| Show '0 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Tuesday December " Interior Department Won't Let Users Group Have Extra Water BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE When a renegade nation (Iraq for example) ticks off the United States the United States is apt to impose some kind of sanction It is not unlike what is happening in Utah County where the US Department of Interior and a group of irrigators called the Strawberry Water Users Association are battling over water rights In the latest salvo Interior has decided that next year the association's shareholders will not be eligible for any extra water out of Strawberry Reservoir In effect Interior is spanking the association The association has rights to some 61500 acre feet of water annually from the reservoir which delivers the water via a tunnel that dumps into tributaries of the Spanish Fork River The water has been used for irrigating fields and orchards in south Utah County Earlier this year though the association filed an application with the state engineer to convert that water to municipal use which is potentially more lucrative than agricultural use Interior has cried foul saying title to the water belongs to the United States not to the association and that the water cannot be converted without a comprehensive environmental and economic analysis So until that dispute is resolved Interior has decided to play tough with the association by denying any water in excess of the 61500 acre feet (On aver- - Wheelock Is Returning to California age it takes about 3 acre feet to grow four cuttings of alfalfa on an acre of land in Utah County) As a result of improvements in the 1970s under the federally funded Central Utah Project (CUP) Strawberry Reservoir has excess water known as "temporary water" that has not been contracted for permanently Since 1987 Interior has been making up to 15000 acre feet of that water available each year to as many as 465 of the association's shareholders Those tembasis porary water contracts are on a It is those contracts the Interior now is denying to anyone belonging to the association "We need to take care of the issue of their application before we can enter into any temporary contracts" said Reed Murray of Interior's Utah County office Association General Manager Gary Aitken would not comment on the Interior's decision regarding the temporary water "I need to be careful what I say given the delicate nature of the situation We don't want to negotiate it in the newspaper" Aitken said Caught between the Interior and the association is the Central Utah Water Conservancy District which is charged by federal statute with contracting the additional water "We're in the middle and get crap from both sides" said district Director Don Christiansen "We hope to help them put their differences behind "XTi — —" 7r Deer Creek Reservoir "b I Spanish Fork Diamond Fork River Santaqunf jPayson River UTAH said Salt Lake resident Lindsey Grimshaw looking d comfortable in her hair and studded-leathe- r collar Grimshaw was among the some 100 extras who turned out Monday afternoon to take part in a crowd scene for "SLC Punk!" one of the many film productions using Utah as a backdrop But unlike most productions that come to Utah this film is actually set in Salt Lake City circa 1985 It was an era defined by spiked mohawks and safety pins piercing through any noticeable facial surface From the looks of things at the Old Mill in Big Cottonwood Canyon where a concert scene was filmed Monday there was a run on blue and pink hairspray in greater Salt Lake City Hundreds'of hairdos and punks and punk wannabes in Day-Glleather lined up to slamdance their way into the independent film "There was a punk scene in Salt Lake I was part of it" said writerdirector James Merendino who left Utah 12 years ago The mov ie draws on Merendino's experiences a$ a member of a subculture in Utah "SLC Punk!" which Merendino hopes to have ready to market at the Cannes Film Festival in May tells the story of Stevo and Bob "the onlv two dedicated anarchist punks in Salt Lake City in the Ultimately the film's hero played by Matt Lillard scareflick (best known from 1996's teen-ag- e Scream") has to decide if he is going to remain a punk forever or go to Harvard law school "Salt Lake City does not come off as the butt of the joke here" said Peter Ward one of the film's producers "It's about the tribes that form in society We've got punks and mods rockers and rednecks and how they relate and identify with one another" One who didn't understand the Utah punk scenes it happened in 1985 was Merendino's father John who still lives in Salt Lake City "As a parent