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Show Utah Che Salt Lake Tribune THURSDAY, November 17, 1994 Weber Davis Salt Lake Utah Red - Burning Prohibited Yellow - Burning Discouraged Green - Burning Allowed Donors Ante Up for Youth Center S.L. Finally Raises Money to Match Businessman’s Gift By Rebecca Walsh THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Two monthslate, fund-raisers scraped together more than enough money to match Utah businessman James Sorenson’s $1 million grant to expand the Glendale Youth Recreation Center. “We've gone way over the top,” said Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini. Thecity collected $1.5 million to match Sorenson’s money. Corradini said the city planned every year for four years to expandthecenter, but was unable to raise cnough money to complete theproject. “We've been scrounging every year, throwing $150,000 here, squeezing CDBG (Community Development Block Grant] moniesthere,” shesaid. Sorenson, who built his fortune in pharmaceuticals, offered his money seven months ago as an incentive for other donors. When September came and the money hadnotbeenraised, he extended the deadline. Initial estimates of the expansion cost have increased,so all of the $2.5 million will be spent. Planscall for another gym, a boxing center, expandedoffices, classrooms, new locker rooms, soccer and softball fields and an aquatic center with a competition-lane pool and a shallow pool. “We're not just expandingour recrea- “We cannot prosper without bringing our children and our babies into our arms and our lives.”? JAME! $0) SON, philanthropist “A whole lot of nurturing is what's missing in our community. We're after the spiritual strength to conquerourbiggest malady — trashedchildren and confused lives. “Wecannot prosper without bringing our children andourbabiesinto our arms andourlives.” SioneIka, co-director of the Multicultural Children’s Choir, said Sorenson's tion center,’ Corradini said. “We're building a community center.” Sorenson said the money is not the effort gives Glendale children no excuses for giving up, dropping out of school or most important thing. they know youcare,” hesaid. joining gangs. “That's all it takes: that SECTION B WEATHER Page B-8 Ogden Teens Unlock Secret to Binding Friendship, But Can’t Unlock Handcuffs the keysto their cuffs did not fit. Anda boyfriend of Jenny’s tried to pick the lock. Hefailed. Finally, at about 9 p.m., they went to By Tom Quinn SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE OGDEN — JoyStarks has an innovative addition to the list of ways teenagers drive parents crazy. McKay-Dee Hospital's emergency Her daughter Jenny, 14, came home about 5 p.m. Tuesday handcuffed to room. While waiting, the determined boyfriend managed to pick Jenny's side of the cuffs, freeing her from her com- friend Melissa Broadbent, also 14. Thegirls told Starks they had found an old pair of handcuffs at Melissa's panion. Then, using cast cutters, medical house and tried them on. Only one technicians separated Melissa from thing was absent — key. Jenny and Melissa walked hand in herfetters. Jenny's mother said Wednesday she hand to the Starks home hoping Jenny’s father might have a solution to hoped the teen-agers had learned a lesson, but she doubtedit their plight. She added she presumed the hospiTo add pain to the embarrassment. | Melissa’s hand and arm beganto swell tal would send thebill to Melissa’s pardue to the tightfit of the shackles. ents, since Jenny was not attached Ogden police officers arrived, but when medical intervention began Legislators Try to Tighten Day-Care Licensing Laws Utah NOW To Honor Women By Nancy Hobbs Utah BabySitter TUF SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Charged in Death Of 8-Month-Old By Jennifer Skordas THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A day-care provider was charged Wednesday with killing an 8- month-old infant who had beenleft in her care. Candis Farrer, 27, had been watching the baby at her Midvale homeNov.4 when the child stopped breathing. Farrer told police Jordan Dohertyfell from a bed. Jordan was rushed by air ambulance to Primary Children’s Medical Center, whereshe died the next day. On Wednesday, Assistant Medi- cal Examiner Maureen Frikke told police and prosecutors Jordan’s death wasnotaccidental. The child's injuries were “most likely caused by the acce’_ration and impactof Jordan’s head into a hard surface,” according to firstdegree felony homicide charges filed in 2rd “‘~euit Court. Midvale police Capt. Dan Pear- son also said Jordan showed injuries characteristic of babies who have been shaken violently. Those injuries, hesaid, ‘“‘are not consistent with her story about the baby fall- ing off the bed.” Farrer could not be reached Wednesday for comment. Nor had she been arrested. Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney Jim Cope said Farrer agreed to surrender herself to the court. She hassaid she voluntarily will relinquish her day-care provider's license. The Division of Family Services said no other complaints had been filed against Farrer. But she had not been a day-care provider for long. “She wasbrand new,” said Terry Twitchell, a public relations employee at DFS. “She was just licensed not twoor three monthsbefore this incident.” DFSofficials had changed herlicensestatusto ‘‘conditional,” which allowed herto care for children en- Legislators reacted Wednesday to the drowning death of a South Jordan child last spring by approving a plan to eliminate licensing exemptions for anychildcare business with more than three children underits supervision. The HumanServices Interim Committee agreed with state licensing officials and Rep. Dave Jones. D-Salt Lake, to change regulations that exempt some dardsfor health and safety because of the amountof time children spendthere. Thebill was drafted after the death in Mayof MacArchibald, a 3-year-old who walked away from an hourly, storefront care center and fell into a canal behind the facility. Because it offered care for periods of fourhoursorless, the business was exemptfromstate licensing and not bound by minimal standards required of full-time care centers. “If you havekids in a care situation,it doesn’t matterif they’re there one hour, four hoursor 24 hours. Certain levels of standards have to be adhered to,” said Jones, who has workedwith a task force that proposed the changes. The committee came up with a fourtiered proposal, requiring different standards for each level. At one end are centers providing child-care on a regular basis, including hourly drop-in care. Those businesses must belicensed, at a cost of $25 plus $1.50 perchild, said Pat Kreher, director of the Department of HumanServices’ Office of Licensing. Before- andafter-school programsfall into a second category that requireslicensingfor the particularsetting. A third level includes private child care, often providedin private homes for more than ing child care. Finding a goodcare center year-old son. The fourth child is that car, there are protections for them.” CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Poet Brenda Hillmanreadstonight at 8 in Nunemaker Place, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City. Thedate waslisted incorrectly Sunday in The Salt Lake Tribune Arts section. $59 eI ATT ac AE MTS Portland On Pree CURD Tn SLT TL diate aftermath of the trauma Like other volunteers for Salt Lake's RapeCrisis Center mobile team, Roberts is on call to meetvictims at hospitals and intercede on their behalf with police interviews and medical exams. For her efforts, Roberts will be honored Friday by the Utah National Organization for Women (NOW)as a “Womanof Courageous Action.” Also receiving the award are Jane Marquardt, an Ogden attorney who wentpublic about being lesbian in hopesof breaking am TERS) attitude barriers against homosexuals; and Sandra Beynon, a St. George woman whosuccessfully challenged discriminatory membership in fraternal organizationsthat havestateliquorlicenses. For the first time in six years of presenting its ‘‘courageous action” awards, the NOW boardofdirectors voted to present a group award, to JEDI Women (aka Justice, Economic Dignity and Independence for Women). “We felt that what they've done couldn't be ignored,” said Luci Malin, coordinator for the Salt Lake NOW chapter. “The actions JEDI Womenhave taken have had a great impactonthelives of Utah women.” The group has compiled reports and staged attention-grabbing three children, and child care at malls or health spas where the parent is on the premises. Those, too, require licensing. Theonly license-exemptcarefalls in a fourth category that includes care by a relative or co-op care, preschool, babysitting in a child’s home,parochialactivities and care provided without any compensation. Rep. Bradley Johnson, R-Aurora, questioned the role of governmentin evaluat- to