| Show 6A Monday From Page One May 8 2000 Crime vision for helping reduce violent crime The team gets help for couples involved in first-tim- e domestic vi- From 1A percent rapes drop by 22 percent and motor vehicle thefts drop 21 percent compared to 1998 numbers Across the country the violent crimes of murder rape robbery olence problems so they don’t e ofbecome second and fenders he said “If we put our people out there quicker that gives us a better opportunity to intervene before something serious happens" Greiner said third-tim- and aggravated assault were down a combined 7 percent led by murder and robbery both down 8 percent Rape and assault Taking credit were down 7 percent each The property crimes of burNationally politicians were quick to take credit for the deglary auto theft and larceny-thealso were down a combined 7 cline pointing proudly to anticrime measures they had champipercent led by an 1 1 percent decline in burglary Auto theft was oned 6 down 8 percent larceny-thePresident Clinton said the repercent port “confirms that our antift ft crime strategy What chief thinks Greiner said he believes the decreased crime numbers in his city are the payoff for more emphasis being placed on community-orien- and ted offi- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said the results “were largely due to the leadership at the state local and federal level of Republiah ing “Our community policing efforts have been very active and that pays off when the people know they can turn to us to report what’s going on around them” Greiner said cans committed to arresting prosecuting and incarcerating vid olent criminals” legislation has provided $700 million a year for prison construction Hatch noted GOP-backe- He also credited the new domestic violence investigations di bill eventually vetoed by the governor that would have required abstinence-onl- y sex education in schools She fought SB 37 which would have made it easier for - Beagle police pact” polic- pro-acti- - more cers on the beat fewer illegal guns and violent criminals on the street - is having a powerful im- From 1A around the state and each chapter has its own phone tree with anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred “limbs” The trees bear political fruit when lawmakers hear from their constituents by the dozen and then vote accordingly Eagle Forum volunteers also attend the legislative session every day watching the proceedings from the House and Senate galleries and personally contacting lawmakers “When you have constituents state authorities to survey students about drugs alcohol and tobacco Ruzicka felt the bill con- stituted an invasion of parental rights and family privacy and managed to defeat it with a strong lobbying effort in the House But crime experts say the decline may be attributed more to 'aging baby boomers and factors each year According to statistics crime-pron- wide-rangin- In Ogden Greiner said a side benefit to the reduced crime rate has been a decline in the number can reach reporter Joey 1 or by at jhawstistarukrdnet You Republican Party many are county and state delegates and together they can see to it that many GOP candidates see things the “right” way “We work very hard with other organizations to make sure d very conservative people get elected” Ruzicka family-oriente- said The Eagle Forum’s issues usually have a moral or family dimension In the 2000 legislative session Ruzicka and her team of legislative volunteers ardently supported HB 411 the hot-butt- ail anti-fami- ly Graham gives Ruzicka credit for effective organization but the attorney general believes much of the Eagle Forum’s strength derives from angry and inflammato- issues are and what’s on the floor” Graham said “We can flag the important issues for people and make this a deal for them” Around election-tim-e Graham plans to offer candidate profiles five-minu- te ry rhetoric “There’s a lot of flat-omisinformation that tends to incite people and get the rabid forces revved up” Graham said “The Beagle Forum is not going to be an angry scolding voice It will be a voice of information and a voice to empower moderate people to be heard” Fine says Ruzicka “The more people on the opposite side the more people call us to get involved” she said Graham recognizes that a voice of moderation may not ut as well “I think a lot t er anti-smoki- If a lawmaker doesn’t vote 625-423- Forum legislation or leading the fight against perceived bills ed with the Eagle Forum then he or she risks facing a right-win- g opponent in the next election Eagle Forum members are active in the at Haws sues of child abuse family violence teen smoking and others “We will have posted every day (of the Legislature) what the Standard-Examin- who are active in the process of calls Ogden police respond to from the Ogden Police records outside police control From department officers responded 1965 to 1969 the nation experito nearly 65000 in 1999 down enced its longest and steepest from an average of between crime rise from 102 to 138 per70000 and 75000 cent as baby boomers reached “I think we’ve peaked and e the ages of IS to 25 now we’re on our way down" he and civil rights and Vietnam War said “I would like to think that protests increased distrust of govour programs are working and ernment the people taking more control of their communities" A professor's view But though crime numbers Professor James Alan Fox of continue to sink Greiner and Godfrey aren’t resting on their Northeastern University in Boslaurels g ton credited factors “While we are very excited including a downturn in the crack cocaine markets and the violent about the numbers we are still crack gangs that drove the numvery focused on lower crime and bers up in the 1980s smarter poimproving the perception of safety in our city” Godfrey said licing increased interest in prevention down to the grass roots Godfrey’s recent budget proand a better economy giving cit- posal to the City Council proies more to invest in crime