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Show FIFTY CENTS DAVIS COUNTY r; I - ASSOC UTAH STATE PRESS 'H y V jwi ( 'QO S SUITE 3003 SALT LAKE CITY M ojimiifoFms Melinda illiams FARMINGTON So far, no Davis School District students will be required to wear uniforms, although district administrators say they've received a few inquiries. Last week, at least two schools in the Salt Lake School District announced students would be wearing uniforms unless they presented a waiver from their parents. Uniforms are a way of life for students at many private schools, but theyve not been tried in Utah's public schools and like most dress codes, they have their supporters and detractors. Davis District administrators have fielded 50-5- 16, 1996 August &U&1-U1- 2 Foundations for the Future at home show awDs.yet ddd questions from three or four schools, according to Dr. Richard Kendell, superintendent. He said any decision to require uniforms must come from the schools patrons. It must be an individual school initiative for them. The district would have to receive a formal proposal from the school, which would then be taken to the schools community council and PTA. They would be asked to identify the problem theyre trying to solve by requiring uniforms and to examine solutions. Kendell said he sees the district as being facilitators of the program. He emphasized a decision to require uniforms would have to be made in a democratic manner, polling parents as to their desire in regard to the 0 If the idea received only uniforms. sup Staff Writer Vol. 105 Number 55 IT port from the community, it wouldn't be a compelling argument for uniforms," Kendell said. The vast majority would have to feel it would help with problems in the school. The district hasn't developed a policy covering uniforms. But if a schools parents went through the process and overwhelmingly decided to require uniforms, the district would then have to work on such a policy, Kendell said. While Kendell said he personally wouldn't have a problem with school uniforms, he warns that supporters of uniforms often see them as a cure-ato all problems w ithin the schools, from gang involvement to poor grades. Theres a tenthat dency to see uniforms as a silver bullet see UNIFORMS " pg. A2 Northern Wasatch Htjjpe Builders Association will Day (Monday) 10 am to 9 p.m.. Tickets are available at all holds annual Parade of Homes from August 23 through Sept. 2. The show will be a double site homes will parade. Twenty-seve- n be featured. The fixed site this year will be located in West Kaysville at the Kerrybrook Estates, 1 150 S. 250 W. It will showcase 10 homes and a free to the public exhibitors tent. This will offer the ll public an opportunity to view innovative and time saving products as well as introduce them to some of the businesses in the state. The remaining 17 homes will span from Bountiful to Pleasant View with one home situated in Mt. Green and another one located in Huntsville. Parade hours are: Monday Friday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday-Sunda- y 10 am to 9 p.m.; Labor -- Smiths Food and Drug store locations from Bountiful to Brigham City, Pioneer Door in the Layton Hills Mall and at the individual homes at the scattered sites. Ticket Prices are $6 for adults and $5 for children ages 2. This years theme is Foundations For The Future, Building Tomorrow's Dreams Today. Eagle Homes and Developments one of this year parade builders, will be donating proceeds from their home ty the Shriners Childrens Hospital. There wi be a furniture sale the day after the parade on Sept. 3. The public is welcome to come and purchase some of the beauti- ful pieces of furniture that are used in the show. For more information please call our office at (80 1 ) 479-- 5 1 63. Melodramatic kids earn blue ribbon New examiner will determine mental Marilyn G. Sanders Writer Contributing FARMINGTON When Ann Jeppson started the Friends Club three years ago as a summer distraction for her children and their North majority ol the summer memorizing their lines, learning the production's songs and rehearsing. The production even called for two of the cast members to waltz. Adding to the challenges of a live production is the fact that there is no musical Salt Lake neighborhood accompaniment available at the fair, so the musical numbers had to be performed a cappella. Jeppson originally saw the club as merely a summertime distraction. However, the club has evolved into weekly meetings where the young- - sters work their way through the mentary, friends, she had no idea what a production it would feels performing in front of a live audience helps the children develop confi- dence and become literally. This week Jeppson and the club took the show on the road to the Davis County Fair. The Friends Club per- self-estee- This has helped the kids and with their being more comfortable getting up in front of peoself-estee- ple. ..mostly they do it because its fun. formed The Ratcatcher's Daughter, an authentic flavored melodrama about an English ratcatchers daughter who travels out West where she meets the noble, but troubled and ultimately Cast members of The Ratcatcher's Daughter" include: Mary Jeppson; Alan Jeppson; Sarah Jensen; Melissa Crook; Cherie Bartleson; Bobby Bartleson; Karlee Scherbal, saves her true love from a life of debauchery and alcoholism. The hour-lonproduction was greeted by an enthusiastent tic crowd under the at the fair paik on Wednesday. The club will perform the play at the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City next month. Michael Koch; Lindsay Koch; Emily Gibbs; Melis- sa Phillips; and Christal Phillips. Jeppson said despite the g Blue Ribbon the club 4-- H Award-winnin- g received at the fair this week, club members aren't resting on their laurels. In fact, they are already trying to decide what type of production they want to perform at next summers fair. troupe Members of the "Friends Club" were blue ribbon winners at the Davis County fair " their authentic, melodrama, "The Ratcatcher's Daughter The 3 8 to next are already planning kids, ages year's production. Jeppson said the cast range in age from and have spent the members 8-- 4-- program. They have learned everything from sewing and cake decorating to photography. Jeppson, an SEM teacher in the "gifted and talented program at Orchard Ele- 1 capacity of accused Melinda illiams Staff Writer FARMINGTON Blaine Wright, the Bountiful man accused of torching his home on April 23, will leceive a third mental evaluation by an independent examiner, after his lawyer successfully argued the doctoi hired by the state to complete an eailier exam had already deemed the man guilty based on prior know ledge of the case. Wright. 