take on anyothers. Farrer regularly took care of four children,including Jordan’s 4year-old brother and her own 2from another family. “We called the parents and told them this day-care provideris being investigated, and you may choose not to take your kids there,” said Twitchell. “That's what they did.” Farrer’s own child is probably still in her custody, said Twitchell. By Nancy Hobbs THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE For nearly eight years. Jamee Roberts has volunteered at least one night weekly to help victims of rape endure the imme- day-care providers from minimal stan- is the responsibility of the parent or parents, he said, before casting the lone vote in oppositionofthe bill. Jones and Kreheragreed that the initial responsibility for finding a good care center falls on parents, but said parents often don’t know what to look for in a quality center and can’t bethere at all timesto ensurethe careis sufficient. “It’s like buying a used car,” Jonessaid after the committee meeting. “‘Buying the car is the consumer’s responsibility butif a person is deceived in the purchase of rolled in her home day care but not Of Courage events to raise public awareness about Paul Fraughton/TheSalt Lake Tribune welfare reform, child care and housing shortages for low-income families. Jamee Roberts provides a shoulder to lean on for rape victims at Salt Lake’s RapeCrisis Center. She will be honoredfor her volunteerefforts. @ See NOW,Page B-3 Judge Says Utah Has Rightto Ban Adultery THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Adultery is not a victimless crime and Utah has right to ban it under an 1887 law that makesmaritalinfidelity a misdemeanor offense, a federal magistrate says. Adultery can bring disease, destruction of the family, the birth of unwanted children and state child support. “The results can be tragic and the social costs may impact innocent children and relatives,” US. Magistrate Ronald Boyce wrote. “That adultery may occur with some frequencyis no justification for a constitutionalrestriction on the criminalization of adultery any more than on embezzlement or numerous other violations of trust which frequently occur,” he wrote. Boyce’s 52-page recommendation can be accepted or rejected by U.S. District Judge David Sam, but Boyce’s reports are almost always adopted by Utah’s federal judges. The report was promptedby a case in- volving West Valley City Police Sgt. Gary Oliverson, who has spent six years trying to overturn Utah laws banning sodomy, fornication and adultery. Oliverson was accused of violating those laws by West Valley City and the state police academy in 1986afterit was discovered he had sex with at least two women he met through the police-sponsored Explorer Post program. The program wasintendedto aid in the development of young people, Boycesaid in his ruling. Oliverson andother officers in the department had sex with a 17-year-old and two women, ages 18 and 20. The city and the academy disciplined Oliverson for violating state laws and exhibiting moral turpitude. Although the law against adultery is constitutional, it is rarely used, said Salt Lake County Attorney David Yocom. “I don’t know of anyone whohas been charged outright with adultery, but I knowof a few people whopleadedtoit as a plea bargain when a more serious sexu- al offense was charged,” Yocom said. Boyce rejected Oliverson’s claim that the law violated his right to free speech and privacy. Extramarital sexual relations are not within the privacy rights spelled out by the Constitution. Other courts have ruled that extramarital sexual activity such as polygamy, child sexual abuse and homosexual sodomyare not protected by the right to privacy, Boyce wrote, and neither is adultery. Oliversonalso said the law violated his right to free speech,but Boyce refused to equate sex with speech. If Utahns want to legalize adultery, Boyce wrote, they can vote to rescind the law, which makesthe offense a class A misdemeanor. Brian Barnard, Oliverson’s attorney, said Tuesday he wasn’t surprised by the Tuling. While Our Fares May Be Bold, (ur Seats Remain Reserved. Reservedseating that guaranteesa civilized boarding process. See yourTravel Agent.Orcall Delta at 532-7123. in the economy cabin, and roundtrip purchase may berequired, Ticketsmust be p Restrictions:$59farealdfrom:Salt Lake City on a 1-day advance purchase andisnonrefundable. 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