Show 2C Standard-Examin- Nov 4 1989 Saturday er Dogs police and water main Honeyville issues 'By GORDON WEEKS Standard-Examine- ’HONEYVILLE — The price of jtyater the town's one-ma- police n force and the problem of stray Sdogs are some of the concerns of the town council candidates in Tuesday’s election Eight people — four of them Inamed Bingham — are running !for three council seats while Mayor David Forsgren will try to keep his office in a race against former mayor Boyd Gardner conForsgren — a struction engineer assistant with the Utah Department of Transportation — said he favors charging the same price for water d even during winter surpluses to give the town more revenue The town charges $10 for water during the winter without any limits on the amount During the other seasons people who use sion Gardner said he feels differently than Forsgren on both the water and police issue The dairy farmer and lifetime resident said the residents should pay less during the winter in prosperous water years Law enforcement in Honeyville can be adequately administered hold after surgery “It’s just floating in there where the wrist used to be” Pitts said The other would connect two nerves that are loose The past four months have been somewhat of a roller coaster ride for Pitts “I broke down once The stress gets to you once in awhile You don’t think that it would but it did I’m over it now and on the way to recov- something” Ogden paramedics treated Pitts at the scene and prepared his hand for transport to McKay-De- e Hospital He was then transferred to St Mark’s by ajnbulance -- At the Salt Lake City hospital three replantation surgeons — Xames R Fowler Robert G Hansen and John M Provost — prepared for surgery After the — one a plastic surgeon thj-eand the other two orthopedic surgeons — rotated through 24 hours of continuous surgery Pitts’ right hand was reattached Provost said the surgery is basically matching “part A with part A part B with part B” Those parts include bones nerves veins and muscles The bones had to be fused which shortened the length of his arm One doctor said Pitts not understanding the rehabilitation process ahead expected to go home the day following the lengthy operation He spent tjtree weeks in a hospital bed add has had at least six subsequent surgeries IHe faces the possibility of under the knife two more times in the next few months -- One operation might be to fuse the ulna which did not take ery” he said He’s not worried about the thousands of dollars in medical bills — workman’s compensation covers all of them Pitts said the physical limitation and mental strain are equally difficult to cope with He laughed about the injury on his way to St Mark’s in the back of an ambulance “I was even joking with the ambulance driver all the way up He asked what happened I told him I was cutting my nails too close” Pitts said Then he went through a period where it wasn’t so funny “I was hating life at the time I guess” Did he ever ask “Why me?” “Oh yeah A lot (I’m) just the unlucky one1 1 guess” he said “I mean life kind of gets to be a bummer once in a while But that happens to everyone? Now pretty much out of his blue period Pitts is optimistic and jovial again e og Broadwater inspected the company and the saw on July 5 and July 13 It issued the citation on July 31 and gave Save More five days from receipt of the document to correct the violation According to Broadwater’s inspection the saw is dangerous and has a “potential for serious jnjury” Even 'safety guards might not have made a difference in Pitts’ case “It is questionable whether guarding would have prevented the accident but surely may pre- UOSH from 1C asing the saw in his business after witnessing injuries caused by Chainsaws Broadwater inspected the saw on Wednesday to make sure the company had complied UOSH requirements 'The occupational safety di virion of the Industrial Commission of Utah investigated the company after reading an account of the June 29 accident in vent another” Standard-Examin- er School that’s simply how the facts about consolidation line up for the district and say there was no attempt to politicize the issue Despite the fact there appears to be no legal recourse Blaylock said he still strongly objects to any public money being used to mail political information aimed at defeating consolidation According to the Utah Code he said “Individuals in that position — school boards or councils — have the right to use the mail system to get the word out to their constituents “This is a very weak law" Blaylock said “In other states there are laws to prevent this from happening — but not in Utah Utah’s governmental Ethics Code also is weak he added “and this is an example of what happens with a weak code in dealing with ethics" rrhat opinion cautioned “Any expenditure of public funds must be limited to publicizing objec- tive facts which are not or Broadwater May Forsgren by the sheriffs office said Gardner who served as mayor for eight years and as a councilman for six Incumbent Kathy Day and Mark Bingham are vying for a seat on the council Another water issue in the town is stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations that may require the town to chlorinate the water within the next few years two-ye- ar “I joke about it now Before if you’de said something I’d get pretty mad” But no matter what kind of a mood he’s in he said he never forgets his right arm is at the moment disabled “I got into an argument at a bar Saturday night and still swung at him” Pitts said displaying a hefty left cross There are other reminders as well “You ever tried to open a can of food with one hand with a hand can opener?” he asks “It takes a lot of concentration but I can do it” He’s also taught himself to drive his pickup with a standard transmission One thing he hasn’t been able to do is work on car engines “I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it again or not" His other hobby is building models “I can’t put models together like I used to do I just picked up a brand new one that I can’t put together” Pitts said Welti is still molding a new splint with an attachment of rubber bands that will help Pitts begin moving his fingers The circulation is good but he still has no feeling in two fingers “All of his fingers are going to be a challenge” Welti said “But we’re going to whip it though” Pitts said “Yeah we are” Welti said wrote Operators of the saw said they feel safer using it with the guards in place Even so because of the type of saw it is and the purpose for which it’s used some parts cannot be enclosed “It just can’t be completely guarded” Broadwater said The potential for another accident is there if an operator were to get careless he said He said the owner wasn’t aware of any OSHA requirements but had a partial guard on the saw at one time Post Office workers raise $400 for charity From 1C for housewife farmBingham — a er — said he believes the city should drop its one-ma- n police 1 From 1C ments because the town cannot afford to pay a dog catcher said Day a : The resident has been the mayor the past four years and also spent two years as a councilman and three years on the planning and zoning commis- Hand tjie more than 30000 gallons have to pay an additional 33 cents for each thousand gallons used Forsgren said he believes the town should keep its one police officer rather than rely solely on the Box Elder County Sheriffs Office year-roun- go-f- said Day who has been chairman of the planning and zoning com- mission for four years Stray dogs have been a problem Election ’89 r argu- against cbnsolidation but rather which illuminate the consequences of acfcepting or rejecting the consolidation proposal" non-neutr- kenstrom said she and the committee that prepared the consolidation brochure had tried hard to follow that guidelines coOching negative consequences of consolidation as “concerns” of the school board rather than attempting an overt argument against the proposed merger tlgden school board members hive gone on record as firmly op- posing consolidation The Weber school board has taken a neutral stance foenstrom indicated that much mailing cost is being offset donation from 21 local PTA organizations and an of-th- e by! a $525 Tax-limitati- al proponents posited in the fund that pays for it the mailing permit raised similar concerns last year when some public bodies used public funds to mail out informational brochures about three proposed tax initiatives arguing those brochures were biased and therefore political While the district committee “tfied very hard to be neutral" she conceded that the information sheet does favor opposition tp'the merger because consolida-tid- n poses so many disadvantages to the Ogden district: But district officials contend “We see this as a major stumbling block in the future for what we’re doing" Blaylock said "As long as politicians and public employees have an opportunity to defeat these things with public money there’s no hope for the initiative process" contribution it from the Ogden School District Foundation Those contributions will be denon-prof- non-prof- ' OGDEN — Employees of postal offices in Bountiful Centerville Farmington and Kaysville have raised more than $400 in donations for the Ogden Rescue Mission to purchase Thanksgiving turkeys for the needy The called “Exe pressed With Care" is a effort on the part of postal employees said Karl Schoenfeld a clerk at the Bountiful facility The Bountiful office alone collected more than $300 from employees he added The mission should be able to buy 40 to 50 birds he said fund-rais- er first-tim- force and favors the lower water rates during the winter Bingham said that although he agrees with 999 percent of the council’s actions the last 20 years he believes it needs some new faces Six men are competing for two council positions Herb Orme who was town clerk during the 1940s and a council member in the 1960s said he would like to tighten 'everything in the town budget The farmer said he believes the county should do the four-ye- ar town’s policing Farmer Ted Chlarson said he is opposed to an increase in water lifetime rates The resident said he wants to encourage more volunteer work in the community such as more participation in the town’s Fourth of July celebration Eight-yea- r incumbent S Franklin May 56 said upgrading the culinary water system is the town’s major priority because of the expanding population The snowmobile dealer and field man for Western Dairymen In said the council also should address the stray dog dilemma The rest of the race is rounded out by three Binghams Incumbent Fred Bingham who is in charge of water matters with the council said residents should pay the same price for water d even with a surplus The amount of water should not year-roun- candidates Write-i- n 72-ye- ar ' said As for the council “it’s time for new blood” he said Marlon Bingham a insurance salesman said he doesn’t think the town should make water prices the same during the winter The lifetime resmore ident wants also maintenance on roads and improvements at the park Marlon is Mark’s brother Darwin’s cousin and Fred’s nephew race fill The other council member By GORDON WEEKS Standard-Examine- determine the price and some people use great amounts during the winter for livestock and lawns said the retired farmer who has been on the council for eight years “Supplying water to the community is a business” he said Farmer Darwin Bingham 48 said he would like to better use the town’s park The baseball diamond should be lighted as well as more of the town’s roads he Election '89 r BEAR RIVER CITY — Residents here face a blank ballot after no candidates met the filing they’re doing” said the resident