Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday July 14 1999 — Page 9 P4 Official: Bigger classes will have political fallout SANDY (AP) — The Jordan School District's decision to increase class sizes to cover a budget shortfall will have political impact said C Grant Hurst a state School Board member w hose district includes Jordan The Jordan School Board voted in June to raise class sizes by an average of half a student even as enrollment in that district has dropped by 239 students to save S32 million The district also may raise property taxes by S48 per $100000 of a home's market value Hurst met with district board members before their regular meeting Tuesday to talk about Dead in lail AP photo Arthur Gus Bennett a Marine accused of molesting children and faking his death in a trailer fire five years ago apparent- ly hanged himself in his jail cell while awaiting a on the sex charges Bennett was found dead in a jail cell in Las Vegas He is pictured here during a preliminary court appearance in St George court-marti- movies PROVO (AP) — Brigham Young University's movie theater has suffered financially since it stopped showing edited versions films of Almost a year ago the Varsity ed Theater began showing only those movies that conform to the moral code of the Mormon university meanfilms are allowed ing no and some PG-1- 3 movies are also banned Instead the theater often shows classic films and G- - and PG- - rated movies As a result the theater has struggled to put people in the church-owne- d ed issue" class-si- seats and the managers have decided to try something new The theater will offer Saturday matinees to children this summer bolster the movie lineup for students and add more show times in the fall said Jerry Bishop director of the school's student union where the theater is located None of the plans include the flicks return of spliced he said But ticket prices will go up from $1 to $150 ed Cl'RYES discontinued the practice of the world's largest fitness franchise offers reduction hut suddenly New hold president of the I'tali School Superintendents Association doesn't cvcl oilier disliicts to follow Jordan's path ''Raising class sics is the last icsort Boards of education and school administrators are not going to be resorting to that if there are other plausible options" he said Granite School District has increased classes in the past because of budget shortfalls hut will not this year said spokesman Kent (iaulner I he Legislature has spent mil- lions of dollars over the past decade to reduce class sics It is unclear if the state eflorl has paid off in terms of improving learning and reducing discipline problems hut class sizes have dropped by an average of two students Under the Direction of the Cache County Extension Service Thursday July 15 10 i ! mi I am -- 1 :" H I a complete workout tQuickfit designed for women that only takes 30 minutes On-si- te The school has looked into airline-edite- c crincie ruo" at showing 26S students Hurst said he has taken calls from board members who are concerned about Jordan's increase in class sics and he expects legislators will have the same concerns “The Legislature would say ‘Here we're funding 10 years of it's not w oikmg lor that district' he said Joidan Superintendent Barry New hold said legislators have contacted lum but the calls have been to clarify the details not PRESSURE COOKER 51per TEST CLINIC The 400-scVarsity Theater failed to break even since the policy change and Bishop acknowledges if that trend continues tire curtain could fall on the BYU movie house “If we're not successful if (the theater) doesn't pay for itself that is an option for the administration" Bishop said When the theater showed edited versions of movies students would line up to buy tickets forcing the theater to limit ticket purchases to six per person But that changed last August when the school's administration screening edited movies after one studio wrote and asked BYU to-stop editing its films School officials complied and were unable to gel written permission for the cuts from other studios third-grad- high school classes will have movie ban hurting BYU theater after banning district in sie direct ion and tenor" Hurst said the state school board and lawmakers ate worried “other districts will see it happening and say if Jordan can do this maybe this is a solution'' Jordan received $53 million in new state money for the fiscal year that started July I But that wasn't enough to cover increases in salaries and insurance or to operate and maintain the iluee new schools opening this fall With class-si- e increase Jordan's ninth-grad- e classes will he the district's largest this coining year with 279 students Kindere classes garten through will have 22 to 23 students and 1 their budget “You guys are doing this away from the Legislature away from the eye of the storm" Hurst said “When the eye of the storm is upon you I guarantee you there will be some political fallout" “It's going to legitimately raise some legislative questions" he said later “It will be a red flag R-rat- ed BYU's theater hurt financially Saying Jordan is the Chili's “No uvigbt loss guidance versions d of new releases but those are on t video only and the theater docs not have the equipment or the capability to show those types of films Bishop said Fast Fun Fitness 755-929- 541 N MAIN 3 LOGAN Jury hearing testimony in tot’s death SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jurors have begun hearing testimony in the case against a mother and her neighbor accused of torturing and killing her daughter last October Ferosa Bluff 27 and Andrew Fedorowicz 46 could be sentenced to life in prison in the Oct 21 death of Rebecca Bluff During opening arguments Tuesday deputy prosecuting attorney James Cope told jurors the child had bruising on over 65 percent of her body including the bottoms of her feet Bluff and Fedorowicz are both felony charged with murder child abuse and sexual abuse of a child Cope said a medical examiner will testify that the bruises were not caused in an accident as the defendants maintain “They were bruisblunt force es not consistent with falling" he said Other bruises appeared to be caused by a coat hanger he said and include at least 10 blows to the girl’s body and a cut on her scalp made by a sharp object first-degr- Defense attorney Ed Brass argued that the state has no evidence either physical or eyewitness linking Bluff with the death or abusive behavior “No witness will say they ever saw Ferosa Bluff strike her child And there is no statement from her that sire struck her child And Copper Rivet Has the Brand Names there’s no evidence that she assisted or allowed this to hap- pen" he said Brass and Fedorowicz’s attorney Gil Athay both said their clients were not aware of any abuse but knew the child had tripped down a flight of stairs the day before she died Cope told the jurors to discount that story gqajggi itfSnh III loci gS8cB Fashion Place M ill Viu-- Fin Mi’l I''' Cr mv-x- Mall South Towne Center University Mall Provo Towne Centre Layiui Vil Ou ion Citv Mall CvneVt!iy KhI! 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