www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE Lady Buffs RANSCRIPT fall shy T of record fourth straight title See A10 BULLETIN May 23, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 104 50 cents Short ballot, demonstrations may ease voting machine fears Some Utahns still concerned about vote tampering by Mark Watson “It will give voters a chance to whether Walt Shubert or Kendall STAFF WRITER learn how the new touch screen Thomas should face Republican For those who are proficient system works. If people are still Bruce Clegg for Commissioner using ATMs to get cash or can unsure we encourage them to vote Seat B in November. navigate computer prompts while by absentee ballot. If any group “Obviously, there will be a learn- filling out online applications, vot- wants a demonstration, we can ing curve for the voters using the ing during the primary election on schedule one for them; they just Diebold machines because we’ve June 27 should be no problem. need to call the clerk’s office.” used the punch system for so Tooele County Chief Deputy The clerks can be reached at long,” said Steve McDonald of the Clerk Marilyn Gillette set up one 435-843-3140. The can also set up Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office of the new Diebold Accuvote voters to use absentee ballots. today. “We used them (Diebold) machines Friday evening at the The county will host a booth at last year without any problems Tooele Senior Citizens Center. the Tooele County Fair where vot- during the Davis County election With help from Gillette, the seniors ers can test the new touch screen and Farmington municipal elec- were able to cast their votes in a system. tion. We’ve also used them in mock election using the Diebold On June 27 voters will decide Brigham City. We believe it will be photography / Mark Watson machine. Gillette said it may be a whether to approve a bond to build a better than the old system, because Elnor Nichols (left) and Margaret Jordt learn about the Diebold voting machine Friday from Tooele County good thing that there are only two new high school in Stansbury Park, Chief Deputy Clerk Marilyn Gillette at the Tooele Senior Citizens Center. The touch screens will be used items on the June 27 ballot. and Democrat voters will decide SEE MACHINES ON A6 for the first time in the county during the June 27 primary. Spring Ride Firefighters break earth for station by Mary Ruth Hammond STAFF WRITER Grantsville’s volunteer firefighters stood at attention as the national flag was raised Saturday over the site that by year’s end will house a new $2,255,000 fire station. May 20, 2006 marked the groundbreaking for the new station and there were plenty of smiles and high-fives from firefighters as well as other community residents. “This is a great day,” said Fire Chief Lance Marshall, who comes from a family that proudly boasts of three generations of firefighting volun- teerism. In addition to Lance, older brother Brent is a former Grantsville Fire Chief. Additionally, Brent served as President of the Utah Firemen’s Association and is currently a Grantsville City Councilman. Lance and Brent’s dad, Roland Marshall (deceased), was a volunteer firefighter. Brent’s two sons, Ryan and Collin, also now serve with the fire department. SEE STATION ON A8 Lookout Pass photography / Troy Boman rollover kills Grantsville Elementary fifth graders, parents and teachers rode bicycles from the school to the Utah Firefighters Museum at Deseret Peak Complex Monday morning. In years past, students rode to the Boy Scout campgrounds at South Willow Canyon and the Benson Grist Mill. SLC woman by Missy Thompson STAFF WRITER Newest judge in Utah to take over Tooele bench Going too fast around a curve turned deadly for a Salt Lake City woman on Saturday morning by Jesse Fruhwirth family moved to West Jordan when he they have the opportunity to ask you a when the convertible she was traveling in rolled STAFF WRITER was in elementary school. He received wide variety of anything,” Kouris said. near Lookout Pass in southern Tooele County. Tooele’s court will soon be held by his undergraduate, master’s in busi- “Then they vote right there on the spot Cassandra Tucker, 34, was pronounced dead the 3rd District Court’s newest judge. ness administration, as well as his law ... Two weeks later the entire Senate at the scene at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The driver, Vetted from among dozens of appli- degree from the University of Utah. body met and I had to appear in front Rachel Gibbons, 27, Smithfield, was not seri- cants and now approved by the state He is married to a Tooele gal, former of those folks. The [Senate] voted