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Campaign 90 Friday, November 2, 1990 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo A3 Candidate: elected officials should dispense death penally executions establishments flow from the experience the state has with Dorrance's operation, instead of making the rules without any practical experience. Claar said there are two sides to the story, and did not think she could make a judgment call without more information. She said both private property rights and game management regulations arc in question in this instance, and added that the climate is too currently emotional for informed decisionmaking. Tolar said individual ranchers should be allowed to do what they like with their property, so long as there are safeguards, including good fences and state approval of each individual species before introduction. cut, and tried to put pressure on us (the legislature) to fund the things they knew we'd have to keep." Enzi added he was not inclined to give the university more money until current problems with programs arc solved.

Ilines said he hasn't decided yet, but would be inclined to give the university more if there were plenty of money available to the legislature this year. Stueck said he would rather see Casper College become a four-year institution than provide more money for UW, while Claar said she would want to know what the university wanted money for before approving an increase. Tolar was unsure of his position, without examining a specific budget, but he call it "a major Enzi did not express his personal feelings on game ranches, but said he is upset with the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for not taking action on the matter in a timely fashion. On University of Wyoming funding, Wallis, who is co-chair of the Joint Appropriations committee, said he is against increasing funds to UW, because "We have given every penny we can afford without raising taxes." Enzi said that despite the current reallocation process at UW, the university is failing to follow the suggestions outlined by the study which preceded the process. Citing the university's suggested cuts of the pharmacy and health sciences majors, Enzi said he thinks UW "has kept the things they needed to By KATE MISSETT Star- Tribune correspondent GILLETTE House of Representatives hopeful Dave Stueck of Gillette has a unique approach to the death penalty, which he said the voters of Campbell County support.

Stueck, a Democrat, said if he were elected to the House he would introduce legislation to change the death penalty laws, so the Governor, Speaker of the House, or Senate President would be required to actually carry out executions. Incumbents Dick Wallis, Mike Enzi and John Mines, all Republicans, simply said they were in favor of the death penalty without elaborating their positions, while Democratic hopeful Rebecca "Becky" Claar said she had no comment to make on the issue at this point. Another Democratic candidate. Chuck Tolar, said he has no problem with the death penalty statute, but thinks financially life in prison without parole might be more realistic. On the issue of abortion rights, both Wallis and Mines oppose abortion, but say that Wyoming law is sufficient.

THffiTHrN.1 a err I hi. CLCCT 7SJ EILLHEKaY.DovALA Simpson, Thomas back Bush in Gulf eisniQUttriw VST in 1 1 i i Zbignicw Hdak Star-Tribune The race is not always to the swift, but it may go to the most widely published. Campaign signs festoon a fence in Casper as election day nears. Running By TOM REA Star- Tribune staff writer CASPER The two members of Wyoming's congressional delegation running for re-election this fall touched briefly on the Persian Gulf during a Republican campaign blitz swinging through here Thursday. President George Bush "has done an excellent job in Saudi Arabia," U.S.

Rep. Craig Thomas said. "I'm sure he's getting impatient, but I think he has the patience to stay with his'own strategy, which is to let the sanctions work," Thomas said. And U.S. Sen.

Alan Simpson said it is important to keep in mind that Bush has the world's backing in his attempt to isolate Iraq. "We've never had nine separate (United Nations) resolutions condemning a single country" before now, Simpson said. Thomas and Simpson held a press conference here together with the five Republicans running for statewide office: Mary Mead for governor, Tom Zollinger for secretary of state, Dave Ferrari for state auditor, Stan Smith for state treasurer, and Diana Ohman for superintendent of public instruction. Bush said Wednesday he has mistake to cut health services and the pharmacy school." All candidates but Tolar and Enzi named the mineral industry's well-being as the most important issue in Campbejl County. Ilines said providing an attractive business climate for mineral extraction benefits the whole state of Wyoming.

Tolar called accountability of legislators the most important issue to Campbell County, adding one way to assure accountability, Tolar said, would be to install electronic voting machines in the legislature. Enzi said education, including funding and innovative processes for students, such as smaller class size, was the most important issue, not only to Campbell County, but to the entire state. ecu VII I for change recently argued against dedication of stream flows to protect fisheries in two stream segments in Sublette County. Budd said storage developed in conjunction with instream flow is "probably a preferable way to create instream flow." He said when instream flow dedication is permitted on stream segments without storage, the effects are potentially harmful. "You commit that water downstream and it's no benefit economically or socially to the state of Wyoming," Budd said.

