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2-ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona, Thursday, October 24, 1996 Situation! hostile Owens, Citizens Utilities furious over television ads Libertarian candidate lightens up debate By JERRY NACHTIGAL Associated Press Writer MESA Libertarian candidate Robert Johnson first listened as J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens pointedly accused each other of accepting thousands of dollars in inappropriate campaign donations. And then he Good money, bad money Libertarians would just like the opportunity to have someone offer us some money so we could say no. Johnsons quip evoked laughter from Hayworth and Owens and about 75 people who turned out Wednesday for a debate featuring the 6th District candidates. But the remainder of the debate was as contentious as the campaign itself.

Hayworth, the Republican incumbent, repeated his criticism of a million-dollar advertising blitz against him by organized labor groups. He again called on his Democratic opponent to return a $5,000 donation from a union with alleged ties to organized crime. Every red cent my opponent has taken (from the union) has the stench of organized crime with it, Hayworth said, provoking boos from union members in the audience at Mesa City Council Owens shot back the Laborers International Union of North America has also donated to national Republican campaigns. And he noted Hayworth himself has accepted donations from unions. I think the only stench we smell in this campaign is the stench of tobacco smoke and the thousands of dollars in tobacco money youve taken, Owens said.

Hayworth repeated his call for the U.S. Department of Education to be abolished and federal funding of education returned to the states. Johnson said he agreed with the idea. Owens said the federal government has a key role to play in education in conjunction with state and local governments. Congressman Hayworth would leave it up to Governor Symington and the Legislature to deal with education, and we know they have an absolutely terrible track record of education in this state, he said.

Hayworth also took a swipe at Owens for raising tens of thousands of dollars outside Arizona. Hayworth said he favors campaign finance reform that would require candidates to raise the bulk of their funds within their congressional district from Brown and Bain to represent the company and lobby for them. But Smith said the lawyer wasnt Owens. Brown and Bain has about 100 lawyers in Phoenix and Tucson. What they are doing is taking the Brown and Bain client list and saying anyone they represent was my client, Owens said.

While Owens was the intended target of the ad, Citizens was also hit by the content and isnt happy about it. Smith said the ad is outrageous and said most of the calls she received were from Citizen Utilities employees. I was furious, because there were a lot of employees that were hurt by this, Smith said. They were calling and asking me, What have we done to (Hayworth) to deserve this? And I said, We havent done anything. There are 908 Citizens employees in Arizona.

The Hayworth campaign, meanwhile, has received $350 from West, which also got hit for wasteful spending when they went before the commission for a rate increase in 1993. In addition, Hayworth also took $1,000 from Arizona Public Service this year, the major states top seller of electricity. Owens hasnt received money from any utility that lobbies before the commission. tasteful is that I believe Steve Owens to be a strong consumer advocate. Jennings is a Democrat.

Brigid Smith, Citizens Utilities vice president for communications, concurred with Jennings. I never met the man and never heard of him until all this started, she said of Owens. And Owens called the ads an outright lie. Celley said he stands by the ad and offers paperwork from the Secretary of States office, which says Owens is registered as a lobbyist for Citizens. The ad never says that Owens lobbied for a rate increase for Citizens Utilities, Celley said.

It just said he was a lobbyist for them. We arent saying that you arent going to see the ad again. Owens said that the law firm of Brown and Bain, which used to employ Owens, and most other large firms register any lawyer who might come in contact with an elected official as a lobbyist just to make sure theyre complying with state regulations. Owens was a regulatory attorney, so the firm listed him as a lobbyist. The one thing thats the key here is that I never did any work for Citizens Utilities, much less lobby for them, Owens said.

Citizens Utilities did hire a lawyer By BLAKE MORLOCK Sun Staff Reporter Congressman J.D. Hayworths re-election campaign has pulled a television commercial labeling Democratic challenger Steve Owens a lobbyist for Citizens Utilities. Owens, the Corporation Commission chairman and Citizens Utilities say the ad is a lie. While the Hayworth campaign stands by the message in the ad, campaign Chairman Scott Celley said the ad would be pulled because they arc moving on to a new angle, touting Hayworths record instead of slamming Owens. The ad, which started airing Friday, alleges that Owens lobbied the Corporation Commission on behalf of a Citizens Utilities.

Citizens, which asked the Corporation Commission for a series of rate increases, was criticized for extravagant spending by the commission. The ad stops short of saying Owens lobbied directly for the rate increase. In a press release, Commission Chairman Renz Jennings said the allegation that Owens is a lobbyist for Citizens Utilities is simply not true. Steve Owens has never appeared on behalf of Citizens Utilities in any capacity, Jennings wrote. What makes the advertisement most dis Fernandezs car Athletes spread the word The Red Ribbon Week campaign is hitting Flagstaff on Monday.

Throughout the week, Northern Arizona University athletes, athletic administrators and coaches will visit elementary and junior high students to deliver red ribbons and Teaming Up Against Drugs posters that are being produced as part of the Red Ribbon campaign. The athletes will discuss the importance of remaining drug-free. Students will also receive Red Ribbon pledge cards they can use to attend the Nov. 2 football game between NAU and Idaho State, as well as many other Lumberjack athletic events throughout the year. The campaign is sponsored by Citizens Against Substance Abuse, NAU Athletics, Blue CrossBlue Shield, the Flagstaff Unified School District and area law-enforcement agencies.

