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Show I AVIS COUNTY cV1 h,.l pHli UTHVn '07 W VOL. M 0 O 1 H -i- 03 ffJB J-1 FRIDAY 1 NUMBER TIM: 1 6 Apr. 1, 1034 percent success Evacuation imminent Toads pose By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer Bountiful police officer Ty CLINTON Police are picture perfect in obtaining convictions on motorists operated either inside or Berger. The portable cameras can be Farmington By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer outside the patrol car, or activated by a remote control carried by each charged with driving under the influence of alcohol since officer. This An FARMINGTON is toad threatening endangered to croak all development on 845 acres recently annexed into the city, and residents may soon have to evacuate their homes in a attempt by federal officials to save the species. allows officers to film erratic installing video driving and field cameras in patrol cars last August. We have a 100 percent conviction rate on DUI arrests sobriety tests. Before the video age, juries were forced to rely on officers testimony, which defense attorneys would frequently that we have videotaped, said Police Chief Bill Chilson. Money was allocated by the Clinton City Council last year for the purchase of four video cameras. threat to an evacuation order is given, all hell could "1 Since challenge. the cameras were installed, and with tapes admissable as evidence, Chilson said most attorneys see little point in Each camera cost $2,000 and was purchased from contesting DUI arrests. break lose." Most DUI cases on Mobile Video Systems, a company headed by West see pg. 3 VIDEO -- Chief Jeff Jacobson and tolerance Teachers give grade to new books A A young Jerusalem resident greets an American visitor. Many religions converge in the Holy Land during the Easter season. see story pg. 6 By MELINDA WILLIAMS Contributing Writer ordered it quits and the new teacher doesn't like it? Or what if the book doesn't meet state or FARMINGTON Recently several social studies teachers in Davis Countys secondary schools spent the day perusing, books. Some even got to take a few back to their schools free of charge. It was a bookworms dream. national standards? The Davis School District has solved those problems by buying textbooks for a subject and grade for the entire district. Using this system the district can ensure students are learning the same material material which fits the core curriculum while getting a better deal for the district. The district buys textbooks on a seven-yea- r rotation. Different subjects are purchased each year. This year, the district is buying social studies books for its secondary schools. A committee of But those teachers were working selecting social studies texts students in all the districts junior and senior high schools will use next year. In most school districts a teacher picks the textbook he or she wants and the school orders it. But there are problems with that. What happens to a year-ol- d book if the teacher who see Bountiful youth sought for city's teen council Bountiful City Council has approved plans to organize a completed forms to Ann Wilcox, Bountiful City Youth Council. Bountiful City Offices, 790 South 100 East. The council is soliciting applications from interested students from three high schools: Bountiful, Viewmont and Woods Cross. Ninth graders who will be attending these high schools in the fall are also eligible. Applicants must reside within Bountiful City limits. Applications have been distributed to principals offices in ail schools attended by potential applicants. pg. 4 TEXTBOOK Applicants should return The federal government has slapped a development moratorium on former west Farmington, banning all construction of new buildings or modifications to existing structures. The moratorium is designed to preserve wetlands in the area, which is the last known refuge for the Great Basin Spotted Toad. And if that doesn't do the job, officials say more radical measures, even see TOAD advisor to the Youth Council, pg. 2 The Bountiful City Youth Council which will begin operation this May will afford 25 to 30 qualified students a hands-o- n experience with city government. Members will be invited to attend retreats, workshops, and conferences to receive training in leadership, government functions and taking community action. see YOUTH pg. 3 HEWS EASTER CELEBRATIONS: egg hunts. page CHILD INJURED: page 3 by City equipment. SPORTS STATE CHAMPS: Bountiful wins hockey crown. .KlHfc glTDIfio; 3 Bunny, page 1 4 ! DISTRICT TRACK: Complete results from meet. page 1 5 LIFE j ; ; FIELD OF DREAMS: page 7 Watching The Babe A vanishing breed? PIONEER MONUMENT: nears completion page 1 1 opinion , BP&L LEFT OUT FACTS, in page 5 ValueSpeak WEATHER 1900 1915 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 Source: Ameriun Newspaper Publishers Assn. 1970 C 1980 1992 hppcr UuiphJtinuilniii Blown STATE CHAMPS: Bountiful High captured the 4A Hockey Championship with an overtime victory over Brighton Wednesday at the Bountiful Ice Arena Tournament MVP Tony Haughey scored 2 goals for the Braves. Clipper pnoloRon Osborn Mostly sunny and mild on Friday. H : 40 |
