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Show rwa -win m nng Page 6 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, December 13, 2007 f SLEDDING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND JEREMY HARMONDaily Herald Betty Perry's dry lawn is seen at her home in Orem on July 6. Court to expand jury pool for Lawn Lady trial Jeremy Duda DM Y HERALD A judge agreed with attorneys at-torneys that it may take a lot of work to find four unbiased jurors in the case of a 70-year-old Orem woman who was arrested in a dispute over her brown lawn. Orem city prosecutor Andrew An-drew Peterson and defense attorney I'aige Benjamin met with Judge John Backlund at Orem's 4th District Court on Monday to discuss jury selection in the trial of Betty Perry. Backlund agreed to an expanded jury pool, which Peterson requested because of the publicity and headlines that Perry's case has received. "We will have an expanded jury pool," Backlund said. Peterson said he wanted a pool of 125 prospective jurors from which to select a four-person four-person jury. Trials for class B misdemeanors usually start with 20-person jury pools, but Peterson and Benjamin said they would likely need more prospective jurors than that to find four people who have no preconceived notions about the case. "F5ecau.se of the interest this case has generated we're going to try to start with a much larger jury pool to be able to eliminate people that have preconceived notions about it or have already made up their minds one way or the another," Peterson said. "That might be too many (potential jurors) but ... we'd rather have too many than too few." Peterson initially requested the expanded jury pool at Perry's arraignment in October, Oc-tober, and filed a motion for an expanded jury pool in late November. Perry made international headlines in July after an officer of-ficer with the Orem police Neighborhood Preservation. Unit attempted to give her a citation for not watering her brown, dead lawn. According Accord-ing to police, Perry refused to give Officer Jim Flygare her name, and resisted when he attempted to arrest her for it. Superstar Los Angeles attorney attor-ney Gloria Allred is serving as a victims rights advocate for Perry. Perry's two-day trial on charges of interfering with legal arrest, a class B misdemeanor, mis-demeanor, and violation of zoning ordinance, a class C misdemeanor, is scheduled to begin on Feb. 11. A final pretrial hearing is scheduled for Feb. 5. m f r DONNA MILAKOVICNorth County avid Blank and his children, Zachary, 3, left and Kaitlyn, 6, sled (at Silverlake Amphitheatre on Monday afternoon. Eagle Moun tain residents hit the slopes for sledding after a generous weekend snowfall. This year, a wooden jump was constructed for the more adventurous adven-turous sledders and snowboarders. More Central Utah listings than anybody. Period. heraldextra.comhomechoice li -15, MOOM TO WK$$k L.bMl" OllLlLfX1 OTE$ K A i r. o . Mm mum Mil rll Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy ail types of Metals, Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aluminum Cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Stainless, Batteries. We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to our Customers, Stop by and Give m in sin 550 North Geneva Road Orem ((801)225-0001) use sr7a smond E A L ESTATE 28 Years In Utah County NEW OFFICE American Fork j ijf- 13 f , Main St. Amsiton fork 'XL. l'LTi Network IB 1 I No Purchase Necessary. Must Be Present To Win Grand Prize Drawing At 2 pm. I Name , I I Address . . I I City I Phone Zip. Email . I I I Ever thought about ww In REAL ESTATE? Yt No . fa . -. " -. . -.-. J I Hvt you worked with ny (gtnt at Oimond Rtl Estatt? Yat No O Agont Nam . I Ara you thinking about BUYING or SELLING a noma In 2008? Y No ihs if ii (to im. in n , X V. w'jj - -lij1 (Mlite i. i! f ,4 1 0OU |