Show UTAH OBITUARIES CLASSIFIED STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SATURDAY SEPT CITY EDITOR: 1990 1 625-422- 0 By USA CARRICABURU Slanaara-Examrte- start f SALT LAKE CITY — A 22- Ogden man arrested last n winter as part of a Narcotics Strike Force sweep on central Ogden's illegal drug trade was acquitted Friday on a single count of drug distribution A jury found Daryl Coates of 124 27th St innocent trial and following a three-da- y nearly 10 hours of deliberation Coates met the verdict by embracing defense attorney Robert Archuleta who simply said Tm flying” Archuleta who maintained throughout the trial that his client was a victim of circumstance year-ol- d Weber-Mor-ga- said he was concerned that the man’s race might be a factor in the jury’s decision He said he was “very pleased" that the jury found Coates innocent “I am very grateful that the jury accorded us the fullest sense of the w ord justice” Archuleta said Coates who is black echoed his attorney’s comments “All I can say is that is was the Lord who got me through this" he said Attempts to reach Ogden Police Chief Joe Ritchie and Lt Steve Turner who heads the strike force for comment on Coates’ acquittal were unsuccessful Der Coates and all-wh- ite car Both Jackson and Coates testified that they later realized they $1000 worth of crack cocaine were being followed by police Jackson said he tore up the from Jackson in an apartment $ 000 and handed it to Coates across the complex breezeway street from the Marshall White who threw it out the car window Center at 222 28th St The pair tried to get away from During Coates’ trial before US but later pulled over and police District Court Judge Aldon J were arrested at the corner of Anderson witnesses testified that 17th Street and Washington BouCoates was playing dice with anlevard other man in the breezeway while Prosecutor Heather Cooke porthe transaction was under way and in fact took the $1000 from trayed Coates as a willing particithe informant at Jackson’s repant in the cnme noting that he had been arrested at the center in counted and it quest After the female informant purSeptember and had served time chased the crack Coates and in the Weber County Jail on a Jackson followed her in Coates’ drug possession charge ry le Lamont “Scooby" Jackson were arrested Dec 1 in Ogden after a police informant purchased 1 money when Seooby told him to His casual response during the whole incident doesn't fit with his story that he’s trying to re- But Archuleta maintained that his client was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” and said the to see his man set out on Dec friends at the center not to deal drugs with Jackson Archuleta on several occasions noted that Coates is the son of the Rev Leander Coates the pastor of Embry Chapel AME in Ogden and said his client has expressed eagerness to repent and “clean up his life" Cooke said she didn’t bus Archuleta’s claim “He (Coates) was still hanging out at the same place where he got arrested in September" she said "He didn’t has e to take that 1 form” Jackson 27 of Layton was on four counts charging him with drug and firearms possession follow mg his arrest In March he pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing crack cocaine and one count of possessing the drug with the intent to distribute it as part of a plea agreement In exchange the fourth charge against him was dismissed Jackson is set for sentencing Oct 22 City pools changing managers Ogden School District takes over operation By DENNIS ROMBOY Standard-Examine- start r OGDEN — The Ogden School District took over operation of the Ben Lomond and Ogden community swimming pools today and will assume ownership of them in three years The school board and the city council reached that agreement Friday at a meeting between the two panels The two have been haggling over the details of the agreement for most of the summer Attorneys for the city and the district will meet to draw up a formal agreement The city currently owns the pools on district property The city will pay the district $42000 a year for the next three years to help with operation and maintenance of the two pools The district has budgeted $82000 this year for the pools The district receiving the deed on the facilities was a sticking point in negotiations until Friday Council members were concerned that should the district not be able to run the pools effectively they could be closed in 993 Because of that city council members had wanted the option of retaining ownership if they didn’t like operations under the district That provision was not included in See POOLS on 2C 1 After years of wrangling resort ruling due By PAT BEAN Standard-Examme- LDS temple great for target practice Standard-Examine- r — An LDS Church temple is a fa- vorite target of military pilots in training stealth fighter jets a Utah conregressman vealed this week Republican Rep Jim Hansen was speaking Thursday to a committee of The Chamber about US military technology and praising the capabilities of the l 17A more commonly known as the stealth fighter “They’re out in a base by Tono-pa- h (in Nevada) and they work at night and they tell the FAA that they’re something that they’re not and they fly all over and ‘bomb’ Ogden-We-b- er F-- Olympic designer tours Snowbasin Standard-Examine- r staff championship course at Vail Colo OGDEN — The man who will design the downhill skiing course for Salt Lake’s Olympic bid book is scheduled to tour the Snowbasin ski resort this morning Barbara McConvill a spokesman for Snowbasin said Bernard Russi is to tour the area by helicopter at 9 am She said Russi was a competitive skier and is now a top downhill course builder He built the world mediator to bring the two sides to some comprise Some of the appellants wanted no land exchange at all while others trade wanted the entire 1320-acr- e Tixier said the mediation efforts had moved the parties “away from their stances” The forester also met with Holding for Inspectors recommend cities” he said “They take out the St George Temple every night I was out there watching them do it a couple By DENNIS ROMBOY Standard-Examine- f staff OGDEN — Sound monitoring near Ogden Stadium during a recent event confirms what some nearby residents have