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ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona, Tuesday, September 29, 1998-11 4 California moves primary to March CRASH From Page 1 cannot relieve the suffering, of these children and their families, said Superintendent Larry Bramblctt. "These things are just tragic. I dont know that there are any winners here. Lou Diesel, who represented B.J. Carlson, said the Carlson family wanted to express- its deep gratitude to the people of Flagstaff who helped them through the past two years.

On behalf of B.I., Sally and Jon, I thank the community of Flagstaff, Diesel said. Without the help from the people of Flagstaff, my clients wouldn't have lasted as long as they did. The family would have been destitute. John Matson, Jonathan Dowdings step-father, said he was pleased with the settlement. Hes going to be stay where hes at in Bakersfield.

Were really glad about that, he said. Jonathan is in treatment at the Center for Ncuro Skills in California. At one point the family was concerned that he would have to move to a lesser facility because of financial difficulties. Added Matson: The school district is doing the right thing. Theyve decided theyre going to take car of Jons needs.

by the Democratic Party. The party makes an exception for New Hampshires primary, which is always first. The Republican Party doesnt have a similar rule. By state law, New Hampshire schedules its primary at least one week ahead of any other states binding primary. Generally it is held' around mid-February.

Still waiting for other states to act, New Hampshire has not yet selected its date for the year 2000. Californias move could be the first step in creating some sort of Western regional primary, similar to the Super Tuesday primaries that' are mostly in the South. Californias secretary of state, Bill Jones, said he hopes that Oregon and Washington will join California to create a West Coast regional primary. Several Rocky Mountain states have been weighing a plan to hold a "Big Sky regional primary in March 2000. A committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State is to meet Friday in Washington, D.C.to discuss primary planning.

tinctive state a state that sends one in every eight delegates to the national conventions of those major parties has virtually no say in nominating candidates for the highest office in the land," he said. The two-term governor refused to answer questions about his presidential plans after he leaves office in January, but if he decided to run and did well in his home states primary, it would give him early momentum in the race for the GOP nomination. When a reporter shouted, "Are you going to use that bill yourself? Wilson cocked a hand to his ear and indicated, with a Ronald Reagan-like smile, that he couldnt hear the question. Wilson spokesman Sean Walsh said Wilson wasnt likely to decide on his political future until January. In a one-time-only step in 1996, California moved its primary from June to March 26, but that proved a dismal failure.

Many states just moved their primaries up even earlier. At least nine additional states including New York, Massachusetts and several other New England states also want to hold primaries on the first possible primary day recognized i in the Indian Service in North Dakota and attended graduate school at NAU. She was a member of the Board of the Flagstaff Family Food Center and helper at the Arizona Food Bank. Sara believed in direct action and community service and was quick to respond to others needs. Survivors include her husband, Tom, and son, Gary, sister, Amelia Harrison, nieces, Becky and Vivian Harrison, Mary Mitchell, and one grandchild.

Memorial mass followed by a luncheon at Our Lady of Guadalupe, 224 S. Kendrick, 10 am, September 30. Contributions instead of flowers please to: Flagstaff Family Food Center, 1903 N. 2nd Flagstaff 86004. Elex Henderson ill Elex Henderson III Bom, July 15, 1939, and passed away Sept.

9. 1998. Elex is survived by his wife Marianne, Mother, Mattie Alan," Sisters Jean, Mary, and Kitty. Brother, Johnny, Daughter, Anita and Sons, Tommy Ray, Willy Ray, Elex IV, Michael, Bobby, David, Sean, Jerry, Mario, Rumaldo, Joseph and many other relatives. Services will be held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, 600 Switzer Canyon Dr.

at 6 p.m. Sept 29, 1998. By SCOTT LINDLAW Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. A new law written to give California more clout in the presidential nomination process will move the states presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, shortly after New Hampshires. Republican Gov.

Pete Wilson, who is contemplating a run for the White House in 2000, signed the bill Moh-' day. Most recent California primaries have taken place in June, long after the nominations are sealed up. California voters are finally going to have some clout in deciding who the major parties nominate for president, Wilson said at a ceremony on the Capitol steps. Wilson complained that presidential candidates come to California early and often to raise money California has been called the ATM of presidential politics but they rarely address issues important to California voters because the states primary is so late. Its not reasonable that the nations most dynamic, diverse and dis Obituaries Alexander Joseph Alexander Joseph, age 62, of Big Water, Kane County, Utah, passed away at his home Sunday, September 27.

