The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 10

A10 Saturday, December 4, 1999 The Spectrum FROM THE FRONT Speeding somewhat curbed, patrols to continue Woman ordered to keep distance from stepson busy street from 55 to 45 mph. The state sets speeds on its highways by determining what speed 85 percent of drivers travel. UDOT officials said that by temporarily lowering the speed limit, a permanent reduction could be granted. Meanwhile, city police and other agencies are enforcing the new limit with success. Holm said Friday.

However, some drivers got the message better than others after the first week. Holm said. There were three warnings issued by city police officers and speeding tickets, Holm said. "They would have been cited even if (the limit) had been 55," he said. Holm said increased patrols in the area will continue at least through next week.

No problems reported on Hospital spokesman Travis Bradburn said Friday that Yellowitz and her new daughter are doing fine. Burns said Yellowitz will be arrested early next week and a court date will be set in the felony case. According to police reports, Yellowitz denies the boy was burned intentionally, saying he was placed in the shower and left unattended where he caused the injury. However, investigators for the Iron County Sheriffs Office disagree and claim the second-degree burns are consistent with an intentional burn. Burns added that he has concerns about other children living on the property and said he will ask the Department of Child Protective Services to reconsider its decision to allow her to have contact with other small children.

By SCOn MURPHY smurphythespectrum.com CEDAR CITY A judge granted an emergency request Friday from Iron County Attorney Scott Burns to keep an accused child abuser 100 yards away from her stepson. Rhoda Yellowitz, 31, of Cedar Valley, was charged Thursday with second-degree felony child abuse for allegedly immersing her 2-year-old stepson's head in boiling liquid on Nov. 23 and causing second-degree burns. The boy remains in his father's custody. An evidentiary hearing is set for Tuesday to review the temporary order.

Yellowitz, who must stay at least 100 yards from the boy, has not been arrested for the alleged incident because she gave birth to a girl Friday at Valley View Medical Center. CUSTOMERS In the Sears preprint dated December 3, 1999, the 55119 Sylvania 4-head VCR was incorrectly identified as being HiFi. It is not. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our customers. 3S oaf P1 build an additional 200 rooms.

The current hotel has 210 rooms and NevStar would like to add 200 more. "We would be happy with 800 rooms," Fireman said. "We have a 98 percent occupancy rate during peak times and a yearly average of 95 percent. On Friday and Saturday nights we have up to 100 turn-aways." Occupancy on rooms at the Mesquite Star are still high said Kathy Myers. "We still have current promotions and coupons that we are honoring," Myers said.

Those that are still valid are being honored and we are working on new promotions." Random cash giveaways are still being held on Thursdays and Saturdays. Sark Arslanian, the Rebels football coach. "Everything we did as a club was to help Sark," he said. "It was Sark who raised enrollment at the college to 300. That's history." Arslanian had such a strong influence on young men that he brought many talented players to Dixie.

They, in turn, built the school's academic and athletic reputation, paving the way for generations of others, Cox said. To see the effect that sports can have on an athlete and a communi-ty( Cox said people should simply look at the state champion Snow job categories that pay above the median wage. They are mostly full-time, not part-time." In November, much of the jobs growth came from the service sec tor, which added .181,, 000 p'opi- Surfing? Catch The Spectrum online www.thespectrum.com VVAMTFn- AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE I am buying vintage autographs on letters, Dholos. baseballs, autoaraoh books. raf checks, documents.

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NevStar Gaming trades on the stock exchange as NVSTE, has a 52-week low of .38 and a 52-week high of $3.00 per share. The Nevada Gaming Commission does not place restrictions on casinos that have filed for bankruptcy. The only requirement is that the commission is notified. On Monday, Nov. 29, 25-30 PARADE Continued from Al years ago, the 91-year old Cox remembers his high school playing days well, especially those fabled games against arch-rival BYU.

The lanky Cox always seemed to have his best games in Provo. During one game, blood poisoning kept him out of the first half. In the second half, however, he made six straight shots to pull the Utes even with the Cougs. "When I first got the ball (at center court), everyone was stand ECONOMY Continued from Al Cheney, chief economist for John Hancock. "By itself, the report lowers the odds of another rate', increase early next year." Average hourly earnings, a key gauge of inflation pressures, grew by a scant 0.1 percent to $13.41 in November.

That compared with a 0.3 percent gain the previous month. Other economists continue to believe the Fed is likely to raise rates again in February or March. Those economists maintain that the red-hot economy is growing at a rapid pace that probably cannot be sustained without triggering inflation. The Fed has raised interest rates three times this year to cool the economy and keep inflation under control. "I see no evidence that the economy is slowing despite the three speeding tickets (interest rate increases) issued by Chairman Greenspan," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist for Wells Fargo.

"He will have to keep racheting up "4 ('! rMtj TV- Sat10amto6pm ri "I mill lu the south side of Cedar City where the speed limit has also been lowered. The new speed limit on the north end affects a larger area and begins at about 1100 North Main Street. UDOT officials have said one reason for the attempt to get the lower speed limit is the large amount of high school students who cross North Main Street during their lunch hours. Although the practice is discouraged, Mesquite casinos have often accepted chips from competing casinos. Several casinos have stopped accepting Mesquite Star casino chips since the bankruptcy was announced.

