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Show 'V- I Pace 22 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. January 18.2000 Utah lawmakers battle internet x&mvHniMvmrvumn sins with proposed contraband laws Father of the Year a n Ifthere were a Dads Hall of Fame, surely Bill Ingraham of Tewksbury Township. New Jersey, would be in it. For he has built, out of love for his son and a desire to pass on the same wonderful traditions Mr. Ingraham enjoyed as a boy, a baseball field in his back yard. Mr. Ingraham has spent a small fortune on the ballfield, but he asks nothing in return from kids who show up to play on it except that they have a good time. He often joins in the pick-u- p games, but only be- cause he is rilling to punish himself by leaving for work at 4 a.m. so he can be home by 2 p.m. to play. (I shudder to think whust time he must rise each mor- n- er, night! I Just as in the movie, "Field of Dreams, he built it, and they come. Kids with bats and gloves, parents to cheer them on. Mr. Ingraham surely adores baseball, but he clearly loves spending time with his son. And that's what this story really is about, isn't it? mqjor-league-si- Time. Right now country star Billy Ray Cyrus has a big hit on the radio culled Busy Man. In the song, a father repeatedly says no to various requests from his son, because 7 A he has things to do at work. I'm a busy man," he says. By songs end, the man has come to his senses and says no" now and then to work in favor of time with his family. Not every father has the resources of Bill Ingraham to build a baseball diamond, or the talent of Billy Ray Cyrus to urge us in song to do what we ought for our children. But each of us has the same 24 hours in the day, and our sons and daughters need and deserve some of those hours. Sadly, most fathers in this country get so wrapped up in work and other activities that they spend precious little time talking to their children - according to one study, in fact, less time in a typical commute to week than a one-wa-y work. Fatherhood is perhaps the second-most challenging (and rewarding) task in life, right behind building a strong marriage. There is no substitute for time with Dad. Those among us who are fathers should strive each day to be worthy of the honors bestowed on Fathers Day. If you think you are too busy for that, then, sir, rethink your priorities. Time has a way of running out, and the cliche is true: No one's last words are, I wish I had spent more time at the office. -- highway vehicle strategy to be developed by BLM Off The Bureau ofLand Management today announced that it will develop a national strategy for ensuring responsible Vehicle (OHV) use on pubhc lands. Working in partnership with all interested parties and the general public, the BLM will develop the strategy to address issues prompted by the growing popularity of OHV BLM-manag- nt use. BLM Acting Director Tom Fry said, The strategy we will develop is aimed at recognizing the interests oCOHV users while protecting environmentally sensitive areas on the public lands. The strategy will also enable the BLM to spend scarce funding resources on managing OHV use rather than on OHV-r- e la led litiga-- t kin. protests, appeals, and Freedom of Information Act requests. Fry added. Our agency is developing this strategy at a time when Westerners recognize the crucial role that BLM lands play in maintaining the appeal and lifestyle of their fastregion. Now growing. more than ever, the public is turning d land as the final to frontier for wide open space, as an outdoor recreational playground, and as a sanctuary from the stresses ofurban life. The OHV management strategy will recognize the importance of each of those values. Henri Bisson, the BLM's Assistant Director for Planning and Renewable Resources, will lead the agency's effort in crafting the national OHV strategy. The strategy to be developed will reflect substantial input from OHV user groups, environmental organizations. State and local agencies, and the general public. Bisson said. Once the strategy is written, the BLMs next challenge will be to implement it. I am confident that with adequate resources and the help of our public and private partners, we can achieve g BLM-manage- our goals. The BLM is developing its national strategy in response to the convergence of several factors that have made OHV use a more pressing issue in the West, where the region's rapid growth and changing demographics are affecting public land resources. Off H ighway Vehicles and other forms of recreational transsport utility vehicles, portation motorcycles, and mountain bikes are more popular than ever before. Much of this use is occurring cm lands that, as a result of urban and suburban sprawl, are near by or even adjacent to numerous communities and subdivisions. These communities are both convenient to and affected by activities on BLM lands, adding to the complexity of the Bureaus decisions. Moreover, OHV use is taking place on land designated by the BLM as open to crosscountry travel based on plans that the Bureau drew up in the 1970s and 1980s, when OHV use was comparatively small. These plans are outdated not only because of increased OHV use, but also because of the rise in the number of threatened and endangered species found on BLM lands. In fact, the number of threatened and endangered species of animals and plants on BLM lands rose from more than 50 in 1982 to nearly 300 in 1997. What is more, resources the BLM's budget-relate- d - including the number of recreational specialists and law enforcement personnel - have not kept pace with the past decade's growth in OHV use. All of these factors, plus litigation over OHV management issues, have created the need for a national OHV management strategy The BLM, an agency of the JS. Department of the Interior, manages more land 264million surface acres than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, which has a budget of$ 1 .2 billion and a workforce of about 9,000 employees, also administers more than 560 million acres of mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM preserves open space by managing the public Linds for multiple uses, including outdoor recreation, live stock grazing, and mining, and by conserving natural, historical, cut tural. and other resources found on the public lands. BLM-manag- d - - sub-surfa- Glenda and F rank Arrowchis drove to Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 6. to be with Glendas cousin Marteline Jenkins, who had surgery on her elbow. AThey stayedAA with her all day, helping her make the trip home from the hospital. The Arrowchises stayed until Friday afternoon when they returned home. Maurine Bellon accompanied Lyn and Renae Miller of Roosevelt to Bountiful to attend a cousins A recent sting operation showed the Attorney General's Office that underage teens have little difficulty buying cigarettes online. Investigasellers tors found that aren't too particular about verifying that their Utah customers are at least 19. te Authorities also