Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SATURDAY JUNE 3 1995 METRO EDITOR: 0 SPORTS 625-422- Rain extra patrols keep parties controlled NEWS BEAT start Slandudi OGDEN — Soggy weather put a damper on high school graduation parties this week prompting Weber County sheriffs deputies to call olT a roadblock and scale baek on saturation patrols in local mountain recreation areas However Lt Brad Slater of the special investigations unit said the sheriffs department will still maintain more deputies on duty than usual this weekend to watch for but it won't be what we have had in other graduation parties where alcohol and noise could become a problem The roadblock termed an "administrative checkpoint" under Utah law requires a court order and was scheduled to begin at am Friday in the Upper Valley “It was canceled because of the weather and a lack of need" said Slater "We'll still have extra officers in the traditional areas tend to gather where they (party-goer1 years" He said the main problems deputies usualdeal with at graduation time are motorists driving under the influence and loud-nois- e complaints Steve Seim chief deputy for the Morgan County Sheriffs Department said the Morgan High School graduation Thursday night was uneventful for law enforcement “Wc had three officers out last night for ly 1 s) our graduation with no problems" he said “Our graduation went very well" But Seim said Morgan deputies will continue to maintain extra patrols through the weekend to watch for graduation parties from Salt Lake Valley and Weber County schools that lend to spill over into Morgan recreation areas “Wc check the canyons for parties and try to break them up before they get started so we don’t have anyone getting drunk or hurt" Canyon close-ca- ll By CHRIS BAIERSCHMIDT upside-dow- n Standard Examine! stall ment" A video filmed by students graduating from Roy High School ends on an unexpected scene “The hardest part is watching the video" said Calli Savage “I can’t help asking myself what if something had happened" Savage 18 was coming home early Friday morning from a graduation camp-ou- t chaperoned by her mother Marilyn in Weber Canyon She recalls laughing at the memories of the overnight trip and being grateful for the video camera they had taken along to record the party held among more than a doz- Marilyn Savage did not hesitate She pulled the car over and called for emergency assistance from a cellular phone The mother daughter and classmates ran toward the crippled vehi- en friends after the school's Wednesday graduation The graduate’s anticipation of a last at school to sign yearbooks however was shattered as her car reached the mouth of the canyon near the Ogden exit “I screamed” she said “A car my er AUGUST Call! MILLERStandard-Examme- r Weber Canyon on Friday on their way home Savage 18 of Roy retrieves contents from in the mouth of from a graduation a friend's car which rolled over camp-ou- t friend was driving was over the embank- cle “They were alive" said Calli Savage “Wc were in tears frightened of what we might have found” According to Weber County dispatch the car rolled when the driver veered to miss an object in the road Savage said the car rolled top-dow- n times before slopping in the roadside ditch Classmates Sonia Bingham and Kory Anderson lay outside the car apparently thrown from the back window Roy High valedictorian Brick Rogers and classmate Erin Jones were crawling from the driver and front passenger seats where they had been suspended See CLOSE on 2D Records in Flemal case show abusive pattern XWMMBnMMiHMNMHMMMHDHHMMMMHHHi By AMY JOI BRYSON Standard Examiner stall OGDEN — Five years before Shelly Flemal was charged with killing her daughter doctors said her infant son was a vic- tentionally murdered her only daughter want evidence of abuse against Tyler the infant allowed in testimony at her August trial Her defense attorney Steve Laker has objected Arguments over that evidence have been filed as briefs before 2nd District Judge Brent West A hearing on the issue is set for June 12 Prosecutors allege Flemal was identified by social workers as a mother in need of “special attention and help" in 1988 shortly after the birth of her son Flemal was 17 and had a ninth-grad- e education and no job Although she was set up for coun- seling and sessions in parenting skills through the Children's Aid Society Flemal rarely kept appointments and seemed "disinterested" in improving her parenting skills the document alleges Tyler was born in October 1988 By January the next year a state agency filed a report of child abuse and neglect against Flemal An investigator found Flemal's residence in total disarray and filthy an ob- - An autopsy revealed she more than likely suffocated although the medical examiner could not say conclusively what caused the girl’s death The defense doesn't want any of the details about Tyler his injuries or Flemal's alleged treatment of the boy brought into trial Their argument is the informa- as by social workers a mother in need of ‘special