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Show r . w &JC .. - ' a. .i SV r 'W V , - t ' . t ; ;r i... 1 , r VmyTig) QdSScmUm) 3txrtno htud (5to?l JIT it- - v7U (3Exicj- - '7fiaSI OSft70D CH VqI. 4 No. 17 Wednesday, May 2, 1984 Mass Meetings Attendance High BARRY KAWA Review oppose Hersh Ipaktchian and in Leg. District 19 incumbent Kim R. Burningham will run. In Davis County Republican races, Loren Martin will run unopposed for county attorney. Incumbent Harry Gerlach will run against Ronald Greenhalgh for nomination to the commissioner seat and incumbent Harold Tippetts for the four-yecommission seat. Incumbent County Clerk Michael Allphin will run for election to his position. The Davis Cpunty Republican county convention has been 'scheduled for May 12 at 7 p.m. at Woods Cross High School. n The American Party has White running in Sen. District 23, Reva Wadsworth in Leg. District 20, Herbert Henderson for Davis County commission four-yeseat and Jim Etheridge for commission seat. The American Party has scheduled its Davis County convention for May 17 in the commission chambers at the courthouse in Farmington from 6:30 to 9 p.m. American Party gubernatorial candidates George Batchelor and Dr. L.S. Brown will speak at the convention. The Libertarian Party has not set a date and place for its county convention but is fielding a slate of candidates in the November elections. Chairman Willy Marshall is running in the 1st District Representative race, Vera Edwards in Sen. District 23, Dick Bombard ini Leg. District 19, Francis Laddie Swaner in Leg. District 18 2nd Joe Judd and Mary Ann Mickleson in Leg. District 16. Staff Despite a snowstorm last Wednesday, attendance at political mass meetings around the county was reported excellent as delegates were chosen for county conventions. On the Democratic side, Davis Chairman M. Jay Clegg reported the Davis County mass meetings supported U.S. presidential candidate Gary Hart as he won an estimated 14 delegates of the 22 that were at stake statewide. The Democrats will field Dan C. Gardner in Leg. District 14, Lorraine Mandeville in District 17, Clegg in District 18 and Lillian B. Wood in District 12. In Davis County races, Dennis DeBoer will run for the, four-yecommissioner seat and Howard Stoddard for county clerk. The Democratic Divis County convention will be held May 19 at 10 a.m. at Farmington Junior . two-ye- ar . ( Rel-do- ar High School. ar two-ye- ; ' ar On the GOP side, Davis County Republican Party Chairman Gene Peresich said the party requested persons running for delegate positions to express theiq choice of candidates. Peresich declined td .comment on unofficial preferences in local races, but said Dan Marriott, Norm Bangerter and Bob Wright emerged as the three top GOP choices in the governors race. The Republicans will have incumbent Jack Bangerter opposing Elaine McKay in Sen. District 23. In Leg. District 18, incumbent Naomi Shumway will oppose Lloyd Selleneit for the nomination, Leg. District 17 incumbent Ute Knowlton will face Doug Cannon, Leg. District 16 incumbent Frank Knowlton will ar RUDD CREEK (left), site of great disaster in last years flood in Farmington, is being watched closely this year. Steve Olsen (above) of the Utah Research Institute installs a radio relay system into the monitor. The device in the upper part of the creek is designed to warn officials of earth movements, giving , . . residents a chance to flee. tele-meteri- KSL Radio News Director ng EPA Wants Higher Moose' Miller Enjoys the Outdoors Auto Failure Rate However, it is difficult to think of Miller without thinking of the FARMINGTON Doug1 outdoors. Waking up to a radio Miller of KSL Radio loves the ' program, hearing Miller give outdoors, but his KSL outdoor fishing tips and information live from East Canyon Reservoir, Segments are not really his job. ' one pictures the sunlight rising over mountain peaks, glistening on the water. And Miller in the boat, his fish line dangling over the side and his remote broadcasting equipment sitting in the bottom of the boat next to his lunch. The lake probably doesnt need the promotion, but the listener is reminded of its serenity and suddenly yearns to be there.Millers interest in the outs voice doors, and his earned him the nickname of Moose Miller'. from his colleagues and friends. Displayed on the shelves of his office wall unit are moose artifacts, such as a coffee mug with a sculptured moose head on the side. Miller has dozens of mooseabilia such as a moose lamp and a moose can opener. He and other collectors exchange the items. There are lots of mooses around, he ex plained. They do it for moose-laneo- outdoors, and as I learn more they will soak up the information. The program is for families and it introduces people to new things to