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Show Che Salt Lake Tribune WEDNESDAY/September 24, 1997 Section B FOR THE RECORD BUSINESS Page B-2 ROLLY & WELLS Page B-5 \ i Won’t Fly, Says Murray PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS WHO GOES THERE? With about 30,000 people in BY JON URE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MURRAY — Some 200 fired- UTEP football gameSaturday, a Cessna airplane made four passes around the stadium hauling a banner that read: “Deedee Resign. Now.” Utah Valley Aviation, paid up protesters who marched into City Hall on Tuesday night chanting “no annexation” may have client wishes to be anonymous. o RECYCLED PRIZE? We reported Friday that Richard and Penny Kocherhans noticed a mysterious charge on their telephone bill and learned it was because their daughtersigned up to win a car at West Valley City’s Westfest in June. We were inundated with calls from readers who suffered similarfates. An organizer of Westfest tells us the car offered as the grand prize was the same car offered as the grand prize in the samecontestlast year. The Westfest organizer says the marketer registered for that booth, Bonneville Marketing, won't be invited back. oO TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE Marcia D. Somsen recently receiveda letter from the state Office of Recovery Services stating that her case will be closed within 60 days because the noncustodial parent who owed her child support cannot belocated. Somsen’s youngestchild will turn 26 next month, so it has been eight years since she was eligible for child support. The children’s father died Feb. 16, 1996, which may explain why thestate can’t find him. Oo WRONG NUMBER Park City’s Canyons Ski Resort sent 700 letters to Utah high schools and junior high schools offering free season passes to every student who makes the honorroll. But the numbertocall had one wrong digit. So a woman in Layton has received hundredsofcalls about the program. The cor- rect numberis 655-3516. The kids whowin will be us- ingfive newlifts and a gondo- la. One is called Tombstone; another is Mountain Meadow, lift for beginnerson which locals hope there is no massacre. QO WHAT A SHOCK A national survey reveals that 38 percent of Americans think used-car salesmen are more trustworthy than members of Congress — while 28 percent are more likely to trust the lawmakers. And 34 percent aren't sure The survey, conducted this month by Rasmussen Research of Waxhaw, N.C., found 44 percent of independents pre- ferred the used-car salesman to 18 percent for Congress. Democrats also opted for the car peddlers,34 percent to 30 Shooter Was Just Confused Councilman Rice Stadium for the Utah- $600 to fly the banner,said the Sister Says Annexation Robertson. schools and more than doublethe crime rates. But after the meeting, Robertson said the ruckus may be over nothing. “There is a good chanceit may just end up dying on thevine,” said Robertson, who is leaving his council seat for a run at retiring Al Hartmann/TheSalt LakeTribune Despite their smiles, marchers headed Tuesdayfor Murray City Hall are not pleased with a proposal to annexland to thecity. MayorLynnPetts job. “The petitioners weresofaroff of the numbers they needed.’ Robertson wasreferring to petitions presented to the council a week ago. Only 31 percent of the required 51 percentof the acreage in the area to be annexed was represented by those property owners who signed, he noted “They may have trouble makingit,” he added. That would be good news for residents like Russell Young, a surgeon who hasbeen raising his five children in Murray for the past 15 years. He is concerned about crowded schools and in- creased crimeif the City Council annexes the property from its existing north boundary north to 3900 South and from 900 East to See ANNEXATION,Page B-3 just a confused man,” said hissis: in his front yard, Johnny Lovato ter, Hedy Montoya was readyfor a long siege. The 42-year-old mechanic had over the edge was a Sundayafter- stowed three handguns,three ri- fles and handfuls of ammunition in strategic locations throughout his house at 7440 Centennial Ave in Magna. He was shooting a SKS last week from Utah Public Safety Commissioner Craig Deardei that formalized the proposal that has been discussed for months: UHP troopers no longer exist. Instead, they are now known as Department of Public Safety officers. The memo also said normal grievance procedureswill not apply to this classification change. In other words, like it or lump it Section 53-8-104 of the Utah Code defines duties of the Highway Patrol superinten- dent. Subsection 2 ofthatstat ute states the superintendent “shall employ peace officers known as Highway Patrol troopers to patrol highways and