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Show The SaltLake Tribune UTAH ag PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS A: was flown toa ait hake Gay Reepaeal ite injuries afterahead- Senate Redistricting Plans Unveiled Waddoups, Demos offer : in heavyrain and crossedthe median of 15,colliding with twoother vehi- cles Thursday at about 6 p.m. Nine people in the three cars were taken to Valley View Medical Cen- ter in Cedar City with various, were ‘seat belts. The 2- year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy traveling in the truck were not in safety seats. The gir!’s father, driver ofthe truck, was cited for driving too fast for the conditions. Q BOMB . : SiatcraryPan“mamasteem ecraticParty Plan. Waddoups’ plan opposing Starting points on collision in the Cedar City area, ‘to the Utah Highway Patrol. The girl was injured after the truck she was riding in, with five other family Friday, August 10, 2001 afoul of Democrats because it called for a slice ofSalt Lake’s Avenues neighborhood to be: with Republican plan would Democratic Sen. Paula Julander intoan electionwith Sen. Dan Eastman, R-Bountiful. BY GLEN WARCHOL erate ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE Julander, who had been hospitalized recently, ruption scheme,” said Todd Taylor, executive director ofthe Utah Democratic Party. _ Under Taylor's plan, Selt Lake City is whole again inside the 2nd District. In order for Taylor’s redistricting map to work, Hansen and Rep. Chris each currently have components of Salt ee would lose their sliver of Utah's . . Laymakers continued hashing out redistricting appeared at the public hearing Thursday toset upa __Tobalancethe inMatheson’s CeecSeting as a9making available meetingwith Waddoups. Taylor would remove the voters of Draper, Bluff ore Other fault lines appeared before the meeting. dale, South Jordan and West Redistricting Committee Chairman Sen. Michael After weeks of study, Waddoups said U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan who reside in the2ndDistrict, and Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, unveiled his plan for di- Hansen's urban-rural split for Utah's three congres- Place them with Cannon in the ard District. viding the state into Senate districts. At the same Sional districts would not as alUtah's Redistricting alsoispreparing time, Waddoups acknowledged several though he allowed that Rep. Jim Matheson’s 2nd ieee i ied cad invited Ga publi cone component. District probably lawmakers to have some rural new plans for state school board districts and state i next of We willus thisas a starting point,” Waddoups Meanwhile, differed with his own par- _is set for Sept. 6. The final meeting before the Legis: said. ty’s CommonSense Plan ing because _lature’s special session is scheduled for Sept. 28. The Democrats on the panel, however, had their he said his district were too severe. The own idea about a starting point. Rep. Jackie Bisk- borhoods state Democratic Party. When GOPlegislators Gijectad tei beler called the “Common Sense Plan sliced away Be GeaSegacomtriied Lege lature afterthe 1900 U.S. Census. upeki, D'Salt Lake City, entered a plan devised by in Rose Parkand Magna tothe 2nd District that were To follow or comment on the Redistricting Committee’s progress, go to www.le.state.ut.us, then click on “2001 ing.” m= i IMiUSCie TThroughNrou Political 0 voivemen == LDS Flexex Muscle sire. Involvement A has been ac- with first-degree felony reckless- ness an . bss ten tents agesgingandgr, COVERING MORMONISM yoni infiawall Alsiaaed ees, Regionaland sometimes contentious ties D- Latter-day Saints has been Although ao - Mormons woman’ aesbanana lormons i and no one was injured, sai Weber County sheriff's Detective Hartley.Police lifted a finger: Sunstone speaker SayS Larcade’s, Hartley said. Larcade is ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Spaceae TRUCK Ine A semi traveling through Morgan County Wednesday and spilled a portionof it’s load into the Weber River. The was traveling east on Interstate 84 between Morgan andHeni- fer. Atabout720a.m.,itroundeda curve too fast, tipped over andslid partially down an embankment. over same-sex Montana. LDS members were mobilized to write letters, - volunteer and contribute to BY BOB MIMS print from the bomb that matched ee att Successful cam- UnderBrighamYoung,the a a ae lithic theocracy” in Utah. Today, that Bar‘s flexed under the cover of Mormonswho take leader- A Woodland man suffered burns to 77 percent ofhis body during a propane-related fire Wednesday. John Gines,27, suffered burns whenan explosion occurred around 10 a.m.after he disconnected a propane fueling hose from a tank he hadjust filled, said Mel Milgrom,a propane investigator for the state fire marshall. Gines was in critical condition at the University