Show 87 No 256 Thursday October 24 1996 Voi Inside By Phil Jensen ycar plan” for highway construction in Utah liuvitt said lie said decisions as to specific highways should not be his The $36 billion would be a combination of state and federal money including an increase expected in the state gasoline tax On other issues Leavitt appeared to hack away from supporting a Utah law- Gov Mike Leavitt said today he is not willing and never will he willing to commit state funding for the Logan bypass highway Leavitt made the remarks during taping of his monthly KULD news conference at which he said those decisions should he left to the Utah Department of Transportation “What I support is a $36 billion 10- ed Mountain Crest gilts finish stare Q & A President Clinton in a move that sat prised Utah officials declared the acre monument last nronih effectively slopping coal mining on school trust lands that would have helped fund Utah public schools Leavitt said the federal government has agreed to meet with slide and local officials to work out a land swap that lie hopes would still provide money for the school trust fund “We can make this a positive outcome” U’avilt said although admitting suit against the federal government stemming from the creation last month of the Grand Staircasc-Llscalan- Nation- tc land swaps with the federal government have failed in the past Leavitt said he supports the Snowbasin land swap approved by Congress this fall as one that conformed with (he public process lie denied there were insufficient public hearings before the land swap was approved even though lie rccognieil that the swap was buried in a congressional appropriations bill The land swap will allow Snowbasin al Monument in Southern Utah Sec LEAVITT on Page 16 second Page 12 Rural land protection measures discussed By Michael R Weibel with local legislative candi- staff writer Page 2 dates Lvan Olsen said he is willing to sponsor a hill in (he Utah legislature that would allow counties to give voters a choice to create a new sales lax lor the preservation of agricultural land Ilie Republican representative from Young Ward told the Cache County Council on Tuesday that a lK-eecounty wide sales tax Undnfe Education '5 j - S Students taught nl eco-activis- m would generate opponents say WASH INC! ON (AP) — Arizona schoolchildren inundate their local newspaper with letters opposing new home construction in the desert Texas students sell to help preserve the rain forests linvironmcnlal education or activism? Conservative organizations and think tanks are saving it's the latter They’re demanding that educators return to basing lessons on science not emotional environmental campaigns urging political action "I don't mind saving the rain forests or endangered species” said political scientist Michael Sanera a leading critic of environmental education “I want the kids to have their facts straight” lie cites textbooks that he says dis-to- it population growth and global d accounts of warming or give managing waste accumulation or protecting threatened species of plants and animals I nviionmenlal educators admit to isolated cases of teachers using poor materials or urging students to promote pet causes Hut they insist that most materials used in schools arc balanced g “There are programs all over the country” said Rick Wilke associate dean and professor of environmental education at the University o! W isconsin-Sleven- s Point “Recent attacks on environmental education are oveistated and politically motivated” ( ritics are demanding balance I rom W ilke's vrspeclive however some conservative groups that failed to weaken environmental regulation in t ongiess and elsewhere are involved in a long term campaign to quell environmental leaching Wilke is past president of the North American Association for lnvironmen-ta- l ion which will release new environmental teaching standards one-side- award-winnin- Cache tonight The choirs o Cedar Hirtqe Middle School Pvk fre presenting then tall concert at 7 30 tonight m thp large qym - T'ip A'pii Blossom Craft Boutique is hvd'nq its a'l'inai ‘ill ( rjtt show tiom noon to 9 toni-'at tfn- - Sunns Ai ailniny & Racquet Ciuti rotas! North Logan Other events Page 4 Weather Afternoon rain showers should turn to snow later tonight Are you ready? Page 16 GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole waves to supporters during his introduction at a rally in Macon Ga Wednesday areas for protection from development County Executive I A mi I a'iiioii said he likes the idea of giving people a chance to vote on the tax ®erot: I’m stayin County Councilman stay" With Dole's blessing campaign man- ager Scott Reed traveled to Dallas on Wednesday to make the entreaty according to several Republican sources in p camWashington two senior paign officials among them The sources spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Dole-Kem- Dole repeatedly declined to answer questions on the mutter at one point telling reporters traveling with him in florida “You know I have a hearing problem" Within the Dole campaign there were deep divisions on the wisdom of the strategy Some advisers suggested Dole had little choice but to seek a dramatic turn of events while others said it was a fool's errand that would only encourage Perot to ridicule the Republican candidate Word of the entreaty stunned GOP officials and operatives GOP Chairman Haley Barbour said he was not aware of the effort but urged Perot supporters to think again “There’s one thing that’s clear: A vote for Perot is a vote for Clinton” Barbour said today restrictive Perot spokeswoman Sharon Holman refused to confirm the meeting took place But she said emphatically: “Mr Perot has no