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Tooele County commissioners Bruce Clegg and Jerry Hurst (l-r) stand in an open bay door behind a row of recycle-ready cardboard at the county's landfill facility Wednesday. The commissioners are revitalizing a voluntary curbside recycling program that allows residents to sort recyclable waste into blue bags for pick-up by regular garbage collectors.

County goes green with Blue Bags program

by Damon Winkler

CORRESPONDENT

A new countywide curbside recycling program aims to conserve resources and cut down the amount of re-usable waste consuming space at the Tooele County landfill.

The Blue Bag Recycling Program allows residents to place dry, recyclable materials like paper, plastic, and metals in a blue plastic bag, which can

then be placed inside a regular black trash can for pick up on garbage service days. Once the garbage is transported to the county landfill, the blue bags will be separated and processed at the landfill's materials recovery facility. The county plans to resell the recyclables, with proceeds going toward subsidizing the cost of landfill operations.

"It's the right thing to do, we all need to conserve," said County Commissioner Jerry Hurst. "If

we don't recycle our garbage, it's going in the landfill, which takes up space and contaminates. The more we can keep it from going into the landfill the better we are."

Hurst said the new program works financially too.

"We are making money by reselling the recyclables, and saving money on the other end because we are not having to pay for the disposal of extra trash," Hurst said.

The program rests upon the ability of landfill workers to sort out the choice junk from the just junk.

"We have employees assigned over six days separating out all the blue-bag items," said Ralph Worthey, a manager at the county landfill. "We have three operators on any one day, plus an inmate labor force."

Items that can be placed in

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Stansbury

man confesses

to murdering

girlfriend

by Suzanne Ashe

STAFF WRITER

John Dean Bevan admitted in 3rd District Court yesterday to stabbing his girlfriend, Tina Rene Evans, to death while she was sleeping.

Evans, 42, was slain Aug. 30, 2006, in the Stansbury Park home that she shared with Bevan and her three children from two previous relationships.

According to court records, Evans was found with stab wounds to her chest. Bevan reportedly inflicted superficial stab wounds to himself before calling 911. Two of Evans' children, Ashley Lawrence, 16 at the time, and her brother Kyle, 9 at the time, were at home during the murder.

Bevan pleaded guilty and mentally ill to one count of first-degree murder.

Two other charges -- domestic violence in the presence of a child, a third-degree felony, and child abuse/ neglect, also a third-degree felony were dismissed as part of a plea bargain.

Tooele County Deputy Attorney Gary Searle said after the hearing that Bevan could receive 15 years to life in the Utah State penitentiary for the first charge. The two lesser charges would have been zero to 15 years.

"Dropping the other charges is not going to change anything," Searle said.

Bevan, who has been detained in the Tooele County

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Are city council members being paid enough?

Opinions range on whether salaries are too high, too low, or just right.

by Sarah Miley

STAFF WRITER

On Nov. 6, residents of Tooele and Grantsville cities will elect three candidates to each of the city councils. Those elected will then have the difficult -- and sometimes thankless -- job of advancing the city's interests amid the often contradictory agendas of various organizations and individuals.

The job is not without compensation, however. Tooele City council members earn an annual salary of $10,815, plus an RDA allowance of $6,000, while Grantsville City council members earn $6,216 per year.

Whether that's too much or too little depends upon whom you're asking -- and what other salaries you're comparing to.

Grantsville Mayor Byron Anderson said he thinks salaries for his city's council are adequate.

"For those meetings, they have to study quite a bit, and study the issues," he said. "They do have to make some pretty high-level management decisions that affect a lot of people."

Anderson added the salary isn't relative to the hours of work put in, but instead relative to the managerial responsibility.

