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DUI ception to City Judge Myron Pitchs contention that 90 percent of high school students drink. We dont believe that 90 percent of the kids are using it at this point, Griffith said, adding that questionnaires are being distributed to determine the extent of youth alcohol abuse in Helena schools. Griffith said she suspects the youth alcohol problem here is close to national averages, which show 19 percent of all high school age students have some sort of drinking problem; one-fourth use alcohol regularly, and that about 90 percent have tried booze at least once between ages of 12 and 17 But both Copps and Griffith agreed that alcohol use among students is a serious problem, with Griffith saying that ven some fourth and fifth graders drink. s- We do have kids that drink in school, she said. Youths are drinking more and starting earlier.

a But judges indictments of the schools and parents were exaggerated and unfair, she said, and leave an impression that kids are bad. "Blaming and attacking doesnt help anybody, she said. What it boils down to is it's a community problem behavior. Its not a double message, Griffith said. We think that any use of chemicals by kids is extremely unhealthy Griffith also objected to McCarthys branding of parents as doing nothing to educate their kids about alcohol abuse, a sentiment echoed by Schools Superintendent Jack Copps Theyre are many people including parents who are making a very sincere effort to address the problems connected with chemical use, Copps said School officials also took ex KTVH DIS SHOW a USA Complete TV listings are carried each Friday in the IR's Your Time WTBS TNN CBN MAX parently, the driver was not injured seriously and had gone to report the accident and seek help when the officers arrived.

(Staff photo by Roy Pace) MISHAP A home-delivery Ice cream truck overturned Friday afternoon on the Helena Valley frontage road just south of Sierra Drive. Photo shows two highway patrolmen and a Lewis and Clark deputy inspecting the truck. Ap TV Conservationists hold a rally jiHfiwx Wf HEM Speakers point out economic benefits derived from wilderness countys economy, the payroll associated with the woods products industry produces only about 6 percent of the total, Power said. The woods products industry does not dominate the economy of Ravalli County, he said. During a January visit to the station, he said, I fell in love with Helena and Montana.

I was impressed with the friendliness of the people. He will move to Helena with his wife and high school-aged son, and will become the stations general manager. Bradley, the current manager, 4 said hell be looking for another 1 1 job. A 38-year veteran in broad-' casting, Bradley said hell probably stick to that field. Well all miss Don, said Ian Marquand, KTVH news director.

But Marquand said hes homing the new owner will funnel into the stations news row so much money at the beginning we could go on, he said. In addition to paying off debts, he said, the company would need to replace aging equipment sometime in the near future. KTVH, Inc. has been for sale for the past six to nine months. Bradley said the company has received many inquiries and came close to selling the station during that time.

Although other deals never materialized, the sale to Radeck Broadcasting, is firm, he said, and only needs approval of the Federal Communications Commission. Radeck said had been looking at television stations for awhile, and he liked this one the best. the station and buy equipment. The past three years have seen improvements in the stations ratings, staff, operating profits and reputation, Bradley said. I believe the acceptance is there now from the community, the advertisers, he said.

He attributed the improvement to a dedicated, talented staff and to the stations focus on local news and community service. While the station is financially okay, according to Bradley, we dont have the funds to take the station from here. We fought a good fight, but we havent got enough to go all the way. If we didnt have to bor MISSOULA (AP) About 200 wilderness advocates gathered in a Missoula park Friday to counter the messages sent rumbling last Friday from, a convoy of about 300 logging trucks traveling from Eureka to Darby Loggers loudly and dramatically proclaimed that the current timber sale appeal process and other environmental efforts' in national forests were undermining the lumber fnduslry. The environmentalists met in subdued fashion and attempted to counter claims that wilderness designations would hurt either the industry or endanger jobs.

Organizers of Fridays gathering said they were not interested in numbers and rallies but in correcting misimpressions. School MIKE BADER, PRESIDENT OF the BadW Chapter of the Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance argued that the current proposed wilderness bill would not lock up huge amounts of timber. He said the bill includes lands holding less than 4 percent of the states commerical timber. The areas are remote and roadless by definition, so that harvesting the timber that is included on them probably would not be economical, Power said. Keith Brandemihl, a logger who appeared at the news conference, said the real reason timber supply is shrinking is mechanization and an accelerated harvest on private and Forest Service lands.

He said the rapid rate of cut in recent years cannot be sustained, so there is increasing pressure to increase the cut on private lands. Theres just a greed factor in the mills here, he said. He said practices such as clear-cutting large areas also are undermining the scenic and recreational values of the state. Ive got five grandparents buried in the Gallatin Valley and none of them ever would do anything like this, he said. The three were among the speakers who addressed wilderness advocates at the afternoon-long rally.

