Show B2 The Salt Lake Tribune Kind Deeds Heroic Acts: Love Defined ARMED STORE SCUFFLE I 15 1998 T FOR THE RECORD ' UTAH Sunday March t- A convenience store manager needed surgery on his hand Satur-- ! V vj U ELOUISE BELL day morning after scuffling with two armed robbers David Christy 41 was in an office just before 5 am preparing to open the Flying J at 1332 W 12th Street in Marriott a half-mil- e west of Og-- ! den when he heard a noise and went to the front of the store to investigate He discovered two adult men one of whom attacked Christy with a knife The men fled with a few thousand dollars according to Weber County sheriffs Sgt Klint Anderson Christy who ? defended himself with his hands jj was treated at Mckay-De- e Hospi- tal and released He was expected to return to the hospital in the afternoon for surgery Sheriffs deputies said they were not able to release a detailed description i of the suspects and they hope to Z hear from anyone who may have been passing the store around the - time of the robbery j "'BF Lf fe:! Tc V V( Hate crimes They swirl about our consciousness like smog in the air pollution in the water So every once in a while it behooves us to celebrate the opposite kind of acts Love deeds you might call them Staff Sgt Brian Smethurst rushes down the banks of the Provo River and plunges into the icy water water that could kill him with hypothermia faster than any deadly virus He struggles to an overturned car and frees a woman her daughter ard her tiny all strangers to granddaughter ?! V MOON MAN ROBBERY Police are looking for a man who robbed a Marie Callenders 1109 E 3900 South Salt Lake County late Friday armed with a handgun and outfitted for a moonwalk About 9:55 pm a tall thin man walked into the restau- rant famous for its pie wearing an oxygen mask oxygen tank yellow ski goggles a blue ski jacket and a gray stocking cap and demanded money from the night staff He walks in there kind of looks around and hands them a note said Salt Lake County sheriffs Lt Mike Wardle Then he shows them the butt of what they think was a 9mm handgun stuck down his pants Youve got to give him an O for originality Sheriffs deputies arrived within minutes but the man fled the restaurant on foot with a couple hundred dollars and then disappeared The mans oxygen get-u- p was phony said Wardle r FIRE AT STRIP MALL H An early morning fire at a Pro- 3 vo shopping center Friday caused an estimated $150000 damage When crews arrived at about 1 am heavy smoke was pouring from the roof of Brighams Landing located at University Parkway and Freedom Boulevard (200 West) Flames were confined to The Travel School said Provo fire officials but smoke spread throughout the plaza The school and Sports Shoes Etc sustained water damage Investigators believe an electric sign sparked the fire 1 M 4 i ABUSE CASE The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear arguments from a woman who sued the State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind after her blind son was sexually assaulted by another student The boy was attending an Ogden elementary school but was under the supervision of Schools for the Deaf and Blind when the assault occurred A US District Court judge dismissed the lawsuit saying schools cannot be held responsible unless officials know there is a danger and fail to act The victim who has the mental capability of a 3- - to signed to his mother that a larger boy who was not in his class touched his penis in the schools bathroom Two weeks later the school called to say an aide had left the blind boy in the bathroom for a few minutes When she returned she saw a in a stall and the younger boys pants pulled down The abuser who is deaf but of average intelligence was supposed to be in a class in another part of the building : CLIMBER INJURED A Provo rock climber injured his ankles and received a cut on the forehead when he plunged 30 feet into the side of a mountain Saturday Daniel Fackrell 23 apparently lost his hand and foot holds while climbing at the mouth of the Rock Canyon above Red Rock He was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in stable condition Danny LaThc Salt Lake Tribune Boyd Christensen left of Huddart Floral and James Belcher of the Flower Patch donate their time and skills at The Salt Lake Tribune Home and Garden Show floral-arrangeme- nt A List of Winners for Competitions In the Home and Garden Show Division - I Horticulture Best o? Show: Richard Welch Holladay $25 gift certificate Best Runner-Up- : gift certificate Greenhouse Clarence Bynum Salt Lake City $15 certificate Greenhouse Clarence Bynum Salt Lake City $10 gift B: Samira Haddas Centerville $10 tificate The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Idahos Power-ba- ll lottery worth $19000000 were 15 34 35 42 and 47 POWERBALL: 15 The winning numbers in Idaho Montana South Dakota and Nebraskas Wild Card lottery worth $760000 were 6 15 21 25 27 and 31 WILD CARD: King of Diamonds For winning numbers and prize amounts players can call the filaho Lottery & information line: gift cer- Division VII - Club Displays Best Artistic: Ogden Garden Club Ogden $20 gift certifi- Best Educational: South Devis Garden Club Bountiful $20 gift certificate Division V- - Po Cheng Chang Super Silk June Burch Ogden $10 gift certificate Homegarden B: June Burch Ogden $10 gift certificate Most B!ue Ribbons: Richard Welch Holladay $10 gift certificate $250 First $150 Three Additional Trophies: Richard Welch Holladay Clarence Bynum Salt Lake City John Houser West Val- Best Table Design Section B: Sherry Mathewson Salt Lake City $150 ley City Dolls Komegarden Division A: II - Best of Show: Darla Anderson West Jordan $25 gift certificate Best Advanced Amateur Kathie Kasperek Elwood $20 gift certificate Best Amateur: Rohm Anderson West Jordan $20 gift certificate Best Novice: Jan Homleid Salt Lake City $20 gift certificate Most Blue Ribbons: Darla Anderson West Jordan $20 gift certificate Outstanding Theme: Kathie Kasperek Elwood $10 gift certificate Outstanding All Presh: Peila Panoke Midvale $10 gift certificate Outstanding All Dried Kristie McGuire Murray $10 gift certificate Best Miniature Section A: Brixton Anderson West Jordan $10 gift certificate Best Miniature Section B: Darla Anderson West Jordan $10 gift certificate Runner-UPat Egan Salt Lake City $5 gift certificate p: Division III - Best of Show Functional: Debbie Ragan American Fork $25 gift certificate Best of Show Exhibition: Earlene Hale Salt Lake City $25 gift certificate Best Advanced Amateur: Kathie Kasperek Elwood $20 gift certificate Best Amateur: Pat Egan Salt Lake City $20 gift certificate Best Novice: Judy Allred and Virginia Nash Salt Lake certificate Elwood $20 gift Best Functional: Sherry Mathewson Salt Lake City $15 gift certificate Runner-U- p Best Exhibition: Earlene Hale Sait Lake City $15 gift certificate Runner-U- p Creativity Award Functional: Kathie Kasperek Elwood $10 gift certificate Best Theme Functional: Dollie McDonald Murray $10 gift certificate Best Junior Table: Damien Du Coing Murray $10 gift certificate Outstanding trophy In Division V: Betty Runner-U- p Preece Bountiful trophy and Section A: Twila Keller Bountiful Ceramics Trophy Winners: JoAnn Nielsen Taylorsville Lynn Overstreet West Valley City Cindy Mangone Taylorsville $10 Gift Certificate: JoAnn Nielsen Taylorsville Sharon Jacobsen South Salt Lake Cindy Mangone Taylorsville Mike Wiggins Taylorsville Best of Show: Melenie Coleman $15 gift certificate Quilts Best Miniature Guilt: Fran Genthwain $25 gift certifi- cate Best Large Quilt Trimble Family Quilters $25 gift certif- icate Best In Show: Gayle Burton $25 gift certificate Best Small Quilt Gayle Burton $25 gift certificate China Painters Trophy Winners: Karen Barkley Kaysville Renee Howerton Salt Lake City Connie Sevenson Provo Nancy Sherwood Salt Lake City Design Fresh: Kristie McGuire Murray Joan Giles Award: Claudia Redd Park City Best of Show: Dorothy Potter Bountiful $15 gift certifi- cate Pioneer Craft House Winners Pauline Bailey trophy Steve Harris trophy Terri Lessing trophy Josie Hachiga trophy James Anderson trophy Photo Utah Best of Show: Mark Maugham Murray cate him A friend of mine Dorothy age 75 learns that her niece is de- pressed Dorothy keeps in touch by phone and in person Last weekend Dorothy had a full agenda But before and after each event she called her niece checking on her Then suddenly no answer to her phone calls Finally she does get through A whispering voice says I need help Dorothy drives about 109 miles an hour rouses the landlady gets into the tightly locked apartment and finds the niece near death from an overdose of tranquilizers Today the niece is alive and recovering in a hospital Last Thursday the third annual Utah Womens Achievement Awards were presented at the state Capitol Nine women were honored for whole lifetimes of love deeds Professionals and volunteers these nine have made a difference in education affordable housing domestic violence minority status world peace whatever the specifics it all boils down to making life better for people one by one family by family But after the nine are recognized six more are spotlighted They are introduced only by their first names: Diana Rose Gina Kathy Sandy Monica Most of $10 Gift Certificates: Myrna Laird Orem Linda Maddox West Jordan Table Designs City $20 gift certificate Most Blue Ribbons: Kathie Kasperek Best Lynn Hess Magna trophy Design $50 gift certifi- Best Color Print: Doug Brown Salt Lake City $15 gift certificate Best BlackWhite Print: FL Smith Salt Lake City $15 gift certificate Best High School: Rebecca Burton Murray $15 gift tificate cer- High School Plaque: Murray High School Katie Campbell First Place: Heather Ranglack Blair Christensen Second Place: Heidi Hamilton Sarah Jean Richardson Third Place: FL Smith Marci Trujillo them it seems to me are dressed in pink These women aie not geologists or administrators college presidents or city mayors Yet they are honored as Women Making a Difference They are shelter moms I never even knew the phrase before let alone knowing what a shelter mom did When a child is rescued from a home raging with domestic violence when an abused or neglected baby is moved from its re- parents for its safety sometimes at 3 am where does that child go? While the legal system of investigations and hearings rolls on its sometimes-cum-bersom- e path who feeds the kid tucks him in at night supplies hugs? In Salt Lake County the answer is a shelter mom These mothers in teamwork with their husbands take in the hapless children for varying lengths of time from a day to eight weeks Sometimes incredible as it seems the hugs they offer are the first the children have ever known Sometimes the family bathtub is the first the child has ever seen Many children are stunned to learn they can spill a glass of milk or cry out in fear without being beaten for it These shelter moms have children of their own Their homes ere middle-clas- s households I would judge "ordinary" only to those who take safeno-fril- ls ty and regular meals and affection for granted One of the women kas taken into her home a total of 47 children so far Pink the color of love pink-frocke- d What a great tribute you pay these unsung heroes of our society Elouise Pink in this case not only is the color of love but also of heroism Those attributes come in many colors This past week I was in San Jose tending to my elderly parents whose mental and physical decline has accelerated dramatically in the past year While the headlines and talking heads continue to feed us a con- stant drumbeat of political sex scandals real and lmaginedand of professional