attention and help’ in 1988 tim of battered child syndrome and according to a state document at extreme risk for “being brought to the hospital dead if allowed to go home” That child lived He ended up being adopted by another family when Flemal voluntarily relinquished custody at the onset of juvenile court proceedings alleging neglect and abuse Last year a child of Flemal's did die The mother said Courtney Jo was abducted front a park Prosecutors alleging Flental in- Cemetery Prosecutors allege Flemal was identified tion servation police would make five years later when Courtney Jo disap- The legal term regarding what is at issue is called prior bad act evidence Prosecutors are arguing that a 1994 decision by a Utah appellate court upheld the use of prior bad acts as evidence unless their sole purpose was merely to show the disposition of a person But the defense contends that is one court decision only and it is the first Utah court decision to rule in that manner It’s bad law they say arguing in addition that several other court decisions in Utah have rejected the introduction of prior bad acts They point out that Flemal was never charged with child abuse never admitted to child abuse and there were no witnesses to the injuries Tyler suffered subsequent report of abuse al- leged that in early June 1989 Tyler had a bruise on his face Flemal said it was an accident Twelve days later she took Tyler to the hospital where doctors found the infant had eight skull fractures and underlying brain damage a fracture of the left forearm and a fracture of the left leg Flemal told authorities Tyler fell out of his crib Doctors the document alleges said the leg and head injuries were inconsistent with a fall A physician told investigators the leg fracture was the kind of injury caused when someone squeezes or pulls on the leg or swings a child by the leg The physician said such an injury is a “classical injury" associated with child abuse the document said Flemal said a dog had run over the baby in the park The park also played a key role in Denial's description of what led to her daughter’s disappearance June Flemal may have needed help when she had Tyler the defense concedes in its brief but she was 17 And now she’s 23 and a lot can happen to mature a person in those years She's not the same as she was five years ago The defense also pointed out in its argument that police in their investigation into Flemal’s alleged abuse of Tyler noted his injuries could have have been caused by her or a boyfriend Based on Flemal's lifestyle the list 4 She told police she took Courtney Jo to the park to let her play She said she became distracted by fears over gang activity and the child disappeared Her body was found three days later stuffed under a bush wrapped in a blanket on a sloping hill just west of the Ogden City of potential abusers could have spread far beyond that of what lice were willing to recognize ? i We Salute J Vitn’ a wi y h'l h tH ' S ' itirwtMMMtiiiV 4 k ' Hi ' po- V - ’V J( iui Larry Lucas Ogden Volunteer Service: Defense Lucas a Depot Ogden retiree has volunteered at the Marshall White Center since the doors opened 27 years ago He volunteers from 11 am to 830 pm The center is a recreational facility for youth and adults In addition to sports the center offers activities such as arts and crafts swimming basketball karate proclasses and grams Meals also are offored Most memorable experience you've had as a volunteer He said the Marshall Whito Center keeps gotting better "It still looks good and they keop Improving the building The recent Installation of an elevator has been a tremendous help to the special needs kids and the elderly" B What you've learned from volunteering: ld after-scho- ol "I've loarnod to stick to it" B What others have to' say about the volunteer’s contribution: Gerod Sawyer Ogden center director: "Mr Lucas is a special kind of person a very committed individual We are fortunate to have him He is an outstanding individual and we have respect for him" Pam Molon Ogden youth sports program manager: "I’ve known Mr Lucas since I was young and used to attend the center He's a great guy He gives kids $1 for every "A" they get on their report cards He also gives kids money when they don't have a meal A lot of his mow is put back in the contor" Conmo Cook Ogdon assistant office manager: "He's fantastic with children as well as adults He's also fun to work with Ho doesn't know how not to give and ho doesn't know how to say no" you know someone who qualifies lor "H e nroymlton' ‘lease sent nominations to Kathy Cutieire: or Carmen I ope: ’() Ilos 93 Oyden or 623 4217 S4402WI or eall ) " r:y2J0 Jail time Former Logan teacher sentenced for sexual encounters with student Blaze destroys warehouse VINEYARD — A fire destroyed a maintenance warehouse at Geneva Steel Friday A company spokesman said no one was injured One worker reported seeing lightening strike the building spokesman Mitch Haws said but officials aren't certain of the cause of the blaze that broke out about 9:15 am