| Show Obituaries Weather Davis Editor: 629-522- 0 wwwstandard net TVAdvice y Standard Examiner Friday April 19 2002 the county has heard our concerns” Now all that needs to be done is for all parties to sign the agreement But before Connors will sign he wants the County Commission to pass a resolution to support Farmington in its efforts to get a commuter rail stop in the city although this requirement is not spelled out in the new agreement “This will not be signed until the county has adopted it and has passed the commuter rail resolution” Connors said “It wasn’t an unreasonable request” said County Commissioner Council resolution asks Davis County to give support to commuter rail stop the expansion to have 400 new beds The current jail has 376 beds while correspondent FARMINGTON - The City Council the first floor of the Davis County has approved an interlocal agreement Work Center has 120 beds With the with Davis County that will allow the expanded housing unit beds there will be a total of 896 beds when the county jail to expand by 400 beds in- addition is complete stead of 192 By RUTH MALAN r Standard-Examine- “The inmate bed limitations covers A previous agreement stated that the jail was limited to a total of 680 any future expansion except for tembeds which would mean an additional porary bunking” Mayor David Con192 beds The new agreement allows nors said “I feel very comfortable J Cragun He said he anticipates a resolution from the commission supporting Farmington will be approved at Tuesday’s weekly commission meeting in addition to the interlocal agreement detailing jail terms Michael Because the city is the county seat and has many county government offices including the jail the school district offices and Lagoon the City Council feels a rail stop is needed The council also hopes to have a commercial and retail destination in the See JAIL2B Davis seeking private partner tor new center 5 mayors give support in promotion letter 1 ors 40000-square-fo- ot Fruit growers watch cool temperatures in danger from degrees 23-3- 1 By CATHY McKITRICK r Standard-Examine- staff Local fruit growers are n temwatching the peratures this week hoping they don’t drop too low Shawn Olsen Utah State pre-daw- University extension agent in Davis County said peach 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 “If it hits that low temperature and stays there for a couple of hours there is a danger the crop will be im 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” Olsen said The low 30s Although crop loss is always a concern Olsen said low-to-m- id built-i- n 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 full crop See FRUIT6B 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 City officials have deemed the successor to the mail’s site downtown as an open-ai- r “mixed-us- e life-styl- e cen- ter” 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 er 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 mall’s replacement 20-ac- re See 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 who have been out in the elements trying to repair Mother Nature’s damage PAYSON temperatures Mall as ‘walkable neighborhood’ aired Ogden officials Kesler Coach charged in painkiller case over the next several days are expected to hover in the fruit trees have a - Utah 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 Idaho 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 injuries Teeter was returning Ringel to his mother Holly Lynn Ringel after visiting his father Donald Teeter said the boy’s grandmother Cindy Burlison The accident occurred on Highway 81 about 10 miles east of Declo Idaho The packets revealed at r Most blossoms 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 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 qualihotelconfer-enc- e fications” 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- Power outage plagues S Weber MALLV6B - 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 abuse at prescription-dru- g the school The Nebo Board of Education voted at its April 1 0 meeting to suspend nine athletes at the school for abusing prescription painkillers " 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 Fire Department the house was lost due to an early morning blaze Oralie Dominguez (left) Family ousted by house fire 13 people left homeless by blaze in Ogden By JOEY HAWS Standard-Examin- 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” The fire began Thursday 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 yake 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 See FIRE5B ilOJUltPICKl “She Loves Me” 7:30 pm Terrace Plaza Playhouse 99 E 4700 South Washington Terrace Cost $5-$- 1 0 Information 393-007- - 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