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' 4 41 i 'Or e t4t9 ii i- I'vtlit1 - ' ) - sS t‘I tk o- tA' 4 CA01 This year's sophomores are first students required to pass other graduation requirements RONNIE LYNN So not everyone understands the stakes attached to the test affectionately known as TheSidi hike Tribune e mow- test a just BY - - 1 g Fattening kids and coffers Ikk0001111i YEAR 86 lawsuit-in-waitin- one-part- Utah lawmakers have a lot to say this election year about abortion and same-se- x marriage But those messages don't come cheap Legislative attorneys have flagged at least 10 "message bills" this year as potentially unconstitutional and likely to face challenge in court And that doesn't include proposals that might run afoul of WI EN 85 Public safety domestic partnerships is a bill to Another create Choose Life license plates with proceeds going to counseling centers that promote adoption over abortion More than attempts to legislate morality these bills are crafted to make political statements says Stansbury Park Democrat Sen Ron Allen "As a general rule legislators believe the Constitution is divinely inspired as long as it's translated correctly They push the envelope to make a political statement It's worse this year because it's an election year" Allen says But as Pat Rusk a lobbyist familiar with state or federal laws It's hard to lay blame for the onslaught y governsolely on voters Utah's ment or legislators' egos But it's easy to spot who will pick up the legal tab — taxpayers Two bills quickly advancing through the Legislature are nearly guaranteed to draw abortion ban that legal fire: a partial-birtincludes no exception for the mother's health and a measure to block Utah's recognition of other states' gay marriages and BY KIRSTEN STEWART The Salt Lake Tribune ti B5 OGDEN CRIME DOWN FOR 0 Obituaries Barbed 84 & UTAH "r7ri LEGISLATURE why keep )000 Wilson Point of the Mountain FEET H1- Message bills: Some lawmakers make statements with measures which often face costly legal fights r4 4 200 ith legislation 'Skills exa: is no longer iuge the PARAGLIDERS FALL Ut AH FEBRUARY12004 Ask high school sophomores about this week's basic skills exam and they shrug it off as one more in a series of standardized tests to suffer through — and an unnecessary one at that "It's kind of stupid because we're being tested in all our other classes and if we're passing those tests obviously we know how to do it" said Rachel Evans a sophomore at Viewmont High in Bountiful "If our teachers pass 11 and we pass our classes we should be able to get our diploma rather than it being based on one test" Therein lies the difference between this and other exams For the first time in its three-yea- r history the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test counts toward graduation It measures students' grasp of core curriculum standards through lath grade Students in the class of 2006 and beyond must pass the exam to earn a high school diploma even if they satisfy all biscuit" The test was given on a pilot basis the past two years so it didn't count for the students who took it In addition funding shortfalls and priority shifts at the Legislature put the exam in mode an which has left some students and parents in the dark about its current status "They talk to their friends who took it the past two years when it didn't count" said Jason Olsen spokesman for the Salt Lake City School District "It's a big point that we're trying to get across: Yes it does count" Administering the three-par- t test is no small task More than 30000 sophomores statewide will take the exam Tuesday through Thursday Most high schools are spreading the reading writing and math portions over the three days And most are running different Sec SKILLS EXAM 84 AT t 1:1 ' i 1 "A r x ik - ' 4 0' at exit exam Try your hand i A IV:47 VO ' - ' '1‘ 11 ' ' ': ' Below are sample math questions taken from an old version of the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test a reading writing and math exam that all students In the class of 2006 and beyond must pass to graduate from high school The exam covers state curriculum through the 10th grade and will be given to sophomores this week ' — PAUL FRAUGHTON71teSid1 ltike Tribune During a lunch break at Brighton High School In Cottonwood Heights students gather around the vending machines Even though Principal Robert Sproul would like to get rid of the machines he says it boils down to basic economics "There's no other way to replace that revenue" he says — The battle over junk-foo- d Ti BY MIKE CRONIN The Sah Lake Tribune To understand the dilemma junk-foovending machines pose to high schools tag along with Lett Thorn on his run to Brigh- if ton High's atrium cheerNearly every day the leader buys a Pepsi and a bag of sour "Al 111 vending comes down to revenue gummy bears from two of the atrium's 15 vending machines "I'm one of those nutrition people" Thorn says "I always need something in my stomach" With the vending machines Thorn is assured of consuming about 25 teaspoons of sugar from those two purchases alone Without them Cottonwood Heights' PAK MULAGOIMISCI 4 feet Brighton High might not have enough money to pay for Thorn's cheerleading uniform or to bus him to games That's the problem All that sugar may be bad for students but it's good for the budget sweetening the school's coffers to the tune of $31500 a year from sale proceeds alone That total doesn't include the $275000 See SCHOOLS tar Mathematic Section 2002 Rekmed Form wt PPt NO 2 Mirle 00 MOP 2 What is the area of the rectangle? A 14 tht pirturr belor to onsttkter 14 square feet C 12 feet : By the time she was in her mid-20- s Money laundering: Husband and wife's work for Colombian cartel Al- pine schoolteacher Janeen Beck was in a serious funk She was single and her prospects for love seemed bleak after breaking up with her boyfriend of three years over religious differences According to her psychologist Janeen was asking herself' "I am not married what is wrong with me?" 4! IIT It brought luxury — but at a price Then the devout Mormon met Mario Roberto Hernandez a fellow member of The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-daSaints who was visiting Utah from Colombia where Beck had served a church mission Within weeks they were engaged The wedding took place six months later y ‘' 4 ? 