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Show ' XI 109th September 27,2001- Year-N- o. . : Price, Utah ' 78 50 , " - , :kWbiii. fcatge.X-- &,w.ieA4l 4W'iWlS '.'.-i.- 'i, T ' V . ft- .- J . .' , Afiterfr ' uArtfi'- - According to CCSO Sgt. Tbin the United States Drug Enforce;. Stefanoff, one location was a ment Agency . V - r'v Wyoming, 8 LadyEaglesbeat '.. ."Residents should have no . room at thc National Nine Inn fears about this situation at this the y in Wellington, Eariy Wednesday morning, executionofa search warrant cul- - V; At the motel room,' the point, pointed out Stefanoff.', with the seizure of a sus- - tharities found alleged precur-pecte- d The time to be really concerned is when they are cooking, the methamphetamine lab, sots for themanufactunng ... chcmicals and drug cess, lab equipment and a large ntufiri-i''. amount of suspected meth. .The odor from the motel paraphemafia. en- was relatively, weak until room law local not far residence of four Members Inaprivate .? forcementagentiesamltheQuv y: from the motel, the officers dis-b- authorities opened the door. Metro Druglhsk Force par- !enyoucbuldreallysmell tidpated intheinveStigatian at die suspected lab was all boxed up. it, said Stefanoff., ; scene.--The lab wasin two large: , The task force was formed ; Four suspects were taken into r boxes," confirmed Stefanoff. several years ago to coordinate custoty in relation to the seizure.: They were very Iarge;it could drug seizures and arrests as Well Two otthe people in question are have very well been two labs." astoassist agencies in keeping Law enforcement officers tbe information flow moving on reportedlyframtestfelleyaty, but wereipnnCT residents of Eak alsofcxind receipts for purchases related activities in the area. TWO afchenBcalsandmaterialscom- - task force members, Shane . A 'Quboa. ; Henrie and Frank Pero.wert into make die drug. Hie othertwo individuals : ;The receipts indicated the strumental in conducting the rested in connection with the in-and seizures. Eight law enddent reside in Wellington, r ;!. suspects had apparently . went ! forcement officers assisted in the Defore alocal the st Arrested and booked into jail $128 night cm possession of a clandestine lab ; .; retail store. operation, We obtained the warrant v The penalties the suspects and possession of methamphet- - ,yamine with intent to distribute when information came through may face are exacerbated by the ' Tact that incident occurred .charges are Casey Jones and the drug task force from an zone; A Head GaultofWestVfclley. - disclosed source that the opera-- ; within a drug-fre-e Abotakenintocustodyunder tionwasg(Mngon,eiqilainedthe Start facility and a church are the same charges wiere James sergeant. We started about 10 - located within l.OOO feet of the Jones and Thmra Jones of Well-- : ' p jn. on Tbesday putting: the alleged crime sedne. The CCSO had no informa-- ; j ' whole thing together to secure ington. tirni available on the street value ; : The Carbon County Sheriffs the warrant, After the seizure and arrests, : or the exact amount of tbe susOffice, in cooperation with WeH- the motel room was isolated un- - pected meth confiscated by aii- ington and Rice police depart.. h til representatives from the state thmities. the ments,thedrugtaskfbrceand All I can say was that it was a (k)wntown Wellkigton. AuthoritMS encourage citizens and ; Utah Highway Patrol, served the healthdepartmentcaninspect.it retafl outlets tq report suspicious activities or targe pur- - search warrant on two locations for contamination.. Any con-la- w large amount, concluded the tamination will be deanedup by sheriffs office sergeant. chases of chemicals to lawenforcementagenciet. nWaiingtoncmSept26at3ajn, : . . .'v . - pro-precur- . ; : oq ! : . : . , .- . . : . ar-re- sts : - un-She- liy : : ' . dispiays one containerof the suspected methamphetamine seized early Wednesday morning after enforcement officials executed asearch warrant ih Sgt lom Stefanoff . - . v Until 1998; Utah was pne df ; : In 1988, meth labs werc ed ih Spring Glen and St. only tiuee states in die U5. aflow- ing unrestricted, sales and pur-- . :. George. Tlie use of ephredrine diases of precursor chemicals. piDs in St George served as an uk; phetamine problem, ranked as. , As a result, the state became a dicator of Changes occurring inthe ne of the largest in the nation. ; source locaticHi for drug precur- - meth manufocturing process. " "Meth is a sot dimicab and dantlesrine tab! ); In 1989, almost 700 pounds highly addictive central nervous system stimulant that activities,indScatestheUtahBu- - of phenyl acetic add, methy-lami- ne and etherwere seized m can be injected, snorted, snk)ked reau of Investigations: ; or ingested orally . The illicit drug DuetotheCTaimstances,Uah