Alexander was bom June 24, 1936 in Merced, California to Alexander and Thelma Powers Joseph. He spent his youth there until he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17. He served two tours of duty during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. His adult life was filled with a myriad of occupations and pursuits, including police detective, Forest Service firefighter, and private investigator.

He authored several scholarly works, principally on Egyptian hieroglyphics, including Dry Bones. However, he insisted that "pirate be listed as his occupation on his death certificate. Alexander founded the Town of Big Water in 1983 and served as its mayor until his retirement in 1994. In January of 1998, he commenced a one-year elective term as Coast Guard it For me, think that the coalition of nine national environmental groups hasnt researched the viability of this? De Paolo said those who doubt that his hotels can use less than 40 gallons per day per room need to do a little research and realize what water-saving technology is available. A third problem highlighted by Frick is that if visitation grows as projected, then Canyon Forest Village can ask the county for unlimited expansion rights: If annual visitation exceeds 6.8 million by 2010, Canyon Forest Village can ask Coconino County for the right to expand.

The open-ended possibilities are proposed by the Forest Service in its EIS. Members of the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club also attended the meeting, questioning the Forest Services desire to add development to the Grand Canyon when limits on the number of visitors should be set during the peak season. The area is twice the size of Tusayan," said Rob Smith, the Southwest staff director for the Sierra Club, who noted that the footprint would be large enough to dock multiple Titanics. We see this as another attraction for an area that doesnt need another one. The Sierra Club is going against the position of the Grand Canyon Trust, and several other environmental groups, who support hauling water to provide for the development rather than pumping it from the sensitive aquifer.

The Sierra Club wants no version of Canyon Forest Village Grand Canyon development. The Forest Services Dennis Lund said the criticism offered in the review will be considered, and added that he does not know what action the Forest Service would take. The regional forester is expected to make a final decision on the EIS next spring. The deadline for public comments is Oct. 9.

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Theyre either lying to their investors about what their occupancies are, or theyre lying to the BBC and the public, De Paolo said in a phone interview. They cant have it both ways. By claiming higher occupancy, the Forest Service was able to say that Tusayan and the Grand Canyon already has 31.5 percent of Grand Canyon visitors who stay overnight. The BBC report estimates that Grand Canyon and Tusayan hotels actually only currently comer 27 percent of the market. Using the lower value to start with means there will be significantly more room nights displaced from northern Arizona hotels if Canyon Forest Village comes on line and TusayanGrand Canyon begins to comer about 35 percent of the Grand Canyon-related overnight market.

Also, the BBC report suggests the impact will be more severe than outlined by the Forest Service because Canyon Forest Village will reach 60 percent occupancy within three years, rather than gradually over a 10-year period as the Forest Service suggests. Frick and the team said a series of problems with the supplemental EIS make it evident that the Forest Service needs to take a step back, correct several factual errors, omissions and misrepresentation of the facts, and do another review. He suggested that the public get another chance to review the document after the changes are made. The report was presented Monday to the Flagstaff City Council, RATE From Page 1 play its role in trying to keep the financial system from melting down. Analysts anticipate short-term interest rates will be a full percentage point to a point and a half lower before the Fed is through, sometime next year.

That would make it cheaper for consumers to buy big-ticket goods ranging from cars to refrigerators. It would make it easier for businesses to keep expanding and investing in computers and other productiv- ity-enhancing equipment. And it would lower banks cost of funds, encouraging them to continue lending. Economist said Fed action probably 'would have little immediate im BUST From Page 1 big. After agreeing to the deal, Lopez and the 1990 Nissan were flown to Atlanta by the United States Air Force.

