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Show Hage ALU IMt DAILY HEKALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, May 15, 1999 Investigators sniffing for source of flying feces By PAUL FOY Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY Look, i's a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s sewage! And Ww s no joke in the Salt Luke ley, where gobs of thick, raw sewage have fallen from the sky a dozen times since April 9, soiling as many as seven houses at once aren't designed to jettison sewage. A biplane was spotted before one ack, but federal agents say the tip didn’t pan out Sheriff's deputies are studying “splatter patterns” andfirefighters are hosing down hous- »secutors have igned their own investigator to the and authorities are issuing stern warnings. “It has never been funny Mayor Janice Auger of hit suburban Taylorsville. {he experienceis really gross. lhe smell is terrible. This a health issue. There's a lot of diseases in fecal matter.” “It is feces, but they can’t tell if it’s animal or human,” sheriff’s Capt Smith said of the first lab tests on the foul munitions The only certainty is that the initial strikes have spawned crude, groundlaunched copyeats. And residents are edgy, reporting even minor bird droppings on their cars, said countyFire Capt. Bill Brass. But Tom Perkins says it would take a “600-pound pigeon with diarrhea” to pro- duce the coverage that prompted his son to ask, “Dad, what's wl the mud doing on the house?” It took 500 gallons of water and 30 gallons of bleach to cleanse the house, hit by 400 brown droplet big as golf balls, Perkins said. More goo on his patio, lawn and driveway, Perkins’ Taylorsville home is 1.000 feet belowa flight path where jets glide at 200 mph toward Salt Lake City International Airport. The Federal Aviation \dministration has all but ruled out jets as a culprit, saying their toilet tanks can be flushed only from an exterior ST. GEORGE Mary dane Hanley Brennan, our beloved mother, grand mother, and t friend to all, returned to her Heavenly Father and her eldest son Robert G. Brennan May 12, 1999, after ourageous strug: No blue clue \ny leak would contain a telltale bluish disinfectant, the FAA and aireraft manufac- turers say, and none of the splatterings had a trace of he anactive member of the LDS ¢ iret She had wort «in nursing spent her lif in the serviceof oth ers Her jreatest are Heave ther, desus Christ. temy work, her family. her animals, and the o ‘an, Mary is survived by her daughter: Jeannie M. Brennan: three sons: Paul J, en) Brennan, David S, (Carmen) Brennan, Carl 1 brother: John (Eve) Hanle: grandchildren, She is prece by her par eldest son: Robert G. Brennanand twin granddaughters. Funeral services will be at the Ivins. LDS Heritage ( 240 E. 1060 South, on the corner entrance to the from 10 to 11am. Interment will be in the Ivins City Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Mortuary. (4 675-4221 Maxine Hartley Adams Reece passedaway in Spanish Fork Shewas born May2, 1911, in Salmon, Idaho, to Clement Carlos and Amanda Hart Adams, he old. her childhood years in Rockland Idaho. received her dew terednurs 1934 and worked asa nurseat Bannock Memorial Hospital and Pocatello General Hospital in Pocatello, Idaho. Soon after graduation, Maxine hee mea Nurs at Schultz Memorial Hospital in AmericanFalls, Idaho. Her a patient named William Reece was admitted Bill had just returned from an LDS mission and soonfell in love with Maxine, his nurse Bight months ater, on June 1935, they were sealedin the Salt Lake Temple, After their m se. they moved to Aberdeen, Idaho d lived on a farm. Bill took ¢ Maxine worke in town, heir five children were born while the couple lived in Aberdeen When the family moved to Salt City, Maxine worked at St k's Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital Primary Children's Hospital, and LDS Hospital, She etired from Lbs Hospital in 1976, Bill passed away on July 20, 1974) stranger to Maxine spent her retirement years doc n't know what to makeof the mess. "We never heard any- oil painting, quilti crocheting, and doing genealogy and temple work, She w faithful active nber of The Churchof Jesus Christ of Li ter-day FAA, reports of weird phenomena, thing like this,” agency spokesman Match Barkersaid, “nothing like what's been going on in Salt Lake The mayor doesn't believe the FAA's claim that commercial aireraft are guiltless. “If it’s never happened, howcomeit's happening every few days here?” Perkins is convinced “one airplane is running around here dumping crap,” but Smith said more recent incidents appear to have been the work of pranksters using a catapult or pressurized canister. Not sofast Perkins, a security officer at airport, FAA was too quick to deur air- Saints, She loved her family and was happiest when they were all together. Maxine is survived by her four chil dren, Joann Cox of