www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Theater supporters come out from behind scenes to play hilarious nuns. See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN June 6, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 4 50 cents Peak pool patrons still waiting to get wet Summer by Mark Watson 1. Pool builders CEM Sales & said the pool is a revenue pro- do it last year. Then, they said have been leaking water the past STAFF WRITER Service from Salt Lake City will ducer for the county. they would do it last winter, few years. most likely need to work non- “It generates between but there were always delays,” This time around, however, driving The aquatic center at Deseret Peak Complex plans to host a stop until then to make that $200,000 to $300,000 per year so said Commissioner Dennis the entire concrete floor of the party on Saturday, July 8 to cel- deadline. its not good to have this delay,” Rockwell. pool will be lined with a Myrtha ebrate its seventh anniversary. It At a cost of $966,650 the com- he said. When the county learned that PVC membrane. The new walls proving is hoped that patrons will have pany is in the process of major The company was supposed the major renovation could not of the pool will be modular pan- some water to splash around in renovation to the pool. The to complete the project last be completed for the Memorial els of Myrtha stainless steel. by then. aquatic center at Deseret Peak year, but could not acquire Day opening last year, it decided “Basically what we’re doing The official announcement Complex was completed in 2000 all the materials needed to do to just put seals on the seams of is putting a new pool inside deadly from Tooele County leaders is at a cost of $2.8 million. the repairs. “It’s a real disap- the pool’s floor so it could open that the pool will open on July County Auditor Mike Jensen pointment that they could not on time last year. Those seams SEE POOL ON A2 by Jesse Fruhwirth STAFF WRITER The Tooele County Sheriff’s Department reports several vehicle accidents throughout the county Grantsville this weekend. The tally includes three ATV accidents and three auto- mobile roll-overs that resulted in at grads get least one fatality and several near- fatal injuries. Kearns resident Jeremy Lyman, final lesson 19, died Monday as a result of a car accident that occurred on the Old Mormon Trail south of Grantsville in history Sunday around noon. Lyman’s death marks the third by Karen Hunt road fatality in as many weeks in STAFF WRITER Tooele County as the dangerous Rep. Rob Bishop told summer driving season begins. Grantsville High School stu- Lyman was wearing his seat belt dents about the “magic of the while driving northbound at “high tassel” at graduation ceremo- speed” according to the accident nies June 1. report. The vehicle rolled, ejecting As graduation musicals and one passenger, in the single-vehicle speeches neared completion, accident. Bishop ended on a political Lyman suffered severe head note. trauma and had to be extricated While he told students no one from the vehicle. He was taken to could tell them to pray at gradu- the University of Utah hospital via ation, he said they each had that AirMed. right if they so desired. Lyman’s two passengers Vincent The reason why no admin- Renaldi, 19 also of Kearns, and istrators could encourage stu- Samuel King, 18 of the Orem area, dents to pray is the “magic of were also seriously injured but were the tassel.” According to the alive at press time. U.S. Supreme Court, Bishop According to the accident report, said, pre-graduates are easily King was riding in the back seat proselytized. After the tassel is without his seat belt and was eject- flipped, that changes. ed from the vehicle. He suffered “That’s one of the things I’ll fractures to his arm and leg as enjoy happening, is as you all well as severe head trauma. He of a sudden become mature, photography / Mike Call was taken to LDS Hospital by Life responsible [human beings],” Grantsville’s class of 2006 threw their hats following Thursday’s graduation in the school’s gymnasium. Flight. He was in critical condition Bishop said. at press time. Bishop’s politically themed Renaldi was likewise taken to speech revealed his years LDS Hospital. The accident report teaching history. Like his sage Ceremony sweeter when dreams deferred said Renaldi suffered lacerations comments on the “magic tas- by Jesse Fruhwirth of the opportunity to graduate high rium and friends and families mem- were just a few years behind. to his face and had severe head sel,” much of it was tongue-in- trauma. He is reported to be in seri- STAFF WRITER school the first time around. bers packed the available seating. “I always thought [school] was