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Show Vol. 4 No.-- 26 July 4, 1984 Wednesday, License Campaign Starts County Studies Animal Shelter older cats no one wants are euthanized firsv Some are kept to FARMINGTON In an ef- give away. Eight cages contain the cats, fort to improve animal conditions in the community and at , Dispatcher Debbie Nelson, said names are kept on a list of the Davis County Animal Control Shelter, county animal conrequests for specific breeds of trol officers will soon be going cats. When one of those comes in she calls to match the cat with door to door asking Bountiful an owner. dog owners to license their pets Everett also accused Evans of or pay a $15 citation. starving a goat for 16 days by To obtain licenses, pet owners not supplying hay for the animust have their dogs vaccinated mal. by a veterinarian and show a reBut Evans claimed he brought ceipt either at the city or county fresh hay from home. Ms. Neloffices or at the animal shelter. son said the goat left hay on the Licenses are $5. If a dog is not ground untouched for. three days licensed the owner will have 72 because it preferred to nibble the hours to meet the requirements. grass along the fence. The goat will be sold at a Sheriffs sale County Commissioner Harold Tippetts said enforcement of the along with other large animals that conic to the shelter, Evans ordinance will provide more revsaid. enue for the Davis County Animal Control Shelter, possibly to . Dogs are kept under a county build new, larger facilities. ordinance to give owners a The shelter has come under chance to claim pets or to give people a chance to adopt them. strong criticism recently. A citieswas which zens committee Twenty pens keep the dogs, tablished last November looked and Evans estimated 20 to 30 into animal shelter operations, dogs are picked up by seven aniestablished an Ordinance and set mal control officers every day. animal control policy. Findings Everett claimed Evans worked were reported to Tippetts two only two hours a day and that weeks ago. dogs did not have dishes to eat Animal shelter employee, Mike from. Everett, a member of the comA point of agreement on both mittee who quit his job recently, accused management of abusing sides of the issue is that the shelter is not big enough to house the animals. the many animals picked up and. He charged that cats were bebrought to the shelter every day. ing put to sleep without a chance Ive been begging them (the for someone to adopt them. county) to get us a new, facility People come in and ask for for five years," Evans said. pets and they tell them theyve Davis County Sheriffs Departall been given away, when is an investigament they've all been killed, he said. tion intoconducting the allegations. Ted Shelter manager, Noal Evans, Ellison, investigating deputy will disagreed with Evans saying that turn a report in to the county atan average of 30 cats a day are torneys office in about two brought to the shelter. He said weeks. CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff - s r ' and explosive sound mingle with patriotic symbol to illustrate celebrations of July Fourth in the lakeside area. This photo illustration was created by sandwiching two color slides to produce BRIGHT COLORS s Photos for Illustration by Robert Regan. Rodney Wright one slide. Slide duping was done by James Garbett of Borge Andersen and Associates. Cities in many areas of Davis County will celebrate Independence Day with t a variety of activities today. County Gets Tough on Drunk Drivers Charges DUI Plea Allow New Policy Wont Bargaining Filed in will convey the message that Review Staff there is a certainty of penalty, To enforce and will tell drunk drivers,' FARMINGTON the more strict drunk driving dont do it here, Martin said. laws passed by the Utah State A person charged with drunk Legislature, Davis County Attor--, driving will know that the determination in the case will be ney Loren Martin announced Hast week that there will be no based on the facts in the incimore plea bargaining on DUIs dent. in' Davis County. He said many of the 30 to 40 not was the The decision, he said, guilty cases a month heard first of its kind in the country. It in circuit court are still lowered CHERYL ARCHIBALD to reckless driving charges. Weve had a good conviction rate, Martin said. Although the county knows how many arrests are made, were not sure how many are convicted on the original charges. , He challenged other tew enforcement agencies and prosecutors to follow the challenge to see "if the system can produce; or find out why it cant. Davis County Sheriff Brant L. Johnson, a member of the governors council on drunk driving, explained that he has listened to public sentiment about drunk driving and expectations are high that the tew should be enforced. But because of plea bargaining he said that is not always the case. The new law passed a year ago had an effect on drunk drivers , while it was. new and in the news. But since public awareness has died down, the figures have crept back up, Johnson explained. Public awareness is more important than the number of arrests, he said, and compliance with the law is most important. The new policy was announced to the media because, in Martin's words, it burns all bridges. We must go ahead. Landfill Will Be Monitored Use of Seatbelts Required by Law BOUNTIFUL The Davis County Environmental Health Department will begin monitoring ground water at the' Bay Area Refuse Disposal. As a first step toward meeting EPA stanwells will be dug dards, around the landfill from which samples of water will be ana- status to a sterile landfill. But the burn plant was recently voted down by key Davis County cities. Its