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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 6-8, 2005 The Park Record A-2 Wangsgard: a bicycle courier • Continued from A-1 Winter Olympics, to be conscious of the responsibilities and impacts of hosting the Games. After arriving in New York, Wangsgard will hand off ihe message to a sailboat crew destined ("or Belgium. A group of Salt Lake residents then intend to cycle the message through France and eventually to Turin Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. "I'm a little bit nervous just because it's a long ways," said Wangsgard, a longtime mountain biker who only began riding roads last year. "I see these guys riding around Park Cily and 1 think, what is that all about ... I've done a lot of trail riding up here and I really never understood what the deal was with road-bike riding." Wet weather forced the men to stay in Lehi Monday night. "We were going to try to get to Nephi," lamented Wangsgard. "We're going to have to ride further tomorrow." He expected to ride more than 1(X) miles to Salina on Tuesday. "The message is one that should have real appeal, and we hope, inspiration for people worldwide. It's about world peace, human rights, health - particularly in developing nations - and creating a sustainable environment," Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson said during an interview. "Part of the Olympic spirit is providing a means of achieving world peace. And although it never has attained that goal, il remains to be some- thing we all strive after - given the disastrous last century in terms of armed conflict and human rights abuses.1' Anderson recalled his experiences riding the last leg with Nagano residents into Salt Lake City in 2001. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL DUNN Marc Wangsgard "It's not just delivering the message, but doing it without the use of any fossil fuels ... that's really important as a statement about how important it is that we reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and reduce the trend toward global warming," the mayor said. "As much as the Bush administration and many people in this country would like to deny it, we are in the midst of a global climate crisis." Anderson plans to connect with the riders in Milan, Italy, and pedal the home stretch into Turin. Wangsgard and Niermeycr began planning the ride several weeks ago, he adds. "Both of them are in extraordinary shape,11 Anderson said. With 41 days scheduled for the ride from Salt Lake to New York City, Wangsgard hopes to arrive on the East Coast within a month. "I have not done anything even close to this," he said, adding that his most extreme ride was racing a mountain bike in the week long TransRockies Challenge. Park City Councilor Jim Hier praised Wangsgard's effort and the attention his participation in the ride will garner western Summit County. "1 think it's a great event," Hier said, recalling camaraderie he felt with other nationalities during the 2002 Winter Olympics. "All the conflicts of the various nationalities seem to go away and everybody gets together and has a good time." Wangsgard encourages anyone to join the pair along the route. Information about the ride is available at www.slc2torino.com. "That would be really, really nice, if we could pick people up and keep growing the group. You never know," he said. Parkites remember pope GRAYSON WESTVPARK RECORD Ceremony honors fallen officer Monday's ceremony, delivering a speech dressed as the former lawBooth said. man, complete with Stagg's After allegedly killing Stagg trademark white beard. and Dawes near the Wyoming "It was a bigger turnout than I state line, the fugitives fled, but thought ... it's really kind of were caught a lew days later touching that there is even anywhile camping in Tooele County. body that shows up to this stuff," George pleaded guilty to Green said, adding that roughly homicide charges and served 20 students from Coalvillc seven years in prison. Booth said, attended the memorial. "I was adding that Coughlin pleaded not surprised ... they all seemed pretguilty. ty riveted to it." "Coughlin was the one that Father Robert Bussen, from was firing out of the cabin," St. Mary's Catholic Church in Booth said. Park City, and Rabbi Joshua The man was found guilty and Aaronson. of Park City's Temple was executed in Rich County by Har Shalom, offered prayers a firing squad on Dec. 15, 1896. inside the Echo church before Coughlin is buried in the the group moved out to the Glen wood Cemetery in Park cemetery for an honor guard flag City. George reportedly died in ceremony and rifle salute. Park City of heart failure on Feb. "There were some direct 15. 1936.' descendants of Thomas Stagg in "It's a typical Wild West, out- the audience," Green said, about law, lawman, shoot 'em up story," relatives from around the state, said Kamas resident David adding that historians were Green, chairman of the Summit unable to locate any of Stagg's County Historical Society. "It's relatives in Summit County. "I all pretty fascinating stuff." know he had a lot of children, but Green portrayed Stagg during despite that fact, there are. none • Continued from A-1 ""* *^ of them left in the area." Stagg, who also worked as a U.S. Army scout. Pony Express station master and Echo constable, immigrated to Utah across the plains. "He had been living over in Echo for quite a while," Green said. Next to Stagg's grave in Echo, the Utah "peace Officers Association installed a marker Monday, which identifies Stagg as a deputy killed in the line of duty. "We found out that he wasn't listed on the national memorial for slain police officers back in Washington, D.C.," Booth said, adding that Stagg's name will be added to the monument in May. The former deputy's story is one of many fascinating tales that make up Summit County's history, Green said. "It's just an unusual mix of outlaws and Mormon history and just a unique struggle as far as westward expansion goes," he said. "This was a real, live gun battle." *?