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Show OCTOBER 28, 1986 Scrimpy ballot Chokes must be made next Tuesday nrADVD BLODGETT Editor Incumbent Loren Martin was upset in the GOP County Convention and will be replaced by Melvin C. Wilson who defeated Jack C. Helgesen by a very slim margin in the Primary Election. Atty. Wilson is unopposed in the General Election. All unopposed - all of whom are Republican incumbents -are Sheriff Brant L. Johnson, Recorder Carol Dean H. Page, Although its a scimpy ballot, Davis County voters have some important choices to make when they go to the polls next Tuesday. Choices will be few because most of the county seats up for grabs will be unopposed, according to County Clerk Michael Allphin. All of the unopposed candidates are Republican. Election polls will be open throughout Davis County Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. If you do not know where to vote, call the County Clerks Office in Farmington. Most of the action in this years General Election will be the races for county seats where there is competition and in the campaign for State Legislative posts in both the House of Representatives and the Senate where as many as three candidates will be seeking office. Davis County voters will also have a large say in the outcome of the bitter, very close race between incumbent James V. Hansen, a Republican, and former congressman Gunn McKay, a Democrat, for the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Utahs District One. The most heated races will be for County Commission, with a slight nod on favorites going to the r race between former sheriff William L. Peters, a Republican, and Bountiful City Councilman C. Harold Shafter, Democrat. In the two-yerace, Republican Commissioner Glen E. Saunders will face Democrat Howard F. Stoddard. Mr. Peters opened the door for his race for county commissioner with a stunning upset of incumbent Harry B. Gerlach Sr. At the same time, Mr. Saunders earned his place on the General Election ballot by easily defeating former sheiff Kenneth Hammon. -- Clerk Michael G. Allphin, Auditor Ruth M. Kennington, Assessor Willard L. Gardner, Treasurer Pauline W. McBride, and Surveyor Max B. Elliott. M. Boyd Jensen is also unopposed for county precinct constable. Sheriff Johnson can rest easy" after winning a bitter campaign over Glenn Clary in the Primary Election and then saw his Democratic candidate George L. Miles drop from the sheriff s race to concentrate on running for the State Senate. Republican incumbent Dona M. Wayment was also dropped from the race in State Senate District 21 , being defeated by Republican David H. Steele. He will oppose Democrat Bruce G. Parry and Libertarian Greg Fairless next Tuesday. Long-tim- e incumbent Republican Haven J. Barlow will seek against Democrat George L. Miles in Utah State District 22. There will be 21 candidates vying for only eight Utah House of Representatives seats from Davis County. They are: District 13, Republican Kaye Browning and Democrat Joe Hull; District 14, Democrat Fred Fisher and Republican Scott Holt; District 15, Democrat James E. Hurst and Republican Harry J. Dickamore; District 16, Republican Franklin W. Knowlton and Democrat Jay Ann Preston; and District 17, Republican Walter Bain, Democrat Kevin H. Folk-ma- n and Libertarian Mary Ann Mickelsen. two-part- y four-yea- ar ar v District 18, Republican Stanley M. Smedley, Democrat J. Dell Holbrook and Libertarian J. R. Etheridge; District 19, Libertarian William Marshall, Democrat Cynthia Hepworth and Republican Kim R. Burningham; and District 20, Republican John P. (Jack) Redd and Democrat Connie J. Meske. For U.S. Senate, Davis County voters will cast ballots for Republican E. J. (Jake) Garn, Democrat Craig Oliver, Libertarian Hugh A. Butler, or Socialist Party Mary C. Zins. n candidates on the General Election ballot include Dean O. (Gus) Anderson and John David Stewart, r Justice of the Peace; Beth K. Kitchen and John M. R. Covey, District 3, State School Board; Dee R. Forbes and Louenda Downs, District 4 of Davis School Board ; and Nora B. Thurgood Stephens and Robert L. (Bob) Thurgood, District 5 of Davis School Board. Davis County voters will also cast yea" or no" ballots to retain in office Gordon R. Hall, Supreme Court Justice; Douglas L. Cornaby, Second District Court Judge; and Robert L. Newey and L. Kent Bachman, judges of Juvenile Court, District One. Also on next Tuesdays ballot will be three propositions. Voters should cast ballots for" or against" the