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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune B2 UTAH Sunday, November 10, 2002 Politics, Religion Often Madefor an Uncomfortable Combination for Utahns he LDS Churchdistinguished itself in this year’s elections by being Old Party. They preferred to keep their private political sentiments private Utah's dominant religionhas learnedit is better to leavepartisan politics to the partisans. pel, they believed, would mon bond of brotherhood. bors and contributed totheir being drivenout air meeting on March 12, 1849, Brigham Young said. room hadbeen filling with exhaust fumes, but found the car running andthe hose con nectedat 11 a.m. Wednesday after the older boy notil neighbor. fron County § Dude Bensonsays the man was despondent over a sepa Wy 'DAHO MAN KILLED A two-car accident during a rainstorm at a Richmond intersection killed a Preston Idaho, man. Don L. Hansen, 60, died in the crash about 6 p.m. Friday at the intersec tion of U.S. 91 and 11600 counts of attempted homi North. Hansen wastraveling north on 91 when the car cide. 4 Twomenwerearrested Friday in connectionwith the death ofa 62-year-old Og. den man whose body was foundin his apartment a day earRer. The men were ar rested in Loganon unre ted charges, said Ogdenpolic Sgt. Doug Lucero. They were bookedinto the Weber County Jail. Vincent Donato was found deadby a friend on Thursday. Police recovered Donato's vehicle Friday morning after it was spotted by a patrolman. Thecar. which hadbeen abandoned. was being processedfor evi dence. Nofurther informa: tion about Donato's death wasreleased, including where the body was found in the apartment and how long police believe Donato had been dead. A cause of death will be determinedthrough an autopsy, police said. J DEPUTY INJURED A Salt Lake County sher- iff's deputy wasincritical condition Saturday after the motorcycle he was riding struck a car on 12300 South near Interstate 15, said Sgt Ted Tingey, Utah Highway Patrol spokesman. The offduty deputy andhis wife wereboth onthe Harley Davidsoncycle, headedeast, when a vehicle apparently In truth, changing times improvedthefor Woman’s body was found in their Spanish Fork home THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE A Spanish Fork man was charged Fri daywith killing his girlfriend, wrapping her body in a blanket andhiding it, apparently for days, according to documents was not injured. Neither man during a bloody altercation in the couple’s homeSept. 28, according to documents. ondvehicle, headed west. The driverof the other vehicle was wearing seatbelt, ac cording to the Utah Highway Patrol. Authorities closed U.S. 91 for about an hour fol lowing theaccident. He also was charged with abusing or desecrating a body, a second-degree felony, exampleofgood citizenship. The authoris indebtedto historian David Big ler for insight into territorial politics. TheMillard County Sheriff's Officeis ieee ee piciousfireat Fillmore Mid. dle School. Theblaze broke out about | a.m. Friday ina classroomin the school's able to con: minedthefire wa: picious nature,” the sheriff's officesaidin a statement. Thestatefire marshal'soffice was assisting in the probe. ‘Theblaze caused anestimated $20,000 damageto the Q SUSPECT SOUGHT Authorities are seeking a woman in connection with a Friday afternoon robberyof a Washington Mutual Bank. The suspect walked intothe Woodlands bank branch at 4041 S. 700 East about 4:45 p.m. and presented a note to a teller. Thenote said the womanhad a bomb,anddemanded money. Theteller gave the woman some money andsheleft on foot headed south, said Detective Jeff Lone of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. No one was injured. It is thefourth time ina month thata bank robberintheSalt Lake Valley has claimed to have a bomb. The womanis described as about25,5 feet 6 inches tall, aN said. In his statement, Jason Lundell said he is concernedthat Utahlaws do not offer adequate protection to victims of domestic violence. “Our ignorance of this issue falls tragi. cally short of the grim reality some abused Spanish Fork. The body was naked and partly wrappedina blanket. Police said Lundell John Pete had massive head injuries and bruises on her body that appeared to have been inflicted by hand in fight. Police found Vinanti intoxicated in the homeand arrested him. He had no serious injuries, according to Spanish Fork police Sgt. Ed Acey, but did have blood on him. The couple had a history of domestic women andchildrenfacedaily,” he said. “My mother wasa victim of domestic violencethat took herlife. Domestic violence is a plague that will never be cured without proper education, better resources and tougher laws. Moremust be doneto protect theinnocent.” Lundell’s death was the second domestic-violence related homicide in Spanish Fork this year. Sharee Lana Hatch, 31, was shot to death July7 in her Spanish Fork home. Her estranged husband, Robert Steven ing filed against Vinanti. dell’s death, the marriage license had degree felony murder in her death, as well as first-degree felony aggravated robbery andthird-degree felony domestic battery. the loss of my beloved mother,” said Jason Ray Lundell of Alexandria, Va. “She is so lapsed andthe statedid not recognize the union,police said. Brenda Lundell had notfiled for a Hatch, 32, has been charged with first- Heis scheduledtostandtrial April 21. Candidates for SLC School Superintendent Announced southeast wing, policesaid. Fourfire departmentsre spondedandwere tain the blaze too1 An initial investi; —— violence, police said. Authorities at first thought the two were married, but while they had a ceremony months before Lun. “For over a month now,I have mourned SCHOOL FIRE PROBED protective order against Vinanti, police Lundell’s body was found Oct. 2 by her 21 year-old son, Justin, at court documents show. One of Lundell’s three sons issued an emotional response to criminal charges be- Q school never advised mento vote other than their con victions promptedthem, and have no intention of giving such advice.” Woodruff reserved