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Show J L; taBfltt TheHeralicoai 50 CENTS , : TliE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH VOLUME 78, ISSUE 18 FRJDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 mm QOOD HORHIHG! High 92 Low 60 Sports LaVell ready to wrap up career - , Herald Valley Top 5 back for 2000. Bl Short notice Employees of Carmike Cinemas were told they no longer have jobs. A5 , v t - ' V Gzzi2 on With the prep season kicking off tonight, we've decided to bring The Daily . v. Search for new coach begins By SCOTT BELL . By DICK HARMON The Daily Herald The Daily Herald i PROVO Edwards, For LaVell 29 years is PROVO enough. The legendary BYU football coach announced his retirement Thursday, effective at the end of this season. "Obviously, this is a day you don't think will hapthe pen," Edwards said during a press conference at Cougar Stadium. "But in reality, you do know it will." With one season to go, Edwards has a career .record. He is third among active coaches and seventh overall for career wins. He needs just five V Grand finals Al Gore launched his fall quest for the White House, pledging a "better, fairer, more prosperous America" in the climactic speech of the Democratic National Convention. A4 Getaway Friday Bring out the Bard The Actors' Repertory Theatre Ensemble will begin its 12th season next week 1 with of William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and Tim Slover's "March Tale" at Provo's outdoor Castle Theatre. wins this year to pass Nebraska's Tom Osborne forisixth;' - ' v Since Edwards was hired in 1972, BYU has suffered just one losing season, in 1973. His teams have won 20 conference titles and one national championship, and have appeared in 22 bowl games. In 1984, he was the national coach of the year. Perhaps more than any of his accomplishments, Edwards will be remembered for his demeanor. During games, he would stand granite-solid- , arms folded, a scowl creasing his face. Edwards made the decision to retire back in he said at January, Thursday's press conference. In fact, he almost stepped down at that time. But after meeting with BYU J. Merrill President Bateman and athletic director Val Hale, Edwards decidon-fiel- d ed to go one more season. 'The issue of when to make the announcement See CI The Daily Herald NEWSPAPER B7 Business ....... Dl Comics ...... A16 Horoscope ...... A18 Classified . ". Movies C6 Obituaries A9 Opinions A6 Sports Weather Bl 6 ........ BIO jii iiii;: ROBERT JOHNSONThc Daily Herald discusses his decision to retire at the end of Cougar Stadium on Thursday. at V Merrill President Bateman praised Edwards' assistant coaches during Thursday's press conferwhere Edwards ence, announced his retirement at the end of this season. He even hinted that the contributions of Edwards' assistants would continue to be part of Cougar suc- MORE ON LAVELL College coaches hail Edwards. Bl Herald editorial looks back at Edwards' legacy at BYU. A6 A A Edwards' announcement caught his team off guard. tenure : at Edwards' look in ' cess. "Our hope is they will be With us when he's gone," pictures. B5 Bl said the president. But a quick survey of assistants Edwards' revealed no promises from BYU's administration that any would be elevated or retained at the end of the What do you think about Edwards' decision to retire? Make your voice heard at CougarBlue.com and HarkTheHerald.com Columnist Dick.Harmon says Edwards announced the end of his coaching career with class. Bl season. "What you heard just now is as close as we've had about it (the future)," offen- SeeCOACH,Al() accident kills maul By HAVALAH GHOLDSTON Index head coach End of an era: this season at a press conference worker buried by 13 tons old THE DAILY HERALD PROVO, UTAH - , LaVell Edwards RETIRE, A10 (Semeva 56-year-- ' BYU next is: ; 251-95-- 3 Nation So, the Who will replace LaVell Edwards, the most successful college foot- ball coach in the history of the Rocky Mountains? And the answer is: You'll-havi to wait to find out. But with critical recruiting needs hanging over' heads of the current staff in! coming months, BYU offi-- ! cials are looking for the' "right time" to speak on the; subject. "With the season just ready to kick off, now is not that time," said BYU athlet-- J ic director Val Hale. "We don't want to make this any more of a distraction for our football team. Now is the time to get back to preparing for Florida State and the season. We'll focus on naming a replacement when the timing is right." question VINEYARD A Salem man was buried beneath 13 tons of iron ore pellets in a deadly accident at Geneva Steel on Thursday. i.'; Jerry L. Nelson was performing routine work inside a rail car when the pellets were dumped on him near the No. 2 blast furnace. Geneva and police officials are still investigating whether human error or machine failure caused Nelson's death. Geneva President Joe Cannon traveled to Salem on Thursday to notify Nelson's wife of his death. Cannon did not release a statement. Kenneth Johnsen, Geneva executive vice president, said the accident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. of iron ore V "This man was in the skip car when the scale car dumped about 13 tons of pellets onto him," Johnsen said. "One other person was treated for shock but there were no other physical reached him, there was no pulse," Johnsen said. Nelson, a maintenance worker with Geneva since 1996, was pronounced dead at .the scene and then transported to Timpanogos injuries." Regional Hospital. ' "We don't know how long Johnsen said there is an operator who dumps the pellets into the skip car, noting that the operator cannot see into the rail car. There are safety procedures and mechanisms when a worker is in the , skip car. "There are reasons for a maintenance man to be in the skip car and there are lockout procedures which should disable the scale car, but for whatever reason, this one was not disabled," he said. Johnsen said it was also unclear why Nelson was inside the skip car and just body, but by the time they See GENEVA, A8 Johnsen said the blast furnace is fed by small, round iron ore pellets that are deposited into the furnace by the skip car. The skip car receives the pellets from a scale car at ground level and then travels up a track at an angle to the top of the furnace. Lt. Ned Jackson from the Orem Police Department said the first people at the scene struggled to free the buried man, first using shovels, trying to remove the ore from the car, then cutting a hole in the bottom of the car. it took them to get to the i f i ,Jfk . ; . i - - , ' - KEVIN LEE'The Daily Herald helicopter takes off from Geneva Steel Fatal accident: after an industrial accident claimed one life. A |