Hospital’s burn center. The cause ofthe propane leak and the subsequentignition is still under investigation by the fire marshal. The incident occurred outside a homein the Echo Creek Ranches, a summer cabin community 15 miles northeast of Coalville. BryceRigby, 67, the driver ofthe propane truck, suffered burns to his face and back. Hewas discharged from the University Hospital on Wednesday. rrafl. The astical authorities pass the tacit directives on to the LDS rank and file, he said. t in exercising its political rights, Quinn said, an October 1999 phobia” and a “political “Most Mormons ... act Weapon of hysteria that de- Jesus Christ by MURRoaus stincley Said the church had a divine orchestrated women’s meet- Mandate to speak out on ings helped to soundly defeat moral issues like same-sex the ERA. In states like iage, vepiiing and liWashington, and Mon- quor consumy Shippositionsinconservative flow crowd of 200 attending said the LDS Church’s so far tana, where Mormons were “We regard itas not only political-religious causes na- the annual summer forum of victorious endeavors against minorities, the LDS Chi our right but our duty to optionwide, says historian D. independent Mormon inqui- same-sex marriage used a succeeded by packing wom- pose those forces which we Michael Quinn. ty. “By the end of the 20th tried and true weapon — de- en’s conferences to derail feel undermine the moral fiSpeaking Thursday to the century, Mormon organiza- claring gay and lesbian ERA propositions, he said. berof society,” he said, com- Sunstone Symposium at Salt tional behaviorwas success- unions threat to the “God- LDS women participating mending Mormons and other Quinn said the church’s organizational ability brings po- a ekpolitical exmapaiens i states with less than 1 percent unit. It was in battling the pro- toldnot to identifythemselves as LDS, an effort exploded by cause “that in some quarters maynot be politically correct mentinthemid-1970sthatthe LDS Church first resorted to what Quinn called “homo male the heart ofthe Lord’s eternal plan for His children... . bmims@s com litical clout disproportionate Q gents, Quinn said. Church 1873], LDS headquarters be- communicated gan extending its political scholar and author who now power throughout the United lives insouthern California. States,” Quinn told an overQuinn, himselfopenly gay, in the boxes, Trooper Alex Wil. PROPANEINJURIES fe-Sex mhar- Quinn said. Regional and journalists and the church have °"“A” hundred years after structions “about “politcal (™2US” || Brigham vanstes death [in matters,” said Quinn, an ex- people are Mormons, church- LakeCity’s WestCoast Hotel, fully liams said. No bags were discovered in facilities owned by Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. ranging from Daignsaga ee gay Tetee ants whenever feated equal rights for women ca President Gordon B. ‘The truck was carrying plastic bags that were packaged in boxes. The majority ofthe bags remained " influential, eeSeneiceme The most recent example, : snari the out- ordained,” traditional family in such campaigns were often LDS populations.” fo 2 a eesee outside predominantly Mormon Utah. From Salt Lake City, he said, leaders give the word on “moral issues” who take up a posed Equal Rights Amend- news media reports of local. but which nevertheless lies at church leaders on je-talkies coordinating the church’s female contin- Prosecutors Renewing Efforts to Remove Weitzel Judge morphine and Demerol for his own use; Weitzel claimshe is guilty only of BY STEPHEN HUNT THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FARMINGTON — Prosecutors are ing five patients with morphine rerdoses. Davis County Attorney Melvin Wilson said Thursdayhe will ask the Utah Court of Appeals to review whether Kay unfairly limited the prosecution's evidence last year during Robert Weitzel’s murder trial, which resulted in lesser convictions. Meanwhile,Weitzelis scheduled to plead guilty this morning to two counts ofa 22-count prescription fraud ove ing fraudulentprescriptions to obtain case, prosecutolrs are also fighting Weitzal’s assertion that taxpayers should pay for private contends, but “cheating” by prosecutors led to last year’s convictions and the need for a second trial. Arguments about Weitzel’s financial status are set for Sept. 6 before Charged with five counts of firstdegree felony murder, Weitzel’s first trialresulted intwo lesserconvictions Defendants who are unable to af- ofsecond-degree felony manslaughter _ ford an attorney are usually repre- and three even lesser convictions of sented by public defenders. But in ex- misdemeanor negligent homicide. traoi ces, a judge Kaylater granted Weitzel a new may compel the state to payfor a pri- trial, saying prosecutors should have vate attorney. revealed their discovery of a proWeitzel spent $500,000 