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Show 8A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, December 15, 1982 Holidays bring out the shoplifters By ECHO ROBERSON losses occur during the Christmas season. "About 50 percent of the whole years shoplifting Auto has the worst problem with holiday thieves. "It's a big, big problem, manager Alan Denzine said. "It Checker Staff Writer Only 10 shopping days remain until Christmas, but for store owners in Price, holiday shoplifting will last just as long. Utah merchants expect to lose $6.3 million to shoplifters this ear. According to local merchants, up to 50 percent of their happens during the holidays, said Von Wayman, manager of J.C. Penneys in Price. "We have always had a problem with it. It gets to be a real problem so we have to step up our security. Of the local merchants inYellow Front- terviewed, seems like it gets worse, especially with the nations economic problems. Denzine describes the average thief as a two- - or three-yea- r regular customer. People are getting more clever each year, he said. The Utah Retail Merchants Association has launched a antishoplifting campaign which points out to consumers the costs of shoplifting and the affect it has on customers. "Inflation isnt the only thing driving prices up, said Richard L. Shanaman, president of the association. "Shoplifting, or retail theft which probably can as a felony, accounts for price probably hikes as much as inflationary forces." "losses due to retail theft must be treated as operating costs and those costs are passed along to the shopper, he said. Shanaman wants shoppers to be alert and report to the store manager if they witness any theft. He says if shoppers will do this, they will end up saving themselves money in the long run. The only alternative is to raise prices. And customers who are willing to call attention to an theft are merely own interests. their protecting The continuation of retail theft now be classed re The Zions Bank Money Market Account: PEOPLE HAW only results in higher prices and adds to general inflation, Shanaman said. One of the things customers end up paying for is increased security in the stores. Locally, nearly 80 percent of the store managers interviewed said they have stepped up their security for the holidays. always step We up security, Wayman said. We have to match to amount of traffic coming through the store. One store reports a decrease in shoplifting because of its measures. security Larry Jepson, manager of Skaggs in Price, said theft was severe last year, but is down this year. the think "I increased security has helped with the shoplifting problem, but it still happens, he said. "I think the word has gotten around that Skaggs has a reputation as being a prosecutor and shoplifters know they wont get away with anything here. We just wont tolerate it. Some retailers are forced to to spend from percent of their total In sales on security systems. Utah, those costs exceed $2 million a year, Shanaman said. Security costs include the purchase of special electronic surveillance equipment, oneway mirrors and special ob- five-tent- six-tent- Skaggs Drug Center employee demonstrates one way shoplifters conceal small items. During the holiday season, shoplifting rates jump drastically and Utah merchants say they stand to lose $6.3 million this year because of shoplifting. A hs servation stations, along with salaries and training costs for employees, security guards and plainclothes officers. Shanaman said that roughly 40 percent of all shoplifters are young people and the remainder are adults. Adult shoplifters tend to steal high-coitems, forcing store owners to drive prices up on items most often stolen. said up until now, the only real serious deficit on campus is that CEU cannot offer the com- Utah student body president, said student body presidents at public and private schools throughout the state endorse the bond issue being proposed at the special session today. st ALREADY BANKED Student body presidents OWRS120 MILLION for bond issue out speak ON IT! Dave Spencer, student body .with liquidity, high yield and F.D.I.C. insured safety president at the College of Eastern Utah, has jumped on the political bandwagon and announced support of a proposed capital facilities bond issue to be decided on at todays special legislative session. Utah The lince its introduction a few weeks ago, investors have deposited more than SI 20 million in the Zions Bank Money Market Account with a S20.000 minimum. NowS2,500 is all you need to open an account and get money market rates. Check these advantages: Insured safety: All deposits are insured to SI 00,000 by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Add or withdraw anytime. Money market rates or better. Daily compoundingMonthly statements Open your account now. ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK This rale: of Student body Presidents has come out in support of the bond an endorsement that could be the most important stand taken by the council in several years, according to Richard South-wicstudent member of the State Board of Regents. Spencer said his feelings toward the bond are more for the support of the CEU physical education building being bonded in the session. "I think the bond issue is in the best interest of educational opportunities in the state, he k, said. if However, the legislators did agree to the bond and we were funded for the physical education complex, then CEU could become a community college in every sense of the word. The building is currently ranked fifth on the $61 million building project list. Spencer Gift Certificates 10 weeks Council , n Gifts that can be used year 'round DINOSAUR TIRE ZOO lYice, Fast Carbon, 1 luntingtou, Castle Dale, Ferron E Mam, Price -- 637 2480 munity an P.E. adequate facility. And, if we were to building, recruiting get that Spencer said, then Spencer said public affairs boards at all the colleges and universities have been contacted concerning the bond. The councils resolution is being mailed to legislators and the Utah Student Lobby, a com- mittee of the council, will also launch a lobbying strategy, he said. athletes student also be a lot easier because we could show off a would physical education building where their classes would be taught and they could spend after hours utilizing the - facility. John Zaratzian, chairman of the council and University of Fund-raisin- drawing set g Eastern Utah Families in Crisis is conducting a fundraising drawing to be held Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. at Southeastern Utah Division of Social Ser vices. and a rocking horse on display at Oliveto Furniture and Appliance Co., 48 E. Main St., Price. For more information contact Dorothy Johnson, volunteer or Pamela director, at Mason, volunteer coordinator, 637-101- 5, Tickets are available for $1. Prizes for the contest are a doll at 637-505- 0. Nursing project postponed Weber State College and the College of Eastern Utah have obtaining an associate degree in postponed registered nurses should contact Dr. Gerry Hansen at Weber State College in Ogden at the nurse advancement project for 1983 from January (winter quarter) to March (spring quarter). Students who are interested in and nursing becoming 626-61- or Lorraine Chynoweth, director of the project in Price, at 637-501- 2. sjjaMWiwi , f IMFI H) ( ANADiAN AHi'skY A (i ND H W n f t A, , ,1 l U 1 |
