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Show i ' 2A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1983 Finding Solutions Fire Kills New Lvys Address Problem Woman 0 In Layton J A 10-- a Review Staff long-awaite- beatings with legal action, ask- police and courts have been ed through House Bills 23 and 24, to intervene. HB24, by Rep. Richard L. Maxfield, and Rep. Ervin M. Skousen, Lake, defines domestic violence and outlines procedures for policemen to follow in responding to spouse abuse comR-S- plaints. HB23 Abu-Tale- b, gutted this mobile home located in Layton Thursday. A Layton woman was killed in the blaze. Cities, Residents Want More Continued From Pago 1A Wasatch Front Regional . . , Coun- cil executive director. Of course there always is the possibility that some cities may hit slack periods where they do not have as much garbage as they had planned. In such a case the plant may be able to use additional garbage from other sources. The prospect of being left out of the project, though, does not seem foremost in the minds of several city officials who are concerned that there are still too many questions left unanswered about the plant for them to commit to join the project. Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle finds it surprising that some officials are already asking for cities to commit to the project when no site has been finally approved for the project. Also a steam contract with Hill Air Force Base has not yet been signed and no contract for purchase of electricity from the project has been signed. A resource recovery plant would be dead without a steam contract, Stahle claims. The plant produces energy in the form of steam and electricity. In Davis County there is only one business that would have the need for as much steam as Hill the plant would produce Air Force Base But Teledyne International, a company that runs a garbage burning facility in Ogden, is also interested in the steam contract from Hill AFB. Hill AFB is also open to contract negotiations with Teledyne, according to Connie Smith, public affairs officer at Hill. Jefferies, however, claims that through negotiations with Hill AFB officials, a contract is close to being signed. A lack of information on the project is another reason why Bountiful has been dragging its feet on the project, Stahle says. There are a lot of things we dont have answers for. They have only come up with as- -' sumptions based on estimates, Stahle said. One point where officials in favor of the plant, and Bountiful City officials seem to differ is on the cost of transporting the garbage to Clearfield. Figures compiled for the Wasatch Front Regional Council seem to show that transportation costs would be a minor consideration for cities in the south end of Davis County. But a study done by Bountiful officials seems to show the cost would be very significant. Stahle said it could cost the city as much as $100,000 per year just to transport the garbage to Clearfield, now the prime site possibility. Proponents of the plant have said tipping fees (the charge to dump the garbage at the plant) would not go beyond $14. But Stahle said some cities such as Bountiful may need to add on as much as $7.50 per ton just in transportation costs. When the plant opens, tipping fees would likely start at about $8 per ton. We start off at $16 per ton, says Stahle. Arent those ma- jor areas they havent considered yet? Stahle said. And they gloss over the costs of transporting the garbage, which we feel is a very major cost. Stahle is chairman of a com- f mittee to the Stahle found looking into alternatives resource recovery plant. said the committee has many alternatives and has only just begun studying them. (See related story, page 6A.) Stahle feels more time should be spent looking at alternatives before moving ahead with the resource recovery project. Laytons opposition to the refuse plant grew slowly over Tvidence ' many months. Mayor Lewis Shields was in an unusual position as chairman of a county site selection committee for the plant and at the same time speaking for Lay-toconstantly telling the county that Layton was not interested in becoming the garbage dump of Davis County. The city didnt feel it had the answers it needed to allow the rezoning. We had a lot of questions but couldnt seem to get appropriate answers, said Layton mayor, Lewis Shields. We couldnt get answers about tipping fees, monies involved, or maintenance of the plant ' after construction. Another unanswered question dealt with the water needed to generate the steam as the garbage was burned. Layton probably would have been responsible for supplying water but there was some concern as to where the water would come from and problems in case of drought or other shortages. Had the issue come before the council it would almost certainly have been denied, according to Shields. MISSIONARY GAGEMENT -K- AYSVILLEFRUIT RUTH AAA LAN -R- OYSOUTH HEIGHTS 544-995- 3:3 P.M. WISER SHELLEY KANCITIS 773-828- 8 SYRACUSEWEST POINT HAMBLIN 825-453- 1 3:3 P.M. THURSDAYS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS MARGE SILVESTER r r 544-203- 6 WOODS CROS- STINA LOOKE 295-745- 8 3:3 P.M. FQDAYS 295-89- (evenings) 82 --WEST BOUNTIFUL 295-60- O 04 T 1 wnsy -B- OUNTIFULNOXTH SALT LAKE CHERYL ARCHIBALD 292-949- 9 2146 CENTERVILLE CHERI HUBER 295-616- 9 t, SUSAN TANNER HOLMES SUNSITCLINTON CLEARFIELD SHARON STEELE 825-303- 3 M. MAIN, LAYTON " PHONE FARMINGTON CLEARFIELD THU CIS AYS DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS TERRI CHRISTENSEN 8 NOTICES, WEDDING AND ENANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER NEWS