Show Standard-Examine- r Thursday September 1 1983 21 A Letters Disappointed with Renstrom decision Auditor unable to do fob because of commission was disappointed about the jury decision concerning the Darrell Renstrom case I'm a friend of Nyles Mitchell and though he’s had his problems with substance abuse and occasionally with the law I believe his story Nyles told me about his encounter with Renstrom before it hit the press and I had a feeling inside that he was telling the truth Why would he make it up? This isn't something he would brag about to me not something he would make up for attention Nyles stuck with that same story he related to me throughout the trial and he also passed a lie detector test as Renstrom did Nyles would have to be an excellent actor and some sort of demented genius to make up a story like that A story good enough to fool the police into thinking they I was one of the of her position as auditor to suggest the voters of Davis County who good policy and procedures to voted to elect Ruth M Kenning-to- n protect the people of Davis Counto be our county auditor in ty against waste and abuse of their taxes? It sounds to me that 1986 She was elected to over-se- e the commissioners instead of the county's finances and to conduct audits Charges brought helping the auditor develop a against her by Davis County properly managed maintained and monitored cost effective fiCommissioners in recent newspabelieve nancial system are attempting to me lead to articles per that they do not wish her to do control and limit her office by dethe job she was elected to do priving her of needed resources Or are they by taking full control In the May 20 1988 Standard-Examin1 read: “Holt who was of purchasing all of Mr Holt’s reassigned earlier this week (by functions and all of the budgets the commission) said the change except for the eight elected offi(placing control of parts of the cials personnel functions setting county financial system directly themselves up so they can do under the commission) will make anything they want to with no it a little harder to monitor the one to stop them county’s financial transactions Commissioner Tippetts also but ‘I feel comfortable either said “It’s ridiculous for the audiway”’ t tor to be placed in a position of Since when does anyone other having to audit her own than the county auditor and her operations You can’t have purstaff monitor the county’s finan- chasing and other fiscal procecial transactions? dures in her office and then turn It is my understanding that the around and have that person auauditor has several functions that dit herself By making this stateinclude (1) maintaining and ment Tippetts showed that monitoring all financial actions of despite several years of experithe county which I believe was ence in county government he is Mr Holt’s assignment in Mrs ignorant or lacks understanding Kennington’s office and (2) to do of how county government is set internal audits of all financial acup by state law While the audicounting going on in the many tor’s title is auditor state law departments of the county and makes her the county’s chief acthereby verify that systems are in countant budget officer chief financial officer and auditor Mrs place to guarantee that transactions are properly recorded and Kennington had set up a structure where her internal auditor reported and minimize opportunities for mistakes and misuse of did not audit his own work The our tax money It sounds to me commissioners by depriving her like Mrs Kennington had a great of necessary resources are creatsystem going ing the very situation that ComIn an article in the Deseret missioner Tippetts has called News on May 25th Mr Holt “ridiculous” Also Mrs Kenningstated that he was performing all ton has publicly stated that she of the functions he held under had no objections to a separate Kennington but is not affecting purchasing function if they (the general county functions This commission) insists that the makes me believe that Mrs Kenagent does all of the purnington is absolutely right when chasing for the county she says that the commissioners Ruth M Kennington is our are attempting to transfer certain elected auditor and is responsible to the public I believe that the legally mandated duties of her office and put them under their commissioners have no right to (the commission's) direct control usurp her duties or authority or Commissioner Tippetts said on to otherwise interfere with her May 29 that Mrs Kennington has performance of those duties or been trying to take on the role of exercise of that authority policy maker and tell departments and other elected officials Kim Padelsky how to run their programs Isn’t Layton had a case I would not accuse Nyles of being either an excellent actor or a demented genius So what if Nyles doesn’t have a clean record Does that make him a bad person w ho would make up a story that could ruin another man’s life? I hope that isn’t the case I had a bad feeling that Nyles would lose his case Renstrom seems the type of person that Nyles would not have much of a chance against This case struck a blow to my belief in the American judicial system where a man of Renstrom’s stature can get away with things that others of lesser wealth and public recognition cannot This disturbs me but hopefully I’ll get over it Jason Bouwhuis North Ogden I Hansen votes do not reflect Utahns who suffered Although the legislation garnered support overwhelmingly passed both houses of Congress and was signed by the President Utah’s Representative Jim Hansen inexplicably opposed the legislation Both of Utah’s Last week President Reagan signed into law historic legislation which goes a long way toward rectifying an historical injustice This legislation belatedly recognizes that the United States erred in interning thousands of loyal Japanese Americans including some Utahns during World War II Without judicial hearings or other Constitutional due process families were uprooted and displaced and their property seized simply because these Americans were of Japanese descent Although in a similar position Americans of German and Italian descent did not suffer a similar other representatives supported the new law only Rep Hansen opposed it In light of Rep Hansen’s 1985 vote against aid to starving Ethiopians — he was one of only five or 6 among the House’s 435 members to do so — this recent vote should not be so startling Isn’t