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Show wnw 'if Vf,f; 0 VOLUME 102 NUMBER 71 04890338L0 841 J UTAH 307 STATE W SLC, C00 UT PRESS '- -. . - I ' ft wfejaafiitaw O DA VIS TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1993 "1 ! COUNTY . ASSOC SUITE 5005 04111 G Newsline 4 lia. AK. Meet the candidates nights begin Oct. 12 ,4 $ llffl lga1KaS . r ? 5s 1 f S1 v Mmr..1-- T g v- - "? V; a V't-A- j. AOimM leaves clerks unemployed By MARK EDDINGTON Stajflf VIP Express after they sold beer to two underage decoys. Each clerk was charged with two counts of Writer misdemeanor, supplying alcohol to a minor, a class-and booked into the Davis County Jail. The minors, who were between 8 and 2 years of age, attempted six individual purchases twice at each store and at different times. They were successful on every attempt. You cant tell kids they have to be 21 to buy beer if the clerks in the stores are just going to sell it to them anyway, Scow added. Far from deeming the action extreme, convenience A Police say the arrest and booking FARMINGTON Wednesday of three clerks caught selling beer to 1 minors is their way of sending Farmington convenience store owners a message: The sale of alcohol to underage youth will not be tolerated. We wanted to to make an impression that if they are going to sell alcohol to our minors, well do everything we can to put a halt to it, said Officer Dale Scow. Police arrested the clerks at Maverik, Trailsides and store owners and management were anything but 5 v it '! I' ft 1 Jenkins said the clerk called him recently and asked if he I dont think so, he was told. The other still had a job. clerks also found themselves without a job. Trailsides President Bonnie Blunk said clerks sign a form see STING pg. A2 i i sit ?x r ? t 'f' s? - ,r 'MH y H ' Vh V IV , .i 1 - i , e V t t b - .. i 4 t, ti. i ,k "V 1 WltirCl TALES . vy r W&Z . , i - r. - It may be eariy October, but last week's storm dusted the , . Wasatch peaks with a layer of snow and gave Davis County . residents an early peek at the winter to come. The rainy and unseasonably cold weather was something of a shock, coming several days after Utahns were basking in the warmth of an Indian Summer. ' ' ; Arson investigation begins in porch fire FARMINGTON A kerosene fire that torched the front porch of a home in the unicorporated area Friday may have been set deliberately, a South Davis Fire District spokesman reported. Capt. Paul Richards said the front deck area of a home at 3242 S. 350 West ignited in flames when a boy either spilled or poured kerosene. The flammable liquid was lit and the porch was enveloped in smoke and flames when district firefighters arrived. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire. Investigators are still assessing the extent of the damage. Authorities are also investigating if the blaze was caused by arson. sn;.rw u Buckle-u- p or else MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer By Dozens of reminders on BOUNTIFUL Bountiful streets and signs are encouraging citizens to buckle up and police hope the messages will cause motorists to think twice about traveling anywhere in a car without wearing seatbelts. The reminders are part of the citys new 70 Percent Honor Roll System. The goal is to get 70 percent of Bountiful residents to wear seatbelts. To accomplish this, police are targeting city employees. A survey conducted last July showed that slightly less than half of Bountiful employees wore seatbelts. Officer Julie Wilcox, community relations officer, said the program will aim at boosting that percentage with the idea of making UEWS SERIAL KILLERS muncipal workers into role models for the community. Aside from random surveys to monitor compliance, about 60 buckle up signs have throughout the city. In addition, buckle up reminders have been painted on the streets. The cost of the increased awareness is $2,500, the amount of a grant the police department has received from the Utah Police hope Chiefs of Police Association. the payoff will be an increase in public awareness and safer streets. Ive had a lot of people make Wilcox said. comments..., People are noticing. I think the increased awareness and the reminders are a good idea. The 70 Percent Honor Roll System is sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. POLITICAL VIEWS Bountiful and Viewmont high schools So far Bountiful has have spared from gangs but it could move into our area, Mayor Bob Linnell said. Gangs could move into Bountiful leaving the larger cities of Salt Lake and Weber Counties. We could get hit in the crossfire." page A3 lll(,P im ns? ' FRIENDLY REMINDER: Dozens of signs and paintings on streets are reminding Bountiful motorists to wear their seatbelts. The Bountiful Police