| Show 3mmf New ‘Not-s- o May 6 2000 nurses scary-snake-s’ Saturday Ogden class eases children’s fears Partly cloudy High 69 Low 50 i Ogden-WeberAT- M C'l J C c graduates first class ID 1C jtek Plants of the Bible Salt Lake City exhibit looks at plants in religion 10A tantan MM http:wwwstandardnet 50 cents SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 1 t-- Vv i ' 1 V ‘ )U' STEVE C WILSONThe Associated Press Jazz going on to Portland after surviving squeaker against Sonics IKSuSE: More Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Howe stands in front of the Supreme Court in the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City IN COURT: I coverage in SportsIB By RANDY HOLLIS Standard-Examine- All-Morm- on t staff r LAKE CITY - Next stop Portland where the Utah Jazz are headed Friday night’s 3 victory over SuperSonics in a dramatic decid sive Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series at the Delta Center Karl Malone scored 27 points and John Stock- ton added 17 points and 13 assists as Utah won SALT Supreme Court 96-9- inflames old Utah rivalries first-roun- series 2 the best-of-- 5 Stockton hit two clutch free throws with nine seconds left to lift the Jazz into the second round of the playoffs against Portland which wrapped d series over Minnesota on up its own Tuesday series against the Trail Blazers Utah’s best-of-- 7 starts Sunday at Portland’s Rose Garden where the Jazz were eliminated from last year’s playoffs in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals ‘ “This team in Portland obviously is a great team” said Utah coach Jerry Sloan whose ball-clu- b lost the season series to the Trail Blazers 1 “We have not had much success against them this year “We just have to try togo up there and play as hard as we can and keep focused on the game - and see what happens That’s always the exciting thing to me” Bryon Russell added 16 points while Jeff Hor-nacand Olden Polynice chipped in 13 apiece as the Jazz advanced to the Western Conference semifinals for the fifth consecutive season Gary Payton whose layup pulled Seattle within a point 94-9- 3 with 26 seconds left and set the stage for Stockton’s late free throws led the Sonics with 27 points while Rashard Lewis added 20 Vin Baker 17 and Ruben Patterson 15 more After Stockton’s free throws gave Utah a 96-9- 3 lead Seattle called its last timeout to set up a po3-- Chief Justice: Religion doesn’t enter into decisions from high court first-roun- ByPAULFOY Associated Press Writer LAKE CITY SALT Now game-tyin- Chief Justice Richard C Howe doesn’t think so T don’t see anything wrong with it" Howe told The Associated Press in a rare interview “Whether you belong to one church or another shouldn’t make any difference on this court What we want on this court are men and women of good character and legal ability and their own private view on religion really doesn’t enter into their decisions on this court There may be an exception once in a while but it would be very sub- -- f r iV ’V v i tle” nt y V:t rt 'w t g 69 er AUGUST GIVIX8 SOME ELBOW ROOM: Karl second-hal- f action in Utah’s 96-9- Malone flexes after making a shot that ended up a three-poiwin over the Sonics Friday night in Salt Lake City nt MILLERStandard-Examme- r play during Your allergies worse than usual? You’re not alone “I can’t smell anything or taste anything because my nose is totally Washstuffed” said the ington Terrace woman “At least in other years I could smell and taste a Pollen counts across Utah soaring early in the season By RYAN R OLIVER Standard-Examine- staff r OGDEN little - Stephanie Piper is used Piper is among many seasonal allergy sufferers who say their symptoms have gone from bad to unbearable ever since the warm weather in April came around to dealing with allergies especially in to the spring But she’s remember a season quite like this one hard-press-ed bench Is that a prob- it’s an lem? ek But the ball wound up in the hands of Chuck Person who had just checked into the game and had not played since Game 2 of the series and his attempt from straightaway bounced high off the rim Randy Hollis is the sports editor columnist for the Standard-ExaminHe can be reached at 625-42or rhollis(astandardnet Utah’s mons 3-- tential - When Court upheld prayers at government as a legacy of Utah's Mormon four of the five justices were Mor- And experts say they have good reason to gripe “Elm is high and mulberry is at the highest pollen count we’ve ever seen” said Carol Maw an administrator for the Intermountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic Maw who's been tracking pollen counts for 19 years said mulbeiry this spring has been measured as high as 2252 this spring on a scale that considers anything over 50 extreme At last count the tree’s pollen had moderated itself to a more reasonable 255 she said It’s believed a mild winter and the increased number of mulberry tress being introduced to the state are be- hind the high counts she said Mulberry trees are not native to Utah but See ALLERGIES5A The latest appointments by Gov Mike Leavitt underscore the dominance of the Church of Jesus Saints in Utah affairs Christ of Latter-da- y here knows where all the who lives “Anybody power is” says Matt Gilmore 90 a lawyer who for many years was general counsel to the Utah Tax Commission “You got a Supreme Court that’s all Mormon a Legislature that’s practically all Mormon an executive department headed up by a Mormon and a Republican Party that’s all Mormon” That may not be surprising for a state founded by a church theocracy and still 70 percent Mormon But Leavitt’s two February appointments broke a tradition that dates from 1926 of having sit on the high bench at least one It was in 1926 that territorial judges who were elected by popular vote began to retire Now from local to federal courts in Utah members of one faith overwhelmingly rule the bench A bitter Christopher Allen objects to that “I have zero confidence in them” says Allen Utah director for the Society of Separationists non-Morm- See COURT5A (gsrfflfiffi&EiSY irr-- r TurrT hm -- $800000 going to Wayne Ogden victims First checks recovered from failed scheme to be mailed By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examne- r staff Bankruptcy court officials will be mailing out 288 checks totaling more than S800000 this weekend to victims of Wayne Ogden’s ponzi scheme The money is the fruit to date of the nearly three-yebankruptcy court probe of Ogden It has been liquidating his assets and recovering profits from former investors in the scheme that landed the former golden boy real estate agent in prison Steve Bailey the local lawyer appointed as the trustee for the bankruptcy forced on Ogden by jilted in7 said the checks vestors in make up a stack three inches high and he has to sign them all “There are no ar ’ obdor mid-199- Printed on recycled paper signature stamps used in 'the US Bankruptcy Court” he said Recipients should be receiving their checks by Tuesday or Wednesday he said The checks represent the first return to victims of Ogden and Bailey expects there could be several more The 288 people receiving the money are each getting 1187 percent of their claim against Ogden approved by the bankruptcy court he said The total amount of claims filed with the court by victims is $68 million The exact total of the 288 checks is $810752 Another $189240 in claims are in the final stages of processing Bailey said and will be disbursed soon The largest check going' out is $21382 The smallest is $571 a 1 187 percent chunk of a $481 1 claim filed by a local Kinko’s copy shop for pro-rat- ed ilYj an unpaid bill of Ogden's Ogden was sent to prison on July 6 1998 for a Ponzi scheme investigators estimate bilked as many as 500 people out of $6 million to $8 million Ogden has alluded to 10 to 15 insiders who helped collect investors for him Officials only recently confirmed an investigation of the ed “fund raisers” is nearing completion by the Weber County Attorney’s Office and state securities fraud investigators No officials would name the middlemen under investigation In a recent prison interview Ogden himself wouldn’t name them while at the same time calling for their prosecution Ogden has a July 2001 parole date and has promised to repay his victims You can reach reporter Tim 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