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Show WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1981 40 VOLUME Pages EIGHTY-THRE- NUMBER ELEVEN E Clearfield Baseball Wont Get New Field MICKELSEN mark d. mickelsen CLEARFIELD Without so much as picking up a bat or playing any innings. Clearfield's hard ball players lost their first battle of the season to the city's softball enthusiasts. By MARK D. - THE FIGHT was in the city council chambers. The issue was whether or not to allow a new regulation big league baseball field at Steed Park Plans for the development of the park originally included the big league facility, but following a study of the grow th of the community's softball teams. Recreation Director Roger Thomas asked to change those plans. SPEAKING BEFORE city council members last Tuesday, Mr. Thomas said the need for additional softball diamonds outweighs the need for regulation, big league diamonds. He proposed that the council change the regulation field planned at Steed Park to an additional softball di- DEPUTY BRIEFED Davis Countv Sheriff Brant Johnson, seated, bt iefs newlv appointed Chief Deputy Hatrv V. Jones on the proce- dures and operation of the county sheriffs department. veteran of law enforcement, 26 Deputy Jones is a vears with the FBI. 30-ye- By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON Harry V. Jones has been a law enforcement officer for nearly 30 years 26 years as an FBI agent and he has a bundle of entertaining stories about his long career. OFFICER JONES is the new chief deputy of the Davis County Sheriff s Dept., suc- ceeding Floyd Dansie who resigned last month to accept in Wyoming. The new chief deputy is a tough homhre. He survived 40 degrees below zero in an abandoned car in the wilds of Montana and was later shot in the chest and lived to tell about it. BIT BEING shot isn't De- puty Jones' favorite story, ft brings back some unpleasant memories. You see. Deputy Jones wasn't shot with a real bullet. He was on the receiving end of skunk spray but the story was so humorous, to everyone but Deputy Jones, that it was read around the world. But being abandoned in a stalled car in 40 degrees below zero weather more than 25 miles from the nearest town is real. And Deputy Jones is lucky to be alive to tell about it. He's lucky to be alive only because an old Indian happened by just as the FBI agent was drifting into fantasy land. FIRST. LETs talk about the skunk incident. It happened back in the days when skyjacking" was popular and Agent Jones was on "search mission" for a suspected skyjacker who was believed to have bailed out over Utah Lake near Provo. His partner was FBI Agent Jay Fernn. of Farmington. ME MERE searching the marshes of Utah Lake when I heard a rustling and shined my flashlight to see what it was. I found myself looking right dowm the barrel of a skunk," he said. "I jumped back and though he missed me until I felt my overcoat and realized the moisture wasn't from the cold night air. Jay (Fernn) made me put my clothes in the trunk of the car for the ride back to Provo with him." THE STORY was picked up by a Los Angeles reporter and was soon known around the world. Receiving much less publicity but being much more dramatic was the night Agent Jones was returning from an assignment at a Royal Canadian outpost near Sweetgrass. Mont., when the engine of his 1952 Ford just stopped running. IT MAS NEAR 40 degrees below zero and Agent Jones was caught without any extra winter clothing, bedding or sleeping bag to keep warm. He was more than 25 miles from the nearest town right in the middle of the Blackfoot Indian Reservation. But it was the latter coincidence that saved JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St, Layton, Utah 84041 Phone 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO ' John Stable, Jr , Publisher Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4 50 per year Out of State Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15 00 (Payeble in Advance) A GRADUATE of the U. of U., Deputy Jones began his law enforcement career in November 1951 as an undercover vice officer for the Salt Lake Police Dept. He later attended the FBI Academy (September 1954) and after he graduated from the Academy was assigned to Butte. Mont., as a resident agent. He later worked in North Carolina (and several neighboring states) and was assigned in 962 to the Cheyenne Missile Site. HIS CAREER spanned from living with the Blackfoot Indi- ans and working with the ANOTHER BANK robbery suspect was arrested when it was noticed by a bank teller that he had something unusual " someabout his "gun-hanthing that looked like a sixth finger. As it turned out. he did have a sixth finger and subsequently was connected with the crime. The new chief deputy is a native of Salt Lake City and is married to the former Dorothy Rushton. They have four children. three of them married. d Royal Canadian Police to of foreign nationals while dealing in international security. "But believe that I'm going to enjoy this job as well. " he said. "I have known Sheriff (Brant) Johnson fora longtime where we served together in the Utah Sheriff s Association. and I know several of the deputies in the department. I respect Sheriff Johnson and look forward to an enjoyable career here." 1 n