enforcestatestatutes,” Unless state bureaucrats have been anointed in some way to replace the Legislature, the Highway Patrol troopers are placed in a position of breaking thelaw ordisobeying their superiors Rolly & Wells joelcome e-mail ‘Jat; rollyd&well& psltrib. com. sent Lovato thatled her to seek a court order keeping him away. The protective order gave her custody of the house and the couple's 17 year- fore movinginto the kitchen and cials her husband “got up off the couch and came at meand pushed me with his chest very hard and But Lovato was hardly a hard- threw [me]into [the] wall hurting myback.” Sherif! s deputies went to the arrest was for drunken driving on See SISTER, Page B-3 taking his own life with his .357 Magnum. enedcriminal. His only recorded Chief Wants Spurs Tap-Water Mayor Off Ban at Kennecott His Back BY BRENTISRAELS! He Seeks Injunction THESALT LAI To Block 2nd Firing RIBUNE About 1,000 Kennecott Utah Copper employees have been warnednot to drink tap water at work in light of water-pollution problems discovered by a nearby rocket-motor manufacturer. Alliant Techsystems, which builds rocket motors BYPHIL MILLER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE AMERICAN FORK — His offi cial calling is “to serve and pro: tect,” but Police Chief John Dur: in WestValleyCity, recently foundelevatedlevels of the chemical perchloratein 400-foot-deep wells on its property rant has decided heneeds alittle protection of his own. Alliant also found lower levels of perchlorate in adjacent wells that serve Kennecott’s northern facilities, including the smelter, the power plant and the tailings pond. In response, Kennecott has told employees there to drink only bottled water. No perchlorate has been found indrinking water wells used by the Magna WaterCo. or the Kearns Improvement District, said David Gosen, Alliant’s environmental manager. In high doses over time, perchlorate can disrupt the functions of the thyroid gland. It is sometimes Durrant, fired by Mayor Jess Greenlate Friday afternoon and restored to his post by the City Council that night, asked a feder al court on Tuesday to prohibit Green fromfiring himagain Durrant, a 26-year veteranof the American Fork force and its chief for a decade, wants thein junction to last through Dec. 31 when Green's term as mayorex pires. The mayor is a candidate used as a medicineto treat Graves’ disease, in which for re-election, but said last month he does not expect to win Green, who has feuded with the gland produces too muchiodine. Utah environmentalofficials have established no regulatory authority for perchlorate. Neither has the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Only California has developed a perchlorate health standard, whichis 18 partsper billion. EPA is considering followingsuit. Alliant, formerly knownas Hercules, has used ammoniumperchloratein its rocket-motor production process since the 1960s. Until 1988, the company discharged the chemical onto the ground of its site, roughly bordered by 6400 West and 8400 West and 4100 South and 5400 South, That discharge allowed the chemical to seep into groundwater, where it was brokeninto two components, ammonia and perchlorate. Perchlorate has been a serious problemin Califor- Durrant and the department for more than a year, terminated the chief and placedsix officers and a secretary on paid leave on Friday citing unspecified “insubordina tion.” But at a nine-minute emer gency meeting that night. the council refused to ratify the move, thus reinstating the chief andhis suspendedstaffers Durrant said he has heard that See CHIEF, Page B-3 nia and Nevada. Earlier this year, California devel- oped test that can measure the presence of perchlorate in the parts perbillion (ppb) range. Upon learning of that new testing procedure, Alliant decided to test its groundwater, even though oldertests performed in the 1980s showednopresence of perchlorate, Gosen said CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS The red and orange huesoffall add stunning contrast to a snowcapped peak that overlooks American Fork Canyon. Today won't seemlike fall with temperatures in the 70s along Wasatch Front. Weather, Page C-8. Alta's Rustler Lodgewill open in November. A story in Tues day’s Daybreak section indicated See CHEMICAL, Page B-3 gress, 37 percent to 36 percent. way Patrol received a memo What apparently noonfight with his wife, Roberta. son, David. rifle “at anything that moved,” oldRoberta Lovato told courtoffi- according to one Salt Lake County officer, and managed to wound two deputies Mondayevening be- otherwise. sided with members of ConQo “He was not an animal. He was Holed up in his house, with the bloodof a police officer still fresh Chemical in Well percent, while Republicans UPHOLDING THE