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Show Nie tives restricting certain hunting practices would need to receive two-thirds of the vote on election day to pass, as opposed to a simple majority vote for other proposals. That’s in addition to the signatures required to place the initiative on the ballot in the first place. themselves, most bears become” slow and sleepy. Hunters could probably kill the drowsy bears with a Nerf bat lronically, Utahns For Wildlife didn’t placing similar measures on Utah’s have to bother with the usual petition drive, since the initiative was placed on the ballot by a joint resolution of the state legislature, and only needs a simple majority in November in for SJR. 10 to pass. Those opposed to the measure worry that SJR 10 will give Utah “the dubious distinction of bare the first state to allow one special | ballot. Such measures, if passed, might one day restrict tiny portions of hunting in Utah. Still, the possibility was enough to spur the Utah Legislature into drafting SJR 10 during its last session. If SJR 10 passes, it would amend the state’s constitution so that initia- PES id? Bal BE BP ao itis Se Sar ee ae ae eat Hiss OF Be oS : oS SRE VRS he, SP ae Be ane aei See BP oe Syfess eee aie Bo ae “SJR 10 is the first constitutional amendment of its kind in the country’s history,” continues a pamphlet from the Utah Voting Rights Coalition. “Never before has any state that allows the people to use a ballot initiative process changed its constitution to single out a specific issue and hold that issue to a higher standard at the ballot = ox.” SEND YOUR COMMENTS sau lipo dees ey ele ee G oe ealet ORcher CALL 655-9202. Last year, police say NORBA racers had several run-ins with authorities. This summer, however, the racers were more often victims than perpetrators. In addition to the se : sede a's f ee 2Eee eB# ee Ee 2s#5 Eats interest group to manipulate the state con- stitution.” fe oe three bikes lifted’from the cargo trailer, at least one other bike was stolen during the races. se lies and a lot of friends on their breaking and entering, then made off with only postage stamps. ~Meanwhile, police are investi- gating other thefts involving more expensive loot. One unidentified store reported a felony retail theft involv- IGT MAVE i ¢ Late-night drinkers often thank heaven for 7-11, stumbling into the Park Avenue store in search of a snack to sate their beer munchies. So when a clerk at the convenience store saw an intoxicated man milling about the aisles, she didn’t think much of it. But when the drunk started to leave, he lifted his arm and revealed a secret so sad, so pathetic, it caught the clerk by surprise. Upon lifting his arm to push open the door, his shirt rose and exposed the man’s waist-line. There, where plumbers distinguish themselves with an unflattering flash of skin, this drunk distinguished himself as a non-paying customer. He had stuffed a doughnut into back of his pants. “He had to have shia that doughnut,” reported the 7-11 clerk, who gave chase after the baked-good bandit, but watched as the suspect jumped into an “orange passenger car” and sped away. “predict a Bits ing a fur coat. Gray in color and described by police as “sheared beaver,” the garment disappeared from a shop that has seen its share of theft. : ainey had a big time heist a few years ago,” say police. “They don’t like to put their name out, because they've been targeted by a Salt Lake group.” The coat of sheared beaver was priced at $6,200. That’s roughly half the collective value of three mountain bikes stolen from a cargo trailer in Old Town the weekend of the NORBA National Championship Series Races at Deer Valley. Rival racers are not considered suspects in the bike thefts. Across town on Ontario Avenue, police responded to a report of juveniles tossing water balloons. When authorities arrived, the suspects were “GOA,” or “Gone On Arrival.” Unlike eggs, a water balloon’s rubbery shell will not chip paint. DEER VALLEY’S ¢ The burglars who hit a business on’ ; Bonanza Drive must have large famiChristmas card lists. Park City Police say the bandits went to the trouble of but the Blazer’s paint was chipped. Own oO — KES PAINT PELLETS: ¢ A truck towing a camping trailer was driving past the Powder Run Condos when the driver heard something hit his home on wheels. Upon stopping to inspect his vehicle, the driver discovered the unmistakable splat of a paintball pellet. Police were called to the scene, where they interviewed a 24-year-old suspect. The suspect, who was staying in the Powder Run Condos, admitted to possessing a paintball gun and plenty of ammo. Still, police didn’t have enough evidence to press charges. Damage to the camper trail- er was estimated at $25. Police blame a barrage of eggs for damage to a Chevy Blazer parked on Lucky John Drive. The discovery of ¢ Drag racing in Deer Valley might seem as odd as yacht racing on Echo Reservoir, but police say they've received repeated reports of tires peeling out and cars zooming through the streets near Snow Park Lodge. The latest incident allegedly occurred on Queen Ester Drive. Police looked high and low, but found no one matching the description of Bo, Luke or Uncle Jesse. Meanwhile, down on Deer Valley Drive in Park City, police arrested a driver so blindly drunk he reportedly skidded into the curb on the east side of the street, then shot across five lanes of traffic before slamming into the other curb and broken shells, an empty egg contain- blowing out two tires. The driver was er and eggy residue led authorities to charged with DUI and possession of believe that the owner of the Blazer was another victim of a senseless a marijuana pipe. egging. This time no one was hurt, rom the producers of Wag The Dog comes a new video game designed to bring more voters out on election day. No longer will the masses have to sit through confusing campaign commercials and long, boring speeches. Now, all a voter needs to know can be accessed via joystick on most Nintendo and Sega game sets. Who needs all those dull statistics about voting records and campaign contributors? With campaign video games, candidates can recast contests for elective office in settings that don’t bore the average voter. Take the race for Summit County assessor. Who is really fired up about this one, really? Well maybe voters would pay attention if computerized characters resembling the candidates were placed in video games based on jungle warfare or battles between space colonies. 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