Show Page 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday April 1 5 1 997 V:-- ' h:'f The Wool Utah schools facing tougher standards SALT LAKE (TTY (AP) — Large classes and a shortage of librarians counselors and library books are bound to get some Utah schools in hot water said State Superintendent Scott Bean Bean predicts more Utah schools will be placed on a “warned" status once the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges imposes more stringent accreditation standards “Maybe it would stop this business of such low funding for public education" Bean told a committee of the Utah State Board of Education The association has placed 10 Utah high schools schools on a “warned" and three special-purpostatus for the 1996-9- 7 school year se A The association looks at a variety of standards including a school's course offerings teacher preparation and library oflcrings Woods Cross High School for instance was warned for having 17 teachers with excessive class loads Its library lacked needed equipment and the number of books was not sufficient The school also did not have enough library-medi- a personnel Other high schools that received warnings were Highland Fremont North Sevier Kanab Park City Richfield Rowland Hall-Mark’s Wayne and schools were Wendovcr The three special-purpothe Browning Academy Woodland Hills and the St se Family Preservation Institute All Utah high schools are required to submit an annual accreditation report so the association can determine if they are meeting minimum educational standards Schools can have three warnings before they lose accreditation If a student attends a school accredited by the Northwest Association his or her class credits will be accepted by another accredited school Accreditation may also affect students’ eligibility for some scholarships including Pell Grants Under Utah law all high schools must be accred In brief SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Perfect Match Utah Inc the video service in Salt Lake Monday admitdating “premier” ted to 22 charges that it misled consumers In exchange the Division of Consumer Protection dismissed 17 other counts lodged against the company by dissatisfied customers In a statement issued by its attorney Perfect Match said it would continue to work with the division to “prevent further misunderstandings” As for the counts to which it admitted the company said the “problems were more technical in nature than substantive" Division director Francine Giani doesn’t see it that way and said her investigators and attorneys will continue to closely monitor the com-pan- y ed SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman with ties to the Montana Freemen has been charged with Social Security V fraud Gloria Wild 36 is accused of defrauding the Social Security administration in 1994 According to a complaint filed Monday in US District Court Ward — “I don’t see them as technical at all” Giani said “They were misrepresentations and the company has admitted to them” Giani said the division will issue a cease and desist order for the questionable practices and then Perfect Match will be given a chance to respond to the consumer protection administrative law judge In the end Giani will be the final hearing officer “At this point they will be allowed to continue operating” die said the name Tammy Mangum — allegedly claimed that a daughter Courtnie was the daughter of Paul Christensen who had died in 1991 Under that information the Social Security administration paid Ward $32345 in survivor under INS arrests illegal immigrants along border ST GEORGE (AP) — Federal immigration agents have begun a weeklong campaign of arresting illegal immigrants as they cross into benefits The complaint said the daughter’s biological father is really Robert Gunn who had a blood test in 1986 and paid child support until 1995 when he was awarded temporary custody of Courtnie The girl is one of two daugh- Utah from Arizona The Immigration and Naturalization Service hopes to snare 1000 immigrants by the end of the week stopping them on Interstate 15 near St George and US 89 near Kanab Forty-thre- e immigrants were arrested early Monday and were taken to an armory at St George By 7:20 am 19 had agreed to be deported Among them were five immigrants found on a Greyhound bus at St George and 14 in a van near Kanab Those in the van had paid $200 each to be taken to the United States officers said “Catching them should be a lot like catching trout out of a bathtub” said Meryl Rogers in charge of the Salt Lake office of the INS in convictions ters she had with her in the Freemen compound A court ordered the girl and her sister into Gunn’s custody last sumAP photo Gloria Ward a Utah woman who kept her daughters at the Freeman’s compound during their Montana standoff with federal authorities is escorted by a federal agent into court in handcuffs Monday in Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service audits in Utah a ranking about in line with the national average However the chances of going to prison for tax crimes in Utah are study by among the lowest in the nation according to a Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse based at Syracuse University in New York Audits in Utah have been mounting slowly since 1992 when 048 EAGLE MOUNTAIN Utah County (AP) percent were audited That number was steady at 058 percent in 1993 and 1994 and reached 072 in 1995 the last year for which figures are — Utah County’s newest town