WHAT COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE EARNING

Top 10 Salaries for Elected and Appointed Public Officials

ELECTED

L. Douglas Hogan County Attorney $95,078

APPOINTED

Myron E. Bateman

Health Director

$91,711

Frank Park County Sheriff

William E. Pitt $74,185 Justice Court Judge $78,000

Marilyn Gillette County Clerk

Gary K. Searle $72,563 Chief Deputy Attorney $77,767

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John M. Dow

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$72,563 Attorney

$77,135

Valerie Lee County Treasurer $72,563

Calleen Peshell County Recorder

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Wendy J. Shubert County Assessor $72,563

Colleen S. Johnson County Commission $62,000 Chair woman

Gerald L. Hurst County Commission $61,400

J. Bruce Clegg County Commission $61,400

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Diane G. Burgener Information Tech. $73,750 Director

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Director

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"In any company, a lot of high level managers get paid quite a bit because of responsibilities and decisions," he said.

Instead of focusing on increasing city council salaries, Anderson said in the past three or four years they've been working on getting pay increases for regular maintenance staff, the police and office staff.

He added that council salaries are dependent upon the amount of money coming into the city's tax coffers.

"If we got to some point where we were cash-strapped, we certainly wouldn't think about pay increases," Anderson said.

Current Grantsville City Councilman Robin Baird, who is not running for re-election, said the council members' salaries are too much.

"I think they're overpaying us," he said. "We don't do it for the money."

When Baird was elected onto the council, he said he didn't even know how much his salary would be, nor did he care.

"I just think it's a service for your community," he said. "If you get people doing it for the money, they're wwnot looking out for the city's best interests."

Wayne Butler, also on the

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John Dean Bevan, 38, is escorted out of 3rd District Court after pleading guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday. Bevan admitted to stabbing his girlfriend in August of this year and faces 15 years to life in prison when he is sentenced in January 2008.

Transcript-Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund set to kick off

The holiday season is almost here, which means it's time to get into the Christmas spirit and turn sadness into joy for those in need.

Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Tooele Transcript-Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund.

Nominations should include a thorough description of hardships faced by the family or individual, as well as an explanation of how the fund could benefit them this Christmas season.

Please send all nominations by Nov. 30 to the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund at P.O. Box 390, Tooele, Utah, 84074; or e-mail nominations to tbp@ with the words "Benefit Fund" in the subject line.

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Stringent building and landscaping standards helped save California homes from wildfires

by Elliot Spagat

ASSOCIATED PRESS

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. (AP) -- Dr. Jorge Llorente became irritated recently when the fire department kept rejecting his plans to landscape his haciendastyle home with jacarandas and avocado trees.

But he is grateful now. Those restrictions may well have saved his multimillion-dollar home when a wildfire passed through last week. "Now that we have a chance to see how it works we are tickled pink," the retired surgeon said. "I'm a convert. I'm a true believer." Rancho Santa Fe has lots of converts after braving last week's Southern California's wildfires, the first major test of the stringent construction and landscaping standards adopted by the community in 1997. The San Diego suburb lost 53 houses, but none of them were in the five subdivisions that embraced restrictions designed to be so tough that people can stay in their homes if they cannot evacuate. As Southern California begins to rebuild from the blazes that killed at least seven people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes, homeowners and government officials are looking at places as far away as Australia and as nearby as Stevenson Ranch in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, that have adopted super-strict standards that require such precautions as nonflammable roofs, indoor sprinklers and regular watering of shrubs. Rancho Santa Fe practices a strategy known as "shelter-inplace," designed to insulate homes

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Fire blackened hills surround the yard of Dr. Jorge Llorente as he poses with his wife, Barbra, in the back yard of their luxury home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 30. The home, 13 months old, was built to the new fire codes of the area, which helped prevent it from igniting as fires raged within 200 feet.

from flames if people cannot evacuate.

The fire department in Rancho Santa Fe, whose past residents include Bing Crosby and Howard Hughes, scrutinizes plans for every tree and bush, and sends inspectors with measuring tapes to make sure its orders are obeyed.

Trees and bushes must be a certain distance from the house and

cannot exceed a certain height. Roofs must be nonflammable; shrubs near the house must always be watered. Indoor sprinklers are a must.

Columns must be masonry, stucco or precast concrete; windows must be dual-paned or tempered glass; wood fences cannot touch the home.

