| Show -- r-- - 1 ) D2 i The Salt Isike Tribune LOCAL -- -- Wednesd2v March 4 12 1 I Jordan River Fisherman Was Shot in Head Autopsy Shows 43111FTDALE 1 I —A 1300 West Bluff dale said Deputy Jim Potter West Valley man was shot and killed while fishing at the Jordan River Monday night investigators have classified the death as a homicide but don't know if it was murder or an acc- 1 1 11 i Mr Maggard's fishing pole was still propped on a stick and his line was in the water The victim was apparently sitting on a railroad tie beside the water when he was struck in the head with a bullet He had not been robbed and his vehicle hzd not been disturbed Deputy Potter said ident 1 I small-calib- Russell M Maggard was found Tuesday morning by a friend who went looking for him at the request of Mr Maggard's wife The friend found Mr Maggard at a "favorite fishing hole" in the Jordan Narrows area near 14600 S er The victim's body was found partially in the water Because of MI EAIIIERWER I OgL s4ji 3544 1 i i ore It primary Cause pollution during o lOrnportaturO Sitlteon itworslon Sou con nolo loduco COI 11 and cut clown Ironic congostlon by or o bus the corpool taking p: The Utah Board of Education has dismissed a broad-basecommittem that wrote its for teachers and parents Instead it guides will rely on board members and an LDS institute professor to add "values" to the guides The 16 people who developed the controversial parentteacher resource guide received letters last week thanking them for their service Some members of the committee however said they expected to see the project through to completion "I'm worried they will amend the work we did to make it bow they like it" said Sandy Oliver a committee member and state Department of Health employee "They will water it down to d 287-45- 36 BUS-INF- O nothing" NORTHIERKAIVA - hrkay ScSaew 37o arem 1 By Katherine Kapos "'HE SALT LAU TRIBUNI A strzan zits1 1171117' 01 Olt F1 Lake cc d Today's Report Compiled by JeffStral AttiO omissions - State School Board Dismisses Committee Guide Asks LDS Professor to Revise Set-E- an obvious head wound investigators initially assumed he had slipped struck his head on a rock and drowned An autopsy revealed the gunshot wound Investigators want to hear from anyone who was in the area Monday evening LI Dave Bishop said there is a lot of "plinking and poaching and target practicing that goes on there" The person who shot Mr Maggard may not even realize it he said Vrnva 3047 Serv111 2554 N StqL3in Dlits Fain Another committee member Betsy Fo nand agrees "After one and years of work it's going to be totally rewritten" said Ms FoIland a social worker "It's unfair to the public and teachers who have been waiting for it" If cooler daytime highs and clouds discourage you consider this: persistent cloud cover is also keeping nighttime lows above average Northern Utahns who spend much time outdoors should keep a weather eye peeled for scattered rain showers today anti possible thunderstorms tonight Snow showers will linger m the mountains above 6000 feet through today but accumulations should be light Gusty winds and hail are possible in the Salt Lake City area where the chance of measurable precipitation is 40 percent today 36 53 12 54 The committee commissioned by the State Board of Education includes a broad range of experts: physicians social workers parents teachers superintendents and one student Ms Oliver and Ms Folland said the committee was to work for several years first developing a guide to help parents and teachers discuss human students Once comsexuality with pleted similar guides for elementary and junior curriculum were to be developed But Associate Superintendent Steven R knew of no such coinmitment to elementary and junior-higguides "We no longer need them" he said "But we certainly could reconvene them if that was necessary" 1 ourtiatImLITANtftisiiowmiOtr - rIthreld t i Si 3053 4 ! Cedar t I St 47$ forte 35613 aty t2 31 Residents in the southern half of the state can expect unsettled weather again today The chance