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Show I. fit QUOTE OFTHE DAY DAVIS FORECAST g6V lc uWR w st "To move the world, we must first move ourselves. Socrates ON THURSDAY AMD FRIDAY, temperatures will turn cooler as a storm system moves Into northern Utah. Davis Thursday, September 23, 1 999 Fifty County Clipper Volume Cents 1 08 Number 67 They're fighting age discrimination in the workplace BY ADAM COLSON Clipper Staff Writer ever. Joel Ferre, a lawyer in Centerville, is doing more age discrimination cases now than ever. Theres been somewhat of an increase in age discrimination cases over recent years, said Ferre, whose practice is about 50 percent employment cases. Im seeing more discrimination cases, period. Ferre, who has done mostly defense work, believes the growth in discrimination caseload is due to a combination of things. I dont think its because employers are becoming more careless, said Ferre. If anything theyre more careful now than Ferre said that a part of it is there are more advocacy groups now, letting people know their rights. I dont want to say were a litigation happy society, but there are more people willing to assert their rights, even if they must go to court The other aspect that Ferre believes is contributing to the growing number of age discrimination cases is, There are simply more people out there over 40, he said, referring to the age minimum established by law to be covered by the in Employment Act. Though the median age in Davis County is 24.7 years, Davis County ranks fourth among counties in Utah in total population over 65 years of age. The county was projected to have the second largest growth in the population between 1990 and 60-pl- 1995. According to the Utah Gerontological Society at the University to Utah, across the state there will be 27 percent more people over 60 in 2000 than 10 years ago in 1990. Theres no doubt that were living said Mary Jane Ciccarello, Senior Legal Services Developer for the States Division of Aging and Adult Services. So we have this large percentage of the population that will be in the workforce longer because were healthier, but also longer, were forced to do so. The world is that much more expensive, and the age to receive Medicare benefits is creeping upward by the minute. Everyone should be able to work m an environment free of discrimination by fellow employees and employers, she said. If you are capable of performing the job at hand, your age should not be relevant Ferre said most of the cases he sees today dont involve termination of employbecause ment With the economy so robust there havent been a lot of layoffs. Most of Ferres cases and he believes See FIGHTING," p. A5 Misuse of recycling bins problem for city is ctittts un c? tionitP BY ADAM C OLSON Clipper Staff Writer UtteBtSraiSGJllilSCita r, BOUNTIFUL Recycling bins at the Bountiful Street Department, 950 S. 200 West, are being used improperly, and its causing some problems for the dty. In terms of volume, we do a aaMsFeuBU Ultra BY MELINDA WILLIAMS Clipper Staff Writer tremendous amount of recycling through those bins, said City Manager Tom Hardy. Many of the surrounding cities dont offer recycling bins, and those residents come here. The problem is. because of the high volume of use, sometimes the bins get really full... People get frustrated because theres not enough room, so they just dump it on the ground. The city dump looks nicer than those bins," said Bob Kammeyer, a longtime Bountiful resident. People arent reading the signs. Signs on and around the bins instruct users not to dump recyclable goods on the ground if bins are full. There are at least three signs," said Kammeyer. If the bins are full people wont take their recyclable goods back, they just dump them. The companies dont pick up anything off of the ground. City employees have to go out and pick them up. Workeis at the street department said that whoever has time goes out to clean up the mess, whether its the sanitation or street departments, or the shop crew. The people who have to clean it are diverted from other tasks we up need to do, said Hardy. To that extent it is a frustration. Do we wish Overall, crime in Utah went down 9.8 percent between 1997 and 1998, and the decrease is most apparent in crimes against persons, but when it comes to crimes against property and " BOUlimFUL resident SJ. Winter empties recyclable goods into the city's bins. Photo by Adam C. Olson it weren't that way? Yes. Are we turn they would charge the city. ground there. the The bins been have in discontinue to recycling going Hardy said that recy cling is program because of it? No. I'm just tired of my tax dollars paying for city employees to pick up the garbage, said Kammeyer. I dont want people to stop recy- cling, said Kammeyer, who himself makes about three trips a week to the bins. I just want to see more responsible recycling. I'm against these peo- ple leaving their garbage on the their current location for the past six or seven years. They are placed and emptied by Recycling of America. An employee at the street department said that the city decided on Recycling of America because theyre the only company that sorts the materials themselves. Other companies must haul the goods to sorters which costs them money, which in mar- ket driven. When there is a market for a certain item, the recycling company makes money, and in turn there is some return to the city. When the market is down, many recycling companies won't even pick up the item. Hardy said Recycling of America will still pick up the items See MISUSE," on p. AS those against society, several areas are seeing marked increases. In its book, Crime in Utah 1998, the State Department of Public Safety has released the latest figures on crime trends throughout the state. While the report breaks some crimes down by county and dty, for many crimes there are no comparisons between counties or cities for years past. The reports figures for Davis County are incomplete because not all cities participated in the department's Inddent-Base- d Reporting system. For examp' . while Layton Citys figures are a part of the IBR, Bountiful's are not. What the report shows is that often, among cities of similar size, theres a vast difference in the crime rate per 1,000. Woods Cross, with a population under 6,000, has a whopping 62.74 per thousand crime rate. Much of that is because of the citys proximity to the county line and to its easy free- Davis schools receive $5.5 million federal grant BY MARK WATSON Clipper Staff Writer FARMINGTON Davis School District will hire 