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Show A-6 The Park Record SatSunMonTue, March 20-23, 2004 Superior Quality! ib-y I i 4 I Jury acquits school board candidate AjHuKllIlDQSSii'iQEli 'GflSrniBi 'SEtfmBEb 'figpflW' We also offer hand cleaning, restoration, appraisal, high quality rug pad, pick-up and delivery. Buytrade old rugs. HMB'SRU6 GALLERY DIRECT IMPORTER OF THE WORLDS FINEST RUGS 10:00 a m. to 3142 So. Highland Dr. (about 1400 E.), Salt Lake City 6 00pm (801) 484-6364 (888) 445-RUGS (7847) By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Moments before the jury returned from deliberation Thursday afternoon, after-noon, Hoytsville resident Kenneth McQueen told The Park Record that the verdict would not affect his status as a candidate for the North Summit School Board. McQueen was found not guilty of simple assault, a class B misdemeanor. The charge against McQueen dates back to June when he had a confrontation with Chalk Creek resident Christi Snyder, who he said at the time, was trespassing on land he partly owns near Lewis Peak in North Summit. "There have been problems between these two people in the past," said David Walsh, a prosecutor in the Salt Lake District Attorney's Office. A potential conflict of interest reportedly prevented the Summit County Attorney Office from prosecuting pros-ecuting the case. Snyder was jogging along a dirt road June 2 when McQueen approached her and got out of his truck. A physical confrontation ensued during which Snyder claimed McQueen punched her in the chest, which eventually left bruising, according to testimony from witnesses. witness-es. McQueen said he pushed Snyder when she came at him and she fell backwards, but he denied punching the woman. In accordance with North Summit School District policy, McQueen was suspended from his job, coaching track at North Summit High School when the assault charge was filed against him last year. McQueen and Snyder have had a contentious history histo-ry as he has coached her children throughout the years. Disagreeing on several occasions. Snyder has requested that McQueen be fired as the coach and has threatened to sue the school district as a result of his continued employment, said Steve Carlsen, superintendent of the North Summit School District McQueen claims that he stepped out of his truck the day of the incident inci-dent with the intention of warning Snyder about dangers along the private, pri-vate, dirt road. During his closing arguments, Walsh called the two parties' accounts of the physical confrontation confronta-tion - to which there were no witnesses wit-nesses - "diametrically opposed." Walsh said Snyder testified that her daughter was having trouble getting along with McQueen. He argued that McQueen was angry as a result "A little of that male ego I suspect got in the way of his judgment," Walsh told jurors. Ken Brown, a Salt Lake attorney, representing McQueen, said Snyder lied on the witness stand when asked about requests she had made of the district that the coach be terminated. "Why would she under oath tell you folks, 'I never did it' why did she lie about that?" Brown asked the four-person jury. "The state's theory is that McQueen acted intentionally ... the state has not produced one shred of evidence that McQueen is a hothead," Brown added. Carlsen said McQueen is suspended suspend-ed for the 2004 track season. The school board will evaluate his status sta-tus as a coach in the North Summit School District later this year. McQueen is running against Coalville resident Steve Jenkins for a seat on the North Summit School Board. 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"Oakley is going to get some revenue off the sell of that water ... it will be a percentage of what they make," he adds. Woolstenhulme said the company compa-ny intends to start bottling Oakley water in May. He estimates that the closest resident to 'the plant is 14-mile 14-mile away. " 454 S. 500 W. SLC, UT 801-519-6900 10A-6P M-F10A-4P SA CGSPARKS.COM Candidate filing window eiipiras in Coalville Launa Blonquist, deputy Summit County Clerk (left) assists Coalville resident Phil Geary (center) and Arlin Ovard, of Henefer, during the waning moments of this year's filing window. The deadline to file as a candidate was Wednesday at 5 p.m. Geary is running for a seat on the Utah State School Board and Ovard filed to run as a candidate for a seat on the North Summit School Board. 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