Show 'mhrnm Page 2— TTie Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday April 11996 Giving up the gang Survey: Micron Young won’t aid Utah father struggles to break free SALT 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- does scare people that aren't it” said Julie Nash a spokeswoman for the Boise-base- d memory chip maker “If you don’t understand how quick- ly conditions can change would be a little scary” break-dancin- it ng Micron in February halted construction of a massive plant at Lehi which had been chip-maki- ng 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 time demand and pices for chips chip-maki- ng were falling Micron said it would postpone completion of the $25 billion Lehi plant until the memory chip market improves and still expects the plant to be finished in three to five years Micron initially had planned to complete the first phase of the mammoth manufacturing plant and begin chip production mis summer But 52 percent of Utah residents 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 & Associates for the and Deseret News and KSL-Tthe results were repented by the Deseret News on Sunday The poll of 607 residents had a 4 percent margin of error About 35 percent of those polled do expect Micron to be a factor in Utah’s economy within V y's 17 holds his baby boy hi this undated file photo Hongphakdy a founder of the Salt Lake City gang the Oriental Posse wants to get a new Job and start a new life but the pul of the Oriental Posse is strong Ai Hongphakdy Region report Ogden asked to put up more for stadium OGDEN Utah (AP) — Ogden’s City Council already has voted not to spend more money for a baseball stadi- um But that won’t stop stadium proponents from seeking another $525 000 to put funding over the top When the council doubled the taxpayers’ contribution to $15 million last year it passed a resolution saying that the decade was the limit On Tuesday night however the council will be asked to iqqq plaosto keep a crew of e its stadium development that will a approve ppppljf three-jhas- ifl-no- construction firm working on various projects at the Lehi site Nash said ' “We’re still just watching the market at this point” Nash said “It’s just going to come to the point where we feel it’s time and the market needs that capacity That is a facility that we will eventually need” require more than $2 million fronTthe city The downtown stadium is proposed for the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League According to the financing overview of the stadium plans the Legislature will kick in the $1 million it approved in 1994 $477500 will come from first-yecontributions donations and $272 000 from ar in-ki- nd Some $725000 from an unnamed donor has been state-of-the-- art pledged for construction costs Proponents also have cut down on the size of the $6 million 5000-sc- at project trimming $15 million from the costs because they have not yet sold the rights to the stadium’s name 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 execu- m Mny MuAtey trough Frtdqr mi Sulky to Cbche VUki NMmSm Obumv 300 North FO Be 4S7 Log Utah 83230487 ktoholWtphoK Stead date Pomp PM 1400275-042- Lap 3 Utoh SO OotYa Oa -- M45 J12J 111340 41500 Deborah Jean Swanson 31 s n teacher at aM toriaito 8-0-0 Cl month later Stone who also used the name Ries was last seen visiting a pm Merrill Cook leads GOP “ Bull: ioa k itao k Mit’twtft cf (hv tnmu It Conrike Tbtorara tumSim remw 755-- Carte VHeyMMUmChapa g Pool&Spa Products ftor an pmr puW a pyu injury Cicko ChiMical ft SUITS SUITS SUITS itatoHyady Vinter ww FlihloH Amtetir MoMt Dtocount hint ntydo) 8 soil JaalUriil Siffly “Crtrbntmg our 40th dwrfiomti 1 HATER" SHOP 752-- 1 tVS No Foolin’ ‘ 0 Time Saving Appointments 55 North Main Emporium iLazeit Alignment V: Nt Who would know better how to align your car than our (xluiocdiv Collision Repair 752-531- H Kjuuiuuuuuiuiiiuiuuuiuiulj 3' m Local News Local Sports Local Events I Weadier to Editors Connections to t 1 - i vv- y ' -- 5 Vn Find us on die World Wide Web or Call 7871405 to get connected Easy To Use with your Touch Tone Phone ’z ' ' E-M- da World - m ?v £l - ?1 Cfc collision experts? 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residents had a 7 percent margin of error Cook who rejoined the Republican party this winter after six yean as an Independent was favored by 22 percent of those surveyed where she was treated for s knee 1986 SlROOO 6k Mondoy Friday 7:80 on the afternoon of March 29 Sorenson Elementary School was last seen heading up Tubbs Hill appUcaHc Idaho aaiaaka Mtof My Poll special-educatio- Mai SutaaWtoneMutoBe Paid hManea rocelnoi dtllvwy of nth Herald Jemal by S JO p iL M-- or S am Suday Idaho 1400- rator aalto Herald Jumal at 752-21or mil free boa Utah 10 am Seeder Far vow cantort aamc aod rhoK Mo7pmaaachdayiaod 732-213 brfwet 730 am aid 7 or ad fo Utah h Idaho phwo yhac am io 1200 aooo Sioiday tom OQ tea to IttOO Maodty Saoajh Friday Stotadiy Bo i tet pm they’re solved” Ok Yw Cantor (Idaho) Ok Moot Mail Ok Yea Mail iioson Cantor (Utah) Mai Ctoitot (Mato) “I’ll take them