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High 56 Low 38 Details on B12 Weather hotline: 688 7070 WEATHER Partycloudy Sports Pine View drops Emery 57 32 Local Mortuary statue reflects belief in life after death 7 i Nation $8 million for ndHB memoirs BBS The Color Country Spectrum Saturday December 16 2000 A Gannett Newspaper website: thespectrumcom Today Local Pronghorn move to monument ST GEORGE After decades of plan ning 63 American pronghorns were released on the East Clarkench of Grand Staircase Escalante National Mon umentA5 Operation CARE this weekend ST GEORGE The Utah Highway Patrol will conduct their last Operation CARE (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) with a focus on DUI and seat belt enforcement this weekend A4 State Beyond Hugh Pinnock dies at 66 SALT LAKE CITY Hugh Pinnock a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints' irst Quorum of the Sev enty died riday following a brief illness Hewas66A9 Judge refuses to halt Trib sale SALT LAKE CITY A federal judge on riday refused to halt the sale of The SaltLake Tribune to Denver based MediaNews Group Inc Tiger cubs reunited at zoo SALT LAKE CITY Two baby tigers a brother and sister have been reunit ed at the Hogle Zoo IA2 Strong winds shake Northwest SEATTLE Winds gusting up to 90 mph left at least 100000 homes and busi nesses without electricity riday in west ern Washington as snow snarled traffic in other parts of the stateAll Chernobyl shut down for good KIEV Ukraine Chernobyl was shut down forever with the flip of a switch ri day shifting attention to needed repairs on the sarcophagus covering the nuclear plant's ruined reactor which is leaking radiation 14 years after the world's worst nuclear accidentA 12 Terra cotta warriors on display TAIPEI Taiwan The largest codec 1 tion of ancient terra cotta warriors allowed to leave China went on display riday in Taipei with an obvious mission: Inspire a yearning among independence leaning Taiwanese for the Chinese moth erland A12 or The Record Though The Spectrum strives for WO percent accuracy in stories errors do occur If you find an error please call 435 674 6270 1 4 IThe Santas" are not sched uled to perform at the Oasis Resort today in Mesquite They were at the Oasis earlier this month Similarly there is no truck giveaway scheduled I today at the Oasis 1 1' 5 4 1 5 Market Moves Dec152000 DOW (Industrials) 500 RUSSELL 2000 NASDAQ NYSE diary Advances: 1322 New highs 123 Declines: 1600 New ows Unchanged: 421 97 Composite volume: 1789401310 Nasdaq diary Advances: 1329 New highs Declines: 2490 New0WS Unchanged: 966 375 Volume: 2470858700 2000 The Spectrum 54 minutes of honesty ilm makers face history of Mountain Meadows Massacre By ANGIE PARKINSON angiepthespectrumcom ST GEORGE Call it 54 minutes of honesty Students of a Dixie State College communications class held last Spring semester dared to use the controversial Mountain Meadow Massacre as the sub ject of their 54 minute documentary The Mountain Meadows Massacre is the name given to an event in 1 857 when a group of settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (LDS) joined with area Native Americans in killing 1 20 non LDS pioneers The group of pioneers was making its way to Cali fornia Controversy and questions about the involvement of LDS church leaders in the massacre has long been a sore topic for relatives of survivors and members of the LDS faith Advisor for the class Enc Young rec ognizes the subject is controversial at best But Young a member of the LDS faith feels that education is the key to under standing this tragic event people understand the story of the Mountain Meadow Massacre it will never go away It will always haunt said Young need to come to a recon The idea for the subject originated in a film he made about the massacre in his undergraduate days first documentary was pi od need so poorly that I have alw ys ted a chance to do again said Young And I knew we had a very talented group of stu dent The documentary entitled The Moun tain Meadows Massacre cnJes docu mented facts of the tragedy and also other elements such as psychology of the (the film) lifts this enigma from the Mormon said Young does not justify what they Young and other students who worked on the film agree it would be impossible to justify the slaying of 1 20 people but they say honesty will at least help heal are obvious prejudices still prevalent said Young is still a hotbed of controversy This documentary represents what we could get at least two credible sources The religious background of students did come up while working on the project The majority of students who worked on the film are LDS The actual filming brought some of the emotions associated with the tragedy to the surface was haunting to say the said a I 'SSJBBBPSBMBBHBMBi i 4 mt nW ra jBMMb SL jMBMf jbMKMI bbe3EiH9II8b0bIIH MPB JiMM Mr Ml fflrM rsBl IJ JL ifi rM Bia' mW Ml 1 1" 1H MME A BUM Mi MfA Mi Submitted by Eric Young Above director of photography Jason deVilliers shoots a scene during the film ing of "The Mountain Meadows Massacre" last spring near Toquerville Below Dennis Rocks plays the part of Captain ancher leader of the wagon train that was ambushed by Mormon pioneers and Native Americans in the Mountain Meadows Massacre during making of the film by the same name last spring' Young) were times when we had to just stop the camera because we were literally weeping off camera It was very emotionally