sports figures who have come to define men behaving badly there are heroes:who go about their business daily without much of a headline or recognition Tuesday morning my wife and I were awakened by the sounds of my mother in distress At first dur assessment was to take her to the hospital But because of her condition we chose to call 911 and the response was immediate The complete professionalism and expertise of the fire department paramedics and ambulance personnel was dr amatic and amazing to witness There were four more people three men and a woman who seemed to be in charge of the team To watch them take control of the situation assess my mothers condition and begin lifesaving action truly was something to witness Within seconds of arriving at the house the woman had monitors hocked to my mother began procedures to stabilize her and prepare her for transport to the hospital Their skill training and knowledge of what to do without hesitation is taken for granted by most of us When its loved ones who needs them you get a fullest appreciation for what these pdbple do as a matter of course The heroics at the other end were equally amazing and reassuring to witness I am hap$y to report that Mom is doing better and we hope to have her back home in a couple of days The next morning there wai a story on the news of another heroic act this one by a private citizen on his way to work A couple of teen-ager- s were going to the mall to buy some clothes for a SMie Hawkins dance when the driver lost control of the car skidded across three lanes of traffic and smashed into the center divider wall A young man on his way to work as a street paver came uponthe wreck and while the other motorists diverted traffic he noticed the car still containing dazed Occupants was starting to burn Putting his hands on the concrete wall and pushing with his body Jie moved the small car enough to open the door and pull both tne people out as the flames griw rapidly He and a firefighter wjio had just arrived at the scejie dragged both to safety as the oar exploded and burned to a pile lof j cinders The victims who would haVe died a horrible death escaped with minor injuries thanks to the heroics of the young man who stopped to help So whenever I hear a siren I know that hercjes are at work It also reminds-m- e that we live in a country full of heroes As for the likes of thesgh-er- s the Latrell Sprewells id Monica Lewinskys are nothjpg more than curiosities Ciao Elouise Bell is professor emeritus at Brigham Young Universi- ty Tom Barberi host on KALL-A- is a talk-slm1 !' Utahs Student Legislators Take Over Capitol Hill to Debate Their Concerns j t BY BECK! LESSER LOTTERY Outstanding Design Thome: Judy Allred and Virginia Nash Salt Lake City trophy cate A: TOM BARBER1 SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE Capitol Hills House and Senate chambers emptied with the adjournment of the Utah State Legislatures 1998 session on March 4 However both chambers were alive with debate Friday and Saturday This time the legislators arguing their legislation were student representatives of Utahs colleges and universities The Utah Intercollegiate Assembly spent two days debating mock resolutions designed to better the educational experience of every college student in the state The assembly this year marking its 25th session works as any legislative body might As Senate President Laura Albiston from Southern Utah University pointed out "A governor lieutenant governor House speaker Senate president and attorney general preside over the two-da- y session During this time those students elected to serve as delegates to the assembly debate resoluUons geared toward solving the problems college students see on their campuses This year's top resolutions included an act that would make teacher evaluations available to students one that would add a students participation in extracurricular activities to their transcripts and another that supports funding for the statewide Interlibrary Loan program In addition student legislators demonstrated strong support for resolutions that protect the privacy of student records by requiring among other things the use of identification numbers other than Social Security numbers We recognize that Social Security numbers have to be used for financial-ai- d records Boyden said but using them for other records makes access to academic records too easy This bill came about because we saw a real problem with the amount of access which was available to both students faculty and administrators We want them to specify their reason for accessing the records before they are allowed to view them as well as making anonymous access impossible These resolutions in addition to others requesting funding for campus building maintenance and increased student representation on all college committees will be sent to the state Legislature and the Utah State Board of Regents In the past this body has not been efficient in its efforts to persuade the state said Assembly Governor Legislature Michael Harker from the University of Utah We have had some conflicts of ih- - S terest with the Utah Council of Studept Eody Presidents and our interests haife J not always been communicated at tier state level This year the Council has! modified its charter to allow for a mole diverse representation of student coji-- j ' cems he added J Other modifications to this system hate called for the assembly to begin meeting in November of each year to pass its res&-lutions This will allow us to get start while students are still excited at the be-- j ginning of the school year Harker said It will also make it easier for us to lobby our top resolutions to the legislators! since they will still be fresh hi everyones mind when the legislative session be-- ! 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