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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Pit SLC Mayor, onthefacility could begin in SEVIER City Council thefall. An application for a permit to place a 250-foot weather ae tower south of Sigurd has been submitted to the County Planning Commission by the County Commission as a first step in considering constructionofan electric powerplantin the county. Plansare being considered for constructionofan aircooled plant about one-third thesize of the Intermountain PowerProject coal-fired plant in Millard County.Sevieris being considered because of access to coal in the eastern part of the county. Equipmenton the tower would measure winddirection and temperature to deter- —The Park Record Q @ Continued from B-1 UTAH Utah Valley State College hopes to open an art gallery city administrators needed to scrape together $13.4 million in the University Mall. ‘The proposed area would for capital improvements. the providea place for students of the college's fine arts departmentto display their work. Val Peterson, UVSC associate vice presidentofcollege relations,said, “We're not ready to make an announce- ment. I think if we can all cometo an agreementonall the aspects ofthe contract, quality would be affected. —Hal Edwards Q this could happen.” Peterson said anylease agreement would be subject to approval by UVSCtrustees and the state Board of Regents. —The Associated Press Qa SUMMIT WASHINGTON mine how the county’s air ‘The United States Ski and Snowboard Association has proposed building a worldclass training facility in a developmentplanned for Kimball Junction where state Route 224 connects with Interstate 15 in Summit County. The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission has seen preliminary concept A teacheraccused ofgroping a woman whoonce had. been oneofhis students has pleaded guilty in 5th District Court to class A misdemeanorsexual battery, Loren Mercer,30,St, George, originally had been charged with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. Mercer facesupto 1 year in workonthe proposed 110,735square-foot facility that would jail and a $4,625 fine. Sentenc- Gifted Girl Headsto College At Age 12 children fall into the most “liberal” definition of “gifted,” say stateofficials, Buzz, however,tests in the 99th percentile intellectually and academically, said Wolf. “We're talking about the top 1 @ Continued from B-1 lation.” “There are risks associated with sendinga 12-year-old into such a foreign and competitive environment. But there are more risks with holding this particular 12-year-old back, in ‘terms of her emotional well-being,” said Wolf. ingis set for June19. percent of the world’s popu- boredom; by the third grade she “started shutting down and losing faith in people,” said Kelly Buckmiller. “The only reason I would go to schoolis because I had some good teachers,”said Buzz. The Buckmillers fought to get Buzz into more advanced classes or skipped through more grades, but encountered resistance. So a year ago, the Buckmillers pulled their daughter out of sixth grade. Since then Buzz has been learning at “In making this type of deci- sion you haveto consider the whole child, their mental well-being and drive to challenge themselves,” By all measures Buzz is well-rounded. She said she plays the violin, piano, saxophone andoboe but “notatthe sametime.” homewith the help of tutors At age 9, she got her black and taking independent study courses from Brigham Young University for high school credit — which Buzz “can't stand,” “There are no professors to talk to, You can’t tell them belt in Tae Kwon Do, and is “somewhat”fluent in French. Whenshegets to the U., she wants to learn Russian and howto play lacrosse. Frankie Walton, who teaches honors math at when KearnsHigh and tutors Buzz, is accustomed to dealing with you Budget Cuts coverthe southern portion of the Redstone Parkside Town Center development. Ifapproved,construction think they're wrong,”shesaid, Buzz is either a “teacher's dream or worst nightmare,” says her mother, The Buckmillers had just about given upstruggling with the state's rigid school system when they met Joan Wolf, a consultant with Educational Testing Systems. With a few tests it became clear, said Wolf, that independent high school classes were not going to be enough for Buzz. Neither Wolf nor Buzz's family will reveal her IQ or test scores, Wolf has voiced concern about the public attention Buzz is likely to get after news stories about her hit the stands. “Buzz doesn’t mind being different, but doesn’t want people to get the impression she thinks she's better than others,” she said. “We want readers to understand that highly gifted kids like Buzz are most unusual, We don’t want every parent of a bright 12- year-old thinking their child should entercollege.” The state Office of Education doesn’t track the number of gifted students in Utahs school system because thedef: inition of “gifted” is too broad and services available vary from schooldistrict to school district. But roughly 10 percentto 15 percent of the state's school- gifted students, But whatsets Buzz apart, said Walton,is her insatiable hunger for knowledge. “A lot of times when we teach, kids accept things as fact. They don’t want to know first year and $13.7 million for capital improvements the next year. They counted library and Deputy Washington County Attorney Ryan Shaum said Mercer saw the 19-year-old womanin a Dixie State College parking lot March 28. Shaum said