of measurable precipitation in Cedar City is 30 percent today Brian Head Ski Resort had 12 inches of new snow to enjoy Tuesday Showers today are less likely in Utah's Dixie as the St George area begins to warm up a bit Residents there can expect partly cloudy skies and widely scattered Ific4b Sc Rain StP411 Seitain ErCIftija 4363 4063 r 350 ' high-scho- : IMOOTHVMAIMFORMASIIION trourot tom 15 Mother Nature will continue to show northern Utahns that she has not skipped the rest of winter after all Increasing clouds through Saturday will keep a cheek on daytime highs and scattered showers should serve as an ample reminder that winter lasts until March 20 Weather in most an eas will be warmer by Sunday as skies will be mostly fair with only slight chance of showers In December the State School Board approved the guide However it asked that contraceptive information be removed and that the neutral tone of the guide be changed to promote 1 high-scho- AL 39 low 52 48 52 39 36 EEI 24T high 54 low EDI II' 52 43 42 13 Southern Utahn will also have to deal with coolClouds will continue to increase through Saturday but that blanket of clouds is also expected to keep temperatures in the safe zone as far as fruit growers are concerned Like the northern regions of the state weather should improve by Sunday to mostly fair with a slight er temperatures chance of showers 4 outivuifin10110 I Precipitatioo Tme Precipitation this month Accumulative deficit Tree Precipitation since Oct Accumulative excess Utah high Utah 0 1 68 at Moab tor 22 at Randolph 41327 degree highlow tor this date Normal 15 669 013 1991 Record high for this date low for this date 63 degrees in 1987 5 degrees in 1952 !lewd SunriseSunset today 6:56 Caton Mosoxick 22 gidt Lake City s1 ft Davis couuties 44 Provo Utah County 22 AM6:22 rWei21211 U 241 n 42 Wee ril WeiiCiiAy diandall BOO $i lei al Mood M)1000411-6411141- Federal standard) La 11 oast Like CS' CAW at ober counties FAIR Utah te3 POOR Good 106 Moderato 21111 Untwatithful Very Vebeattbrul ve Amsterdam Yesterday's L Sunup 46 43 cldy Atbera 64 45 Bangkok Barbados 95 72 Weetber 0 0 Jerusalem 52 36 Jobannesbrg Lima 82 70 86 75 ddy der der Beijing Beirut 43 28 citly 57 50 Belgrade Berlin 55 37 Bermuda 86 75 Bogota Brisbane 68 45 der ddy ddy der tidy der Bnuseis 52 27 54 36 Budapest Buenos Aims M 70 46 32 81 66 Sums 1 ddy 61 54 der der Utak Lines dos I P- sve 411: -0 upstate Madrid 59 45 Manila 93 72 der Bullfrog Cedar City 66 44 40 35 tidy maa 122 021 036 'racoon Coalville 58 29 Denver 3636014 Moscow 3734 tidy Fillmore 45 37 Nairobi 82 57 der cidy 80 59 des Flaming Grg Green River 51 25 New Delhi ekly Nicosia 5936 tie: Hanksville Oslo 45 36 Paris 55 37 68 46 der der der Caracas 82 64 ddy filo Rome CoPentlagell Dublin 46 41 da M 46 der Santiago Seoul tier tidy 81 70 tidy 59 36 der Coeur d'Alate 46 34 Heber City M Idaho Falls Helper Kanab 43 36 032 42 37 108 Lewiston T 004 64 28 T 48 40 002 Pocatello 62 27 Logan 61 33 Rexburg Twis Falls 65 29 84 54 der tier Midway Milford 55 29 52 36 M 505 (1114116 t N A glib' Moab 68 46 bioptic& 46 31 Sydney 79 70 der Nephi 045 59 41 003 Tokyo 4537 TA II ValICOUVet 57 Ogden Park Wed 46 30 T 7366 rain Vienna tidy tidy 56 37 tier Price 45 33 CZ 52 37 der Warsaw 59 28 Provo 6146 4322 T 54 38 041 88 64 Havana 79 66 Helsinki 41 36 Hong Kong Istanbul 46 der 41114 sirs k k 4 9 tt 7011 1k9 or k ' — - kkk WARM L 9 LOW mi Almlowstool $MOYIE015 441 ' 411110 40 803 11 STATPONARY coi 0--041 VOts 70s 809 1r-- v- COLD Inc C 1992 EE:1 Eli RAIN T4TORUS - L: FLURRIES &SOW a telt "" ot E3 ICE T Spanish Fork 57 44 803 49 45 066 St George 54 33 Tootle T SUMW in PT CLOUDY cn CLOUDY Awn east-centr- ' 4 : six-ho- 1 61 36 Meatus Billings Great Falls 64 31 Helena 61 30 Missoula Nevada 57 31 Elko 4336059 Lin Vegas Reno 59 47 59 29 5933 Wyoming Cheyenne Evaeitøe Laramie 58 26 MM M 51 19 Bock Springs 47 30 T—Tract nearly 20 years this week The low in Fair- banks on Tuesday was minus 36 while it dropped to minus 47 at Fort Yukon Tuesday's low for the 48 contiguous states was minus 18 