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Show 8 The Magna TimesWest Valley News,Thursday, July 22, 1999 Hoops, hopes are going up in WVC neighborhood Kennecotts Legacy. Schmidt and his fellow cers have been busy with more than restoring the basketball Police Officer Larry Schmidt offi- has been building relationships and basketball courts in a West Valley City neighborhood. Schmidt started playing basket- court. They also have been providing brooms and trash bags to neighbors who want to clean up ball about four months ago with many of the youths in the and window locks and peep Arlington Park area where he has been assigned as a Weed & Seed officer. At first there were only a few of the kids around the neighborhood who would come out and play basketball with a uniformed holes for neighbors who are concerned for their safety. police officer. But as Schmidt could clean up his yard for his kids. If we continue pulling together, well get all the bad people out and just leave us decent people trying to make a Brandy Hanlon. Schmidt handed them to him right away so he Officer Eric Reed plays one-on-o- with an Academy Park youth. living. As Schmidt walks around the area he serves, everyone recognizes him and wants to talk to him. Many of the youths want to Gordon Mafua said it has been cool to play hoop with the cops. It is better than making trouble, he said. Mafuas neigh- know about the completion of the basketball court, many adults bor Greg Baude agreed: Its pretty cool to play with cops, and renters want to follow up with him about some of the prob- they can bust us all the time, but can beat them at basketball. One youth from the area said the basketball games have even bridged racial gaps. When we lems they have seen in the neigh- we cops, guys started coming out that we didnt get along with, said Feterika Manuo, a teenager from the neighborhood. Around here Mexicans and Polynesians dont get along, but the now we do, and there is no more fighting. I think it is better. The basketball court has been run down painted with gang graffiti, a bullet hole through the backboard, the rims bent. borhood. Kayla just wants to play. She grips his shirt as he walks so he pulls her skates, the along on her whole time yelling My Larry, Seven-year-ol- d in-li- Officer Larry Schmidt (being interviewed in picture) started building relationships with the Academy Park youth 4 months ago by doing what they like to do; play hoops. Schmidt wanted to fix up the court. He accessed grant monies from the federal Weed & Seed grant that is intended to do just what Schmidt has been doing: w'eed out crime and plant seeds of revitalization. Officers Schmidt and Reed along with several of the youths from the neighborhood constructed the backboard and rim on Thursday, July 15. The basketball court is on the break-fre- e west edge of Welker Memorial Park at 4700 S. 4500 West. The park was named for Salt Lake County Deputy Welker who was shot and killed six years ago. my Larry. This has been a great assignment. I know what I am doing really makes a difference in peoples lives, Schmidt admits. It also has been making a difference in crime. We have seen calls from the Academy Park area drop by more than 40 percent. Theres still some criminal activity, but we are knocking it out one at a time. Budd plans to ao back to teaching SLCC announces resignation of its college president Educational Administration from Fditor the University of Master of Science Degree in Sociology from Brigham Young University in 1969, and a Bachelor the University of Redlands (Calif.) in 1964. Prior to his present position, Dr. e Budd served as a faculty member at Yavapi in Prescott, Ariz. and two other small colleges. He is a member of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Strategic Planning for Utah Law Enforcement Committee, and is chairman of the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council. He is married to the former Judith Huff. They have four sons (two of whom are law enforcement officers), two granddaughters and a grandson. of Arts Degree from 1 full-tim- 2000. Budd has considerable law - e in 1982. He earned a Frank Budd is loved by many as president of Salt Lake Community college. And Budd has enjoyed his 8 tenure as SLCCs boss. But even bosses feel a little stagnant times, and the urge to move on - well, at least do something different. Budd, at age 57, has announced his resignation as president of Salt Lake Community College, effective next June 30. That means the likable president will still be around for a while -around, if you can catch up with him. He has a lot he wants to accomplish before he leaves the SLCC top seat the end of June enforcement and criminal justice experience both inside and outside the college classroom having served with police departments in Redland and Oceanside, Calif., and taught criminal justice at colleges in Arizona and California. It will be a renewed experience California-Riversid- going back into the classroom, but an experience and challenge that Im look forward to, he said. Budd admitted that he has strong feelings about what is being done - and not being done - in criminal justice, and these are things that students need to understand. In an increasing complex world, police officers need to know how much more than few laws mean - and how to run fast. The public has a great trust in them, and they have to live up to that Budd is SLCC s fifth president, assuming the post Jan 1, 1991. He earned his Ph.D in You can now buy any one of our aids for 20 Smallest type in the world Suitable for sever and mild heanng loss. CANAL AID Smaller Than FuB SheB. 'Suitable lor most heanng (We pav vour tax.) 9 100 Digital Repro Automotive A.G.C. IfsveTfwRhlhnr r couponon any one digital, High qumUtyfrom mm bomeat compmwy trtob bomeat IVesf Valley 9S3-200- 0 2899 W. 3500 So. 1 $ $ FULL WARRANTY! losses. i down. No interest. 