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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday, January28, 1996 B2 FOR THE RECORD Utah Delegation’s Work Goes Almost Unnoticed WRONG ADDRESS By | ivan Maddox Between the budget wars and the Enid 1 » of the best efforts of the downthe street from the Ogden ynal delegation — and some Police Departmen ington Blvd. Key ot lost in the tumultuous tail posedin anotherstate to collect past-due re, Medicaid and other social programs without replacing them, and forbalancing the budget in seven years using conservative projections of the Congressional Budget Office. Sen. Bob Bennett introducedabill that child support Thegift ban, toughened by an amendment from House Speaker Newt Gingrich. are serious about resolving the budget crisis,” said Orton spokesman Dave Lemmon. 551 Wash About 9:30 a.m.. a Bank drive-up teller called police to say the man was trying to cash a check for $400. It was drawn on a woman's account who had telephoned five minutes be fore to report her car had been burglarized and her check book stolen during the night Ogden Officer Kelly ugg sped the 200 yards from headquarters to the bank and used his patrol car to block the suspect from drivin off. While police looked into a possible car-burglary charge. the suspect was booked for forgery. A computer crime check also turned up three no-bail warrants — all for past alleged forgeries LITTLE BIT OF LUCK Ogden police may have stum- end of 1995 would impose nationwide standards to safeguard the privacy of medical records Sen. Orrin Hatch lost a high-profile cru- desecration but had scores sade to ban of bills advance innoticed A troika of controversial land bills managed by Rep. Jim Hansen remainedin limbo, but the Republican veteran also pressed a base-closure issue that could thwart the will of the president And Democratic Rep. Bill Orton peddled an alternative plan for balancing the budget, which he believes may yet bridge the divide between the White House and con- gressional Republicans The day Orton picked to announce $1 million in funding for a Provo road project however. had some sturdy competition: the resurfacing of Joe Waldholtz The political operative now accused of bled on aneasy way to find people check-kiting and fraud by his estranged who already have outstanding ar- wife, Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz. had dis appeared nearly a week after triggering rest warrants. Befor Friday morning. they got a call fromthe Job Service office manager at 214 ing the area of an extra large group of obstreperous men seek were urinating in public. some rude while impeding and some hadspilled out into street traf fic. Seven officer s arrived and be gan checking identifications lice found nine men wanted warrants. seven more who re: fused to identify themselves. car ried no identification. and whe might be illegal immigrants, and several more who were intoxicat ed in public. Mostly transients their ages ranged from in northern Utah rded a $5,000 grant for Education yciation Sandra Petersen is co Idaho College, Coeur has announced that Tyson Bountiful, is on its Dean's requires grades of 3.75 or @kKathleen J. McCullough, Salt Lake City and Dana Christine Ward Sandy. dre among students on the honor roll at Western Washington University. Bellingham BOboist Amy Michelle Brough and harpist Heather Marian Horne Salt Lake City, are among118 artists nationwide invited to participate in ARTS Week ‘96 in Miami, an arts recognition and talent-search pro: gram BCottonwood High invites all ninth-graders and others interested the school to its show Monday at the school auditori beginning pm David R_ Ravarino, Salt Lake City m the Dean's List at Saint Mary's College of California ristina Coronado. L yton, is on the Dean's List at the L y of Notre Dame where she is a junior d Vista elementar ir first deposits to ccounts as the instim with Washington Mutu al in the program that teaches chil dren how to manage money. ' Joan Helsley, Salt Lake City, has been awarded a degree from West Texas A&Mandplacedon its Dean’s @ Darrick McCasland, Sandy, named to the Dean’s List at Washing, ton and Lee University, Lexington a WTroy Killian. Salt LakeCity. is on the Dean's List at Mars Hill Col lege. Louisa Bennion. Spring City, has received the Elmer Markham John son awardat Cornell University. She is a graduate of Wasatch Academy MountPleasant LOTTERY The numbers drawn Saturday in the Powerball lottery million: 8, 10. 29 27 worth $5 Powerball; 20 The numbers drawn Saturday in Idaho, Mont kota’s Tri-West $460,000: 12, and South Dalottery worth 16, 21, ie ‘S! STILL AVAILABLE 4? YN 26. 29. 30 Committee chairman BudShuster by pushing for line-item veto authority restricting Shuster’s reach over highway projects. ableaction in the areas of taxation, judicial reforms andhealth care. Tuckedaway in the Balanced Budget Act later vetoed by the president werea host of nowin the Senate Labor Committee. It would give patients the right to see their own medical records, require their Strong words flew. and Shusterretaliated andimposecivil and criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosures. terconnect needed to relieve congestion aroundEast Bay business park It was not restored until November whenOrton announcedthat he wasfinally seeing the rewardfor“alot of hard work permission for any release of information Bennett said the global communication capabilities of the 1990s andaspateof disclosure “horrorstories” madethe needfor protection apparent Theordeals of Rep. Nydia Velazquez, DN.Y., andthelate tennis star Arthur Ashe were high-profile examples, but “the average Americanalso suffers from leaks of The welfare bill was vetoed, to but Wald work with my col- leagues over the coming year to strengthen our nation’s commitment to children and families,” “Thesituation is crying out for uni formity.” Bennett also has been busy with the Whitewater Committee investigating Pres: ident and Hillary RodhamClinton's role in the Whitewater Development Corp. and a failed S&L The panel continues to enounter merous unanswered questions.” holtz said the amendments are not dead I will continue said. she said more than $10 billion the states would r ceive during five years to ensure that parents forced to work would have day care. Ultimately, the amount grew to $18billion Waldholtz says. because of the attention focused on theissue he said ORTON Orton had predicted that the balanced budget bill he authored on behalfof the House's Blue Dog Democrats” would becomekey as President Clinton's budget impasse with Congress drug on Thewarring sides gavethe so-called Co- alition Budget a look, but now appear like- ly to let the 1996 election decide who's right The coalition budget, which dispenses with tax cuts in orderto reduce thedeficit UVSC Veep Takes Law Into His Hands, Cuts Sculpture Into Pieces By Joan O'Brien HE SA KE ‘ Gilbert Cook admits he never liked the metal sculpture “Untitled — Horse Form” at Utah Valley State College He liked the abstract work even less when, five years after it was placed in the school’s plaza, some sections began to rust. So Cook UVSC’s vice president for college relations. ordered ground crews to dismantle the tion and repair work for reloca- letter from David % for Art administrator at h Arts Council 1% for Art law skims a f construction funding to allow the purchase of art for new state buildings. “Horse Form artist Ricl $17,000 y science bi Cook ommissioned from Johnston for some yuilt its new t among the UVSC representatives who approved the work. which he felt was out of place the school's main plaza looks like swingset with a lot of whirl s on top.” Cook Th put sculpted says pieces on th e buildings andonour half-million-dollar fountair to that and We really told to sit down and shut Instead. Cook lobbied to have the 1% for Art law changed to e college presidents and 3 cy heads more say in where the perform 60 percent ofall core mainte oeeROM $999 SNOWBEAR Personal Snowplows 50 TIMES FASTER THAN < A SNOWBLOWER! © FITS BOTH 2WD & 4WD VEHICLES BOLT-ON MOUNTS # REMOTE CONTROLLED # EASY TO OPERATE baa # EASY ON & OFF IN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS @ NO HEAVY LIFTING CALL 1-800-337-BEAR for your nearest wholesale club or dealer! el Signed into law were Hatch-authored bills enhancing penalties for certain sex nance andthe private sector 40 percent survivedan assault by the Clinton adminis tration when Hansenand other members of the House serve it “depot caucus” crimes against children andatrio ofbil providing strongerprotections for patents trademarks and digital performances dug in to pre rights, On health matters, the odd couple of Clinton neededthe rule lifted to imple: ment his base-closure directive allowing two air logistics centers in vote-rich Cali Hatch and liberal Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy teamedup onlegislation that permanently allows community health centers to get costly malpractice coverage from the fornia and Texas to “privatize in place thereby keeping their work fromtransfer government. It was signed into law in De- ring to Hill andothers. Convinced the president's privatization plan is illegal, Hansen maycall hearings to make Defense Department officials spell cember. Also signed was a Hatch-Kennedy bill amending patent lawto foster more de velopment of biotechnologyproducts. Hatch also submitted legislation reau thorizing the Ryan White Care Act of 1990. out how they canprivatize without circum- venting the law One othertactic maybe a lawsuit filed by It would continue AIDS research and ser: vice funding to cities, states andinstitu tions through 2000 government employee unions challenging parts of the plan that violate contracting code It’s been a very hectic anddifficult but very wonderful year.” Hatchsaid. “I like to work hard ‘We may havewonthe victory on BRAC ow Using a blowtorch, UVS( ground crews took down the tarp. Last month, Holz went down to Orem andretrieved it ‘as a precautionto any further mishan dling of the elements In his letter to Romesburg, Holz says the fragmented and de- stroyed pieces are stored at the Union Pacific Depot Johnston a forme University Richard Johnson's “Untitled — Horse Form” stands in the plaza at UVSC — and, later,lies in a heap after being cut apart with h a blowtorch by school ground crews for the taxpayers. He also didnot knowit had been taken apart I can’t imaginewejust cut this s. “But thing into pieces,” he there’s no question wedidit, and of Utahart pro: or who now teaches in San Bernardino, Calif. weprobably ought to find some says he wept when he saw photos way to cover the costs.” of his disassembled piece, He does not believe Cook’s assertion that crews were going to repair it If I were coming at it cold and Johnston says heis willing to work with the Utah Arts Council to repair Horse Form. But he has mixed feelings about return- pile. I'd say the intent was to de- And hewarnsthat