Show at5altrake2ribunt 0 LOCAL News Desk: MONDAY 237-204- 5 Horiuchi By Vince it) ® 1992 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Ife (At After Bill and Lucy McClure happened upon burglars in their home last year they installed new locks security doors an alarm system — and they keep a lead pipe under their bed "Salt Lake is getting to be a big town Consequently it brings those kinds of problems" said Mrs McClure who has since set proup a neighborhood-watcgram in her Salt Lake County neighborhood Mr and Mrs McClure are just two of thousands of Utahns who work and sleep in fear because they became victims to a growing-crimrate that many say threatens Utah's quality of life About 265 major crimes are reported in Utah every 24 hours according to the latest "Crime in Utah" report from the Bureau of Criminal Identification More than 14 percent of 600 respondents to a Salt Lake Tribune KUTV poll said they were the victims of burglary in the last year Nearly 15 percent said they were victims of a violent crime Mrs McClure and her husband came home one day to find two men rummaging through their home Mr McClure got so angry he went into a storage area got a lead pipe and smashed the windshield of the burglars' car With Paul Roily and Jo Atm Jacobsen-Well- s matamesi1- WHAT A GUY! Rush Limbaugh syndicated talk show host heard in Utah on KALLRadio is quoted thus in the May issue of New Woman magazine: "All these femi-Nazi- s h out there demanding their right to abortion as the most important thing in their life never have to worry about having one anyway Who'd want to have sex with 'em?" e I PRESS TAMING The Kane County Commission has threatened to put required legal notices in the St George-base- d Daily Spectrum in a poorly veiled attempt to punish the weekly Southern Utah News (SUN) of Kanab for aggressive reporting on county officials Jeannie Hunt a reporter for the SUN and a correspondent for this newspaper said losing the county's legal notices would reduce the paper's revenue by about $6000 a year — a chunk for a small paper Officials said they would use the St George daily only when they had time constraints because the SUN publishes only once a week Hunt said the Spectrum readvance notice quires a so that rationale doesn't hold The SUN revealed the commissioners tried to give themselves the county attorney and the county sheriff secret pay raises totaling $26000 The paper also pressured county officials to release the DUI arrest report of County Attorney Jim Scarth Scarth still has his driver license IT May 4 1992 It took the McClure's months to overcome the fear and paranoia that followed the break in "It was total devastation and distrust It changes your life so totally that I don't think you're the same person ever again" said Mrs McClure Even residents of small towns are not exempt from the fear Kathryn Kemp has had to work hard "to try and do away with my paranoid experiences" after burglars broke into her home in Moab twice in three months "I figured I was moving into a nice little town" said Ms Kemp who came to Moab about eight months ago "I lived in Atlanta and Houston and nothing ever happened to me there and then I moved here and this happens" "The message I get loud and clear is that any time someone is the victim of crime its very personal to them" said Salt Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Morris who heads the department's Crime Prevention Unit "They tell me it's the sense of violation not unlike a rape victim" Neighborhood watches are usually the first step Deputy Morris recommends to homeowners to help put a stop to crime "People get very incensed and get really upset about it" he said Frank Hanson came to terms with crime in his West Jordan neighborhood when he came home and saw a deputy arresting r a for threatening another teen with a pistol "I thought to myself that someone has got to do something about this Then it hit me like a bolt of lightning that I better do something about it" said Mr Hanson He started a neighborhood-watcprogram that drew more than 120 people in its first meeting one of the most successful programs of its kind in the coun- t:of lp Deeply Unsure 10114' refused 15 'Somewhat Concerned n personal-protectio- afraid 56 123 Precautions Taken Against Crime Installed extra locks 1 Bought a watch dog Joined neighborhood watch i l'' Carry Mace or other weapon Installed security system 1' in the house Nothing 0 t 5 - 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Percent who said they took precaution 600 people polled statewide April 2-- 4 4 margin of error Source: Valley Research Copyright 1992 The Salt Lake Tribune 4 t i -- Keep a gun The telephone poll was conducted by Valley Research April The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percent - 111 i tter" 2-- f' Fire Leapers Getting Jump On Dry West 1 I el ' e' t - By Mike - Gorrell THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE II From the - i'F I d '''- 4 ori441tiq frightened — I p I 62 carrying a concealed weapon requires a permit that is difficult to get many