This is Fox 13 News at 9.
New information tonight about the deadly attack on a Utah family outside a San Diego bar.
A man who watched his brother stabbed to death talks for the first time since the tragedy.
Good evening, everyone.
I'm Bob Evans.
And I'm Hope Woodside.
We'll have more on that story in just a moment.
But first, another Fox 13 exclusive.
We showed you the unforgettable video.
The Salt Lake City woman being carted away after stealing a city fire truck.
She speaks out for the first time tonight to Fox 13 about why she did it.
Fox 13's Matt Lundy spoke exclusively with her today from behind bars.
Some may laugh about a drunk woman stealing a city fire truck, but Shirley Shea, who admits
taking the truck, isn't laughing about her battle with depression and drinking.
I thought over and over if I could go back and redo that day, if I could just not have
picked up that drink that day, if I could have picked up the phone and asked for help,
which is what I normally do when I feel that way.
But this day, I didn't pick up the phone and ask for help.
I picked up a drink.
Shea claims she took the fire truck when she thought firemen, who had called her a cab,
were laughing at her.
You know, I felt in control of the vehicle, although I didn't feel really in control of
my senses.
I felt, you know, it seemed very easy.
And you know, everybody keeps asking me, well, how did you know how to drive a fire truck?
And it was like driving one of those little go-karts at Lagoon.
To end Shea's one-hour chase, police used tire spikes like this one to blow out the tires
on the 66,000-pound pumper.
I remember hearing some popping sounds, and I thought that they had shot the tires, you
know, with a gun or something.
And at this point, I was already having this debate with myself.
I was, oh my God, look what you've done.
What are you going to do now?
And I realized that all I could do is surrender.
Now she says it's painful to live with the embarrassment she has caused her family and
herself.
You have everything taken away, your freedom, your dignity, your whole life.
Didn't you realize how much you had?
Unable to erase what she has done, Shirley Shea now hopes medical treatment will erase
away years of depression and drinking.
In Salt Lake City, Matt Lundy, Fox 13 News.
The new one was hurt in the one-hour chase with the fire truck.
The truck did need $5,000 worth of repairs, however.
And as for Shirley Shea, she was charged today by the Salt Lake County District Attorney
with unlawful control of a motor vehicle, failure to respond, and DUI.
We've learned more about that stabbing in San Diego that killed a Salt Lake City man
last weekend.
As we told you last night, first on Fox 13, Cody and Cassidy Chytrus and their mother
Kay Dean were coming out of this oceanfront bar early Sunday.
They were approached by a man who began to attack Kay Dean Chytrus.
The two brothers came to their mother's aid and in doing so were both stabbed by the man.
Cody was stabbed first.
I spoke with him today from his hospital bed in San Diego about what happened next.
I fell down immediately and as I was falling down I'm gonna watch out and I look up and
I see he got my brother because my brother was, I don't think Cassidy really realized
there was a knife involved or I don't think he would have gone after the guy like that.
He just got Cassidy and I saw Cassidy fall and I knew he'd gotten him real good because
there was too much blood coming out.
And Cassidy was just dead within a couple of minutes.
Cassidy was stabbed in the heart.
His brother said he never regained consciousness.
Cody is in fair condition tonight.
43 year old Daniel Zolezzi pleaded innocent to murder and attempted murder in this case.
He is being held on $1.2 million bail.
And as a side note, Cassidy Chytrus had just been named Cosmopolitan Magazine's Man of
the Year in Los Angeles for the year 2000.
It is down to crunch time for filing your taxes.
For many this is an expensive time of year if you owe money.
So what do you do if the piggy bank is dry and you owe Uncle Sam?
Courtney Zavala joins us now from the Maine Post Office in Salt Lake with some answers.
Courtney, how's the crowd tonight?
Well Hope, not too bad.
As a matter of fact, it's been picking up a little bit in the hour that we've been here.
Talked to one of the postal workers tonight.
She said this is the slowest tax night she's seen in six years.
Believe it.
Let's take a look behind me.
You can see the drop off site.
Guys motioning the cars here.
You can go ahead and take your taxes right there.
They'll take it and you just bam, move on out.
Here's a line right behind it from Redwood Road.
Starting to back up a little bit.
Cars are having a problem turning.
Now, if you waited to send in your taxes, it's probably because you owe money.
And if you're faced with the anxiety of coming up with that cash and mailing your forms tonight,
there are some things you can do and pay the whole amount today no matter what.
Get your return in the mail tonight.
Send as much cash as you can with your return and in about a month you'll receive a billing
statement.
Now, if at that time you still cannot make the payments, you can call the office and
make payment arrangements.
The most important thing right now is to file because if you don't, there will be a hefty
fine added on to the amount that you already owe.
So you definitely want to avoid that.
Now, coming up a little bit later, we'll give you some tips on how to make your filing for
next year a little bit easier.
Hope.
Now Courtney, is it too late to file an extension from the state?
Well, you know what?
It's not.
Believe it or not.
You need to pick up one of these.
This is a TC 546 form.
It's an automatic six month extension.
Okay, sigh of relief, right?
No.
And to get that extension without any penalties, you need to put some money in the envelope
with this tonight.
And usually that results in last year's amount that you paid.
So you've got to definitely part with some cash tonight if you owe some money.
Alright.
