Ginter, 32, Tooele, Has One First-Degree and One Second- Opened Her Mouth
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www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE Now you’ll TRANSCRIPT really get to know this guy. See guide inserted in today’s newspaper BULLETIN October 11, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 40 50 cents Depot halts Recent violence spotlights gang problem operation by Mary Ruth Hammond the situation, more people are the Catholic Church in Tooele. 24, who was shot in the chest family members stated during last STAFF WRITER going to be buried as a result The meeting, which elicited com- with a .22-cailber hand gun at week’s meeting that they do not Tooele has a “very, very big of gang violence,” says Daniel ments from Father Matthew Settlement Canyon Reservoir in believe Herrera was the only one until safety gang problem,” which is affecting Pacheco, a Tooele native who is Wixted and Deacon Joe Cormier, Tooele on Sept. 20. Martinez died involved in the shooting. From all families as well as all residents actively involved in a myriad of as well as Kirby and Swartzfager, before a friend and EMTs could their comments, it appeared of the city, according to Tooele local groups and organizations. was attended by about 75 com- get him to the hospital. many family members and friends is ensured City Police Chief Ron Kirby and A discussion of violence and munity residents. An 18-year-old Tooele man, believe Martinez’ death was some- Sgt. Steve Swartzfager. gang activity was the focus of a Many of those who attended Daniel Herrera, has been arrest- how gang-related. by Mark Watson And unless police as well as town meeting held Tuesday, Oct. the meeting were family members ed and charged with first-degree STAFF WRITER the community “gets a handle on 4, at St. Marguerites Parish of or friends of Richard Martinez, murder in Martinez’ death. But SEE GANGS ON A3 The state of Utah wants some answers about faulty alarms in a control room and sloppy record keeping at the Chemical Agent Sneak Peak Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) at Deseret Chemical Depot. Depot officials last Thursday stopped all hazardous waste operations at CAMDS because of findings identified in a letter from the state’s Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste (DSHW), an agency which issues permits to the federal facility which dis- poses of hazardous waste. The letter cited incidents where alarms were supposed to go off in a control room when emergency monitors outside malfunctioned. Another prob- lem dealt with record keeping. “Reviews of the logbook show many times that a 12-hour shift will pass with nothing being recorded,” reads the letter from the state. State officials made extensive reviews of operations at CAMDS over the past several months and requested that Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) respond to the findings by Oct. 21. Depot Commander Col. Raymond T. Van Pelt, however, went a step further and curtailed all hazardous waste operations at CAMDS. He wants a thor- ough review and will take 30 to 60 days to make sure all the issues are addressed, said Alaine Southworth, public affairs offi- cer at DCD. She said that no problems were discovered at photography / Troy Boman the main incinerator and stor- Grantsville high students (l-r) Brita Titmus and Vanessa Hall catch a court level view of the 3A state tennis tournament last Friday at BYU. age areas, so work will continue as usual at those facilities The main incinerator area employs about 1,000 people. The facility at fault employs Flu clinics slated; study finds toddlers not that innocent 130 people and is located approximately 1.5 miles south by Jesse Fruhwirth gests toddlers are most responsible infection has started well before ing asthma, HIV and pregnancy. hospitilized when infection occurs. of the main incinerator. STAFF WRITER spreading the virus at epidemic pro- Thanksgiving. A new study by doctors at Boston “The data suggest that when kids “We take the issues addressed Shortages of flu vaccine experi- portions. Health offficials have long Children’s Hospital at Harvard are sneezing, the elderly begin to by DSHW seriously,” Van Pelt enced last year don’t seem likely to Tooele County Aging/Adult advised everyone to get a flu shot, University finds that near-complete die,” Dr. John Brownstein, the lead said, “and will not consider repeat. Health officials are gearing Services has announced its flu especially those at high risk. High immunization of toddlers might pro- author of the study said in a press restarting operations until we up to immunize high risk individu- clinics. Influenza reaches epidem- risk candidates are 65 or older or tect the entire community better release. “Three and four-year-olds als from the influenza virus at