He said the fire was limited to the wood structure called the PM warehouse The building was one of the original buildings at the plant and housed wiring molds and spare parts Haws didn't immediately know the extent of the damage and the value of the building ld Police seek two in fatal shooting SALT LAKE CITY — Police on Friday were seeking two male suspects in the fatal shooting of a man at his west Salt Lake home Police say Fidencio Lopez 35 apparently answered the door of a home in the Fairpark area where he was visiting Thursday evening He was shot several times and was pronounced dead on arrival at LDS Hospital Investigators don’t know what sparked the shooting but said neighbors reported heavy traffic circling the home throughout the day The home has been a frequent target for gang trouble neighbors said Occupants of two cars had knocked on the door before Lopez was shot Lopez’s death marked the seventh murder in Salt Lake City this year Three Northern Utah agencies will get state funding grants designed to support housing programs in rural areas Radon a 7 1 python slithers across the Anne Prisbrey’s back The snake was recently rescued after spending the night up a tree snake in a tree? How can that be? A Utah Power men rescue a python By AMY JOI BRYSON Standard Examiner staff the world of strange rescues surely it get much stranger than Wednesday's trouble in a tree Two Utah Power employees plucked a python from its perilous perch pulling him to placid safety And it wasn't just any old snake It was a big snake The story starts out normally enough Gary Tcsch a Utah Power foreman knocked on the door of a North Ogden home Wednesday to tell the occupants he was going to trim their big tree just a bit to keep its branches away from the power lines Nmhing strange about that But the occupant Anne Prisbrey was a little bit concerned She said she pointed high in the tree “I said to him 'Do you see that little ball up there? And I just knew what he was thinking I knew he thought I wanted him to get that ball down" Well more than the ball was stuck high in the tree Prisbrey told him that not far from that ball there was a 7 I pet python who needed rescuing snake in a tree? How can that be? lesch said he was dumfounded “Usually you think of a cat or something else I lookcJ up and saw that snake nnd I immediately called in for a " backup In Tesch Shinney But in between seeing the snake and making the plea for extra help Prisbrey said Tesch went through a bit of a transformation “He about croaked He turned white and was stammering He just kept repeating ‘A snake? A snake?’ He couldn't hardly spit the words out" Now there is something important to know about Tcsch He doesn't like snakes Not one bit He said he was hoping for a cherry picker that could lilt someone else to the appropriate branch and retrieve the runaway er slither-awa- y reptile No such luck No backup was to be Utah Power tree surgeon Ciarry Shinney had accompanied Tcsch to the North Ogden home Shinney decided to go up the tree to get the snake but lie wanted to get it without getting loo close You see Shinney isn't any fonder of large reptiles than Ins cowoikcr Tesch "I don’t like animals" Shinney went up the tree and the snake went farther up I ventually he was able to secure a rope around the branch and the limb was cut and both limb and snake were lowered to Sm SNAKE on 20 The Legislature allocated $445000 to 17 agencies statewide The Homeless Veterans Fellowship in Ogden gets $30000 Your Community Connection gets $35000 and YWCA of Box Elder County gets $4950 Renae Allen Box Elder YWCA executive director the money growing will said help support a domestic-violenc-e shelter program In 1994 the YWCA sheltered 30 adults and 37 children she said The shelter the YWCA operates needs most of the money just to cover maintenance and do some renovations The YCC will use its allocation to renovate transitional housing units in Ogden The Homeless Veterans Fellowship will renovate four homes it uses to house veterans who need temporary accommodations Plane from Utah air show missing ALBUQUERQUE — The Texas Civil Air Patrol joined the search Friday for a missing home-buiairplane that refueled in Albuquerque before heading east in poor flying lt conditions Fifteen planes — three from Texas and 12 from the New Mexico CAP — continued looking for the small light aircraft known as a "Long EZ" CAP spokeswoman Pat Norvell said Two people wore aboard the plane Monday whon it left Kanab Utah where it had been at an air show bound for the pilot s hometown of Owasso Okla near Tulsa It was reportod missing Wednesday — staff and wire services Standard-Examine- 1 BtrfM A A iirfMinB! n r mmm st EZnZfflZEli A 0 to leave a commont question message or news tip Call 625-424- iMvt ynyf rum r 4 i 3D 3 local programs get housing funds inflammatory prejudicial and of little value peared A is Utah unemployment still below national average thanks to construction boom 2D AT A GLANCE leaves graduates feeling fortunate three Building jobs f ft ynti M nd dMoltng |