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Show ( WEEKLY REFLEX NEWS JOURNAL. JUNE 28. 1979 DAVIS Theres Teeth A Few In Famous Last Words... Fighting Fraud He By GARY R. BLODGETT - BOUNTIFUL changes in the Utah Employment Security law enacted by the 1979 session of the State Legislature has put some teeth into preventing unemployment fraud against the government. Far-reachi- receive unemployment at a noon bership luncheon BUT THERE are specific rules and regulations that determine a qualified person and its because of these complexities that anyone interested should contact the Utah Job Service and not rely on rumors, he said. Unemployment in Utah is well below the national average, 4.5 percent com- pared to 5.8 percent for the national average. BUT FOR each loss of a job, it (jb lss) affects at least two ethers, said Mr. At the same Davenport. time, each new job creates at least two more secondary mem- of in- surance. WE HAVE had some serious offenses of fraud, both by the employers and the employees, but these new changes in the state law will make it much easier to control, and will give us some power to prosecute those who do offend the law," said Byron Davenport, chief of benefits for the Utah Job Service. Speaking that emphasized basically the law states that if a person who is qualified and willing to work can not find a job, that person is entitled to the Area Chamber of Commerce, he emphasized that the new laws which go into effect July 1 provide several categories in which the Utah Job Service may deny or restrict payment of unemployment benefits. Bountiful jobs. He said that there were $39 in million paid unemployment benefits in Utah last year. Of this amount, $2,160,000 was paid to unemployed residents of BUT THE new law also Davis County. enables the unemployed more benefits. For example, the new law provides that individuals may earn up to 30 percent of their weekly benefit amount for a given week before a reduction is made in the unemployment insurance paid for that week. THE AVERAGE paid in Davis County was $82 per week for an average term of weeks. Mr. Davenport said he was also concerned about fraud in 12 unemployment. HE there were overpayments last year in Utah, but that much of this amount was recovered by reimbursement by the after gainful employee employment. Mr. Davenport also urged employees and employers to file appeals if they feel they have not been justly treated. There were 3,400 appeals filed ' ENTIRE THE unemployment program is very complex and persons should not rely on rumors or hear-sabut 'they should make a personal visit to the Utah Job Service Office where they will be given the best and most accurate information, said Mr. SAID $821,000 in Arraigned - CLEARFIELD Arturo Estrada, 43, a former state was official, migrant arraigned in Clearfield's Fourth Circuit Court last week before Judge Cornell Jensen who set a preliminary hearing for July 11 at 10 a.m. with theft, a second-degre- e with an alleged kickback scheme. felony, in connection HE IS charged with stealing in excess of $1,000 while serving as director of Adela Development Corporation of Salt Lake City, in 1975. Estrada was charged in a the arraignment, Estrada, who was former director of Adela FOLLOWING complaint from the Davis County Attorneys Office because the alleged offense took place Sept. 11, 1975 in Clearfield. Development Corporation, posted a $40,000 property bond and was released from Davis County Jail where he had been confined since surrendering to Davis County authorities on an arrest warrant Monday. The defendant had been working in Denver since shortly after being charged AT THAT time, Estrada is accused of inflating a construction bid by $10,000 to an Ogden contractor. The defendant is charged with accept- ing the money for personal use. grb in Utah last vear. FOLLOWING are the amendments to the Utah Employment Security Law. AH but the first listed become effective July 1: - Provides that 100 percent of an individuals retirement income will be deducted from the amount determined to be his or her weekly, benefit amount. This change is effective April 1, 1980. PROVIDES that individuals may earn up to 30 percent of their weekly benefit amount for a given week before a reduction is made in the unemployment insurance paid for that week. Specifies that an individual is to make an active, good faith effort to secure employment for each week a claim is filed to be considered available for work. - PROVIDES for denial of benefits for the week in which the individual left work voluntarily, without good cause, and until the claimant returns to work and earns at least six times the claimants weekly benefit amount in fide bona covered employment and is subsequently unemployed for nondisqualifying reasons.- Provides for denial of benefits for the week in which the individual was discharged for an act or omission in connection with employment, not constituting a crime, which is deliberate, willful, or wanton and adverse to the employers rightful interest, if so found by the commis: sion, and thereafter until the claimant has earned an amount equal to at least six - times the claimants weekly benefit amount in bona fide 'covered employment. - PROVIDES for denial for failure to properly apply for suitable work; for failure to accept a referral to suitable work; or to accept suitable work offered by an employer or the employment office. Such denial shall remain until the claimant returns to work and earns at least six times the claimants weekly benefit amount in bona fide covered employment and is subsequently unemployed for reasons. of Now the money whicji was so generously