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Show " lht-styli- ? Its possible Make luwtrewt voGiituii a rruliiy wilh jiitirH INSIIW Overcoming life's challenges PtaLknl twiplf find way lu iiunl Iii(i,u.I2 liarenfltoutl June 11, lfJ7 DAVIS COUNITS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL 10, NO. 14250 CENTS Legislators hotel stays raise questions lawmakers. Rush stacd 28 nights at the Salt Lake hotel, while Stephens stayed 29 nights during the 45 day session. Stephens in 1996 was given Bush, Stephens say policy chango helps them bo better lawmakers By BHYON SAXTON CmfkimtiMtimm Oww special permission by House Speaker Rep. Mel Brown, R Union, to stay in Salt Lake offer Two DavU County legislators ssy staying overnight at the Little America Hotel on Monday through Thursday during (he leg Wative session mode them more effective lawmakers. Rep. Nora Stephens, and Rep. Don Bush, R Clearfield, are two of several law makers to lake advantage of a new policy allowing Davis and Soli Lake lawmakers to stay in Bush Stephens Salt Lake, and have the state re imburse their hotel expenses up to $63 a night. In their case, each of their room tabs was $38, a reduced price Little America provides to she had been in two traffic accident while driving to and from her Sunset home to the Capitol. Stephens said while one accident was only a lender-bende- r, the other was a live-ea- r pilcup, and some victims were hospitalized. In addition, Stephens said not having to travel back and forth gives her more lime to do her job. "It gives me two hours more a day to work," site said. Bush also sees his overnight stays that way. "I was spending a lot of time on the road I could have ucd otherwise," Bush said, who doesnt feel a bit guilty about wanting to stay close to work. Besides, Bush and Stephens say, their hotel expenses are offset some by the reimbursement they would receive if they were still traveling back and forth. Bush said he also was coming to work "a lot fresher" by not having to fight weatlier and traf- fic. "That gets to be kind of tiring, tell a. he wild. Hash and Stephens arc both retired, and they say it's easier for them to suy m Salt lake because they don't have young children at home. Several Utah legislators took advantage of a new rule that allows even those living nearby to stay in hotels at taxpayers' expense during legislative xessions. Some of them even charged taxpayers for their Valentine's Day stays with their spouses at Little America Hotel. I II Ste HOTEL'S Burglars Hr rr target For the secBountiful Po- ond year in a row. lice Chief Paul Rapp attributes an alarming increase in vehicle burglaries to unlocked vehicles. In a report on the police departments 1996 activity, Rapp told the city council that at least half of the vehicle burglaries are on cars that are unlocked. Some 269 cases were reported last year, compared to 266 in 1993. The continued trend in Bountiful is for residents to leave their cars unlocked and for criminals outside the area to target Bountiful as easy pickings, Rapp said.. This information was obtained from interviews with suspects, most of whom were arrested in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. For the first time in five years we are recording a homicide that occurred in Bountiful, Rapp added. This case involved an elderly couple who were both in poor health and terminally ill. The husband gave his wife a lethal dose of medication and then committed suicide himself. For unknown reasons the - robbery ievel is down significantly, Rapp said, citing four this year compared to 19 last year, which puts robbery at the lowest level in four years. Aggravated assaults also continued a downward trend. In burglaries, meanwhile, he said the trend predominantly coincides with alarms not being installed in businesses. Suspects being arrested were almost exclusively from outside the area. Interviews indicate that Bountiful businesses are often picked because of the absence of alarms in many of the establishments. The increase in adult arrests, at 1,022 compared to 947 in 1995 and only 872 in 1993, is consistent with state and national increases, Rapp reported. Juvenile arrests, at 1,156, were down by 12. . Parking tickets are down because we did not strongly enforce the snow removal parking ordinance last year, Rapp said. Police action was in response to calls, where the option to tow illegally parked vehicles was enforced, he said, adding that few complaints were received and only 247 cases were listed, less than h the number in 1995. In other statistics, Rapp said accidents were down, DUIs were up from 45 to 70, and drug cases dipped from 111 in 1995 to 106 in 1997, but compared poorly to only 30 in 1993. Gang activity resulted in three assaults last year compared to 11 in 1995; harassments and threats dipped from 10 to seven; and suspicious activity rose from 12 to 15. Graffiti cases dipped from 151 to 147, although cases were way up from 43 in 1993. . Total training hours were considerable at 5,485, well over double that of three years ago. one-fourt- n' See BURGLARS3 Hill Field Road to bo extended conduction will begin month to extend West Road from 120) West !ffeadWest m Layton, j I j I and Reed Co. ol Ogden wen (ho contract last mk with a bid ot $944,000 Construction should start June 23 on Marshall Way. Then workers will break new ground as the road is extended to the new E P, Ellison Park The protect should be completed by SOUTH WEBER 10-inc- h correspondent - i The city council has approved an additional S3.780 expenditure (or completion ol a new water line. The funds are in addition to approximately $175,000 allocated lor the project which includes installation ol a water line along a portion of South Weber Drive and 1375 By TOM BUSSCLECRG BOUNTIFUL ! gets more funds Police chief tells council vehicle burglaries are up because of unlocked cars Standard-Examine- Layton Water line project iL Bountiful CITY LIMITS ) aaD mm r:? dbU" T -- v East, The additional funds are needed (or additional curb and V a gutter replacements. , i FARMINGTON j Utility tax change "ivf rr 4 to cost city City Manager Max Forbush estimates the city will lose from S3.000 to S3.500 a year, thanks to changes in the way utility franchise taxes are collected. Along with other cities across the state who levy utility