Eagle Mounavailable tain is fast taking shape in the dust and sage“Most of the returns corrected in Utah are because of flat errors” brush of Cedar Valley The Eagle Mountain development was said Michael Tuescher chairman of the federal taxation committee of the Utah Association of CPAs “As a general rule people try to go by approved by the Utah County Commission in the law and when they don't it’s because they don’t understand the December and is well on its way law or because they made a bad guess or read the law wrong” “Everything's really moving full blast” said Boh Lynds manager of Eagle Mountain IRS officials say they do not target audits with regard to where taxLC “We really haven't run into any major payers live obstacles as far as I know" infor“It is a purely random selection based on a score taken from Florida businessmen Scott Gettings mation on the return” said Gretchen Mitterer a Denver-base- d spokesAndrew Zorbis and John Walden are putting woman for the IRS up $1 1 million dollars to get the town off the ground Lynds said crews recently poured the founrThe dation for a one billion gallon water tank that will provide Eagle Mountain's culinary water rwiu pnaiirnmv“p The tank is east of Lake Mountain Road in USPS 241-82- 0 the center of Cedar Valley where the down 072 percent of the federal tax returns filed fftt? ldJoumal hiMaheJ every evening Mnndey through Friday and Sunday aiming My SO 3 752-892- SI IS Single Copy Sunday SI 1340 One Year Carrier (hMm) On Month Carrier (Utah) stun One Month Mail SI3ni 4insno Oat Veer 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Monday in shackles and a green prison-issue- d jumpsuit repeatedly objected to the court a K H proceedings — employing similar arguments used by residents of the Freemen compound in hi previous court hearings Like the Freemen in other court hearings Ward questioned US Magistrate Ronald Boyce’s authority and jurisdiction under which she was charged Asked whether she wanted a attorney Ward said she wanted to be released on her own recognizance if she was being tried in a constitutional court She questioned if Boyce was a judge or a magistrate asked if he was bonded court-appoint- t ed a R 111 and the origin of his oath of office Each time Boyce asked again if she wanted a attorney At court-appoint- ed “I would like to have on record that my constitutional rights are being violated” Ward I I w replied at one point Finally Ward declined an attorney saying she would “stand on my own” She said II she could not represent herself because she was not a member of the bar Boyce cautioned Ward 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town will be located Cedar Valley is west of broke the law by failing to require a feasibili- e Utah Lake ty study and by not holding public hearings Within a month the city will let out conTriplett finch it ironic that an area that for 135 years has been home only to cattle farms11 tracts to install infrastructure for city services and a handful of residents is now envisioned' About 150 houses will be ready for occupanas an urban center that could one day rival’ cy by October Lynds said ' Provo and Orem in size Mountain detractors those has Eagle among who were in Cedar Valley first “It’s only obvious that if any of the rural Rod Triplett whose home and farm residents in Cedar Valley wanted to live in a- -' are the southernmost development along Lake city they would already be there” he said Mountain Road filed a lawsuit in January The defendants named in Triplett’s suit? the formed was town claiming including Hooge and county commissioners illegally “If it’s not ever proven to be illegal it’s at filed a motion to dismiss the case A 4th Dis-1- 1 least unethical and underhanded” Triplett trict judge is scheduled to rule soon on the- ’ said motion He contends the town’s mayor Debbie also contends the is town Triplett unwieldy because of its enormous size Eagle Mountain-encompassHooge did not reside within Eagle Moun42 square miles including 7000 tain's borders at the time she signed and submitted an incorporation petition to Utah acres of property controlled by the federaK-Bureaof Land Management or the state County He also says county commissioners VICTIMS OF CRIME HAVE RIGHTS TOO! CAU VICTIM SERVICES 7 Brace K Smith Charles McCollum Managing Btyne Ashcroft Advertising Cyndi Fultoa Office Steven P Woods Circulation Manager-swoodst- fr hjnewacnm Paul Davis Product inti Manager-pdavini- ri hjnewscom Ken Martin Press Foreman Single Copy mer I Utah county’s newest town taking shape tax-retur- ns hy Cache Wiley PuNwhing Company 73 WM 300 North PO Boa 4N7 Logra Utah 4323-04Utah Telephone 732-2- 1 21 Idahn Telephone I --Win Periodical Pontage Paid fe Logan Utah ' Freeman holdout charged with fraud Dating service admits to misleading some — Utah average for audits low ited by the Northwest Association Middle schools j are accredited by the state and accreditation is nor required of elementary schools although schools may seek it if they desire Although no public school has been stripped of its accreditation board member Neola Brown won--i dered aloud what difference it makes whether a4 school is accredited “What can you do really? You can’t dose them down You can't withdraw funding” she said Bean said the new standards should give the edu- -i cation leaders and lawmakers an accurate picture of how Utah schools compare to their counterparts in' the Northwest HOf LOAM CUCTOHCOMTIUCTION m sw? 50 :?&' W rMI AND AfARmmr LOANS |