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Show The Salt LakeTribune somes SATURDAY MEXICAN CIVIC CENTER POLICE SEEK NEW CLUES IN 1986 SLAYING — T0 HOST POSADAS sowe"TECEMBER 20, 2003 The hetidays / B6 Crime / B4 << www.sitrib.com >> | | i] | || For the Record B2 @ Reader Advocate B2 ¢ Obituaries B6 Battle brewingoverrivers Royalty fees don't primitive in nature, but may be ac- cessible in some areas. “Recreation- Special to The Tribune MOAB —Grand County wants the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to leave its waterwaysalone. The BLM has identified 44 river segments — creeks, washes, and other tributaries totaling about 387 miles in the southeast Utah county — thatit says could meet eligibility requirements for federal protection under the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The BLM asked the Grand County Council to submit comments. This week,the agencygot its answer. Grand County Council doesn’t want BLM’s ‘wild’or ‘scenic’ designation for waterways By a 43 vote, the council opted to write a letter opposing the designations. Council members Joette Langianese and Rex Tanner, who, along with Al McLeod voted against the measure, said the council needs more information. Underthe law, Congress may designate river stretches as wild, scenic, al” rivers are easily accessedand may | have shoreline | development. In the 35 years since the law went some existing | into effect, Utah remains one of the | or recreational depending on the amount of existing development and few states that has no rivers or wa- road accessibility. About 163 river segments nationwide add up terways designated wild or scenic. Accounting: Utah may have been shorted on share of minerals money hold one of the designations. Rivers designated as “wild” typ!cally have no existing, nearby development — commercial or private. And their shorelines usually are inaccessible from roads or railways. Councilman Jerry McNeely told his colleagues that if such a designa- By BRENTISRAELSEN The Salt Lake Tribune tion were applied to Grand County rivers or streams, the county and See COUNCIL, B5 “Scenic” rivers are usually still —— a By Lisa CHURCH Is the federal governmentstiffing the state outof millions of dollars collected in royalties from oil, gas and coal production in Utah? State leaders — including the governor, House speaker, Senate president and attorney general — want to know. The state Constitutional Defense Council this week asked the legislative auditor general and the state auditor to consider a possi- ble financial invesiigation of the federal mineral-lease royalty program. The request comesafter rural county com- missioners complained to Gov. Olene Walker See UTAH, B3 rm HarrMann/The Salt Lake Tribune Amanda Cundickof Salt Lake City gives blood at ARUP Blood Services on Friday. She is a jongtime and regular blood donor, andis helping battle the holiday donation slowdown. Blood: Most precious of holidaygifts A HartMann/ The Salt Lake Tribune FINE-PARTICLE AIR-POLLUTION LEVELS IN SALT LAKE AND DAVIS COUNTIES— as seenin hazyair from Little Cottonwood Canyon- -moved on Friday from “moderate”to “unhealthy,” prompting the Division of Air Quality to advise that children, the elderly and people with respiratory illness avoid exertion outdoors. However, winds advancing a storm system should clear the air this afternoon. The division also called for a “yellow” burn day, urging residents not to use wood-burningstoves andfireplaces and to reduce driving. WEATHER OW A13 By Carty HAMILTON The Salt Lake Tribune Incendiary Web pagelands students behind bars By DEREK P. JENSEN The Salt Lake Tribune Two American Fork High School students who posted an inflammatory screed on a Web page, singling out Mormonsandjocks, have been placed in juvenile detention, police say. The disparaging message, titled “School Spirit Blows,” makes a direct reference to shooting jocks, which prompted police to act immediately earlier this week. “The scary part of it is there are so many parallels between this and some of the beginnings of what hap- The boys were booked into Provo’s Slate Canyon Juvenile Detention Facility Monday afternoon on suspicion of making terroristic threats, a thirddegree felony. The Web page, created pened at Columbine,” said American Fork police Lt. Darren Falslev, who said the two boys, 15 and 16, claimed they were joking. “We explained to them that after what has happened in this country, we really don’t have any