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Keith McCord Reporting Every year the Eyewitness News staff selects what we feel are the top 10 most significant stories of the year, and, as always, it was hard to select only 10! So we cheated and created a sort of honorable mention list, or maybe a dishonorable mention list, depending on how you look at it.
From the beginning of the year to the end, the names and faces of two men kept appearing on our newscasts time and again. In March, Dell Schanze announced that all of his Totally Awesome Computer stores were shutting down. The exact reason was never really explained.
Dell Schanze, March 2006: "Thanks to all of you, which is too bad that all of the media in Utah are liars and murderers."
In May he showed up again--in the air-- flying his paraglider near Bangerter Highway during the morning rush hour. He pleaded "no contest" to public nuisance charges. And in August, Super Dell was found guilty of lying to police about a confrontation he had with his neighbors in Draper. He was fined 500-dollars.
Timmy Brent Olsen, in and out of court repeatedly in connection with the Kiplyn Davis disappearance case, was given a 12-year sentence for lying to a grand jury about the case. He still faces murder charges in the case. A trial will take place next year.
There was a not-so-quiet day at the Salt Lake City Main Library! In September, someone left a small bomb on the third floor. No injuries, but the blast did cause some damage. In October, police arrested Thomas James Zajac near Chicago in connection with the bombing. If convicted he faces 10 years in federal prison and a 250,000 fine.
An unfortunate boating accident at Strawberry Reservoir caused understandable grief to the families of Steve and Catheryn Roundy of Orem. They drowned in November when their boat capsized. In a way, their deaths helped bring closure to several other families.
Searchers spent more than a week looking for the Roundy's bodies. While doing so, the searchers, using new state-of-the-art sonar equipment, located six other bodies which had been in the reservoir for several years.
And finally, we can't ignore what gasoline prices were doing this year in Utah. When the national average price-per-gallon was dropping dramatically, Utah's stayed high. By year's end, prices have dipped a bit; here's hoping they keep dropping in 2007!
We'll show you the story voted the top story of 2006 tonight on Eyewitness News at 10.