By Friday night, as activities wound down, Bader said he was pleased with the wide spectrum of interests groups that participated in the rally. We had several outfitters, senior citizens, students, dude ranchers just about everybody, he said. Even though we couldnt get 4,000 people here like they (the loggers) did we thought being quiet was not the thing to do. "I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY misleading to assert that wilderness has a negative impact on the economy of western Montana, said Tom Power, a University of Montana economist Wilderness, in a way we dont understand yet, is a very fertile ground for economic development During a pre-rally news conference, Power cited the experience in Ravalli, Lake and Flathead counties areas dependent on the declining timber industry, but that produced a population increase of 12,000 people since 1980 when the rest of the states population was declining. Power said those figures are consistent with national statistics showing counties close to wilderness areas are growing at a much faster rate than nearby counties.

Power suggested thats true because people with the money to do so are choosing to live in pristine areas. In Ravalli County, for example, 43 percent of the total income goes to people who dont work. That includes retirees as well as people with outside sources of income such as rent, dividends and interest. While that sector accounts for close to half of the fZ Hagler- Anderson when they attended the University of Wisconsin. He described her as just an absolutely bizarre lady and said sometimes shed wander the halls and try to open doors.

Timm, the police chief, said when the woman walked into the school around 10:45 a.m., her first stop was a boys bathroom, whee she shot a youngster. She left him arid ran into one classroom telling the teacher there that a boy had been wounded," said Timm. Then she entered a second classroom, announced she had a gun and opened fire. Police Recovered a Magnum revolver from the school, for which Timm said Ms, Dann had been issued a permit. How did a woman with that kind of background get licensed to carry a gun? Timm said.

woods from the school and entered the home, where four members of a family and their maid were present. Apparently, she just walked in and confronted the homeowners," Sumner said. The mother came running out and said, Theres a woman in my home with a gun. Then we heard a shot. The son came out, holding a gun, and fell over in the driveway, Sumner said.

The son, 20-year-old Philip Andrew, apparently struggled with the suspect, grabbed one of her weapons, ana was shot in the chest, Sumner said. i Eight-year-old Nick Corwin died of his wounds at Highland Park Hospital, said spokesman Mark Newtwon. Another 8-year-old boy and Andrew were in critical condition at the hospital, said spokeswoman Sue Masaracchia. losing her job because the family was moving, police said. Timm said Ms.

Dann apparently had planted a number of incendiary devices in North Shore communities. Authorities responding to a fire at' Ravinia School about 9 a.m. Friday found one of the devices burning, but extinguished it before it could cause any damage. Timm said several other incendiary devices were found in Ms. Danns car in the neighborhood near the house where the standoff took place.

The FBI said it had an investigative interest in Ms. Dann and Madison, police Lt, William Sprague said she had been arrested there March 14 on a charge of retail theft. Keith Wilson told the Wisconsin State Journal from his home in Mortuary Joe Sumner, director of Win- Delinquent tax notices mailed Lewis and.Clark on their land will soon receive delinquent tax notices. taxes on their land will soon receive delinquent uuuv. Owned A Brent Anderson Oon Hagler Melvin Admire 650 Logan St.

442-8520 The county sent out 2,650 notices Friday, for a total of $6,850,000, according to County Commission Chair Linda Stoll-An-derson. Properties with taxes over three years in arrears are added to the countys tax deed list, she said. About 150 notices will be sent next week to these property owners, and if the property owners dont pay, the county may take tax title to their property. Hospital were reported in critical but stable condition with gunshot wounds following surgery, said spokeswoman Mary Ash. They were identified as Mark Tebou-rek, 8, Robert Trossman, 6, Lindsay Fisher, 8, and Kathryn Ann Miller, 7, said another spokeswoman, Cheryl Soohoo.

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After a 10-hour hearing on Monday, trustees voted to fire the fifth-year, tenured teacher and cancel his contract, Baldridge said Tokerud "and" the trustees were offended by his It will make you mad. or will make you glad then a I Jew for Jeaui An ex-employee at Helena Bank of Montana who pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to embezzling $7,500 says she made 1 restitution the day she quit her job. And, says Eileen Ellen Shanahan, 31, of 700 Hauser she didpt use blank Bank of Montana checks in her embezzlement scheme, but blank checks another bank. I Timbal lfom 315 East Sixth Ave. Phone 442-1550 J.

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