Students who worked on the project said there is much more to the story than the facts but in telling the facts they were able to gain perspective on the rest of the story is a controversial topic that is not necessarily the brightest moment in the history yet it is a moment from which we can said David Chase student producer of the film a story that is so profound and teaches us so many See MOUNTAIN on A3 Too many teachers? Low student to staff ratio at Colorado City school raises questions By ANGIE PARKINSON angiepthespectrumcom COLORADO CITY Ariz Staffing numbers at Colorado public school continue to baffle observers According to Superintendent of Mohave County Schools Mike ile' at last count 99 stall members were on the payroll Current enrollment at the school is 329 students Enrollment dropped by more than 600 students this school year due to a sermon by leaders of the undamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) The sermon called for members of the LDS faith to withdraw from pub lic schools Students have withdrawn but staffing has not been adjusted accordingly ile said he has been working with Superintendent of Colorado City Schools Alvin Barlow to get the numbers to a more reasonable level ile said Barlow would have to fire about 60 employees to have a normal student to staff ratio But ile has been encouraging Barlow since early October and since that time only eight people have been taken off the payroll realm of influence is limit ed As long as the financial aspects add up ile can only encourage Barlow in the direction of staff reduction the number of people they (Col orado City School staff) are paying they haveadeqdate said ile '1 Deloy Bateman a science teacher at the school said there is still great of teachers who come to school each day but do not teach Bateman said those teachers are presumably followers of War ren Jeffs or who were told by their leader not to be involved in pub lic schooling Bateman said he worries about the quality of education at the school know why (teachers who are not working) said Bate man care about the stu ile said it would be difficult to prove whether or not teachers are working The situation of a teacher who accepts a pay check without doing any work could be considered gift of public according to ile ile said Mohave County Attorney Bill Ekstrom has been alerted to the situation but repeated attempts by The Spectrum to contact him were unsuccessful on riday Technology dinosaurs the Olympics and a tax decrease Leavitt Gov Mike Leavitt pitches his 2001 budget Leavitt is proposing a 148 percent increase in the public educa tion budget which weighs in at $24 bil lion next year It includes a 6 percent increase in the weighted pupil unit that is directed toward salaries and another $45 million for text LLLzEvO OUL7M11VO CAHVl 11ULCU I lUUUu Higher education's budget is slated to receive $102 million to help increase the number of engineering computer science Ann tAnrinrJrirrv rA I atpri arnHiifHpc Hnw The proposed budget also includes a new approach for providing higher com pensation for high level math and science teachers to discourage them from defect ing to private industry' jobs Allowing those with knowledge of the industry to teach makes sense the governor said always seemed ridiculous to that those with degrees and extensive pro fessional experience must still gain teach ing certificates jn order to be allowed to teach in aUtah classroom he added Leavitt said his rural devel opment initiative which is part of the UtahSilicon Valley: Alliance will help develop an information economy in what has traditionally been a natural resource based economy He alluded to a technolo EV Ui LUlIlUUlCl lL iaiVV vvmuuiij California that is expected to locate an ever none of the five new buildings to be office iii St George 4 constructed for engineering and technolo Dan McArthur has been work gy students are at schools based in south ing on Leavitt said he maynot em Utah be ready to make an announcement By LOREN WEBB lwebbthespectrumcom ST GEORGE Gov Michael Leavitt said riday his proposed 2001 budget pro vides substantial opportunities to fund projects throughout the state Leavitt speaking by conference call with The Spectrum Editorial Board how ever could provide few specific details for projects that will affect southern Utah In a 40 minute far ranging discussion books supplies and library funds me governor empnasizeu ms cuuuuuuu budget saying it will considerably boost 'spending for higher education and public schools Whether that will satisfy the teachers who recently conducted a one day walkout remains to be seen and is somewhat up to the Legislature he 'added HE ML BM KlB The governor has allocated $750000 for of smart sites in rural towns for locating high speed high band width capacity telecommunications to attract people in the technology and telecommunications community Leavitt said this resource econ will not take place overnight but ill be a process The proposed budget has so far received a positive response from state legislators because not only is there no tax increase proposed Leavitt said but there are two tax reductions for low income Utahns The governor said he chose not to pri oritize where the $10 million in one time funding for state parks will be allocated He said that decision will be left up to the state Parks and Recreation Board He has also allocated 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