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Call Did shine in 295-22517e- Copper Bowl xt 141 for Yes and ext 142 for No. See page A6 December 27, 1996 Fift'i Cents Slrviv, Dwis C nt n Aon me Nlmber 91 105 CentemlBe woman charged in cemetery thefts Marilyn Sanders Contibunm Wiitct appeared betoie the Kay sv die City Council asking lor help solv mg the thefts, and police cais patrolled the A stung ol CENTERVILLE thefts at a local Dais County cemetery cante to an end last week with the arrest of a Centemlle woman cemeteiy whenever According to Kaysville Police Department Lieutenant Mike Lee, Julie Johnson, 38, has been chaiged with thud degiee telony theft and oidered to appeal in couit to be arraigned on January 14 Lee said Johnson has two pnor theft com ictions The Kay s die Police Department had received several complaints per week regai ding theft of expensive wreaths, floial arrangements and peisonal items tiom the giave sites at the Kay sv die Cemetery Lee said the complaints began around Memoiial Day and the thefts became moie trequent as time went on He said cemeteiies in other cities had also experienced an inciease in grave site thefts A group of frustrated citizens even Office took the Hacking equipment home with him one evening and turned it on. to his suipnse the equipment began signaling that the tracking device was close by Bunn contacted I ee and the two officers possible tracked the device a few blocks to Johnson's home Lee said the two olticeis contiont ed Johnson about the basket and seal died the Alter spending several months investigating the case, Lee said home worth County Sheriff's 1 t give us a icason said I ee I he basement walls vveie coveted vv uh dt led floweis and theie vveie laige quantities of ciait iclated supplies in the home Accoiding to police Johnson s hus band believed Ins wife had pm chased the aatt items Among the items and placed on a giave site that had been plagued by tlielts Lee said several County Sheriff's i i n Office and placed it in a wicker basket decorated with di ted and silk flowers The basket was then taken to weeks went by and the basket remained in the cemeteiy Lon Brian a deputy with the Davis stolen items wcie lecoveied in the seaich Johnson admit ted taking the basket and the lecoveied items but wouldn't oi could the Kaysville Police Department borrowed an electronic Hacking device fiom the Davis the cemetery About S400 ol A BLOW TO THE GRIEVING: A wicker basset was used as bait by Kaysville Police woman who was stealing from graves at the Kaysville Cemetery Other items were from the woman's home in Centerville, along with the basket lecoveied were the Chi ist mas tiee and handmade oi numenis H r & Paul Challis i II J if vrr riff South Davis residents must have been thrilled with Santa s choices, because area store managers found there weren t as many people returning Photo by Cathy Linford gifts as expected Thursday morning However, that may change this weekend violence affects behavior drastic consequences of violence" Wells OHS Teacher Editors Note: This is the last in a the media has gone too far afield in terms of sex and violence The media minimies a lot of life's experiences to the point that they have lost so much of what life is all We live about," explained Cable in a violent time, gangs are just a violent reaction to being uncomfort series on violence in the media. Marilyn Sanders Conn ihutmg W riter What does the average adult able with real life watch television or go to the kids Woods Cross High School Teacher W'ayne Cable feels television and movies have changed dramatically through the years in terms of violence and sexual content and Cable doesn't like much of what he sees He feels many programs and mov les do a disserv ice to the young 1 think people who watch them people fight, shoot guns or get hurt She said her preschool-ag- e son would become violent and act out towards his sister after watching programs containing violence "We had to quit watching Rangers." she explained Power "When kids watch too much violence they become desensitized to it and they think it s noimal to beat people up and shoot people " Bountiful resident Li Roberts has four young children and is by much of the piogrammmg n on television She feels that are easily influenced by the programs they watch and Roberts said that she has restricted certain chil-die- think of today's television piograms and movies9 As part of our continuing series on violence in the media. The Clipper interviewed both parents and educators about media violence and its effects on children We found that the majority of adults are disturbed by the violent images children are faced with every time they movies. BOLIN Ilf LL A foothill iesi dent ol Bountiful uiged the citv council to take the blue light spe cial" and line six new fnelighteis to enhance manning at the two citv tne stations to help pi ovule belle protection citv wide Resident Paul ( lav ion said to go foi the blue light special ust like at Kniuit because a 5() pucent mu ease m fmlightus could hap pen with only a 20 pucuit budget inciease He made the statement dining a leview ol the fne depart ment's budget manning and oiga mzution make up dining the coun cil meeting on Dec IS following the hour and a halt discussion the council took the muttei nuclei advisement and declined to make a decision The issue ol fne piotection became fueled bv thiee blazes igmi ed in the