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Show J L f D 1 Online: J?artcTheHerakLcom Northbound access to Interstate 15 from University Parkway halted until June 1 1 Countdown to Winter Games By JAY PATRICK The Daily Herald 251 days Another cloOREM sure will further clog the University Today's Weather 7 USrl. SATURDAY, OA Low 53 ParkwayI-1- 5 interchange. Already one of the busiest in the state, the from northbound onramp the Parkway onto will be closed until June 11. Plenty of people will surely get stuck in jams, but JUNE 2, 2001 stafts inisfiiraadoeui X7 VOLUME 78, ISSUE 306 THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH 50 CENTS with construction at the site seemingly unending, others simply bypass the area. "It's just a mess," said Aaron Hadley, an Orem resident and UVSC student who occasionally used the interchange before work began but now exclusively uses the Orem Center Street ramps, about 2 miles north of University Parkway. "I can find ways around it," Hadley said. -- U rr Another UVSC student, Chad L., said he also steers clear of the parkway snarl. "Since it's been like this, I kind of avoid it," Chad said. A good portion of cars at that usually jump on the interchange will now be routed to Geneva Road. That's good news for Jon of Howard, manager Absolute Scuba on Geneva Road, a road not exactly 1-- ....1 DAN LUNDThe Daily Herald . Diverted: The northbound onramp to at University Parkway will be closed to traffic through June 11. See ONRAMP, A7 Sports Labor of Love Champion BYU's Elizabeth Jackson won the NCAA steeple chase championship, lowering her own American record in the event. Bl Local Volunteers say Special Olympics worth work i in sSasido 1 surreiiideirs - N" f,: nt I t . By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Writer SANDPOINT, ! "1 ' b The Daily Herald man who robbed the Bank One branch in Oremxnade his getaway on a silver scooter, police said. A2 The smell of sun- f J screen, the sight of eager faces and the sound of the starting gun on the track signal the excitement of the Special Olympics and, for many, a activity. 'They look forward to this all year," said Julie Giesting, a head Provo coach of the team. Chrysalis For the volunteers and organizers of the Special Olympics Utah at BYU, it's the athletes who make it worth the time. And there are a lot of them. More than 1,000 people with disstuabilities joined the 3,000-plu- s dents, parents and professionals this week to donate their time to create the three-da- y sporting event. Beginning Thursday, athletes competed for medals in track and field, soccer, softball, motor activities, cycling and equestrian events. The summer games came to the BYU track in 1983 and have found a supportive home there every summer since. Giesting said she and her friend Melanie and Chrysalis Lusk volunteered to coordinate the Chrysalis program's participation in the Special Olympics this year. "The most complicated part of it 'J-- f I i long-await- World If only Thousands of Palestinians triumphantly laid claim to east Jerusalem on Friday as they mourned Faisal at Husseini, fulfilling the least temporarily beloved Palestinian official's dream on the day he was buried. A4 Religion Starting young j ujuh &m He started copying pedigree vim er for a day charts and group sheets for The old- . Y PROVO Idaho est boy in a backwoods stalemate between authorities and six fright-- . ened children has turned himself in the first break in a four-da- y siege, that began when the children's pother , was arrested for By HAVALAH GHOLDSTON Flashy getaway A J 5 See OLYMPICS, A7 r: alleged child neglect. vy Benjamin lyicGuckin,, 15, was driven here, about 10 miles north of the decaying family home near Garfield Bay, late Thursday by a neighbor. Bonner County Prosecutor Phil Robinson said early Friday he hoped the boy could provide some insight "into how to wind this thing down." Later, however, he said Benjamin was "not being uncooperative, but he is certainly apprehensive and not terribly open." Still in the house are five of his siblings: Kathryn, 16; Mary, 13; James, 11; Frederick, 9; and Jane, 8. The oldest sister Erina, 19, who left the house after an earlier falline-ou- t with her parents, has been working with authorities. Erina McGuckin's concerns about conditions at the home formed the basis of a charge against JoAnn McGuckin, the mother, who was arrested Tuesday for investigation of child neglect and held on $100,000 bail. A bail-reducti- hearing sched- uled Friday afternoon was postponed when McGuckin's attorney, Bryce Powell, failed to appear. court-appoint- ed DAN LUNIVThe Dairy Herald Big fans: Volunteers encourage Bart Kendrick Olympics at BYU on Friday. as he races at the Special " See STANDOFF, A8 his moth er when he was 4. CI AF seniors prepare for new beginning DAILY HERALD PROVO, UTAH THE Cruisin' the easy street 4 NEWSPAPER By JENNIFER MINNICH The Daily Herald Index Classified ....... Dl B8 Comics Business Horoscope' . . BIO . C4 Movies Obituaries Opinions C2 . . A7 A6 .......... Bl Weather ........ B12 Sports II 6 l"l6ib55"00050""8 PROVO The theme of American Fork High School's graduating class was, "The place that seems like the end is only the beginning. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." Many of those who spoke to the school's 330 graduates reflected that theme in their "We must know it can be done," he said. "Nothing has been accomplished that has- n't started as a dream." Annie Smith, senior class dance paid tribute to the parents. "I don't know if we could ever show our appreciation to our parents for all they have done," she said. "Our gratitude is given with every decision we make from now words. on." Senior class president Haley Paxman said the students' high school experiences have helped them blossom outwardly as students and inwardly as individuals. "It's been great, and we've made memories to last a lifetime," she said. Danny Anderegg, student body president, presented the question of how to go toward their dreams. Krommenhoek Kristi senior class vice president, paid tribute to the teachers. "Teachers not only left marks on our papers ... they also left marks on us individually that will be with us the rest of our lives," she said. "You have been a special part of our lives and will be remembered." See GRADUATES, A8 w T 'N.V 1 II n - (ft ) 1 '..- - f DEBRA BAKTOvTbwra you see a guy easy chair tooling around the streets of Eagle Mountain, tinkerer who says he's also working on a chances are it's Steve Howser, a n motorized toilet and a couch. See story in Our Towns, C3. ' If in a motorized four-perso- |
