Show Best Available Copy Q The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday February 6 2004 Utah & Tho Wost I m m zratfam Ml I K In brief Teem taftfiOes weans Saying they are paid less than officers in some city departments members of the Utah ' Highway Patrol Association asked lawmakers for a raise Troopers requested a 20 percent pay increase Wednesday saying that’s what it would take to bring the department ' up to par with other law enforcement agencies in Utah Trooper Todd Royce presi- dent of the association told the legislative appropriations subcommittee hie has been offered up to $3 more an hour' by Other law enforcement agencies to work for them But because of his love of being a trooper he stays with UHP The average hourly pay for a trooper is $1639 while Salt Lake City officers average $2320 according to the association The 20 percent pay increase for the state's troopers is a request for $23 million in a budget where fiscal analysts ' are proposing no increase' second-generati- on - Former depot chief sentenced SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — - chief at the Deseret Chemical Depot has been sentenced to six months in a prison and a $10000 fine for falsifying information concerning the effectiveness of air quality ' monitors US District Judge Tena Campbell handed down the maximum sentence outlined in federal guidelines In August jurors convicted David Janies Yarbrough of manipulating data at the ' Army ’s Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System near Stockton in Tooele County The falsified data made it seem that air monitors set up to detect potentially lethal vapors were passing ' tests when they' were not Yarbrough was the head of the monitoring section when ' the plant was undergoing baseline tests on air monitoring equipment A former ' - I 'j 7V M mammy w AP photo Heather Herman of Arvada Colo returns to her seat after speaking to the Denver City Council on Jan 12 in Denver Concerned about the treatment of animals the high school freshman created a group started a petition and collected enough signatures to put the question on theAug10 baHot 1919 and the city’s Bamum neighborhood is named after circus founder PT Bamum who bought 760 acres lime in 1882 as a winter respite for his show Perhaps Herman’s biggest opponent is money City officials estimate the circus’ annual two-wee-k stint pumps $8 million into the local economy Feld Entertainment which m ' owns Ringling Bros was caught off guard by the proposal until it came before die City Council late test year “We take it serious any time our industry and profession is attacked” said Tom Albert vice president of government relations for Feld "Heather is and clearly sincere but she is misinformed and has bad information”' Gallon Milk ' western Family Whole Skim 1 or 2K Grandma Sycamore Asst aPeonut Butter 10 ed western Family 18 oz Assorted varieties Geneva Steel dissolves SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah giant Geneva Steel dissolves in bankruptcy proceedings the assets and land of the Vineyard company may be getting new life — as equipment helping the Chinese steel boom forge ahead and as the home of a power company that could be one of the largest producers on the Wasatch told the newspaper “I think we got a very reasonable if not high price for the equipment that we sold in light of the marketing that we did But on the other hand it’s verydiffi- cult to see the equipment be sold because it means that Geneva Steel will not reopen" A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a $40 million sale of Geneva’s core assets to Qingdao Iron & Steel Group Co a Chinese company the Deseret Morning News reported in a copyrighted story Thursday That paves the way for Geneva’s equipment to be dismantled aind shipped to a Chinese coastal province' between Qingdao and another Chinese firm pushed die final purchase price to $40 million Qingdao city is China’s largest production base for home appliances and electronics Geneva's equipment will Qingdao had previously offertd $333 million in cash However a bidding war ' : 99 $ Bankruptcy sale scatters company s assets Front'' 6 ‘ IA1 R I KI ElTI PI LSAt Cl E fights for wild animals DENVER (AP) — When Heather Herman put an issue on the ballot asking Denver voters whether they wanted to ' ban wild animal performances the took on everyone from Ringling Bros to Blinky the Clown The high school freshman ' said she attended circuses as a child but recently became con- -' cemed about die treatment of animals She created a group Youth Opposed to Animal Acts started a petition and collected enough signatures to put the question on die Aug 10 ballot More than 15 communities around the nation including nearby Boulderbar perfor- mances involving exotic ani- mals industry officials say But similar attempts have failed in larger cities mid Herman is tak-in- g on a long circus pedigree The Ringling Bros and Bar-nu& Bailey Circus has been performing in Denver since I February 6 & l 2004 Troopers want Denver girl pay increase SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — AS be a key part of an expansion project aimed to increase Qingdao’s 'steelmaking capacity Meanwhile the 1700 acres that Geneva Steel was situated on has attracted the attention of a California power company ' Calpine Corp the largest independent power producer in the western United States has spent more than $1 million toward the development of a natural planned 8 the at gas-firplant power former integrated steel site The proposed power plant would be capable of producing enough electricity 'foi more than 400000 homes Macaroni & Cheese western Family 725 oz : ed OnsittDlBQsfn “It’sbitterswek” Geneva chief executive Ken Johnsen 0 - 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