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Show .4 'Art ah State Press Assn. P.O. Box 1327 JSalt Sake City, Utah 84110 Volume 70, Number 13 TWENTY CENTS 26 Pages Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, March 31, 1977 High rate in Box Elder Juvenile crime on the rise i arif wers arent easily found. A curious factor, he said, is that the county leads the district in low percentage of repeat offenders reaching juvenile court. We have a 16.4 percent recividism rate, the lowest in the district. Logan is next with 18.8 percent and Ogden is the highest with 35.4, he said. With the increase in delinquency and the low repeat rate, it all means that more juveniles are getting in trouble with the law for the first time. .Last year, alcohol violations topped the list of most reported offenses for boys with 95. The serious offenses have been qqickly climbing into the top ranks, however, with theft next with 62, burglary third with 51 incidents and marijuana fourth with 29 cases reported, Williams said. For girls, ungovernable, alcohol, shoplifting and marijuana were the top four offenses reported. Other incidents for both male and Where is juvenile crime going in Box Elder county? It appears no where but up, according to William G. Evans, juvenile probation officer in Brigham City. The official said juvenile referrals in the county took a 34 percent increase in 1976 over the year before. There were 648 referrals in 1976, he said, compared to 483 for 1975. But he added, 1975 was down from a total of 534 for 1974. Evans said the Brigham City office referrals were the odd ones in the total district one figure where total juvenile infractions were down in 1976. A total delinquency dropped over 170 referrals in the district which included Ogden, Farmington, Logan and Brigham City areas, said Williams. Why is juvenile crime going up? I wish I had the answer, he said. Williams said there has been head scratching in the juvenile court ranks as to why Box Elder county is increasing but the females included assault, destruction of property, receiving stolen property, forgery and solvent sniffing. Two years ago, alcohol still led the list but the incident of burglary and theft referrals were lower than in 1976. The officials said the seriousness of crimes appears to be on the increase for juveniles, pointing out two recent incidents. Two juveniles and an adult pulled an armed robbery at a Corinne service station and other juveniles were involved in a series of burglaries in Brigham City where several thousand dollars in goods were taken. , - Williams said many seem to think the juvenile court systems pats offenders on the hands then turns them loose. Not so, he says. He said stiffer penalties and restitution are now accompanying admissions of guilt and judges are leaning away from leniency for repeat offenders, as evidenced when two burglars were sent to the Utah 23-3- the Box Elder Journal happened by as these youngsters were using chalk to author some original graffiti on a downtown Brigham City wall. They weren't disturbed by his presence, merely looking up and then giving their concentration again to the task at hand. Who knows, there may be a Pulitzer Prize winner here. A LENSMAN FOR will be announced in coming weeks. The 1977 theme is Enjoy Art Its Part of Life. One of its most popular activities is street painting by art students from Box Elder High and Junior High and Intermountain ? school. Among other features are Special programs at the city library, downtown area displays, theatre and musical offerings and art adventures at the museum gallery, including stained glass design, landscape art, quilts and flower art. Because of space, participation will be limited. We invite those who are interested to sign up at the gallery, Mrs. Owen said. The whole community is invited to participate, she added. -- Lions sponsor Hearing, diabetes clinics set here tonight Clinics intended to detect hearing loss or evidence of diabetes will be held in Brigham City this evening (Thursday) through sponsorship of the Lions club. The public service clinics will be in session from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Elementary school. " Chairman Joe Jennings said the service is offered without charge to the public. Everyone is invited to participate. The diabetes clinic is scheduled in the schools multipurpose room and requires only about three minutes to complete. A finger is pricked and the resulting blood is tested. The check is intended for adults, those 18 and older. The chairman said persons who intend to take advantage of the diabetes clinic should plan to eat two hours before going to the school. Testing will be performed by personnel of the Bear River Health Department with Brigham City Lions club members and their wives assisting. A representative of the Northern Utah Diabetes association is scheduled to be on hand to answer questions and (Continued on Page 7) Logan woman hospitalized after BE canyon accident A Logan woman was in satisfactory condition Wednesday at a Logan LDS crash Tuesday hospital after a head-o- n afternoon at the mouth of Box Elder canyon. Linda Hagan, who sustained severe leg and facial injuries, was taken to Brigham City Community hospital after the 5:15 p.m. accident, then transferred to the Logan facility by Brigham City ambulance. Officer Jim Shelton, investigating for Brigham City police, said the Hagan woman was eastbound on SR-8- 5 when the mishap took place. A 1977 model drive station wagon, driven by Jill Ann Klausner