I was concerned when my kid came home looking that way" he said "But my son has always been philosophical about the punks and the rednecks and somehow we got through it all" red-spike- Tunnel $l Fork y I(( r- - CO - l- (I DETAIL AREA t: iMupni NUH1H I being II Uhtmli ThfSill MivU lt iikv T riluinr o Most affected by the dispute however are farmers who may have come to depend on the temporary water said Christiansen Zach Frankel the most public critic of the CUP and the water district said this latest dispute between Interior and the association helps prove something is askew in the CUP's planning for water Frankel is trying to show that more CUP water from Strawberry should be funneled north to Salt Lake County where most of the demand for water is projected mid-1980- ————"3 —H f:sr s ' - Guard Waives Extradition Armored-Ca- r BY TOM ZOELLNER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FARMINGTON — Thomas Wheelock a temporary guest of the state of Utah will be going back to Oakland Calif in handcuffs and shackles to face charges for allegedly killing his and stealing $300000 from the back of an armored car Oakland detectives may have Wheelock back in California by early today said Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Jim Anderson "We don't want to waste time" he said Wheelock on Monday waived his right to an extradition hearing — a legal procedure that could have forced California prosecutors to go through Utah Gov Mike Leavitt's office to secure custody of Wheelock "He said he wanted to return to California and get this thing red solved" said his public defender Glen Cella adding that Wheelock wanted to be able to visit his family Another jail cell — and the eventual possibility of lethal injection — awaits him in California where prosecutors charged him Monday with murder and Women Ask Judge to Keep an Eye on Case Continued from alty if convicted He has already confessed his involvement in the killing and robbery said Utah Highway Patrol officials The former armored-car guard was captured on Interstate 15 near Clearfield on Thanksgiving after a trooper pulled him over for not having a license plate on the back of his Ford Bronco He was held without bail over the weekend in Davis County Jail It was two days after he allegedly shot his partner Cortez and stole $300000 from an Armored Rodrigo Transport Inc car Wheelock had recently learned he was about to lose his job because his employers had discovered a previous burglary conviction on his record Anderson said After shooting Cortez in the neck Wheelock ditched the armored car behind an auto-part- s store where he once worked police said But his getaway was foiled because the car he had stashed nearby would not start according to a police affidavit Wheelock was forced to take a store in taxicab to a video-gam- e Walnut Creek Calif where he met a friend who gave him a change of clothes and a ride to a Sacramento motel the affidavit said It was there that Wheelock reportedly stashed most of the money underneath the mattress He later abandoned the loot after he saw a police officer getting gas at a nearby service station and surmised the police were about to raid the motel He allegedly bought a used Bronco with his remaining cash and drove it west until he was pulled over by Utah Trooper Randall Richey REMEMBERING MARC Weber County Is No 1 Cases In Child-Abus- e THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OGDEN — Weber County leads the state for abusing and neglecting its children according to court statistics Last year only one county had more juvenile court "shelter hearings" than Weber County and that was Salt Lake County with five times the population Shelter hearings are convened within 72 hours after a child has been removed from a home because of suspected abuse or neglect The hearings are held in juvenile court where a judge must decide what happens next Weber County's two juvenile judges Kent Bachman and Mark Andrus conducted 358 such hearings in 1996 exceeded only by the 758 hearings split between Salt Lake County's eight juvenile judges according to juvenile court statistics Bachman and Andrus were Nos 1 and 2 in the state when it came to the total number of hearings heard — 207 by Andrus and 151 by Bachman "It's killing these judges" said Mike Strebel court executive for Ogden's 2nd District Juvenile Court "They're having to stay till seven and eight at night for all these hearings" Court officials have said the 2nd District which includes Weber Davis and Morgan counties is due for a new judge possibly as soon as next July Fund-Raisin- in inner-cit- y fund-raisin- to the DFS' Ka"doesn't mean poor are more or abuse their