OCR Text |
Show SPECIAL mi i cPTimki Johnson says loss of officers7hot unusual BRYON SAXTON Review FARMINGTON ministration practices for the loss of a number of officers, including several long-ter- According to Johnson, 46 sworn officers have left the department during his seven years in office, staff Davis County Sheriff Brant Johnson has defended the turnover among county sheriffs officers and called former officers who criticized his administration whiners." Johnson said The turnover in our department is not unusual or substandard. In fact its below The department includes an average of 64 officers. He did not give an annual turnover figure. In the July 23 issue of the Lakeside Review one former sergeant, a former lieutenant and another officer with 10 years experience in the sheriffs department criticized Johnson, blaming poor ad 1979-198- ve average. high-lev- 6. el responsible citizens." Chief Deputy Harry Jones said You have got to remember we're serving high stress, high productive, lifesaving services. Its important we have strong structure officers. Johnson said enforcement of his policies and conservative salaries, are two of the reasons for the turnover. He said his policies include asking officers to work eight-hodays and maintain high dress standards and insisting officers conduct their personal lives as procedures. Jones said We are demanding, and I'll admit that; I dont apologize for it. We owe that to you and every other citizen on the street that depends on us for your life, he ur said. Now wouldn't we be derelict if we didnt make those strong demands on people? However, other officers, including a former adminstrative official in the sheriffs department now emploed by another state who wished to remain anonymous, agreed with officers who blamed Johnson's methods of management. He (Johnson) got really power hungry, the former officer said. Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 6 Number 32 News briefs Roy looking to fill seat on City Council There will be a vacanon the cy Roy City Council in two weeks due to the resignation of Councilman Richard Ulibarri. The vacancy will take effect at noon, Aug. 20. Ulibarri is moving to the Ogden area. The remaining term for the council position is until noon on the first Monday of January ROY LAYTON Young women once again Layton throughout may be given the opportunity to compete in a pageant if area mall officials have it their way. After taking a three-yehiatus, the Miss Layton Pageant could return with a new name, a new sponsor, and what supporters hope to be, a new life. The Layton Hills Mall is trying to push the pageant through, but some difficulties have been encountered in getting the business community interested, said Janice Barson, mall marketing director and committee member organizing the contest. It looks pretty definite the mall will be able .to sponsor the pageant, Barson said. Barson said the mall administration has looked into sponsoring the pageant since the city gave up the contest in 1983, when a franchise fee check issued from a private business to the Utah Foundation bounced. The amount of the check was ar Barson said if the mall sponsors the pageant the title would be changed to the Layton Hills Mall Pageant, with hopes of having both Layton and the surrounding area residents compete. However, a major concern of Barsons was having Layton City provide funding to the contest once the required three-yea- r agreement of sponsorship was filled by the mall. Layton Mayor Richard McKenzie said the City Council has addressed the issue informally, adding, personally. I'd be in favor of it coming back. McKenzie said he would like to see the pageant be more than a beauty contest, with judges basing their selection on talent as well as beauty. When asked if funding would be provided by the city, McKenzie replied, It would have to come before the council. McKenzie said he cannot speak for the council, but feels there is an interest among some of the members to revive the contest. One individual who also voiced strong support on reviving the contest was Miss Layton 1983. We are trying to get the pag- eant together, said Brenda Burton, the last Miss Layton to be crowned. The hardest thing to do is get the city excited," Burton said. It's like pulling teeth. Burton said in 1985 she was asked to participate in the Fourth of July parade, but the city provided no float, no car and only one attendant. Layton is the biggest city in Davis County. You would think we could have a Miss Layton, Burton said. There is no excitment in the Layton community for a pageant. So, it's a perfect solution to have the Layton Hills Mall take it over," she said. The mall is an excellent spot to hold the contest. Burton said she feels the contest would work because she has been approached by a number of young Layton women who would like to compete in a beauty pageant if one was offered. Burton said if changes are not soon made, she could be Miss Layton until shes 82 years old. The pageant committee will meet Aug. 14 to discuss the possibilities of restoring the pageant to Layton. Committee members include mall administration officials and former pageant contestants. i Da-vi- Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Pageant may be revived $375. was damn glad to get out from underneath him. When asked if "conservative salaries" played a role in the officer leaving the force, the man said, When I left. Salt Lake City was the only agency paying a higher wage." I took a $100 (monthly) cut m d pay to come to Layton," said Nance, former officer in the county sheriff s department. See JOHNSON, page 2A I 1988. Any qualified registered voter within Roy City may submit a letter of interest for the position, along with a personal biography to Roy City Mayor A. Wayne Kimber, 5051 S. 1900 W., Roy, Ut. 84067, by Aug. 12 at 5 p.m. Body may be Layton man, authorities say SILHOUETTED AGAINST rugged mountains, a plane for the county mosquito abatement district swoops down to a fenced field. Spraying controls the growth ofthe mosquito population, and without the preventive measure, , area residents couldnt enjoy a picnic in the park, say trict officials. See story, photos on page 1C. dis-spr- ay Murder task force inundated' BRYON SAXTON Re.iew staff SALT LAKE CITY A task force investigating possibly related murders in the multi-age- ncy Salt take City and Layton area has been inundated with calls, causing other investigations to 'We have been so inundated with phone calls ... We can't be spread out that thin O.J. Peck Lake City. lag. Were working hard, and going in many different directions, said Salt Lake City Police Capt. O.J. Peck, member of the task force. We have been so inundated with phone calls of things that have occured that it has kept us busy, Its Peck said. along the Wasatch Front that may be related. Task force officials believe