The Daily Herald from Provo, Utah • 7

Sunday, August 23, 1992 THK HERALD FWn ITtah, Page A7 Motorcycle gang aids in neighborhood cleanup That's in contrast to what the neighbors say was a welcome respite during the period the Durango was out of business. Armando Miranda, operator of the Durango. denies that any of the activity Hart portrays can be connected with the Durango. "They are jealous because I have a good business." Miranda said. "I don't let junkies come in." When asked about the reappearance of needles, he says that they come from another source, not his clientele.

He thanked government agencies who issued licenses to allow him to reopen the business. "I know I am clean. I will be here for a long time." he said when questioned about drug dealing in the bar. and reopened it under the name of the Red Belle Saloon. It has become a favorite spot for Salt Lake bikers.

The primary reason the Barons took interest in the neighborhood is because their clubhouse is a block away and the activities at the Raging Bull and nearby Durango bar began spilling over into their neighborhood. They also wanted to create a safe atmosphere to hang out and have a drink. Hart, who is also chairman of the Central City Community Council, says city officials were "real reluctant" at the Barons' proposals for making the area safer. Police still are concerned about the motorcycle club taking the law into its own hands, but, at the same time, they and other officials have learned the stereotypes of the club members don't fit. tor of-the Durango flatly denies his bar is connected with drug traf ficking.

At the same time, some of the people who are the most outspoken about the Durango problems have been harassed and threatened. Hart said that he has been the target of tire slashings, threatening phone calls and broken bottles in his driveway. Hart said a nearby cafe owner moved his business after receiving threats. Hart said that since the bar reopened a few weeks ago, many of the problems have returned. Someone was recently knifed, people crowd on the sidewalk in what appears to be drug trafficking, cars double park while passengers go inside the bar and quickly return.

In a rear alley, people leave behind needles and drug baggies. "People realize they can't judge people by the way they look or if they go to church or ho they sleep with," Hart said. "Maybe when we were younger and wilder we were the bad guys. Now we are the good guys without really changing." Neighboring businesses have been appreciative of the club's influence. A nearby trophy shop owner gave the club a trophy and an employee at the discount store across the street sent a letter thanking club members from the improved environment.

The Barons, along with other neighbors, have also raised concerns about the reopening of the nearby Durango bar. The bar burned in an arson fire in May. Neighbors say the area has long been a magnet to drug traffic, violence and prostitution. The opera 4 4 Introducing JURLIQUE Skin Care From Australia Pure botanical skin care exclusively at ZCMI Based on the ancient science of Aromatherapy, JURLIQUE uses plant and herbal extracts such as aloe vera, jojoba, essential oils and plant collagens that do not contain any artificial preservatives, colorings, fragrances or chemical additives. JURLIQUE is totally biodegradable and environmentally safe.

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They are also taking an active role in keeping one ol Salt Lake City's toughest neighborhoods safe free from the drug trade and gangs. "It's our chance to make up foi it," said Lloyd "Flats" Hart about some of the misdeeds of the his youth. In February, members of the Barons took over operation of the Raging Bull, a bar that had been a haven for the drug trade and site of a November homicide. The club closed down the bar, remodeled it Man begins jail sentence for lighting woman afire SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Gary Gautney has begun a nine-month jail sentence for throwing liquid hair spray on his girlfriend and setting her on fire. Gloria Savoca suffered second-and third-degree burns over 37 percent of her body from the Feb.

5 incident. Savoca was moving out a Salt Lake County apartment she shared with Gautney. But when she returned some of his belongings, they argued and she was burned. She was hospitalized more than a month, and still wears a protective body suit that covers her from neck to knee, and down her right arm to her fingertips. She must wear the suit until next year and estimates her medical bills at about $200,000.

But Savoca told the judge Friday that while she wanted Gautney punished, she was unsure if he should goto jail. "Whatever the judge feels is right." she responded to questions from Gautney's attorney. Ken Brown. She also told the court she still feels for the man who burned her. "I see him every day." she said.

"I care about him. 1 think about him." Third District Judge Frank G. Noel called Gautney a "disturbed young man" who needed mental-health therapy as well as incarceration. Gautney, 18, was initially charged with second-degree felony attempted murder, which carries a possible 1 -to-15-year prison term. But the state's case was compromised when Savoca and Gautney re-established their relationship prior to the trial.