"Rancho Santa Fe has done some

really, really pivotal work," said Ron Coleman, former California state fire marshal and vice president of Emergency Services Consulting Inc. in Elk Grove, Calif. "It's a success story."

Cliff Hunter, Rancho Santa Fe's fire marshal, believes the standards saved homes.

"I just go by the results," he said as he drove through the wide

streets of The Crosby subdivision, where hillside flames stopped just short of homes.

Fire experts caution that no home is fireproof -- they prefer the term "ignition-resistant." Advocates say such precautions give firefighters time to save more vulnerable homes in fast-moving fires.

Uranium company buys town in southern Utah

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TICABOO, Utah (AP) -- A Canadian mining company that bought a mothballed uranium mill in southern Utah has now acquired the entire private community.

Toronto's Uranium One Inc. bought the town for its housing. The property includes mobile home and recreational vehicle parks, the infrastructure for a housing subdivision, a restaurant and convenience store. The deal even came with a boat.

Wyoming-based U.S. Energy Corp. had owned the mill and town and sat on the assets for more than two decades, waiting for the uranium market to rebound. It operated the mill for less than three months in 1982, when the market crashed.

It sold the mill for $6.6 million and stock in Uranium One, plus the promise of royalties. The price for the town was $2.7 million.

"Housing is in limited supply in this area," said U.S. Energy Chief Executive Keith Larsen, "and Uranium One has recognized the importance of owning a fully developed Ticaboo town site to accommodate its employees as it prepares the Shootaring Canyon Mill for full production."

Only half a dozen homes have been built at Ticaboo, but Larsen said numerous sites in the mobilehome park are filled by employees of Dennison Mines, which operates a mine about eight 8 miles away. Other employees stay regularly at a local motel.

The demand for housing is expected to emerge when Uranium One wins approval from the Utah Division of Radiation Control to resume mill operations.

"We'll be starting from scratch, so we'll need to hire a work force," said Chris Sattler, senior vice president of investor relations

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Another prairie dog in the Interior West has been proposed for endangered status, and biologists say the Gunnison's prairie dog is a crafty animal that can whistle different alarm calls and escape routes when predators call.

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CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- California's first Mormon studies professorship is being established at Claremont Graduate University.

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Pharmacy industry

writing perscription

for rapid growth

by Doug Radunich

STAFF WRITER

Although the Tooele Valley may have a large number of pharmacies for its population size, pharmacy owners and operators say a growing market means there's plenty of room for all.

With Tuesday's grand opening of Birch Family Pharmacy, which is on Main Street between Maceys and Albertsons -- both of which have their own pharmacies -- there are now a total of seven pharmacies located in Tooele and Grantsville. And Soelberg's Market in Grantsville announced this week that it too plans to open a pharmacy in the near future.

The growth of the local pharmacy market may simply be down to a growing and aging population.

"Over time I have seen smaller pharmacies struggle with bigger companies like Walgreens or Wal-Mart, but as Tooele County grows, especially with an older population and even younger families, I'd say pharmacies now could survive and that there is definitely room for more," said Nicole Cline, Tooele County economic development advisor.

Birch Family Pharmacy owner Sheldon Birch, who has previously worked at Dave's Drugs as a pharmacy manager and Walgreens and Albertsons as a staff pharmacist, also agreed that because the pharmacy market is so strong right now, Tooele County could still absorb another small, independent pharmacy like his.

"People are using medications more and more to stay out of hospitals and prevent surgery," Birch said. "We're also seeing more usage from a growing number of people receiving insurance coverage with Medicare Part D, and prices are also lowering and becoming more affordable because several medications that were brand-name only are now becoming available as generics. I'd say there's room for a smaller, locally owned community pharmacy like ours, and I'm not nervous about competition because I think our pricing ability, unique and fast ser-

vice, and amount of time

spent with patients will help

build a niche in the market."

D.J. Adams, pharmacist

for the University of Utah

Stansbury Health Clinic and

Pharmacy, said it helps to

be a small community phar-

macy when trying to build-

ing close relationships with

clients.

