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Show Record County-Fed Dispute Goes On the Road Highs On Tap. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOULDER — Theredsandstone can- tures it the state. yons, multicoloredcliff tops and vast expanses of southern Utah became a courtroom Friday for a judge attempting to settle a dispute overa dirt road. US.District Judge Bruce Jenkins led ‘Douglas Pizac/The Associated Press Justice Department attorney Mike Robinsonspreads his arms, center, as a caravan of sport utility vehicles along “The wedding eni at 2:30. Give us about a minute to throw some rice on them ourselves, and then you come diving down and nail ‘em!” FOR THE RECORD HUSBAND CHARGED WITH RAPE A troubled breakup escalated into a week of horror for a Salt Lake County woman who was purportedly abducted by her husbandandrepeatedly raped over eight days. The man boundhis wife to prevent her from escaping,often threatening to kill her sons if she tried to get away, police say. The 52-year-old man has beenchargedwith two counts of aggravated kidnapping and forcible sodomy, rape, aggravated assault, assault and violating a protection order. Jenkins listened intently as er engineers, park rangers and Garfield County officials seeeaiired road widths along the “It has. been well worthwhile,” Jen- kins told the gathering of about40 at the end of the 34-mile journey. “After thinking about the matter, I want to take a few days to digest what we've seen and heard andgive everyone a chanceto re- tonwood Canyon. Michael Bang, 19, died before search and rescue teams arrived, said Salt Lake ‘were standing shifted, throwing them. Jared Bang, +24, was able to grab a tree branch some20 feet be- iow, but Michael encountered a snow slide and fell - onto a rocky area. Jared Bang performed CPR and Robert F. Kragel, a 23-year veteran commercial: pilot, has filed asuit against SkyWest Airlines for :““wrongful termination.” The complaint, filed Wednesday in 3rd District Court, alleges he was fired Jan. 8 after reporting a flight instructor was intoxicated. Kragelalso claims he hadfailed a piloting-skills test because of “inadequatetraining.” o “FORMER CHIEF CONVICTED disappearance of money from a drug-enforcement task force. To cover restitution, Robinson left a $5,000 check and a .38-caliber handgun atthe court, along with a promise to return a .45-caliber weapon. The two firearms were improperly obtained with funds belonging to Kaneand Garfield counties’ narcoties strike force, said Kane County Attorney Colin Winchester. After Robinson was charged with felony theft and misuse of public funds in 1995, he clung to his post as head of the one-man Escalante police force and maintained his innocence.State investiga«:tors found a shortfall of more than $17,000 when :they examinedthe task force's accounts, which Robinson controlled in the early 1990s. If Robinson does not violate probation, his conviction of “attempted misuse of public funds” will be dismissed. o - KIDNAP SUSPECT ARRESTED * A Provo man suspected of kidnappinga 5-year-old “boy was booked into the Utah County Jail on Thursday on $25,000 bail. Provo police Lt. Greg Du Val “said the suspect was arrested afterallegedly luring ‘the boy into his car near 600 East and 200 South in Provo, The"boy was not hurt. county road. Jenkins convened the unusual outdoor hearing and on-site inspection after attorneys told him both sides were at an impasse and negotiations werefutile. nevergetcreditforit,” Sununusaid. Hesaid Bush also “deserves tremendous eredit for having managed”therelatively peaceful and orderly dismantling of the former Soviet Union. _ That unraveling of the communist empire was the single mostsignificant event of the past several generations — and once andforall settled the ongoing battle about values, Sununusaid. “Western principles won,” Sununusaid. “The answeris in — free market and free enterprise.” Heasserted that every nation is moving in the direction of capitalism, smaller governmentand privatization — all with beneficial results. community and businessleaders in advance ‘Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune John Sununu wasall smiles at of speaking at today’s graduation ceremonies. The top adviser to former President Bush has movedfrom the realm ofpolitical insider to political pundit, secine as cohost of CNN’s “Crossfire” program. But he remains a Bush loyalist, griping his formerboss remains to be recognized by a hostile press for his remarkable contributions to the country’s continuing economic Westminster College Friday. “These are great times. The expansion of the economy has created opportunity for almost anybody who wants to participate,” ae said. An engineer by training, Sununusaid he got into politicsout of a conviction that “somebody had to save the world from all those lawyers.” Before joining the Bush administration in 1989, he had served three consecutive terms as New Hampshire governor. “This is still a Bush recovery, but he'll BY JON URE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Smith