Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday Septembers Page 3 1993 Special session agenda may be expanded SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers may be asked to tackle two more controversial issues during next month's special session of the Legislature Gov Mike Leavitt announced this past Wednesday he would call die Legislature back into session on Oct 4 to settle a multunillion-doU-ar lawsuit against die state by federal retirees He said he would also place die Salt Lake area’s growing gang problem on the special session agenda promising to propose his own package of legislation On Saturday die governor said he’s considering putting on the agenda a bill strengthening die claim of die state’s rural counties on die thousands of miles anti-ga- ng of dirt roads that run through federal lands areas of die state to receive wilderness designation Leavitt also said he’s hopeful a settlement to the from Congress The abortion lawsuit is pending before the 10th ongoing American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit over die state’s 1991 law banning most abortions can be Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver but both sides are attempting to reach an settlement on negotiated in time for die special session die question of how die law affects doctors who treat Earlier this year Leavitt was hardily criticized by high-ris- k pregnancies rural Utah leaden for refusing to call a special The governor acknowledged that die special session to pass die rural roads bill which is intended session agenda is ambitious to make it clear to Congress that Utah recognizes the Saturday Leavitt met with top aides to draft his existence of the roads g legislation which will deal with gun Supporters of the bill believe that such recognition control streamlining the adjudication process and will make it more difficult for otherwise untouched creating more space in juvenile detention facilities out-of-co- anti-gan- The focus on gangs tty the governor and other Utah leaden comes after two highly publicized gang shootings in die past two weeks that killed one teen at the Triad Center and wounded another at the Utah State Fair “I'm not concerned about the public’s expectations about this session” Leavitt said when asked if he would be able to meet die public demand for a solution to die gang problem “I am concerned about the public’s expectations of government generally” the governor said “This is a much deeper problem than government has the capacity to solve” Poll shows students don’t feel USU to host water quality conference threatened Leaders from around die state will gather at Utah State University this week to discuss water problems in Utah and what needs to be done to resolve diem Guests at die fourth annual Utah Nonpoint Source Water Quality Conference include die Utah Commissioner of Agriculture Cary Peterson as well as other state officials Gov Mike Leavitt and Rep Bill Orton originally scheduled to attend cancelled today The conference will be Thursday and Friday with activities on Tuesday and Wednesday conference The two-da- y will cover management of the Bear River chemical management and groundwater protection SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Despite an escalating gang count and rumors of gang threats against uninvolved students most Utah teens feel safe while at high school a new poll shows Police have identified 1749 members of youth gangs in Salt Lake County alone this year but only 9 percent of 633 students responding to a statewide Deseret News-KS- L poll said they had dose friends who are gang mem-bo- s 7-- groundwater monitoring landscape irrigation wetlands management salinity control and assessing municipal pollutant loadings to streams Gov Leavitt will give a luncheon address Friday Registration fee for die conference is $70 Call USU Registration Services for more information Dan MiterHeraM Journal Functional Providence sets fOrm deadline for variance requests The Providence City Board of Adjustment recently adopted the third Tuesday of each month as die meeting time for die board Variance requests should be submitted by the first Tuesday for consideration at that month’s meeting Requests received after that time will be scheduled for the following month ISU president may reconsider resignation POCATELLO Idaho (AP) — Dr Richard Bowen says he would reconsider his decision to step down as president of Idaho State University — under certain conditions "I haven't really changed my mind" Bowen said but he had received "extremely sincere urging to reconsider from a large number of people" And he said theL urging was surprisingly emo-tiona- On Tuesday Bowen announced he had asked (he State Board of Education to reassign him to leaching after this academic year None identified themselves in a survey as being a member of a gang according to pollster Dan Jones & Associates who questioned tiie students Sept 9 The poll’s results which have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent were published Sunday in a copyright story in the Deseret News While 54 percent of die students aid they feel “very safe” and 42 percent “somewhat safe” at school 4 percent said they felt unsafe at school and 45 percent aid they had personally seen students at school with either guns or knives West High Principal William b':ton expressed some concern a tout the weapons question pointing out that it could be interpreted mary ways “A number of students come to school with penknives I cany one a little Swiss Army knife that I use for opening boxes or scraping tape off walls The student who took tiie question literally who saw me scraping tape off a wall could say ’Yes I’ve seen a knife at school’ ” Boston said "The poll raises more questions than it answers in something like this” Boston said "I’m not doubting die statistics But why would 45 percent say they saw one (a weapon) and only 4 percent feel Bert Burnett with Spindlsr Construction prepares a h form as part of construction of a new banking facility at First Security Bank in downtown Logan The project is part of the bank's new tetter expansion on west Center Street drive-throug- drive-i- n Logan police named in lawsuit By Gina Howard staff writer A Logan man has filed a $2 million civil rights lawsuit against two former Logan police officers a current police sergeant and a Logan city prosecutor for alleged assault harassment and perjury David Craig Carisen 44 filed the suit in US District Court in Salt Lake City against former officers Tim Gil Duron and Brian Coy prosecutor Scott Wyatt and Logan City Police SgtLemEaiL In his suit Carisen alleges that Duron assaulted him with a car wash wand and that both Duron and Coy hamssed him on several occasions under Earl's supervision He also claims officers lied on die stand during court proceedings against him and that prosecutor Wyatt knowingly allowed it lie la seeking both