discretion. You've kind oftied students two weeks ago. On Monday, a student told a teacher and an assis- our hands.” tant principal, whoalerted police. on the free server GeoCities, has been removed. Falslev said murmurs about the Web site began to circulate among “You heard meright,” the message begins. “I have a bag ofbullets waiting for you a—--s. Judging how you will be jocks and can probably barely count, I’ll make a deal with you. I'll give you a counting lesson as you countthe shells, b-—.” Pictures were also posted one of a faculty member, which Falslev says probably came from the high school’s Website, and anotherof two students See WEB PAGE, B6 Donations to blood banks usually dip during the holiday season, but this year appears to be worse than normal, partly because of the flu epidemic. People with the flu shouldn’t give blood until they are symptom-free. In fact, anyone whohas had a fever must wait three days after it subsides to donate. Associated Regional and University Pathologist Inc. (ARUP)in Salt Lake City is especially feeling the pinch. Donations to ARUP Blood Services, which supplies blood to University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Shriners Hospital for Children and the See BLOOD, BS Striking Latino miners havelittle to celebrate this year “When the love of the poor shall one dayturn to hate. When the patience ofthe workers givesaway ‘Would be betterfor you rich ifyou never had been born’ So theylaid Jesus Christ in his grave,” WoodyGuthrie =a UNTINGTON CANYON Red H Christmas lights surrounded the portrait of the Virgin of Giaidupe inside the weathered old trafter-on the road to the Co-Op Mine. “@rrthe feast day of the Virgin during the-height of the Christmas holiday seastriking miners havelittle to cBlabEate. ~_LIKP the Greeks, Chinese, Italians, Ittsirgnd Czechs before them, the mosty poor Latino miners are battling méineewners for basic rights such as sélabyna living wage, a pension and COPY | and Railroad Museum. Buttheyare part of an unfortunate American industry habitof exploiting immigrant workers. “The piano played a slowfuneral tune Tom WHARTON health insurance. Thestriking miners sit inside a trailer donated by a retired coalcountry miner. Coffee, leche andtortillas sit at the ready. A deck of worn cards waits for a late-night game. They maynot have heard of Woody Guthrie or his union songs, written in a different time. They might not know about Utah’s own union history, well documented in the nearby Helper Mining And the town waslit up by a cold Christmas moon, The parents they cried and the miners they moaned, ‘See what your greedfor money has done.’” - Woody Guthrie Hand-lettered signs, in English and Spanish,tell a story to those who drive past the striking miners. “Co-Op Miners Demand Dignity and bon and Emery coal country the Deer Creek remains unionized, the difference in the wages alone speaks to how the workers at the Co-Opare being exploited. The approximately 75 miners who went onstrike Sept. 22 made between $5.25 and $7 an hour; other mines in the area pay $15 to $20. “Why dothey haveto be different?” asked Bill Estrada, oneof the striking miners. “Why not operate like other companies or offer wages compared with other companies?” Estrada talked about unsafe condi- the Co-Op Mine. Talk to folks in Emery County and you will find support for the miners’ cause. While only one minein the Car- movement. Estrada talks about hearing threats the mine owners might call the immigration officials to scare the workers. The Kingstons havecalled the sheriff, reportingillegal trespass. At night, they flash their high beams into the faces of those on the picket line. The miners wanttheir jobs returned. and back pay for being illegally fired’ tions in the mines, about injured miners whohave had their pay docked when theydared report an accident. for unionactivity. “Any group of people willing to “Oh, you can’t scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the uniontill the day I die.” Woody Guthrie da. “We haven’t won. But wetrust eaéi. other. They never thought we could wet Respect from the Kingstons” reads one sign, referring to the family that owns The drama between the mine bosses and the union membersplaysout like a history lesson from early in the 20th century during the height of the union ” stand up for justice and w hat’8 right, only good things can come,” said Estra- together.” ae Woody Guthrie would be proud. +»: wharton@sltrib.com we r |