LAW? Membersof the Utah High- was20 yearsold THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE you ask City Councilman Leon They descended on a City Council meeting with claims the council was ignoring the wishesof its existing constituents. They complained that the council is determined to annex about 1.5 square miles of unincorporated Salt Lake County that would overcrowd Murray's already-packed April Fool's Day 1975, when he BY TOM ZOELLNER wasted their time and effort, if Summit Sheriff's Office Parting With Old Bones BY KIRSTA H. BLEYLE SPECIAL TO TE ‘TRIBUNE COALVILLE — When the Summit County Sheriff's Office moves to new facilities at the end of the year, IsaacPotter will not be moving with them The bonesbelieved to be those of the 19th-century Welch Is Late for Court, Booked Into Jail BY VINCE HORIUCHI THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE Tom Welch received $1 million fromthe Salt Lake Organizing Committee, but a Utah judge gave him this message Tuesday: You will be treated the same as anyother defendant Welch, the former 2002 Winter Olympics organizer who pleaded no bandit, which have beenstoredin the basement of the contest to allegations he beat his gy departmentat the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. appearance because of congested Sheriff's Office, arelikely to end upat the anthropolo It is hoped that scientists at the U., and even the Medical Examiner's Office, can determine whether the skeletal remains are thecorrect age to be those of the unsavory Potter, whofell victim to vigilante justice 130 years ago. Since the bones took up residence in the Sheriff's Office, workers in the adjoining county courthouse like to joke that Potter haunts the building The most respect that Potter — or ‘'Ike,”’ as he has wife, claimed he was late for a court traffic. Third District Judge Sheila McCleve bookedhim into jail “Domestic violence is taken very seriously and complianceof thecourt is to a T,” said Salt Lake City prosecutor Cheryl Luke, ‘This should be a good indicator that with Tom Welch, wedo not treat him dif- ferently from anyoneelse,’ But that was not the last of the been dubbed — ever received probably comes from day's blows to Welch. bones on a table, taking them froma cardboard box Offret says they were found about 20 years ago ina cords involving an argument with his sheriff's Det. Joe Offret, who carefully showsoff the wooden coffin on the shores of Echo Reservoir in Summit County whenthe lake receded during a dry » BONES, Page B-4 —s ————S—— That after noon, McCleve unsealed police re ‘Tuesday morning, after Welch was about 40 minutes late for a courtre view, thejudgeissued a $1,000 war rant for his arrest. When he ap peared, he was foundin contemptof court and sent to Ayil. Welch, 53, was booked, photographed and finger- printed at the Salt Lake County Jail andreleasedlater that morning The warrant was withdrawn, and Welch does not haveto payanyfines, Luke said. Welchtold the judge he was late becauseof heavy freeway traffic due to road construction, ironically con gested to preparetheinterstate for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Messages left with Welch's home werenot returned Tuesd Welchwas accusedof battering his wife, Alma, 46, during a July9scuf- fle in their garage whenhe admitted seeing another woman in what he called a platonic relationship After pleading no contesttoa class B misdemeanor battery charge, News media outlets then asked the court to unseal therecords. City prosecutors had not re. leased the infor- mation Tuesday night by “Democracy and public accountability won thegold medal to. Tom Welch day. ‘id Michael O'Brien, attorney for Kearns Tribune, publisherof The Salt Lake Tribune Welch's attorney Max Wheeler ar: gued the records involve Welch's 11 year-old son, who reportedly wit nessed the fight. Wheeler said he Welch was ordered to undergo family counseling and out of trouble wantedto protect the boy and other attend court for reviews after one highly regarded and_ protected,” Wheeler said. The news media is for a year. Healso required to week, 30 days and a Hewaslate Tuesdayfor his 30-day review. Welch resigned as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in July after the battery charge was filed against him. Duringtheinvestigation, the court sealed certain police records, includ ing the recording of the 911 call and taped interviews with witnesses. Welch children frompublicscrutiny “The rights of the children are “putting them in the middle of two feuding parents.” But Jeff Hunt, attorney for the Deseret News and Utah's four televi sion newsoutlets, said domestic vio lenceis an underreported crime and demands scrutiny. He also said the identity of Welch's son already has beenreportes. i |
