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Show Utah Girls Among11 WhoDied In Trunks trappedin trunks. Among suggestions: Keeptrunks closed, cars | locked, watch youngsters and keepcar keys away fromthem | Year | Eleven children — including five little girls in West Valley City | — died this past summerin the United States when they were lock. The school’s 1,200 students were evacuatedat 1:30 p.m, Mercury, a metallic chemical found in thermometers, is highly toxic and exposure canresult in mercury poisoning. Rock said Salt Lake County's haz: irdous materials crews werecalled. No students were directly exposed, and there werenoreportsof injuries, although some 40 pupils were nearby. Theofending students had apparently brought the mercury from homein liquid and powder forms. Students will have 1o make upthelost day during thenext holiday Presidents Day, Jan. 18 a torture death of a 3-year-old girl has been gently Needed Coalition of Cali- hadlocked the cars. All the deaths occurred in July City, Gallup, N.M., and Greene obtained on the coalition’s Web site, www.netkitchen.com/trune, or by calling (800) 641-8146 to re- County, Pa. when 11 children died. In each instance, outside temperatures reached more than 85 degrees. The causes of death were hyperthermia or a combina- tion of hyperthermia and asphyxia, The report, written in part by us have seen in 20 years,” said West Valley City police Lt CharlesIllsley. “The convenience outweighed by the needless deaths ofchildren. I have discon- nected my trunk release button. and most police officers 1 know Between 1987 andthis year, 19 children have died in trunk en- ind degrees, when outside temperatures are 80to 100 degrees. ‘Cars that are parkedin direct sunlight and that arepoorlyventilated also reach higher temperatures more rapidlythancars that are parked in the shade or that have attorney Frank Metos to withdraw from the case. An 1 ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES 30 year-old Provo man whose pickupcollided vith a semi Wednesday morning died Thursday. Far: ell Gus ly ejected from the pickup upon mupact and was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo in critical condition with mas. ve head and chest injuries. Roundy was driving his ickup eastbound on 500 South in Provo when he d to stopat a stopsign andslammedinto a southsound semi, Thedriver and occupant of the semi were ininjured. The accident is still under investigation windows completely opened,” the report said ‘To prevent deaths from trunk entrapments, the CDC recom- mendsthat parents prevent children fromgetting car keys, keep ears locked and trunks closed when not in use and supervise youngchildren closely when they are aroundvehicles. In addition, directionstoinstall arelease can beobtained by contacting the Trunk Releases Ur- ceive a do-it-yourself kit along with a video for $25. Other deathsthis year were: @Four children — between ages 2 and 5 — died when they becametrapped in the trunk of a car in NewMexico on July 13. The four children had climbed into the car's open trunk. They were found an hour after a search began on a 90-degree day. Three of the children were rushed to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The fourth child died a daylater. Two brothers died on Aug. 2 when they became trapped in a the trunk of their parents’ car in Pennsylvania. The boys had found the car keys, opened the trunk and climbed inside. At the West Valley funeral for the five girls, Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told the mourning parents: “Don't everthink, ‘If only I had done this’ of ‘If only this could have been done,’”’ he said. “These thoughts maim and hurt. ‘They do not uplift and inspire.” WEST VALLEY CITY — City Council members want a major rolein determining how thestate will develop 5600 West — potential Salt Lake Valley corridor for the proposed 120-mile Legacy Highway. But, members acknowledged, it will be at least 10 years — if ever — before the superhighwayis built. The first Legacy segment, in south Davis County, is stalled over environmental issues. This role, council members agreed, would be more | intensive than the council's level of participation in the late 1980s, whenthefirst segmentsof the Bangerter Highway were planned. C i Janice Fisher blasted the state decision then to turn Bangerter into a six-lane surface street rather than a freeway like Interstate 215 And because thecity did not