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Show LOCAL 2B Saturday, May 29, 1993 Standard-Examiner Hazardous waste permit Vosburgh modifications requested US. Pollun n Control Inc. re ested haas difications 1 iv upgrade in materia handling procedures and construca ac and access ramps The company operates a hazard- ous waste landfill in Tooele County. It is also in the process ol! constr ucting a cinerat havardc azarc and committing minor assaults on other students. Second Circuit Court records in Ogden show 11 civil actions and tion taken in the case is a bench warrant issued for Tonya Vosburgh’s arrest in early 1991 when she didn’t answer other summons home, although officers did re- US Waste in- mentally disabled girl wandering off r near the landfill To comment or get more information, contact Dennis Downs at the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste. $38-6170 two theft charges filed against Tonya Vosburgh from 1985 through 1991. Court documents showfive different Ogden addresses for her in WHAT’S HAPPENING AUDITIONS:Fo: spond to several reports of the From 1B the mother. Kaysville Police Chief Dave Helquist said his department never investigated any reports of Bobbi Jo being molested at the group jous waste handling permit are an According to court records, Tonya Vosburgh has been sued under the name Tonya Watson and Tonya Jones. that time period. According to court records, Tonya Vosburgh has been sued under the name Tonya Watson and Tonya Jones. Court records also indi- “Godspell.” 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday choral room, Northridge High School, 2416 N. 400 W., Layton Participants must prepare one song and be ready for a cold reading Sponsored by Northridge High School Theater and Music departments. Evening rehearsals. Performance, July 7-10. Information, 773-9557 cated that Rick Vosburgh has used the name Rick Jones in the past. #1985 Tonya Vosburgh is sued in March for $210 by Bonneville Billing Co., a collection agencytypically hired byutilities, doctors, lawyers and other professionals. The court in January 1987 rules against her and by April of that year she has “satisfied the judgment,” as court records show.It is one of only two cases on file in the Ogden circuit that show her paying MISSIONARY This missionary notice arrived at the Standard-Examiner too late to he included in the Church News Elder Robb Reed Oviatt, son of Jed and Kathy Oviatt of Layton, served in the Switzerland Geneva Mission. He will speak at the Fernwood Ward, 1410 E. Gentile St., Layton, at 10:50 a.m. Sunday. off when sued successfully. Late that same year, Knight AdCHUCK WING/Standard-Examiner OgdenCity firefighters stand by as Mountain Fuel crews work to temporarily shut off a 14inch gas main near 32nd Street and Harrison Boulevard after the line began leaking. Stu- justment Bureau,a collection agen- cy, sues her for nearly $300 owed dents from Mount Ogden Middle School were for the purchase of stoneware, the evacuated Friday as a precaution. against her that have yet to be paid first of many court judgments in full, according to court records. #1986 She is charged with class A misdemeanor theft, for which Salute she is subsequently sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended upon pay“because I got tired of being left behind,” he said. Each of Jerry’s sons enlisted a's From 1B volunteer firefighters before they Paul Becraft, 25, is a construction foreman; Dale Becraft, 23, works as a cardiovascular technician at St. Benedict's Hospital: Tom Devereux, 34, is a quality engineer at Hercules, and Jerry Becraft, 51, is a computer systems security officer for the Defense Logistics Agency at Defense Depot Ogden Jerry started with the Roy Fire Department 15 years ago after meeting John Moore who was a were 20. “This was something we grew up with,” said Mark. “We'd visit dad at the fire station and healways talked about his calls,” said Dale. “There were times when dad was called to a fire that we’d be lucky enough to be in the car with him, but he wouldn't let us get out,” said Paul Dale said when he told his father he wanted to join the fire department, Jerry advised him to do it for himself, not because the rest of the family was involved with it. As the Becrafts grew up, they said it seemed most of the emergencycalls came at dinner time or firefighter with Ogden “After listening to him, I knew this was something I wanted to do,” said Jerry. Devereux was the last of the bunch to sign up with the fire department. He joined in February, Driver who died in Centerville crash identified CENTERVILLE — Authorities have released the name of a 22year-old Syracuse woman killed der about 7:10 a.m. and apparently failed to realize that traffic in front of her had slowed considerably, said Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Mercer. Fridayafter the car she was driving veered into opposing traffic on Interstate 15 and slammed into an He said Wilson likely swerved to avoid a collision, veered across the center median and into the northbound lanes where her car ran into a 1990 Toyota Land Cruiser driven by Pollock. Officials said Pollock was wearing a seat belt while Wilson was not. Rescue and cleanup operations at the scene took about two hourstying up traffic in both directions. oncoming car. Laune S. Wilson, who apparently suffered head and neck injuries in the crash, was taken by air ambulance to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City where she was pronounced dead by doctors The driver of another car, 25year-old Carol N. Pollock of Tooele, was taken by ambulance to Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful with minor neck injuries. She was UHP troopers also had to deal with a four-car accident involving drivers who reportedly slowed down to look at the fatal accident. No injuries were reported there. treated and released, a hospital spokesman said. Wilson was driving a 1990 Chrysler Le Baron south on J-15 near the Bountiful-Centerville bor- at special family events. Now, instead of one person disappearing for several hours, it’s not uncommon for all of them