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Show JOURNAL PLUS A-- 2 UTAH COUNTY JOURNAL Prison doesn't eliminate moth Gypsy Tyson's legal problems 3ill Brubaker her Bridgeport, Conn., home. I think that alone will let the jury know that Mike Tyson's legal troubles what Tywon't end just because he's been son did to sentenced to six years in prison for me must the rape of Desiree Washington, a former Miss Black America con- been true. testant. In courthouses from New .. . The York to Los Angeles, the former rape trial heavyweight boxing champion showed faces six civil lawsuits three brought by women who allege sexthe ual abuse. of type The rape trial helped our case a whole lot; it showed Tyson's be- person havior with women, said Blair Mike TyWasserman, lawyer for the 1990-9- 1 son is. Although the trial resulted in his Miss Black America, Rosie first criminal conviction as an Jones, who alleges in a $100 million lawsuit that Tyson fondled her adult, Tyson, who will be 26 in at last summer's Indiana Black June, is an old hand in court matters. As a boy in Brooklyn, N.Y., Expo. the trial was he had an extensive record of juverape During Tyson portrayed by his lawyer, Vincent nile offenses, mostly for muggings. Fuller, as a lewd, sexually aggres- And in the seven years since he besive womanizer. Tyson described came a professional boxer, he has the language he used with Washbeen a party to approximately 20 ington as crass and sexually ex- civil suits. plicit. Fuller argued that WashingTyson has paid millions of dolton should have known what she lars in legal fees, according to was getting into when she folDon King, his promoter and chief lowed Tyson into his hotel room adviser. The Washington Post relast July 19. last month that, even though ported Fuller's an estimated $100 defense didn't sway the Indi- Tyson grossed million during his boxing career, anapolis jury and in the coming his net worth may be less than $10 months it may help Tyson's due million, largely to legal fees accusers, lawyers said. Tyand spending sprees. son's testimony certainly helped King contends that the sexual-abus- e Rosie's position, Wasserman said. charges were brought by Tyson admitted that he's a wild women seeking to gain notoriety kind of guy. How can the rape conviction and to capitalize on Tyson's wealth. not help our case? said Mary Referring to Jones' lawsuit, King Frances Marino, lawyer for model said: You've got to understand and actress Robin Young, who al- something: Women in beauty conleges that Tyson grabbed her in a tests have an innate exhibitionism sexually suggestive manner in about them; otherwise they 1990. Here we have Tyson's testi- couldnt take their clothes off. . . . mony (in the rape trial) and, I They want recognition. . . . (Jones) mean, Tyson basically got up and sees this opportunity (and sues Tysaid: This is what I do. son). Now she's known all over the Tyson has denied all charges in world. the six civil lawsuits against him, Jones said she sued Tyson to which also allege breach of constop him from doing to other tract, palimony and paternity and women what he did to me. failure to make payments on a Wasserman, Jones' lawyer, added $150,000 bracelet. In a seventh in an interview last week: If Tycase, also pending, Tyson is suing had been stopped from grabson his former manager. Bill Cayton, for alleged fraud. Cayton has de- bing women before, he may never have raped anybody. nied the charge. People always say: It's for the Jones, the former Miss Black said statements made at money; it's for the publicity, said America, the rape trial will help prove her Marino, Robin Young's lawyer. Do you think that any of these case to a New York jury. women and his said at enjoy going through what Tyson lawyers the trial that Tyson has a habit of they're going through? None of fondling women, Jones said from them do. The Washington Post have civil-cou- rt D The gypsy moth is declining along the Wasatch Front, but is more widespread than originally thought. Lane Williams Cny Editor UTAH COUNTY Utah offi- cials are taking no chances with a Northwestern infestation of the Asian gypsy moth, a nastier version of the North American gypsy moth that Utah agricultural officials have been battling for more than three years. Washington and Oregon offi- cials are spending more than $14 million this spring to spray large swaths of land infested by the bug, which eats many plants. It's worse than its American cousin because females fly quickly and bespreading the species cause they can eat conifers trees like pines. Utah officials don't want to see the moth get a foothold in Utah, so they are accessing state motor vehicle records and contacting each person that is moving into Utah from infected areas. Then, infestation waning moth's caterpillars. The bacteria freezes the caterpillars' digestive system, and they die before they ever have a chance to mature. The bacteria has no effect on animals or people, except some with sensitive allergies may be affected slightly, he said, and of. waning. Last year, officials sprayed ficials work closely with allergy 30.000 acres to attack the moth. victims to make sure they are This year, they plan to spray about protected as much as possible. The bacteria kills other kinds of 16.000 acres. enmoths and butterflies, so offian That's from John Anhold, cials must work with butterfly U.S. the Forest with tomologist Service, who heads up the state experts to find out where endanand federal government's gypsy gered butterflies live and what to do to protect them. moth eradication program in Utah. How do officials know where The gypsy moths are more widethe than gypsy moths have infested? originally thought, spread however. That means this year They use gypsy moth traps, Anplaces that have not been sprayed hold explained. The traps are before will be sprayed this year. In like small gypsy moth pup tents Utah and Wasatch counties, offi- that give off a pheromone that cials will treat a few hundred acres attracts male moths thinking in North Fork of Provo Canyon theyre finding a mate. Instead, near Sundance and Wildwoods and they get stuck to the insides of near Deer Creek State Park and the traps. The state's been doing more Sunday Canyon. That has also American gypsy moth to the state. With no natural predators and lots of delicious plant food, the moth was set to explode across Utah, leaving denuded hills in its wake, but officials have intervened and the gypsy moth seems to be extensive trapping in