cheek. ous condition. The Tooele County High School More than 100 students donned The graduating speakers had a a place your parents send you to As many students look for- A separate accident on Old educates students at five locations caps and gowns, however, to variety of stories to tell about why make you made,” James Berger ward to college, Bishop demys- Mormon Trail happened just a throughout the county. The stu- receive their high school diplo- they dropped out and what brought said. After entering the job market, tified the history of higher couple hours later in the day near- dents range in age and background, mas Friday. The Adult Education them back into the education fold. Berger had a revelation. “I hated education in America, eliciting er Grantsville by the Box Elder but they all have one thing in com- Learning Center ceremony held at Some dropped out of school sever- Canyon turn off. This single-vehicle the Grantsville High School audito- al decades ago, while many others EE DULTS ON SEE GHS ON A12 mon: Circumstances robbed them S A A12 SEE ACCIDENTS ON A2 Buck Up Bikers thunder along I-80 for good cause by Mary Ruth Hammond STAFF WRITER The rumble of motorcyclists could be heard loud and clear Saturday along Interstate 80. Most riders were on Harley- Davidson bikes — but the ride was not restricted to only that brand of motorcycle. “We invite any motorcy- clist, or even bicyclists or skateboarders to join us,” said Joe Timmons, owner of Intermountain Harley- Davidson in Salt Lake City. 2006 marked the 55th year Harley-Davidson has spon- sored the “Ride for a Cure,” with motorcylists riding en masse from Salt Lake City to Wendover, Nev. With 4,000 riders this year, it was hoped that $250,000 would be raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Although the group fell a little photography / Mike Call A bucking bronc sheds a cowboy in Saturday’s seventh annual A group of Tooele motorcyclists with the worldwide Banditos were among about 4,000 riders en route Deseret Peak Stampede PRCA rodeo at the complex. See A10. SEE MDA RIDE ON A3 to Wendover Saturday. The group rode for a Harley-Davidson fund raiser to fight muscular dystrophy. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 SPORTS A10 INSIDE Party cloudy tonight. Lows OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Wendover graduation around 70s. A chance of showers marked by many firsts Wednesday. Highs in the 90s CROSSWORD A6 DOINGS B2 See A9 Complete Forecast: A2 TV LISTINGS A8 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 TUESDAY June 6, 2006 ETCETERA ... Dreaded 6-6-06 not really that beastly Clarification Quote of the Day by Missy Thompson aren’t too concerned though. vous when my mom said ‘you we’re still here. In fact, Dr. Melissa Augustyn were the devil child, so now This number is also great for A story in last week’s newspaper STAFF WRITER “Actions such as this and reported a Tooele County you’ll have one.’” commercialism. The remake of warned of a hazard involving BRK Today is 6-6-06 and while the spray painting graffiti are patient requested to give birth Hall was glad to have her son “The Omen” opens in theaters smoke detectors and Duracell bat- number 666 is considered “the today, but could not release a early. today. teries. Duracell’s public relations actions of selfish, jealous in- mark of the beast” in Christian name or more details without Although these mothers Believers in the number’s agency has issued the following dividuals... It just shows what teachings, there is no mention the patient’s permission. aren’t worried about their son’s power use biblical letter-numer- clarification in response to the made of this number as a feared boneheads they really are.” Another Tooele woman, Mindi being the Antichrist, in actual- ic code to convert the names warning. date. John Wright Hunter, is due to deliver her ity today’s date does raise an of political leaders so the num- “Duracell Statement Duracell The New International Version baby today. Hunter requested to eyebrow about the history of bers will come out 666, which batteries are manufactured under See A11 of the book of Revelation 13:16- deliver today and said she isn’t the number 666 and perhaps, the marks them as that genera- the highest quality guidelines and 18 reads, “He also forced every- worried about the demonic sym- end of the world. tion’s Antichrist. Ronald Wilson have safely been used in household Valley Weather Forecast one, small and great, rich and bolism associated with 666. This demonic number is Reagan’s name each has six let- devices such as smoke alarms for Local Weather poor, free and slave, to receive a “It’s just a little baby,” Hunter looked for and found every- ters in it, leading some con- over 25 years.