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Show BUSINESS Dillard’s buysfour ZCMI retail outlets/ D-5 M@ FORTHE RECORD, D-2 ROBERT KIRBY HISTOCKS, D-7 WM LOTTERY, D-2 Report Shows Toxics Have Doubled But ’99 pollutiontall, result of rule changes © 2001, The Salt LakeTribune A Little Advice For Would-Be UHPTroopers A want ad in Monday’s papersaid the Utah HighwayPatrolis looking for a few good individuals. Theplanis to hire these good individuals and turn theminto soulless BY JUDY FAHYS regulators, companies. health experts .and the Topping this newlist is Kennecott Utah Copper, the Bingham Canyon mining giant, followed by longtime pollution leader Magnesium Corp. of America, the Tooele County magnesium producerthatused to be the nation’s largesttoxic polluter. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE An annual “toxics tally” makes it look like Utah companies doubled the pollu- The federal Environmental Protection Agency requires a toxics tally each year from every U.S. company that produces tion they pumped into the environmentin significant amounts of certain chemicals 1999. In truth, the latest Toxic Release Inventory numbers for Utah do not reflect more pollution, just more reporting. The results do not mean Utahns ortheir environment face new danger, agree known to pose a health risk to humans or the environment. The latest inventory covers 1999, as reported by the companies themselves. Data from 171 Utah companies show 1.2 billion pounds of toxic releases — 619 million pounds more than in 1998. The state Departmentof Environmental Quality released the data Wednesday in advanced of the state-bySe easy state inventory that EPA will produce in ™@ Past Stories the future. Web Links Buta change in the way Kennecott manVisit Rites ages its waste rock accounted for 615 million poundsofthe increase.Ironically, the new process is thefirst step ofa two-year effort to clean up nearly four decades of accumulated mining waste. “You'll see that sort of number again next year as we finish doing something we think is actually very environmentally REFLECTIONS IN RAINDROPS radartraps. Suspend Two Gays speedingtickets. Consider this example from my most recent encounter with the UHP, which occurred just slightly more than $100 ago, Trooper: “Do you have any idea howfast you were going?” Me: “No habloingles.” Trooper: “OK, driver license and vehicleregistration,please.” Me:“Ich bin ein Berliner.” Isupposethat stopping meis part of the process of.saving other people’s lives. Afterall, the only way a person could drive worse than do is ifhe or she was a severely impaired badger. Right now,someofyou are reading Punished studentsays school has ‘no proof’ ofviolations BY KIRSTEN STEWART © 2001, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Richard “Ricky” Escoto, a gay Mor- monand Brigham Young University student, always considered the Church'sstance on homosexuality to be this and thinking, “Maybe I have benevolent, even accepting. “T figured as long as I remained chaste the church would welcome me,” hesaid. whatit takes to be a Utah Highway Patroltrooper.” Others are thinking, “Hey, I want to arrest badgers.” But Escoto has found it is not that simple. BYU, owned by The Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently suspended Escoto under the university's honorcodefor violations related to dis- But not everyone has whatit takes to be a police officer, including me. It took 11 years of wearing a badge for meto figurethisout, although my last lieutenantwill tell you that he cameto the same conclusion in about 10 minutes. Right now,all the UHP wants are puted allegations of homosexual conduct. According to Escoto, as well as another gay BYU student suspended two weeksago, being gay withoutengaging in homosexual activity may be permitted at peopleat least 21 years old, who have a high schooldiploma,are U.S.citizensandjust loony enough to think sticking their necks outfor $2,500 per ‘Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune monthis a gooddeal. If hired, the UHP will train you howto doall sorts of cop stuff, includ- Fresh raindrops on a windowreflect the images of pedestrians in downtownSalt Lake City carrying umbrellas as they maketheir way through springtime rain showers that passed through the valley Wednesday. ing bothering totally honest people who may haveperfectly legitimatescientific reasons for trying to make a black Nissan pickup go 150 mph. Buthere is whatelse youwill need, stuff they nevertell you aboutuntil af- HydeMurderer GetsUp to 35 Years. ter theyhire you, I learned them the hard way,butallow meto quote from The Choirboys, by author andformer Los Angeles Police Departmentofficer Joseph Wambaugh. . .Apoliceman only needed three things to succeed: common sense, a sense of humorand compas- sion. That noneof these could be taught in a classroom andthat most mencould succeed withoutoneofthe three, but that a policeman never could.” Although the Supreme Court has made it mostly illegal, common sense is still important to a.cop. Notonly will commonsense help youfind drugsandlostkids,but it can evenkeep you alive whenall that fancy police academytraining can't. A sense of humoris also important. It is one thingto see terrible images on the news,and anotherthing to actually be that news, If you can't laugh when most peo- ple might choose to scream,don’t bother. Compassion. Youbetter haveit go- ing in, because it is damn hard to hang onto once you are there. Frankly, youare no good to anyone if five years downthe road you can't think ofa single reason why the entire humanrace doesn't belonginjail on Mars witha bulletinits leg. Finally, Joe missed something. It is called family. Nobodyis ever a cop all by himself. Eventually, you have to go home and practice being a normal person again Notonlyis family typically a big part of the reason for becoming a cop, butit also maybethe only reason why you won't go nuts being one, Momsaysshewill forgive, not forget man who mistook daughterfor rival gang member BY MICHAEL VIGH enough for me.” Last month, Keomanivong,20, pleaded THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE guilty to second-degree felony man- Since the day his bullet pierced Beth- slaughter and attempted homicide in a any Hyde's heart two years ago on a West plea agreement with prosecutors. He was given up to 15 years on those charges and an additional 0-5 year sentence for weap- Valley City street, Steven Keomanivong never offered her grieving family what they desired most: an apology. Inesday, Keomanivonghad the opportunity again to do so when he was sentenced to up to 35 yearsin prison for the murder of the 16-year-old Granger High School student. Although Keo- manivong sat silent and stone-faced throughout the hearing, Hyde’s mother forgave him. “If 1 don’t learn to forgive you, Steven, I'm more guilty than you are for Bethany’s death,” said Merlinda Bradshaw, facing her daughter's killer for the first time.