Well, taxes are due today, but a new survey shows you are still working towards tax freedom
day.
It's May 12th in this state.
That's the day where you'll have worked long enough to earn the money you pay to the government.
Now that's the 11th latest tax freedom day in the country according to the Tax Foundation.
A BYU athlete has moved from the basketball court to criminal court.
Ousted BYU star Ron Sales faced his first court action on marijuana possession charges
today.
Sales pleaded not guilty through his lawyer.
A judge set a pretrial hearing for May 14th.
You can now park along Main Street and Park City without trucking to the meter box.
A welcome relief to business owners.
Many merchants fought the installation of these meters and now they say they've paid
a hefty price for them.
Some businesses say they lost 70% of their customers this year.
It was one of the worst winters for retailers in more than a decade.
They also add some of their regular customers have basically boycotted Main Street.
So until June 30th, parking will be free again.
Well, the calendar says it's spring, but Mother Nature seems to have her own opinion.
It looked and felt more like February out there today with snow falling along much of
the Wasatch Front.
Some areas saw as much as six inches while the mountains got as much as a foot of spring
snow.
Jody's going to be here in just a minute to give us more detail on that.
But this morning snow caused hundreds of people to come to a virtual standstill on southbound
I-215 East this morning.
Wet roads caused several cars to collide just past 60 seconds south.
Two people are injured tonight.
It took crews about an hour to get traffic moving again.
If you were with us last night, you know that FOX 13 meteorologist Jody Salen told us, watch
out for more snow.
And of course we can't say we weren't warned.
Jody joins us now from the Weather Center.
Jody?
You know, I think the worst thing is, is I was sleeping this morning and the room was
really bright.
So I'm thinking, okay, maybe the sun is out.
So I peek outside and like, no, you know, we had four or five inches of snow on the
lawn.
In fact, officially at the airport, we had 2.4 inches of snow.
That is a record for the date, beats the old record back in 1967.
Look at some of the other totals, an inch at Logan, Farmington an inch.
Places around Kern saw three inches, but parts of Draper and Sandy saw as much as four to
five inches of snow.
Now as we look at the satellite picture, the blues and the greens, that shows us where
the higher cloud tops are.
And you know what?
Notice the sort of circulation that we're seeing.
There's an area of low pressure in parts of southern Idaho and it's not moving very fast
and that's why we're sort of stuck in a rut.
But I think we do have some good news on the horizon.
I'll talk a little bit about that when we come back in just a little bit.
We will see you soon.
We told you about a strike by some kids at McDonald's last night.
Not only are they striking, they're now in the union.
Teens working at an Ohio McDonald's signed union cards while on the picket line today.
About 20 workers walked off the job Sunday.
Today the Teamsters got involved.
It is believed to be the first walkout at a McDonald's in the United States.
You're watching Fox 13 News at 9 with Bob Evans, Hope Woodside, Jodie Salem and Mike
Rungy.
They're not letting wheelchairs or false legs stand in the way of climbing Mount Everest.
A group flies out of Salt Lake to the top of the world.
The city told them to get rid of their old cars.
Fox 13 comes to the rescue.
We'll show you how the clunkers will help people in need.
Next, the store isn't breaking any rules, but that's not stopping a group of protesters.
And on the way in sports, how do the Yankees and their fans feel about moving to Shea?
The Grizz begin their quest for the cup and the Bulls try to keep pace with the Jazz.
We'll have all the details first on Fox 13 Sports.
You're watching Fox 13 News at 9.
A gasoline truck plows into a loading dock and explodes in Portland, Oregon early today,
killing the driver and setting off a towering ball of flames.
The truck reportedly went out of control before the driver finally plowed into a truck container
at a Chevron oil loading dock.
The truck axles were all that remained after the fire.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates may soon get an island.
The Palmyra Atoll in the South Pacific is for sale, the asking price a mere $47 million.
The 13 square mile Atoll, which is about a thousand miles off Hawaii, real estate agents
say Gates is interested.
Welcome back everyone to Fox 13 News at 9.
Children are fed up with cigarette sales at a local convenience store.
They protested in the rain with their parents today.
They're angry, saying the Phillips 66 is replacing snacks with cigarettes.
They're going to take this out right here and put in cigarettes right there.
As Fox 13's Debbie Dujanovic reports, the possible change is leaving several residents
with a bad taste.
Four year old Parker Hadley is protesting alongside his mom, Dana.
She's angry at her neighborhood Phillips 66.
You know, the kids are our future and if we don't stand up now then it's just showing
them that we don't care.
Dana says she organized this protest on behalf of her son, daughter and hundreds of other
teens.
Cigarettes are everywhere.
They're not hiding them behind the counter.
They're out.
So obviously they're advertising them for everyone.
Besides replacing snacks with cigarettes, Phillips puts tobacco and candy together.
In case you're wondering, it is perfectly legal to put cigarettes right next to snacks.
But in 1999 Utah law will change and retailers will have to lock up tobacco or put it behind
the counter.
Until then, protesters say this store is a problem because it's surrounded by three schools
and children are always stopping in.
Our children have friends that come here and steal cigarettes every day and brag about
it.
Some kids say stay out of it.
Every gas station has cartons of cigarettes.
I mean it's like you can stop every gas station from selling cigarettes.
Maybe not, but Dana Hadley hopes at least the store will stick the cigarettes behind
the counter.