recent months than they did early on in the infestation. That's helped years. I think the big concern is that them find the further infestations people want to know what's going in North Fork and in Sunday on, Anhold said. That means an Canyon. The traps also show that earlier they're placing environmental intensive effort of talking with traps in move-inyards to see if people in areas affected by spray- sprayings eliminated the moth in any of the moths have moved ing. People living in North Fork some areas. State officials are no also. will hear from agricultural officials longer finding egg sacks, but are It was a family from Pennsylabout the project, he finding only mature moths. vania that moved into the Olym- said. In fact, officials plan to mass pias Cove area of Salt Lake City Officials use Bacillus Thuring-iensithat brought eggs of the North see GYPSY pg. 3 a kind of bacteria, to kill the meant extending the eradication program another three five-ye- ar s' door-to-do- or s, A-- mS'OntL ffome, Front Judy Harris USU Extension Home Economist After an outage: salvaging food for a longer time, try to get some dry ice. Twenty-fiv- e pounds of dry ice should hold a foot full freezer three to four days. ic Surprise! Someone left the freezer door open and all the food hundreds of dollars worth has thawed. Or perhaps the children unplugged the power cord to the freezer, used it to jump rope, and didnt plug it in again. (True story!) For whatever reason, the Utah County office of USU Cooperative Extension gets a flood of calls in the spring and summer from dis- traught consumers trying to save as much as possible of their food investment. If you know the freezer isn't running because all the power is off, keep the freezer closed. A full, freestanding freezer will stay at freezing temperatures about two freezer about one days; a half-full day. If you think power will be out fruit juices (discard if mold, yeasty smell or sliminess develops), hard cheese, breads and cakes. Many people mistakenly believe that food will be OK if it looks and smells fine. In fact, appearance and odor are not good indicators of food safety. If the food has been above 40 degrees too long, food poisoning bacteria may have multiplied enough to cause illness. Another misconception is the belief that freezing or cooking the food will eliminate all risk of food poisoning. Freezing does not kill bacteria; it just keeps them from growing. Cooking will destroy several types of food poisoning, but not all. The toxin that causes a common type of food poisoning is so heat resistant that the food would have to be boiled over 12 hours to eliminate the risk of food When the food has already thawed, you will have to evaluate each item separately. For many foods, it will be critical to determine if the food was above 40 degrees. (Food poisoning bacteria, if present, may grow to dangerous levels if above 40 degrees for two hours or more.) Check several packages in different locations in the freezer. If the food still contains ice crystals and feels as cold as if refrigerated, it should be safe to refreeze. While safe to refreeze, some foods such as vegetables, fruits and fish may change texture and flavor. If there are no ice crystals in the food and it may have been above 40 degrees for two hours or more, poisoning. If you have food safety quesmany foods may be at risk of food poisoning and should be discarded. tions, call the USU Extension ofSome exceptions are fruits and fice at 370-846- 0. SAFETY SENSE GCFIs can the next Um atwryday prat auras build up to tha point whara you laal I Ilka lashing out -S- TOP! Ham's what to do instaadiH 1. 2. Take a deep breath. And another. Then remember you are the adult . . . Close your eves and Imagine you re hearing what your child Is about to hear. 3. Press your lips together and count to 10. Or. better yet, to 20. 4. Put your child In a time-ou-t chair. (Remember the rule- one time-ou-t minute for eacn year of age.) 5. Phone a friend. 6. If someone can watch the children, go outside and take a Ever Get A Pol Med! walk. 7. write for parenting Information Parenting 0 Box 2866 Chicago, it 60690 P time out oont Take it out on your child. Take National Commitiea (or Prevention of Child Abuse FINDS DON'T FT FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK. short-circu- Have you ever experienced an electrical shock? If you did, the shock probably happened because your hand or some other part of your body contacted a source of electrical current and your body provided a path for the electrical current to go to ground, so that you received a shock. An unintentional electric path between a source of current and a grounded surface is referred to as a ground fault. Ground faults occur when current is leaking somewhere; in effect, electricity is escaping to the ground. How it leaks is very important. If your body provides a path to ground for this leakage, you could be injured, burned, severely shocked, or electrocuted. An inexpensive electrical device, if installed in household branch electrocution threat it circuits, could prevent over of the approximately 310 electrocutions still occurring each year in and around the home. In addition, injuries to many thousands of consumers from electric shock and bums could also be prevented by installation of this device. The device is a ground-fau(GFCI). The GFCI is designed to protect people from severe or fatal electric shocks. Because a GFCI detects ground faults, it can also prevent some electrical fires and reduce the severity of others by interrupting the flow of electric current. Two children, ages 5 and 6, w'ere electrocuted in Texas when a plugged-i- n hairdryer fell into the tub in which they were bathing. A Kansas girl was electrocuted when she touched a two-thir- lt circuit-interrupt- er ds faulty countertop appliance and a water spigot. The two electrocutions occurred because the electrical current escaping from- - the appliance travelled through the victim to ground (in these cases, the grounded plumbing fixtures). Had a GFCI been installed, these deaths would probably have been prevented because a GFCI would have sensed the current flowing to ground and would have switched off the power before the electrocution occurred. You can help protect children from serious electrical injury by using ground fault circuit interrupters in your home. (Information obtained from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Material selected and arranged from CPSC fact sheet No. 99.) |