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Buffalo Chip to the Utah "justice" system for turning loose a predator who terrorized BYU. Luis Alonso Rivera was convicted in 1998 for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a student and the attempted abduction of two others, crimes still remembered on campus. He'll be deported to his native Honduras, but given the porous borders, he could return. One suggestion: Leave Rivera in prison till the campus area where he preyed on women is no longer called "Rape Hill."

 

Beehive to employees of FirstWest Benefit Solutions in Orem for spending Martin Luther King Jr. Day helping others. The workers teamed with Volunteers of America to help turn space at Fourth Street Clinic in Salt Lake into a storage warehouse for donated goods and also an office for Volunteers of America. People working together is what community action is all about.

Buffalo Chip to the U.S. Energy Department for foot-dragging in connection with the removal of 16 million tons of nuclear waste from a site near Moab. The uranium tailings at the edge of the Colorado River threaten the drinking water of 30 million people. The project, originally slated to be finished by 2012, now won't be done until 2025, if then. Bureaucrats say they don't have enough money. There's a remedy for that. We urge all members of Congress from Utah and other areas threatened by this pollution to block their colleagues' pork-barrel projects.

Beehive to Utah billionaire James LeVoy Sorenson for leaving his entire estate to charity. The elusive inventor and businessman, who died in January, amassed an estate estimated at $4.5 billion. Over the years, Sorenson gave away millions to a wide array of causes, and his inventions and businesses improved medical care for uncounted numbers of people. "He was greatly blessed in his life and felt a great obligation and opportunity to be able to give back," said his son, James Lee Sorenson. "And in the end, that's what he did." It's a great legacy.

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artemis Jun 04 2008 19:42:56
Wren wrote:
Has the Police Department, made of fallible folks, performed at infallible levels . . . hmmm?

Use some common sense, artemis.


Yes, police departments are staffed by human beings, who do make mistakes. However, as I said in my comment, there was no indication in the article that the Orem PD had delayed alerting the public to what had happened - which means that either the Herald was missing facts yet again, or that the crime wasn't reported immediately (which does happen, and happens frequently). If the police department did delay for two weeks, they might have had a reason...but I have no idea what that would be.

Don't be so touchy, Wren.
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Wren Jun 04 2008 20:04:04
Not touchy at all, just wanted a sensible reply, and the above is certainly that.

So the DH may have been misreporting, or the PD may have been delaying, and we all certainly don't know what is going on. Is that correct?
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artemis Jun 06 2008 18:26:28
Wren wrote:
Not touchy at all, just wanted a sensible reply, and the above is certainly that.

So the DH may have been misreporting, or the PD may have been delaying, and we all certainly don't know what is going on. Is that correct?


Yep.

I don't see anything to warrant a "Buffalo Chip" unless there's something they aren't saying. But then, I generally don't expect good, fact-based reporting from the Herald.
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WaynesWorld Jul 26 2008 11:46:59
About Bradley Kitchen: This kind of fraud is part of what's roiling the whole national economy. Blame the real-estate people: it makes a nice cover for a protracted war that is costing about 12 billion a month.
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Lovie Jul 30 2008 04:06:18
WaynesWorld wrote:
About Bradley Kitchen: This kind of fraud is part of what's roiling the whole national economy. Blame the real-estate people: it makes a nice cover for a protracted war that is costing about 12 billion a month.

did ya know thats how much it cost a month for our illegals !!!! who need a fence
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