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Show Davis S loute Wew.fi u 5 Foil uyb 10 IK RATE PAID Peirnttno 6 toylorv uiQh 64041 in oU 25 CENTS NUMBER THIR TY Koz, Robbie are favorites LIGHTER SIDE A o humorous look at serious topics. Mark loves BYU Cougars Cockroaches at BYU By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor CYCLOPS Guest Writer Thousands CENTERVILLE You can read it first in this newspaper. ..The true, unabridged and facts about the cockroach infestation at Brigham Young University. The cockroach story presented problems from the very beginning for the Utah media. First, journalists have little training in insect evaluation. KSL-TV- , for instance, brags about its news but this time they were caught with their tripods team, specialist dow n. Even KSL did not have a cockroach news specialist-a- nd it w'as impossible to train Shelley Osterloh overnight. honest-to-goodne- of football fans love the BYU But no one has had more influence on the team that a Cougars. lad from Centerville. MARK ERICKSON has the Cougar football team wrapped up in his frail little hands - especially -- the admiration of split end Glen Kozlowski. But it doesn't take much to get caught up in the heait of little Mark. Despite being a wheelchair victim of cerebral palsy, his broad smile lightens up a room by his mere presence. THE SON of Centerville Councilman Bruce Erickson and his lovely wife, Joyce, Mark - at the -- tender age of 4 - is all caught up in BYU football. He knows the names and numbers of the Cougar players nearly as well as local sportcasters. Mark has his favorites, but his No. hero is the injured Kozlows-ki- . Mark also likes quarterback Robbie Bosco and wide receiver Mark Bellini on offense and Jason Buck. Kurt Gouveia and Leon White on defense. And yet the challenge was obvious. The general public, un- roaches had a huge appetite for such news. Any story revolving around BYU or Mormons has an automatic appeal in Davis County--bu- t unfortunately Davis County readers know a lot more about BYU than they do about cockroaches. So when the story broke about student custodians killing 67 cockroaches in the dining area during a brief 15 minute period, it was up to Cyclops, the only cockroach editor in the Intermountain West, to shed light on this important happening. The facts are plain: Cockroaches are common in large warehouse-type areas. Those cockroaches who dont run for political office often end up squirming into corrugated boxes containing produce and other foodstuffs. In the case of BYU, an exterminator had entered the Wilkinson Center 15 minutes prior to the custodial discovery--anas he usually does several times each month, he spayed his lethal chemical under the grills and around the compressors, forcing the little cowards to squirm out of the dark and into the light of day. Once out of their hiding place, the little critters kicked their legs and died. , neither did the student custoOf course, I have no proof--bu- t dians have any information when they cast dispersion on a giant meals foodservice operation which serves between were concerned BYU is executives the that The each day. irony because they were concerned and had about cleanliness-a- nd the exterminator on contract, they ended up with a flurry of bad publicity (along with a sack full of dead cockroaches). Maybe next time they should let sleeping roaches lie. Let the little critters hide in the dark. And if the custodians don't like the cockroach lifestyle, the students should do what any other BYU student would do. ..Send in the Mark cried when you got hurt, and he misses seeing you in action. Marks mother wrote to Kozlowski card and a picture of himself after he had scored a touchdown. THE CARD from Koz stated that the message from Mark had helped me pu my injury into perspective and gave me the desire I needed to battle back." And Koz did battle back. EVEN AFTER being told he had little chance to ever again play football for BYU, Koz was back in uniform and ready to play in the Wyoming game. He was so impressed with the boys concern for his (Kozlows-ki's- ) well being that he called the Erickson family and invited them to come see the Wyoming game and he would personally show Mark and his Dad around the dressing room and meet the Cougar players following the game. Little Mark Erickson, of Centerville, has been an inspiration to BYUs football team despite being confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy. Mark likes all the Cougars but two of his favorites are split end Glen Kozlowski (top photo in his lap), BUT FATE struck again. Kozlowski stretched for a pass and was hit hard. Again his knee buckled. As he wrenched in pain. and quarterback Robbie Bosco, right, which was taken in BYU locker room following Wyoming game. Top photo by Clipper News Editor Gary R. Blodgett. Continued on page two 4,000-6,00- 0 self-respecti- Jail committee plans tour portance of building a new jail that By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor FARMINGTON A three-datour of California and Colorado to visit county jails and detention facilities is planned Dec. by members of the Davis County Jail Advisory Committee. y Felshaw King named utility advocate head KAYSVILLE - A Kaysville resident has been elected president of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. -- THE UTAH Committee of Consumer Services is one of 37 states making up the organization. It has the responsibility for representing residential, small commercial and agricultural consumers in utility cases before the Public Service Commission, a news release says. Mr. King has been active in consumer representation, serving as chairman and committee of consumer services member since 1977. He has served on the executive committee of NASUCA for several years and was previously vice president. A KAYSVILLE resident, where he was House Majority Whip and judiciary committee chairman, he has served