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Show P&mk mm r:XR UTAH PRESS ASSOC I A" 4 67 EAST 300 SOl.MH SALT LAKE CITY, U I 06 .ON 11 Vol. 108, No. 32 3 Sections, 38 Pages Thursday, Septembt l , I 70 Linden found guilty in Sutton theft by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer A California man was found guilty in 3rd District Court Sept. 10 of committing com-mitting the 1986 armed robbery of Sutton's of Park City, in which about $150,000 of jewelry was stolen. After only seven minutes of deliberation, an eight-member jury found James Harleston Linden, Jr., guilty of aggravated robbery, theft and possession of a dangerous weapon. The 32-year-old man robbed Sutton's at gunpoint on June 28, 1986, and was arrested in May of 1987. Hon. Homer Wilkinson, the presiding judge, will sentence Linden Sept. 17 in Salt Lake City. After his arrest, Linden was incarcerated in-carcerated in Summit County, but later held in the Salt Lake County Jail. He will not be imprisoned in Utah, however, because he is currently cur-rently serving a 10-year sentence for a California armed robbery, and will be returned to the California State Penitentiary in Folsom to serve that sentence. A key witness in the two-day trial which began Sept. 9 in Coalville was Debra Pack, manager of the jewelry store when it was robbed. Others to take the stand included Howard Ingle, In-gle, Pack's husband; former Park City Police Officer Kurt Lovejoy, who was first on the scene after it was robbed; Keith Sutton, owner of the store; and Sara Linden, former sister-in-law to Linden. Autumn Al0 v At Park Meadows Golf Course 6 a.m.: Dawn Patrol 7 a.m.: Inflation of all 25 Hot Air Balloons At Carl Winters Middle School 4 p.m.: Autumn FestFood & Booths open 6 p.m.: Opening Ceremony Steep Canyon Band- Country & Western At Park Meadows Golf Course 6 a.m.: Dawn Patrol 6:30 a.m.: Sky Diver & Fireworks Display 7 a.m.: Inflation of all 25 Hot Air Balloons At City Park 9 a.m.: Run Aloft- 5K race for the benefit of the Park City Handicapped Sports Association. 10 a.m.: National Bike 'n Tie Championships At Carl Winters Field 8 a.m.: Breakfast until 1 1 a.m. . 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: ongoing music and dance entertainment, enter-tainment, including the Park City High School Stage Band at 3 p.m. 7 p.m.: Steep Canyon Band 9 p.m.: Fireworks Display At Park Meadows Golf Course 6 a.m.: Dawn Patrol 7 a.m.: Inflation of all 25 At Carl Winters Field 8 a.m.: Breakfast until 11 a.m. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: ongoing music and dance entertainment. Parking: According to Park City Police Chief, Frank Bell, parking for Autumn Aloft will be in the alfalfa fields on the north side of the golf course. There will be no on-street parking allowed in Park Meadows. Business INDEX Classifieds Two used-car salesmen also provided pro-vided testimony of how Linden had purchased a Corvette with cash following the date of the robbery. Detectives from Downey, Calif., provided pro-vided their information about some of the stolen property being recovered in California; and Park City Police Det. Pat Pirraglio described how he had put the case together from a local standpoint. Pack testified first, relating to prosecution attorney Terry Christiansen Chris-tiansen how she had become familiar with Linden two days before the robbery when he inquired about buying a diamond bezel for a Rolex watch. He returned to the Resort Center store a few times after that, and on one occasion, was introduced to Ingle, In-gle, who was there near closing time to pick Pack up. Both Pack and Ingle positively identified Linden as the robber during testimony. Pack said that when Linden came to discuss paying a deposit for the bezel the day before the robbery, he instead brought a necklace to be cleaned. But since it was just before closing time, she waited to clean it the next day. The following morning when Pack was opening the store, she said Linden was waiting for her in the vacant va-cant plaza area nearby. He told her he wanted the necklace, so she went into the store to quickly clean it, and ended up letting him in, even though it was a few minutes before opening schedule If Hot Air Balloons All Columns CI Education time. While defense attorney, Elliott Levine, tried to prove that Linden was not the robber, he asked Pack her impressions of Linden before the robbery. "He had a cavalier attitude," Pack told him. "He didn't look not wealthy," she said, also noting that she was "excited about the sale it was big for us in the summer." Pack let Linden into the store before opening time, then went to the rear of the shop to clean the necklace while he waited. When she turned around, he was pointing a gun at her. "I was scared to death," she said. "I had never been face-to-face with a gun before. He said 'I don't want to hurt you,' and said he had two fellows in the front with sawed off shot guns that would kill me in a second." se-cond." He told her he was already wanted by police in California. "I said. 'You can have anything you want,' and he took everything out of the safe," filling a briefcase and a garbage can with boxes of jewelry. "He kept telling me to hurry, and not be so careful," said Pack, even stomping the boxes down in the garbage can with his foot to fit more in. Pack said Linden took "every piece of expensive jewelry we had in the store loose stones, mounted rings, pendants, Rolex and Cartier watches..." Then he told her, "You're a smart girl, Debbie. If you Students score high ACTs By RON GEORG Record staff writer Park City High School students last scored higher than most of the country on the American Collerge Test, and student responses to a survey given by testers suggests students are enjoying their learning experience at the high school. The cumulative scores of Park City Ci-ty students who took the test were higher than 87 percent of the schools taking the test. Test results are expressed in a few ways. First, and most important, is the student's individual score. Next, each student's individual score is ranked as a percentile