Show OPoUTAH City Editor: 625-422- 4 www standardnet Standard Examiner Obituaries Fnday April 19 2002 (HODM direction “But if it requires us to go through hell to accomplish it then I don’t think it’s worth it” he said Councilman Bryce Sessions apologized for the way the last meeting was held He vowed to be more supportive in the future and to discuss e so problems as a group the group as a whole can get over them together Regardless of the seeming change of heart the proceedings were jumwith bled and sloppy from the get-gemotions high and tension thick Although it was determined Dallin Washington Terrace officials won’t accept his resignation in special meeting By VICKY C MORTON staff r Standard-Examine- WASHINGTON TERRACE - Two days after a City Council meeting turned nasty when the suggestion a was made to oust Chairman Jack an emergency session was held during which he repeatedly tried to resign “I take this experience of Tuesday night as a great experience and a Dal-ling- burning fire of refinement and I plead most humbly to accept this res- ignation” Dallinga said But other council members said no Then they said no again who Even Warren Vaughn brought the matter up in the first place Tuesday wouldn’t let him resign although he said he still thinks the council needs to go in a different face-to-fac- o Tuesday ga had not been night because the issue was not on the agenda and therefore void he refused to officiate over the meeting until an official vote was taken concerning his resignation However in the end the meeting was so confusing he didn’t understand the outcome He thought council members had accepted his resignation “What?” he said of the second vote to ac“I thought the vote was cept my resignation” See RESIGN2B -2 Davis seeking private partner for new center 5 mayors give support in promotion letter 1 The packets revealed at 40000-square-fo- ot Fruit growers watch cool temperatures degrees 23-3- 1 By CATHY McKITRICK staff Standard-Examin- father Donald Teeter said the boy’s grandmother Cindy Burlison The accident occurred on Highway 81 about 10 miles east of Declo Idaho Coach charged in painkiller case PAYSON low-to-mi- fruit trees have a mechanism where they always produce more fruit than they can bear and end up dropping some of it The Matthews family in Perry has been in the fruit business for more than 100 years Joyce Matthews said they never do get a fullcrop See FRUIT6B Mall as ‘walkable neighborhood’ aired Ogden officials review mixed-us- e design proposals By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examine- r staff OGDEN - Turning the deceased Ogden City Mall into a “walkable neighborhood” was part of the broad conceptual themes discussed in the first meeting launching the design process for what will replace the doomed building officials have City deemed the successor to the mall’s site downtown as an open-ai- r “mixed-us- e ter” life-sty- le cen- The City Council and planning commission met Thursday night in a joint session with the hired design team to whittle that definition down Thursday night’s was billed as the “kick-of- f meeting” one of dozens in coming months as the new mall design is shaped up City staffers have identified 17 “constituent groups” which will get their own public hearing to say what they would like to see in the mail’s replacement 20-ac- re See MALL6B Oralie Dominguez (left) and her grandson Steven Mendez (right) 1 5 walk out of their home in disbelief Thursday Even though it is located across the street from Ogden City Pre Department the house was lost due to an early morning blaze Family ousted by house fire 13 people left homeless by blaze in Ogden By JOEY HAWS Standard-Examine- r staff OGDEN - At the age of 82 Oralie Dominguez is dealing with the stark reality of having to start a new life after an early morning fire tore through the house she raised her family in during the past 35 years “I’ll never be able to refresh the memories I had in that house but I guess we’ll just have to do our best” Dominguez said “I’ll just have to start over again” The morning after the fire consumed the upper level of the home 2169 Lincoln Ave and forced out 13 people the investigation cleanup and salvaging of memories was in full swing Five people were taken to the hospital for smoke inhala- tion asthma complications and other medical conditions but they were all treated and released Two people rented a room in the basement two were staying in a trailer parked outside near the home and the rest were family members said Ogden Fire Inspector Daniel Glenn Fred Dominguez arrived early Thursday morning at the house where he grew up to begin hauling out whatever personal items were left that belong to his mother and family Whether it was an heirloom family Bible a jewelry box or other personal effects Dominguez searched through piles of rubble to see what wasn’t destroyed “I’m just trying to get the stuff that can be salvaged that hold a lot of memories for my mom” he said “It just breaks my heart to see something like this happen and to see how this has affected my mom She’s holding up as well as can be expected but she’s still really taking it hard” around 2:50 am when a discarded cigarette in a