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Show Volume XV Issue XXIV The Ogden Valley news Page 13 December 1, 2008 BURGLARS cont. from page 1 still missing, including a ring and the Greer’s daughter’s wallet. Greer, stated that the two men were headed Amy Greer stated that earlier in the week, his way. Greer passed the burglars, who she had seen a man that fits the description of were driving a dark green metallic Mitsubishi one of the burglars in a neighborhood down Gallant, as they were driving up Powder from hers. “He was standing on a curb and Mountain Road. He quickly turned around really looked out of place. He didn’t look and followed the two men back up the road. like a sales person, or a construction worker. The burglars then turned around to come back It seemed really odd to me, and I wondered down the mountain, as did Greer where a high about him being there.” speed chase ensued. Greer overtook their car, Another woman in Radford Hills stated passing them, and swung his car that two men of color had come to around cross ways in the middle of her door recently, stating that they the road to block the burglars. The were contractors looking for work. security officer riding with Greer When she told them she would go jumped out of the car with his gun and get her husband so they could drawn, and ordered the men to get talk to him, she found that they had out of their car. Instead, they threw left by the time she had returned to it into reverse and sped back up the the door. mountain. Greer also stated that a neighbor At this point, Greer, the secuhad found that a couple of their rity officer, and the mountain manwindow screens had been removed. ager gave up the chase and waited “Probably by the same men looking Darrell Taylor for members of the Weber County to get in that home first. Apparently Sheriff’s office to arrive. Within Toles climbed into our home through our a couple of minutes, they came upon Greer kitchen window, then went around to the waiting near the gate at the bottom of Powder front door and let the other guy in.” Mountain Road. After Greer gave an officer Neighborhood Watch programs suggest a few more details, the officer headed up the that community members keep a look out road in search of the men. for: Meanwhile, the two burglars burnt out their car’s engine near the base lodge at the 1. Suspicious persons or activities. resort, and had managed to hitch a ride with 2. Someone screaming or shouting for help. a young woman who was heading back down the mountain. When the Sheriff approached 3. Anyone being forced into a vehicle. the car coming down the road, he noticed the 4. Property being taken out of houses or building where no one is home, or the suspects, and quickly pulled over the woman business is closed. who was driving. By this time the men had ducked down and were trying to hide. When 5. A stranger walking or running through private yards or alleyways. the officer approached the car, he asked the 6. Vehicles passing by numerous times, woman if she knew the two men in the back suspiciously parked, or traveling through seat. She stated that she didn’t, at which sideroads or alleyways with no lights on point, the officer told her to quickly get out or no apparent destination. of the car and stand back. The men were then arrested. You can also help protect yourself and Amy Greer stated that Marc Paulsen is the your property by: real hero in the botched burglary. “I’m sure 1. Using good lighting. they would never have been caught if Marc 2. Using good lock security. hadn’t been paying attention, and notified 3. Keeping shrubs trimmed. us and the sheriff of what was going on. He 4. Locking all doors and windows whenwatched the whole thing, and was able to stay ever your house is unoccupied. with dispatch until they were arrested.” 5. Letting a trusted neighbor know when According to Paulsen, the burglars were you are on vacation. Don’t advertise! only in the house for about a minute. In that Stop deliveries and have all mail picked short period of time, they were able to steal up. about $18,000 worth of items. While most of Amy added, “Fortunately, we had a good the items were recovered from the burglar’s neighbor watching out for us.” car, about $5,600 dollars worth of items are Online Gift Budget Planner Helps Santa Make His List, Check it Twice An online holiday gift planner from Zions Bank helps Santa Claus make his gift list . . . and check it twice so that he sticks to a budget. Free to the public, the Web resource at myholidaygiftplanner.com allows shoppers to organize their gift list, create a personal budget and stick to it. While they are at it, users can take advantage of the customizable planner to start their gift list and budget for next year. After logging in to myholidaygiftplanner. com, users set up a free personalized planner that they can save and edit whenever they like. Shoppers create a gift list for each person on their shopping list and estimate the cost for each gift, which is added up into a total budget. The budgets can be adjusted as desired and updated with actual expenditures as gifts are purchased. Space is provided for people to make shopping notes, or to copy and paste Web site addresses or delivery confirmation numbers when shopping online. “We developed this easy-to-use tool as a way to encourage people to manage their holiday finances wisely, before they overspend or get in trouble with debt they still carry months after the holidays,” said Carl Snyder, Director of Zions Internet Banking. When it comes to purchasing gifts, people can be influenced by others around them, according to Dr. Theresa A. Martinez, University of Utah Assistant Vice President for Academic Outreach and Associate Professor of Sociology. “Theories of contagion, fad behavior, and crowd behavior, are hallmarks of sociological research and speak to this sort of influence,” Martinez said. “Overspending during the holidays can be part of contagious or faddish behavior. We see others loading up their shopping carts, and we’re bombarded with marketing messages telling us to spend, so we allow ourselves to go a little overboard, justifying it because of the season. A specific product will become the craze or fad of the moment - some of us remember Tickle Me Elmo - and this becomes the must-have product. We should all remember to establish spending ground rules before going to the store, setting a holiday budget and sticking to it. We should also remember that the must-have product of the moment will be yesterday’s news very fast.” INTEREST RATE cont. from page 8 6.5% in October, the highest in 14 years. The current 6.5% jobless rate is an alarming 1.7% higher than the 4.8% rate of one year ago. The average hourly wage rose 0.2% (four cents) to $18.21 hourly, a rise of 3.5% over the past 12 months. Goods-producing employment continued to decline in October, with a net loss of 132,000 jobs. Construction employment fell by 49,000 positions, while manufacturing lost another 90,000 jobs. Mining added 7,000 jobs during the month. Service-providing employment also declined in October by 108,000 positions. The education & health services sector added 21,000 net new jobs during the month, while the professional & business services sector lost 45,000 jobs. The government sector added 23,000 net new jobs during the month, while the leisure & hospitality sector lost 16,000 jobs. The retail trade sector lost 38,000 jobs in October, an ominous sign as the critical holiday season approaches. The estimated net decline of nearly 1.2 million jobs during 2008’s first 10 months is a painful contrast to the average annual gain of 1.9 million net new jobs during 2005 to 2007. Such losses are likely to build in coming months as the U.S. economy struggles with possibly the worst recession since the early 1980s. registered 4.0%, up from the 3.3% unemployment rate one year ago. Davis County payrolls increased by 300 jobs (0.3%) in the past year. The unemployment rate was 3.1% in the latest month, up from 2.6% one year ago. Cache County employment grew by 400 jobs (0.8%) in the latest 12-month period. The area’s jobless rate was 2.5%, up from the 2.0% rate of one year ago. Salt Lake County employment rose by 1,500 jobs (0.2%) over the year. The county’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in the latest month, up from 2.6% last year. 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