Show (V - urt - ft"" 4 Monday April 282002 A3 Local state has two executions on horizon In brief Utah Two SLC Tribune reporters chastised Two SALTLAKE CITY (AP)— reporters for The Salt Lake Tribune have been disciplined for working with the National Enquirer oil the Elizabeth Smart story without die Tribune’s permission although the newspaper’s editor said die incident is not “a firing offense” Kevin Cantera and Michael Vigh the newspaper's lead reporters on the Smart case met with a reporter from the tabloid over a dinner and outlined the investigation into the girl’s abduction Tribune editor James E Shelledy said in his regular Sunday letter to readers Elizabeth then 14 was taken at knifepoint from her bedroom in the early morning of June S She was found with ha alleged captors Brian Mitchell and Wanda BarZee March 12 in a Salt Lake suburb Barzee and Mitchell are each being held on $10 million bail in the Salt County jail on charges of aggravated kidnapping aggravated sexual assault and aggravated burglary Cantera and Vigh who told the newspaper about their work with die Enquirer last week were paid an undisclosed amount for their contributions to the tabloid Vigh and Cantera offered their resignations which Shelledy refused He did not disclose how the reporters were disciplined Calls to Shelledy Cantera and Vigh were not immediately returned Sunday Agendas Garden City Town Council tonight at 5:10 at the City Office 145 W Center Agenda items include: Discussing final plat approval for the Cottages at Blue Water a PUD at 2050 S Bear Lake Btvd X The wl hold a public hearing X The Countywtde Planner Governmeets at 4:30 pm today in Board ing the Cache County Counci Chambers 120 N 100 West Agenda items include: Discussing a transfer of development rights study Discussing local transportation workshops access management and stormwater X The Airport Development Task Force meets at noon today in a nohost lunch at the Copper Mill Restaurant Agenda items include: Hearing anjjpdate on the status of the ILS landing system Hearing a VOR update Hearing a report on resubmitting the grant for the Smalt Community Air Service Development Program ' Discussing strategy for the airport manager position X The Franklin County Commio-sio- n wi meet tpday at 8 am at the County Courthouse 39 W Oneida Agenda items include: Discussing Housekeeping items: shared employee agreement board appointments road and bridge radfos Junk car ordinance dog ordnance easement emergency committee and residency Discussing a bolding permit variance by Jason Sharp Hearing autft report Discussing bid opening for a grader asphalt and fuel Discussing oountywide garbage collection payrofl procedures Discussing Franklin County Transportation plan Discussing planning and zoning Discussing ambulance bffls Hearing citizen concerns X The Utah State University Faculty Senate meets at 3 pjn Monday in room 120 of the Cazier Science Tech- nology BuicKng on the Logan campus Agenda Rams indude: Discussing the pubfication of faculty evaluations by their students on the Internet Discussing a Water Initiative Task Force Approving an Intellectual Property proposal Approving a student proposal to designate time at the end of the semester tor rearing days Clarifying language for the procedure tor sabbatical leaves Approving new language to prohfcit changes of statusappointment for temporary employees business by Hearing university I 1— riBMIBnl ISftffTil rtBI ana rTOVOK Au otafi Albrecht Faculty Senate atodlon results — and regional news SALT LAKE CTTY (AP) —The state may execute two men by firing squad at the end of June if death warrants are signed by district judges this week :£T If white separatist Troy Kell and serial killer Roberto Arguelles are executed it would be the first time Utah has carried out the death penalty twice in the same year Kell and Arguelles are set for hearings Tuesday and Thursday respectively Under Utah law if neither man files an appeal each would have to be executed within 60 days of a judge’s order Assistant Attorney General Thomas Brunker said He expects both warrants will be signed Both Kell and Arguelles have elected to die by firing squad “We do think one or the other of them will file an appeal’’ Utah : Department of Corrections spokesman Jack Ford said “If they don’t it will be really unusual We’ve never done two firing squads" Utah has executed six men during the past 26 years since garnering international attention for ending a nationwide moratorium on the death lexecu--mu- r- derer Gary Gilmore The last time the state carried out a death warrant was April 1999 when Joseph Mitchell Parsons died by lethal injection having been convicted of murdering a California motorist who gave him a ride Kell and Arguelles will have 30 days to file an appeal after their death warrants are signed In capital cases a conviction is automatically appealed to the Utah Supreme Court after a conviction' Usm earn ’ft Kell 34 was convicted in 1996 of stabbing arid killing Lonnie Blackmon while both were incarcerated at the Gunnison unit of the Utah State Prison Investigators said Kell Stabbed Blackmon 67 times with a homemade knife in a racially moti- legally mandated appeal and refused an attorney' despite the court's appointment of defense attorney Ed Brass Brass filed motions on Arguelles’ behalf but the Utah Supreme Court upheld the Arguelles convictions in 1997 In 1998 Arguelles attempted suicide