www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE RANSCRIPT Children with T autism teach the value in small things See B1 BULLETIN August 15, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 24 50 cents Hatch touts Romney during Tooele visit Peak pool by Mark Watson swimmers STAFF WRITER With the Senate in recess during August, Utah’s longtime won’t get Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch is making his presence felt in Tooele County. The senator seeks to extend wet in ’06 his tenure in the U.S. Senate from 30 to 36 years and will by Mark Watson face Democratic opponent Pete Ashdown in the Nov. 7 STAFF WRITER general election. Swimmers should circle the During his campaign tour of date May 26, 2007 on their cal- the county, Hatch also lauded endars. That’s when they will fellow Mormon Mitt Romney be able to take a dip at Deseret as the best Republican choice Peak Swimming Pool. The pool for the presidency in 2008. will not open this year because After attending the demo- of delays in rebuilding it. The lition derby at the Tooele project that will cost the county County Fair on Aug. 5, Hatch $960,000. was back in Tooele Valley on Aquatic director Scott Chance Monday where he met with the said that workers from CEM Tooele County Commission, Sales, the general contractor for Tooele Mayor Patrick Dunlavy, the project, could actually com- Grantsville Mayor Byron plete the project in two weeks. Anderson and other Republican But he doubts there will be any supporters. He visited the swimming this fall. The swim- Tooele Transcript-Bulletin ming season at Deseret Peak and toured the Benson Grist normally closes on Labor Day, Mill. Hatch was accompanied 20 days from today. by Tooele County Chamber of Deseret Peak Complex hired Commerce Executive Director about 13 lifeguards this year Debbie Winn. instead of 30 because of all the Monday’s sojourn to Tooele uncertainty about opening the County kicks off Hatch’s 2006 pool. campaign with 84 days until “We didn’t know when the the election. project would be completed so “You have good leaders we needed to retain a few life- here in the county,” Hatch guards,” Chance said. Instead said. “Their main concerns are of watching and assisting swim- mers all season, the lifeguards photography / Troy Boman were put to work painting the SEE HATCH ON A4 Benson Grist Mill Director Marilyn Shields gives Sen. Orrin G. Hatch a tour of the historic mill in Stansbury Park Monday afternoon. entire swimming pool complex. “We wanted everything to look brand new in case we did open,” Chance said earlier this year. “It looks like they have all the Taggers Single-car accident claims life of Tooele man panels wrapped around the pool by Missy Thompson a 2005 Tooele High School gradu- Wallace. “He didn’t regret anything loyalty better than anyone I ever and should be finishing soon,” said Commissioner Dennis STAFF WRITER ate. and he just lived ... He did exactly knew. He was selfless and put Rockwell. “We need to make don’t get A Tooele man was killed early Parker Buck, 20, was killed in a what he wanted to do.” people he loved above himself.” sure everything checks out Sunday morning in a single-vehicle single-vehicle car accident earlier Since the accident, friends and Friends said they could talk and any problems are repaired accident on Interstate 80. this summer on June 10. He was acquaintances have posted their about Wallace for hours. But before the crews leave.” According to a UHP report, traveling down Middle Canyon feelings on Wallace’s “myspace” friend and classmate Joey Nix had “Normally it is better for a jail time Michael Wallace, 19, was traveling when his car rolled several times page on the Internet. Comments only three short and simple things pool to hold water over the win- eastbound on I-80 near Redwood and crashed into an embankment. and pictures have been left to say about his friend whom he ter. But I’m not sure what will by Jesse Fruhwirth Road when he hit a freeway bar- Although the circumstances describing how much he meant to calls a brother. STAFF WRITER be best in this situation. We will rier. Wallace was not wearing a surrounding both deaths were so many people. “One, no words can describe need to talk to the contractor,” Two individuals implicated in seat belt and fatigue is believed unfortunate, some of Wallace’s “I would say he had the ability how amazing the kid is. Two, I Rockwell said. a string of graffiti vandalism inci- to be the cause of the accident. closest friends said he lived life to to connect with people and lead love him. Three, friends ... family Mark McKendrick, director of dents were sentenced Monday. There were no other passengers its fullest. them to be better,” said long-time ... loyalty,” Nix said. Deseret Peak Complex, said a The individuals behind the noto- in the vehicle. “He didn’t waste any time friend Steve Taylor. “He was an Wallace’s obituary is on page A8 rious “NSN” tag received no jail This is the second vehicular and he loved life,” said Allison inspiration and strived to better of today’s newspaper. SEE POOL ON A3 time but will have to obey early accident in three months to kill Harward-Taylor, a close friend of everyone around him. He knew email:[email protected] curfews, wear electronic track- ing devices and pay to repair the properties they damaged. Charles Yeaman, 22, and Shannon Dawn Ruybal, 18, are Long-awaited church both from Tooele and pleaded guilty to the class-A misdemean- or charges of criminal mischief. faces more setbacks Yeaman and Ruybal will be responsible to share the $3,500 restitution for the 16 instances of Pastor blames General Steel for delays vandalism they were accused of by Jesse Fruhwirth committing. Also they are each These allegations are nothing STAFF WRITER required to pay $500 fines, and new for the company, but $250 for the cost of their court Years after a confident CEO Jeffrey Knight denies appointed attorneys. posting announced that a all wrongdoing. Strangely Each received 365-day jail sen- new church would occupy enough, he blames his cus- tences that were suspended in its vacancy, an empty pasture tomers both for the friction favor of two years probation, the still harbors weeds that have with Upton’s congregation as first six months of which will be yet to tumble away. well as past transgressions wearing ankle bracelets, the first Months turned into years, that landed him in Colorado year under the supervision of and a $10,000 deposit turned court. Adult Probation and Parole and into $70,000 and still there is “We can’t be held respon- full two years of curfew. They no church. After months of sible for everybody’s lack of are also required to maintain full- disagreements about archi- ability to read a contract,” time employment. tectural drawings and prices, Knight said. “It’s easy to If either breaks the conditions the pastor has reached what assume we’re bad guys and of the probation, they could might turn out to be a very excuse the customer.” serve part or all of their 365-day expensive impasse. A handful of his customers, jail sentence. The Tooele First Assembly Upton included, are “trying to The third codefendant alleged of God pastor Bill Upton get something for nothing,” to be involved in the “NSN” tags claims that his building he claims. Knight describes is 30-year-old Shane Todachiny. provider, General Steel of his company as a contract He has not pleaded guilty in the Lakewood, Colo., has been manufacturer that sells to the case and did not appear in court deceptive and slow to provide photography / Troy Boman basic building specifications. Tooele First Assembly of God Pastor Bill Upton stands where he hopes to build a new church in Tooele next to SEE CHURCH ON A3 Northlake Elementary. Difficulties with his building supplier, General Steel, have caused him endless frustration. SEE TAGGERS ON A2 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 CROSSWORD B3 INSIDE A 50 percent chance of thunder- OBITUARIES A8 HOMETOWN B1 Good habits pay off showers tonight. Lows in the mid for hospital nurse, performer 60s. Partly cloudy Wednesday. Highs TV LISTINGS A11 DOINGS B2 See A9 in the 90s. Complete Forecast: A2 MOVIE REVIEW A12 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 TUESDAY August 15, 2006 ETCETERA ... Hospital starts new paramedic service News Briefs Valley Weather Forecast Local Weather Paramedic Rescue Service has for MWMC, said the new ser- Lightning sparks fires arrived in Tooele County and with vice, “complements the exist- Lightning caused at least Wed 91/65 it brings better response times and ing Emergency Medical Services small six fires in Tooele County 8/16 greater expertise for life-threaten- (EMS) and expands our ‘Big City Monday night. Most of the fires A mix of clouds and sun with the ing emergencies, say Mountain Medicine Care’ to the increasing were limited to one or two chance of an isolated thunder- population of Tooele County. storm in the . West Medical Center officials. trees. Hospital officials also said the “There is no higher level of The largest fire burned five new service offers a higher level emergency pre-hospital care avail- acres near Delle. The fires were able to people in need,” added Thu of pre-hospital care by having quickly extinguished, according 88/61 an EMT Paramedic and an EMT Boland. “Paramedics are the final 8/17 to Tooele County Fire Warden Intermediate transport patients to tier in a comprehensive multi- Roice Arnold.