people have gone to stores that sell items like portable tear gas said the manager of a store that specializes in such items "A lot of them are women who work where they have to walk to a vehicle and don't feel safe doing so" said Paul Butterfield Such stores sell portable tear sigas pepper sprays hand-helrens and stun guns — all legal "Salt Lake still seems like a really nice place to me However there are problems here too" said Mr Butterfield "The only thing I can say is that it's going to get worse before it gets any be- r A'''''v 4 - Unconcerned---- 4' i 4 7) ild11111111:) 24cY0 Since — i - bone-dr- - "hotshot" Smokejumpers crews and aerial tankers have been deployed early for a wildfire season with the potential to be as busy as 1988 when large parts of - 1' I ' Pacific y Northwest to Montana wildfire fighters are watching the sky warily for smoke rising from forests and grasslands ' ' r 1 it l 4 " ' 4 Yellowstone GAY AND LESBIAN Utah Democrats say they elected 42 delegates to state and county conventions and expect to have a strong voice National Park burned Utah's firefighting chieftains are taking a lower-keapproach They have prepared for this season like those of the past and figure they are prepared to respond when the first blaze breaks out "We're all ready for it" said Pete Hansen Salt Lake Interagency Fire Center manager "We're starting to get some of our crews On right now" said Bert Hart spokesman for the US Bureau of Land Management's Rich- field office "There's no panic or major area of emphasis Our people are just doing their jobs and getting things ready" The problem with wildfires Mr Hart noted is that they are inevitable but unpredictable It is anybody's guess how many fires will be ignited when or where Mr Hansen thought last year might be busy The wet spring spurred the growth of grasses that initially fuel most wildfires especially those sparked by lightning But lightning did not spark that many fires last year Grasses will not be as tall this year because of the dry spring Mr Hansen said but they will supplement the plentiful "down and dead fuel left from last year And as long as you're in a drought situation they ignite easier and burn faster" State Forester Dick Klason is most concerned about the possibility of wildfires in northern Utah where persistent warm weather during March and April has decimated the snowpack "Because of the cumulative effects of the drought and insects we have areas from the Uinta Basin to Cache and Box Elder counties where there are fair numbers of dead and dying spruce and fir trees" he said Mr Klason said he has given thought to bringing fire crews on early but has refrained so far because of budget constraints North of Utah preparations are more frenetic An extra 25 smokejumpers are being trained in Missoula Mont others are being assigned to bases in Idaho Oregon and northern California Five "hotshot" teams similar to police SWAT units were activated Friday in Montana and Idaho — six weeks early y 1 this year Targeted for defeat is Democratic Rep Ted Lewis of the west end of Salt Lake City He's being challenged by fellow Demo Pete Suazo The group wants Lewis gone for opposing language in the Hate Crimes Bill penalizing violence against gays I 0 0 PRIORITIES Seen on a bumper sticker in Salt Lake City: "My wife yes my dog i 1 it Paul Fraughton'The Salt Lake Tribune ARACHNOPHOBIA Ilog le Zoo of Salt Lake City celebrated the birth of 82 pink and brown Chilean Rose Hair Tarantulas before trading 45 to dealers for other spiders and insects More than 20 of the arachnids will be kept for breeding display and education School District Cuts Back to Avoid $1 Million Shortfall By never" Katherine Kapos THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Ogden City School District has cut budgets and staff hours and offered early retirement incentives all to avoid a $I million shortfall this year The budget mess much of which was prompted by an $800000 accounting error has left parents and teachers bitter and distrusting of their school board and Superintendent James West "Things are very much in disarray here" said Ann Moulton president of the Ogden Education Association the local branch of the state's largest teachers' union "And it still remains unclear how HAIL TO THE CHIEF Last week Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini was asked to step outside the y Building for a moment She was greeted with a high school band from Tonga which put on a 15- City-Count- minute presentation beginning with Sousa marches and ending with tribal music and dances complete with spears The band which won the high school competition in Tonga was touring Salt Lake City at the invitation of Utah legislator Phil Uipi who is Tongan The band could not leave Salt Lake without playing for Corradini because said Uipi it would offend the community to leave without playing for the chief the district is going to solve our budget problem" "The school board has been sleeping at the wheel" added Vicki Robertson president of the Ogden Council PTA "They are the ones who got us