of Salt Lake City, was westbound on the wrong side of the highway and struck the Hagan vehicle head on, the officer said. Total damage was estimated at $10,000 to the two vehicles, the officer said. He said citations are pending further investigation of the mishap. And three Brigham City youths were injured in an accident in Box Elder canyon about 10:30 p.m. the same day. Trooper Jim Lindsay of the Utah Highway Patrol said Eric Saderholm of Brigham City was driver of a vehicle that skidded on ice and went off SR-8into Box Elder creek. He was treated for cuts and abrasions and kept overnight at the Brigham hospital. Passengers Jose Ramon Chaves Jr. and Steven Sheehan were treated for cuts and abrasions and released, the trooper said. He said citations are pending further investigation. Ogden area, Williams said the courts are taking a harder line with offenders and his office wants the public to know what the courts, which meet twice a month, are doing. He said regular reports to newspapers will be included in this effort. The official said there are no sure remedies to the problem but the courts are stepping up efforts to keep young people from coming back. There were 55 probationers in contact with his office last year, the lowest number in the district. He hopes to keep that number the lowest in the district although the trend in Box Elder county seems to undermine that hope. One testifies in shooting Annual Art Week set, grant will finance it Plans were announced this week for Brigham Citys fourth 3 annual Art Week observance, in with this disclosure, it was revealed that the And, conjunction National Endowment for the Arts arid Utah Division of Fine Arts W'i, 4 i; have This was made because of past excellence and community participation in the Art Week activities, stated Phyllis K. Owen, museum-galler- y director. Art Week is scheduled April 0 and Mrs. Owen said details State Industrial school although one had no previous record. And adults seem to contribute to delinquency on a greater percentage in Box Elder county than else where. He said 21 adults were processed for contributing in 1976 compared to two in Logan, 21 in Farmington area and 31 in t.' Two remaining suspects in the Sept. 19, shooting death of a migrant worker at Tremonton have entered pleas on reduced charges and one has pointed the finger of guilt at a third suspect who was acquitted last week of first degree murder. 1976 Clemente Sanchez, 30, Corinne, who pleaded guilty Monday to tampering with evidence, a second degree felony, took the stand and under questioning from his attorney Jack Molgard, admited his part in the slaying which took the life of Rafael Orozco, 34, Franklin, Idaho. Orozcos cousin Victor Orozco was wounded in the shooting. Sanchez said Frank Joe Renteria, 25, West Corinne, fired the fatal shots, not Sanchez. Sanchez said he carried the gun from the Bomb Shelter bar in Tremonton after the early morning shooting and drove the car they left in. He said Renteria placed the gun in Sanchez car and when police came to arrest Sanchez that morning, Sanchez said he hid it under the seat for want of something better to do with it. In Renterias trial, Sanchez first notified the court he wished to testify, then when notified his testimony could be used against him, declined to make a statement, taking the Fifth amendment. A jury acquitted Renteria of murder last week after hearing conflicting testimony as to who pulled the trigger that night. County Attorney O. Dee Lund said part of the arrangement in reducing Sanchez' charge from first degree murder to tampering with evidence was that he take the stand under oath and tell his part in the shooting. Judge VeNoy Christoffersen then sentenced the man to 1 to 15 years in the Utah State prison with sentence to be carried out immediately. Also on Monday, Thomas Balderas, 58, Brigham City, appeared and said he was guilty of carrying a concealed weapon in the incident, also a reduced charge from the first degree murder count under which he was arrested. Balderas, who testified on behalf of Renteria in the four-da- y trial last week, said he was guilty of bringing a .38 caliber pistol into the bar the night of the shooting but had it taken from him just before the shooting began. Sentencing for Balderas was set for April 11. Sanchez, who was on parole for another crime at the time of the shooting, gave testimony that corroborated a statement mifrom Fidel Ramierez, a grant worker, who said he saw Renteria shoot the Orozcos. Other witnesses, who said they didnt see who fired the shots, said it was too dark to recognize anyone in the bar that night. four-whe- 5 Journal gains front page nod front page of the Box Elder Journal for 20 has been chosen first place winner in the competition for January among weekly newspapers in Utah. The communications department at Brigham Young university selected the page, judging the pubishers use of headlines, photographs, makeup, and writing style. Second-plac- e honors went to the Tooele Transcript for its Jan. 28 issue, A Jan. SHOWING HOW a finger is pricked in testing for diabetes is Dr. Otto F. Smith and receiving the instruction are Kyle Rigby, center, Lions club secretary, and Al Cozier, club president. A LOGAN WOMAN receives emergency first aid from a Brigham City ambulance crew after she was hurt in a head-ocollision Tuesday evening at the mouth of Box n Elder canyon. She was treated locally then transferred to Logan LDS hsopital. The other driver was admitted to the Brigham City Community hospital. |