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Show 1(0)8 Mi to iDaioflg SENATOR LANE BEATTIE Youngest in history Beattie named Senate President taQM We believe our candidates should be mildly intelligent -- Todd Taylor House DisL 20 Democratic Candidate By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL Sen. Lane Bountiful, was Beattie, the unanimous pick of GOP Senate caucus members Wednesday to succeed Sen. Arnold Christensen as Utah Senate president. is Christensen, 15 June as president resigning and as senator July 1 to serve as a mission president in North Carolina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Christensen, who has served as president for 10 years, announced his resignation at the conclusion of the last legislative session. In a private vote conducted Wednesday, the first mid-terleadership elections in recent memory, Beattie was elected president by acclamation. He was not opposed in his bid for the post. It was a great but very humbling experience, said Beattie, who has served as Senate majority leader for the past 1 8 months after two years of service as majority whip. As president, Beattie will be responsible for running and coordinating all the affairs of the Senate. In addition, the post puts him third in line for succession to the governors office. Provo Sen. Craig Peterson was selected to succeed Beattie as majority leader, having defeated Logan Sen. Lyle Hillyard for the post. Sen. Leonard Blackham, emerged the winner in a three-wa- y race for majority whip. see BEATTIE pg. A3 m - .'s, ' ' Cu OhV'S ,tn3 SV 3 iibivs CLEAN IT UP: Debris problems, A2 page CASH FOR TRASH: Recycling pays, A3 page County like it, but the names of their chosen candidates will not be on the ballot for House Districts 19 and 20. The printed ballot will carry the names of two men some Democrats have charged with being followers of convicted felon Lyndon LaRouche. Clay Swank and Michael Bingham failed to endorsement of the weeks convention Edwards and Todd receive the party at last and Randall Taylor were named to replace them. But state law allows anyone who files for office to be the party candidate if he is unchallenged. Bingham and Swank were the only Democratic candidates to file for House Districts 19 and 20 respectively. County Democrats are chagrined at the decision of the state director of elections Kelleen Leishman who ruled that Utah law clearly states that if only one candidate files for office from a party the political party shall declare those (that) candidate(s) to be the partys nominees for those offices and may not require them to run at either the primary convention or primary election. She ruled that Swank and Bingham were the only two Wator on Great Moms! These outstanding mothers are the winners in the ClipperKaysville Today Great Moms contest. The stories of their rise to greatness are told today's special Mother's Day section. The winners are Oliva Trujillo King, Farmington; Donna Mae Newton, Bountiful; Deanna Lee Ratchffe, Woods Cross; Maxine Humphrey, Centerville; Nadine Olson Chapman, North Salt Lake; Jean Hamblin;, Kaysville; Penny Steiner. Fruit Heights, and Carol Heywood, West Bountiful. C candidates to file official prr photoRcj'jr names should appear on the delegates. The amazing thing is that neither of them was there to refute the rumors, he said. He added that November ballot. Taylor said the Democrats may file suit against the county and the enforced. state for not allowing the delayed so it would not affect this election, she explained. Taylor said the Democrats were the men questioning the is as w'rite-i- candidates. He alst nominations of Swank and believes their opponents ait Bingham were reputable Libertarians hiding in Democrats' Democratic party its right to caught association. Why does the state feels it is its business to nominate candidates for us? Taylor said legislation passed this year which goes into effect Nov. 9, 1994 will eliminate this from happening in the future. The legislature acknowledged that this was not right, so they changed the law. We hoped the state would not have an interest in upholding a law which will be obsolete in six months, he The new law was by surprise at the We had many good convention. candidates who had pledged to run who at the last moment for a variety of reasons could not do so, he said. He added that he had considered running for House District 20, but he had relied on another fine candidate who withdrew at the last moment. Taylor said he understood why candidates Swank and Bingham were not endorsed. The rumors about these men worried the who attended the convention said as he understands it the only way Taylor and Edwards can campaign n Democrats. These are button-dow- n men. These are not grandmothers in jack boots, Taylor said. We believe our candidates should be mildly intelligent and fit some categories, he added. Taylor said although he did not seek the election as the candidate for House District 20, he is pleased to have been nominated. It was a surprise, but I plan to give it my best, he said. Lone south Davis Democrat, Commissioner J. Dell Holbrook clothing. "The Libertarians made an effort to disenfranchise them as Democrats. If you're going to disguise yourself in Dnis County politically it wouldn't be as a Democrat." he said. You should stand forward as what you are." He said it w'as Libertarian Party leadei Larry Livingston who