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Show i WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 8, 1979 tioplifiintj Kurts Completes Training hurts Shoplifting which combines basic combat training and advanced in- dividual training. The training included weapons qualifications, squad tactics, patrolling, landmine warfare, field communications and combat operations. This qualifies the soldier as a infantryman PAUL L Johnson, assistant professor of distributive tech- nology at WSC, has been working on shoplifting for around eight years, even engaging in some of it himself with the knowledge of store to demonstrate managers how vulnerable most stores are to both the professional and amateur shoplifter. During that time he had conducted clinics in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming to help light-weapo- and as an indirect fire crewman. SOLDIERS WERE taught to perform any of the duties in a rifle or mortar squad. Private Jenkins recently received a parachutist badge upon completion of the three-wee- k airborne course at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. store personnel understand the problem and deal with it more effectively. DURING THE first week of MICHAEL H. JENKINS Pvt. Michael H. Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Jenkins, 301 North Main, Layton, recently completed One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Benning, Ga. OSUT IS a period training, students undergo a ONE OF his most recent demonstrations was at the fall convention of the Utah Retail Grocers Assn. For that one he showed over $700 worth of merchandise he and an achis secretary complice" has picked up in Salt Lake City and Ogden stores within a matter of a few hours. He has managed to take rigorous physical training program and receive instruction in the theory of parachuting. The second week they receive practical training by jumping from towers. The and final week includes five static-line parachute jumps. ot 150-fo- cases grocery items out both the front and back of doors of supermarkets Births loss which comes out of profit and may have to be recovered by marking up prices. The consumer loses because he must pay the increased prices. N. 200 E., Kaysville, THE girl ' October 27, 1979 5899 So. 2450 W., Douglas and Julie Rowe, 790 W. Gentile, shoplifter loses because he or she has committed a crime which can go on record, if it is a felony penalties can be severe, there can be personal and family embarrassment, and there can be the damage to ones ethical standards of having knowingly committed a October 29,1979 Lay-to- n, girl crime. Who engages in shoplifting? Representatives of all Kenneth and Kathleen Carver, 83 N. Talbot, Layton, girl October 31, 1979 Ross and Joanne Hansen, 2673 lose because MERCHANTS what is taken represents a Layton, girl Kelly and Arlinda Hansen, Roy, girl of without being challenged. October 26, 1979 Vincent and Mary Coates, 5621 So. 700 E., South Ogden, girl Randall and Vicki Gipson, 202 W. Golden Ave., Gary and Dianne Beck, 1 27 the merchant, the consumer and the shoplifter, yet it continues to be highly difficult to curtail, says a Weber State College professor who had made something of a speciality of pilferage from stores. ag; groups, economic levels, races, etc. OFTEN A shoplifter will be well dressed, drive an expensive car, and have a few hundred dollars in his purse or wallet. Prof. Johnson has found. Only a small fraction of shoplifting is done by professional thieves or by klep- tomaniacs, he says. Very rarely is it done because one is really hungry or actually in need of the article. OLD PEOPLE seem to shoplift for the excitement, housewives as a way of getting even for high prices or because they figure a store they patronize extensively Kaysville Fire Dept. Urges Everyone To Have At Least owes" them something. Teens may do it for the thrill or as a kind of competition or dare. One Smoke YOU CANT stereotype a shoplifter, Whats the remedy? Well, anyone who has a really sound cure for the problem has his fortune made. As long as stores practice open display, curbing shoplifting is going to be difficult. ONE OF the best preventa-tive- s seems to be to have alert, trained store personnel who are also friendly, courteous and attentive. Teach Children To Appreciate Earth was installed in the hallway on By JIM DOTSON Fire Chief Prof. Johnson says. CAN begin by presenting your child with a watering can or plastic cup, a large spoon and a place where he can dig. Let your junior gardener try to grow anything. Give him seeds, such as carrot, sweet pea, YOU One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is an appreciation of the green y earth. encounters with nature are an integral part of a childs everyday life. Expose your children to the natural from a head of lettuce to an attractive plant in a bank lobby. Day-to-da- TAKE A few extra moments to let your child count but not touch the pedals of the flowers next door. Ask a - type question: for example, did the child know that daffodils are a member of a plant grouping which produces pedals in sets of threes? Let your child smell the difference between roses, camellias and hyacinths. is not the specifics you are sharing with him but the awareness of nature and living things you are nurturing in him. What is important watermelon, lettuce, corn, tomato and put him in business! (soak the seeds overnight m a cup of water.) He can use an empty milk carton turned on its side for a seed bed (cut open at the top), or an empty egg carton, or a foil loaf pan. Punch holes in the bottom so excess water runs out and fill it with good soil to within half an inch of the surface. Press seeds into wet moist soil, covering them over with a little soil and a clear plastic. The sun will do the rest. Kaysville Fire Department responded to 29 emergencies this past quarter, which is less by far from last year for the same period. The department responded to four structural fires, 16 grass fires, six auto fires and three rescues. The total dollar loss for the quarter was $44,860. DURING THE month of Oc- tober, the department ob- served Fire Prevention Week; visited schools and held an open house at the fire station for the public. One issue the fire chief took note of while talking to the citizens of the community was that many did not have a smoke detector in their Essential Knowledge The wife - What do you know about womens clothes? Husband (bitterly) - The price. EVERY YEAR one can read many sad stories or articles relating to families who die in the heat and smoke of their