on private defense expert witness. counsel during his first trial, and says . Thatfailure led Weitzel to file he is now broke. complaints with the Utah State Bar’s Bugden argued it would be unfair to Office ofProfessional Conduct against try Weitzel a second time without the Wilson and the three other prosecucounsel of his choice. Not only is the tors who prosecuted him last year. case highly complex, Bugden Weitzel claims Wilson, Deputy Davis County Attorney Steven Major and Assistant Utah Attorneys General Charlene Barlow and Elizabeth Bowman acted unethically. Physician Perry Fine testified at a hearing after the trial that while Weitzel’s conduct was “bumbling,” it at worst constituted medical malprac- tice. Bowman and Barlow, however, insist none of what Fine told them appeared to be evidence they were required to share with the defense. Weitzel allegedly killed five patients who had been sent to his geriatric/psychiatric unit at the Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton for short-term treatmentfor loud and combative behavior stemming from senile dementia. The sone vietims were Ennis Alldredge, 85; Anderson, 91; Mary Crane, 72; ‘adith Larsen, 93; and Lydia Smith,90. a Magna Supports Township Proposal Ballroom Dancers Quickstep CANYON FIRE e BYJOEBAIRD miles east of HE TARE EAL TEE. e ‘Magna Area Council. “The Ea toletyouknowonceandfor township Se things in check lp us become a re _ MAGNA—The question grow in a positive way.” The other question is no longer if Magna will Though Magna’s town- ey, was over ee Rae ee eae ie eeeTibet ‘w'six members of the Salt ble thee community's community's 23, 23000 oraticm from thoseandintownahip'proearlier incor. ae e ‘Burglary Crew’ t County Council met residents could still be an nexed by a city — county Councilman Russell Skousen called it a good first Niclocn was munity en et by gna with local planningand zoning control and officially stronger borders, he said. to remain outside the township. Both could provide from Salt Lake City, are only two of more than 800 1 tracted to ballroom edborders,butstop short of incorporation. The response: overwhelming support, at least from the 40orso people who But comers voiced, u ly inwere regard to Magna’s ongoing attempt to collect petition signatures for an cionificant revenue if Magna weretax to incorporate. “Don't kowtow to these ™ Nielsen exhorted. “We do have the Salt this Amateur week to compete in City the U.S. , tion’s (USABDA) National Dance Sport Championship be- saidU!Ken Richards,° a. publicist for “It’s just a beautiful o he said. “Who doesn’t want to in beautiful pie sie: come Sen lobby anions the Legislature for jack See te ee ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE vancement is limited to the inKristy Wirthlin and Eric ternational style because it is Luke floated the flooron as and danced all orexcine soe they across were walking atthe competition. with area residents Thursday night to gauge interest in the tor — hie wild Resident Into Town for Competition t i ‘and AlliantTech showed up. tion feasibility study. Since right to ofKen‘We want to be able to spring, the fear has necott and [Alliant Tech]. If Ke the decisions. We been that the township de- they dont it, too bad, don't want somebody clear bate would cloud the incor- We're the people.” across the county poration issue. * But Councilmian Joe the decisions. We know bet: However, Hatch called that position ter,” said resident Larry Michael Jensen, who repre- unrealistic, since both com“This is a nice bedroom community, but we don’t have any! sentstwoMagna, pointed out panies probably would inissues are not mu- corporate themselves if exclusive. “Don't let this detract faced with becoming part of acity. added from the feasibility study,” “You have to deal with Schulz, a member of the hetoldresidents. “It’s going realities,” Hatch. air. Her red dress was competition has been andrippling as Luke spun her the to the sound ofsoft music. Wirthlin and held since 1982 and rotates ev. ery between and western United States. Luke, both ‘ThisPeople is itsfirst timeages in Utah. of all are at- ing held at the Grand America See hier ine through Saturday. Winnf Bon ners willbe chosen from these regewatt competitions to represent the competing about two United States at the World years and came from Kansas Championshipslater this year. City, Mo., to compete in the The dancers range in age American style competition. from 6 to 70 and compete in a variety of events based on dancing and then took les- dance style, skill level and age. sons,” fo) antec doen Nociad older group whoare in international style as a couple, our way of spending time together. Ron Magee said. “It’s Only dancers in the 35 and something we can do together pa Utahns Are accain Internet Child-Porn Busts Carbon School District |