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For more information, please contact [email protected]. jPage 6 1 T u e sd a y October 27, 1998 ¥ r t X / r m m m m m m m m «p M JjW V kV Today's Weather KAIM 1N P a i^ G o id ^ UM’s Katie Almquist the one bright Hi£i 65- spot in weekend of tough losses. Low 36* Our 101st year, Issue 32 Kaimin is a Salish word for messages http://kaimin.kaimin.umt.edu/kol Wiggin ’ out Police officer’s condition remains serious but stable whelmed by the outpouring of Michael Lancaster community support they’re receiv­ Kaimin Reporter ing. Missoula City Police Sgt. The suspect, 20-year-old James Robert Heinle is in serious but Gene Martin, shot Heinle during stable condition after a bullet, a foot chase that ensued after allegedly fired by a forgery sus­ Martin tried to pass the second of pect Wednesday, seriously dam­ two forged checks at Western aged his spinal cord. Security Bank, according to a According to a press release court affidavit. from Dr. Howard C. Chandler, a Heinle was called to investi­ neurologist involved with Heinle’s gate the forgery and, upon arriv­ care, the bullet entered Heinle’s ing at the bank, gave chase to the left shoulder and, after crossing fleeing Martin. The chase crossed the spinal canal and “causing seri­ West Broadway and into a park­ ous damage to the spinal cord,” ing lot next to the Salvation Army. lodged under the skin on the right There, Martin fired twice at side of his neck. Heinle with a .380 caliber hand­ Heinle suffered paralysis and gun, hitting him once, court is breathing with the aid of a ven­ records state. tilator, the release said. Heinle In addition to an attempted also suffered a minor skull frac­ deliberate homicide charge, ture and concussion after falling Martin is facing a half-dozen to the ground upon being shot. other charges in relation to Chandler’s report also stated Wednesday’s series of events. He that Heinle’s spirits remain good, is being held in Missoula County that he and his family are holding Jail on $1 million bond. up well and that they are over­ Court decisions render initiative 1-125 powerless VOTE: Ballot issue reform — even though a feder­ gives Montanans al judge may have rendered the vote meaningless. chance to take a It’s a twisted tale of election- stand on finance year politics, but the issues reform, but law at underlying Initiative Referendum 114 are straight­ stake already ruled forward enough. Editor’s note: This is the Simply put, IR-114 asks vot­ John Locher/Katmin fifth in a series of articles ana­ ers to repeal a 1997 law that lyzing the seven statewide bal­ bans nonprofit groups, unions Chris Mullally entertains her daughter Zamira with a wig at Carlo’s One Night Stand in lot issues. The stories are pro­ and trade groups from con­ the UC Monday. duced by students at the tributing to campaigns for and University of Montana’s School against statewide ballot issues. o f Journalism for the Under that law — known as Community News Project. House Bill 575 —these groups Thomas Mullen would have to play by the same Thieves target Outdoor Gear for the Kaimin rules as corporations, which Come Nov. 3, Montanans lost their ability to directly contribute to ballot-issue cam­ will be asked to weigh in on paigns in 1996 when Montana one of the nation’s most contro­ Sale in UC last Wednesday see “Ballot,” page 8 versial efforts at campaign The Outdoor Program The stolen items include a SHOPLIFTING: Highly receives 15 percent of the successful sale of Pearson Snowboard, priced IR-114: Troubled Initiative sales to supplement its fund­ at $150; a pair of size 11 recreation gear ing, Improta said. This year, Merrell Boots, worth $110; a Ruled unconstitutional in February, to put HB 575 on the following marred by theft the program’s share was pair of size 9-9 1/2 Lasportea HB 575 nonetheless goes to voters year’s ballot. Called Initiative $2,485. But since the under Initiative Referendum 114 in Referendum 114, it gives Montana boots, worth $180; a large Outdoor Program is paying the November election. Here’s how voters a chance to throw out HB Michael Lancaster North Face jacket, worth it h app en ed : 575. for the owners’ stolen gear, Kaimin Reporter $100; and miscellaneous