Lindon, danet (Karl) Si ith of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Shirley (ohn) Johnson of Spanish nd Leon Reeceof Salt LakeCity. urvived hy 16 grandchildren: Richey. Steven Olson, Valerie Leavitt. Jennifer Jensen, Seott Smith, Debbie Murphy, Diana Bennett, Julie Coles, Lori Smith, Craig Johnson, Sharon Kitchen Bryan Johnson, Amy Platt Lisa Simons y Johnson, and Dylan Reece, Sheis also survived by 33 great-grandchildren. he is also survived by her sisters: Faye McKoveck of Des Plaines, Il and Carolyn Oetting of Merced, C her brother, Douglas (Lorraine) of She was preceded Sacramento, Calif, in deathby her son, Robert; her moth- repairing, restoring, and building anything and everything. Heis survived by his wife, Roberta of Lehi; children: Sandra (Robert) Kidd, Alpine; Mark (Debbie) Peterson, Gilroy, Cali; Lynette (Randy) Lish, American Fork; Bart (Cori) Peterson, Gillette, Wyo; Kris (Jaynalee) Peterson, Lehi; Kalynne(Brad) Barlow, Coralville, Iowa; and Kari (Loren) life. H Shirk, Lehi. Heis also survived by hie to 1953. He then served in the United His hobbies included traveling, and States Army during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955. Charles married Roberta Beal in the Logan Temple on De 4, 1955. He graduated: from mother, Geneva Peterson, Orem; ters, Janet (Lee) Drake, Salt Lake City; Luana (Valdean) Hadfield, Ogden; Marilyn (Clint) Gillman, Lindon; and brother, Blake (Shelly) Peterson, Lehi, Heis also survived by 17 grandchildren. Funeral, Monday, May 17, 1999 at Brigham Young University with a bach. elor's degree in degree in 1972. 1959 and a He taught junior high 11 a.m. in the Lehi North Stake Center, 900 N, 1200 East, Lehi. Friends may shop at Lehi Junior High School for 32 call Sunday evening at the Wing years and Charles Mortuary, 118 E. Main,Lehi, from 6 to served faithfully in manypositions in 8 p.m. and atthe church Monday from ired in 1991. the LDS Church and served in both the Provo and Mount ‘Timpanogos Temples. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Intermentwill be in theLehi City Cemetery. Lyndall John Hoff ee John Hoff, 71, died May 13, Mrs, Howard (Kathleen) Smith, Mrs. Ve wasbornSept. 14, 1927, n Georgetown, Idaho, (@Weanne) Hottel, and Mrs. Jim (LaRae) Ahrens, all of Georgetown, Idaho, a son, to Leslie Ray and Stuart (Monica) Hoff of Orem; two daugh- Howard (Myrtle) Johnson, Mrs. Johnny ters, Mrs. Edward (Lynda) Brown of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Bryan (Jerilynn) Johnson ofOrem; eight grandchildren and Doris Ann Solum Hoff. He married Jean Hamlin on May 6, 1950, in three great-grandchildren. He was preced- Sendai, Japan. He wasin the Armyandserved in the ondof World WarIl and the Korean and Vietnam wars. Heretiredas a yndall is survived by four sisters, ed in death by a son,William Leslie Hoff. A graveside service will be held Monday, May 17, 1999 at Utah Veterans Memorial Park, 17111 S. Camp Williams Road, Bluffdale. Friends and family may meet at the cemetery. Services are underthe direetion of Berg Mortuaryof Provo. er and father; her brother, Richard; and bluishdisinfectant widely used on Monday, herson-in-law, Dave Cox. Funer. servic s will beat 11 a.m. May 17, 1999 at the Spanish Fork First Ward Chapel, 310 E. Center, Spanish Fork. Friends may call at Walker Mortuary, 187 S. Main, Spanish Fork, on Sunday evening, May 16, from 6to 8 p.m. and at the ward chapel from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. they do have a problem with prior to services on Monday. Intermentwill be at the Spanish Fork leakage.” City Cemetery. LaZella Beck Spencer LaZella Beck Spencer, daughter of Hans Oswell and Mattie Amanda Nielsen Beck, passed from her earth: ly mission on May 12, 1999, in Provo. She was born Feb. 19, 1908, and grewupin Centerfield, She graduated from GunnisonValley High School as valedictorian. She earned a teaching certificate at Brigham Young Academy in 1927. On Sept. 9, 1927, she married Herbert Gealta Spencerin the Manti LDS Temple. They lived most of their matried lives in Murray. Herbert died on Oct. 8, 1987. She is survived by six children: Dr. Herbert B. (Donna) Spencer of Springville; Mrs. Robert H. (Lois) Barker of St. George; Donald G. (Sidnee) Spencer of Murray; Raymond D. (Marianne) Spencerof St. George; and Mrs. Rudy V. Ruth) Isaacson and Dr. Richard B. (Margaret) Spencer, both of Orem; 41 grandchildren, and 113 great grandchildren. LaZella was devoted to her family and church. She loved music and sang soprano, directed music for Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society, and many ward choirs. She played the organ and piano, She served in LDS Church ward and stake callings. She supported her husband in his many church andcivie positions. They served together in the Salt Lake and Jordan River Temples, Shewas a fine seamstress, worked at the Cottonwood Maternity Hospital and Cottonwood Hospital