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Show State at RoUom of the Class in Funding UEA Fears by Deter Scarlet Tribune Education Kdiior Education reform in I'tah has been accompanied by lower teacher pay. largiT class sizes and less spending per student, when compared with national averages. This rosy picture dogging the state's education-reformovement is contained in data compiled by Tom busted, the Utah Education Association's research director The UEA, the state's largest teacher union, boasts a membership ol more than 15.000 Paralleling the current education-reformovement has been a w iden less-tha- AVERAGE SALARY COMPARISONS l(,HSUlt) Utahs Failing ing gap between the average Utah teacher's pay in comparison with the national average. Utahs average teacher salary was within $800 of the national average in 1982-88- , jus t before education reform ' took off across the country. Since the National Commission on Excellence in Education published "A Nation at bisk, a booklet castigating American schooling and prescribing improvements, in April 1983. Utah's average teacher pay has fallen more than $3,000 behind the national average, said UEA President Betty Condie. During the first reform year. School-Refor- 1983 84 the teacher-pagap rose from the previous year's $886 or 4 36 percent to $1,928 or 9 64 percent , In the disparity between the average Utah teacher's salary and the l'S average further increased to $2,412 or 11 39 percent In the current 1985-8school year, it stands at $3,010 or 13 47 percent less than the national average, the UEA figures show At the same time, Utah's class sizes remain the largest in the nation, although there has been a slight dip in student teacher ratios in the past three years UEA figures show Utah's student1984-85- By Cathy Free bis blue uniform y - DEER NO. stayed at the window for another moment, watching us watching her. She continued to chew; jumper branches don't go down easily And my cat, who was standing straddling the phone, remained totally hypnotized When the telephone suddenly long, I swear she jumped at least a foot in the a r She flew off the desk and into the middle of the room, where she looked back at me with eves like saucers A friend named Barbara was on the phone. "So what are you doing'1" asked " Talking to some deer I said No." she said "I mean what ate oi doing leallv''" 1 ' neat'v two. Most people wouldn't recognize some of Bob Pieps roads, but then most people dont make a habit of "quadruple-parking- . Trying to park a Trailways bus is no easy matter, you see. but driving one is a breeze. Just ask Bob. He has driven n ried truly handsome antlers, four points on each, and he gave off a distinct patriarchal air of ownership, looking around at his brood. Was this a polygamous deer family? Or are deer monogamous? (I'll have to ask Outdoor Editor Tom Wharton about this) But in either case, be was clearly Big D on this day be munched off a bit more of my jumper tree (those poor trees are going to be awfully scraggly come spring), and then he shrugged sort of sternly, as if to say. "All right, ladies. Let's move it " It was easy to see that when one has antlers, every toss of the head can seem imperious. is pressed and hanging in the back of his closet now. and the captain's hat that once covered a "patch of gray has found a resting place among the John Deere baseball caps, straw boaters and felt fedoras on his top shelf. Robert "Bob Piep's singing voice has competed with the hum of a diesel engine for the last time. For 44 years. Bob rolled up his shirt sleeves, rolled down his window and sang "Springtime in the Rockies" on his way home from New York, Chicago, or Jackass Flats, Nev. He has driven on high roads and low roads, dirt roads strewn with hubcaps and mufflers, and grass roads covered with bluebells, dandelions and a cow pie or d Well. Not really too big. In human comparative terms, he would have been a Dustin boffman. But he car- ry In stood the at 1982-8- school year, the ratio 24 84 to 24 60 During 1983 84 it and in the current dropfied school year the figure is 24 73 "It would cost something like $99 million to $100 million to bring class si .os down to the national average,' said the UEA researcher Utah's spending per pupil also has remained well below the national as- See , Column 77 7h 1 7m 79 m January 12. Sunday Morning Section II nearly 3 pickup truck will go just as well. enjoyed those years on the road I enjoyed the people, the places, the scenery. But it was rough on the family, being away all the time. There was always anoi h town to go to: another run to muxe. Now. it seems sort of strange, just driving to the grocery store or to see relatives, but I'm sure I'll get used to it." It was 1941 when Bob first started driving for Trailways then known as Rio Grande Motorways in Salt Lake City. He was young, just married, and needed a job -any job. "I grew up during the Depression and there was no money for college, he said. "So. a boy had to do the best he could with what little he had. I delivered groceries for awhile, then applied for the driving job at Trailways. "My first trip was to Park City on one of those old buses with the engine in front and no power steering you know, the kind of buses you see in all those old movies. Buses have changed a great deal since then and so has the land that buses drive past. Some changes are good, but sometimes I wish things still looked the way they used to: simple and uncluttered, wide-ope- n and clean." During his early days on the road. Bob was often cailed in the middle of the night to drive to Las Vegas, Los Angeles or hundreds of other cities, large and small. He didn't have enough seniority to get a short drive to a regular route Logan, Nephi. or Jackpot. Nev. His wife. Velma, rarely saw her husband in those days. Bob was always on the road, cruising across the country and back again, driving to San Francisco and Miami and Kalamazoo, Mich. It seemed that the only time he was in Salt Lake City was when he drove through