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Show CARRT-S0RTC0- 307 W HI Salt Sweet 16' lfrroclxbanli Makes 05 . PRESS ASSN, UTAH 200 S Lake City UT 84101-12- L 12 Politicians Jile for Office in Academic Competition Page 8 Page 2 r 1 500 90 NO. 18 VOLUME i - THURSDAY. MARCH 19. 1998 MAGNA. UTAH 84044 1 Designed for group presentations Sheriffs Office offers free crime-preventi- on classes to community churches and other public buildings. Domestic and Dating Violence Prevention. Learn violence prevention skill train- LINSCHOTEN by SHARON STAFF WRITER Salt Lake County. Sheriffs Office is offering 22 different programs to the Magna Community all free of charge. Trained volunteers will meet with neighborhood groups, service clubs, businesses, schools, scout groups, etc., to present information and discuss problems concerning selected topics relating to crime prevention. If there is a special need for assistance, regarding a topic not regularly discussed, contact Crime Prevention Services, i and resource officers 0 will work with you to create a program to fit your needs. To set up a program for your group, call Jay Leavitt at or contact the Sheriffs crime-preventi- ing. crime-preventi- 468-39- 250-104- 1, Office, 468-390- 1. A list of the crime-preventi- programs currently being offered follows: Community Watch, Neighborhood Watch, and Crime Watch. A program to assist communities establish "Watch" programs in their neighborhoods. Mobile Watch Academy. Train residents to observe and report suspicious persons in their neighborhoods. Will actually tour their neighborhoods. Block Captain Training. Train volunteer leaders to keep Community Watch Program going. Lady Beware. Make residents aware of rape and sexual assault prevention. Stranger, SmartSafe Kid. Teach children how to be safe and avoid strangers. Not My Kid. Gang intervention program for parents and grandparents. Bicycle Rodeos. Learn safe bike riding habits and how to license and inspect bikes. Building Security Program. Learn how to secure businesses, Home Security Inspections. Inspect and recommend security alarm systems. Block Parties. Assist with neighborhood gatherings to promote awareness of programs. Retail Theft Prevention inventory loss due to shoplifting and employee theft Crime Prevention for Seniors. Teach against telemarketing and other fraud mid abuse. Park Patroi. Deveiop a crime prevention program neighborhood parks. Road Rage. Preventing maintain to safety Techniques on our highways (especially during mass construction). Gun Safety. A video presentation on weapon safety in the home. . on This float of 1995 Magna July 4th parade depicts the communitys historic pioneer heritage. The annual; parade is still scheduled, but the carnival will be missing in this years celebration. ' v x , 'Sti llaallmmer ofhope JUJUULJ!. Carnival contract expires, but) July 4th celebration to go on by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR Workplace Violence. Ways of reducing this problem. Bomb Threats. Learn how to recognize an explosive device, and how to protect persons ever-increasi- ng With or without its traditional family carnival, Magna's July 4th Celebration will keep on going at least for this year. Kerry Zabriski, newly appointed chairman of July 4th events, said: "there are some things already planned even paid for - and this year's celebration will definitely be held, with or without a carnival. "There's still a glimmer of hope that we will come up with a new carnival. Maybe a story that appeared in a Salt Lake newspaper will generate the interest we need to find someone that can help." Magna is looking for a new carnival because the carnival that it had used for the past 20 years is no longer available. Economics, skyrocketing liability costs, and extensive competition has forced the City of Fun Carnival to end its contract, effective at the conclusion of last year. i "I have called everyone I can find, and followed every lead given to me, but I am unable to come up y stand in with any carnival interested in a Magna," said Zabriski. "Most are booked solid for the 4th, and essentially all carnival owners admit that that competition is so keen that they must sign long-teragreements which y stands." do not include But Zabriski stressed Magna will still have a community-oriented July 4th celebration just like it has ' had for decades. And Magna does have a long tradition of the Independence Day festivities dating back more than 75 years! "I can remember as a tiny girl watching the Magna parade. Magna's celebration was one of the only community events held in the the Salt Lake Valley on July 4th," said Wanda Beck, whose husband, Lloyd, served as chairman of the event for 40 years. "In fact I was only a teenager, when I performed three years in the Magna Drum and Bugle Corps. At first, I was one of only four girls allowed in the prestigious band." Lloyd Beck headed the July 4th festivities for 40 - nearby. Operation Safe Car. An antiauto theft program of how you can keep your vehicles out of the hands of car thieves. Operation Safe Passage. How to organize parent volunteer groups to aid children en route to school, and how to observe and report suspicious persons. How to become a Specialist. , Volunteer one or two nights a month presenting information to neighborhood groups. Parent Parking Patrol. A traffic safety program to assist children entering and departing school grounds. Crime-Preventi- on . -- one-da- crime-preventi- on m one-da- - II W Vl - , til oLC' v , ' '! s ft. Aro:aVTtv,-S' ' ' 'X '1 : ' , ' r: 'J.1 years, until about a year ago when he resigned just months before the committee was advised that the City of Fun Carnival was ending its contract. Lou Melendez, representing City of Fun, Inc., said he had recently been paying Magna $500 instead of the $100 agreement - as rent for the carnival. "We have made money each year, but we will not be returning for 1998 since our contract ended last July 4tK the letter stated. Lloyd Beck regrets the ending of the carnival - and possible changing of an era that has been so prominent in Magna for the past seven or eight decades. But that's progress. - -- -- & During month of April - i . Magna plans spring cleanup campaign Following a theme of "Taking Pride in Your Community," Magna residents are urged to particicleanup campaign during pate in a month-lon-g yApril. ' The cleanup program will be sponsored by the Sait Lake County Sheriffs Office, South Patroj Division's Community Action Team. So join the law enforcement officers in a drive clean Magna of abandoned vehicles, old refrigerators, discarded furniture and appliances, and health and safety hazards which' are unsightly eyesores that distract from the beauty of our community; In addition to the major cleanup campaign, rest dents are urged to paint their homes, fences, shedsv': garages, etc., if needed. Neighbors, students, Scoirf groups, and others are urged to band together to get the job done. Garbage pickups will include bushes, shrubs leaves, dead grass, weeds, and other debris. If you have, or know someone who has, large items to be hauled away, contact the Community Action Team, . - $ oth; , 565-940- 6. |