as a state legislator, and in many governmental and community groups. He has practiced law since 1962, emphasizing municipal and governmental law. ll and he replied with a thank you n U get-we- warming message touched Koz feet--the- n Utah-BY- WHEN KOZ was injured. Joyce card and a note to sent a the pupular split end telling hint a little about Mark's admiration and for a speedy recovery and to again see you playing football." Needless to say, this heart- d, tail-gat- season. - cock- Now the custodians, much like the general populus, werent aware of the future funeral. All they say were 67 cockroaches slithering on their backs and pushing their little legs up and down. So the custodians, reacting like custodians worldwide, promptly squashed the roaches with their dashed off a letter to the student newspaper along with a hastily-drawcartoon depicting a giant cockroach serving an ice cream cone to a Cougar faithful. Then the Associated Press broke the story and the TV crews starting buzzing. It was a story with high drama. After months of stale salamander jokes, the media now had real cockroaches. Just imagine what the National Enquirer could do with such a story! No one ever thought of contacting me, the regional expert on cockroach mentality and behavior. I could have told them a few things about cockroaches. And I could have told them of my suspicion that the episode was a plot by the University of Utah. It seems a bit suspicious that the cockroach scandal hit the press the week before the e football game. Having been to several parties at the 1 wouldn't to have it the Redskin boosters Utah games, put past downed a few Bloody Marys and then snuck down to the Wilkinson Center with a truckload of corrugated boxes. Utah fans will do anything to embarrass BYU, even going so far as to sacrifice the lives of 67 unnamed cockroaches whose only aim in life is to gnaw on lettuce and hide in dark crevices. 1985 deep concern. Mark cried when you got hurt, she wrote. And he misses seeing you in action. Maik knows your name and number as w ell as several other players and his big desire is to see you play again in a Cougar uniform. MARK IS only four and is a w heelchair victim of cerebral palsy as are two of his sisters - but he loves to see BYU play football, either at home on the TV or in person in Cougar Stadium We all pi ay Secondly, it was an impossible story to visualize with film footage. The TV station news directors salivate whenever they have a chance to load up their helicopters and whisk off to the crime scene. But this time their aviation was grounded since it was physically impossible to squeeze a helicopter into the Wilkinson Center and let it hover around for close-u- p cockroach shots. educated as to the habitat and mating procedures of AND THEY all love Mark. The story between Mai k and the Cougars began to unfold earlv this season, just a couple of w eeks aftei Kozlowski was injured in the rent-pi- e game. Mark had shown an interest in Kozlowski last veai and his admiration carried over into the 10-1- 2 NEWLY APPOINTED Architect Robert Boyle said a tour of other detention facilities would do a lot to give the advisory board a comparison of jail facilities and their programs of operation. The proposed jail is a very complex problem when you consider site location, operational procedures, financing, and of course cost estimates, Mr. Boyle told a gathering of the council last week. HE EMPHASIZED that Davis County is not unique in its problem of overcrowded jail and short-staffe- d for efficient operation of the facility. But we need to move ahead with plans for a 200 to 400-be- d facility, depending on cost efficiency," he said. We are facing critical needs and must take action to meet these needs." MR. BOYLE stressed the im will not only physically accommodate the inmates, but will be so designed that it will keep the stress level to a minimum. There are many philisophical as well as physical problems to consider." He said there are primarily two types of jails - one in which contact with inmates is direct and the other which deals indirect contact, usually through use of closed circuit television. Davis County now has the latter. -- SHERIFF BRANT Johnson told the group that if the present plan of jail progress can be followed, final adoption of the proposed jail facility as well as cost estimates could come as early as next January and bonds for financing the new structure would follow' in February or March. But in the meantime, there's still a lot of work to be done, the sheriff emphasized. The advisory committee should agree on the size and style of facility; develop prog- - rams for operation of the jail; and determine what other structures or facilities will be included in the complex." HE NOTED that most jail complexes now include court facilities, county attorney offices, and other public safety facilities such as space for the Highway Patrol. Court probation and drivers license divisions also are considered in some new public safety complexes. All About People Pearl Harbor remembered By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Last year when Kristen Knowlton, the daughter of Renny and Vicki Knowlton. decided to do a Great Brain" re- search project for her Whitesides Elementary, no trouble deciding on an Great ing topic. Her class at she had interest- Brain would be about the invasion of Pearl Harbor and she would use information from her Grandfathers journal in the presentation. KRISTENS grandfather. Del (Delmar) D. Rowley was stationed on the USS Maryland at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The Salt Lake resident enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17. He was just a boy - not much older than me," Kristen explains. Del Rowley had returned to the ship from a liberty" leave in Honolulu to prepare for the annual military inspection that was to begin on Monday, Dec. 8. He was Continued on page two |