"Because we're smaller we

see a lot of the same patients

over and over again, and know

who they are, and we give that

kind of personal treatment

you don't get from the big

chains." Adams said. "Me and

the other pharmacists have a

close-knit, one-on-one com-

municative relationship with

the doctors here, and we're

unique because in our sys-

tem we have a clinic and a

pharmacy in the same build-

ing. We can fill a prescription

within one visit, and people

don't have to go to a doctor

or some other place to get a

prescription filled."

As the only pharmacy in

Grantsville currently, the

family-run Williams Family

Drug has also seen its busi-

ness grow since opening last

year.

"We've been very happy

with business, and a lot of our

people come here because

they don't want to drive to

Tooele," said Williams Family

Drug owner Scott Williams.

"We take everybody's insur-

ance, and people don't have

to wait in long lines here. We

can also match Wal-Mart's

generic list as far as pricing

goes."

Maceys

Pharmacy

Technician Julie Hunt said

Tooele County's fast growth

rate is another reason why

more small-scale pharmacies

could open shop here soon

and survive just fine.

"Because Tooele's popu-

lation has been growing so

much, there also needs to be

much new business coming

in to serve everyone," she

said. "I know we have really

jumped with business during

this past year alone from the

growth. I also believe Birch

Family Pharmacy will do well

because I think some people,

especially some seniors, have

been looking to have their

little independent and well-

known pharmacy back ever

since Dave's Drugs closed."

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Gas prices on the rise, again

by Jamie Belnap

STAFF WRITER

During the early summer months, gas prices were enough to leave anyone's pocketbook feeling noticeably lighter. And, although prices have shown a steady decline -- falling from a steep $3.26 in late May to a lowin-comparision $2.65 during mid-September, according to -- prices are now on the rise again, hitting an average of $2.94 statewide as of Thursday morning.

"One of the biggest reasons

we are seeing gasoline go up in Utah and across the country is the price of crude oil," said Jason Toews, co-founder of . "Today it is $90 per barrel."

Half of the cost of a gallon of gas comes from crude oil, Toews said.

"This is the time of year that gas prices are typically going down," he said. "We just don't do as much driving this time of year as we do in the summer months."

Toews said the trend should have continued to go down, except the ever-fluctuating price of crude oil continued

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to go up. "What continues to scare

me is that if the price of crude oil continues to rise we may see prices at over $4 per gallon by next year," Toews added. "One year ago today the price of gasoline was $2.34 a gallon. We are about 60 cents higher today than we were last year and it seems like each year prices get higher and higher."

"Most states are going up right now," Toews added. "The U.S. average is $2.92."

Many Tooele County motorists have become blas? about the price fluctuations.

"I don't pay attention anymore," said Brad Edwards while fueling up at Walkers Phillips 66 on Main Street in Tooele Wednesday.

Edwards says his daily commute to Salt Lake requires him to fuel up his Chevy Cavalier once every four days, and so whether he likes it or not he digs deeper for gas money.

"You just have to," said Jake Broadhead, who drives his Dodge Ram 2500 all over the state for his decorative concrete business. "If you try to raise your prices for the customer to accommodate rising gas costs, you probably won't be fueling up at all in the future."

Broadhead said he refuels twice a week, spending nearly $100 each time. Typically he has to swipe his credit card two times in order to completely fill his 26-gallon tank because many pumps now shut down at a $75 limit in order to stop people from stealing gas.

"I guess people are stealing more because it's gotten so expensive," Broadhead joked.

Some local motorists, however, have changed their habits as gas prices have risen.

"Last week the price of gas was 10 cent less than it is

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Jake Broadhead refuels his Dodge Ram 2500 Wednesday at Walkers Phillips 66. Broadhead says increasing gas prices are something residents just have to take in stride.

today," said Tori Jensen, as she refueled at Walkers Phillips 66 Wednesday. "I drive less now because of the gas prices. I used to commute to Salt Lake for work two to three times a week. Now I only go once a week."

On Wednesday, the lowest price for regular gasoline in the state was $2.74 at a station in West Valley, with the

highest coming from a station in Meadow, a town outside Fillmore, at $3.09.

