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Show STANDOFF from A 1 House was taken by a waiting military helicopter to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No one else was injured. in-jured. Officials said they tried to communicate com-municate via telephone with the remaining re-maining individuals in the house following the burst of bullets, and it took about 20 minutes to get a response by the time Jonathan Swapp picked up the phone. The individuals in-dividuals were ordered to leave the home one at a time to make sure they weren't armed. The plan enacted which resulted in House's death was the second attempt at-tempt Thursday to bring the standoff stan-doff to an end. Earlier that morning, the obnxoious noise that had been used us-ed to distract the family was again WATER from A1 taminants may be sucked into the city's drinking water. But, Mason thinks the two aquifers will be naturally isolated I from each other by virtue of the kind of underground rock each is made of. The three Prospector wells will be drilled in part to test whether the deep layers of rock are in fact shale and to examine their ability to transmit water. They and the two Park Meadows wells will also be part of a pump test, scheduled to be conducted Feb. 16. The city will pump down the Park Meadows well, at a low for the year now with heavy tourism and little replenishing it, and see if any of the five new wells respond. If they do, the EPA will know definitively that the aquifer between them is connected. But, if there is no response and the Prospector aquifer is not "well-sorted" "well-sorted" enough to transmit water, it will be relatively moot whether groundwater data are variable or even whether there are releases. There are no operational drinking water wells in the Prospector area. EPA has submitted much of the data taken on the site to the three agencies involved, but again, it is CUSTODY from A1 of the flock." In the diary Vickie wrote that she and her daughter, Heidi, had it revealed to them that it was "time to be ready" on Jan. 15, and that Ad-dam Ad-dam would go down to the church, about a mile away, and set off the dynamite. She predicted "there will be fire engines there... .it will result in battle," but called the bombing "the mission that was given to them." In Vickie's prayers, she asked for "holy strength to be upon them" as Addam and others walked to the church, and also told of how she and her daughters had recently gone shoppping for supplies in Heber and Kamas to use while they were barricaded. bar-ricaded. She said she prayed a check would come to them and one for $250 did most of which she said she used for the supplies. Vickie wrote that the family was under "tremendous pressure... but the Lord keeps showing his hand.. .It's very serious, the battle has begun." She noted that the dynamite charge went off at 3:05 a.m., and the sherrif reported it at 6:30, with people arriving at the scene at 7 a.m. after a woman The Park Record (USPS 0037-8370) is published weekly by the Diversified Suburban Newspapers. Second-class postage in Park City, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Park Record, 1670 Bonanza Dr., Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the post office in Park City, UT 84060, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Published every Thursday. Staff Publisher , Peter Bernhard General manager Andy Bernhard Editor Teri Gomes Staff writers Randy Hanskat, Ron Georg, Heidi West, Sena Taylor Production manager. Jennifer Madgic Darkroom and photography Matthew Snyder Contributing writers Rick Brough, Tom Clyde Bea Kummer, Office manager Susan Davis Circulation manager, Susan Davis Classified manager. Linda Martin Distribution Kevin Crawford, Advertising sales. 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During arraignments after the shootout Thursday, Vickie Singer entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. The other adults were The EPA has brought in two drilling rigs to drill five additional ad-ditional ground water wells. not considered public. According to Schmittdiel, two sets of outdoor air sampling have been completed and analyzed, and a third is experiencing "lab hangups" hang-ups" now. Two rounds of indoor air sampling have been completed, but the second set has not yet returned from the lab. One set of water sampling has been finished, and two more are scheduled for winter and spring. Radon testing reported smoke coding fro... the church house. She knew of the occurrences occur-rences by listening to a police scanner, scan-ner, and felt God had a hand in the events because the flood lights at the church mysteriously went out and there was unexplained.interference on the scanner during and after the criminal acts were being performed, she wrote. When police arrived at the scene and tried to communicate with the Singers, Vickie said they were unable to because "the talking has been done and law officers would not be able to resolve anything." Prosecutors told the judge of a "God box" belonging to Vickie, in which she kept prayers she had written. writ-ten. She prayed of "Giving into Thy hands the enemies" so they have no power, and "Giving into Thy hands the explosives to perform to Thy will and pose ho danger to my family." She also prayed that sheriffs would be kept away, that no passersby would travel along the road in front of the church, and asked God to "keep people in a deep sleep while these things are taking place." Vickie also asked God for instructions instruc-tions whether or not to blow up the reservoir of Jared Weller a relative and close neighbor who has been in conflict with the family for years. EP3 wfftThe n tti BILL ME NAME CITY. charged Jan. 23 with having "received, "receiv-ed, releived, comforted and assisted Addam Swapp and Vickie L. Singer in order to prevent and hinder their apprehension and trial. " Timothy Singer, suspected of killing kill-ing House, was crippled following a logging accident years ago. An agent