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Show The Ogden November 15, 2011 Valley news Your Community Newspaper PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Photo by Dennis Maher of Eden. Hiding Out and Laying LOw Wild turkeys in Eden. Photo by Larry Francis. Stray Bullets Cause Concern for Valley Residents: Safety issue highlighted Weber County Sheriff’s Office, stated that he the bullet looks like it came from a 45 caliber Laurie Van Zandt of Huntsville received a pistol, and from the angle that it entered the window, it either was shot frightening surprise Sunday, from close range, pointing October 30 while vacuuming upward towards the window, her formal dining room; she possibly from as close as the found shards of glass scattered patio below the window, or across the floor. Looking else the bullet was fired from around to determine where farther away, then hit somethe glass had come from, she thing else and ricocheted at noticed that a large window an upwards angle into the had been broken. Upon further window. Windsor stated, “If investigation, Van Zandt found you were to place a similarthat a bullet had been the cause sized dowel into the pathway of the shards of glass strewn of the bullet as it entered across her floor, and that this the window frame, the end bullet was still resting within of the dowel indicates the the wall area of her window. Bullet hole in window casing. direction that the bullet came Corporal Troy Windsor of the By Shanna Francis from.” He also stated, “It’s not improbable that the gun was fired from further away, hit something, and bounced upwards because the bullet had what looked like pieces of debris that could have come from tree bark or dirt. But why someone would be shooting in the area with such a powerful gun, I can’t understand it. It was very reckless, and is troubling to me.” Van Zandt says that she was shocked to learn that Utah law only requires an individual shooting a gun to be, at a minimum, 600 feet away from a home. She says that after this incident, she would like to see the law changed. “I want people to understand that a bullet can travel farther than 600 feet. A bullet like the one lodged in the frame around my window can BULLET cont. on page 10 When a Disaster Happens, Will You Be Prepared? Are you ready if a disaster happens? Well, you can be better prepared by knowing what to do if, or when, there is a disaster. The Valley CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will be sponsoring a training class. The class will begin Tuesday, January 17 at 6:00 p.m. at the Ogden Valley Library in Huntsville and will continue every Tuesday until March 6. The cost for this informative class is $30, which covers the participant’s manual and other supplies—a hard hat, gloves, CERT vest, and safety goggles. If you have already taken the course, you can sit in for a refresher at no charge. We need at least 15 people to sign up for this training. The members from the Weber fire department teach this class, and needs this number of people to justify the training costs. We should have at least that many people in the Valley who are interested in becoming better prepared. For more information and to sign up, please contact Wayne Hillstead at 745-1561, whillstead@msn.com or Darla Weston at 745-2365. KISS Hits Valley Elementary Woman Crashes through Fence in Eden By Shanna Francis A woman crashed her car through a fence on River Drive in Eden at about 5:15 a.m. on Friday, October 28. It appears that the woman may have fallen asleep at the wheel. It is estimated that she left the narrow country road at a speed of around 50 to 60 miles per hour. After losing control of her vehicle, she cleared a small irrigation ditch and plowed through a stand of choke cherry trees before hitting several feet of fencing—uprooting and destroying two brick pillars that held the wooden fence rails, many of which were also broken. One of the massive brick pillars, estimated to weigh in excess of 2,000 pounds, was thrown about 60 feet away. Corporal Windsor with the Weber County Sheriff’s office stated that the woman, probably in her late 20’s or early 30’s, did have some measure of controlled substance in her blood stream, but tested below the legal limit. The woman stated to the sheriff that she didn’t remember anything about the accident, except waking up to someone asking her if she was alright. The woman was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Fifth grade teacher Holly Sackett dressed up as a KISS rock group member on Halloween at Valley Elementary. For more Halloween photos see page 13. Photos by Roy Easley of Eden. Monte Cristo, Big Mountain Highways to Close For Winter Season On November 15 The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) advises motorists and recreationalists that state Road 39, The Monte Cristo Highway, and SR-65, The Big Mountain Highway, will close for the winter season on Tuesday, November 15. SR-39 will be closed from milepost 37, near Ant Flat Road east of Huntsville, Weber County, to milepost 56 near Woodruff, Rich County. With this closure, there will be no further vehicular or back country access for recreational purposes on Monte Cristo Summit via SR-39 