Show — South Sevier Rams Win Baseball Tournament (See Page 10-A- Number 12 ) Richfield Utah Wednesday March 23 1994 Price 50tf V J Violence Is Not Candidate List Complete As Last Normal Teens Minute Flurry Fills Ballot Spots Told At Session By Hal "Violence is not normal" Utah Attorney General Jan Graham told students attending the third annual youth conference Friday at Richfield High School In a keynote address to nearly 600 students and parents Graham said 50 years ago the worst problems teachers had to deal with in schools were students chewing gum and speaking out of turn Now she said it’s drug abuse violence and guns Edwards Reaper Editor specialist Over 600 attended the dance on Friday night and over 800 came to Saturday sessions There were 17 presenters including law enforcement officers Meals were provided by McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants Filing by candidates in the waning days of the 1994 sign-u- p period which ended Thursday swelled the list of hopefuls for this year's elections in Sevier Piute and Wayne counties Six incumbents in Sevier County are virtually assured re-el- tion with no opposition while three candidates each have filed for the two commissioner posts Two candidates for Sevier School District board of education will also run unopposed Linda Ogden Richfield filed for the Precinct Three post currently held by Ruth Jackson who is not seeking election and Raymond S Whittaker Ho-vin- school nurse for Sevier School District and Janet Jones Mental Health abuse and prevention Nielson Monroe lenged for his post by Dcann Hcit-ma- n (R) Marysvalc and Joe Johnson (R) Marysvalc Circlcvillc William Blackwell Marysvale former member of the Piute District school board has filed for Precinct One and will run against incumbent Richard Sylvester Quin Newby Circlcvillc filed for School Board Precinct Three Previously filing there were Helen Jenkins Darrin Jensen Sharon Whittaker Neal Wiltshire and (See FILING Page 3-- With the exception of incumbent two-terRep Brad Johnson other incumbent office holders on state and national levels arc being challenged in this year’s election Johnson who serves in District 70 came out of the filing period unscathed as no one filed against him He is virtually assured of two more years in the Utah House of Representatives m of Sevier County Johnson's district covers the northern western Emery County and the Gunnison Valley area and Sterling in Sanpete County who was appointed to However Leonard Blackham 28 w ill be chalDistrict in Peterson Sen of the term Cary complete lenged by Clark Wall Venice Republican for that post Peterson was appointed Utah's agriculture commissioner by Gov Mike Leavitt in January 1993 two-thir- Injuries Slight Amanda Griffitha Rich- field was slightly injured when the car sha was driving went out of control struck a guy wire on a power pole and then hit the pole causing the car to overturn The acci- dent happened just before noon Tuesday at Sixteen-year-ol- d North and 200 West Griffiths and a passenger Josh Anderson 16 were taken by ambulance to Sevier Valley Hospital for examination Richfield City Police Office Bryce Jensen investigated Citations are pending 200 The district covers Sevier Piute Wayne Millard Juab and pete counties Teen Elk Poacher Sentenced By Bill McClure Reaper Staff Writer A Richfield teenager was sentenced Monday in Sixth District Juvenile Court for poaching a mature bull elk on the Durfee Homestead area about 1 1 miles cast of Richfield As the result of a plea bargain the young man pleaded guilty to one count of wanton destruction of wildlife and one count of wasting wildlife Judge Louis G Trevort set restitution at $4500 which was earmarked for the Department of Wildlife Resources' "Help Stop Poaching" program and gave the juvenile three days to turn over his light through an anonymous telephone tip to a DWR conservation officer Two weeks ago Trevort sentenced three other Sevier Valley juveniles one on three counts of wanton destruction of w ildlife three counts of wasting wildlife and one count of commercialization wildlife of the second on two counts of wanton destruction of wildlife and two counts of wasting wildlife and the third on one count of commercialization of wildlife Trevort then gave the teen 30 days to select between 1 500 work hours or $9250 in fines and surcharges The 1500 work hours based on a work week would amount to 375 weeks or s of a year nearly If the work hour option is selected he must work at least 30 hours per month while attending school and not less than 100 hours per month when not attending school (D-Uta- In addition to Orton who has filed for a third term five Republicans arc seeking the post They include Brent White Elsinore Dixie Thompson Orangeville Gary Herbert K Dale DcSpain and Tom Draschil all Provo Barbara Grccnway Salt Lake City is running for the office as a Socialist Workers Party candidate Sterling Program Readied 40-ho- three-fourth- Over 100 high school seniors from high schools in four regional counties arc vying for top honors in the 21st annual Sterling Scholars of Central Utah competition Thursday at 7 pm in the Richfield High School auditorium t--- A total of 13 first place and 26 p w inners w ill be named Should the fine option be chosen he must pay $300 per month of when not in school and