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Show y Standard-Examin- er COMMUNITY Crochet therapy f ' V Roy woman stitches to keep injured fingers working.5 J Vy .V, Happy feet Take care of your feet and they 11 get you where you want to go.5 BEVJEW7 pspr SEPTEMBER 1, 1998 DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL 17, NO. 105 Paves Handling problem lives AFTER SURGERY: Dr. Robert Treft (nght) holds a toy for James Semisi students see after Afi 776-495- Sales leader ... Jody B. Barker has been honored as the Zone IX Sales Leader of the Quarter for Geico Direct Insurance Company during the second quarter of this year. Barker, who represents Geico in Layton, had the highest sales volume among sales and service representatives in the eight-statzone he operates. Hola. Standard Examiner correspondent FARMINGTON - Davis MELANIE CONNER r School District wants to avoid national headlines either because of a student brandishing a gun or the actions of a principal in expelling a student for questionable behavior. Because of this the districts student services was reorganized three years ago, said Katie Davis. The reorganization has put six case team members over each high school and the junior highs and elementary schools that feed into it. When a students behavior is considered a problem or a risk, the principal calls the district case member. Davis School Board members recently learned how this method works by doing some role playing at a workshop designed to teach them how the district is handling students with problems. This method has dropped the number of formal hearings held at a district level to get students reinstated into school from 52 three years ago to one last year. In a make-believ- e scenario board members read about a teenage girl who brought a lighter to school that resembled a handgun. They heard how she was afraid of a boy whom she recently broke up with. They also learned she was a good student and had never had any previous discipline problems. The parents said in a meeting that the princireacpal was having a knee-jer- k tion because of a student shooting other students in Oregon recently. William P. Moore, school board member, asked, On the surface it seems a minor thing. We need to take a zero tolerance with what is happening around the country. Can we ignore this? Board members had to decide if the students actions under the Safe School Policy warranted her to be removed from the school the mandatory 180 days. They recommended that she have a psychological evaluation. When Eye doctor brings Leading investigator By D. LOUISE BROWN Standard-Examine- r correspondent - The shiny, tied to a LAYTON flag, against the grasp of the man anxiously peenng down the airport walkway where he boy would hoped an 1 1 year-old soon appear. The balloons were a strange gift for a boy whose vision had gradually succumbed to invasive cataracts over the course of his young life, leaving him in near darkness. Dr. Robert L. Treft of Kays-vilhoped to change all that. James Semisi Hola, the boy, had left his island home in Tonga 36 hours before and was winging his way to Utah to receive eye surgery that Treft hoped would restore James sight, giving him a chance to once again see. The balloons were a symbol of that hope. Trefts wife, Terri, said, By next week, our hope is that he'll be able to see them. Treft met James while on a humanitarian mission to Tonga last November. Treft had hauled eye laser surgery equipment from his office in Layton to the Ton-ga- n island of Tongapu, on a trip that took two days, for the purg surpose of offering gery, free of charge, to people who would otherwise never be able to receive it. Tonga, with a population of 1 10,000, has only one ophthalmologist. Trcfts was the first laser surgery equipment ever seen in Tonga. Treft had just set up the surgical equipment that would bring improved sight to James and others when he received word that his mother had passed away, llis family pled for his swift return. Determined to at least remove the blinding cataracts from James eyes before he had to leave, Treft decided he would just have enough lime to perform that operation. But the anesthetic equipment broke down, and no replacement part could be found on the island. Treft recalled, We couldnt get it fixed, and there was no way to put this little boy to sleep to do the surgery. I had See SIGHT2 -- lc sight-givin- Whats coming inTX. READY TO OPERATE: As James Hes glad to be able to see his his countiy hell be able to see his family better than e'crfor the concert is also coming Thursday from Julie Ann Grosshans, a junior at Clearfield High School. your thoughts to TX. at txstandard net or join the TX. chat room Wednesdays