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www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Buff gridders learn valuable lesson from loss See A11 BULLETIN August 30, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 28 50 cents Accidents ‘Jacquie Baby’ kill man, injure two teen girls by Alleen Lang CORRESPONDENT One man was killed and two teenage girls critically injured in two separate accidents in Tooele County over the week- end, according to Utah Highway Patrol reports. Gregory Wells, 25, Grantsville, suffered a fatal head injury on Aug. 25 at 11:13 p.m. Wells was a passenger in a 1992 Ford Tempo driven by Kathryn Moir on state road 138 near the Benson Grist Mill. The vehicle was experienc- ing mechanical failure and had stalled, according to UHP reports. To offer his assistance and push the car along, Wells stepped from the rear seat of the car while it was traveling about 10 miles per hour. But because the vehicle was still moving, Wells fell and hit his head on the pavement. He was transported by helicopter, but was pronounced dead at the hospital. Wells is the son of Helen Wells and the late Wayne H. Wells of Grantsville. Jennifer Wilson, 18, and Brandy Everett, 19, both Tooele photography / Troy Boman County residents, were criti- Aerobatics pilot Jacquie Warda — aka “Jacquie Baby” — stands in front of her plane, “The Red Eagle,” at the Wendover Airfield last cally injured Sunday night in a Friday afternoon. The Red Eagle was one of three Pitts Special biplanes built in 1986 to fly around the Statue of Liberty during the one-vehicle accident about five statue’s refurbishing celebration. Jacquie (left) spins her plane creating an exciting trail of smoke with her aerobatics. miles west of Delle on Interstate 80 at 7:09 p.m., according to UHP reports. Thousands flock to historic airfield The 1997 Hyundai Accent, driven by Wilson, drifted off the right side of the road. Wilson over-corrected and the car made to view aerobatics, flying machines a sharp left across both east- by Mark Watson that two-day stint, some of those bound lanes, into the median, Airfield Fly-in and Air Show on planes soar through the skies com- rolling three times and landing STAFF WRITER Saturday. mandeered by highly skilled pilots. on its wheels. Both passengers Most days it is extremely peaceful “Air shows are very popular dur- They dip and spin and sometimes fly were ejected from the vehicle, at Wendover Airfield. But during a ing the summer and this show is close to Mother Earth, which causes according to the report. The air- two-day span each year, the tarmac is getting better each year,” said Tom onlookers to perhaps question the bag deployed, but neither pas- dotted with a wide variety of modern Peterson who helps organize the senger was wearing seatbelts. and vintage aircraft for visitors to sanity of these performers. inspect and admire. Nearly 6,000 people attended Both women were airlifted to SEE AIR SHOW ON A2 the University of Utah Hospital For about three hours during the 5th Annual Historic Wendover in critical condition. Mosquito control efforts examined West Nile Virus detection no surprise by Karen Hunt that it was coming. STAFF WRITER About a year ago, the Tooele Tooele County residents in County Health Department Grantsville, Erda, Stockton, made a presentation about Lake Point and Stansbury Park the virus to the Tooele City all pay for mosquito abatement Council. as part of their property taxes. Jeff Coombs, environmental In fact everywhere in Tooele health director, explained how Valley does, with one major the virus spread and that it exception — Tooele City. would eventually reach Tooele But that may change now County. that the mosquito-bourne West “A few years ago the percep- Nile Virus has been detected in tion was that it might have the county. been just a rural issue, a rural “Since West Nile Virus has problem,” Coombs said, “but been detected, my guess is we were educating people that that this issue is something mosquitos are an urban as well we’ll have to address one way as a rural issue. Wherever you or another,” said Tooele City have standing water, you can Councilman Mike Johnson. have mosquitos.” In the past, according to Coombs recommended the Mayor Charlie Roberts, the city either join an existing dis- virus was not seen as a threat. trict, or form an independent Of course until this month one. West Nile Virus had never been Johnson said they were con- photography / Troy Boman detected in the county. Nikki Lusty of the Tooele Valley Mosquito Abatement District drives a spray truck in Lake Point during the early morning hours last week. The Still there were warnings SEE MOSQUITOS ON A2 mosquito-bourne West Nile Virus was recently detected in Tooele County. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE Clear and cooler tonight. Lows OBITUARIES A7 CROSSWORD B2 New marker for old grave shows in the 50s. Sunny Wednesday. family’s commitment to heritage Highs in the upper 70s. TV LISTINGS A8 DOINGS B5 See B1 Complete Forecast: A2 SPORTS A11 CLASSIFIEDS B7 A2 TUESDAY August 30, 2005 ETCETERA ... Air Show News Briefs ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast continued from page A1 event each year with his father Grantsville, Tooele firefighters Wed working hard to ‘fill the boot’ 83/54 Jim who manages Wendover 8/31 Airfield. “Most of the people who The 52nd Annual Muscular Mainly sunny. High 83F. Winds attend this show come from the Dystrophy Association Fill-the- SW at 5 to 10 mph. Wasatch Front, Wendover and Boot campaign with Tooele and Elko.” Grantsville firefighters began last The father/son duo are also week and will run through Sept. Thu president and historian, respec- 6, coinciding with the Jerry Lewis 88/58 9/1 tively, of the Historic Wendover Labor Day Telethon. Airfield Foundation. Their quest Utah’s firefighters raised in Abundant sunshine. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper is to eventually transform the excess of $354,000 last year to 50s. airfield into a living museum help MDA fight muscle disease. mirroring what the area looked Fire department coordinators from like during World War II. The Tooele and Grantsville will present Fri air show helps raise money for checks on Monday, Sept 5, on ABC 89/60 9/2 the foundation and also sparks 4 as part of the telethon. Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s and interest in the history of the Fill the Boot has grown into one lows in the low 60s. facility. Sixty years ago the Enola of MDA’s largest fundraising events, Gay took off from Wendover largely due to the unselfish nature and eventually dropped atom- of firefighters, as well as the gener- Sat ic bombs on Hiroshima and osity of Utahns. 90/60 9/3 Nagasaki in Japan. Nearly 20,000 Please show your support this soldiers served at the base. year and when you see your local Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 90s photography / Troy Boman and lows in the low 60s. Now, however, activity at firefighters give to the annual Fill Chief Warrant Officer James R. Linder stands in front of an Apache war bird on the Wendover Airfield last Wendover Airfield usually is the Boot campaign. Friday. The helicopter has seen action in Afghanistan and Iraq. Armed with Hellfire missiles, a 30 mm chain just for fun. Some planes land gun and various other weapons, the Apache has become known as “the bird of death” in Iraq. Leaking over-packed mustard at the airport bringing patrons Sun 88/58 projectile detected at burner 9/4 for Wendover’s casinos. But the around the Statue of Liberty Warda said. the Air Force to train pilots. place is mostly quiet — except Mustard agent vapor leaking Mainly sunny. Highs in the upper in 1986 for America’s 100-year The San Franscisco pilot said One of these Air Force jets from an over-packed 155 mm pro- 80s and lows in the upper 50s. during the air show. birthday party,” she said. One of she is getting a kick out of per- arrived from Vance Air Force Nearly 15 pilots from the planes that flew for the cen- forming at air shows. jectile was detected Monday during ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Base in Oklahoma. Tom Peterson monitoring operations in a storage Service throughout the country flew tennial celebration was painted “This is my second year doing said that was significant because igloo at Deseret Chemical Depot. in to Wendover on Friday and red, one was painted blue and air shows and this year I’ve done the base in Oklahoma was Depot workers in protective Temps/Precipitation Saturday. the other one white. 13 air shows. I learned to the named after Leon Vance who At about 2 p.m. on Friday, clothing placed the munition in a Warda flew into Wendover acrobatics up high, but now I fly won the Medal of Honor and Date High Low (prec./inches) Jacquie Warda “Jacquie Baby’ on Friday from her home in San close to the ground which cre- larger airtight container for contin- flew out of Wendover during Aug. 26 89 65 touched down on the Wendover Francisco. ates even more risk” she said. ued storage. Aug. 27 91 59 World War II. The earth-covered storage struc- runway at 100 mph in her Pitts “I just love to fly this plane. A Saturday’s show also featured Aug. 28 91 63 Other planes on display includ- ture is filtered and no vapor escaped Aug. 29 92 65 S-1T aerobatic biplane.