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Show Peeters PeeLeTT Sunday,April 30, 2006 DAILY HERALD Boycott Greeley, Colo.-based Swift & Co,will shut down four of its five beef processing plants Continued from Al — including the one in Hyrum, ' Liquor Continued from Al ‘Security Council may replay divisive debate over Iran nuclear ambitions Yapias organized the April 8 event and Proyecto Latino is Utah — and twoofits three to each have a liquor license. On also behind Monday'sevent at Greg Schirf, owner of Wasatch Beers,said a few ofhis pork processing plants. Thursday, the council will take input Gn a proposal to end that Latino employees approached him and shyly asked if they could take the day off because of the national boycott. Schirf’s response: take a companyholiday. We'll Watkins said he couldn't gointo specifics about any future developments, butindicated there are restaurants that would like to build in North Logan to cashin on the business growth of Utah State Universi- Day,’ ” Schirf said. new Qwest Communications tions, with the United States, He said it would be wise for the city to have its laws in place Britain and France at odds again with China andRussia. But this time the stakes are Liberty Park. A small contingent ofillegal immigration opponents is also expected at Liberty Park Monday. Nearly 100 demonstrators staged a counter-protest at immigration reform rallies earlier this month. Many wore Utah MinutemenT-shirts. Yapias, the formerdirector of the State Office of Hispanic Affairs, said Latinos can still get the premise behind Monday's boycott out, even if they still have to go to work. “They have mytotal support as to what they want to do individually. It's a personal de- “How aboutthis? We'll just call it ‘Latino Appreciation Schirf estimates about half of his employeesare Hispanic. He's closing Monday. Schirf, whose brewery has tickled tourists and rankled the local Mormon culture with brewssuchas “Polygamy Por- cision for everybody,” Yapias ter,” said immigration reform has been needed for years and dayoff becauseI can afford it. There's a lot of people who can't. If theycan’t take the any of his workers for saying SO. said. “I'm going to take the dayoff, we encourage them to weara blue ribbon as a show of support.” Some employers aren't leavingit up to the workers — they're makingit a com- panyholiday. limit ty’s Innovation Campusand the call center. to welcomethose restaurants. Watkins contends the proposed changeto the liquor ordi- nance would actually tighten li- quorlawsin the city. Along with the topic has finally surfaced. taking awaya limit from restaurants obtaining liquorlicenses, He wasn't aboutto punish the proposalprohibits businesses “Wethoughtit was the rightthing to do,” Schirf said “We'renot trying to grand- stand. We hope other businesses will take notice and show their appreciation for their Latino employees.” www.cougarblue.com such as conveniencestores from being ableto sell beer. The two convenience stores in North Logan alreadyselling beer would notlose their licenses, however, “Were introducinga revi- sion to the ordinancetofurther sale of alcohol,” s said. “ Anyfacility of Jess than 10,000 square feet and any future stores would not be licensed tosell beer.” The proposed ordinanceis de- signed toallow the sale of beer in grocery stores. SergeyLavrov — steadfast Edith M. Lederer opponent of sanctions — tald his Iranian counterpart Ma- nouchehr Mottaki bytelephone UNITED NATIONS — The UN. Security Council headed Saturdaythat Iran musthalt enrichmentand cooperate with the IAEA. According to a Foreign Ministry statement, Lavrov demanded that Iran suspend for a replayofits divisive debate overIran's nuclear ambi- research and development on enrichmentand “providefull- higher. A newreport Friday from format cooperation” with the the International Atomic En- IAEAto “clear up the IAEA's ergy Agency, the U.N. nuclear remaining questions.” watchdog, confirmed whatdiplomats andthe world already knew: [ran has refused tostop enriching uranium as the council demanded a month ago. The council's three vetowielding Western nations immediately announced plans Russia and China, the other two countries with veto ance with their demands man- canbe used to fuelcivilian datory To intensify pressure, they Says it wants, or to produce powerplants, which Tehran nuclear weapons, which is what Westernnations suspect the Islamic country wants. 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