| Show & rs v v i'i v v v 'a 'A' f £ Tv-- t vTv 7 l T V i V Obituaries Weather Standard-Examin- Friday December er 1 2000 Local News Editor: msd© ft® Song writer hopes sales of CD will help Clinton grandma ' By LUCY BOONE staff Standard-Examin- After a lifetime of work many 71 -- year-olds can enjoy their golden years relaxing at home But Olive Christensen spends hers on a factory line The grandmother of 15 and great grandmother of 19 works shifts to pay a mortgage she was forced to take out when a family member sued her “I’m going to keep working and keep struggling at it and I hope to get down there” she said “I plan to live ’til I’m 12-ho- ur about 95” But Christensen will soon spend her days in her beloved garden or fruit orchard instead of at a conveyor belt if song BRIAN NICHOLSONStandard-Examine- f Olive Christensen looks over IN THE FAMILY: photos of her daughter and granddaughter at her home in Clinton Greenbelt writer Dawn Wisdom has anything to do with it Wisdom of Logan is her album “Through Your Eyes” and giving the proceeds to Christensen “It would give me the greatest satisfaction to walk into America First and write out a check for $40000 and say ‘This is for Olive’” said Wisdom who became friends with Christensen when they worked together a year ago Christensen’s financial troubles began about three years ago The Clinton resident raised two of her granddaughters -one whose mother was killed in a car accident and one whose parents weren’t ready for parental responsibility she said She was 67 years old before the two girls were grown and moved out Then the granddaughter whose mother had died in the accident sued Christensen for the insurance money The money was gone -spent on the girls for braces medical bills furniture and groceries she said The granddaughter won the suit and Christensen took out a $40000 mortgage on the home she and her husband had paid off almost 15 years earlier She gets teary-eye- d talking about it as she sits in the living room of her modest but comfortable brick home A sign that reads “A Grandmother’s Place is in the Heart” hangs above her couch and her walls are heavy with family pictures Christensen isn’t bitter with her granddaughter “Grandmothers can’t hold grudges” she said The two didn’t talk for a while but then Christensen called and made amends “I was so close to her it was hard for me to accept (the suit)” she said “But these two little girls were my life” Although the granddaughter has apologized repeatedly Christensen said the mortgage still looms But it won’t be looming for long Wisdom hopes While she acknowledges $40000 is a lot of money to raise she said it can be done Every penny of the $15 from each CD minus reproduction costs will go to Christensen “It’s so important that I get the public’s help There are 2600 people who will buy this” Wisdom said The independent Christensen who worked in a grocery store for 30 years before starting her present job wasn't keen on the idea of accepting Wisdom’s help at See CD4B trees at SLC festival Get-we- ll assessing pw a mrta staff - County assessors find tracking greenbelt properties a large complicated task For land owners of five acres or more it can mean a savings of 50 percent or more on their property tax bills “Each one is different so we have to handle them case by case” said Angela Hill Weber County’s full-tim- e greenbelt assessment manager In 2000 Weber County had close to 5000 properties that qualified The greenbelt classification shot and now they’re available to everyone ' The state Department of I j Health lifted the restrictions on fiu vaccinations this week The restrictions were issued in Sep- - tember J t I I t jj because of delays caused by manufacturing prob-- ‘ lems During the past few months only people over age 65 and pa- tients with chronic illnesses who are susceptible to complications from the fiu were allowed to re-- i ceive the vaccines But Top of Utah health departments are now receiving enough doses to open the immunizations to all Ginger Nielsen immuniza tion program supervisor for the Davis County Health Depart- ment said a number of people have visited the county’s four ANNIE I Hindi ianiwmli ni hAh STEINER Standard Examiner 7 (left to nght) Jonathan Tyndall 9 and Erik Buckmiller 9 enjoy the gingerbread village at the Festival of Trees at the Salt Palace The festival helps the Primary Children’s Medical Center HERE COMES PLENTY OF DECORATIONS: Joshua Gee Some use the colorful festival as part of the grieving process By MEUSA ANN WILSON Standard Examiner staff ALT LAKE CITY - This year handmade “snowbabies” statues represent how baby Nicole might have looked this winter if her body had accepted her new heart In the coming years Crystal Malmstrom of North Ogden said she and her husband will donate a tree to the Festival of Trees decorated to represent how her lost baby would have grown up “It helps with the grieving process” Malmstrom said “And it benefits Primary Children's Medical Center” Nicole Ann Malmstrom was bom in May She stayed at Primary Children’s Medical Center for 2 12 weeks before going to Denver to receive a new heart She lived only 37 days after receiving the transplant “Some of these stories just make your heart hurt” Ellie Wood an executive board member for Festival of the Trees said The “Snowbabies” tree is one of 600 Meeting at Capitol focuses on the use and maintenance of various venues Weber-Morga- n 2570 Grant Ave Monday through Friday 930 a m to 430 pm Clearfield Clinic 290 S State Thursday 9 a m to 1 pm Saturday 10 a m to 1 p By BOB WARD Standard Examiner Capitol Bureau See TREES 4B SALT LAKE CITY - As fears of a major 2002 Olympic financial failure continue to fade attention is shifting to Utah's period when residents will judge the “legacy" of the Salt Lake Winter Games At the State Capitol Thursday an Olympic oversight committee of lawmakers and citizens met for more than three hours but spent little if any time talking about the Games themselves Instead the Sports Advisory Committee's entire agenda was dedissolution of the Salt voted to the Lake Organizing Committee the payment of Olympic debts to the state and venues that