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Show SPECIAL a COLLECTIONS .. 1 I Wednesday, April 29, 1987 Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 7 Number 17 Committee to hear Burner grievances BRYON SAXTON by Kaysville Police Chief Lyle Larkins earlier this month was justified. The action included a probation, a reduction in rank k and a suspension without pay. Larkins also recommended Burner take a special g course. Larkins said the disciplinary action was taken after the Reynard family claimed Burner used excess! in the arrest of their son and after a county investigation concluded Burner violated Kaysville Police Department pro- Lakeside Review staff KAYSVILLE A police officer who was demoted and placed on probation after an investigation into the arrest of a teen-agsaid he will air his grievances in a department hearing. Officer Harold Burner, who allegedly used excessive force in the arrest of Chris Reynard, 18, said he will appear in a department hearing at the Kaysville Police Department May 4 and 5. The hearing, which Burner has requested be open to the media and the public, will decide whether the action taken against Burner one-ye- er ar two-wee- stress-trainin- ite-fore-a cedure. Larkins declined to discuss what procedure Burner had violated. The report of the county investigation has since been turned over to County Attorney Mel Wilson, who said he is reviewing the matter to see if criminal char-- , ges should have been brought against Burner. Wilson, who requested the report several weeks ago from Larkins, said he is reviewing the countys investigation to satisfy himself. whether the incident should have been discussed with the Kaysville Justice of the Peace, who may hear the BumerReynard trial. Both Larking and Burner said they were unaware that Wilson had been reviewing the investigation. Burner said the hearing committee will be given the option to either uphold the decision made by the chief, three-memb- , Complaints under review KAYSVILLE The Davis County Attorneys Office is reviewing two separate criminal complaints related to an incident which has resulted in punitive measures being taken against a er Kaysville police officer. The county attorney is looking at a complaint filed against Kaysville Police Chief Lyle Larkins by Officer Harold Burner for telephone harassment and charges against two Kaysville brothers for resisting arrest in the incident in which the brothers claim Burner amend it, or do away with it. veteran of Burner, an eight-yethe Kaysville Police Department, said the three officers selected for the committee are very good BURNER, page 2A ar Wilson commended the Police Department for bringing in an outside agency to conduct the in- but vestigation, questioned of-S- ee used excessive force." Burner's rank was reduced and he was put on probation following an investigation of the incident by the Davis County Sheriffs Office. Kaysville City Attorney King said he turned both the harassment complaint and a case involving disorderly conduct charges against Chris and Roger Reynard to the County Attorneys Office for consideration because he would have been the prosecu-Se- e REVIEW, page 2A Fel-sha- w News briefs BKBnMWMnMHMBHVBM Clinton: No money, to hire dog-catch- er The possibility CLINTON of Clinton getting its own animal BLURRED FIGURE of a Davis High track team member rushes to complete a relay race at an invitational meet Saturday . See story, page 6C. Work continues on Trappers Loop BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff A paved, two-lan- e t highway is in the making and could be completed by the fall of 1988, accordipg to the director of the Utah Department of Transall-seas- portation. UDOT director Howard Richardson, who is overseeing the construction of the new Trappers Loop road, said he anticipates the $8 million project to be complete by the fall of 1988. But it could slip into the spring of 1989, the director said. If we are very fortunate and dont have any serious problems or mechanical breakdowns, the project will be complete by the earlier date, Richardson said. Richardson said at the current time two separate projects are under contract. One project is for clearing and y grubbing work and right-of-wa- fencing. the second project is for grading and drainage work on both ends of the road. Another project will be advertised early this summer for the grading and drainage work on the middle section of the road, he , said. A subsequent required to pave the highway. The new road, when complete, will be 9.9 miles long and run through Weber and Morgan counties. Richardson said the project was started last fall and is on schedule, and he expects it to remain on schedule. The Trappers Loop project received funding from the state earlier this year when the State gas Legislature approved a tax increase. The gas tax increase is anticipated by state leaders to generate more than $15 million in nt State says 'don't trespass' Property owners are complaining to the Utah Department of Transportation about trespassers in the area where the new Trappers Loop Road is being constructed between Mountain Green and Huntsville. Motorists are driving into the area, particularly with vehicles and on moare damaging newand torcycles, ly planted crops and upsetting the a UDOT livestock, according right-of-wa- Property owners are extremely upset and may press charges against violators if the trespassing does not stop, she said. The public is not allowed in the highway construction area ve official. Property around the highway contract will be y is all private property, and people are trespassing when they try to get to the highway construction area, said Shirley Iverson of UDOT. -- ther, she said. UDOT is overseeing construc- tion of the project. control officer is being looked at, according to Mayor Larry Davis, but budget cuts may make that idea impossible. After hearing one womans concerns at a recent City Council meeting about the response time on calls for animal control, Davis told her the idea was being examined. City Manager Jim Smith said the city has received several complaints and concerns about animal control service to the city. Though Clinton used to have its own animal control officer, the Davis County Animal