This isn't the first time that the Mesquite Star has experienced financial difficulties. The framework for the casino was built in 1996, then laid dormant for nearly two years before the building was completed. Fireman said NevStar Gaming and Entertainment is only looking at restructuring at this point. "Senior management has invested a lot of personal time and energy and has a lot at stake," Fireman said. "We want to see it work for everyone." Canyon High School football team.

"When they were all freshmen, they all got together and determined they wanted to win," he said. "They played steady all the time, and that's how they beat teams." From another Dixie College and High School football coach, Cox said he learned how to make positive changes in young men. "I've had guys who were 50 tell me they wouldn't have been anything in their lives if not for Walt Brooks," he said. Manufacturing continued its decline but lost only 2,000 jobs in November, an improvement from earlier this year. The rate of job loss also is slowing.

U.S. manufacturers have seen foreign demand what' from a global financial crisis that began in 1997. Construction companies added 55,000 jobs in November, however, reflecting good weather in most of the country. In a separate report, the Commerce Department said orders to American factories for manufactured goods fell by 0.2 percent in October. That was led by a drop in demand of 10.4 percent for electronic and electrical equipment, the biggest decrease in more than two years.

(BLM). County officials purchased the 40 acres needed to build the jail for a mere $2.50 an acre. li utuii i nun mat ine county future jail was already aptly named. The Building of the Facility Officials received estimates for both construction and ongoing costs of the new facility. To save money, they chose to go with Sahara Construction, who came in with the lowest bid at $12.9 million for construction costs.

To pay for the new jail, commissioners sold the old jail and courthouse for $4 million to the State of Utah and took out an additional $9 million bond. "Commissioners did what they believed would save the county money, to go with the least bid," said Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith. "What would you do, the same thing anybody would do. Go with the most cost-effective bid." But while the construction costs came in $500,000 lower than estimated, the company didn't figure accurately on how much it would take to staff the jail and maintain it. Sahara Construction figured it would take 65 men to run the jail at an annual cost of $3.5 million, but that figure was nearly 40 short and $2 million under the actual amount.

To get the number of state prisoners to offset the actual costs of running the jail, the jail needed at least 90 staff members. Under that number the ratio among staff members to prisoners would be at 4.1 prisoners to one staff member. The ideal ratio that corrections experts recommend is 3.2 prisoners to one staff member. "It made us more vulnerable to have that little staff and we had to get more before could take any more state prisoners." Neiphhnr said. if if' S.

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"We did this before we filed for bankruptcy to streamline operations for more efficiency." The hotel casino opened last July with 300 employees. It currently employs 265. Fireman said that company representatives have met with all employees, and is moving forward and looking for new financing. The company is focusing on new operational and marketing plans, focusing on new financing to ing around flat-footed," he said. "So I just threw it up from there and I made it." He led Utah to victory with 26 points.

When he returned to St. George in 1933, he used his sports knowledge to help the burgeoning college. In 1956 he helped found the Colonel's Club, an organization that is still extremely active in helping Dixie College sports and providing scholarships for its players. One of the most influential men Cox said he met during his 12-year tenure as the club's president was rates higher and higher until it slows to his liking." To this end, Sohn and other economists said November's job growth 234,000 new jobs were added to payrolls remains too strong for the Fed. While strong job growth is a good development for workers, economists and members of the Fed find it worrisome.

Their shared fear: employers trying to snatch up scarce workers and offer higher wages and benefits, which translate into costs that could boost consumer prices and spark inflation. President Clinton took the opportunity to tout a separate report by the White House's Council of Economic Advisers and the Labor Department that said 20 million new jobs have been created since he took office in 1993. "By and large, those jobs are good, well-paying jobs, jobs on which you can support a family, buy a home, afford a vacation, save for college, put away a nest egg for retirement," Clinton said. "Over 80 percent of them are in Ifree Hearing Instrument Batteries FREE hearing instrument batteries are being offered by IHC Audiology of Southern Utah as a holiday gift. Please bring in this article for one Free pack of batteries per hearing instrument wearer.

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"The ACLU was watch-dogging us," said Lt. Jon Neighbor, Chief Corrections Administrator for Purgatory. "We had to do something or we would have been looking at litigation. They were threatening it." Jail officials and commissioners began looking at other options including possibly adding on to the jail. "It just wasn't feasible to do that," Neighbor said.

"There wasn't room and the land would have cost a mint." After checking different costs, officials realized the county would still have to take out a $9 million bond whether the facility housed 200 inmates or 400, Neighbor said. "The commission and jail officials were united in building a new facility," he said. "We were also convinced that a 200 bed was inadequate. Eventually we also knew we would have to build a bigger facility and knew construction costs increase, annually. This way we could save millions rather than build more later and cost the county more." It seemed more practical and cost effective to build a larger facility the county could eventually grow into.

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