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Show I (41 i: TUESDAY Apr. 19, 1994 n JjS Don't steal chickens Strange Candidates now begin campaigns for primary election m CLEARFIELD If, as one party official suggested, the ideal political convention is one that avoids primary runoffs, than the Davis County Republican Party Convention at Clearfield High School Saturday was far from perfect. Of the contested races two for the state Senate, four for the state House of and one for the county Representatives, sheriffs office only one provided a candidate with the necessary 70 percent majority to avoid a primary runoff. Incumbent Blake Chard, earned that distinction by outpolling challenger James Nielsen 64-- 0 in House District 15. In Senate races, the battle to te statutes revealed In the old days, when a lawyer won a case because of thorough legal research, it was said that he won the case in the stacks, meaning stacks of books. Just a few years ago, legal research used to be a slow, cumbersome process, sometimes taking weeks to research one or two issues in a case. Now, thanks to the computer, issues can be researched in a matter of minutes. The computer has done wonders for the legal profession, explains James D. Mitch Vilos, a Davis County resident and a partner in the Salt Lake law firm of Sykes and Vilos. We can now research in a matter of seconds or minutes issues that used to take us weeks to research. The first form of computerized legal research was done through an e data base service. By on a computer terminal and getting entering a data base through a modem, an attorney could access virtually every statute and every case decided in the nation. One of the drawbacks, however, was the expense. Prices ranged and still range from $4.50 to $8 a minute. Nevertheless, the end result was usually an enormous cost saving to the client. The latest form of computerized legal research is the CD ROM. Vilos has a CD ROM which contains nearly all of the Utah law on one CD ROM disc. The tiny disc contains hundreds of volumes of Utah statutory, administrative and case law. It even contains executive orders and opinions by the Utah Attorney General. It also contains most of the safety standards which apply to pool building, mining and the construction trade. It even has hunting and fishing regulations, and regulations concerning the education system, Department of Transportation, traffic rules and regulations and just about every other regulation you can think of that the citizens of Utah are governed by. CD ROM pg. A4 incumbent Nancy Lyon, In the hotly contested county sheriff's race, incumbent Glenn Clary did not garner the necessary majority to put away challenger Robert Davis, Local artists under the guidance of Diane Turner were out painting the town of Centerville Saturday for an upcoming art show. The artists captured a number of historical and landscape sights in their oil paintings. In addition to their oil paints, the artists found the warm weather required a little suntan oil was helpful to protect them from the unseasonably high temperatures. Juvenile fomifo malm awestied was referred LAYTON A Layton teen-agto juvenile authorities Tuesday after police searched his home and found a homemade explosive device, police , reported. Davis County Sheriffs Deputy Bob Hunt, an explosives long tubular expert, dismantled the bomb a three-inc- h device filled with several ounces of smokeless gunpowder. It could have caused substantial injury to him if it had gone off in his hand, or to someone else within close proximity say within 10 to 12 feet, Hunt said. Hunt and the male teens youth probation officer searched the home on 900 South Tuesday, finding several old explosive devices. Another search by the probation officer and Layton police conducted later that afternoon uncovered the live bomb. A fresh bum mark was also found in the back yard. Hunt er Hunt said. EIEV S Hillside homes OKd. By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer lock down. Sheriffs Chief Deputy Kenny Payne said tensions among the 64 inmates in D block had been building for about a week WEST BOUNTIFUL escaped injury Saturday night when two West Bountiful police officers forcibly removed him from out of the path of an oncoming train. page A5 C2 CHU- RCHDAYS OF '47 QUEEN: page C5 CLASSIFIEDS BEST consumer marketplace. page B4 VGATIIHR our policy is that it is for security. There is no disciplinary action to it at all. When officers tried to serve the evening meal Saturday, all 64 inmates in the block refused to comply with lock down. Eventually, the number of city park. Numerous alcohol were littering the ground around the- vehicle, prompting the officers to search the area. Walker later observed a man sitting on the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the path of an oncoming train. As he containers - BOUNTIFUL Preliminary approval for a conditional use permit was recently granted for The Lakes of Country Springs planned unit development (PUD) by the Bountiful Planning Commission for the first phase of the project wdth 68 units. Developer Ron Marshall will build 27-lPUD at duplexes and triplexes on the 1800 North and 200 West (Pages Lane) once he has received final approval from the planners. The commission asked Marshall to work closely for final direction with City Planning Director Blaine Gehring on meeting standards to comply with the ordinance. Marshall had asked the planners to consider changing the requirements for condominium developments and planned unit developments to make them separate with two different sets of guidelines. I agree with him (Marshall) that a PUD should be written separately and we should plan to do it that way in the future, Gehring said. At this point, we should move forward to gra:,t approval for the PUD so they can proceed with the engineering plans. It is a quality project and I recommend that we move forward with it. Marshall said that phase two will include another 70 units or it will