his income while attending school runners-u- Contestants were interviewed one-ha- lf Vicky and Nolan Bastian Sigurd have been named to serve on the American Farm Bureau's Advisory Committee for 1994 The couple is active in state and local Farm Bureau programs Sigurd Pair Named To National Farm Bureau Committee The Bastians who operate a diSIGURD — Nolan and Vicky Bastian Sigurd have been selected versified farm in the Sigurd area term on the will serve a to serve as members of the AmeriAFBF National Young Farmer and can Farm Bureau's Advisory Comtwo-ye- ar Rancher Advisory Commiucc Ken Ashby Delta Utah Farm They have served as Sevier Bureau president said the Bastians County Farm Bureau Young along with six other Utah Farm Bu- Farmer and Rancher chairpersons reau members will serve for the for three years and on the slate committee for two years next year "These are all outstanding Farm They run a dairy operation w ith Bureau members and we're pleased their father and uncle as well as a that their nominations have been farming operation They also raise accepted by the national organizareplacement heifers for the dairy tion and approved by the board of Mr Bastian is also employed by directors for committee memberBrown Brothers Construction said ship" Ashby Monday in Ccntcrfield w ith judges making their decisions at that time Separately DWR conservation officers will recommend to the DWR Board the revocation ing privileges for five years San- Four men have filed for the District 73 house post being vacated by Rep Jim Yardley Filing for that office are C Kay Peterson (R) Loa Tom Hatch (R) Panguitch Bob Russell (R) Kanab and Norman Gublcr (American) LaVcrkin That district includes the southern third of Sevier County along with Wayne Piute Garfield and Kane counties and a portion of western Washington County On a national level six persons have filed for the Utah Third Congressional District post held by Rep Bill Orton rifle mittee in 1994 Incumbent assessor Lenna Rominc (D) Circlcvillc is chal- Holders Challenged She told them of an incident early in her career when she wanted a job with a radio station and agreed to work free for six weeks so the management could sec what kind of employee she would be Even though she was given the worst working hours — 3 am newscasts — alter three weeks she had a permanent job and a better schedule m M Kamcllc Forbush who was appointed to fill an unexpired term did not file for another term Previously filing for Commissioner A were Van Wiley (R) Antimony Roger Donohoe (D) and Martin Jensen (D) both Circlcvillc Kim Butterfield (R) and Nucl Anderson (D) Kingston had filed earlier State National Office to be fooled into thinking they could plan their destiny on "luck" alone With hard work "you can be what you want to be" Financial support came from Sevier County Sheriff John Mca-chawho uses money confiscated in drug busts to educate children and parents about avoiding substance abuse Organizers were Jurcnc Christine In Piute Lcland Millctt (R) Kingston filed for the Commissioner A post while Mark Cannon (R) Dick Westwood (R) and Cathy Whittaker (R) all Circlcvillc and Greg Allen (R) Kingston have all filed for the Commissioner B post Kimberly Perkins KTVX Channel 4 news anchor told students not School and from the front lawn at 10:30 Additional filing this week in Sevier County included Tim Jones and Carolyn Washburn both Mon-ro- c for the school board Precinct One office Filing earlier was Several candidates waited until the final two days to file in Piute and Wayne counties "I worry about abuse and violence at home" she said slating that in the attorney general's office where she directs the activities of 144 lawyers their most important clients arc Utah’s youth Graham quoted advice from one of her heroes Reva Beck Bosone who was the first woman Utahn elected to Congress: "Do good fear nothing" Perkins anchored Channel 4's 5:30 pm news broadcast Friday from the lobby of Richfield High Richfield has filed for the Precinct Two post currently held by Carl Albrecht who is is not seeking another term David Snyder associate city edi- tor of the Deseret News will be master of ceremonies for the event of hunt- Students from Richfield South Sevier North Sevier Manti Gunnison Valley North Sanpete Wasatch Academy Juab Millard and Delta high schools arc participating The poaching incident which occurred in early February came to Garkane Wins National Honor For the second consecutive year representatives of Garkane Power Association Inc have been recognized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) as recipients of the PEARL award Weather Precip (Promoting Excellence in American Rural Life) This year's PEARL award hon- ored the efforts of Melinda Tor-gerse- n Koosharcm Mrs Torgcr-sen'- s husband LaDon serves as president of the board of directors at Garkane Last year they were honored with a PEARL award for their efforts in directing a leadership seminar in GARKANE week-lon- g Wash-(Se- e Page 11 Early Blossoms An apricot tree in the yard of Pete Weimer of Monroe ia getting a jump on spring with early blossoms Spring officially arrived Sunday along with spring-likweather in southern Utah Temperatures climb to near 60's every day e 9-- Water year precipitation to date 273 to the same date last year 493 all of last year 1023 r |