Show T ) : ' ' AS— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday October 28 2003 D Utah i LOGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION POLLING PLACES 2003 I I i Jiioiry seDecftBeini ' trial acquittal The stage is set for the federal trial of executives Tom Welch and Dave Johnson who headed Salt Lake City's campaign for die 2002 Winter Olympics They and are accused of face IS felony charges Jury selection is to begin today ( fi - - r- against Welch and Johnson Sam 70 will preside over a trial that could feature as many as 80 witnesses includ-' ing Utah Gov Mike Leavitt wedtiX-'v4?'r-Defensand last six lawyers and prose-cutors prepared over the f " 1 v e : v' weekend by sifting through questionnaires filled out by 83 potential jurors They were V $ ' il'-- asked if they held any loyalties to the bid or organizing Pim - 5 6 Texas law against consensual sodomy by homosexuals iii‘-“Thelegal argument ' told The Salt there’ Hatch ' SALT LAKE CITY(AP) — Sen Onin Hatch who earlier j diis year had some kind words about polygamists is expressing concern that Utah's ban on polygamy may be held invalid in light of the US Supreme Court ruling overturning a Lake Tribune“The current: Supreme Court ruled that whether a majority of the pub- -' lie opposes a particular practice as immoral it’s not " sufficient reason for upholding a law prohibiting that practice” He also was concerned 8&10 Welch and Johnson’s defense team consists of seven lawyers against a pair of senior trial attorneys for die Justice Department’s fraud sections "V who insisj the case boils down to bribery ' v Richard Wiedis 40 who specializes in bank fraud spent 18 months putting together the case with groundwork laid by FBI special agent Eugene Carey who will be on hand for the proceedings John Scott 44 has marc : trial experience and could take y a more visible role in opening and closing statements Scott has won numerous white-collcrime convictions' most ' recently involving corruption on the Houston city council : - - 18 Logan High School 162 W 100 S 21 Sunshine Terrace 225 N 200 W 12 Adams School 400 E Lundstrom Student Cntr 1295 E 1000 N Hillcrest School 960 N 1400 E 14 Logan 8-25- Wilson School 25 Ellis School about theruling’s potentialto legalize I’m always concerned when the Supreme Court creates hew rights out of thin air that are not in the Constitu tion” the Utah Republican said in a recent interview “I believe God sanctioned a marriage between a man and a woman and this court decision is being interpreted by some to fly in the face of that’’ samc-smaniag- e4 348 W 300 26 ML Logan Middle School 875 N 200 E 27 Woodruff School 650 S 1000 W ' ML Logan Middle N 200 E School 875 ' 1350 Eastridge Drive 15&23 Adams School 530 N 400 E 32 Watkins Printing ' 1 lO WL 1200 S : v 33 ' Boar River Head Start 75 8 400 W POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM ON ELECTION DAY TO VOTE IN THIS MUNICIPAL ELECTION A PERSON MUST BE A REGISTERED VOTER RESIDING IN THE CITY OF LOGAN ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE USED BY REGISTERED VOTERS WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED PHYSICALLY D& ABLED OR WHO EXPECT TO BE ABSENT ON ELECTION DAY AN APPLICATION FORM IS AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LOGAN CITY RECORDER 255 N MAIN W'' :VT 7164012 - f "f iC' SAMPLE BALLOT V 'a' Judge's Initial - Logan City Utah November 4 2003 ? 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Sen Hatch airs concern following high court ruling j dele-gate- ' 16 Ward 3 348 W 300 N s Olympic Committee who turned down Salt Lake once before awarding it the 2002 Winter Games whether they can set aside any ' feelings of sympathy for i r r defendants once lauded as heroes in Utah andrenderaV verdict based only on the facts and law according to a draft of the government’s question- naire Welch and Johnson defiant- -' ly reject charges they deceived a board of trustees of leading Utah business and political figures who supervised the executives and helped raise nearly $14 million in private contributions for two Salt v :VV-ThLake bid campaigns defendants insist their board knew about the expen-- ‘ sive gifts expense-pai- d trips V jobs and family scholarships they lavished on International 11-1- PLACE ' PRECINCT 195 S 10O E i AP committees attended the V ' games or ceremonies or knew any of the witnesses For the government a key question for potential jurors is statutes which Utah federal judge David Sam unceremoniously threw out two yean ago But ' federal prosecutors got a fed- eral appeals court to reverse Sam last April and reinstate 15 bribery racketeering fraud and conspiracy charges organized-crim- e : SOURCE AMOdatad Logan ij POLLING VOTING Ellis School Defendants’ ptea— They insist that It wasn’t bribery but was the Olympic way of doing business the way al bid cities did It the way some cultures expected Johnson j 3 Federal charges — Indicted In 2000 by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery racketeering conspiracy and mail wire idlpnest- services' fraud g ji‘ 2 Evidence — Executives doled out $1 miflion in cash gifts travel family scholarships medical care real estate deals and more to Ihe International Olympic Committee delegates leaders hope for Welch JiT Arguments In the case Olympic bid vote-buyin- ' rRECINCT MaD ftwr SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Federal prosecutors will question potential Utah jurors on any sympathy they hold for this city’s two Olympic bid ' executives who consider themselves scapegoats for past corruption in the awarding of the Olympic Games Jury selection was to begin g Tuesday in the scandal that left Salt Lake bid chief Tom Welch 59 and deputy Dave Johnson 44 accused of masterminding a decade-lon- g bribery conspiracy to win this 2002 Winter Olympics While three others including a Salt Lake businessman were charged for lesser roles in the scandal Welch and Johnson were the only members of the city’s bid or organizing committees to be indicted by ia federal grand jury more ttyan three years ago The federal government 7 built an elaborate case using POLLING PLACE VOTING i t |