three murders in the area may be related including the death of Carla Maxwell, 20, who was found murdered April 25 inside a store at 685 S. Main, the classic one in the hand or two in the bush. We cant be spread out that thin, he said. The primary purpose of the task force, established in early July, is Other murders that may be related to the Maxwell murder include that of Christine Gallegos, 18, found murdered May 15, 1985, at 1380 Jefferson St., near Derks Field in Salt Lake City, and Lisa Strong, 25, whose body was found May 12, 1986, in Salt Lay-to- n. The body of Maxwell, a store employee, had been found by a customer at approximately 3:46 a.m. She had been shot five times in the face and once in the body with a .38 caliber weapon, police to investigate unsolved cases of women who have been murdered' said. When asked if other murders have been linked to the three deaths, Peck said, We cannot afford to go outside the three murders." One particular case addressed by Peck was the disappearance of Sheree Warren of Roy. According to Roy City police, Warren was last seen leaving her work place at the Utah' State Employees Credit Union, 660 S. 200 E. m Salt Lake City, at about 6:30 p.m. Oct 2, 1985. Needless to say, the Sheree Warren case has not been dismissed, but it is not on the top municipal building ' Vy n, sider. After conducting the study, Bernson told City Council members their best option would be to raze the (municipal) building, which in turn .would provide property for residential use." ? i CJ1Y xV ' LAYTON Three members of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District board of directors have been reappointed to three years Gov. Norman Bangerter reappointed board members Ezra T. Clark. Davis County representative, Wayne B. Gibson, Weber County representative; and Dennis K. Wright, Summit! County representative, said Ivan Flint, manager of the district. & ! Governor reappoints 3 to water board serve as directors for the next v aiiifiSRiisss: Study suggests sites for new city shop Bernson estimated it would take $240,000 to bring the building up to code if it were used to house city departments. Bernson also suggested the city shop, south of the former city building, be replaced. Thomas said city departments that share the old municipal building for storage, as well as the current city shops, could be relocated in a more centralized position in the city. The city shops are not centrally located where they are at, and thats a key, Thomas said. Thats where snow trucks and sanders are dispersed from to service the city. Thomas said once the property is cleared it could be sold to developers. In studying other site locations for the future construction of a city shop, Bernson gave top n priority to the Weber Short Line Railroad-owne- d property, located east and north of the MOWEDA Youth Center. The property has Union Pacific railroad tracks on 535-650- 3. IJSI Roy may raze old ROY The old municipal building in Roy may be getting invisible. a new look After reviewing a study and touring the old municipal building and current city shop facilities, City Council members are leaning toward razing both, structures and relocating several city departments. We ought to raze the (musaid Jim nicipal) building, Thomas, Roy City councilman. "The building was given to Roy City 40 years ago and it has served its purpose. Six weeks ago members of the council asked Eugene Bern-soconsulting engineer, to conduct an engineering study on the old city building located at 2200 W. 5700 S., and provide options for the council to con- priority fist, Peck said. The task force, made up of four Salt Lake City detectives, as well as detectives from Layton and Salt Lake County, make their headquarters in the Metropolitan Hall of Justice m Salt Lake City. Officers from the FBI and the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau serve as liaison agents for the task force. Peck said they are following leads on all the suspicious people reported, checking them throughly before releasing them. Peck said there is no positive leads at this time. However, a private source has , offered a single reward of $25,000 for information resulting in the apprehension, arrest and indictment of any person or persons for any of the crimes. To offer information, persons should contact the Salt Lake City Police Department at A partially decomOGDEN posed body discovered in a car pulled from Pine View Dam has been tentatively identified as a Layton man who has been reported missing since June 28. According to Detective Ken Anderson of the Weber County Sheriff s Department, the decomposed body has been tentatively identified as Randy B. Sevy, 28. The Weber County Sheriffs Department is investigating Sev-y- s death as a possible suicide. Apparently he drove the vehicle into the dam and drowned. Anderson said. The department is awaiting dental charts for positive identification, Ancjerson said. An autopsy has been performed on the body and there is nothing to indicate anything but a suicide," he said. Layton police reported a sui- cide note was discovered at Sev-y- s apartment. The Weber County Sheriffs Department recovered both the . body and the vehicle from the dam Sunday afternoon, after two s noticed the front of the passer-b- y car in 4 feet of water nearly a mile east of the dam spillway. According to Layton Police -Chief Doyle Talbot, Sevy left the Layton area between June 28 and the first of July. J yy:.y.y.yy, wKsy-yy- i . On the agenda Staff Photo by Robert Regan may be razed rather than remodeled. The city shop, south of the building, may also be destroyed and a new shop erected on another site. the east and a city park on the has made no conclusion other Old municipal building in Roy south. The second most popular site listed in the study was property located in the extreme southwest corner of city-own- ed Roy. Adequate acreage (a minimum of five acres) needs to be made available for the shop development, Bernson said. Coun-tyOrego- Thomas said at this time he has no preference on the site locations listed. Roy City Manager Richard Kirkwood said the City Council than the consensus seems to favor the need for new city shop facilities. The council at the present time is putting together strategic plans of cost and the properties available to them, Kirkwood said. The council members will have a conclusion by this time next year, Kirkwood said. The decision on what to do with the city building and the proposed relocation will be addressed in the next several city council meetings. Meet the Candidates Night will be held Thursday, Aug. 14 beginning at 7 p m. at the Davis Sihool District auditorium in Farmington. Limited seating is available for those who plan to attend. Best quote 'You have to be mentally old 22 or 23 Miss Rodeo Utah, Tauna Blair, on what prepare for ld it takes to the state competition. |