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Show Saturday, May 1, 1996 THE DAILY HERALD,Provo, Utah — Page A3 ‘Governor praises new youth center ‘Litigation explosion’ In the 3 1/2 years, Utah has places of confinement for offenders, Gov. Mike Leavitt told those attending ground break- ing ceremonies Friday for the new Provo Youth Detention Center. Notingthat the newfacility was too long in coming, Leavitt said he anticipates suchfacilities will double again in the next five years. Leavitt praised Provo for its support of the center, saying it is a symbolof caring for the state. “It buildingthat oes 1 al all the the fafa ties. “ft didn’t take Jong to run out of room. We have two court facilities in the county, two detention facil ties,” as well as other offices. he said. Brown said the type of cases handledare very different. “We are seeing much younger offer and unfortunately more he noted. Brown emphasizedthat the cer will be a piace where we can take individuals, diagnose their problems, then help them return to ey That will be our goal,” he structed northwestof the current detention center on South State Street. and we appreciaie havingit in our city. It has taken three state administrations to get it done,” he said. County Commissioner David J. Gardner, a psychologist, said offi- Satay ane 8S about the future Youth Presiding Juvenile Judge Leslie Brown ground breaking ceremonies near the Provo Leavitt, center, and Commissioner comments during Brown's speech. Gardnersaid officials have the ability to create a behavioral unit where juveniles can be dealt with inaa specialized environment. e are taking those who cials are dealing with juvenile already have patterns and traits problems at the end ofthe process. “We need to focus back onthe prevention end,” he said. cunt for only half of 1 of all cases filed, even ng all small claims cas| Council of Calmined that the mber of tort filings in Calithe most lingious state ually iopend 20 percent the established and redirecting them.” he said. He called Youth:Correc- tions “a safety net to help soive problems.” Gardner praised people in the neighborhood whohave supported the project and not voiced opposition to it. “We've been given the task and it’s up to us to network and take our stewardshipseriously and make sure we takethe dollars and get the best return.” up. It is a place whereoffictals can work with young people. turn them to soc ety around and returnth “There is a much greater likel hood of turning people around in the juvenile justice system than in the adult system. The chance is greatly enhancedtheearlier we can intervene.” Brown saluted juvenile workers for their dedication. saying they usually hear from people only when something goes wrong ‘ Two men had appearances canceled in Provo’s 4th District Court on Friday Randy Dean Davis, 36, is charged with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and aggravated assault, a third-degree felony, for attempting tokill a for- mer patient by shoving sleeping pills down herthroat. Davis allegedly entered the victim’s home in northeast Provo and began harassing her. He told her they should both kill themselves using heavy dosages ofsleeping pills. * When the woman refused to take the pills, Davis allegedly threatened her with a large knife before tying her to a chair and attempting to stuff the pills in her mouth. At this point, Davis, who had taken several of the sleeping pills himself. fell asleep. The victim wasable to uatie herselfand called her therapist, who notified the police. Ray M. Harding, Sr. ruled Davis was competent to goto tral last month. Davis has been held in the Utah State Hospital Davis was scheduled to enter a plea to the crimes he has been charged with committing during an arraignment Friday, but this was canceled. A new date has not yet beenset Also postponed was the prewaiver hearing for Garth Bamey, 28. Barney is accused ofshooting at and wounding a Payson police officer on July 1, 1995 The police officer shot Barney in the hip outside the Payson post office when he refused to surrender, six days after the robbery of a local convenience store. Police reports said Barney lunged at offi- Obituaries Stanley Newell Clark M.D. Charles Rivers " Stanley Newell Clark M.D.. of Provo, the welfare of everyone Heis survived by his wife of St years, St. George — Our beloved husband and father, Charles Raymond. Rivers passed away on Thursday morning, May Utah, died May 9, 1996, at home of heart failure. He was born Novem- Fa ie 9, 1918, iladelphia, Pennsylvania Dr. Stanley in his sons, Dr. Corbin (Radana) Clark of Sandy, Dr. Kevin Newell (Gaye) Clark of 10 M Bountiful. his grandchildren: Mrs. Clark and) Mary 9. 1996, in St. George, Uh where he resided with his wife. Anne Rivers, who was his childhood sweetheart and together has enjoyed 61 years of mar riage | | } | —— andeffort on a contingent- Iway fee basis, time e O He will be missed by his wife, Anne: {dune 9. 1945, he {married Dorothy } Marie Corbin, in imothy (Kimberlee) Armokd, Mrs. his three children: Smart fwhose arms he efully died. RiversBrent Rivers. Raymond Rivers and Justin Clark of 4 Newell Clark” On Shawn (Tiffinee) Desiree Clark, all of Sandy, } er Provo High o i School, he graduated from Brigham Young University in 1941. He studied $ medicine at Jefferson Medical College } in Philadelphia, graduating in 1944 and + went on to specialize in Ophthalmology fat The University of Pennsylvania. He t served in the Army Medical Corps dur- + ing World WarII. He was devoted to the fT practice of medicine and during bis $0 years ofpractice in Provo. touched the lives of countless souly in a way few ao will ever accomplish. In this fe he poured all of himself outward to the benefit of others. askin; nothing more of life than to dedicate Himself to. Bountiful, wo brothers, Dr. R. Craig (Elotse) Clark of Oremand Dr. Richard S. (Carolyn) Clark. 