which prompted further court actions along with a mental health evaluation Arguelles has spent more than 21 years behind bars mostly for violent sex crimes beginning in the late 1970s He receiyed the death sentence for murdering 1 Stephanie Blundell Tuesday Malisa Roberts 14 Lisa Vickey Martinez 16 and Margo Bond Roberts and Martinez were found buried at a Salt Lake Valley pig farm ' vated attack: Kell was serving two life sentences for a prior homicide in Neva- da The state does not know if he will pursue further appeals Brunker said Kell’s attorney Mike Esplin could not be reached for comment However Arguelles has for five years been asking the state to allow him to die: He pleaded guilty to the 1992 kidnappings and murders of four females whom he killed while on parole from the prison for another : offense Arguelles 41 objected to his dtamoDpoDD Walk America draws 1000 participants By Mark Randall staff writer Jamie Anderson never realized at the time that she owed her baby’s life to the March of Dimes Anderson’s daughter Navy was bom 17 weeks premature and hqd to be given surfactant therapy to breathe Die soapy substance occurs naturally in normal babies one month before delivery and keeps the lungs inflated but is absent in babies bom prematurely ’ Navy had to be given the substance through a ventilator to keep her breathing Surfactant therapy is one of the many breakthroughs in medicine funded by the March of Dimes The organization raises funds for research to prevent birth defects and infant mortality Their research led to the discovery of a cure for pplio “I never knew the March of Dimes helped her” Anderson said “I didn’t realize that they had created the therapies that helped her There are thousands and thousands of children that are helped by it” Anderson never thought twice when the director of the Utah March of Dimes called her up and asked her to serve as an ambassador family and to participate in the group's annual fund-rais“We go around and speak to different ' groups and encourage them to support the March of Dimes and explain how the March of Dimes helped our daughter” er Andersonsaid Anderson and Navy now 5 and a half took to the streets Saturday as part of the Much of Dimes nationwide WalkAmerica The event helps raise critical funds to aid its mission of preventing birth defects The ued to be called Mothers March to combat polio in the 1930s draws about 9 milliqn walkers Volunteers walk about 3 miles and raise about $200 each for the cause' Rain and some rather raw weather didn’t fund-rais- er event-whic- See WALK on A8 EK LuceroHerald Journal left Sherian with and Anderson Wallace during middle mother Jamie her walks grandmother Navy Anderson the March of Dimes Waft America Saturday in Logan Navy was bom 17 weeks prematurely and now thrives thanks to research into a treatment funded by the March of Dimes i Preston POW sends telegram home to mom Editor’s note: Each week The Herald Journal republishes articles that ran in the newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today’s “Utah ThenT is from April 28 1953 Spelling and grammar appear in the story as it was originally are ever with you" Pvt Cottle was with the group of United Nations prisoners of war released Saturday written On Chasing Fire Equipment Preston POW Sends Telegram PRESTON — Mrs AretaCottle of Preston mother of a young man held prisoner by the Communists of Korea for 23 months received her first direct word from him since his ' ' r recent release A telegram from Prvt Wayne Cottle arrived Monday to the Cottle home It read: “My loving family: arrived safely Am In good care in hospital now Pfease don’t worry It’s to be on my way home Your prayers for me have been answered' Wtyl try to telephone you soon as possible My thoughts and prayers ‘ won-dbrf- lil Drivers Warned ' A car that was following much too e fire depart- -' close to a ment pumper truck ran into considerable trouble Monday afternoon it was reported by Fire Chief Ivo L Borg The collision occurred while the truck crew was proceeding to Millville to fight a fire burning in the home of Louis Anderson Die truck stopped at an intersection then for a short dis- began backing up ' tance The car driven by Marriper Ashcroft Hyde Park was “about 6 feet behind the fire truck” according to Chief Borg The front end of the Logan-Cach- Ihe slate of our beginnings passenger auto was damaged considerably while damage to the fire fighting equipment amounted to about $60 Riding with young Ashcroft were Jack Reese and Floyd Tarbet Chief Borg reiterated that state law proclaims it is illegal to follow fire equipment at a distance less than 600 fort “We have appealed for public “ cooperation in this matter he said “Firemen and their equipment have : been hampered of late by crowds that congregate at fires or by autos that follow the fire truck: “It is unlawful for autos to be closer than one block from emergency equipment — either while that equipment is en route to a fire or while men and equipment are in the process of fighting the fire Offenders will be cited in all cases” The fire in Louis Anderson's home caused an estimated $800 damage according to Chief Borg Franklin County’s Finance Is In Good Condition PRESTON — Completing a regular inspection of the records of Franklin county Warren Vickrey certified public accountant announced that the county continues to operate in a good financial position See THEN on A8 |