into this trouble We look to the school board for guidance but now we have to run down and check to make sure they are doing their job" School board members say they have acted responsibly doing what they can to keep the district in the black "The superintendent and the school board are interested in what's best for the children and we've worked for the betterment of students" said board vice president Donna V Barker The administration first came under fire last October when it announced that the district could be more than $1 million in debt by June 30 if steps were not taken to save money At that time and as recently as last month Mr West attributed the shortfall to increasing employee insurance costs loss of interest revenue and other "unex- for problems that included property tax revenues that were added into the budget twice and forgetting to budget health insurance costs for retired teachers pected expenses that exceed revenues" the error The school board stands behind Mr Tesch saying the accounting errors actually originated when the state gave the district revenue projection figures that were too high and Mr Tesch did not catch "No he shouldn't have been reprimanded It was an honest mistake and it wasn't just his mistake" Mrs Barker said Meanwhile the district is catching heat for an $8000 expendi- However a legislative audit requested by the teachers' union and released last month showed the district had made almost $800000 in budgeting errors for 1991-9- 2 Larry Tesch district business administrator took responsibility See D-- Column 2 4 Will Professor Give Life to Dinosaur Park? Christopher Smith By THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE DEPRESSED WORKERS Robert Waite talks at a machine-gupace poring over newspaper clippings photographs maps and reports His proclamation of "I'm going at this full blast now" seems an understatement His cause: to make Dinosaur National Monuborder a national ment on the park The idea is not new National park designation for the area has been debated since 1915 when national monument status was given to the acres near Vernal 211000 District Rep Howard Nielson In 1985 then-3rheld hearings on the park idea but opposition by ranchers and miners fearful of losing their livelihoods dampened the congressman's interest to pursue federal legislation Mr Waite a Salt Lake City college professor at universities along the who has taught Wasatch Front took up the cause in 1988 He's no stranger to national park campaigns: Nevada's Great Basin National Park created in 1987 was n "FYI" a newsletter pubLake Coun- lished by the Salt ty Personnel Division asked: "What was the most widely prescribed drug in 1991 under the PEIIP Prescription Drug Plan?" Answer: Prozac Wonder if use of the antidepressant increased after the smoking ban at the county's Government Center? Utah-Colorad- fossil-lade- o n d BOBBIE CORAY Cache County economic development director will become Utah's first woman lieutenant governor candidate from a major political party Democratic gubernatorial candidate Pat Shea will announce Coray as his running mate today part-tim- e his brainchild He acknowledges that his prediction at a 1988 news conference in Salt Lake City that Dinosaur National Park would be reality "in a year or two" proved false His effort faded from public consciousness a year after his news media splash But his batteries were recharged last week when he heard that Dinosaur Colo — one of the gateways to the national monument — is asking state voters to allow limited gambling in the dying oil commu- nity "The two would complement each other gambling would help the park and the park would help gambling" he says "You make the area into a national park and everybody will come" Mr Waite has yet to contact Mr Nielson's successor Democrat Bill Orton to lobby for support But he plans to begin urging the 3rd District representative to back the idea "If we can just get some momentum going they'll get behind this" says Mr Waite "Thats See I r V 1 Robert Waite Column 4 D-- 2 TODAY - - - - The Associated Press to this story ' i 414:0PLamPnolmEr Light Touch Exhibit Violence Forum NAACP Open forum Forum discussing acquittal of police officers charged with beating Rodney King and subsequent violence noon Union Plaza U of U NAACP open forum on the Rodney King vprdirt 6 p m NAACP office 742 V South Temple Salt Lake City Light Touch Hansen Planetarium exhibit at Children's Museum 6:30 pm 840 N 300 West Salt Lake City Veterans Benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America holds benefit program 7 pm Highland High School 2166 S 1700 East Salt Lake City Yiddish Silent Film Hispanic Art Exhibit Free showing of Yiddish silent film "Man Without a World" 7:30 pm in the Social Work Building auditorium U of U Hispanic Art Exhibit Union Gallery University of Utah presented by Mexican Consulate Office and U of U school hours I 4'tcorkolgaw4104-M4"--A0-"- I Utahns' Fear of Crime ty i 1 k h I I 41 teen-age- 4 maybe my gun MOVIES Fighting Crime? 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