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Show PageA2 — THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, May £1, 1996 Manycriminals think crime is entertaining When I was 12 years old, mybrothers and I locked our sister in a tool shed. Since Scab was more afraid of snakes than she wasthe dark, we made thingsreally interesting by shovingpieces of rope into the shed with her, claiming that they were cobras, We keptit up uati! she litz I don’t think so, Take it from a guy who once shot his sister in her newly permed head with a contraption called a “manure cannon,” most people do badthings, even really bad things, because they enjoy doing them, not because they're nuts. Case in point: Alabama killer Jack Trawick, sentenced to die in 1994 for the murder of a female college student. In fact, Trawick admitted to the grisly murders of five women as well as some other nasty stuff. Most notably that when it wasn’t convenient for him to kill women, Trawick settled for tormenting them. He'd call lost her mind. Momfoundout aboutit whenoneof the neighbors, bothered by Scab’s hysterical screeching, called and asked if someone at our house was running a cat through a grinder. She came out and rescued Scab who,by then, was pretty far gone in the head. Momlecturedus,trying to makeusfeel bad for causing oursister such grief. What happenedtous to makeussocruel? ‘Wasit something she did? Hadn't she been od mother? WhenJack came home, Momtold himthat only mentally defective people could possibly enjoy hurting someone like we had. Maybe apsychiatnist could turn us into nice boys. Jack didn’t gofor it. He knew that we tormented Scab because it was fun rather than because we werecriminally insane. He trompedup to our rooms andfloggedus until “Gunsmoke” came on. Three days later, Luke and I madeScablick a dead frog Not a word of Mom’s lecturec to mind when we didit, although we well remembered the whupping It’s just that the fun of making Scab sick outweighed the near certainty of getting beat into hash again, This seemingly pointless jaunt into my past serves a legitimate purpose. Like my mom, some mental health experts today would have us believethat anyone who does anything really awful has to be crazy. They'll get up in court and claimthat only a crazy person could possibly be aserial rapist, a mass murderer or molester of children HOLWEG: (Continued FromPage Al) Holweg believes Utah Democrats are more conservative and think independently depending on the issue “Someof thegreatest governors of this state have been Democrats, andthey have been great governors because they were governors not just during healthy economictimes but sometough times,” shesaid Holwe; has been a balance of political power in the state. andthat needs to be returned for a healthy political climate. Now | could have jumped either way with equal ease. I've been an independent. I've never joined a party, no! even the IndependentParty “L have been a small “I” independent my whole life even though my political advisories down here won't believe that and havecalled mea liberal De mocrat ey vefelt like it.” himself offas a state trooper andtell his victimsthat their husbands were dead just to hearthemcry. Disgusting? You bet. Nuts? Not necessarily. Trawick himself insists that he isn’t crazy, just someone whose idea of fun is more evil than most people’s (including the Kreeg brothers). He told the court thatinflicting pain was so much fun that he'd doit again the minute he got out. At his trial, defense lawyers argued that Trawick wasinsane. The things he did were so awful that they couldn't possibly be the work of someone capable of recogniz~ ing the difference between right and wrong. Therefore, Trawick was sick and perhaps na victim himself Tohis credit, Trawick wouldn't go along with it. He readily admitted knowing the difference between right and wrong. He was even capable of controlling himself. It's just that, well, wrong was so much more fun. Sound vaguely familiar? Eventhoughit’s hard to understand people like Trawick, that doesn’t mean they can’t help themselves orthat they're not responsible for their actions. Frankly, if evil was the same thing as crazy. God could probably take care of Satan with alittle Thorazine. If you think Trawick was cruel and unusual, you probably wouldn't enjoy thinking about my brothers and me in charge ofhis execution, an event that would last a minimumofthree weeks and require extensive use of the manure cannon. on his urging two years agoafter he Jost to Enid, that he said to independents. ‘Go into one ofthe twoparties; it’s time to abandon this movement.We are not going to win with the third party in Utah I'm ur independents to get into one of the major parties and make a difference with the independent-minded within those pares. eastern college congenial to Mor- Other's Day Gifts The Relaration Station y the great human resource manager above has orchestrated this is just incredible,” said Anderson The new managers will assume the school’s debt, but donot plan to raise the $11,500 yearly tuition or the $6,000 for fees, room and board. Instead, they hope to raise $50 million over five years from corporate sponsors and individuals. Ripley, a member of the Catholic Church, and special programs director Amy Burgess acknowledgethe takeover upset a few faculty, staff and students at the school known before 