The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 2

LOCAL STATE A2 Monday December 24 2001 The Spectrum In December 195 495 695 Births i DECEMBER OOD SPECIALS IN THE CHUCKWAGON' The Quest Sandwich Tender Roast Beef Cheddar Cheese on grilled Sourdough Smothered with Tomatoes Mushrooms Bell Peppers Onions Avocado and 1000 Island Dressing topped off with crispy Bacon Strips Comes with rench ries Served 4pm Chorizo and Eggs Served with Hashbrowns or Beans and Two Corn Tortillas Available from 7am to SLOT POINTS offering from the LDS church owned Deseret Book which has a branch conveniently located down town in the LDS church owned ZCMI mall across the street from the LDS church owned newspaper the Deseret News This also is a place where drink ing a cup of coffee in the morning or having a beer after work makes a clear statement about religious affil iation The LDS church prohibits members in good standing from smoking drinking alcohol or hot caffeinated beverages In short: The rift can be obvious and divisive a tremendous challenge to being in the majority or the minority Niederauer said have to be careful abodt LDS bashing It can become a blood LDS church President Gordon Hinckley has made a priority of building better relations between LDS and non LDS Utahns said spokesman Dale Bills a mes sage that Hinckley has reiterated many times are greatly misunderstood and I fear that much of it is of our own making We can be more toler ant more neighborly more friendly more of an example than we have been in the Hinckley said dur ing the semiannual General Conference in April 2000 At least 60 percent of Catholics are Hispanic Leticia Medina the director of the State Office of Hispanic Affairs has navigated religious divide in her 20 years as a Utah res ident was very difficult to even say I was Catholic because I was looked down after she first moved here from Los Angeles she said The mother of four daughters Monday Thursday 11am to 11pm thru Dec 27th Medina said she struggled with rais I ing her girls here I Her daughters were told by I teachers to take off the crosses they I wore on necklaces I One of her daughters dropped I out of school at the age of 16 I said not the right color not the right It was too much pressure for her to I deal Medina said I Greg Schirf managing partner of I the Utah Brewers Cooperative and owner of Wasatch Brewery tells people that living in Utah has given him a minority complex Schirf a Catholic from Milwau kee moved to Park City in 1974 culture took some getting used to biggest beef with the LDS church is its political domi nance About 90 percent of the Utah legislators are LDS as well as Re 1 publican conservatives i With the culture and religion of I Utah tied together bad feelings canih arise among LDS and non LDSr Utahns alike In October The Salt Lake S' Tribune the largest newspa per funded a survey to find out how deep the religious divide reached LS The survey found that more than two thirds of residents per ceive a social cultural or political divide between those who are LDS and those who are not 1 Sixty percent of non LDS res pondents said they experienced dis crimination or uneasiness in Utah because of their religious views 31 percent of LDS respondents said they had experienced religious dis crimination The poll was conducted by Valley Research and questioned 600 randomly selected adults in six of the most populous counties It had an error margin of 4 percent Herb Roasted Chicken Half Chicken seasoned with herbs and roasted to perfection Rosemary Potatoes Vegetable choice of Soup or Salad Roll and Butter Served from 4pm Use Your Royalty Card to Play and receive Catholics find unity in being a minority in LDS dominated society HAPPY HOLIDAYS By CG WALLACE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY When people talk about in Utah not talking about the Roman Catholic Church Catholicism is the second largest religion but only represents 8 to 9 percent of its residents or about 200000 members The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints claims 70 percent of the residents The sheer dominance of the LDS church in Utah where not just a religion but a culture pushes Catholics together and has created a tightly knit minority Dee Rowland the Salt Lake Catholic government liai son said the emphasis on religion here results in more participation and commitment among Catholics amazed at the distances that people travel to attend Mass in rural Rowland said over whelmed by the sacrifices parents make financially and in transporta tion complications to send their children to Catholic Bishop George Niederauer the Roman Catholic top offi cial in Utah agreed that being immersed in the LDS culture caus es people to take a close look at their faith think the atmosphere here encourages people to take religion he said people ask you what (LDS) ward you belong to that gets you Unlike other parts of the country with a dominant religion the LDS church its influence and its entities permeate the state Salt Lake City is a place where you can come home switch on 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of Colorado City Ariz Pedro Medina Jr and Alicia Marie Cascone of St George Dec 10 John LaMar Rowley and Carol Jean Irwin of St George Alan Eugene Newell and Colette Linda Madsen of Orem Dec 12 Jeffrey Kim Category and Kristy Leigh Pasterski of St George Dec 14 Robert Warren Meek and Christine Elizabeth rench of St George Dec 15 Thomas Baird of Riverton and Wendy Marie Olds of St George Alma LaMont Wood and Cindy Lou Oxenrider of Beryl Arrests The Spectrum reports arrests for felony crimes and compound misde meanors and warrants carrying a bail of at least $750 All arrest infor mation is taken from the jail booking log and police reports The Spectrum reserves the right to report on other incidents at the edi tors' discretion Hurricane Police Department Tiffany Ann Baker Jacobsen 23 Hurricane was arrested Saturday and charged with prescription fraud Jacobsen was booked into Purgatory Correctional acility on $10000 bail St George Police Department Elizabeth Kaye Campbell 19 St George was arrested Saturday on two warrants and a charge of retail theft Campbell was booked into Purgatory Correctional acility on $1250 bail Arturo Garcia 21 St George was arrested Sunday on a warrant and a Incidents At the discretion of the editorial department The Spectrum reports police or rescue incidents of general interest where no arrest is made St George Police Department A fire alarm was triggered at the Red Cliffs Regional Rehabilitation and Convalescent Center Saturday by a faulty heating unit that filled the lounge with smoke Patients were removed from the area It was reported Saturday that a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit was going door to door handing out candy in the 2500 block of East 610 North Responding officers did not find the man A motorist reported Saturday that another motorist stopped next to him at a stoplight on Dixie Drive at Sunset Boulevard and flashed pornographic pictures at him charge of public intoxication Garcia was booked into Purgatory Correct ional acility on $2725 bail Rodolfo Hernandez Perez 33 St George was arrested Saturday and charged with driving under the influ ence of alcohol or drugs Hernandez Perez was booked into Purgatory Correctional acility on $1300 bail Christopher John Olsen 26 St George was arrested Sunday and charged with making a threat against life disorderly conduct and public intoxication Olsen was booked into Purgatory Correctional acility on $1035 Kenneth Rickards 46 St George was arrested Saturday and charged with driving under the influ ence of alcohol or drugs Rickards was booked into Purgatory Correct ional acility on $1500 bail Zachary Michael Sherrill 25 St George was arrested Sunday and charged with driving under the influ ence of alcohol or drugs and improper lane travel Sherrill was booked into Purgatory Correctional acility on $1540 bail Marlene Kesoli Whigham 28 St George was arrested Saturday and charged with disorderly conduct and simple domestic assault Whigham was booked into Purgatory 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