donated will be allocated to various agencies. TWO organizations which. annually receive allocations from the United Way are the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. The Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts which serves over 40,000 scouts in Davis, Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties received an allocation from the Salt Lake Area United Way, of which Davis County is a member, in 1978 of $176,200. This is a substantial part of their total budget of $570,000. THIS MONEY is used primarily for program sup 1 wonder why it is not possible to get a current morning newspaper in Bountiful, only benefits two-sta- commission twice the amount received by reason of the or false representation statement or failure to report a material fact. A claimant shall be ineligible for future benefits if any amount owed remains unpaid. 12,500 girls throughout the state. The Salt Lake Area United Way allocated $38,000 to the Girl Scouts in 1978 which went into their general budget. The goal of girl scouting is youth comprehensive development for girls ages 6 through 17. In order to ac- - Davis County residents are being asked not in the act. to get involved in crime but in the prevention of crime. - AND THE time to get started is Thursday night. Thats when the Utah Hands Up organization. in cooperation with the Utah Association of Womens Clubs, are sponsoring a crime prevention seminar. The hour session will begin two and one-hawith free registration at 7 p.m. in the Bountiful City Hall Council Chambers. lf neighborhood. They are concerned about what is going on not only in their own backyard but in the backyards of their neighbors as well. They keep an eye on their neighbors belongings as well as their own. BUT THATS only the beginning. Neighborhood watches work together to provide security against crime. They help each other with security locks, alarms, and other means of protection against theft and vandalism. two-fol- -- For example, there were 15,210 teacher at Kaysville Elementary for the past seven years. While there she served as an officer on the Kaysville Elementary PTA and the following year as second vice president for the Davis Central PTA. SHE IS a member of the alumni association of Delta, Delta, Delta Sorority. Mrs. Partington will assume a position teaching kindergarten at the new Samuel Morgan School this fall. tion has been accepted by the board with two members IN HER letter of resignation to the Davis County Commission, Mrs. Williams cited extreme differences in policy" between herself and Executive Director Alice Mrs. Williams stated that it was extremely difficult to work with the director because the board "rubber stamped matters of importance and did not fulfill its role as a policy making is spent. IN ADDITION, United Way monies are needed for main- group. MY OFFICERS and board members did not support me and I found it more and more difficult working with the director and others regarding said the Council on Aging, Mrs. Williams of her resig- tenance on the three Girl Scout camps that are located in Utah. Your United Way donation is working for you to help our youth, who are our future leaders, by providing financ- ing for many of the fine programs offered by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. United Way contributions enable these organizations to be nation. ' Ernest Eberhard Jr commissioner over the Council on Aging, said Mrs. Williams letter of resigna- Comm. By KATHRYN JENNINGS Farmington City Council met June 21st with Councilman Harold Tippetts acting as mayor protem in the absence of Mayor E.T. Johnson. WOODROW BURNHAM, of the pfenning commission reported on the recent meeting of the commission. He reported that the chairman Aegean Village site plan, Zone was under approved. They also approved the Steed Creek final plan. The commission suggested changes in the Lairy Wood site plan for commercial development at the corner of State Street and 100 East. Gordell Brown, representing the Farmington Lions Club introduced Stewart Kirkpatrick, recently elected president of the Farmington R-l- THE GENTLEMEN announced Fiesta Days in Farmington, to be held on Saturday, July 21, with the theme People Power in connection with the present energy problem. It was suggested that the mayor work with the Lions Club for this annual event, in the future, with some assistance from the city. The budget hearing was the next matter of business with a number of citizens attending. The budget was discussed for 1979-8with citizens asking questions concerning the budget. THE OVERALL clearance rate, for all major crimes in Utah, is about 25 percent, according to the official 1978 edition of Crime in Utah. In Bountiful, the ratio of clearances for major crimes against property - robbery, burglary, larceny and vehicle theft - is slightly higher than the state average, but still low. -- explained. WITH NEIGHBORHOOD watches, suspicious incidents could be reported within minutes - perhaps while the act of crime is in progress. It happened in Bountiful several years ago during a time when the city did have a neighborhood watch, although not fully organized. Citizens were asked to watch their neighbors home for any suspicious few days Bountiful police arrested three young men inside a home and Davis County sheriff deputies arrested two others leaving a home. A As a result, they confessed to 17 prior burglaries in which they had taken tens of thousands of dollars worth of valuables and appliances. BOTH ARRESTS resulted directly from who tipped the police that something suspicious was going on next door. neighbors National statistics