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Show Utah_ FRIDAY, July 19, 1996 BUSINESS : Page B-4 mcm ROLLY & WELLS PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS ELIMINATE THE PERKS? Some lawyers in Utah appear nervous about a proposal aired during a paneldiscussion at the Utah Siate Bar Convention in Sun Valley recently to makedating or having sex with a client an ethicalviolation. Abstinence would be required for two yearsafter the end ofthe attorney-client rela- tionship, under the proposal by 8rd District Domestic Court Commissioner Tom Arnett. The proposed rule change 21, six additional Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officers have been on loan to Utahin orderto catch as many criminal undocumented ee as possible and determineif the state is truly as understaffed as local officers claim. On lay, Salt Lake City INS boss Meryl Rogers re- leased the results of the 60-day experi- ment that he said proved the point: Of- o UNIQUE LOAN SERVICE Suspected or known criminal undocu- received a great offer in the Salt Lake County. ficers rounded up 417 Mortgage Co. of WalnutCreek, Calif. The company will give him a $35,000 equity loan with- out even an appraisalat his address, P.O, Box 204. If they'll do that for a P.O. Box, imagine what they will de for a home o LITTLE FRIENDLY PUSH Sen. Robert Montgomery, RNorth Ogden, was chosen by the governor's office and legis- lative leadership to introduce the proposal for a western cor- ridor highway at a news conference in Ogden Wednesday. Montgomery took no part in the legislation to fundthe highway study, sponsored by Rep. Marda Ditlree, R-Farmingivoa, who was not invited to speak. The highway wen’t go through Montgomery's district. It will run throughthe district of Sen. Joseph Hull, D-Hooper, who wasn't invited to speak. But Montgomery is in a tough race for re-election mented immigrants in Area _law-enforcementofficers had ar- “The media andthe officials involved are creating an image that is not an accurate reflection of the Hispanic population. Most are productive, hard-working, law- abiding citizens.”? ; rested and jailed 227; the INS agents arresied the other 190. “This just proves what we al- ready knew,” said Salt Lake County sheriff's Deputy Chief Dean Carr. “We havea significant ernment spending. The fax consisted of 10 blank pages. o CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT For some time, Provo City Council meetings have ended with “Questions for Mayor and City Council” where citizens could inquire about any issue. The opportunity wasonly infrequently taken until recently when Mayor George Stewart and some council members got into a public battle with council member Shari Holweg, Democratic candidate fui lieutenant governor. Lately, many people have used the time to scold members for their pettyfights. The night the council censured Holweg for taping conversations, the “questioning” continued for more than two hours. So at Tuesday's City Council study meeting, the council discussed eliminating the ques- tion session. Said Chairman Jane Carlile: “My main concern is that people are attacking council members.” The council decided, infor- minority affairs at the University cil. “But the media and the officials involved are creating an of the year, but will they be enough? Probably not, said Carr. Rogers said doubling the staff to 12 was enough to handle Sait Lake County, but the rest of the of Utah Health Sciences Center and a former memberofthe governor’s Hispanic Advisory Coun- imagethatis not an accurate reflection of the Hispanic population. Most are productive, hardworking, law-abiding citizens.” Salt Lake police Capt. Roy Was- state is not covered adequately. den agrees. Of the 10,000 or so Evenwith additional help, Rog- criminals. Many are repeat of- With the nine newofficers, there will be 15 for the entire state. ers said, there are problems. Utah only has one van to transport ar- rested immigrants; the van has 200,000 miles on the odometer and needs $10,000 worth of repairs. The INS can continue to use the U.S. marshal’s plane to move immigrants, but because there is Federal legislation now under consideration would allow local a Washington, D.C., group dedicated to cutting wasteful gov- Jesse Soriano, director of ethnic- hire nine newofficers by the end je] Taxpayers for CommonSense, | a small percentage of Utah's undocumented immigrants “The responsible citizens aren't supportingillegal activity, ” said problem with illegal-alien criminals and we need moreofficers to solveit.” Utah is already scheduled to no detention facility, officers must time the apprehensions with PRACTICE OR PREACH? The Salt Lake Tribune received a fax this week from JESSE SORIANO Ex-memberof the governor's Hispanic Advisory Council against Rep. Grant Protzman, D-North Ogden. And he needs all the heip he can get. Page B-8 BYFANTIN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Since May the Utah SupremeCourt. mail from First Consumers WEATHER More Officers, More Arrests Of Immigrants would have to be approved by Alan C, Anderson of Midvale SECTION B the arrival of the plane. policeofficers to aid INSin trans- porting those determined to be in the United States illegally — aid that now is prohibited. Police officers say most undoc- umented immigrants who are committing crimesare from Latin America. Hispanicactivists, however, say it is important to re- memberthat criminals constitute undocumented immigrants, Wasden estimates only 500 or so are fenders. Soriano and Carrbothsaid that, once deported, most criminal im- rigrants will come back, but the two disagree on howto deal with the problem. Carr said the state needsto attack the support system that exists for undocumented immigrants. The state needs enough officers to arrest family members in this country illegally, he said. Anduntil officers crack down on employers whohireillegals, they will keep coming back. Lynn R. Jounaoa/The Salt Lake Tribune But Sorianosaid it is unfair to “go after people [family members] whoare innocentsimply because they haverelatives who are nuts. We'reall trying to come up with simplistic solutions that don’t take into effect that these people are human beings.” OPENING SOON A window washer puts final touches on the $7.8 million restoration of the Governor's Mansion, 