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Show expires 013086 o70 ASSOCIATION yjOHPRESS SOUTH t7 POST 300 B41H UT CITY LAKE . SPLT A motion to move the first degree murder trial of Ronald Watson Lafferty to another county was filed with the Utah Fourth District Court in Provo Tuesday morning. The motion, filed by attorney Richard B. Johnson, was accompanied by a second motion asking that Johnson be allowed to withdraw from the case so Lafferty could defend himself. Judge J. Robert Bullock is expected to rule on both motions today at 3 p.m. in Provo - the day before jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial. Lafferty is charged with the brutal July 24 slaying of his sister-in-laBrenda Lafferty, and her toddler daughter, Erica, in their American Fork home. old Dan His brother, court-appoint- Lafferty asks venue change as trial nears Vol. 7, No. 17 Wednesday, April Lafferty, is presently in the Utah State Prison serving two consecutive life terms. He was found guilty of first degree homicide in a January trial. An affidavit accompanying the motion for a change of venue claims that media coverage of that trial, and the subsequent news coverage, would make it impossible for Lafferty to get a fair trial in Utah County. No case in recent history has received as much publicity as this matter," the affidavit says. "There have been numerous accounts of jurors who sat on the Dan Lafferty case, reporting their deliberations." "It would be totally unfair to conduct the trial in this county and somehow assume that despite the of information that deluge prospective jurors have bppn sub 50 24, 1985 Wade Wilson winces in anquish as he gives an answer he knows is wrong at the Lehi Elementary Knowledge Bowl finals last Wednesday. Despite his mistake, Wade's team captured first place in the competition. Other team members are Heather Price, Jenni Downs, Justin Baer and Justin Worthen. The team outscored Team O, made up of Danny Patten, Logan Jubeck, Adam Webb, Kendall Miner and Jared Warner to take first place honors. Fifth grade teacher Dave Cox is in charge of the Knowledge Bowl competition. Utah Valley Pageant at the munications at Brigham Young suggestion of another contestant. University. She in a purple appeared The pageant was emceed by Lynn Georgette Knit evening gown with pink, hand-sew- n bugle beads she Lambert, Miss Utah for 1983, and helped create. For her talent, she was directed by Chad Hulet. Judges performed a flute solo, "Waltz," by were William Brad Bennet, Cindy Doreen Hendrickson. Wyckoff, Benjamin Godard. J. Miss Nielsen is a student in the Margene Jensen and Allen Hendrickson. College of Fine Arts and Com Workshop focus is floats The Lehi Parade Committee float sponsored an impressive last morning. Saturday workshop Float builders who attended found the meeting to be very informative and helpful. A variety of topics were discussed at the workshop including an excellent presentation from "Modern Display" of Salt Lake. Many colorful and versatile materials used to build floats were presented and displayed 768-800- 2 David Holindrake, a certified alcohol and drug therapist at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, will be the featured speaker at a meeting aimed at Lehi's drug and alcohol problem. The meeting will be held tonight, April 24, at 7 p.m. in the Lehi High . School auditorium. The meeting is being sponsored by Lehi's Public Involvement Council. The meeting is the result of a recent conference on drug and alcohol abuse held at the Utah Technical College in Provo-Orewhere Lehi was represented by PTA and youth leaders, as well as by students. Major concepts stressed at the conference were parental respon-siblit- y and an organized community. has been meeting Tonight's organized to present ideas to held parents and others interested in Lehi's youth. Holindrake, who was a favorite speaker at the UTC conference, works at the medical center's new drug and alcohol recovery unit. The Lehi High School Show Choir will also sing several numbers at with along tonight's program, presentation by youth improvisation groups. In conjunction with the meeting, Lehi Mayor George Tripp has Jeremiah R. Dandoy was named superintendent of the Utah State Training School on Friday of last week. The appointment is effective May according to Dr. Gary Nakao, Director of the Division of Services to the Handicapped. 23, Mr. Dandoy will also serve as Associate Director of the Division, Dr. Nakao said. superintendent. Mr. Dandoy is currently serving as Assistant Director for the Arizona State Department of Economic Security. In this capacity, he is Director of Developmental Disabilities and his duties included supervising the operation of three institutions, several group homes, foster care and a full range of child and adult day care programs. His experience also includes a five year stint as District Programming Manager and Facility Superintendent for the State of Arizona. At that time, he was superintendent for a 165 bed facility for the develop-mentalldisabled, an 80 bed facility the for mentally disabled persons. USTS runaway booked for rape y A runaway from the Utah State Roberta Street when he was pulled Training School had been booked into some bushes and raped by a Friday by Salt Lake police for in- man