watching through a high-powered high-powered rifle scope reportedly saw him fire the fatal shot. Timothy, a son of John Singer, was quoted nine years ago as saying that if a shooting battle occurred with his family, he would aid his father with it, by loading "guns or anything." As of now, Summit County is handling the homocide case. But county attorney Robert Adkins has asked for the attorney general's assistance in it. Investigations are expected to be lengthy due to the fact that both a homicide and a bombing bom-bing are involved in the related, cases. .... .Aj.. fc . .! - .. M inside homes has been completed, but individual homeowners have not been notified yet, and so the data are being held. A final, public report will be issued after the agencies have reviewed a draft, made suggestions sugges-tions and the draft has been revised revis-ed to incorporate those suggestions considered valid. Schmittdiel said it would be several weeks before a final report was available. Kathrine Collard, attorney for Vickie, told the magistrate she had known Vickie since 1979, and pleaded plead-ed to free her from jail. "I don't think there was any serious attempt to negotiate with Mrs. Singer," said Collard, adding she didn't think the nuisance tactics employed by officials during the standoff were "efforts to negotiate." But the judge responded that if he allowed her out of jail on the federal level, state officials would likely pick her up on their own charges. Vickie spoke for herself, saying her attorney's words were true. "I'd be willing to put my whole property on the line to prove I won't escape court proceedings, because I don't have any interest in trying to escape." But a prosecutor intervened, reminding the judge that she controlled con-trolled the property where the standoff stan-doff was staged, saying "she is as responsible for the things that have taken place as anyone." The judge requested a second psychological report of Vickie, noting her "psychopathic tendencies" tenden-cies" and saying she was a "highly manipulative person" having "passiveaggressive behavior. She is a person of unpredictable personality," per-sonality," said Boyce. n RENEWAL .STATE ZIP Park City Ski Area As of Wednesday morning, the Park City Ski Area was reporting one inch of new snow on a base depth of 45" at the Summit House. Thirteen chairs and the gondola were open, serving 82 runs, and six bowl areas. Deer Valley Resort Deer Valley got a trace of new snow, on its 45" base. Eight lifts and 43 trails were open, along with snowcat skiing on Flagstaff Mountain. Vickie's by TERI GOMES Record editor "I didn't think my sister was capable of that kind of violence," said Susan Lemon, Vickie Singer's sister. "The family really is in trouble." trou-ble." On Monday, dark-haired Susan Lemon sat in the back row in federal court and listened as charges were filed against her sister and her nieces and nephew. It was the first time Susan had ever been in a courtroom. cour-troom. She agreed to speak to the Parfe Record Tuesday about her family's troubles. "I'm angered Vickie would let this happen. I can't imagine why she didn't talk Addam out of this. Addam Ad-dam must have had some influence over her. She never would have done it (bombed the church) if Addam hadn't have been there." It was a visibly haggered Vickie Singer who was lead into the courtroom cour-troom Monday, her hands and ankles in shackles, dressed in jail issue blues, her long trademark blonde hair held back in a ponytail. "She looked so vulnerable," said Susan. "She looked so sad. I just wanted to take her in my arms. But she's strong and she has her beliefs. She thinks the Lord will take of them." As the prosecuting attorney read detailed excerpts from Vickie's journal jour-nal outlining her knowledge of the bombing activities and asking for the Lord's blessing upon the mission the family had undertaken, Susan said she began to understand the seriousness of the situation her family fami-ly was in. "I'd like to break her fingers, " said Susan sarcastically. "I think what she's written is probably pretty Author reflects by TERI GOMES Record editor Editor's note: Well-known Park City writer David Fleisher has covered the saga of the Singer family for over a decade. Last week he appeared on Good Morning Morn-ing America to help illuminate for viewers the complex family. The Record spoke to Fleisher to gain his perspective on the last week's violent outcome at the family compound. "Because of the nature of the stand the Singer's took inviting an armed confrontation to bring about the resurrection of John (Singer), it was next to impossible impossi-ble for things to end peaceably," said David Fleisher. "But the potential for the situation to have ended much worse was there. Still, I have mixed feelings on how law enforcement dealt with it all." Fleisher, who had himself volunteered to enter the compound com-pound to speak to Vickie, felt comfortable in law enforcement's enforce-ment's choice of longtime family friend Ogden Kraut to try and mediate. "Ogden was a good choice for two reasons: one, he and the Singers had known each other for years and had a mutal respect for one another. And two, Ogden is extremely well-versed in Mormon Mor-mon doctrine and was able to try and communicate with Vickie on that level." - But the psychological tactics used by law enforcement officers were questioned by Fleisher, who felt the very use of those tactics showed a lack of understanding of the rejsolve of the family. "Vickie, I think, just viewed that as another spiritual test, like the many tests she thinks she has had in the past. All those tactics really did was convince the family fami-ly to continue their seige...it allowed them to view law enforcement en-forcement as the aggressors. "Law enforcement did take great pains to try and resolve the situation peacefully. They showed show-ed a lot of restraint because of the children involved and that was admirable. I wish they had con Area SM ParkWest Ski Area ParkWest