to arrive at an emergencyscene. For example, last year during a birthday party they were all called to a structure fire. “We all got up and left, using one car. It was convenient,” said Jerry. “We all ended up on the ladder track.” Having an entire family involved with the fire department isn’t a problem, said Assistant Chief Stan Robins. “I've always been able to count on the Becrafts,” he said. And the Becrafts aren't the only ones with familyties in the fire department. Robins’ father, Charles W. Robins, has been a volunteer firefighter for 34 years. “We're just as concerned for the otherfirefighters as we are for each ment of a $150 fine. #1987 Sears department store sues her successfully for $275.77 other,” said Jerry. “You're concerned about the patient or the situation you're in and you don’t even realize who’s next to you until it’s all over,” said Mark. owed. After November of that year, But Jerry admits that the father in him sometimes takes over when he watches howhis sons handle an emergency situation. “I admit, I do get a big smile when they do something well,” he said. for $363.63 owed. The judgment is never satisfied, according to court “We Salute” is a weekly feature honoring volunteers. If you know of someone who might qualify for a “We Salute,” please call Loretta no further eztries appear in court records although the case remains open and the court judgment is listed as unpaid. w 1988 Late in the year a jeweler sues Tonya Vosburgh successfully records, and the jeweler has not pursued the debt since 1991, usual- ly meaning the plaintiff has given up trying to collect because of the expense involved, civil court clerks said. #1989 The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind credit union in LO appear in court to face the judge about the money owed. Court records showthe bench warrant expired in a year without ever being 7 served, and the school has not @ asked the court for another. Also that year, Bonneville Billing sues Tonya Vosburgh again, for a $545 debt, and is awarded a judgment by the court, as it was two years earlier. Court records indicate the judgment has yet to be paid in full. Unlike the previous case, Bon- aS neville has to garnish wages and at one point the court issues a bench warrant to get partial payment. In an unrelated criminal case. | Tonya Vosburgh is sentenced in July to 18 months probation after pleading guilty to third-degree felony theft, reduced from a / second-degree felonyin a plea bar- gain. #1990 A private individual successfully sues her and husband Rick Vosburgh for a $225 debt. The debt is listed as unpaid in court records. That same year, Petersen Motor Co. sues Tonya Vosburgh success- fully for a $6,462 debt. Despite the award of judgment bythe court in October of that year, the court resorts to garnishing wages in April 1991 to get payment but the judgment has yet to be paid in full, according to-court records. Also in 1990, Bonneville Billing sues Tonya successfully again for a $245.93 debt and collects. Awarded judgment by April 1990, it’s fully paid off by October 1991, only the second judgment court records showshe paid in full. #1991 Fidelity Financial services sues Tonya Vosburgh successfully for $1,771.98 in February. By June. proceedings are stayed because of notice of bankruptcyfiling — the onlycase file so noted. Culligan Water Conditioner Co. sues her successfully for a $1,036 Park weekdays between 8:30 a.m. $3,335 owed, a judgment that has and 1:30 p.m. at 625-4237. debt, awarded judgment by the court in September 1991. The judg- yet to be paid in full. The last ac- ment remains unpaid. 1989 sues her successfully for Church From 1B emergency management coordina- tor for Davis County in 1983, said more than just the local agencies were impressed by the LDS volunteer effort. Zippro, who took footage of the emergency response, presented the film to Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agencyofficials at a national conference. “They were just flabbergasted in howwe responded,” he said. He said the effort by the volunteers helped the countyreceive an award from the National Associa- tion of Counties for its disaster response. Farmington City Manager Max Forbush said the first calls he made back in 1983 in response to the emergency was to the city’s two Tentative Ogden SchoolDistrict budget proposal Revenues/receipts Final budget Estimated budget Revenue sources 1991-92 Local revenues State revenues 1992-93 1993-94 $15,292,120 $24,710,257 $17,728,578 $26,253,073 $21,633,245 $27,206,734 $4,931,811 $4,539,912 $5,282,564 $44,934,188 $48,521,563 $54,122,543 Other financing sources $9,550,578 $5,858,478 $12,644,498 $54,380,041 $66,767,041 Federal revenues Subtotal revenues Total revenues $54,484,766 LDS Church stake presidents. “All we had to do was make two phone calls and wegotall the volunteers we needed,” Forbush said. “That is an amazing resource to have at your fingertips,” he said. And while other organizations such as Hill Air Force Base and the Clearfield Job Corps pitched in, Forbush said it was the church’s volunteers who stayed on after the initial emergency response for the cleanup and restoration of the property. Forbush said without the LDS Church there is no wayhis city, Ogden Schoo! District: Students: approximately 12,300 Personne!: 1,256" with its population of 4,600 at that time, could have responded to such Schools: 15 elementary, 4 middie schools, 3 high schools. an emergency. * Does not include all part-time employees or substitules Source: Ogden Schoo!District Standard-E xaminer Budget From 1B $133,000 to other school districts next year, he said West also reminded taxpayers that Ogden voters 10 years ago authorized a 6.25 mill voted leeway for arts programs. Noneof that leeway was ever implemented, West said. Hesaid the tax increase will also help pay for transportation. “The Ogden Education Association President Mark Visser said teachers have been pleased so far with this year’s negotiations with thedistrict. The proposed cost of living increase matches what the Legislature approved for teacher salaries, and historically, Ogden