Salt Lake Tribune | 2001-03-10 | Page 14

B2 o The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH rg Saturday, March 10, 2001 Utah Won’t Get More Data in Census Case Cheers: Local Fans Get PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS CHEMICAL SPILL A chemical spill inside a Salt Lake County business Friday sent one person to the hospital Magistrate saysfeds have given enough informationto state, whose lawyers call ruling a victory andleft two blocks of 3900 South BY MARK EDDINGTON closed during the lunch hour. Nearly a liter of hydrochloric acid spilled just before noon on the second floor of NWT Inc., a drug-testing company at1141 E. 3900 South. Fire Department personnel evacuated approxi- mately 100 people from two buildings and shut down 3900 South between1100 East and 1250 East until about 2:30 p.m. One person was transported to the hospital for observation after possibly breathing noxious fumes, said Salt Lake Countyfire Capt. Jay Ziolkowski. Another 26 people were examined and re- leased by paramedics on the scene. The cause ofthe spill remained underinvestigation. Despite Boyce’s ruling, Utah’s attorneys hailed the decision. Forstarters, they noted, the Census Bureau has agreed to provide documents showing the steps the agency took to guarantee the accuracy of its countof federal and military employees living overseas during the 2000 census. “Wesee this as a victory, because [U.S. De- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. Utah has everything it needs to argueits case that the Census Bureau cheated thestate out of a fourth U.S. House seat by not counting LDS missionaries living overseas, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. Magistrate Ronald Boyce rejected Utah’s requestfor him to force the federal governmentto turn over more documents relating to the counting of Americans living overseas in censuses dating back to 1970. Boyce said the 1990 and 2000 census recordsalready provided by the bureauare sufficient. “You have everything you need to frame your constitutional issue. .. I don’t think the strength of your argumentwill be increased by getting additional information,” Boyce said. partmentof Justice counsel AmyAllen]said to- bhin- court thatthey have given us all the rele. documents we asked for regarding the Teoand 2000 censuses,” said Mike Lee ofSidley & Austin, a Washingtonfirm that has been retained bythestate. Lee said the federal governmentpreviously had refused to provide that guarantee. In addition, the Census Bureau dropped its assertions of privilege in withholding information from thestate. Brigham Young University law professor Tom Lee, Mike's brother and the lead counselin Utah’s lawsuit, said the information is needed quickly for the state to prepare for a‘March 20 hearing before U.S.District Judge Dee Benson. Utah’s lawsuit, filed Jan. 10, contends the Census Bureaucost the state another House seat when it excluded LDS missionaries and other civilians while counting military and government employees living abroad. “We're arguing it’s downright discrimina- In the Spirit i Continued from B-1 tory to conducta partial enumeration of Americans living overseas that hurts some states and SLOC calls Soldier Hollow’s spirit program a separate, unofficial effort. Olympic organizers already have the “One School, One Country”program in which Utah students from more than 700 Utah schools study sports and cultural curriculum tied to the Winter Games. SLOC also plans to unveil by month’s end its “Adopt-A-Team” campaign for communities. “It’s critical to bringing a spirit of unity,” said Ed Eynon, SLOC’s senior vice president for human resources and international relations. While SLOC’s programs may not be modeled on the spirit leaders, Soldier Hollow's effort has set a lively pace for future cheering squads. Twenty-four of the 29 countries that sent teams helps others,” Mike Lee said. Utah was 857residents shy in the 2000 census of capturing the last available-of the 435 reapportioned House seats. No!rth Carolina, which had18,360 overseas federal employees to Utah’s 3,545, picked up the additional seat. Utah argues its 11,000 LDS missionaries serving abroad would haveputit about10,000 residents ahead ofNorth Carolina. State attorneys believe the federal documents in their possession show the Census Bureau was aware ofand struggled with the political considerations ofcounting only some overseas Americans. They contend the government bowed to political pressure from members of Congress by excluding U.S. civilians living abroad. e-mail: [e-mail] Q “ESCAPEE