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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. JUNE 28. 1 979 Theres Teeth A Few In Famous Fighting Fraud By GARY R. BLODGETT - BOUNTIFUL changes in the Utah Employment Security law enacted by the 1979 session of the State Legislature has put some teeth into preventing unemployment fraud against the government. Far-reachi- HAVE had some serious offenses of fraud, both by the employers and the employees, but these new changes in the state law will make it much easier to control, and will give us some power to prosecute those who do offend the law," said Byron Davenport, chief of benefits for the Utah Job Service. Speaking at a noon memWE bership luncheon of He that emphasized basically the law states that if a person who is qualified and willing to work can not find a job, that person is entitled to receive unemployment times the claimants weekly FOLLOWING are the benefit amount in bona fide amendments to the Utah' "covered employment. Employment Security Law. - PROVIDES for denial of All but the first listed become effective July 1: benefits for failure to - Provides that 100 properly apply for suitable percent of an individuals retirement work; for failure to accept a income will be deducted from referral to suitable work; or the amount determined to be to accept suitable work ofhis or her weekly, benefit fered by an employer or the amount. This change is efemployment office. Such fective April L 198a denial shall remain until the - PROVIDES claimant returns to work and that individuals may earn up to 30 earns at least six times the percent of their weekly claimants weekly benefit amount in bona fide covered benefit amount for a given week before a reduction is employment and is submade in the unemployment sequently unemployed for reasons. insurance paid for that week. in Utah last vear. in- surance. are specific rules and regulations that BUT THERE determine a qualified person and its because of these complexities that anyone interested should contact the Utah Job Service and not rely on rumors, he said. Unemployment in Utah is. well below the national average, 4.5 percent compared to 5.8 percent for the national average. Specifies that an BUT FOR each loss of a job, it (job loss) affects at least two ethers, said Mr. the At the same time, each new job creates at least two more secondary jobs. He said that there were $39 million in paid unemployment benefits in Utah last year. Of this amount, $2,160,000 was paid to unemployed residents of Davenport. Area Chamber of Commerce, he emphasized that the new laws which go into effect July 1 provide several categories in which the Utah Job Service may deny or restrict payment of unemployment benefits. Bountiful BUT THE new law also enables the unemployed more claimant Mr. Davenport said he was also concerned about fraud in unemployment. HE after gainful employment. Mr. Davenport also urged employees and employers to file appeals if they feel they have not been justly treated. There were 3,400 appeals filed FOLLOWING the arraign- ment, Estrada, who was former director of Adela Development Corporation, posted a $40,000 property bond and was released from Davis County Jail where he had been confined since HE IS charged with stealing in excess of $1,000 while serving as director of Adela Development Corporation of Salt Lake City, in 1975. Estrada was charged in a complaint from the Davis County Attorneys Office because the alleged offense took place Sept. 11, 1975 in Clearfield. AT THAT time, Estrada is accused of inflating a construction bid by $10,000 to an Ogden contractor. The defendant is charged with accepting the money for personal use. grb surrendering to Davis County authorities on an arrest warrant Monday. The defendant had been working in Denver since shortly after being charged The individual shall also be required to repay to the commission twice the amount received by reason of the false or representation statement or failure to report a material fact. A claimant shall be ineligible for future benefits if any amount owed remains unpaid. -- United Way Surpasses Goal In Davis County with theft, a second-degre- e felony, in connection with an alleged kickback scheme. Fourth Circuit Court last has earned an amount equal to at least six Arraigned week before Judge Cornell Jensen who set a preliminary hearing for July Hat 10 a.m.- - PROVIDES that an individual who willfully made a false statement or represen-- ' tation or knowingly failed to report a material fact to obtain any benefits shall be denied for the week (s) of fraud and for 13 additional weeks for the first week of fraud and six weeks for each additional week of fraud for a maximum of 49 weeks. employee 12 weeks. CLEARFIELD Arturo Estrada, 43, a former state was official, migrant arraigned in Clearfields the individual left work voluntarily, without good SAID there were $821,000 in overpayments last year in Utah, but that much of this amount was recovered bv reimbursement by the THE AVERAGE paid in Davis County was $82 per week for an average term of ENTIRE THE unemployment program is very Complex and .persons should not rely on rumors or hear-sabut ''they should make a personal visit to the Utah Job' Service Office where they will be given the best and most accurate information," said Mr. Provides that the wages paid for similar work in the locality shall be considered as another factor in determining whether or not a particular job is suitable. cause, and until the claimant returns to work and earns at least six times the claimants weekly benefit amount in covered bona fide employment and is subsequently