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Show Former deputy Eews briefs appeals favorable '86 audit i Davis County gets FARMINGTON Lakeside Review staff A former FARMINGTON Davis County sheriffs deputy who was twice terminated from the Sheriffs Department is scheduled to take his case before the Davis County Sheriffs Merit Commission. Frank Bindley, who was terminated by Sheriff Brant Johnson for a culimination of things, was reinstated by the merit commission after a hearing several months ago, and terminated once again on possible criminal charges. Bindleys case will be heard Monday, Aug. 10, at p.m. at the Davis County Courthouse. Bindley, 32, of Clearfield, appealed the second termination to the Merit Hearing Commission last week after his request for a hearing before a departmental hearing board, a sheriffs advisory committee, was turned down. Bindley has since moved out of Utah and was not available for comment. Chief Harry Jones, who was involved in terminating Bindley the first time, said the merit hearing was scheduled for Monday, but was canceled and rescheduled for Aug. 10, after Bindleys legal counsel Scott Reed was unable to attend the first date. Both Reed and attorney Loni DeLand of Salt Lake City, have been handling Bindleys case since he was fired from the department after making allegations against the Davis County Narcot- Stevens said he also received excellent cooperation from the commission, which stayed within its budget for the 1986 year. i One recommendation the Salt Lake City auditing firm did sug- gest to the county commissioners was to conduct surprise cash counts of the petty cash and the undeposited receipts. Commissioner Harold Tippetts, who was pleased with the audit, said any of the general public wishing to examine the it can do so on request. This was the first time the Salt Lake auditing firm of Dcloitte. Haskins and Sells had conducted the countys audit. 1 BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff LAYTON Censorship of films, even of those designed for viewing in the home, is unconstitutional except for the censorship parents can impose on their own children. But if local social workers and professional movie critics had their way, restrictions would be introduced to control availability of films that satisfy the nations latest video craze slaughter party video viewing. Slaughter party is just one of many terms referring to the recent trend in video viewing among the young, a trend Davis County social worker Len Mick-el- s links with drugs and Satanism and says could cause psychological damage to the who participate. The parties involve groups of young teens, who now, instead of playing spin the bottle, surround a television and view a number of videos with titles like the particularly popular Bloodsucking Freaks or The Faces of Death." The videos are intended to take graphic horror scenes like er BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff teen-age- of re- view board to demote former Kaysville police officer Harold Burner has been denied by Kays- King said. King said he also believed Burners claims were false and that the city made no errors in hearing his earlier appeal before the police review board in March. Burner resigned from the force in May after Chief Lyle Larkins placed him on probation and lowered his rank for allegedly using excessive force in the arrest of Chris Reynard, 18, 570 E. Center Street. Since then all charges against both Chris and his brother Roger Reynard, who was also involved in the incident, have been dropped by the city. Larkins, who said he supported Burners character, said he placed veteran on probation the for not following department policy" in the March arrest. The probation included a reduction in both Burners pay and position with the departsusk ment, as well as a a for a request pension and I6-yc- ar 1 two-wee- special stress test. to Waggoner, who declined elaborate on the basis for the apbased peal, said the action was on four or five grounds of appeal, errors we thought were made in the initial board of review, he said. i-- rs non-rate- ville City Attorney Felshaw King. King, who received word of the peal, t I i ' ' t I j t ; d, agents are urging Utahns to buy peaches locally because of the of the ripening crop. According to fruit grower Rob- ert McMullin. Payson, chairman of the Utah Farm Bureau Crops he said. What we need to do is educate the parents and restrict the access of the films to the nd Noel Gill, coordinator for youthteen mental health for Davis County, there can be harmful effects in watching these types of films. 1 feel like its comparable to heavy metal rock music, Mickel said. Some can hear it and not be phased by it, while oth- young. Advisory Committee, But local video store owners say they have a right to rent what the people want to see. We get as many compliments as we do complaints, said Jaof video son Barton, stores in both Layton and Bountiful, referring to the films. Barton said he does carry the slasher videos, but requires those checking out the films to be 21 years of age or older. I dont know of a store that doesnt, he said. If youre a clothing store you carry clothes, if youre a video shop you carry videos. However, a Salt Lake City movie critic, Chris Hicks of the Deseret News, said Popular or not, store owners have to draw the line. Hicks, who reviews films for the Salt Lake newspaper, said he opposes the parties and the films, which he said are based on death and manipulation. Hicks referred to the films as garbage and said videos like See SLASHER, page 2 A ers are. lems. Gill, who coordinates the Davis County Mental Health team, said he too believes the videos pose a threat to todays youth. There should be a restriction, Gill said, and it should be enforced. Gill, who said he has viewed some of the videos in question, felt they should be rated X, if not worse. Most parents are not aware However, I s A miniature KAYSVILLE Sicilian burro has made a surprise entrance into the lives of the Kim and Karen Heaton fami- X' A ' v of Kaysville. At 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, the