been saying all along — the noise of times” The congressman said the action is not meant to be disrespectful to the LDS Church “The commander of that group was an LDS bishop so I guess he felt all right taking out the St George Temple" Hansen said smiling g for the area iu be Based on these premises Tixier said the questions he needed to answer were: “How much development can be allowed while adequately protecting wildrevenue-generatin- staff OGDEN — After nearly five years of planning proposals controversy appeals and vocal debate the SnowbasinForest Service land swap issue could be settled this coming week Intermountain Regional Forester Stan Tixier will make public his decision on the matter at an 8 am press conference Wednesday Two months ago Tixier overruled an earlier decision by the Wasatch-Cach- e forester that approved trading 220 acres of Forest Service land to Snowbasin That was well short of the 1320 acres requested for expansion and development of the ski resort by owner Earl Holding “I intend to develop a new decision that will be acceptable to all parties” Tixier said at the time During the past two months Tixier has met with the polarized factions who filed appeals of the original decision continuing the efforts of a professional staff OGDEN f level is extremely high Complaints from people living on Can- yon Road near the 17th Street arena prompted Ogden City Manager Robert Hunter to direct the city inspection division to check decibel levels during the she said Snowbasin in Ogden Valley has been designated as the site for the super giant slalom and downhill skiing events in Salt Lake City’s bid to host the 1998 Winter Olympics Accompanying Russi on today’s tour will be Snowbasin general manager Rainer Kolb and Neil Richardson vice president over facilities development for the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee “a long day that was very fruitful” he said Tixier said his decision that will be announced Wednesday will be based on three premises: Snowbasin is and should continue to be a ski area a land exchange is needed for base facilities and a viable year-roun- d facility is essential water resources and cross-count- ry ski lifts Tixier's decision will be appealable to the Forest Service chief in Washington DC but the chief has the option to not review the decision If that is that case Tixier said any further appeals would have to be taken to the courts council the inspection division noted that the “most annoying part of the of the noise was the announcer's voice through the overhead speakers” It approached 90 db at homes across the street from the stadium the According to the report Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers 85 to 90 db as a range requiring hearing protection Furthermore anything above 90 db violates the city noise ordinance City inspectors recommended that experts be brought in to contain noise within the stadium during such events In addition inspectors said special consideration should be given to the public address system which generates the highest decibel readings noise-contr- ol Inspectors said there have been few noise complaints during rodeo events in past sears Only one complaint was received this scar the report said Stepping down won’t mean slowing down for chief volunteer OGDEN — After retiring from the public sector after 23 years Betty Johnson said she needed to be around people In 1981 the Ogden resident went to work volunteering for St Benedict's Hospital in Washington Terrace She is one of the volunteers manning the front desk “I get to talk to all the people who come into the hospital” Johnson said “The volunteers serve very proudly There's such a special spirit and I think I'm a better person for volunteering Vie Salute By Kathy Schvaneveldt Standard-Examine- r slat 1 there” Johnson has also served for the past two years as president of the Utah Association of Hospital Auxiliaries In her eight years with the organization she has visited all the hospital auxilianes in the state “We try and help them solve their problems and if we don’t know the answer to a question we try to find it out for them” she said She will relinquish the presidency this month at the sixth an- nual Convention of Hospital Volunteers in St George More than 300 volunteers are expected to attend The gathering is educational as well as social she said “It’s been a great experience and so rewarding" Johnson said “The thing that’s meant the most to me is meeting all the volunteers and getting to know- them” But she won't be slowing down after stepping down She was recently asked to serve on the Utah Council of Volunteers a statewide organization advocating volunteensm There are 18 members on the council with Utah’s first lady Colleen Bangerter serving as honorary chairman Retired from the county and state treasurer’s office Johnson has also been active on the board of St Benedict’s Hospital Auxiliary “When you lose your compan other recreational values?” and “How much national forest land is needed for Snowbasin to have a viable ski resort considering that the company owns 7000 acres in the immediate vicinity?” owns Sun Valley ski Holding who-alsresort Sinclair Oil and Little America reHotels has proposed a “world-class- ” sort at the Ogden Valley ski area that would include lodging a golf course ski trails tennis fashops cilities private residences and additional study at stadium anti-noi- se “Mud Bog Jamboree” July 27 The highest recorded level inside the stadium was 115 db while the highest recording taken outside was 96 db in front of a home at 642 Canyon Road Readings taken at six homes on Canyon Road ranged from 82 db to 96 db Inside a home at 670 Canyon 72 db was recorded with all the windows and doors closed On a patio east of the house the level shot up to a maximum of 94 db In a brief report submitted to the city life ion you have to find a direction in life and make sure you have something left” she said Her husband Ogden native Clifford H Johnson died in 1986 The mother of two said her eight grandchildren help Keep her busy but after her family she loves volunteering the most “I volunteer because I enjoy it I have a lot of friends at the hospital and it makes my life meaningful” she said “I need to be needed” Johnson |