at 8 p m. at www standard net. first time. Its been good to make a difference for him, and to At left, Treft removes the cataracts from James' eyes in an operation that lasted approximately three hours. watch him expaicnce sight. is published every Thursday in the Lakeside Review, For more information on how to get a copy, call (Teen-Examine- -- (above) prepares for eye surgery, a surgeon assisting Treft comforts James as he slowly drifts off to sleep. dad. When he returns home to A review of the Matchbox 20 TX. e boy out of the darkness 11 -- year-old See SCHOOL74 There are a lot of scams out there, and many are aimed at teenagers. Sunny Nakae, a recent graduate of Clearfield High School who is attending the University of Utah this fall, takes a look in this week's TX. at just a few of the scams teenagers need to watch out for if they don't want to lose all their hard earned money. Also coming up, Bonneville High School junior Marci Howard ponders whether parents really are as old as teens think - in fact, they MIGHT even understand some of the things their kids are going through. Hmmm. : To submit an item for 1 Neighbors, call weekdays. his surgery to remove cataracts. At right is James father, By LORETTA PARK - Neighbors Holatotesthow the boy can well Davis district gets update on how case management is working : Dr. Robert Treft 776-495- . . . Private investigator Donald DeBoer, president of Vantage Group in Clearfield, has successfully helped countless insurance companies, attorneys, businesses and individuals by , providing quality investigative 4 services. He joined the ION Network based in Tempe, Ariz., in 1994 to get case referrals, market his business and network with other professional investigators. Created in 1990 by ION President Leroy E. Cook, ION Inc. referred its 20,000 case in July making it the worlds leading investigative referral service. Masters degree Faline Christensen of a master's degree in marriage and family therapy Aug. 31 at Auburn University in Alabama. She will attend Texas Tech University on a Chancellors scholarship to pursue a doctorate degree. She received a bachelor's degree from Weber State . . . Layton received University in 1996. She is marned to Glen Christensen and they are the parents of nine children. Second in race Lane Ta Fame, a chestnut gelding, captured second place in the $27,797 Diamond Classic Derby RG3 at Central Wyoming Fairgrounds in Casper. Owned by Lettie M. Child of Layton, ridden by Kirk Favero and trained by Greg Creager, Lane Ta Fame covered the race in a time of T 19.780. The second place finish . . . 400-yar- d paid $5,208. n PET OF WEEK This great Pyrenees is a sweetheart. She needs love and a good home. She is big but needs to be inside and out. She is available from the Davis County Animal Shelter for a $60 adoption fee, plus a $10 license fee. Adoption hours are from p m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p m. on Saturdays. For more information call or visit their Web site 2-- 4 -- 444-220- at 0 wwrw co davis.ut us. COMING THURSDAY Answering the call Layton emergency dispatchers honored. Read about it in the next Lakeside Review BEST QUOTE Discussion heats up during public hearing on flag lots in Bountiful By CATHY MCKITRICK Standaid Examiner correspondent HOUNTII UL - Scott Gamer, a pet installer and Bountiful car- resident, learned about Wednesday evenings public hearing on flag lots during breakfast Wednesday morning; he realized his retirement nest egg might be at stake, so he decided to show up. The Bountiful planning commission proposed an ordinance banning flag lots, and when the hearing opened for public input, the discussion heated up. A flag lot consists of both a single famiunits on a sinly dwelling and multi-famil- y gle lot - single lots being developed for mixed use. This complicated issue got reactions from both ends of the spectrum because it impacts people where it hurts - their homes and their finances. Gamer told the council that a total ban of all flag lots would devastate him financially. He has worked hard for his money, and managed to save enough to purchase e lot. a single family home on a I planned to live in the single family home and build a apartment building behind, Gamer said. Gamer remodeled and added on to the home, originally one-acr- 19-u- I built in 1947. If the new ordinance had passed Wednesday evening without a hitch, Garner would have been required to demolish his single family home in order to have the units on his propel ty. I feel the total ban is absurd, Gamer said. I know a lot of people who would multi-lamil- thought it was my fault and I was bad. I was scared, too. Victim of sexual affidavit. y See LOTS4 i abuse, in court |