it only netted about $1,980. • February 1998 smaller items such as hats, • November 1996 Last W ednesday’s “The more items in the By a 52-to-48 margin, Montana vot­ U.S. District Court Judge Charles Outdoor Gear Sale was a sale, the more people, the binoculars and headlamps. ers pass Initiative 125 which bans Lovell throws out HB 575 as success. It would have been bigger the problem,” The growing size of the money-making corporations from unconstitutional, but keeps 1-125 a sm ashing success if it Improta said. sale combined with the contributing directly to ballot issues. intact. Non-profit groups and labor unions weren’t for the handiwork of The sale has been held thefts may prompt changes are still allowed to fund campaigns. •October 1998 thieves. every semester for over 20 in future sales — specifically Ruling on multiple suits challenging “It was our biggest sale years, giving the community dealing with security, • March 1997 1-125, Lovell throws out 1-125, ever,” said Dudley Improta, a chance to unload their Improta said. And despite With strong corporate support, the claiming it an infringement on cor­ UM’s manager of Outdoor Montana Legislature passes HB porations’ First Amendment rights. unwanted gear while earn­ the thieves’ work, the volun­ Programs. “It was unfortu­ ing the Outdoor Program 575, which bans non-profits and teers were very helpful in nately our biggest theft ever, supplemental funding, other groups from donating to politi­ • Present too.” making the sale a success. cal campaigns. Attached to 1-125, it Though obsolete, IR-114 remains Improta said. The program ensures no groups are able to con­ on the November ballot. Two hundred and ten peo­ “I’m downright disap­ uses the money to subsidize tribute to campaigns. Regardless of the vote, HB 575 is ple put gear in the sale and slide shows, guest speakers pointed in people,” Improta all but dead, unless voters keep it $17,236 worth was sold, and trips to help offset the said. “But other than that, I • September 1997 and then both it and 1-125 are Improta said. However, $712 costs of bike and ski mainte­ thought the sale was pretty Grassroots citizen groups, includ­ unsuccessfully appealed to the 9th worth of gear was stolen. nance clinics. successful.” ing MontPIRG, successfully petition Circuit Court of Appeals. 2 Montana Kaimin, Tuesday, October 27, 1998 Opinion [email protected] Deluge of violent crime Daylight-saving woes plague students never really existed and his before they give up, launch their GUEST COLUMN: entire life has been fabricated by VCR out of a fifth-floor window, marked by intolerance The real reasons behind a secret government consortium and go buy a new VCR, complete daylight-saving time. of the CIA, FBI and the nefarious with instructions on how to set EDITORIAL: Latest rash of hate crimes will not group known as the Library of the clock. be solved by simple legislation (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STA­ Congress. The Prim e Time Theory TION, Tfexas — “Hey kids, what An elusive lot, the Library has The boys at NBC, CBS and Last Friday, Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot to death while sitting in time is it?” secretly executed multiple para­ ABC got together and figured if the kitchen of his Amherst, N.Y. home. Slepian, an obstetrician/gyne- Who really knows? Most Tfexas military operations whose prima­ they made it darker sooner, peo­ cologist and abortion provider, was attacked by a sniper who waited in A&M students did not realize ry objective has been to squash ple would be more likely to watch the bushes until the Slepian family returned home from synagogue. daylight-saving time ended yes­ out the proof that Thomas prime-time television. Slepian’s wife and four young sons witnessed his assassination. terday at 2 a.m., and those who Jefferson was a crossdresser who Think about it: Ratings go up Slepian’s murder was the result of the fifth sniper attack in the did probably discovered it at an wrote the Declaration of during the fall after daylight-sav upstate New York/Canada area in the past four years. Slepian was out-of-town bar when last call Independence in a pair of patent ing ends, and they go down when the first doctor to die.