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Show Davis County Clipper DavisPeople Thursday, May 13, 2004 rA13 Confront small problems before they get worse the scale of childhood it didn't rank very somewhere between "boys will be boys. and "just w ait until your father On c: acts home." Which is probably why Bradley's mother didn't know what to do about the copy of 1 A j,! Playboy she found underneath son's mattress. her Ier first impulse was to scream and cry and throw up. not necessarily in that order. But the more she thought about it. the more she thought such a reaction might communicate something unhealthy to her son. She had read some-here about how repressed 1 By was unacceptable. She didn't want to confront him. but she wanted him to know that she knew about the Joseph Walker to leave any identifiable body parts) and lea ing the fragments in Bradley's garbage can. And then she placed w hat was left of the magazine on top ol his bed. 1 Ie would know' that she knew, no doubt about magazine, and she didn't approve. Bradley was a good boy a good student, popular with his friends and never anv trouble at home and she was sure a gentle nudge in the right direction was all it would take. So she took out her scissors and cut all ol the offensive photographs out of the magazine. Then she cut the photographs into tiny pieces (taking care not physical feelings turns boys into perverts, and she certainly didn't want to do that. Besides, it was the 1960s. and everything was open, free and mellow. Still, she wanted to send a message to her son that this garbage, and knew that his cache had been uncoyered at least, pail of it. Ie slipped doyy n to the basement to check behind an unfinished wall to see if the rest of his collection some 20 or 25 magazines vyas safe. fe yvas relieyed to find everything in place and more importantly uncut. So he went back to his room to await . w hat? It had been such a long time since he had been punished for any thing, he didn't quite know what to expect. Ihere would be yelling, tears, lectures and quotations from the Bible (may be an obscure passage from Revelation about the coming in the form of a Bunny ). And perhaps he would finally find out if it really is possible to be knocked all the way into next week. I le just hoped his parents wouldn't look at it. A wave of nausea swept over Bradley when he saw the magazine on his bed. At first he thought hoped, that he had carelessly actually left it out. and maybe no one had seen it. Then he saw the shredded photographs in the . . anti-Chri- st Flood control work gathers momentum BY BOB MICKELSON Clipper Stu ff Writer - One of FARMINGTON the storm sewer projects proposed to reduce the threat of Hooding in Farmington's North Compton Road area has drawn criticism from adjoining residents before a single shovellul of dirt has been turned. Ihe residents include Nila Ford who sold to the city most ol Ihe property to be used for the basin. An additional parcel has been acquired lrom Rulon and Judy Jenson to enlarge the capacity ol the facility. hoal. and others, contend the plan for a detention basin on Compton Road at 1100 North does not call for grass to be included in the landscaping seheme. Ihev fuilher state Fiiminulnn has installed grass .o part of other similar projects. The above was confirmed at die city council's May 5 meeting dining the discussion ol a prop-citacquisition agreement with fv lemons. In response to a question Com am ither area resident. y Paul Chase, city manager Max said Forbush Farmington always planned on landscaping the basin. The 3lo-- l slope on its sides, however, would make it next to impossible to mow any grass planted there. "We will be meeting with adjoining property owners? he added, "to come up with an A motion to approve the agreement was offered bv Fnrrv acceptable plan." A report on the meeting could be available for review by the next council meeting, sched- the Haugen and passed by unani- mous vote. related matter. Forbush In a that a new debris basin, to be built on l!.S. Forest Service property, has been proposed for the area above Compton Bench. Funds to build reported large, horseshoe-shapebasin would come from the Forest Service, but seed monies to begin design and engineering work are still needed. At the moment, no other source of these funds appears available, so Foibush proposed uled for May 21. council memMeanwhile, bers proceeded with the Jensen agreement. The measure represents a property exchange and d WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? 'Sf Public Seminar i- vv Never. I'd like to be able to tell you that Bradley learned his lesson and never dabbled in pornography again. Unfortunately, that isn't true. At that point he was already immersed in an addiction with which he would struggle for many years. It affected his life and his dearest relationships, and not in positive ways. I can't help but wonder what might have happened if his parents had chosen to confront him directly, and to through a period of unpleasantness as we consider the inappropriate actions of a few of our countrymen and women. There are some who would prefer that we ignore these actions as a normal part of war. and others who will seemingly not be satisfied with anything less than the reinstitution of the guillotine for all involved. I'm not smart enough to have the answers, but I do believe that if there is any kind of a problem even if it's just a small one it's probably better to confront it and deal w ith it. Before it gets worse. Commission to select candidates FARMINGTON - Hie 2nd testimony on individual appli District Judicial Nominating Commission will meet on Mav 25 at 9 a.m. at the Farmington Courts Complex. St 10 W State Street, to nominate candidates for a judicial vacancy in the district. Ihe Judicial Nominating Commission will accept public comments about issues lacing the state's judicial svstent as well as suggested improvements during the first part of the meeting. cants. Those interested in appearing before the commission should the Administrative contact Office of the Courts. to make an appointment. Following the public comment period, the meeting will be dosed in order for commission memlvrx to select a minimum of live candidates, whose names will be forwarded to Gov. Olene Ihe commission Walker. will not take begin the design. Tlie new basin would cut off Hows from three draws situated above North Compton Road. Previous remedial action, say some Stevens Circle residents, covers two of those, but directs the excess to the third, right above the circle. Hie new proposal will lake care of this omission. TRUSTS VS. WILLS F. He hated that. I Ie sat there, fiddling w ith his stereo and pretending to do his homework, for the rest of the afternoon. Nothing happened. Nor was there anv discussion of his transgression ov er dinner, or during the rest of the ev ening. I n fact, the subject never came up again. look more seriously at the early stages of what became a gnawing source of pain and unhappiness later in his life no matter how unpleasant that confrontation might hav e been. Is there a lesson here for us as a nation? We're going Farmington earmark $6.(100 to start design and engineering. The council agreed and further authorized the city engineer to settlement agreement to permit the city to construct the basin. In exchange. Farmington will sign over some of the Ford property it prev iously acquired, but wont need for the piojcct. Additionally, the city will pay the Jensons SI more per square, provide five pear trees to replace those to be removed by construction, move some laud scaping rocks, readjust the lenee line and adjust the sprinkler A FRI The awarding of a contract for up to $1.1 million in city wide storm drain improvements was. however, put off for a while. Farmington will not have the proceeds of a bond sale to fund that work until sometime this week. A final hearing on the bond issue will be held on Mav 19. Foibush recommended wailing until after the hearing before awarding the conti act. him sadly and tell him how disappointed they w ere in him. ith Featured Speaker -x - ft? 416 W. 500 S., Bountiful 299-866- 0 THIS (DCQdS Attorney Robvn Rowe Walton Medicaid Issues Second Marriage Planning Taxes Li ing Wills Powers Guardianship of Attorney & More Do You Want Longer or Thicker Hair? 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