Hey, we care about our kids.
We care about our store.
This is our store.
In Salt Lake County, Debbie Dujanovic, Fox 13 News.
Now we've checked three other convenience stores in the area.
All of them had cigarettes on the counter, but none of them had glass cases of cigarettes
out in the open like Phillips does.
We called management in Denver and they never called us back.
But Dana Hadley says she talked to several managers and was told they would consider
her concerns.
There is a promising new treatment available for problem hearts.
And you might not believe how many mammograms are incorrect.
Details in tonight's Fox 13 Health Watch.
A one and a half million dollar fine could settle charges of food safety violations against
the Odwalla Juice Company.
Charges were brought after an E. coli outbreak in 1996 that killed one person and made many
others sick.
The outbreak was traced to unpasteurized apple juice.
Odwalla now pasteurizes all its apple juice.
How do you like to be told you have breast cancer when you don't?
New study suggests that's what happens to about half the women who get a mammogram each
year.
While it results in unnecessary women for unnecessary worry for women and extra costs
for follow-up tests, doctors say they would rather err on the safe side.
A clot dissolving drug may allow people with blockages in their legs to avoid surgery.
But the treatment carries a risk of serious bleeding.
The drug called urokinase is already a mainstay of treating heart attacks and is gaining use
for strokes.
In both cases, clots choke off the blood supply forcing the amputation of the limb where the
clot occurs.
You may have seen the game now, virtual reality like medicine is saving lives.
As Fox's Dr. Brian McDonough shows us, those who suffer from irregular heartbeats are getting
help from computers and electrodes.
My hands would keep blue, my mouth would get blue, and my heart would start pounding faster
and stuff like that.
Christina Schinkel was 13 years old, but instead of worrying about things like parties and
sports, she was wondering if she was going to live to be 14.
Her heart had only one pumping chamber and her heartbeat was irregular.
She was so sick, she just wasn't right or her heart wasn't working right.
And oxygenation I don't think was right because of the way everything was going and she just
was doing real poorly in school.
But Christina's life changed thanks to a surgical procedure.
First, a mesh of several hundred electrodes was placed on her heart.
The electrodes were superimposed on a three-dimensional computer image of the heart and the electrodes
electrical activity of her heart was closely monitored.
It's now led us to be able to block that cycle of rhythm as it's conducted across the heart
in that we can identify where it's located, make a simple surgical incision across it,
and then that blocks it.
The second thing that it's done is to allow us to alter the way some operations are done
to correct heart defects so that they don't result in the development of atrial clutter
or this abnormal rhythm.
Christina is not worried about the technical aspects of the surgery.
She just knows her life has changed.
My heart's been doing great.
I've never had to go to the emergency room after that and it's helped.
It is the understanding of and the measurement of electrical activity in the heart that's
making all of this possible and life-threatening irregular heartbeats may be cured as a result.
I'm Dr. Brian McDonough, Fox News.
Now while the procedure you just saw is new, University of Utah cardiologist Dr. S. V.
Carwandi tells me Utah doctors pioneered electrical mapping 10 years ago.
Back then, electrodes were used to determine unusual arrhythmias in the heart and then
find out their origin.
Fifteen years ago, an Idaho man founded the Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group.
He's on his way to the top of the world and five other members of the group have been
training in their wheelchairs to meet him 10,000 vertical feet up on the slopes.
We'll meet them.
And next, a lot of late taxpayers are keeping the U.S. Postal Service busy tonight, but
we'll show you how to make next year's return a little easier.
Germany, a country about twice the size of Wisconsin.
Remarkably, it produces three of the world's finest automobiles.
One of them is the new 200 horsepower 30-valve A6 from Audi.
It fits quite nicely between the other two, the A4 and the A8, also from Audi.
Savers is celebrating 44 great years of fun and savings with a big 50% off everything
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It's more than you bargained for.
We often hear of the dangers of driving drunk, but what about the dangers of driving tired?
We'll tell you how to keep from falling asleep at the wheel.
Today on FOX 13 News AM.
We just wanted to thank Congress for protecting consumers' rights to join credit unions.
Our credit union was there for us when we needed our home loan.
The Credit Union Membership Access Act is about more than credit unions or banks.
It's about consumers like us who want a choice in how and where our money is handled.
We're glad the House of Representatives passed the Credit Union Membership Access Act, and
we hope our senators will also vote for the people.
We want to know the people who handle our money.
We have that at our credit union.
Utah's credit unions, the people's choice.
We finally got call waiting from U.S. West because now call waiting comes with long-distance
alert.
So when I'm on the phone, it not only lets me know when a call comes in, but a special
beep lets me know when it's a long-distance call.
So I can decide if I want to politely interrupt the call that I'm on.
It even works with the special ring when I'm not on the phone.
Oh, excuse me, I need to get this.
Call 1-800-4-ANSWERS for free activation.
And if you've already got call waiting, we'll add long-distance alert free.
U.S. West, life's better here.
As both a citizen and a car salesman, Mark Miller of Martin Miller Toyota has decided
to become a little more aggressive.
Well, maybe not.
Hey, Mark may not be perfect, but when it comes to giving people the perfect environment
to buy a car or truck, Martin Miller Toyota is a world of pure perfection.
This is Fox 13 Money Matters.
Well, it was another record-setting day on Wall Street.