15 elementary counselors, establish a family nurse and counseling center, hire a part-tim- e implement several programs designed to keep kids safe, in school and off drugs. The district is financially able to do these things because of a $5.5 million federal grant received last week. This is a major event in the history of the district, said Superintendent Darrell White at a school board meeting Tuesday. He said the grant, which will give the district $1.85 million each year for the next three years, may be the largest ever received by the district The superintendent said currently there are 17 counselors in the districts elementary schools. That number will jump to 32 and give the district a part-tim- e counselor in all 51 elementary schools. Grant writer Peggy Hill, who oversees the districts safe and drug free schools program, said the grant application process was a team effort "Over 20 people helped in writing the grant," she said. The group included educators, community leaders, school psychologists, mental health workers, public health workers, law enforcement specialists and others, she said. Hill said she was thrilled when she learned the district would receive the grant. Weve received every grant Ive written, but this is the first federal grant Ive written, she said. We sent the application in at the end of April. It took three weeks to write, she added. We had to do budgets for six areas and write narratives for each of those areas. We indicated the types of programs we would use and how we would combine our efforts with police and mental health specialists, she said. Hill said that the Layton Police Department will also receive money in conjunction with this grant It will be a major prevention focus. Programs that we will implement are well researched. They are programs that have worked in the past and that Davis District is one of 54 entities nationwide that will receive a Safe Schools Healthy Student grant There were three different divisions. Urban districts could apply for up to $3 million, suburban districts up to $2 million and rural up to $1 million, Hill said Davis District applied for $2 million. Programs outlined in the grant proposal focused on prevention and are geared toward students preschool to 12th grade. Specialists will be available to help students deal with grief, divorce, relationships, how to handle anger, etc. There also will be problem-solvin- g teams organized at each level of education, including elementary, junior high and high school. Students will learn skills to resist destructive behavior and parents will learn how to do their job better. The goal is to put more adults in touch with kids and give them opportunities to serve and be important and be recognized, Hill said. TTie more you can do that, the less likely they are going to use drugs and alcohol and be violent. will ensure success. from buildings, bicycle thefts, shoplifting, theft from motor vehides and vehicle parts and accessories. Statewide, there were 80,071 cases of larceny in 1997. The cases are most likely to occur in August, and the perpetrator is most likely to be a 13-male. The reports greatest strength lies in offering a view of crime statewide. For example m 1998, while violent crimes decreased by 6.3 percent over 1997, murders increased 9.1 percent Firearms were used in 58.3 percent of way access. Looking at the citys statistics, I the city be large or small. Bountiful arrested 290 last year on larceny charges, while Layton arrested 849. Larceny includes such crimes as picking pockets, theft from coin machines, purse snatching, thefts 277 most arrests were for larceny arrests in 1998. When it comes to violent crimes. Woods Cross's record is little different than its neighbors. The city reported one homicide, three rapes and one robbery. North Salt Lake reported three rapes and three robberies, while West Bountiful reported one rape and one robbery. On the other end of the size scale. Bountiful, with a population of 38,664, has a enme rate of 12.03 per 1,000 residents. Layton, the county's largest dty with 57,333, has a crime rate of 19.48, which may be attributed to the nearly 20.000 person difference in population. But with its 12.03 crimes per 1,000 residents. Bountiful had the smallest crime rate among the 12 Davis County law enforcement agencies reporting. West Bountiful came in second with a 12.42 rate. If one thing is similar among the Davis County cities, it's that larceny is the most committed crime whether the reported murders. Property crimes and burglaries decreased, but arson went up 17 percent, and hate crimes went up a w hopping 70 percent. Among nine similarly sized states. Utah's enme rate is on the high end. Among states with populations between 1.5 and 26 million people, Utah's enme rate is 60 per 1.000 in population. Maine ranks the lowest with 31 3 per 1.000. and New Mexico ranks the highest with 69.1. Other states in the survey include: Idaho, at 39.3 per 1.000. Nebraska, with 42.8 per 1,1X0, Kansas, with 45 6 per 1.000; Arkansas, with 47.2 per 1.000; Hawaii, with 60 2 per 1,000. and Nevada, with 606 per 1.000. Among the western states. Idaho has the lowest crime rate, and Arizona the highest with 72 per 1.000. When it comes to juvenile enme, fewer teens are being arrested now than m the early 1990s. but the number went up between 1997 and 1998. idii --- v iU NSL Council changes sign policy In its Sept. 7 meeting, the City Council NORTH SALT LAKE reviewed and changed the city's policy regarding campaign signs. According to Council member Lynn Ballard, the former s:gn policy allowed campaign signs to be posted 45 days prior to a primary election. City Manager Collin Wood said that Council members felt the old policy allowed the clutter of signs to be up for too long. The city council voted to change the policy to read that signs may be put up 30 days prior to a primary election. The policy will affect the posting of campaign signs for the upcoming city council elections this November. The policy also seys signs shall be removed within three days after the election. It was a Sunnie evening in WX Home Economist Sunnie Renshaw dazzled the crowds at the Taste of Home Cooking School at Clipper-sponsore-d Woods Cross High School Tuesday night. More than 1,000 people learned the latest in cooking and techniques while enjoying Renshaw's sense of humor at the annual event Photo by Marv lynchtrd PeoplePlaces Opinion Obituaries Panorama Honzons A2 A4 A12 B1 B2 Television B4 Sports Cl Missing your paper? our hotline before 10 a.m. Wednesday and Friday mornings; Call 296-550- 6 |