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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 1990 News - - Fredonia Council puts Town Marshal on probation Police issue warning following Zelma Johnson would provide FredoniaTownMarshalMark The Johnson has been placed on six probation by the Town Council for misuse of office. The council made the decision put Johnson on probation at a special meeting on May 2. Mar- shal Johnson was using city for private reasons, to according Zelma John son, the council person in charge of the police department. theft $700 Bonham sroom,Texaco through the bag, take probationary period started immediately on May 2 no further details on the shal situation, but another Approximately $700 was stoand will end on Nov. 2. It mean shes being watched, source said things have been len from a deposit bag in a dayZelma Johnson explained, going on for some time, refer-t- time theft at Bonhams Texaco Were watching to make sure ring to the misuse of office on May 12, according to the mar-mont- hs o go the money, and then leave the rest of the contents in the waste- basket. Kanab Police Department. Crosby said this incident charge, Officer Doug Crosby, who points up the need for people Johnson has been in the donia Marshals Office for eight investigated the incident, said dealing with a lot of traffic in years and has been Marshal for police have deduced that the their stores to be more cautious. You cant assume people will six years. He has two officers, store clerk probably set the bag not Mike Mellor and Mike Hogart. down in the store during a busy steal, given the opportunity, time, and someone saw it and he said. They will. Weve been lifted most of the cash from it. sheltered from this niche in The bag was found, with checks society. But it lives here now, and credit cards still intact, in and it certainly travels through. the wastebasket of the mens A certain percentage of people will seize the opportunity to room. After three hours of inter- steal, with their only concern viewing witnesses and putting the fear of being caught. Some of the problem can be together the pieces, the police avoided what know sure are pretty by just being alert, they happened. They have pinpointed Crosby noted. Pay attention to th e theft as occurring in th e 1 1 :1 5 whos hanging around, he ada.m. to 12:40 p.m. period. The vised. If you have a hunch bag was discovered missing something is wrong, youre about 4. probably right. If someone has Three service station em- been there too long or looks ployees were on duty, along with shaky, dont hesitate to call and the store clerk, who was very we can check it out. Kanab has seen very little of busy since she also was han- hes doing what hes supposed to be doing. He has to agree to do some things. The decision to place the marshal on probation was a unanimous vote of the council. Fre-letterhe- ad dling the gas pumps. The police have no suspects, and Crosby said they do not expect to solve the case. They do not think local people were in- this kind of incident to date, Crosby says, but the potential is increasing. Its been very infrequent, he says. We have not had much trouble. Weve been volved. fortunate. the seized opSomebody Crosby issued a special warnportunity, Crosby commented. ing not to leave cash boxes or Somebody was brazen enough any large sums of money to grab the bag, go into the mens lZ SfjSt. - Tcou'd save even mote A Kanab girl, Jody Tidwell, received minor injuries on May 14 when she was hit by a car as she darted across Hwy. 89 A near Kellys Conoco. The accident followed a police warning to the little girl and her brother just a half hour earlier about playing in the street. Jody ran in front of a vehicle being driven northbound by Edison Burnside of Page , Ariz., about 7 p.m., according to Officer Tom Cram of the Kanab Police Department, who was on duty and responded to the accident. Burnside applied his brakes and went off the road on the right side in an attempt to avoid hitting the girl, Cram said. He was going only 6 miles per hour when he hit her with the right comer ofhis frontbumper. 'SZggS isffSr of ,2nePapet' M ft0mars'o 60 the f inCome rC PctVitvs inchefiol comt - con'Pans c hir; . girl hit by car She was knocked the 7-year- -old YomanC th'0S;sS..shops Mrs. X'tJe smart sxhv even - seven-year-ol- d by impact and landed on her face. Jody, daughter of Christine Burrows, was taken by ambulance to Kane County Hospital. She had minor lacerations and bruises and was kept overnight for observation, according to a hospital spokesman. Cram said 30 minutes before the accident a complaint was received about two kids walking down the highway. He went out to investigate and found them down in the dip in the Ranchos and got after them. Jodys brother was riding a bike. I came home and got the call, Cram related. Some unknown witnesses from St. George did first aid until help arrived, Cram said. Responding besides Cram were Police Chief Bill Blasdell, Sheriff Maxwell Jackson, Paul of the Highway Patrol, Mike and Mellor ofthe Fredonia The viewers at the recent Canyon Country Quilt Guild Marshals Office. show voted for their favorite Travel quilts in three categories. 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