as a nurses’ aid, was active in Murray community affairs and service groups, and served many years as registrar of voters and as an election judge. Funeral services Monday 12:30 Naomi Virginia Robinson Holmes, 76, died May13, with her nieces and nephews and treated them as her own grandchildren. Sheis survived by her husband of American Fork; sisters, Dorothy Degelbeck, of Lehi, Betty Cushing, of Las Vegas; and several nieces and 1999, her home in American Fork. Born Dec. 30, 1922, in American Fork to George E andLillian Jeff Robinson. She married Kenneth C. Holmes August nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Frank, and sisters, Helen and Edith, Funeral Services will be Monday, 2 p.m, in the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 4, 1944, in Salt LakeCity. Naomi loved camping,fishing and needle work. heloved visiting 49 E. 100 North, American Fork, where friends may call onehourpriorto services. Burial, American Fork Cemetery. p.m,, May 17, 1999, at the Murray Utah Little Cottonwood Stake Center, 6180 South Glen Oaks (810 East). Friends maycall Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 S. State St. and Mon. 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the church. Interment Sandy City Cemetery. Jessie Hunter Bushman Smoot Beloved mother and grandmother, Jessie Hunter Bushman Smoot,85, Earl Lee Cox Earl Lee Cox, 62. of West Valley City and formerresident of Orem, died Thursday, May 13, 1999, at the PioneerValley E Hospital in West vale City. ¢ was born pl 6, 1936,in Ferron, a son of Lloyd Glenn and Mildred Johnson Cox, He married BonnieJensen dune 7, 1957, in the Manti LDS Temple ‘They were later divorced. Hewas a gradu School, He attended ( later received an Associate De BrighamYoung University. He hadbeen employed with Allstate Moving, and HA&RBlock Thelast 12 years h » was a long haul driver for Global Van Lines. He was a president of LBEW. FCU Loxal Hewas a member of the Salt Lake Rotary Chib: He wis oa mem: ber of the American Quarter Horse Association. Heenjoyed ranching, raising hors es and cattle, hunting,fishing, and the outdoors. He is survived by his mother, Mildred, of Ferron; his children and their spouses, Gary Lee and Kathy Cox, West Jordan; Richard and Donna Cox, Henderson, Nev.; Roger and She was born Feb.18, 1914, to Robert Alfred and FannyZalie Carlisle Hunter a in Alpine. She married Robert L. Bushman on Mandie Cox, Orem; Carrie and Dan Dawson, Lehi; his six grandchildren, Becky and Forrest Dawson, Justin Christopher Clardy; his four brothers 1971. She then married Condor E. Smooton June 13, 1975,in Vernal. He Wilson, Scotty and Jessirae Cox, and three sisters, Glenn and Enid Cox, Salt Lake City; Harold and Gloria Cox, Salem; Max Cox, Plano, Texas; Phillip and Ruth Cox, Ogden; Bernice and Jim Stanton, Provo; Emma Dowda, Salt Lake; Dora and Ray Smith, West Valley City, He was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd Cox Graveside services will be held in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Heprecededherin death on July 9, preceded herin death on May 25, 1985. deasie received her education in Alpine and graduated from Provo High. She attended BYUfor one year then married and made her first homein Provo. They later moved to Reno, Nev., and later to Salt Lake Monday, May 17th, at 2 p.m,in the Orem City Cemetery, 1500 N. 800 City. They moved back to Provo in 1943 where she and Bob began oper- East, Orem. Friends maycall Sunday ating the B&H Pharmacy andlater from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E. 800 operated two pharmacies in Orem. Jessie had worked for Utah Countyin North, Orem, and Monday from 12:45 the Civil Defense Department for 13 years, She was a memberof the LDS Church in the Provo 8th Ward and to 1:45 p.m. prior to going to the cemetery DEATH NOTICES’ Joseph Hugh Sellers, age 5. of Provo, died May14, 1999, S ices are pending andwill be announcedby Berg. Mortu y of Provo. passed away May12,1999. January 15, 1934, andwill be announced by SundbergOlpin. Lyndall John Hoff, age 71, died May 13, 1999, Services are pending and Robert Kling. 7, of Orem died will be announced byBerg Mortuary of May13, 1999. Services are pending Provo Vickie craft from the original dumpings. For one thing, hesays, the in commercial planesis not an FAArequirement. Airlines can runout of it and someforeign carriers do not useit. Captain Brass said the disinfectant is corrosive andrusts an airline's plumbing, “and away May 13, 1999, in American Fork. He was born Jan. 6, 1931, in Lindon to Charles Amos and Geneva ae Missionfrom 1951 March 12, 193) Boston, Mass John Fox Lillian She married Gene K Hanley Brennan. They were later divo offic valve. blue. The Charles Lyle Peterson, 68, passed townof Ivins. Sat y 15,1 urday at 11am. Visitation will be Nolaughing matter said Brennan = But the FAA says commercial jets Charles Lyle Peterson Mary Jane Hanley Mary moved to Utah in 19° Neighbors who live under a busy flight path are pointing fingers at aircraft. 