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Course helps volunteers help victims

by Suzanne Ashe

STAFF WRITER

A 40-hour Sexual Assault Advocacy Training begins tonight at Mountain West Medical Center. The first class will meet from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and will continue at the same time tomorrow evening and again from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Nov. 8 and 9 class will meet from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 10. The course will meet from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 15

and 16. Participants who complete

the training will be able to volunteer as victim advocates by manning the county's crisis line, meeting with victims and going to court with victims.

The training is given by the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Training will cover general information on rape, and information dealing with victims from all walks of life, from child victims to adult survivors.

In Utah, one in three women will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime; one in eight will be raped. Child molestation is the most common form of sexual violence.

"By learning and understanding what a victim goes through, an advocate can be there for the victim to help them process the event," said Tooele County Victim Advocate Betsy Leishman.

The training will also help volunteers set aside any bias or prejudice they may have

in working with victims of a different race or sexual orientation, she said.

The training will cover understanding the local resources that are currently available in Tooele County, and also what is needed.

The next training session will be in February.

The cost for the training is $50, but there are scholarships available.

For more information contact Betsy at 241-0337.

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Rock climbing's popularity coming at a cost

by Garance Burke

ASSOCIATED PRESS

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Evidence of rock climbing's excesses are visible everywhere around the base of a popular summer ascent here. Dead pines lie decomposing on the eroded rock, their roots exposed by thousands of boot soles. The approach is marred by 40 separate trails braiding around the granite face.

Then, there's the garbage. Last month, volunteers packed out 900 pounds of abandoned rope, snack wrappers and toilet paper strewn around some of Yosemite National Park's most cherished crags. Millions of Americans have developed a taste for rock climbing, a fad fueled by a proliferation of urban climbing gyms. But as neophyte rock jocks head to national parks to test their skills in the great outdoors, some are unwittingly breaking the wilderness ethic governing the sport. Others are violating federal wilderness regulations by drilling into the bare rock face with power tools. As the sun crested on a recent morning at Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows, a group of regulars clipping on chalk bags groused about what they see as an influx of clueless novices, who they assumed were responsible for a heist of $1,000 worth of equipment. "The next time I see some guy with gear that's mine at the top of the peak, I'm gonna push him off," said Bryan Law, 35, a grin spreading beneath his mustache. "Some people just don't know how to behave." Iconic among outdoor adventurers as the birthplace of rock climbing in North

America, Yosemite's mammoth granite formations have a singular allure for climbers eager to push the limits.

And Cathedral Peak, a 10,900-foot temple of rock rising from the sub-alpine Tuolumne Meadows, is often where newcomers start.

Rookie Ha Pham, 23, hopes to venture up it eventually, but said she was concerned the conditions she'd find wouldn't meet her standards.

"They should have signs and stuff and trash cans outside," said Pham, who climbs regularly in the safety of a San Francisco gym. "I don't think they even clean your rocks off for you out there."

Yosemite's full-time climbing ranger Jesse McGahey is on a quest to teach such newbies how to develop technical skills and outdoor ethics at the same time. McGahey, who carries his gun in a fanny pack to avoid startling hikers, prefers to educate newcomers about the wilds rather than ticket them.

But on a recent weekend, when he came across an abandoned dog tied to a tree in the middle of bear country, he felt had no choice but to fine its owner $225 as he came strolling down from the summit.

"In the `70s, people used to teach each other how to climb outdoors," said McGahey, 29. "Now a lot of people come out of the gym and head straight for the woods, with no idea of what they'll find there."

Other popular climbing destinations are also struggling to keep a balance between preserving the backcountry and helping gym rats aspire to something higher.

An Outdoor Industry Association survey showed the number of climbers grew from 7.5 to 9.2 million people from 2004 to 2005. The percentage of people climbing

on an artificial wall rose 30 percent.

Many newcomers don't learn the traditional climbing style developed in the 1960s, but instead learn in a gym, where man-made walls feature bolts every three feet.

Young climbers often start out bouldering, a ropes-free style that helps build strength, but can also leave forest floors strewn with chalk and abandoned crashpads.

