OCR Text |
Show ar -- r o SPECIAL collection: -- i!ai' n view Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 7 Number 14 Wednesday, April 8, 1987 Eews briefs Namesake's body may be moved to Roy BRYON SAXTON Review staff ROY The remains of Roy Peebles, the child Roy City was named after, will be exhumed from a Salt Lake City cemetery and relaid to rest in Roy if several Roy Historical Foundation members have their way. The society members who came up with the idea brought the proposal before the foundations general membership at an emergency meeting last night. The nearest living relative of Roy Peebles supports the idea. Californian Robert Bakers was a brother to the father of the boy who died at age 18 months in the area that later became Roy. The city was named after him. The child was buried in the Mount Olive Cemetery in Salt Lake City in 1884. Baker said, It is time to bring Roy home. Baker, who was visiting in Roy last week, told the Lakeside Review he has given permission to the Roy Historical Society to begin plans to exhume the boys remains. According to family history, Roy Peebles was buried in Salt Lake City by his father, a First Congregational minister, because Roy didnt have a cemetery at the time. Emma Russell, a member and spokesperson for the Roy Historical Society, said the project to bring the boys body to Roy started back in 1959, when she first began the work to track down the boys nearest living relative. Russell said nearly 30 years later she discovered Robert (Peebles) Baker through a nickname used by a close associate. Its thrilling to tne. I was unaware I had a relative with a city named after him, Baker said. He was first contacted by Russell last August. He said since being notified of the plan to relocate the body, he has turned the idea over to the historical committee for action. Im hoping they can get it done as quick as they can, he said. If the community has a problem with it, they should lay the blame on me. I want the body here. Rudy Reed, an investigator for the State Medical Examiners office, said the reburial great-grandfath- er gene-.alo- gy of the youths remains can to reach new high LAKESIDE The level of the Great Salt Lake is expected to have reached a new record high when measured April 15. According to Tim Helble, hydrologist for the National Weather Service, the April 1 reading of the lake level was 4,211.85 feet above sea level, which equals last It upsets me to hear this, said Roy Councilman Dale Willis, after the proposal was discussed at Sn informal closed meeting last week. Emma told me this would be something she would do on her own. and not involve the historical foundation, he said. Willis, former president of the foundation, said he is afraid an undertaking such as this could jeopardize our community support,, as well as create a division in the membership. Our (the foundations) goal is to preserve the past...and they would not be preserving the past, they would be changing it, Willis said. Willis said he is in support of bringing the grave marker to the Roy City Cemetery as a memorial, but he is against exhuming the remains of Roy years record peak. Helble said Weather Service officials have predicted spring runoff will add 5 more inches to the lakes current level, which would ' be a record. He said lake forecasters have predicted the lake will reach a record high of 4,212.25 as of June 1. Even with the first pump of three, scheduled to become operational April 7, the lake will sustain an increase, he said. The one pump will reduce the level only by 1.5 inches.. All three pumps that will pump water from the lake to the west desert are expected to be operating by the end of July. A lot of streams that flow into the Great Salt Lake are still flowing at a good average rate, even though this years precipitation totals are under a hundred percent, Helble said. The reason for the steady stream flow is because of a effect from last year, he said. The subsurface soils are saturated, even though the top soil is dry. And as the lake level increases, so does the potential for danger, when north winds last week blew water onto the Southern Pacific causeway, causing more than $1 million worth of damage. waHe said the ters also washed over Interstate-8causing minor road damage. J.D. Slade, a spokesman for the Southern Pacific, said the damage occured last Thursday on approximately 10 miles of track between railroad stations Bridge and Presend, which is 20 miles east of the pumps. Peebles. if Willis said he fears that Baker is in fact not the nearest relative living and the project is completed the foundation could find itself liable if other family members wished to file carry-- over charges. Willis is not the only founda- tion member in opposition to the proposal. I opposed Emma on this project when it first came about, said Frances Blakeslee, historianadvisor. Blakeslee said, in the past, Russell said she would do the project on her own expense and not involve the foundation. If they would have wanted Roy Peebles buried in Roy, they would have buried him there and not in Salt Lake City, she said. Blakeslee said she and Russell have been friends and will remain friends, but said she is concerned the foundations membership may be divided on the issue. . Roy LDS Stake President Henry Matis, who has attended meetings to discuss the project, said he will seek the support of the local community and believes members of the LDS faith will find nothing controversial about exhuming the body. 4 i. ? , - $ 4 f y 4 ,vv fPtt 4 I f yiy,"L y I pi j 'f. I f ' wind-whipp- ed 0, City keeps council iV r. 4 ' i y fa iV f y i, Alt 4 j i? Roy Peebles tombstone. meeting short, sweet Staff photo by Rodney Wnght AN EARLY EVENING stroll for Shaun-dr- a and Troy Garcia is a little different than for the average couple. Maneuvering LAYTON The Layton City not Council has set a record for making impressive decisions that will have long-tereffects, but for the length of its last coun- a stroller built