intention of quitting the race no intention whatsoever” Perot ern Calilornia's firestorms threatened to return today raisand devasing fears of flare-up- s tating new hlucs A cold dry weather front was sweeping into the region bringing gusts of up to 40 mph followed on Saturday and Sunday hv a return of Santa Ana winds that could send 60 mph gusts through canyons and passes said himself was to address the matter today at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington The appeal to Perot was evidence of the frustration within the Dole camp us the campaign entered the final 12 days with Clinton comfortably ahead in national polls and enjoying a similarly eleclopsided advantage in toral vote counts A new NBC-Wa- ll Dedrie Walker a National Weather Service meteorologist Santa Anas earlier in the week created blowtorch conditions that fanned fires in dry brush Walker said the new weather will bring “an equal chance" of new fires Wildfires destroyed more than 100 homes and burned 37000 acres of land since Monday On transferred in Cache County last lax would generyear A I ate $16 million Olsen's opponent in November's election Democrat Monti Jones from Prov idence said she has mixed feelings about a new sales tax and she's very concerned about the possibility of a real estate transfer lax “Gosh that hits young families” she said in telephone interview this morning "Kids ate just being priced out of the maiket" Anhder said such a lav would only be about $51 HI on a SHHiiNNI home but Jones said that extra $5tlU could make the ditlcicncc to a young family having a home nt statc-by-sta- lc See ELECTION on Page 16 ut a especially state of emergency in Los Angeles Orange and San Diego counties and said federal aid will begin to flow including ovenime pay for firefighters “Working together we will extinguish the flames and rebuild our communities” he said in a statement from Washington DC In San Diego County an S600-acr- e fire in Carlsbad that destroyed 9N homes and other buildings was 6K percent next nronih thal will allow landowners to pul then land in " “agricultuie protect ion areas law Hie Legislature passed a in 1‘r‘U allowing such ate as to he established Bui courtly olhcids said the law may noi provide con- Other wildfires include a fire sparked by arcing power lines in the C'alahasas-Malib- u area when inexpensive homes are so hard to lind "I agree the farms need saving and I agree that I timers need compensating lor those development tights" she siid But she's not suic how to do ihat In (he meantime ( ache County is posed to approve an ordinance tained by late Wednesday 14950-acr- laws that estate was sold or olheiwise Wednesday crews took advantage of a brief lull in the winds to air and ground wage an all-owar President Clinton declared land-us- e would only afleel a lew' people While Olsen touted the possibility of a new sales lax Councilman Larry Anlider said another alternative would he a real estate transfer tax He said $66 million in real Fierce winds threaten to stir up fires MALIBU Calif (AP) — Volatile winds that fanned South- Craig Petersen said he favored an agricultural land protection tax which spreads the burden across the hoard rather than reiving on Candidate cool toward Dole request to endorse him e A firefighter looks for hot spots on a hilltop while his crew ptetes a fire line in Malibu Calif Wednesday Set OLSEN on Page 16 Plan to tear down airport buildings hits turbulence By Michael R Weibel staff writer The tower and terminal building at c Airport arc slated to be torn dow n and replaced by a large modern business that will serv ice jets But some people aren't pleased by the deal The Airport Authority Board in a 2 vote approved selling the two buildings last week to Brent Roberts president of Utah Jet Center and Hvrum business 5-- POOR COPY man Junior Miller The S5S3HH sale price included a lease on the land where Roberts and Miller plan to build an office and repair facility They agreed to he responsible for the development of a road and the extension of water and sewer service to ihe building But trie Hill manager of Great Wcsi-ct- n Aviation said ii doesn t make sense lo sell the terminal when it's in sound sh -- v ami gcncra'mg to enue 10-ve- ar Logan-Cach- Index servation easements or otherwise acquire protection for local agricultural lands Olsen who is up for this year admitted that "we can't preserve every acre in Cache County" The county he added should target specific “growili-scnsilivc- " AP photo WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to shake up the presidential campaign in its closing days Boh Dole tried to persuade Ross Perot to quit the race and endorse the GOP ticket But a Perot aide says the Reform Party candidate “is in the raee to more than a year to pm chase con- $7(K)IKKI m Hyde 50 Cents Leavitt won’t back specific road projects staff writer in 01996 Logan Utah Bridgerland’s Daily Newspaper Airport Manager Mike Nilson said neither building has brought much revenue to the airport However during the past few months the terminal has been fully rented The tenants which include Utah State University pay a total id $1030 a month in rent lo the authority lie said the terminal and tower were appraised together at ST‘1123 Nilson said he sided with the sale because “it would bring a viable business i v the aiqvort that's dnrsvrt reived noud that KoKrs and Miller plan to invest $5iKiinhi m that corner of the airport " That was very attractive to me personally " lu '"roMuri out at the1 airport is development brmgirg in somebody who em go in and hilp us with the Iti said "Ihey'vv consented to extend 'he water and sewer tv ihitr lteiiiiv iu! put a xSiMum improvement He 1 ' i pg |