propositions. They are: Proposition No. Property tax exemption for hospitals and nursing homes. Proposition No. 2 - Property tax exemption for farm equipment and farm machinery. Proposition No. 3 - Education article revision to "amend, renumber, revise and repeal" certain sections of the Utah Constitution governing higher education. Voters should read the definitions of each proposition as it appears on the ballot before casting their vote. Non-partisa- four-yea- 1 -- non-prof- it non-prof- it -- -- Recognition dinner set The Gateway District of the Boy will hold its annual recognition dinner Friday, Nov. 14. The dinner will be held at 7 p.m. at Clearfield High School. Scouters from Clearfield, Northern Layton, Syracuse and West Point will be recognized for their accomplishments during 1986. Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America serves over 2800 boys and young men from age 0 in the Gateway District. These youth are members of 175 units sponsored by 57 local organizations and are led by some 1200 adult volunteer leaders. All units will be recognized, as well as adult scouters who have earned training and other indi vidual awards. A highlight of the evening w ill be the presentation of eight awards of merit to leaders for outstanding service to youth. Currently providing leadership to the district are district chairman: Charles Bob" Arnold, district commissioner; Maj. George R. Gray, and district executive, Kim Hardcastle. District committee heads are Don McDougal; finance. Dr. Roger Felt; membership, Ron Gowers; advancement, Trudy Schel-lhasspecial events, Nancy Bar-locub scouting, Dennis Chappl-e- ; boy scouting, Robert Nelson; varsity scouting and Ron Blair, e; RECIPIENTS OF LAGOON Amusement Park scholarships for 1986 are: front, Seletha Shun, left, Lauree Whittaker, Sheldon Killpack, Piper Wilkinson and Kevin Leachman; middle, Nicole Reese, left, Teresa Burton, Jackie Williams, Annemarie Barlow, Michele Washburn and Jody McKinlay; back, Jennifer Romney, left, Lana Beecher, Dennis Irvin, Alan Tuckett, Geoffrey Thatcher, Jay Sims, Tom Lewis and Alan Clark. Lagoon awards scholarships Lagoon and Pioneer Village held its annual End of Season Employee Awards Banquet Thursday, Oct. 2. It was on this occasion that 24 Lagoon employees were awarded scholarships in the amount of $500 each. These annual scholarships are awarded in the memory of Robert E. Freed, former President of Lagoon Corporation. Em- ployees who will be attending a col lege or university are eligible for the scholarship. Recipients of the 1986 awards and the school they are attending include: University of Utah, Nicole Reese, Lana Beecher, Sheldon Killpack, Geoffrey Thatcher and Debra Clay. Utah State University, Jackie Williams and Kevin Leachman. Weber State College, Annemar ie Barlow, Jody McKinlay. Tom Lewis, Taun Carver, Jennifer Romney, Piper Wilkinson, Teresa Burton, Alan Clark and Alan Tuckett. CLEARFIELD Genesis. As the Old Testament starts its ancient accounting with a book by that name, so Davis County Mental Health decided A New Beginning for its youth group home should focus on that name. Housed in a large converted home, the 1 facility will be the first such facility in the county geared to helping troubled adoles-cent- s get their heads on straight. Noel Gill, Davis Mental Health children and youth program coordinator, calls it a comprehensive program" for treatment. Its hoped graduates can return to normal lives in the community with their natural or foster families. Emphasizing no hardened criminals" will be housed there, he says most will be referred by the state Division of Family Services. Theyll most likely be in the 5 age group and have had problems dealing with spare time in the past. Because of that problem, the environment will be very structured. Program participants will live in the facility, a school teacher coming in to give classroom instruction. Meals will be catered from the 14-1- Layton mental health center while various mental health professionals will provide other instruction. Classes will be taught in everything from stress management to recreational therapy. Striving for as much of a home atmosphere as possible, there will be a recreation room with ping-pon- g table, universal gym and the like. Twenty-fou- r hour supervision will be provided and students will have to earn any privileges. That means some will be able to leave the facility under adult escort while others may be restricted to the site. Part of the backyard will be used by the residents