say that you, each of you, will be burglarized 3.2 times in your lifetime. THOSE FIGURES are, of course, national averages and Utah statistics are slightly lower - but not enough to not be concerned what is going on in your own home, and the home of your neighbor. Are you prepared? DO YOU have security locks, not just regular door locks? Are your windows closed and locked when you are away, or left open to let the breeze cool down the house? Do you have a burglar alarm installed for all possible entries into your home? Do you have a watch dog that would scare off potential intruders? -- DO YOU have close neighbors that could, and will, watch your home while you are away? Do these neighbors have good visibility to all parts of your home? If the answer is "no to only one of these questions, then attend Thursdays meeting - and get involved! some com- Marie Antoinette stepped executioners toe on her way to the guillotine. Monsieur, I beg your pardon, were her final words. on her SIR WALTER Raleigh had this to say about the axe poised above his neck: This is a sharp medicine, but a sure remedy for all evils. John Holmes, uncle of Oliver Wendell Holmes, lay dying when a nurse reached under the covers to feel his feet. Nobody ever died with their feet warm, she whispered to a relative. John Rogers did, Holmes retorted with his last breath. John Rogers was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1555. THERE ARE those who are all business right to the end. editor and Financial publisher Clarence Walker Barrons last words were: Whats the news? and physician Joseph Henry Greens last word, after feeling his own pulse: Stopped. When the doctor told Lord Palmerston of the severity of his situation, the nobleman replied: Die, my dear doctor! That is the last thing I shall do, and it was. Douglas Fairbanks, game to the end, uttered these last words Never felt better." rr OKs Budget Lions Club. WITHIN here are ments from a collection in the July Readers Digest. Farmington board. leaders must be continually trained and this is where part of the United Way allocation percent for assault, 51 percent for rape, and 76 percent for murder. happenings. kindergarten on Aging. She will, however, remain as a member of the complish this goal, adult burglaries in the state last year and only 2,297 were cleared. Thats a clearance rate of only 15 percent compared to 47 Sears-Roebuc- Williams -: crime prevention? Neighborhood watches are organized groups of neighbors who simply watch out for the well being of others in their - - Mrs. ' has resigned as chairman of the board for the Davis Council FARMINGTON Arietta Johnson. :.x.x.x.x.:.x-x.x.x-x-x.x.x- Mrs. Partington has been a Chairman Of Board Resigns Several complaints to the Tribune have gone unac- - WHAT ARE neighborhood watches, and what are their purpose in a program of - children. omitted. LOCAL POLICE report that apprehension would be increased more than 50 percent if the crime could be reported in the first 30 minutes. "But after the first 30 minutes, its almost too late to apprehend the criminal it was for that particular crime, ALTHOUGH the statewide group of Hands Up is only three years old, it and already has won national acclaim k for placing first in the $10,000 Company and National Federation of Womens Clubs contest for community service. d mesThe seminar will have a sage for the public: (1) how to organize and operate a statewide network of Neighborhood Watches, and (2) a lecture and demonstration on including prevention of rape. -- State Utah in 1963 and is a graduate of Richfield High School. She is the wife of Norman D. Partington Sr. They are the parents of three Gulls baseball season, for instance, was completely BUT IT cant be done unless citizens are active in crime prevention, according to Tibby Milne, director of Hands Up. It takes a lot of people interested in crime prevention to make the system work, she said. More than 150 volunteers from the Utah Association of Womens Clubs are helping to plan and publicize this one seminar in Bountiful. CRIME IN Utah, and south Davis County, is on the increase - especially crime against property - which includes vandalism and theft. And its these types of crime that have the lowest clearance rate. man-hour- from University 1979 IN 1973, the clearance rate was 32 percent. It dropped to 30 percent in 1974, dipped even further to 17 percent in 1975, recovered to 27 percent in 1976, increased to 35 percent in 1977, but dropped again in 1978 to 28 percent. With citizen participation, crime would be less and recovery - or apprehension -would be considerably higher. t. ITS GOING to be time Utah Hands Up is an "up and coming" organization and members of both groups s every spend hundreds of month in the prevention of crime. And they know what its all about. ment THE OPENING game of the THEY ALSO work together for protection of themselves. Its all simply a matter of organizing to help each other! The seminar being conducted Thursday night will include a film depicting acts of crime and how neighborhood watches could help prevent these crimes - or how to help solve a crime that has been well-spen- MRS. PARTINGTON received her B.A. degree in education and child develop- usually do get a late edition of the paper on Sunday, which often results in complete omission of Friday night results from our edition followed by duplicate coverage of the Saturday night games in the Monday paper. Okay,Davisites, Hands Up To Fight Crime By GARY R. BLODGETT Among the local June 9 graduates at the University of Utah was Vannene A. Partington of Fruit Heights, who received her masters of education degree. zones. We , George R. Van House Bountiful Earns Degree THE PROBLEM is most obvious on the sports page where night game results are not carried until the second morning. This even includes night games in Salt Lake City and those in the eastern time The individual shall also be A collection of deathbed utterances is not as morbid as While some you might think. are sad, and some banal, others are simply hilarious. along nicely without the daily Tribune after taking it for a number of years. Perhaps both the local advertisers and subscribers should let the Tribune know that Bountiful is part of the metropolitan area and will not accept third rate service. current news, we can get For instance: on a recent day the paper reported that a lost child was still being sought at Flaming Gorge, as was the pilot of a downed plane in Idaho; in both cases the television and radio reported they had been found. The Academy Award results were only partially covered the next morning, with the more important awards being reported on the second morning after the affair. required to repay to the serve over ap- morning following. PROVIDES that an individual who willfully made a false statement or representation or knowingly failed to report a material fact to obtain any benefits shall be denied for the week (s) of fraud and for 13 additional weeks for the first week of fraud and six weeks for each additional week of fraud for a maximum of 49 weeks. o' edition which r WE HAVE noted that the Clipper does an excellent job of covering local news and advertising, and that, without EVENING NEWS stories carried routinely on the 10 oclock television news are often omitted from the Tribune until the second - are held regularly to provide continual leadership training for the thousands of volunteer leaders. Part of the United Way allocation to the Boy Scouts would also help that ganization to pay the maintenance and operation .cost of the council offices in Salt Lake City and pay staff salaries THE GIRL Scouts of Utah in-le- nt parently goes to press sometime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the evening. Provides that the wages paid for similar work in the locality shall be considered as another factor in determining whether or not a particular job is suitable. port. For example, the program budget is used to sponsor round tables which Jcnowledged. Perhaps the of the Davis County Edition is to woo local advertisers at the expense of the readers or the Clipper. about ten miles from the Tribune printing plant. We are currently being served with something called the "Davis County Edition, a - United Way Surpasses Goal In Davis County The 1978 United Way campaign for Davis County has surpassed its goal of $200,000. Wonder Why I Hearing Set For Davis Deputies - FARMINGTON A hearing has been set for July 3 in the case of two Davis County C,,, water construction, $18,710; reservoir storage, $150,000; flood control, $63,200; park improvement, $109,000; fire protection, $25,992 with an additional $1,381.50 making a total AFTER $8,772. ... DISCUSSION, amended which budget included the additional fine protection fee. The vote was unanimous to adapt the budget. MR.MAXWELLrepresentecT the Steed Creek Estates; requesting final approval for the subdivision and this was approved by the council. Robert Arbuckle requested final approval of the Haiglj, Subdivision with eight lots and this was approved. MR. KAMBOURIS request ed dedication of Plat Road in the Aegean SUb division. This request was tabled until a later meeting. A lease agreement for Cable TV was next on the agen- da. The proposed franchise, Wasatch Cable TV was approved and erection of antenna on a small plot of ground at $100 per month for five years. THE COUNCIL voted to! hold July meetings on Thqrs-- : day, July 12th and July 19th at 7:30 demoted following the escape dangerous jail inmates. BOTH WERE demoted by Sheriff Johnson after Edward Dale Hardy, Farmington, being held for investigation of murder, and Steven Scott Pannell, Kansas City, Mo., charged with kidnap and assault, fled from the jail through a construction area of the jail annex. Both will appear before a Merit Commission review board, and both are expected to be represented by counsel, grb $27,373.50 Boyd Mounteer, councilman, suggested that it would be necessary to amend the budget to include an increase for-fi- re protection fee in the amount of $1,381.50. Louis Barnett, councilman, made the motion to adopt the p.m. Layton Rotary Club Meets of two division. of construction, sheriff deputies who were FILING THE appeals are former Lt. Stan Tebbs, who was in charge of the jail, and Gary Yardley, a former sergeant who was demoted to corporal by Sheriff Brant Johnson following the escape incident. Sgt. Tebbs has since been transferred to the civil division while CpI. Yardley is still assigned to the jail FYE EXPENDITURES 6.30.80 lists general expendi-- ; tures, $411,837; class roads, $36,709; liquor law en-- , forcement, $5,000; revenue sharing, $44,943; collector-ro- ad," $40, 000 and the adjusted total general expenditure as S ... $538,489... Expenditures FYE 6.30.80, sewer, waterworks and waste collection, $268,479; bootfr: The regular dinner meeting the Layton Rotarians was held Wednesday afternoon at the Chateau Center in Layton. of GUEST SPEAKER was Dr. Max Malan of Ogden who gave a talk and slide presentation on the latest methods of dental construction. The new Layton Rotary president, Wayne Saltsgiver announced there will be a Layton Rotary Golf tournament held on Wednesday, July 11 and encouraged all members to participate. PROGRAM chairman for the day was Jay Willey, np : |