1996, in Tabiona, Utah. Born October 28, 1923, in Spanish Fork. Utah to Ariadne May and William Arthur Tippetts, Married Mary Elizabeth Alleman December 10, 1947. in Springville. Utah. Member of the LDS Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Full military nites will be accorded by the »What is worth doing, is worth doing VEW District #4 Vegas, Nevada; Kim W., Salt Lake City, Utah. Three grandchildren: Clinton, Clifford Pope, Dennyiel E. Tippetts Brothers: Clifford. Blake. Wayne. Lavere, Lynn: sisters, May Harrington and June Newman. hands, he painted, carve!» ood and Evergreen Cemetery in Springville. Utah: Friends may call from 6 to 8 pan Friday, May 10, 1996, at Larkin Mortu ary. 260 E South Temple. We love you. Carol Ann Maxfield Bush Cincinnati, Ohio: Wayne R. (Lisa) Bush. of American Fork. Utah: Kristen (David) Bailey. of Provo, Utah; Cynthia (Jose) Omelas. of Pleasant Grove.Utah: Kevin D. Bush and David A. Bush, both of Provo, Utah: she is also survived by ‘one brother and four sisters: Richand L, * learned your most favorite sayy well!” and in your own gentle way you were there to remind us whenever it was Charles Rivers was born in Apis. Western Samoa on January 31, 1914.10 John Abmu Rivers and Grace Schwenke. and was one of eight chil dren. He is survived by two brothers. Perey Rivers of Tooele, Utah an Isaac Rivers of Kahuku, Hawaii. He was educated in Wester Samoa rt cases are tried. The rest out of court. Of the 3 e tried, the plainnm 49 percent and the ts won 51 percent s like there must be a settle “This facility will be a great e difference of opmmion of the cases that I years. In 1961 he moved to Laie. Hawaii, where he was employed by The Church College of Hawaii, transferring tothe Polynesian Cultural Center where nesian Gift Shop after traveling exten- aged the Laniloa Lodge and Restaurant Joyce (Richard) Long. currently serving in the New York LDS Mission; Janyce (Kent) Harmison, of Provo, Utah: Flora Lee ithe tote Fletcher) Acord, of Orem, Utah; and 16 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her fe ents, one brother. and two ikiren. Funeral services will be Monday, May 13, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the GrandviewStake Center, 1850 W 1600 North, Provo, Utah, Friends may call at the Loe] Lehi, Utah to be near family and then relocating to St. George, Utah in 1994, m. or Monday moming at he i:view Stake Center one hour prior to funeral services. Interment will “ae place at the Erovil Cemetery. In hew of flowers, family suggest donations be to the ine Fund of the L.D.S. Church. 2400 c UDOT is making this switch to provide the public with 24-hour access tO information about con struction projects that signif affect traffic. The recording wil offer information about the nature of the projects, work schedules and how traffic is being route through the work sites. The schedule for the rece lineis as follows: * April | Oct. 31: Construc Board commits to water loan tions with the Samoan Goverument, was sent to New Zealand to train in the Postal Service Department, retuming to W, Samoaas the Postmaster General for from which he retired in 1976 and moved to Prove, Utah, hiter setting in arles was a member of the LDS Church, serving in capacities of Branch ident, 9 member of the Bishopric, High Council. and a temple worker in the Hawaii, Salt Lake and Provo TemAlofa Tele Dad and Papa - Mom and all your family bid you a fond farewell. Tofa Soifua, until we meet again, Funeral services will be held tn the Monday 10 a.m. in the Southwind First Ward Chapel, 1155 N Friends and family sone 7 8 p.m. 300 West, St. under oe the direction ary, 1400 West. may call Sunday at Metcalf MortuGeorge Cemetery of Metcalt Mortue have t Rend e side The Utah Board of Water Resources has comm million to a pressur systemfor Highland ¢ The project cost is est at $11.3 million, The system wil 1 tially serve 1,300 residentia Rections and 2.800 acres of agri cultural land. It will be designed, however, for up to 6,000 connections. Board funds will be used to buy down interest on a $7.9 million open market bond, repayable over 25 Payson city has applied to the board for funds wo construct oaMillion gallon water stor tank, estimated to cost $750,000 Ss 1 n tsign ec Anvwa won next tab e conve t t the ut that | was sked what | information available on UDOThotline he and his wife managed the First Poly Fiji. His business career began in post 1 Construction sively throughout the South Pacific to collect the appropriate artifacts and Polynesian arts and crafts for his new business venture. He later went into the hotel and travel industry where he man: and continued his high school studies in | cers with a knife before he wa shot Barney is scheduled fo have a competency hearing on May 15 His arraignment has been resched uled to May 17 * Craig Alder, 54, convictedir Apni of misusing funds earmarked for a dying Payson man’s bone marrow transplant. is a diff man than Craig Zane Alder of Spanish Fork The convicted Craig Alder tesides in American Fork, accord ing to court documents. Neither party is related and the two men have no connection to one another tion information (begins May It this year only) * Nov 1 March 31: Road condition information Thesedates roughly cor spond to Utah's typical