Show 40 tjaay June 3 NORTHERN UTAH 193 Standard-Examine- Construction boom keeps Utah unemployment low COUNTY LINES Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates: May ’94 May ‘SS Apr 95 BOX ELDER: The Garland Fire Department hosts its annual salmon barbecue fund-raisfrom 4 to 9 pm today at the Garland armory 66 N Mam St Cost is $7 for adults and $350 for children 0 Tor more information call DAVIS: A bike rodeo fair will be held at Cook Elementary 1175 W 1350 South Syracuse from 10 a m to 2 pm today The fair will jnclude an obstacle course workshops inspections and training glasses The Utah Jazz Dancers will be in attendance and prizes3 will awarded There is no charge For more information call ue er 257-590- Box Elder filling 37 27 May 1995 Rich 34 o 44 May 1994 37 31 County 547-074- Davis County :IN BOX ELDER COUNTY Morgan Garbage collection by city mandatory I T’ERRY — Effective will all be required to July 1 Perry residents have the city pick up their garbage - Council members passed an ordinance last week making city collection mandatory In adopting the ordinance council members expressed concern that residents who have been hauling their own garbage will start burning their trash or illegally dumping it in other areas after the ‘county landfill closes County city council is asking residents to let them know they want to change to automated garbage collection or stay with the current system ! Residents are asked to call the city office or call council members ith their opinion As of July 1 garbage rates will be nearly doubling from $425 a month to $7 or $8 a month because of increased hauling fees associated with closure of the county landfill if IN DAVIS COUNTY Boy charged in toy gun incident KAYSVILLE — A Davis High School student was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm at school Friday when police found him carrying a plastic toy gun ' The teen who had been suspended from school earlier this week was taken to the Kaysville Police Department and released to his parents after the 9 am incident He also was referred to juvenile court for disorderly conduct and interfering with school business both class B misdemeanors Police Chief Dave Helquist said the gun which looked like a 9 mm Beretta could have created confusion that resulted in injury “The problem was it looked so real” Helquist said “If he pointed it at someone it would make them feel their life was in danger" Witnesses told police the youth never pointed the gun at anyone Helquist said the gun which was red originally had been ispray-painte- d black and had a drilled-ou- t barrel The youth told police his friends brought the gun to school to play with and that it was not his However the boy was alone at the time of his arrest and police could not find any of his friends Helquist said the firearms charge a class A misdemeanor was appropriate for the boy’s actions I ! IN MORGAN COUNTY Public notice requirement gets attention — In MORGAN response to accusations the Morgan County ICommission held a meeting in violation of Utah's Open Meetings Law a commissioner pledged public notice will now be issued “for everything" “Just to be extra sensitive to the public we will notice everything in the future" Commissioner Jeff London said London was responding to accusations from the Morgan Chamber of Commerce about a May 22 appointment London made with a state economic development official on the logistics of setting up an economic development program London said he told fellow commissioner Jan Turner about the appointment but wasn’t sure if Turner planned to attend When Turner did show up for the session Ted McCurdie chamber executive director complained the gathering violated the open meeting statute as an unannounced meeting with a majority of the commission present “I honestly thought I didn’t need to notice the meeting" London said ' County Attorney JD Poorman was out of town at the time of the meeting but said this week that if he’d been asked he probably would have advised London to give public notice about the meeting er IN WEBER COUNTY Gang victimizes woman and daughter ' OGDEN-Polisaid a Brigham City woman and her teenage daughter were chased by a group of young female gang members who allegedly grabbed the mother by her hair kicked her and attempted to rob her The incident occurred 11:20 pm Thursday in the 500 block of 22nd Street r Although no arrests have been made in the assault police said "Several members of an Ogden street gang have been identified as ce -- suspects woman said she was visiting a friend in the same The block where the attack occurred and was walking around the corner 'on Jefferson Avenue to visit another friend when several girls sitting 2bn a porch started yelling at her and her 1 daughter A report said the one of the girls asked why she was walking down their" street and the woman told the girls she didn't want trouble 2 The two victims continued to walk until the daughter noticed the girls running after them The two started to run but one of the uspects caught up with the mother pulled her hair and started kicking her She then demanded money the report said Police said the mother got away and fled to her friend’s house with the girls chasing her again - The suspects tried to enter the house and when their attempts Hailed they smashed a bucket through a window 21 ld -- 44 Salt Lake County 34 OGDEN — A teenage pedestrian who lost while playing “chicken a parking lot with a pickup truck remained hospitalized Friday in Hair and stable condition authorities said Police said A Paul Maestas of 720 Doren Drive was injured earlier "this week during a game with a teenage driver of a pickup truck Z' A report said the two were in the parking lot of the Ogden Stadium :$68 17th St at about 8:20 pm Tuesday when the accident kn happened Maestas lost his balance and fell in front of the truck which drove ‘Over him and dragged him 5 feet a report said - An Ogden paramedic report said Maestas suffered a broken ankle