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Show 7 Thursday, November 4, 2004 PYRAMID THE 2 Pretty Shield controversy still goes on and on Life and death Dear Editor Since April, we have been listening to presentations made by Gordon Birch for the Pretty Shield Foundations pitch to build a youth home and school in Sanpete County for 120 troubled boys girls, ages 13 through 17. Many misrepresentations and changes were noted in his speeches, most notable of which was at the last com- mission meeting held Oct. 19, to sell revenue bonds to the tune of $22.5 million; not to exceed $35 million and to be supported by Sanpete County as a conduit for the sale of the bonds issued per an interlocal agreement among the counties of Sanpete, the issuer, Wayne and San Juan counties. Our commissioners stated that they had issued this type and contributions received student center at Wasatch from huge corporations? Academy and that it is work- Birch stated that all contributions and donations thus far ing well. unreceived were used up and a this However, very likely comparison to make that they have no assets nor between a good venture like collateral to work with. n Pret-an- d This information was t Wasatch Academy and with from the public ty Shield. Its like comparing the help of the Director of apples to oranges. Wasatch Academy is an Economic Development Sally established and reputable en- East who admitted knowing tity in this community since about it and the plans for sell1875, whereas Pretty Shield ing bonds for the past few has no known reputation for months. This was not revealed until youth institutions. They are totally unknown, coming the Conditional Permit was from Montana with no track issued to Pretty Shield Founrecord neither here nor dation. To us, this is a misreprethere. At the commission meet- sentation of facts. The public ing, when asked whatever should be alerted to this, it happened to the claims made definitely proves that we are at the presentations about fi- not being told the whole nancing the Pretty Shield truth; what we know areand misrepresenProject through donations of bond last year for the new well-hidde- half-trut- Sanpete County booking report MANT- I- Activities on the charge of burglary. Bail was Sanpete County booking re- set at $5,000. Danny Ti Suesue, Ephraim, port are as follows: was arrested in Ephraim by Oct 13 Teri Danae Spencer, Man-ti- , the Ephraim Police Depart- -' was arrested in Mt. Pleas- ment on the charge of burant by the Mt. Pleasant Po- glary. Bail was set at $5,000. B. lice Department on charges Mitchell Kihara, of driving under the influ- Ephraim, was arrested in ence (DUI), driving on sus- Ephraim on charges of pension, impersonation of of- forgery and possession of ficer, improper lane change, forged writing or writing deopen container, interference vice. Bail was set at $10,000. with a police officer making Michael Alan Cabico, lawful arrest. Bail was set at Ephraim, was arrested in $3,438. Ephraim by the Ephraim PoOct 18 lice Department on charges Joshua Monty, Missoula, of possession of forged writMT, was arrested in Mt. ing or device for writing. Pleasant by the Mt. Pleasant Bail was set at $5,000. Police Department on a Mt. Paul Potter, Wesley Pleasant City Justice Court Ephraim, was arrested in Warrant. Bail was set at Ephraim by the Ephraim Po$660. lice Department on the Oct 24 charge or burglary. Bail was John Luke Larsen, Mt. set at $5,000. Pleasant, was arrested in Steven James Throndsen, Fairview by the Fairview Po- Ephraim, was arrested in lice Department on charges Ephraim by the Ephraim Poof failure to stop at a stop lice Department on the sign and DUI. Bail was set at charge of possession of a $1,382. controlled substance. Bail Oct 25 was set at $5,000. Oct. 28 Miguel Glen Frutos, Moroni, was arrested in Moroni Matthew Stephen Crane, by the Moroni Police Depart- Salina, was arrested south of ment on Moroni City Justice Manti by the Sanpete County Court Warrants. Bau was set Sheriffs Department on at $1,581. charges of receiving stolen Oct 26 property and possession of Frank William Perry, metnamphetamine. Bail was Fairview, was arrested in set at $10,000. Fairview by the Sanpete Terry Kay Simons, Manti, County Sheriffs Department was arrested in Manti by the on charges of assault, assault Sanpete County Sheriffs Dein the presence of a child, inpartment on charges of postoxication, threat against life session of weapon by reand property, ana criminal stricted person and a Carbon mischief. Bail was set at County Warrant. Bail was $4,163. set at $10,000. fALT LAKE CITY- - Utah Attorney Generals office will once again defend a state law that forbids using the internet to solicit sex with a minor. In September, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two men who challenged the of the constitutionality statute. Now the Attorney Generals office will fend off another