THERE ARE currently teams using Clearfield's ball diamonds. Mr. Thomas told the council, of those there are only four that uce the big league diamonds While the number of hardball teams may increase to as many as ten. there are a sufficient number of fields available. There are not enough softball diamaonds he said. 60-7- 5 the Clearfield Adult softball leagues, rather than play in Layton or Ogden "Softball is on a fantastic increase." he said. With the right facilities. Mr Thomas predicts Clearfield will someday be able to accommodate as many as 75 teams, but said as it is. there are not enough diamonds to go It will be a BOUNTIFUL for nostalgia. Thursday night, as alumni and friends of the Stoker Elementary School gather for a program from p m.. to recall times past. moment 6-- 9 MEMORIES OF Days Gone By" will feature memorabilia. recollections and danc- ing including exhibits depicting the past for Dav is County 's oldest school still in use. It will close come the end of school May 29. however. A program outlining Stoker's contribution to the lives of students will highlight the evening with present and past administration, student and staff invited, says Principal Maynard Whitesides In addition. an updated school history will be on sale and refreshments served. around THE ROBERT BROWNING, newly appointed recreation diamond, leaving the plaving field vacant at times With the senior league field, joggers, cars and people would be dangerously close to the outfield with a threat of being hit by baseballs SIX, RAIHIR than eight lighting poles would be needed lor the softball diamond, saving Clearfield approximately $10,000 In senior big league ball a back- SENIOR LEAGl E di- amonds are more difficult to maintain, where softball diamonds hav e an easily accessible dirt infield. Mr. Thomas listed only two maior disadvantages to the change1 CLEARFIELD will be less one nice, regulation hardball field. -- With the softball field, there w ill be more area to landscape. including approximately $20 additional tor ttees MR. THOM AS said the cost of landscaping can be made up because the city saves money on lighting poles CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Stoker School Planned Thursday HE TOLD the council there are an additional 15 teams in existence who want to play in HE TOLD the council there are an additional 15 teams in existence who want to play tn I EMIR TEAMS would be able to use the big league higher, more expensive stop is reqniied. Memory Time At amond. He said 34 teams signed up this year to play in the city 's softball league, but said due to a lack of playing fields 14 of those had to be turned away from the program. the Clearfield adult softball leagues, rather than play in Layton or Ogden. Softball is on a fantastic increase." he said. With the right facilities. Mr. Thomas predicts Clearfield will someday be able to accommodate as many as 75 teams, but said as it is. there are not enough diamonds to go around. MR. THOMAS listed some of the majot advantages to switching the useage of the Steed Park diamonds Softball diamond space can be used for and some little league games, w hile useage is limited on semoi league diamonds DAY IS Board of Edu- cation voted to close the school recently citing costs of keeping the small school open With fewer than 2'() students it is the district's smallest school in enrollment but had the highest costs due to the neeil of maintaining a certain staff level In addition, costs of nearly iXOO.OOO were listed as needed to bring the building into line with current building and electrical codes for both exterior and interior modifications. district officials have per-pup- said. schools that could see overcrowding in a shoit time, potential safety problems as children would be forced to cross heavily traveled streets and possible decline to central Bountiful BIT AN attend AT ONE. time the school served students from all of south Davis County and housed the old Bountiful High School in the basement I Calvin Rampton was among those who attended there. A hearing in early I ebruary drew about I 'll residents, all voicing support at keeping the school open Spokesmen had said closing the school would mean shifting students to other enrollment pro- jection report received by the board the night they decided to close Stoker showed moie than sufficient room in surrounding schools to absoib Stoker students Thev will M e a d o w broo k Just as Agent Jones was feeling the numbness of the cold, an old Indian came driving by in an old truck, picked him up and took him into town. "I MOULD have been a goner in a very short time." he said. "There's no way I could have survived the night. I didn't realize until later how close to death I came. And I was only 24 years old." Agent Jones spent the early years w.th the FBI as a resident agent patrolling the Canadian border working hand in hand with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and local law enforcement officers. Much of his time was spent on the Indian reservations, especially the Blackfoot. HE HAS great love and respect for them, one old Indian law man in particular. The Indi-anwas a 72 year old deputy sheriff. They worked together to apprehend a young Indian deserter from the military and when the apprehension came, it was a little