deadline Thiokol Corp employee and But three men have write-i- n campaigns for mayor and two farmer Chris Hanson 28 said others for the two open town that as a mayoral candidate he council positions All say they wants the town’s utilities upjoined the race either because graded Population growth is they were asked by others or felt stretching the town’s resources to the limit he said that someone needed to run Town council member Jim An“I feel everyone should serve — the only mayoral candersen everyone should take a turn” didate with government said mayoral candidate Robert E — said he would like experience Nelson to see a ditch company estabservice managThe lished in Bear River City A er for Brigham Truck and Imple- council member currently takes ment Co said there are no new care of all the ditch services and programs he wants to implement the job is overwhelming he said and feels the current council has The rancher and done a good job on all issues lifelong resident has been on the “I would like to carry on what council the past four years 12-ye- ar x ld step- ping down from his seat — Kerry Johnson — could not be reached for comment Council candidate Charles Holmgren said he wants to see the sewer system expanded or a moratorium placed on growth Town taxes also should remain low he said farmer and lifeThe time resident also said he wants the garbage system converted to collection because houses next to the Dumpsters have had to weather strewn and door-to-do- or stinky refuse Council hopeful Ron Jenson 38 said he sees no major issues facing the candidates and nothing he wants to change The Thiokol engineer who has lived in Bear River City for 33 years has not been elected in two previous races N Range From 1C The Downwinders group contends the decision was madfc be- the' fore still-incomple- te environmental impact statement process started a year ago It sued the Air Force in September for information on how the alleged decision was made Downwinders spokesman Steve Erickson said he hoped to get hard evidence that the Defense Department is implementing a concerted effort to turn large chunks of the West into military test and training ranges In his answer filed this week in US District Court Assistant US Attorney Michael D Smith continued a string of government denials for access to information it considers and therefore exempt from mandatory release under the Freedom of Information Act Smith also denied Downwinders’ claim that releasing the information would primarily benefit the general public Erickson said Downwinders now will ask US District Court Judge David Sam for a summary judgment on the suit The activist said he did not expect the Air Force to reveal the information he wants in the environmental impact statement A draft of the statement has been delayed again Lt Col Tom Bartol a civil engineer at Norton Air Force Base Calif said:“Our goaf is er We may be looking at early January” The draft originally was expected in early summer then delayed until September Bartol said there is no single issue causing the additional lag “We’re making sure the document has the qualities it needs” he said After the draft is issued there will be a review period followed by public hearings Comments made at the hearing will go in the final statement NASA From 1C To find out NASA can start collecting data on the next shuttle mission It will be the first using previously fretted field joints “We’ll just have to see how this thing progresses” Mitchell said After a year what motion causes the fretting remains unknown Although preventive measures are being tested Mitchell said none has been picked for use in flight Another problem found upon disassembly of the latest motors was in the joint where the ignitor was bolted into the top of one rocket Mitchell said an insulat ing putty was found on part of a gasket seal where it should not have been The putty was near but not on the seal surface where he said it could have hindered the rubber’s needed resiliency under launch forces Mitchell said the putty moved out of correct position either because there was too much of it or improper positioning of parts when they were connected As a result of the discovery he said the ignitor in one booster on the launch pad will be removed checked and reinserted The other ignitor was installed differently and can remain Mitchell said He said splashdown probably pulled off a few inches of weather seal on one of the field joints NASA wants to make sure the insulation does not come off during launch because fragments are suspected of gouging the orbiter’s cork-and-epo- tiles on an protective earlier flight In the recent case Mitchell said “All indications are it happened at water impact" The splashdown also broke the aluminum shell of one motor’s exhaust nozzle ry : The act or of definite approval (as in to endorgementin-’dor-smantn- expression whole-heartedl- support Cliff Goff for Mayor y of Ogden) —A dvertisemerrt— Write in Can- didate on the front of the en- Rich Brewer velope where it aaya office just nte in Council and Robert Her- - ria Chairman Weber Econ Development Corp Municipal ward one on the ballot that says Miller and Foa-le- y Kent Nichole DDS Past President Weber District Dental Soci Elect a person for what he has done not only what he's going to do Compare both men's records with mine as far as feeding hungry people and taking in homeless There is no comparison Vote for Robert Harris write in Candidate November 7th Richard Myera President Myers Mortuary Psst Chairman Chamber of Comm Jack Pelt Preside ot Felt Auto Parts The book that I'm writing A Preacher and an Angel Walk Together" and my life with Christ and other people should be on the mar- CLIFFORD GOFF ket for Christmas For anv information call Reverend Robert Harris 392-450- 8 I Bringing Ogden Back Paid by Committee to I Re-Ele- ct t I Clifford Goff i X |