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Show Veteran Administrator Board Announces gait akc tribune Superintendent By Pete.' Scarlet Tribune Staff Writer George Brooks, a veteran administrator holding the proper educational credentials, will serve as interim superintendent of the Salt Lake City School District. Members of the Salt Lake City Board of Education Tuesday announced their selection of Mr. Brooks, the school districts administrator for personnel services, during a special meeting. Formal approval of his appointment, to become effective Oct. 1, will be made by the school board during at the basic concept of certification, he said. While it refused to change its policies to allow Mr. Evans to serve, the state school board decided to undertake an study on professional certification for administrators. You never know the end from the beginning and I have no regrets. I don't know that I wouldnt make the same choice if I could do it over again," said Mr. Evans We're unanimously supporting him, said board member Carolyn Kump. And hes certified, she added. We want to put the controversy surrounding Mr. Evans appointment behind us and go forward, said board member Grant Warner. George is a very capable, competent person. Board member Ronald Walker echoed Mr. Warners sentiments and " Richard Carman, the boards vice president, said Mr. Brooks has done an excellent job in the past. "I feel very good about his skill and expertise," said the boards newest member, Stephen G. Boyden, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created when Mr. Evans resigned from the board to accept the superintendency. Hes well known and respected in said board the school district, member Susan Keene of Mr. Brooks. Teacher, Administrator Hes been a teacher, a principal and a top level administrator for many years, said Lorna Matheson, the boards president. Superintendent M. Donald Thomas, whose resignation effective Oct. 1 first led the school board to appoint Mr. Evans, also praised Mr. Brooks. After I was here one week, I recognized his skill and talents, said Dr. Thomas, who added that he promoted Mr. Brooks to a higher level a week after he became superintendent 11 his first personnel acyears ago tion. Mr. Evans expressed disappoint- ment over the controversy but said he had no regrets. Im disappointed I won't have the chance to serve as interim superintendent, and that I wont be on the board to help select a permanent superintendent, but Im delighted that the state board will take a close look Local News Features TV Today, Page C-- 3 Wednesday Morning, September Section B 12, 1984 Page 1 By Diane Cole Tribune Education Writer Better salaries alone wont solve higher educations problems, the state Board of Regents agreed Tuesday while designing budget proposals for the 1985 Legislature. The budget package, which will be finalized in October, aims for a $39 million appropriation increase to run public colleges and universities next year. It would boost higher educations $226 million appropriation this year by 17.2 percent. When tuition and other revenue are included, the total budget request for next year amounts to $344 million -a $44 million spending increase. The proposal would accommodate most, if not all, Utahns wanting to attend public colleges and universities in Utah next year, according to Arvo Van Alstyne, Utah commissioner of higher education Shifted Some Emphasis Regents have shifted some emphasis from salaries to such instructional aids as computers and libraries, said W Hughes Brockbank, chairman of Stormy Conditions to Continue its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Brooks was selected after the Utah State Board of Education last Friday refused to change its certification requirements so advertising executive Wayne C. Evans could serve in the post. Mr. Evans, who served 12 years on the Salt Lake school board, was its president when his colleagues selected him for the position July 1. Expressed Support Board members all expressed support and confidence in Mr. Brooks. Regents: Colleges Need More Than Better Pay stik Unsettled Skies Bring Showers to State Grey, unsettled skies covered much of of the state Tuesday, bringing showers and a report of a tornado in southeastern Utah. But no serious flooding was reported by the National Weather Service. Showery, cooler conditions are predicted for Wednesday. The tornado touched down about 10 miles south of Roosevelt near Myton, Duchesne County, about 3:45 p.m. It flipped over a car, pushed a truck about 50 feet into a ditch and overturned some outhouses, the weather service said. The report came from a farmer in the area, and no injuries were reported. Local law enforcement authorities said they were not notified of the damage. After the potential for torrential showers much of Wednesday, drying and warming is forecast locally and statewide for Thursday and through the weekend. Tropical moisture from the dying storm Marie off the southern California coast continued streaming across the state. One shower early Tuesday inch afternoon dumped eight-tenth- s in 10 minutes north of St. George. Morning rainfall at Salt Lake City International Airport Tuesday added to the heavy water year total. We are solidly in second place to 1981-8William Alder, chief meteorologist at the Salt Lake office of the National Weather Service, said about the local dampness. The moisture here Tuesday between about 6 and 9 a.m. totaled .18 of an inch. This boosted the accumulation since the water year began O' 22 53 inches compared w for an average year. The recoi year at Salt Lake