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Show The Salt LakeTribune tah _ TUESDAY,March26, 1996 OBITUARIES Page B-4 Maun Alston, executive director of the shel- ter. The dispute began last December when Short challenged the commission's decision to give $75.000 in start-up money to the new city Salt Lake County Attorney Doug Short’s meticulous review of the way the county spends its money has delayed routine business and given top elected officials a black eye. says County Commission Chairman Brent Overson. The hurtis about to spread ‘The Salt Lake Community Shelter and Resource Center is one of 16 agencies caught in the middle of a legal and political battle be- of Taylorsville-Bennion Short maintained that the law forbids the countyfromgiving away money without legislative authority and without receiving something of comparable value in return. He promised to give the commission guidelines on legal spending That was three months ago. Meantime. Short is holding up almost $1 million in contributions and has yet to provide a legal opinion about anyof them, Oversonsaid. The delay has pitted the County Commis- tween Short and the commission. The county's largest homeless shelter will have tolayoff workers and cut back services unless it receives the $125,000 promised by the County Commission on Jan. 17 1 don’t have any other alternatives.” CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER REVIEW Salt Lake County Attorney Doug Shortis holding up $920,300in county contributions to various nonprofit groups to determineif the payments are legal $25,000 Wasatch Humane ‘There's a big, black hole over there that everything goes into and nothing comes out of.” said Overson. “All wehearis ‘we're re- Utah nce Center Authority viewing it.’ If these contributions are invalid, Salt Lake Community Shelter then he ought to be telling us how to make themvalid Christmasin April Program It's not that easy. Utah Water Conservation Forum Short said. Thestategives the countylimited authority to spend taxpayers’ money, and oneof the requirements is the taxpayers get something back “They arejust pencil whipping these things through,” Short said, “and we're not going to out and create a policy because the comion wants to make someone happy.” Because the county has no contracts with the numerous agencies receiving money, he sion against the County Attorney's Office said Page B-7 saat Commission, Short at Odds Again ByLinda Fantin THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BUSINESS Bicycle Utah, Inc. Magna Tourism & Economie Development Corp. Salt Lake County Fair Board Utah Wildlife Rehabilitation Hispanic Unity Conference Utah Economic Development Corp. of Utah $3,000 $300,000 $10,000 $3,300 $5,000 $150,000 $50,000 Search & Rescue Sandy Pride Utah Cultural Alliance Utah Symphony Nature Conservancy See COMMISSION, Page B-3 Traffic Argument _ Turns Into Murder All Collett wanted to do was exinformation. insurance ByVince Horiuchi THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE | For Joann M. Collett, the incident was a simple traffic alterca- tion, But the other driver turned the mishap into murder, police say. Collett, 50, was driving with her 23-year-old daughter, Sandra when she got into an argument with another motorist Monday in Salt Lake County. In the ensuing fight, Collett was run over and dragged 1,500 feet before dying, Deputies Monday were looking for the suspect, described as a blonde woman driving a tan 1966 Lincoln Continental. But the suspect began arguing with Collett, slamming her hands on the hood of her own carto makeherpoint. said witness Donna Day. ‘Theywere arguing less than a minute,” By Mondaynight, investigators believed they mayhave found the car at a Salt Lake County home and were looking for the owner. said Salt Lake County sheriff's Deputy Mike Leary We're sitting on a couple of places that we hope might be productive,” Salt Lake County sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Potter said Monday night ‘This is an intentionalact,” said | | Salt Lake Countysheriff's Deputy LarryStratford. “It was not an ac- cident About noon, Collett and her daughter were driving westbound on 3900 South when theystopped f she said Thesuspect got back into her car and started to pull out of the parking lot, But Collett was not about to let her leave and stepped in front of the suspect's car and tried to stop it from moving by putting her hand on the hood When the suspect sped up, the at a red light on 300 East. The car ahead of her backed up into Collett’s maroon Oldsmobile, slightly damaging it, Stratford said. Collett honked to get the driver's attention. Both cars then pulled into a parking lot near Far West Credit Services, 250 E. 3900 South victim ran backward onto 3900 South, witnesses said ‘The car got going fast, she couldn't keep up,” said witness Brad Bangerter. “It was just sec- onds, and she was underthecar.” Julie Lancaster, Far West, manager of ran outside and watchedin horror as thecar sped down 3900 South with Collett under the carriage “She [the suspect] just went straight on and didn’t even slow down,” Lancastersaid. “It was so senseless. Collett became dislodged after the suspect turned south on 300 East. The victim was pronounced dead at LDS Hospital The suspect continued on to State Street and was not seen again. The killer was described as a younger woman with a ponytail Monday’s killing was the 13th criminal homicide in Utah this year. Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune TESTING THE WATERS sculpture acri ‘oss a pondatCity Creek Park in downtown SculptorPeter Fillerup, left, and Lynn Richardson carry a bronze are read’ ly for permanent placement April 1 Salt Lake City on their way to making sureit, along with three others, Brother Recounts Horror of Finding Wife, Baby Murdered ByBrian Maffly THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE | PROVO — The locked front door and the baseball game blaring from the television set were the first signs Allen Lafferty’s life was about to be ripped apart He was returning to his American Fork duplex after a day of tile setting at an Ogden construction site when he discovered the bloodied corpses of his 24-yearold wife, Brenda Wright Lafferty and their infant daughter, Erica. Brenda was lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, Lafferty testified Monday as the state’s first witness in the retrial of his eldest brother, Ron Lafferty, in the 1984 murders ‘I thought I could render first aid, not knowing the situation was hopeless,” Allen said in 4th Dis- In hundreds of homes schools and libraries, delegate selection marked the first step in narrowing thefield of candidates who will appear