trash can ignited after smoldering in the front bedroom on the main level as everyone in the house slept Glenn said Oralie Dominguez said her granddaughter smelled smoke in the house and went to wake her up to let her know the house was on fire As people fled for safety the flames grew quickly consuming the bedroom It then moved its way down the hallway where it “just took off’ once it reached the stairwell of the home “The stairs made it just like a huge chimney and the fire shot straight up into the roof” Glenn said Although the Ogden Fire Department’s Station No 1 was located directly across the street from the blaze the fire spread quickly through dead spaces and separate levels created through years of remodeling Firefighters had a hard time containing the The fire began Thursday See FIRE5B e i She said the winds blow debris through the air and combined with a little moisture the insulators are contaminated and sparks begin to fly “They’ve had a Herculean task dealing with all these problems” Kesler said of power crews wtp have been out in the elements trying to repair Mother Nature's damage Teeter was returning pacted” Olsen said The cherry blossoms also are out and when fully open can only be taken down to 28 degrees “Apple blossoms are still not quite ready to come out so they’re more protected” d 30s crop loss is alAlthough University extension agent in Davis County said peach ways a concern Olsen said built-i- n hits-tha- Kesler Ringel to his mother Holly Lynn Ringel after visiting his pre-daw- blossoms pretty much in full bloom now can withstand temperatures down to 23 degrees but apricot blossoms are more sensitive and can only be taken down to 31 degrees t low tem“If it perature and stays there for a couple of hours there is a danger the crop will be im - Utah injuries Local fruit growers are Olsen said n The low temperatures temwatching the peratures this week hoping over the next several days are expected to hover in the they don’t drop too low Shawn Olsen Utah State SOUTH WEBER Power crews who have been dealing with widespread power problems all week had another incident to deal with when a power pole caught fire leaving 900 customers without power for three hours “We’ve had to replace a lot of poles with these few storms” said Utah Power spokeswoman Margaret BURLEY Idaho - Slick roads earlier this week claimed the lives of a Idaho woman and her stepson who were on their way to Tremonton None of the four people in the vehicle were wearing seat belts and the toddler was reportedly sitting on a passenger’s lap The Cassia County Sheriff’s Office said the pair’s lives would likely have been spared if they would have been belted in Tina Teeter of Paul Idano and Tristan C Ringel of Tremonton were ejected from the pickup they were in when Teeter lost control The vehicle rolled and came to rest on top of them said Jim Higens of the Cassia County Sheriff’s Office Tiffany Martin of Ogden and Johnathan Martin of Paul were also in the vehicle but were not ejected and sustained minor ors r Most blossoms in danger from Power outage plagues S Weber Accident kills Tremonton boy Wednesday’s Council of Governments meeting will be used to locate a private partner to build a multistory By BRYON SAXTON hotel next to a Davis Bureau conference cenLAYTON - To attract a ter on 15 acres of land at private developer to build a 700 W Heritage Blvd in multistory hotel next to the Layton proposed $8 million Davis “We want to be able to Conference Center the show (developers) the kind County Commission is en- of support that exist in the listing the support of Davis community (for the projmayors ect)” County Commissioner About 400 packets con- Dan McConkie said taining a “request for stateThe letter from the mayments of interest and qualhotelconfer-enc- e ifications” will soon be ors says the will procenter project mailed to local and national vide a “hub of activity” in developers the center of the “Layton The packet will include a cluster” surrounded letter supporting the project lodging Hill Air Force Base Lay- by carrying the signatures of the 15 different Davis may See CENTER5B Standard-Examine- B Weather TVAdvice x Stases jwjA - Kevin Poulsen a teacher and former assistant baseball coach at Payson High School has been charged ' in the painkiller-abus- e case at the school Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said Poulsen was charged with two counts of distributing a controlled dangerous substance within a school zone and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Nebo School Superintendent Carl Nielson said Poulsen 28 Spanish Fork has been suspended with pay for several weeks due to the investigation of drug abuse at the school Cases involving Poulsen and five Payson High School students were referred to the county attorney’s office as part of a district and police investigation into prescription-dru- g abuse at the school The Nebo Board of Education voted at its April 10 meeting to suspend nine athletes at the school for abusing prescription painkillers “She Loves Me” 7:30 pm Terrace Plaza Playhouse 99 E 4700 South Washington Terrace 0 Information Cost $5-$1- 393-007- - 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