reported a 56" depth at Ironhorse Peak, 43" at Lookout Peak, with no new snow. Seven lifts were running, serving 48 trails. Homestead Cross Country Ski Resort The Homestead Cross Country Ski Resort in Midway at Wasatch Mountain State Park had 15 kilometers of groomed track open. sister speaks v - ' : . If . ' kmttmmmmmammimmmmimimm 1 -I nmiTr' i Vickie Singer incriminating. But she's always been an intense person and she's kept diaries for years and years-long years-long before John was ever shot." Susan said Vickie has been allowed to call her from jail, under the provision provi-sion that the sisters not discuss the details of the case. "She said she was in a cell with 18 other women and they were mostly treating her with respect. She's taking tak-ing it all rather well. What I do is relay scripture messages from her toTimmy." Susan is also in telephone contact with John Timothy Singer, "Tim-my," "Tim-my," the 18-year-old wheelchair-bound wheelchair-bound son of Vickie and John Singer. She was expected to be placed on his visiting list by this week. He is, as of this writing, the main suspect in the shooting death of Lt. Fred House. tinued the use of Ogden Kraut. He seemed to have made some headway head-way and was able to diffuse some of the tension. I realize from the point of law enforcement the whole thing was a sort of Mission Impossible, though." Fleisher added he was saddened sadden-ed that an officer had been killed in the conflict and he attributed the instigation of that act of violence to clan leader Addam Swapp. "John Singer never would have been in that situation in the first place he just never would have blown up the stake center. I think Addam has a much more of a pro- "But the potential poten-tial for the situation situa-tion to have ended end-ed much worse was there. Still, I have mixed feelings feel-ings on how law enforcement dealt with it all." David Fleisher vocative character than John ever did. Addam seemed to me to have an air of anger that surrounded sur-rounded him. John Singer never exhibited that kind of hostility." Still, the surrender of the family fami-ly was unexpected by Fleisher. "I was a little surprised the Singers gave up as easily as they did. Law enforcement succeeded in saving the lives of those children and they are to be commended com-mended for that." And does it all end here? "I don't think this story is over. Addam has reportedly told his lawyer he has friends on the outside out-side and this isn't over yet..." Jeremy Ranch Cross Country Ski Area The Jeremy Ranch Cross Country Coun-try Ski Area had 43 kilometers of groomed trails open. Thirty kilometers of that total were over the hills and terrain other than the golf course, with 13 K on the course. A total of 16 different trails were available. White Pine Touring Center White Pine had 10 kilometers of groomed track open at the Park City Golf Course, and 10 kilometers open at Mountain Dell Golf Course. "Timmy feels so sad about the officer of-ficer who was killed. I don't think he'll ever pick up a gun again. He gets sick, he says, every time he thinks about it. He told me he never meant to hurt anybody, only fire shots to scare them. I think he wished wish-ed it had all never happened.. .He told me yesterday from now on he was going to let the Lord take care of punishing people." The violence that occurred last week at the Singer compound has been pointed out by many to be in direct conflict to the beliefs John Singer held. When asked how she thought John might have viewed the outcome of the stand-off Susan answered quickly. "He would have been appalled. If he didn't roll over in his grave 10 times I'd be surprised. ' ' But while John was characterized as someone who didn't go out of his way to stir things up Susan said he was a silent stirrer. "He wanted to see how far he could push. When he took the kids out of school (in 1977) he told me he didn't ever think he'd get away with it. He thought he'd have to have them back in, in a week. Privately, he said after he withdrew the children, school board members congratulated him on his decision." Susan wys she is not particularly clos! "to her nieces, Heidi "and Charlotte: She says she doesn't consider con-sider herself a religious person and since the pair are extremely religious she has little to do with them or their husband. For now, it is her sister who occupies oc-cupies her thoughts. "She just lives for them kids and I . don't think they'll ever be all! together again the way they were," ', she says wistfully. ', Sexual assault investigated Park City Police are investigating in-vestigating a case of forcible sexual sex-ual abuse on a 23-year-old woman that occurred during the night Jan. 30 in a Park Meadows home. The victim, to remain anonymous, was taken to the Holy Ho-ly Cross Clinic for examination following the incident. According to Det. Mary Ford, police are researching several leads and suspects, but no charges are forthcoming at this time. Wheaton named general manager Effective Feb. 1, 1988 Bob Wheaton has been named general manager resort division of the Deer Valley Resort Company. Wheaton will be filling the role of general manager which for the past year has been vacant. James A. Nassikas will continue to serve as president and play an active role in the operation of the resort. Wheat on originally was hired as building maintenace manager of ' Deer Valley in Oct. '81. He served in that capacity until June of 1985 when he was appointed equipment operations opera-tions and maintenance manager. In September of that same year he assumed the position of director of ski operations. Prior to working at Deer Valley Wheaton was the ski school director for Mt. Holly in Michigan. He had also served as manager for 26 Taco Bell stores and had worked as a ski instructor for the Park City Ski Area. In a related managment change, Bill Prince announced his retirement retire-ment as controller of Deer Valley. He will be replaced by accounting office of-fice employee Gil Williams. i i |