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A hiker, Kelly Rogers (in tank top), waits to be lowered Tuesday by Weber County Search and Rescue after he became injured, then disoriented, and spent several days on the North Ogden Divide above North Ogden. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Injured hiker may have been on Divide 3 days, officials say

Last updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 6:02am

NORTH OGDEN — Search and rescue officials on Tuesday participated in the rescue of a Weber County man who claimed to have been stranded on a hillside for three days after sustaining injuries and becoming disoriented on a hike near the North Ogden Divide.

Exactly how long Kelly Rogers, 43, waited to be rescued is still unclear.

Rogers told Weber County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue that he had been dropped off in the Nordic Valley area Sunday afternoon and suffered injuries to his knee and ankle after walking for some time.

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Norman Skanchy, a former national racquetball champion, leads a tai chi class at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden on Tuesday. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Racquetball champion, 87, turns to tai chi

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:18am

OGDEN — A few years ago, Norman Skanchy was in a racquetball tournament in Phoenix. His opponent was younger than he and exercised like mad to prepare for the event. Skanchy thought the competition was going to be tough.

“I got in there and tore him apart,” Skanchy said. “After the tournament, he came up and asked me if I would mind telling him what I did to get ready.”

Skanchy told him he did tai chi.

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TOP: Youth soccer referee Eulogio Alejandre (left) shakes hands with players after a match at Mount Ogden Park in Ogden on Saturday. Alejandre, who has 29 years of referee experience, says he has taken steps to protect his volunteer staff from violence on the field. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

Ref's death leads to worry about sports violence; many say parents key in modeling proper behavior

Bubba Brown Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 13, 2013 - 2:29pm

The sun beat down from a cloudless sky Saturday afternoon during a youth soccer game at McCall Field Park in Roy, and cheers from parents cascaded in intermittently from the sidelines as the action on the field intensified in waves, then receded.

Doubtless, similar scenes were playing out on thousands of fields across the country.

But for some parents at the park in Roy, the impact of the recent death of soccer referee Ricardo Portillo loitered in the air. Portillo died May 4, a week after a yellow-carded 17-year-old player allegedly punched him in the head in Taylorsville.

It was a chilling reminder, the parents said, of the violence that has embedded itself in youth sports.

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Ogden School District Assistant Superintendent Sandy Coroles (left) on Friday explains the district’s plan to cut more than 250 part-time reading coach posititions and restructure the program with fewer employees. The coaches can reapply for a reduced number of restructured jobs for the 2013-14 school year. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

UDOT experimenting with new snow-removal material on State Road 39

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 10, 2013 - 6:23am

HUNTSVILLE — The Utah Department of Transportation believes it has found a new way to open the state’s big mountain passes sooner while using less equipment.

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