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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH January 13, 2001 eye PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS Daycites businessoffer. MURDER SENTENCE A 2-yearold man who two years ago fatally stabbed his es- _ tranged, wife, then tried to kill himselfby crashing his car into an Ogden office building, has. been Wheelerinterim leader BY KIRSTEN STEWART séntenced to prison for uptolife. Bret Carl Lindeman became upset at 20-year-old Shara Dawn Lindemian on Oct. 5, 1999, because she was planning to divorce him, then stabbed her more than 50 times. The defendant was charged in 2nd District Court with capital mur- der, but pleaded guilty to a lesser first-degree felony murder count. Judge Roger Dutson on Wednesday sentenced him to a 5-years-to- life prison term. Q ROLLOVER DEATH Arolloverin Utah County killed a 59-year-old woman Wednesday. Anecita Goodrich died when the vehicle in which she was riding rolled while southboundon Interstate 15 near Lehi. Goodrich’s husband, who was driving, told police he lost control of the vehicle because he was cut off by another car. Anecita Goodrich, whopolice say was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and died later at a hospital. Q METH ARRESTS ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OREM — Saying he would pursue an “attractive business opportunity” in the private sector, Snow College President Gerald Day resigned his position, effective immediately, at a state Board ofRegents meeting Friday. “It’s always bittersweet to change relationships, and that’s whatthis is,” said Day, who said he and his wife LuAnn are at peace with the decision. He declined to say where in Utah his new jobis located, but said his future employer would make an announcementnext week. Day’s tenure at Snow lasted 11 years. A native of Draper and graduate of Brigham Young University, the University of Ilinois and Indiana University, he was dean of the College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology before coming to Snow in 1989. “This has happened very suddenly forall of us, and very suddenly,I gather, for Gerry,” said regents chairman Charlie Johnson, whosaid he was sorry to see him go. Cecelia Foxley, commissioner of higher A 41-year-old woman ‘and her BY MIKE A. KELLY this week in American Forkforal- Bochman. Everyone but the 12year-old girl was arrested and faces possible drug charges, Bochman said. But police are uncertain whether the 15-year-old girl was using drugs or merely holding them for her mother. Q TESTING ORDERED A Tooele man has been ordered to undergo psychological testing before being sentenced on March 5 for second-degree felony criminal mischief. Accordingto police, after Gerrit Mabey was served with a protective order to stay away from his girlfriend, Mabey doused the order in gasoline andsetit afire, causinghis house to burn down in a blaze that injured firefighter. Mabey, who has been diagnosed with a mental disorder and says he does not remember the incident, said he was drunk and high on drugs whenhestarted the fire on Day’s replacement THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE They have been visiting ele- mentary schools, putting up banners on downtown city streets and talking about the Martin Luther KingJr. Day holiday. “fit's] a day on. . . not a day off,” said Ruth Caruth, head of the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission. She and others — including Terry Williams, the former state legislator who led an unsuccessful battle in the mid-1980s to designate the holiday — are trying to generate enthusiasm for the state’s newly named holiday On Monday, Utah will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Dayfor the first time ever.It is thelast state in the union to commemorate the formercivil rights leader. “It’s not aboutbeing firstorlast, Gerald found. Dey Under Day’s leadership, enrollment at the two-year school’s two campuses — in central Utah’s Ephraim and Richfield — more than doubled, from about 1,600 students to about 4,000, Johnson said. Snow College has also built anew student center and renovated the Noyes Administration Building. Snow College South, in Richfield, was foroe known as ae Valley Roane during Day’s presidency. “In all, Gerry leaves behind a remarkable legacy,” Johnsonsaid. But while Snow's enrollment has increased, the college has not had enough money to hire enough full-time professors. Day recently lamented the college’s loss oftopfaculty, many of whom left for work at higher-paying Utah Observes King Holiday ForFirst Time Ever Monday 15-year-old daughter were arrested legedly possessing methamphetamines. Police spotted the pair near a parked car Tuesday night with a 32-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter, according to American Fork police Det. Rick current vice president, as interim Snowee ba til if , but that we did it,” Caruth commen: ‘Theholiday began in Utah in 1986 as Human Rights Day —a title selected as a compromise between Regents hope president on the job by July 1. Tribune reporters AshleyEstes and Heather May contributed to this story. i Events in Observance of Martin Luther King Day Utahns will remember Mar: tin Luther King Jr. this year with events throughout the state, Monday marks the first time Utah will honor the slain civil rights leader on a holiday bear- Main St., Salt Lake City. Special guest speaker is Karen Edwards Onyeije, hort ma adviser to William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications oioceee (for information, people who wanted to horior King’s Times may have changed since. ing his name. Here are afew events ofnote. pe pam. = Jbile of Sons,2a musical presentation, will be service, and those whofelt King was only one in a long list of men whohadnotyetreceived their own holidays. “It’s quite a coup”to finally win approval for it; Williams said Fri- this list was last published. Monday 11:15 a.m. — Utah’s state Senate marks the holiday ina 15-minute ceremony. At 11:30, the House of Representatives 368. State St. in Salt LakeCity. 