the right to advise Mor: mons “to keep aloof from the corruption, the scandal, and the filth of politics” and to set an dear to me.” the home she shared with Vinanti, near 200 \" South and 900 East in BY ASHLEY BROUGHTON filed in 4th District Court John Pete Vinanti, 40, couldfacelife in prison if convicted. He is accused of beat ing 45-year-old Brenda Lee Lundellto death whatauthorities say i ARRESTSIN DEATH Undocumented weresitting. he was driving struck asec ration from his wife and may haveintendedtokill himself and thechildren. He was bookedinto the Iron County Jail on suspicionof two litical actionsofits members.” We have asked no Republican to vote the Republican ticket,” the prophet said. “We have Boyfriend Charged in Beating Death PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS bedroom shortly before mid night Tuesday. Police weren't Democraticticket, and no Democratto vote the Congress unanimouslywaselected provisional gover. Early Mormons heldpoliticalparties in con ig. was aligned with the Democratic Party Republicans were not excited at the prospect of a new state consistently sending its rivals to sometimes based on whichside of the aisle they speaking with one political voice. In an open of Missouri and Illinois. In September1394 Woodruff said: “We have not advised, and do not advise our people how they shall vote.” legendclaims Mormonleaders divided wards equally into Republicans and Democrats WhenUtah's pioneers created thestate of Deseret, they demonstratedthis unity by f 1896. This was due in part to m The Salt Lake Tribune that sident Wilford Woodruff to clarify his statement thatthe church had “a right to lead the peoplein spiritual and temporalaffairs eryonein UtahTerritory. including Brigham Tosolvethis problem, the First Presidency made clear it supported the separation of ‘hurch and state and would not“control the po tribes, kindred, tongues, people, andsects of North and South America in onegreat and com. Thebloc-voting habitsof the first Latter-day Saints aggravated and frightenedtheir neigh certain how long the bed y Matters “put an endtojarring tics do not mix in a hospital from carbon monoxidepoisoning. Heal legedly brought his 9-year-old and 4-year-old sonsinto the WiLL BAGLEY creeds andpolitical wranglings, by uniting the republics, states, provinces, territories, nations, gal, immoral, nor contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ Longago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints learnedthat religion and poli was recovering statehood for 30 years. [ronically, virtually ev The triumph of the gos have made clear that being a Democratin Utah however hopeless it may be is neither ille Fridayas he press Americanpoliticians and helped delay religious standard, and thus put an end to hard to not favor one party over another. They locked bedroom, authorities said. Police arrested the man hosen by Mormon leaders lost an election. Theunanimity of Utah's voters did not im- creedsto one political and and the church's current leaders have worked twosons by running a hose ae ticket. For 25 years, not one candi stating their intent“tore duceall nations and strife and war.” from his car'sexhaust tohis held between 1252 In 1845, the Twelve Apos tles issued a proclamation that they register their allegianceto the Grand A 3-year old Cedar Valley manallegedly tried to kill his ign their ballots back evils that plagued society the Republican Party primary, which required DAD ACCUSED publican Party, and they swept tempt, holding them re sponsible for many of the strictly neutral on matterspolitical Several leadingchurchauthorities declinedto votein THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Finalists from Indiana, Idaho and South Salt Lake have been chosen in the search to replace Darline Robles as Salt Lake City School District superintendent, edu- cation officials announced Education. “All three finalists have experience as classroom teachers, principals, and in the district office,” board President Joel Briscoe said. “Any one would make a fine superintendent.” In the next few weeks, teamsof parents, teachers and board members plan to visit the districts where eachfinalist works, primarily to inter. view colleagues, followed by visits by each finalist to Salt Lake City, where they will meet with community representatives and others before a final choiceis made. Robles left the Salt Lake district in early Septemberaf- ter a 7)4-year tenureto become superintendent of schools in Los Angeles County, Calif. } Saturday. Members of the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education hopeto havea final candidate by the first week in December. The three finalists are Vickie Markavitch, superin tendent of the Penn-Harris Madison School Corp. in Mishawaka, Ind.; Charles Shackett, superintendent NEW 2003 MALIBU DSae aL) of Bonneville SchoolDistrict No. 98, in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and McKell Withers, assistant superintendent in the Granite SchoolDistrict, based in South Salt Lake. Markavitch, Shackett and Withers were chosen from 33 applicants from across the country after an extensive survey of the preferences of district employees and com Exit 318 off I-15 Woodscross Toll Free 866-220-7625 munity members, screening by independent consultants and personal interviews with members of the Salt Lake School District Board of slender, with light brown hair and a fair complexion. The amount of money taken was notreleased. Anyone turned in front of the cycle withinformation should call about 4:50 p.m., Tingey said Neither rider was wearing a Loneat 743-5851 or the FBI at 579-1400. LL helmet, he said, and both were thrownfromthecycle. y VELL Other deputies responding to the accidentscene, seeingit involved oneoftheir officers, asked the UHPto handlethe case, Tingey said. The depu ty, who wasnotidentified, was flowntoUniversity Hos pital. His wife was taken to Alta ViewHospital in Sandy, whereshewaslistedinstable condition. Thedriverof the other vehicle wasnotin. Jured. 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