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Show Paze 14. UINTAH BSINS r M F ! i. I. Dw.-mhc- White House announces streamlined new forestry service procedures New trial for 1 convicted of murder 8-year- The Utah Ci'ijrt Siip-irn- isr-turne- th der conviction 'if Rrrmk:. Culby i, - fri'ini Shumway in th fir-- t mur- - ! Christopher Ku un J.m -- 4. J'HXJ h uni wav The court mm c in fiir second I: n!"l a j. tampering with ..u pji rt n z .1 m lack of that held that hu.'m.n. either -- ; 1. rn-- viil-m:- destnivi-inrrnnreaie- e i aiiind da j rii-lr- -- -- i i"n hei-nur- theunlv n-- nnahle the evideni e -- :i terpre'iilionol at Shuiiiwav - original trial ,.hiiei.u - u:d it took th1 jurv jii't twu hour, t , find Sfiuniwnv gmllv "I murderIriend.i-Ka- y I hi.. .slept ing on the rourh during a sleep uver in Vi nliiig ti th- niedi-I'ii- l Kiiv .. huntt.ihlwi) examiner li.11 had Tetimiii'. l.i-t- 'd - - Ih-'- :i.) tnn'i him n prison fur t lie feni-e- l 11 veui'.i'nwurrent -- liv- vi-.- ,i"l i' pri-u- ll laat the wa- - In' t i t lit- - ill and a in' tu la -- rntenre (ur great-nephe- dii-d- w 1 . evi-ilen- n ip In-- . le.-s- er e t.iri!j'rihg fiii recent di'i-sioHi Kov. nn it ' Millie Unhh. whn un it ti'in 1. at .hi1 lelt wild alfT th-hT on run id n'-- t in peace nw th.it cried, will have hi justice had Ihi-I, nf the (inl'.il id .imii her rial. Reside- - the lark il remnr-e- . Kay's nut know tl.eir pain li family-ai- d ingexartly what happened the night uf the niimlr. Shumway V story changed numerous time', including fine sreiiariii in which Shumway said he was furred to kill Kay in that I'nisecut none of the versions matched the evidence that w;i liiumlat thescene. Many uf Ray'.-- , family members . live in the Christopher is the grandson uf the late Nurtnaii Ray formerly ul'Fruil land and the nephew uf Margie Hrady uf Bluebell. Ruth Innard. uf Mvtmi Bench. is Kay's I .eonurd recalled how her great-aun- t. nephew and Shumway sp-n- t time together. nut just us puls at schiHil. but 1111 vui'utiuns at Sami wash Reservoir where Kays family owns property. According tu Lunard tin Isiys hud been friends for two or three years. Leonard said the family still :ii--- tknuw I r sure what happen! . or th night her hy They only thing they d' know is that Shumway called Ray and ask! if he ruuid spend the night at his hou-- e Although it wasn't unusual fur the ho to have sleep over-- , it was the fir.t time Shumway hud called t invite him-e- lf What is known is that the boy had played a violent videogame-nm?-timeth.night before gtiingtosi-fp- . "They found Brookes diary an'l he wild h' h id hsn teased ami taunted. He ju-- t tis.k it out on Christopher. I guess is what he did." Leonard related Als.i.t a month a'ter Sh'itnway. convietion his attorneys also tried, unsuccessfully, to get a new trial because of alleged jury misconduct. They rlaimed on of the jurors contaminated the jury pool tieiau-- e .lie drove to ami from the three day trial with her hu.hand and took her notepad home from the trial each night However. Third District Judge Roger l.iving.tun rulsi again.t the defense. noting that he wiw no of juror nnsi'i induct. Now the ca-- will go hack to the Third District ( ourt for a new trial at which tune Shumway could he offound guilty of a of first defense. or Is gree felony murder. Ifhe is convicted of manslaughter, a second degn-felony, he could serve up to la years in prison. s Shnniwav. nnw I1 tmieul ill' murder T evnlern e d'sn to avoid a repeat of the i i.wi..t n .us 2002 fire season, the White Hou-- e. in concert with Secretary f Interior (jail Norton and Secretaiy f Agriculture Ann Venetnan. annul Hired Wednesday the Healthy Forest Initiative. Jncoordinatedannouncementsby th- - President and the Secretarys of Interior and Agriculture, theadmin-i-tr.itio- n S.-kin- announced sweeping at ur-d- never found. weapon, The high iijurl li.ui.d that ill' ' u 1 h.rd in rf Ir', houM have ! 'iiri.n-i'li- r mi. m I. in ltieeii alii Xtri na eRi'.tliHi.il iter - fai ling-'ili .r'l rt-- i if rhev detert'' mined that all ti.- rieinr'!- - ') irmr-ii.-I I rioti-had been pn that that It .i- - nnl suye-rmi- ; Shinn wav - verinii.l 'll vent. .i whu h -old I -- -- 11 e. Ha-aii- Pharmacists' web site lists drug shortages, alternatives The American Society of Health-SystePharmacists has been trying to help hy postingcurrent ilrugshnrt-age- s and possible alternative medicines on its Web site httu:.1' www.ashn.org shortage, under a joint project with the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. The site lists nearly 50 drugs as in seriously short supply, unavailable or discontinued, plus another 11 shortages resolved earlier this year. It started tracking local shortagi's in 1996, expanding to national ones in January 2001 when the problem worsened. The lr. trucked 1 19 lust year - not an easy task because manufacturers sometimes refuse to give reasons for shortages or estimate their duration. changes to forestry stewardship Motivated by the devastation ot over 7. 