homes due to fires. The television news coverage all too frequently shows live reports from the scene of a home or apartment fire, and the firemen carrying out the shroud covered remains of one or more persons. T ragic you bet, heart rendering, defini- tely preventable, outside the bedroom, an early alert could save the lives of those inthe ceiling homes. By NANCY MOORE THURMOND Detector very likely. The loss of lives could be drastically decreased if the citzens would take the time volved. SMOKE DETECTORS are triggered by the small invisible particles of combustion before visible smoke can be seen. Once triggered, an alarm of about 85 decibel is sounded. This should be heard through a closed door and alert one to the presence of a fire somewhere in the home. The fact that you and your family are alerted will allow you to evacuate in an orderly manner and save your lives. There are many these price very attractive. To not purchase one, to act as a warning device to you and your family, could be a grievous mistake. THE KAYSVILLE Fire Dept, urges everyone to purchase at least one and install it as soon as possible. A smoke detector is a device you may never need, but when and if the need arises, it will be too late to go out and get one. Put up guards to protect trees from being bumped or scraped by young mowers. Wants Indigents To Pay - FARMINGTON Its going to be more difficult for indigents to receive loans from the county without having to repay them in a specified time. DAVIS COUNTY Commission voted last week to have a contract drawn up by the county attorney that will spell out the method of repayment for all loans by the county. Commissioners said there would be no interest attached to the emergency loans, unless they are not paid in full by the specified time, in this and effort to purchase and install smoke detectors to warn them of the presence of a fire in their residence. of space-ag- e technology now permit all of us to have at least one of these devices for the protection of our families. Home smoke detectors if installed and maintained properly, could prevent many home fire tragedies. Many deaths occur from suffocation while those involved are sound asleep. If a smoke detector of devices manufactured and the competition has made the case, the county would probably assess a ten percent interest rate on the loan it was Pvnlsitwl COMMISSIONER Ernest Eberhard, who represents indigent programs in the county, said copies of the contract will be sent to Davis Countys two hospitals in hopes that they would be approved for hospital use. The maximum amount of money to be borrowed and arrangements for repayment will be decided by the county commission on an individual basis, grb Intemwuntain Home and Garden THE ADVANCEMENTS CARPET STEAM CLEANING 10 OFF ALL CLEANINGS DURING NOVEMBER. Phone 825-451- day or night 6 FREE ESTIMATES bDOOOOOOOOOtOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOfg N. 770 W., Clinton, girl November 1, 1979 Stephen and Verus Ronnenkamp, 1260 9 Laos, Layton, gjrl BonaHt and.frpa Csp)p8l N. w 450 N. Fort ., , Sunset,-gir- l r-- ,'.V Steven and Sharon Barnett, 158 N. 100 W., No. 1, Kaysville, girl Opens Center For Small Businesses U Dr. James F. Rand has been named director of the newly established Small Business Development Center at the University of Utah. RAND WILL be assisted by Richard F. Haglund, coordinator of consulting services. Were open for business," says Dr. Roger H. Nelson, chairman of the U Department, Management who has overseen the es- tablishment of the center which received a grant from the Small Business Administration. The center offers free consulting services for small VarrowinewM Tip metal building. or free seminars are also being businesses. Low-co- planned to deal with special concerns of small business managers. RAND HAS had management experience with U&I Sugar and Kimberly-Clar- k Corp. He received a PhD in labor law from California Western University and also holds a law degree from LaSalle University. Haglund has served as a consultant to numerous small businesses. He previously was general manager of the product support division of Radio Co. and Collins Inprogram manager for the termountain Regional Medical Program. THE CENTER is in 410 Business Classroom Building at the U. Counseling appointments can be arranged by calling 5817905. The day Moss irue said your effort in arithmetic didnt add up. Think back. Remember when you were in the fourth grade? Youll never forget the teacher you had that year. Youd already decided that you didnt like arithmetic. Youd also decided that since this was a free country, you would have just as little to do with arithmetic as you possibly could. But you didnt know Miss Bruce. She asked you to stay for a minute after schooL The other kids left. Then she walked down the aisle to the undersized desk in front of yours, sat down, and looked at you with those forget-me-nblue eyes of hers. She didnt say anything for a few moments. You couldnt guess what she wanted, and you were Then she broke the ice. Why arent you trying with arithmetic? she asked, quietly. Silence. Then you managed to stammer something about the problems being too hard. More silence. You squirmed. Still more silence. . . and those eyes. Youre smart enough to do as well in arithmetic as the best student in this class, sire said. Then you told Miss Bruce youd try harder. She said you could do it, and she said it in a way that made you believe her. Here was somebody who liked you. You needed somebody that year, because that was the year you wore the retainer and the kids called you Tin Grin. When the school year ended, she wrote you a note that said: You turned out to be a great arithmetic student, and Im so proud I could hug you! Now you're 36. You have a fourth- - ot An grader yourself and you wonder if your own child will have a favorite teacher a teacher who would do something as important as the thing Miss Bruce did for you 25 years ago. Then it came to you. Of course its that way. Every single one of your friends has mentioned some teacher who did something extra special. Yep, favorite teachers are everywhere. You often wonder what happened to Miss Bruce, though. Why did you lose touch? You hate yourself a little for that, and you feel a little guilty. After all, Miss Bruce a pretty Youre of one the most amazing thing. successful accountants in the county these days. Not too bad for somebody who hated arithmetic. American Education Week message from Davis Education Association We teach the children. Favorite teachers are everywhere id i |