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Show irfcnSifeilfeiliiih Page 10 - UINTAH ft BASIN STANDARD. September 14. 1999 Escapee caught after some tense moments New policy means support group must find a new place for weekly meetings Sy Lezlet E. Whiting A new policy , established to guard against potential liability for the Uintah Basin Association of Governments, means a brain-injur- y support group can no longer afford to meet at the Crossroads Center in Roosevelt. When the UBAOG took over management of the Center they had to establish new rules. One of the rules mandated that groups or organisations using the building in the evenings pay the cost of having a supervisor with them at the facil- ity. The charge of $10 an hour is too it much for the group established through the Brain Injury Association of Utah to handle, and they are now looking for a new place to meet, explained group member Sheila Fenn. The group has been meeting at the Crossroads Center almost every Thursday evening since it was formed last October. If the group could meet during the day, the fee would be waived because the Crossroads Center is open at that time anyway, but daytime meetings would make it impossible for most of their members to attend, said Fenn. non-prof- A Utah State Prison inmate who climbed the fence at the old Duchesne County jail just after 8 p.m.. Sept. 4 was back behind bars ordeal that left a after a Fenn used to oversee the evening meetings, locking up the facility and making sure everything was taken care of and cleaned up after the group left, but liability issues don't allow that anymore. The group understands the new rules, she said, and is hoping they can find another place to meet in the Roosevelt area to accommodate around IS people who usually attend the support meetings in the winter months. Turnout is generally lower during the summer, she said. It's important the meetings continue to be held on Thursday nights, and at a place they can count on, said Fenn. For those dealing with brain i injuries we have to have repthe same time, the same etition place; consistency is what it's all about. Families from the Duchesne and Vernal areas who have a loved one afflicted with a brain injuiy attend the meetings where they receive education and support. Roosevelt is a central location for the group. If anyone could offer a meeting spot for the group they are asked to contact Sheila Fenn at and leave a message if she is not at te Duchesne motel owner frightened and a sheriffs deputy shaken up. Gary Mitchell, 35, was being housed at the old jail away from the main inmate population for his own protection. On Saturday night he was out in the yard when he obtained a handheld garden claw and climbed the barbed wire fence, cutting himself up pretty good in the process, said Duchesne County Sheriff Ralph Stansfield. Mitchell's absence was immediately noticed and deputies weresum-mone- d to search for the escapee who had gone down the street, making two or three failed attempts to break into homes. He eventually walked into the Utahs overall crime rate dropped in 1998 by 1 1.3 percent to its lowest level in a decade, news that Gov. Mike Leavitt saw fit to deliver personally last week. Its very good news, the governor said in releasing the 1998 Utah Crime Report at a news conference in his Capitol office. deLeavitt said the double-dig- it cline from 1997 levels was especially significant in a year that saw a 1.7 percent increase in the state's population. Reporters and elected officials summoned to the governor's office knew the report would be good: This is the first time in his two terms that Leavitt has announced But the news wasn't all good. race-relate- d. Cant fall asleep? Try putting on some socks Associated Press Instead of counting sheep, the next time you have trouble sleeping, try putting socks on your feet. A researcher says people with chronically cold feet might drift off faster if they warm their feet with socks or a hot water bottle. Thats because the body appears to prepare for sleep by widening the blood vessels in the hands and feet to help radiate body heat away, according to a study. Wanning the feet and then removing the socks or water bottle would promote this dilation, said the researcher, Anna Win justice of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Basel, Switzerland. Most people go through the process naturally and wouldn't need socks or a water bottle to help them sleep, she said Wednesday. She and colleagues didn't directly test whether socks or water bottles promote sleep. But they did analyze data from 18 healthy young men who participated in sleep studies. The results suggest that blood vessel dilation in the hands and feet in late evening, and resulting heat loss, are key to falling asleep. Motel. walked out of the office when the proprietor's husband walked in. Dressed in sweat pants and a sweat shirt which covered his orange prison attire, the escapee was Kids can have trouble sleeping after watching TV havior, as well as obesity. Last month, the American Associated Press n, ee third-degre- What does Vernal have in comeran, has been crashing can since the ripe age of 12. Along with crashmon with the Pontiac Sihrerdome and The Los Angeles Coliseum? No, ing cars he has also graduated into its not the Super Bowl or The World monster truck driving and has driven The Big Red Express for the Series, but The Olio Anderaons Stuntworld past 4 yean. Spectacular. Hollywood will be Anderson and his Among the crowds favorite are: The High Speed crashed for the first Vernal to returning time in several yean as they put on Rollover Crash.The Head-O- n Crash their show of thrills, chills, and spills and The Iron Wall of Death; also included in the show are the High Saturday Sept 18 at the Western Park Outdoor Arena. Action will Skis, a stunt which has gained OUe recognition for many years. A stunt p.m. get underway at Besides the Daredevil show there whichi requires his car to be driven will also be The Coke National Mud on its side wheels and balanced there Bog and Monster Showdown. A moot for as long as possible keeping it popular event carried over from maintained through a combination early February. Top fuel modifieds of precis throttle control, weight as well as local stock participants distribution, and steering. Anderson is precise in setting up will strive for top honors as they compete for the furthest distance or stunts which is the main reason he still alive today. As Anderson fastest time through a specially designed 80 ft mud pit Entries for says, When a minor mistake could stock class available at Vernal Big 0 cause death or crippling iqjuiy