| Show TTTT-- t1" Obituaries3 Standard-Examin- ' Tuesday May 9 2000 er The future is now at the supermarket checkout Ktew Piafeloe W®ofe -- Demolition started at site spread between buildings at the site and at Ogden Regional busiof $85 million project for ness and Industrial Center t new Odgen city buildings By DAVID TROESTER Standard-Examine- saw the future the other day and it was I gotta tell ya a little scary but a lot of fun I didn’t try it right away of course I let some other poor sap go fust checking for land mines and quicksand ' ' First he held up a little card and a thing went “beep” and I thanked him Then he struggled to separate a plastic bag from a stack sitting nearby Then he “pushed” a button by touching a screen t Then he picked up the plastic bag which had fallen on the staff r - OGDEN By this time next year a complex of modem Public Works buildings will begin to rise along Wall Avenue between 29th and 30th Streets The $85 million project will provide a centralized location for trucks excavators street equipment supplies public services and most of the 170 Public Works employees currently spring “I think well be able to respond better to the community and it will be a nicer work environment" said John Ruiz Public Works director said Mayor “It’s Matthew Godfrey “One: to give us adequate facilities for Public Works and the second part is to clean up a part of the town” The project centerpiece will be a building at the comer of Wall and 29th Street It will house administrative offices for streets water and two-fol- run-dow- - Site work including moving Stephen’s Avenue from the center of the block to the west side is expected to take place into 30000-square-fo- - the fall Construction of new d” ot sewer refuse accounting com munications and utility billing as well as shop and storage space Six other structures will be built including two salt silos along 29th Street and overhead canopies for truck parking The existing fleet maintenance building will be expanded and a truck wash built AT A GLANCE Homicides In 99 either 43 or 73 had 43 killings in 1999 had 73 killings It all depends on whether you count the way the Department of Public Safety figures it or if you prefer the medical examiner’s method Simply put if prosecutors fie charges the police call it a homicide If no charges are filed the death only goes on the medical examiner’s tally The discrepancy is the largest difference between foe two agencies in at least five years But besides homicides that evolve late from new evidence murders on federal land aren’t put in foe Department of Public Safety’s report and none of foe 14 people who died at foe hands of Utah police officers last year were listed All including foe two Utah deaths on federal land were counted by foe medical examiner Utah Or Grounds will be landscaped and about $80000 will be spent on public art at the site probably sculpture or other visual art You can reach reporter David Troester at 625-423-9 or dtroes-ter- a standard Jiet ground Then he held up a candy bar to the screen and it went “beep!” Then the machine Charles Trentelman asked him to put the candy into a bag He did that again with another candy bar and a bottle of it Bountiful Rambler fumbled with a couple dol lar bills pushed them into a slot and was finally given his change And he said no kidding “This is great a lot faster!” the latest This was greatest thing modem technology has given us to make us stop and wonder if life will ever again be “U-Sca- n” the same It won’t but does it have to be is a grocery checkout So far Smith’s has installed the thing only in its Brigham City store in Top of “U-Sca- n” shot” The cute thing she said is that some of the older people are worried about her J “They won’t use it They think it’s going to cost us jobs” she said but she and Smith’s insist it won’t and she’s been checking groceries in Brigham City for more than 20 years The devices do have limits They’re too stupid to know if you put your purse on the scale where you bag your groceries They’re too stupid to take a brand new $20 bill (Jensen had to help one lady mush up hers) and if you buy too much the scale that Weighs everything which is how it keeps you from cheating gets confused ' i But again as I said Holly is right there to make it all right I Comforted I selected chocolate cupcakes (for the stress) a can opener (for the oflice coffee Club) and took the leap It scanned my little shopper card it Scanned my two humble purchases and even took my $20 bill without protest grungy ’ The machine rather mechani- cally I thought spat out a dime three singles and two fives and I told me to take my receipt ) But Holly smiled and said I'd done good I just ate my cup-- ! Cakes and said a silent “farewell” to the past "Wasatch Rambler” b the opin-io- n of Charles Trentelman You can ' reach him by calling 625-42or ctrentelmanQstandardjnet I 32 MwAl V h IA k- ‘i Woman pleads guilty of illegal sex FARMINGTON - One of two crime scene investigator Paul Rimmasch dusts a piece of lab glassware for fingerprints outside the Ogden narcotic strike force agentTroy Burnett displays a bottle of phosphoric add from a group of Center Public Safety Monday (Below) Weber-Morga- n boxes left outside the center LEFT CM THE DOORSTEP: Weber-Metr- o Dismantled meth lab left at Ogden Police station Investigators analyze parts in search for owner By JOEY HAWS Standard-Examin- er staff -- The Ogden Department got OGDEN package when a “con- cerned citizen” dropped off a dismantled meth lab he found stashed at his home “This is probably a first for OPD” said Weber-Morga- n Narcotics Strike Force Sgt Marie Acker Acker said the man who told police he discovered six boxes of chemicals tubing scales and heating elements at his Ogden home Monday around 12:30 pm loaded diem into his car and left them at the outside main door of the Ogden Public ’ Safety Center “The citizen then walked in and reported what he had to the desk officers” Acker said The man told police who he thought owned the meth lab and police are now searching for that person Acker said Strike Force agents and investigators from the Weber-Metr-o Crime Scene Investigation Unit spent three hours processing the 15-an- materials searching for fingerprints or other identifiable evidence Agents were able to determine that the lab had been operated recently because of trace evidence of chemicals they found on the tubing and glass been used fairly recently” Acker said Agents also determined that the lab was large enough to cook of between 14- - and 12-ppumeth every time it was ised Acker said a qualified chemi beakers “It’s pretty safe to say it’s cal disposal team was scheduled to take the boxes of materials away after it was processed for evidence You can reach reporter Joey Haws at 625-423- 1 or by at jhaws(a standardnet By JaNAE FRANCIS Standard-Examin- staff The public is invited to attend portions of the Miss Rodeo Ogden competition this weekend as five women all from the Ogden community will be competing for the title The winner and her court will reign over the Ogden pioneer Days celebration July 15-2- 4 Contestants are Amy Fluckiger Kristen Kotter Tiffany Mansfield Kathie Mathews and Kasee Lynn Sweat The public is invited to the free horsemanship judging event at 3 pm Saturday at Ogden’s Golden Spike Events Center 1000 N 1200 West in Ogden The public also may attend a Banquet and Coronation Ceremony at 6 pm Saturday at the Timbermine Restaurant Cost is $25 per person Reservations must be made 6 by 5 pm Wednesday by calling - 629-823- Fluckiger 18 is a certified nurse’s assis- tant and a team leader She will attend We-bState University this fall and will major er t J - U in occupational therapy for the elderly At Fremont High where she graduated Fluckiger was a member of the Spikers Rodeo Club and tutored mentally and physically disabled childrenShe is the daughter of Gary and Paula Fluckiger Kotter 18 is employed at Diamond and The Rough Ranch Her honors include winning the modeling competition at the Utah High School Rodeo Association queen competition She was the 1998 Hooper Tomato W- - - w4 — ill Days first attendant and second attendant to Miss Legacy 1999 Kotter is the'daughter of Brent and Janet Kotter Mansfield 19 attends Salt Lake Community College where she is earning her associ- ate’s degree She plans to transfer to the University of Utah to earn a master’s degree in broadcast communication An honor-rostudent Mansfield is listed in Who’s Who See RODEO4B ll - V I m women who allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with two young boys has pleaded guilty to a single felony count in connection to foe relationship In 2nd District Court Monday Cathy Adams 39 of Layton pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor The e felony charge is a and carries a possible sentence in prison of According to Syracuse Police Adams and Michelle Whitney 29 of Syracuse had a sexual relationship with a d respectively Police learned about foe alleged sexual activity after a parent of one of foe boys discovered foe women and foe boys during foe afternoon at Whitney’s home in March After discovering foe relationship and calling foe police foe parents of one of foe juveniles found letters from one of foe women to their son Adams is scheduled to be third-degre- 5 women to compete for Miss Rodeo Ogden title - t fmiti will on-ram- -- -- - Interstate p on-ram- I don’t know of any other U-Sc- an on-ram- 10-mi- le so obvious? Utah p 15’s begin to be routinely closed during foe daytime hours for foe next two weeks According to foe Utah Department of Transportation will be closed from foe p 7 am to 3 pm starting Wednesday The daytime closure is scheduled to last through foe next two weeks The closure is part of foe expansion project between foe US Highway 89 merge in Farmington and foe Interstate 215 merge in North Salt Lake UDOT advises motorists to in use the 500 South p p Bountiful or foe at Parrish Lane in Centerville BOUNTIFUL 500 West stores that have it soj apologize now if I donT mention them The idea is you check yourself out You talk to a computer at one of four stations you feed your money to a computer you get your change from a computer which also thanks you and then you go on your way It’s potentially cold and impersonal but Smith’s does have Holly Jensen there so it’s OK : Holly monitors the four stations and is human enough to make even a journalist welcome “It’s real fun to watch” she said “You should be here during lunch when all the kids come through” and made a “zooom!” motion with her arm “They’re through here like a on-ram- to be closed milk ’ 625-422-4 mder waw buildings should begin in the The project will be paid for through bond financing Planning began four years ago and about $13 million was spent during the past six months to acquire 26 residential properties abutting the site Demolition n of city garages block buildings and acquired houses took place about two weeks ago Local News Editor: irt ill irt f 4 td nr rfl trf r rfi if if irliT rt rt rll sentenced June 19 Olympic arts receive big boost SALT LAKE CITY -- The arts and culture portion of foe 2002 Winter Olympics received a big boost Monday when Olympic organizers announced a $1 million donation Salt Lake City residents John and Marcia Price made foe gift to support foe 2002 Cultural Olympiad foe arts and entertainment component of foe Olympic program The 2002 Cultural Olympiad will focus on foe history heritage and culture of Utah and foe American West along with America's contribution to foe arts Under the direction of Raymond Grant SLOC's director of arts and culture foe program is expected to include more than 50 community events and 60 performances Standard-Examinstaff and wire services - 1 Local er NSccnchl |