speak out when 1-215 wasdeveloped, Fisher said West Valley City only got one interchange — at 3500 South — whenone or two others were needed. The discussion came late Thursday afternoon during the council’s weekly work session. No action could be taken during the informal meeting, but council membersindicated they want cityofficials to participate in the draft environmental-impact study for the road. That study, which began four years ago, will likely resume in February, with the state picking a preferred route late next year. However, the study would likely stop there and wait to resumeuntil after fundsare available, some. time over the next decade, said Byron Parker, Legacy Highway project manager for the Utah Depart- mentof Transportation. Legacy would be a freeway-style highway with rampsand interchanges. The Salt Lake Valley seg- ment would generally follow a 5600 West corridor from Interstate 80 just south of Salt Lake City International Airport to the Old Bingham Highwaysouth of West Jordan. State road builders envision that it and the south Davis portion would eventually connect with future segments farther north andfarther south to tie to- gether Brigham City and Nephi within the next 20 years. WestValley City’s biggest route concernis along a straight stretch of 5600 West between 2100 South and 3300 South. That area primarily is wide open,’ except for pockets of commercial property that in-’ clude salvage and impound yards. City Manager John Patterson said earlier this week that he was negotiating with an unnamed West. Valley City-based business that wants to see the road” widenedat that point — and maybewilling to front moneyfor the project. i But thecity needs to get a handle on where west ward developmentwill take place, and to dothat, it must know what route the state has in mind for Legag cy. “We need to look closely at all our options,” said, Patterson. § Utah Colleges Trim Sum They Need to Fix Flaw in Computers Original $44 million request shrinks to $12 million as minimum to deal with Year 2000 bug and keepinstitutions operating 4« BY DAN EGAN gram andreplace computers and computer chips so they do not crash when their digital calendars click to 2000. Systems that do not have updated, four-digit calendars could read the year “00” as 1900 instead of 2000. There are about 30,000 personal computers within the state’s higher education system. Many college buildIngs also have outdated “embedded chips” that controlthingslike building heating and security systems. In early October, the college presidents presentedthe state Board of Re- gents with a $45 million pricetagto fix the problem. Regents Chairman Charlie Johnson subsequently instructed them to shave that figure down to the minimum amountit would take just to keep the schools running. The presidents returned with a $20.5 million figure. Johnson then asked Moon to do a systemwide survey of higher educa- tion's needs. Foxley said the new $12 million fig- urereflects a “less aggressive” plan to replace outdated computers deemed not essential to keeping the schools running. It also does not include reimbursements for money already spent on the problem Foxley will recommendto the regents at their Dec. 11 meeting that they adopt Moon's $12 million request from the 1999 Legislature, but she says the trimmedfigure will not solve all the problems. “It must be noted that significant need remains beyondthis narrow defi- nition and short time horizon,” Foxley wrote to the regents in a Dec. 1 memo. Highereducation sought$13 million from the 1998 Legislature to begin working on the problem, but did not get it THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIGHAMCITY — A 100 percent increasein re- ported serious crimessince 1995 has left Brigham City with a crime rate similar to that of Ogden’s The city’s mayor says residents cannolonger afford to think of their communityasasleepylittle hamlet north of the crime problem. According to the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification, Brigham City last year reported1,496 “Part One” crimes, which include homicides, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries. thefts, arson and auto thefts That's approximately 90 such crimes per 1,000 peoplein thecity, with a populationof16,600. That's similar to what Ogden reports eachyear By comparison, Logan, with a population of 44,000, had a Part Onecrimerate about a third of BrighamCity's BrighamCity’s crime rate