Show if rrfinitiiitifrnffair-mMB- 2C Standard-Examin- Saturday er December 3 1988 Metro Weber adopts tentative $317 million ’89 budget TIM GURRISTER Sfanaa d Examiner staff By OGDEN — The Weber County Com- mission adopted a $317 million tentative 1989 budget Friday and prepared for another round of meetings with department heads still lobbying for their funding The budget includes a diversion of transient room taxes normally sent to the Golden Spike Empire a move which may be contrary to the county’s contract with the tourism promotion agency The budget is 13 percent smaller than the current year's $36 million spending package largely because of the expenditure of $3 5 million on the new county fairgrounds after the money had been held in a capital improvement fund for several years officials said A loss of federal funding chiefly in the human services department also accounts for the decrease The budget “reflects no tax increase at this time" said Jon Daich deputy county auditor In addition to the 13 percent drop Daich said the budget also carries another approximate $100000 tax decrease when considering the 4 percent inflation rate The budget also reflects a drop in the number of county employees from 702 to 629 he said Commissioner Lowell Peterson sharply questioned Daich for projecting a $120000 drop from $960000 to $840000 in projected sales and use “It's hard for me to accept our economy taking a 15 percent drop in sales tax when the state as a whole is projecting a marked increase in sales and use taxes" Peterson said Daich responded that building permits and other indicators justify the conser- non-prof- rt five-ve- Tenth he victim m the cise ire d Vaughn to rake her vtrd n ctntral Ogden on Oct 10 I W hi n she went to pav him she sod he grabbed her purse and In Ud her to the ground ne woman said Vaughn then r ihhcd her bv the neck and arm nd dragged her into her home t rew her on the tied and told her to stay there until she d cd 1 al o there" he said George Flewelling didn’t fly Archuleta guilty to all the charges Garden was one of nine people arrested in an August sweep of alleged “crack" dealers along Lincoln Avenue near 28th Street He was charged wuh three counts of distributing or arranging to distribute the potent form of cocaine While awaiting trial on those charges he threatened one of the witnesses in the crack case and was arrested and found in possession of cocaine Man changes plea to guilty in bomb threat OGDEN — A man who had eailier pleaded innocent bv reason of insanity to charges of threatening to blow up a Sears store changed his plea I ridav to guilt Defense attorney Bernard Vilen From 1C On July 31 — the day of Preston’s death — Archuleta said he went to band practice about 10 a m and stayed there until “way past 4" drinking beer and practic- ing He said when he got back home he found Preston asleep on his mother's chest on the couch Archuleta testified he told Delgado 21 to put Preston to bed because he was worried that she couldn’t support bum on her chest because she was seven-month- s pregnant with his child friend then came over and Vrchulcta said he bought a bag a marijuana from him and smoked a oint then discussed food wuh Delgado who agreed to go t i a nearby fast food restaurant The friend left and Preston wt his pants tor which Vrc’jUtt said he spanked him He said Delgado then put the boy on the toilet and left “She wiv gone two or three minutes when I heard a count r se from the bathroom ulcla said "1 went in there and found Preston on his biek “ Vrchulcta said he had seen IXUaeiu discipline Preston in the V ’ Vr-- e past Vrehuleta's nephew Vnthonv Revna 10 took tie stand and contradicted statements by bis cons n Vdehna Di i 8 who testified F ridav that she saw Vrchuic-t- j hit the bov and put bin in a bathtub of cold water and ice Reyna sad he had rever seen Vrchuleta hit Preston and that when he had seen I is umle give Preston a bath a was in warn wale r Rodabaugh said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident He said the plane was flying an estimated 25 mph when it crashed Wheel tracks in the caith indicated it went about Robert Pope Standard Examiner so well 30 feet before flipping he said Edward D Archuleta — no relation to the defendant — testified that he was involved in an intimate relationship with Delgado from March to June 1987 — several months before she moved in with f rank Archuleta He testified he saw bruises on Preston at that time and saw Delgado discipline him DcKido denied there was an intimate relationship saying she and Edward Archuleta were just t lends She had earlier testified there weren’t regular bruises on Fusion s bodv until Frank ta moved in Idwjrd DotniM R Pearson Jr also t ' the stand rui said Vrchulcta told him about the bruises and the connection with band wh'ch he said he also ptac-tiec- s no- ticed ! e Pa d member Garv (neP said n Meed a cut on Etc ton's Ep VI n tlie momma el J j! The tiral prosecution witness tailed I ridav at'ernoon was child abuse expert Dr William M Palmer director cf ambulator medicine al Primarv biidrcn's Medical Cent r and professor of pedatnes at ihe University ol C I tub OGDEN — The Defense and Marketing office at Hill Air Force Base will sponsor a public auction of surplus property at 9 a m Dec 14 Defense Depot Ogden building 3C 500 VV 2th Reu-tilizati- 1 St The public is encouraged to bid and must be present and registered Mailed bids cannot be at- - Suit NT eve Preston J ed cir-ol- d a tre ”’1 i ’M rv rd ms amount of pbv s eal ccptcd Items will be on display from 7 30 a m to 3 p m daily except weekends beginning Friday A list of sale items may be seen in Building 3C DDO Purchases may be removed on the sale date provided full payment is made For more informa0 7 or tion call 399-794- 777-655- Prompting laughter in the court Jenkins responded “I’m not verv good at that " The judge said he had suggested that Congress change the He acknowledged the payments saving his clients were rules “I very time I do I get in trouthankful they had finally gotten the attention of the labor depart- ble" he said “I can't help you " ment But he said the men have anv further sufler-mM'ter the decision and outside for their received nothing the courtroom Joe Ruiz a fourth “I don't think that's a very nice man who has made claims wav to run a railroad" he said “I against the Vir Force called Dawdon t think it's a verv nice law " son a “c rook In his office Dawson said he Jenkins said “W hat you're that (temporarv thought he had done his best to saving is help the men bv contacting conpav mcnl) isn t enough Somebody gressmen and researching the ought to do something" rules regarding disability compenlaw we can the “Maybe get sation charged " D bHee said g Saunders From 1C re of r accidental injuries that calami are tors stert with De battered cbi’d svndrome" Palmer t silted “Ih s 2 bov has had “I to auction surplus goods Hill From 1C hule ta is serv ing a sentence at the I t ih State Prison lor ni to live years after pleading cio't to a charge of automobile homicide in which Takashi I emeu 21 was killed in Ogden re zones Tabled until Jan 19 a requested residential-tcommercial rezoning on the northeast corner of 2nd Street and Wall Avenue Bought from the city redevelopment agency 156 acres of land on north Mountain Road as part of the deal to purchase the White City property from the Woodbury Corp Purchase price was $1 168 025 and is included in an $868 025 down payment and a three-yea- r note at 10 percent interest for $300 000 Gave up the right of first refusal for lease c office space in the Old Post Office Building Developers of the property wish to lease part of the third floor which will not affect rity plans if the city wants to move mote offices into the building Continued until Dec 8 a final public hearing on the proposed Golden Spike Redevelopment Proiect in West Ogden The plan would be used to help finance Rahr Malting Co opera tion and eventually could lead to the demolition of the old stockyards for a light manufacturing area Set a Jan 5 public hearing on a proposal to reduce the speed limit on 7th Street between Harrison and Washington from 35 mph to 30 mph Canceled the Dec 29 councl meeting because of the holidays touch-and-g- o told 2nd District Court Judge Ronald Hyde that psvehologieal tests revealed “msimtv wasn't the problem" with delendant Timothy Lee Bond 3u whom police list as a tiansierl Bond pleaded guilty to makirg Ogden man the Oet 17 bomb threat afeJinst on cocaine the Sears Roebuck and Co store OGDFN — n Ogden man in Ce Newgate Mall in which he wh pleaded guilty to charges of grablxd an en p’ovec by the hand tocaire possession and distribu- and announced f e was a revolution was sentenced Friday to one tionary and had planted 2"0 to 5 sears in prison pounds of explosives in the store Second District Court Judte No explosives we e ever found In exchange lor the gjiltv plea Ronald Hyde also gave Randolph cl args were dropped in a second Rav Garden two prison sentences of zero to five years for witness incident where a similar threat tamper ng and possession f co- was made minutes later at t( e Bela grocery store 151 W caine and ordered him to pav $237 in restitution Garden 36 55 0 South in Kiverdale Bond faces sentencing IYe U 2768 Adams Ave had pleaded sentenced charges N Someone at the company called for emergency help at 234 p m but Flewelling said he stamped a big “OK” in the mud around his airplane lest another pilot see the capsized craft and worry Flewelling was practicing landings on the smooth dirt near the lake He said he completed three with no problem But on the fourth try he mistook wet ground for dry “It was quite soggy" he said “It was my misjudgment " A wheel dug in and the airplane nosed over on its back Weber County Sheriff's Deputy John Rodabaugh said the area north of GSL is a popular practice area for pilots “They do it all the time out Court briefs I 765 10500 West 10-ye- ar cor Sent to the planning commission a by the Ogden Chamber of Commerce board of directors to rename 12th Street as Ogden Canyon Drive 21st Street as Temple Drive 24th Street as City Center Street and 31st Street as Weber College Drive Sent to the Central Business District Focus Committee s image subcommittee a plan from the Utah Transit Authority to build a new ticket booth at the corner of 25th Street and Washington Boulevard Set a Dec 22 public hearing on an ordinance that would make pet grooming a conditional use in light commer-- c recommendation air- e Chemicals Corp call for Closen to serve at least 36 months which are to be served single-engin- enue plane sustained damage only to its propeller and a strut Flewelling crashed north of Great Salt Lake Minerals and now" sentences for the he'ped to work on the clean-u- p Capitol Street Rainbow Pocket to Piccolo Brothers Pizza owner John Piccolo for upgrading his business to 2857 Monroe Blvd property owner Frank Hazen for taking care of his property