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Show ' SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Q Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 6 Number 35 School thefts M Re view ..M m ' i be I: N 7 VE..V;V i v. r v e, -- - t 1 , down ' FARMINGTON The number of vandalism and burglary incidents over the last three years to Davis School District facilities and property has dropped drasti- i f Fire chief applicant field narrowed to 2 Vi ! 4k. ? yivv? - s W4J W ft AN Xwttv f'- - j I Li ! buildings and grounds, recent statistics show school burglaries down nearly 520 percent and school vandalism down 50 per- tefc- - r . yi O Sa J? pi', J ' 'sN'sW vl kCr- ..V' ' i - V x'? cent. ti- - 4 , t & te day-to-da- v J - 8 - V- ' v.v i I 1 F Penrod said the decrease in burglaries and vandalism is due to a $1.2 million electronic surveillance system installed to monitor all schools. The Davis School District had a steady amount of vandalism three years ago, Penrod said. Every year we would have someone do something malicious to one of our schools. Penrod said since the security system was installed in 1983 it has not failed to monitor trespassing on school grounds. See VANDALS, page 2A , v During the past two weeks the City Council has conducted a number of interviews reducing the total number of fire chief applicants from 15 to two. We are really impressed with two of them, said Councilman Jim Thomas, after conducting interviews witheach applicant last Tuesday night. y The operations of the Roy City Fire Department have been under the supervision of three lieutenants within the department, along with Director of Public Safety Chief Julian Green, since the resignation of Chief Ed Blackc in June of 1985. Green also serves as the Ro City chief of J hM trict Assistant Superintendent Dean Penrod, former director of f i . fire chief. j?' ? Dis- ROY The Roy City Council in an executive session once again narrowed the field of applicants for the position of Roy City f "A w1 V cally. According to Davis School briefs t EvV-- i tv Mews lW jjELf 1- - "t Wednesday, August 27, 1986 4 A y V f . v . jer f r- ' Vj jf i(. . t- - v' i1 S - rufinmwin MiaMwiiMiMW rrif L ; police. In December wmHiiiiTrifi'iTiti'iTiliunfn Staff photo by Rodney Wright BY stuffed animals, Lagoon employee Kim Cooper of Layton stands ready to grant a prize to a SURROUNDED winner of the popular photos on the game on page IB. "Wac-a-Mo- le game. See story, BRYON SAXTON Tm not just backing out of this thing; that's just not my nature An unsuccessful LAYTON Republican primary' candidate for the office of Davis County sheriff has requested the state lieutenant governor to determine whether an investigation is warranted into a possible violation of Davis County election laws. A letter sent on letterhead of Davis County Teachers United to Davis educators urged teachers to vote for several candidates in last week's Republican primary election. The owner of a public relations firm said he was paid to write and print the letter by two Bountiful educators whom he declined to name. The letter, received by teachers just two days before the election, recommended county attorney candidate Mel Wilson over Jack Helgeson who lost by 200 votes, and incumbent County Sheriff Brant Johnson over challenger Glenn Clary Glenn Clary. It also recommended candidates in four legislative races, the justice of the peace contest, and school board races. Seven of 10 candidates recommended in the letter won in the primary election. Deputy Lt. Gov. Dave Hansen said, Basically, if he (Clary) felt something was wrong he could go to the state attorneys office. He also said he advised Clary to get an attorney and have him look at the letter. On the county level, Hansen said, any investigation of the letter would have to go through the dont think the letter influenced Davis County attorneys office. voters. Code Utah the Hansen said shall or no Friday afternoon Clary said he reads, persons person false of statement Gray about the letter questioned any publish any candidate that tends to affect because of Grays involvement the voting. He said the letter did with promoting several camnot make a false statement but paigns, including Johnsons and said it was real close to the jthe campaign of county justice of the peace candidate Jeffery Frost, line. of whom were recomchief both Riverdale police Clary, who lost by 900 votes, said the mended candidates in the letter. basis for his request for an invesClary said, You know damn well someone did it the belief from his you just tigation stems it. lettercant on the listed prove organization head is Clary said he has his suspicions of who is involved with of Chief Deputy Harry Jones Debut declined further the Sheriffs letter, the Davis County comment. he Johnson or denied partment Im not just backing out of this had any involvement with the letfor was unavailable thing; thats just not my nature, ter. Johnson he said. comment Tuesday. M. Bryan Gray of Shades of Helgesen said Im less surwas prised with the letter than others. Gray Communications who he Its politics as usual. said paid to print the letter, You will always find people found the letter neither illegal or slanderous. He also said, I dont who want votes bad enough that think it affected the election. I theyre willing to sacrifice their non-existe- of 1985 the city council decided to try the concept of employing a director of public safety in which the chief of police also serves as the fire department chief, Thomas said. However, the concept was unsuccessful. Thomas expects the council to publicly announce its final selection by Friday. Probe of political letter requested