was driven up by prop- Moon's independent funding recom mendationwill have a “significant int « fluence”onlegislators. In his report to the regents and Gov: Mike Leavitt, Moon noted another computer problem plaguing Utah's public colleges. Because the Legislature typically allocates moneyfor new computers with one-time funds, it makesit hard for institutions to find money each year to upgrade and up- date their systems “Our sense is that most of thecol leges and universities struggle to re- place even 10 percentofthese assets annually,” Moon wrote. ‘That m the computersour college student: using are on a 10-year replacement cy cle — even without the Y2K problem, this is a woefully inadequate schedule for replacementofthese assets.”” Theregents will hold their monthly Associate Higher Education Commissioner Fred Hunsaker predicted Brigham City Crime Rate Jumps 100 Percent Ferosa Bluff face charges of murder, a first-de Irew Fedorowiez has retained Gilbert Athay as his legal counsel Examiner Todd sunlight can reach internal temperatures between 131 and 172 lever near the driver's seat to of a trunk release button is far Medical Grey, says cars parked in direct years old. Authorities believe one of thegirls used a trunk-release openthe trunk ‘This was the worst sight any of fornia. Information may be occurredthis year in West Valley reached 138 degrees. Sisters Alisha and Ashley Marie Richardson, their cousins Jaesha Lyn and Audrey Cleo Smith, and friend McKell Shae Ann Hedden died. Thefive girls were 2 to 6 cheduled forJan, 4, Andrew andSuzanne Fedorowicz sree felony, and child abuse and sexual abuse of a hild. second-deg f laughter, Rebecca, on Oct. 21, On Tuesday triet Judge Frank Noel also granted a request from esr 100 F trapments in nine separate inci- Utah | 90 F eight percent of the deaths THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE \ preliminary hearingfor three defendants charged 4 2,3,5,5 July Asphyxiation/ oie] on Hyperthermia 2 2,5 August] Asphyxiation Utah] 5 August Hyperthermia dents in the United States. Fifty- Utah public college presidents’ $44 A 32-year-old female motorist suffered neck and funding request to fix their ead injuriesafter she was confronted by a man who million Year 2000 computer problems has thonght she was driving too slowly Thursday morning plummeted to $12 million Kimberly Moore, 32, was driving north on Redwood Higher Education Commissioner Road in West Valley City just before 8 a.m. whenshe Foxley says the lower figure turned onto asidestreet’ at 2300 South and parked Cecelia the minimum amount of new ext to a 7-Elevenstore. The manpulled up behind reflects money it will take to fund the “most her car in his older-model customvanand beganyell urgent Y2K needs” at the state's nine ngat her that she was going tooslowly. As she lefi her publie colleges and universities ar and walked aroundthe back ofit, the suspect got Foxley noted additional future mut of his van and grabbedherneck with such force fundswill be required to upgrade and that blood vessels on herneck burst. He then banged protect less essential ecomputer-depen: ce into his van, said West ValleyCitypoliceLt dent services and facilities on campus 's Illsley. Shewas transportedtoSt. Mark's Hos- es across the state. he was treated andreleased. Thesus: Dave Moon, who oversees technolwas described as 5-foot-9, weighing 250 pounds, ogy for state government, agrees the wearing bluejeans and a wine-coloredshirt. He had 2 million figure could grow as the hori. black hair and a thin mustache. Anyone with further explorethe potential information is askedto call the West Valley policeat colleges impacts of the Y2K problem 265-4056 The moneyis neededto fix, repro- vith the | 1998} vented if the children had been denied access to keysorif adults MAD MOTORIST HEARING SET IN CHILD’S DEATH 101F 90 F Steve Baker / The Salt LakeTribune trol and Prevention in Atlantare- | | Hyperthermia the deaths could have been pre- have done the same. HATE CRIME? A 48-year-old African-American woman was horri fiedto discover Wednesday morningthat someonehad spray-painted “KKK” and “Die” all overher car, Salt Lake police reported. The womanwas preparingto go to work whenshe discovered the vandalism, which police havetentatively labeled a hate crime. Damage to the car was estimatedat $800. The woman, wholives near 400 South ani 1300 West, Salt LakeCity, gave police the nameof a man who has purportedly been