-badry spring and dry summer, we could handle it and deliver a lot of ck "The weather is so variable in the south that you can get a good storm track over there and catch up pretty quick," said Randall Julan-de- r, U.S. Natural Resources Con- servation a bigger increase down there, especially on the Virgin River drainage. Twenty-si- x percent (of normal) is terrible. But they were down to 15 percent." David Ovard, general manager of the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District, was not worried even before the storms because Deer Creek Reservoir was Service snow-surve- y supervisor. "We would like to see water." .!. A small storm was expected to move into Utah today, followed by a larger one Wednesday night that could last into Friday. planned boding SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Federal wildlife officials have decided not to cause a flood this spring on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Reservoir. '0 "Because of the short time frame and the people's concerns, we aren't going to do it this year," Reed E. Harris, Utah' field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said Monday. However, natural runoff could be high enough that Flooding will occur on its own. ;rThe Green River flood tyould have been similar to PRe scheduled for late March and early April on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Both floods were proposed to mimic spring runoff in an to experimental attempt restore more natural conditions in the rivers. High water Js expected to benefit four ;species of endangered fish. Teams of researchers will monitor the Colorado River flood this spring to learn how high' water affects the river channel, fish and stream-sid- e "plants. This information will help them determine the optimum size and duration of future floods. 'Land owners along the Cree'n River below Flaming JGorge Reservoir don't want a t -- e flood. "It doesn't do anything , ' , a- except damage livelihoods, spread disease and endanger structures along the river," said, Uintah County Commis- sioner H. Glen McKee. were worried , Anglers about the flood's potential impact on the large trout that live in the Green River below Flaming Gorge. - 75-mp" I h Salt lake city limit a (ap bill that would legalize a , 75-m- speed limit on the state's rural has advanced in the state 5 Senate, rolling over concerns that i Utah's highways weren't designed ,.' tor, drivers to go so fast. Dmitrich's bill A j Sen. Mike advanced Monday on a vote of 26-- 3 and was expected to come up for ' final passage in the Senate today. The Price Democrat's bill is one I pt three in the Legislature attempting to bump up the state's speed 5 limit since Congress did away with 3 federal speed limit restrictions last the other two raise the While year1. maximum to 70 mph, his would t t highways i ,J -- i l 1033 Utah Legislature portation thinks it's safe. All 'other state highways and interstates would carry maximum speed limits of 65 mph. Majority Leader Craig Peterson of Provo pointed out that most of the state's highways were designed lege. After all, ' " ; books, the living expenses, the official involvement in the case. Someone else will conduct the autopsy, Grey said. "My doctor is interested in understanding injury and how it relates to the cause of death," Grey said. "I believe the knowledge will be useful. But I will not allow this physician to otherwise be involved." Grey did not identify the deputy medical examiner. The medical's examiner's reluctance for his office to be involved in Taylor's execution underscores a continuing dilemma facing the Department of Corrections, which now must find someone to pro- - 1 sky- - .. a ; rocketing tuition... or was that 8 years? The point is, the big things in life have a way of hap- "Our job is to investi- pening before our participate in it." very eyes. That's gate the death, not Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Todd Grey why we created Planned Savings nounce Taylor dead. In the past, that job has fallen to a Corrections physician. But that changed following the 1992 execution of William Andrews. Gallegos said the prison doctor in the Andrews execution was castigated by the American Medical Association, which contends that involvement in an execution by a physician runs against the AMA's canons of ethics and the Hippocratic Oath. The oath's primary maxim is, "First, do no harm." Grey's insistence that the deputy medical examiner a physician bound by those canons and maxims not actively participate in Taylor's death could pose some logistical problems for Corrections with Taylor. First, who will pin the target over Taylor's heart? Someone with training will have to use a stethoscope to find the apex of the heart and pin the target to his shirt. Grey has forbidden his doctor to do it. And who will pronounce him dead. Grey suggested an Emergency Medical Technician could do it. Plus. It's a disci- plined savings plan that regularly shifts money from your mi checking account to last-minu- te your savings. As your assets build, so does the interest (up to 4.89,APY). And as your kids speeds through Senate allow drives on rural interstates to drive up to 75 mph providing the Utah Department of Trans- - col- years before the xecution create postpone m edical dilemma SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A bill who would outlining proposed pronounce an executed inmate dead has angered the Utah medical examiner and underscores a dilemma facing Corrections officials preparing to execute John Albert Taylor. The bill, being pushed by the of Corrections, is Department intended to sidestep ethical concerns about physicians participating in any way in executions. It would appoint a state "coroner" to certify the death of the executed inmate. The problem is that nobody consulted Utah Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Todd Grey, who on Monday said his office wants nothing to do with the process. It would pose a conflict, in fact, for him to be involved. And the bill poses other problems. "First off, there's no such thing as a state coroner," Grey said. "Secondly, our job is to investigate the death, not participate in it." He pointed out an execution is considered a homicide and requires an autopsy and full investigation by his staff. "It is a bad idea to have the people looking into the cause and manner of death to be part of the process," he said. The proposed law would not take effect until this spring, and would not apply to the firing squad execution of Taylor scheduled for early Friday. Sponsoring Rep. Mont Evans, a Corrections employee, said he was unaware of problems with the bill, which was written by his bosses. Corrections legislative liaison Jesse Gallegos said there had been a misunderstanding. He said the bill would either be amended or withdrawn. The legislation apparently was inspired by the fact that a deputy without conmedical examiner accepted a Departsulting Grey ment of Corrections invitation to attend Taylor's execution. The doctor, Grey said, will be allowed to attend Taylor's execution as a sort of research project, but the physician has been banned from any about your kids you've still got 12 Officials human-mad- Page BJ grow, well, so will for a maximum speed of 70 mph whether and he wondered Dmitrich's bill could endanger dri- their nest-eg- vers. But Dmitrich said the language of the bill reads that the speed limit to exceed 75 mph" and Just g. i.l stop by to find out UDOT engineers would review each stretch of roadway before setting the limit. Most senators liked the idea and a few were enthusiastic. "I'd rather we not make it an option," said Majority Whip Leonard Blackham, "I'd rather say the speed limit 'will be 75.' The public is going faster than that now." ii it, that .... more. (Whenever uh, the little tyke unclenches your car keys.) 'j Utah auto thieves getting younge I: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) fThe number of automobile thefts ilas increased 80 percent in Salt take this decade and 70 percent aiketyhere in Utah, paralleling an Overall increase in juvenile crime. kids are becoming more crim- need inally sophisticated and their plans. to carry out trans-ijwtati- t ''.'It's not difficult for a teenager leam how to steal a car very f huickly. They pick it up from their othfriends, and then pass it on to who ers," said Sgt. John Kerens, Beads the city's auto theft detec- jtjves. fc) Half of the suspects apprehend ed in recent years are younger than 18 years, Kerens said. And he estimates 50 percent of all stolen autos are linked to gang activity. "There's more to car theft than just a person losing his vehicle for a while. We've recovered cars and trucks that come back with bullet holes in them," he said, estimating one in three cars stolen off the street is used in another crime. Detectives recover 90 percent to 95 percent of missing cars because most in Utah are taken by teenagers who are interested in a auick ride. One couple, Mo and Jewell Mulitalo realized too late that their Jeep Cherokee was a prime target for car thieves. The couple had just enjoyed a late movie in Taylorsville when they found an empty parking space where their new Jeep had been. Police found the white Jeep five hours later in northwest Salt Lake City. A giri was behind the wheel. 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