Show Obituaries Weather Sports Editor City 625-422- 4 www standard net Standard Examiner IK Saturday August J - downtown Were neon signs are pre Fleming who hit on the neon theme after researching Ogden’s history and walking staff Standard-Examin- OGDEN - With its historic the 1890 buildings few would lookscity’s for streets said he inrepresentative think neon when they see dustries or crafts when downtown Ogden searching for a “placemaker" But Ronald Lee Fleming to define the community from the American Institute His suggestion came durof City Planners did His sug- ing a presentation of the gestion to put a neon arch draft urban design plan across the 24th Street viaduct which is being put together has sparked mixed feelings by Carol R Johnson Associamong city officials ates of the Townscape Insti“I think it’s great" said tute Fleming’s part is to proCouncilwoman Mary Hall “I vide suggestions on ways to believe that neon is a great visually alert people they fit with some of our historic have entered Ogden and to create a sense of place that buildings that are art deco” SALT LAKE CITY LDS Church will be stance during a South Weber teen girl killed over 29 years ago staff y FARMINGTON - Even though prosecutors have evidence that pins a 1972 murder of a Davis County womcertainan on him to a ty Robert Lee Sales may never face trial It’s not as if police can’t put their hands on him He’s at the Utah State Prison where he has been since 1995 and according to the Board of Pardons is going to stay until he dies Still the chief suspect in the 1972 murder of Roylene Alexander South Weber may never go to court The Davis County Attorney’s Office has to decide if after all this time it can get a conviction and if pursuing it will be worth the cost It may even see if it can cut a deal to try to get a guilty plea from Sales d Sales 58 appeared before of Pardons late last month to have the board rule on his 1974 conviction in the rape and murder of someone else Joann Poul-se- n in 1971 Its findings were released Thursday Sales has a history of committing such crimes In addition to being accused of the 1972 rape and murder of senAlexander he served a tence in Montana for the rape kidnap and attempted murder of a woman there He completed that term in 1995 and was then brought back to Utah The board in telling Sales he would die in prison for the Poulsen murder cited that history A “rationale for decision” released by the board said he demonstrated Explosion injures five at Spiffy Ice SOUTH SALT LAKE -Five people were injured two critically in an explosion the-Boar- 23-ye- “extreme cruelty or depravity” committed his crimes intentionally and with premeditation against vulnerable victims and had never accepted full responsibility for his crimes The board ordered him to serve a term of “natural life” Davis County Attorney Mel Wilson said that leaves him in a tough position on the Alexander case ' DNA testing done this spring indi- See MURDER2B t ALAN MURRAYStandard-Examine- r Jamie Skidmore 1 2 gets a kiss from her sheep Fuzz while relaxing at the Cache County Fairgrounds in Logan Friday She was waiting for the sheep show held later that afternoon Joel Skidmore 9 (right) washes the feet of his sheep Lambchops County fairgoers a little sheepish Cache event continues today By BRYCE PETERSEN JR Standard-Examine- Cache Bureau r - Two little girls no more than 7- - or brush their sheep one dyed orange one last time The girls wear Wranhats aren’t afraid to push the lambs and and glers around if they deserve it Onlookers walk by saying things like “Oh how cute” LOGAN Fitting and Showmanship competition serious business But the 4-- H is I was growing up my couldn’t afford so I was all of 14 years old before I ever got much past the Dallas city limits The big event that opened up the world to me was a trip to Sequoia National Park I made the journey with an aunt and uncle who took me along in their new 1953 Oldsmobile to bab- When their toddler daughter That trip may have changed my life I immediately fell in love with mountains which is one reason I live in Utah instead of my home state of Texas It also gave me an awe of nature that has never gone away I can still see myself as a skinny teenager standing under a huge redwood tree looking at an emerald green mountain lake just yards away Beside me stood a garbage can that I was told had been raided by a bear during the night d Awesome! Finally that trip gave me itchy feet I have an obsession to discover where every road I pass leads Just ask my traveling companions particularly those who may have gotten lost with me on an unmarked back road a time or two But unless I’m lost today - or my year’s worth of scheduling and plotting have failed - as you are reading this you should be able to find me somewhere on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska You could say my feet are getting scratched big time Two weeks ago I left the Top of 7000-mil-e advenUtah for a y 30-da- ture The plan was to drive the Alaskan Highway with visits to Glacier Friday morning at an company The explosion occurred at Spiffy Ice and Cold Storage The business is in a building with Standard Restaurant Supply Two people were airlifted to the Intermountain Burn Unit at the University of Utah One victim had e second- - and burns over 40 percent of his body officials said Another was taken to a local hospital by ambulance Two others including a man with a broken ankle were driven by fellow workers to the hospital Identities of the five victims were not available third-degre- State looking into TRAX police “It’s great It teaches the kids a lot But this is show time” said Crystal Leishman grandmother of four contestants “What they’ve learned they show” About 215 lambs and 150 children participated