Blue chips and technology stocks shared the spotlight.
The Dow Jones industrials gained 52 points to close at 91.62.27.
That is their second straight record close.
It's getting down to the final hours to have your tax returns stamped with an April 15th
postmark.
If you're still looking for receipts and gas mileage, you better hurry.
Fox 13's Courtney Zavala joins us now from the Maine Post Office in Salt Lake.
Courtney, any suggestions for the procrastinators?
Well, yeah, just one.
You know, Bob, I think we've all been guilty of saying, next year I'm going to be better
organized.
I know I've said it, and I'm guilty of having my filing, tax filing dated today, but that's
a whole other issue.
Now, running around at the end of tax season trying to gather the papers up can end.
You just have to keep everything together.
Probably the reason people scramble around most at the end of the year is they're trying
to reconstruct somehow their various deductions.
And even in January, when all the statements start coming, you know, from the mortgage
company and your W-2s, get a shoebox and just throw everything in it.
Now also, if you have to keep mileage, the best thing to do and some of the best advice,
just keep the book in the car.
That way it's handy, you can write down your mileage and where you went.
Now, Bob, coming up a little bit later, we are going to have some results on how electronic
filing did this year, and maybe that can give us some answers on why the lines have been
so small around the post offices.
Well, the Tax Foundation says the average Utahan will work 131 days this year to pay
taxes.
They work 85 days to pay our federal taxes and another 46 days to pay Utah State taxes.
You know, the biggest complaint the Buzz fans have been able to have over the past few days
has been to get a break from Mother Nature.
At least the ballpark's not falling apart.
But wouldn't it be nice if we had a backup stadium to play in, sort of?
Well, that's the situation in New York for the past couple of nights.
We've been telling you about the problems in Yankee Stadium, and today the Yankees finally
got a game in with the Angels, who were in the Big Apple.
Only hits, the game was played in Shea Stadium, the home of the Mets.
So how did the fans feel about the move?
It's tough getting over here.
I really didn't want to come, but he's a Mech fan, so I had to figure out a way to get to
Shea Stadium.
I'm going to have to take him to the game.
I feel like I'm in enemy territory.
It's the first time I can believe I'm rooting for the home team in Shea.
Getting in here is a little bit of a problem, but we're here now, so can't complain.
It's only a fact that Yankee Stadium's soon.
Can't complain.
Go Yankees, baby!
I don't feel like a New Yorker in this place.
It changes the whole feeling of baseball.
I want to go back to the Bronx.
All righty, still on the way.
The Grizz begin their IHL playoff run tonight in West Valley.
We'll have the highlights, the Bulls in action.
We'll tell you if they're keeping pace with the Jazz.
Of course, this spring we have baseball in there.
I think that was Vinnie from the Bronx.
That guy was...
He doesn't like to be in Queens.
He was hot, sizzling New York all the way, wasn't he?
I'll say no more.
We'll see you later.
Cha-cha.
Cha-cha.
We'll see you later.
Okay.
Well, the city of New Haven doesn't like old cars sitting in people's yards.
They told one resident to get rid of his cars, and he didn't know what to do until he called
us here at FOX 13.
We're going to show you how we helped.
And we could certainly use some help in the Weather Department.
Jody is in next.
She'll tell us when the skies are going to clear up.
I'm already a winner.
My cat's getting a platinum card, and this is disgusting.
You know why these come-ons all seem the same?
Because they are.
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Do not adjust your TV.
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Getting ready to assemble furniture from Shopco.
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What if we told you that Shopco had an entire section devoted to bath and body products?
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4001 South State.
Welcome back.
Let us return to Taco Time's wild safari.
Crouched safely in a blind near the rear of a Taco Time, Jim and I continue to observe
the mighty two-legged carnivore.
Amish, you waste no time singling out his prey.
A whopping Taco Time shredded beef super soft taco loaded with fresh vegetables, cool
sour cream, and seasoned shredded beef.
With a blinding bolt of speed, the hunt ends.
Yet the real struggle has just begun.
Our hungry predator must now fight off relentless scavengers attempting to snatch away pieces
of his hard-fought trophy.
A check belonging to an Alabama woman is turned up in Georgia by force of nature.
A couple says the canceled check written for $35, or $35, rather, turned up in their front
yard on Saturday.
Now, the check was written in 1977.
It had been stored in an attic outside of Birmingham.
That area was heavily damaged during last week's tornadoes.
I was all jazzed.
I didn't think it was a canceled check.
No, it was canceled.
1977, I think so.
You know, here at home, I was just telling Jody, we're still wearing winter suits.
We had a big taste of winter today.
We did.
It was actually quite surprising.
You peeked out the window.
We had the road problems early this morning.
And you know, outside it was just kind of nasty.
In fact, a little bit more like February.
These are scenes from the University of Utah.
The students were trekking on to school this morning.
They had to traipse on through some snow.
And you know, the thing is, we've got the pretty cherry trees out.
A lot of the trees are in bloom.
And then we've got these big clumps of snow sitting on top of the trees.
But the mountains, wow, how about those mountains looking at so much snow?
Upwards of a foot of snow fell on the mountains.
The Weather Service just called me.
Snow advisory they have just issued because now things are starting to pick up again tonight.
So they have issued a snow advisory for the Salt Lake Valley.
