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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. April 6. 1999 Page 12 Judge asks for more case law before ruling on motion to suppress evidence A Roosevelt mother qf four will have to wait for about two more months before an 8 District Court judge issues a ruling in a case that coiud send her to prison. Cindy L. Baum, 38, is charged with a first degree felony for allegedly giving mAh amphetamine to her brother while he was mi probation for an earlier drug conviction. Baum's atBarton-Coomb- torney, Cindy NEW CONCEPTS-B- ud Stone, principal at M)ton Elementary, has been teaching math with cuisenaire rods and tangrans to different classes in the school. He is encouraging students to solve problems in several ways to widen the understanding of mathematical concepts. His "Why or How" questioning and tactile methods are proving to be beneficial for mathematical understanding. Pictured left to right are Bud Stone and Isaac Ivie. - Senator says forest service being sneaky with fee plans Both sides view the pending Forest Service proposals as important The Associated Press A Senate subcommittee chairman has criticized the Forest Service in a letter for failing to submit details of key proposals. Sen. Larry Craig, said the agency's phantom legislation includes seven proposals, including a new fee for logging companies, changes in the way counties receive timber payments and the creation of a permanent recreation foe. The Clinton administration out lined the proposals when it ted its budget to Congress on Feb. 1 . Craig said in his letter that Forest Service Deputy Chief Ronald Stewart told Craig's subcommittee in that details for three of the proposals were still incomplete, and that all the proposals might not be submitted until April at the soonest These responses trouble me very much Craig said in the letter to mid-Mar- Secretary Dan recommended that Agriculture Glickman. Craig chairs the forests and subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Glickman's department includes the Forest Service, which manages 191 million acres of federal forest land. Craig Glickman present details ofthe proposals no later than April 12. Jim Lyons, the agriculture undersecretary who oversees the Forest Service, said the Clinton administration has been discussing the best way to present the proposals so they get a fair and responsible hearing before the Republican-controlled Congress. Our legislative package is going to come up in l, Lyons said Wednesday, which will provide ample time to debate them in the light of day which would be something unusual for this mid-Apri- s, claims the evidence police have against her client should be thrown out because it was obtained without her consent in violation of her constitutional rights. Police say Baum fully cooperated when they came to her home on Oct 22, 1998, to look for a small straw her brother, Michael R. Goodale, 86, had claimed contained the methamphetamine he confessed to taking earlier that day. He initially told police his sister who he was staying with at the time him with the meth, which he ingested, spitting out the straw in a garbage can in her home. He later recanted his story, saying he bought the drugs from a stranger. He has already pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of third degree felony possession of methamphetamine. Baum has pleaded not guilty to the drug distribution charge against her, and has been bound over to stand trial She wants the case dismissed on the grounds that police illegally obtained the meth straw' she turned over to them. Police contend Baum allowed them into her home, and was cooperative when they told her they were looking for a meth straw Goodale said he had tossed in a waste basket. They said she went into a back bedroom and they followed and watched as she retrieved the straw from the garbage. Counties received S229 million from the Forest Service last year as their share of federal logging receipts. But the agency wants to freeze the payments at current levels and no longer tie them to the number of logs the Forest Service sells. Another proposal would have timber companies pay new foes to raise $20 million esch year and help cover the costa of the federal logging program. Yet another proposal would make temporary fora for hik-- 1 ing and other forest activities per- Baum said police didnt have her consent to come in her home or conduct a search. She also said she didn't realize after being given her Miranda rights, that a statement she wrote detailing the drug transaction. would be used against her. Prosecuting attorney Herb Gillespie argued that Goodale's status as a probationer gave his probation officer the right to search his place of residence, and that Baums cooperation implied consent He also who has three noted that Baum prior drug convictions is not unfamiliar with the judicial process and should have known that her signed statement would be used against her in court Judge Payne said he found no evidence Baum was intimidated by the officers, but requested Gillespie provide him with case law dealing with the isaue of consent, within three weeks. Is turning around and having officers follow her down the hall where she found what they asked for ... is that consent? questioned the judge. I have a question ifthat's consistent enough to constitute a firm waiver ... in order to go back where they were they needed consent to be there The defense will have two weeks to reply to the prosecutions briefs, after which a court date will be set. - from Gloria Jones 3rd grade class REACHING A VERDICT-Stud- ent as in court time witnesses, jurors, and the accused, as pan of a unit spent on professions and the legal systeih. Justice of the Peace, Floyd Nielsen presided and gave "sentences' appropriate to the "infraction." - About nine percent of the of all sizes and DONUTS FOR DADDY with East Elemenread moms some even and and uncles shapes, grandpas received a All donut students. who participated tary American population was bom In another country. manent. Republicans and the Clinton administration have frequently been at loggerheads over the Forest Service. Last week, the chairman and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to key appropriatora saying they have serious reservations about the Forest Service's request for a $172 million increase in spending, given what they consider the agency's lack of accountability. Congress should not increase taxpayer contributions to an agency that is unable to safeguard public investments, said the letter from and Reps. Larry Combest, Charles Stenholm, The letter was sent to House Appropriations Chairman C.W. Bill and Rep. Ralph Young, who chairs the Regula, House Appropriations' interior subcommittee. Lyons, in turn, criticized House and Senate Republicans for passing a budget resolution last month that includes significant cuts for the' Forest Service and would hurt the agencys ability to maintain roads and improve watershed health. 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