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Show = Py ee Eee ete eeeTee _— _ wee SECTION DailySHerald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2006 METRO EDITOR| Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com Velascopleads guilty to 05 slaying Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD Gapeeae his infant son, Jamie Velasco stared at the table ie us as he entered guilty pleas to crimi- Eevee tn nal homicide and attempted aggra- District Court Friday vated murder in 4th District Court i on Friday morning. The plea deal ensures Velasco will spend a minimum of 20 years in prison for the crimes he turned je Velasco leaded guil a char} 4 m fh it himself in for doing and has admitted to doing all along. He said he jeeror 2005, stabbit pinted to serve the time that he of his wifers a leserves. “I believe he understands the concepts,” defense attorney Richard Gale told Judge Lynn Davis about the statementin advanceof plea. ae pleaded ye haeven of Values 5 children. * KEITH JOHNSON Associated Press felonies stemming from an incident on Feb.19, 2005, after he repeated- in the presence ofchildren, they werenot in danger. “Hewantsthe court to know it was not his intention to hurt or cause harm to the children,” he said. Roholt, who has told attorneys she is still afraid of her husband, isn't buying it. ~ “I don’t think that by him saying Laura Roholt hedidn’t intendto hurt the kids, I > Velasco's wife don't think that was true, because it took him three tries to break that window,” she said, adding there ly stabbed his wife, Laura Roholt, was brokenglassin and around and her boyfriend, Fernando Barbothof their children’s car seats. raza, eventually slitting the man's “He knew whathe was doin; throat. He committed the acts in All of the partiesfelt justice front of his two children, who were wasdonewith this plea; Gale said his client had expressed remorse in the back seatof Roholt’s car. Gale said his client wanted the since killing Barraza, and neither court to understand that although he was guilty of domestic violence See VELASCO, D3 “| don’t think that by him saying he didn’t intend to hurt the kids, | don’t think that wastrue ... He knew what he was doing.” Matheson: Drilling in Arctic not oil solution Utah’s congressman endorses energy-saving technology at UVSC | AnnaChang-Yen | Rep. Jim Mathesonsaid President Bushhas been talking about long-term solutions for the country's dependence on foreignoil, but immediatesolutions are needed too. Speaking at Utah Valley State College on Friday, Mathesonsaid thatin the short term, the country should look for ways to increase production andefficiency. And there are better waysto do that than drilling into the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. He contends the wildlife reserveis not the savior somehope it will be. “That could have an incrementaleffect. You can't drill your wayto independence.” And until scieace helps the country endits obsession with foreign oil, hybrid cars could help reduce consumption, Matheson said. In the long term,scienceis the answerto the country’soil woes, Mathesonsaid. Turning oil shale deposits in Utah and Coloradointo fuel, and expanding the use of ethanol and hydrogen look promising, JEREMY HARMON/Daily Herald Necia Eva, center, of the South Utah County Rodeo Club, trots her horse aroundthe arena along with otherriders at a cattle-cutting showat the Spanish Fork Rodeo Grounds Friday. Rodeo club gives studentridersa placetofit in and Congress should fund basic researchinto thosepossibilities, he said. Kavan Andersen, a freshman communications major who heard Matheson speak,said he was glad to hear that lawmakersarethinking about how to fix the country’s oil problem.“It’s in the back of our minds maybe,butright nowit's not affecting us, so no one cares.” Other energy concerns facing the country include the emerging interestin nuclear energy, Matheson said. Nuclear energy is still not the most efficient form of “After schoolthat’s pretty muchall you do,” she said. “You don't get muchtime for yourfriends.” The club serves Spanish Fork High School, Springville High School, Payson High School and t's harderto havefriends and a normal highschoollife, but those are sacrifices Ne- Provo HighSchool and has been around for more than 30 years, club adviser Layne Shephardsaid. cia Evais willing tomaketo do what she With 35 members, SUCRCis one ofthe largest clubs loves — rodeo. in the state, Shephardsaid. “I would muchratherride horses than Despite the hard work, Evastayspassionate about goto prom,”the 17-year-old Santaquin resiriding and her horse, Chavez, who is two months dentsaid. Eva, who has beenriding since she can remember, older than she is. “He's mybest friend; | wouldn't trade him for a has been a memberofthe South Utah County Rodeo Club for almost three years, starting when she was a million dollars,” she said. Whenrodeo season hits — for two months in freshman. Andjust like any other sport, it demands the spring and fall — Evais out for two rodeos per time and practice. Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD weekend. Balancing school, practice and her job, Eva stays focused on what she w its to accomplish. Being a part ofthe club makes Evaeligible for college scholarships, she said, something she can use to help her become a veterinarian or get into sports medicine. Andtostayeligible, club members have to maintain at least a C average. “It's not that hard totake a bookto a rodeo,sit in the trailer and read,” she said aboutnot struggling with school. Asa chapterof the Utah High School Rodeo Association, club memberstravel aroundthe state, often missing class, to compete. Membersvie for state and See RODEO, D3 See MATHESON, D3 Mid-Winter Storytelling Event benefits Orem library Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALC v Storytelling seems to be the vogueof Ut ene Morethan 1,200 gathered in the a ces of Mountain View High School in Orem on Friday evening rytelling Event, hosted by the organizers of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Friday's event benefited the Orem Public Library. Carmen Deedy, awardwinning author and master of verbal yarns, spoke for about 40 minutes, sometimes bythe hoots,hollers and thunderousbea that greeted herqui Deedytold those gathered about the first time she went to a public library and checked out a book. Occasionally her humor was wry. “Mysister was seven years Deedy used large gestures, pregnant pauses and several accents while spinning her tale. “It’scalled the lending libr Lenethe librarian in to hearthe tall tales of two interrupting her story to aim older than me,” she said in one girl. world-class tellers flown in for the first-ever Mid-Winter Sto- a commentat the audience, sometimes being interrupted aside to the audience. “She still is, because life is fair.” he ‘ “I Aert pee what that means,” said Deedy as little See STORYTELLING, D3 WWW-HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE SELL YOUR CAR FREE& Doity¥Herald ALL 373-6450 % DASEcom Donald Davis speaks to morethan 1,200 people gathered at Mountain View High School in Orem on Fridayas part of thefirst-ever Mid-Winter Storytelling Event CALEB WARNOCK Dany Herald dr} |