Heatons went to their pasture to turn off the irrigation water, and Heaton saw what he thought was a dog lying beside Pepper, their Shetland pony. Upon further examination, he discovered Pepper had just given birth to an odd little animal with f C-"- Y ' The Heatons are both fond of horses and hope to be owners of several some day. To get their childrens reactions to being horse owners, the couple arranged to have Santa Claus pick up a Shetland pony from Tucketts Petting Zoo in West Warren for Christmas last year. Larry Tuckett, owner of the zoo, said there was a chance the little mare could be pregnant when they purchased her, but the Heatons veterinarian and hoof trimmer both claimed she was not pregnant. Mrs. Heaton explained that Pepper would flounder or over- - J l " said S And according to Davis Coun- ty horticulture expert Shawn 01- sen, it could present a problem for a number of peach growers in Fruit Heights. There seems to be an excel- lent Red Haven peach crop this year, Olsen said. abunThere is a state-wid- e dance of peaches, with the main production coming from Willard, Perry, and Fruit Heights, he said. Olsen said in order to assist ar-ea farmers in moving their crop once again a Farmers Market will be held at the Layton Hills Mall sometime near the first of A. August. Olsen said the Red Haven peach is generally the first peach to ripen, followed by the Alberta peach which will ripen sometime . in the fall. The county extension agent said the Alberta peach is the one usually used in canning, while the Red Haven is eaten off the tree, lUW"1. 1 j I I j , : j , 1 , ! v K ? 4 l , X On the agenda : x'1 Davis County commissioners will hold a public forum today. Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. in the County Commission Chambers af the Courthouse in Farmington to an- swer any questions raised by the public. All county residents are : ; urged to attend. A A v N fesi f l v; (Ss' $&$?' j fjtt '0 1 f V1 I ti,K . A 1 S y'rh'r An 'V W A XX N 1 tie offspring of the - " . i s t ' v familys eat, so they were regulating her food. She looked fat, but we had no idea she was pregnant," she said. A spokesman from Hogle Zoo said Sicilian burros are not rare in zoos. Tuckett said the little animal, actually a mule, is uncom- - mon because it isn't often that a Shetland mare and a miniature Sicilian donkey cross. See MULE, page 2 P 4 -- 1 j i ( i i-'X-- errived unannounced after atrhp? antics of tinv mule, pony Pepper who Shetland the Heatons bought Pepper six months ago. Heaton t McMullin years. . VX-V- great big ears. 1 Good -- Lakeside Review correspondent i state-wid- H RUTH MALAN ly UU 1 growers are concerned that con- e have become sumers accustomed to buying import fruit because of the states peach shortage during the last two Surprise! Pony is mom to tiny mule UijWWlijUI,Ufip(i , weather and moisture conditions, combined with excellent pollination of local peach orchards last spring, has produced what is expected to be one of the largest peach harvests in recent history. er Mickel said the films are suglike pornogragestive, it warps your .where phy.. mind. You see the same thing in movies that you see in rock music and Satanism, she said. Its a progressive type of thing. It desensitizes the youth and could cause psychological prob- , over-abundan- ce of the content of those things, But, according to both Mickel those in the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre one step further. They are made up of explicit depictions of human torture and death. Available in approximately 80 percent of the video rental stores in the Lakeside Review circulation area, the films are popular, according to a number of video store owners, and will be carried as long as the demand for them continues. Dave Willoughby, owner of Roy Video Express, said those particular films do rent well," but he has put an R rating restriction on them, though they have not been rated by the Motion Picture Industry. Were extra careful on those movies, Willoughby said, admitting, however, even with the restriction, there have been a few times they have been rented to those under age 17. In defending the films, Willoughby said they have no more blood and guts than Halloween, a 1978 release which was probably the forerunner of the slasher type films. Most of the younger kids watch the slasher movies as a joke, he said. j j Utah SALT LAKE CITY Farm Bureau Federation officials and local Davis County extension aoshter' films appeal of Our opinion is, he does not have any standing to have an ap- should be abundant when watching slasher videos. Despite violence leaping out of the screen, teens become desensitized, experts say, City denies employee. Ripening peach crop Photo illustration by Robert Regan Bindley claimed members of the special task force had unhooked their patrol car odometer cables and were growing marijuana in the task force office basement. According to County Attorney Mel Wilson the allegations were unsubstantiated. Bindley was then reinstated by the department when the merit commission ruled that Jones had placed Bindley on an illegal extended probation. appeal this month from Burners legal counsel Larry Waggoner, said the appeal, which would have gone before the Kaysville City Council, was denied because Burner is no longer a city j . au-d- ics Task Force. An appeal KAYSVILLE an earlier decision by a police Davis County finances for the 1986 fis- cal year have been given a nod of approval. Mark Stevens, an auditor with Dcloitte, Haskins and Sells, complimented the Davis County commission last week regarding its financial management policies. The audit, conducted each year by the county, is to ensure the efficiency of the countys financial management policies and catch any errors being made. Stevens said his firms audit re- port shows Davis County fi- nances in good condition. BRYON SAXTON ex-offic- ! I Best quote 'You never see a Mister or Misses Mann or Plitt selling the tickets Mary Call, Kaysville Theater owner, referring to the personalized service at local "dollar theaters (see story, page 1B1. f . i I |