603 E. South Tempie. A gala opening is planned Wednesdayfor the mansion, which was damaged in a 1993 fire. Public tours then will be available through August. Trooper Fires at Fleeing Driver in S.L. BY BRIAN MAFFLY ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A suspected drunken driver drew gun- fire from a state trooper after he rammed a pursuing patrol car on a Salt Lake City street early Thursday. The suspect then crashed his Camarointo a home. The chase began at 2 a.m. when Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Hoby Metz spotted the man’serratic driving near Redwood Road and 400 South. Speeds approached 90 mphas the Camaro fled east on residential streets, said UHP Sgt. Verdi White. Becauseofrestrictions on Salt Lake City police officers, the chase probably would not have occurred if city officers had at- tempted the traffic stop. But the Utah Highway Patrol has broader high-speed chase policies, The trooper and a backupofficer, Troop- er Craig Gaines, boxed in the 26-year-old suspect near Redwood Road, then again at 906 West. But the driver eluded capture by rammingthe driver's side of Metz’s patrol car. Gaines exited his patrol car at 900 West Salt Lake City pohce, meanwhile, are investigating the alleged assault on the officers and sheriff's deputies are investigating the crash. The troopers were uninjured and the suspect was hospitalized in fair condition and fired one round from his 9mm handgun whenthe suspect attempted to run him down, White said. The driver, who was not hit, continued north on 900 West, thenlost after being extricated from his wrecked control while attempting a left turn. He crashed into the living room of a home at not name suspected criminals until they are charged. Many Utah police agencies set upstrict pursuit policies and review boards in the wake of a carnage-filled period when six 906 W. 300 South. No onein the home was injured. The trooper's slug was found lodged in the passengerside of the suspect's vehicle, according to White. UHP internal-affairs officers will perform routine investigations into the pursuit and shooting to determine car. He is expected to be released from University Hospital today and booked into jail. The Salt Lake Tribune generally does motorists died in Salt Lake County chases in 1991 and 1992. “Pursuits are dangerous. It presents a real hazard to the public,” said Salt Lake whether the troopers acted within agency policy. See TROOPER,Page B-3 mally, to move the session to the beginning of the meeting and limit it to 15 minutes ~ three minutes per speaker. Iwo Jima Veteran Turns Talents to Writing 0 BY JON URE DROPPINGS HAPPEN The Piute County Court- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Someone once asked Chuck Tatum if he Constructed in 1903, the was scared when he fought Japanesesol- building is listed on the State Historie Register. But next April its occupants will move “I said, ‘No. I was terrified,’ said Tatum, who was just 18 when hehit the biack- house in Junction is pooped. Literally. into a $2 million courthouse now under construction. The loan for the newbuilding was finalized two weeks after a sonic boom causeda false floor on the upperlevel to collapse. Pigeons had nested in the top of the building for years. When the ceiling collapsed, 5 feet of dried pigeon droppings fell onio the offices of the Utah State Extension Service, It took five 10-wheslers to haul away the mess. Nowthe county is negotiating with a Las Vegas man who wants to tura the historic structure into a bed and breakfast. Rolly & Wells welcomee-mail at. rollydetwoeldg@slerib com the Olympic Welcome Center South, where the Astroturt had beenrolled out for them. But there were no showers, only a few restrooms and nothing to do “We're involvedin a killer game of Yahtzee,” said AmyGrittman, chaperoneto the group of about 60 teens from Wasatch Academyin Mount Pleasant and schools in Park City. They were hired months ago to work in concession stands near the Olympic sites. They arrived in Atlanta at about 3 a.m. Thursday on a flight that was hastily arranged after the kids waited three days in Utah for a bus that never arrived. The bus supposedly had been chartered byCreative Travel Services, parent company of SGES, the companythat hired the youths. In the end, a parent arranged for theflight and the company said it wolld convention center were unsuccessful, The Utah group did meet Meryl Zmak president of Creative Travel Services. Grittman said. According to The Atlanta later, the shellshocked Marine was evacuated from the island. “It was just continuing days of terror, Journal-Constitution, Zmak used the ‘JInternetto list homes available for lease during the Games. really,” says Tatum, a soldier in the 5th Marine Division, whose members are holding their 47th annual reunion in Salt Lake See TEENS, Page B-3 City this week. “Every day got worse, it never got any better. You locked around for your friends and buddies and they were eRe CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS gone.” Tatum, like many combat veterans, suppressed the horror, death and heroism un- Representatives of Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers teid the International til he began to write his book, Red Blood, Black Sand: Pacific Apocalypse, published in 1995, A documentaryfilm version See VETERAN, Page 53 BY HILARY GROUTAGE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A group of Utahteensin Atlanta to work at the Olympics was holed up Thursdayin Telephone numbers for both companies rines in February 1945. Fourteen days , Tribulations paythe fares. sand beach ofthe island with 60,000 Ma- has enjoyed a popular run on PRStelevi- Trials and in Peachtree City, Ga., a suburb south of Atlanta, were perpetually busy Thursday; efforts to reach company officials at the diers in the battle for Iwo Jima. sion stations nationwide. More Olympic Olympic Committee on Wednesday that PauPraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune A display organized by Chuck Tatum honors 15 soldiers of the 5th Marine Division who earned Medale pt Honor in the battle of lwo Jime. Snowbasin's dewahill course will be better than expected if a controversial land ex- change is approved by Cor A story Thursdayin The Sait Lake Tribunedid not properly attribute the statemen: » |