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n v Family affair TVAdvice Comics Obituaries Riverdale hires new business administrator the mayor’s brother-in-law3- Standard-Examin- 1 '4 ' passed teens would need more experience to get license INSIDE: More Legislature By CHERYL BUCHTA Standard-Examine- coverage2B staff r SALT LAKE CITY - The recent rash of fatal car crashes involving Utah teens j ! i 1 999 Local News Editor: Legislature in driver’s seat for new bill If J Saturday January 23 er B might prod Legislators to pass a graduated driver's license that requires more experi- ence before driving Rep Don Bush said he ran into plenty of opposition two years ago when he tried to raise the driving age But this year his youth driver provision easily passed the House in the first week of the session “I'm getting less opposition mainly be- cause (teens) can get their license at 16 and it still provides the experience they need” Bush said The Davis Republican said this year’s bill allows teens to get a learner’s permit three months before turning 16 but an adult must drive with them 30 hours before they can get a license “They get the experience which I think is valuable to have under the parent's supervision” he said HB 10 also prohibits teens under 17 from driving without an adult from pm to 5 a m unless going to and from work or a school function It also requires all passengers to wear a seatbelt Statistics show that 15- - to drivers are five times more likely to have a fatal crash when traveling with passengers than when alone Fatal accidents are also more likely to occur at night Northern Utah has seen its share of tragedy recently with young drivers Late last year six teens in eight days died in cars driven by teen drivers 1 age from 16 to 16 12 Howell said the state's massive highway reconstruction prompted his worry about teen drivers’ ability to negotiate through the mae Howell's bill also restricts younger drivers from driving from pm to 5 am and extends the practice permit to six months It also requires passengers to wear seat-belwhen they ride with a teen driver Student drivers also may spend more time behind the wheel with an instructor if Davis Rep Marda Dillree’s bill passes Dillree wants to increase that time to six hours “Once people understand that we are trying to preserve teenage lives it’s really a Howell said You can reach reporter Cheryl Buchta at 6 chuchtafa standard net or 1 1 LEGISLATURE ’99 Bush’s bill isn’t the only young driver revision Legislators will be asked to consider On Tuesday committee members will consider SB 12 a graduated driver license lt amendment by Sen Scott Howell Lake His bill proposes raising the driving 25-42- — ready Committee discovers t1 that negotiating process J H I W is harder than expected By MEUSA ANN WILSON staff Standard-Examin- Goals for wetlands mitigation might bog down before (i f’’ ! Box Elder County completes its Wetlands Management Plan The steering committee completed the draft in November and now expects to receive public input and then approve the plan in the next few weeks But committee director Jerry Mason said he’s not sure the plan is really ready The plan was started in part to aid incoming businesses looking for a building location Mason former chair of the eco-- J comic development board said finding a location that wouldn’t impede wetlands became quite a chore ’ “Every time we wanted to encourage development we ran into a lack of infrastructure and we ran into wetlands” I In order to build on wetlands as designated by the federal government an entity must arrange for the protection or creation of wetlands of equal value elsewhere i “To go through the process 'takes a long time and is expen--' sive” Mason said “You take a Ilittle spot and create a little spot You’re not really creating very effective wetlands” So the board decided it 'would be best to create a master 'plan using a grant from the Utah Reclamation Mitigation land Conservation Commission A countywide group set out to 'identify larger chunks of valuable land to be protected and marked other areas for Miranda rights tie up murder case CEDAR CITY - Defense attorneys for a man accused of murdering a Paiute Tribe substance abuse counselor say police did not adequately inform their client of his Miranda nghts attorney Steven McCaughey filed a Court-appointe- d motion with 5th Distnct Judge Robert Braithwaite on Thursday to suppress interviews police officers had with Taberon Dave Honie Honie 22 is charged with -A -- ' Springdale woman died from injuries suffered in a fall while hiking with 150-fo- Max Jones a longtime resident of North Ogden has suffered from Parkinson's disease for about 1 6 years For the past 1 5 he has been using a century-ol- d sewing machine (below) for sewing leather chaps saddle bags and tool bags “It was there for me” he says about the leather work “And it was easy for me to do” STAYING WITH IT: Parkinson’s road long unforgiving Frustrations battles plague many with disease By RICH SASKAL staff Standard-Examin- Parkinson’s disease hits the headlines every so often - usun ally when a person like actor Michael J Fox Attorney-GJanet Reno or boxeneral ing great Muhammad Ali - is diagnosed But the unheralded toll the disease takes on its victims is a steady daily one as some local Parkinson’s patients can attest Max Jones 61 of North Ogden has been battling the disease since 1984 At first his arms stiffened and he then began to walk with a limp By 1988 he was forced to retire from his job as a welder at Jetway Systems in Ogden “It’s taken away a lot of things” he said Even though he’s able to remain active around the house to the point of putting a new transmission in his pickup truck there still are limits to what he well-know- Mar- - wedel said the first stage of the plan - identifying areas for - was easy The j protection board hired a consultant and used data from state agencies like the Division of Wildlife Resources to identify potential wetland areas i “We mostly looked at vegetation We cannot tell you if J your land is wetlands” he said “But we can tell you maybe” Soil tests hydrology and vegetation determine if the land is