and LeFebbre are among some 30 womenin a federally funded program thathelps single mothers on public assistance find employment in higher-paying construction trades. And the two aretaking extra care on this job. They have beenvictims of domestic violence. And they know how badly the shelter is needed. The YWCAoperates a sanctuary in downtown Salt Lake City but family violence in the south valley is burgeon- ing. In 1995, there were 936 domesticviolencecalls in West Jordan, 3,206 in West Valley City, 700 in Sandy and another 4,200 in unincorporated Salt Lake County, Draper and Riverton. Smith and LeFebbre haveshed their violent partners and plan to enter the work force as apprentices in trades traditionally dominated by men — carpenters, plumbers, drywallers,electricians, brick masons — thanks to the New Choice Program, funded by the Labor Department. “This is a program that benefits the entire*community,” says Karen Gardner, program administrator. “You can } Workman said the recommend- ig.still in place for northern mountains, 1,750 cfs. lege's building-trade instructor. Since February 1995, 116 women have completed the program and about 50 it of those went on to apprenticeships, Of the 51 who were in the program last year, 47 are working and 43 of those are holding “‘nontraditional”jobs. ‘Al Hartmann/TheSalt Lake Tribuine Lisa Smith, left, and Jessica LeFebbre learn a construction trade while helping build a house for battered womenin southern Salt Lake County. “If me and Jessica can doit, anyone can,” says Smith, a mother of two young boys. “It’s hard work but it’s worth it.”” Despiteits success, the program may die, About $215,000 in federal money will run out in Septemberand,so far, no agency has stepped forward to continue funding. Sanctuary backers are relieved that the currentclass will remain on the job ont the "West Jordan facility’is fin- iltrowaromregula opetng ring runoff, the treatment tnellity eliminates the particulate matter to within a half a point of whatis required. ‘Workman was confident the water will meet the state standard, Workman said. “There are additional concerns in drawing water from the creek, Workman said. “I am sure they {state officials) will want to test for chemicals like les, bugs, fish or leaves in water.” The pipeline in the creek will remain ne:. similar situation makes Ashi y Springs untreatable, the entanant facility can draw from the creek by simply turning a valve, ‘The new line was placed in the creek in record time because of Uintah County declaring an emer- Ba: a | ed:boil «the. ‘s 1200.customers in Maeser, west of the Steinaker Di- over the where the accelerated snowmelt will be evident, Alder said. Hesaid Logan River'sflow likely will exceed the formal flood stage (1,200 cfs) butstill should remain below the spring peak of Driscoll, Salt Lake Community Col- gency that helped officials obtain all permits needed within a couple of days where normally it would take three months, said Workman. The job was carried out in a joint effort by private companies and workers from the county, located in northeastern Utah south of the Wyoming border, “We could not have accomplished this project without the help of the county and private enterprise," said Workman. “Six days after the treatment Ss2F from Ashley Creek. The treatmentplant was drawing water from the ae but became too poll red, gooey silt when runoff breached a canal and the rushing water carved out a huge gully. ~ Boyd Workman, manager of the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer ImprovementDistrict, said the treatment facility treated the muddy water, but could not bring ‘it within state drinking-water Wirth said the Flaming Gorge drawdown likely will resume next week when the flood danger to Jensen has passed. Today, temperatures will be given an upward nudge by warm southerly winds preceding a weak storm system that should brush northern evening or early Sunday. National Weather Service meteorologist William Alder said Salt LakeCity’s high today could approach thecity’s May record of 93, while St. Georgeis positionéd to eclipse its May 31 record of 101, Even thermometers at Alta couldhit 80. With the wind dying down after the front goes by, Sunday looks to be 8 to 10 degrees cooler. There may be one or two thunderstorms get these womenoff assistance andit benefits their children because they can see a workethic in the home.” For more than two years, the program has funded women students working under the tutelage of Pete g5; Ef Ashley Springs to draw water cause flooding in Jensen, located on the banks of the Green River about 20 miles downstream from the Yampa confluence. Bureau spokesman Barry Hall. The cost is $4 a plate or $20 for a family. The room they were finishing this weekis in the South Valley Sanctuary, which will be the second refuge for battered womenin Salt Lake County version, Cottonwood Heights, and upper Glines areas. Other areas of Ashley Valley's service area are being served Vernal which is currently receiving its water from Red Fleet Reservoir. is creased