construction sea son, allowing for cons information during pe tion time, and converti conditions when the we cally begins to change The lines are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week Uoyce) Maxfield. of Mapleton, Utah: Maurine (Eugene) Lyons. currently serv. ing in the New York LDS Mission: “Utah; and the following children; Steven with. He was our greatest teacher and Berg Mortuary of Provo. Sunday evening. from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday morning. one hour priot to services Graveside services will be held Saturday. May Hl. 1996, at 11 am. at the ‘L. (Carol) Bush, of La Crescenta, Cali fornia; Kerry D. (Daria) Bush, of Stockton, California; Daron J. (Staci) Bush, of Hepassedthrough ourlives very qui forever remembered. There was nc boundsfor the love that he showed, and we will never forget his abundance of patience and continual generosity. Dad & Papa, from a very young age weul! Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street. Provo. Friends may call at the He was preceded in death by one "sheWas an active member of the LDS where she served ax President, ‘Counseor. and Teacher in all the auxil‘Organizations of the church, is survived by her husband, Prove, dred, the lessons we learned from him will be May 13, 1996, at Iam. in the Berg Church. he way 1958, in the Salt Lake LDS Te they raised cight children, See was being a wonder wife and Jared Afualo: and 19 great-grandchil and a son, David Crawford Clark Funeral services will be held Monday, loved his cabin, it was his Heaven on Earth. He was a talented man with his Carol Ann Maxfield Bush passed away on May 9, 1996, from cancer in Provo, Utah. Theferrioes of Richard E. Maxfield and Edith Roberty Maxfield, she was he May Todd Rivers, Kevin Gull, Jeff Gull Tuala Hernandez, Charles Afualo and etly but was a force to be reckoned also an avid dart pitcher, He built and brother and four sisters. ve ole furniture, He aloo servedmn WWI He is survived by his wite, and three childien: Mrs. Vai (Miy Kay) Pope: Salt Loke Jity. Ligh, Daniel C.. Lay Eileen Harding (Lynn). Noue Wallwork (Curtis); his nine grandchildren: Shane of Provo, and many nieces and nephews He waspreceded in death by his parents, Wilbur “Tip” Tippetts Wilbur May Tippetts. 72. died May 7. Don Rivers (Dini) 1 not be wasting too many frivo- s claims. Only 3 percent of asset to the people of Utah County and Central Utah.” he said The new center will have deten tion facilities and administrative offices. The Utah Department of Tran: portation has announced the implementation of a recordedtele phone number that provides info mation about construction pro jects. Effective immediately. the number previously used for road condition information will be con verted to construction information for the summer season Callers within the Salt’ Lake area may dial 964-6000. Callers within Utah but outside the Salt Lake area may call 1-800-492 ar Charles ; 2 suspects’ court appearancesare canceled By BRANDY VOGEL The Daily Herald St SIX tics el indicate very few cases are the d oddball cases we read out in the tional news. Sixpercent of a | tort cases filed in the courts are the result of nobile accidents, and 17 pm are bused on premises bility. Medical negligence id prod cts liability cases ether account for less than ) nt of tort claims. The statistics also indicate 1 wyers, who invest their i ter is not just 2 place to lock people a * new facility is being con- Provo Mayor George Stewart cited statistics for juvenile offenders, saying that juvenile offenders too often havelittle chance of punishment, and one problem is the lack offacilities. “This center is long overdue not occurring in U.S. Presiding Juvenile Judge Les! Brown noted that they have along time for this day. N increase in juvenile pr Brown said when the By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald ar ed n e the g purportedly jus hese pri My corebelief as a Republi- als can is that we should be slow to tamper with free-market forces. I have always felt that less govermment is best. That's why | have had a hard time buying into their position onthis issue. 1. hke many others, have become quite cynical about © ins and that goes for >) whos: | s Na ul str e c Cente released ul arts ec tr Se SH d g For oth parties. isis son ex: t s Proposin be ercent. and discovered that if doctors cranted total immunity jawsuits so they would Snot have to pay any medical s n ractice premiums whatsoa total savings of sixce tenths of | percent of health carecosts would result tor explos you may have ¢ not astronomerage award E their cast ry trial was $51,000 The & > rmined that of the price ucts We buy is attrib€ costs of product . Th ve Conference Board. a think tank composed { epresentatives fromthe gest US. corporations, deterproduct liability posed ne significant burden business and in fact greatly enhancedthesafety of products At the same time it must be ed that some com*s, such as those who mane breast implants, have hit hard, and perhaps The tobacco compaon the other hand, have not been hit hard enough — yet Fortunately the tort system is stepping in to take care of the problem the politicians don’t nave the couragetotackle. \nd what about the costs of medical care? We hear a lot about that now because of all the current talk about health e reform. What are the real s? The Cor ssional BudOffice conducted a study < S4 cases e@ The increase Who are the spe- terests who have = chased this particular vote? ¢ es t is a Provo wnev with firm of Abbott & Abbott. 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