The ribbons are a national symbol of awareness and the commitment to strive for a drug- and violence-free community. Con-Way Western Express, a regional trucking company, has teamed up with the non-profit National Family Partnership to promote the campaign in Flagstaff schools. CWX is providing banners, stickers and red ribbons to its service locations and is encouraging employees to spread the Be Healthy and Drug-Free message at schools. The campaign kicks off officially Monday at 10:15 a.m. at Weitzel School.

For more information, call the CASA office at 779-5361. GIRL SCOUTS are in the home stretch of a food drive, and theyd like your help to bring in a few more cans. The 500 girls and 150 adults of Flagstaffs Sunnypeaks Neighborhood. Of Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Council collected more than 900 pounds of food during last years Make a Difference Day Food Drive and are looking to surpass that total this year. And maybe theyll get a few more girls interested in Scouting in the process.

Girl Scouts are collecting food beginning at 10 a.m. at Smiths. TWO DeMIGUEL Elementary School first-grade teachers and a Sinagua High School teacher now know how to handle moon rocks always a nice thing to have on ones resumd. Bonnie Feather and Mary Ilesk-eth of DcMigucl and Kristin Baron of SHS participated in the Moon Rock Certification briefing at the National Science Teachers Associations Western Area Convention on Saturday in Phoenix. Theyre now certified for life to obtain, handle and display samples of the moon rocks brought back to Earth during the Apollo Moon missions.

PAPA-SAN Rice Bowl is holding its grand opening and Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The new restaurant, where Ramonas Cantina used to be at 1312 S. Plaza Way, is the home of Japanese dishes and the 9-ccnt salad. Im not sure if that includes tax. The event will feature face-painting and balloons for kids, free food samples and drawings for many prizes including a TVVCR combo.

Papa-San also will offer free Coca-Cola products all weekend, and to save some more money, grab one of the restaurants coupons in the Daily Sun. 1W6Shmrinifinfiirtg'fVst fry llnvmat SyruVitlF The autumn eaves drift by my The first few million of them were find of pretty. windows Windows on a car belonging to Andy Fernandez a candidate for county supervisor, were smashed Wednesday morning, according to a Flagstaff police report. Fernandez had left his car parked at the Knights of Columbus building, 1701 E. Felice when he found a rear window smashed about 9:30 a.m., the report He left, and when he returned at about noon, found the windshield, too, had been smashed.

A rock used to break the windows was nearby, the report said. Public record Police Log A Kachina Village man was arrested Wednesday for possessing crystal methamphetamine and other dnig-related charges, according to a report from the Coconino County Sheriffs Department About 6 p.m., officers responded to a report from a trailer park at 1 182 Tovar Trail that Paul A. Thorpe was doing drugs there, the report said. Thorpe allegedly admitted to the officers he had been smoking marijuana and showed them a package of the drug along with drug paraphernalia, the report said. Thorpe also produced a package of crystal methamphetamine, the report said.

He was arrested on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charged with DUI Jeffrey A. Owen, 33, 12915 Raindance, Flagstaff, arrested at 1:08 a.m. Wednesday. Ruerra M.

Jucrso, 22, 1080 W. Kaibab Lane 22B, Flagstaff, arrested at 1 1:34 p.m. Tuesday. Linda M. Bahc, 39, 8215 Fran Drive, Flagstaff, arrested at 5:20 p.m.

Tuesday. smashed Fernandez, an independent candidate for the District 2 supervisors scat, was arrested last week on a charge of disorderly conduct connected to a domestic-violence incident. His father, Andy Fernandez told the Daily Sun Monday that Fernandez had dropped out of the race. But Andy Fernandez Jr. palled the Daily Sun Wednesday and said he is still a candidate before abruptly hanging up.

He could not be reached for comment today. Arizona Daily Sun Court log The 13-year-old boy arrested for having a gun at school Tuesday remains detained today alter a Coconino County Juvenile Court judge ruled he should not be released. Judge Margaret McCullough said she would not release the boy because a police report indicates the semi-automatic handgun was loaded and other students said he had brought the gun to school before. An assistant principal at Mount Eldcn Middle School discovered the gun on the boy after a student reported it to the administrator Tuesday morning. Flagstaff police arrested the boy on a misdemeanor charge of weapons misconduct.

Deputy Coconino County Attorney Jill Evans filed a petition in the case Wednesday, which means prosecutors will pursue the case. Police still dont know how the boy obtained the gun, according to SgL Gerry Blair of the Flagstaff Police Department. Fire Log One of several prescribed bums that veiled Flagstaff in smoke Wednesday occurred in Walnut Canyon, according to Michael Stuckey of the National Park Service. The 80-acre fire is on the north rim of the canyon opposite the visitors center, Stuckey said. Smoke may be visible through Friday.

Shawna Morron, a 15-year-old Sinagua High School junior, works on her ball-bouncing skills while cheering on the SHS cross country team during a meet at Fort Tuthill County Park on Wednesday afternoon. Morron, a varsity volleyball player, was there with the rest of her team, No big lottery winners this None of the tickets sold for the Powcrball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 9-24-27-31-34, Powcrball 18. time around 14-24-3440 Lottery officials said the jackpot in the twice-weekly numbers game should hit $2.2 million for Saturdays drawing. of the Day Join Papa-San for the Deal None of the tickets sold for Wednesdays Arizona Lotto drawing matched all six of the numbers that were drawn to win the $1.8 million jackpot. Those numbers were: 5-7- Way Flagstaff, AZ for 50 cents off any of the following: Breast of Chicken Salad Chilled Noodle Salad Mandarin Avocado All the following $4.40 (Reg.

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