Show Al2 The Salt Lake Tribune NATIONWORLD Sunday January 26 1992 I Man Catches IIW Winds of Secession Blow Through Northern California Valleys Darin° Fistfight THE 'WASHINGTON REUTER NEWS SERVICE "We're deadly serious" said Lassen County Supervisor Lyle Lough 38 owner of a laboratory "We want to see a major change" Secessionist sentiment is not new in California nor is it absent from many other parts of the United States People on Staten Island want freedom from New York City Eastern Washington is at odds with western Washington Alaska Gov Walter J Hickel has threatened to take his state out of the nation By Statham's count this is at least the seventh major attempt to split Northern and Southern California But this time the campaign has a populist flavor that he thinks will make it irresistible "This is the first time we're going to have a broad popular vote" he said "We're going to get the whole of California behind POST LITCHFIELD Calif — It is not quite the Sagebrush War of 1863 when Lassen County patriots drove off state tax collectors armed with a cannon but county residents have fired a few more shots into the heart of Sacramento politics lately and the sound still echoes across Northern California's discontented hills and valleys After complaining for years about how the state government requires more county services but provides no money for them the Lassen County board of supervisors voted last fall with a rebellious heart and put on the county ballot next June a measure that would explore ways the county could secede from the state With the help of state Assembly member and former television anchor Stan Statham isolated protests in rugged beautiful but thinly populated California counties such as Lassen have coalesced into a revolt with 25 of the state's 58 counties voting this year on secession LONDON — British doctors say they have diagnosed what they believe is the first documented case of a person being infected with the AIDS virus daring a fistfight The victim was a guest at a wedding reception in August 1989 when he was involved in a brawl with a gatecrasher later found to be a carrier of IIIV-according to a letter in The Lancet medical journal Frild 1 day The letter said the guest was admitted to a hospital 10 days after the fight with nausea a sore throat diarrhea and a rash He was diagnosed as having an unknown viral infection and discharged after two weeks Doctors discovered he had IIIV when he gave blood in November 1991 water-testin- g gressional district boundaries in every state with two or more districts is forcing representatives to run in new territories and face new voters removing one of the chief values of incumbency 0 A large number of members of Congress will read the national mood and reapportionment as signs that they should voluntarily move on before the voters kick them out A major turnover could result in a shakeup of entrenched congressional institutions Large freshman classes in the past have weakened the seniority system and the power of party leaders Another large turnover may mean freshmen will force reforms of the committee system often criticized as bloated and unresponsive and the congressional campaigns A large turnover could also force action on issues that have been stymied in Congress for decades Supporters of universal health insurance for example hope that debate in campaigns throughout the country will make November's vote a referendum on the subject Despite the possibility of a large turnover no one is predicting that Democrats will lose their majority CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Campaigns ror House seats are expected to be unusually combative this year resulting in competitive races in at least 100 districts about triple the usual number and perhaps a large turnover in Congress "It could be the highest turnover we've had since the 1940s" Thomas Mann director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution a Washington think tank said in a reference to voter frustrations that resulted in a massive shift of the House to Republican control in 1947-4and then back again to Democrats In 1990 44 new members won House election to the and Mann said 80 to 100 new members could be elected this year Party professionals and election observers foresee a highly volatile campaign season because of the convergence of these factors: mood An throughout the country — fired by displeasure with the performance of elected officials in the face of 8 435-se- money-drive- anti-incumbe- growing economic despair — could drive 30 or more House members into involuntary retirement The reapportionment of con- - - e i --- - - - - : i -- - 1 - - - i ' i - ' 4' uj'11 1 i re i tvor-1 r-- - - t i i 14nOtt kit11 ' i il ilvc i itti 1 11 ! 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' I ---- i t':- trjELLI li t'a c - rviir If 44 Strawberry Chocolate Malt Chocolate or Vanilla SIIRFaSt - i 4 III' 1 Iii1111f !:- -- tili A t r0 0 - 15 Oz Powder -- - ' L441ii 1 - t7 their representative In October that had dropped to 31 percent Voters fired a warning shot in 1990 when incumbents won with an average of 635 percent of the vote a sharp drop from the 682 percent in 1988 "A whole lot came close to defeat" Mann said DESIGN '‘ v is) re-ele- ----- f I 1 i -- e---- 45 percent said they were inclined to vote to -- -S - 1981 In 1989 - 1 t e- Post-AB- 13LACK GOOSE ' II '1 totir- ' - ---- - P '1 I - - Like other rural California counties Lassen has had to reduce library service and county staff and risk bankruptcy to pay for increased welfare and court costs that the state will not subsidize Statham's proposal gathers 27 of those counties into a new state whose name would be decided by voters it would be about the size of Iowa and have 21 million residents Obstacles to such a plan are considerable Congress has final say about dividing states and few people believe that the strong Southern California majority in the states congrescional delegation would agree to partition 1I in the House where there are 268 Democrats 166 Republicans and one independent Any coattails that President Bush might have offered Republican candidates a year ago when his popularity was at a record high and pundits were predicting that Democratic votes against going to war in the Persian Gulf would be held against them in '92 have dissipated with Bush's nose dive