43. is accused of setting fire to a Bountiful home his wife and tour children were living in, destiovmg the house and all the familys possessions. He then tried to hang himself with jumper cables in his yard, but police found him in tune to rescue him. Bel Ami de Montreux. Wright's attorney, told 2nd District Court Judge Jon M. Memmott the doctor performing the evaluation "went too far. Montreux charged, He became a juror in the case. The doctor, who was hired by the state from a list of available psychiatrists provided by Davis County Mental Health, was also the first doctor to examine Wright at Lakeview Hos pital the night of the fire. Montreux told Memmott that because the doctor conducted the initial examination, he was basing his conclusions on information garnered that night and For all intent, he has found the man guilty, Montreaux said. Davis County Prosecutor Bill McGuire argued that the intent of the evaluation was to determine Wright's mental state at the time of the commission of the crime, and the evaluation did that Memmott agreed a mental exam should be made by an independent party, saying it's one of the things that concerned him in the case, but Memmott would not go so far as to agree with Montreux that the doctor's testimony should be stricken. Instead, he said he would decide which testimony would be allowed during the tnul. McGuire said he had no problem with a third mental evaluation being done, but had a problem with dismissing the examining doctor's testimony. Following the heating. Nlonteux said the doctor who conducted the first medical evaluation was objective. However, the second was not, see ACCUSED" pg. A2 Road to rural Xalibe leads to Seniors lined up poverty, hunger, happiness for dance Bountiful photographer Ron Osborn captured on film the smiles on the faces of the children in the deep jungle village of Xalibe, but he could not capture their Marilyn G. Sanders Contributing Writer FARMINGTON What fair would be complete without dancing? Kaysvilles Autumn Glow Senior Center sent their Autumn Glow Line Dancers over to the Davis County Fair Wednesday evening to show fairgoers how to kick up their heels. Fairgoers were treated to a Wednesday Evening performance by the dancers which included polkas, the watermelon crow, an Irish jig, a waltz-styl- e number and even the Cha-ChAutumn Glow Line Dancers Director Gale Anderson said the group's appearance at the fair was just one of many the seniors perform each year. The group whose members range in age from 0 have performed at churches, nursing homes, senior centers and neighborhood parties. The dancers even took time to go to a. 61-8- a local elementary school and perform for and teach dance steps to disadvantaged children. Ed Towers, a retired Air Force pilot joined the group several months ago at the urging of his wife of 45 see DANCERS" pg. A2 strength. It was amazing to me. There we were in what I considered deplorable conditions with no electricity and no running water. The children would wait in line for hours on blistering, humid days to see the American doctors and they never cried. I never heard a child cry unless it was out of pain. In America children cry when they want something. These children had nothing and they didn't cry. Osborn had joined the trek of a CHOICE, Center for Humanitarian Outreach keys were swinging through the trees, odd-shape- way. The colorful, lush jungle was a stark contrast to the dilapidated hospital they found. The walls were concrete, the old rusted metal beds were covered by thin cotton mattresses. No wallpaper, pictures or color, just dingy grey wherever you looked, said Karol. Here they found a malnourished, emaciated old baby girl weighing 12 pounds. Her grandmother and mother had given birth at the same time. The mother had twins and died in th childbirth. The & Exchange, to Guatamala in June as their photographer. Inter-Cultur- grandmother had tried to care for all three babies, but had not enough milk to feed them. The baby seemed The intrepid group of 19 comprised of doctors, a dentist, nurses, and nursing st- too weak to cry or make any noise. Members of the CHOICE group udents met in Guatemala and began a sometimes held the frail child and animatedly talked and cooed nail-bitin- to her as they hung a colorful mobile bus ride to the rural city of 10-ho- from her cnb. Senahu . The route took the group past ancient ruins of the colorful Maya at Tikal. Spider monkeys and Howler mon said Fruit Heights resident Karol Beard who took the trip with her husband Michael. There we saw toucan birds, colorful d lizards all along the grasshoppers and BAREFOOT AND BEAUTIFUL: Karol Beard of Frut Heights loved the children but found it sad they had so little. Even the small charge of one quetzal, about .16 cents, was hard for the villagers to pay for medical service see Fearing they would tire her. Karol said they put her down, said Adios and XALIBE" pg. A6 dentist Kent Wood and nurse Sue Dixon The villagers waited for hours to get a chance to get medical treatment from one of the "Gringos. I |