12 square feet 3 rive weather stations reported the rainfall totals shown below during a period StationA 24 feet Station 2Teet Maggie wants to know the height of the City water tower Her shadow was 2 feet tong at the same time the water tower cast a shadow If Maggie is 5 12 feet tail how tail is the water tower? 66 feet C B 132 feet 88 feet D 264 feet B6 cm 038 cm 054 cm I 0 50 cm What is the mean rainfall for the five weather stations? A 038 cm 8 049 cm 050 cm C D 8 C- Station 0 Station E 1 A 0 54 cm Station13 r'fYLI But marriage came with a price Mario says his religious convictions waned almost immediately A decade later Janeen watched in anguish as her husband's affection for a female employee developed A year after that in 1998 she helped him launder money for a Colombian drug cartel as a way she said to keep her marriage together Off and on over five years Janeen and Mario with three other Utahns laundered See HERNANDEZES D pitxtion beht71 BY MATT CANHAM AND PAMELA MANSON Mt SO Lake Tribunt feet B 135 Drug scheme spells prison for couple 3 feet 054 cm meovmorevatnvmoA0I '07 V' Stak Tire ofMumhon liamsuy 77w Sub Lithr Tnbunf Majems fans hope he is finally ready to listen to his heart A body that has been bleating for attention — begging for better nutrition exercise more sleep And maybe a couple of hobbies —II throws a tantrum The pains start in the chest send numbness down the arm When the heart speaks does its owner truly listen? Do chest pains 'change lives? A world of people invested in Rick ! Majerus hopes so The phenomenally successful University of Utah basketball coach has resigned cit)ng chest pains and a desire to get feealthy The reaction to the news was almost universal — from Ute fans coaching staff players past and present and friends ranging from billionaire Jon I luntsman to former Utah Jazz coach Frank Leyden: Take care ((yourself Coach That thing you always hear about seeking balance? Embrace it : : ray 1ft ' : 114 "frt 370-poun- I' IC II j ') After a seven-bypas- s surgery in his first season with the Utes and more heart surgery in 2001 close friends of MAterus say he took the angina that seized him at dinner Tuesday night as a true wake-ucall "Rick has always been a walking time bomb" I luntsman told Salt Lake Tribune reporter Linda Fantin "Tuesday) night was the first time I've heard Rick say 'I need to put myself r sza p HOLLY MULLEN " first' Events of the past year tied to his abrasive coaching style added to the stress for sure There was the NCAA probe into allegations of recruitment violations And charges leveled 18 months ago by former Ute center Lance Allred that MaJerus berated him repeatedly for his hearing impairment resurfaced two weeks ago in a round of accounts originating with The Tribune news-medi- "SI a Now of course everything rests with Majerus And everyone who has enjoyed his run for 15 seasons is sending him all good thoughts Even those who criticized his methods of player motivation And definitely those who know the heart to be one tough mother of a muscle "I can think back to a few stories of patients who truly permanently turned their lives around" says Jeffrey Anderson associate chief of cardiolou at LDS Hospital and a volunteer with the American Heart Association in Utah "There's no question people can change and it's very gratifying There are a few like that" Anderson couldn't put his finger on hard statistics But at age 58 with more than 20 years in cardiology he has seen the way hundreds of patients handle their heart disease Everyone is different but everyone is the same "They go through a typical cycle of denial which can last for years Rick Majerus is an example of that" Anderson says "Once they realize what's really going on as in am I going to die there is fear and usually depression" The person who wakes up to vulnerability has the best shot at change Anderson says That happens all too seldom "It's an accommodation of Z - R ---- - - asnmelb ) eaftonfaftn!4mAgMitONMMftafflqW401irAm60AMIONAoAoAntoftts k heart disease a realization When you know it's about 50 percent genetics and percent everything else you try to work at reducing risk factors and tak- ing advice from a physician a spouse and family members" And then there is counsel from a heart attack and triple bypass survivor I know well His heart rebelled at age 11211e had a wife and two children ages 7 and 4 Not until the "big one" did he actually open his eyes "You can talk all day about a 'wake-ucall" he says recalling how he ignored those cholesterol readings that floated up around the ceiling "It takes more than chest pain "People hear the phone see 'grim reaper' on the caller ID and figure it's the wrong number It's like 'Tell him I'll get right back to him after this 50 y lasagna'" hmulten(asitribcom three-chees- e |