be adjusted to ot OUTSTANDING TEACHER: Honored by CHS page Mostly sunny and warm on r Tuesday. ' HI: 75 LO: 45 policy, which By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor LIFE DAVIS COUNTY'S lock down inmates protesting the policy dwindled to about 20. SWAT members were called in when six of the prisoners began pelting the control room window with cups and other debris. All the inmates decided to comply with lock down when officers in the control room set up a v ideo camera to film perpetrators. Payne said SWAT officers entered the block, handcuffed the six worst offenders and removed them to the maximum security block before dinner was served. attempted to assist the man off the tracks, a struggle ensued. With Borshels assistance, the officers removed the man just in time to avoid. ..being hit by the train, according to a press relase. The man. who is reportedly on medication for a psychological problem, was taken to Lakeview Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Controversial PUD OKd by planning commission KIDS FUEL CRIME FIRE, Applicants sought, An intoxicated man with a history of psychological problems narrowly opinion Cyclops, letters. jails requires inmates to be locked in their individual cells when deputies enter the block to distribute medication or meals. One of their contentions is that they don't feel they have to lock down. They feel that's disciplinary, said Payne. But Corp. Walter Borschel and Officer Brett Walker were patrolling when they located a suspicious vehicle in the By MARK EDDINGTON Sta ff Writer SHOOT OUT SUCCESS: page B2 see " GOP pg. A3 Man pulled from path of oncoming train SPORTS EXPLOSION!: WX sluggers awaken, over the FARMINGTON An insurrection at the Davis County Jail was put down Saturday when a special weapons and tactics team entered the cell block and handcuffed six unruly inmates who refused to comply with instructions to page A4 page B1 Altom; recorder Carol Dean Page; surveyor Max Elliott; and assessor Willard Gardner. Vote totals for races that were contested: Senate District 21: incumbent David Steele, 97; Lori Roberts, 28; Bruce Barton, 23. Jail inmates riot, protest lock down A3 Braves win at home, sergeant within his general election; attorney Mel Wilson; clerkauditor Margene Isom; treasurer Mark It looks like it burned rather than detonated, NOT TOO STEEP: a department. The two will square off again in the primary. County level candidates who ran unopposed and earned delegates' endorsement included incumbent county commissioner Carol Page; Dan McConkie, who is challenging Demo county commissioner J. Dell Holbrook in the believes the mark resulted from one of the bombs malfunctioning when the youth tried to set if off in the yard. PROTECT CHILDREN: Immunization week, page replace the District 22 seat vacated b Haen Barlow was narrowed down to two. Attorneys Craig Taylor, Kaysville, and Doug Dutbuno. Layton, will square off in the GOP pnmary June 28. Former Farmington Max or Robert Arbuckle and Clyde Heiner placed third and fourth respectively, and were therefore eliminated. The Senate District 21 race will pit incumbent David Steele, Point, against challenger Lori Roberts, who is supported by Eagle Forum. Former Lav ton City Manager Bruce Barton was the lone candidate out of the running. In the eight House district races, four candidates ran unopposed. Nora Stephens. District 13; Kevin Garn. District 16; Marda Dillree, District 17; and Karen Smith. District 18, ran unopposed and earned the endorsement of delegates. In the district 14 race, incumbent Don Bush will face Davis County School District teacher Betsy Thurgood in the primary. Qurn Gardner and Sheryl Allen emerged as the primary contestants from the four candidates vying for the District 19 seat being vacated by Kim Bumingham, One candidate withdrew before the convention and the other never showed up, said GOP chairperson Anne Christensen. The House District 20 primary will match Charles Bradford against on-lin- see 0 .0 Change in the air? The oouclitc sand on the shores of Antelope Island are just one of the things a new watchdog group hopes to protect. They like the lake just the way it is. Recent discussions regarding the development of Antelope Island and the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake have prompted some interested parties to form a new organization to protect the eco system of the lake. Friends of the Great Salt Lake will meet Thursday at the Sugarhouse Garden Center to discuss a strategy to protect, and preserve the lake. Wayne Martinson, Utah Wetlands Coordinator for the National Audobon Society hopes the group will become a "strong public voice" to prevent significant alterations of the lake. y whatever the market will permit. Phase one will form a horseshoe and will be stand alone project. According to Gehring, the first phase should be done within two years and will be buffered from the neighbors in nearby Centerville. The project is also slated to be three units per acre. Some of the things questioned by the planners included landscaping issues like environmental and roofs instead of roofs and proposed smaller air conditioning units than the 30-ye- ar standard requirement. None of these things hampers the design of the project. Gehring said. Marshall said he w ants to cater to empty nesters and those kind of customers don't w'ant all the extra things like swimming pools and the amenities that usually go with condominium projects. Marshall said in other projects he Jias been involved in a small percentage of the -- tenants utilize a clubhouse and pool. Customers tend to be frugal in this type of market. It will be a simpler design with walking paths and open areas. Marshall added that a club house w'ould e be part of the plan but not for the first phase. The units will be slated to sale for between $140,000 to $165,000 with two-ca- r garages and one level floor plans. We want to. create a commodity that see LAKE SPRINGS pg. A3 long-rang- |