Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday September 14 2002 Utah & The West Residents return after mudslides In brief Going to pot: Nevada to vote - - yt1 on whether to legalize marijuana — : SANTAQUIN (AP) — People chased from their homes by a mudslide began surveying the mess Friday morning They found mud 7 feet deep in places and cars scattered around but their homes still stood and no one was injured “I thought the mountain was pretty solid” said Matt Gurr who owns a home on Peach Street where a torrent of mud covered the pavement Apiece of Dry Mountain had punched a hole in the back wall of the house he’s owned with his wife Paula for two In Nevada they love gambling CARSON CITY Nev (AP) and tolerate prostitution Now they are talking about legalizing pot A measure on the ballot Nov S would make Nevada the first state to allow adults to possess marijuana — up to 3 ounces enough for maybe 100 joints People over 21 would be allowed to smoke it in their homes but not in cars or public places Pot would be sold in smoke shops and taxed like cigarettes “This initiative will allow the police to spend more time going after murderers rapists and other violent criminals" said Billy Rogers leader of the group that is pushing the measure Whether it could actually take effect is unclear Federal law bans marijuana possession and the White House has come out strongly against the idea Also Nevada voters would have to approve the proposal again in 2004 before it became law Nevada home of the nation's gambling capital has long had a fondness for what others forbid Although prostitution is banned in Las Vegas Reno Carson City — and in 49 states — it is legal in 10 of Nevada’s 17 counties The 30 licensed brothels in the state are monitored by the state Health Division In addition Las Vegas has a multitude of outcall entertainment services that businesses are thought to be fronts for call-gi-rl But the vote bn marijuana represents a remarkable about-face-Nevada’s attitudes toward pot A year ago Nevada had one of the nation's strictest marijuana laws Possession of a single joint was a felony punishable by a year or more in prison state-licens- ed years Paula Gurrclutching medicines she’d been allowed to retrieve said: “You just dpn’t think it’s going to happen to Three mudslides hit the Santaquin area Thursday night forcing evacuation of up to 30 homes and damaging about three dozen of them Preliminary estimates placed the damage between $2 mil- lion and $3 million The slides followed a week of wet weather in drought- stricken Utah and a day of widely scattered minor ing in Central and southern Wyoming athletes remembered AP photo Mud fills the streets yards and soma homes In Santaquin on Friday Three mudslides hit the area forcing evacuation of up to 50 homes and damaging about three dozen of them but causing no injuries ' The slides Thursday evening followed a week of wet weather in Utah and a day of widely scattered minor flooding in central and southern Utah Utah LARAMIE Wyo (AP) — The day after eight of his runners were killed in a head-o- n Collision with a drunken driver Uni-coach Jim Sanchez grabbed a versify of Wyoming started and flow the of his home trying to bury swabbing mop his grief in mindless physical labor It allowed some physical release if not lessening his sorrow And it was while he mopped that he first thought of a memorial for the young men: “Dirt and trees and grass and rock This is them" Sanchez said standing in front of the monument nearly one year after the cross-count- ry SL Tribune to SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the first time since President Nixon was in office The Salt Lake Tribune will use its editorial pages next month to endorse political fatal crash Killed early in the morning of Sept 16 2001 were Joshua Jones 22 Kevin Salverson 19 Nick Schabron 20 Shane Shat-t- o 19 Morgan McLeland 21 Kyle Johnson 20 Justin 20 and Cody Brown 21 They made up two-thirteam of the university’s cross-countThe memorial was unveiled this week at the spot south of the Fieldhouse where the squad began its daily run that usually traversed the high plains surrounding Laramie d rounded slab of pink and It includes an granite taken from near the crash site south of Laramie Eight smaller boulders 2 to 3 feet in diameter lie alongside plus flowers trees grass soil a gravel walkway and cinders from the university track imbedded in the concrete curbing Two park benches and a plaque designed by teammate Joel Hess that reads “OuncJtoo candidates Utah’s largest newspaper will pick sides in three congressional and one key state race that the Tribune wants to highlight as an example of legislative gerrymandering The Tribune’s change came under new ownership by MediaNews Group be of ry sage-cover- ed gold-colore- : Denver All but a few of MediaNews’ 49 dailies endorse candidates and chief executive Dean Singleton now publisher of Tire Salt Lake Tribune has said it’s a way of educating voters Only two other Utah dailies The Spectrum of St George and The Herald Journal of Logan regularly make a qualify The governor did declare a state emergency which authorized Utah agencies to offer staff and equipment to local government said Paula Emstrom spokeswoman for the Utah Division of Emergency Services and Homeland Security After a couple of days in the town of 3000 about 100 miles south of Salt Lake Gty Federal Emergency Management Agency workers said one home in Manti was destroyed and three others were uninhabitable said EmstromAll four home- owners had insurance Other homes suffered repairable damage in the Sunday twister Under FEMA rules the federal government will assist state and local governments if the costs amount to about $1 per state resident In Utah the threshold would be more than $2 million So far Manti municipal costs not covered by city insurance policies and Sanpete County costs have come to about $30000 she said Save a Buck Back far SI For many of the country’s newspapers deciding 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