Hospital broken wrist and “road rash' He was taken to McKay-DeZ r — staff -- e Standard-Examine- Close from ID by their safety belts d amping supplies and class of 1995 jliemorabilia littered the area mround them 2 “I heir graduation caps were in “the trees" Savage said “I verylhmg was all over and people on the "road ver: Mopping to see il they could Help" I he lour students shocked but upside-dow- -- n without apparent serious injuiy were transported to McKay-Dcy h Utah rate increased of a percentage point from April the agency said the rate is still so low that a lot of employers arc having trouble filling minimum-wage jobs “Some employers especially the Wasatch Front may wish Utahns were out of work as continue to experience diffiin filling positions — particuat the low end of the pay scale" said economist Lecia Parks Langston “With more areas of the along more many culty larly May 1995 57 Source: Job Service jobs The sector including transportation communications and utilities has slowed to 45 percent and the finance insurance and real estate group is growing at a modest rate of 35 percent Government is percent growing at just over country experiencing economic r I Reno details plan to establish courts on reservations SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Justice Department plans to estab- lish federal magistrate courts on dian reservations In- even though some tribal leaders say it’s “a totally bad idea" US Attorney General Janet Reno presented the proposal on Friday to about 200 government and tribal leaders at the Northwest American Indian Nations and Department of Justice Conference The Justice Department she said is launching the Tribal Courts Initiative to establish US Magistrate Courts on reservations to prosecute crimes committed there “Strong tribal courts arc an essential component of tribal sover- and eignty economic stability of Indian Nations" Reno told the more 50 Northwestern tribes and chief judges from federal and state courts in Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Nevada and Utah The first court is scheduled to convene next Friday at the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon Reno said that if the initiative is well received federal courts could be held on other reservations but only with approval of individual tribes Oregon’s US Attorney General Kris Olsen said the Tribal Courts Initiative was developed as a way to close “jurisdictional gaps” on Indian reservations As the court system works now tribal courts are prohibited from Federal prosecuting law also restricts tribal judges from imposing jail sentences of more than one year and fines of no more non-India- than $1000 per count — whether a felony or misdemeanor As a result most tribes refer all felonies and misdemeanors involvto their states’ US ing attorney Consequently many misdemeanor crimes have gone unprosecuted because they are given a low priority by federal prosecutors said Herb Becker director of the Office of Tribal Justice which was created in January to facilitate communication between tribes and the government The miles between some reservations and federal prosecutors as well as prosecution expenses also have caused some cases to slip through the cracks said Becker He said it’s impossible to determine the number of crimes that have gone unprosecuted But Reno said the problem was big enough to explore the possibility of federal magistrates coming directly to the reservations Some tribal leaders fear the courts will tread on their sovereignlnon-India- y- totally bad idea" said Robert Yazzie chief justice of Navajo Supreme Court in Window “It’s a Rock Ariz “The Navajo system is belter because it incorporates Navajo thinking “We’ve been creating worldwide attention with our Navajo system — mainly peacemaking Let the people handle their own problems" he said Yazic and Navajo President Albert Hale said they would adamantly oppose the US Magistrate The Associated Press Sen Orrin Hatch talks with US Attorney General Janet Reno before the start of the Northwest American Indian Nations and Department of Justice Conference on Friday in Salt Lake City “I think the most important thing to tribes is that their jurisdiction not be taken away from them" he said In other measures to fight crime Reno said the Justice Department has granted more than $9 million from police hiring grants to 128 tribes and has added 26 assistant US attorneys to districts with a large number of Indian tribes “There reaches a point when you’ve got to stop listening and you've got to start responding" she said "But we need to do more" Courts if they are expanded to the Navajo Indian Reservation which includes portions of Utah Arizona Colorado and New Mexico “Obviously we have a lot of issues to straighten out” Hale said “We want to have the ability to have sovereignly over all crimes and we already have that There’s no sense in reinventing the wheel” US Magistrate Dennis Hubei who will preside over cases at the Warm Springs Reservation said the initiative is intended to “make sure everybody is happy Federal judge rejects student’s request to censure choir SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The West High School choir is free to sing two songs that mention the words “God" and “the Lord" at next week’s graduation a federal judge ruled Friday US District Court Judge J Thomas Greene rejected arguments by attorneys for a choir member who contended that the songs were tantamount to prayers Sophomore Rachel Bauchman who is Jewish has filed a lawsuit accusing the school district and choir director Richard Torgcrson of violating her civil rights by requiring her to sing “Christian devotional music” as part of her graded choir class Since the case may not come to trial until later this summer Bauchman’s attorneys asked for the injunction so she would not be forced to choose between singing the songs or missing Wednesday night’s graduation performance “No student should have to make a choice like that" said the