Farr West

FARR WEST — The Weber County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that Gracie Becker was the 3-year-old girl who died Saturday from injuries sustained when she became tangled in the family swing set earlier in the week.

The accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the backyard of the girl’s home on Remuda Drive, Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Lowther said. The girl had been playing alone for less than five minutes when her father discovered her neck tangled in a swing-set rope, he said.

FARR WEST — A 3-year-old girl has succumbed to injuries sustained in a swing set accident at her home in Farr West.

FARR WEST — Tragic accidents like the one that left a 3-year-old Farr West girl in critical condition after her neck became tangled in a rope on backyard swing set are rare in Utah, says a state official.

Jenny Johnson, injury prevention coordinator for the Utah Department of Health, said the state only tracks playground mishaps on school campuses, adding she is unaware of any swing set strangulations.

Most swing injuries are caused by children jumping from them, resulting in broken bones, cuts, bruises and abrasions, Johnson said. Some schools have removed swing sets from playgrounds because of misuse by students.

FARR WEST — Plans for a Weber Basin Canal walking bridge on 2700 North were recently discussed by council members.

FARR WEST -- Council members appointed a new planning commission chairman, John Stewart, and a new vice chairman, Bill Malone.

In other city business, Councilwoman Ava Painter said the city would not be eligible for a Community Development Block Grant this year.

“We have been deemed ineligible due to a public hearing that was not scheduled out far enough,” said Painter, “So we are out of the running. We were asking for funding for the sidewalk being put in (on 2700 North), so having this done prior to submitting for the next year will make it a stronger application for us.”

Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Mondays. For more information, call 801-625-4258 or 801-625-4237.

Going

Sister Alyse Hartley, daughter of Dan and Cindy Hartley of Farr West, will serve in the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission. She will enter the Missionary Training Center on March 20.

Sister Mallorie Miller, daughter of Neil and Melanie Miller of South Weber, will serve in the Florida Tampa Mission. She will enter the MTC on April 3.