Mercer commented on hertan, poked her stomach, then grabbed her buttocksandplaced her hand onhis genitals. Mercerresigned from Snow Canyon High School a few daysafter the incident. —The Associated Press Q WEBER-RICH justice court bonds, impact fees and Olympic reimbursements — Salt Lake City’s $4.2 million share of $59 million in sales taxes diverted to build Games venues and a $2.3 million paymentfrom the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for use of twocity ice sheets, “ Butcouncil members insist the bonds, impact fees and other one-time revenues cannot be included in the capital improvement budget. And those Olympic checks won't be written until 2003, Council members don't wantto bank on projected Olympic revenue, State Route 39 between Huntsville in Weber County and Woodruff in Rich County, is open for the summerseason. ‘The 86-mile road that goes over MonteCristois closed in the winter months because the Utah Departmentof Transportation cannot clear and maintainthe road because of heavy snows, tive immaturity. They were told to look into college programsat Stanford University and the University of Washington designed especially for helping gifted children ease into universitylife. “But we couldn't let her move so far away,” said her mom, The U. also is concerned about Buzz’s. psycho-social and emotional maturity. “We asked oneof our counselors to work with her and evaluate her preparedness,” said Barbara Snyder, U.vice president of student services, “She passed with flying colors,” kstewart@sltrib.com “One-time revenue is like inheriting money from an uncle whodies,” says Councilman Tom Rogan. “But eventually, you run out of uncles. Either we have these policies or we don't.” ‘Taking those numbers outof the equation leaves the mayor’s budget unbalanced with a $3.4 million shortfall thefirst year and a $2.9 million gap the second and unconstitutional. Trying to solve the problem on paper, Anderson suggests diverting $2.8 million from the city’s $16.4 million fund balance. Still, council members are balking. They don’t wantto borrow from the city’s fund balance, essentially a savings account, again, So despite predictions of a post-Olympic boom,Salt Lake City has to nip and tuck more than $6 million outof its Games budgets. Councilman. Keith Chris tensen says the council's hard line is just like the decisions business owners make every five new part-time workers at the Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center, $282,000 to replace 240 police laptops, and $1.7 million to pay for automated recycling pickup, bigger bins and glass collection, Rogan even suggests dipping into $1.7 million set aside this year and another $3.3 million budgeted next year to dress up the city for the Olympics. Besides the jackets, Olympic Planner JohnSittner proposes spending $250,000 for Olympic garbage cans, another $200,000 for a Main Streetfestival, $290,000 to light City Hall and hang the Olympic rings from the balconies and $165,000 to set up a “speakers corner”at Pioneer Park and free-speech zones throughoutthecity, “I didn't think we were having the Olympicsto payfor the Olympics,” Rogan says, “Someone may be wearing someone's job,” he adds. “We keep getting sucked into other things because they're nice and we want to feel good and we wantpeople to feel good about us, Some things are more important than others, I'd much rather save youth programs than Olympicgarbage cans.” Anderson is frustrated. He says council members keep changing their policies, Last year, they added $785,000 in impact fees to the Capital Improvement Program budget. Two years ago, they used $8.1 million from the sale of one block of Main Street onetime money to balance the budget. This year, they refuse to plan on projected Olympic revenue. “In a biennial budget, you are making projections two years in advance. We thought that was what we were doing,” says Chief Administrative Officer Rocky Fluhart. “We'll Suggest alternatives to cuts to the council. But we are notinitiating this.” To keep council members from going down the path of least resistance and slashing his. pet projects, Anderson counters with his own cuts. For example, he says Fire Station No. 9 by the airport cannot be opened this year. His suggestions probably will focus on other hard-to-swallow service and personnelreductions, He is trying to divert the council's attention from his own vulnerableinitiatives. “Whateverwegive them, we will not like,” he says. “Going into the Olympics, we should not be cutting corners. We should: bee doing whatever it takes to put our best foot forward.” But Councilman Dave Buhier says that’s like Congress or the president threatening to” shut down the Washington Monument when talk turns to federal budget-cutting. “That's a typical bargaining ploy, saying, ‘There will be no crossing guards and we're going to close a fire station,’” Buhler says. “We're not going to wait for his cuts.” It's the same tactic former Mayor Deedee Corradini tried two years ago when council members insisted on spending more money oninfrastructure, Corradini pessimistically forecast cuts in services and considered a veto. In the end, the two sides worked together to tighten the budget. Whatever happens, the council is scheduled to adopt the $1.07 billion, two-year budget June 14, walsh@sltrib.com “I Lost 40 Ibs. Without Dieting?” day. “The old plan of ‘We'll live within a budget; we'll just bor- row to do it, won't work CLEANING? 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