teenager’s attorney Andrew Hruska But Greene said he did not believe arguments that Bauchman would suffer “irreparable inju ry" that would outweigh the potential injury to the school if forced to change its program of songs “I don't think her hurt is more than the hurt of the defendants" Greene said Greene said there was no precedence in law that songs should be considered prayer just because they mention the word God The judge pointed to songs such as “Handel’s Messiah" and “God Bless America" as examples of songs often used at civil ceremonies Several times in Friday’s hearing Bauchman attorney Andrew Hruska tried to argue that the choir’s director had deliberately chosen the songs to indoctrinate students with his own Christian beliefs Hruska also claimed that Torgcrson had a displayed a “pattern of proselyting religion” in previous choir activities But Greene !aid such claims must be argued at trial and since they arc not proven cannot be reasons to grant a restraining order Torgcrson did not return a telephone call to his home Friday seeking comment School at Military news Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert J Yeaman son of Robert M and Emma P Yeaman of Roy recently departed for a overseas deployment aboard the guided missile destroyer IJSS John Paul Jones as part of the USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group th The Lincoln battle group is a force with an aircraft carrier equipped with jet fighters attack aircraft siles mand in Great Lake position School officials have offered to excuse Bauchman from participating in choir events that feature songs that mention God without lowering her choir grade But attorney Hruska said Bauchman does not want to miss performing at an event as big as graduation "The law is that prayer is not allowed at graduation and these songs arc prayers" Hruska said “God is not just mentioned God is implored (The lyrics) arc asking God to intervene in their lives” School officials contend the songs were chosen for their musical value not their religious message MULCT KING he- licopters ships and submarines armed with Tomahawk cruise misNavy Chief Warrant Officer Rodney G Bybee son of Ardis Bybee of Ogden recently reported for duty at Recruit Training Com- torney John Robson declined to comment on allegations against Torgerson Earlier this year Bauchman and her parents clashed with school officials over religious songs chosen for a Christmas concert Bauchman says she has since been ridiculed by fellow students because of her protests Swastikas and racial slurs were scrawled on signs she posted to campaign for a student government Mulch & Ground Cover III Per Cubic Yard Game injures Ogden teenager -- Oiic-lcnt- osT Standard-Examine- Opinions on garbage collection sought WILLARD — The day the 61 Weber County jobs Driven by the hot construction industry Utah’s economy produced an unemployment rate of 37 percent in May well below the national average of 57 percent And while Job Service said Fri- May 1994 Cache County low-wa-ge Standard Examiner staff Utah 44 County ’good times it appears that has slowed drying up a previously available source of labor However keep in mind that there arc still a number of Utahns who arc not currently in the labor force who may be enticed to join given the right incentive" Utah’s construction industry has added 7200 jobs in the past year for a growth rale of 15 percent Commercial building projects have kept the demand for jobs high in spite of a slowdown in residential building The trade industry is growing at a rate of about 6 percent and has added 11600 jobs since May 1994 Manufacturing is growing at a rate of 55 percent having added 6300 Good economy gives employers trouble Utah unemployment Upcoming events three-memb- r Hospital where they were treated and released early Friday afternoon according to a hospital spokesperson But no one went anywhere before Savage was asked to bring out the video camera “I hey asked me to take pictures of the accident and I did once I knew my friends wcie OK" she said Savage was still shaken from the accident hours later “It's aniamg the car didn’t crush them" she said “ I hey were so blessed We all are" 4 Snake From ID the ground Once Radon the snake was back in the grass Tcsch said he had a hard time staying put "My first intention was to run" Radon's owner Prisbrey's son Brett convinced Tcsch and Shmncy that for a But snake Radon is friendly The two were even talked into holding Radon with arms stretched way out with obvious distaste for a picture "It was the first time I've touched a snake and il will probably Ik’ the last" Shmncy sauJ Brett Prisbrcy said he's grateful for the two men who rescued his pel lions llic hllle misadventure I he snake got uwuy fiont him Tuesday alter it was put in the crook of the lice "lie seems to love it out here I take him out quite u hit and he likes to wrap around the blanches and take in some sun lie’s never gone up the lice like that before" Butt Piisbrcy Sjiid lie went in side for a just a few minutes to get dinner and he when he came back out Radon was monkeying around on a branch near the top He did what he could to got the snake to conic down but snakes unlike dogs apparently don’t come when called I he Prisbrcys threw the ball up to the tree to tr to scare Radon But all that did was get a ball stuck in the tree as a companion to Radon So Brett Prisbrcy sat down to wait And wait And vail He ended snake-sittinall night long hoping all 7 12 feci of Radon would end up in his lap “I was really worried he might have come down and gone out into the warm road and got hit by a g (3 Yards Come Wednesday 391-295- Free x k 839 W 17th St 6 In-Ho- me Estimates REMODELING Repair Work & 621-362- 6 Reasonable Rates Kitchen Bathroom Sump Pump Laundry Remodeling Specialists Replace Outdated Fixtures Locally Owned Operated & Insured "LET US HELP YOU - CALL NOW" the Prisbrcys snake’’’" Anne I’usbrey said I 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