in the polls Members of Congress have their own low poll numbers to worry about Voters traditionally hold their own representatives in high esteem while giving poor marks to Congress as a whole That disparity is disappearing News A Washington survey taken in autumn found that just 21 percent of respondents had at least some confidence in Congress a drop from 36 percent in n 1 in 1859 - r - - 80-mi- le The ballot measure in Lassen a land of mountains and dry valleys one county removed from California's northeastern corer will ask voters to pick possible options Angry Voters May Bring Down the House WASHINGTON Prop-sitio- x this" full-scal- e fcrnia and telling the California tax collectors they were in Utah No one had surveyed the line north of Lake Tahoe set by the California statehood act of 1850 Valley residents finally negotiated a compromise with the Plumas County authorities and eventually were allowed to create their OW11 county named for Lassen who had been killed by claim jumpers in Nevada such as being absorbed into neighboring counties seceding from California to form a new state or uniting with Nevada Lassen County Supervisor Jim Chapman recounted in a manifesto 13 years of state financial neglect since the passage of n 13 property-tacuts "It is time for people to take radical action" he said The drive from Reno Nev the nearest city with scheduled air service to the Lassen County seat in Susa- nville provides a ready explanation for the passionate commitment of I Acsen residents to their remote turf The first explorers here particularly the restless Danish trailblazer Peter Lassen were seeking gold and other minerals They found enough to create a small population boom — and to initiate a violent debate about who had jurisdiction over this stretch of the eastern Sierra Nevada Residents of the Honey Lake Valley as the Susanville area is called were in the habit of telling the Mormon tax collectors of the Utah territory that they were in Cali L Litt 15 intun FOOD STORES EFFECTIVE JAN -- 1992 1 26-FE- B - ' I 1 i II Mental Health Matters is part of The Western Insti- tute's continuing commitment to provide our community with the most education and treatment in mental health care Located in the University of Utah's Research Park The Western Institute offers a complete range of programs and services for adults adolescents and children experiencing psychiatric emotional and substance abuse problems The Western Institute is clinically managed by the University of Utah's Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry Inpatient programs include: Adult Services: treatment designed for adults 18 years and older The Recovery Center an individu- A ' 1(141t 4 The Adult Partial llospitaliza tion Program: an option for patients who do not require r Teenscope: a gram for teenagers aged Kidstar: a for children aged 5 to 12 supervision pro- day-treatme- nt nt --- 12 to 18 program -- 1 c-I t 1 i I I LI aliuze n v-- Also located on The Western Institute campus are The Western Institute Institute Academy the Escape to Reality course Intermountain Private Practice Association and over 40 psychiatrists psychologists and social workers who provide individual outpatient counseling FREE confidential assessments and referrals are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week LIL M Wn d itIli tt 2 LI tau i a S-31- 1 I 1 - - The Western Institute and the Sandy CARE Center The Western Institute Welcomes Liz Tully MD and Greg Ellis MD r--w-- ' L7- - r L' I t r A k Elizabeth Tully MD specializes in child and adolescent psychi- atry She completed a fellowship at the U of U Department of Psy- chiatry and residency the Uni- Ai trainingofatLouisville L1 varsity Dr Tully's experience includes work as a state hospital psychiatrist and community mental health care worker She is and deputy-- editor of the American Journal of Preventive Psychiatry and Neurology Dr Tully is a lecturer in child psychiatry at the U of U School of Medicine She sees patients at --- --11 er -- Gregory Ellis MD attended medical school and completed his specialty training in general psychiatry at the University of Utah where he is a member of the Teaching versity Committee His professional interests include substance abuse inpatient care individual and group psychotherapies A native of Lompoc California he served a mission in Tokyo for the LDS Church two-ye- s r04r 825-CAR- 4i ) 14-1- 7 I PhD Calendar of Programs at The Western Institute offer crisis intervention assessment and referral as well as educational services and programs The following program 3 are offered at the CARE Centers this week: J wo54cemeatetfes - 4 ! :' - Presenter: Mary Talboys LCSW - I Call 583-250- 0 The Western Institute I ' 501 Chipeta Way Salt Lake City : pre i:!'!1 about our programs and services 9:00 am ACOA Support Group 10:00 am Alcoholics Anonymous Monday January 27 12:00 pm Workaholics Anonymous 6:30 pm ACOA Support Group 7:00 pm Divorce Recovery Group Tuesday January 28 7:00 pm ACOA Support Group 7:00 pm YCOA Support Group Wednesday January 29 6:30 pm ACOA Support Group 8:00 pm Cocaine Anonymous tit) rr Wed February 5 7:30 pm 'Lily Pad to Lily Pad Leaping Over Stress' : Please call us for more information Sunday January 26 k In Context pm 0 Anger Management Group ages Therapist: Aharon aShulimson ' Special Program: -- 0 6:S0-8:0- - Saturday February 1 pm Overeaters Anonymous 572-CAR- E Tuesday January 28 30 Support Group 8:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous Friday January 31 6:15 pm Overeaters Anonymous E W-10- Thursday January 730 pm CODA '11 At the Sandy CARE Center 9720 South 1300 East Building 1 Suite Sandy Vri4- - - l 1 Divorce Recovery Support Group Wednesday January 29 (WO pm Sexual Addiction Support Group are satellite facilities located throughout the Wasatch Front The CARE Centers ‘--- Tuesday January 28 700 pm ar o1 r ' 1 At the Layton CARE Center 2179 North 1700 West Suite 1 lfN The Western Institute CARE Centers -r cci: a) 1---- - Layton Self-Estee-m - - i - I I - alized dual diagnosis and chemical dependency treatment program Adolescent Services: specialized treatment for teenagers aged 12 to 18 Kidstar 2: a treatment program for children aged 5 to 12 Partial hospitalization programs provide a complete continuum of care in an outpatient setting They include: '1A10 - ce& II 11 ) v4:zr loom- 11 I |