do in the state parks and outdoor recreational areas. I do it on my own time and its my own interest, Miller ex- plained. Miller came to Farmington six years ago with his wife and two children. Before moving to Utah, he lived in Little Rock, Arkansas and before that the small town of Elderado, Arkansas where he was born. His house in Farmington is located near last years mudslide, and he was directly involved with the disaster, both as a citizen and as a newscaster. Last year he was been covering Bountiful and Centervilles flood problems all day when he had just returned home to plant tomatoes. Then he heard sirens. He turned on the radio and reasons. heard Rob Childs with the Fardrive mington police department The stations vehicle ,in keeping with the anwarning citizens to evacuate the imals domination at the station, area. I rushed up to 6th North is called the Moosemobile. But and 100 East still in my gardenthe most unique is the ceremoing clothes and Ill never forget nial mooseltoe" which is hung what I saw. The mudslide was every .Christmas, Miller said. pushing a car and a huge boul- What does it look like? Miller der across the street, and Miller said its hard to describe. You had to move several times to ' have to see it. stay out of the path of the slide. For the next 24 hours Miller People think Im an expert on the outdoors, Miller said. stayed with the events giving But thats not true. I love to be hourly reports to KSL and CBS outdoors and I love to do things News from a drive for the little outdoor show which outside the emergency headquarI write and produce. ters in Farmington. But Millers theory is that At midnight police were heard people will not learn much from over the radio saying that a 30 an expert telling them how to do Continued On Page 2A things. I learn more about the deep-bas- us four-whe- el four-whe- DOUG MILLER, known ers, enjoys telling KSL as Moose by his fellow worklisteners about the great out- doors of Utah, even though his main job director at the station. - ' . is news el ure rate, then standards may have to be raised to attain a higher fail rate to achieve a drop in air contaminants. The program was mandated by the federal agency after unacceptable levels of contaminants were found in Davis County air and attributed to auto emissions.- But Harvey said he expects the failure rate to increase as late- -. April statistics are compiled from the stations. He said the average repair cost on the first,' 1,000 inspections to get the failed vehicle in compliance is BARRY KAWA Review Staff Davis FARMINGTON Countys first month of manda- tory auto emissions inspections is over with statistics from the first 1,000 tests through early April showing a lower failure rate than expected. According to Richard Harvey, Davis County Environmental Health Division director, the failure rate among the first 1,000 cars tested was 16.9 percent. The county had estimated a vehicle failure rate of the emissions standards for model years at about 25 to 30 percent of 1,000 cars tested. Harvey said its possible people with automobiles likely to pass brought them in at the first of the month. We do expect there to be an increase in the failure rate upwards to about 20 percent, he said. We hope that we can convince EPA that the failure rate is really representative of a lot more repairs being done. If the county is unsuccessful in convincing EPA of the lowering of emission levels from the fail $28.40. . The Environmental Health Di.7 vision is requiring vehicles to b registered at an official Davis County station after May 1. 7 Harvey says the county is pleased with the operation of the program so far but wishes people with complaints would have something to suggest. If they have some constn tive criticism, fine, Harv.; said. But they dont need to come in and start yelling at my employees. Were trying to do the best we can with what e X got. Elderly Card Available FARMINGTON Elderly and handicapped people are requested by the Davis County Council on Aging to fill out special record cards available at the senior centers and meal sites. The cards are issued by the Utah Heart Association and include vital information needed mini-medic- al in an emergency such as medica- tion prescriptions, medical con ditions, blood type and next kin. He said a ! X limited number erf, uilable at the Coumt cil on Aging centers. The centers' are: Golden Years Senior Citi-- J; zens Center, 726 S. 100 Bountiful; Silver Age Meal Site, 34 E. 100 N., Kaysville; and Heritage Center, 562 S. 1000 E., ;' Clearfield. cards are - Es I Up For Grabs With just the final ularly .' reg- scheduled round of action remaining in both Re gion 1 and Region 4 baseball, no team has yet clinched a spot in the state tourney. The Tourney begins next-wee- IB ' .. 4 J 4 '1 |