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The historic cabin of Miles Goodyear is moved from the site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ogden Temple, which is being remodeled, to a temporary site in November. The cabin will be moved, along with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, to a new permanent site in Ogden. The museum moves today; the cabin will be moved when the weather allows for landscaping. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Weber County DUP museum changing locations today

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:49am

OGDEN -- After spending the past few months in limbo, a pair of historic buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon have permanent homes.

More than 100 years of history will move a few city blocks today as the Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum building will be moved from its current location at 2148 Grant Ave. to 2104 Lincoln Ave. on a half-acre lot donated by the city.

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North Ogden adjusting its laws for group homes

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:37pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The city is getting in line with the feds on rules and regulations for group homes.

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After a pickup truck slammed into his West Point home, forcing its demolition and permanently injuring Andrew Brown’s foot, Brown had to have a new vehicle fitted with hand controls. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Couple optimistic despite demolished home, injuries

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 26, 2011 - 8:12am

CLEARFIELD -- Life for Andrew and Lauren Brown changed the moment a truck crashed into their bedroom a year and a half ago while they were in bed watching TV.

The two now live with pain on a daily basis, and Andrew is learning how to drive again after the accident cost him the use of one foot.

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Utah State Firemen’s Association members and North Davis Fire District firefighters recently spent a Saturday building a ramp for retired firefighter Mike Becraft, who now uses a wheelchair for mobility because of progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disease with no known cause, treatment or cure. Becraft, 65, started his firefighting career in Roy at 18 and retired as North Davis Fire District fire inspector in 2010. Because Becraft needed a ramp from his house to his garage, North Davis Fire District firefighters Kevin Lloyd (from left), Luke Watkins and Jeremy Krage jumped in to work with Capt. Mark Weekes and others to build and install it. The materials were donated. (Contributed photo)

Firefighters come to retiree's rescue with wheelchair ramp

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 12:21am

LAYTON -- Lisa Becraft knew firefighters take care of each other.

But that knowledge didn't prepare the woman, who is caring for her husband Mike Becraft, for the service of willing firefighters, who recently built a wheelchair ramp at her home.

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A fundraising event Saturday will help purchase new equipment, including an individualized stroller, chair and bed, for Kash Maughan, of West Haven. The 4-year-old has X-linked myotubular myopathy. (Courtesy photo)

Equestrian event to benefit West Haven boy

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 12:09am

FARMINGTON -- Horse enthusiasts take note: A Saturday night fundraiser is designed for those at any skill level and benefits a young West Haven boy with a big need.

No prior experience is necessary for the team sorting event planned to start with sign-ups at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Buffalo Ranch, 37 N. Buffalo Road.

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Robbie Baird, of Tooele, was robbed by two men as a woman with them watched. The mentally disabled man is receiving counseling, but he quit his job at Lagoon after being shaken down at the FrontRunner station in Farmington. He has a new job in Tooele now because he is afraid to travel at night. (Courtesy photo)

Mentally disabled man still reeling after Farmington robbery

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 11:23pm

TOOELE -- Although the commute was long, Robbie Baird liked working at Lagoon because he had good friends to work with at the amusement park.

But at 8:45 p.m. July 31, Baird's life changed when he got off FrontRunner in Farmington.

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Steve and Anita Ure (seated in front of window) adopted six special-needs children who are now grown. The Hooper couple also has three children who live on their own. Pictured clockwise from front left are daughter-in-law Maria and the adopted Ure children: Vance, Barbara, Chris, Jeff, Tony and Mike. (JENNIFER GHAN/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Hooper couple meets special needs of 6 adopted children

Anita Kersey Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 9:25am

HOOPER -- Raising a child with disabilities is a challenge to any parents. Adopting children with disabilities is another matter altogether, but one couple knew it was something they were just meant to do.

Steve and Anita Ure had talked about adopting children even before they were married. They had seen children being airlifted out of Vietnam in the 1970s and vowed to someday adopt.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Spencer Heslop looks for a shot.

Push to succeed for Heslop, wheelchair team members

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 8:30am

CLEARFIELD -- When Spencer Heslop couldn't keep up with his peers playing sports, he didn't give up. Determination and practice helped him learn a new way of playing sports and excelling.

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Campaign launched to detect disabilities in children early

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 11:37pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- In Utah, one in every nine children has a special health care need, chronic health condition or disability.

In an effort to educate parents about childhood development, including early warning signs of autism and other developmental disabilities, the Utah Department of Health on Wednesday launched the "Learn the Signs, Act Early" campaign at University of Utah Health Care's Westridge Health Center.

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Ben Lomond High School student Alexis Martinez smiles as she and Trey Brown are crowned homecoming queen and king during the halftime show of a football game against Tooele High School on Thursday at Ben Lomond High in Ogden. The two special-needs students say they never imagined they’d have this experience. (ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner)

Extra-special homecoming royalty at Ben Lomond

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 9:48pm

OGDEN -- When Gerri Brown learned her son, Trey, had been nominated to be homecoming king at Ben Lomond High School, she asked if students were being nice or making fun of him.

Her first instinct was to protect her son. Trey has gone through the special education program in the Ogden School District starting with preschool, and parents of special-needs kids fear the taunts their kids may receive. Brown needn't have worried.

"I found out it was absolutely nice," she said Thursday night after Trey and fellow special-needs student Alexis Martinez were announced as Ben Lomond's 2011 Homecoming Royalty, chosen by the vote of the student body.

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Symposium speaker: Employers can thrive with disabled workers

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 11:10pm

CLEARFIELD -- People, no matter their condition, have the ability to do so much more than they are aware they can accomplish.

That was part of Kevin Ryan's message Thursday at Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center's Second Annual Disability Awareness Symposium.

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A plea from someone who needs help: 'I'm still me'

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 10:43pm

Sarah is a nice, quiet middle-aged woman, smiling and friendly, but when I asked her how old her children are, she paused. Her eyes looked to the side. She closed her mouth and wrinkled her brow.

"Some days I just can't remember," she said finally. "I have a degree from Weber State University, but I can't remember what I studied."

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Davis School Board to OK service dogs in meeting federal law

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 10:19pm

FARMINGTON -- Service animals could become part of everyday school life once the Davis School Board approves a new policy.

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Employees of Stroops, an exercise equipment manufacturer (right), compete against the IRS on Wednesday during the third annual Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center Pallet Grand Prix at Layton Hills Mall. The event features local businesses making cars from wooden pallets and having them raced by PARC clients. The event encourages the hiring of people with disabilities.

People with disabilities, businesses team up for pallet races

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 9:31pm

LAYTON -- The Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center Pallet Grand Prix provided one magical ride for Ann Holt on Wednesday.

Holt, a student at PARC, was pushed to a first-place finish in the third annual race by Brayden Ryan and David Waite, representing Davis County-based Horizon Credit Union.

Holt's pallet on wheels was adorned with a rug to make it resemble a flying magic carpet.

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(Photo courtesy of Julie Rhodes) (From left) Mike Rhodes and Jason Burton help Taye Eshetu Alagaw, who is believed to be about 19, with the movement of his crippled right hand at Where Love Is, a boys shelter, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Liberty woman's belief in miracles saves Ethiopian teen

Matthew D. LaPlante Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, July 18, 2011 - 7:22am

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The walls are crumbling plaster. The roof is canvas and mud. A plastic washtub, half full of grimy water, sits under a rickety rack of shelves. It is four paces one way, five paces the next, over benches and beds and a small stack of beat-up books. It is dark and dirty and smells of the chickens and cows that trot about in the courtyard next door.

But for Taye Eshetu Alagaw, this was home. And it might as well have been a castle.