| Show Oohs and Club Oz April 20 2001 ebb High 54 Low 38 Cool showers Waiting for organs dance up a storm Sunset in list Inside J Lancers r ! beat rivals - 2000 added to the Young Weather 5B FT each month ” 3 Layton battles past Northridge t I v IB V i i JO www standardnet SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 lail® ov®f DmuKsOeaQ1 Goshutes file lawsuit against new laws designed to prevent Skull Valley storage Th Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - The Goshute Indiuns and a group of nuclear power utilities sued the state Thursday to challenge new laws aimed at preventing the storage of spent nuclear fuel on the tribe’s reservation The suit filed Thursday in US District Court argues the state laws are by existing federal laws that regulate nuclear waste storage d A law signed by Gov Mike Leavitt last month bans the storage of high-levnuclear waste in Utah A companion measure requires the nu waste 50 cents ddi clear utilities to make up to $2 billion in financial guarantees in case of an accident should waste reach Utah anyway The laws were written in response to the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes' plan to make a deal with lYivate Fuel Storage a consortium of utilities to keep spent reactor fuel on the reservation about 45 miles southwest of Salt Nike City waste-producin- g cwi: have a right to do business without being subjected to punitive fees that are clearly designed to put them out of business "Several laws in the last three years have gone well beyond the powers granted to the states" said John Parkyn chairman of ITivate Fuel Storage Federal nuclear regulators already do a thorough job of making sure waste storage sites are "V See WASTE Attorneys argue that companies This lesson full of hot air BA Hooper mayor School site not safe yet He says Weber district hasn’t addressed issue of nearby open drain ditch By BETH DOVE" btmKtard txaminef ntnft HOOPER - One city official is threatening court action if construction of a new elementary Mchixil isn't stopped saying plans fail to address student safety But Weber Schixil District officials maintain theyhave complied with state law and stress the Importance of staying on schedule to open the schixil in the fall of 2002 In a strongly worded letter to the superintendent Mayor Durk Bailey threatened court action if construction proceeds at 4600 W 5500 South "My perception from Central Davis students rise up to balloon essay challenge By LORETTA PARK Standard Examiner Davla Bureau - Seventh-grade- r LAYTON waved to his videotaped him in the patchwork multicolored hot air ballixin floating behind Central Davis Junior High School "I was nervous because he was trying something new" said Juana Nuzquez according to her son who interpreted for her because she does not speuk English Perea hovered over the field with Tom Rathke the pilot and several other students He was one of 75 students who were given tethered rides as part of a hot air ballixm assembly directed by English teacher Kim Johnson and Kokopclli Ballixm Adventures Students entered an essay contest to see who would get the s privilege to ride The other seventh-grader- s watched their peers blue sky float into a picture-perfeThe ballixm demonstration and the assembly that followed were an introduction into a hot air ballixm lesson that Johnson teaches every 300-plu- Monument Rep Jim Hansen hopes to reduce the sire ol the monument end also create a monument at Johnson farm in St George where dinosaur tracks have been found ttfiih miM tl m Wind A UTAH ARIZ year Science teachers will also in- corporate the hot air ballixm lesson into their curriculum This is the second year Johnson has used an actual hot air ballixm to kick off the unit and this is the first time she has used her own ballixm The ballixm is owned by Johnson and Rathke who has more than 7(X) flights under his belt Moms dads and grandparents came to watch videotape and photograph their children do what few students get the chance to do for English and science clusses Nathan Werner lixiked uneasy before his ballixm ride But up he soared with camera in hand and snapped some photos of his mother Ruth Werner who waved to him from the ground "I am really scared of heights I get kind of sick and numb but once we got up there it was OK The only thing that was intimidating was the flames" said Nathan Werner referring to the heater that Rathke kept turning on to keep the ballixm in the were treated to ndes to recognize their participation In an essay contest SCHOON StortrJurJ TIM Anli the controversy Webor County j'Conilructlon HOOPER rD I8- - 1 iVW Awocwted Praa - Rep Jim Hansen has floated the idea of shrinking the Grand Staircase-Ex-calant- e National Monument and using the money saved to fund a national monument for ST GEORGE the Johnson Farm dinosaur tracks in St’ George Since Dr Sheldon Johnson’s discovery of dinosaur tracks on the family’s farm in February 2(XX) more than 120000 people have visited the site paper trail Wflt Hivtft and meetings held with you lilt and your em- is ployees that you do core not the about Roy South safety of the children" Davit County Bailey wrote "We ure determined to resolve the sufety issue before the construction of the school rather than waiting until the schixil Is built us you have done in other locations" The letter received Thursday comes one day after the Weber Schixil Board approved architectural plans for the $8 million schixil It follows months of complaints that an open dram ditch on the south side of 55(H) South would pose a threat to students walking to Wr Ljtkt i RAmirter schixil The city ulso wants the district to build sidewalks and to provide safe passage over the Howard Slough which conducts storm dram water under the street "Ttie kids would have to walk ucross thut" Bailey suid "At times that water runs very A top concern is who would foot the bill Bailey said the state requires the district to “ VseeToOPERiA air Lawmaker says money saved could be used for dinosaur farm Th tmm New school swift" Summit of the Americas Hansen: Reduce Escalante monument Escalante Hal 4 Tom Rathke (above) checks the inside ol his balloon as It Inflates at Central Davis Junior High School Thursday At left Lindsay Green (left) and Jessica Hyde enjoy a tethered ride About 75 More than 150 dinosaur footprints have been uncovered at the site The prints range from 6 to more than 18 inches long and some are from 2(H) million years ago said he has met with severHansen al parties about his Idea including the Johnson family which is reviewing funding options for promoting the site ijansen chairman of the House Resource Committee would like to reduce the Grand Staircase-EscalantNational Monument to Mountain Burning Hills and Faria Canyon Fif-tymi- e Sea HANSEN8A JOHN WXJHtt h Rim pushes a block of fenced barricade to complete a security perimeter surrounding the Summit of the Americas in Quebec Thursday President Bush hopes to promote free trade 3A A forklift ACLU hopes pom czar ‘won’t accomplish much’ gal director of the Utah Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union during a panel discussion Thursday Lines between free speech and obscenity discussed at USU The lines between accepted free By MEUSA ANN WILSON speech and illegal pornography were explored by the panel assembled at Utah LOGAN - An ACLU official hopes State University Utah's new "porn czar" is soon out of Paula Houston recently appointed to work serve as the Obscenity and I’omography "My best hope is that her job will end Complaints Ombudsman commonly requickly and innocuously she won't ac- ferred to as the "pom czar" said the lines " complish much" said Stephen Clark le are defined by a "community standard Standard Ejuvtww Waft "We’re dealing with a reasonableness standard It’s not the far right it's not the far left but what a reasonable person would think” That standard is constantly changing Houston said That is why communities have not been able to legally spell out In law what crosses the line into obscenity "Media changes us” Houston said "Dxjk at TV What kind of programs they I See PANEL5A ZJ EHEBrcj-W- : April 20 2001 Vol114 No 110 BusinessEconomy Classified ads Comics Dear Abby Editorials & letters Go! 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