"There are lots of people out cruising around the woods looking for really fun boulders to climb on," said Phil Powers, executive director of the Golden, Colo.-based American Alpine Club. "But one of the biggest concerns that we have is that gym-tooutside transition."

In Southern California's Joshua Tree National Park, boulders are riddled with holes and stakes marking climbing routes. Rangers say the problem is twofold: it alters the landscape for nonclimbers visiting the park and accelerates erosion of the rock formations.

At Arches National Park in Utah, officials feared climbers would damage delicate sandstone formations, so last year they banned slacklining, a strengthening exercise that requires walking on a nylon rope strung between natural features.

They also banned climbing on any arch named on a topographical map of the park, a United States Geological Survey guide climbers follow like a Bible.

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, is taking a different tack. Land managers are considering placing a 10-year cap on the number of bolts and anchors climbers can wedge into the sandstone, hoping to encourage climbers to use natural protection instead of

the quick approach favored by novices: drill more gear into the wall.

"People are looking for weekend escapes," said Rick Potts, the former Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Chief for the National Park Service. "Trips are getting shorter, and trips into the backcountry are getting less and less common."

McGahey approaches Yosemite's visitors -- many of whom visit the park on weekend pilgrimages -- his own way.

To prevent erosion near Cathedral Peak, he's working with volunteers to block the braiding trails with dead logs. He and the nonprofitYosemite Climbing Association recruited eco-friendly climbers to remove 21 tons of garbage throughout the park in last month's annual trash-pick up.

Each Sunday morning he offers climbers free coffee in exchange for participating in rap sessions about community responsibility.

Rock climbers don't need a backcountry permit even if they spend the night slung off the side of El Capitan, the park's famed 7,560-foot granite tower, so McGahey stresses leave-no-trace camping techniques.

Kay Okamoto, a Los Angeles-based urban planner who climbs at a gym during the week, soaks in all the tips she can.

"More people keep coming up here and getting stoked about going cragging," said Okamoto, 26. "What you learn about the environment is really all in who you meet."

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Notice is hereby given that there will be Early Voting for the November General Election to

be held November 6, 2007.

Anyone who is a registered voter within Tooele County and would like to vote early may come to any one of the following locations:

Tooele County Courthouse 47 South Main, Tooele 3rd floor, Room #329

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Published in the Transcript Bulletin October 18, 23 and November 1 2007

Housing troubles expected to get worse

by Martin Crutsinger

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- While it is a long way from the Dust Bowl days of the Great Depression, the housing market is experiencing something it hasn't seen since that time -- a significant drop in home prices.

Many private economists believe that home prices, which soared during the housing boom, will fall by around 10 percent before housing stabilizes sometime late next year. That decline will follow a 54 percent increase in median existing home prices during the prolonged boom earlier in the decade.

Prices won't be the only thing falling.

Forecasters are also looking for sales and construction to drop further until the housing slump, which began in late 2005, starts to stabilize next year.

The problems in housing have been a serious drag on the overall economy -- slashing more than a full percentage point off growth in some quarters. And those adverse effects will get worse in coming months, many private economists believe, reflect-

ing the fallout from the severe credit crunch that hit in August.

The betting is that the overall economy will be able to avoid a recession, but it will be a close call with the point of maximum danger still ahead.

"I think the housing market has got another year of very weak sales, falling construction and lower home prices. And all of that assumes that the economy holds together reasonably well and we don't have a recession," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's .

The biggest worry is that mortgage financing problems will grow even more severe, with soaring defaults dumping more homes onto an already glutted market, driving prices down further.

In a new report, the Joint Economic Committee estimates there will be 1.3 million foreclosures from mid-2007 through 2009 in subprime mortgages, loans provided to borrowers with weak credit histories.

Those foreclosures will wipe out an estimated $71 billion in housing wealth directly and another $32 billion indirectly by lowering the values of neighboring homes, according to the report by the JEC's Democratic staff. The report predicts that will end up costing states $917 million in lost property tax revenue through the end of 2009. The states of California, New York, New Jersey and Florida are expected to be among the biggest losers.

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