IMaUIHUIII 1-$- 801 "And the stress of being poor can add to the problem" Larsen said "If you don't have money to feed your kids or ever do anything fun it tends to cause a buildup of 1997 AJMtv L AI a Ami Bring the whole family and oin In the fun for the OStrH' Box Office Opening celebrations with MUSIC FOOD PRIZES ENTERTAINMENT and more! per-eapi- Enjoy complimentary beverages and light snacks Donate a toat to the 'Dreamcoat Drive' for the Aid Society and receive a FREE 'JOSETH' lapel pin Travelers If A 11 1 1 i AD visitors will be eligible to win a 'JOSEPH PRIZE PACK including a Souvenir Program and a Limited tdrnon (UstTri "TTTT THE FIRST 100 TICKET BUYERS IN EINE SATURDAY WILl RECEIVE 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J I i oin us Saturday December 6 from 7 am - 10 am for the JOSEPH' BOX OFFICE OPENING FESTIVITIES AT KINGSBURY HALL stress" 1 endowment fund Smith said such a fund managed properly would generate about $400000 a year in interest — enough to keep the center going indefinitely Once on its feet the center will make its facilities available to area schools for free OFFICE ARID PHONE LINES OPEN 7k us" The freshest figures to date for covering January through October show Weber holding its edge: 184 shelter hearings compared with 459 for Salt Lake 100 for Utah County and 40 in Davis County according to the state Attorney General's Office Of 499 Weber County children whose fate was determined in the past year by the recommendation of the division to the judge 302 remained in the division's custody That most often means foster care group homes proctor care or other programs "inifiiifililfe'"i v NAwajr Larsen the northern regional director for the division said the poor tend to be more involved with governmental agencies and therefore are "more visible to 237-20-18 bare-bone- - " B0K kids" $5 Bucks Back! SALT LAKE CITY terim CEO of the southwestern Utah center said the $420000 raised so far will pay overdue s bills and fund a operation through next March Meantime short-terfund raising will continue Letters go out next week to potential donors seeking to raise $6 million for an g IVINS — A grass-root- s effort fell $180000 short of the $600000 needed but enough money still has been brought in to keep the Tuacahn Art Center open Hyrum Smith chief executive officer of Franklin Covey and in Ogden Still according tie Larsen that people who are likely to neglect NO SERVICE FEES and I ' Falls Short But Will Keep Tuacahn Art Center Open g THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bachman and Andrus in a public forum in October cited socioeconomic conditions as the reason for so many abuse and neglect cases The conditions exist chiefly 296-827- 7 I ii w g Barbara Belyea brought her daughter Andee and son Bridger to the steps of the State Capitol on Monday evening to mark World AIDS Day and to light a candle in remembrance of her brother Marc Huntington who died of AIDS two years ago More than 50 people participated in the candlelight vigil 566-510- LjCOPY cently returned to work Campbell zeroed in on the county's policy offered by Larson as proof the county is addressing the issue But the 1992 policy is the same document relied on by Fire Department managers who read its limited definition of sexual harassment and wrongly decided the women's complaints did not qualify the judge pointed out The policy defines sexual harassment as sexually related comments and conduct she said It does not mention gender discrimination or different treatment based on gender which was the basis of and Sadler's case the judge said "I find it disturbing that Salt Lake County has yet to change that very narrow definition" she said The women claimed they were subjected to obscene name-callinthat escalated into sabotaged their patient care beginning in July 1992 when they ' worked with firefighter Blaine Walsh at Station 67 in Taylorsville The original jury verdict included punitive damages from Walsh and supervisor Robert Olscheskv Diinnv La1 he Salt Lake Inhunc Crossroads Travel MAIN l Min-cho- Getting you there with CARE! Midvale Bountiful 143 $ B-- sexual-harassme- court-appointe- three "special circumstances" that could get him the death pen- IH TI'ARS How do you tell a real punk from a punk wannabe? "The real punks don't feel like they need to snarl at the camera to let everyone know they're a punk" Strawberry Reservoir Provo IORI THE SALT LAKE TRIHL'NE CO I II BY WASATCH Wat Lake i X - Film Turns Calendar Back to SL's Punk Era The Interior Department says a group ot irrigators in south Utah County will not got any excess water next year out of Strawberry Reservoir year-to-ye- them" B3 2 1997 n n |
