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Show Letters to the Editor Centerville leaders working on park purchases Centerville residents will be pleased to know that Mayor baseball diamonds now in use in the park. Several nearby properties are being looked at so that the city can replace the four ball diamonds with new ones in a new park. One site is on the east side of Centerville, where a new housing development is planned. The homes will be next to the former Parsons gravel pit. If the project goes through, the gravel pit will be leveled and improved, and part will become a city park. The park will connect with trails for hiking. Farmington desires to help develop these trails as the land is adjacent to Far- When City Manager Thacker was asked about Centervilles plans for the money received from the sale of the 10 acres, Thacker told me they are considering putting the money into paying off the debt on the new city hall and purchasing new parks. Frank Hirschi, City Manager Steve Thacker and the city council members are working hard on park acquisitions. ' 10-ac- re mington. Mayor Hirschi has asked the Centerville Parks and Recreation Commission to study how to improve trail access for the Centerville canyons. Also, since Centerville is moving forward toward selling its city park on Parrish Lane, perhaps for office buildings and restaurants, the city leaders are working hard to buy park land to replace one large and three small 10-ac- re Centerville residents are encouraged to give one of their city council representatives, Mike Barton, Rick Bangerter, Francine Luczak, William Nelson or Ron Russell a call to learn more about and discuss these plans. Or they can attend city council meetings held every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. At the council meetings Thacker has been very helpful in providing periodic updates on park and trail plans and activities. David Putnam Jr. Centerville Science Olympiad is a true team Of all the trips I have ever been on. Science Olympiad was the greatest. The trip to nationals is a bit like summer camp. We get roommates and activities and even awards. But it is so much more. It is a trip with friends we have worked with the whole year. Friends who understand nerdy science jokes (that alone is priceless). We are a team and you can feel that as easily as one can feel a test tube. It is a bonding experience. I feel like I know each and every member of the team inside and out. Its so funny to see us eat together because we are such good friends. Nobody cares if you want a sip of my drink - it is the teams germs we are sharing anyway. Lets have one court for one family By JEROME SHESTACK American Bar Association president one family, one court Imagine judge who has the of that familys problems. It happens in some places, where they have unified family courts. But stories like this are much more common: Mary, a mother of three, finally summons the strength to leave her abusive husband, Jim. She flees with her children to a domestic violence shelter, where the stall encourages her to take out a protective order against her husband. Meanwhile, he files for temporary custody of the children, and has her arrested for kidnapping. What does Mary do? Mary goes to court. Or rather, Mary goes to many courts. She goes before one judge to Guest Column get the protection order, another to defend the kidnapping charge, and yet another to fight the custody petition. If she wants to obtain custody of the children, and to file for divorce, that probably means she goes before yet another judge. Do all the judges know what is with this case in other going-ocourtrooms? Not necessarily; in some jurisdictions, not likely. Just when Mary needs the support of the justice system, bureaucracy gets in the way. Unified family courts, in contrast, normally require a single court team to track and decide all the familys legal problems, including custody, divorce, juvenile delinquency, child support and criminal charges arising from domestic violence. Judges are trained not only in the law, but also in the delivery of social services and, in most cases, dispute resolution. Unified family courts are based on the premise that a familys social and legal needs are best served when one judge and social services team is assigned the case. The team stays with the family until the issues are resolved. Unified family courts ensure that domestic problems are comprehensively addressed and help ward off potential domestic crisis in the future. The courts employ social and mental health counseling, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, to address problems within families that may manifest themselves in aberrant behavior. Nonlegal issues and legal issues that dont require a judge can be separated out by experts so that they dont take up precious court time. Twelve states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have unified family courts of some kind, and some localities in a few other states use such a system. But thats not enough. All citizens of all our states should have access to this type of system. At a time when daily headlines of family disfunction, domestic violence and juvenile crime jump out at us, we need another approach. Mary and the thousands like her should receive appropriate, efficient resolution from the justice system, including the services they need to ensure the familys health and safety. Unified family courts can provide that. Well, now that I have gotten past the bit of mushy stuff, I will Gayle Stevenson K) 451-320- 451-320- 