unemployed for nondisqualifying reasons. Provides for denial of benefits for the week in which the individual was discharged for an act or omission in connection with employment, not constituting a crime, which is deliberate, willful, or wanton and adverse to the employers rightful interest, if so found by the commis: sion, and thereafter until the Davis County. benefits. For example, the new law provides that individuals may earn up to 30 percent of their weekly benefit amount for a given week before a reduction is made in the unemployment insurance paid for that week. in- dividual is to make an active, good faith effort to secure employment for each week a claim is filed to be considered available for work. - PROVIDES for denial of. benefits for the week in which" . , Wonder Why I I wonder why it is not possible to get a current morning newspaper in Bountiful, only Jmowledged. Perhaps the of the Davis County Edition" is to woo local advertisers at the expense of the readers or the Clipper. in-le- nt about ten miles from the Tribune printing plant. We are currently being served with something called the Davis County Edition," a two-st- edition which ar WE HAVE noted that the Clipper does an excellent job of covering local news and ap- parently goes to press sometime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the evening. advertising, and that, without current news, we can get Among the local June 9 graduates at the University of Utah was Vannene A. Partington of Fruit Heights, who received her masters of education degree. morning following. For instance: on a recent day the paper reported that a lost child was still being sought at Flaming Gorge, as was the pilot of a downed plane in Idaho; in both cases the television and radio reported they had been found. The Academy Award results were only partially covered the next morning, with the more important awards being reported on the second morning after the affair. PARTINGTON MRS. received her B.A. degree in education and child development from Utah State University in 1963 and is a graduate of Richfield High School. She is the wife of Norman D. Partington Sr. They are the parents of three children. THE PROBLEM is most obvious on the sports page where night game results are not carried until the second morning. This even includes night games in Salt Lake City and those in the eastern time do get a late - FARMINGTON Arietta vertisers and subscribers should let the Tribune know that Bountiful is part of the metropolitan area and will not accept third rate service. George R. Van House Bountiful Mrs. Williams has THE OPENING game of the Mrs. Partington has been a kindergarten teacher at Kaysville Elementary for the past seven years. While there she served as an officer on the Kaysville Elementary PTA and the following year as second vice president for the Davis Central PTA. SHE IS a member of the alumni association of Delta, Delta, Delta Sorority. Mrs. Partington will assume a position teaching kindergarten at the new Samuel Morgan School this fall. tion has been accepted by the board with two members tion to the Davis County Commission, Mrs. Williams cited extreme differences in policy between herself and Executive Director Alice Johnson. Mrs. Williams stated that it extremely difficult to work with the director because the board rubber stamped matters of importance and did not fulfill its - was role as. a, policy making , group. MY OFFICERS and board members did not support me and I found it more and more difficult working with the director and others regarding said the Council on Aging, Mrs. Williams of her resignation. Comm. Ernest Eberhard Jr., commissioner over the Council on Aging, said Mrs. Williams letter of resigna By KATHRYN JENNINGS Farmington City Council met June 21st with Councilman Harold Tippetts acting as mayor protem in the absence of Mayor E.T. Johnson, WOODROW BURNHAM, chairman of the pfenning commission reported on the recent meeting of the com- mission. He reported that the Aegean Village site plan, Zone was under approved. They also approved 'the Steed Creek final plan. The commission suggested changes in the Lairy Wood R-l- -4 site plan for commercial development at the corner of State Street and 100 East. Gordell Brown, representing the Farmington Lions Club introduced Stewart Kirkpatrick, recently elected president of the Farmington THE GENTLEMEN announced Fiesta Days in Farmington, to be held on Saturday, July 21, with the theme "People Power in connection with the present energy problem. It was suggested that the mayor work with the Lions Club for this annual event, in the future, with Davis County residents are being asked not in the act, to get involved in crime but in the prevention of crime. - AND THE time to get started is Thurs- day night. That's when the Utah Hands Up organization, in cooperation with the Utah Association of Womens Clubs, are sponsoring a crime prevention seminar. The two and one-hahour session will begin with free registration at 7 p.m. in the Bountiful City Hall Council Chambers. lf some assistance from the city. The budget hearing was the next matter of business with a number of citizens attending. The budget was discussed for n neighborhood. They are concerned about what is going on not only in their own backyard but in the backyards of their neighbors as well. They keep an eye on their neighbors' belongings as well as their own. BUT THAT'S only the beginning. Neighborhood watches work together to provide security against crime. They help each other with security locks, alarms, and other means of protection against theft and vandalism. , with citizens asking questions