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Show UTAH TheSalt Lake Tribune Saturday, November 23. 2002 Polygamous Leader Denies Trying to Bilk Woman Allredtestifies with emotion in case that wasfiled in 1997 couldlegally accept such a large do: she was robbedof morethan$1.5 mil ion when she tried to buy a Utah ranch oncecontrolled by the Las Vegas mafia. trial already has consumed nation w ithout knowingits source. made the statementthat | would not touchthe money until | knew who as dealing with,” Allred said, realling 1989 meeting in which Putvin and Dennis Matthews said Shugart hideaway of the Gadianton Robbers, a group of thieves from the Book of Mormon, an LDS scripture. The Church of Jesus Christ of scheduled to continue Dec. in front of Judge Donald Ey tice of plural marriage well over a century ago, but many so-called “fun more than an hour and a half of test mony, Allred remained fiery 1 Sheclaims she shipped the moneyin boxes to her agent, John ugart wandering polygamouspre acher who professed his beliefthat the ranchis had come to them with the plan to buy the ranch. practice, Emotion rackedpolyga- anancient site mentionedin the Book mouspatriarch OwenAllred on Fri of Mormon, Somebody brought [me] a box of moneyabout the size of an apple box an AUBbishop, his “blessing” to con duct the¢ al without the auspices of the church. BY KEVIN CANTERA ‘THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE NEPHI day as he fervently denied conspir-: ing to rob millions in cash from the ex-wifeofa Detroit bookie more than a decade ago. Allred the 88-year-old prophet ofone ofthe nation’s largest polyga: mous groups shook during his testimony in the case, which was brought against him and dozens of others by Virginia Hill. Hill claims Hill claims shepaid cashto current and former members ofAllred’s clan. intendingto buytheDesert Inn Ranch Allred denies any involvement in the deal, but said he gave Matthews, “WhatdidI ask themto steal? Ab solutely nothing, Allred said. Putvinsa ys the money was a “do: I told themto get it out of my house immediately,” Allred said un: nation” made by Hill to Shugart, so he lish a polygamous home: could e: der questioning by JohnPutvin, afel low defen t who is representing himselfattr I Allred saidhe later contacted fed era tax officials to seeif his church the Apostolic United Brethren land onthe ranchabout 25 miles west ofSt, George. Some of Shugart’s followers be lieved the site was the mountain Latter-day Saints renouncedthe prac damental Mormons” eternz continue the believing it to be a key to salvation. Putvin does not deny taking the the ranch. money from Shugartto bi but claims that Mill anted the cash to be gradually invested in a number of businesses in order to generate flow “cash * to makepayments on the ranch In testimony earlier this month. Hill testified that much of the c cash was winnings from ¢gambling and “playing thestock market The lawsuit, filed in 1997 in Juab County’s 4th District Court, repeatedlydelayed. has been more thansix days this month, and 1 On Friday, despite undergoin, times using clever retorts to draw laughter fromabout three dozenof hi followers who packed the courtroom The AUBpresident, who has had a: many as eight wives, battled he spoke ofthe discord Hill’s accus: tions have caused within his congre gation. Allred said he was he ken when two former ember church charged him with stealing the money. “Whydo you bring these things up It hurts,” Allred said. “When a very dearfriend comes to meaccusing mi it hurts keantera‘asltrib.com County Budgetin the Black Pursue Dreams, Si ngleton Exhorts Students Tentative figures for 2003 probably mean notax increase in S.L. Some 760 high school stu Thecouncil also approved spending plans BY THOMAS BURR THE to: SALTLAKETRIBUNE Red pens are going unused at the Salt Lake County Council. Council members have kept the proposed 2003 budget from dipping out of the black, meaning residents probablywill see no tax in. crease. The Council, following largely the recom- mendations of County Mayor Nancy Workman, has given preliminary approval to the $692 million spending plan. It is set to finalize it early next week. “Wedefinitely have a balancedbudget,” said Council Fiscal Analyst Darren Casper. “There is definitely no tax increase.” Council membershave signed on to budgets for all elected leaders and approved several special projects proposed by Workman. Among the approvals, employees will receive a 1 percent