| Show r T o WSU: Unhappy dormers1 -- SZ” " IV t- o Great Salt Lake C birdsIC - f Vi' May 7 Pulling together 2000 The men who built it 6444 TRAVEL Boston bound IF WEATHER: Showers BUSINESS: Internet Thousands attend link ID - SPORTS: New round for Scouting Expo Jazz 1C 1 pm Noted historian focuses on railroad laborers 1B KSL-T- V IE $150 http:wwwstandardnet SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 a historic pledge to disarm In North Ireland The Associated Press BELFAST Northern Ireland -Uttering historic words it had long decried as surrender the Irish Republican Army proclaimed Saturday that it will soon start to disarm - a breakthrough that makes lasting peace possible in Northern Ireland after 30 years of bloodshed The outlawed IRA which killed about 1800 people in its fight to abolish Northern 27-ye- ar Ireland as a Protestant-majorit- y state linked to Britain pledged to reveal its secretly stored tons of stockpiled weapons to international arms inspectors Th process the IRA said would render its arsenal “completely and verifi-abl- y beyond use” The British and Irish governments warmly welcomed the IRA’s pledge saying it met their requirements and should clear the way for restoring power to Northern Ireland’s long-soug- ht Catholic-Protesta- administra- nt tion on May 22 The province had gotten a e measure of when the self-rul- power-sharin- g administration But Britain reimposed direct rule some two months later because of the IRA’s refusal to give any disarmament commitment “This is a was formed in December blood-and-sine- w emotional painful step for the IRA to make - because it wants this to work” said Gerry Adams leader of the d Sinn Fein party LeawlliiS to© IRA-linke- In a written statement President Clinton called the IRA pledge “a significant step toward realizing the full promise of the Good Friday Accord” “These developments offer renewed hope to the people of Northern Ireland that politics will once and for all be pursued through exclusively political means” Clinton said Dim pman The only time Leavitt was GOP delegates boo governor Hatch senator just avoids party contest cheered was when he promised if to a third term to fight the federal government over preservation of rural roadways Many southern Utah counties have been seeking rec- More GOP coverage Democratic convention7 A INSIDE: Foster child: ‘I have a family who loves me’ By RALPH WAKLEY Standard-Examin- Capitol Bureau WEST VALLEY CITY -- Sen Orrin Hatch expected a tough renomination battle Saturday he just wasn’t prepared for the downright unfriendly reception he received at the Utah Republican Party State Convention But Hatch agreed it was ognition of thousands of dirt and gravel roads and trails in an effort to restrict creation of new wilderness areas “Whatever can live with it My life’s always been an Johnston talks to one of her adopted sons in their Roy living room 6CT The Johnstons haveadopted twofoster children and will soon be pe'rcerit of Thevofe' 7 Leavitt was roundly booed by many of the 3500 delegates and failed to get 60 percent on the first ballot receiving only i A 7 J l‘ TIMSCHOON f ' Standard-Examin- ' 535 percent in the four-ma- n race In two additional runoffs Leavitt also missed the 60 percent ceiling and now faces a pri- mary against Salt Lake busi- nessman Glen Davis Utah has urgent need for more foster parents Carefully framed family pictures line the bookshelf in the Loschers’ living room - each picture a different set of smiling faces Devoted parents such as Loscher are among Utah’s foster families but there is still a great need for more Currently approximately 2300 children are in the state’s custo- By KARI LYNN HARLAND staff - Stephanie Loscher 1 7 has least 50 sisters in the last 10 that’s what she calls most of them -- sisters OGDEN Her mother JP Loscher is a foster mother who takes in teenage girls and treats them like one of her own Currently the one biological daughter and five foster daughters live with her and her husband Jeff dy with only 1 070 foster families according to the Division of Child and Family Services To thank the parents who provide foster care for children the month of May has been named Foster Parents Month Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey will be the featured speaker at an appreciation dinner given by the Utah Foster Care Foundation in Ogden “My family was personally involved in foster care for a number of years” Godfrey said “I think it is a very important thing for our seeking fifth term they treat to a Senate “But should every candidate with respect and they did not It was a sad thing” H a t c h becoriftT the party’s nominee and escape a costly Republican runoff in theTune 27 primary elections I- - adopting their third Standard-Examin- Hatch who is Mike Leavitt “The way some of these delegates acted it was disgraceful There’s no excuse for it” Hatch said after gaining 615 percent of the delegate vote on the first ballot just enough to avoid a GOP primary Leavitt was not that lucky Candidates receiving at least MOTHER AND uphill fight” said even more hostile for Gov SON: Michelle I happens the called convention “a special situaDavis tion” primarily because so many delegates are among the most conservais not tive Republicans-“Thi- s the public at large Many of them don’t have any conception of my record and my record “ See GOP7A Foster care facts in DCFS custody in Utah 070 foster families in Utah 477 children in DCFS custody in Top of Utah 260 foster families in Top of Utah 383 children were adopted last year in Utah Ages of children in foster care: 0--5 - 33: 2300 children 1 18-up- -2 Loscher said she also came from a family involved in foster care Her mother and her sister are foster parents Ten years ago when mom she decided she became a to become a mother to more than her two DOUGLAS C PtZACThe Associated Press stay-at-ho- CHALLENGING COOK: See FOSTER9A community” Derek Smith a challenger to Rep speaks at the GOP convention in Merrill Cook West Valley City have Davis burning up County pays at least 3 times as much as any other in Utah bum plant operator defends cost E of INSIDE: Trade-off- s incineration4A By TRACY LGUSSON Standard-Examine- r Davis Bureau - LAYTON Steve Curtis may have approved next year’s tentative Layton budget at last Thursday night’s City Council meeting but the councilman doesn’t conceal his iri at a garbage rate increase the city will pass on 50-ce- nt to residents “I’m not happy at all and working with the garbage district has brought some very frustrating years” Curtis said “With the power they’re given they’re free to run amok and demand any fees for waste management - fees we’re forced to pass on to our residents The most we can do is make it uncomfortable for them but what they do is what they do” What the Davis County gar- bage district does according to a survey of neighboring waste dis- tricts' is charge municipalities from three to four times more than that of any waste district in At Wasatch Energy Utah 6ll08773 Systems’ estimated charge of $80 per ton of residential waste the See GARBAGE4A CHAD SPRINGERStandard-Examine- EXPENSIVE DISPOSAL A truck enters the Davis bum facility to dump r Printed on recycled paper a load of trash : 4 A A ire iJ 71 |
