www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Erda native earns big money cutting hair — for sheep. See B1 BULLETIN May 3, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 111 NO. 98 50 cents Program helps lower Drugs teen births by Karen Lee Scott seized STAFF WRITER by Mary Ruth Hammond For years Tooele County’s STAFF WRITER teen pregnancy rate has been Thanks to the help of a con- among the highest in the state, fidential informant, detec- but the numbers are slowly tives with Tooele County’s starting to decrease. Multi-Agency Drug Task Force According to Tooele County recently seized a half-ounce of Health Department’s Teen methamphetamine which was Pregnancy Prevention team, the reportedly intended to be sold county now has the third high- in Tooele County. est rate in the state instead of “A half-ounce is a signifi- the second. cant amount of meth,” Lt. Mike Part of the decline can likely Rapich, chairman of the task be attributed to the team’s push force stated. “The amount of for abstinence in all junior high meth for one user would gen- and high schools in Grantsville, erally be a gram or a quarter Tooele, Dugway and Wendover. gram.” Program coordinators Valorie Adult Probation and Parole McKee and Jessyka Thomas (AP&P) Agent Jim Parker said have been busy spreading the the amount of meth seized from message that waiting to have the Salt Lake City man would sex until marriage is a worth- probably sell for $550 on the while goal. street. The pair of nurses teach stu- Joseph Bird, 30, Taylorsville, dents about self-esteem, values was arrested after undercover and the importance of mak- detectives with the county’s drug ing decisions using their inner task force, as well as law enforce- insight. ment officials from Tooele’s “Parents have been very sup- photography / Troy Boman Project Safe Neighborhood portive” of this program said Marc Bowden shows his father, Jeff, where he was found after becoming separated from a hunting party in Skull Valley. Rescuers found Bowden Task Force, arranged to meet McKee. “A parent can only tell early Monday afternoon after he spent the night in the desert. the alleged drug dealer in Lake a child so much before the child Point last month. stops listening.” Rapich said in a press release Sometimes it takes another dated April 28, that Det. Brian source to get the point across Search and Rescue answers three calls White of the Tooele City Police she said. by Mary Ruth Hammond sound. morning. “It was reported that week on a single charge of department had received infor- Some of the tools McKee and Unfortunately, the first a hose hooked to Steadman’s coercion and enticement of a mation from the confidential Thomas use include an empa- STAFF WRITER Members of Tooele County’s search made by the volunteers vehicle had poured exhaust minor to engage in unlawful informant that Bird would be thy belly (typically used by hus- Search and Rescue team don’t last weekend ended when through one of the Jeep’s win- sexual activity. A trial in the transporting large amounts of bands with a pregnant wife) and get paid a penny for what they they found the body of a man dows.” case had been set to begin May meth into Tooele County from electronic babies which need do. The men and women use who had apparently commit- Family members had report- 18. Salt Lake for the purpose of diaper changes, food, burps and their own trucks or four-wheel- ted suicide. A vehicle owned ed Friday that Steadman, a 30- Additionally, Steadman was sale. The informant also advised pretty much everything a real ers, pay for their own gasoline, by Dennis Steadman, 54, was year veteran and former battal- charged last week with retail Det. White that Bird commonly baby needs. They also teach stu- and give freely of their time found at approximately 2:15 ion chief with the United Fire theft for allegedly trying to carried a firearm. dents about how much it costs to when called upon to search for p.m. Sunday on the Faust road Authority, formerly the Salt obtain a refund for an item Detectives with both the drug take care of a baby each month missing persons. in Tooele County, according to Lake County Fire Department, he had not purchased from a and safe neighborhood task (approximately $475) and talk The Search and Rescue team Tooele County Sheriff’s Chief had failed to return home home electronics store. forces made arrangements to about the dangers of sexually was called out three times this Deputy Ron Matekel. Friday night. Steadman had According to a report in the purchase from Bird one-half past weekend to find “missing “When Mr. Steadman was recently been accused of Deseret News, family Friend ounce of meth. Bird and the SEE TEEN PAGE A3 persons.” In two