rough. "I was so exhausted that my chest pained and I could hard-lebreath." said Agent Jones. I looked over at the old Indian who wasn't even out of breath and asked him how he could endure such a struggle and not be exhaused." The Indian replied that he "didn t eat meat and got plenty of sleep." shown hv Bountiful cilv groups in possibly obtaining a portion of the site with othci talk over the vears that such groups as the Imversity of Ltah-Davi- s (enter might be able to utilize the building th Davis County Unemployment Increases But More Workers Bv MARK tains a constant need for highly skilled technical workers, a category he said is never short on employees "You just can t find people." he said In a brief comparison of unemployment statistics between north and south Davis County. Mr Young said the northern sector continues to be plagued with a high jobless population He said noone has been able to determine why the drastic difference in unemployment beween north and south, but said, "unemployment is alwavs higher in the north end along with an increase in the labor force IN A report released to the Clipper. Mr. Young notes that there were 2.645 people out of work in April ( 98 in Dav is County "This number is 24 percent greater than a year ago." the study continues. The study says "the strongest growth" in employment has been in the wholesale trade industry where an additional 96 jobs have been added for 21.5 percent of the total gam in jobs in the county. A STRANGE question arises out of the Job Service center's latest statistics Why are more people working in the civilian labor force w hile the county show s an ov unemployment increase of 24 2 percent Job Service spokesman Ray Sargeant said, by definition, the civilian labor force refers to those people who are either employed or unemployed and looking tor work. He said often as the population expands the size of the labor force expands Depending on the circumstances, he said there can be unemployment increases "Ol R I NEMPLOY MEN! rate has held uplairlv well 'A e haven t felt the recession they have in the rest of the state " he said He attributed the stability ol Davis C ountv 's population as leading factor in the fight against mammoth inflation He predicted that during the next couple vears more and more tobs will be added or opened in the civilian labor force ) BOUNTIFUL Davis County 's over- all unemployment rates have risen .2 per- cent since last April, according to a study released by the Bountiful Job Service. At the same time, the county's civilian labor force gained an additional 882 new workers over the same period. Only the construction trades showed a marked decrease in employment. STATISTICS on the Davis labor force were revealed last week by officials at the Bountiful Job Service. The report deals with employment and unemployment rates from April 1980 through April 1981. y AGENT JONES got in on the MOILD appear that jobs (availabilthe same There's no increase since are ity a year ago. The recovery is slow." Mr Young said He noted that, other than the construction trades, the ty pes of jobs available continues to be scant "across the board." He said there will likely be a surge of young people seeking summer work, but admitted there are hardly any jobs available to accommodate their needs. Recovery from an economic slowdown "takes a little while." Mr. Young said. IT D. MICKELSEN According to Vtron Young. Bountiful Job Service manager, the county's overall unemployment figures rose from 5.3 percent in April last year to 6.5 percent by April 1981. From February, this year, through the end of April, unemployment rose from 5.8 to 6.5 percent three consecutive months where an increase was ) MR. YOUNG said that while construction jobs are decreasing, the county main . er-a- ll . Washington Bountiful. Hannah Holbrook and Iolman elementary schools, all within walking distance Fill RE disposition of the building has yet to be decided but some interest has been his life. d DAVIS NEWS tailend of the famous Coors (beer) kidnapping case and was in the middle of numerous bank robbery investigations including one that resulted in a tremendous shootout between the robbery suspect, a accomplice, and a score of lawmen. "I counted 940 bullet holes in that car when it was all over." the former agent said "That car looked like a sieve. But miraculously, the bank robbery suspect had only a couple of slight wounds and suffered only a the bullet crease across the top of his head." advisory council president, said in his own survey of the parks, "we have an overcrowded park situation." He said because of the economy, more and more residents want to participate in local resiea-tioactivities. Mr Browning said the advisory council supports the switching of the regulation field to a softball diamond. MR. YOING said President Reagans proposed budget cuts will allect Davis C ountv "s social and public set vices ohs but admitted the cutbacks will likely make lor more efficient operation He said, in most cases, those departments will he able to maintain the of service C ompared to the rest of the countrv 's unemploy ment Mr Young said Davis ( ountv is in prettv good shape same-amoun-t "VYE'REYLRY fortunate in Utah." Mr Young said, applauding the county's continual battle with a nationwide recession |