cost-of-living increase and merit employees will get a 2.75 percent boost. County workers who have reached the top of their pay scale and arenoteligible for the merit increasewill get 1 percent of their salary added totheir 401(k) retirementplan. “We wished for more, we askedfor morefor the [cost-of-living adjustment], but we're glad they gave them something,” said Audry Wood, @ Remodel the county's West Valley City li brary for $1 million, build a Draperlibrary for $3.5 million andconstruct a South Jordan li brary for$4.2 million. @ Purchaseland near the South Towne Ex position Center for about $1.6 million. Work manhadrequested$3.6 million. @ Finish construction of the Clark Planetarjum for $2.5 million and operateit for $4.7 medics got an additional pay hike, about $150 a month, to make them equal with other firefighters in the area. Jensen abstained from voting on that rai: terest in journalism careers among America’s youth, the record attendance was a wel business sean want to make adifference. Singleton responded to a student's question about ram pant censorship in Utah's high school journalism programs on Clarendon, Te aless idealistic note, however jour lism. At age 15 he landed his first job, as a sports writer on the part owner of. I weekly in “It’s important that you let your advisers train you a bit before they turn you loose.” The Tribune sponsored the clinic along with Brigham Young University and the Uni versity of Utah cal analyst position at $47,000 a year to work with Casper. With the change, the council which originally was designedto have three staff positions employees, will have a total of 12 Councilman Randy Horiuchi defended the raises for the administrative assistants, especially his own, Lonnie Johnson, the former county government, youjust can’t put aprice to that.” GOP Councilman Steve Harmsen's assis: tant, Elly Muth, however, says she probably will not take the raise. “The principle of the thing is that we Republicans are not supposed to be for bigger government,” Muth said. 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Bow 142 Dep 11729 Sak Lake Ging UT WAT 0-0142 (ov mam ss vs cut web wt ww salah msi or, see eee ee ee ee ee ed 4 R COPY * wher¢ unearthed als or expose iment, Singleton told students, “You don’t get into newspapering because you want a job. [t is because you him, “You have a gift for writ ing” and steered him into of 15-to-18-year-olds Friday morning in his kick-off speech ‘The council also createda new assistantfis newspapers have But his high school journal ism teacher, Frances Maxwell, his first newspaper, becoming Photographers Association examples corrupt gove pulled him aside one day, told Lake Tribune, told the throng, and Clinic America. Citing the MediaNews chain of news: grew up ona ranch in 1s, where, he said, “I was never expected to do any thing but graduate and work on the ranch,” passed by a 6-3 vote a $7,600 raise for their assistants. If given final approval, the nine administrative assistants will make about $55,000 a year. comesight for organizers of the Newspaper also publisher of GrahamNews. Byage20, he had purchased countypublic works director. “Youget what you pay for,” he said. “What Thenearly 280 county firefighters and para Defying college enrollment trends that suggest waning in he owns 50 daily newspapers and 94 weekli¢ and serves as chairman of the the Denver Post and owner of “You are our future,” Dean Singleton, publisher of The Salt open space. Couneil membersalso he has in his head, the knowledgeof years of withthe three council Democrats. drew inspiration from sea soned professionals. achieve,” Singleton, 52nd annual Utah High School Association, which represents about 1,000 of the 4,000 county employees. A Democrat-led motion to get a 1.5 percent tended a daylong journalism workshop Friday at the Uni versity of Utah where they learned tricks of the trade and million, The new facility at The Gateway, west of downtown Salt Lake City, will open in March andreplace the Hansen Planetarium. @ Create a green space fundof $3 million for discretionary purchases of parks and other deputy director of the Utah Public Employees cost-of-living bump failed 5-4, with Republican Michael Jensen, a county firefighter, joining dents fromacross thestate at Writers Today, at the U.'s Union ballroom ‘There is no dream you can have today that you can’t BY KIRSTEN STEWART THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 165 W 7200 S Midvale 567-1000 |