HUNTED Authorities were hunting a 82-year-old Utah State prisoner who escaped Friday afternoon while working at a prisonsponso) job in West Jordan. Michael Albert Woodworkers Carve Outa Place in the Art World Morethan 200 piecesare judged and on display at Wheeler Farm Bradley, a felon BY TOM WHARTON and out prison THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. whohas been in since 1992, walked away from a waste recycling plant near 8600 South and 4000 Westat Bradley about 2:30 p.m., according to reports from the Utah Departmentof Corrections. Bradley, convicted on a pair of third-degree felonies for theft, was scheduled to be paroled from prison in May, according tooffi- cials. The well-tatooed fugitive nowfaces a second-degree felony escape charge, which could tack 15 years onto his prison sen- tence. Anyone with information about Bradley should contact police. Qa SHOTS FIRED AT HOME Police in Salt Lake City were looking for an unknown number of suspects after a drive-by shooting at an empty homeearly Friday. No injuries were reported in the shooting, which wasreported at about 12:46 a.m. by neighborsofthe vacant house at 1008 S. Pueblo St. (1440 West). Police, who foundshell casings in the road, believe residents whorecently vacated ‘the home may havebeenaffiliated with a local gang. The suspect vehicle, a maroon sports-utility vehicle, was last seen heading south. Q FUGITIVE IN CUSTODY Oneof twofugitives wanted in a slaying in Sugar House custody Friday, though leged trigger man in last killing remained loose. was in the alweek’s Bryan Bernhard,21, no listed address, was located in Vail, Colo., Thursdaynight by police there and extradited back to Utah, according to Salt Lake Citypolice gt. Jerry Mendez. Salt Lake County prosecutors contend Bernharddrove the getaway car after 21-year-old Todd Koester was shotandkilled March 3 during a botched drug deal at a Cir- cuit Citystore parkinglot. Police investigators believet gunmanin the murde! y old Takim Agbor of Salt Lake City, may have fled the state. Bernharddeclined to speak with police interrogators Friday, Mendez said. Both Bernhard and Agbor have been charged with first-degree murder. Bernhard was beingheld at the Salt Lake CountyJail on $250,000bail. criticized,” says Phillips. “These guys rip you apart.” Judges told the carver the legs of the sheep were off, the horns were too square and the heads were too high. But they liked his two orchid wood carvings, giving each a ribbon. Walkingto anothertable, Phillips points out Neil Phillips is a hard man to please, especially when it comes to his own work — two bighorn sheepcarved outof basswood. To an untrained eye, the bighorns displayed at the Great Salt Lake Woodcarvers Show and Competition ending today at Wheeler Historic turing 220 carvings, knowsbetter. And so did the judges whodid not award his work a prize. “The only way you can improve is to be It's a case of an astronomical inflation rate. A rare coin with a face value of5 centssold for $1.84 million in an auction held Friday night in downtown Salt LakeCity. The buyer was sports agent Dwight Manley, who represents Utah Jazzstars Karl Malone and Donyell Marshall, among others. While Manley was cheering his players at the Utah-Phoenix game at the Delta Center, a representative placed a bid during the auction held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association at its midyear con- vention taking place at the Salt Palace this week. The last time the coin was sold, in 1996, it fetched $1.4 million Thenickelis oneoffive likeit known to exist. As irrational as Manley’s offer may seem Dianne Hesleph, who helped SLOC o1 the effort, said a spirit squads “really got into oe persuaded friends and relatives to come along for the three competition. days. They waved German flags stitched by Pope’s wife and shouted, “Hop, hop, hop” “Go,go, go,” from the baseofthelast hill on the gruel- teaching classes in soap carving to youngsters each year at Wheeler Farm. Other divisions include novice, intermediate, open andexpert. After so manyfirst place ing cross country course. ribbons at shows, carvers move up a class. The Wasatch Wave, a Heber City weekly, adopted the Belarus team after discoveringit had no cheering squad. The newspa- Carvings on display includecoffee tables, orchids andclocks. The show, whichis open to the public, continues today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the farm, per’s staffers delivered welcome 6351 S. 900 East, Murray. Admission is $4 for baskets to the racers. a A spirit team took the Czechs to Toys R Us