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Show 4th Cl BARRY KAWA Review Stall CLEARFIELD For former Clearfield City Attorney Alfred C. Van Wagencn, the old adage, "good things come to those who wait" proved true recently when he was selected as a 4th Circuit Court judge. Van Wagenen had been in the running previously for a juvenile court bench position and for the 2nd District Court judgeship. His selection by Gov. Scott from a list of three candidates to fill the vacant circuit court bench comes 21 years after he last sat on the bench as the first Clearfield City judge. Ma-thes- t? ALFRED VAN WAGENEN Court Judge Appointed it looking forward to getting on the bench for some time," he said. Van Wagenen will leave the thriving law firm of Hess, Van Wagenen, Page and Hess in Clearfield to assume his new position. Other former members of the firm are former 2nd District Court Judge J. Duffy Palmer and current 2nd District Court Judge Rodney S. Page. Van Wagenen will join these two as distinguished local attorneys who have been appointed by the governor to serve locally as judges. Van Wagenen said his former practice will continue with some new faces and he will resign his position as Clearfield City attor "I've been applying for and ney. Jerry Hess will continue with the practice and be bringing in other attorneys." he said. business management and received his juris doctor degree from the University of Utah Van Wagenen will be sworn in on or around June 18. "I look forward tp it," he said. "My goal is to be fair and equitable and execute the law the way it ought to be. The average person has his first (judicial) contact with the circuit court and I want to treat them fairly so they have a good altitude toward the government and want to be a good citizen." College Van Wagenen, 52, was born in Ogden and raised in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1956 with a bachelor of science degree in 3nagng d&jOGuOilTdlll& Vol. cornup C&y QaSUg&n of Law in 1958. Van Wagenen was appointed as the first judge of the Clearfield City Court and served in that capacity from 1961-6He has been a partner in the original firm of Hess, Palmer and Van Wagenen and more recently the firm of Hess, Van Wagenen, Page and Hess since 1963. 3. He has served as the prosecutor for East Layton and Sunset City, and as the Clearfield City attorney since 1975. Van Wagenen was president of the Davis County Bar Association in 1966-6- 7 and is currently mental Wednesday, June 13, 1984 Layton Will Sign Bookmobile Pact GRAHAM Review Correspondent LAYTON Approval to sign a $20,000 bookmobile contract with Davis County was given by the City Council last week, ensuring bookmobile service for Layton residents for another year. Councilman Bob Stevenson told council members he had met with county library board members and that even though the new contract is $7,000 higher than it was last year, he feels it is a "fair and equitable contract. Originally the county had asked for nearly $28,000 for a yearly contract, a sum that Lay-to- n felt was too high and unfair. Stevenson said after meeting with the county and going over the costs for both the north and south ends of the county he feels costs are evenly divided and that Layton is being charged its fair share. He said six stops were eliminated in Layton and some were ' expertise and courtroom experience," he noted. "I believe that I now possess the skills, maturity, understanding, experience and judicial temperament that would qualify me to serve effectively as a circuit court judge." QafHingar) gag Qjuam 4 No. 23 LYNDIA health commissioner for Davis County. Van Wagenen resides in Clearfield with wife Lu Rce and four children. In his application for the vacant circuit court seat. Van Wagenen said he left the bench in 1963 to acquire legal and courtroom skills as a practicing attorney. "I feel that in the past twenty years of legal practice I have gained valuable knowledge, legal Resident Says Ride Too Tali consolidated but those stops were not high usage stops and their value was questionable. Other library matters also came before the council involving the possibilities of federal grants and the donation of a building for a Layton library. Layton resident Nathaniel Johnson asked the city to consider applying for a federal grant and to also consider changing the people on the current city library board. He said he felt the city should integrate the board and get it moving a little bit better." Councilwoman Ann Harris said she had been approached by representatives of First National Bank with the possibility of the bank donating the old bank building on Gentile to the city for a library. There were questions as to whether the city would need to give the building back if it planned to build a larger building or if Layton rejoined the county system. APRIL ADAMS FARMINGTON , The question of potential height violation of the double-loope- d ride was posed by nearby Lagoon resident Vik Arnold at a city council meeting last Wednesday night. Arnold, who said he is "not toalso said he tally finds the Colossus "quite objectionable. anti-Lagoo- The ride exceeds the city's, structural height limit of 85 feet, he said. The ride measures 87 feet from the ground to the coaster tracks and 90 feet to the top of the handrail, said Arnold, who said he had measured the ride. Arnold told council members that the planning commission had given approval in 1977 for a different ride, the Corkscrew, to be built at the amusement park's west end. The Colossus is located at Lagoon's south end. "The planning commission was hoodwinked into letting the Colossus ride the coattails of approval for another ride," he said. Colossus, in its second year of operation, was purchased in Germany and construction began before the citys planning commission had given actual approval for that ride, Arnold told II attempting to evade the inspection and arrested the driver on a BARRY KAWA FARMINGTON Many