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Show Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 8 Number 10 Wednesday, March 9, 1988 'D' issue prompts new rules Board president won't seek 4th term BRYON SAXTON FARMINGTON The issue of whether schools can put their symbols on mountainsides will soon be regulated by school district policy. The Davis School District has policies on how short shorts can be and how far school groups can travel outside the state. Now, add to that list a policy dealing aesthetics." Davis Superintendent Richard Kendell introduced to the school board last Tuesday a policy titled school display in locations which includes school symbols on the foothills. Such symbols have become the subject of controversy since a group of Davis High students asked permission in January to put a concrete D on the mountain above Kaysville. The policy is due for a board vote with ol March 15. Kendell said the board has limited 129 easy-to-assem- volved. Ronnenkamp, who will leave Davis High later this year to take a position in the district office, said the policy could be frustrating to student body officers who went through the correct steps to gaining permission, including contacting both Fruit Heights and Kaysville cities. If a policy has to be put into place, the superintendents recommendation is good middle ground, he said. And a majority of the board agree. These letters and insignias do have problems, Kendell said. The activities could cause substantial risk and liability. Kendell said there is also a cost volved of more than $500 for the whitewashing of a single letter. But board member Henry Heath said he believes the policy is inappropriate and is aimed at Davis High. I dont think its a board matter and we dont have the right to interfere, he on-ca- ll EMOTIONS were expressed at both ends of the scale as local girls basket- F-1- teams ball experienced victory and defeat in the on-ca- state 4-- A tournament this week. Clearfield High girls are Layton Lancer Day declared by mayor their team records their sec- ond straight LAYTON They didnt leave any doubt, said Layton Mayor Richard McKenzie of Lay-to- n Highs championship boys basketball team. The mayor declared March 3 as Layton Lancer Day in Layton and honored the entire basketball team at City Council meeting. The team brought home Lay-to- n high Highs first state school basketball trophy, to the delight of fans. state champion- ship, while Carrie Claxton (right) needs a comfort- ing hug from sis- ter Shelly after the Royals lost in the final second of the final See photos, 4-- A stories, Layton B may searc 'Dogs are not going to solve the problem by themselves. Education is still our key to this problem School Board President Sheryl Allen sniff for drugs in Jhe county schools. Board member Bob Thurgood, who initiated the proposal, is hoping Layton Police Departcanine can g ments battle in the schools against help drug use by students. be taken to identify students whose lockers were found to contain drugs. bers to witness the work of the drug-sniffin- g dog. drug-sniffin- Thurgood, who introduced the idea during his election campaign in November of 1986, said he arranged for the school board mem Thurgood said after the demonstration the board seemed favorable toward his proposal. Bonnie Durrance Doyle, public information director for the Davis District, said district officials have asked for an opinion on the idea from school attorneys. Thurgood proposed the dogs be brought after school to search lockers for drugs. Action would Doyle said any action now would be premature and the school district wants to avoid violating students rights. But Thurgood said he was told by a committee member reviewing the proposal that it would be finalized by the March 15 board meeting. I honestly dont know what their plans are, he said. I know some legal issues still had to be looked at. Lakeside Review staff Two paraCLEARFIELD luck capTot of a medics with Clearfield a at men two tured convenience store who are wanted in connection with an attempted homicide in Idaho. Dave Fluckiger and Scott Larsen, Davis County sheriffs deputy paramedics, arrested Juan Gutierrez, 37, and Javier Villa, 30, 30 seconds after hearing an bulletin describing a vehicle believed to be carrying the the two suspects who were using a pay phone at the store. The car was searched and weapons were found. The two suspects were booked in the Davis County jail where they are awaiting extradition to Idaho Falls to stand trial. Simpson said both Guiterrez and Villa will be charged with attempted homicide, auto theft and all-poi- two fugitives. ' Capt. K.D. Simpson said the paramedics spotted the 1985 brown Dodge Lancer, with Idaho plates in a Circle K parking lot at 700 South and Main Street. He said Fluckiger and Larsen and arrested