it. on his way to Jackson Hole. Phoenix or Billings, Mont. Velma couldn't join Bob on the See Column 4 si mi M n au million miles for the - Trailways bus company -2- .732,716 miles to be exact. He has seen just about all there is to see along the nation's highways and byways, and Lord knows how many bridges Bob Piep has crossed. He says he has crossed and plenty perhaps too many wants nothing more now than to kick off his boots and let somebody else do the driving. After four decades of shifting gears, washing windows, checking the oil and changing tires. Bob Piep has officially retired. He spent most of his life looking through green-tinte- d glass, now hes waitd view. ing for the "I've switched from the bus to my camper. he says, "and I'm ready to relax and go fishing. The sign on the bus I used to drive says Go Big Red. but I think my red - rose-colore- B-- . San Diego Also Revised Ordinances sj s; s' s s hi s. s Mi IMHO Page I LDS Leader Rushed To Hospital President Henson Faints at Hotel 1 Tribune Staff Writer THE Then, along came another. This one was smaller and had to arch her neck to look in the window at me and the cat And finally, as if making a grand entrance, came Big Daddy . Bus Driver Reaches End Of the Line After Almost 3 Million Miles His Beat soft-eye- toucher ratio at 27 09 in 1983 In 1984 drooled to 27 and stands at 28 b. this year, said Mr. busted Ratio tigur compiled by the State Office of Education tell a similar stoIt Local $br jialt akr (Tribune TERKIBLE WINTER of 1986? The baddest of them all? I wasnt exactly convinced until today. I was working at home, manuscript pages scattered all around, when I happened to glance out the window at my desk. And there was this lovely, deer looking back in at me. She had her ears up; huge, outsize ears, too big for her head, each one lined with feathery, light-grafur. And she was chewing thoughtfully, the way animals will do, not alarmed as if looking in my office window was the most natural thing in the world for a deer to do. 1 have a cat who always lies on the papers atop my desk, dozing and digesting and generally getting in my way. And she suddenly sensed something, a subtle change in my attitude. She leaped up and looked out the window with me. Then she drew in a sharp breath and said something like Holy Jeez in cat language, and stood there trembling and swelling in size. The deer continued to chew. And to look in my window. She regarded the cat with mild interest and absolutely no fear. A deer has amazingly soft, velvet-broweyes. From up close, there's a world of gentleness in them. She turned her head for a moment to check on things, using those maneuverable ears like radar dishes. And then, as if by magic, there were more: Two more deer, fetlock deep in the crusted snow, reaching up to take dainty bites of my juniper trees. But what was really attracting them was the Mountain Laurel growing just beneath my window. There are moments in all our lives, brief flashes of special insight, when we and this can understand animals was one of them. The deer looked at me and I could swear she nodded approvingly: "Lovely Mountain Laurel, my dear, she seemed to say. "I'm sure you won't mind if we browse through. It's such a terrible winter, you see. Weve been driven down from the high hills." "I'm honored. I said Over the deer's shoulder. I could see the faraway sprawl of the Salt Lake Valley. I live high on the Avenues, almost at the top of the mountain, above the city snowplow line And every winter, the folks up here are reminded that this land really belongs to the deer. The deer were here first and years ago the developers drove them away. So when they come trooping into my yard, they're coming buck to the old homestead. Test m Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Benson suffered a "fainting spell" Saturday afternoon and will likely he hospitalized in a coronary-- j unit for 48? hours, a church! spokesman said. He was in good care condition Saturday afternoon and was described that eve- - ning as alert, I smiling and ex-- j pressing that he wants to go home, said Jerry Cahill. President Benson church leader, who The had returned earlier this week from a visit with President Reagan in Washington, D C., was rushed to the hospital by paramedics after fainting dur ing a telephone conversation with his son. Physicians at LDS Hospital were unsure immediately what caused the fainting spell. He is expected to be kept under observation for 48 hours President Benson was in his apart ment at the Westin Hotel Utah speaking on the telephone with his son. Reed, when he fainted at about 12:40 p.m. MST, Cahill said. The younger Benson hung up. called the apart ment on another line and instructed a security guard to check on his father The guard found President Benson slumped in his chair. Cahill said. The church leader was visited Saturday afternoon by Thomas S. Monson. Ins second counselor in the governing First Presidency. President Benson was ordained "prophet, seer and revelator two months ago following the death of Spencer W. Kimball. He had just returned from Washington, D.C., where he had met with President Reagan to discuss efforts by tne Church of Jesus Christ of LatterTribune Staff Photo by Lynn R. Johnson -day Saints to fight world hunger President Benson told Reagan that For the first time in 44 years, Bob Piep is on the outside, members had donated more than $10 looking in. He retired from Trailways after 3 million miles of million to the campaign s. sing-alongdriving, numerous flat tires and hundreds of by donating the cost of meals skipped in two days of fasting. President Benson was elevated to the presidency of the LDS Church on Nov. 10. He had been president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since Dec. 30. 