1 million acres of national f restiund. the President established the Healthy Forest Initiative, a to streamline paperwork system. while sharing decision making at the l)cal level. The stated purpose of the initiative is to speed undergrowth thinning and fuel load reduction projects m an effort to avoid a repeat of the u neon tn illuhle wildfires experienced lust year. Aid irding to information nieas'd hy the White House, the administrative actions taken Wednesday would impmve system efficiency without compromising ecological protections. Review of forest health and restoration projects would be conducted at the local level, and would include input from l communities, tribal governments, and other interested per.. ills. Pnij-ctwould exclude protected wilderness ureas, and would not include timber sales that were not primarily intended to reduce undergrowth or fuel loud. Projects would not include the use of pesticides or herbicides. Of special importance to mum environmental activists, the administrative changes would not permit the development of any new. permanent roadways, and would not be applied tu critical wildlife habitats. inventoried roadless areas, or wetlands. According to administration sources, the administrative changes would be used to reduce the delays that have impacted on critical recovery efforts in the past. Right now. there was a period of some 75 days at pm-grurt- is. pri-jsis- al Iix-a- s A grandmother has been sentenced tn prison for distribution Carol Keyser Catoor. Neola. was sentenced last week in Duchesnes Eighth District Court to a term of 5 years to life in the Utah State Prison for her guilty plea to one first degree felony count of distribution of methamphetamine. 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(Under the new guidelines! we do analysis, but we dont do the documentation in the EIS (environmental impact statement). We only do that (eliminate the EIS) after we have lots and lots of practice at those projects. We looked at something like 3500 projects, fuel treatment projects, and assessed those to see what kind of effects they had and they had negligible effects. So. we established then a catthat would save egory that will time, basically, so that we don't have to document that in an environmental impact statement. said US For- - court grad arrested for drugs Drug A U.S. District Court judge has ruled the Ute Indian Tribe will be allowed to join the state of Utah in a lawsuit challenging the claimed hunt- ing rights by members of the Russell Gowen, 22, Vernal was arrested and charged with DUI drugs after Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Luke Stradinger stopped him for speeding. According to Stradinger, Gowen was traveling on Highway 40 just East of Duchesne when he was stopped for speeding. As Stradinger approached the vehicle he noticed an empty pistol holder and a magazine pouch on the floor. Gowen admitted to having a 40 caliber Colt semiautomatic hand gun which he turned over to Stradinger. pat-dow- Timpanogos T ribe. It's been two years since the Timpanogos Tribe filed an injunction to prevent the L'tah Department of Natural Resources from prosecuting member of their tribe if they are found hunting or fishing on the Uintah Ouray Indian Reservation in eastern Utah. In their suit, the Timpanogos Tribe named Kevin Conway, assistant director of the Division of Wildlife Resources, as the defendant. In their brief before U.S. District -- Judge n mS UKE A DEREn Tena Campbell, the Timpanogos Tribe argued the tribe waited too long to file their intentions to become involved in the matter and should not be allowed to enjoin the suit. They also argued the state could adequately represent the search Stradinger found amaryuana pipe and $3.000 in Gowen's pocket. A search of Gowen's vehicle turned up five grams of methamphetamineand 23 grams of marijuana along with five knives with blades ranging in to 5Vj inches. Gowen size from was charged with DUI drugs. tribe's interests in the matter. However, Campbell ruled that because the case is in a relatively no court date has primary state, been set to hear the Timpanogos 3i During the investigation, Stradinger discovered Gowen had graduated from the Uintah County Drug Court in April of 2002. Tribe request for an injunction the Ute Tribes motion is timely. She also ruled the Ute Tribe has an interest in the case that is different than that of Conway's who is acting on behalf of the DWR. and not the Ute Indian Tribe. bargain with prosecutors, another charge against Catoor was dismissed. The charges against Catoor were enhanced because she had prior convictions and was within 1,000 feet of a school and post office when the sales occurred. According to Uintah Basin Narcotics Strike