concerning the 1979-80- budget. percent for assault, 51 percent for rape, and 76 percent for murder. THE OVERALL clearance rate, for all major crimes in Utah, is about 25 percent, according to the official 1978 edition of Crime in Utah. In Bountiful, the ratio of clearances for major crimes against property - robbery, burglary, larceny and vehicle theft - is slightly higher than the state average, but -- still low. THEY ALSO work together for protection of themselves. Its all simply a matter of organizing to help each other! The seminar being conducted Thursday night will include a film depicting acts of crime and how neighborhood watches or how could help prevent these crimes to help solve a crime that has been com- IN 1973, the clearance rate was 32 percent. It dropped to 30 percent in 1974, dipped even further to 17 percent in 1975, recovered to 27 percent in 1976, increased to 35 percent in 1977, but dropped again in 1978 to 28 percent. With citizen participation, crime would be less and recovery or apprehension -would be considerably higher. LOCAL POLICE report that apprehension would be increased more than 50 percent if the crime could be reported in the first 30 minutes. But after the first 30 minutes, it's almost too late to apprehend the criminal for that particular crime, it was WHAT ARE neighborhood watches, and what are their purpose in a program of BUT IT cant be done unless citizens are active in crime prevention, according to Tibby Milne, director of Hands Up. It takes a lot of people interested in crime prevention to make the system work, she said. More than 150 volunteers from the Utah Association of Womens Clubs are helping to plan and publicize this one seminar in Bountiful. CRIME IN Utah, and south Davis County, is on the increase especially crime against property - which includes vandalism and theft. And its these types of crime that have the lowest clearance rate. crime prevention? Neighborhood watches are organized groups of neighbors who simply watch out for the well being of others In their. burglaries in the state last year and only 2,297 were cleared. Thats a clearance rate of only 15 percent compared to 47 ITS t. GOING to be time Utah Hands Up is an "up and coming" organization and members of both groups spend hundreds of well-spen- man-hou- rs every month in the prevention of crime. And they know what its all about. - mitted. ALTHOUGH the statewide group of Up is only three years old, it and already has won national acclaim k $10,000 - for placing first in the Company and National Federation of Womens Clubs contest for com- Hands - Sears-Roebuc- munity service. d mesThe seminar will have a sage for the public: (1) how to organize and operate a statewide network of Neighborhood Watches, and (2) a lecture and demonstration on including prevention of rape. two-fol- - -- For example, there were 15,210 - . explained. i WITH NEIGHBORHOOD watches, suspicious incidents could be reported within minutes - perhaps while the act of crime is in progress. It happened in Bountiful several years ago during a time when the city did have a neighborhood watch, although not fully organized. Citizens were asked to watch their neighbors home for any suspicious happenings. WITHIN A few days Bountiful police arrested three young men inside a home and Davis County sheriff deputies arrested two others leaving a home. Hearing Set For Davis Deputies As a result, they confessed to 17 prior burglaries in which they had taken tens of thousands of dollars worth of valuables and appliances. BOTH ARRESTS resulted directly from who tipped the police that something suspicious was going on next door. - FARMINGTON A hearing has been set for July 3 in the case of two Davis County neighbors sheriff deputies who were demoted following the escape of two dangerous jail inmates. National statistics say that you, each of you, will be burglarized 3.2 times in your lifetime. FILING THE appeals are former Lt. Stan Tebbs, who was in charge of the jail, and Gary Yardley, a former sergeant who was demoted to corporal by Sheriff Brant Johnson following the escape incident. Sgt. Tebbs has since been transferred to the civil division while CpI. Yardley is THOSE FIGURES are, of course, national averages and Utah statistics are slightly lower - but not enough to not be concerned what is going on in your own home, and the home of your neighbor. Are you prepared? DO YOU have security locks, not just regular door locks? Are your windows closed and locked when you are away, or left open to let the breeze cool down the still assigned to the jail division. house? Do you have a burglar alarm installed for all possible entries into your home? Do you have a watch dog that would scare off potential intruders? DO YOU have close neighbors that could, and will, watch your home while you are away? Do these neighbors have good visibility to all parts of your home? If the answer is "no to only one of these questions, then attend Thursday's meeting - and get involved! ' John Holmes, uncle of Oliver Wendell Holmes, lay dying when a nurse reached under the covers to feel his feet. Nobody ever died with their feet warm, she whispered to a relative. John Rogers did, Holmes retorted with his last breath. John Rogers was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1555. THERE ARE those who are all business right to the end. editor Financial and publisher Clarence Walker Barrons last words were: "Whats the news? and physician Joseph Henry ' Greens last word, after feeling his own pulse: Stopped. When the doctor told Lord Palmerston of the severity of his situation, the nobleman replied: Die, my dear doctor! That is the last thing I shall do, and it was. Douglas Fairbanks, game to the end, uttered these last wortjsi Never felt better. r. Farmington OKs Budget IN HER letter of resigna- 3 By GARY R. BLODGETT SIR WALTER Raleigh had is a sharp medicine, but a sure remedy for all evils. Lions Club. Hand o Fight HERE ARE some comments from a collection in the July Readers Digest. Marie Antoinette stepped on her executioners toe on her way to the guillotine. "Monsieur, I beg your pardon, were her final words. this to say about the axe resigned as chairman of the board for the Davis Council on Aging. She will, however, remain as a member of the board. 