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Show bp.K''" ftSSOCtMlW ccs UTAH H 307 200 5 siu SUITE "Ji 5005 84101 jM-'iT- Oi Totally Technique Pago 12 Kano County Fair Livestock Sale Pago 16 VOLUME C3 NUMBER 27 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27. 1997 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 60 Judge denies bail increase for Bybee By Dixie Brunner Judge Don Tibbs denied the states motion for a bail increase for Alexander James Bybee at an August 22 Sixth Judicial Court hearing. Bybee is currently free on $20,000 bail and living in Las Vegas with his father. Bybee, 18. is charged with the cousin murder of his Lance Guevarra of Big Water. In a July 17 preliminary hearing. Judge Kirk Heaton ruled that there was sufficient evidence and probable cause to bind Bybee over for trial on the felony offense of murder. The State of Utah, represented by Kane County Attorney Colin Winchester, requested the baii six-year-o- ld DC Jf.,0 'Vn' K . IT-.- ... See BYBEE, Page 5 " 4 delegation from Tarui Japan including students, businessmen and educators, enjoyed a week in southern Utah. Tarui students attended school at Kanab High School on Friday. Their response to American education was It's more fun. Tears were shed among students and host families when they departed on Saturday morning. KHS students impress Japanese jnsyor goal to leaders in both For four years now, the City countries has been the exchange of Kanab and Kane County have between students of both .school developing an interna- - systems. Last year, members of tional relationship with a com- - our community, including 1 2 stu- A dents, went to Japan to visit our m unity in Japan, Tarui-chBy Steve Puro o. new friends. This last week, we had the opportunity to host 30. members of a delegation from Tarui, which included 23 stu- - dents from their schools. There were many who were concerned with how the Japa- nese students would be received by the students of Kanab. Well, the wait is over. I have never been as impressed by student as I was this past week on the high school visit of the students and adults. The adult delegation arrived during a class change. The halls were full, but orderly. There was no name call- mg, yelling, pushing, shoving, or side comments thrown to our guests. On visiting the classes, students and staff alike contin- ued their duties and were polite in their smiles and gestures. On Friday, after the closing reception, many of the Kanab students took their Japanese counterparts to a dance being held at the high school. The ports I received from the Japa- nese guests, Kanab students, re-be- en and adult homestay families was that the mingling was a true success. Many Kanab students invited Japanese students to dance and vice versa. Saturday mornings parting left both J nese visitors and host families in tears, as all were touched by the experience, Sponsored by the Friendship and Cultural Exchange Society of Kanab (F.A.C.E.S.), this visit is the first of several exchanges scheduled. The primary goal of F AC.E.S. is to have this type of exchange program city to city and to have our youth learn that regardless of any language bar apa-behavi- or See JAPANESE, Page 20 Antelope Canyon closed until further notice In order to facilitate the ongoing search for the two victims still unaccounted for after a flash flood on August 12, 1997, the National Park Service has announced that Antelope Canyon will be closed to the public until further notice. The Canyon is closed and signed by buoys fifty yards beyond the Antelope Canyon buoy, near the main KANAB WEATHER August Courtesy : Frank Swapp Family |