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Show AS WASATCH Holden was gien seen in Heber Valley businesses with her shoes covCONTINUED oy A1 do, and I was going to do it this spring ~ ered in dog feces, says Wright. ~ and summer, but they would not lis- — When the health department stepped in, Wright says they first he story, | Aealch officials and _ ten to me.” Citing confidentiality laws, tried to get a hold of Holden’s family, Wasatch County Sheriff deputies County Health Director Wright is but their efforts were hampered by declared her cabin unfit to occupy hesitant to discuss what he calls “a her refusal to help. | and arrested her on March 20. sad situation.” — “We tried every way we could to “They took me in handcuffs like I He describes Holden as a “quite find family,” says Wright. was an ordinary criminal,” said intelligent” woman, but says her verAs for her treatment at the hand Holden in a phone interview with pile sion of the facts is “not quite true.” of health officials and Wasatch Counter. Mental Health, Wright declined com-She was then turned over to Wasatch Mental Health for a psychi- ment. A supervisor with the mental atric evaluation in Provo. She says she was told she was only going to be health clinic said she is forbidden to even confirm or deny that Holden was even admitted. In general, however, county offi- ae iat AREER ETT A NTE RNG IEEE IE A held overnight, but instead doctors kept her for eight days during which to LIL L abel | |! The dog that was adopted had incurred $4,500 worth of veterinary EOE ent LONee GEIS: aorLEIP Wardley § use ae A aS next week. “Tt will be on the May 10 eos as an action item,” he said. Currently the district ppernies with a fleet of 30 busses, which carry nearly Utah Valley Regional Health PHOTO _ | BY TIM WESTBY Wright responding says his office was to complaints from they _ first cabin. What they found was an estimated two years worth of dog feces scattered throughout the house. Besides the mess, Wright says Holden was violat- ing zoning ordinances, which allow no more than three dogs per household. = = epeiede neighbors offered to help her clean up the mess. And ba GIF AC 1 @eReal Estate - price tag. While ease serious overcrowding, _ “I’ve known in the past there hasn’t been enough seats for the kids,” Taylor said. “We're getting overcrowding on these routes, which isn’t safe.” The plan has elicotiiered: 4oe cir - Honda and a Jeep, sit parked in the — share of opposition along its journey. Under normal circumstances, a homeowner would have 30 days to clean the house, but Wright says he is giving Holden’s daughter longer to deal with the situation because she lives in Boston. Asked if he thinks the house can with driveway. Bags of trash line the porch. The Sgn posted on the side of Holden’s Cabin. an $80,000 Wasatch purchases additional busses each year, the move would better utilize the existing shuttles. __ ‘Tracy Taylor, the PTA’s legislative representative, said the plan could help side, announcing that the house is — “unfit to occupy.” Holden’s two cars, a Ngee ett over a year, the school board delayed a vote on the matter during last week’s meeting. District Administrator Keith Johansen told the Courier staggered times will either be approved or rejected with a bright red sign tacked to its” neighbors when bills in the last year, and she is deeply | approached: Holden’s ‘worried about the dog’s health, says Holden. | She also fools admits that she turned her place into a kennel and _that she had cleaning and fixing up to — do to the cabin, but that county offi-cials would not give her a chance. She gays she had long list of things she was going to do to the cabin before To the consternation of many. who have worked on the proposal for well Center in Provo where they are evaluated on a continuing basis until they are no longer thought to be a danger. - For now, the house sits empty allowing the shelter to adopt out*her Bogs if anyone wanted them. would help free up other drivers.” they believe is a threat to themselves or others. Patients are often referred - -control of her mental facilities. “I’m just not a normal Utah Mormon - woman,” she says. Meanwhile, her dogs were ken to the Heber Valley Animal Control Shelter where one was adopted out during her hospital stay. Holden says she was forced to sign a document. SCHOOL CONTINUED FROM A1 cials have a right to admit someone time doctors “tried to scare the hell _ out of me” with dire diagnosis of how ‘sick she was. A judge eventually ruled she was mentally competent ~and should be released. Holden claims to be in complete LLL LLL JOUER May 2, 2001 COURIER putting it up for sale this summer. “I do admit I had remodeling to DOGS PON COUNTY Parents have lobbied the committee be cleaned, Wright responds gravely, . “I don’t know. It’s pretty bad.” If the cabin can’t be cleaned, it will have to be destroyed, he says. ~ “Tt was just a sad situation. We feel bad about it?” Heber-City, UT 84032 over the strong support. Several other 3:30 p.m. | districts across ‘school times for the same reasons. Email: derek@wasatchcountycourier.com - 435-654-0090 or 800-574-1006 www.wardleygmac.com one anette NO PHOTO. 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