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Show DAVIS REFLEX-JOURNA- NOVEMBER 13f 1985 L, Davis Itt'flox-Joiirn- al Published weekly by Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 Clipper Publishing Weekly newspaper published at Layton, Utah every Wednesday in the interest ot Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Mam, Layton, Utah 84041 Subscription rate 25c per copy, $6.50 per year, mailed in county $7.50 per year outside. John Stable, Jr. Pres.Manager Vice President Lucile S. Stahle Noel C. Stahle Tom Busselberg Keith Duncan Martin Lee Advertising Editor Manager SportsReporter Production Manager 544-913- IFaDrpmrtnn s be informed about the of daily life, we present the Forum, in hope of aiding a more intelligent decision. That the community might behind-the-scene- City Hall5 an event Continued from page one MCKENZIE STAYED away from City Hall. An LDS bishop, he would stay at his church office until 9 p.m., then return home for a small gathering of friends and political supporters. normally would be playing volleyball here at the church on Tuesday evenings, he chuckled. "But tonight will be different. I feel good about the campaign, but Im certainly not overconfident. A lot of things can happen.) But Sill did arrive about 9 p.m. after an evening of washing dishes as the family-owne- d Sills Cafe and building a fence on the family farm. And what he saw at City Hall was not encouraging. WITH FIVE of 17 voting districts reporting. Sill was behind, The lead was increasing along with similar tallies for Nebeker, Stevenson and Day. (Stevenson 501, Nebeker 435. But the Crockett-Goed- e for observers--409lead. race was still tight with Crockett holding a slim Crockett drove his pickup truck into the parking lot. "Im going around pulling down my campaign signs, he said. Its all up to the voters now. (He would later camp in the city fire station, receiving regular voting updates from members of the city staff.) (I 515-32- 7. This huge cement truck, nearly loaded and weighing more than 50,000 pounds, lost its brakes coming down Mueller Park Road (1800 South, Bountiful) and the driver skidded on its intentionally rolled the vehicle to avoid hitting another car. The truck Photos hurt. by News Ediwas driver 200 the but slightly side more than only feet, tor Gary Blodgett and Photographer Jim Haskett. ROLLS CEMENT TRUCK rolls track Deliberately By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor ). ly 59-vo- te BOUNTIFUL of the 17 districts had reported. It was Within 30 minutes, clearly no contest. McKenzie had built up a solid 1 lead over Sill, and Nebeker and Stevenson had more than 60 percent of Goede race was the votes. But the y 2 at the had pulled ahead slightly mark, but with five districts remaining Crockett was back in the lead by a mere 60 votes. 1 2-- see-sawin- g. mid-wa- THEN THE other two districts arrived simultaneously. The computer cranked out the results. With four districts remaining, Goede once again had the lead. He was ahead by 90 votes. - My wife will be relieved, said Mayor Sill. Its not easy being the wife of a city official and it will give me more time to be with her and with my family. A CITY employee, obvious tears in her eyes, crept up and kissed him. It's a shame whats happening, said the woman. No! said Sill. "Look at it this way. ..No more signing of checks. No more ordinances to do. ..The people have spoken and thats the democratic way. ..But I sure dont like the way this campaign was done. Theres too many undercurrents. SEVERAL MINUTES later Sam Trujillo appeared. How are we doing? he shouted. NOT WELL, Sam, said a city staff member. Sam looked at the results showing him a distant fourth race. Then he walked over to Sill. the four-candida- te WELL, WE gave them a helluva race, did't we? No one spoke. CROCKETT won the next district. ..and trailed by 45 votes. Crockett won the following district.. and he trailed by a mere 28 votes. one had gone THERE WERE two districts remaining--an- d heavily for Goede in the primary election. The race could still go either way. At twenty minutes after 10 p.m., the final two districts reresults were fed ported. City Hall became mutely silent as the into the computer. TWO MINUTES later a city staffer entered the room with three copies of the final count. She didn't speak to anyone, but just laid the copies on the front counter. McKenzie had beaten Sill, 2959-159- STEVENSON (2848) and Nebeker (2690) had defeated Day (1900) and Trujillo (1245). a margin of less than Goede had edged Crockett, 200 votes. . 8, CROCKETT HAD actually won more voting districts but Goede would replace him as a City Councilman. said a reporter from a Salt Lake "A race, hugh?" tough newspaper. Well, that wraps it up. NO ONE responded. he said. time to go grab a beer. "So much for this election night, 10:30 p.m. Theres But its only HE WALKED out the door while the remaining city employees sat down to call the candidates with the final results. Election night was over. ; Utah Highway Patrolman talks with Delyle Watts about mishap on 1800 South in Bountiful last Wednesday evening, just before homebound rush hour. Young Salt Lake City driver, only slightly hurt in the accident, is hero for avoiding collision with other vehicles. hero. HE SAVED a life - perhaps several lives - when he deliberately rolled over a huge cement truck loaded with more than 50,000 pounds of cement. old Salt Laker endangered his own life when he The d decision last Wedneday afternoon to delimade a berately wreck his own vehicle to save the lives of others. DELYLE was westbound on 1800 South just after 5 p.m. when his huge vehicle began picking up speed down the long, steep grade of Mueller Park Road. By the time he reached 400 East he was traveling 35 to 40 miles per hour. I was rapidly gaining on a car in front of me and there was another vehicle eastbound that made it so that I couldnt swerve without taking that car headon. I HAD a choice of overtaking the car in front of me, colliding with a car headon, or deliberately rolling the truck with the risk of injury