on bal- lots in the Nov. finalelection The winners andlosers from Monday’s precinct caucuses won't be known for certain un- tears. He avoided eye contact with Ron, who was slouching in his and stroking his bushygoatee. I reached for the phone on the month-old baby, Erica, in Brenda's floor and dialed,” testified Allen American Fork homeon July 24, 1984. old daughter slumpedin her crib the new wing, to be matched by Edison has unveiled its plan for a of the kids,” said school board an improper standard to decide Ron was competent to standtral Community Partners $600,000 addition that would Prosecutors want the death penalty at Ron’s retnal in The bodies werecoldto his touch and earmarked $300,000 for donations from the community “Edison has all of these vol- in 1991, ruling that the tral judge used Then Allen foundhis 15-month- Last month, the Salt Lake City School Board unanimously approved The Edison Project appeals court vacated Ron's conviction Dan is serving life sentence. A federa’ and two other phones had been rendered inoperable. and a multipurpose room for programs during and after school Elementary Schooland recruit even more volunteers After months of meetings. His brother Dan also was at the scene. and he too was convicted of the murders. had been ripped from the wall provide five new classrooms unteers and they don't have enough space to meet the needs President Mary Jo Rasmussen @ See EDISON, Page B-2 4th District Court. @ See BROTHER,Page B-3 U. Doubts It Can Get Preferred Site for Oly Dorms By John Keahey THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE nounced departure leavesa va- University of Utah officials are eager to get started on a multimillion-dollar dormitoryconstruction project that will double as an athletes’ village during the 2002 Winter Olym- competing for the GOP nomina- pies. Timeis short gressional District, where Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz’s an- cancy. Eight Republicans are tion, while two candidates are didate each from the Libertar- The Olympics are fewer than six years away and the U. wants to bring the $80 million-to$100 million dormitories on line in four phases. But thereis one problem. U. officials doubt ian, Natural Law, Independent American, Socialist Workers preferred site — the south endof Fort Doug- battling for the right to carry the Democratic banner. The race also has attracted one can- and Reform parties the new dorm complex can bebuilt at their las, still owned by the U.S. Army. Another intense battle is shaping up on the Republican side in the 3rd Congressional Salt Lake County's 2nd Con- Orton. to face Democratic Rep. Bill That goal is “looking more and morediffi- cult to attain,” says a University summaryof a late February meeting with the U.S. Army Reserve Command. The command has madeits confidential recommendations for the U.’s use of the southend site to the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. The departmentis expected to act on that recommendationin a few weeks, an ArmyReserve spokesman says The command is landlord to more than 20 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS the Phantom of the Opera in a photograph in the Sunday Arts THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE stabbing to death his 24-year-old sisterin-law, Brenda Lafferty, and her 15- whose long hair was pulled back into a ponytail. But the telephone District. Six are seeking the GOP nomination andthe right The woman who appeared with By Samuel A. Autman Spurred by poverty and violence in the community, a group of educators, parents, business peopleand civic leaders is working to add a new wing to Salt Lake City’s Edison Ronald Latterty, 54, is accused of chair behind the defense table til the Republican and Democratic state conventions in May Much of the action was in New Wing Closerto Reality “Laftert trict Court as he choked back Politics Envelop Some Utahns: And Party Nominees Are. . Politically active Utahns missed part of last night's Academy Awards show to participate in the first significant vote of the 1996 election — picking delegates for county and state party conventions. Elementary Addition: Edison’s section The Army, Navy and Marine Corpsreserveunits Salt Lake was Susan Facer. She was mis- identified in the caption PO be —~ Tr 3 In all, 2.100 weekend reservists and 300fulltime support personnel drill at the fort located adjacent to the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. eas ‘ The universitywill not ask the governor to , ““We are still holding out hope that the U. and the military will reach an agreement.”? cost of dorms themselves. Theup-to-$100-million price tag will be re- duced, in part, by a $28 million contribution from theSalt Lake Olympic Organizing Com- MIKE KOROLOGOS: SLOC 5 dothat,” Nycom says. He points out that the only expense the is willing to incuris the esman The U. tooktitle to the fort's historic north end as part of military base-closure negotia tions in the early 1 Fort Douglas a military base dates back to the 1860s. But the Army Reserve still looks a mittee (SLOC), which wants to use the new dorms to house 4,000 winter-sports athletes. coaches and trainers during the Games in February 2002. The remaining costs would be covered by the university issuing bonds, which would be paid off with student rental payments Olympic organizers, meanwhile. make no south end and its equally historicbu secret of the fact that they wouldprefer the Fort Douglas site for their Olympic Village. says site would be moreconduciveto a village at- vital to the Army’s ongoing training mission Col. Stephen W. Boone, the command's depu'ychief ofstaff That means that while the Army Reserve might be willing to relocate for the dormito ries, it likely of Utah to Id require the U. and the state at least 50% of relocation costs — with thefederal government pi g up the tab’s other half, according to the U.’s sumina ryof its February meeting with the Army If the Army moves, it would haveto find a new center somewhere in the Salt Lake Val h ey y costs for such a The U. will not inc U. vice president move, says Thomas N for administrative service: There is no doubt that the Fort Douglas mospherevs. high-rises that would haveto be built to accommodate students on campus,” says SLOC spokesman Mike Korologos. “We arestill holding out hopethat the U. and the military will reach an agreement Another option is to build new dormitories wherethe old ones are work out a wayto put themon the north endof Fort Douglas Whichever site is selected, the U. hopes to build enough suite-style dorm rooms to ac sommodate up to 2,500 unmarried students Currently, single-student dorms now on cam- pus handle1,200 students ) |
