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Show Heroics saved lives and landscape choking and gasping for air on Thursday, March 23. "I was scared at first. I didn't know what to do, I felt that I was going to panic," said April. "Then I told myself to calm down and do what had to be done or my little brother would die.' April did what had to be done and used the Heimlich maneuver, dislodging a CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE By JAMS STUART FARMINGTON-Thanks to the quick action of two brothers, 13-ycar-old Shen Sellers is alive and well. Shell was visiting his friend Bcrandt Teturg on Friday, Nov. 29. The two boys decided to make themselves a snack and chose leftover lef-tover turkey. "We were just silling there in the kitchen talking, and all of a sudden Shen stood up and his face went red," said Berandt. He explained that he then realized real-ized Shen couldn't breath. "I tried the Heimlich maneuver, but it didn't seem to work. I called for my little brother and he called 911," said Berandt. When 10-year-old Mace entered the room he said Shen was blue, "I called 911 and told them my brother's friend was choking," said Mace. The 911 operator told Mace if the Heimlich would not work while Shen was standing, they should try it with him lying down. "We got it so he could breathe a litde and then the paramedics got there," said Mace. Berandt said he kept trying the Heimlich ' 'about 10 or 20 times and although he was unable to entirely dislodge the piece of turkey caught in Shcn's throat, he had moved it sufficiently to allow a small amount of air to pass. "The paramedic told me that is what saved his life," said Berandt. FARMINGTON-Over 500 Far-minglon Far-minglon teens and their leaders became community heroes when they entered Woodland Park one Saturday morning in September. Armed with garden tools, the citizens completely cleaned the nature-style park that was devastated dev-astated by the floods of 1983. The young people and their leaders have pledged to make the clean-up of Woodland Park an annual an-nual affair. BOUNTIFUL-Brian Taylor of the Bountiful Police Department saved the lives of three boys when he rescued them from a smoke-filled smoke-filled home at 2 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 21. Six-year-old Neil, 11-year-old Max, and 14-year-old Adam Westwood were rescued from there basement bedroom after a fire started in a dryer at their home. Taylor darted down smoke covered stairs, went to the boys room, woke the older boys and carried car-ried the youngest to safety. Higgins praised Taylor's heroic actions, saying, "There was a great deal of smoke damage, especially to Brian's lungs. He will be feeling that for a while. Taylor demonstrated an incredible 'sticktoitiveness'. While we don't recommend our officers take such actions, Taylor is to be commended for his courage to act." WOODS CROSS-Using the Heimlich maneuver that April Winter learned in the fourth grade, the 12-year-old Woods Cross girl saved the life of her 2 12 -year-old brother, Adam Winter. April was tending her little brother when he suddenly started I i . f ' ' I " ' 1 I I '"' ' ' 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 I j ( I j -r """" "X r A family outing turned into a tragedy when a six year old Bountiful Boun-tiful boy was killed in an accident on the Puff, the Little Fire Dragon, ride. Lagoon's outstanding safety record was jeopardized jeopar-dized this summer by two fatal accidents. j 4 & : i . J O N QTJTA N O U i j . The death of a Bountiful teen who fell from the roller coaster at Lagoon was the second tragedy the amusement park experienced experi-enced in a space of six weeks. I X F a i 1 : & i I tmmt i nihil rr This peaceful scene in front of the Davis County Courthouse is misleading. Controversaries overshadowed the effectiveness of county government. Many county issues are still unresolved. Hats off to heroes CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE penny from Adam's throat. ALL OF DAVIS COUNTY--There are many, many stories of police officers, firemen, doctors and nurses who daily save the lives, assist in emergencies, and prevent tragedies of residents in Davis County. They are the unsung heroes that seldom get their names in the paper, but the residents of Davis County would lead a poorer life without them. Their training and service to the community have improved im-proved the quality of life of those they come in contact with. Credit also has to be given to the dispatchers who work on the county's coun-ty's E 911 system. In cases of fire, automobile accidents, injuries, etc., the dispatcher is often the first to have contact with a person calling for help. Repeatedly, comments are made after the incident that the dispatcher dis-patcher was of tremendous assistance. Dispatchers have been credited with helping callers keep calm, act approrpiately and prevent panic, thereby saving lives. Over 500 Farmington teens and their leaders became community hereos when they entered Woodland Park one Saturday morning morn-ing in September. Armed with garden tools, the citizens completely cleaned this nature-style park that was devastated dev-astated by the floods of 1983. The young people and their leaders have pledged to make the clean-up of Woodland Park an annual an-nual affair. , x - -t r - - : --. r A late afternoon snow storm in February turned major roads into skating rinks for a short period of time. Within minutes, two semi-trucks, traveling on 1-15 near Shepard's Lane, had jack-knifed. |
