Show Pages — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 28 1996 US West told by Public Service Commission to cut waiting list regulators have their way no more than 148 Utahns will be left waiting for basic phone service by the end of this year Goals set this week by the Public Service Commission require that no more than 20 of those 148 US West customers man Stephen Mecham “Frankly I'm isn’t still quite optimistic Not that there a problem but I think the solution to the problem is nearly there” Consumer groups are disappointed that US West has not been Fined for its failure be without service for more than 60 days That would be a major improvement over the roughly 550 Utahns who were phoneless at the end of March and U to meet past commission targets And while the company has met recent goals it says new ones will be hard to achieve “To meet those targets is going to be extremely challenging” said US West spokesman Duane Cooke “Obviously the demand for telephone service goes the fall months up in the summer and which we believe is out of our control” US West has argued that while it can reduce its backlog much of the year it three times that number left waiting last year “It takes us back to a 1991 level which is the point at which it was not considered a problem” said PSC Chair- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — If state expects a new spike of requests as new homes are completed in the warm-weath- er months It has Mamed its recent troubles on a lack of supplies lack of engineers and faster-than-expect- ed growth "It's very very difficult to anticipate exactly when and where service is going to be required” Cooke said “It’s our goal to keep to a minimum the number of customers that experience delays” US West had recommended a goal of 350 delays by the end of December It also suggested less stringent goals for the rest of the yearUS West narrowly have soared into escaped fines that could the millions after failing to meet commission targets late last year The fines were averted when it agreed to provide cellular service at the same cost as a local connection if they were left waiting for a phone for more than a week of U drug stats high says official SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — If the latest campus crime reports can be believed drug offenses at the University of Utah outpace some of the largest campuses in America In fact among the 831 schools included in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual crime data survey the U ranks 10th in the nation for reported drug arrests in 1994 The number of drug offenses reported by the U jumped from 46 in 1993 to 102 in 1994 the last year for which statistics are available Meantime almost half the schools surveyed reported no drug arrests at all — including such large institutions as the University of Southern California and the University of Miami — and other local schools like Weber State University and Salt Lake Community College The statistics have upset Un- iversity of Utah Police Chief Wayne Shepherd who says they are “terribly misleading “It makes it look as if crime is running rampant up here when in fact what’s really happening is we’re doing a better job of enforcement than most schools” Shepherd said ASSORTED COLORS “It's upsetting because if we were doing nothing if we had no drug unit addressing the problem we’d look pretty good" the chief said Also the raw data can be misconstrued Shepherd added For example there are three hospitals on the U campus and some drug overdose patients end up in U police statistics White lhe U has had an force for 31 years many colleges and universities still rely on part-tim- e security personnel or exclusively on outside police departments ALL BITS & SPURS I 1 I OVER 75 SADDLES DRASTICALLY REDUCED NEW & USED BBMKffiGSnm SHOW HAIM W SILVER SHOW SET PKG BREASTC0LLAR REINS HEADSTALL “Our cases show up because we work them" Shepherd said W At other schools cases might be reported to local police and never make it into the campus records According to Shepherd the sudden surge in the number of drug cases between 1993 and 1994 had more to dO with the disposition of cases rather than an actual increase in crime :j w ALL HORSE BLANKETS $ SHEETS COTTON LEADS Man spends $10000 at mall in minutes BLOOMINGTON Minn (AP) — How long does it Uke to spend $10000 at the nation’s largest mall? It took Greg Lengsfcld about minutes The St Paul Minn postal worker led a group of photographers and reporters on a mad dash through the Mall of America buying up tools jewelry a coma puter mountain bikes and snowblower Friday He had won a mall contest and only had to lint at the goods to call them 34--$4- 17 “This was the most exciting day of my life — after my wedding” said Lengsfeld 36 “It was stressful and exciting” Cheered on by shoppers and a band playing sign-toti- OFF " 58"-$-449 Y3 12’--$3" 10 FEET 1 tf'Ag rt LONG if iv ng FLEECE WNYLON GIRTHS "Dixie” Lengsfeld sprinted through Service Merchandise Scars and Oshman’s Supersports to collect everything from diamonds to a drill press "The whole entourage wrts sweating by the time he fin- 0 HUNTING CUTTING PLEASURE SHOW BARREL RACING TEAM PENNING YOUTH ROPING R0NIE PEAKS ished” said Teresa McFarland a Lenesfeld's name was drawn trivia-quApril 20 from a pool of w inners Ik was given a time limit for his shopping spice in the 42 shopping center so he made a list and calculated the cost and sales tax of each purchase in advance McFarland Coj&b iz te million-square-fo- I ot said But like a lot of shoppers Lengsfeld spent a little too much The total bill came to SHX20847 and the extra S20S47 comes out of his © a pocket McFarland said TJtuGCeu nOKSEPJflM k 1585 V s — Main 753-457- T Logan 3 OPEN: Mon thru Sat 9 to 6 12 HLrarer— -- N AJWn JWU REGISTER to wm& SADDLERY mall spokeswoman BUY A SADDLE & VWs - S&DBLE EMIRIER BAG JJWV&p Mf " iwvTTiii riiiMMui |