ing it to UV costs of repair will approach his stroy it — not to conserve or pre- original commission. serve or even relocate. he says There were someserious tools Holz declines to discuss the incident. Otherarts council officials say they want to give UVSC a chance to formally respond to just saw the photosof it lying ina involved Romesburg, who says he liked the sculpture, approvedplanslast their complaints, But Romesburg summer to rustproof andrelocate it. But he did not know crews were removing the art without permis- says he has contacted them ex pressing willingness to make amends. Althoughignor: nee of the law is no defense, Romesburg says, “I sion of the Utah Arts Council Whichholds the 1% works intrust certainly don’t think there was any malicious orcriminal intent. I really do believe that folks want ed to take it down to preserveit some people who feel all public so it didn’t continueto rust the legislative session could éndanger future 1% for Art fund ForArts Council Director Bon nie Stephens, theincident is as much about artistic tolerance as about whether a legal procedure was followed It all boils down to realizing art is a waste of money Council officials fret that pub licity about the sculpture during ing: Johnston says heis putting his faith in the Utah Arts Council to rectify the situation. “but I don't that art is subjective, and beauty think this should be allowed-to stand ty in your eyes. she says We have strong feelings about this that if he doescall, ‘all I could do inm s is not necessarily beau- but we realize wearedealing with Th tist has not talked to anyoneat the school. Romesburg safs is apologize to the man.” “FREE” IN-HOMEESTIMATES Ss Ax SE) HERITAG taxpayer-funded art is placed But changes in the law did not allow Cook to unilaterally dis carried over into 1996. Force Base it was removed the week before Thanksgiving School President Kerry Romesburg was out of the Sculpture andstored it under a 1 ing citizens whose property has beendi minished by federal regulations — also has An obtuse rule requiring that defense Cook still argues the campus ly because of the manner the we vas destroved in order to remove ‘om the plaza His “pick and shovel” work on defense ues, meantime, has quietly beenyielding shouldbe able to move and maintain theart but he now acknowl. edges I shouldn't be touching the stuff. I didn’t do my homework The sculpture was installed in pieces. Cook says, and tha s how country at thetime which Utah wanted everything we put in there On Judiciary matters. Hatchsaid his big mantle or move Horse Form Underthe law a committee must be convenedto consider removal of 1% for Art work. And, the artists retain a say in what is done with their work Now the college's relations with the Utah Art yuncil are also in need of repair Mr. Cook is el in'violation of the legislative code. specifical- “nu Ican't help but beexcited about it. Folks in gest achievement wa n anti-terror: bill. which included habeas corpus refor! It passed the Senate and should be taken up by the House early this year His private-property-rights legislation — theso-called “Takings Bill,” compensat an on- Logisties Center at Hill Air Bennett You cansee why I'mvery strong onthat tax bill,” Hatch said. “So much of it is ours HANSEN Hansen's stewardship of the Utah Wilderness Act, the Snowbasin land exchange and national park reform drew sawconsider- Hatch tax measures: cuts in the capital gains tax: a $5,000 tax credit for parent whoadopt children: newindividual retire. ment accounts for homemakers; and eas ment of tax rules governing family and small businesses, among others by yanking $1 million for a U.S. 89-189 in- maintenance depots, such as the OgdenAir is have been nett’s Medical Records Confidentiality Act consistent and not strong enough.” Bethel College. North Newton, Kan @Christy Meade and Jenny Wil- City, but thefinal quarter of 1995 Orton crossed House Transportation confidentiality and access but they are in- dent's des! Hatch’s calendar bulged all year long the Provo road money Another measure with support is Ben- WALDHOLTZ Her bill banning lobbyist gifts passed the House, while two Waldholtz amendments to the welfare reform bill — adding childcare funding and strengthening child-support enforcement — made it to the presi- probably wasthebusiest BENNETT Waldholtz investigations overshadowed Waldholtz legislation. But the besieged congresswoman had two legislative successes HATCH The senior member of the delegation Orton also has continuedto press for ac- tion on the line-item veto — a cause he shouldered last year, to the detriment of results. y London. offered by liams, Salt Li bars anygifts to House members fromlobbyists. It took effect Jan. 1 of ‘We've got to fight this every step way In time, Hansen expects he'll win on Snowbasin and wilderness, too, Petersen said It is the only alternative — if members tempt. respectively Many states have laws which address spending January in London for the course to liens im- slaught ofcriticism, andhasyet to see resolution. child-care measure added $750 millionto SCHOOL NOTES ‘full faith and credit’ sensitive medical information.” Bennett said The leaks about Ashe and Velazquez involved an HIVinfection and a suicideat- When it was introduced last summer, the All were bookedinto jail grant federal investigati of the couple's personal and campaign finances. 14th St.. asking for help in clear- ing work. 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