for three plus keeping tripe occulets seated and happy is a pation. See story, page IB. full-tim- m Demoted officer to appeal Burner says he will request board to review action BRYON SAXTON RUTH MALAN yc ' take place without permission from the state. The family can do what they wish with the body. They do not have to involve the state, he said. But the the Bureau of Vital Records would have to be made aware that the body is being relocated. However, not everyone connected with Roy Historical Foundation is in complete agreement with the proposal. Lake level expected . KAYSVILLE Police Officer Harold Burner said he will appeal the disciplinary action taken against him for his involvement in a March 1 incident with a Kaysville teen. Burner was reduced one grade from corporal to grade-tw- o officer, suspended from duty for one week without pay and placed on probation for one year by Kaysville Police Chief Lyle Larkins. The disciplinary action was announced by Larkins Friday, who said Burner violated police procedure in the arrest of Chris Reynard. Burner said he will appeal the departments decision before a review board. The board will consist of three Kaysville police v. officers. Burner was also asked by Larkins to submit to a special stress training course. In a press release issued Fri Its easier to blame and find fault with the officer than place near the Reynard residence the blame where it belongs, March 1 at 570 E. Center St., Burner said. Burner told the Lakeside Repursuant to his responsibilities view Monday he plans to appeal as a police officer. In the course of such response the decision to a review board, Officer Burner Violated Kaysville who will review the evidence City Police Department proce- compiled before making a decision on whether to uphold the dedure, he said. Larkins refused to elaborate on partments action. He said his appeal could go as what procedure was violated in the arrest of the Reynard teen. far as district court. The youth alleges Burner used , Burner claims the department was pressed for time in getting excessive force in his arrest However, according to Burner, evidence on the investigation bewho has served eight years with cause of a possible lawsuit from the Reynard family, and failed to the Police Department the excessive force allegations in the disorget all the necessary evidence. The county Sheriffs Departderly conduct arrest are not true. He also called the recently ment colored (Reynards) fantascompleted county Sheriffs De- tic injuries, yet did not contact t partment investigation into the any hospital personnel, he said. Chris Reynard claims Burner incident inept. I find it a sad state of affairs repeatedly banged his head into when an officer is demoted, fined the cement, while Burner alleges and disgraced for doing his job, the teens head hit the cement in and doing it right," he said. See OFFICER, page 2A day, Larkins said Burner respond- ed to an apparent disturbance Roy closer to new city shops ROY The Roy City Council is one step closer to getting construction underway for the proposed million-dolla- r city shop facility. The council last Tuesday night accepted a bid from the architect firm of Nelson, Johnson and Partners, after reviewing a dozen other bids. Robert Baker of California says he is in favor of moving the remains of Roy Peebles, his relative, after whom the city of Roy is named. Baker is the dead childs nearest living relative, according to genealogy research done by a Roy resident. f I Roy City Manager Richard Kirkwood said the Salt Lake d firms fixed fee proposal for the new facility is $39,200 to provide design services for construction costs not to exceed $1 million. City-base- He said costs exceeding $1 million will be negotiated. The new shop facility was proposed by the council after discovering at the end of last year the old city shops, located at approximately 5700 S. 2200 W were inadequate in the areas of personnel safety and storage of city equipment. The new facility will be located at 5450 S. 2600 W., adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Roy City Park. The facility will provide storage for some 90 plus vehicles; 60 licensed and 30 equipment. 1 The shop will also contain office space and three standard bays, one equipped with a wash bay and pit, and one large bay equipped for welding and doubling as a painting area. We recommend our budget range for the shop should be $800,000 to $1 million to insure we have a shop that is designed and constructed of material that complements and is compatible with the surrounding area, Kirkwood said. Kirkwood estimated construction for the new shop would begin by July nnd be complete by October of this year. 7 V cil meeting. Much to the delight of several Boy Scouts the meeting adjourned after 25 minutes, setting a new city record. Often the scouts attend council meeting to fulfill requirements for merit badges. In the past, loud sighs and yawns have been heard from the seats the troops occupied. But last week the only sounds heard from the scouts were those of cheers when they realized they had been given a reprieve from a long (and sometimes boring) meeting. Even the councilmen seemed a little disarmed when they realized they had whipped through a agenda in 25 minutes, and had even started late. Several councilmen looked as though they felt an obligation to do or say something of importance but after a few straggling attempts all realized the meeting had indeed, run its course. The next best thing to no meeting is a short meeting, declared Mayor Richard McKenzie. 40-min- On the agenda The Clinton City Council will meet Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. to discuss the consolidation of the coverage area for the Clinton and Sunset police departments. Residents from Sunset and Clinton are encouraged to attend. Best quote 'The next best thing to no meeting is a short meeting Layton Mayor Richard McKenzie on the length of a recent City Council meeting. See bnef, this page. 1 |