foothills aiea of Bountiful dining the last sevui months The last blae occulted on Nov 13 causing an estimated SI million m damage to the house and to the occupants belongings hue station 2. located (list thiee blocks awav was unmanned at tile time as the two assigned tiiefighteo vveie Linda Wells added that the media often glorifies violence and minimizes the painful realities of real-lif- e I think media violence violence has a haimful effect on They watch and become immune to things Television doesn't show the drastic consequences of violence." said the Centerville Junior High School f.nglish teacher Becky Huffaker. a West Bountiful mother of two young children, said that her children are not allowed to watch any mean" pro- grams on television Huffaker defined mean" as anything where programs (Power Rangers. The Simpsons) after watching her children recreate the fighting scenes they had seen on telev ision and imitate inappropriate dialogue I didn't think it Power Rangers and similar children's programs was a big deal until I saw my kids doing Power Ranger stunts on the realized that it trampoline Then the television program was influencing them to act nioie violently I think our whole society has become very lax in its standards and attitudes towards violence " On a more positive note. Center-vill- e Junioi High School Principal 1 see " VIOLENCE pg. A3 roads action not just talk Melinda Stuff W i f illiams net X, As chair of the Transportation and Environmental Quality appro- priations subcommittee. Rep Marda Dillree, would like to see the legislature adequately address transportation funding issues something she said hasn't been done in the past Dillree was named to chair the subcommittee, succeeding Rep Stephen Bodily. R Lewiston. Cache County Several other Davis Coun were named to head in the coming legislative session Dillree said there are transporta- ty legislators other committees tion issues prioritized, but left unfunded "The funding issue is critical for this year," if those prioritized projects are to be complet- ed. she said The governor and legislature have made their transportaAVe need to tion recommendations make sure all these groups work " together, so there is no stalemate Dillree is concerned that if the state funds only the project, it won't address other transportation protects such as Highway 89 or the Western Transportation Corridor Dillree said over the past few years the state has just maintained -- see Hanspnit ng a medical patient Bud and tidiea Powers who live on Bountiful Boulevaid (1650 last) claim then home would not have Ixen total v engulfed bv the flames had fnelighteis not had to tinvd fiom the lieadciiarters station at 65 W 200 South The Powers claim it toof live mine minutes of die nine minute lesponse tunc for the lieu lie k to at live on the scene t lie Dec ISih meeting two alumulivis weie suggested bv City 1unagei loin Haulv as possible volutions to the fne piotection eon I tioveiw Alternative would add two additional fucfighters who would woik dav shifts Monday thiough lelav Sam to 6 p ill These would be assigned to the headquaiteis station and the two fnelighteis assigned to Station 2 that lepoit to headquarters now 2 This would report to Station would eliminate the need to bring Station 2 tiiefighteis down to headquaiteis dining the davinne houis except foi unfilled shifts some naming and fue oi ambu1 lance lesponses involving mine than one unit ' he cost foi adding two more fnelighteis to woik m this manner see "FIREFIGHTERS pg. A2 I seeks Dillree Parents, teachers agree the Edllot i Many Happy Returns.. Undo I Bountiful will hire more firefighters 011' "Television doesn't show i I had made Pat Clocked toi ltd son Steven (neen s giave site Ciockett said (neen died on Novembei 4 and his family made a special C hiistmas nee and decoiated ii with pcisonuhcd ornaments and bows reflecting his hie and his hob hies e a hammei a tool box and a t nv welding man Crockett said the dee was fastened to a piece ol plv wood and sec ui ed into the giound lie ornaments with tent stakes were wned on to protect them fiom the wind When the tiee was recov ered it had been snipped of its oina ments and bows Since the arrest. Clocked has ledecoiated the tree and letumed it to hei soils giave site We haven l even had time to put a maikci on the giave It (the nee) was something to show that he s the c and she gist took it all awav (locked said Paula I oi (in s 21 year-old daughtei Kalla died S months ago fiom complications of a hiain umioi oi ti n spends countless houis and a consideiahle amount of see "THEFT pg. A2 "ROADS pg. A2 & Light the Lights A Q 1475 S. 350 West- - Bountiful 5? J Readers, here are the addi esses ol some beautiful Chi istmas displays. 922 W. Pages Lane - W. Bountiful 675 E 400 North - NSL (whole street) 738 W. 950 North - West Bountiful 389 E. Millbrook Way - Btfl 883 S 75 West - Bountiful Elks Building - 544 W. 400 N. 168 W. 200 North - Farmington 3403 S. 400 East - Bountiful 10 S. 200 East - Bountiful 1524 N 725 East Bountiful 1202 S. 770 1 J i. 2h i I 1 1 1 4 -- W.-W- X t L liter from 800 West ) 415 W. 350 ton ) 3500 599 W. 800 North, W. Bountiful 12 E. 3400 South - Bountiful 399 S. Brentwood Lane (1425 E.) Bountiful 492 E. Aspen Way - Centerville (Aspen Way is on 400 E. 825 N.) South-La- 701 W. South-Bountif- ul V: Ki -- Call us and help us add a little light to Call Melinda. 296-5- 5 5 vtjjur holiday. 1 |