ICE

I read this on KSL today and thought it was a good idea!


Addition to Cell Phone Could Help in Emergencies
September 24th, 2007 @ 9:35pm
Amanda Butterfield Reporting

Police and paramedics say there is a simple thing you can do with your cell phone that could save your life. It's free, it's easy, but it just hasn't caught on in Utah.

ICE is the contact that cell phone companies and emergency responders want you to have in your cell phone.

Gary Younger of Qwest explained, "ICE is an acronym we use for 'in case of emergency.'"

It's simple; just put "ICE" before the name of your emergency contact.

"If you've got an accident, that first responder can look on your phone and see an 'ICE' by a name, and know that's a person they might want to call," Younger said.



ICE originated in Europe and spread to the U.S. Here's the premise: Not everyone carries ID with them, but it seems everyone carries a cell phone.

ICE clears that up, and if you put an asterisk before, it will show first under contacts. It's free, it's easy, but not a lot of people are using it in Utah.

Vicki Aubrey of the Salt Lake City Police Department said, "I was watching the news out-of-state one day and saw it on the news."



Aubrey was one of the few Salt Lake City officers we could find who had heard about ICE. She says it's a concept that could really help people in her line of work.

"If someone is unconscious, go looking for their phone to try and identify who they are, find someone who can tell me who they are."

Everyone we talked to thought it was a good idea.

A cell phone user named Annette told us, "I think it's smart, because you never know what could happen."

But we couldn't find anyone who actually had it in their phone. If people did have it, Aubrey says it would make a big difference.

"I hope it does catch on. It would help immensely in trying to contact people after accidents," she said.

Younger said, "Just ICE before the name and the phone number, and you're good to go."

You can find out more about ICE at the link on this page.

News from Sevier County!!

On KSL news tonight.

Hole and Rocks: '70 Robbery Still Cold Case
May 30th, 2007 @ 2:09pm
MONROE, Utah (AP) -- It turned out to be a tunnel to nowhere. And as a result, a 1970 bank robbery in this small central Utah town remains unsolved.

While remodeling a former diner in Sevier County, workers discovered a hole in the floor with rocks. Folks were excited: Was this how someone broke into First Security Bank next door and got away with $20,000?

The FBI wasn't interested in the cold case, but the sheriff's office decided to investigate. "There is no tunnel into the bank," Detective Nathan Curtis said Wednesday, a bit disappointed a day after his visit. "It didn't lead us anywhere."

When the building next to the bank was constructed, Curtis explained, there was extra foundation rock. "Rather than haul it away, they dug a hole and buried it there," he said.

The bank, which now houses Monroe city offices, was robbed on a weekend in January 1970. A hole had been burned in the vault door. "FBI Dragnet Spread After Robbery Of Monroe Bank," read a headline at the time, accompanied by a picture of the sheriff staring at the hole in the vault.

A tunnel into the bank would have been no easy feat: The wall is 14 inches thick and 16 feet deep, Curtis said. "It was intriguing, kind of fun," he said of the investigation. "I don't think I've ever worked a bank robbery. "There's been quite a bit of chatter about this," the detective added. "I've got a phone message here from the 818 area code. I don't know where that's that. He may have some information about the robbery."

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

IKEA

I was just reading on the KSL News and it said that an IKEA opened in Draper this week! That is soo exciting. Of course I have never been to an IKEA until today. It is my dream store. So many organizational tool, the whole store is full!! I was in Heaven! I am going to have lots of fun next time I go to Draper. I am going to start saving up now!

IKEA Draper is OPEN!
Welcome to IKEA Draper! We are the 30th IKEA Store in the U.S. and the 255th Worldwide. Please join us for a fun day out for the family featuring:

*310,000 sq. feet
*51 room-settings
*3 model homes
*10,000 exclusively designed items
*Småland children's play area
*1500 parking spaces
*300-seat restaurant

WOOHOO!!
Anyways, It excites me to have one in Utah.