Another two to four inches of snow is possible and locally heavier amounts up on the benches.
So we are not done with this storm yet.
It continues to really bother us here in the Salt Lake Valley and for a good portion of
Utah.
It has been a soggy April so far in Salt Lake.
We have seen already almost two inches of rain.
Okay, we have to melt that snow down.
So 1.91 is what we see.
Normally for the entire month we see 2.12.
We have only had three dry days so far in April.
Now as we look at the radar picture we extend out, we've been having some problems with
the radar picture across the northern part of the state.
In fact the Salt Lake radar is out right now.
So as we look at this picture we're saying, wow, look at all this stuff across the south.
Well there's this big clump of moisture here across the north too but we're just not picking
it up.
But the snow, the rain is starting to pick up again and we have another little disturbance
pushing over southern Nevada.
So that is bringing some storminess down around St. George and Cedar City.
Now you don't have any advisories down across the south but we did see about three inches
of snow around Kanab today.
We saw about two, three inches.
No, and I take that back, it was about seven inches of snow around Bryce Canyon.
And again radar is out of order right now but if it was in order we would see the rain
again spreading across the Salt Lake Valley.
A lot of record low highs today.
That means that the afternoon temperatures were very cool.
Brigham City, Coelville, Fillmore, these are all the new records.
This was all the warmer that we made it today and we also include Salt Lake in that.
We made it up to 43 today.
Our old record actually, this should be 47, 47 is the old record.
So extremely cold really across the state.
None of these temperatures even close to normal.
In fact St. George today at 55.
Moab, probably the most pleasant part of the state, 60 degrees.
So very far off the mark of 61 and 38.
The 2.4 inches of snow that we saw, that was a record for the date.
The old record was 2.2.
So very soggy day.
Right now the barometer is rising.
We have 39 degrees.
The snow showers are moving back into the picture now.
We had 39 in cloudy skies at Vernal, 33 in Price, 43 in Hanksville.
Pretty nasty outside.
Now we've got one low that's sitting over southern parts of Idaho.
We have another one over southern Nevada and a lot of cold air sitting above us.
So anytime that cold air moves over the lake we get lake effect and in Draper and Sandy
today we did see quite a bit of snow.
In fact 4 to 5 inches of snow because of the lake effect.
Alright here's the big picture.
Notice kind of everything sort of circulating around.
A very broad circulation but we've got this huge circulation from Billings all the way
back and through central Nevada.
Again there's a glimpse of a clearing along the California coastline.
So once we kick this big broad storm out of the way I think things are going to be okay.
But the question is still look at this curl coming in.
What does this mean?
Well right now the computer models are thinking one of them is taking it way up and out of
our way.
Another one is going to bring this a blowing glance to this as we head into Sunday.
But I think I'm going to try to keep it dry.
Meanwhile tornado watches again across parts of the mid Mississippi Valley.
Let us hope that we don't see any destruction out of some of these tornadoes because boy
we've seen enough in the southeast.
So scattered showers for us tonight.
Again we have two lows that we're working with.
Tomorrow I think we might see a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon but I'm not too
optimistic not yet.
I think tomorrow is going to be one more really gloomy day before things start to improve.
So hang in there.
I know it's just been kind of a long go.
Hopefully we can climb out of this.
30 at Delta, 31 at Provo tonight.
31 we've got that snow advisory tonight.
We're looking for two to four inches of snow here in the Salt Lake Valley.
46 mostly cloudy, rain and snow but a little bit of late day sun.
Let's hope so.
We can see just a little glimpse of sunshine tomorrow afternoon.
And again it's going to be pretty soggy statewide.
Temperatures again very, very cool for this time of the year.
Sad to say but mid April the kids are going to have to bundle up in the morning because
33 degrees, you know, in my opinion that is still winter coat weather.
Well I think in everybody's opinion it is.
It is.
It's going to be sloppy rush hour again.
Okay thanks.
Wouldn't you like a huge tax write off?
You may have one worth thousands of dollars and not even know it.
Better yet the government is actually pushing for that write off.
It's as simple as donating your unused car to medicine.
Having your car towed is usually unpleasant unless it's for the Kidney Foundation.
Willie's Jeep, that was an old family car before I got married.
That's been in the family for what, 60 years I guess, 50 years.
This Willie landed a backyard parking spot over 20 years ago.
Now it's plowing through a mud bath with the help of a tow truck.
They told me that I had to get them out of here.
They're a menace to society and a sore eye.
City rules say these junk cars have to go.
I heard that Fox 13 had, you could call in and they'd give you some community news or
you could, they'd give you ideas on how to solve community issues.
So I called in and he said call the Kidney Foundation.
We take old cars as charitable donations.
We come and tow them away for free.
We'll write you a receipt that you can use for your tax purposes and the funds are used
to fund medical research and patient services.
So the towing project turned into a recycling project.
It's a win-win situation.
They get to lose the weight.
We get to win the cars.
As for the donor, he's just happy to see his collection go.
I've had enough hassle over them.
Glad to get them out of my hair.
I'm old enough to retire and get in my rocking chair and stay there.
The National Kidney Foundation of Utah towed away almost 3,000 cars.
Some went for scrap metal, others were sold.
If you'd like to get rid of that old junker and reap tax benefits at the same time, call
the number on your screen.
We will have it for you again in just a couple of minutes.