in this year’s event at the Cache County Fair Participants look up with smiles at Judge Donna Mays a professional out of Howe Idaho Mays isn’t afraid to tell the children why they didn’t measure up “You’re just a little too inexperienced” she told the The best part of going on a long trip freckle-face- 120-da- y long-standin- g By CHARLES F TRENTELMAN y-sit The public comment period according to a church statement released Friday New rules adopted Thursday by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission allows Utah's private clubs taverns and restaurants to advertise the sale of liquor and wine Before the businesses could only advertise beer with an alcohol content of 3 2 percent or less The commission acted after a harshly worded opinion was issued by the 1 0th Circuit Court of Appeals The court ruled that Utah's law was irrational and violated commercial free speech “The current Utah law on the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages is the product of efforts of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints and many others" the church's statement reads The church has taken a stance that it will not weigh in on political matters but will make statements on moral issues It considers the control of alcohol in the state a moral issue charges trial r -- reviewing the state’s new rules to allow expanded advertising of alcohol and will weigh in with its official Murder suspect may never face Standard-Examine- 2001 Mormons weigh in on alcohol ads trains with the Golden Spike” If the state would allow it said the sign also Fleming Tom Founded by draws on the city’s history Young could be animated The overall plan makes the company also is responsiFleming’s said the sign is recommendations on what ble for such landmark Las the city could use something the city needs to do to Vegas signs as the Oasis Ca- to create a sense of place in El fe Rancho Club Boulder achieve its goal of being an low cost a at Ogden relatively the Pioneer Club and the in attractive liveable city time for the Olympics Golden So where does neon fit in Nugget “My role is to try to focus Fleming said neon which on Ogden’s history? It seems something powerful Young Electric Sign the com- taps into Ogden’s history enough that people can have could to an in used be neon create that pany pioneered as a priority and get someLas Vegas is an Ogden com- arch that pulls together Ogthing done” pany and has been since 1920 den’s landmarks The idea left Mayor Mat“It needs something quite thew Fleming said he found that Godfrey cold interesting fact during his vivid” Fleming said “It’s a “I guess I need to be convisit The company’s early long viaduct that could be an- vinced still” he said “It work in Ogden can be found chored with the outline of the sounds cheap to me” atop the First Security Bank mountain in neon and people said there are Godfrey building and in the arch over could look up and see skiers See NE0N4B on the mountain and the Washington Boulevard Idea of bright lights over Ogden viaduct brings mixed feelings By CHERYL BUCHTA 11 Miwrraa See FAIR2B is coming home Banff Jasper and Denali parks followed by a ferry trip from Alaska to Washington where the adventure is to continue down the coast to Redwoods National Park It’s the longest vacation and the most planned vacation I’ve ever had in my life Right now I’m so excited it’s hard to concentrate on tasks at hand - like writing this column One reason I’m excited is because this is a very different trip for me Even with my love of travel and desire to go to exotic places almost all of my vacations have been planned around visits to my five children Thankfully they’ve often been scattered from one end of the country to the other But they’ve become pretty settled lately Three live in Texas and two in California - and I’ve already seen many of the sights where they’ve now planted their feet My itchy feet tell me to encourage them to move to Timbuktu or Mongolia or even just New England where I’ve never traveled I’d really like to visit those places The truth is travel anywhere fascinates me So I try to do it often even if it’s just a day trip to Flaming Gorge to see ospreys which was my recent outing or a two-da- y trip to Moab to hike a trail I’ve never walked before But if life has taught me anything it’s that destinations are less impor- tant than journeys Which may be why my planned route has no true destination It’s a circle with the origin and the ending being one and the same - Ogden Based on personal experience I expect that as crazy as I am to leave this place I’ll be just as happy to return I’ll probably even be thrilled to get back to work It’s really true: There is no place like home Of course as soon as I get back I’m sure I’ll begin planning my next getaway City Editor Pat Bean can be 4 or reached at 625-422- ' SALT LAKE CITY - The state's Office of Hispanic Affairs is investigating allegations that the security officers who patrol the city’s light rail trains engage in “class profiling" ignoring commuters and focusing on those who look less well-of- f The office also is looking into minority hiring at the Utah Transit Authority’s security force which is operated by the Wackenhut Corp a contractor The investigation comes after four transit officers met with state Hispanic Affairs director Leticia Medina this week to discuss concerns The officers told Medina that Wackenhut and UTA d managers'encouraged transit cops to leave business types alone when checking for fares but are urged to ask others if they have purchased tickets “What if I was wearing my grubs and wanted to go downtown Saturday Does that mean I'm going to be profiled differently than if I was weanng high heels?" 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