come down to a crossroads. Weve got to get started to meet EPA standards, said Elmer Barlow, BARD manager. An Emcon study detailing lyzed. ways the landfill should come up The plan was put on hold by to standards estimated a cost of BARD officials waiting to see if the monitoring to be $30,000 usthe landfill would soon be taking ing existing wells at the site. ll utable materials. But the county's plan will conin only burn struct new wells, at a cost of A proposed plant would have changed its $21,000 to be monitored at 30-fo- ot non-po- waste-to-ener- three-mont- intervals, said McGarvey, director of lab De-la- ne h of environmental division health.. , . "Our proposal is consistent with, what we do with other entities, McGarvey said. A new federal law stales that all ground water near water systems must be monitored: Other Water entities being tested Davis County include plants and drinking water systems. The Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste enforces the water monitoring law. in sewage-treatmen- . , t Audit Says Budget Healthy APRIL ADAMS . Review Staff ; , FARMINGTON Of the more than $9 million budgeted for the 1983 Davis County general fund, 70 percent was used for county employees wages, salaries and benefits. Davis So reports a County audit which was released . Monday. ' A representative of the accounting firm of Tanner, Brunson and Co., told the Davis County Commissioners that the countys financial picture was very healthy, since the expenditures were under the amount of revenues taken in. No discrepancies were found in the au- 43-pa- . dit, he said. However, it was noted that the county is in a service-oriente- d situation, since much of the gen- eral fund went toward county employees salaries. Of the $9,356,395 spent in the general fund for the fiscal year ending December $1,644,162. About $1,310,000 went to pay wages and salaries. Materials and supplies cost $243,000. The animal control division received a total of $218,760, and $177,897 went toward employee salaries, the audit reported. ; The administrative agencies, such as county clerk, recorder, and attorney, were budgeted a total of $3231,891. About $2,140,000 of this went toward 31, 1983, $6,752,896 was used for wages and .benefits. The general fund is the general operating fund of the county. The remaining $2,123,468, was employee wages. used to provide materials, Of the Public Health category,. supplies and services, while Health Nursing was budgeted $480,031 went for capital outlay. the largest amount - $485,370. Under the analysis of expendi- Of this, $437,520 was used for tures for Public Safety,' the She- employee wages, salaries and received benefits. riffs Department 'V- The Utah Child Passenger be equipped with child restraints Safety Act took effect July 1. or seat belts are occupied by othThe purpose of this new law is er passengers. to save the lives and prevent inThis law will be enforced juries to Utah's children. It re- in all vehicles except motorcyquires children under the age of cles, mopeds motor homes, 5 to be restrainted by seat belts campers,' buses and other vehior child safety, seats. cles which offer transportation The Utah Department of for hire, such as taxi cabs. Health recently compiled the fol1 The penalty for lowing facts showing the need to is a fine of up to $20. encourage parents to use child safety seats and seat belts with The fine will be dropped if the their children: parent or guardian shows evi..One out of every 57 children dence of getting a car safety seat born in Utah will be seriously when appearing in court. This is not a law with harsh penalties. It injured or killed in a motor vehicle accident before reaching is a tew to educate and encourage a basic safety practice.' his or her fifth birthday. If all Utah's Car Safety Seat Law is children involved in traffic accdesigned to save children's lives idents had been properly restrained, estimates suggest there and prevent injuries to them as the result of .automobile1 acci" would have been 19 fewer dents. deaths and at least 300 fewer seThe Davis County Health De- -' rious injuries among Utah's chilhas, more partment, dren from 1979 through 1982. information on the availability There are a few simple facts that parents need to be aware of: of car safety seats for purchase or rent in the Davis County arAll children up to the age is availof 2 years must ride in a child ea. Other information car safety seat. Children between ably from the Bureau of Health 2 and 5 must use either a child' PromotidnRisk Reduction, safety seat or a seat belt, unless Utah Department of Health, all seating positions which can 451-334- 533-612- 0. 0, f Drug Raid! APRIL ADAMS Review Stall LAYTON - Charges have beer-file- d against 20 suspected drug! dealers including eight Davit'1 County adults who were arrestee; in a $128,000 drug bust', said Layton Police Chief 'LaMau Chard. ; ! The warrants were served; Thursday on the eight adults.; Chard said, who is also directorof the Davis County Narcotics! Task Force. Ten outstanding! warrants will be served in the ' - next few days, he said. .'Two juveniles picked up oft- drug charges have been turned" over to juvenile authorities, hesaid. . ' ! The drug bust ends a six month undercover investigation into illegal Davis County drug" deals. There have been 47:ar rests or warrants issued for drug violations since December 1, the ' . police chief said.' - The drugs involved in the arr-- . rcstJ and upcoming warrants are j cocaine, LSD, hash and marijua-.-- ; na. The eight adults arrested. Thursday were identified as: Kevin Thell Day, 22, 963 S.,. 20.00 West, Syracuse. Bridgett Ford, 5600 W. Roy. 19, . . 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