Department has received a $2,500 grant to pay for the signs and awareness campaign. The campaign is part of "70 Percent Honor Roll System," which is sponsored by the National OPINION WOULD YOU RATHER BE AN ELK?, Cyclops, Letters to the Editor. page Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Because of matching funds Bountiful will be , page A2 SPORTS' The plan would call for Bountiful to work closely with the Davis School District at the high school level. The school district wants more officers in schools to fight gang problems, Collard said. He added that law enforcement agencies and the school district already have a program to work with high school students in Davis County to fight drug abuse and other crimes linked to juveniles. Like many cities along the Wasatch Front Bountiful is trying to deal with the problem of gangs and will seek a federal grant to help combat juvenile crime at two local high schools. Bountiful Police Lt. Bill Collard asked the council to consider applying for matching funds from a government grant for more resource officers for announced by candidates. responsible to put $12,000 into the program for three years. Collard said Bountiful and the school district would be responsible for 12.5 percent each and the federal grant would cover the other 75 percent of the costs. It will likely take two to three months to process and we should know by early January whether we will A5 Life- battle OF BANDS Bountiful seeks funds for police in high schools BOUNTIFUL prey on women. been erected underneath stop signs By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor container paints streets red Run-awa- y BOUNTIFUL The 2600 S. onramp was closed for several hours Sunday while crews cleaned up 100 gallons of paint residue spilled from a truck, the South Davis Fire District reported. Capt. Paul Richards, district spokesman, said the truck was hauling what the driver believed were 49 empty containers from Texas to Oregon. While the truck was entering Interstate-1- 5 from the onramp about 1 a.m., one container rolled off the truck and burst open on the road. The container filled with paint residue left quite a mess on the ramp, forcing crews to close the ramp until the paint residue could be removed. - . & sympathetic to the plight of the three clerks who were fired as well as jailed. I had already warned the guy about four times because I knew hed done it before, said VIP owner He just didnt care. In fact, he was Jay Jenkins. selling to his underage buddies out of Salt Lake, plus other people. I said, Dont do it. He said he wouldnt. He did it again, and the cops got him. Davis League of Women Voters is sponsoring a series of meetings to acquaint the public with the candidates and the problems and issues that are retevant to citizens of Davis County. Candidates will be asked to respond to specific questions and the public is invited to participate with questions which they are concerned about in their particular city. A meeting for those interested in Centerville elections will be held: Oct. 12, 7 p.m., Centerville City Hall. Candidates, mayor, R. Michael Kjar, Priscilla Todd; Centerville City Council, Scott E. Hansen, Steve Mangel, Kevin Merrill, Douglas E. Nielsen. A meeting for those interested in Farmington elections will be held Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Farmington City Hall. Candidates, mayor, Greg Bell and Paul Zaulski; Farmington City Council, Tammy Boyce, David M. Connors, Earl S. Kemp and Loienzo H. Semadcni. A meeting for those interested in Bountiful elections will be held Oct. 14, 7 p.m.. Bountiful City Hall. Candidates, mayor, John Cushing and David C. Piggott; Bountiful City Council, Renee Coon, Sam Fowler, Jim Huefner, Ann Wilcox. get the grant or not, Collard said. If the grant is approved Bountiful will take the funds out of the general contingency fund to cover that g measure. portion of the costs for the anti-gan- Hardy told the council that many cities and organizations are beginning to look very closely at gangs and problems relating to gangs. Our police chief is currently down in St. George with other state law enforcement leaders at a conference on how to deal with gangs, Hardy said. Gang problems will also be discussed at the special session of the Legislature next week. Although Bountiful oificials dont believe there is a problem in their town they claim that the area isnt immune to future gang problems. The council voted 0 to support the application for the grant. 5-- V Begins Oct. 13th. page C2 AREA WEDDINGS page C5 ll11' 1I,M CHURCH MISSIONARIES, volunteer opportunities. page C7 mi CLASSIFIEDS DAVIS COUNTYS BEST consumer marketplace. page B4 WEATHER Partly cloudy with chance ll11 of showers on Tuesday. HI: 75 LO: 35 l |