conposed boosting the number of oftrol and jobs for some who might ficers in the department by 16 otherwise turn to crime and focusing on street- - level And he cautioned that the na- drugs juvenile crime and crime tion’s record prison population analysis of citywide crime areas The plan includes adding six provides only “temporary relief because those people will come traffic officers to help combat the out of prison and many will still city’s large traffic fatality statistic have “inadequate skills and bad The Associated Press contributed attitudes” to this report of moderate Renot do realize when publicans Graham they vote the Republican ticket fought for the bill mainly bethey are voting for Eagle Forum candidates” she said cause passage would have Lawmakers contacted by the made Utah eliwonder if the gible for up to attorney general can really hope $3 million in “normal peoto rally federal grants ple” who by definition don’t for have the righteous fervor that motivates the Eagle Forum programs The loss of that “I think Jan Graham’s group money convinced her to pursue is going to lack the passion and the Beagle Forum which at this fire in the belly” Gam said point consists of a fledgling web- “She’s going to have a hard time site (wwwutahbeagleforumcom) motivating that group of people” proclaiming itself the “political House Assistant Majority voice of normal people” In the future Graham hopes the site Whip Greg Curtis can become a clearinghouse for agrees “it’s tougher to keep a together when you say political moderates who want group ‘we’re going to be the middle and quick information about major bring reasonableness to the deissues facing the state bate’ ” As a member of the ReGraham isn’t running for publican mainstream caucus in this year but has some the House Curtis believes the $200000 left over from past cam- Eagle Forum is “myopic” in its paigns that she could use to set views saying “it’s their way or no up the Beagle Forum with a -- way” small staff She intends to use Ruzicka and her husband Eagle Forum-styl- e phone trees Don are Utah County residents and other techniques focusing at and lawmakers from that area are least initially on her priority is typically the ones carrying Eagle you listen to them” said House Majority Leader Kevin Gam “If those are the voices you hear then you act on that” Standard-Examin- spark any immediate revolutions but she was encouraged by one incident during the recent legislative session When it appeared lawmakers were giving short shrift to programs in allocating Utah’s share of the tobacco settlement she launched a brief radio and television campaign that resulted in 2000 phone calls and to legislators “I’ll bet 90 percent of those people are not political and don’t normally jump in but they cared about the issue and they appreciated the chance to be heard” she state license allowing him to law practice WASHINGTON - In an efBut the Southeastern Legal fort to keep his law license President Clinton has argued that his Foundation made public today its rebuttal to the president’s artestimony in the Monica Lewingument and characterized his sky case was “not false as he defiling submitted in secret fines that term” according to several weeks ago court papers filed by the conservative group that is seeking revoMatt Glavin an official with cation of his license the Atlanta-base- d foundation Clinton’s lawyer has declined said Clinton’s filing argues to make public the president’s le- against revocation and contains gal brief to the Arkansas Su- language that “suggests that a preme Court which must decide sanction no harsher and perhaps whether Clinton can keep his more lenient than a letter of rep- - 80-pa- ge said You can reach Ward at 532-210- 4 bwardstandardnet reporter Bob or The conservative organization argues that Clinton’s admissions The group said that in calling for “a mere reprimand” Clinton “ignores the plain language of the most obvious analogous case spite the absence or io of an active gunman officers on the scene don’t have that luxury - they must stop the gunman first Allred said “Passage of time gives us an advantage in the traditional hostage situation” said Ogden Police Lt Randy Watt who is also an instructor for the National Tactical Officers Association “In these incidence the passage of time only allows for additional lives to be taken” Although local SWAT teams have held similar exercises over the past six years Watt said the tragedy at Columbine has prompted more and more agencies to become involved in training for such situations With lives in mind officers enter the school with the goal of stopping the shooter However that scenario cre jsantiniistandardnet Microsoft exploring responses The Associated Press - SEATTLE Microsoft Corp is exploring a number of different responses to the government’s plan for a company breakup including the possibility of allowing computer makers more flexibility in installing and altering the Windows operating : system According to media reports Microsoft may also submit a' plan to offer a version of Windows without the Internet Explorer Web browser tied to it -one of the first charges leveled at the company by the US Justice Department and 19 state attorneys general Q Visit the following attractions "Be a Tourist in de- a -- Your Own Backyard" and enter to win: Browning Center for the Performing Arts 1901 UiwmsityCrde WSU -- m Cherry Hill 1325 5 Main St Kaysnlle -Cedes Community Art Center a Visit area attractions in 2580 Jefferson Art May and participate in a a -- -- a the hi a a HillAFB Ogden Ogden Nature Center 966W12th5t‘ Ogden The Ice Sheet ’4390 Harrison Btvd Treehouse Children's Museum Ogden Oty Mall a -- a -- Exit 341 Farmington Ogden's Cedes Dinosaur Park 1544 L Part 8tvd‘ Ogden i Sponsored by: The Utah Travel Council 375 H Lagoon Dr 1450 Washington Btvd -- Leyton Millstream Classic Car Museum hotels and businesses in Travel Region Wasatch Dr Lagoon - 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