Davis County

FARMINGTON -- A judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation to be done for a woman who police say had a role in the shooting of her neighbor.

LAYTON -- A shot clock would be the Knights' worst enemy.

With an effective -- some may call it boring -- half-court offense coupled with a tenacious defense, the 'Ridge is challenging for its first league boys basketball title since the 2001-02 season.

SYRACUSE -- Cook Elementary students pulled out all the stops for their recent arts and crafts night, with an 8-foot dragon boasting 800 scales, a rain forest decorated with florescent umbrellas, and a wind tunnel down one hallway with hundreds of Tibetan prayer flags designed by each student flapping from the breeze created by fans.

Shaylyne Marie Pearce, born Dec. 15, 1982, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 in Layton. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the Midland 2nd Ward, 3776 W. 5375 South, Roy. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 S. 1900 West, and from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Monday before the service at the church. Interment, Roy City Cemetery. A memorial fund for Shaylyne has been set up at America First Credit Union for funeral expenses in lieu of flowers. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

So is it February or May?

Whatever the calendar says, there is plenty to do out and about in Utah. Enjoy yourselves.

Editor,

Mr. Obama's HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius' recent mandate forces employers to violate conscience in order to provide insurance coverage for sterilization, contraception and abortion pills. First Amendment protection of religious freedom now plays second fiddle to the fiats of the social gospel. It is only a matter of time until the edict comes down requiring coverage for abortion, followed by limits on family size. Life and liberty, pillars in the Declaration of Independence, are being demolished by the tyranny of the Obama administration, the insurance mandate being a good case in point.

SYRACUSE — Jay Wilson, 66, has a warrant out for his arrest for sexually abusing and groping a woman.

He was charged with forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse and sexual battery in 2nd District Court on Thursday. A warrant for Wilson’s arrest was filed the same day.