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Ordinance approved in Farr West regarding facilities for the elderly and disabled

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 9:04pm

FARR WEST -- The city council recently approved a new ordinance that will address residential facilities for the elderly and those who have a disability. The decision was made following a public hearing.

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Pleasant View council OKs spring cleanup vouchers for green waste facility

Terrie L. Stephenson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 5:43pm

PLEASANT VIEW — The city council has decided to provide vouchers for residents to use at the Weber County green waste facility.

In previous years, Pleasant View has had a spring cleanup service, with city employees using city trucks to pick up green waste from the curb. Last year, the council did away with that project because of problems, including improper items left out for pickup and the time city employees spent searching for the green waste throughout Pleasant View.

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Marking another year with tea and joy and a white stone

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 9:39pm

Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," marked wonderful days in his diary “with a white stone” — an ancient Roman tradition — so let me say that Sunday, the final day of my 63rd year on the planet, is marked with a brilliant white stone indeed.

I got to spend it with my gracious and lovely granddaughter, Alice, who is almost 2.

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More than vehicles, oil refineries pollute Utah's air; new website offers info

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 7:45pm

Utahns can now learn what — other than cars — causes the winter pollution that so concerns the Division of Air Quality.

Snowblowers, domestic animals, farm machinery, graphic art chemicals and deep-frying equipment also add to the pollutants in the air, according to a DAQ report released Monday.

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IRS warns of scam involving fraudulent refunds on returns

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:38pm

OGDEN — The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a new scam that tries to trick people into claiming fraudulent refunds on their tax returns.

The scam artists promise refunds to people who normally aren’t required to file for taxes because they have little or no income, which means senior citizens tend to be the targets, according to a news release from the IRS.

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The Alzheimer's Association Northern Utah office is hosting "Maintain Your Brain" seminars from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on your choice of dates: March 13 in Bountiful, March 14 in Kaysville and March 15 in Clearfield. (Courtesy image)

Seminar to teach how to 'Maintain Your Brain'

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 6:38pm

A healthy brain plays a “critical role” in having a healthy body, says an area manager with the Alzheimer’s Association Northern Utah office. That’s why the association is hosting a free “Maintain Your Brain” seminar in three cities.

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Knowlton Elementary School students Sierra Yerman (left) and Abby Harding read with Sandie Buckley at Apple Village Assisted Living in Layton on Wednesday. The first-grade students spend time reading with the residents every week. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Senior citizens in Layton help first-graders build reading skills

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 7:06pm

LAYTON — First-graders need all the practice they can get reading aloud to adults, says the reading coach at Knowlton Elementary.

Residents at Apple Village Assisted Living in Layton have the time and willingness to sit and listen to students read, she added.

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Scammers try to bilk Harrison Regent residents in Ogden

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 8:19pm

OGDEN -- At least five residents of Harrison Regent, an independent senior living community, received phone calls Wednesday from scammers claiming to represent the U.S. Social Security Administration.

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Help stop a scam that preys on grandparents, their love

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 12:30am

An elderly lady told me she almost got taken in by the "granddaughter in jail" scam, a particularly evil bit of fraud making the rounds.

Because this scam also almost bit a friend of mine, and because word seems to be slow getting out, I am going to ask for your help.

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Elderly man talks of ordeal in Arizona mountains

Bob Christie The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 6:27pm

GLOBE, Ariz. -- An 86-year-old man described Friday how he and his wife spent five grueling days stranded in their car in the rugged Arizona mountains during a snow storm, watching his spouse collapse to her death in the freezing cold as they tried to walk for help.

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Roy senior citizen avoids scam but worries others won't

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 7:22am

ROY -- A woman's cautious, inquisitive nature saved her from being a scam victim Wednesday, because she knows you can't get a quarter-million-dollar payoff from a $100 investment.

The 82-year-old woman, who asked to not be identified in this story so she isn't targeted by other scammers, wants other people to know about the scam routine so they don't let their financial desperation or greed and an authentic-sounding offer make them a victim.

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Stranded 86-year-old man survives AZ storms

Bob Christie The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 6:44pm

GLOBE -- They spent 60 years together and traveled to Africa, China, South America and other parts of the world.

But it was a relatively short drive from the Phoenix area to their home in Albuquerque, N.M., and a fateful decision to take a forest road as a shortcut that separated Dana and Elizabeth Davis.

They became stranded in their Buick and stayed in the car for five nights through two snowstorms, until it ran out of gas and they decided to walk to safety. Elizabeth Davis, 82, collapsed and died, and 86-year-old Dana Davis survived after walking eight miles in the cold and spent a freezing night under a tree before being rescued.

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Elderly women say TSA made them strip

Ken Kaye Sun Sentinel

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 6:41pm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Three South Florida women, all elderly and with medical problems, say Transportation Security Administration officers made them take off their clothes during the screening process at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport last week.

All three, one with a defibrillator, one with a colostomy bag and the other with diabetes, say they were forced to disrobe in a private room at the same terminal.

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