will outlive y event the SLOC President Mitt Romney recently announced he expects the 2002 Games to break even financially Thanks to a year and a half of budget-cuitm- g g and corporate Romney said SLOC should be able to pay all its creditors including the state of Utah After closing ceremonies SLOC is expected to pay a total of $139 million to agencies of the state: A 599 million repayment for construction of the ed m clinics since the vaccinations were ofTerpd to the public Tues- SHOTS 4B Utah Olympic Park near Park City and a $40 million endowment to run the Park's ski jumps and bobsled track in the future a 5316 million payment to the University of Utah for the Olympic Village there and $84 million for s Stadium sue Rice-Lccle- post-Olymp- ic Layton Clinic 360 S Fort Lane Monday and Tuesday 9 a m to 5 pm Wednesday 1 pm to 7 pm Farmington Clinic 50 E State Wednesday 1 p m to 7 pm Friday 9 a m to noon Bountiful Clinic 1 650 S Main Monday and Tuesday 9 a m to 5 p m Friday 1 p m to 5 pm Saturday 1 0 a m to 1 p m See decorated trees lined up at the Salt Palace Exhibition Center Each tree has its own story and theme The profits from each tree will entirely go to aid families who use the Primary Children’s Medical Center Over 80 volunteers organize the festival which raised $12 million last year In its 30 years the festival has brought $12 million to the center This year is the largest ever Wood said with nearly 1000 donated items for sale - from trees to wreaths gingerbread houses ceramics and sweets Attention turns to life after Games Health department hours j $ - The University of Utah Hospital on Thursday Lance Buchi 18 survived e immersion in the water last summer Another victim Tyler Montague 18 went home Saturday Sara Hulphers 20 died after the August accident Hospital spokesman John Dwan said Buchi’s family asked reporters and the public for privacy at home Buchi and Montague face extensive physical rehabilitation up to six hours a day during the coming months The three friends jumped into the hot water at night apparently mistaking the pool for a narrow stream 178-degre- Dormitory who want one too late to get a fiu It’s not SALT LAKE CITY second of two young men who were badly burned in a thermal pool at Yellowstone National Park was released from Umversity-ldah- Flu shots now available Standard Examiner staff Second park burn victim released four-yea- See LAND4B By SHAUNA LUND At a glance 28000-square-fo- which started with the Farmland Assessment Act of 1969 allows land owners who have five or more acres devoted to agricultural use to pay property taxes based on land use rather than market value At a recent commission meeting three landowners received tax refunds because their properties had either been taken off greenbelt by mistake or they were unaware of greenbelt requirements To qualify for greenbelt the five acres must be contiguous and the owner must provide evidence the land has been actively used for agricultural purposes for at least two consecutive years at 50 percent of its productive ability Agricultural classifications includes meadows orchards grazing land of various types and irrigated tillable land “Evidence of production can be an IRS Schedule F or receipts for grain and feed” Hill said “Sometimes we’ll do site visits looking for fences or cattle for example” Hill said “Any time the property owners make all -- REXBURG Idaho -- The oldest building at Ricks College was destroyed by fire Wednesday as it was being demolished The Jacob Spori building built in 1903 was being demolished by a bulldozer early Wednesday school spokesman Don Sparhawk said A steel cable accidentally sparked the fire just after 3 am Sparhawk said Fire and school officials allowed the blaze to finish the job the demolition crew had begun The building held sentimental value for the school s alumni and current students but was suffering from serious decay Sparhawk told The Salt Lake Tribune Officials of the Mormon church-owne- d school plan to build a new Spori building to once again house the school s communication and arts departments In June the church announced plans to expand r Ricks College to a institution and eventually rename it Brigham Young By CATHY McKITRICK to ESEfiY Ricks building Weber County tries to handle each case on an individual basis OGDEN 4 Fire destroys old difficult Standard-Examin- 625-422- post-Gam- fund-raisin- i k damaged in fire MOUNT PLEASANT damaged a dormitory Wednesday at Wasatch A fire Academy Nobody was in the building at the time and no injuries were reported Ellis Residence Hall houses 30 boys and one dorm parent at the Sanpete County preparatory school One floor reportedly had considerable damage The affected students were expected to be housed in other dorms on campus or at the homes of faculty and staff members A smoldenng cigarette butt reportedly caused the fire Police not doing background checks OGDEN applicants - Business will license now have to go directly to the Bureau of Criminal Identification to get required criminal history background checks because of opening and closing the Ogden Police Department can no longer do them and upkeep of several informed the city affomey that the police department s access was limited to criminal justice ceremonies Still facing the Legisla-- i ture will be the operation venues owned bv the state or somehow connected to state agencies: the Olyml pic Park the Olympic-Ovain Kearns and Soly dier Hollow ski venue near Hebcr The $40 million endowment was supposed to support the Park and the Oval for up to 20 years but may not suffice “The 540 million will not only be insufficient to operate the venues in perpetuity but will be insufficient to operate them for 20 years” said Randy Dryer chair of the Utah Athletic I oundation which will take over the venues alter the Olympics You cun rcath reporter ? or Hun at h uriishmdurj net cross-countr- 532-211- In November the bureaj investigations Ogden requires crmmal background checns on a var ety of businesses rang ng horn bars to fax cabs The change coes at a time when licensees are n tHe process of renewing - 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