down the day Stogie Copy Soodijr 3440 OliMaeft Orator (Urth) -- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police missing for 10 years “I’ve got both their posters in my office to remind me they're still unsolved esses” he said Brace K Smith Publisher Charies McOcUum Managing Editor Wme AahcnA Advcitismt Director Cyndi Fttitoa Office Mai SieveaP Woodk Ciralatioa Sieves He Sytoemi Manager Ekktdge Webb Pre Foremao SwfcOwDaiy ot COEUR D’ALENE Idaho (AP) — Coeur d’Alene Police Capt Carl Bcrgh has not forgotten the names of two Kootenai County women who have been 241-62- 0 IVlirtrJ rtry mvtog 732-21- 22-un- Police can’t forget missing women Journal lnHIOTi nd believe drugs were the motivation in the slaying of a man at his apartment over the weekend ISLAND PARK Idaho (AP) — Two Orem Utah resi USPS Sgt Jim Faraone said cocaine and packaging materials were found in the apartment where the man died of a single gunshot wound to the chest Saturday night The shooting occurred at Woodhaven Apartments on Redwood Road Lt Carroll Mays said no arrests had been made by Sunday night Witnesses at the apartment complex told police they saw three black male suspects fleeing eastbound through the neighborhood after the shooting Mays said The victim’s roommate witnessed the murder but did not intervene “He saw and spoke with the suspects but stayed out of it apparently” said Mays dents have bought historic Macks Inn at Island Park and plan to open the resort year-rouChad Bauer who has a family cabin on Big Springs Road and Rick Evans who attended a family reunion at the resort last summer finalized the deal recently The sale includes 15 acres of land a it motel 16 condominiums 35 cabins a laundromat 69-slmotorhome park and a convention center that seats 100 The men would not say what they sold for the property but it was listed for $25 million Macks Inn off US Highway 20 on the banks of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River has been a favorite gathering place for families for generations “Doc" Mack started the resort in 1909 and built at the present site in 1916 when cars were allowed into nearby Yellowstone National Park for the first time Mack loved the area so much he abandoned a career as an optometrist to run the operation Since 1976 Macks Inn has been run by Ralph Bastain and his family In 1989 the lodge burned to the ground leaving only the fireplace standing The family put the resort on the market when Bastain died last fall No arrests yet In apartment slaying Macks Inn sold to Utah residents tive Steve Appleton 75 Iteto Utah TUiftow The Salt Lake Tribune pt tion to Utah’s economy “I think our industry probably familiar with it’s time for me to move on’ ” Ait Enda Hongphakdy ’s parents Bountbay and their will up grow boy help SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ai Hongphakdy hope the baby 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 well-fe- d and knife with a rival jobs The family’s four children are gang the but Hongphakdys are frusNow at 17 Hongphakdy ’s probation officer has properly clothed 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 It would seem the time is right Six weeks ago They were saddened when Hongphakdy was arrested March 16 — a month after his son was his girlfriend Phuong Tang gave birth to a baby shotgun in the fambom — for hiding a sawed-o- ff boy And after introducing little As in to his parmust remove visitors well-kewhere home ents Hongphakdy got their permission to move ily's shoes their his young family into his bedroom upon entering “My tears are going to be blood coming out I He wants to get a job and start a new life But cry so much” says the boy’s mother the pull of the Oriental 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 after in formed his 1989 seven years boys family almost certainly land him in prison He currently came to Utah from a refugee camp in Thailand in the home of a proctor where he can be lives — g bustcrew They started out as a closely supervised One afternoon Hongphakdy ing moves to the rhythmic beat of rap music electronic-monitorienjoys a rare visit home an Other youngsters — whites blacks and Latinos ankle his to shackled bracelet — 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 their famididn'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 like Hongphakdy belonging to Yet for teen-age- rs are committing range from theft to murder And the gang brings power money and respect the increase in incidents is staggering — from 388 walk some father a in 1991 to 800 in 1995 helps Becoming away says Susan Mitow a psychologist for Utah’s youth corIn terms of size Latino gangs are Salt Lake VW-lerections largest with 1400 members whites are second “It’s an accepted way of changing one’s life with 800 Pacific Islanders are third with 338 without repercussions” she says “Kids have told blacks fourth with 295 Asians are fifth with 245 me ‘I have my woman I’m gonna have my baby and a small contingent of American Indians is sixth By w 1- - ist: riWhijl 1 Hold kry Itowlty In IM SI Main a Lngpin nerriH 'i'-v- - i rszf 7 ' vv a |