| Show r iiiir D Of U V i ‘ 4 x tS4' A & Standard-Examin- yA Friday January 22 er 1 of Davis 999 Local News Editor: Man arrested in Ogden robberies MART A ST ORWtC OFF THE WALL Chris Dixon (below right) surveys the scene her Clearfield home after a truck careened in Delivery truck careens into Clearfield home By GEOFFREY FATTAH Standard-Examine- Davis Bureau r CLEARFIELD - Chris Dixon was in her bathroom when she heard a loud crashing sound She thought the sound was someone breaking into her house in the most violent way She picked up her cordless phone and called her husband as she opened the door to her computer room That’s when her whole world started to shake “I saw the wall move and then ‘ I something came crashing through was having an anxiety attack I was shaking I said ‘Oh my God!’ And my husband said ‘It’s OK calm down’ and I said “No no you don’t understand!’ ” Dixon exclaimed “I’ve only seen it happen on TV” When the dust cleared the nose of a delivery truck was peeking through what used to be the south side of her house Just afler 9 am Utah Highway Patrol troopers said a Bedroom Superstore delivery truck heading north on Interstate 15 was struck by a compact car that had lost control on the wet try” - Thursday’s storm provided 4 feast after the famine for area ski resorts said Bill Alder rational Weather Service lead 78-inc- h' OGDEN - Detectives arrested a suspect Thursday in four aggravated robberies when the man walked up to officers as they were preparing to search for him Officers had assembled in a parking lot at the intersection of 24th Street and Harrison Boulevard to begin contacting acquaintances of Randy Pelton when Pelton approached the intersection Ogden Det Sgt Rocky Gallegos said today Pelton 20 tried to run but only made it 20 feet before officers caught him He was booked into jail in connection with the Jan 15 holdup of the Bahama Bronze tanning salon the Jan 1 7 robbery of the Red Duck convenience store and the robberies of the Chevron station at 21st Street and Harrison Boulevard on Jan 1 7 and 18 Gallegos said the suspect allegedly robbed the same clerk both nights at the Chevron the second night asking her if she remembered him She did off of KStandard- - Examiner 5 and through the wall of her house ft- - roads The impact knocked the truck into the south-boun- d lanes where it collided with two other vehicles before slamming through the highway fence railroading through Dixon’s back yard and into her house It was one of those accidents that leaves troopers scratching their heads wondering why nobody was seriously hurt or even killed Dixon said her immediate concern was for the drivers “All I could think about was if there was somebody dead out there” she said As the driver stumbled out of the cab “all I could do was hug him and say ‘Thank God you’re OK’ ” The truck's driver John Hinkel of Salt Lake City was still in disbelief that he and his partner made it out without a scratch Hinkel said the two were heading to deliver mattresses in Brigham City when the accident happened “It was like an ice rink All I could do was just kind of sit there It was a hang-o- n type of deal” Hinkel said Dixon was also glad to be unharm- - Trial ordered in infant’s death V - BOUNTIFUL A Bountiful man has been bound over for trial on charges that he killed his old son in 1997 Brandon Holloman appeared for his preliminary hearing in 2nd District Court Thursday Police testified that in October 1997 Holloman and his wife burst through the doors of the Wee Care infant clinic in cS Layton Medical reports showed the baby had suffered multiple head fractures one of his eyes had slipped behind its socket and he had bloody foam issuing from his mouth Jalen later died at Pnmary Children’s Hospital from massive brain O damage Medical examiners testified his injuries were intentionally inflicted Police allege Holloman assaulted the baby claiming the mother who was working several jobs at the time was asleep See WRECK3B Report: Utah ‘treading water’ in kid care By JENNIFER GALLAGHER staff Standard-Examin- SALT LAKE CITY - Utah is holding pretty steady when it comes to the health and safety of its children but holding steady isn’t enough say child advocates The 1999 Kids Count book of statistics about Utah children was released Thursday For the most part there weren't any major changes from 1996 to 1997 the most current statistics available “Many areas just are not seeing much change” Kids Count coordinator Terry Haven said “We do h of a percent better or one-tenof a percent worse but there doesn’t seem to be much progress for our one-tent- th kids” That’s not to say there was no change from 1996 to 1997 By CHERYL BUCHTA ‘r — x BRIAN m NCH(XSONSGrciarT£xBrTrer Marda Dfllree of Farmington earns a standing ovation after speaking frankty about her cancer before the Utah House of Representatives Thursday ‘MASKED LEGISLATOR’: OR COPY I staff ALT LAKE CITY - Rep Marda Dillree took off her mask and spoke ‘openly with the House of Representatives Thursday “How many of you have had cancer?” she asked “Please stand up How many of you have spouses w ho have had cancer?” One by one members of the House rose as Dillree broadened the scope of her questions first to children then grandparents and finally friends When she finished few were still sitting “I want each of you to know that 50 percent of the males will have cancer and 30 percent of the women will” the Farmington representauve told her fellow members Thursday was Cancer Awareness Day at the Utah Legislature But that wasn't the DIULREE2B court Thursday 2nd determined there was enough evidence to bind Holloman over for tnal He is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Glen