Show The Mmli Aggies end in tie with Sac State — B1 maw mr jGTV£ VoL 93 No: 250 1 Saturday September 7 2002 USU maintains steady enrollment —A3 Logan UtahIO 2002J$50 Brldgertand’s DaHyJewspape ©MBs®© aft £F®aD5siD Q The seme was tied at when the platform fell One of the injured was si student at Tooele High School while the other was an older'volunteer A Life Flight helicopter arrived shortly before 9 pm and both were taken to Univer- hurt critically when wind topples tower at MC game Two ce all By Wade Definition staff writer sity Hospital in Salt Lake City Both were listed in critical condition ftiday night “The most important thing is we just respect Tboele and what they felt like they wanted to do” second-yeMustangs coach Ait Erickson said The game was about to resume with the second-hal- f kickoff when the accident happened Mountain Crest’s football game at Tooele Friday was suspended at the beginning of the third quarter after two members of the Buffaloes' video crew were seriously injured when heavy winds caused a portable tower to topple over ar Erickson didn’t witness the tragedy “I was working my way to talk to some players and heard a big old crash” he said “I didn’t really notice and then I saw tons of people tun over to the tower and then obviously I knew what had happened “But I didn’t know the extent of it We just went back into the gym for 20 minutes or so They said Life Flight was on the way The one gentleman 1 was just told had deceased but they had revived him (through i CPR) In those circumstances it’s their home field these are their people and I just said we’d respect any decision that was made and move on There were people on both sides who wanted to continue the game however “There were people pushing hard both ways” Erickson said ” One guy just flat said ‘Hey that guy has supported you and this football program for years’ and he’s just going on and on vehemently “And he says ’And then you’re gonna cany on this football game while he lies over there about ready to die 'cause he was up there filming your stupid game’” Once the decision was made to IFd ©Qd suspend the contest both teams shook hands and met in the center of the field for a group prayer Unless the two teams decide to fin- ish the final two quarters later on in the season the game will probably not count according to Associate Director of the Utah High School Activities'Associalion Jerry Bovee “It would probably be treated as a suspended game until it’s finished — I would doubt if they could count it as a legal game (if it ended as is)” Bovee said from his frame Friday night “Until further notice it would See TOPPLE on A8 Park issue has Nibley on edge By Jeremiah Stettter staff writer Scott Wells hadn’t anticipated the public outrage nor did he expect to be st accused of deceit and die Nibley But “weasely" behavior councilman witnessed all of it He spent late hours in his living room listening tothe tearful arguments of project foes Not only that but Wells was stopped while shopping at an area grocery store petitioned by phone and lobbied by letter Yet on the morning prior to Thursday’s council meeting Wells found the city ultimately divided on whether a park should be built on Hollow Road n in opposi-- : self-intere- 10-ac- re f would attract crime and destroy the rural atmosphere of the neighborhood Others shook their heads in disbe- lief saying the park would presave access to the Blacksmith Fork River provide a new venue for recreation and keep eastside residents from having to cross the highway to access a public park Amid the frustration and anger die Nibley City Council agreed Thursday to delay their decision on a proposed city park until after a citizen’s committee had examined die project The park would lie on the southern edge of Nibley City along a narrow treescaped avenue known as Hollow Road £f built it would be home to a playground a pavilion and a volleyball pit A trail would snake through the interior of the park for pedestrians or bicyclists Wells had once proposed ah adult soccer field but it was soon omitted because of traffic concerns on Hollow Road Roots of Contention The controversy runs deep among foes of the park project stirring concerns over traffic crime property values and a proposed trail system Residents like Kathy Duvall Ruth Beckstrom and Judy Jones contend that the road is too narrow and too popular a destination for foot travel to traffic safely support park-bou- nd See NIBLEY on A8 Weather Brent StevansHerald Journal Retired Richmond Marshal David Sparks stands hi the old Richmond jail cell The cell was moved to his property after the Cache Valley earthquake of 1959 The slammer By Jason Bergreen staff writer C County Jail inmates can thank their lucky stars that they don’t have to spend the night in the old Richmond City Jail The rusted out 19th century jail cell measures only 5 by 6 feet wide and 7 feet high It was built tp house four inmates but only as long as they were lying down on the cell’s skinny bunkbeds or standing absolutely still The cell has resided on the Trenton farm of former Richmond Mar ‘ shal David Sparks for more than four decades It was moved to his land he said after the Richmond City Jail had to be demolished because of damage suffered in the Cache Valley earthquake of 1959 “Now it’s a family heirloom” David’s son Andrew said Sparks became the marshal of Richmond in 1962 and retired in 1983: During that time he also served as town marshal for Trenton Amalga and Newton “This is what it looked like to be in a jail 100 years ago” Sparks said pointing at the old cell i die cell which isn’t Wheninus much more than a steel box had no Congress holds historic Former valley marshal has unusual ‘heirloom’ closed “I was just getting it out Cache people places & things running water and no toilet facilities “We’re talking the 1800s” Andrew said “There was no indoor plumbing” The Sparks took over ownership of die cell after Richmond city leaders struggled to find a place for it after the city jail NY session NEW YORK (AP) — Congress paid homage Friday to the victims and heroes of last Sept 11 convening blocks from where the Wold Thide Center towers mice loomed and pledging the nation’s determination to vanquish terrorism Meeting outside Washington for only the second time since moving there in 1800 more than 300 lawmak- -P- Index Classifieds Comics B7 Obituaries B5 Opinion Movies A7 SpoftsB1 wwwhjnewscom i ers held a solemn that was a collage of speeches poetry and music At its end manyranked hands as they sang “God Bless America” along with a local high school choir “The sorrow has been matched by strength" said House Minority ' Leader Dick Gephardt o “America is on a mission not retribution or revenge not just to defeat terrorism but to show once again that good can triumph over evil and freedom can overcome fanaticism” “The duration of our present ’ AP photo Members of Congress join hands during a special session hi New York on See CONGRESS on A6 conducted to pay homage to the victims of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks Tf— gBWB 4 i See JAIL on A8 Supremacist The Associated Press Police have known for some time there is a growing population of white supremacists along the Wasatch Front and the depth of devotion to that cause was shown by the Logan parents who tattooed h swastika on the back of their child's head The issue was discussed at the Northern Utah Gang mid Youth Vio lence Conference which ended nurse in Thursday A home-car- e Logan said she visited a home earlier this year The mother answered the door holding the baby “I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing’’ said the nurse who was at the conference but asked not to be ' r i D-M- A6 A4 how “He had to come out and rescue me (from the cell) a couple times” Andrew said By te age AS As a boy Andrew Sparks used the jail cell as playground equipment “Growing up that was more fun then a swing set’’ he said Though Sparks said he never locked Andrew in the cell as a child to discipline him Andrew sometimes got stuck in tfcre any- activity hitting close to home 1 Keep the raincoat umbrella handy of their hair” Sparks said Friday See GROUPS on A8 55Z2! 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