Show 2C Standard-Examin- Saturday Nov 18 1989 er - : Metro Lawmakers say Legislature not under LDS’s thumb Standard-Examine- R-R- r SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon Church does not control the Utah Legislature two lawmakers — one of whom is a member of the church and one who isn’t — agreed Friday The question which received the strongest applause during a workshop on Utah’s future was put to House Speaker Nolan Karras and House Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich The workshop was part of the Utah Women’s Conference sponsored by Sen Orrin Hatch never been pressured by the Mormon Church But church influence he said might be invited into the halls of the Legislature “Maybe the best thing we can : do is elect legislators who do not ' Church part-tim- Karras said the church still lobbies on what it considers moral issues but backs away when it comes to other matters including tax policy and economic development Dmitrich one of few legislators who is not a Mormon 1 identify state and local priorities and adopt policies to meet them The plan called “Utah Beyond the 20th! Century"' has enlisted support from government tytjsi- -' ness and :tivtc groups ' “We' have had 20 meetings very' quietly over the past two ' months" Karras’ said - He inyited all citizens to make input into the plan saying h will help lawmakers determine policy “Too 'often' the Legislature factotends to be a do“We said are not Karras ry" ing a very good job- - in dealing with the priorities of the state" be felt beginning thi$ winter as more skiers pay sales and other taxes ' “And that’s free money" Dmitrich said “We don’t have to ed- " ucate their kids" Karras said Northern Utah is solicit the advice of the church" better equipped with its existing Dmitrich said infrastructure to host the Winter Both lawmakers also agreed Dames than any city in the histo' that the 1998 Winter Olympics ry 'of the Olympics ' Karras also told the workshop represents a gold mine for the Utah economy that will be felt that the state’s No 1 challenge is g to create statewide jobs Karras made a pitch for a proDmitrich said the benefits of Utah’s bid which was endorsed gram he pieced together during in a Nov 7 tax referendum will the last legislative session to died in the Senate on the Final night of the session under heavy lobbying from the Mormon Karras who described himself as a “very active" Mormon said the church’s influence e Legislaamong Utah’s ture is waning “I think the Legislature is becoming more mature" Karras said He pointed out that he voted for a controversial bill in the 989 session to allow passengers in limousines to drink their own alcoholic beverages “I wouldn’t have done that if I was being controlled by the church" Karras said ' The bill passed the House but By PHIL JENSEN D-Pri- ce said the conception that the church runs the Legislature is “overrated” A member of the Legislature since 1969 Dmitrich said he has -- higher-payin- Trial on theft charges for developer March 1 LAYTON — A March 1 jury trial has been set for a California developer facing misdemeanor charges of theft of services and communications fraud Joe Ed Simmons 62 was not present for his pretrial conference Thursday be- fore 2nd Circuit Judge Phillip Browning but attorney Don Redd appeared on his behalf said Layton Assistant City Attorney Steve Garside Simmons is accused of making phone calls totaling $12431 from a woman’s house in the 800 block of Church Street in August 988 The woman filed a complaint after she said he left her home without paying for the calls The man also faces a Jan 17 trial in e Ogden on a felony charge alleging he wrote a bad check to Mountain Bell for $84677 on July 14 1988 Simmons gained attention in Weber County and Layton several years ago when he appeared before public agencies proposing business developments long-distan- a v" ce - " 'V N ' -V 1 'V iv:' WV ' v' 0 s Hi i 'V S' 1 1 a ' tis Robert ' ' S £ Sculpture of ballet dancer by artist William Dishro is placed third-degre- Appeal From 1C murder tember of second-degre- e for the second time he did benefit from the retrial when he was given a lighter sentence Following the first trial Pendergrass was given five years to life in the Utah State Prison on the murder charge and a - to sentence for use of a firearm Both sentences were to run consecutively with the firearms sentence to begin after the murder sentence had been served October however Judge Gordon Low — who presided over both trials — ordered that the firearm sentence be 1- five-ye- 15-ye- ar ar Seed - ) V '"‘S' t y Garie Henry the committee’s chairman said cloud seeding needs to be examined closely to determine if there are negative effects on agricultural producers downwind Barry Saunders associate director of the Utah Division of Water Resources said there is no scientific evidence of negative downwind effects of the cloud seeding He said the division is willing to listen to parties who xi n:A ‘x W V xr Stevens who also is a Uinta County Farm Bureau member in the past has worked with former congressman Dick Cheney Gov Mike Sullivan and US Rep Craig Thomas to get a study into g He the effects of now is working with the Farm Bureau to bring the issue into the federal arena for possible regulation cloud-seedin- Utah counties Additionally Police said ' Jenkins "22' of Clearfield went fishing at Willard Bay with Pendergrass and was reported missing soon afterward Jenkins' truck was later found abandoned in California In August 1987 Pendergrass was arrested in California on an ' east of the Wasatch Front the Ute Indian tribe and several Wyoming counties are working together to gather evidence of the effects