Force member Brad user Draper, Catoor is a long-tim- e and supplier of drugs in the Uintah Basin. Law enforcement is pleased to have her off the streets, Draper said. Catoor introduced many drug user including the confidential informant used by the strike force to other drug dealers in the Neola area. A Roosevelt man who has also faced drug charges, was selling cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine out of Catoors Neola home. The Strike Force has received a lot of good information and tips from members of the community. The Strike Force appreciates the citizens help, Draper said. The Ute Indian Tribe is the pur- ported sole beneficial owner of the Uintah Valley Reservation, and as such has the regulatory authority over activities on reservation lands including hunting and Ashing, Campbell said in her decision. According to court documents, the Timpanogos Tribes disputes the claims made hy theUte Indian Tribe, explicitly claiming that they are the Indians... for whom the Uintah Valley Reservation waa set apart. With the hearing on their motion for an injunction pending in the courts, in October the attorney for the Timpanogos Tribe laid deer and elk subsistence permits would be issued to their members so they can hunt free of charge throughout the exterior boundaries of the Ute Indian Reservation. Attorney Michael Humiston, said he issued the announcement with the belief that an April 10 Circuit Court ruling confirmed the tribe has the right to hunt without fear of legal reprisal. They have always had the right to issue permits to their own members and they are going to continue to do it, said Humiston. At this punt, in principle they still can arrest them, but they do it at their own ride because the Timpanogs have the right under federal law to issue them." A short time later the DWR issued a press release stating that in areas patrolled by state wildlife officers anyone taking wildlife without the required licenses and permits issued by the State or the Ute Tribe will be arrested and prosecuted just as they would be if they were caught taking' game out of season. Such hunting by Timpanogos members has occurred in areas that are far from the Uintah Reservation, including in a limited entry hunting unit in the Book Cliffs, the release stated. Black bear hunting permits approved A total of 214 public black bear hunting permits were approved for Utahs 2003 seasons by the Utah Wildlife Board. Board members approved the permits after learning that the states black bear populations are doing well. The board, which consists ofseven citizens appointed by the governor, Accidental 9 calls are a risk to public safety 1 For many people, a wireless telephone is a source of comfort: knowing that emergency help is as close as the phones keypad is often a main reason for people to have wireless phones and to give them to their children. Unfortunately, between 25 percent and 70 percent of all wireless calls to 911 are accidental hy some estimates, and these calls clog up the phone lines at emergency call centers and even inhibit the dispatch of emergency services to those actually in need. Accidental 911 calls can result from a consumer inadvertently pressing a key on his or her handset that is automatically programmed to reach 9 1 1 hy way of speed dial. Many older wireless phones are equipped with this feature, and many came preprogrammed with the feature turned on. handIn these sets, holding down one key for a few actigenerally the 9" vates the speed dial. The older wireless phones with this feature, espedecially those with an open-face- d sign, might bump against an item in the user a purse or pocket, activating the automatic dial without the user even being aware that this is happening. Accidental 911 calls, also known as unintentional 911 calls, pose a risk to public safety because an emergency call center must spend time and resources to determine whether the calls are truly emergencies or merely false alarms. Generally, a public safety operator will stay on the line, or will disconnect and try to call the caller back to verify any emergency. In either case, time that could be devoted to a true emergency is wasted, and a life could hang in the balance. Accidental 911 calls from wireless phones pose a risk to everyones safety, according to K. Dane Snowden, Chief of the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB). Through awareness and education, consumers, carriers, manufacturers. imple-mentingt- he Court allows Ute Tribe to join with state in lawsuit challenging hunting & fishing By Lezlee E. Whiting After conducting a timcausing damage to ber. The administration signaled an intention to move quickly on new procedures. Hopefully we can get some projects moving as we get into the next fire season. Now, I know the President wants it as soon as possible, secretaiy Norton said. old-grow- th Bos worth. The