| Show t: - f Obituaries Classifieds - I Standard-Examin- Monday May 8 2000 er I Local News Editor: 625-422- 4 NHsWJS are worried about keeping the project on the right schedule Still officials By JOE PYRAH staff Standard-Examin- After years of finding the right location a month of delays from an engineering gafT and weeks negotiations to purchase one last piece of property 'the Weber County solid waste transfer station creeps to completion cause the bridge won’t be done Laird said He is referring to the bridge large trucks will use while crossing the Weber River to bring garbage to the station One last piece of property has yet to be purchased from a private owner before construction can begin Laird said negotiations are ongoing and he hopes to have them done within a week Final completion of the $8 million station is slated for late September or Huge pillars that will support the main building rest on the concrete slab that will serve as the floor for the structure They are expected to be raised within two weeks said Gary Laird county director of operations But while buildings rise con- g cern remains about keeping other aspects of the project on schedule “What I’m afraid of is the project will be done but that I can’t get the traffic through be base reserves October The transfer station is designed to collect 600 tons of waste every day from all municipalities and unincorporated areas of the county The waste will then be loaded into 10 train cars and hauled to a massive landfill in Carbon County The county has been using a temporary transfer station while work continues on the new one The changeover will impact county residents in several ways including easier access and a recycling center said Karlene Linford director of solid waste “We’ve been looking to help start recycling in the county” Linford said Users will be able to drop paper plastic and aluminum though not likely glass because there is no market for it The ofT county will most likely seek bids from recycling companies that See WASTE3C Hill Ogden doctor 87 takes down his shingle fly to Turkey Members of 41 9th Fighter Wing will enforce no-fl- y zone in N Iraq UTAH saamrm Car runs over kills man lying in street OGDEN - The police are still working today to determine if a man who was struck and killed by a car over the weekend was dead before he was hit Antimo Prado 35 was lying in the roadway at 28th and Monroe when he was hit by Alfonso Uribe 18 Sunday at 12:41 am according to police reports Information provided to police by Unbe said the victim looked like he had blood on him before he was hit According to the report Prado had either fallen down and injured himself prior to being struck by Uribe or had been hit by another vehicle prior to being hit by Uribe who fled the scene after hitting Prado but was later apprehended Rail project to be discussed Thursday By RALPH WAKLEY OGDEN - Weber County is hosting a presentation on a proposed commuter rail project along the Wasatch Front at 7 pm Thursday in the Weber County Commission Chambers 2380 Washington Blvd Issues to be covered include construction and operation of the project funding sources track alignment and y issues Representatives from the Utah Transit Authority and Wasatch Front Regional Council will lead the discussion staff Standard-Examin- AT A GLANCE HILL AIR FORCE BASE About 300 members of the Air Force Reserve’s 419th Fighter Wing from Hill Air Force Base will head for Turkey this month to participate in Operation Northern Watch y zone helping enforce the over northern Iraq “We’ll go in two shifts” said Col FC Williams the 419th’s commander “Each group will stay approximately two weeks” Since the American-backe- d Coalition forces drove Iraq out of Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf war they have barred Iraqi Air Force warplanes from flying over southern and northern portions of the country “I look forward to1 going back” said Williams who has flown peacekeeping missions over Iraq three previous times and twice over Bosnia “It’s our job In the end that’s what the taxpayers are paying us to ' - no-fl- right-of-wa- Utah code clearly defines crime SALT LAKE CITY - Utah still has fornication and adultery on the law books but the state's criminal code ranks in the top five in the country for clearly defining crimes and penalties according to a new study by Northwestern University “It’s a reasonably criminal code” agreed deputy district attorney do” James Pilots from the 419th will take four of their 6 Fighting Falcons to Turkey and from an Air Force four Reserve wing from Fort Worth Texas The second group from the 419th will use those same fighters as will two groups from the Texas wing Then the Texans will home later this bring the summer In an effort to take more pressure off of regular Air Force units deployed to the Middle East Williams said Reserve wings will cover much of the peacekeeping commitment through the summer r Being sent to Turkey is a little better than flying out of a Persian Gulf base he said '“We’ll have a little better ac- jcommodations and a little more freedom” not an accident" Housley said Housley chairman of the legal affairs committee for the Statewide Association for Public Attorneys has worked for years to make Utah's code sensible The Legislature’s research and legal office also oversees the state’s ever changing code Through cooperation the Utah code is slovyly being trimmed and altered to better define crimes “Our code has always been very generous in its definition of penalties” said Bud Ellett who headed Salt Lake County's cnminal division before retiring last year “People have always known the penalty if they commit the crime” F-1- F-1- 6s F-1- 6s You can reach reporter Ralph Wakley at 532-210- 4 or rwak-le- y (3 standardnet Physician Dr Drew Petersen talks with retiring after a long service in Ogden RETIRING PROFESSIONAL: one of his patients for the last time in his professional capacity The doctor 87 His back is straight and there is no slowness to his step He still has hair his mind is sharp and his cynical sense of humor continues to flourish “By the way Petersen is he tells the spelled with an reporter “I don’t associate with the he jokingly says For over 54 years Petersen has practiced medicine in the same 25th Street Building He in fact was the only doctor who remained at the site throughout By JAMIE LAMPROS correspondent Standard-Examin- - The secret to is to never OGDEN young in a rocking Dr Drew chair says Petersen The internal medicine e-- n” specialist after 54 years of practice took down his doctor’s shingle this month But although he’s retiring Petersen doesn’t look a day over 65 the age most people retire o-n-s” ii h 1 1 tin A photo tribute to moms and spring the years He said he liked the building because it was a good location for his patients and didn’t have any elevators so he never saw a reason to change Petersen saw of lot of other changes in medicine over the years however especially with antibiotics and advances in cardiac medicine He said kept up with everything in his field except one and that was moving to a fancy clinic Wednesday Northern Utah Card Show 6 pm to 9 pm Marriott Hotel 247 24th St Ogden Free Buy - Sell & Trade Information 393-3491 2 Hand-crafte- Today ' Gift Boutique 1pm to 8 d am to 8 pm and Friday and 10 am to Thursday 10 pm Wednesday in clean-u- p Spanish Parenting Gass 1 2 week class taught in Spanish covering children from birth to 12 6 pm to 8 pm Family Support Center 2780 Madison Ave 3 Ogden Free Information Paln Seminar 7 pm Garland Fire Station 72 N Main St Topics will include techniques of relieving pain without drugs Free Information (800) 393-311- 701-79- 5 pm Saturday Weber County Fairgrounds 1200 W 1000 North Ogden Presented by The Kottage Kupboard Information 773-170- 6 Friday “The Gizmo Guys” 7:30 pm Peery’s Egyptian Theater 2415 Washington Blvd Ogden Tickets $ 1 2 395-32Opening Reception Rural Landscapes and other art by Jill P Bliesner Shelley Hoffman Jeannine Chambers Millecam and Loraine Harris Randle Paintings by Robert J Arway 9 pm Eccles Community Art Center 2580 Jefferson Ave Ogden 27 Tuesday ' ' “I Remember Mama Photo Exhibit” a tribute to all mothers Roy Historical Museum 5550 S 1700 West Photos accepted from noon to 5 pm today 3 through May 13 Information 985-336- 7-- tf Airplane Talk Capt A1 Haynes will discuss the crash of flight 232 1 pm Hill Aerospace Museum Hill Air Force Base enter through Roy gate via Exit 341 off of Interstate 15 Free Information ' PUVti'iS f i t the canyon 392-874- 3 or 626-75- 32 Business Startup Seminar 10 am Wattis Business Building 218 WSU Sponsored by WSU’s Small Business Development Center Free Information 626-70- 51 8 Sixth annual “Kids Day AmericaIntemational” a health safety and environmental awareness Day by Dr Russ Wahlen 1 1 am to 3 pm 270 E 12th St Ogden The office will donate child ID cards free finger printing an appearance by McGruff the Crime Dog Snowball and Dizzy the clowns Ogie the Raptor fire safety tips free spinal exams and free balloons and snacks Information 337-400- See JOURNAL3C Information Saturday 777-681- He also didn’t have a physician assistant a nurse to return calls or an elaborate J phone system He did everything - returned the phone calls talked to his patients about their test results and often spent an hour or more with patients during an office visit “It’s important to communicate” Petersen said During a visit to his office 1 ’’ Top of Utah Planner published each events ‘Monday is a listing of general-intere- st open to the public Items for consideration should be submitted by 5 pm Wednesdays For information call the community desk at is same office 54 years Dr Drew Petersen kept the mi $25-422- Housley “It’s Swing Workshop and Dance workshop 6:30-7:3- 0 pm dance 7:30-- 1 1 W 2770 North Plain City pm Hayloft ” Cost Road Music by $6 per person for workshop and dance $3 per person for dance Information “Max-Say-Sh- 627-270- 2 or 776-409- 4 TOP of UTAH PLANNER: 0 Spring Gean-U- p Ogden Canyon Gub members and community volunteers meet at 8 am Rainbow Gardens for a continental breakfast 9 am meet at the Alaskan Inn parking lot for assignments 12:30 pm free outdoor cookout and drawings for prizes at The Oaks rvri iv is ' Do keyword I I OGDEN - The Census Bureau is holding special information meetings on the 2000 Census for members of the black community in Weber and Salt Lake counties Meetings will be held in both counties Saturday The Weber meeting will be at the Marshall White Center 222 28th St Ogden from 1 1 am to 1 pm The Salt Lake meeting will be at the “E” Center Wasatch Grill 3200 South Decker Lake Drive West Valley City from 4 pm to 6 pm Byron Russell chairman of the Utah Black Advisory Council said the meetings will provide a ‘culturally sensitive environment” to answer questions about the census There have been several controversies about the census this year primarily over questions some people felt were intrusive and questions about race - Standard-Examine- r staff and wire services searches for upcoming events and post your group's happenings on the online calendar TGCKS JU" - 4 lu set for Saturday http:wwwstandardnetplanner V j Census meetings I- J"'" — J H't |