6 p.m. — Young People’s Peace Vigil at the Capitol rotunda. Tuesday 5 7pm. — UtahState Univer- at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Salt Lake City. That approval was achieved last year when when Rep. Duane Bourdeaux, D-Salt City, Utah’s third blacklegi: and Sen. Pete Suazo, D-Salt Lake the holiday. Noon —- Salt Lake branch NAACPannual luncheon, Little America Hotel, ballroom, 5008. by the USU Black Student Union and the Office of Diversity, at the Taggart Student Union. day at a holiday kickoff luncheon will also havea presentation for City,finally convinced lawmakers Williams. to renametheholiday in honor of theslain civil rights leader. ‘They [Bourdeaux and Suazo] are continuing the course ofsocial justice in our legal system,” said Williams, Caruth and Trystan Smith, another commission member,will address the state Legislature on Mondayto talk more about the importance ofthe day. held at the ZCMI Center mall at sity candlelight vigil sponsored They will hold a panel discussion at West High about diversity later in the week. neevereoe Woolf Contributed to this Utah Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Charter Schools THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday that charter schools are constitutional, dealing a de- semantic point that was dismissed out of hand by the Supreme Court. The association acknowledged the Utah Constitution gives the state School Board the power: to control and supervise. the public education Dec. 12, 1999. Third District Judge feat to the Utah School Boards Association. The association challenged a 1998 law that David Young said mental illness, drugs or alcohol do not exemptthe 36-year-old man from possiblejail orprison term. system. authorized as manyas eightcharter schools to open in Utah for a three-year experiment with rigorous controls. The association tried to’argue an obscure control only one uniform system. But the association insisted the board can “This is unreasonable,”the high court said in a 50 decision. “It is beyond question that the Recreation, said more hunting is unnecessary to manage bison. “What we've been doing for the state board has always been able to manage Separate types of schools and programs has Pushed for atrophy deer hunt on the Great Salt Lake island, would not say what his powerful hunter lobby group might do at the Legislature ifthe parks board ended the The board manages elementary, secondary, vocational and other schools differently, the court said. Charter schools, the judges said, are permitted under a constitutional provision allowing the board to control “such other schools and programs as the Legislature may designate.” ManPleads Guilty to Luring Teen to Utah for Sex Acts A Hyrum man pleaded guilty Thursday to luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Salt Lake City to have sex with him by pos- ing as a teen-age memberof the Mormonchurchonthe Internet. Gordon Brent Bodily, 51, faces up to 10 years in federal prison whenheis sentenced on March 29 before U.S. District Judge David Winder on the charge of entice‘mentforillegal sexual activity. In court documents, Bodily ac- knowledged meeting the girl last February in a teen chatroom fo- cusing on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At first, Bodily pretended to be a 19- year-old member of the church. After the relationship began to in- clude sexual telephone conversations, Bodily admitted to being a 51-year-old man. A few months later, Bodily invited thegirl to Utah on the pretext Occupations: High Demand In SomeJobs @ Continued from B-1 This year’s improvements should be taken with a grain ofsalt, said Michael Petersen, an association commiss’ ner of higher education who co-authored the report. Improved measuring methods accounted for much ofthe gains, he said. Petersen suggested that regents and lawmakers use the report to set benchmarks for tracking future performance, adding that this year’s report is a prelude toa more comprehensive biennial assessment to be released next fall or winter. Paul Brinkman, associate vice president of academic affairs at the University of Utah, said there is “a lot ofwiggle room”in the numbers. For example, the regents’ report —— Y to her parents that she would be comingto Utah to look at colleges and visit Mormon landmarks, he said in court documents. The twohad sexat a Salt Lake PURNITURE SALE City motel several times between June 13 and June 16, 2000, he admitted.It is not clear how the sexual relationship cameto light. During their relationship, Bodily was serving as an LDS bishop.After the charge was filed, he was removed from theposition and excommunicated, a church spokeswoman said. Bodily had worked for 14 years at the South Cache Center, teaching mainly physical education classes, according to schoolofficials. Bodily has been suspended. Under Utah law,itis illegal for a person to have sex with a 16- or 17- year-old if the individual is 10 or moreyearsolder than the minor, —MichaelVigh shows an annual shortage of 147 registered nurses, “But there are an alarming numberofpeople with nursing degrees who don’t work or choose another profession,” Brinkman said. Degree shortages in law and medicine also exist in Utah, according to the report. Regents project they will be 255 people short of the demand for physicians and 127 short of the demand for lawyers each year for the next five years. Still, mostregents and lawmakers see value in measuring universities’ ability to meet changes in the job market, especially in rapid-growth fields like the information technology ‘industry. That thinking is behind Gov. 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