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Show PEP?21JAL ST2.vA.j-- j 3322 SO. 3rd 2. S.i-.C-.. UT j 84115 V LEARF1ELD J J I $ 1 V Serving the Volume 7 Number 28 f Cleorfield-Sunse- Area t 1 ' I 1 1 1 I V I r 4 ? ,1 A J A Ogdeim officers credlifaedl foe soIhriMjj Clmtoini case A team of Ogden police officers has been credited with providing information which led to the arrest of a youth in the murder of a Clinton child. John P. Miller Jr. was arrested by Clinton Police Chief LeRoy Webb Aug. 6 several hours after the body of Anne Hoskisson was found in an abandoned house just blocks from the homes of the suspect and the victim. The child had died of strangulation, a state medical examiner later confirmed. Further tests are being conducted to determine whether she was sexually molested. Miller, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Miller, 552 W. 1250 N., will face charges of first degree murder and kidnapping. He admitted killing the child during questioning by police. Webb said other charges may be filed pending results of the medical examiners report. Clearfield Police Detective Rick Rendon said Monday that he and Webb had compiled a list of three suspects following preliminary in- 4 vestigation of the killing. They then received a call from Ogden Police Detectives Burl Malmborg and Rose Hillman wfyo said they had arrested the Miller youth in October 1979 Rendon said. Malmborg said Tuesday that he and Hillman arrested Miller in an incident involving a small child. He said the case was referred to First District Juvenile Court. He said another Ogden officer, Joe Chesser, a resident of Clinton, mentioned the boys name to Malmborg, who remembered the earlier incident and informed Webb of the previous arrest. Rendon said further investigation placed the Miller youth in the same neighborhood as the victim and he was immediately number one on the suspect list. llie Miller youth is being held at Moweda Youth Home, pending the outcome of a detention hearing which was to be continued today in First District Juvenile Court in Farmington. Juvenile Court Judge L. Kent Bach- - Clearfield Council meeting Parking ordinance receives attention public hearing held Tuesday night Clearfields parking ordinance ended without any action taken. However, the council did instruct the city attorney to amend the amendments to allow parking in the driveway in front of a home and consider it as a legal parking space. A ( to amend The citys existing ordinance prohibits parking in front of a home and that includes in the driveway. The suggested amendment before the council Tuesday night called for two paved parking spaces to be required not including the driveway which was to be considered an extra parking space. Councilman Donald McDougal, a building contractor by trade, took exception with the requirement of a second parking space to the side of or behind the carport or garage .of a We are discriminating home. against those who cannot afford that extra parking slab. City Manager Gayle Starks agreed, saying, I would hate to see the city become so restrictive as to stop someone from buying a house because of the extra $500 it takes to put in a parking slab. The decision to have the attorney Continued on Page 2 Thief apprehended A Layton man was transported Aug. 6 from Sparta, Wis., to Clearfield where he was arraigned before Judge Cornell Jensen on theft charges. David Resendez, 19, was taken to the Davis County Jail where bail was set at $3,500. He was charged with e felony theft and class A misdemeanor theft in connection with the theft of almost $1000 worth of aluminum from Utility Trailers at Freeport Center last February. Detective Steve Layton spent over third-degre- Mill five months putting the case together before locating the suspect in Wisconsin where he was living with his wife and was employed. Clearfield police are cracking down on such thefts which have risen dramatically due to the increased cost of such metals. We have seen a lot of thefts of aluminum, radiators, batteries and such recently, Layton reported. copper, increase turned down In an emergency meeting held Friday morning, the Davis County Board of Education voted not to levy a 3.22 mill increase on taxpayers. Board member Bruce Watkins stated the feeling of the board is that while they are gambling on the politicking going on in Washington, D.C., they are optimistic that the and maybe some of the are given will be forthcoming. to a school district for each student who has parents living and working on a federal installation. are given to the district for each student having parents who work on base but live elsewhere. All the information we have received from Washington is favorable that the funds will be forthcoming, but nothing is certain yet, said Watkins. No one likes to pay anymore taxes so we will hope for the best. Police officerpromoted Officer Ron Campbell has been promoted to investigator in charge of tech services. In his new position, Campbell will be in charge of handling all evidence in assisting investigators and patrolmen in solving cases. Campbell has been with the force as a patrolman for almost four years. Prior to that he was a reserve police officer in Clinton. Campbell studies criminology and physiology at Weber State College. He and his wife, the former Kathy Taake, and two children are active in the LDS church in Syracuse. Campbell is active in sports and is responsible for organizing the police bowling and softball teams. We have a lot of good athletes in the department, said Campbell. The new fire department building located next door to the police department is equipped with bodybuilding equipment enabling the officers to keep in shape. We are very lucky to have close access to such fine equipment, he said. ' RON CAMPBELL man said the previous case involving the Miller youth was never handled in his court. He said the disposition of that case would not be made public until after the hearing today. Garrett Watkins, probation officer handling information in the Miller case, said the suspect would be advised of the formal charges at the hearing. County prosecutors will then petition the court to certify the suspect to stand trial as an adult. Watkins said Judge Bachman will likely order a 3Chday psychiatric evaluation for the suspect. He said a probable date for the next court hearing in the case is Sept. 24, following the evaluation. Watkins said it is unlikely the youth will answer the