Plan County Falling Short of Goal The Salt Bad-Che- ck Continued From Page B-- l gram, the meager participation means we'd be bankrupt if it werent for our other programs," including shoplifting, petty theft and probation supervision the company does for the state, said Mr Scott Considers Discontinuance He said there is a 0 chance his company will discontinue the diversion classes, for which it charges participants $40 It all depends on how our other programs are. If they become profitable, we ll probably continue the check diversion program because it doesnt cost us any more to carry additional programs once one is in place. Even with the meager participation in the county attorney's prosituagram, the county's tion is improving, said Mr. Olsen Another law passed in 1983 at the request of grocers requires a bank to print the date at which the account was opened. Known as check-datinthis requirement alerts a clerk of a new account "Ninety to 95 percent of all bad checks are written on accounts less 50-5- bad-chec- k bad-chec- k Road Closure Continues Near Thistle Special to The Tribune THISTLE, Utah County Highway 6 through Thistle will remain closed until work crews can clear away rock and debris that slid off Billies Mountain and blocked the highway Friday morning Utah Highway Patrol officials Saturday said the road is still covered with debris, and will not be cleared for two or three days, or longer. Friday, a series of rockfalls filled a large ditch on the north side of the highway with about 10,000 cubic yards of debris, some of which spilled over onto the road. Boulders continued to fall Friday, preventing work crews from beginning cleanup work. The section of Highway 6 through Billies Mountain was built last year after the Thistle landslide blocked Spanish Fork canyon and buried the old highway. In early January, the new highway was opened, and motorists could once again use the major route between the Wasatch Front and southeastern Utah. 1 akc Tribune B3 MarrbJRJIW Sunday, Family Still Mourns Missing Daughter than six months old," he said. "The sight of a new account should raise a red flag among grocers," who acs of all bad checks in cept the state due to the volume and nature of their transactions. Last year's losses to grocers were estimated at $5 million, he said, that figure now has been cut by 10 percent to 25 percent By Vern Anderson Associated Press Writer The other dav BOUNTIFUL Belva Kent removed her eldest daughter's coat from the front closet It's taken her nearly 10 years to get it from there to a box in the garage But she still keeps the pot eh light burning, day and night, paying out homage and hope for Debi Jean And her husband, Dean, still has nights when he wakes up and thinks it's all been a dream The reality is that Debi, at age 17, was a likely victim of convicted - two-third- Wont Abandon Program Mr. Livingston said there would be no major changes made in the program, "at least not as far as actual notice. Thats a matter of law." He said the program will not be abandoned, but will be placed under more comprehensive restitution program You've got to realize bad checks are only one area of restitua multiple murderer Theodore Bundy, who never was charged with the crime but was identified as having been there the night of Nov. 8, 1974, when Debi left her parents at a high school play to pick up her brother. Vanished That Night She vanished that night, and a decade later her parents are certain, as are police, that she died violently and at Bundy's hands. But in their hearts is that trace of hope that keeps porch lights lit The light also is a tribute to Debt, who in life was exceptionally kind and whose death was a catalyst for her family's spiritual rebirth Still, however, there is the sense tion." The program is getting the desired results among the few cases it has received. So far, five persons have pled guilty to criminal charges, nine have completed the diversion program, 29 have agreed to the diversion program but have not fulfilled its provisions, 16 have not responded to the offer of a diversion program and warrants have been issued for the 11 people that officials have been unable to contact. That represents an 85 percent success rate Under the program, victims of a bad check are required to notify the person that his check has bounced and give him 14 days to make good on the check. If he doesn't, the case is turned over to the county attor- of loss. It's recurring now whenever theres a story about a child being killed or raped," Kent says of the bouts of sleeplessness that dog him Just such a flashback occurred last July when Arthur Bishop confessed to Salt Lake police that he had abducted and killed five boys over a four-yea- r period. Bishop showed police the graves and the victims parents finally were able to hold funerals. Bitter and Hurt Mrs. Kent felt bitter and hurt ney. Criminal Judgment Once the county attorney receives the case, the minimum with which a person can escape is a $55 payment, restitution on the check and an behavior modification course. The maximum is a criminal judgment against him, a fine and possible jail sentence and restitution on the check. Understandably, then, those with whom the county attorneys office deal are reluctant to let a bad check go that far again. In Austin, Texas, where the program originated, the recidivism rate is 1 percent. In Salt Lake County, none of the participants has repeated although Doreen Weyland, director of the county attorneys program, said that may change soon. Ive heard that one of our people is being contacted again, she said. Initially, it was expected that Ms. Weyland's $18,000 salary would be paid with the $15 charged each "I just kept thinking, 'Why couldn't this be us? Why are we still being punished?'" she said Mrs Kent was in court every day V Dean and Belva Kent, Bountiful, stand by portrait of daughter, Debi, who disap- - M1 I'l i" ') (1 t1 pI'otA peared have been killed by murderer Ted Bundy. roller rink "When she stood up I said, Be careful and hurry back,"' Mrs. Kent recalls When the play ended, the Kents found their car still in the parking lot A key which fit the handcuffs Bundy used on Miss DaRonch was found there the next day And a witness recalled seeing a Volkswagen with two people inside leave the lot in a hurry that night "The thing that keeps running through my mind with Debi is that she was so sensitive to other people, Kent says. If he (Bundy) had asked her to help him do something she wouldn't have given it a second " thought Bundy, now 37 and on Florida's Death Row after convictions' for the sex slayings of two college students and a girl, is be in early 1976 when Rundy, a handsome University of Utah law student, was tried" and convicted of having kidnapped Carol DaRonch, 19, just hours before Debi disappeared Bundy had posed as a police officer and tried to handcuff Miss DaRonch, but she escaped after a struggle in his Volkswagen Less than an hour later and 20 miles to the north in Bountiful, Bundy was seen at Viewmont High School by a young woman teacher he tried to coax to his car. Later, Bundy was seen seated within 30 feet of Debi and her parents as they watched. "The Redhead" in the school auditorium The play had started late, and shortly after 10 p m Debi offered to go pick up her brother Blair at a ,H years ago. She is believed to 10 lieved by authorities to have killed at least 18 other young women in Washington, Utah and Colorado in 1974 and 1975 During Bundy's kidnapping trial, Mrs Kent wanted to ask him what he'd done with Debi's body But authorities advised against it After the Florida killings, she considered sending Bundy a letter in prison She didn't, though He and his about Bundy, ing portrait own tragedy, execution wife have read books but despite the chillthey paint and their they do not seek his Mrs Kent thinks about Bundy's mother, Louise Why should she lose her son because he killed our daughter?" she says. I feel sorry for her." UTech Course to Prepare Future Pilots for FAA Written Test Ground school for private pilots be available through Utah Technical College School of Continuing Education. 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