0 OBITUARY FEES TheDaily Herald charges for ott ries. Death notices, brief items identifying the deceased andthe funeral home in ved, however, run {ree of charge and must be placedbythe funeral hore TheDaily Herald obituary rate re as follows; $15.10 per columninch and $7.00 per pleture, or each publication. For futher mformation cal 44 2533, DEADL INES 2 aD Bem. on Saturday on Sunday adinesGame as above was anactive temple worker. Jessie's family feel that she was an angel on loan from God. Jessie is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Christen of Provo, and Gloria Jean (Darrell) Brady of Levenworth, Wash.; five grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren, and three sisters, Bernice Moyle of Orem, Nelle (Ted) Perry of Beaverton, Ore., and Hazel (Roger)Priceof Lehi. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Rilia Crookston, Halla Wirth, Wilma Peterson, and Barbara Hunter, and two brothers, Ear) Hunter and Dan Hunter, andher beloved son-in-law, Dennis F. Christen. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 15, 1999, at 1 p.m. at Berg Mortuary, 185 E, Center St., Provo. Friends may call Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the mortuary, and on Saturday, one hour prior to services. Interment, Alpine City Cemetery. The Truth About Hearing Aids And Hearing Loss. Don’t Be Fooled. Free Report exposes what you need to know before you buy a hearing aid. Secrets that the hearing industry doesn’t want you to know. How to avoid paying $6,000 for your hearing aids. To have this free report mailed to you at not cost, 24 Hr. Recorded Message. Call Toll-Free 1-888-710-2537 Demoplans to challenge Rep. Cannon ee] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon will have a Democratic opponent‘in his race for the 3rd Congressional District néxt year. Democrat Donald Dunn, a 28-year-old director of public affairs for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, said he plans to run for Congress to make sure Cannon doesn’t go unchallenged in 2000. . Dunn will address the state Democratic Convention meeting Saturdayin ParkCity. Also speaking will be Jim Matheson, son of the late Gov. Scott M. Matheson, who has already announced he’s running in 2000 against R Merrill Cook, R-Utah, in 2nd CongressionalDistrict. Dunnsays he's committed. to running althoughhe hasn't formally announcedhis candidacy or raised any money. To prove his commitment, he’s prepared to quit his gavernment job in Washington, D.C., and return to his Rose Park homein plenty of time to qualify his residency in the congressionaldistrict. Dunn believes Cannon can be defeated, in part because of the success former-Rep. Bill Orton had, winning the 3¢d District seat three times. The 3rd District’s political center is Utah County, butpit stretches along the west side“of the Salt Lake Valley and takes in western Salt Lake City, including the Rose Park area. The district then slopes down into eastern,central and southeastern Utah. It’s reportedly one of the most Republican districts in the nation. While Dunnisn’t new to pel itics, he is to elective office. After graduating from the University of Utah in 1993 with degrees in political seience and secondary education, Dunnreceived a White House internship and worked at the same time as Monica Lewinsky. Completing his White House internship, he went to work for the White House Political Affairs Office and was there during Clinton’s 1996 re-election. From there he wentto his. current position, a political appointee as director of public affairs for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Dunnsaid he’s proud of his service in the White House-amd in the Clinton administr: and doesn’t believe the co: tion will harm his candida. Cannon wasone of the Ho Managers of the impeachment chargesagainst Clinton. Cannon, a millionaire, put more than $1 million of his own moneyinto his 1996 defeat of Ortonin the 3rd District. Dunn said no way he has those kind of financial resources.“I can’t bankroll this campaign.It will be a door-todooroperation.” ‘a First refugees headed to Utah a in next 10 days SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least 100 Kosovar refugees will be relocated to Utah, with the first group arriving within 10 days. Catholic Community Services of Utah officials on Friday said the first refugees are members of an extended family that includes five men, five women andninechildren. The agency has been notified to expect at least 100 refugees to be relocated in Utah within the next two months. Catholic Community Servicesofficials will be given only a few days notice of the arrivals, Catholic Community Services is seeking volunteers to provide transportation to the refugees, assist them in adjusting in their new lives and help English. them practice POOR CC |