The planned delivery was made with 19 Drug Enforcement Administration agents watching and with Lopez wired. Kolb said the agents were from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force that includes 13 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies In the Atlanta area. Kolb said initially, the recipient was hesitant to complete the delivery because they had heard rumors that Lopez had been arrested and was working with police. However, in the three days before the delivery was Auxiliary ll-S-10-02 Flotilla Commander at Lake Powell. He is survived by his mother, wives Diane, Margaret, Leslie, Joanna, Boudicca, Elizabeth, and Dawn; sons Trace Champion, Stewart Prince (Genia), James Alexander (Michelle), Dwayne Christensen, Mason Alexander, Stonewall Jackson, Hugh Brand, Vallis Christian, Austin Pope.

Easy Alexander, and David Alexander; daughters Elizabeth Ann, Mary Rose Donalson (Steve), Cristi Ann Lamb (Shawn), Clarissa Ann Patzer (Darin), Marianne Boss (Barry), Roxanna Adamczyk (Steve), Catherine Zion, and Powers, Victoria, and London Gage; brothers Fred Siphakis and Michael Joseph; sister Diana Banfill; and twenty-one grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father and his son Marshall Christensen. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 3, 1998 at 1 1 AM (Mountain DAYLIGHT time) at Long Haul in Big Water. Sara Keith Sara Keith, 61, of Flagstaff, died Sept. 23, 1998, following a six weeks illness.

She was bom in Montgomery, Alabama, volunteered in the American Red Cross in Korea, taught local which was a co-sponsor of the report. The review team states there is no guarantee the Forest Service can limit the amount of water Canyon Forest Village could pump from the Redwall-Mauve Aquifer, the aquifer that appears to feed critical seeps and springs in the Grand Canyon, said Lee Storey, a natural resources attorney for Meyer, Hendricks, Bivens Moyes. Storey said Canyon Forest Village will be sorely tempted to use groundwater when it costs only $9,800 an acre-foot. In comparison, to haul water from the Colorado River near Lake Havasu to Williams via rail and then ship it to Tusayan via pipeline will cost $68,500 per acre foot thats what Canyon Forest Village proposes to do in its environmentally friendly alternative that would amount to about 1,200 motel rooms. And because several Western states experiencing fast-paced growth, including Arizona, depend on Colorado River water, theres no guarantee that Canyon Forest Village will have long-term access to the Colorado River water, Storey said.

She also questioned Canyon Forest Village projections that it will use less than 50 gallons of water per hotel room per day because existing Tusayan hotels that use wator conservation devices use 120 gallons per room per day. In Flagstaff that figure averages about 136 gallons per room and in Phoenix, the figure is considerably more than 200 gallons per hotel room. Also, theres no guarantee by the Forest Service that will force Canyon Forest Village to ship its water for its environmentally friendly alternative by rail rather than to simply buy land in Valle and build its own well. Once theres an exchange of land, theres nothing in the EIS that would preclude them from simply drilling a well in their property, said Flagstaff City Councilmcmbcr Rick Lopez, a longtime opponent of CFV. De Paolo bristled at that claim.

There are at least a couple of dozen ways that the public can assure themselves that water use at CFV will not come from groundwater in Alternative De Paolo said. There are things called development agreements where the county can require that we never pump groundwater. Does the public pact on market-set long-term interest rates, such as 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages. Theyve already fallen to their lowest level in 30 years. But, it probably wont hurt those rates.

Worldwide, a series of U.S. rate cuts would make dollar-dcnominatcd securities a little less tempting for global investors. That would ease downward pressure on currencies ranging from the Brazilian real to the Japanese yen. And rate cuts would help foreigners by ensuring Americans retain their buying power. The United States is the biggest buyer of goods and services around the world.

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(His prosecution) will depend on how effective he was as an informer all of that will be taken into consideration." Coconino Coutny Attorney Terry Hance said Lopez was originally charged with transportation of a dangerous drug, a class 2 felony that has a maximum sentence of 10'a years In prison. His bond was originally $96,000, Kolb said. aecisio making is key. who knew my business track record, my family, and my involvement in the community. for me, the local decision mal-mg and the response time were the key elements that made all the difference." Providing better service with local decision making is rwv a way of bank mg that Norwest calls Banking To The Nth Degree' For personalized banking, call Norwest today "When I was loohng for financing for another restaurant, Norwest responded, Other, banks just put me through the hoops, but Notwest got me taken care of and set up quickly.

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