downwind of the operations Other states including Colorado North Dakota and South Dakota are joining in the search for proof that there are negative effects to seeding according to the Farm Bureau On Thursday the delegates to the Farm Bureau’s annual meeting voted unanimously to call on the federal government to adopt guidelines for weather modifica- tion The freshman state senator enof consolidating south Davis municipalities during a meeting Wednesday of the Davis County Council of Governments Afterward COG Chairman Jake Simmons mayor of North Salt Lake admitted he is less than enthusiastic about the idea “My point of view at the present time is I’m not in favor of it" Simmons said “The cities have been in existence for many many years and " not enroll a student in a program unless the school has made a good faith determination that the student has the ability to benefit from the program" Varela said the revisions also make it more clear that higher education can be in communication with other state accrediting agencies when registration is at risk — for example state business regulators who licensed the state's 10 Hollywood Beauty College institutions which closed re- expected because of initial costs The revenues are things such as sponsorships and entry fees for vendors and exhibitors But whatever the loss she said no business makes money it's initial year “Any businessman will tell you start-u- p late-arrivi- -- made up their own language and are language-delaye- d “We don’t consider these kids handicapped We prefer to say dethey are developmental layed" said Howard Three students attending the e class are not handicapped but are used for “reversed mainstreaming” — meaning that the delayed kids can interact with normally functioning children Howard said it is a half-da- y program and not all students go every day “It’s dependent on their handi- cap" she said A den" said Annette Howard the u loss figure to illustrate the fair revenue picture through the end of September An earlier story incorrectly said that preliminary figure as finaL Williams said more revenue has come in since then and noted her final figures show a $79000 loss — easily half what the fair lost in it's 1988 debut when losses were - ' From 1C she said “Any banker will tell you that The community just tor Jon Daich in response tc a reporter's questions gave that z i-- ‘ School that" From 1C 'v couraged a study ng Morgan district’s special education resource teacher Last year the state passed a law mandating this type of program and has given school districts five years to implement it said Paul Mecham school principal and special education director for the district Aided with a starting grant from the state the school got the program going by providing an initial screening of children last spring and performed a complete testing of the children picked from the screening after the start of school’ Although some parents and relatives were hesitant about the program Mecham said it now is growing Mecham said some of the students just need to be around other kids their own age "If they come from a family and live out in the country where there are no other kids around that can be a handicap condition" he said “Th idea is to get these children ready so they can go into a regular program Some will still be in special education but will be farther along because they started early" Other examples of delayed development are a student ho was adopted from Thailand who still is trying to adjust to the English language and a set of twins who one-chil- d er -- : they have their own identities A Beattie said lot of times it’s easier to get in- The senator used West "Valley volved in smaller cities thaifit is’ "City as an example of communi ' ties that banded together to form larger cities” he said “Bigger is not always better” j oneJgecilyY Y-'I V Simmons said Incorporated' ip July 1980 But Beattie said cqst savings West Valley' City encompassed from eliminating duplicate ad- ' ‘areas previously' knpwa as ministrations and physical faciliGranger Hunter and Redwood ties would benefit taxpayers One marked difference fron the south Davis situation however “In the south end f Davis is those communities were not we have communifive County ties that all have their own city previously incorporated as individual cities halls their owns parks and recrej Beattie said consolidation at ation departments their own poleast deserves consideration lice — all of the amenities a city “I’d like to organize something has l"but I'm frdm a different branch “Today with the computer age of government' and J think it upon us there are a lot of those - n?eds to be done'by the cities" " ' things that could be facilitated bd saidC from an administrative istand- 'BountiTbl Mayor Dean Stahle point for less cost” Beattie said said there was talk back in the Aside from the cost savings he' barty 1950r abobt Consolidating said the cities each have unique iThe” manAwho proposed Shat advantages to offer each other was almosnarred and feathered" and can be mutually beneficial he said “For example North Salt Lake' Stahle said when Bountiful was has an industrial area and Boun- - incorporated in 1892 it included tiful has its own power company parts of what is now Centerville that could lend to the growth of West Bountiful Woods Cross North Salt Lake's industry” and North Salt Lake " r BOUNTIFUL — Sen Lane Beattie says he thinks some of the cities in south Davis County should consolidate for the benefit of taxpayers and each other “It’s been talked about for years in some degree or another but I don’t think it’s ever seriously been considered and I think it's certainly something that needs