Murray in connection with the can easily be manufactured in co started experiencing mounting " first documented case where the ; vert laboratories with problems invohinga wide variety Hells Angles Motorcycle Gang illicit drug labs, induding ex-- 1 used property in Utah. materials. Originating in ; The Utah Eiivision of Investithe Wt, meth constitutes the , traction and converskm. v criminal of related most, prevalent synthetic illicit gation andUADrugEn&xuement history Administration seized the first activities in Utah includes: drug manufactured in the Ui. In I983,the first phraylace ; Combating the widespread MDMAjcstatlabinUtah.Tfce located andgrowingprcsenoeof mediam- - tic addlead acetate lab was loLake commercial lab in in the While at reseaich is Salt a we in cated Utah City. afiU pbetamine must continue to wage, syndiesis was unique to die Pacific SahLakeGty. lri 1990; the Utah DepartBennett, ltieae Nordiwest, the discoveiy served binds are critical to emh die dam- notice that the type cT clandestine v ment of Pubifc Safetys investigation division obtained a US. Bu-rcaging and dangerous pcXential of operationwascomingtoUtah. first own of Justioe assistance grant and in In the our not 1987, ephedrine state; only (fauguse, established foe states first folly but throughout the West where' , hydriodicaddred phosphorous this drug has become so previH mediamphetaminelabaratoxywas equipped, trained clandestine : '.c 'lent":--r'.seizBdinOrenL. .' . i laboratory response team. The United States Senate has roproved a federal appropriations mll allocating Slmillionto assist in battling Utahs metham- catedadandestine drug operation m Stockton.The lab was capable . -- . . : . ter . - . . au . :- Law enforcement officers k lo-cat- - al producing ber of illicit drug labs using the The states investigations reau attributes the increasing number of labs torhefocttiiat younger peofde had staned to become . matchbook production memod. In 1992 and 1993, the first "two ephedrinethutyichloiide labs metharrmhetamine pro-ces- s as well as explosive onices. An weresdzedinUtah,oneinLindon and Utah still had no controls ; unarmednerve gas booty trap was andoneinlhaper. , . discovered at the scene. V; In 1994, 42matddxok or regarding tiie chemicals used pnrr The first cocaine conversion cold cook meth labs were seized, duoemeth. v In 1997,148 drug lab6 were statewide, v vhdjwassdzedin Magna. In 1991, alab was discovered : . pills pro- 'seized at locations throughout winHemontai, where the fiist bu--: vided the main source Ofephe-drin- e Utah. . v..,.. 152 clandestine In for the iron and benzaklelnde 1998, operations. tylamine, drug In 1995, 37 labs weresejzed operations were seized from Jan. powder used to manufacture 1 through Oct. 31.' in Utah were seized by Utah law enforcement agenv . In 1992, a significantdiscov-ei-y cies. Ephedrine based pills along In January 1998, the Utah occurred in Cedar Gty, where with matchbook phosphorus and law enforcement agents spent iodine crystals were the main intiie sales of precunor chemicals seven days processiQg three drug gredients in jhe illicit drug manuephedrine, iodine crystals. Tbe state stafoteslimitthe sales ; operations, One sitewas mamifiior .; facturing process. .Utah started witnessing greater-of ephedrine and pseudoephe hiring methamphetamine and one was a hashish conversion lab. proUems with fire and greater vio: drine based product to a total of .In 1993; the first matefabook lencc associated with the manu- 12 grams product vs. gram : cffcoM cook method of operation federal standard. facturing and abuse of methamwas seized in SahLakeGty. " In addition, the Utah precur--. phetamine. In 1996 97 clandestine drug sot laws limit the sales df iodine Anewmethcookhadsurfaoed in Utah andtiie state experienced operations were seized at 'sites' crystals to two ounces ht a single a dramatic increase in tire num- - acrossthestate, . ; purehase,' . ,. . . Over-the-count- er - ne -- . ti24 I message to 1 rn t) . ' . been included in that deficit, President Ryan Thomas recently delivered a messageto the faculty and staff at College of pastem Utah.1'; In the message, tiie new CEU president highlighted the changes taking place at the campus. C First, Thomas ejqffessed appreciation to the faculty and staff for welcoming and seiving what Biaybethelaestenrollmentin ' , tEtr . history. I know that all of us are fcd-- . bg tiie impact of those numbers, t if our enrollments hold and can retain these students, to ye should have more money work with in the future, indicated the president. Second, the president stressed the importance of jinderstand-in- g CEUs financial deficit At: ihe and of the last fiscal year, the . college had an operational defi-C- it ofneariy $375,000 and an deficit of about $800,000. fit " . Maintenance of buildings, grounds as well as monies in-fended to upgrade technology on campus hare been diverted to reduce the deficits. The practice has resulted in severe g Snd a reduction of services. : Deficits as large as those we are struggling with would cause most operations of our size to be in a situation where they could not meet payroll However, our accrued vacation of $236,000 has under-fundin- . . : liance on the monies for other uses should be avoided. There are three major issues that significantly contribute to the deficit, stated Thomas. The first and laigest is tuition discounting. We provide pur students a relatively large number of scholarships - generally described as . tuition discounts. Of the $550,000 that we provided this past year, we were actually funded for only $200,000, which left a $350,000 deficit, explained Thomas. . ( J The two up rides of tuition discounting indude the ability to attract students who otherwise would not come to the college and each dollar spent by CEU is . A two-for-o- ne . ... dent . ; . . . .' CEU is at a point where tuition discounting is beginning to fc. have diminishing returns. The 4 Hv college cant raise tuition to tbe point where all of the costs will be covered by the state. While we still have some excess capacity, the $2,000 per student per yearcost of tuition that we need to find other i.n nanenes catiK graze on Ur iC8idn(Kr aiioiniGni unocf i Land Management m a lawsuit challenging the agency's ways of marketing the college, attempt to reduce the permit and change the season of use' permit held by rancher Butch Jensen. A federal administrasaid Thomas. tive law judge has nried against the United States Bureau of on the allotment located in Carbon and Emery counties,' , CEUs primary focus as a community college should be on ; the region it serves, commented the president But the college must increase tiie rate iff load A federal judge has ruled sion. The case involved the Utah these kinds of pressures fo reduce participation and attract students from outside the area in order to against tiie United States Bureau BLMs Icelander allotment in grazing when there is no scienensure adequate enrollment to of Land Management in a law-- : Carbon and Emery counties. V tific reason to do so." resolve the fiscal challenges. suit involving an attempt to reUtah State University range Ashby noted that a recent We are planning to woTk duce a grazing permit and change scientists testified there was no news story quoted Dr. Terry soon with a professional market-- : the season of use on an allotment scientific basis for the BLM to Messmer, a USU wildlife scienheld by TN. Ranches. ' cut the ranchers permit ing consultant who has volun( tist, indicating that livestock grazexhis teered some of time and According to the Utah Farm fiktimetoputastoptothese ing is an important tool in efforts Bureau News, administrative law unjustified grazing reductions," to save sagebrush habitat for pertise to plan a media campaign sage that will have the greatest likeliJudge James H. Heffernan said Ken Ashby, Utah Farm Bu. grouse. i hood of attracting additional stuIn the ruling. Judge Heffernan sharply criticized BLM officials reau president Environmental dents at the lowest marketing for using what he called 35 year-ol- d activists have vowed to eliminate was critical of local officials for cost, revealed Thomas. data, which.was simply too livestock grazing on public land. violating directives of the Utah Part of GElTs charge is to pro--. antiquated and too unreliable" to We believe the BLM and the for- MAI directors office. He found (Continued on pegs 2) be used to make a grazing deci est Service too often respond to (Continued on page 16 sug-ges- ts Student foe doDars were solicited for aspedfiepeupose and re- ed But that dollars identified for operation ofthe physical plant and plained the president. We are re- -' sponsible to pay out that sum in cashifananplwee leaves. Since the likelihood mat we will have to pay out that entire amountina single year is very low, that fund, together with a reserve account buffer for our budget and allows us to continue to pay our bills." Using vacation funds in that manna is not inappropriate, added thepresidenL But u poses a risk, since more vacation than anticipated might be paid out in agivenyearand the funds would nolongerbeavailaWetofeovide abuffer. U'l two-for-o- for the student center paid through student foes, saves as a : ' basis by matched cm the state. :V ' Despite theattractiveness of tire trade, the trade only makes sense if you have excess capacity so that you don't have to expend a full $3 to pay for services while giving $1 to the student and receiving only $2 from the state, added tire presi- ex- I'JL X-- in grazing permit suit . 1 - . |