at Hou Iton Me Northern Idaho should be partly cloudy today and tonight Highs in the upper 40s to mid-50- s Overnight lows mainly in the 30s Much of Southern Idaho should see partly cloudy skies today and tonight Highs in the 50s and low 608 Overnight lows mainly in the 30s Travelers heading for northern and central Nevada should expect partly cloudy skies today with widely scattered showers in the afternoon and the snow level near 7000 feet An increasing chance of showers in western Nevada tonight and partly cloudy in the east Highs mostly in the 50s Lows at night upper 20s and 30s Southern Nevada should see partly cloudy skies with isolated afternoon showers The snow level will be near 7000 feet to low 70s Lows at night in Highs mid-60- s the 40a A snow advisory is in effect through today in Colorado's northern mountains from the continental divide eastward Western Colorado should be mostly cloudy with scattered showers today decreasing tonight Yegerday L Prep 8 Tetley L Fed 018 55 34 Albuquerque 47 40 Anchorage Atlanta 5 11 10 4 lold 80 51 78 55 mod 47 79 35 ddy old mod Atlantk City 40 36 Austin 75 65 Birmingham Bismarck 76 46 37 28 Bontoo 35 28 Buffalo 39 20 Charlotte 82 Chicago Cincinnati 40 002 53 64 Mel 42 cidy 11 army 51 sany 47 71 ptd 36 45 fog 77 47 72 Cleveland 46 30 a pie! Piet Columba 66 39 74 ptel Concord 41 26 47 lad Dallas 71 63 62 Del Moines 66 47 65 Detroit 46 35 Pao 61 U 006 003 4 4 btm ddy Ptd mod fair 31 6 tidy 43 33 58 ptel liartford 37 27 44 soy 110001i1111 68 85 may Houston 85 77 66 76 tstm Indianapolis 77 45 ee MS 69 51 74 mod tem Kansas City Little Rod 70 58 63 59 El The heat wave that had gripped the northern Plains earlier in the week moved south across Georgia and Kentucky on Tuesday In Utah more than a foot of snow fell on some mountain areas Hail hit Colorado Snow also fell on parts of the Great Lakes reVon and the mountains of Nevada Parts m Arkansas and Louisiana got heavy rain A foot of snow ?aad fallen at Utah's Brian Dead Ski Resort by midmorning Tuesday a with 13 inches at Duck Creek Village The e Boulder Mountain area got 10 inches and? inches fell in Bryce Canyon : Heavy rains at lower elevations caused ' - basement flooding in St George and Diamend Valley s Orly 2 to 3 inches of snow fell acrceas the Nevada early mountains of Tuesday and early snow in southern Colo: - rado's Rockies turned to rain later 17 Thunderstorms in southeast Colorado - also produced small hail at La Junta and Las Anima An inch of rain dampened the Little Rock Ark area during a period ending at 11 am MST and 062 inch fell on : Shreveport La It was unseasonably warm in much of the Tennessee and lower Ohio valleys Alaska meanwhile has recorded some of its coldest early March temperatures in 61 39 59 45 Aray or it 's s4 ' 409 vat - AKA FRONTS: H maw 30s 61 50 5826 Roosevelt Salt Lake a ‘ 40s "TIP grweIli! 60 $ I der 101111"-v-1- 1111111111 M M tidy At AIL M 59 39 Idaho 28 Harare Id Boise 75 der ran der 60 29 009 55 37 012 91 ddy 67 50 026 62 37 41 52 38 52 34 053 OA 58 46 045 39 30 Flagstaff Phoenix Grand Singapore Stockhobn Frankfurt Geneva 069 Colorado Delta 58 28 L Prcp T Arizona 142 der high Ismostatura zones tot ths day 101' 50s 59 42 034 London Calgary Cairo sos 51 41 T 52 34 Brigham City 63 38 33 28 Bryce 64 52 forecast for noon Wednesday March 4 er Wendover Lon NP 39 32 Blanding Mexico City Montreal a lir" er M Accu-Weath- 56 26 Alta Randolph Richfield The Yesterday's Weather L Prep Vernal tidy 54 45 ddy Lisbcm Fairbanks 11 Fargo Grand Rapids Jackson 37 63 54 Lounwille 80 47 Memphis 1 iami Minot ND 69 61 76 71 Milwaukee NI Minneapolis— 141 Wayne Drickey an LDS institute teacher at Utah Valley Community College has been asked to make those changes which would be reviewed by members of the state board said Ruth Hardy Funk the board member who oversees curriculum While he has never been involved in curriculum Mr Erickey has been a member of the Utah committee to develop "character-education- " curriculum He also wrote a doctoral dissertation that related to "moral education" Mr