Prosecutors allowed Gautney to plead to a misdemeanor reckless-burning charge carrying a maximum one-year sentence. Salt Lake County Deputy Attorney James Cope said Savoca's ambivalent feelings toward Gautney were "complex." Once a pattern of abuse has been established, the parties involved become "enmeshed and the abused person feels responsible." Cope said. Gautney has taken no responsibility for the harm he caused. Cope said. "He doesn't figure anyone has suffered but him." Gautney expressed dismay over being sent immediately to jail.

He tearfully asked the judge to allow him to check into jail Monday so he could enter his $7,000 car stereo in a weekend contest at the Utah State FairPark where the loudest car stereo wins. The judge refused the request. ft i Player, policeman mix it up at game SOUTH SALT LAKE (AP) -South Salt Lake police are investigating a report that one of their officers flashed his gun to break up an argument between a Hoop-It-Up referee and a player. Dave Peters, whose basketball team lost during the tournament earlier this month, said he and a referee were "voicing their exceptions' over a controversial call A pistol-packing spectator then jumped into the argument and showed his gun to the two during the August 10 game near the University of Utah campus. Peters said.

"He yells at us to get the hell out of here and go home." Peters said. "We have some words and I look down and he is unzipping his fanny pack and there is a gun in there." He said upon displaying the pistol, the man asked. "You want some of this?" Peters said Officer Aaron Crookston never identified himself as a lawman until university police stepped in. Air patrol finds marijuana farm PARAGONAH (AP) State and local law officers swooped down on a remote Parowan Valley marijuana farm, seizing more than a ton of the illegal weed valued at SI. 5 million.

Iron County Sheriff Ira Schopp-nian said the farm, three miles northeast of Paragonah, was spotted from an airplane Aug. 14. After ground observers confirmed a cultivation site, sheriffs deputies, the county's Drug Task Force and Utah State Tax Commission's special investigation division orchestrated the 4:30 p.m. Thursday raid. Officers found more than 1.500 plants' up to 6 feet tall occupying less than an acre.

Schoppman said. They spent hours bagging the plants, which were nearly ready for harvest. Each plant would have had a street value of approximately SI, 000. the sheriff said. "This is definitely the largest seizure we've had in the five years since I've been here." Garth Wilkinson, task force director, said Friday.

Abduction ordeal ends on TV tip SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A woman who allegedly kidnapped her grandson two years ago was arrested after a Salt Lake viewer recognized the woman from a television show. Patricia Farmer was being held in Salt Lake County Jail Saturday for investigation of custodial interference and kidnapping charges. KUTV television reported Saturday that she was arrested by FBI agents and sheriffs deputies at an area residence. The boy was. unharmed.

The FBI's Salt Lake City office said it could neither confirm nor deny the report. However. Salt Lake County Jail records established that a Patricia Farmer. 60. had been booked into jail early Friday morning.

KUTV reported that her grandson. 5-year-old Jarrod Lee Peters, had been reunited with his mother. Ladonna Morrow, of Lovington. N.M.. at an undisclosed Salt Lake location Saturday morning.

Judge to decide fate of lavsuit COALVILLE AP) A judge will decide Monday whether to dismiss or a trial date for a Texas family's lawsuit against the state of Utah over the 1990 slay-ings of two women at a mountain cabin. The hearing before 3rd District Judge Homer Wilkinson stems from a suit filed in March by Roll Tiede. of Humble. Texas. He and his family charge the state did not try to re-capture Edward Deli and Von Taylor after they walked away from the Orange Street Community Center on Dec.

14. 1990. Eight days later. Deli and Taylor; hroke into the Tiede's Summit County cabin and killed Beth Poitk. 72.

and her daughter. Kaye Title. 51. The men also kidnaped Kaye Tiede's two daughter, Linae. 20.

and Tricia. 16. but wort captured after a shootout with police near Francis. ftplf Tiede. 51.

was shot twice in the head but survived. Both escapees were lound guilty ofjrhurdcr. Taylor, the triggering, was sentenced to die by lethal injetion. while Deli was given life in prison if "HI iui4 A r-j I i I I I I I if r) A InSB BodyCaBJ k- f- MVi 41 A Vi' rsZ2P Iv AT7GNTIOH SHOPPERS "In the August 23 sale circular on page 1 we have incorrectly, ad-vertised the video movie Fern Gully. This item will not be available for purchase until Wednesday, 82692.

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