suspect the Internet makes it no more trouble to violate state laws on gambling or buying alcoholic beverages directly from businesses beyond the reach of state law enforcement. Even before the 2000 Legislature begins, Utah lawmakers have no intention of letting the Internet's growth get in the way of enforcing the contraband laws. They already have proposed several measures to make sure Utahns remain Gambling is illegal in the state of Utah, and yet people can do it on the Internet, said an exasperated Rep. Carl Saunders. It has really opened up a can of worms. The Ogden Republican has separate bills to extend the state's gambling ban and liquor limits to the Internet He's not sure yet whether his bills will include tools law enforcement can use to nab Internet criminals. I want to see if there's a way to do it, he said. The lawmakers' task wont be easy. It may even prove impossible. Important values collide when Utahns seek to bind the Internet to community standards. Efforts to uphold state law often clash with the personal freedom cherished by Americans and guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. On one hand, community standards are set in law. It is illegal to gamble in Utah or buy alcoholic beverages directly from an retailer. On the other, there's a limit to what a state can do when those laws are broken beyond its borders or while its residents surf g. te Cyberspace. Democratic Sen. Ed Allen plans to tackle the problem of sales of tobacco to minors. The problem is, aome minora have been able to get access to tobacco products on the Internet, and we want to shut that down, said the Ogden senator. Utah is not alone in trying to uphold its laws in the borderless realm of cyberspace. Similar efforts are under way in other states and in Washington, D.C, Itsbeen a hot item, said Bob Frohling of the National Conference of State Legislatures. He noted that about a dozen states began tinkering with their laws fast year to con trol alcoholic-beverag- would make it a misdemeanor to place a bet over the Internet and a felony to accept a wager. Opposed by some stales where gambling is legal, Kyis measure awaits action in the House of Representatives, where s similar measure died during the past Congress. has a Sen. OiTin Hatch, separata bill to allow each state to laws, enforce its alcoholic-beverag- e even on the Internet. measure is part of a Hatch bill that has broader juvenile-justic- e passed the House and Senate and awaits attention by a conference committee. Supporters testified that young college students can buy large quantitieeofboozeover the Internet and that delivery services have, in effect, become bartenders for minors. Opponents contend the bill might ruin California small winer- ment about shipments from beer-of-tmonth club, wineries and other businesses that offer products. Credit-car- d companies impose a limit on Internet gambling by refusing to allow charges through companies known to offer gaming. Their main concern: They cannot collect gambling debts, leaving the credit-car- d companies open to enormous financial liabilities. The federal government also is playing a role. Legislation is proposed to deal with gambling and alcoholic-beverag- e control. Sen. Jon Kyi, has a bill that would itiaw Internet gambling nationwide. It would require Internet service providers to cut off access to Web sites that offer gaming. The bill also he atata-regulat- In the end. its up to lawmakers tofind that balance of personal rights and government responsibility on the Internet. Its ability to explode boundaries because of the diffimight also culty of enforcing those bounds force community values to change, too. Steve Jones, an Internet user since 1975 and head of the communications department at the Univerpredicts legsity of Illinois-Chicagislating morals on the Internet is doomed to failure. Ws do not liks what's going on on the Internet, he said. At the same time, ws have no control over it, and that's difficult thing to deal with." He concluded: We are better off dealing with theca issues with education and reasoned discussion and debate than we are with a knee-jerreaction to legislate." o, k ies. Utah lacks after-schoand affordable child-car- e programs ol centers Advocates suggested that perhaps As welfare reform forces mothers to take jobs, many will work at times churches could help more, maybe when their children need supervineighbors could pilch in or employcenters at sion. But to care for an estimated ers can set up child-ca- r 142,000 children who may need the the workplace. "We can't leave our kids unservices, the state has only 35,000 licensed child-car- e slots. tended," Haven added. The report, Measures of Well-Beii- u "The date of Utah is sadly, sadly in Utah, 2000," is the Utah lacking in providingaflordablechild care, charged Roz McGee, executive Kids County Project's annual data director of Utah Children, a state- book about children from birth to wide advocacy group that coordiadolescence. The Annie E. Casey Foundation nates Kids Count. She spoke Friday funds the project and similar ones in during a press conference to announce release of the latest report each state to gauge the status of children. assessing the state of Utah chilThe book measures child welldren, "How Are The Children?" McGee said the Legislature has being county kqr county in health, not done enough to provide child safety education and economic secucare and that the state has failed to rity based largely on 1998 statistics. adequately regulate businesses that This year's book includes new infortaks care of kids. mation on domestic violence cases, "It's time for Utah to wake up, juvenile substance abuse and aborshe said, adding that the state mud tion rates. sd a higher standard both in terms According to the numbers, youngsters in Utah improved in some catof child car and after-schoproegories while continuing to struggle grams. The same theme was sounded by mothers. Areas of concern include: Terry Haven, coordinator fot the The percentage of births receivadvocacy group Kids Count. Welfare reform forces people to move off the ing prenatal care in the first trimesassistance rolls after 36 months of ter fell for the sixth consecutive help, a lifetime limit, she said. years. The number of low birth weight centers Yd far too few child-car- e are available for children of those balnea continues to rise. who get jobs. Often, those jobs are at Births to single teens ages 15 to 17 rose to 19.1 per 1,000 teenagers, times when kids need supervision, such as night shifts, she said. nearly live more than a decade ago. The number of abused or neglected children went up for the second year in a row. The teenage rate for chlamydia infection, a sexually transmitted disease, rose substantially. Utah is improving in several areas, including: " The death rate for children ages 1 to 19 dropped. Infant mortality continued a downward trend. The overall teen birth rate declined. Fewer juvenile were adjudicated for offenses. 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