or worse to myself. But it was not a hard decision to make, he smiled. Delyle grabbed the top of the trucks window with his left hand and swerved the truck into some large boulders along the north side of the street. The truck rolled onto its right side and skidded more than 200 feet before coming to a stop just west of 400 East. I REALIZED I had lost my brakes just east of the curve (400 East) and there was no way 1 could continue to pickup speed and approach the intersection (Orchard Drive) with all that traffic. There was no choice but to roll it, he said. The driver was only slightly shaken and suffered only a minor head injury. But to have collided with a car or crashed into a home could have resulted in serious injury or death to others. -- (home-boun- d) Carlisle addresses Layton Chamber Randall Carlisle, LAYTON KUTV main anchor for the 6 and 10 p.m. news was hired to be the news anchor. In this role he assumed another job that has Goede called on the telephone for the TRUJILLO left-a- nd first time. He was ahead by 90 votes, but three of the four districts still to come had favored Crockett in the primaries. There was still time to worry. 2351-215- TALK IT OVER By DONETA GATHERUM in is a split-secon- THE TRUCK pulled away. 844-82- Delyle Watts, of Salt Lake City, 26-ye- ar p. Goede-Crocke- tt - -- HIS FRIEND (and City Council member) Bob Stevenson noted a new district bringing in the ballots. Hold on, Don, and lets see how that district went. Two minutes later he joined Crockett in the pick-uYoure still ahead by 50 votes, said Bob. 1 -- brought him recognition, national awards and the image of a news- man that cares about people-spec- ial people. Child. He could have talked about abandoned, homeless, abused children for hours. The audience was completely absorbed in his narration. Child program has placed about 130 kids into permanent homes. This is frustrating, Mr. Carlisle said, because it represents such a small portion of the total number of children that need help. Most children are available for MR. CARLISLE said there are between 50,000 and 100,000 children in the U.S. that are available for adoption. The Wednesdays adoption because of physical or sexual abuse from parents, natural or They come from homes representing every econo FOR THE past 31: years Mr. Carlisle has written, produced, edited and delivered Wednesdays Child, a feature that gives people the chance to see special, making venture until the early 1970s. When stations learned they could make money through their news programs, drastic changes occurred. It has been a learning process, Mr. Carlisle stated. "Originally news reporters were more-or-le- This ss re- flected the 70s era. Today the news reporters are part of the establishment. We know we must have community support and business support if we are to survive. AFTER explaining the process that goes on to get a 6 p.m. and a 10 p.m. newscast, Mr. Carlisle turned to the subject of Wednesdays s. New city phone number homeless children who are available for adoption. Thursday at the Layton Chamber of Commerce meeting, Mr. Carlisle talked about his 22 years as a television and radio journalist. His credentials are impressive. He knows the television news business. MR. CARLISLE explained that TV news is a young industry. Twenty years ago it was an FCC requirement to present a news program. It was not a money- step-parent- LAYTON The Layton City Hall is having a new phone system installed and it is necessary to change the phone numbers of most city departments. LAYTON RESIDENTS should keep the Following numbers handy as a reminder of this important change: Administration, Finance and Water Department, CommunPubLegal Department, ity Development, Fire Department, lic Works, Police DepartPolice Records, ment, The new numbers are in effect now. THE FIRE and Police numbers listed above are business lines only. The emergency numbers will remain the same; Police Fire Emergency, Emergency, The Parks and Recreation Department number has not changed. It is THE PHONE system will enable city workers to intercom and transfer between departments. This will be a better service to the citizens of Layton, dmg 546-850- 0; 546-851- 546-852-0; 546-854- 546-853- 0; 0; 0; 546-856- 0;' 546-857-0, 544-124- , 0; 544-216- 1; 544-345- 6. 8. Praise the elderly Continued from page one report, almost half of all new automobiles sold in the U.S. Which brings me back to the elderly lady with the groceries. I only wish she could have corraled the three young punks and hauled them off to an auction. She could have taken out her wallet and bid on them. Actually, she neednt have much money on. her. The three combined weren't worth much anyway. r mic level. MR. CARLISLE said we need to solve the problem of abandoned children by keeping the young kids from entering the system. This can be done through stricter laws that protect the children. Equal protection for children, is the phrase Mr. Carlisle used in explaining that often child abqse goes unpunished where the same act committed against an adult would carry stiff prison terms. Mr. Carlisle also said we need counseling anytime, anywhere for parents who are child abusers or potential child abusers. Counseling must be done without fear or embarrassment, he said. REALIZING that there will al- ways be children available for adoption, Mr. Carlisle recommended streamlining the system. The bureaucracy makes it difficult to adopt. It takes from six weeks to a year to place a child in the home once the request to adopt is made. The heavy case load of social workers is another major problem that slows down and deters the adoption process. WHEN MR. Carlisle was asked how many children in Utah were available for adoption, he replied that he didnt know. So far we have been unable to get accurate figures from the Utah social service people. We want to work closely with them, he said. One member of the chamber said, Is it just a luck of the draw that determines which children will be placed in adoptive homes?" WAS Mr. Carlisles YES, short but meaningful reply. I t v |