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Show 4 Lakeside 13 199? fW New center helps children face talking about abuse VoSunteers turn haunted two' Into homey sanctuary PyRUTHMAlAN -A haunted hure: hav LAWTON into an enchanted children, And Joan HelKtrom. the Childrens Justice CVnier cwrdtnantr Mr tire stare f t'uh, Hew in from I ax VVgax twentiy o tell (he La inn North Daxix Area Chamber of Commerce all uhut it. A home that like might he ur erandmothers home ha juxt rcntrd in I armmgton sc a Children's Justice Center. The center has been set on as a pUc l mien icw children so they are rmtecied from further abuse, llcllstrom said the center is needed because child abuse, especially sesual abuse, is a crime that usually occurs without witnesses. Mhi of the time it's only the child and the perpetrator who know u has happened, What a child has to say about the abuse becomes an important piece of if the case is to be prosecuted. U ihout the center, the child can be a ileum of the system. In I 9j5 an attorney in Huntsville. Ala., decided to do something about the way children who have been victimized are interviewed. Children were being imenieweJ and has swjximi that ami is Flowers 41 From Lake City. When hi family moved into the old home 10 years ago, they knew they had their work cut out for them. Besides restoring the interior, there was plenty of yard-woto do. The place had been rk ''& b. V' vacant for several years after Smiths grandmother died, said Mary Jo Fowcrs, his aunt and G'J 1 next-do- or neighbor. His grandmother kept a beautiful yard, Powers added. But because no one had cared for it in awhile, it had become Fowers said. Smith visited Fowers, who is a master gardener, many times. She took courses at Utah State University Extension Service in Ogden, and the two frequently them. When Miller was hired a year ago, the former child abuse investigator had a vi--. sion as to what the center would be. "It has surpassed that and is much nicer," he said about the new center. There is playground equipment lots of toys for the children as well. ! and' Volunteer helped to put the place together. doing the actual building, roofing and landscaping. Now volunteers are needed to answer telephones, greet peo-pie and io make teddy bears or donate purchased teddy bears, books or toys. l or information on how you group can help, call Miller at or your 451-355- . 4. when he noticed Susan Ogden, the store's flower shop manager, as the smaller S3.99 and arranging plastic sleeves. Now Smith's bouquets can be . found in both Harmons, at Ma- ccy's Food & Drug in Ogden and ; p in Ogden, Sandy, Toms Marketplace in Layton, and Clearfield and Winegars su-- ; I permarkets in Roy. pre-ma- 1 )3 A set of staus allows the child to have . control of the situation. The child chooses where to sit and can be the highest in the room. One of the room is set up for teens. Often victims are asked ' whish room is more comfortable for. o-c- al -- , placed inconspicuously, but they can be seen. Soon tire children forget they are there, Miller said. d ce W-K'r- There are two rooms for interviewing. Microphones and video cameras are; n, lk$ iiVit child will feel more at Home. The homey atmosphere includes the smells of fresti bread and cookies being baked in the justice cenier to make it more pleasant. Now there are seven of the centers statewide. And volunteers in Davis opened just few weeks ago. JO children have been interviewed there. County undertook the task of changing a According to Doug Miller, director of much nicer. "haunted house" into an etwhanred cotthe I armmgton center, only about one -- Doug Milter, tage for children to open the latest cenin 20 abuse cares are reported, and there direct or f the new Children' ter. are 10, but a year reported in Utah, Justice Center In Farmington, The home, at 124 S, Main St. in Miller called ihe center "a gift of love n how the center fumed out was donated by Davis County and hope" that will help make the profor use at a Childrens Justice Center. cess of telling someone about abuse casbuilding needed major ter. traumatized over and ever," said Hells, The i04year-olWhen a child is abused, the first per-so- n trom. describing the process. With the renovation, so center otlicials accepted he or she usually tells is a peer or Cliddrens Justice Cenier, the child will donations in the form of cash and labor. The law requires that the house be friend, then the Inend often goes to a be interviewed just once and may never donated by the community. So many teacher. have to go to court as a witness. civic and community groups helped The teacher may interview the child of A grant helped with the sun-u- p before talking to the principal. the facility, and the community became to make the center a reality. llellstrom said the center is badly He may want to sertfy it, so already a partnership with government to comneeded for children in ihe Davis County three people are involved befre getting plete the center, the system involved." Miller explained. lists is a private and public partner-shi- p. area. Then there is the family, the police of"It is frightening to go to court as an Ilellsirom said. in 19X9, local attorney Reed Richards adult," llellstrom said. "I saw a mother ficer, a social worker and an attorney, was on ihe governor's task force for walking up to the door of the Ogden and it is not long before the child has abused children. Richards went to center, with her children. I knew how told the story 10 times. Huntsville to see how the program they would feel. If they were there. I "Frequently he wishes he hadn't told knew something bad had happened. We anyone. The center is an attempt to worked. "He founJ it was great, and he as adulis really do have responsibility for solve that," Milter said. Research has been done showing that thought it was so easy, but he came back our children." llellstrom said putting the center to- when a child Is interviewed in an uncomand found it wasn't easy," llellstrom said. gether is like making a guilt. There are a fortable environment, he or she won't In 1991, the first children's justice lot of pieces that have to come together, disclose much information. If taken to a center was set up in Weber County. distinct individual nieces, before the police station, he won't talk because he chilJrcn will feel the love and comfort of fears he might go to jail. I von when inRichards was a believer in the mulu-di- v terviewed at school, the child is frightciplinary team, meeting with a child in a that quilt. ened and doesn't want to go hack to the Last year 2.500 children were interneutral setting. He planned to change the system and make it better for the viewed in Five centers throughout the classroom. In the justice center, officials say the child. state. Since the Davit County center wlt bouquets in de "The light bulh went off," Smith says. "There's a market out there." Ogden, who works now at the Hannons in Ogden, said Smith's ready-mad- e al. $5.99-bouquet- s. Stop-n-Sho- bouquets are unusu- Smith's long-tergoals in- -: dude finishing a large green house on his property. Right: now, it's framed and has the heating and cooling system in- C s 5 m "They're more like wildflower bouquets. They're not daisies, not the normal bouquets." she -, stalled. He also hopes to convert his grandmother's chicken coops in- to greenhouses. said. "People seem to like them." Ogden said Smith had to learn what size people like the best. Large bouquets don't sell as well A 1 K fi 6 ci N s run-dow- n, Insist p n. at Energy Saving L NATURAL GAS c discussed what flowers and BRIAN . ' This 56 Chevy can be seen by area automobile enthusiasts at Street in Layton. ON DISPLAY: Car From 1 Sd the odometer, but after sitting & her garage for 26 years the car R3d no fluids left in the engine. Xhe engine was frozen solid, there was no water in the radiator nd the brake fluid had long since evaporated. Teesling rolled &e car onto the trailer and laought it back to Utah. took some work, but "Itand his sons the put Teesl-in- g Chevy Permits From St., which hasn't been reviewed since it opened with a conditional-use permit in 1995, Smith said. v; Planning commissioners still might not have realized it, but the gym wanted conditional-us- e status to put a cell tower on the lot. 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