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Center will honor retired USAF officer

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 10:00pm

OGDEN — Harrison Regent retirement center will honor retired Air Force Lt. Col. John Stewart with its American Eagle Award for his service to country and his support of programs like the center’s Outward Bound Veterans Program.

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B. Van Brown

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 6:18pm

B. Van Brown, born Jan. 19, 1932, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Pleasant Valley 5th Ward, 5735 S. Crestwood Drive, South Ogden. Friends may visit family from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Interment, Whites Fort Cemetery, West Jordan. Services entrusted to Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Mount Rainier staff meets to grieve loss of ranger

Gene Johnson The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 3:02pm

SEATTLE -- Employees at Mount Rainier National Park are gathering together Tuesday to grieve the loss of a park ranger who was fatally shot inside the park.

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(MIKE FRIBERG/Special to the Standard-Examiner) Mark Wager, who is paralyzed on his left side, prepares to go underwater at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

Scuba exercises help stroke survivor recover

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 7:20am

A Clinton man is going beneath the surface of the water in hopes of someday becoming physically whole again.

"I see me being a whole person (in a couple of years)," said 48-year-old Mark Wager, who is using scuba diving as a form of physical therapy after having a stroke on Feb. 6, 2009.

During that incident, which occurred in Clearfield, he was arrested by Davis County sheriff's deputies on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was handcuffed and put into the back of a patrol car.

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James Thomas Luhn

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 10:45pm

James Thomas Luhn, 77, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at Lindquist's Ogden Mortu- ary, 3408 Washington Blvd. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Burlington, Wis., at a later date, and followed by the burial of his cremains in the St. Mary's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donation be made to an organization for cancer research or a favorite charity of your own. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Dee M. Firth

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 10:48pm

Dee M. Firth, born July 15, 1925, in Bothwell, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. A funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. A viewing will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. before the service. All services will be held at Rudd Funeral Home, 1234 S. Main in Garland. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery in Tremonton. Condolences may be posted at ruddfuneralhome.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Keith Selvoy Boyer

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 11:06pm

Keith Selvoy Boyer, born in 1919 in Springville, died on his birthday, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the Brigham City LDS 8th Ward, 139 E. 300 North. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Gillies Funeral Chapel, 634 E. 200 South, Brigham City, and then from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Brigham City 8th Ward. Interment, Brigham City Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded. Post condolences at www.gilliesfuneralchapel.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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$In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, 24-year-old Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen lays on the ground bleeding from a head wound after being struck by a by a projectile during an Occupy Wall Street protest in Oakland, Calif. Olsen suffered a fractured skull while marching with other protesters attempting to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Police Chief Howard Jordan says an internal review board and local prosecutors have been asked to determine if officers on the scene used excessive force. (AP Photo/Jay Finneburgh)$

Occupy protesters rally around wounded veteran

Terry Collins The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 9:28am

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Veering around police barricades, anti-Wall Street protesters held a late-night march through Oakland streets, a day after one of their number -- an Iraq War veteran -- was left in critical condition with a fractured skull following a clash with police.

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