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Show B BOG The Daily Herald 3 - Tuesday, April 23. 1996 Pilot wswtis to Pregnant toons faco hoalth risks eveirD LeeAnn BOUNTIFUL (AP) Olson is still looking forward to getting her pilot's license, but may have to delay it for a few days while she recovers from an emergency landing. Olson. 26. landed her plane in a tree near a Murray strip mall Sunday evening after running out of gas. She was set to try for her pilot's license next week and still expects to get it within a couple of weeks. She joked Monday from her Bountiful residence that she should get extra credit for the emergency landing. "It was scary and traumatic, but I was calm. That's what we're trained for," said Olson, who suffered lacerations to her forehead e Cessna when her 150 fell into the pines next to a Goodtime video store. Olson's left eye was bandaged to protect several stitches, her nose was broken and she had a few SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Although fewer Utah teenagers are having babies, adolescent mothers still face more serious health problems and economic disadvantages, according to a new report. The Utah Department of Health's "Report on Adolescent Pregnancy in Utah" indicates that teens account for about percent of all births in the state. In 1992. girls ages gave birth to 4.092 babies, including 1.481 born to teens 17 or younger. Among 18- - and 19- women. 92.1 of 1.000 teens nationally gave birth, compared to 73.5 of the same number of teenagers in Utah. Pregnancy during the teen years posed health risks for both the mother and infant, according to the report. For instance, between 1992 and had a 46 994. mothers ages percent higher rate of delivering a low birth weight infant. Infants born to mothers under age I S had a 49 percent greater incidence of infant death than infants born to 9 older mothers between 1 1 15-1- 9 ear-ol- d 1 15-1- single-engin- 7 years. Program focusos on inner cities SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The meeting of Mormon Church leaders with the adult survivor of a Kolob Creek Canyon hike in which two were killed is not protected under Utah's "communication to clergy" privilege, a federal magis- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Beginning next month, 35 college graduates who want to teach in inner-citschools will start a program to earn teaching certificates. The group is the first class of a administered through the C nigrum diversity of Utah and Bngham Youne University. "There is a great need for dedicated and motivated teachers to work with inner-cityouths." said program director Jim Birrell of BYl). "A good teacher can make an enormous difference in the lives of these young people." Usually, teaching certification requires additional undergraduate work over at least two ears. The of Utah program includes intense classroom work alongside a teacher the entire time. year-lon- g trate has concluded. Survivors of the hike argued the meeting was protected because it was conducted to minister to survivor Mike Brewer's spiritual and temporal needs. After reviewing the transcripts in private, U.S. Magistrate Ronald Boyce determined the meeting w as "not for doctrinal, spiritual or religious purposes," but rather w as to "aport about an event." In his decision released Monday. Boyce ruled in favor of a motion to compel release of the transcript sought by federal attorneys defending Zion National Park in a lawsuit by Kolob survivors. On Julv 15. 1W. Lerov Kim Ellis. 37. and David Fleischer. 27. both of Salt Lake City, drowned in the Kolob Creek slot cany on north of Zion National Park on an expedition with five teen-ag- e hoys. Ellis was assistant scoutmaster v BYU-l'niversit- one-ye- y ar More flooding is needed for fish LOGAN (AP Threatened native fish in the Grand Cans on weathered last month's experimental flood extremely well, but so did the species that with to them, according compete Logan researchers. "My feeling is we would have needed a much larger Hood to e flush out the species." said Rich Yalde. principal investigator for the project, w ho noted the findings were still "vers pre- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Studies of the Donner Party and Handcart Willie Company shown that women have tragedies are better equipped than men to natural disassurvive a Donald said ter, Grayson, a Uniof Washington anthropoloversity non-nativ- long-ter- liminary." Bio-Wes- "I knew was going down, and I was just thinking about landing as safely as I could." she said. 'l accepted the fact that I was going to crash, and I don't think I could have picked a better spot." The parking lot looked like a good place to land, she said, but there were too many cars and peo-pl-e. She also wanted to avoid power lines, so she chose the tree. I very proud of her." boyfriend Jared Seamons said. "I definitely believe God played a role in this." Flight instructor Mark Swint said her landing was remarkable considering her options. Olson had left Bountiful's Sky Park facility en route to Mi ford'. t, m gy professor. contracted with the federal government to study the effects last month's deliberate Grayson's latest study involved ihe handcart company, a party of 42 Mormon immigrants who were trapped in the mountains in Wyoming in the fall of 1856. died of cold and starvation before the group was rescued and made its way to Salt Lake City. Grayson found that the mortality rate among men was almost three times that of women. He said men over 40 were 10 times more likely to die than women were. Women are better equipped against starvation than men because on average they are smaller, have a higher proportion of body fat and a lower basal metabolism rate. Grayson said. He said women also are better able to cope with severe cold because of their higher proportion of