City is the 2b.l5 recorded in 1981-8Mr. Alder said flooding in the Zion National Park area resulted Monday when 2.02 inches fell between 6:30 and 8 one-tim- e, across-the-boar- Pandoras There was some water Monday night on a bridge on 2 between Boulder and Escalante in Garfield U-1- reach the mid-70- box. Regent LaMar Buckner cautioned regents against closing the door too early on an imaginative proposal." Important Principle "This is an important principle," said Chase N. Peterson, president of the University of Utah. Students are prepared to pay more than regents normally would expect. Theyre putting their money where they hope their education will be. p.m. County. No major travel was hampered Tuesday by flooding, the Utah Department of Transportation reported. There is a 60 percent chance of rain Wednesday in the area between Ogden and Provo through Thursday morning; 40 percent in the afternoon. High temperatures are expected to the regents Budget and Finance Committee. Of the $51 6 million funding increase requested last year, he noted, $43 million would have gone to salaries and $5.6 million to libraries and instructional equipment. This year, regents want $26 million for salaries, $11.7 million to libraries and equipment. (Legislators pared the $51.6 million request to $27.6 million last year.) Regent Reba L. Keele, on leave from a professorship at Brigham Young University, said the wider emphasis is crucial for keeping the best teachers on campus. People pursue academic careers not only for money but also to perform a service, to have some autonomy in their jobs, to stay on the cutting edge of their specializations and to enjoy relationships with students and colleagues, she said. "A person may accept a lower income if the other perquisites are there, she said, but one by one theyre disappearing. Teach More Classes Inadequate budgets are forcing professors to buy their own supplies, do their own clerical work, teach more classes and miss the professional development that travel provides, she explained. The workload and the use of part-tim- e teachers also prevents professors from spending time with students and colleagues, she added. In related action at their Salt Lake City office, regents decided to work toward an 8 percent tuition increase, despite a student offer Monday to pay 3 percent a tuition surcharge to improve libraries. The Utah Student Association proposed tacking the surcharge, which would be tied to a matching appropriation from the Legislature, to a 6 perd cent increase. "Let students negotiate with the commissioner for increases beyond 8 percent, Mr. Brockbank said in his committee meeting. Next time they'll be asking for computers. The students proposal would be opening Tribune Staff Photo bv Van Porter skies brought cooler temperatures, rain and a report of a tornado in Cloudy Utah, Tuesday. Rain is predicted for Wednesday, followed by dryer weather. The board failed to act on a Utah Council of the Blind request to waive tuition for blind undergraduate students. However, Mr. Brockbank said such a move would open the door to requests from all kinds of groups, including paraplegics and senior citizens. (Senior citizens already receive tuition waivers.) In other action, regents: Agreed to move their state office to the Triad Center for no longer than two years if the state agrees to buy whatever new office equipment is required at Triad. Finalized plans to prepay federally subsidized bonds and to refinance others at the University of Utah, Utah State University, Snow College and Dixie College. Amtrak Service Performing at the Fair Is Easy as Pie for Bakers By Mike Gorrell Tribune Staff Writer Neither Delores Pack nor Leona Chandler were used to baking pies in public, but they agreed on one thing Tuesday: It can be easier than at home. Theres no kids to yell at or push away, said Mrs. Chandler, a mother of five from Salt Lake City who was baking a pear pie for the Governors Baking Contest at the Utah State Fair. At home, you have to ban em from the kitchen or you wont have more than one pie, she added. Mrs. Pack concurred. This is blissful, she said, even though spectators occasionally wandered up to the baking platform to ask Farmington woman, wearing an apron proclaiming Dull Women Have Immaculate Houses. women looked right at home as they confidently prepared their pies for the competition, which features 32 contestants. The top four will advance to a bake-of- f Sept. 22, when the grand champion pie baker will be crowned. Both Fair Winners On B-- 3 questions and a television camera had recorded her every move in preparing a boysenberry pie. Peaceful Work People are watching but there are no kids to take care of. Its peaceful with no one sticking their fingers into the dough, said the Forgot a Key Ingredient Not all competitors, however, are as secure in their efforts as Mrs. Pack and Mrs. Chandler, noted fair board member Barbara Hamilton. Three boys and two girls from the Future Farmers of America Saturparticipated in the bake-of- f day, but a couple of the guys found out they had forgotten a few vital such as fruit for the ingredients when the action began. fruit pie Fair officials acknowledged their inexperience, however, and helped provide the necessary ingredients. They were a riot, Mrs. Hamilton said. And they turned out some darned good pies when they got it all together. The fair continues through Sept. 22 Officials Form Fight Plan For Keeping U.P. Station By Brian Wilkinson Tribune Staff Writer Salt Lake City officials, intent on keeping Amtrak service running out of the Union Pacific station, met