and to Orlm and Billie Smith and Leslie and Marilyn Smith for their work on im- proving properties along Jefferson Av- touch-and-g- who then began to sob quietly having trouble I can't speak right talking “I'm total’y ashamed Second District Court Judge Ronald Hyde handed down the Passed a resolution honoring shutbooster manufacturer Morton Thio-ko- l Inc on the successful launches of the space shuttle Presented "Ogden Good Neighbor Axards" to several residents who tle the pilot hit mud while praco landings ticing near the east shore of the Great Salt Lake “My tail caught up with me and passed me" said George B Flewelling 70 of 4850 Ben Lomond Ave in South Ogden Flewelling was not hurt of the situation" said Closen eight-memb- Ogden s He said his 1 City Council small airplane flipped on its back Friday afternoon when “At first you said they were willing participants how do you feel about it now" Boyden asked Closen ceived a sentence of five years to life in prison for Kidnapping a woman who hired him to rake her lawn Willie Vaughn Jr 44 of 2525 D Ave was also sentenced to one to 15 years in prison for robbing the victim He was found guilty of both charges Nov 16 by an jurv Thursday Dec A self-defens- e” re- ada d ‘am 5 Clo-sen- ’s n Ogden man summary of actions taken by local public agencies on A By SCOTT BONTZ self-defen- se OGDEN — for public inspection Monday flip-ov- er 10-ye- ar fer kidnapping woman four-coun- ty safe in DRAPER — The State Board of Pardons ensured Friday that a former Bountiful police officer will serve at least half of his prison sentence for molesting two mentally deficient women under the ruse of teaching them techniques Roger Glen Closen 51 pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of forcible sexual abuse for fondling the women Jan 8 at a Bountiful apartment complex In return another charge of forcible sexual abuse involving a girl was dropped Second District Court Judge Rodney S Page sentenced Closen on Sept 9 to a pair of consecutive zero to five year prison terms Board member Paul Boyden reading from file Friday said Closen met one of the two women victims while answering a prowler call Goscn returned the next day “and under the ruse of teaching her fondled the woman’s areas said Later that day Closen Boyden private repeated the ruse and the offense with a friend of the woman Man gets 5 years to life tain some of the transient room taxes Exactly where all the money is proposed to be spent he said he couldn’t say without a close examination of the budget but some would be going to the new fairgrounds Weber County provides the majority of the Golden Spike budget since the arcounty has most of the ea's hotels and motels which levy the 3 percent surcharge on customers The proposed budget will be available Pilot By TIM GURRISTER S’anaafi ExaTiocr staff Boyden noted that the state's parole guidelines of his term “Your record shows that you gave many years of service you worked hard and that you were a pretty good police officer" he said “But the issue is the position of public trust you held You used it in committing wrongful acts” The board set a rehearing for Closen in September 1993 meaning he will serve at least five years of his sentence “The major issue is the violation of public trust" Boyden said in announcing the board’s decision “You could have had an earlier release except for that A certain message has to be maintained" Closen has not been held in the Utah State Prison because of the threat of retaliation from inmates against a former police officer He will continue to be held in other facilities under the state’s protective services program Dabb said after the meeting that the 1989 budget calls for the county to re- ar Former officer won’t be freed for five years “I took advantage holes" Commissioners have ra’sed concerns about a surplus in Golden Spike’s current budget at a time when the commission wants to consider using transient room taxes to help cover the construction loan for the new county fairgrounds But Golden Spike board members have indicated that would violate the contract signed m 1986 approall the county’s transient room priating tax to the tourism agency They have also said the county’s with- - us four-coun- ty a 1989 budget is finalized vative projection Peterson also asked how much of the in trancounty’s projected $300 sient room taxes will go to the Golden it Spike Empire a organization that handles promotion and tourism-suppoactivities Daich and County Auditor Delbert Dabb explained they didn't have that figure because the money is paid to the tourism group by the county treasurer after it is collected by the State Tax 000-pl- holding of the last payment may also be v lolation of the contract Peterson has depicted the contract as having “lots of Commission Weber commissioners have blocked the last 1988 quarterly payment of the room tax to Golden Spike saying they want to wait until the tourism agency's t ts ti'-’o- t r t! e W I bunders (ir rn ct ' c b r Coun- inn esmn ( n level-heade- is Thumb 3 paid through Edera’ly funded wram ihai encourages ns to remain aet've by I ’ we n arc) thev all know Velma but I dim t take advir tae of my prm-l- e “ ges While Saunders admits she is outspoken and determined she said she advocates d r! inning to achieve- - goals — not whimng “f don't get mad easy but what lulls gets my goat is radical atti-- t de s — people who are militant ” who take advantage job nd I do senior work-r- i it well t I I I I |