and ously injured. Senate, Judge Mark Kouris will take state Senator George Mantes’ daughter confirmed me unanimously.” Chief Deputy Ron Matekel of the Tooele the bench in Tooele in July. Stacey Mantes Kouris. At 45 years old, Kouris was chosen by the nominat- County Sheriff’s office said the convertible was Kouris worked at the Utah Federal he has two daughters, age six and nine. ing commission back in January. He going too fast around a curve, went up on the Defender office in Salt Lake City for He lives with his family in Holladay and took his oath of office on May 2 at side of a hill and rolled. the last five years. He will take over is a member of the Greek community. the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake “Witness stopped and helped get the driver for Judge Randall N. Skanchy who has He will commute to Tooele. City. He has been hearing cases since out,” Matekel said, “but they were not able to served Tooele for three years. Skanchy The nomination process for new then. He said his first case was a civil resuscitate the victim.” will continue his judgeship behind the judges is rigorous. He said dozens of lawsuit involving an injury. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and bench in Salt Lake City’s drug court. applications were submitted for the “It was a big civil case where a per- was partially ejected from the vehicle. Matekal “He’s done an incredible job and open judgeship. son was hurt in the parking lot,” Kouris said Tucker, however, was wearing a seat belt I hope to pick up where he left off,” “A screening committee reads all of said. “In this case, they are fighting and was trapped under the vehicle. Kouris said of Skanchy. photo / Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News those applications and limits it to 12,” over cones and that kind of stuff.” Tooele resident Stewart Smith was traveling He praised Skanchy for his work Judge Mark Kouris Kouris said. “After that they then pick Besides continuing the popular drug east toward Lookout Pass when he witnessed in setting up Tooele’s drug court and five, and then the governor picks one court program, Kouris said he is inter- the car roll and spin. appears to be even more effective than said certainly he plans to continue the out of the five as his appointment.” ested in other so-called “therapeutic “I was about one turn away by the time I got in Salt Lake City because you have a program. But being handpicked by the gover- jurisprudence” programs. there,” Smith said. “She almost hit somebody community feel to it ... The audience is “I worked a lot with the drug court nor is not the end of the process. “I’ve had an opportunity to observe over the top (of the hill).” here in Salt Lake,” he said. “The pro- a courtroom full of people you know.” “Then you have to appear before gram [Skanchy] has set up there Kouris was born in Wyoming but his the Senate judiciary committee and SEE JUDGE ON A2 SEE FATALITY ON A2 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE Mostly clear tonight. Lows in OBITUARIES A6 CROSSWORD B3 Sound of ‘Idol’ music fills the lower 50s. Mostly sunny Tooele Veterans Memorial Park Wednesday. Highs in the 80s. TV LISTINGS A9 DOINGS B3 See B1 Complete Forecast: A2 SPORTS A10 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 TUESDAY May 23, 2006 ETCETERA ... WWII vet finally awarded high school diploma Temps/Precipitation ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast by Missy Thompson with Rich Valdez, a counselor at Date High Low (prec./inches) STAFF WRITER THS, to get everything started. May 18 92 62 Wed 85/59 Tooele High Principal Kendall After Young returned from the May 19 90 64 .04 5/24 Topham, who has been the service and married Mary Anne May 20 88 63 trace A mainly sunny sky. Warm. High May 21 86 65 school’s top boss only six weeks, Johnson, the couple returned to around 85F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 handed out his first diploma last Ophir, Young’s hometown. They May 22 85 66 mph. night — to a man who should moved to Tooele in 1958 so their Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer have received that award 63 years children would be closer to the for the National Weather Service, reports ago. schools. that his recording station at 139 S. Main Thu received .04 inches of precipitation 87/55 James Young, Jr., 81 of Tooele, Along with receiving his high between May 18 and May 22 and a total of 5/25 accepted his honorary high school school diploma, Young was also .60 so far this month. The normal for May Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper diploma on May 22, 2006 during presented with his son’s 1966 THS is 1.91 inches.