on a bicycle. vestigation of "rape of a child, Later in the day, the victim's forcible sexual abuse and strongarm parents saw a man fitting the sodomy of a boy." description of the assailant a The investigation is in connection bicycle in the neighborhood. riding He was with the rape of a boy detained until police could arrive. the morning of April 16. After questioning, the suspect, The old man was booked officers found him to be a runaway '"to the Salt Lake County Jail about from the training school and that he 7 p.m. Tuesday after being was mentally handicapped. Lt. John Durrant, American Fork questioned by police. The victim of the assault, acPolice, said the man had been for cording to reports, was playing reported as a runaway about 9 p.m. outside near Seventh South and the night of April IS. d i Judy Rasmussen demonstrates how to design costumes Lehi's Miniature Parade at parade workshop Saturday. Bateman said his department will be acting "pursuant to a court order" in regards to security. ) David Holindrake this week proclaimed "Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Awareness Week." In the proclamation, the mayor says, "We, the people of Lehi, cannot bear to see the lives of our good youth destroyed by the use of these substances." Everyone interested in the young people in the city is invited to attend tonight's meeting. Dandoy named new head for State Training School "We look forward to having Mr. Dandoy on board and feel he will be instrumental in the continuing development of a state wide comprehensive continuum of services to the handicapped," Dr. Nakao stated when the new announcing and numerous creative and innovative float ideas were introduced. Jean Hatch, chairman of the event, wanted to extend a special thank you to members of the parade committee who participated with a special appreciation going to Judy Rasmussen from Highland, who spoke on costuming and Peggy Lewis who presented float rental ideas. Thanks also goes to all ward and business representatives who attended. A reminder is also given to those people building miniature floats in the community who have not registered to please contact Margie with float name and Hardy idea, Utah Sheriff David County Bateman said security for the trial will be "even tighter" than for Dan Lafferty's trial. "We learned a few things then and these will be put into practice this time. We're even better prepared with security measures than before," he said. Drag meet tonight at ,ehi High Sandy Nielsen wins valley crown Lehi's Sandy Nielsen was chosen as the new Miss Utah Valley Saturday night in Payson. Miss Nielsen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nielsen and a former Miss Lehi, was chosen from a group of 10 contestants for the Miss Utah Valley title. She held the Miss Lehi title five years ago, and said she entered the He said he believes Ron Lafferty can get a fair trial in Utah County. If Bullock decideds to go ahead with the trial, 200 to 300 Utah County residents are expected to be called for the jury examination, with 12 jurors and two alternates chosen from them to hear the case. Jury selection is expected to last Thursday through Saturday. cents a single copy ! Oh, no! jected to, they have not been tainted by the publicity," the document continues. The motion to withdraw as appointed counsel claims that once the court determined Lafferty was competent to proceed, it also determined the Lafferty is competent to defend himself. Utah has no specific test for competency to act as one's own attorney, the document says. In finding Lafferty could go ahead with the trial, the court, "based upon that examination, must also conclude that the defendant is free to represent himself." Both documents were filed by Johnson. Deputy Utah County Attorney Wayne Watson said the county attorney's office is "already to go" in the case. The new superintendents credits also include teaching Quantitative Systems and Statistics at Arizona State University and Business Mathematics at Central Arizona College. He was named Administrator of the Year by the Association for Retarded Citizens; his name appears in "Who's Who in the West," and he has served with various and community professional organizations. In accepting the job of superin-tedenMr. Dandoy said, "I am pleased and excited to have the challenge and the opportunity to serve the handicapped people of the State of Utah." He said he feels a balanced approach is needed with both the training school and a strong community based system of service to meet each individual's needs. "We must continually strive to provide the highest possible quality of life to those who reside at the Utah State Training School and the best possible working environment and training for the staff." Mr. Dandoy continued, "We also need appropriate community services to meet the needs of people who choose to remain at home and to insure that any individual who leaves the Utah State Training School will have equivalent or better t, services." Mr. Dandoy is the husband of Dr. Suzanne Dandoy, director of the of Utah Health, Department, however, according to Dr. Nakao, in counseling with the Regional Office of Health Care Finance in Denver (the agency which administers Medicaid) there appears to be no legal conflict of interest. " |