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Show NOG FhealtLakeTribune ok ° FRIDAY M FORTHE RECORD, B-2 ROLLY & WELLS Mi STATEOFTHESTATE, B-2 MITHE WEST. BS APRIL 28,2000 2 Dead, 3 Hurt in Sandy Shootings Suspected gunman,twoothers in custody after rampage shots in a room atthe hotel, wounding a female companion, Thacker said. The man ran to the Chevys restaurant across the street, demanded to use the tele- BY KEVIN CANTERA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS ‘© 2000,The Salt Lake Tribune SUV Proves Costly Lesson In Buyer Beware SANDY — Two men were killed and three people wounded late Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a Sandy hotel room, shot two people in a nearby res- taurantand tried to hijack a car, police said. Sandy police took three men into custody after the shootings, which began at about8:40 p.m. in the Extended StayAmerica Hotel at 7555 S. Union Park Ave., phone and shot and killed an employee and wounded another man, he said. The shooter then ran to the parking lot, where he shot and killed another man, Thackersaid. A second woman was wounded when the shooter tried to hijack her vehicle, police said. The woman drove herself to a Maverik convenience store about . three blocks away, where, customer Ryan, Gibbons said, she helped heroutofthe car andinto the store and The names of the men taken into custody, and those tended to her until paramedics arrived. of the victims, were not available late Thursday. Police “She was bleeding very badly from her head, and said they found a handgun on theroadthat they believe was used in the shootings. See RAMPAGE,Page B-6 The carnage apparently began when a man fired said SandyPolice Sgt. Kevin Thacker. ‘Twoyears ago, Marty and Cari Leavitt bought a red 1985 Chevy S10 Blazer for $3,000 from a Salt Lake City ‘Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune Police investigate a fatal shooting in the Sandy-Midvale area. Sneezy Sniffly Spring IN A SLUMP man (whom wewill refer to as “Mr. P”). They tookthe title andbill ofsale to the Utah Departmentof Motor Vehicles. Last week,the couple awoketo find the Blazer gone. When Cari telephoned the WestJordan police to report thetheft, she was informed the Blazer had been repossessed by Transwest Credit Union. Two years ago, “Mr. P,” owing moneyonthe Blazer, convinced the credit unionthat he was selling the car and would bring the moneyin to High pollen counthas many Utahnsin tears payoff his loan thatafternoonif Transwest wouldrelease thetitle. When“Mr. P”sold the car to the Leavitts, he blacked outthe credit union as lien holder. The Leavitts andthe state of Utah didn’t catch it, BYNNORMA WAGNEIR The Leavitts have spent$1,800 for a new engine and $1,750 for a newtrans- ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE mission. Scratchy eyes, sneezing, sore throat? Blame the weather. Not this year’s, but last year’s. Last spring’s heavy rainfall is leading ‘They haveoffered to pay Transwest $825 (half ofthe low blue bookprice) for the vehicle they paid for in full two years ago. But Transwest won’tsettle for anything less than the $1,250 left on “Mr. P.’s” loan. That wouldbring the Blazer's cost (including Sekto $7,800. to high pollen counts from trees and Try, Try Again Feeling theeffects of the heat, boredom orhis slow sales — or maybe just daydreaming — 8-year-old Sam Farr leans back and closes his eyes after opening his first punch stand of the season on Highway 105 in Farmington. The . temperature hit 81 in Farmington on Thursday, and topped out even higherin Salt Lake City, at 85. Thattied a record set in 1987. But cooler weatherand possibly showers are on the way. See the Weather Report on Page C-8. Wewrote recently about Bountiful | attorney Greg Ericksen who wrote ‘Light Upthe Land,” which he hoped | to propose ne 2002 Olympic theme . song. Despite glowing referrals from Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett | (whatever that’s worth), Salt Lake Or| ganizing Committee brass,including | President Mitt Romney, declined to } listen to the demo CDin order to avoid any potential copyrightissues in the future. Romneyandother SLOC officials will be at a Republican gala dinnertonightas part of the Salt Lake County GOPConvention. Some Republican insiders are planning to play the CD | at the gala. Watch for Romneyto stick his fingers in his ears andyell “Lala | lalalala.” | 7 | || | | ) Qa "1 Family Squabbles Mondaywe noted discomfort among Republican elected officials because GOP candidate Max Meng in House District 42 sent party delegates a2-year-old brochure containing endorsements from top Republican officials when he was the GOP candidate against the incumbent Democrat. Here’s more: Annette Call, Legislative District 42 chairwoman, senta letter to the delegates scolding Meng for implying he had those endorsements. Meng, whosayshis teen-age sons put the old brochure in the delegate packets by mistake,senta letter to the delegates apologizing for the implication he was favored by the Republican leaders and urged delegates to review his new brochure. Meng’s wife, Rebecca Meng, then senta letter to Salt Lake County Party Chairman John Rosenthal demanding Call be removed as district chairwoman because she has openly camBalened for onehte Oe oa -* Peggy W: Nothing haspoole to Call, but Salt Lake County GOP Vice Chairman Bruce Jones sent letter to the delegates telling them to the letter they received from Call. Stay tuned. Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune ttle SuperSonics were Hee & : ; z | z he was told ofthe $6 temporary membership The mi player | waited patiently for the manager, who generously waived the fee by having a | member sponsor Payton. Rolly and Wells welcome e-mail at rolly&wells@sitrib.com. the county to save taxpayers $117,000 a year, scolded hiscritics THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE as well. The mayorsaid he came to Tuesday’s hearing mistakenly believing mostof the 300 residents who Tamaa @WebLinks more newpatients than usual undergoing scratch tests to determine which types of pollen affect them. The clinic collects pollen grains on rooftop fiberglassrods that spinin the air and capture whatever blows byin a 24hour period. The culprits so far this spring are mulberry and sycamore trees. Their counts were 1,269 and40, respectively, with anything above thestandard of 50 being considered extreme. But more pollen problems are expected soonfrom maple,box elder, cedar, walnut, birch, oak, cottonwood and aspentrees, as well as grass and mold. “Today I've got 16 patients, and six of those are brand new patients, which require 24 to 3 hoursforscratchtests,” said Carolyn Thompson, receptionist at the clinic. attended would support the change once they heard all the facts. “But there was. . .a vocal minority who appeared to believe that the force of their reason improved with the volumeof their speech,” Young said Thursday. “They peppered their presentation with slander, contempt, hyperbole anddistortion. Theyresisted efforts to mainae polite decorum and conduct the meeting in a respectful and civi At ‘Tuesday’'s heated hearing, residentsrallied behind the cry @ Past Stories See FORCE,Page B-2 eight new patients a day. Although a late-season snowstorm last spring afforded those with allergies a brief reprieve then, it has only worsened con- ditionsfor sufferers this year. “If you have a wet spring, the trees set their budsfor the following year and the next year tendstobe a badpollen count. And this warm dry weather is only making it worse because when the pollen floats, the trees release more pollen,” Harrisexplained. Hisadvice: See your doctor, take only prescription oral medications, like Clar- itin or Allegra,or the nasal spray Flonase, because they are | edating than overthe-counter drugs; don’t sleep with your windowsopen because mostofthepollen is released early in the morning, and if you work in the yard during the day, shower and change your clothes before goingto bed to get the pollen off your Le andhair. Centerville Residents Send MTC Backto the Drawing Board BY KRISTEN MOULTON | A Penny ec seks MayorRichard Young, whoproposed making the switch to MAPLETON — Theforce is still with Mapletonresidents. The city’s eight full-time police officers and 12 part-timers will continue patrolling the streets, thanks to the City Council's 5-0 vote Thursdaynotto abolish the department in favor of a contract with the Utah County Sheriff's Office. But Councilman John Roylance is hitting the road in asnit over whathe called the “disgusting” lack of decorum residents displayed at Tuesday’s public hearing on the proposal. “You have such devoted and dedicated people serving you, and yetall they receive is abuse,” said Roylance in announcing his resignation just before ‘Thursday’: 's vote. “What has happened to Mapleton?. . . [now understand how mobsget ae and how the early [Latter-day] Saints were driven out of the Eastern states. termountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic in West Valley City. He noted that he has A receptionist at Allergy Associates of Utah in Murraysaid their clinic also is busier than in previous years, with six to Mapleton Police to Stay on the Beat BY MARK EDDINGTON higher than usual casesofallergies. And this year’s dry and windy weatheris only exacerbating the situation, according to areaallergists. “Tam extremely busy. It’s a much more hectic spring than normal, andit's always busy in the spring, but it will get even worse in a month whenthegrassstarts pollinating,” said Duane Harris ofthe In- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE CENTERVILLE — private-prison company’s plan to build its corporate headquarters in Centerville was trumpeted last month as anewnt for the city, a way to pay for more parks and dee tax base. Bitht wes befre residents toklnk at sketches for Management & Training Corp.'s four-story office Flea, Whistle plained SOF AGRA eity ballpntk on Parrish Lane,east ofInterstate 15. Now there is an all-out campaign to either make its headquarters building deintottrft hisDavis Coty bedroom 16,500. “We didn't ask them to change this into a corporate A city,” said residentElizabeth Nielsen.“It does not fit with asmall, historical town.” Nielsen said she and other opponents talked with 400 residents, and “99.9 percent of them say they'd like a shorter building.” Notonly is the building too high and architecturally out of place, said critics, it also would bring too many vehicles. “The traffic is a huge, huge, huge issue,” said Susan Brown. Centerville’s streets already are clogged with commuters whouse side roads rather than construction1-15. MTC,a leader in private prisons and the nation’s biggest Job Corps operator,says itsOgden building is cramped and the company wants to move to Centerville’s old ballpark 4 See BUILDING PLAN,Page B-2 | An artist's rendering Management & Training Camp's proposed tow-aioyofce comehex n Corverdle. { y |