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www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Tooele man remembered fondly at vigil. See A2 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN September 27, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 36 50 cents Primary Elections 2005 Seven hopefuls vie for Tooele’s top job by Mark Watson children. I attended local schools STAFF WRITER until my graduation in 1966. Voters will determine next After graduation, I joined Tuesday which two of seven the military and served four Tooele City mayoral candidates years during the Vietnam War. will be on the ballot for the gen- While serving in Vietnam, I eral election on Nov. 8. was awarded the Silver Star, Candidates include Steve Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Bevan, Jay Collier, Patrick the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. Dunlavy, Tom Ellevold, Bobby Later, I was employed with the Main, Ryan Timmins and Russell Federal Aviation Administration Winters. (FAA) as an electronic engineer The Tooele Transcript- encompassing the states of Utah, Bulletin invited the candidates Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. to provide personal background, In addition to performing engi- goals and important issues fac- neering duties, I was the field ing Tooele City. maintenance coordinator, and manager over Hazardous Waste Steve Bevan and Environment and Energy I am a fourth generation conservation. I retired from gov- Tooele native born to Marion and ernment services in November Marjorie Bevan in 1948. My wife Jolyn and I have five adult chil- dren between us and 11 grand- SEE TOOELE ON A9 G-ville mayoral trio will narrow to duo by Mary Ruth Hammond and Mayor Byron Anderson says STAFF WRITER he has demonstrated his manage- Three candidates hoping to ment ability during his first term earn the title of Grantsville mayor in office. will square off during next week’s Anderson, 61, has a degree Oct. 4 primary election. The can- from Weber State University in didate receiving the least amount inventory management. He was of votes on that date will be elimi- chief of Program Management at nated from the race. The other Tooele Army Depot before retir- two candidates will continue their ing with 30 years service in 1992. political run to the November gen- “As division chief, I was respon- eral election. sible for managing people as well as multi-million dollar programs,” Grantsville’s incumbent Mayor photography / Mike Call Byron Anderson is running he said. Andele Bad Back, a Ute of Towaoc, Colo., danced in his not-so-traditional regalia this past weekend at the Eastern Great Basin Gathering at against Craig Anderson, a former Anderson says that as the Tooele City Recreational Complex. Last weekend’s powwow played host to over 100 dancers in several competition categories. Bad Back’s city councilman and member Grantsville’s top boss over the Spider-Man outfit may have raised some eyebrows, but he did advance to a tie-breaker round in the juniors’ traditional dance contest. of the Tooele County Planning past four years, the project he is and Zoning Commission. Todd most proud of is signing a con- Castagno, currently in his second tract for the Wal-Mart Distribution Tooele powwow brings native beat to West Fest year as an elected city council Center (DC), which has brought member, has also tossed his hat 1,000 new jobs to Tooele County. by Jesse Fruhwirth their favorite of the year. She into the ring as a mayoral candi- After annexing the land STAFF WRITER Mountain Men ..... See A5 attributes the popularity to the date. purchased by Wal-Mart into Americans Indians and event’s size, timing, location Following are comments made Grantsville’s city limits, “We spectators alike gathered this Gem Show ..... See A6 and scope. by the candidates concerning their installed a $1.2 million sewer weekend for the 12th annual “We have a good feeling desire to serve as Grantsville’s line out to the facility,” Anderson Eastern Great Basin Gathering. out here,” she said. “It’s big mayor. said. The powwow was the most enough, but small enough that Byron Anderson (incumbent) The new sewer line gave resi- colorful and musical prong of Often noted as the most cool, dry weather. we all know each other.” the Festival of the Old West, beloved powwow in Utah, Event coordinator Donna The powwow is held out- Good management is what the gathering’s outdoor dance Chavez said many people tell makes organizations run smoothly SEE GRANTSVILLE ON A3 held at the Tooele Recreational Complex. competitions benefited from her the powwow in Tooele is SEE POWWOW ON A2 Students use horse power to fight gas hikes Utah hate crime law By Mark Watson STAFF WRITER ‘inneffective, weak’ Drivetime was longer, but the cost much