“That doesn’t meanI haveto forget, but I will forgive you.” Nevertheless, Bradshaw said, when Keomanivong comes up for parole, she will be there to contest his release. “He can bank on seeing my face there every time,” she said. “Foreverin jail is not long ons and gang enhancements. Pointing to the senselessness of the slaying, 8rd District Judge William Barrett ran the sentences consecutively, rather than concurrently, “I'm troubled by the whole gang thing and I don’t understandit, particularly when they go out hunting for other human beings,” Barrett said. “You don’t she was shot with a .380 semiautomatic pistol. No one else in the car with Keomanivong has been arrested in connection with Hyde's death. Butthe killing cast a glaring light on gangs andthe dangers they presentto innocent bystanders. Prosecutor Vincent Meister said he was struck by the willingness of gang members to shootfirst and ask questionslater, “Welookat this case and say it could have happened to anyone,” Meister said. “They see someone on a corner who looks like a gang member and they shoot. Some of the mostchilling testimony I've ever take a human being’s life; it's not heard came from these gang members.” acceptable.” Megann Gulrud, who was in the car when her youngersister was slain, said she cannot understand or forget — her sister's murder. “Asfar as I'm concerned mysister died in vain;at the hands ofsomeone shedidn't know and for no reason,” Gulrud said. “That makesmesick.” On Nov.7, 1998, Keomanivong and his fellow gang membersweredrinking at a party when they decided to huntand kill their rivals, police said. Keomanivong began shooting at the intersection of 3500 South and 2700 West in WestValley City. Hyde wasin the back seat of a nearby car, leaning forward talkingto friends in the front seat when LDS Church Unveils Plan to Build Alpine Campin Wasatch County BY KARL CATES THESALT LAKETRIBUNE HEBER CITY The LDS Churchis plan- Either you havethis stuffor you don't. Just rememberthatit is not something they give you along with a badge. Also,if youcan't rememberany of this, don't worry. I'll remind you. ‘The way I drive, odds are that we will runinto eachother. ning to build a vast alpine camp in Wasatch County with a capacity for more than5,000 people,rivaling the population of nearby HeberCity. It will be by far the biggest LDS Church facility of its kind, according to church spokesman Dale Bills, who said the church operates about 100 camps aroundthe country. ‘Though some have questioned the impact of the 9square-mile project, support seems Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby lives in Springville. He welcomes mail at P.O. Box 684, Springville, UT 194663 or email at dark@airswitch.net. prised mostly of members of The Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints. “I'd rathersee that up there than 600or 700 , houses,” said County Commissioner Ralph MaybeI’m wasting my breath, Sce TOXICS, Page D-3 BYU Brass OK, that was a cheap shot. HighwayPatrol troopers also save live: It is just that they never save my fe. All leverget out of them are #%@* | friendly,” said Kennecott Vice President Bill Williams. The company expects to be toward the top of the national inventory once again when EPA announces thatlaterthis year. Kennecott, which has spent nearly $300 million in environmental i in the past five years, landed toward the topof the 1998 list after the EPA began requiring some mining companies to report their wastes forthefirst time in the dozen years since the inventory was established. Williams acknowledged that some of the reported toxics are worth noting — such as lead andarsenic — butpointed out they are dispersed in the sort of dirt strong in the surrounding community, com: Duke. ‘The5,721-acresite is about five miles east of town in rugged highlands peppered with See GANG MEMBER,Page D-3 the Provo school, but students risk being sanctioned for even talking about samesex attraction or associating — however chastely — with othergaysorlesbians. On March 13, the school suspended Escoto, a sophomore from Los Angeles, onfour counts: that he received gifts from other men, visited gay-oriented Internet chat rooms on his home computer, was seen on “dates” with atleast three different men and was found “making out” with another male in his apartment. The two-semester suspension begins April 25. Escoto,21, disputesthe allegations. He says the school has “no proof of anything,” but instead relied on the false testimony of “bigoted” roommates. His only crime, he says, was confiding his “issues with same-sexattraction”toa roommate with whom he was particularly close. Word quickly got out among the other roommates whoturned himin to BYU's Honor Code Office, he said. BYU's strict honor code, which must be signed byall students,lists “homosexual conduct” among other prohibitions underthe heading “sexual misconduct.” See TWO STUDENTS,Page D-3 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Theaddress of a Magna home where a mentally ill man stabbed three people witha knife is 5551 Nautilus Drive (6375 South). A story about David Campbell in Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune gave an incorrect address, LOS Church Camp ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning a 5,721-acre camp east of Heber City for use by LDS young women in the summer, and LDSfamilies in the spring and fall. The facility would accommodate more than 5,000 campers and include cabins, lodges, day-use picnic areas ‘and facilities for recreational vehicles and tent campers, Heber City ‘Proposed CampSite aspen stands overlooking the Heber Valley andtheback ofthe Wasatch Range. Geared in the summer toward young Mormon women, the camp would cater to LDS families in spring andfall and closein wintertime. ‘The county's Planning Commission has approved the undertaking, and the commission could decide on it as soon as April 9, when apublic hearing is scheduled, Steve Trammell, a retired Southern California developer assigned a special church mission to start construction of the camp, saidtheproject will be built in stages andwill takefour to six years to complete. See LDS CAMP,Page D-3 ui wl aey © JotIRe Miter ‘The Salt ode Tribune |