to be looked at for the benefit of the entire area” Beattie said this week -- Fair rf - Standard-Examine- on two factors: Weather and the failure of the major entertaincan't judge a ment events to attract anticipated needs to know-yoattendance place on it’s first year "These kinds of facilities (the Where the $79000 is pulled fairgrounds and the arena) need from the county budget to cover four or five years to really es- the fair loss is up to the tablish themselves The Salt Pal- commission Williams saidcounty ace had a deficit last year and Lowell Commissioner how long have they been in busiPeterson chairman also of the ness?" fair board said where the county The fairgrounds opened in Aumoney would come from isn’t gust 1988 kicking off with the clear at this point but a decision first-evcounty fair As an ex- won’t be needed until the end of the of fairgrounds becom- the year ample ing established W'illiams points Williams said the budget for to another plum of a booking — ’90 fair will the actual revelanding one of the largest horse nues collected equal at this year’s “Chamshows in the nation the event “The fair management show The of Champions" pion feels the Weber County Fair was will bring 1500 horses to the established to celebrate the best 1990 in fairgrounds September of our county — it should not be As fa f as the 1989 fair Wila financial drain on our county liams blamed the budget deficit budget’ k Senator thinks consolidation of south Davis cities viable By WENDY OGATA Under police questioning about Jenkins' disappearance Pendergrass said he shot Jenkins “to put him out of his misery” after a bungled suicide attempt He later led authorities to the victim's badly decomposed body which was concealed in a sleeping bag under a pile of clothing in a Willard Bay area swamp cloud-seedi- Weber State Collage Disfiro (above) adjusts the base of the scupture With a wrench: 'a vi -" : North Salt Lake mayor not enthusiastic about Beattie idea unrelated matter and extradited to Utah on the murder charge ited institution is not in compliance with the standards for registration the board shall work with the institution and its From 1C ' - conduct of an educational institu-tio- n accrediting association to correct the situation" the proposed amendments say He said the revisions “should S provide the framework for the “If the issues remain unresolved the board shall have the Z board to conduct when needed a ' more adequate review of a school authority upon completion of appropriate administrative due seeking to register in Utah and also allow the board to take acprocess procedures to terminate the exemption from registration tion in a situation where the — and require that the institution board discovers problems" According to one portion of the cently after allegations of either comply with the standards or cease advertisement recruitrevised amendments: “There improper administration of stument of students provision of must be evidence of bona fide in- - dent loans “When available evidence reaeducational services or other re'struction through student-facult- y interaction” and a “school shall sonably suggests that an accred- - lated operations within the state" Diploma YY I s served simultaneously with the murder sentence Box Elder County attorney Jon Bunderson protested the judge’s decision and has since sent a letter to the Utah State Board of Pardons asking they ignore Low’s ruling He argued that an additional firearm enhancement sentence cannot run concurrently according to state statutes but must run consecutively “I assume that you can treat the judge’s order that the firearm en-- ’ hancement charge run concurrently as meaningless since the statute does not give him discretion and you can assure that the sentence run consecutively in your parole procedures" he wrote to the board ' west of Swenson Gym at - - ' have evidence to the contrary Cloud seeding occurs in 15 Utah counties including Box Elder Saunders said From 1C r Big on ballet s ' PopeStandard-Examine- part-tim- ' From 1C But Brian Wilkinson the orgas nizing committee’s public coordinator said the state organizing committee’s decision to locate the oval in Weber ' County “hasn’t changed" i‘ He said committee officials have received no word from the Utah County group about when their proposal will be presented or any details about the opposing bid f “We’ye only read about it in the newspapers” Wilkinson said rela-tion- A screening clinic is scheduled Jan 19 at the Morgan School District office 240 E Young St For information call 3 625-880- Salute ‘ From 1C track of three dairy cows to more than 20 in addition to recording corn and alfalfa production A y summary of actions taken local ptrijlic agencies on Thursday Nov 1 1 - Farr West Sad City Council : - a public bean for Tuesday Nov' 21 to discu whether Weber County or Farr We has Jurisdiction over Weber County dustrial Park land owned Jointly both entities- A redevelopment plan I the land also wtS be initiated 8 would hold While keeping those records may sound simple Gibson said it involves paying attention to minute details "You have to keep track of the feed the milk production the at Agreed to explain the tPdmance try a news tetter To be se health all of it" he said “It's an to residenta Dec t The ordinance pr hibrts residents Worn parking vetci exact science" on between N city roads Gibson a son of Wayne and vemper and Apr Carolyn Gibson of West Weber A Maard that state has approvi said he plans to esentually attend-Uta- the tnstsiisfion fie of k frsftic signal n State University to study July at f700 North end 2000 West Tl money has yet to be appropriated agricultural science - anow-rem- c - r |