for outdoor recreation, Mr. Gill says. Initially, there will be room for 1 boys although it's built to handle girls, as well. Sleeping quarters 1 would be isolated from one another, Mr. Gill stresses. This is an intermediate step to keep them out of an institution, Mr. Gill explains. Hopefully this will make it (transition) a little bit smoother. That transition should include input and support from family, school, religious and other already support groups. Such interaction is far easier than the cur 1 will brate Brigham Young University, Seletha Shunn, Rebecca Hales, Dennis Irvin and Jay Sims. Snow College, Michele Washburn; Ricks College, Lauree Whit Youth program gains home By TOM BUSSELBERG taker and Boni Walters; Linfield, Heidi Bergstrom. Lagoon and Pioneer Village is now closed for the 986 season , but rent situation where youths are in April of 1987 to celeLagoons 100th year of New SL restaurant fee opposed by Davis owner housed from Cedar City to Logan or at the Utah State Hospital rs its hoped volunteers will take an interest in the youth, providing help such as in tutoring or in providing worthwhile supervision of weekend vities. acti- Currently, a request is out for donations of furniture. Anyone interested in either working as a volunteer or in pro6 viding furniture may call or Open houses will be scheduled before the center is opened for program use, Mr. Gill says. Arrival at this point has been slow in coming as regional centers and other forms of treatment were explored. A Youth Home has been cited as the most urgent need by Davis County Mental Health for many years. 298-344- 773-706- 0. By PAULA HUFF in Provovs. being able to stay close to home in Davis County. For now, adults involved in drug and alcohol treatment will be housed in totally separate quarters upstairs. They also will live in the a day but will genfacility erally leave for jobs during the day, he says. A community facility, GATEWAY DISTRICT BSA leaders planning for their annual awards dinner include, from left, Bob Arnold, district chairman; Kim Hardcastle, district executive; and Major George R. Gray, district commissioner. FARMINGTON Beginning in January, the Salt Lake County Board of Health will require all public food providers to pay a permit fee. But Hersh Ipaktchian is leading the way in having a restraining order issued on the proposal and challenging it in court. Mr. Ipaktchian, a Davis County restaurant owner and legislative director for the Utah Restaurant Association, said the permit or licensing fee is to offset the Board of Health's cost for restaurant inspection. But public food providers are inspected by the government for the protection of the public," he said. A restaurant inspection is to protect the public, therefore it should be paid for out of public funds, he said. "Requiring this fee of restaurant owners would be no different than having businesses pay the fire department for safety inspections or having someone pay the police to visit their home because it was burglarized. A similar fee was proposed by the Davis County Board of Health in 1981. But the board had not explained why the fee was imposed or where the money would be used, according to Jerry Hess, Davis County attorney. The URA filed a lawsuit and the 2nd District Court ruled the fee was illegal. The decision was appealed and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the lower courts ruling. Terry Sadler, director of environmental health for Salt Lake County, said a permit fee for restaurant owners is not unusual. Tooele, Wasatch, Bear River, Carbon, Wayne and Garfield counties charge permit fees, he said. And all other entities regulated by the Salt Lake County Health Department also have fees, Mr. Sadler said. Restaurants are the only entity we regulate that we dont charge fees for. The annual fee will offset almost half of the total cost for restaurant inspections for the county, Mr. Sadler said. The assessment will range from $40 to $100 depending on the size of the facility. The Davis County Environmental Health Department will be closely watching the southern county and its restaurant permit fee to see the publics response, director Richard Harvey said. The Davis County Health Department is presently polling 300 citizens asking questions about food services. One question pertains to how the public thinks food service inspection should be funded, Mr. Harvey said. We are looking foi information from the public about the health departments role in relation to food services," he said. -- |