identified Bingham as a LaRouche He said he was disappointed that the candidates did Libertarian. see DEMOCRATS pg. A3 otnKM: Permanent restrictions in place By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor drought conditions. Precipitation for the 1993-9was near normal and reservoirs BOUNTIFUL Its official. There will be no watering any day in Bountiful between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from April 15 to Oct. 15, end of discussion. After years of wrestling with watering restrictions questions, the council voted recently to end the debate and adopt permanent watering restrictions. In the past the watering restriction policy was adopted each year and expired on the Oct. 15 deadline. The new restrictions will be permanent for each year unless altered due to heavy precipitation or because of extreme should be nearly full for summer use. This way it will not have to be brought back to you each spring, City Attorney Rusty Mahan said. The same hours will apply all over town even if you are not on Weber Basin water. Water users above Bountiful Boulevard and other foothill areas of Bountiful only have culinary sources for outside use and are not serviced with irrigation water from Bountiful Water Subconservancy District and South Davis Water District through the Weber Basin Water District. All residents will be under the same restrictions. 4 Councilman Bill Moore said he was concerned that from reports from his neighbors that the watering restrictions ordinance was not enforced. They ask me why have it on the books if its not going to be enforced? Moore added that when the residents called or complained about a violator nothing was done or they got the run around. Mahan answered by saying it is a class C misdemeanor and $100 fine for being found in violation of the ordinance. We have tried not to strong-aranyone and we can be stricter. It is up to you (the council) how it is handled. He added that in past years warnings were m give by police officers and that usually solved the problem. The ordinance has both a criminal and civil penalties and can be still for repeat violators. Councilman Harold Shatter said "a lot ot people could care less about the waieiing restrictions while others obey the oidmantc Moore added that he knows of one family that has no regard for the restrictions." Mahan said that enforcement could be stepped up and violators strongly reprimanded. "We will take our cue front you. Mayor John Cushing said the watenng restrictions ordinance "makes good sense tot see pg. A3 WATER Shots fired at neighbor Vikes, 'Cats rule, page B1 Inebriated gunman arrested SPEAK UP: Hunters unify. page B2 man was arrested for attempted TOP RANKED: CLEARFIELD Clearfield firing two shots with a rifle at a neighbor in an apparent dispute, NBA VIOLENCE: police reported page A5 Apparently, the victim had talked to the suspect about a week schools' ago concerning some kind of TEACHERS LAUDED: Retire at MJHS. page problems, said Lt. Kevin Edwards. The suspect called back Sunday Cl 2 cnurcii page C5 BEST consumer marketplace. page B4 170 ATI I :nA f--j cul-de-s- had been drinking intoxicated. Clearfield boy will FARMINGTON A stand trial as an adult in connection with the January shooting death of Jennifer Sawyer. A Second Disuict Juvenile Court judge ruled last week that the suspect will be tried as an adult in the CLASSIFIEDS DAVIS COUNTY'S and told the victim he wanted to talk to him... As the neighbor rounded a on foot toward the suspects home near 2300 S. 325 West, the suspect came outside, raised a .22 caliber rifle and fired two shots at the victim. Both bullets missed the mark. Edwards said the shooter and was Police cordoned off the area and called the suspect at his home. The suspect, whose name is being withheld pending his arraignment, surrendered peacefully to officers. He was booked into the Davis County Jail for attempted homicide and public intoxication. He is currently out on bail awaiting trial. Investigation into the incident is continuing. Uomocide suspect to be tried as adult MISSIONARIES, Mostly sunny and mild on Tuesday HI: 75 LO: 40 A homicide Sunday evening after opinion Day of prayer, " said. Leishman said the law on the books is the one that must be declarations of candidacy and their SPORTS Rodman syndrome in Former major leaguer Kelly Downs, a Viewmont High graduate, struck out five Thursday in his debut with the Salt Lake Buzz. Downs is seeking a spot with the big league Minnesota Twins. Clipper photoRon Osborn t shooting. Sawyer, 14, was shot Jan. 23 by the teen, who was plaving with a stolen handgun in an abandoned trader at a Cleai filed mobile home paik The suspect was seated in a circle with the victim and other juveniles, di inking beer in a trader that had been abandoned by one of the group's sister. t While seated in the circle, the boy began pointing a stolen .357 magnum revolver at each friend, cocking the lever and pulling the trigger. He ignored his friends' pleas for him to stop, Inspector Bill Holthaus told the Clipper in January. He then pointed the the gun at Sawyer, pulled the trigger several times and the weapon discharged. The bullet struck Sawyer in the forehead. The youth has maintained that the shooting was an He told police he didnt know the gun was accident. loaded. But an investigators with the Davis County Attorneys office believe the boy may have known the gun w as loaded. |