1973. when Spencer W. Kimball became church president. President Benson served as an apostle for When in Salt Lake City. ANA offiwith Salt Lake City officials, it more than 42 years. threatened last month to abandon its cials pointed to San Diego as proof President Benson is the 13th presithat cooperation with their requests reservations and go to a more arm-ablin the church's dent history city. That prospective move was was simple. In fact. San Diego went At a news conference the day after back to San Diego. through the same hoops as Salt Lake he was ordained. President Benson City to keep the convention ANA Attorney George Hatie said promised to continue the "threefold the dual incidence is not a pattern. According to other San Diego mission of the church to preach the "We're not going around the counmemos, the California changes came gospel, to perfect the saints, and to try and trying to throw our weight with as much discussion as they did in redeem the dead " around and force people to change Salt Lake City. their ordinances. Mr. Hatie said "My heart has been filled with In both cities months before the "That's not it at all." overwhelming love and compassion convention, the ANA asked for a for all members of the church and our He denied pressure was applied and said any that was perceived was waiver of laws requiring a Heavenly Father's children everyholding period for coins. A memo where. he said "I love all our Fanever intended. The ANA'S only goal from the San Diego police chief to the ther's children of every color, creed was to have a workable convention, he said. and political persuasion " See Column 4 anti-hung- S.L. Not First City to Change Laws for Coin Collectors By Conrad Walters Tribune Staff Writer Salt Lake City officials, forced to alter ordinances to secure a $1 million coin collectors exhibition, have learned convention organizers used identical tactics to wrest changes from San Diego in 1983. On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council approved revisions the American Numismatic Association said must be in place before its international convention would come. The changes modified restrictions holdon coin sales, including a y ing period for currency and elaborate procedures. dealer-licensin- g Before the changes were made. ANA Executive Director Ruth Ann Brettell called Salt Lake City laws and warned the ANA "gestapo-lik- e would abandon the city for its Febru- ary convention. San Diego, whose coin ordinances paralleled Salt Lake City's, heard the same threats in 1983 because of regulations it had for holding periods and licensing forms. "They would consider pulling their convention to another city if this form was not eliminated. says a internal San Diego Police Department memo. When the ANA was dissatisfied e 155-ye- y B-- Experienced Penny Stock Investors Know the Players Editors Note: Utah has the reputation tor being the stock fraud capital of the country. Allegations that penny stocks often are manipulated are widespread. This story, the first ot two parts, outlines how penny stocks can be manipulated. By Guy Boulton Tribune Staff Writer Despite their perpetual promise of revolutionary products and lost mines, the classic advice about investing in penny stocks is "know the players. The reason for this adage is the players, as much as the company's bright future, can make a stock rise from 1 cent to $1. Indeed, astronomical returns on an investor's money are not uncommon in the penny stock market Those returns, on occasion, stem from a stock being manipulated by the players or promoters as they a No are called There are people who base their I stock purchases on the people involved. There is no doubt about it." says Keith Cannon, president of the Utah Security Dealers Association. Utah's reputation as the stock fraud capital of the country may be undeserved. No one knows how often local penny stocks are manipulated. But no one denies penny stocks occasionally are manipulated. "I have seen stocks without any business purpose go from 1 cent to a $1 in several months." says Mark Griffin, a broker, dealer analyst for the state Division of Securities. "Often there is nothing to explain it." The low price of penny stocks makes them easier to manipulate. It is easier to move a stock from 1 cent to 2 cents than $50 to $100 a share. Both double your money. Urovided the stock's price is rising, most investors do not care if a stock is being manipulated. "The best buys are the stock that are the most manipulated." says one person who invests regularly in the penny stock market Most investors also are more interested in the short-terstock price than the long-terfuture of the company. Although there have been success stories, one source says. "Ninety-mnpercent of what they promote is garbage." While a stock Is being manipulated though, there is plenty of opportunity to make monwy if the investor is smart. "The wily penny stock players are not greedy, another source says "Bulls and bears get rich: hogs get slaughtered." There are dozens of ways to make a stock rise from a penny to a dime, quarter or even a dollar. New methods are developed every year The only limit is human ingenuity, say sources who requested anonymity The sources are familiar with e stock manipulation. One source has promoted several public companies and another is an attorney who has defended several stock promoters. One of the simplest ways to manipulate a stock is to control the supply the promoter gains control of most or all of the outstanding shares by buying stock through other people called "nominees." "The promoters will use people's names and supply the money." Mr. Griffin says This is called a "box job" in the jargon of the trade because the pro- moter shares boxes in the outstanding How promoters manipulate a penny stock Control the supply of shares through second parties. 1- - 2- - See II 2. Column ( I in- is no supply. 3- - Sources say there are numerous ways for a promoter to get control ol stock The standard agreement is for the promoter to buy back half the stock he sells in the public offering liming stock through nominees Price begins to crease because there Public starts to no- tice stock and begins buying. Promoters gradually dump stock into market. 4- - |