called for back-u- p V 1 f it. However, Davis School Board President Sheryl Allen said she has yet to see even a rough draft of the policy. Dogs are not going to solve the problem by themselves, Allen said. Education is still our key to this problem. Allen said she will meet this week with Davis Superintendent Richard Kendell and read the policy before taking a stand. She said they will then decide Thurgood said he assumed a policy on the dogs would soon be whether the policy is ready to be introduced to the board and ad- heard before the board on mits he is sure pushing hard for 2 Davis paramedics make 'lucky' BRYON SAXTON basketball Review story wrong on youth drug bill 3-- More study Highs coach, Stan Buchanan, said the team from the high school represented all of Layton. Anything we do is for the community and the school, he said. We represented over 42,000 people. It was a dream come true. Heath said the students who are sponsoring the project have gained approval from the property owner and have already obtained the necessary funds for the letter construction. The board approved delaying action on the issue until their March 15 meeting by a 1 vote. FARMINGTON ll ju- bilant (above) as said. is needed before the Davis County School Board allows a dog to workers ll A HILL AIR FORCE BASE workers at group of 129 Hill Air Force Base has been laid off, according to a base spokesman. Len Barry, public information officer, said the workers, employed six months of the year, were notified by personal letter last week that March 18 would be their last day. Barry said the reduction is due to a decline in the workload and needed to service the 6 because of federal reductions. The 129 employees are the last of all the positions (to be laid off), he said, adding, but most have found permanant jobs in other areas of the base. game in the consolation bracket. in- BRYON SAXTON on-ca- laid off at Hill AFB ju- risdiction to prevent insignias or letters being put on the mountain, but said the policy would give the district guidelines to follow in dealing with future requests. The guidelines state: existing letters cannot being expanded; public funds cannot being used to construct the symbols; permanent displays should be replaced with temporary, light displays; school officials must supervise the work on the hill. Davis High Prinicipal Steve Ronnen-kam- p said if the board approves the measure, the Davis High student body will cease to be directly involved with the project. Ronnenkamp said he believes, however, the powers of the board are very limited in this matter and the policy would not stop alumni from getting in- Lakeside Review staff Davis FARMINGTON School Board President Sheryl to Allen will not seek a fourth term. Allen, who made the announcement at last Tuesdays board meeting, said she made the but exdecision regretfully, in enroll she will graduate plained school next year. Allen said she feels there would not be enough time to do justice to both her schooling and her board position. Allen said she opted to make her announcement at the March 1 meeting because the deadline for candidates to file for the November election has been moved up from June to April 15. Allen has been a member of the school board since 1977 and board president since 1982. Lakeside Review staff non-scho- ' flews briefs capture kidnapping in an incident that lice work and a hell of a lot of took place late Friday night in luck. Idaho. County officials said one of the pair who had been badly beaten in the Idaho incident was treated by the paramedics and taken to Davis North Humana Hospital. Simpson said the arrest made by Fluckiger and Larsen was a combination of good quality po it Simpson said the deputies were making rounds in Clearfield early Saturday when they heard the bulletin from Idahos Bonneville County Sheriffs Department. Within 30 seconds the paramedics had captured them, he said. The chances of that happening are ...not very good. . A wrap-u- p story in last weeks Lakeside Review on the 1988 Legislature incorrectly stated a youth drug rehabilitation bill passed in the House but failed in the Senate. The bill passed both the House and the Senate and is awaiting action by Gov. Norman Bangcrter. Two Kaysville women, Kathy Hart and Maureen Seegmiller, pushed for passage of the bill that would allow the state to treat teen-ag- e drug abusers between 16 and 18 years old without their consent. The newspaper regrets the On the agenda The Davis Board of Education will discuss a policy restricting letters including a proposed Davis High D from being placed on the mountainside. Both parents and students are encouraged to attend. Best quote 'It was a combination of good police work and a hell of a lot of luck Capt. K.D. Simpson on county paramedics arrest of two out-of-sta- te fugitives. |