4BUVSEBZ 4FQUFNCFS ridgerland " Local, state and regional news In brief Providence teens set seesaw record Smithfield By Kim Burgess during a break. explaining that the pair got about saying they witnessed the seesaw- staff writer By the time Thompson roused three hours of sleep over five days. ing. Payne and Thompson also Fundraising event him, they had surpassed their allot- The exhaustion eventually led to have extensive video footage, to benefit sick child Two Providence teens have cap- ted rest time. Guinness allows a hallucinations, particularly during including some that could be used tured a world record after spending five-minute break for every hour the long nights. for a documentary planned by a set for Saturday almost five days teeter-tottering. on the teeter-totter. “I thought I was in Egypt,” USU graduate student. A fundraiser will take place Cameron Thompson, 18, and Payne admitted he was a little Thompson said. Once the materials are reviewed for Easten Karren, who was Greg Payne, 19, fell short of their bummed they didn’t make 100 Payne imagined he was in Hawaii by Guinness, they should get their born with a rare liver diseased 100-hour goal but surpassed the hours, but the Guinness record is a “lying on the ground doing sit-ups.” names in the record books. called biliary atresia, from 7 to previous champions by 12 hours. consolation. “I was really sad when I found “It is a really cool feeling,” 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the The pair endured for 87 hours The effort also received exten- out I wasn’t in Hawaii,” he added. Thompson said. “Wow, me and Lions Lodge in Smithfield. All 21 minutes on the homemade sive press coverage from Utah Now, after getting a good night’s Greg are the best at teeter-tottering proceeds will go to the Easten’s seesaw in front of Utah State Uni- newspapers and radio stations rest, the two will start compiling in the world.” Heroes Foundation to help with versity’s Kent Concert Hall, end- — though Payne doesn’t remem- documentation of the accomplish- ——— gas, transportation, time away ing their quest at 7:15 a.m. Friday ber most of the interviews. ment for Guinness. E-mail: from work during that time and when Payne fell into a deep sleep “It is a big blur,” he said, Dozens of people signed a sheet [email protected] medical bills. There will be a silent auction, live music and dinner for $10 per plate. Any 30 other donations will also be Federal Ave. appreciated. For more informa- Things you may not have known tion, contact Sherydon Stuart at 757-4508 or 787-1311. about Cache Valley A to Z Utah Man accused of dog fighting held in jail ahead of report ‘Dignified and firm’ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man charged with dog fighting was sent to jail Friday so a report can be compiled before his Oct. 3 Frontier bishop sentencing. John Clinton Smith, 76, pleaded guilty in July to three counts of built Episcopalian third-degree felony dog fighting/ training dogs for fighting. He showed up in court on Friday Church in Utah to be sentenced. But Third District Judge Deno By Devin Felix Himonas didn’t impose the sen- staff writer tence because Smith never report- ed to probation and parole officials The Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle rolled into Cache who were compiling a presentenc- Valley on Jan. 31, 1873, on the first train to reach the ing evaluation. Judges use the town, a missionary among a people already known for evaluations in sentencing decision- sending their own missionaries to the world. making. presentencing report. He was the first non-LDS clergyman to enter the Himonas ordered Smith held in valley, and he set to work immediately to establish St. jail so he could be interviewed for John’s Episcopal Church, the valley’s first non-LDS the evaluation. congregation. St. John’s remains 135 years later, one of Before his arrest, investigators dozens of churches established across the West by the found he had eight pit bulls and efforts of a tireless Episcopal bishop. equipment to teach dogs to fight. Tuttle was born in 1837 in New York state. He became At the time, he was on probation an Episcopalian and joined the clergy, and he was even- for an earlier charge and was only tually ordained a bishop and sent to be a missionary in allowed to have two dogs. the American West. Defense attorney Ed Brass said 7RGD\·V In the words of A.J. Simmonds, a Smith might have been confused letter former Utah State University Special about the requirement for the pre- Collections curator and Herald Journal sentencing report. columnist, “the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church