1979 - along nicely without the daily Tribune after taking it for a number of years. Perhaps both the local ad- Chairman Of Board Resigns edition of the paper on Sunday, which often results in complete omission of Friday night results from our edition followed by duplicate coverage of the Saturday night games in the Monday paper. Gulls baseball season, for instance, was completely . omitted. Several complaints to the For The 1978 United Way camthe port. example, have gone unac- Tribune program budget is used to paign for Davis County has sponsor round tables which surpassed its goal of $200,000. are held regularly to provide Now the money which was so continual leadership training generously donated will be compiish this goal, adult for the thousands of volunteer allocated to various agencies. leaders must be continually leaders. trained and this is where part TWO organizations which, Part of the United Way of the United Way allocation annually receive allocations' allocation to the Boy Scouts is spent. from the United Way are the ; would also help that or-- . ganization to pay the Boy Scouts of America and IN ADDITION, United Way maintenance and operation the Girl Scouts of America. monies are needed for main.cost of the council offices in The Great Salt Lake Council tenance on the three Girl Salt Lake City and pay staff of the Boy Scouts which Scout camps that are located salaries serves over 40,000 scouts in in Utah. THE GIRL of Scouts Utah Salt and Summit Davis, Lake, Your United Way donation serve over 12,500 girls Tooele counties received an is to help allocation from the Salt Lake throughout the state. The Salt ourworking for you youth, who are our future Lake Area United Way Area United Way, of which leaders, by providing financallocated $38,000 to the Girl Davis County is a member, in ing for many of the fine Scouts in 1978 which went into 1978 of $176,200. This is a programs offered by the Boy their general budget. substantial part of their total Scouts and Girl Scouts. Unitof The is of goal $570,000. girl scouting budget ed Way contributions enable comprehensive youth these THIS MONEY is used organizations to be efdevelopment for girls ages 6 fective. for sup program primarily through 17. In order to ac- - are sad, and some banal, others are simply hilarious. Earns Degree Tribune until the second usually A collection of deathbed utterances is not as morbid as you might think. While some poised above his neck: "This EVENING NEWS stories carried routinely on the 10 oclock television news are often omitted from the zones. We Last Words... BOTH WERE demoted by Sheriff Johnson after Edward Dale Hardy, Farmington, being held for investigation of murder, and Steven Scott Pannell, Kansas City, Mo., charged with kidnap and assault, fled from the jail through a construction area of the jail annex. Both will appear before a Merit Commission review board, and both are expected to be represented by counsel, grb FYE' EXPENDITURES 6.30.80 lists general expendw'": tures, $411,837; class roads, $36,709; liquor law forcement, $5,000; revenue sharing, $44,943; collector;;::- en,-,;- road, $40,000 and the adjusted total general expenditure as $538,489.,... Expenditures TYE 6.30.80, sewer, waterworks and was-tercollection, $268,479; bofiT-wateconstruction, $18,710; reservoir storage, I, r $150,000; flood control, $63,200; park improvement, $109,000; fire protection, $25,992 with an additional $1,381.50 making a total of $27,373.50 and: sidewalk construction, $8, 772;..- AFTER DISCUSSION,-- . Boyd Mounteer, councilman;.:: suggested that it would be necessary to amend the budget to include an increase Tor fire protection fee in the amount of $1,381.50. Louis Barnett, councilman, made the motion to adopt the amended budget which included the additional fire protection fee. The vote was unanimous to adapt the budget. MR.MAXWELLrepresented the Steed Creek Estates; requesting final approval fqf the subdivision and this was approved by the council. Robert Arbuckle requested' final approval of the Haighfc Subdivision with eight lots and this was approved. MR. KAMBOUR1S request- ed dedication of Plat Road in the Aegean This request was tabled until a later meeting. jjS e A lease agreement for TV was next on the agen- da. The proposed franchise, E: Wasatch Cable TV was approved and erection of an- - 55 tenna on a small plot of 3 ground at $100 per month for five years. 7: Ca-bl- THE COUNCIL voted to hold July meetings on July 7:30 p.m. 12th and July Thiys-day- 19th , at rt C5 Layton Rotary Club Meets z The regular dinner meeting of the Layton Rotarians was held Wednesday afternoon at zz the Chateau Center in Layton. GUEST SPEAKER was Dr. Max Malan of Ogden who gave a talk and slide presen- tation on the latest methods of dental construction. The new Layton Rotary president, Wayne Saltsgiver announced there will be a Rotary Golf held on Wednesday, July 11 and encouraged all members to participate. tour-name- Ejl zzt : zzt zz nt PROGRAM chairman for the day was Jay Willey, np zzi |