Show 1 iwrwuiuiiii Logan Utah Monday April Page2— The Herald Journal 1 1996 Giving up the gang Survey: Micron won’t aid Utah Young father struggles to break free " it’s time for me to move on’ and Ait Enda 's Bounthay Hongphakdy parents their will up grow boy the help — baby Ai Hongphakdy SALT LAKE CITY (AP) hope Both work on an assembly line making denture was 11 when he stole a bike At 13 he ripped off a cream in South Jordan and also have part-tim- e car Shortly after his 15th birthday he attacked a and are well-fe- d jobs The family's four children gang rival with a knife are frusthe but Hongphalufys clothed Now at 17 Hongphakdy 's probation officer has properly trated that they have not had more time to spend given him an ultimatum: Get out of the gang or go with their wayward son to prison was lit would seem the time is Six weeks They were saddened when Hongphakdy right ago was his son after — month a 16 March arrested his girlfriend Pbuong Tang gave birth to a baby sawed-of- f in the fama — shotgun for born hiding little Asin his after to parintroducing boy And home where visitors must remove ents Hongphakdy got their permission to move ily's well-keshoes their entering upon his young family into his bedroom I “My tears are going to be blood coming out He wants to get a job and start a new life But mother the much” so boy’s says cry the pull of the (Mental Posse is strong Hongphakdy ’s long juvenile rap sheet could Hongphakdy was 10 when the group of Laotian lead to his being certified as an adult which would beys formed in 1989 seven years after his family almost certainly land him in prison He currently came to Utah from a refugee camp in Thailand the home of a proctor where he can be in lives crew — bustThey started out as a break-danciOne afternoon Hongphakdy supervised closely ing moves to the rhythmic beat of rap music rare visit home an electronic-monitorin- g a enjoys — whites blacks and Latinos Other youngsters bracelet shackled to his ankle — called them “Chinks” and constantly picked He stares out the window while his mother fights To protect themselves the Laotians turned holding tiny Asin on her lap kisses the baby’s from dancers to gangsters forehead and coos to him “He’s going to be good The beatings stopped now” Ait Enda says glancing over at her son It was not long though before Hongphakdy and “I used to be heartless” Hongphakdy says “I his friends — who came to Utah with Itheir fami- didn't care for nobody not my mom nobody And lies to escape communist regimes in Southeast sometimes I feel like I'm gonna change Then Asia — began breaking into cars busting heads other times I feel like running and doing someand shooting stolen guns thing crazy” Three members of the Posse have been convictLt Scott Atkinson who heads the Salt Lake ed of murder and another is wanted in the NovemArea Gang Project sees the foolishness attributed clerk at a Midvale ber killing of a to the valley’s 3200 documented gang members Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant These people — who range in age from 10 to 53 Police say the 245 Asian gang members in Salt — live in neighborhoods rich and poor and repreLake County are becoming increasingly violent sent virtually all ethnic groups The crimes they Yet for teen-age- rs like Hongphakdy belonging to are committing range from theft to murder And the gang brings power money and respect the increase in incidents is staggering — from 388 in 1991 to 800 in 1995 Becoming a father helps some walk away says Susan Mirow a psychologist for Utah's youth corIn terms of size Latino gangs are Salt Lake Valrections ley's largest with 1400 members whites are second with 800 Pacific Islanders are third with 338 “It’s an accepted way of changing one’s life without repercussions” she says “Kids have told blacks fourth with 295 Asians are fifth with 245 and a small contingent of American Indians is sixth me ‘I have my woman I’m gonna have my baby By SAIT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Micron Technology Inc spokeswoman said it’s not surprising that Utah residents surveyed recently have a dubious view about Micron’s future contribu- pt tion to Utah’s economy ‘I think our industry probably does scare people that aren’t familiar with it’ said Julie Nash a spokeswoman for the memory chip maker Boise-base- don’t understand how d “If quick-- y it conditions can change would be a little scary” Micron in February halted construction of a massive plant at Lchi which had been chip-maki- expected to employ thousands and send ripples of prosperity through Utah’s economy The company stopped short because in late 1995 after construction began it became clear that capacity was growing worldwide at the same chip-maki- ng time demand and prices for chips were falling Micron said it would postpone completion of the $25 billion Lehi plant until the memory chip market and still improves expects the plant to be finished in three to five years Micron initially had planned to complete the fust phase of the mammoth man- AP photo 17 holds his baby boy in this undated Me photo Hongphakdy a founder of the Salt Lake City gang the Oriental Posse wants to get a new job and start a new Me but the pud of the Oriental Posse is strong Ai Hongphakdy ufacturing plant and begin chip production this summer But 52 percent of Utah resi dents responding to an early March poll said they doubt Micron will be a significant player in Utah’s economy this decade The poll was conducted by Dan Jones A Associates for the and Deseret News and KSL-Tthe results were reported by the Deseret News on Sunday The Region report OGDEN Utah (AP) — Ogden’s City Council already voted not to spend more money for a baseball stadihas poll of 607 residents had a 4 perum But that won’t stop stadium proponents from seeking cent margin of error About 35 percent of those another $525000 to put funding over the top When the council doubled the taxpayers' contribution polled do expect Micron to be a to $15 million last year it passed a resolution saying that factor in Utah’s c was the limit the decade On Tuesday night however the council will be asked to Micnm pUosto keep a crew of it iii- - approve a three-phastadium development that will SHJfiM ppppl9 liouse construction firm working require more than $2 million fronfthc city The downtown on various projects at the Lehi stadium is proposed for the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer site Nash said League “We’re still just watching the According to the financing overview of the stadium market at this point” Nash said plans the Legislature will kick in the $1 million it "It’s just going to come to the approved in 1994 $477500 will come from first-yecontributions point where we feel it’s time and donations and $272000 from 22-un- ot se ar in-ki- nd state-of-the-- that we will eventually need” Micron's reassurances satisfy Joe Jenkins state Community and Economic Development Department director Jenkins traveled to Boise last week to meet with Micron’s board and chief 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