arassing her for weeks to force her to move. 101 F 91F 106F 97 F erty crimes such as thefts and burglaries. Thecity reported no homicides and fewerviolent crimes than Ogden “Vehicle burglaries are driving us nuts,” said BrighamCity Police Lt. Jess Palmer. “We'll have a string of 30 vehicle burglaries, catch a suspect, and then get another 30.” Proximity to Interstate 15 and growth are cited by police as reasons forthe city’s crime problems. Police Sgt. Gary Gerbich said an increase in illicit drug and gang activity also are having an impact on the statistics. Drug arrests are not considered a Part One crime, but Gerbich said drug use can cause people io commit othercrimes. Wealso believe most of our auto thefts are from gang members,” he said. Gerbich also credits gangactivity for an increase in aggravated assaults. meeting Dec. 11 at the University of Utah. S.L. City Council OKs Contracts for Planning of S. Temple Reconstruction Salt Lake City Council members essentially have signed off on a $10 million reconstruction of South Temple The City Council approved agreements this week with the Utah Department of Transportation and RB&G Engineering to design the project. The State Transportation Improvement Project Program will pay $600,128in federal funds for the plans. Thecity will chip in $39,872. Oncedesign workis complete, the council probably will approve construction. South Templewill be torn up atthe sametimeparts of North Temple and 400 South are closed to place light-rail tracks for a west-eastline. Now, a traffic “management and mitigation plan” will be includedin the project design. South Temple's road base will be dug up and relaid Historic lattice light poles will be restored. Traffic signals will be upgraded, sandstonecurbs and gutterswill be carved westof 700 East and storm drains and sewer lines will be rebuilt. Call anywhere in Utah, anytime, for just 9’/.° a mi [998 US WEST ANOTHER BAD PRANK Not available Hyperthermia Notavailable = Hyperthermia Asphyxiation |August| Hyperthermia May Asphyxiation/ urce: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention school mediacenter. “They found the Web page for the White House,butturned tothe option forsending or August in e-mail to the president,” she said. Dennis Crandall, Themost deaths at asingle time charge oftheSecret Service in Salt LakeCity, occurred in West Valley City on ents to the school to investigate. Crandall de- Aug. 8, when twosetsofsisters d the matter “criminal mischief. this is and their friend perished in the e of kids and a bad joke.” Nevertheless, he trunk of a Saturn as outside temAttorney for Utahwill review the matter peratures approached 100 de‘0 determineif charges could befiled grees, Experts said the temperature in the trunk could have Oo \ lunchtimeprank bythree students Thursday at West Jordan's Joel P, Jensen MiddleSchool resulted / an evacuation. Theschool will be closed today for cleaning. “During lunch a few students had f mercury which they began throwingin the cafet id Jordan School District spokeswoman Melinda **Outside temperature *Cause of death July [August] June July “*Qutside temperatures are approximated. leased a report this week saying were doing Internet research on computers at the Month | _*Medical examiners/coroners provided written and verbal cause-ot-death information trappedin car trunks in sweltering temperatures The Centers for Disease Con- MAIL JOKE NOT FUNNY Age (yrs.) | = BY MICHAEL VIGH Two West Jordan Middle Schoolstudents have been uspendedfor allegedlysending an e-mail messageto ihe White House that containedathreat onthe president's life. Principal Dana Bickmoresaidthestudents No. Children} | 1987] 1 4 1987} 14 3 | 1989} eenEE 4 5 fee 1993] 2 3,5 | | 1994] 4 4 1995] 2 3,4 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FOR THE RECORD W.Valley City Council Wants MajorSay in How 5600 West Is Developed CeCe Rune: etic | Nineteenchildren have died nationwidesince 1987 after becoming Agencyreport seeks more vigilance around vehicles “He pretendsto throwthestick, | pretend to chaseit. Is that normal?” UTAHFriday,December4, 1998 Are you No hidden costs. No calling plan fees. No extra numbersto dial. No time or day restrictions. Only U S WEST offers you 9')° a minute all day. every day — with no small print in sight. It you have any questions. call us at 1-800-244-1111 ? locking for ™x restrictions? There are WeWEST file's better here @ ag TheSalt Lake Tribune |