Dawson Feb 8 to enter a plea e to a murder charge Bounty hunter sentenced to jail MURRAY A bounty hunter has been sentenced to 1 1 days in jail for his part in the wounding of a man sought for jumping bail “It was fair Jerry Eldon Hanagame 24 said of his sentence Thursday “I committed the act’ Third Distnct Judge Joseph Fratto placed Hanagame on probation for 18 months fined him $750 and ordered 100 hours of community service Hanagame said he still feels “shame and guilt” about finng at Brad Larsen the night of Nov 21 1997 Larsen was dazed by a ncocheting slug that struck his head “If he had died i don’t think I could live with myself" said Hanagame who had been working as a bounty hunter for only three days before the shooting He has since returned to working as an electrician Hanagame was learning how to capture bail jumpers from Mark Joseph Brennan 29 who is to be sentenced March 18 by only reason the Farmington to find Republican lobbied her out more about cancer symptoms I ast year Dillree found out she was among die 30 percent During a routine removal of a cyst from her scalp doctors found lymphatic cancer The chemotherapy she tned didn’t work In October Dillree underwent a stem cell transplant followed by radiation She finished her last treatment a week ago “I handled the transplant exceptionally well” she said during an interview Wednesday “I was only in the hospital for 2 1 2 weeks I was in isolation until the first of the year” Typically doctors like to keep radiation patients isolated for the first 100 days With a zero immune system catching a cold can See the bedroom Distnct Judge Michael Allphin ht Standard-Examin- 0 In Places where Utah lost ground include: where Utah has seen some positive changes Prenatal care: In 1997 833 percent of include: women received prenatal care in their first triThe violent death rate (accidents suicides mester That’s down from 837 percent in and homicides) fell for all age categories be1996 This indicator has gotten worse every tween 1996 and 1997 year since 1995 Infant mortality has been decreasing for babies: In 1997 12562 10 years By the numbers more infants are babies were low birth weight or very low birth actually dying but the rate compared to the weight In 1996 the number was 10400 population is decreasing Teen pregnancy: Unmarried teens 15 to The percentage of who are 17 had 5310 babies in 1997 up from 3876 in immunized rose for the first time in several 1996 The teen birth rate is significantly years higher now than 10 years ago Haven said it’s nice to see some categories Child abuse: The number of abused chilimprove but she’s concerned not enough is dren rose from 8581 in 1996 to 9185 in 1997 being done across the board Utah is once again the lowest in the na“Regardless of whether we’re better than tion in per pupil spending and the highest in Colorado or better than the rest of the nation studentteacher ratios However not all of the news is bad Places See KIDS2B Farmington representative removes the mask of cancer ' in After being charged with the killing of his son last August police said Holloman fled the state He was picked up at the Seattle airport last September and sent back to Utah er 33 0 AT A GLANCE 'Avalanche warnings could be hilled afler today but people heading into the backcoun-tr- y this weekend should expect the unexpected a Forest Service avalanche forecaster said early today ““They should expect the unusual” Tom Kimbrough of the service's Utah Avalanche forecast Center said !Areas typically considered safe could have slides That happened all day Thursday daring a storm that dumped up to two feet of snow in a period "There were weird things going on” Kimbrough said “At the (ski) resorts slopes that had never had slides before were pulling out Slopes that were thick with trees” The slides spotted and reported Thursday were ones set on purpose for avalanche control he said Avalanche danger this morning was rated high to extreme throughout Hie mountains “There were no reports from the backcountry Fortunately people were using good judgment not to get out there” Kimbrough said “Personally I'd be a bit nervous about being in the backcoun- forecaster Snowbasin Ski Resort revived 22 inches of snow base nfaking for a That was enough frvfinally often for the season! today However the lifts were up and running a little later than the scheduled 9 am opening time because wwkers needed to do sftine additional avalanche ftentrol a Snowbasin official sjid early todays i Snow totals at other ski areas included 20 new inches at I’bwder Mountain giving it a base Alder said I Alta and Snowbird in Salt Take City’s Little Cottonwood Canyon have received anywhere from 38 to 41 inches of Show since Wednesday while 9 to 28 inches of snowfall ere reported in the Park City-DeValley areas he £aid In the valley Brigham City zfported about 5 inches of Jmow Thursday Ogden revived 3 to 5 inches and Lib-Jrt- y up in Ogden Valley retorted a foot Alder said ! The layers of snow from jfrevious storms are powdery ind dry Kimbrough said powder lasers don’t bond together so they don’t provide a firm foundation for a huge dump of wetter heavy snow like the stuff that recently fell When a heavy layer of snow falls on these weaker layers it just slides off the mountainside just like a plate slides off a table top when you tip it You can reach reporter Susan or Snyder at 625-42SSmderia standard net 625-422- EWS BEAT 24-ho- ur i Sports Business youngster2B Standard examiner staff v jliprtmn Obituaries Toxins from imported necklace found in blood By SUSAN SNYDER I Tmjri What would lead do? Storms escalate slide danger ! yiijiiiiirrH'-- t Fratto - Standard-Examin- er stall and wire services FamilyDOCtO j |