it unfortunate however that Utahns — known for their compassion and sense of fair dealings — are represented in Congress by a man whose votes fail to reflect ' those traits? fate The government action was patently wrong then and now some 40 years later we have finally acknowledged it This commendable and long overdue legislation contains an apology and attempts to make partial amends through cash payments to many of those two-thir- ds Witness to accident needed 1 need to locate anyone who witnessed an accident between a 1978 silver Mustang and a 1987 Rosewood Chrysler New Yorker on Aug 1 1 at the intersection of Fort Lane and Gordon Streets at approximately 2:40 pm There was a small red or maroon Van (Astro Caravan or that type) that followed me from the direction of the Layton Hills Mall If you witnessed the accident please after 5 pm and ask call for Phil Paula or Brian Godfrey Brian Godfrey Layton 544-19- 30 er U © 1988 by NEA Ine ’me man Gimme your wallet” ‘Don’t ‘but Today in history ng Cole R Capener Los Angeles (former Ogden resident) Thievery not rampant at Sourdough In reply to Verl Soelberg’s letter to the editor in the Aug 27 issue of the paper regarding their loss of wagon wheels: I am extremely sorry for their loss but let’s not imply that thievery is rampant at the Ranch It is not! The officers of the Ranch have worked very hard to improve conditions including security In my opinion it is in fact better than most I am personally aware of a cabin break-i- n at a recreational facility several miles to the north which resulted in losses of several thousand dollars in spite of two locked gates I am also personally aware of numerous break-in- s at several recreational facilities in the Bear Lake Area My brother who is also an owner at the Ranch had a set of horseshoes stolen but did not deem it necessary to complain of the incident in a letter to the editor Unless you can afford 24 hour seven day a week securi Children are worth more In reading the article about the death of a little boy I we distinct the are impression got reverting to the dark ages when a child’s life was not worth 2 cents Why and how dare the judge in question set bail at $10000 this child was murdered! Where was the mother in question when all of this abuse was going on not just now but earlier (there were reported scars from earlier abuse) and where was the grandmother — the one that said the abuser did not want any affection shown to this baby? This was your blooded child no kin to the abuser how dare you let this happen? I am a mother of four and a ty on each site all owners are at risk It comes with the joy and satisfaction of owning a mountain retreat Again the officers and staff at Sourdough are providing the best security available for the money each owner is willing to spend If in the future I am unfortunate enough to have something stolen at the Ranch I will complain to the Sourdough staff and my insurance company but not to the editor I am a happy owner and all things being equal will continue to be one If you are an owner please continue to enjoy your retreat and look a little more closely at what is going on at your neighbors in their absence If you are a potential owner don’t let this one isolated incident change your mind Take another look Ogden needs to support postcard project I read the August 26th article in letters with much interest a collector of early Ogden 'postcards Ogden was founded in 1848 and was incorporated under the name of “Ogden” and given a charter by the assembly of Deseret in 1851 and ever since the turn of the century Ogden has had a postcard Today sending a picture postcard to friends and relations is of- be-(i- ng ten the easiest and most Jack L Shurtliff convenient means of keeping in Thanks to Past Pres Bruce J Mendenhall of Horace Mann (CIC) in providing my display cases and to Ken Winkfield for making them to the many people of Ogden and to the visiting tourists who after returning home send me many old postcards to add to my collection of over 800 different post cards of Ogden for the following places of business: Standard Examiner Ogden City School Media Centers Union Station Museum Weber State College (special collections) library Golden Hour Center local banks Weinstocks and others for letting me display my collection of “The History Of Ogden With Old Postcards” for the people to enjoy Ogden touch and many a friendship has been maintained or saved by this simple postcard The detail and unusual items of domestic and social history which they show than two are of value to historians grandmother You tell me what a small helpless and defenseless Street scenes and places of note Let’s go Ogden and get going child (a baby) can do to warrant in our cities and town have beon the craze of printing postcards such treatment in his life come so changed in recent years of our city Support Lynn ButterIf it is the truth that there was either field executive director of the reason of development a restraining order to stay away and by as to be hardly Golden Spike Empire in this venrebuilding from the child where were the ture People want to show others recognizable when seen on postSocial Service workers who are cards of 50 years ago Thanks to they have been here by picture suppose to follow up on these the collecting instinct in man postcard This type of advertising abuse cases? doesn’t cost — it pays many are saved to become cherAren’t parents of abused chilished items in a collection to be dren suppose to attend some type As Jennie S Contos (retired enjoyed and admired sometimes of classes to help them work out by those same First Security Bank) said in people who out of their feelings in other ways ? Why indifference had letters about postcards “Citizens before years is it our society cares more about view them and reminisce Memothrown them out the humane treatment of animals rabilia buffs find them delightful and so little about an innocent I am proud to be a collector of and young citizens see their town baby? early Ogden Postcards and to say as it was” Ann Hill that I am preserving the pictorial D Boyd Crawford Ogden history of Ogden by postcards Ogden Postcard Collector cents Today is Thursday Sept 1 the 245th day of 1988 There are 121 days left in the year Today’s highlight in history : Five years ago on Sept 1983 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace On this date: 1 In 1807 former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason In 1878 Emma M Nutt became the first woman telephone operator in the United States for the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston In 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Confederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada In 1923 the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 150000 lives In 1932 New York City Mayor James J “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration In 1939 World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Po- In 1969 a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power In 1972 American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik Iceland by defeating Soviet player Boris Spassky in their final match In 1976 US Rep Wayne L resigned in the Hays wake of a scandal in which he admitted having an affair with secretary Elizabeth Ray In 1982 President Reagan in a broadcast speech called fori a “fresh start” in the Middle East peace process and endorsed “full autonomy” for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Ten years ago: The Labor Department reported the nation’s unemployment rate declined in August 1978 to 59 percent but analysts said the overall job picture was little changed ! io Five years ago: Henry Sen“Scoop” Jackson a ate veteran known for his liberal views on social issues and a hawkish stand on national defense died in Everett Wash after suffering a massive heart attack at age 71 30-ye- ar One year ago: Peace demonS Brian Willson lost his when he was hit by a train at legs the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California while protesting weapons shipments to Central America strator land Great Britain and France declared war against Germany two days later In 1945 Americans received word of Japan’s formal surrender ending World War II (Because of the time difference it was Sept 2 Today’s birthdays: Former in Tokyo Bay where the surrenDefense Secretary Melvin Laird is 66 Actress Yvonne De Carlo is der took place) In 1951 the United States 64 Country singer Conway Twit-t- y is 55 Conductor Seiji Ozawa is Australia and New Zealand Comedian-actres- s 53 Lily Tomsigned a mutual defense pact that is 49 Singer Barry Gibb is 42 lin came to be known as the ANZUS Thought for today: “History is treaty the autobiography of a madman” In 1961 the Soviet Union end— Alexander Herzen Russian ed a moratorium on atomic test(1812-187d nuclear author ing with an — The Associated Press explosion in central Asia 0) above-groun- Remember when 20 YEARS AGO September 1 1968 Organization of a traffic engineering department to service municipalities and the county had been proposed by an Area Council of Governments com- mittee headed by Ogden Councilman Karl O The department would be under the jurisdiction of either the county or Ogden City working with a $25000 annual budget The Macfar-lan- e committee included County Chairman Albert L Bott John R New ey of Huntsville and Alma M Anderson of Uintah Weber State College would have two women PhD degree holders on its faculty when the term opened Sept 23 The two Dr Janis L Bostwick and Dr Marilyn Arnold were among 39 new faculty members according to Dr Helmut P Hofmann academic vice president Dr Bostwick would teach secondary education and Dr Arnold would teach English Both were assistant professors Weber County commissioners delayed action on two proposed ordinances effecting law enforcement The ordinances were presented to the commission Mac-farla- ne i by D Jay Wilson county attorney for Sheriff Wilson A Allen One ordinance would make it unlawful to verbally abuse county law officers The other was aimed at curbing drag racing or speed contests on county highways Royalty for the Roy Days celebration were Pam Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard DWil-so- n queen JoAnn Stephenson daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephenson first attendant and Debbie Reid daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Reid second attendant Miss Wilson also was named “Miss Congcnialty" an honor given her by the contestants An ordinance establishing the Marshall N White Center as a separate department of the city government was to be presented to the City Council The ordinance officially set forth the procedure for appointment of a center director and outlined in broad form his duties Meanwhile plans to obtain a nationally known figure to keynote the ceremonies dedicating the center October 18 were announced by Rev L E Embrcy chairman of the center board of directors 50 YEARS AGO September 1 1938 Dr George M Fister of Ogden was named president-elect of the Utah State Medical Association which began its h annual convention in the new Ogden High School auditorium Dr Fister was announced as president-elec- t following the annual meeting of the association’s house of delegates at the Hotel Ben Lomond Dr L S Merrill Ogden was chosen alternate Utah delegate to the American M edical Association forty-fourt- Pleasant View captured the northern championship of division two in the Weber County Farm Bureau baseball league by taking a thriller from Plain City 4 to The contest was played before a Affleck Park Lew Wilkinson crowd John at large big righthander bested Elmer Singleton in the slab battle Singleton recently signed by the Cincinnati Reds struck out 15 batsmen to Wilkinson's 11 but W ilkinson was especially effective in the pinches Clyde R McFarland general chairman said the 1 stage was all set for the third annual convention of the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce Sept 3 4 and 5th at the Hotel Ben Lomond McFarland estimated there would be 500 delegates from 14 cities present for the opening features M A Romney executive secretary of the Ogden Senior Chamber of Commerce was to speak of his experiences in Germany at one of the sessions Horseshoe pitching was one of the planned activities for the annual gathering in Brigham City Sept of the blacksmiths of Utah and southern Idaho Officers of the blacksmith’s association were George White of Smithfield president H C Rhodes Trcmonton vice president and George Griffin of Logan secretary 1 Dawson Hales former Ogdenitc who was attending New York's Columbia University had been invited to join Kappa Delta Pi national educational honorary fraternity Hales was a graduate of Weber High School and Utah State Agricultural College He had been a straight “A” student at Columbia University i |