flows in the Yampa, could A fund-raising breakfast will be held today from 9 to 11 a.m. at West Jordan Park, 8000 S. 1850 West, just west of City scaffold, Lisa Smith and Jessica LeFebbre carefully fit Sheetrock to the vaulted ceiling of a age home that neither wants to inhabit. nt SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE VERNAL — The Ashley ‘Springs water-treatment facility sin Uintah County has a new ‘source of water, butofficials are + still asking people in the Vernal : parea to boil their water until the : y state approves the new source. * Crews this week installed 27+ and 24-inch pipes, 350 feet above The bureau on Wednesday opened two “‘bypass tubes" on the dam, releasing 2,000 cubic feet per second(cfs) of water to draw the reservoir down to make room for high inflows anticipated. in July. But the releases from Flaming Gorge, combined with the in- @ You Can Help WEST JORDAN — Working atop a Gary Cox, a member of the South Valley Sanctuary board of directors and a Utah House member, has been raising money for more than three years to get the $1.6 million sanctuary built at 1850 W. 7705 South. Water-Treatment Facility Has a New Source of Water BY STEVEN WALLIS ‘3 But a rainstorm predicted for Sunday could bloat the Yampa River and flood an eastern Utah town has prompted the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to shut the floodgates at Flaming Gorge Dam. Women Help Build a Shelter From Abuse in South S.L. Valley whenit opens in July, FormerEscalante Police Chief Kent Robinson was placed on probation for 18 monthsFriday after appearing in 6th District Court to plead guilty to a reduced misdemeanorchargein connection with the work. ‘Thecounty has refusedto give, claiming the disputed work done in February 1996 was routine maintenance on a park. The suit demands the county re- Former White House Chiefof Staff John Sununucalls the balanced-budget negotiations in Washingtonanother caseof politicians taking credit for something they had little handin. “It’s much ado about nothing,” Sununu said Friday in remarks at Westminster College in Salt LakeCity. ‘'This economy is so strong they could hardly have screwedit up andnotled to a balanced budget.” The conservative Republican spoke to a small gathering of college officials and - County sheriff's Lt. Larry Marx. About 2 miles up filed thesuit earlier this month in 3rd District Court. : o “PILOT SUES permission before doing maintenance The park claimed the roadworkvio- BY DAN HARRIE >the canyon, a boulder on which the two brothers District Court, said defendants Robert Jones, Utah State Prison clinical director; psychiatrist Van Austin; and Dr. Richard Garden. Steven LeRoy Nelson store the cut slope and seeks a court order requiring the county to gain park lated environmental agreements governing road construction within the THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BROTHER KILLED © A South Jordan teen-agerfell 250 feetto his death Thursday while hiking with his brotherin Little Cot- + Michael started breathing, but he never regained + consciousness. The older brother screamedfor help : while wrapping Michaelin a thermal blanket he had in his pack. Heleft the site and climbed down to the 5“road, wherehecalled for help from a motorist’s cel‘lular phonejust after 5 p.m. a ‘ PRISON SUIT TRANSFERRED : A formerinmate’s lawsuit claiming his rights were :violated when he was strapped to a board for 85 straight days has been transferred from state to federal court. The malpractice suit’s claims of federal civil-rights violations fall in the jurisdiction of U.S. hetalks to U.S,District Judge Bruce Jenkinsin Capitol Reef National Park. spond,” He scheduled a June 27 hearingin his Salt Lake City courtroom. The federal government sued Garfield County a year ago for trespassing after the county cut away about four feet of a hillside to widen the road and partially eliminate a blind curve. Sununu Pooh-Poohs B alanced Budget Deal Ley - ‘The swamp coolers will be hata. ming today as record tempera- BY MATTHEW BROWN the famed Burr Trail road from this tiny town and through the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park. = plant shut down, we have another sourceof water,” he said, “Thatis a tribute to the county.” Cox and board member Penny Atkinson have obtained donations from cities in the south end of the county. Atkinson, West Jordan’s assistant city manager, notes that about $100,000 is needed to complete thefacility. it’s Nifty That the years add to FIFTY: Ira N. & Colleen (Jo) Jackman Will be celebrating their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary SILVER PRESENTS COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION June 3, 1997 Reptile Specialists They were honored at a dinner with WORLDS OF PETS 675 E, 2100 South Ars79 thelr family. penenteres Cary! (Richard) jensen; Mary (Richard) ar LakeTribune http://www.sitrib.com Whittaker; Sieeaeearea Alan Leslie) » Brian jacNell; Tiffanyheahaws Cory MacNell; great-grandchild: Nathan Lee Jensen. Betatat aT De ee a a 566-0864 ee a bh Oe] |