I couldn't do that because I'm still driving mine.
I love your little car.
I can't believe you have so many miles on it.
Oh yeah.
Well, it keeps running.
Next to the Stanley Cup, there's no better title in U.S. hockey.
Coming up, the Utah Grizzlies start their contest to bring the Turner Cup to Utah.
We'll show you how they did in sports.
And a real live astronaut gives students a taste of space in FOX 13 Community News.
But next, an elevator goes haywire in your World in a Minute.
You're watching FOX 13 News at 9 with Bob Evans and Hope Woodside.
Great people survived the most terror-filled ride of their lives.
And the new hairdo cashes in on the Titanic craze.
That and more as FOX 13's Bob Shildemar checks out our World in a Minute.
Hundreds of people dying daily in Sudan.
The African country reeling from a famine brought on by civil war and a long drought.
South Koreans angry with their government.
They're demonstrating against economic reforms that are putting 10,000 people a day on unemployment
rolls.
In a bid to boost support for the Northern Ireland peace plan, the Irish government giving
9 Irish Republican Army prisoners their freedom.
A massive mess on a Missouri freeway.
90 cars and trucks piled up on Interstate 70 near St. Louis, injuring 40 people.
It was a ride into terror.
8 New Yorkers hospitalized when the elevator they were riding plunges 30 feet, landing
in a basement.
A chilly spring surprise for the English.
A snowstorm socks the country, closing roads and cutting power.
Just days ago, they had record warm weather.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, cops captured cocaine worth $5 million.
The illegal load hidden in a truck.
A new haircut making waves.
A Baltimore barbershop cashing in on the Titanic craze with a cut showing the scene where the
big ship sinks.
And finally, motoring history on the move.
In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, 200 vintage car drivers hit the road on the Tour de France
race.
And that's World in a Minute.
Young artists create new works in the name of safety.
And an astronaut lands in Farmington.
We'll show you why in tonight's FOX 13 Community News.
Nice week.
It is blasting off in Farmington.
It's a chance for these children to learn from an expert about space travel.
Senator Jake Garn, a veteran of NASA space missions, spent the day speaking with kids
at Montevista Elementary.
He entertained with stories of what it's really like in space and he stressed the importance
of education.
Astronauts are highly educated people.
On my flight, a PhD, medical doctor, surgeon.
So there's a lot of opportunities for them available in the future if they are prepared
to take advantage of those opportunities.
Today's assembly was highlighted by a film of Senator Garn's space flight.
Young students around the state are taking safety seriously.
That's the theme of the Utah Labor Commission Student Art Contest.
It received 111 entries from around the state.
Students from Kaysville Junior High won eight of 14 awards, including the grand prize.
The winning students say they drew the posters for more than just the contest.
Well, it was kind of a contest and then we thought about it and we do need to have safety
in the workplace.
Why do you think?
Because lots of families and people are killed each year and it's just nice that we should
think about that.
The grand prize was $250 and the art class at Kaysville Junior High also gets $250 to
use for an event for the entire class.
If there's an event going on in your community, all you need to do is mail us the information
so a FOX 13 camera can be there.
Here's the address.
FOX 13, 5020 West Amelia Air Heart Drive.
That's in Salt Lake City.
The zip 84116 or you can email us at newsatfox13.com.
Four Idaho men and a female friend are headed to Nepal tonight.
They hope to climb to Everest Base Camp.
This is no ordinary attempt up the world's highest mountain.
Coming up, we'll show you how they've had a different type of training program.
And here's that number again.
If you have a car to donate to the National Kidney Foundation of Utah, all you have to
do is call 1-800-TOE-CARS and that's with a K or 1-800-869-5277.
Friday did a murder victim reach from beyond the grave to catch her killer?
You decide.
An all-new beyond belief then.
What if the second coming of the Messiah was a 16-year-old girl?
I am peace.
It must be a sacrifice.
The Millennium Group doesn't uncover truths.
It buries them.
I am the first.
Something bad's gonna happen and the last.
That is not from the Bible.
That comes from Satan.
Friday on FOX 13.
You're watching FOX 13 News.
I'm Mark
You're watching FOX 13 News at 9 with Bob Evans and Hope Woodside.
The age of technology is here and it appears the fears of using it may be on its way out.
That's right.
More people are filing their taxes electronically.
FOX 13's Courtney Zavala joins us now again from the Maine Post Office in Salt Lake City.
Courtney, any idea how many people bypassed the Post Office this year?
Well, Bob, it's amazing.
Last year, about 60,000 people filed their taxes electronically.
This year, at the beginning of April, 82,000 people used their computer to file their state
taxes.
Now, that increase has resulted in very few lines at the tax office.
And also this year, we kicked off a tele-filing program and that's where you, you know, you
finally return with your touch-tone phone and that was about 13,000 in its pilot year
this year.
And so there were 13,000 returns we won't have to handle too.
Now the benefits to filing electronically, what more do you need if you get a refund?
You get it back pretty quickly.
Now for federal, it just takes about a few days and for the state, about a week.
Bob?
Courtney, it's getting closer to midnight now.
Are the crowds picking up out there?
Well, it sure is.
If we can take a look behind me, you can see the line of cars down the street.
That's Redwood Road right at the end there and they're motioning.
You can either go to this line here, the cars furthest on your screen, or even go into the
main lobby.