ITEMS -B- OUNTIFUL CAROLE COLE IS 3uj AREA CORRESPONDENT 3 P TrOGB t Lakeside Qdevlety 544-442- charges. IV PHONE YOUR... LYNDIA GRAHAM into the southbound inside lane where he was hit by a second vehicle. The driver of the first vehicle was identified as Rodney Talbot, 18, 565 Maple, Clearfield, and the second driver was identified as Randy Nicholas, 17, 1288 W. 75 N. in Clearfield. Sgt. Mecham said no citations had been issued but investigation of the accident was continuing. n, Mum tiii??? LAYTON we file 451-583- 1 1 4S N. e Mishap- Kills Pedestrian said the officer then for the case, evidence gathers which is brought before the justice of the peace. If the man is found guilty, he is sentenced to treatment at the community crisis center for a year. O YOU HAVE A... ARLENE stipulates that the A CLEARFIELD hit by was man Clearfield to Rep. Maxfield, the abused last killed and two vehicles a spouse could sign complaint, atwhile 6:45 at p.m. and then withdraw the com- Thursday to cross State Street. tempting hearplaint or not appear at the Russell Wixom, 442 S. State ing, and the abuser would be died at the scene. Street, free to return home. Clearfield Police Sergeant We are not treating the matsaid Wixom was ter, or helping them, Maxfield Reed Mecham crossing State Street from the said. HB24 also gives the courts east side near Pizza Hut and in the left hand turn had power to require the defendant lane stopped traffic and northbound for to undergo treatment or was hit a and thrown by pickup therapy under an organization or individual experienced in counseling. But one Utah city, West Valley, already has a similar plan in effect. If an officer finds evidence of spouse abuse, he may sign the complaint instead of the spouse, requiring the defendant, but not the spouse, to appear in court. Its working quite well, said West Valleys Chief of Police, David Campbell. Any type of battered wife or abuse Abu-Tale- b FIRE HMv 0, courts cannot dismiss a charge involving domestic violence at the request of the victim unless it has reasonable cause to assume the dismissal would benefit the victim. As the law is now, according 30-year-- s efpld nd, Spouse abuse is often as identifiable as the measles and as difficult and frustrating to treat as terminal lung cancer. But two state legislators hope their bills will provide a portion of the d cure. Because the abused spouse is often still in love with her husband and reluctant to follow any But the girl had already d8h & noticed the fire and was crawling from her bedroom to the front door and probably passed her mother in the hallway, acto Lt. Morton Sparks of & cording V the Layton City Police Departa. ment. Shantee escaped injury. Adams said the woman apparently became trapped in the bedroom and died of smoke inhalation. A visitor to the home, Heseen A. 23, of 820 Monroe in Ogden, and Ms. Bullock were in the living room when the couple noticed the fire, according to Chief Adams. He said candles were lighted in the home and investigators found no other possible cause for the fire. was not injured. The daughter, said Sparks, had seen television programs warning people to stay low in a fire, and she crawled through the house to safety. The girls father, who was divorced from the victim, is in the Air Force and was stationed in England. He is flying home to take custody of the girl. The mobile home was gutted Cl usual-cycl- By KKNT SOMiRS d C Having the police officer sigo,iufchar8es the complaint and take the.rant file ttoAftUW the break abuser to court helps of abuse, said Campbell, , . , , , ., because a reluctant spouse does released not have to appear In court and another aPPro?r ?f pe.r' cannot have the charges dis- - he is the manent missed. does not he believes the magistrate said giving Rep. Maxfield judges the option of requiring pose a threat Often, the abuser is home treatment should help the situarewithin a few hours of being pickIt would tion statewide. ed up, according to Family treatment. quire the men to get Fining them doesnt do any Violence: a Intervention book published Strategies, good. The bill would also provide by the U.S. Department of that police cannot be held liable Health and Social Services, The in any civil action brought by a spouse could be in even greater danger when the abuser returns party involved in a domestic violence case for making an ar- to the home. After the charges are filed, a rest based on probable cause or date is set. If the man of the court order an for enforcing returns to the home, the woman court. HB24 passed the house, 69-may be in greater danger and but has not yet been voted on in under pressure to drop the the Senate, said Maxfield. HB23 charge. Under HB23 and HB24, the has passed both the Senate and would not have the opthe woman the House and is awaiting of tion dropping the charge. governors signature. In the past, abused spouses That could only be done by orhave been reluctant to file der of the court. (Mltor's Notai This li tk third ortid in a Mfi dealing with ths (rowing arablam of spouse abuse In Davis County. Thii weak's article concerns ponding legislation and police efforts to prevent abuse.) mobile home fire that killed a Layton woman last Thursday morning started in the hallway and was probably caused by a candle, according to Fire Chief John H. Adams. Marjorie K. Bullock, 30, who lived in the Ridgewood Estates mobile home park, 2875 N. Hill Field Road, was killed after she u.went to the back of the home during the fire to check on the whereabouts of her y ear-oldaughter, Shantee. LAYTON SouseAbuse in Ufb 776-495- or 1 290-091- 6 MAOM, D(UJ NTOFUE. PHONE 290-110- 3 , |