not one minor element can be left to and Roosevelt Carquest. The Vernal show is one of over 40 chance. And when stunts involve stops on the tour for Anderson this dynamite such as the Russian Death Chair, who could season. Besides touring the,fptire United States for over 40 yean, thUaaxi him.ln this stunt Andoraon crouches into a V shaped depresAnderson's group has also been involved in many crucial Hollywood sion in a box filled with dynamite. movie and television stunt scenes. The ensuing explosion is deafening, Yet his true desire is to show for causing the crowd to gasp, and that people live and not just on film. fall silent. As the smoke cloud dears The action is much more real if you away, on the ground blown 10 ft can smell and feel the crash, rather from hie original position Anderson than just watch it, States Ander- - is momentarily stunned, but is all right, usually. The first time I tried this stunt, I ended up spending time old is hie his 19yr group Among son O Jay. O Jay, a seasoned vet-- in the hospital trying to figure out what rd done wrong) he said. Such amazing stunts hopefully will keep the crowds coming as these Daredevils carry on a long line of tradition as they make their living by teasing death in front ofa crowd. rs Acad-em- y ofPcdiatrics recommended that Children who watch a lot of television especially at bedtime or on children under 2 not watch televia TV set in their bedroom are sion at all, saying it interferes with interaction with othmore likely to resist going to bed, the have trouble sleeping or wake up ers needed for healthy development Owens and Rolanda Maxim, a more, a study suggests. A lot of parents don't make the pediatrician at the Knights of Coconnection, saidJudith Owens, who lumbus Developmental Center in led the study. They think if TV is St. Louis, examined the sleep and sedating for adults, it is for kids, TV habits of 495 youngsters in kintoo dergarten through fourth grade. The research included the time spent Instead, she said, seems to be a stimulant to some watching videos, but not using comchildren. puters. The study appears inthe Internet Owens, a professor of pediatrics at Brown University and director of version of Pediatrics, a journal pubthe pediatric sleep disorders clinic lished by the American Academy of at iasbro Children's Hospital in Fediatrics. Providence, R.I., said parents need . Mpre than 76 percent of parents to ease their children into bedtime, ' reported TV'vtewfttg wax part of instead of relying on television. their childs usual bedtime routine, I don't advocate completely turnand 15.6 percent of children fell ing it off in the evening, but there asleep in front of the TV at least two needs to be a clear demarcation, nights a week. Researchers also she said. 1 would like to see kids found that 26 percent of the children studied had a television in being read to, or reading to parents or themselves. TV viewing has subtheir bedroom. About 40 percent of parents said stituted for a lot of that. Kids need wind-dow- n their children had at least one sleep more of a calm-dowtime problem, such as struggles over goThe study adds to a growing ing to bed or difficulty falling asleep. amount of research on television's harmful effects on children. Previous studies have shown that heavy TV viewing may bo linked to depression, anxiety and violent be one-on-o- first-degr- Hollywood Stuntworld dare devil show to invade Vernal Sammi and Makenzie Bumgarner were found OUT ON A LIMB-Nik- ki, Roosevelt home. We alway s climb trees after their next to a tree climbing school," Nikki said. If Leavitts picture had included only murder, arson and hate-crim- e rates, Utahns would have seen an increase. Rape rates declined from 1997 to 1998, but have increased 70 percent over the past decade. Utah's rape rate has unfortunately been consistent with the rest of the nation, Leavitt said. Murder went up 7.3 percent that's five victims; and arson went up 15.1 percent or about 60 cases from 1997 to 1998. Murder and arson are certainly very hostile crimes, but generally, violent crime is down by 7.8 percent. Hate crimes alsojumped from 40 in 1997 to 68 in 1998, half of which were at Ells he didn't say a word, said Stansfield. Mitchell hurriedly home. Violent crime rate declines in Utah office He told me he planned to demand car keys and a gun to get out oft here, but when he was in there soon spotted by deputy Travis Tucker who had been called in to assist in the search and was driving a new unmarked cruiser. Tucker who was not wearing his uniform recognised Mitchell and hollered at him. Mitchell, apparently unaware Tucker wasa sheriffs deputy, ran to the car and got in the passengerdoor. Once inside he -side grabbed Tucker's hand and threatened him with the garden claw. "He must have thought Travis had offered him a ride; he told him to go to a freeway and said he would id mess him up if he didn't, Stansfield. The cars gas gags was nearing empty iand Tucker told Mitchell he couldn't drive for long. Two miles later, just west of Duchesne, Tucker pulled over and as Mitchell was exiting the car, he got out, pulled his gun and ordered him to surrender. Mitchell gave up without incident and was taken back into custody. He has been returned to the Utah State Prison, said Stansfield. Mitchell was charged with felony aggravated kidnaping and aggravated burglary, second-degree felony burglary, and e felony theft following the escape. 7.-0- Dv-nqpti-te -- Uintah student arrested for drugs A Uintah High student was arrested for possession of marijuana after achool administrators wero tipped off and contacted law en- UP. UP, AND AWAYl-- Jay Anderson catches air as he turns loose all O. of the horsepower in the car crashing Big Red Express 4x4 Monster Truck; and it's double trouble when Big Red joins forces with Destroyer 1. the Transforming Robot Monster Track, that stands and destroys can that get in its way! See them in action at Western Park "Outdoors", Venal on Saturday. Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.). y third-degre- DIABETES CLASSES ; Tornado surprises, For People With Diabetes For Families Of People With Diabetes & If You Are At Risk For Diabetes Anyone Who Is Interested $348.00 damages Naples A tornado touched down in the Naplee area about 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 lifting rorfs off of buildings, damaging power lines, and droptrot onto a house. ping a Larry Burch, with the National Weather Service, investigated the damage Saturday evening and determined by examining the damage and interviewing ever a dozen witnesses that the tornado was an F-- l. 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