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Gene Sadler and I (Kens brother-in-lawalked up to the mill time office to join a large group of men seeking work, he remembers. I managed to get into the time office and was confronted by Bill Hadley. Bill I need a job, I told demanded. him. Hadley told me there were none, but I didnt give up. I live in Magna, I said and my wifes folks have lived there all their lives. He responded, Whats their name?, Sadler., I said. He nodded. Go on in. Ive got a job for you. I was excited, but remembered Gene was still outside in the line. As he turned to walk away I said, Gene Sadlers out there too. He stopped and turned around. Genes out there? Yeah, I replied. Well, go to the front door and call him in. I couldnt believe our good fortune. A respected name had made the difference. Ken started on the yard gang and Gene went to the dike as a first aid man. Later, Ken became a helper on the roll floor. He began doing work for Red Butler, learning to use his electrical welder. When Kennecott needed an apprentice welder, Ken and a man named Peterson got the jobs. Welding became Kens life. ..32 years in the Arthur boilershop. He remembers doing most of the build up work at the Arthur Foundry. One of my first jobs was welding the pipe for the water line from Garfield to Arthur. We started in March and finished in August. It was a good experience. I learned to weld overhead. A welder would start on the back side of the pipe. Wed lay on our back and weld the bottom. Then wed weld up the sides and meet on top. Ken made many friends, several of whom were emigrants from the old country. He particularly like and respected the Bull Gang boss, Rocco Razzeca. The men knew Rocco would be fair with them, Ken says. He recalls a situation to illustrate... no getta da burn I was called out one night to loosen a cable at the car dumper by cutting the tie down belts. When I arrived, I found out they had managed to loosen the bolts, freeing up the cable. Lorenzo wanted to send me home. He told Rocco to tell me to go. Rocco was no fool. Instead, he told Baldie, You leava da bum alone. You senda da burn home, next time you wanna da bum, you no He knew we for getta da burn. expected some compensation being called back to work. Ken is proud of his safety record. He received a thirty-yepin for being injury and accident free. Not that there werent a lot ar Some of his of close calls. friends werent I so fortunate. walked up the hill one morn- ing with a friend of mine who worked on the roll floor. I expected to see him when they sent me over to oil the rolls. But it wasnt what I expected. As I stepped off the board on to the roll floor some men came by carrying someone on a stretcher. He was so badly injured (probably already dead) that I didnt recognize him. As they passed, his arm fell to the side and I thought it was Punchy, an Italian kid. I asked Nephi Hawarth who found him down in the line shaft. Is that punchy?, I asked him. He told me it was Fred Tanner; the boss on the roll floor. It was at the two on two where it happened. His foot had caught in the pulley and he was pulled between the belt and the roller and thrown into the line shaft. Inkley found his shoe. He was the brother-in-laof Mormon President Harold B. Lee. After that, when I had to test the area where the shaft ran through. Id wait for the floor walkers to come by, hurry and test and get out. That was a terrible tragedy; one of the worst accidents. On the lighter side he remembers Lefty Powells story about one of the bull gangers. Several w of Rocco Razzecas gang were Italian. Very likable guys. Some had a heavy accent, but we got so we understood each other just fine. One night Lefty ran into one of the new guys away from Kennecott. They both hesitated. The new guy walked over to say hi to left. Im a know your face, he told Powell, but Im a no place to put urn. Those guys had a great sense of humor, Ken states. Everybody got along and we helped each other out. Kennecott provided most of us the opportunity to come together as one big family regardless of who we were on where we came from. Surely that has been Kennecotts greatest legacy...its people. Footnote: Les Sadler began working for Utah Copper in 1905 helping construct the mills. He became a plugman and, later, a security guard at the Magna Copper Park and the Magna Row and Mill. Kenneth Goble followed his father-in-lato Utah w Copper Company (later Kennecott). W. Kent Goble, his son, retired in 1997 with 32 years of service. Three generations of copper workers and 90 years of almost consecutive service. Soon, the history of Kennecotts extended family will be preserved by the Ethnic and Mining Museum in Magna. Granite District Alternative Middle School plan to receive $350,000 annual funding federal the SuNBELT $100-$50- 0 $ Baldie, the master mechanic, by W. KENT GOBLE You $10 per week. YES, $10 per week! FULL SHELL Looking south along the road from Torontos Cave, Bohnes barns in left front of picture with Arthur Mill in the distance. What do you want?, by GARY R. BLODGETT But while hes finishing up "unfinished business at the college, he will be hitting the books to brush up on his years of law enforcement as a former police sergeant. Budd will join the criminal justice faculty at Weber State University, July 1 of next year. I want to do some coursework so that Ill be ready to go into the classroom and be able to make a contribution, he said. is its people The guy down the street asked for a broom and some trash bags, said neighbor continued to play, more kids and officers began showing up. There are now usually 10 to 15 kids that show up to play or to just hang out around the court with Schmidt, Officer Eric Reed, and Sgt. John Rasmussen. first started playing with the . . A grant supporting Granite School District Alternative Middle School plan has been approved, and the district will receive $350,000 annually for three years, according to Ellen Williams, District director of Federal Programs and Grants. Middle school students who exhibit chronic disruptive behavior will be referred for monitoring and instruction in an alternative school setting at seven sites throughout the District, said Williams. The program will have a central coordinator to lead the placement decision process. The goal will be to provide for a successful and smooth transition of students back to their home schools. Williams stressed that there will be considerable attention paid to individualized, instructional issues, the middle-schophilosophy, behavior modification, interventions, and individual consequences. ol POOR |