lower. by Jesse Fruhwirth Deputy Attorney Gary Searle is in Instead of jumping in the car and STAFF WRITER charge of the case against Aaron driving from their homes in Rush Utah’s hate crimes law was Segelson. Segelson is charged with Valley to school on Thursday, a pair enacted in 1991. Critics of the attempted murder and robbery of of Tooele High students jumped on current law argue that because it Quik Stop co-owner Nevendra their horses and rode there. One of does not define protected catego- “Nick” Narkar. the horses also carried a banner: ries such as race or religion, it has Segelson is a member of Krieger “Buy hay — not gas.” been ineffective in enhancing the Verwandts, a notorious white- “We did it to protest the price sentences for criminals motivated supremacist prison gang based in of gas,” said Mellissa Evans, a by hate. Utah prisons, and Segelson’s vic- senior at THS. Evans and her friend Many politicians, law enforce- tim is a racial and ethnic minority. Chapa Stevenson, a junior, usually ment officials and prosecutors Searle said in most states, pros- ride from Rush Valley to school have criticized the current law as ecutors would have a strong case in Stevenson’s car to save on fuel vague, weak and difficult to use that the brutal assault and robbery costs. “Melissa has a big SUV, so we in prosecuting cases. Many would deserves a stiffer penalty because never take her car,” Stevenson said. like to see a law that specifies that it may have been partially moti- “The price of gas is outrageous. crimes committed with a hateful vated by bias or hate. It takes $40 to fill up my car and I bias against a victim’s race, ethnic- But, “we don’t have a true hate- have to fill up every other day,” the ity, religion, gender, age, disabil- crime law here,” Searle said. “[The junior said. ity or sexual orientation would be Segelson case] is applicable for “We’ve been planning to do this available in Utah. one, we just don’t have an appro- for a long time. Neither of us had “The problem that we have priate hate crime law here.” to work after school today (last faced is that prosecutor’s have not The current hate-crimes law is Thursday) so it was a good day to been able to use the [hate crimes only able to enhance penalties for do it,” Evans said. The senior works law],” said State Representative misdemeanors. That means that at Panda Express and Stevenson David Litvack, (D-Salt Lake City). an assault, which would otherwise photography / Mark Watson Litvack’s accusation holds true Tooele High senior Mellissa Evans, left, and junior Chapa Stevenson prepare to ride back to Rush Valley even in Tooele. Tooele County SEE HATE CRIMES ON A7 SEE RIDERS ON A7 Thursday afternoon. The students are saving gas money by riding horses to school. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A10 INSIDE Mostly cloudy tonight with OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Game win tops off week of THS a chance of showers. Sunny homecoming festivities. Wednesday. Lows in the 40s. TV LISTINGS A8 DOINGS B2 See B1 Highs in the 60s. Complete CROSSWORD A8 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 TUESDAY September 27, 2005 ETCETERA ... Hundreds turn out to say goodbye to friend Temps/Precipitation ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast by Mary Ruth Hammond Date High Low (prec./inches) STAFF WRITER Sept. 22 78 48 Wed 70/46 If the hundreds of people who Sept. 23 80 58 9/28 came to pay last respects to Richard Sept. 24 76 49 Showers ending in the morning, Martinez during a Sunday vigil and Sept. 25 63 50 then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Sept. 26 73 37 Monday funeral means anything, it’s a sure bet the young Tooele resident Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer was dearly loved. for the National Weather Service, reports Thu During both the vigil and funeral that his recording station at 139 S. Main 74/47 received .00 inches of precipitation 9/29 for Martinez, St. Marguerites Parish between Sept. 22 and Sept. 26 and a total Plenty of sun. Highs in the mid 70s of the Catholic Church was filled of .44 so far this month. The normal for and lows in the upper 40s. to capacity. Some visitors waited September is .94 inches. at least an hour Sunday night to For the water year, which began Oct. get inside the church for the vigil 1, 2004, Tooele has received 25.01 inches and prayer service. Once those of precipitation. The normal for the year is Fri 75/49 18.49 inches of precipitation. 9/30 at the end of the line finally got inside, they found that all the seats Mainly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s Pollen Count and lows in the upper 40s. were already filled. Many friends stood near the front entrance of the The pollen counts from the church throughout the service.