once the gates on both ends of this section of SR-39 are closed and locked. Motorists who normally use this route between Woodruff and Ogden are advised to use SR-16 south to I-80, then travel west to Ogden via Evanston, Wyoming; or use SR-30 north to US-89, then travel west from Garden City to Logan, via Logan Canyon. Meanwhile SR-65 will be closed from milepost 3, near its junction with Emigration Canyon Road in Salt Lake County, to milepost 14, which is approximately 1.5 miles south of the East Canyon Resort in Morgan County. With this closure, there will be no further vehicular or back country access for recreational purposes on Big Mountain via SR-65, once the gates are closed and locked. However, East Canyon Reservoir and Resort will remain accessible via I-80 over SR-65 from Henefer, Summit County; or by using SR-66 to SR-65 from Morgan, via MONTE CRISTO cont. on page 10 Give Thanks With Every Step: Thanksgiving Day Charity Run Sceduled The annual Ogden Valley Thanksgiving Day Charity Run has been scheduled for November 24, Thanksgiving Day, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The run will begin at 2900 North Highway 162 in Eden, in the parking lot of the Eden/ Liberty LDS church located across from Snowcrest Jr. High School. The run/walk was begun as a way to collect food for those served by the Salvation Army and Catholic Community Services on a day of thanks giving. The entry fee for the 5K and 1.5 mile run/ walk is a grocery bag of canned or boxed commercial food, or a monetary donation. This event is for everyone; you and your family and friends—young and old. It is also for neighbors and visitors. Strollers are welcome! Anyone can run or walk a 5K or 1.5 mile in 1 hour. Take the time to come and participate. If you do so, you will be just hungry enough for that delicious turkey dinner served later in the day! No pre-registration is necessary; just come and have some fun. Rain or shine, ice or snow, the run/walk will happen. For more information, or if you have questions, call Sue Fuller at 801-791-8347, Lisa McCleary at 801-745-1214, or Terri Radmall at 801-745-0511. Sister of Pineview Boating Victim Files Lawsuit By Michael McFall, Standard-Examiner staff “(Their) acts and omissions were the direct and proximate cause of (Esther Fujimoto’s) death and of the harms and losses suffered by (her sister), her heirs and estate,” according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit does not specify the amount of monetary damages the family is seeking. The money would at least cover the family’s funeral, medical and legal expenses. The lawsuit also demands a jury trial. A court date has not been set. Attorney Greg Skordas represents two of the defendants and told the StandardExaminer in August that the death was an unfortunate accident. The Weber County Sheriff’s Office seized the boat believed to have hit the victim Aug. 30. The sheriff’s office also obtained blood samples from Raines and Boyer to test for illegal substances. Last month, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith told the Standard-Examiner the case is still under investigation with no timetable on possible charges. He said officials were waiting for test results on the blood samples, as well as “other evidence,” to come back from the state crime lab. Esther Fujimoto was a molecular biologist and a senior lab specialist in the University of Utah’s Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. She was researching the development of the central nervous system. She was seeking a cure for cerebral palsy and was also part of a research team that identified a breast cancer gene. The sister of the woman who died after being struck by a boat while swimming in Pineview Reservoir in August has filed a wrongful death suit against the three men she believes are responsible. Esther Fujimoto, 49, died the evening of Aug. 21 after a boat propeller cut into her torso and abdomen while she was swimming in the reservoir. Three men—one driver and two passengers—were in the boat, which sped off and left Fujimoto to die, according to the lawsuit. Denice Fujimoto, the victim’s sister, filed the wrongful death lawsuit in 2nd District Court on Oct. 28 and names Cole Boyer, Skyler Shepherd and Colton Raines as the men in the boat. All three live in Weber County. Shepherd owned the boat that Boyer was driving at the time they hit the swimmer, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit also states that all three had been drinking and that Boyer and Raines had been smoking marijuana before the boat hit Esther Fujimoto. “A witness on the beach heard the defendants yell out, ‘Hey, lady, are you alright?’” and said the defendants talked to the victim but did not offer her aid, the lawsuit reads. Instead, it states, the three left the scene. A witness tried to reach the victim in his own boat, but Esther Fujimoto died before he could help her, the lawsuit states. According to the lawsuit, the three men Note: This article first appeared in the were negligently and recklessly operating the boat, failed to keep a proper lookout, drove too Standard-Examiner on November 10, and is close to Esther Fujimoto, and failed to help her. being reprinted by permission. |