taxes, a legislature-passechange in rules for taxation repealed the city's ability to collect utility franchise taxes on electric power and natural gas, Forbush said. Because of that, the city council approved some amendments repealing the taxes on electric power and natural gas, and revising provisions on telephone d DANA Kathy Bishop stands in front of the old farmhouse that is home to her business, Country Legacy Boutique. The probably be sold and tom down to make room for offices. A REAL LEGACY: will ' 1 JENSEN, Standard-Examine- property ' Old house stirs memories Layton man waits for buyer of e farmhouse-tumed-boutiqu- By LORETTA PARK correspondent Standard-Examin- - Kathy Bishop chose the for her boutique its location. A rock foundation marks the original part of the home that was built in 1890. Other rooms were added on over the years. Its owned now by Dee R. Forbes and his three younger brothers, who all grew up in the old house. Indoor plumbing was not installed until 1947, after Forbes was married. They, and their father, Clarence G. Forbes, farmed the 25 acres around it. And they watched time change what was a rural area into a business area. Bishops shop, the Country Legacy Boutique, is the first business to be operated out of the farmhouse, 1716 W. Antelope Drive in Layton. To the north of it is Tanners Clinic. To the west, where Forbes family raised crops, is Kmart, Albertsons and other businesses. To the south, is Antelope Drive, once a gravel lane and now a four-lan- e asphalt main road in Davis County. Forbes, 74, doesnt want to sell the home LAYTON Do high -- Dee R. Forbes, describing how he feels about selling the house he grew up in, which is now a boutique Forbes if she could rent the farmhouse until it was sold. A kitchen where homemade bread, bottled peaches, jams and jellies once filled the shelves is now stuffed with homemade gift items made by Bishop and other vendors. Merchandise includes wall hangings, gift baskets, paper gift bags, cloth dolls and wooden boxes with oil paintings of the outdoors on the lids or fronts. David Paul of Sunset crafted and painted the wooden boxes and shelves, Bishop said. Bishop has displayed her floral arrangements in booths at Swiss Days, as well as decorating a home for the St. George Parade of Homes. Unlike some crafters, Bishop encourages others to copy her designs. I have found you cannot copy anyone elses work because the creativity kicks in and you have to make it your own. So I say, Go ahead, copy from me, and heres the stuff to do it with, Bishop said. A wreath with wooden fishing poles, fish and a woodsy look hangs on a wall in the den area. On a shelf close by are most of the items in the wreath for sale. Utah is made of those women who want bird-house- s, he was bom and raised in, although he said his brothers choose to. And in order to sell the home surrounded by trees, rose bushes and old farm equipment, he has to sell his house next door, where hes lived the past 41 ' years with his wife. Karma, and raised six children. On the front lawn that grew narrower as Antelope Drive grew wider stands an old apple tree that his children climbed and pretended was a space ship. I have mixed emotions about it, Forbes said. Once the last three acres of the old farm and the homes are sold, they will be replaced by newer buildings, asphalt and concrete. For now Bishop and her sister, Marilyn Knighton, operate the boutique out of one of the homes. Bishop decided she could no longer run her floral design business from her own house, which is two blocks away from the old farmhouse, and she asked See HOUSE3 fees cause illegal dumping? Canal company says yes, Davis bum plant director disagrees By ANDY HOWELL Standard-Examin- I have mixed etwtions about it. Davis Bureau LAYTON - The manager of a canal company blames high tipping fees at the Davis County bum plant for what he says has been an increase in illegal dumping along canals. Floyd Baham, manager of the Weber and Davis Counties Ca nal Co., said people will dump their trash anywhere they can, and canals are usually easy to get to but isolated enough so they arent discovered quickly. Baham told the Wasatch Energy Systems Board, which oversees the bum plant and landfill in Layton, that it needs to do what it can to bring tipping fees down. The average person is not going to pay the price to dump at the burn plant, . he said. More are dumping along nals. But LeGrand Bitter, director of the burn plant and landfill, doesnt believe tipping fees are out of line. He said there was concern in the 1980s that tipping fees may be contributing to illegal dumping in the county, but since the rate structure was modified a few years ago, he doesnt believe thats the case. Currently the district charges a tipping fee of $7 for a load from a standard pickup. Bitter said the overall fee for yard and construction waste is $25 a ton. Weber County charges $29 a ton. What weve seen is that it (illegal dumping) is no worse here than anywhere else, Bitter said. Wasatch Energy Systems, formerly called the Davis County Energy Recovery District, handles the solid waste disposal needs of 15 cities in Davis and Morgan counties. providers." The city will now levy a new energy sales and use tax of 6 percent, the same as the utility franchise tax on electricity and natural gas. In addition, the council authorized Mayor Gregory Bell to enter an agreement with the State Tax Commission for collection of those taxes. That will take 1 12 percent of previous revenues from the city, leading to the estimated loss. CLINTON Footage guidelines for homes reviewed The city council reviewed proposed changes in the minimum square footage required for single-famil- y homes at its meeting Tuesday. A proposal has been made to reduce the minimum requirement from 1 ,000 square feet on the main level to 800 square feet. Many new homes are two and three levels, which add to the overall space in the home. No decision was made and the issue was tabled until the planning commission makes a recommendation. WEST BOUNTIFUL Final budget hearing Tuesday The city council will hold its final budget meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Because of the change in city fiance directors, figures are not yet available as to what the general fund or enterprise (water and sewer) funds will be j |