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Show r i Page 10A. Lakeside Kexiew. March 26, 1981 Chamber Meets in Police Letter Helps Collect Bad Checks Roy Today March - Commerce Chamber ROY The of meeting will be held today in the Crystal Room at Moms Restaurant in Roy. The meeting will start at 7:30a.m. with a no-ho- st breakfast. The topic at todays meeting will be the 1981 goals of the chamber. A workshop will be held to help the board of directors set the goals and directions according to what the businessmen want. CLEARFIELD Merchants frustrated by an inability to collect money from people who write bad checks have found help from the Clearfield Police Department. People who have repeatedly ignored pleas from merchants to honor bad checks are getting a letter from the police department. The letter warns them that they may be in violation of a Clearfield City Criminal Code. If people ignore the letter, a summons or warrant can be issued at the request of the merchant and delivered by the police, to Lt. Charles Chadbourne, who the program. began Merchants follow regular procedures to get people to honor a bad check, Chadbourne said. If they are unsuccessful, they can file a complaint. If the complaint, which includes the letter, is unsuccessful, the merchant can file a fraudulent check report against the check writer. Then, under certain criteria, a summons or warrant is issued in the' persons name. At that point the person is called or taken to the office and could appear before the judge. He said the new letter writing policy is working. In 1979, the department received complaints for 393 bad checks. The amount almost doubled to 771 bad checks in 1960. Yet, in 1980, the first year Hie letter was sent out, only 45 warrants and summons were issued. That figure compares to 150 in 1979. The number of warrants and summons was lower because of the letter, he said. The program is a service to local merchants, and Chadbourne said he is glad the department can offer it to the merchants who provide a solid tax base for the city. Larry Brand, assistant manager of Kings Variety Store in Clearfield, said he is pleased with the service. Many bad checks collected as a result of the Police Departments effort have saved money for the store, Brand said. When the store contacts the customer, many are slow or ignore the merchant totally, Brand said. But when customers get a letter from the police department they realize how serious the situation is, he said. To Brand, writing a bad check is as serious as shop lifting in some instances. It costs a great deal of money and destroys the trust between the customer and merchant, he said. Layton Picks Supervisor For Festival - LAYTON Mayor Lewis G. Shields has appointed City Councilman Lynn Wood to supervise plans for the citys Fourth of July celebration. Wood will work with City Recorder to Randall Heaps organize Layton Riata Days, the official name of the July observance. also changed Shields department assignments for two council members. Councilman John Baker will now direct the building and zoning department, and Councilman Randy Harris will be in charge of the city's public works. Coloring Contest Set For Easter CLEARFIELD . r - Easter coloring contest An is being sponsored by the Recreation Department. Any Clearfield coloring media, including paints, crayons, water colors, colored pencils and glitter may be used to decorate a picture outline of a basket of eggs. Pictures will be displayed during the Easter egg hunt at the Municipal Park. V Picture outlines of HTEaster baskets for the are being contest distributed throughout Uthe schools this week. The "outlines may also be picked up at the recreation office located at Clearfield the Municipal Swim Pool, 5. Falcon Drive. 934 ' Prizes will be awarded to winners in each of several categories. All pictures will be on display at the Clearfield City Municipal Building .through Easter. Entries must be submitted to the recreation office by April 6. For more information, contact the Clearfield Recreation at Department 825-047- 6. Logisiticians Meeting Today The AFB of Logistics Engineers will meet today at 11:30 a.m. at the Hill officers club to discuss the future trends for the use of training devices. The speaker will be Jack Bockas from the bases Training Services Division, Directorate of Material Management. Reservations can be made through Mike Ogg, HILL Society 777-425- Migrant Education Funds Asked An application for federal ESEA Title I ; Migrant Education funds " for Davis County has been filed by the Utah State -- Office of Education, 'according to Gerald program Ortega, director. The funds will provide classroom educational instruction to migrant children ages 5 to 17. These educational be will programs from provided through August. 4 June i |