Salt Lake Tribune | 2001-03-24 | Page 5

The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Saturday, March 24, 2001 Boise, Coeur d’Alene Pace Idaho Increase Northern neighborfifth-fastest growingstate, Census shows Urban Areas Lead New Mexico’s 20 Percent Growth * BY BOB ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ree Mexico economy. Torrance County led the SANTAFE, N.M. — New Mexico’s urban ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE,Idaho — Idaho’s skyrocketing popu: lation in the 1990s was concentrated aroundtie cities of Boise and Coeur d’Alene, underscoring vee the cnetin rural parts of the Census .figures eet Friday showed that Ada, Canyon and Kootenai counties claimed two of every three new people living in Idaho during the past decade. Other counties didn’t comeclose. “Tt has been a struggle,” said veterinarian Bruce Gardner, whoruns the Animal Hospital in Council, a one-time sawmill town in central Idaho that saw its population drop to just816. Idaho was thefifth fastest-growing state in the nation overthe past decade at28.5 percent. Its populationlast year was 1.3 million. Policy makers knewof the urban concentration long before the census details were released because ofeconomic problems in rural areas. Gov. Dirk Kempthorne made rural economic development a priority during the legislative population surged in the past decade, from the suburbs of Albuquerque to mountain- studded areas like Taos and Ruidoso, according to census figures released Thursday. Overall, the state’s population grew 20 percent since 1990 to 1.8 million last year. Thebiggest spurt was in the Rio Grande Valley corridorthatbisects the state from the Coloradoline to the Mexican border. The most growth occurred in several counties surrounding Albuquerque, the state’s largest city and engine of the New state with a 64 percent population increase during the past decade, followed by Valencia County and Sandoval County, home to a computer-chip manufacturing plant operated by Intel Corp. The area’s population is expected to double over the next 50 years. Manypeople who work in Albuquerque have chosen to commute,living “far enough awayto enjoya rural lifestyle or less expensive home,”said Brian Sanderoff, who heads an Albuquerque polling and research company. Undocumented Immigrants Can Get Legal by Paying Fine BY SUZANNE GAMBOA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON— Eligible undocumented immigrants wanting to attain legal resident status by paying a fine and staying in the country must apply for immigrant visas by April 30, officials said Friday. The Immigration and Naturalization Service released official rules for a law signed in December by former President Clinton. The law has made it easier for certain undocumented its to become legal by allowing them to apply in the United States. session and lawmakers have endorsed various grant and other budget programs to help communities like Council diversify. Duane Grant, whoraises grain, sugarbeets, beans andonionseed on his farm near Rupert, said the urban movement poses problems for agriculture. “Thefact is you can’t say the state can stand alone on the growth in the Boise valley orthatit can stand alone only on agriculture,” said Misfortunes LeaveSeattle Grant, whois president of the Idaho Grain Growers Association. “The two are interdependent,” he said. “What becomes harderis communicating to our new urban friends the importance of agriculture to therestof the state.” As expected,the state’s Hispanic population soared, nearly doubling to more than 101,000. Hispanics now makeup7.5 percentof Idaho's total population. Previously, immigrants had to return to their home countries to from returning if they were found to have been in the United States illegally. By applying for the visa under the new law, immigrants preserve their chances to apply for legal residency. Their immigrant visas mustbe approved before they are eligible to apply for the change in legal status. adjustmentof status by the deadline,” said William Yates, INS Feeling Like April 30.” Spouses, children, parents and siblings ofU:S. citizens can apply cants must show they were in the United States on Dec. 21, the day Clinton signed the bill. Also eligible are immigrantlaborers whose employers can demonstrate they are unable to findlegal workers. To apply for legal status, imith will apply. They risked a 10-year ban “Tt is not necessary to apply for TRIBUTE TO GREECE executive associate commissioner. “But to preserve adjustmentoasis eligibility, they must be the beneficiary of an visa petition filed on or before $1,000 fine for entering the country illegally. The new law has caused some confusion among immigrants, some of whom thought it provided general amnesty. Yates said the law does not provide amnesty. 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Thefirst signs of rust appeared in 1999, when a federal judge ruled against Microsoft in an antitrust suit, saying the software giant un- fairly used its monopoly powerto bully competitors. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson followed up with an order last summerthat Microsoft be split in two. The case is now on appeal. In December 1999, more than 50,000 World Trade Organization protesters poured into downtown streets, Demonstrators smashed windowsand vandalized cars, and police took on the crowdswith tear gas and rubberbullets. Two weekslater, the city canceled its New Year's celebration around the Space Needle after a suspected terrorist was arrested at the U.S.border,allegedly trying to smuggle bomb-making materials with millennial mayhemin mind. OnJan. 31, 2000, 88 people died offthe California coastin the crash of a jet operated by Seattle-based Alaska Airlines. 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Fredman said leaders ofTroop61, one ofthe city’s oldest troops, will prepare a response to Beth Shalom’s position. “Wealso think that men whoare promiscuousand those with DWIconvictions do not make good role organizationto rescind its ban on homosexuals from its youth membership and adultleadership ranks. “We ave inclusive; we will not discriminate,” Rabbi Alan Cohensaid. Founded in 1925, Troop 61 has seen 300 ofits 1,500 orso boys becomeEagle Scouts,includingits current tional Council ofthe Boy Scouts ofAmerica in Irving, Texas. Shields said such men, too, have been dismissed from scouting. Last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the scoutmaster, Ron Fredman. 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