against the rest of the nation. Scores from different dif-ferent schools, states, and region are also tallied and expressed as a percentile. Park City High School is in the eighty-eighth percentile, as compared com-pared to all schools, public or private, which had more than 40 students take the test. In 1986, the national composite average score was 18.8, while Park City hit 21.2. The school has made dramatic improvement im-provement in scoring since 1982, when it was ranked in the fifty-fourth fifty-fourth percentile. Mirroring that increase in-crease is a corresponding jump in student satisfaction with the school, as reported by a survey taken of students who take the ACT. I $c rr f i rrr LITG OD IN 6 Tdrm " . ' , V' , A. All ivtfc y . ' A12 Entertainment B9 Letters A15 Sports Bl A7 F.Y.I... B8 Legals C5 Television C8 I D. me I'll kill you." Pack said at that point he was five inches away from her, and said, "You can tell them I'm big and black," directing her to wait in the bathroom, telling her to count to 500 while he left. A minute or two later, Pack said she pushed a silent panic alarm, which was picked up by Park City dispatch. An officer on patrol, Kurt Lovejoy, responded within minutes. During Lovejoy's testimony, he said he entered the store with his gun drawn, and Pack came out of the room she was in, saying hysterically, "Is he still out here, is he still out here?" Lovejoy did not see Linden leave the store. Another key witness in the trial was Sara Linden, former sister-in-law to the robber. She had avoided getting involved in the incident, although the convicted robber had stayed at her residence for about 10 days before the robbery. According to her testimony, James Linden had even told her that robbing "was his job, his career," mentioning Family Jewels and Sutton's as possible targets. Sara Linden became more involved involv-ed in the robbery after being arrested ar-rested Aug. 27, 1987, when she was see LINDEN page A2 The survey asks students to judge the school on classroom instruction, variety of courses, grading practices, prac-tices, variety of tests, guidance services, ser-vices, school rules, library facilities, laboratory facilities, remedial skills development, honorsaccelerated courses, and career educationplanning. educationplan-ning. Students are asked simply whether they are satisfied or dissatisfied with each category. Since 1982, almost every category has risen steadily. Every category showed improvement between the last two years. The most signifigant rises have been in the library and laboratory facilities categories. Interestingly, though Dr. Dozier has a reputation, which he fuels, for running the school with a firm hand, satisfaction with school rules was in the majority, majori-ty, and on the rise. According to guidance counselor Jerry Fiat, it is difficult to pin down a cause, or a set of causes, for the increases. in-creases. Fiat said that the myriad factors influencing scores are so diverse and numerous they can't realistically be tracked. "The tests measure how students are maintaining and building upon knowledge," said Fiat. "There are so many people who influence that, from parents to past teachers, and, of course, the students themselves." George and Keenan Kemper discover a calf's greatest pleasure licking. They were enjoying part of the petting zoo at last weekend's hoedown. See photo display, page A-7. Let the bells Two-hundred years ago today, Sept. 17, the United States Constitution was signed at 4 p.m. eastern standard time. In celebration, Park City will be one of hundreds of cities across the country to release 200 red, white and blue balloons and ring bells, chimes, sirens and whistles for 200 seconds beginning precisely at 2 p.m. our time. Be on hand on Main St. to join in commemorating this historic event as Mayor Hal Taylor begins the celebration of our Constitution's bicentennial bicenten-nial by raising the American Flag in front of Old City Hall (where the ChamberBureau is now located ) . All Americans are enourage to reflect on the blessings of liberty, the ideals of justice and equal opportunity made possible by the Constitution during the 200 seconds the bells are ringing. Lodging group sponsors 'meet the candidates' Park City area Lodging Association Associa-tion will sponsor a "Meet the Candidate" Can-didate" forum on September 23, 1987, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Yarrow Hotel Mountain View Room. The forum will be open to the public. The Lodging Association hopes for a large representation from the business sector who have expressed growing concerns regarding the direction Park City government has taken with respect to Park City business. Participating in the forum will be recently filed city council candidates, can-didates, most of for whom this will be their first try at running for city office. Craig Johnson, Charlie Latt-ner, Latt-ner, Joram Lichtenstien, Jim White, Carey Snow, F. Harris, L. Jackson, Brad Olch, G. Flauser, and present councilman Jim Santy. Format for this meeting will include in-clude a brief presentation of candidate can-didate background, a short statement state-ment of issues by the candidate, and questions from the floor ring! The Park City area Lodging Association is comprised of representation from the lodging facilities and property management companies in the Park City area. Membership is limited to owners and general managers, the organization binds these businessmen in a fraternal organization organiza-tion which is involved in all the issues affecting the Park City community com-munity and the lodging industry. Officers and directors serving this year are President Terry Whitney, Vice President Peggy Collins, Secretary Richard Miliron, Treasurer Joe Jafarian, immediate past President Kathleen McKenna. Directors: Rhonda Cannard, John Warner, Kevin DeWitt, Richard Scott, Richard Pack. All owners and general managers are invited to participate in the association. For membership information, infor-mation, call any board member. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Ron Georg |