the ics proportions usually later in the 24 months and younger, and those than the current strategy, which SEE SHUTDOWN ON A5 same time that a new study sug- season, but some years widespread with handful of conditions includ- focuses on those most likely to be SEE FLU ON A2 Worms on lunch menu for teen with a cause Man sentenced to prison by Jesse Fruhwirth STAFF WRITER Many have opened their pock- for burning house, trailer et books to help the victims of by Mary Ruth Hammond Court to a reduced charge of arson. Hurricane Katrina. Grantsville High STAFF WRITER He was originally charged with School sophomore January Walker Chad Ginter, 32, Tooele, has one first-degree and one second- opened her mouth. been sentenced to 1-15 years in degree felony charges of arson. And she ate an earthworm. prison for a second-degree charge Although the crime occurred in Then another. of arson. Ginter, who has recently Tooele, Ginter’s defense attorney, And then at least seven more, spent 60 days at Utah State Prison Phillip W. Dyer, asked that the sen- actually chomping to a salivary undergoing a psychological exam- tencing be handled in a Salt Lake death a few of the squiggly slither- ination, admitted earlier this year City courtroom. Dyer based that ers. Many, she admitted, she just that he intentionally set a house request on the fact that a relative swallowed. belonging to himself and his girl- of Ginter’s stepchildren is a clerk A rousing success, the strat- friend, plus a camp trailer behind in Tooele’s 3rd District Court. egy helped raise over $800 from the house, on fire on Feb. 25. It was Feb. 25 that Ginter Grantsville students for the relief Judge Stephen Henroid of Salt intentionally started a fire at a effort. Lake City’s 3rd District Court, house he had once shared with Almost a month ago, Jay, as her suspended the prison term, but his girlfriend, Amy Spendlove, peers call her, promised the student ordered that Ginter serve one year her two older children, and the body that if they contributed to the in the Salt Lake County jail. The couple’s two younger children. hurricane relief effort and raised judge made it clear that Ginter will Additionally, Ginter admitted that the goal of $800 she would eat six receive no credit for time already after putting Spendlove’s personal earthworms. served in jail. Neither will Ginter belongings, some four-wheelers, On Friday afternoon when uneasy be given any suspended time on and Christmas presents belonging spectators gathered in the school his jail sentence for any “good to Spendlove’s two older children cafeteria to watch the spectacle, behavior” he otherwise might into a camp trailer located behind Walker’s slippery side dish was both have earned. the house, he set fire to that struc- a cheerleading and a victory cel- photography / Jesse Fruhwirth Ginter pleaded guilty earlier ture. January Walker’s gross humanitarianism helped raise hundreds of dollars for victims of recent hurricanes. A this year before Judge Randall N. large banner in the school’s cafeteria read “Help Katrina effort ~ $800 = 6 Worms Eaten.” Walker stood on a SEE WORMS ON A2 Skanchy of Tooele’s 3rd District cafeteria chair circled by peers who cheered, nervously laughed and tried to keep down their lunches Friday. SEE GINTER ON A12 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE Partly cloudy tonight. Lows OBITUARIES A8 TV LISTINGS B4 Hurricane-impacted family in the low 40s. Mostly sunny finds respite in county before Wednesday, Highs in the 60s. CROSSWORD A8 DOINGS B2 returning home. See B1 Complete Forecast: A2 SPORTS A10 CLASSIFIEDS B6 A2 TUESDAY October 11, 2005 ETCETERA ... Flu News Briefs ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast continued from page A1 Settlement water to be shut off are sentinels that allow us to focus our surveillance systems.” Settlement Canyon Irrigation Wed 64/41 Sometimes called “herd vaccina- shareholders are informed that 10/12 tion,” the study showed that immu- water will be shut off on Friday, Mainly sunny. High 64F. Winds nizing 80 percent of three and four Oct. 15. NNE at 5 to 10 mph. year olds had dramatic effects on Flu clinics set up throughout reducing the amount of flu-related county for senior citizens hospitilizations and deaths in all Thu 66/41 Tooele County Aging and 10/13 age groups. Adult Services will offer flu clin- “[P]reschools and daycares, with Mainly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s ics in October. Medicare Part and lows in the low 40s. their close quarters, are hotbeds of B will be billed for the cost of infection,” Brownstein said. the flu and pneumonia shots Brownstein said a more effective if it is your primary insurance, Fri strategy than focusing on those that and Blue Cross will be billed as 69/43 are high risk for major complica- 10/14 a secondary insurance.