Review staff fl Roy to join county emergency system ROY The Roy City Council a resolution last week adopted integrity, he commented. the city to join the Gray said he was paid $192 in committing rest of Weber County in the E91 cash by two Bountiful elementary phone system. school educators to print 1,000 emergency The Weber County E9I1 syscopies of the letter. He said the tem differs from the original 91 women wished to remain anonyin that it provides the ser-- v mous because one of the women systemof ice tracing the emergency call felt she would receive criticism the caller may hang even though from the Davis Education Associbe to ask for assisunable or up ation. Weber County emergency tance. The women told Gray the letter officials said. was intended to inform teachers The E911 system also provides whQ were not aware of the DEAs rapid routing of calls to the proprecommendations for preferred er jurisdiction and agency. candidates and to throw support The councils interlocal agreeto John W. Diamond in the local ment details the funding source school board Precinct Five race. E911 system as a the of Diamond lost the election, colmonthly surcharge on phone lines lecting only 9 percent of the total in the city. vote, while Robert Thurgood and Cities in both Weber and DaNora Stephens were winners in vis County have approved similar Precinct Five. with the computeriagreements Gray said the women listed zed phone system. Johnson over Clary because of County Emergency Services the Officer Friendly safety proBrad Dee projects the Director gram instigated in the schools by E91I system will be operational Johnson. in Roy City in approximately 18 surmonths, with the charge being assessed on monthly phone bills within the next few months. 1 1 50-ce- nt 50-ce- nt Syracuse approves budget; no tax hike Hw ifii ... JL-- y v- XhSSI w, ; Aft M ? 2f4 r vyufJ The budget for SYRACUSE was apthe fiscal year 1986-8- 7 proved with no tax increase after a public hearing July 22. Repairs on city streets will continue throughout the month including chip and seal on the streets that were overlay ed last year. Asphalt overlay is being applied to 1290 South from 1000 West to 1100 West. The curb and gutter and sidewalk scheduled to be installed on the cast side of 2000 West from the elementary school to approximately 1200 South will begin shortly. f If -- ;t t x, - . ?rT I I vv -- jf f f v x VV' x v : s , a v ' x s y v rx.v ' ''" saasss. s. . x On " J? y Tamilian nrraii Staff photo by Robert Regan v Photo by Callahan Children frolic in water that made a pool out of a front storm doused the lawn in Farmington after a area. fast-movi- ng After trying and failing to remove a block- age from a drain in a flooded detention ar- ea, Farmington Public Works employee Dave White hands another employee a pike. The 8 feet of water that collected in the detention area after a storm was pumped out. The city experienced minor flash flooding during the storm. City reports minor flooding after storm 225. The area there ends up as an unwanted detention basin. Farmington City Manager Max Forbush said, Thirty to A FARMINGTON storm hit Farmington 40 homes reported a little floodwet spots and whatever. miing Wednesday night, causing was the result of The areas in flooding nor flash flooding inch than more an of rain that the city. throughout for the water much too was The heavy rains last week sent he continued. to land handle, DeFarmingtons Public Works Water also deposited up to partment scurrying to deal with the overflow. two inches of debris on the FarA Farmington City Public mington Canyon road about 1.5 Works crew responded to minor miles from the mouth of the flooding near the intersection of canyon. Because of the high water ta State Road 106 and State Road ROBERT REGAN JO ANN CALLAHAN fast-movi- ng and the inability of the storm drains to handle the more than an inch of rain, the water bubbled up from storm sewers. Residents sandbagged their window wells and doorways to water out of keep ble fast-flowi- houses. Lawns were turned into wadpools and streets became rivers for an hour after the was at a storm. Traffic on standstill because windshield wipers were unable to keep up with the deluge. Kaylynn White, wife of City Councilman Paul White, said ing she spent the evening helping keep the water out of a neighbors home only to come home to mud in her own basement. We have had minor flooding before but never this bad and never this smelly, said Mrs. White. I have lived here most of my life and I dont remember having this much water in one storm. It was scary to see how fast the water was moving. It picked up railroad tics and rolled them over. About 30 homes in the Farmington area were flooded and debris was scattered on the streets. Many people reported broken tree limbs and damaged gardens. Paul came home from City Council meeting at 10 p.m. and changed his clothes and went out to help. He called later, telling us he was helping the homes that were flooded. Guess what, I said, you are one of them, Mrs. White said. Within a few hours the visual effects of the storm had gone except for debris scattered on city roads and people hanging out belongings to dry. (, I' the agenda The Davis County Task Force will meet with Sen. Orrin Hatch. on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 9 a.m. in the Layton City Council Chambers. The task force, made up of local elected and appointed officials, will share with Hatch problems facing the county and state. Best quote 'I will probably always discourage a girl from playing, unless there is a real bruiser out there who comes along and changes my mind Layton football coach Jot Wood (see story, page 4C) |