451-32- Bountiful City Council Mayor John Cushing 2 Home Harold Shafter 9 Home Barbara Holt : Home 9 Sam Fowler 5 Home Alan Johnson - Home 0 Stewart Knowlton . Home 9 295-609- 295-533- 295-544- r 295-502- 295-630- 231-491- 292-262- 298-019- Clearfield City Council 825-695- 773-828- 773-979- 773-563- 9 8 Home Iichacl Barton 6 Home 295-918- 292-427- V. Hirschi 451-72- Pat Achter Home Gary E. Elliott Home David J. Dixon Home David M. Connors Home Larry W. Haugen Home Mavor DeMar Mitchell 1 Home Dennis Simonsen 8 Home Arverd Tavlor 3 Home Joanne Hansen 9 Home Richard I,ec 5 Home Merlin Mitchell 2 Home 773-583- 825-841- 776-086- 08 I went to the Envision Utah' meeting at the County FairPark. I was surprised to see that the mayor and the city manager were the only people from Centerville who cared enough to participate. Well anyway! Summer is on our doorstep and soon many of you will be planning trips to other parts of the United Stales. I would like to invite you to take the opportunity as you are traveling to look at the cities and towns you are traveling to and through. Take a minute and see what you like and what you dont about these places. What makes them liveable and desirable and what makes them undesirable? My wife and I have been doing this for years and it is a real opportunity to contrast how other communities work versus your own. 546-353- Stuart Fruit Heights City Council Mayor Richard - larvey Home 544-43L. Dale Green Home 544-86Anna I ina LePendu 9 Home Daniel J. Phelps 9 Home E. Robert Purdy Home 544 2149 Diane Maynes 3 Home 1 546-378- 773-195- 544-088- Kaysville City Council Joe Hill Home Stephen Whitesides Home Arthur Johnson 8 Home Reed Nelson 544-32- 544-329- 0 544-844- Farmington City Council I. Cook 544-587- Carl Clayton 0 Home Carl 1 russel Home 825-59Mel Wood 4 Home Centerville in the next five years is going to develop out. Whatever happens to the remaining developable ground is going to shape what your city will be for the next 50 to 100 years. The prospects of the two pieces of ground which arc now vacant in our gateway district are the determining factors of what the character of our city will be! What do you want to see here? Take some time this summer and think about it. If you dont get involved in the planning process for your city and propose what you would like to see, someone else will! Or worse, no planning will be done at all and it will show! Its your city. What do you want it to be? S.S. Blachham Centerville Adams Home 9 Steve Curtis 9 Home F. Renny Knowlton Home 546-11544-010- 546-444- 825-052- President Bill Clinton (D) The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 11 Syracuse City Council Mayor Robert Thurgood Home 6 Dana Love 3 Home Gary D. Meeham 2 Home Robert S. Wood 9 Home Jon W. Jeppcrson 3 Home David R. Benard 2 Home 773-446- 776-443- (Comment Office) Sen. Robert Bennett (R) 431 Dirksen Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 625-567- 6 (Ogden office) 773-028- 774-981- South Weber City Council Government 825-652- 547-902- 451-73- Mayor Brian 1 Home 03 Mayor Jerry Stevenson Home 544-51Brent A. Allen 8 Home Debra Ledhlns 1 Home 451-24- I- 451-60- Layton City Council 451-50- 547-012- Clinton City Council 825-689- Alavor Frank Mayor Gregory S. Bell Home 451-28- Mavor Thomas Waggoner Home 825-56Ivan IX Anderson 0 Home Diane Layton Home 825-78James W. Barlow 3 Home Curtis Oda 6 Home Garr L, Roundy Home 2 Home Robert H. Rees Home 546-491- 451-77- 773-420- Centerville City Council , Federal Francine Luczak 4 Home William Nelson 0 Home Rick Bangerter 4 Home Ron Russell Home 295-37292-993- Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State Farmington, Utah 84025 0 Office Commissioner Dannie McConkle (R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E, State Farmington, Utah 84025 0 Office Commissioner Carol R. Page (R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State pjrmington, Utah 84025 Office So, I love Science Olympiad. We relish calling ourselves nerds, geeks and idiot children. We study for fun. So sue us. Eli Kibble Davis High School ... Get involved in your citys planning Government Directory Commissioner get into the academic side. There are precious few things in this world that can teach a teenager to work. Science Olympiad is definitely one of those things. We all work for the good of the team which is motivation enough for all of us. Throughout the year we study, design, build and tweek things for our events. Nationals get us to do more. After going to nationals not one of us brought home a gold medal. Instead of giving up, most members of the team have vowed to study harder for next years competition. Sen. Orrin G. 1 latch (R) 131 Russell Bldg. Washington. D.C. 20510 779-124- Mayor Henry Dickamore 4 Home Jack Frost 3 Home Jeff Monroe 3 Home Brent Stauffer 7 Home Annette Gardner 479-388- 479-441- 479-521- 479-873- 479-490- Mayor Jan Galbraith 3 Home James D. Bridges 0 Home 773-779- 825-374- Hill Home West Point City Council Mayor Jay II. Ritchie Home Robert Fraser 2 Home Farrell Cook 5 Home Glen Wade 2 Home Gary M. Kapp 8 Home Dennis J. Montgomery Home 7?3-70825-505- 3 Sunset City Council Max 774-522- 825-809- 5 825-035- 773-935- 773-971- 6 625-567- 2 (Ogden office) Rep. Jim Hansen (R) 2466 Rayburn Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 625-567- 7 (Ogden office) Rep. Chris Cannon (R) 118 Cannon Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 0 (Provo office) 379-250- Rep. Merrill Cook (R) 1331 Longworth Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 4 (Salt Lake office) 524-439- |