Folks will be out here until midnight and also be inside until midnight.
So if you need some forms, you can definitely head inside and do that.
And you've got to be happy you paid your taxes today.
Yeah, today, that's the key word, right Bob?
Alright, thanks Courtney.
Here's a little context to how much we pay in taxes.
The Tax Foundation says the average Utah worker puts in two hours and 53 minutes in an eight
hour day to pay taxes.
That's about three minutes longer per hour than the national average.
In tonight's Fox 13 Entertainment News, Titanic leads the pack for still another award show.
No surprise, the mega blockbuster received the most nominations for the 1998 MTV Movie
Awards.
The awards show will be taped in Santa Monica in late May and will air on the Music Channel
in early June.
Lawrence Fishburne is planning to take the throne on Broadway.
The actor will play the lead in The Lion in Winter next spring.
Daily Variety reports Fishburne will play Henry II in the play.
You may remember Peter O'Toole played the lead in the film version in the 60s.
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, and Shania
Twain team up for Divas Live.
The concert is part of VH1's Save the Music campaign.
Most of the money raised will go to state music programs around the country.
Climbing Mount Everest is challenging for the most agile.
Now some athletes with disabilities from Pocatello, Idaho want to test their limits on top of
the world.
They left for Nepal from Salt Lake International yesterday.
Tonight they talk about their determination to reach base camp despite the need for false
limbs and wheelchairs.
Grit, courage, determination.
All words to describe wheelchair athlete Tom McCurdy and four other disabled Idahoans
now getting ready to take on the ultimate uphill challenge, Mount Everest.
I'm going to beg, borrow, and steal my way up that thing.
Fortunately, we're only climbing to the bottom.
So I mean, it's the bottom of the top.
The bottom of the top, yeah.
The bottom of the top of the world.
McCurdy, one of two wheelchair-bound trekkers, 37-year-old Kyle Packer is the other, will
push as far as they can, then ride yaks or horses much of the rest of the way with their
chair strapped to the sides.
Double amputee Steve DeRoach, who removed one of his false legs in a command performance
for elementary school students, will walk the entire 50-plus miles to Everest Base Camp.
On his training runs, he says the plastic has its advantages.
No boosters today.
Yeah, there's a fear factor and an apprehension and anxiety and excitement and then you go
through it again in the next five minutes.
Ultimately, DeRoach, McCurdy, Packer, and trip leader Jeff Brandt, the Handicapped Outdoor
Group's director, are going up Everest simply because they believe they can.
But their example, the first disabled team to do it, could hold long-term inspiration
for people, especially children with disabilities all over the world.
That's also a part of the plan to show that disabled is really only a state of mind.
The next stop, the top of the world.
John Pocatello, Idaho, John Young for CNN.
That's great.
The group flew out of Salt Lake International yesterday, but you can keep up with them by
computer.
Every three days, information about their attempt will be on this website, www.everstoneline.com
or www.fox13.com because we will have more on their attempt when they return to Salt
Lake International.
You can also link to the site on the Fox 13 webpage.
It'll be fun to keep track of where they are and how they're doing.
Yeah, my apologies.
I always read those dot dots.
W-W.
Glad we had it up for your view.
Well the weather has seemed more like Mount Everest lately than April in Salt Lake, but
relief might be on the way.
Jody's going to have our five-day forecast.
And next, the Utah Grizzlies try to return the Turner Cup to Utah.
Hockey playoff action next in sports.
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It's not a bath store.
It's not a kitchen design center.
Or a garden center.
What is it?
It's home base.
And it's our grand opening celebration.
Starting Saturday, all stores will be celebrating the grand opening of our newly remodeled home
base warehouses.
Hurry in and enter for a chance to win up to a $1,000 home base shopping spree.
You'll love the whiter, brighter aisles and, of course, the base buys.
So join the grand opening celebration.
Go to the base, home base.
We've got all the bases covered.
Ooh, baby.
We've got more copies of new releases than ever before.
Go to Blockbuster and go home happy.
Rent seven years into bed tonight and go home happy.
He was a legendary explorer who set out on an expedition to the Himalayas and disappeared
for seven years.
Brad Pitt in seven years in Tibet rated PG-13 from Columbia TriStar Home Video.
Rented tonight at Blockbuster Video.
Fox Sports brought you in part by Azuzu, builders of the completely reinvented 1998 Azuzu rodeo.
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Tonight at the East Center, the Utah Grizzlies started their quest for the Turner Cup, a
smaller version of the Cup of Lord Stanley.
Utah's first round friend, that would be the Kansas City Blades.
To the East Center we go and the playoff feelings were in the air tonight.
Pat Laskowski mixing it up with the Blades and everyone getting on in their first period.
Grizz offense now.
Nicholas Anderson on the break.
Just above the slot, he splits the defenders and the puck trickles in the five hole that
would be and 1-0 Grizz.
Then watch the bottom of your screen.
Greg Spenrath finishes his time in the penalty box, jumps out, grabs the puck, skates down
the ice and puts the biscuit to bed.
Nice wrist shot.
It was 2-0 Utah at that point.
Currently in the third period we are tied at 3-0.
Well to the Bigs now, both the Islanders and Rangers out of the playoffs but they're still
pride to play for and Adam Graves hurts Tommy Salo's pride and the Rangers up 1-0.