Control and Care Department now services the area. But though the idea of Clinton again having its own officer is nice, Smith said the idea is financially impractical now. With the city forced to make $39,000 in budget cuts in the fiscal year 1986-8- 7 budget, he said there is no money for such a service. We will be monitoring the situation, but we feel at this point we can work with the county, Smith said. The Davis department serves all areas of the county except Sunset, Woods Cross and West Bountiful, said DeAnne Hess, assistant director. Clinton is divided into two zones, she said. Our target is to have 100 percent zone coverage. During January, February and March, there was 97.7 percent zone coverage in Clinton. That includes just routine patrol, not calls. ' emergency or after-hou- rs District to provide water to burn plant The Weber Basin LAYTON Water Conservancy District has approved a $30,000 contract with the burn plant special service district to provide water to the facility. Ivan Flint, manager of the Weber Basin District, said the 150 acre-feof water will be used to make steam at the plant. The steam will then be sold to Hill Air Force Base for heating needs. g and Flint said the water usage by the plant will be increased next January from 150 to 300 acre-feof water, for a total yearly cost of et Missionary 'fine' Hill may expand retirement after shooting program to avoid layoffs An LDS missionary from Sun- set who was shot three times at point-blan- k range in Royal Oak, Mich, has been released from a hospital there. Richard Jenkins, s20, who' was shot three times with a .22 caliber pistol during an apparent argument with three ,tepns Thursday ' night, and his companion Kevin Johnston, who was shot .once-- , were both released Saturday from ' ' the Providence Hospital. to brother older Jeff Jenkins, Richard Jenkinssaid Richard is doing fine and spent one night in the hospital after he was shot three times during a fight with I' some area Detective Royal Oak Township Neil Gcnsler said three juveniles, each 15 years old, were arrested and taken into custody after the shootings Thursday night. He said the two missionaries shared an apartment in the suburban Detroit complex where the incident occured. The detective said the shootings did not appear to be connected with any church activity, and none of the juveniles or the teen-ager- s. , 'He must have had a guardian angel Jeff Jenkins HILL AIR FORCE BASE Funding decisions at Hill Air Force Base have forced base officials to try to expand an out retirement program to avoid laying off 482 employees. The early-oretirement, apin January for the proved of Maintenance, could prevent anticipated layoffs by expanding the retirement program to include additional base organizations, said Len Barry, Hill spokesman. Barry said officials requested early retirement authority for the Directorate of Maintenance based on projected workload reductions, which would eliminate 482 positions. Barry said the positions at the base have been reduced because of the shift from the 6 which does not reto the quire as much maintenance. Tight budget constraints from cuts in federal funding also contributed to the problem. We are attempting to expand the authority to include other base operations," he said. early-- ut victims was related to fhe others. , Jeff Jenkins said his brother, who is serving in the Michigan Dearborn LDS Missiori,. said he was confronted by the teens in the courtyard of their apartment complex after returning from buying groceries. , The teens had been harassing them (the missionaries), pointing a gun at his head and (Richard) wasnt going to put up with that, Jenkins said. Jeff Jenkins said his brother then struggled with the juveniles for the gun. During the struggle he was shot through the right calf, another bullet grazed his right hip, and another hit the side of his chest not even hitting the meat, his brother said, quoting the missionary. See SHOT, page 2 A (I F-1- F-- 4, ( We just have too many people on the payroll and were seeking to reduce the number, so we can meet our payroll obligations. The first request made by base officials was approved by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in March, and eligible maintenance employees are being allowed to retire early during the month of April, he said. As of April 10, 151 employ- ees had requested early retirement and more than 500 others had requested counseling to determine their early retirement benefits, Barry said. But base officials feel if they were to expand the retirement program into the area of Operations and Maintenance, which comprises nearly 50 percent of the Air Force Logistics Command Operations at Hill, then job separation could be avoided for all Hill employees. We have had virtually a hiring freeze on, and if we had not, that we would have been faced with removing more than 600 employees from the base. The freeze was a foresight on our part and has allowed us to avoid making a crunch at this point, he said. Since the freeze has been only partially successful, 325 additional employees need to be separated prior to June 30. Based on these estimates, the early-ou- t authority for the and Maintenance organizations was requested late last month and is currently being considered by officials at U.S. Air Force headquarters. We have asked Air Force headquarters to expand retirement, and were waiting for Air Force to come back and say yes or no, he said. The early retirement, if approved, would be opened to Hill employees during the month of June. Barry said there are 1,117 employees in the Operations and Maintenance organizations projected to be highly probable candidates for early Operations waste-to-encr-- steam-cleanin- et $30,000. Flint said the basin sells water by the which is equiva- acre-foo- t, lent to 325,900 gallons. On the agenda The Davis Board of Education plans to announce the new Davis School District superintendent Tuesday, May 5, 7 p.m., at the school district offices in Farming-ton- . The public is encouraged to attend. Best quote 'You need to be on the City Council to have a sidewalk in front of your house South Weber resident Jerri Daines on why some residents have sidewalks in front of their homes on South Weber Dnve. f |