cases, young found, he was sitting in the arranging a sexual encounter Jeff Johnson said Steadman’s undercover officers agreed to men who had been reported as driver’s seat of his 1996 Jeep over the Internet with a teen- meet in the Lake Point area. missing were found safe and Cherokee and he was obvious- age girl. He was scheduled to SEE RESCUE PAGE A3 ly deceased,” Matekel said this appear in federal court next SEE DRUGS PAGE A3 Huntsman encourages service from USU grads by Alleen Lang wishes to secure the good of others has CORRESPONDENT already secured his own.” Fresh from a morning of viewing the Huntsman also advised graduates to destruction caused by mud slides, Utah continue learning, quoting Benjamin Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. advised Franklin’s advice to learn “everything that Firefighters graduates of Utah State University Tooele is useful and everything that is ornamen- Campus to focus on ser- tal.” He also advised stu- vice Friday. dents of three practices to drown blaze “The most important improve their lives. ingredient in life is to “Number one, try new By Mark Watson love and respect all other things,” he said. “Never STAFF WRITER human beings,” he said. fear failure,” he said. It is Quick response time by Tooele “Above all, serve others.” only by making mistakes City firefighters helped a man sal- As keynote speaker, you will learn.” vage several of his woodworking Huntsman addressed the His second piece of tools yesterday. It will likely take 45 graduated, their family advice was “be sure to about $7,000 however, to rebuild and friends, USU Tooele enjoy yourself.” He said the shed. teachers, community lead- life is only worth living if Flames had engulfed a shed at ers and Tooele County you step out of the fast 400 South and 200 West in Tooele School District leaders lane and discover “age when firefighters arrived at the during the commencement exercise held matters less than experience.” scene about 11 a.m. yesterday. Fire at Tooele High School. Third, he said. “Never give up. Sooner officials report that a weed-burn- While the graduating class was small, it or later all of you are going to face rejec- ing device was left on inside the represented a wide range of people includ- tion and things are going to get tough.” shed. “It was accidental,” Assistant ing Tooele City Police Chief Ron Kirby, But he told graduates, “sometimes you Fire Chief Chris Garcia said. “It Miss Tooele County Stephanie Adams, sev- have to ask more than once to get what was not a residence and there eral single mothers and even two young you want.” were no injuries. We were able to students who attended college while still Quoting President Roosevelt in a 1940 salvage most of the woodworking in high school, Huntsman said. address, Huntsman said the president tools,” he said. “I commend each and every one of you,” gave a stirring call to service, calling for Firefighters responded quickly he told the graduates. But, he stressed, “people of thought and people of action.” because they were at the station in “You will never find maximum happiness He issued this same call to action to USU photography / Alleen Lang a training session yesterday. With in life until you make a difference in the Tooele grads, saying “you do your part as Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. was the keynote speaker at the Utah State 18 firefighters, two fire engines life of another.” and one brush truck on the scene, University Tooele campus graduation Friday. Quoting Confucius he said, “He that SEE USU PAGE A3 damage was limited. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A8 INSIDE Cloudy today, with 20% chance OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Hamatake tosses perfect game of showers today and tomorrow. against league rival. Complete Forecast: A2 TV LISTINGS A7 DOINGS B2 See A8 CROSSWORD A7 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 TUESDAY May 3, 2005 ETCETERA ... County celebrates Arbor Day News Briefs Pollen Count Mulberry — Very High Sycamore — Moderate Music lifts rainy indoor Tooele City celebration Additional turn for Ash — Low Grantsville irrigation Cedar — Low Grass — Low By Mark Watson water Maple — Low STAFF WRITER Grantsville residents using Mold — Low Tooele residents honored agricultural water from the Oak — Low three former Tooele City may- Grantsville Irrigation Company Walnut — Low ors last Friday during the city’s have already had one turn to use Willow — Low Arbor Day celebration. Honoring that water. An additional turn former mayors is a tradition at has been authorized, bringing a the annual event. total of three agriculture turns Valley Weather Forecast Fear of rain drove the pro- until June 1.