for some shopping and baked a birthday cake for a team member. Finland’s rooters invited the team over for a home-cooked meal. Rosanita Cespedes, executive director of the Sorenson MultiCultural Centerin west Salt Lake City, enlisted 16 children from herafter-school program to greet the teams, After cheering on the Italians, the 9- to 12-year-olds had a ski lesson ‘at Soldier Hollow with someoftheathletes. adults, $3 for seniors, and$2 for children. ‘Veteran Investigator Named Officer of Year BY KEVIN CANTERA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE glimpse into the darkest aspects of the human mind,” Georgesaid after receiving the honor. from the office for their hard work,” George told the groupof 50 or so at Tuesday’s luncheon. “They all made my job mucheasier.” ficer of the year this week by the Hesaid he has no bad memories from the past three decades, but recalled his struggle keeping emo- Six weeks ago, George left his job at the District Attorney’soffice Salt Lake chapter of the Interna- tions in check when investigating for a job on the other side of the Michael George was named outstanding law enforcement of- tional Footprint Association. Local membersof the international law enforcement support certain gruesome murders, “As a father, it was especially difficult to deal with the [Bishop] association metin Salt Lake City to pay tribute to George’s 28-year ca- case,” George said. Bishop was executed in 1988 for kidnapping, sexually abusing and murdering five youngSalt Lake County boys over five years, beginning in.1979. reer, which included helping to bring down some of Utah’s most notorious criminals, “It is a career we are honoring today,” said Salt Lake County Attorney David Yocom, until recently George’s boss. “We like to honoroneof our own.” Asan investigator for the Salt Lake County sheriff's office and later for the District Attorney's office, George helped convict forger and double-murderer Mark Hoffman, serial child-killer Arthur Gary Bishop, and, most recently, murderer Angel Martinez. “Over the years I have had a to some, the avid coin collector claims it was a fortune well-spent. courtroom. He now works as a public defender in Utah’s federal court, and said his experience will help make him giveclients the best possible defense. “If you understand and respect “It was a super-neat experience for them,” Cespedes said: “Tm sure it’s something they won't forget.” e-mail:[e-mail] the system, you can do better job whicheverside you're on,”he said. Whenasked to share his favorite memory, George said, “Every timeI got a guilty verdict.” In 1988, George created the Special Investigations Division in the District Attorney's office. The unit combined the resources of the sheriff's office, the FBI and U.S. Customs to battle drug distribution networks throughout the Intermountain West. George and his colleagues sent hundreds of drug dealersto prison. “T have to thankall the people ALOHA and HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, MOM “It's one of the greatest coins in American history Nextto the trout wasa hugebald eagle carved out of a 141-poundblockoftupelo wood by Ernie Ward of West Jordan.Its price tag is $10,500. Ward hasa national reputation. This piece took six months of 12-hour workdays to carve and paint. _ “I go all over the country,” says Ward, who Farm lookspectacular. Afterall, they took three monthsto shape. But Phillips, the chairmanof this show fea- Talk About Inflation: Rare Old Nickel-Is Sold for $1.84 Million acarvingofalife-like rainbowtrouttaking fly. Thefish, by Bryce Pettit of Provo, won best of show. “Tt’s a perfectfish, right down to the coloring andthegills,” says Phillips. to the biathlon World Cup had spirit sections. began carving in 1989. He uses photographs, feathers and books to research his carvings. “You have got to have reference material orit just doesn’t work.” Across tlie wayin the Wheeler Farm barn are three carvings in the beginner category for those upto 14 years ofage. The 50-memberGreat Salt Lake Woodcarvers seek new members by — in the FLORENCE JOHNSON HOLLADAY world,” said Manley. “I really appreciate quality and rarity.” The coin was minted with the SaaS date 1913, the year the U.S. Mint began producing nickels that featured a buffalo design. In- i; tone from steadofa buffalo, this coin fea- World’s tures LadyLiberty on the front Best Hot Tubs anda Roman numeral “V”on the back. The'reasons whythe odd ¢ World’s Only Leakproof Spa* coins were minted have never been fully explained. 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