charges or that the judge will rule on the petition for as an adult until the certification psychiatric tests are completed. The childs murder and arrest of Miller shocked the small community of Clinton, where many were close neighbors and friends of both families. Bruce Hoskisson, father of the murdered girl, made an impassioned plea for understanding love for the Miller family during a brief speech in the local LDS ward Sunday. He said he loves the Millers and urged ward members to show sympathy toward them. He thanked his neighbors for helping in the search after his daughter disappeared. Anne was buried Saturday in Salt Lake City. all-nig- School closing Pioneer School will be honored at a closing house Sept. 18 at the school. Anyone who has ever attended or taught at the school is invited to attend. Interesting photos and information dealing with the history of Pioneer School are needed for that night. Photos may be picked up now or by those in charge or brought to the school, an hour before the event by the owners. For further information call 9 or Jeannie Swenson, Myron Sessions, 825-785- 825-480- Youth dies in accident Clearfield man died Sunday when a motorcycle he was riding went out of control off SR 162, throwing him into Pine View Reservoir, officials said. The victim was Mark Hillan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hillan, 270 N. Lakeview. The accieent occurred about 4:15 p.m. one mile east of the Pine View spillway, according to a Weber County Sheriffs Office spokesman. Hillan was reportedly headed toward the dam on the dirt shoulder of the road at about 50 miles an hour when he swerved to avoid a parked car, witnesses said. The bike smashed into a dirt embankment and Hillan was thrown off, landing on his head and neck, according to officials. A woman fishing nearby grabbed him to keep him from sinking, but was unable to keep him above water. Further efforts to rescue the crash victim failed. He was Anally retrieved from the reservoir by the Weber County diver rescue team about one and a half hours later. Hillan was born Sept. 8, 1961, in Ogden. He lived in Clearfield all his life, attending Clearfield High School. He worked as a janitor for Antoines Janitorial Service. He was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church in Ogden. Surviving are his parents of Clearfield, two brothers, David Leon Hillan, Ogden, and Dean Bert Hillan, Clearfield; and his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Verlan Dalton, Ogden. A funeral was held Wednesday at Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel in Ogden. He was buried in Washington Heights Memorial Park. An Photo by Da e Hoi ner THE SAFETY PROJECT barriers in from Roy to Clearfield involves placement of New Jersey underway along addition to sloping the shoulders making them safer for cars that leave the road. Safety project nears completion The stretch of between Roy and Clearfield is being made safer for motorists. The summer-lonsafety project involves updating the guardrails. In some areas guardrails are being removed and replaced with concrete safety barriers known as New Jersey g barriers. Utah Department of Transportation spokesman, Dyke LeFevre, said the old guardrails were too low and didnt have enough post to provide (DOT) proper support The New Jersey barrier, developed and used originally in the state of New Jersey, will divert a vehicle back into the flow of traffic rather than against it. A vehicle will not jump the concrete barrier or be flipped over by it, according to LeFevre. The transportation department is also flattening out the slopes along the shoulders of the freeway, LeFevre said Dirt has been removed from the p north bound in Clearfield off-ram- plans a similar north to 31st from Roy safety project The department street next summer, LeFevre reported. Local ROTC unit places first A group of ROTC students from Clearfield High School recently won $2,000 for their unit by taking first place in a nationwide contest sponsored by the Aerospace Education Foundation. The announcement was made by the Air Force Association which also issued an invitation to representatives of the local ROTC to attend the Associations annual convention to be held Sept. 14 in Washington D C. Clearfield High School won the Foundations contest once before, in 1976, and was third runner-u- p in 1977, second runner-u- p in 1978, and earned honorable mention last year. "We were amazed to learn that we had won again, said CMSgt. John corroctod District for the voter leeway election. The correct date is Oct. 2. The $1,125,000 project, begun in early spring, should be finished within the next month, he said Nationwide contest Election doto In the August 6 issue of the Courier Oct. 3 was inadvertently listed as the date set by the Davis County School sight distance providing better there and will be used to straighten out the slopes m the Roy and Sunset area, making them safer for cars that leave the roadway there CADETS Paula Bourke and John Scott Bly will represent the Clearfield High School Junior ROTC In Washington D.C. in September. Traveling with them will be CMSgt. John Deroian and Principal Lawrence Cook. -- O- Deroian the assistant aerospace instructor at Clearfield In fact, the judges, who a unanimous us gave win, said they were also amazed. Its very unusual for a school to take as many wins as we have in the past five years All high schools in the United States and some from five foreign countries were represented there, he said Theme of this years competition was Air Force Junior ROTC for the Cadet, the School and the Community. The Clearfield Junior ROTC members submitted a video-tap- e presentation, in which they discussed their view of the program and also asked school and community leaders to express their opinions. The cadets emphasized their belief that the ROTC program has given them a chance to learn responsibility and has opened up and a broad range of career opportunities for them. Now in its eighth year, the contest is held to supplement the Junior ROTC course and encourage the cadets to examine and analyze the subject education High School Entries were judged by senior military, government and education officials who considered content, accuracy, ingenuity, professionalism and adaptability for public use in making their decisions. The Intermountain Intertribal High School in Brigham City received Honorable Mention. That school won first place in the 1977 contest. |