£ A portrait of Pope John Paul II serves as a memorial at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the Snyderville Basin. Father Robert Bussen describes seeing the pope as "spellbinding." and had a number of Jewish friends in an era when antiSemitism was entrenched in Poland, Aaronson said. "He was the first pope to "For 26 years, this pope has By JAY HAMBURGER visit a synagogue - very signifiled us and taught us about the Of the Record staff value of human life," Bussen cant and indicative of his comWhen Father Robert Bussen said. mitment to building bridges to was in a papal audience in After a Sunday night service other faiths," he said. Rome a little more than a year at the Basin church, Ridgcview John Paul II notably offered ago, Pope John Paul II was resident Pat Norman said John an apology from the Catholic already in failing heath. Paul II's papacy affected people Church for the church's past The pontiff was in a wheel- outside the religion. transgressions against Jews but chair and his speech was "He touched the hearts of all Aaronson said some from his slurred, Bussen, the pastor at peoples. It didn't matter if they faith desired a stronger stateSt. Mary's Catholic Church, were Catholic. He had a pre- ment. remembers. But even in his ponderance of goodwill and "I appreciated it. I look il for weakened state and though mercy for all the trials of what it was," he said. Bussen was not anticipating a humans everywhere," Norman Aaronson. though, said some rousing appearance, the pope, said, adding, "I think we lost Jews were disappointed with as Bussen describes, delivered a someone who cared very much John Paul II's decision in favor spectacular performance. for the dignity of humans every- of the 1987 beatification of "My expectation was like where." Edith Stein, a Jewish woman swimming in the Great Salt had converted to In the interview, Bussen who Lake - zero," Bussen said in an expanded on the pope's ability Catholicism before dying in interview on Monday, two days to energize audiences on the Auschwitz, a Nazi concentraafter the pope died. "It was world stage. tion camp in Poland. electric. It was a spellbinding Gordon B. Hinckluy, the "The Vatican was nothing hour." more than a launch pad for this president of the Church of Jesus Public displays of mourning pope," Bussen said. Christ of Latter- day Saints, were not widespread in Park Bussen said he cannot recall called the pope "'an extraordiCity although the faithful gath- the subject of the pope's speech nary man of faith, vision and ered at St. Mary's as Bussen when he visited Rome in intellect." according to an held Mass. On Saturday at the December 2003 but remembers account of Hincklcy's remarks Snyderville Basin church, just John Paul II's presence. released by the Mormon hours after the pope died, Church. "It was like we're in the midBussen told worshippers that pope's voice remained John Paul II taught that "death dle of a carnival and the ring- firm"The defense of freedom, has its own dignity and is not to leader was the pope," he said of familyin and Christianity. On the event, which he remembers be feared." drew between 6,000 and 8.000 matters of principle and morali"He showed us death is not people. ty he was uncompromising. On the great enemy but part of Leaders in other religions his compassion for the world's life," Bussen told the congrega-' praised John Paul II, including poor, he has been unwavering," tion. Rabbi Joshua Aaronson of Hinckley said. In the foyer, as worshippers Temple Har Shalom, the Park Norman, the worshiper from entered, a painting of the pope City Jewish congregation. Ridgeview, who attends Mass sat on a table under a cross "He was almost universally each weekend, said the pope's draped in black cloth. Bussen held in high esteem," Aaronson death left her feeling "somedescribed the mourning period said. what empty." as "wondrous" and a time when "He went straight to heavJohn Paul II was raised in a the world's attention will shift en." she said. "He's with God." Polish community among Jews to the Vatican. John Paul II taught that death is not to be feared, pastor tells St. Mary's worshippers Correction GRAYSON WEST;'PARK RECORD A Summit County Sheriff's Office honor guard folds a flag Monday at a cemetery in Echo to honor Thomas A. Stagg, a county deputy killed in the line of duty in 1895. Election Systems & Software (ES&S) AutoMARK was available for voters at Lt. Governor Hcbert's mock election Wednesday, March 30 at South Townc Mall, as an optical scan ballot with an audio component. ES&S AutoMARK voter assist terminal does not tally or store votes like the direct electronic record systems (DRE). Instead, it assists voters who are blind, visually impaired, or who have a disability, to vote on their own. In the April 2 edition of the paper, a front page article regarding the mock election. The Park Record mistakenly reported that the optical scan technologies had no audio component. 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