teachers have gotten what the Legislature has approved, hesaid. Onesore spot for district employ- ees is a 20 percent increase in Larry Tesch, district business ad- health insurance premiums, Visser said. Ogden school workers pay 15 percent of the premium cost. “The teachers in Ogden have ministrator, emphasized that the tried to be responsible with the way budget proposal from the adminis- weshare in the health plan,” Visser said, “We participate in the premiums and that’s been beneficial because it makes conscious health care consumers of our employees.” State's transportation system 1s not paying its way,” West said tration is tentative and couldbeaffected by ongoing negotiations with employee groups or changes desired by school board members, who havefinal say on the spending Because of the looming increase pian. “There areall kinds of processes that have yet to occur,” Tesch said in insurance premiums, Visser said The administration is proposing a 3.29 percent cost of living increase for district employees. But again, Tesch said, that could change, depending on negotiations e the teachers association is consider ing redoing its benefits package The proposed 1993-94 budget would direct $29.1 million toward salaries and $10.6 million toward benefits. Supplies would get $4.7 million of the total “It would be a piece of cake to have 1,000 volunteers if we had an emergency today,” he said. White said some mayjoke in and outside of the church about how LDS people are reluctant to respond to some of their own church assignments such as their welfare work in canning factories or on church-owned farms. But when disaster struck, everyone responded. “Whenthere is a real need people will give what they can to the church,” White said. But it wasn’t just local church members who responded. White said hundreds of volunteers from Idaho treked south to return a favor dating back several years, when Utah LDS members headed north to help when the Teton Dam broke in June of 1976, flooding Rexburg and Sugar City. White said the memory. of those volunteers arriving in their trucks with shovels in hand to this day still chokes him up. White said church leaders also stepped in to ensure each ofthe displaced families had a temporary place to go and the finances necessary to restore their homes. E. LaMar Buckner, whoat the time served as the LDS Church's regional representative, said he can remember when he was contacted that Memorial Day about the flooding while he was in Hawaii AUGUST MILLER/Standard-Examiner Veterinarian Richard White of Farmington was the LDS stake president during the 1983 floods. for a Boy Scouts awards banquet. Buckner, whose position was to coordinate efforts between LDS Church administration and local members, said when he returned home Tuesday he found White had already organized cleanup efforts. “J remember vividly the willingness of the people,” he said. “It was amazing to me how many people there were from different areas that wanted to help.” But after pondering a moment, he added, “I don’t know why that would be amazing to me.” Buckner said the entire commu- nity and Davis County were involved, not just members of the LDS Church. But he said the White organized a 2,000-member volunteer army to respond to mudslides that destroyed homes. N. Ogden Canyon and Mountain Water Canyon. From 1B Since the incident, City Administrator Dennis Shupe said ed, Colvin said. Before the flooding the city the city has spent about $1.6 million in city, state and federal had organized emergency re- funds constructing debris basins, sponse teams and designated the city fire department as the control center. Colvin said the situation also could have been much worseif not for the hundreds of volunteers who responded immediately with more than 6,000 sandbags to the two different flooding areas — Cold Water one at the mouth of Cold Water Canyon and an additional debris basin four blocks west of the canyon at Oaklawn Park. An additional basin was also constructed at 600 E. 2100 North. “We feel very comfortable with what we have in place,” Shupe said. church organized the cleanupeffort because a vast majority of Farmington residents are Mormon and the church was in a position to help. “The church has vast resources they can call on if need be,” he said. But no one was keeping tabs on religious affiliation anyway. The volunteers with buckets and shovels wouldn't have gotten far if ward keeping family and friends together and reminded them that not for the heavy machinery local every effort was being made tore- “When we went out to assist, there was never any question But the flood fight didn’t come without its battle fatigue. White said he can recall over the whether this was an LDS homeor not. It was just a matter of helping,” he said. Buckner said there was one man who initially declined the offer of help from the church-organized volunteers in removing mud from his property. “His immediate response was to register his independence,” he said. But after several days Buckner said the man recanted. “It was just a bigger wall of mud than hefirst thought,” he said construction companies made available to them. White said several companies put their own work aside to lend their machinery, their crews and their expertise to the cleanupeffort. two-month period the church sent waves of volunteers out into the field when one ofthe local bishops store their homes. Buckner said it was also pointed out to victims the miracle that no lives were lost. “If it had happened at night — when people were in their beds — there could have been loss oflife,’ he said. Buckner said because of that, and the good effort coming from something bad, when all is said and done, the incident leaves “a good feeling”to reflect on. White said Farmington residents had to pull a counselor aside, scolding him for showing panic and discouragement in the wake of the disaster. gained respect for one another because oftheir efforts, White said a large majority of those families who were displaced were seniors who were alreadydis- And what did White gain? 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