Show -- rr- w The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday February 19 1987 C3 5 Granite Schools Join Year-Roun- d Schedule Pres Benson Mr Bass Mr Hinckley Sgt Compton Gen Thurman Mr Gibbons - Mr Austad LDS President Governor Win National Guard Honor Recipients of this year’s Utah National Guard Minuteman Awards ranged from a governor to a general to a mountain climber The awards represent the guard’s highest honor and were awarded Wednesday night to Gov Norm Ezra Taft Benson president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Utah National Guard Chief Master Sgt Richard L Comp- Ban-gert- ton Utah National Guard Honorary Col John S Hinckley Snowbird de- veloper and mountain climber Richard Bass US Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen Maxwell Thurman Utah National Guard Honorary Col JP Gibbons and Ogden native Mark Austad diplomat and former US ambassador to Finland and Norway The 1986 awards were presented at Fort Douglas Military Club during the annual Utah National Guard awards banquet The awards have been given for 27 years and are named for the minute-me- n of colonial times the forerunners of the National Guard said Lt Col Re?ce Stein public affairs officer Mr Bass was unable to attend the ceremony as he was snowed in at Snowbird Ski Resort said Lt Col Stein Gov Bangerter arrived late af- ter being delayed at the Utah Legislature “Dick Bass was snowed in and Gov Bangerter was snowed under” said Lt Col Stein The governor arrived during din- ner and addressed the banquet Brig Gen Lewis Ellsworth and Gen Thur- man also spoke at the ceremony Thefts Lead the Way City Crime Rate Climbs While County’s Levels Off Thefts led the way to increases in Salt Lake City's and Salt Lake County’s major crime rate in 1986 But while the city’s total crime rate for the year rose by 67 percent from 1985 the county’s crime rate crept upward a bare 06 percent according to figures released by the city Police Department and the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office The rise in major crimes disappointed police Chief EL “Bud” Willoughby but he doesn’t plan to hire more men to fight crime Better deployment of officers and teaching residents to protect their property will do the job he said Meanwhile Sheriff ND "Pete” Hayward credited crime awareness e and volprograms and his unteer deputies for keeping the county’s crime rate stable In the city total thefts in 1986 rose 11 percent to 14320 an increase of 1439 cases from 1985 Robberies increased 13 percent from 446 in 1985 to full-tim- 506 in 1986 Despite that burglaries in the city dropped 7 percent to 3714 down 187 cases from the previous year Auto thefts decreased by 69 to 1002 in 1986 a 6 percent drop Arsons in the city jumped by 47 percent from 86 in 1985 to 127 in 1986 Among crimes against people murders rose 357 percent from 14 to 19 rapes increased 8 percent from 99 to 107 and aggravated assaults jumped 162 percent from 525 to 613 The county recorded 14727 major crimes in 1986 an increase of 90 from the previous year Thefts accounted for 10932 of the crimes in the 1986 total The number of thefts rose 41 percent from 10503 in 1985 Although thefts climbed business burglaries in the county’s unincorporated areas plummeted 404 percent to 539 cases a drop of 365 burglaries Residential burglaries stayed almost even rising by 7 percent to 1923 Robberies decreased by 17 to 102 in 1986 and auto thefts declined by 6 to 53 The figures show a drop of 14 percent and 10 percent respectively The county recorded two more arsons than the five recorded in 1985 a 40 percent increase Among crimes against people murders rose 38 percent from eight to 11 rapes increased by 37 percent from 49 to 67 and aggravated assaults climbed by 10 percent from 563 to 621 Although disappointed in the city’s crime rate which has increased for two years after declining for three Chief Willoughby said the increases were acceptable “We still have an atmosphere in this valley where people can walk the streets and still feel safe If that changes I’ll ask for more men” He contends that the city’s crime rate appears high because residents tend to report more crime than in other cities and because theft reports inflate the total Of the 14320 thefts recorded in 1986 10996 of them involved items worth less than $400 Thefts of that amount are charged as misdemeanors he said Of the 10996 thefts of less than $400 2656 of them were shoplifting cases according to police figures The-remostly involved thefts from cars Chief Willoughby said To fight property crimes the department is considering changing officers’ work weeks to four days days instead of five eight-hou- r starting July 1 That coupled with plans to centralize precincts in one building would put more men on the street during the peak crime hours of 6 pm to 2 am and during morning and late after- - noon hours when most crimes are re- ported the chief said The department also plans to beef up crime prevention programs to get residents to lock their cars and remove or secure items that attract thieves Similar programs put in place by the Sheriffs Office about two years ago have led to the leveling off of crime in the county Sheriff Hayward Special to The Tribune Most youths GRANITE PARK think summer vacation is too short but for 75 percent of the elementary students at five schools in Granite District switching to a year-roun- d schedule their worst fears will come true Under a schedule approved by the Granite School Board Tuesday night three out of four students at Jim Bridger Copper Hills Philo T Farnsworth Fox Hills and Hillside elemen-tarie- s will begin school July 27 after a k break Students on the fourth schedule will begin Aug 17 Under the plan parents will list their top three preferences which District Superintendent John Reed Call said has allowed around 70 percent of parents in other districts that schedhave switched to a year-roun- d ule to get the schedule they want The district had to wait for the board to approve a schedule before registration forms can be sent out Those forms should be returned to the district by April 1 Then the district will notify parents which tract their children will be on by April 15 so families can make arrangements The district is using a plan similar to one adopted by Jordan School Diss of trict There are only the student body attending school at any one time Loren Burton assistant superintendent for the district’s west area said the administration will submit a list of three to six schools to the board in the next two months for year-roun- d scheduling Parents in the schools will have one year to go through the same process the first six schools did in gathering public input The deputies volunteers but certified police officers “go through alleys shaking doors” in the county’s business districts to check for unlocked doors the sheriff said e They and deputies assigned to saturate areas where crime potential is high allow the Sheriff's Office to increase the department’s full-tim- said effectiveness without further stretching already tight budgets and manpower needs he said Although crediting crime awareness programs the sheriff said one of the major reasons for the plunge in the business-burglar- y rate are night foot patrols by reserve deputies During the Christmas holiday foot patrols in area malls dramatically decreased the number of shoplifting cases and thefts from cars Sheriff Hayward said six-wee- three-fourth- and recommendations Parents at Calvin Smith Elementary citing a projected enrollment drop opposed d school and the board agreed to leave the school on a tradih tional schedule In other action the board earned' the gratitude of parents in the Hunter area when they recommended boundaries for the new Thomas Jefferson Junior High that left those students attending Hunter Junior High The boundaries are 6400 South to' the south north along 6400 West to 4700 South where it jogs north to the railroad tracks at 4290 South southeast along the railroad tracks to 5800 West at 4535 South then jogs north to 4250 South and east to 100 feet of 5400 West then south to 100 feet north of Early Duke about 4310 South then east to 5400 South then south to 4700 South and east to 4420 West year-roun- nine-mont- 5 to Discuss Nicaragua ' At the Newman Center - 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