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Show SECTION 0" 2aUy$ffcroti THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 METRO EDITOR BfU staifflt jot Amie Rose 344-253- 0 aroseheraldextra.com seflirobbeiry Lacrosse player allegedly used force in shoplifting from University Mall Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD A Brigham Young University lacrosse player went from shoplifter to robber Tuesday after slugging a store employee in the process of stealing four shirts. According to an Orem police news Sean Petersen entered release, the Zumiez clothing store in University Mall on Tuesday afternoon with a friend. Witnesses reported that the pair requested a dressing room and stayed inside for more than 20 minutes before exiting the room with bulging shirts. Two store employees noticed the pair and believed they may have been trying to steal clothing from the store. Petersen and his friend reportedly left the store, at which point they were immediately confronted by an employee asking them to return inside. According to the news release, Petersen Officers were called to the scene by other Zumiez employees and Sgt. Theron Leany spotted Petersen hiding in some bushes near the Carrabba's Italian Grill and his friend started to run and were chased by the employee. They ran through on the south side of the mall parking lot. the Mervyns store and into the parking lot, Leany went to the restaurant, but by the time he got there Petersen had left. He where the pair allegedly split up and cont tinued to run. reportedly had left behind the four stolen The store employee caught up to Peshirts as well as his jacket and shirt, which he had removed to change his appearance. tersen in the parking lot and a passer-b- y Petersen was then found hiding underhelped him bring Petersen back to the mall. neath a table in an empty banquet room However, Petersen reportedly turned and punched the employee, breaking his nose, and punched the other man as well. See ROBBERY, C3 Sean Petersen ENTERTAINING GUESTS Skate park mm :. opens in E.M. 'cr : :Vr. A i h3 Aw Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD - . An enthusiastic and youthful mob braved frigid temperatures in Eagle Mountain ori Wednesday night to open the city's new skate .; park.. For youths and their parents, the park represented a place for teens to have something constructive to do. ' "There is not much but here in Eagle Mountain,".said v Brad Winter, ' ' "I wish 1 ' - ;vpo.came with friends to skate before : could jive city officials -- nextjddor cgni yellow r t s ribbon to mark the official y ' opening of the new $350,000 so could come here I skate park. "We are always getting in trouble for being at the everyday." Brad Winter Eagle Mountain skateboarder gas station, and there are a lot of skaters in Eagle Mountain," Coden Chatf ield. said "The other day there were 50 people out here skating when it was warmer," said LeviMonson. All three agreed that the skate park was about the best thing around for youth, especially young mea "I get pumped up just to come out to skate because I just love to do it," said Winter. "I wish I could live next door so I could come here every day." While some residents had expressed concerns to the city that .; MARIO ,. SKATE PARK, Alpine kids get a glimpse Kenyan life Caleb Warnock DAILY Lunch HERALD on Wednesday at Alpine Elementary looked better to students than ever That's because hundreds of students here got to see how students at their sister school in Kenya eat and those Kenyan students, all orphans attending the Candle Light charity school, will be as- -' sured of having lunch in upcoming weeks thanks to donations from Alpine Elementary student J ' fundraising. for a week. The school, run by volunteers, educates 350 orphans. Alpine Elementary has been encouraging culture. students to walk to school not only to increase As part of the school's goal of being safe, fit and their health but to curb the number of cars on the kind, Alpine Elementary students are walking to streets, said Principal David Stephenson. Students can also walk at school during recess and lunch, raise money for the Candle Light orphans. Using fundraiser money, the school will donate 40 cents and Stephenson reminded students on Wednesday for every 10 miles each Alpine student walks. that 22 laps around the gym, or four laps around So far, students have walked enough to earn a the school's outdoor field, equals a mile. Inside-ou- t $250 is enough quarter of their $1,000 goal-ThaLearning, an Alpine-base- d to feed 625 students a typical Candle Light School lunch of corn flour porridge, sardines and cabbage See KENYA, C3 Three Kenyan educators visited Alpine Elementary on Wednesday to thank the students for their donations and to give students a look at Kenyan Brock Vergakis Utah Valley residents woke up to snow on the ground early ; 1 Wednesday morning but found it all melted away by the early afternoon. White ; capped Mount Timpanogos is seen behind Timpview, ... Drive in Provo picturedj. Mostly sunny skies are expected Thursday with a high of 40 with temperatures warming up to the low 50s by Saturday and expected showers . . on Sunday, according to www. weather.com.. , - Herald Huntsman prepares to become more aggressive in second term Winter Wonderland . C3 RUIZDaily Alpine Elementary School children dance during an assembly featuring school officials from Kenya, on Wednesday. Students from Alpine Elementary are walking to raise money to benefit a school in Kenya. ; See MARIO RUIZ Dally Herald - THE ASSOCIATED Huntsman's victory is the result of tending to his conservative base while broadly appeal- PRESS ing to moderate Republicans like himself as well as a good share of Democrats. "You just don't see those kinds of numbers," said Kelly Patterson, director of Brigham ; Young University's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. "That's support that's just broad and deep." Huntsman is interpreting his victory as nothing short of a mandate from voters to pursue his moderate agenda, setting After winning with 77 percent of the vote up what could be some very the largest margin of victory public battles with a Republi- - f by any Utah gubernatorial Legislature that tends to be more conservative candidate in at least 48 years than he is. Huntsman will become more vocaL more aggressive Fights with the Legislature and more willing to take on the are nothing new. But usually, ultraconservative elements of they're in private. On several occasions, Huntshis own Republican party as he begins his second and final man bit his tongue on some .' issues while he sought to avoid term. "Well be as aggressive as intraparty challengers during ... OOUQLAS C. PIZACAP we need to be in order to get the lead-u- p to the Republican said Gov. even Jon where makes his Huntsman Huntsman, convention, poputhings done," who beat Democratic business lar governors can lose. wiceptance speech at the COP consultant Bob Springmeyer on party after being on Tuesday. See HUNTSMAN, C3 Tuesday, in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY Gov. . Jon Huntsman may ride a motorcycle and play in a rock band, but his political style is far from flashy. y The former diplomat isn't known for giving rousing speeches, memorable sound- bites or using the bully pulpit to draw attention to his political agenda. v Expect that last part - " ; 1 |