motorists on roads in north Davis County Friday evening were unpleasantly surprised by three roadblocks set up to check for drunk drivers and other offenders. Capt. K..D. Simpson of the Davis County Sheriffs Department called the roadblocks extremely successful" as they netted 13 DU I arrests, four arrests for illegal possession of alcohol, one narcotic violation arrest and 30 citations for minor offenses such as driving without a license. He also noted officers at one roadblock chased down a vehicle DUI charge. Simpson said about 40 law enforcement officers from Clearfield, Layton, Sunset, Davis County Sheriffs Department and Utah Highway Patrol participated from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. He said the roadblocks were established only in the north Davis County area including locations on SR 193 near Hill Air Force Base, SR 126 in Sunset and on US 89 in Layton. The roadblocks were the first in Davis County since a joint effort in the Bountiful area in January saw 10 motorists arrested for DUI and 18 for other viola- Staff Photos by Rodney Wright WHEN and all its the council. The 10,000 lights from the ride also create a nuisance, Arnold said. City ordinance forbids any pleasures spotlight or floodlight to penetrate beyond that propertys boundaries. "But the lights from the Colossus do penetrate beyond Lagoon boundaries and into my private yard. This prevents me from the full enjoyment of my property," despite unseasonably cold temperatures or constant rain. In fact, young Justin Wiseman . of Roy finds some unique play opportunities in the mud created by rainy weather last week. He and his friends turn mud into highways and drip the tions. he said. "We set a limit and we need to enforce that limit. Are we going to allow them to operate in vio- lation of the law due to their fi- nancial and legal clout or insist gooey stuff over toys and each other, making hands, clothes and faces a certain unusual Golden Sill said he felt eventually the city and county would have to'find a more final solution to garbage than just burying it in the ground. The city still would not vote to support a burn plant at the present time, but most council mem- bers agreed that possibilities need to be IT'S SPRING, its spring, and children will enjoy the outdoors Layton Will Support Landfill Committee LAYTON Layton Mayor Lewis Shields will tell the Wasatch Front Regional Council that Layton will possibly back the continuation of a committee to do further studies of landfill alternatives but that perhaps new members should be ap- pointed to that committee to give it new life." As the council was polled. other residents must? "We cant allow a large corporation to be above the law. I hope you wont lose your nerve, Arnold told council color of brown. Rain is expected to wind down this week and some sunshine is predicted. other Review Staff FARMINGTON Training programs for the handicapped and unskilled will be provided by four local agencies in contracts approved Tuesday by the Davis County Private Industry totals $285,000 in federal Job Training Partnership Act monies for fiscal year 1985 which begins July I, 1984. ' i I ' cational Center in Kaysville for classroom training instruction. The center will give students a job assessment test and then' train them in selected areas. The. council awarded a, $130,000 contract to Clearfield The Pioneer Adult Rehabilitafor an tion Center in Clearfield rej Job Service training program. The program ceived a contract of $62,000 to pays half an employee's salary provide handicapped classroom Council. instruction. The program prowhile he or she learns the necesThe contracts continue funding sary job skills by performing the vides special training to people of four PIC. job programS)with who otherwise would be unable function. one change in the service proto compete in the job market. A contract for $52,600 was vider of a classroom training . to' the Davis Area Vof-The Davis County Employ program. The funding amoiit awarded . V ' ' that they comply with laws as members. . Reed Martineau, a Lagoon Industry Council OKs Job Training Contracts BARRY KAWA What promises to become a heated issue between Lagoon Corporation officials and nearby residents will be faced by the city council as it decides whether or not the roller coaster ride Colossus is too tall and should be torn down and moved. Roadblocks Net 13 oh Dill Charge Review Staff - Review Correspondent ment and Training will provide a broker system service at a contracted amount of $40,180. The service places people with potential good job skills at different training institutions. Richard Nelson. PIC executive secretary, said the DAVC beat out and will replace Job Service in offering the classroom training program. He said a committee consisting of four PIC council members recommended pAVC over Job Service because: they planned to place more individuals: that it was the responsibility of a training institution to train; and the vocational center would be a better "pipe line for monitoring and controlling program results. PIC chairman A. Leslie Derbyshire said the four serv ice will come under a performance bond for contracted services. The agencies will be penalized for not meeting goals of the contract but will be rewarded for exceeding the specification, pro-vide- rs & . at- torney, told the council that Arnold's argument was an attempt here to use a technicality to destroy a very valuable asset." "You don't spend two and half million (dollars) on a ride and only attempt to do it right, he said. Since the Colossus was built on ground that was four or five feet deeper than surrounding ter-- 1 rain, the ride measures 85 feet, the city's height limit for structures, Martineau said. The sound system was changed, and wheels for the ride are being used that soften the noise, Martineau said. Council members, under the advice of Mayor Merrill Petty, agreed to seek legal advice before acting on the matter. t v - r ' |