"Whatever the source of your economy tourism, agriculture, municipal or i industrial that denies the use of that water You can't even have large numbers of tourists without available water." Kelly, on the other hand, says he's "always supported instream flow" and would continue to support dedication of stream flows to segments with fisheries and aesthetic values worthy of protection. Ferrari said. "I've always had a manager." He said his responsibility has been at the financial end. Carroll said he will devote full time to the office of stale Auditor if elected "as Auditor Jack Sidi has done for the past four years." BRIEFS officials said will improve academic library services at Casper College. Officials from both institutions recently signed an agreement that will bring the services under one roof, eliminating duplication of services and providing a more effective way to provide library services.

"It didn't make sense to have two academic libraries located 100 yards apart on the same campus," said Keith Cottam, the university's libraries director. "Wyoming is a big state with a small family and we must do more to develop cooperative library services to meet the needs of our people." The 11,000 books, 300 journals and library equipment from the university's branch library have been moved to the Goodstein Library, where they are accessible to both university and Casper College students. The statutes in Wyoming allow abortion in the cases of rape, incest, or danger to the health of the mother. Wallis also expressed a fear that over-regulation could occur, forcing a woman who had an abortion or a miscarriage to prove her innocence. "I'm more afraid of government interference in peoples' lives than I am in their morals," he said.

Enzi, who was one of the sponsors of the parental consent bill, which requires teenagers to have the consent of their parents before having abortions, said that legislation accurately reflected his position on abortion. Stueck, Claar and Tolar all said they were in favor of abortion rights. For the most part, the candidates declined to adopt firm positions on exotic game ranches in Wyoming. Wallis said personal property rights have to be preserved. Mines concurred, but said the law on game ranches needs to be strict enough so exotic game cannot get loose and interbreed with native wildlife.

Stueck supported using the Dorrance ranch as a test case, letting the rules governing such "had it" with Iraq's mistreatment of American hostages. "Our people inside (the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait) are being starved by a brutal dictator," Bush said, according to The Associated Press. "And what am I going to do about it? Let's just wait and see," Bush said. Simpson said such remarks should not be interpreted to mean Bush is likely to order an invasion of Kuwait on behalf of the hostages.

"I don't see any attempt to do that," Simpson said. "The embargo is working," he said. "I never hear the people of America talking about war," he said. Such talk is "coming from the media," he said. "It's not coming from the administration." Simpson said once Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein withdraws Iraqi troops from Kuwait, "The problem for the world is what will he do with his hardware?" Iraqi "hardware" includes chemical weapons and may include a nuclear capability.

But, Simpson said, arms reduction has proved possible between former long-term enemies like the U.S. and the Soviet Union, so there is hope it would be successful in the Mideast as well. problem. Alternatives include building a new facility, renovating the third and fourth floors in the Hall of Justice, or sharing support facilities if Casper wins a proposed state medium security prison. Behrens said she hoped that local firms would bid on any work for a long-term facility.

Coming up with a solution will take "a lot of hard work by the five-member commission, the Natrona County Sheriff's Office, and county legal staff," she said. "We need to move into the future, but we must move slowly," Behrens said. Alternatives to incarceration, such as house arrest, a detoxification center, and a juvenile facility, are being looked at by the county, law enforcement, and the courts, Behrens said. Ketchum said Wyoming is "moving out of the Dark Ages" with its jails, "but it comes at a cost." "I get concerned when you as the public don't want these people to escape, yet you don't want to pay to house them," Ketchum said. Housing them in a manner that meets court standards and allows for proper inmate management requires that certain "perks" such as carpeting in the cells, proper lighting, and television be provided, he said.

"I don't want the county taxpayers to have to pay multimillions for suits, because it (the jail) is not properly built," Ketchum said. "Build it at the least cost to you, but build it right." Budd foe By KATHARINE COLLINS Southwestern ilvming bureau PINEDALE A current trend to "replace the old with the new" will work against Republican state Rep. Dan Budd in his bid for a sixth term as state representative for Sublette County, his Democratic challenger says. Cornelius "Cork" Kelly says he is in the "right place at the right time" to defeat Budd, a longtime incumbent whose constituents, Kelly says, are ready for a change. Budd, who edged out a primary challenger by only 91 votes, says he's "not really" worried about the outcome, which he leaves up to the voters.

"I serve at the pleasure of the voters, and I'm not doing it for an ego trip," Budd said. "So it's up to the voter. If (they don't think) I'm representing them, they'll make a change." Budd said he is campaigning at I 1 DMhnito I I purnirc oncmrr i i mi -urn it 1 vrin r- II I If If says voters about the same level he did two years ago, when he had no general election opposition. He said newspaper ads and "a few informal meetings" are "about the standard" for his campaigns. "I don't take any campaign contributions and therefore I'm not obligated once the election is over, to anybody I campaign on beihg conservative and, some say, an expert on water." Kelly, who has taught English and Spanish at Pinedalc High School for the past 20 years, lost an earlier run against Budd in 1984.