Tuesday to draw up battle plans for what could be the final set of skirmishes between the two railroads and the city. Citing the argument that Union Station is at the center of the citys Gateway District, and would be the logical place for commuter trains from Ogden and if and when they Provo to stop fast-growi- Defending Selves Height of Folly, Judge Says Laffertys Bound Over to Stand Trial for Murders By Mike Carter Tribune Staff Writer Ron and AMERICAN FORK Dan Laffertv, professed prophets of God, were bound over Tuesday to stand trial for the murders of their sister-in-laand niece. Eighth Circuit Judge Robert J. Sumsion told them that to continue defending themselves is the height - w of folly. The judge also refused to dismiss Richcharges against ard Ricky Knapp, 24, Wichita, Kan., who along with the Laffertys is e charged with two counts of murder, two counts of conspiramurder, cy to commit and two counts of aggravated burglary. The trio was ordered to appear Sept. 21 at 1 SO p.m. in 4th District Court in Provo to enter pleas to the charges. A fourth defendant in the July 24 first-degre- first-degr- Brenda slashing deaths of Lafferty and her daughCharles Alan Chip ter, Erica turned Carnes, 23, Belen, N.M. states evidence and testified against his during the preliminary hearing after agreeing to plead guilty to three of the felony offenses. Deny Killing Pair The Laffertys, who are members of a fundamentalist Mormon sect, have denied killing the pair but acknowledge the victims names appeared in a hand written "revelation in which Ron Lafferty claimed God told him the victims and two other American Fork residents were interfering with the sect's preparations for the second coming of Christ. They have refused to allow the court to appoint a lawyer to defend them. After Mondays brief hearing, in which the Laffertys and the lawyer representing Mr. Knapp argued to i have the charges dismissed for lack of evidence, Judge Sumsion told the court that it became very evident that In the course of the hearing that in asking questions they are compromising their constitutional right prohibiting self incrimination. In an interview after the hearing, a d lawyer advising the Laffertys in their defense said the brothers are adamant in their intention to defend themselves in the case a move he claims may be a fatal error. Attorney Mike Esplin said the pair is looking at the case from a different plane a spiritual plane. not rely on the arm of will "They flesh as they put it they intend to court-appointe- Yesterdays Chuckle Remember when a pie was set on the window sill to cool, not thaw? rely on God, he said. And they seem quite happy and content to suffer any consequence for it. Defense Wont Fly "But their religious defense probably wont fly in a court of man, he added. And he said the Laffertys are not particularly cooperative in listening to his advice. "My main advice to them is to accept counsel, he said. "They listen and then do what they want. The Laffertys refusal to accept counsel also troubles prosecutor Deputy Utah County Attorney Wayne Watson, who fears that their lack of knowledge of the law and refusal to address the elements of the crimes in their defense may result in an error in the trial which may result in a reversal of any conviction by the Utah Supreme Court. "It makes my job all that much more difficult, he said. We have to try extra hard now to protect the court record and protect their constitutional rights. The chance for a error is greatly enhanced, he added. During the hearing, the Laffertys more often than not challenged the religious faith of the witnesses brought against them than the testimony those people offered. Dan Lafferty told reporters that they are not concerned with the murder charges, but are preparing our case before God." Asked if they realize that their refusal to accept counsel could result in a death penalty, both of the brothers said they are not concerned with judgments made by man. Nor do they consider themselves as martyrs no more than any other prophet killed for his beliefs, Dan Lafferty said ever come Mayor Ted Wilson and other officials vowed to do everything possible to keep Amtrak from moving their operation to a renovated auto warehouse south of the Rio Grande station. Not a Fitting Entrance City officials are adamantly opposed to rail passengers entering their city through a warehouse. Its not a fitting entrance for a city on s the move, they say. Besides, most popular routes run through Salt Lake City, and the city, therefore, deserves better treatment, they added. Amtraks board of directors has voted some $2.4 million for that renovation, but has agreed to postpone construction work for six months to let the city find another solution. The mayor and company, armed with a model of the U.P. depot and color-code- d maps, will rehash the depot situation Monday with U.P. officials and Gov. Scott Matheson, who used to be a U.P. lawyer. Then theyll take their show to Amtraks Washington, D.C., offices. There is no question that U.P. is the superior place for train passengers to enter the city, said the mayor, emphasizing that the Gateway concept is really catching on" with developments like Triad Center, a new Holiday Inn hotel and a new housing and retail project east of Pioneer Park. Am-trak- Future a Key Factor The future, which could bring some form of rail mass transit, has to be one of the main reasons for keeping passenger service where it is, he said. Union Station is situated perfectly to become an intermodal transit center," a hub for different forms of See Page I B-- Column 1 |