had elected a Mother, child die T young priest as one of their number, for Tuttle given him a stagecoach ticket, pointed in head-on crash; him west in the general direction of Montana, and told to start a church.” other driver injured He was given jurisdiction over Montana, Idaho HURRICANE (AP) — A and Utah and chose to set up his headquarters in Salt woman eight months pregnant Lake City in 1867. After establishing several churches and her young daughter died in a throughout the state, he set his sights on Logan in 1873. head-on crash in Hurricane. Upon arriving, Tuttle struggled to find anyone willing The crash was reported at to rent him a space to hold services, according to author about 9:25 p.m. Thursday on Frederick Quinn in his book, “Building the Goodly Fel- State Route 9. lowship of Faith: A History of the Episcopal Church in Ken Perkins, a spokesman for Utah, 1867-1996.” Tuttle finally found an adobe build- the Hurricane Police Department, ing to rent known as “the Bakery.” said Rebecca Leean Lopez, 35, Most of those who joined Tuttle’s congregation were of St. George, died at the scene. non-Mormon immigrants or disaffected Mormons, Her daughter, Bo Elizabeth Sturgeon said. Simmonds wrote that Tuttle may have Lopez, 2, was taken to a hospital chosen to start a congregation in Cache Valley because in St. George and died about an he spotted signs of disunity among the LDS and RLDS hour later. congregations in the area — 119 people in Millville, Lopez’s unborn child also died Providence and Logan had signed and published a peti- in the wreck. tion opposing statehood for Utah because they claimed it Perkins said it appears that a Courtesy photo pickup truck driven by a 44-year- See BISHOP on A6 The Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle is shown in the robes of his office. old Hurricane man crossed the center line and hit the Volkswag- on Jetta driven by Lopez. The driver of the pickup was CACHE REVIEW SEVEN DAYS IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES taken to the hospital. Perkins didn’t know the extent of the MONDAY man’s injuries. Two local teens started an attempt to break the world teeter-tottering record. Perkins said the 2-year-old was in a car seat and Lopez was Though Cameron Thompson and Greg Payne set out planning to teeter-totter for wearing a seat belt. 100 hours straight, they stopped after about 87 hours on Friday, still breaking the Guinness record. Clarification TUESDAY The Logan Board of Adjustment compromised with local resident Bruce Rigby, Park strip ruling who appealed a city decision denying curbside parking permits for a rental he owns on 300 East. The board overturned Logan’s decision and will allow Rigby to pur- affects only one chase four spots in the street at $200 each, though he said he’ll likely need more. man’s property Aggies lose opener in Las Vegas The Board of Adjustment over- FRIDAY turned Logan city’s decision on SU’s football team dropped its opener More than 1,000 cyclists and their families gathered in Logan for the weekend’s how many parking permits to 26th annual LOTOJA Classic bike race to Jackson, Wyo. grant on the road, alongside the 27-17 in Las Vegas, but the trip to play curb, at one Logan property. The UNLV marked a big change for the Quotable decision does not allow residents U to park on the city easement team. Instead of traveling to Salt Lake by bus to “They gave us some benchmarks, and they said, ‘We want ridership to between the sidewalk and the be hitting these benchmarks; if not, then we want you to be looking at road. Some found the headline on leave from that airport, the football team was car- realigning the service.’ So we pulled some service that wasn’t being as Thursday’s story, “Board over- ried by an Allegiant Air jet directly from Logan. The efficient as what the board suggested it should be, and we put service turns Logan’s decision on man’s into areas that were basically at capacity already during certain times.” park strips” to be confusing. The remainder of the team’s away games will be char- area between sidewalks and the Cache Valley Transit District General Manager Todd Beutler on recent modifications made to bus curb is publicly owned. tered out of Logan by Frontier Airlines. routes, with input from the CVTD’s board. A6 - The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Saturday, September 6, 2008 Obituaries Eleven states to choose governors this fall Victor G. Carlson 8, 2008, at the North Ogden The Associated Press his running mate. GOP lead- bent Democratic Gov. Chris understand the life’s blood of Stake Center, 626 E.