challenge after both men announced they will ask the Utah Supreme Court to hear the case. This law is a vital weapon for prosecutors, parents and children. Those who prey on the internet should plan to stay in prison, says Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. Jalal Ansari and Shawn Patrick Lagana were convicted after they arranged online to have sex with an undercover agent who was posing as a young girl. Both claimed that the law is inconsistent, vague and creates an undue burden on interstate commerce because it could regulate conduct in another state. Both are residents of Utah, contacting persons thought to be minors in Utah to engage in sexual conduct at a Utah location. Any challenge they assert is not personal to themselves but borrowed from the hypothetical injury to hypothetical out of - ' Charles Bart Olsen, Spring City, was arrested in Spring City by the Spring City Po Pulitzer Newspaper, Inc. Subscriptions and Delivery Service News and 375-5- 1 03 Advertising Fax pyramidavpro.com -- Market news Prices for the Salina Producers Livestock Auction Oct. 26 are as follows: Receipts: 1,955; last week: 2,412; last year: 3,729. 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Call 462-213- 4 to report a news tip, or if you hove a comment or a question. We 500-70- 0; 900-110- 0 141.00-166.0- 95.00-100.0- 89.50-93.2- 87.50-88.0- 47.50-75.5- breaking: scarce; lean 1: 1000-150- 0 0 85-9- 0: lbs yield grade 2: . Feeder bulls: 0; 0; 750-80- 0; 850-90- 5; 8L00-85.0- 950-100- 0; 0; 0. 80-8- 75-8- 98.50-115.0- 98.00-106.0- 0; 0; 900-95- 200-25- 300-35- 500-55- 0; 700-75- 0; 47.25-56.7- commercial: percent lean 47.75-53.736.7546.75; slaughter bulls: yield grade 59.25-65.0- 1000-150- 825-110- 0 0 1500-214- 0; 47.75-71.5- 0. lbs 0 lbs scarce; lbs Lanterns stolen Dear Editor: four night, Saturday teenage boys stole three of When I my went to bring the in and blow out the candles, I saw the boys. I was scared, so I went inside. When I went back outside I saw another was gone. This made me sad because they took the one I worked on the hardest. Jack-O-Lante- rn Logan T. Dyches Mt. Pleasant. 1500-216- 5 state internet users, wrote Court of Appeals Judge Norman H. Jackson. Assistant Attorney General Fred Voros is representing the state in this case and asserts the men understood what they were doing was wrong. Neither defendant was merely communicating sexual messages to minors over;. the internet... Rather, both. were attempting to arrange sexual trysts with , minors. The Utah Attorney Generals office handles all of the felony appeals for the state and oversees the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a task force that investigates and prosecutes individuals who use the internet to multi-jurisdiction- al exploit children. Pulitzer prize winning author Willa Cather wrote a fictional novel titled, Death Comes for the Archbishop. (c 1927) The blurb on my copy of the book says, This unaffected narrative of a human life is perhaps Willa Cathers masterpiece. The story has Father Latour serving for the cause of Catholicism for nearly 40 years in the Southwest during He becomes the archbishop of Santa Fe ana the mid-1800- 63.00-74.5- lbs 0; 51.50-61.5- 0. s. dies of having lived. Heres a couple of excerpts from the text of the book as the bishop nears death: He was soon to have done with calendared time, and it had already ceased to count for him... He could see they thought his mind was failing; but it was only extraordinarily active in some other part of the great picture of his life - some part of which they knew nothing. When the occasion warranted he could return to the present. But there was not much present left. . . A couple of weeks ago, I happened to be with a friend when he died at home. He had lived a full and interesting life through his 78 years. In his final few hours, he was mercifully in a coma. I held his hand and touched his face and told him he was all right as he ebbed away. The moment was significant, and will probably remain with me for a long, long time. It was cancer, the bane of our generation, that finally got him. Its not the first time Ive witnessed death first hand. I was with my grandfather when he passed. I would have liked to have been with my mother or father when they went. Im not exactly sure why -- 1 suppose its the significant moment thing. As death came for the archbishop in the story, and in actual fact recently for my friend; so it will come for us all. Depressing, huh? The case I would now like to make, after this gloomy introduction, is that I believe we should want to die as the archbishop did - of having lived. We personally each need to decide what is important in our lives and live those personal priorities. For many of us, family becomes a high priority. In the currently playing, popular movie, Shall We Dance, Susan Sarandons character gives an eloquent speech as to why our lives matter, in the context of family relationships and marriages. Its a delightful show. I recommend it. Lots of feeling; and lots of giggles. Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Sarandon allplay their parts well. Serving others and alleviating some of their pressures and burdens is another way to really live. There is just something magic in the Christian formula of the golden rule. I dont practice it often enough, but I have enough experience with it to know when youre helping someone, you feel like youre living. It doesnt take money to live a full life. A person doesnt need a fortune to experience a successful life of great worth. The real wealth of true consequence is the relationships we have in our circle of family, friends and humanity in general. Im reminded of what Jimmy Stewarts character, George Bailey, declares to the stingy, rich Mr. Potter in the classic movie, Its a Wonderful Life. He says something pke,. ...Mr. Potter, this rabble youre talking about they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didnt think so. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, theyre cattle. Well, m my book he died a much richer man than youll ever be! (I really like that show and try to see it every Christmas time.) I propose that we all attempt to live more and live better in this mortal calendared time. And when we die, let it be peacefully. And let it be of having lived. -- ! Check 21 takes effect Kristen Wilde, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR UTAH BANKERS ASSOCIATION SALT LAKE CITY- - Check 21, or the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, which changes the way paper checks move through tanks and other financial service centers, became law Thurs- day, October 28. All financial institutions throughout the nation are required to comply with this legislation. Under the new law, the bank that accepts a check for deposit will have the option of converting it to a digital image and transmitting it electronically for payment. Currently, most checks are physically transported across town or the nation before they can be cleared. "This new law will mod- ernize the banking system the same way email has rev olutionized the way people communicate," said Howard Headlee, president of the Utah Bankers Association. Consumers should be aware that checks could be cleared much more rapidly, so it is important to reconcile accounts regularly. Customers can use online and services banking bounceoverdraft protection programs to be sure their checks are covered. The new system will also provide better protection against identity theft and other fraud. Criminals have learned how to take advantage of the delays in the current system to commit massive frauds before anyone can be made aware. Because checks will clear faster, fraudulent items will be discovered more quickly, allowing for safety measures to be taken before the money actually leaves the fCf)3d the frog 750-80- 0; 850-90- 0; 950-100- 85.00-93.0- Jack-O-- Attorney Generals office defends internet law Pyramid An edition of The Daily Herald Jim and Terrie Nichol Mt. Pleasant set at $5,000. Oct. 31 49 West Main telling us? Jack-O-Lanter- Department on the charge of domestic assault. Bail was set at $957. Samantha Rose Hansen, Manti, was arrested in Mt. Pleasant by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department on the charge of making a false or forged prescription. Bail was Mark Keaton Hoskins, David Rex Roach, Mt. Ephraim, was arrested in Pleasant, was arrested in Mt. Ephraim by the Ephraim Po- Pleasant by the Mt. Pleasant lice Department on the Police on Department of Intoxicapublic charges tion and interruption of public communication. Bail was The set at $769. Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647 home and school in this coun- ty? What else are they not Jack-OLantern- s. lice i Oct 27 tations of facts. What else is there that we were not told? Why were we not informed that five years ago, Pretty Shield was making plans to buy 500 acres of recreational lands from Tom Fassio, the developer, for the purpose of building a youth "TkAjaKsNo l (Yo bank. Check 21 will improve the, way checks are cleared and paid using a process known, as "check truncation," which, uses technol-- . ogy to convert paper checks to digital images that are. processed securely and elec- tronically through the bank-- , state-of-the-a- rt ing system. With Check 21, when the check that you have written, has been deposited at another bank, that bank can de- strov it and send an electron-ic file with an image of the . check to your bank. This will speed up the col' lection process considerably. Your bank then uses the image of your check to create a "substitute check, which' has all the legal properties of the original check. ; Customers might see these "substitute" checks as quick- -' ly as their November Dank statement. |