Though he belongs to the county's tiny Democratic minority 372 Democrats compared to 2,000 Republicans Kelly says "absolutely" he expects to win the county's lone I louse seat, "because I have tremendous support as a person in the county and people vote for the man more than the party." If elected, Kelly said he will push for greater openness and accountability in state government. said. Under Ferrari's plan, the bond proceeds would completely retire the loan over a 1 5-year-period. Carroll, however, said Ferrari's idea is unrealistic. "It's kind of like the old idea of eating your cake and having it too when of course anyone knows that can't happen," Carroll said in a prepared statement.

"When his schemes are examined in the light of economic reality, Mr. Ferrari has nothing new to offer." Carroll added that if Ferrari is allowed to put his ideas into effect it would bankrupt the state. "The thing Charlie needs to understand is the Farm Loan Board would have to make this decision, not just the State Auditor," said Ferrari, a former deputy state auditor. The state Farm Loan Board is comprised of the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer and state superintendent of public instruction. "What we're trying to do is find ways to make state government more effective," Ferrari said.

He added that he has talked to the Attorney General and other state officials about the loan plan. Carroll also claimed that Ferrari is so absorbed with his fast food business that he would neglect the duties of the Auditor's office if elected. "It is inconceivable to me how he can carry on a campaign, much less devote full time to the responsibilities and duties of the auditor's office if elected," Carroll said in the prepared Ketclium says don't skimp on jail, save on future lawsuits Carroll blasts Ferrari over zero default loan plan are ready He says all legislative votes should be electronically recorded and that open meetings laws should be enforced and strengthened. Kelly also advocates procedural changes in state' government to allow all bills to be voted out of committee and onto the floor. "A powerful committee chairman who sits on a bill doesn't do justice to representative government," Kelly said.

Both men support the death penalty and abortion rights. Budd says that no state or federal funds should be used under any circumstances to pay for an abortion. Kelly, however, says state support should be available for poor women whose unwanted pregnancies are the result of rape or incest. But "state financing of abortion as a birth control method" is unacceptable, Kelly said. Statewide, Budd has been one of the most outspoken opponents of instream flow dedication, and statement.

Ferrari said that if elected, he will make arrangements to sell off most of his business interests and have his manager assume full responsibility for the operations. "I haven't been actually involved in the fast food business ever," CASPER Candidates day set at mall CASPER Candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties will be at the Eastridge Mall to pass out literature and answer questions Saturday. The "Know Your Candidate Day" will take place in Center Court at Eastridge Mall between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov.

3. Candidates running in both state and local elections will be there or will be represented. UW and CC lihraries merge CASPER (AP) The University of Wyoming's branch library in Casper will merge with Casper College's Goodstein Foundation Library, a union that By ANGELA PELKEY Star- Tribune staff writer CASPER New standards for jails require that certain conditions be provided for inmates, and county taxpayers will end up paying millions of dollars through lawsuits if the county skimps in those areas, Natrona County Sheriff Ron Ketchum said. Ketchum made his remarks during a Kiwanis Club panel discussion Thursday which also featured commission Chairman Mary Bchrens, and jail Administrator Kevin Dougherty. The sheriff balked when one member of the audience said local architectural design firms were overlooked, and could have been used in the study of how to resolve the jail's overcrowding problems.

A North Dakota consulting firm, TSP, was chosen to do the work, because, Ketchum claimed, the work needed to be done quickly and it was the only firm that Commissioner Joan Sutherland was likely to approve. Sutherland and Ketchum have frequently locked horns over the past years concerning many issues. The county will soon erect temporary structures in the Hall of Justice parking lot as a short-term solution to the overcrowding and other problems plaguing the Natrona County Jail. A federal court judge ruled in February that the conditions in the facility violated inmates' civil rights. The county must sti'! f-ome up with a long-term soluti.

to the By JOAN BARRON Star- Tribune capital huivau CHEYENNE Democratic candidate for Slate Auditor Charles Carroll has likened the proposed "zero default" loan plan of his Republican opponent, Dave Ferrari, to the financial schemes of "junk bond king" Michael Milken. Carroll claimed Ferrari's ideas could bankrupt the state. "Like Milken, Ferrari has snowed his supporters and is peddling his sleight of hand with figures and ideas about how the State of Wyoming can lend money to borrowers at no risk to the state, and in fact be guaranteed that the state won't lose any loaned money even if the borrower defaults," Carroll said in a prepared news release. Carroll said Ferrari is considered a financial genius by his supporters but "I think it would be more apt to say he is good at juggling and manipulating figures." Ferrari retorted Thursday that state law prohibits the purchase of junk bonds. "If Charlie had done his research, he would know that," Ferrari said.

Ferrari said his idea is to use zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bonds which are risk free and guaranteed by the federal government. He said he also has suggested Triple A-rated corporate bonds. "There never has been a company that I know of that has gone under that had triple rated bonds," Ferrari.