Practice News Story 3: Crime

Evelyn Braithwait woke up suddenly, she could hear glass breaking in the distance, but just as fast as it came it was gone again. She fell back asleep and thought nothing of the odd noise in the early morning hours. Little did she know that the church building across the street had just been broken into. According to Sheriff deputy Geoffery Hasting; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on the corner of 16th east and 9th north was burglarized by what appears to be two juveniles. They came in through the open window of Bishop Lawrence Shirks office and stole two computers. It appears that as the assailants were trying to leave the building they both dropped the monitors in the front foyer, shattering both. This is what Mrs. Braithwait heard early January 31. Evelyn even knew the exact time of the crime, “I sat up and looked at the clock, it was 1:45 a.m.”
Robert Knotz, the local building maintenance manager came by the church at around six o’clock later that morning to fix some damaged ceiling tiles. When he walked through the door there on the floor sat the two broken computer monitors. He immediately called the police. According to Mr. Shirk both computers in his office held no crucial personal information. He told reporters that the computers only held his own personal documents and letters, but nothing that could be used in identify theft.
Evelyn Braithwait has lived in the area for over fifty years, and has never seen something like this. Thinking about the break-in she commented, “I feel pretty safe here.” There are no suspects at this time.

Extra Practice News Story 2: Fire

The stench of charred hamburger, burnt tortillas, and grease hung over the corner of Washington Boulevard and 21^st street in Ogden yesterday afternoon after a fire broke out in a local Mexican restaurant. According to deputy fire Chief Greg Chamberlain the fire started in the kitchen shortly before 2:00 p.m. Pedros restaurant was on the ground floor of a three story building, with two apartments above. Pedro’s’ brother and two nieces had been living in the apartment above for almost two months; they were also evacuated after the fire started. Mr. Sanchez was in the kitchen cooking some ground beef when the fire broke out, he tried to control the ever growing flames with a fire extinguisher but was unable to suppress the fire. The other occupant in the restaurant at the time of the fire, 16 year old Michael Freeman, is a regular customer Pedros called 911 after he and Pedro Sanchez ran out of the building while the fire burned out of control.

Pedro Sanchez suffered minor burns to his hands and was later released by paramedics, but the occupants of the second floor were all taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Miguel, Mercedes, and Maria del Mar Sanchez were all in the apartment at the time of the fire. They all suffered smoke inhalation according to the leader of the paramedic team, Captain Rick Thompson. He told news reporters that four year old Mercedes, two year old Maria del Mar, and their father Miguel were all fine but taken to the local hospital as a precaution. Miguel’s brother Pedro was worried about their conditions, especially his two nieces Mercedes and little Maria. He told us that Miguel had only been living in the apartment for five to six months after he and his two daughters had come from Mexico. Pedro Sanchez has been living in Ogden for two years; he too had also emigrated from Mexico.

The fire was eventually contained to the kitchen within ten minutes of the fire department coming on the scene. The other parts of the building suffered only smoke damage, and there is no word as of now if the building was up to local fire code requirements. The owner of the building, Rachel Calhoun, would not comment on the yesterday’s fire, or the state of the building. She was very apprehensive when I asked for her thoughts about yesterdays fire in her building, there is still no comment as today. Pedro Sanchez remarked after the fire had been put out, “This is probably a very bad thing for me.”

Practice News Story 2: Fire

A potentially devastating fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the corner of Washington Blvd and 21st street in Ogden. The building was split up into three floors, the top two being apartments and the ground level, where the fire broke out, was a local Mexican restaurant. Michael Freeman described Pedro Sanchez, the owner, as a good friend, and eats at the restaurant frequently and was the present at the fire. When the fire broke out shortly before 2:00p.m. Michael and Pedro were the only ones in the restaurant. Michael was just finishing his lunch when Pedro alerted him to the ever increasing grease fire in the kitchen, they both ran out of the building after the fire got out of control.
The residents in the apartment directly above the restaurant, Miguel, Mercedes, and Maria Del mar Sanchez suffered form smoke inhalation but are reported to be fine, although they were all sent to the local hospital as a precaution. The father of the two girls, Miguel is the brother of Pedro, the girls are four and two. Deputy fire Chief Greg Chamberlain received the call of the fire at approximately 2:00 p.m. after Michael Freeman had called it in. Within ten minutes they were on the scene and in ten minuets had the fire out. The restaurant in the ground floor suffered all of the direct fire damage, and the two floors above were only subjected to smoke damage.

Practice News Story 1, Accident

At approximately 4 p.m. on Jan 17th a Utah State University van was involved in a accident on the northbound stretch of interstate 84 just west of Tremonton Utah. The van was apparently coming back from a short trip to look at a combine at a local Tremonton store. There were 11 people in the van, ten students and one instructor, Evan Parker who was reportedly driving. Kyle Holden, who was participating in the day’s field trip, was the first on the scene. Mr. Holden was passing the 15 passenger Dodge van doing around 80 miles per hour when he suddenly noticed the vans right rear tire explode. The driver, Evan Parker, then tried to regain control of the van but ended up overcorrecting. The van then started to roll violently as one by on the students were ejected form the van. There was also a woman following behind the van who reportedly called 911 form her cell phone. Jennie Smith said that she saw three students being life lighted from the scene and one leave in a ambulance, there is reportedly one fatality at this time. Lt. Ed Michaud was the first police officer on the scene, he recalls what he saw, “One of the worst scenes I’ve ever been a part of in my 15 years of service”.

First Things First

This is my first posting so I'll keep it breif. I must be honest I dont know what I should be writing, this is my first blog. I guess thats the reason things like this incriminate so many people, hopefully I'll keep the secrets to a minimum.