subcutaneous fat. an excellent flood through the Grand Canyon would have on Colorado River fish. It was hoped the flood would conditions present help before the Glen Cans on Dam was completed in 9o3. Sixty-e- ight te Work continues along interstate The Utah Department of Transportation advises motorists that preiaration woik is under way on Interstate 15 corridor a reconstruction project. Core drilling and geotechnical surveying in the median will continue through Wednesday between 400 Southland 500 North in Salt 16-mi- le 4GOODTIW1E "I'm I Fillmore and then back to Salt Lake City a 300-mil- e journey She had only S5 in cash so she bought onlv four gallons of fuel at Fillmore, the bill came to more than $5 so she ended up paying small plane rests atop a pine tree and a Goodtime video store in Murray Sunday. LeeAnn Olson, a novice pilot, set the Cessna 150 down on the tree A with a credit card. She "If I'd known was going to pay with the credit card. I vou!d have bona hi more." she said I of the church's Riviera Ward in Salt Lake. Fleischer was president of the w ard's Young Men's program. South Brewer, now the ward bishop, people became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, the starving survivors lumed to cannibalism and 3 died. handcart The Mormon the of out tragedy grew Church's experiment between lesser-know- n 1856 and 1861) with using small handcarts instead of covered wagons for settlers traveling between Iowa City. Iowa, and Salt Like City. Mormon leader Brigham Young believed handcarts would As of Monday, ihe drainages statewide averaged 128 percent i f normal. However, the Virgin River drainage was only 4s percent of normal. Lscalante was f5 percent and southeastern Utah was 77 percent of normal. In northern Utah, sudden hot weather could cause runoff problems. "On a xcale of to 10. 10 being the highest, the threat of some flooding is 5 or b right now." said Brian Mclnerney. a hydrologist with the National Weather Services Colorado Basin River l orecast Center "It iust depends on conditions between now and the end of Mav." Randall Julander. the L'.S Soil Conservation Service's snow sun ey supervisor, said. " This is very reminiscent of last y ear w hen w e had that cool and be cheaper, easier and faster Before the idea was abandoned, about 3.WX) people in 10 companies made the journey. "It was literally hell on wheels." said Grayson. carts He said the used by ihe Willie Company two-wheel- I information exchange." with Brewer was "at times moving and in some places poignant and stirring, it was not ecclesiastical or religious." Boyce said. Church leaders did not receive the communication "within the religious role of clerics, but as clerics performing an attendant executive function.' D 6 weighed 2X to 250 pounds fully loaded. The Willie party, made up of emigrants from the British Isles and Scandinavia, left Iowa City on July 15. IS56. which was late in the year to begin the long trek. The company, under the command of James G Willie, had few supply wagons, making it necessary for each family to carry a (XV pound sack of Hour. The cans couldn't take the pounding of the trail and frequently broke down. Gray son said. Willie expected to boNter sup plies at Foil Laramie. Wyo.. but when the company arrived on Oct I. there was latle food to be had and the immigrants pressed on with reduced rations tv 1 larg- - liah according to court documents. The meeting was tape recorded and eventually transcribed. meeting on buy ing a above-norm- Boyce said in his ruling. None of the church leaders considered the meeting to he a confession or personal counseling session, and Turner considered the the few get her license in a couple of weeks. SALT LAKE CITY (APi Cooi. wet weather this month has been preserving the snowpack in northern 1 Although 8 ence. "The messace was that learned when vou're up ihcic v. m have to be realK careful she s.ni. 1 preserving snowpack religious purposes." ""an lost power. Olson, 26, suffered only crash landing as a learning expen- - The meeting was to obtain "a first hand account of the trip in order to handle media inquiries and to be able to address the needs of the family members and others," matter it sahau'ine the en sine from her Cessna. She's usini; the et plane and U.S. Magistrate Ronald Boyce determined the meeting was "not for doctrinal, spiritual or stayed with the boy in the narrow canyon until rescuers found them five" day s later. Brewer, four of the boys and w idows of the deceased men sued the federal government and the Washington County Water Conser-vanc- y District. They allege park rangers did not adequately warn the group of dangerous w ater flow s from Kolob Reservoir, operated by the water district. Six days after the tragedy. Brewer met with Leroy Turner, president of Granite Park Stake, and Mark Easton, first counselor. Also present at the meeting was Craig Criddle. then bishop of the Riviera Ward. now plan- - after cuts to her face and a broken nose. She expects to Wet, cool weather is Studies show women are better survivors non-nati- Valde's employer. I1 minor cuts. Magistrate: Mormon meeting about fatal hike not protected 25-3- y after crash wet spnne that seemed to last forever. The big difference is that last year we didn't have much low" or middle-elevatio- n snowpack. This vear we do. That cives us a httfe more heart burn An e would like to see them " melting off fairly rapidly Warmer weather Wednesday followed "throuch is expected to be cooler by weather Thursday and a weekend stonv, could drop more moisture in the northern mountains. "We'll kick a little water out of the snowpack, but it won't be much," National Weather Service meteorologist Williar Alder predicted. If there is a rapid rise in tern peratures or a big rainstorm when the snow melt is peaking. 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