In the great one, Wayne Gretzky finds Alexei Kovalev.
Kovalev fires the rocket in.
2-0 Rangers and they go on to double up the Islanders four to the final.
Alright, moving now to the NBA.
The Chicago Bulls are filling the heat from the Utah Jazz.
If Utah can win their last three games, they will own home court advantage through the
playoffs and that means if the Jazz lose a game, it does the Bulls no good unless they
win the rest of their games.
And the Pistons were trying to play the role of spoiler tonight and spoiling the Bulls
and Grant Hill finds Brian Williams for the jam.
Then Joey D., Joe Dumars from deep.
Then check out Lindsey Hunter.
All calm and cool, collected about half court.
Spots Grant Hill for the long distance.
Ali Oop, G Hill throws it down.
Pistons up 24-6 early but we all know who plays for the Bulls.
Yep, Mike with the nifty layup.
Look at this Jazz fans, the Pistons helped give the Jazz a little breathing room.
They beat the Bulls 87-79.
The Nets still looking for a win to clinch the playoff spot in the Hornets.
We're putting up a fight at home.
Bobby Fills filling it up from the suburbs and Vladdy Divak working on the rookie Van
Horn.
The spin and the foul.
Hornets up by 11 but Van Horn undaunted.
The drive, the spin and the jumper.
Just like Rick taught him.
Then Cassell gets the Nets within four with the heads up play.
Gets Mason off his feet.
Puts it in.
Nice play but once again, clinching escapes the Nets.
They fall to the Hornets.
109-103.
So, the Jazz, they took the night off tonight.
They will host the Kings tomorrow night in the Delta Center.
And with the Bulls lost, the Jazz now still need to win out.
But there was a little room for error.
But Seattle is also right there within a half game just waiting for their chance.
And don't forget about the Lakers who the Jazz meet on Sunday in LA.
They're a game and a half back.
All right, well we showed you earlier the Yankees fans reaction to being displaced for
today's game with the Angels in the home of the Met's Shea Stadium.
Now the highlights of the game for the house that Babes did not build.
And there's Rudy and George taking in the ball game.
And David Wells, I think he liked the mound in Shea just fine in the fifth inning.
Cecil Fielder swinging.
Jim Edmonds, thanks for playing.
Phil Nevin, no soup for you.
Three strikeouts in a row to retire the side.
Then in the bottom of five, how about this?
Darrell Strawberry, the former Met, goes yard.
The Bronx Bombers do it in Queens 6-3, the final over the Angels.
To the NL, a fire sale.
Of course, that would be the Marlins.
They've only won one of their last 10.
Hosting the Phillies.
Phillies up 2-0 and Derrick Lee put the big lumber on it, a solo shot and it was 2-1,
Phillies.
Kurt Schilling, this guy can throw the rock.
Freezes Edgar Renteria over the outside quarter.
Edgar, I think he disagrees with Empire Joe West and Joe West has the finger for Renteria.
That would be the get out of here finger.
And he gives him the gate.
Then the Marlins trying to keep pace with some defense.
Gary Sheffield runs that one down and the Marlins have now won two in a row.
They rallied to beat the Phillies 3-2.
Before I'm out, let's run down the rest of your baseball scores and much, much more.
All righty.
We were just talking.
Is that finger really a...
That's the thumb.
It's the thumb a finger.
That's what it is.
Also quickly, Joe Busas, he's in that lawsuit with Georgia Tech to keep the name the Buzz
and coming out this Friday there's a movie, Major League Three, it features Buzz uniforms.
This raises the stakes because now merchandising goes up because the Buzz uniforms will become
very popular, most likely because of the film.
Merchandise gets the thumb.
Yeah, the up thumb.
We'll watch and see what happens with that.
Thanks, Eric.
Now earlier this week you were saying that we were going to have a nice weekend, Jody.
Oh, and if we don't...
He's hostile.
He's mean.
You know, I'm trying to get people that are a little mad at me because of this.
Can you blame him?
No.
We are going to have a nice weekend.
Before we get to that, a snow advisor wanted to remind you about for tonight for the Wasatch
front in Tuala Valley.
After one to four inches of snow possible, that means set the alarms about a half hour
early tomorrow morning because it could be a sloppy trek in.
All right, here we go.
Rain showers still continuing in southern Utah.
Friday morning may be a little cloudy, but then look at the weekend, Bob.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, here.
All right then.
Looking pretty good.
So we have about one full day, another half day, maybe midday on Friday things clear up,
but tomorrow could be a little sloppy.
And again, tomorrow morning a little worried about the roads.
You may want to just get an early start because they're going to be sloppy, slushy, you know
that sort of thing.
All right, well we're going to hold you to this now.
So thanks, Jody.
Just hours to go before taxes are due.
And many people have lost their patience, but not their creativity.
Like the guy who tried to write off his world travel saying he was writing a book on his
search for the perfect steak.
Or how about a clown?
Now he did get away with deducting items like eyelashes, hair pieces, and cotton balls,
and even Sir Charles Barkley qualifies for a tax break after spitting on fans and chasing
refs all his NBA fines are tax deductible.
How do you like that?
Tacky Charles, tacky.
Oh well.
Thanks for being part of FOX 13 News at 9.
Utah's only prime time newscast.
We'll see you again tomorrow.
Hope you have a great night everybody.
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