CEDAR CITY Resources American Parkinson Disease Association Northern Utah Information and Referral 4 Center: (801) Northern Utah Parkinson’s disease support group Meets at 7 pm on the second Thursday of each month except August at Potomac Health Care 524 E 800 North Ogden For 585-235- information (801)296-648- “jurisdictional wetlands” cording to the Army Corps of Ogden man is believed to be involved in last Engineers definition The coun- ty is trying to prepare develop- ers for that costly process For county purposes the ’ vague wetlands accounting was " enough In the next step Marwedel the committee designated 3 said ‘ the valuable wetlands for the wetlands good for development and the “inter- - year’s confrontation call 782-374- 0 or 2 reserves” said Navin Varma a Web site: http:wwwapdaparkinsoncom 7 for more coverage can do because he tires easily Parkinson’s symptoms vary greatly by patient The disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that reduces production of the substance dopamine which is used in regulating movement Symptoms can include a decrease in spontaneous movement or slowing down difficulty in maintaining a walking gait postural instability rigidity and tremor The degenerative disease doesn’t kill directly so much as it Tiznado 22 of Ogden was taken into custody at 1325 Lincoln Ave on Wednesday Zaccardi said police believe last year’s d shooting was On Feb 20 1998 Ben Ybarra was injured when he was shot during a confrontation at 3238 Pingree Ave in Ogden Zaccardi believes Tiznado is the only suspect involved gang-relate- By PATRICK PARKINSON Standard-Examine- r staff OGDEN - The Ogden Police Department’s Metro Gang Unit has arrested a man suspected in a shooting last February Lt Zaccardi of the Ogden Metro Gang Unit said Robert See WETLANDS3B A friends in Zion National Park The Washington County sheriff’s office identified the victim of Thursday’s accident as Sasha Simpson She suffered massive head injuries The incident occurred on the Mountain of the Sun canyoneering route when a falling rock caused Simpson to lose her balance and fall Simpson’s five friends were trapped on the cliffs until rescuers sent them a rope long enough for them to climb down Cedar City OKs land for museum U wwwstandardnetj v See a glossary of Parkinson’s disease terms learn helpful exercises and read information designed to help patients and their families makes it impossible to live Patients often live for 20 years or more but their condition worsens “They’ll get weak and wheelchair bound and slumped over - it takes away any respiratory Hosneurologist at McKay-De- e pital Center in Ogden “Most often death comes from pneumonia or also poor nutrition because it becomes so hard to eat It can kill people by falls “It makes life pretty miserable for a lot of people” When A1 Lyksett 80 of South Ogden started getting symptoms of Parkinson’s nine years ago he had another problem - getting an accurate diagnosis He had begun dragging his left foot “At first they thought he had See DISEASE3B Police nab man suspected in shooting ac- :opy AT A GLANCE ZION NATIONAL PARK mitigation In a county that contains 55 percent to 60 percent of the ! Great Salt Lake and its associated wetlands Mason said this Jis vital to the Great Salt Lake ecosystem That ecosystem accounts for 75 percent of all Utah wetlands f 0 Springdale woman dies in Zion fall Then when developers approach the group it would be easier to arrange for wetlands County Planner Jim 625-422- aggravated murder in the death of Claudia Benn On July 10 police officers responded to a report of what a neighbor believed were gunshots at a home in the Fiddler's Canyon area There they reported seeing Honie leaving through a side door They found Benn 49 face down on the floor If convicted Honie could receive the death penalty McCaughey said police read Honie his Miranda nghts during their first interview with him but did not read him his nghts in subsequent interviews Iron County Attorney Scott Bums told the judge the defense wants to keep the interviews out of trial but recall them during the penalty phase’ But Burns said prosecutors would throw out the interviews altogether because he believes the rest of the evidence will be enough to convict Honie Wetlands plan may not be I JlJ NEWS BEAT 1 ts j jj “He tempted homicide” is being charged with at- Zaccardi said helped make the arrest possible Zaccardi said Tiznado left Utah after the shooting and is believed to have spent time in Phoenix With the help of the tracked down Tiznado and was able to make the arrest “They (NUCAT) were able to hit some houses where Tiznado was supposed to be” Zaccardi said While in Phoenix officers were able to obtain leads about Tiznado’s whereabouts in Ogden Zaccardi said NUCAT’s trip He is being held in the Weber Weber County Sheriffs Depart- ment and the Northern Utah Criminal Apprehension Team the Ogden Metro Gang Unit to Phoenix to locate Tiznado - The city council has approved turning over land south of town to a group proposing to build a Korean War museum The 1 1 donation to trustees of the National Korean ' War Museum unanimously approved this week involves land the Bureau of Land Management gave the city for public use The group now has a year to raise half the estimated $6 million to build the facility near Interstate 1 5 or the donated land reverts to the Kopitke spokesman for the nonprofit museum ’ organization said his group is to hire a poised Washington fund-raisd to solicit funds from South Korean businesses He said the Qioup will pay for bringing water and power to the site and for ail maintenance costs The Korean War Museum organization approached the council only two weeks ago with its proposal for the park city-Kyl- e DC-base- 1 The facility would include a parcel designated as the Valley of Sacrifice bearing name markers for the more than 53000 Americans who died and another 8700 who are still missing as a result of the 63-ac- 1950-5- 3 war The complex also would include a Garden of Peace combat memorial statue and 33 1 Halls of Remembrance commemorating events from ' I the war - Standard-Examinstaff and wire senices Community U i County Jail t mi j |