Brickey said his position as teacher with Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y has no correlation with the work he will be doing for the state "We think he is qualified and can strengthen the values part of the guide" said Mr Mecham Ms Funk said any changes made to the docuand fears that the ment will be "values-drivedocument will change dramatically or lose its impact are unfounded "The specifics will strengthen it" she said n" Mr Mecham also acknowledged that Scott Hess a specialist in the State Office of Educatiorr- - has been relieved of his duties overseeing curriculum for the state Mr Hess was out of town and could not be reached for comment but Mr Mecham said he was removed from the duties because he has been "under fire for so many months we felt he needed a break" Mr Hess will continue to direct other aspects of the state's "healthy lifestyles" curriculum Utahn: State Agency Ignored Calls to Save Boy SOUTFIIIMArtOREAMSTIOS 47 higher moral values and abstinence from sex said Bonnie Morgan state director of curriculum ol Continued from D-- 1 — rmqrrmr7mrlrmrl —Sandy Oliver 4 58 57 hig ol h 60t I ol Me-cha- in showers Much the same could be said of the Castle Valley and extreme southeast valleys with scattered rain to linger — snow at 6000 feet and above Elaroling glrfltvg high-scho- "I'm worried they will amend the work did to make it how they like it They will water it down to nothing" we Angela— 57 013 001 63 C 005 66 &sr tsta es 78 mod 70 sbwr so ptel 34 41 fog 38 34 10 fog Nashville 74 46 72 NeOi1i 72 53 73 tidy tsbn New York 29 34 54 Oklahoma City Omaha 74 61 67 finny Istm 70 43 60 c'ely Orlando 82 57 13 Itindelphia 46 27 51 ptd mod 34 63 any Pitman Portland Portland 1 63 ME 38 27 83 44 Eidamond 69 43 Sacramento 64 76 54 64 51 63 55 Sas Antonio Sdb Diego San Franks 018 013 41 pit! 61 sod 62 Mod 80 Jul ea pie! Ptel OM 65 061 5446036 57 fRal Falk St hoot 41 77 33 47 fog 58 es Sesta Suma Spokane 45 Tampa 8053 Tula 72 61 W40314031— 51 43 1464 7258 Willungtos: 46 81 37 Oil 52 mod 81 Piet Istis 56 mod 001 tette 91 tidy 1984 and Oct 31 1983 The 1983 complaint was unsubstantiated while the 1984 report was confirmed the police report said A spokeswoman for the Utah Division of Family Services said Tuesday that the agency is checking its records "Obviously we're talking nine years ago and the records are in archives" said Terry Mitchell "Normally if a family moved we would call the officials in the state they were moving to to tell them that this was an open case and they should move on it" Carl Peterson principal at Holt Elementary School in Clearfield when Stephen was enrolled there said he intervened on Stephen's behalf "We had noticed that he was getting into other kids' lunches We would furnish him a little food We called the parents in and they got into mental health counseling We thought things looked pretty good" Mr Peterson said The retired principal said he saw a lot of Stephen and the boy did not appear malnourished and he saw no signs of physical injury Meanwhile the Utah grandparents of Stephen have filed for custody of the boy's surviving 12- brother according to the year-ol- d Associated Press Leon and Barbara Hill of Smithfield filed a motion in a Dallas court to allow Douglas Hill to be placed with rel 4M1M110nominnimEmillilM EEMMWMPINMfftME Group Wants charges for 1st Abuse Incident By Jon Ure THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Michele Miller president of Salt Lake City's Justice for Children blames Stephen Jay Hill's death on Utah officials who failed to act on complaints of neglect and abuse Even with Utah's tough abuse laws Stephen was doomed she says Many children in similar cir-cumstances are still in danger Cases like Stephen's have driv- en Ms Miller to fight for a law that would demand a criminal charge on the first substantiated incident of abuse or neglect Stephen's death has fueled her resolve "We would like every substanti- ated offense to be followed by charges" Ms Miller said "But DFS has said a pattern must be discerned "With this kid nothing even happened because of the report The caseworkers say they can't force the parents to get counseling without charges being filed "So there are no conse- quences" Ms Miller said "None of the bills this legisla- - atives If any of the boy's relatives gain custody the parental rights will be - -- A - - ) 1 - - Michele Miller tive session would have saved Stephen" Ms Miller said referring to a new law that makes it possible to terminate parental rights if children have been in foster care for a year and if they would be in jeopardy if returned to their parents terminated permanently regard less of the outcome of Jay and Linda Hill's trial this summer ACLU to Use Testimony of 34 to Fight For Repeal of Utah's Abortion Law By David Clifton THE SALT LAKE 'TRIBUNE JD Keetley was 20 years old and a college student at Ohio State University when his girlfriend be- came pregnant "We were both unprepared to begin raising a family and I did not have the means to give a child what he or she deserved" he said in a telephone statement to the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah "We mutually agreed that abortion was the best alternative" the Salt Lake City resident remembered Mr Keetley's testimony was one of 34 included in the ACLU's lawsuit challenging Utah's strict abortion law said Mfthele Parish ACLU of Utah executive director The responses were collected during a telephone campaign in Feb- ruary The stories from around the Intermountain West will be used to show US District Judge J Thomas Greene that banning abortions will cause undue burdens and pain to those experiencing unwanted or dangerous pregnancies Ms Parish said "We don't want to see other women suffer the way these people have expressed to us" she added But state's attomey Mary Anne Wood said the testimonies are irrelevant to the outcome of the abortion case "If you read them all the question is 'Does it change the analysis Activists Debate Abortion at U Forum CI Continued from Smith "It does not give them equality by allowing them to kill D-- 1 Wade the landmark Supreme their offspring" she said Court decision which legalized "Abortion is always a lethal abortion Utah along with process because one of the Pennsylvania Louisiana and people dies?' Guam have forced the issue by But Ms Michelman calls passing laws which severely re- Utah's law dangerous "It is a strict abortion tenible law and will inevitably Life begins at conception ar- result in the death and maiming gued Ms Smith and an unborn of women" she said child has rights whether it is It's ironic she added that the wanted or planned by its moth- people who most oppose aborer "No one should have the tion don't support social proright to take the life of an inno- grams which aid mothers and cent child" she said "No one" children — such as sex educaWhile doctors apply the latest tion contraceptive research technologies to save premature day care mandatory work babies fetuses of the same age leave And statistics show unare killed she added Mean- wanted children are more likely while 2 million parents are try to suffer from abuse Countered Ms Smith: "Aborbig to adopt children Abortion does not empower tion is the ultimate child women it kills babies said Ms abuse" of the law?' It doesn't" Ms Wood said "There is nothing in them that undercuts the basic theory that this is a legal question that can be resolved without a trial" Several people shared stories of ruined lives and medical difficulties associated with unwanted pregnancies or illegal abortions Ms Parish said Babette De Lay said she was 15 when she became pregnant Family members did not share infor mation regarding pregnancy choices and forced her to give her twins up for adoption after birth "My family was ignorant or unwilling to see I was pregnant and did not share information" said Ms De Lay Salt Lake County resident "Had abortion been safe legal and bad abortion ld Information been available I would have been more aware and in a position to take some control of this situation" ofi i |