Departments of Interior and Agriculture have targeted ten demonstration projects as trial balloons for the new evaluation systems. The ten projects, spread across California, Arizona, and other heavily forested states, are targeted at areas that interface with communities and infrastructure. Most of the projects Neola woman sentenced to prison r Other Tractors est Service Chief the Department of Interior where projects would not move forward until it was determined whether or not a are limited in size, ranging from five hundred to a few thousand acres. Moat of the projects involve removal of scrub and underbrush, with limited removal of small trees that allows fire to ladder to the canopy, 1 the government, and public safety groups can help to eliminate this problem. Wireless phone users can prevent accidental 911 calls in several ways. Locking the keypad of a phone prevents accidental calls, as does turning off the automatic 911 feature your user's manual will explain how. Also, one of the benefits of buying a newer handset is that very few of the newer phones have this feature, and if they do, the user has to activate it, so accidental 911 calls are infrequent with the later model handsets. The Federal Communications Commission is working with wireless handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, snd public safety agencies such as the N ational Emergency Number Association (NENA), the Association Inc. (APCO), and the National Association of State Nine One One Administrators (NASNA), to take steps to address the problem of accidental 911 calls. proved the recommendations at a 17 meeting in Salt Lake City. Division of Wildlife Resources staff members and citizen representatives from Utahs five Regional Advisory Councils were among those who pre- sented recommendations to the board. Applications for 2003 Utah black bear hunting permits will be available beginning Feb. 4, 2003. Applications must be received Ire 5 p.m. on March 3 to be included in the 2003 Black Bear Draw. Draw results will be posted by April 4. roved by the The 214 permits board were down from the 217 permits for 2002. Craig McLaughlin, mammals coordinator for the Division ofWildlife Resources, says there are several indications that Utahs black bear populations are doing well It appears that black bear populations have increased statewide since 1990, when Utah began limiting the number of hunting permits offered in the state, he said. One of the best indications of this is on the Book Cliff in Utah, where a black bear study has been underway since 1991. The DWR is providing most of the funding for the study, which is being conducted by Brigham Young University. For 8 of the 1 1 years of the study, most breeding female bears on the Book Cliffs study area produced litters of cubs and survival of female bears was high," east-centr- al Thats great McLaughlin said. news. Also, while bears have been observed in each years mortalities (either taken by hunters or taken because they were killing livestock) since 1997, many of the bean that have died in Utah each year since then have been (2 to 4 older-age- d sub-adul- ts As a result, wireless carriers, for yean old). example, have asked manufacturers of young bean indicates tfiaTtheres either to turn oft the 911 autodial feature before shipment ofnew handsets or not to offer the 911 autodial feature as an option at all. In fact, by Jan. 1, all handsets certified by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association a trade association for the wireless industry will not be factory programmed to dial 911. In addition, many carriers have attempted to reduce the number of accidental 911 calls by providing their customers with educational information through inserts in their monthly bills, through direct mailing&faews-letter- s, snd through postingson their Websites. For further information, consumers may visit the Commissions CGB web site at www.fcc.govcgb.Theaite also contains links to related web sites that offer more facts and findings concerning the uaeof emergency numbers. been strong cub production statewide in Utah for several years. This information supports the data col- lected from bean on the Book Cliff and is a good indication of a growing bear population across the state, he said. McLaughlin say the guiding force behind black bew management in Utah is the state's Black Bear Management Plan. The plan waa developed hr the Black Bear Discussion Group, a group that included diverse interests ranging from hunters to environmentalists. Hie plan was approved by the Wildlife Board in December 1999 and has guided black bear management in Utah since 2000. The plan uses a number of criteria to determine the DWR'a success in reaching the management goals set out in the plan, ana Im happy to report that most of the objectives are being met, McLaughlin said radio-collar- ed POOR i |