compensatory and punitive damages Logan City Attorney Scott Barrett who u representing the four defendants calls the suit “frivolous" He denied Carisen has any valid claims but did not want to comment further on the pending case He also said he would prefer (hat none of the defendants comment on the case Carisen who is representing himself in the case was arrested by Duron in May 1991 for assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest after a struggle ensued at Carisen 's Gas for Less 590 N Main Logan The car wash is owned by Carlsen’s parents According to police reports Carisen hit Duron on the chin when Duron proceeded to use tiie gas station’s car wash after Carisen told him to leave lice could not wash vehicles at the car wash thought he was joking and pulled the unmarked vehicle into the wash bay According to Duron Carisen swore at him grabbed die car wash wand and then jabbed him with his finger Duron wrote that he put his arms further assault then around Carisen to A jury found Carisen guilty of die misde- let him and tdd prevent him was he under arrest go meanor offenses in September 1991 In the report Duron indicates he tried to But in his suit Carisen claims it was Duron arrest Carisen again in the office and Carisen who assaulted him by trying to strangle him tried to get away Duron reported that he with a car wash wand stumbled as he tried to remove him and that According to Carisen 's suit Duron wanted Carisen hit the ground to wash a muddy police vehicle but muddy Earl assisted as backup on the incident vehicles were not allowed at the car wash so Carisen claims Earl condoned Duron's acts Carisen told Duron to leave with “reckless disregard" for his constituHe claims Duron drove into a wash bay and tional rights then grabbed him around the throat lifted him It was under Earl's supervision Carisen off the ground and told him he was going to claims that Coy harrassed him in May 1991 use the car wash Carisen alleges that Duron the gas station's office without went to car wash wand and pressed it against Coy Sibbed a probable cause and demanded Carisen show him his driver's license because he believed it Carisen also claims Duron attacked him was suspended Carisen 's suit alleges Carisen again in the gas station's office where Carisen claimed he showed him a valid license had run to call for help by grabbing him Carisen also claims Duron harrassed him around die throat pulling his arm back and under Earl's supervision by tailgating turn slamming his bead on the floor He claims he swearing at him and threatening him on was never told he was under arrest separate occasions and that officer Russ According to the arrest report Duron wrote Roper who is not named as a dcfendent in the Carisen was taken into custody after he jabbed case followed him Duron on the chin with his finger and then ran A pretrial conference in the case has been set when Duron told him he was under arrest for Dec 22 The trial is scheduled for Jan 10 Duron wrote that although Carisen told him 1994 unsafe?" Students do feel safe at school — and say so Boston said Highland High Principal Charlea Shackett and East High Principal R Kay Petersen agree Shackett said die students tell him they feel safe and say trouble comes if invited "If you don’t wear the (gang) clothing and don’t flash die signs you’re not going to be bothered” Shackett said East’s Petersen also said the students he has talked to expressed feelings of safety at school though many parents are worried stiff He attributes that to fears arising from media reports “For the most part students reflect to me that if they stay out of gang issues and stay out of the group that causes trouble they’re not threatened” Petersen said “The troublemakers stay away from the Daines calls for better planning in city government to to onMM to that change is going to come whether we want it to or not and we can either sit on to our hands and Sty wn can’t do anything about it or we can £an ahead and work on making it work the best way" By Michael RWefeei Dairies 37 said the mayor should be staff writer “in charge" of die city and be someone of who represents die citizens and city naming ahead for problems insteadPaul candidate employees reacting to them is mayoral “The mayor is the leader" be said Daines Jr’s fust priority if elected "He's die one who sets die ship in motion Dairies whose uncle was mayor between 1982 and 1990 it an emergency be keeps it going he plans ahead" Daines described the mayor's role like loom physician at Logan Regional llospi-ta- L lie was raised in Montpelier Idaho dial of die people who erg attired wagon and moved to Logan in 1987 trains — “die guy who knew where they “We need to get to dial position where were going" we are planning ahead for problem — not lie also compared the wagon master — (be person who checked re the horses and reacting to diem" he said Change is frightening to perple he made sure there was enough water — to a eJJed “but yet w also have to recognize city manager aMi e a Mtos of Ector's note: TNs Is in Lagan's maywal atortM prcMng An OcL S primary stecton 0 nano Nonwrtor taSoL SteS of cancSctetes is teo lor m Municipal Vote ‘93 “I would continue to have a city manager” he said “I think you need a city manager to manage die day to day (operations) You have a city that has a $44 million budget That is a major o corporation and as such you need -t- get as much help as you can You need to manage it aiyirpriately with qualified good people I dunk not having a manager would be a mistake “I feel that (Chief of Staff) MJlc Noonchester has come into a difficult situation with a lot of different issues that needed to be dealt with and I believe he dealt with those in a timely fashion" he said But despite some good moves on die part of incumbent Russ Fjeldsted Daines said “we need to plan bettre and deal with die problems better" Those problems include die city's finances and debt If elected Daines said he plans to study each department's budget and personnel searching for unneocessary eprnrs that can be cut and ways f improving employee morale He said die city needs to he very conservative in the management of it budget planning ahead to be prepared if Log an is hit by an economic downturn In die tad several month Dames has been pishing for the formation of a task force to examine youth violence in Cache Valley and propose some possible solutions He also strongly advocates the end of fighting between neighboring communities “It doesn't do anybody any grand to be fighting” he said “That doesn't mean that I would bend over and say ’sure you can take the city treasury and well give you whatever you want’ I don't think that by any means “Bui I think sometimes w get (no caught up in only looting out f ourselves instead cf the common gwxL" Tar too often he said Log an seems to be looking to dominate its neighbors rather thus trying to resolve the e df-ferr- et |