1992 as Southern Seminary. “We still have some alumni mad about the name change,” Burgesssaid But most were simply glad the school won't close. “To me it was a perfect fit.” said Ripley. who hopesto continue at the college in another capacity. The community is nostra to Mormonism. Barrus notes the first Mormon missionaries came to Buena Vista in the late 1800s during aniron-ore boom. And an LDS chapel is just five blocks from campus But for some students, the strictures planned by the new Mormon managers are too severe. Freshman Mary Grachus of Green County, Va., said some students have left because of incoming honor and dress codes similar to those at BYUand Ricks. Yet. she and others are encouragedby some ofthe chan, “I think it’s going to be nice havingit be co-ed,” said Grachus, who is staying for the school’s writing program The honor code students must sign will require them“tobe honest, tolive a chaste and virtuouslife, to obeythe law, to use clean language andto abstain fromalcoholic beverages, tobaccoandillegal drugs.” he dress code specifies that shorts and skirts be knee-length and that mustaches and beards be neatly trimmed. Earrings for men are out. Menand womenwill be housed in separate dorms and students will be required to give two hours of community servi week “We wouldlike our graduates to posses a core of character and begin to live lives that are imbued with integrity,” said the college's new president, David Ferrel, a senior analysi at the Wirthlin Group, a publicopinion research firm ‘Daily Herald Photo/Matthew A ‘Smith Royal commendation LaVell and Patty Edwards congratulate Northmentary Schoo! student Bobby Liddle Friday for receiving a writing award in the ridge Ele school’s Kni er program. PTA Board ~~ assists during the member Lisa presentation of the awai Bad heroin causes hospital chaos PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful heroin cocktail swamped hospital emergency rooms Friday with more than 100 violently delirious junkies, some who needed four workers at a time to restrain them. Police were rushing unconscious drug users from the streets where they had fallen Thursday night to area hospitals, where they had to be held down bystraps, laundry workers and motor pool employees. One beleaguered hos- pital refused admissions for four hours. Another doctor said each addict whoregained consciousness neededan average offour workers to be restrained. “It’s was like the front lines in "Nam, like a MASH unit,” said a security guard at Episcopal Hospital who spoke on condition of anonymity. “Yelling, bodies coming in by the minute, cars zooming up, dropping junkies, and taking off.” As of Friday evening, 116 addicts had been treated, and people were still lining up for a crack at the drug Friday. “It’s a double-edge sword,” said Capt. Arthur Woody ofthe police narcotics unit. “You wantto warn people there’s danger out there, but then some come in droves because they want to try someofthat ‘good stuff.” In Baltimore, Mayor Kurt Schmoke issued a warning after medical crews picked up about 20 cases of apparent drug overdoses in a short period Friday night Officials there couldn't say if the unusually high number of overdoses was connected to the Philadelphia situation. Traffic chief $5,000 worth of jewelry resigns over stolen from Lehi store | driving record BOSTON (AP) — Even in a city like Boston wheretraffic laws are ignored with a devilish pride, William Luster’s hands-on experience was too much. Boston's new transportation commissioner was driven from office after it was revealed that he had failed to tell City Hall about tworecent parking tickets — one for blocking a handicap ramp while in town for his job interview The man in charge of traffic safety and parking already had at least five speeding tickets and three accidents onhis record He resigned under pressure Thursday after only eight days on the job. ANTIQUE BURGLARY — About $5,000 worth of antique jewelry was stolen from Outpost Antiques in Lehi Monday night The burglar cavedin the door to gain accessinto the building at 120 W. Main St., said Lt. Chad Smith, spokesman for the Lehi Police Department. There are no suspects at this time. PIANO BURGLARY — A keyboard and other assorted property worth about $6,500 wasstolen sometime during the weekend from Provo Theater Inc., 100 North and 105 East There was no forced entry into the building and there are no suspects, said Capt. George Pierpont, spokesman for the Provo Police Department. CAR ACCIDENT — One Te ein Laundries ‘MAL STAR Hours: 7 a.m. opm. 700 East Provo CoininLemay (30 Ma, ibyflees irate 4 Ores igWasher 700 East Provo—373-9435 Tam.t0 11:20 p.m. ius ta Oren Ce Leon lashers jasher 640 E. 1700 S. Orem—v Biock E ot State St female was transported to Amencan Fork Hospitalafter rolling her car probably two times, said American Fork Police Officer James Stewart The woman only had minor injuriesto her ear and herrightleg, Stewart said. Accesding toomait- nesses the woman wentoff to one side of Cedar Hills Drive, American Fork, and tried to correct pe veering ofher car. Stewart said when she atarogh: ed to correct hercar, she hit a diteh that sent her rolling. Because she was wearingherseat belt, she only sustained minorinjuries. For Departments not listed above 373-5050 . FAX ., oo STE E-mail edit] Sitenet. 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