Payson Police Report: November 9-15, 2014

Payson Police Report

November 9

Police were dispatched to an adult female stating that she wished she were dead and wanted to kill herself. This was a result of the way things were going following an argument with her soon-to-be ex. The female had left before police arrived.

Traffic offense: A citation was issued to the offender for other reasons, although they were parked illegally in a handicapped space.

Police were called concerning a mental subject who had harmed himself in Santaquin and was not letting anyone into the house. Payson officer requested that Santaquin police respond. He stood by as they investigated. The male was admitted to the hospital.

November 10

Officer responded to an abandoned 911 call and talked to the homeowner at the site. He was told everything was fine. The homeowner’s granddaughter had been playing with the phone.

Officer transported inmates to court and back to jail.

Police were dispatched to a case of fraud. After officer arrived, the pharmacist at the location was able to confirm with a doctor’s office that the prescription had been valid.

A dog constantly barking was the foremost animal problem throughout the week.

November 11

Theft of a toolbox. Case was referred to detectives.

Child abuse. DCFS referral was made.

Officer talked with a mother regarding her son, who often ran away from home. No action was taken.

Male juvenile was referred to juvenile court of possession of tobacco at Payson High School.

Ungovernable 15-year-old female was calmed down. Her parents decided they could handle the situation.

An anonymous call came in, stating that a male and female were breaking into a truck. Officers found out that it was a situation wherein the keys were locked inside, then opened the vehicle for them. 

Officers also ran them through the system for warrants. Both the male and female were jittery and moving items into the house. When one of the officers asked who owned the house and received one such answer from the male involved as, “I have no obligation,” the officers left.

Police were dispatched to a trespassing detail. The reporting party had called because his son, who was trespassed from the residence, was there causing trouble and being disrespectful. The male left the area on foot after being told that police had been called.

Warrant: An adult male paid bail and was released.

November 12

Officer transported four inmates from the Utah County Jail to Payson Justice Court, and back to jail again.

After an investigation, two female juveniles were referred to juvenile court for possession of marijuana by consumption. One male juvenile was referred to juvenile court for possession of marijuana by consumption. A male juvenile was referred to juvenile court for possession of marijuana in a DFZ (drug-free zone), possession of drug paraphernalia in a DFZ, and possession of tobacco.

Officers were dispatched to a family dispute. A male was trespassed from the location. A short time later, the same male returned to the residence and an officer responded once more. This time, the male was arrested, transported, and booked into the Utah County Jail on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct.

November 13

A female with a warrant was located at a traffic stop. She paid her bail and went on her way.

Found: Marijuana paraphernalia in a coat pocket. Pipe was booked into evidence to be destroyed.

An anonymous citizen reported possible fraud involving an elderly woman and her son-in-law. Information was referred to detectives division for follow-up.

Missing person: The complainant stated her father was to pick her up from work, but never showed up, and this was not like him. He was located and everything was fine.

Theft.  A lawnmower was stolen. The situation had required more investigating.

Vehicle burglary: Reporting person stated that his prescription medication had been stolen. He was given a prescription theft-form to fill out. Case pending the form.

November 14

Theft at Walmart. An adult male was arrested for retail theft, given a citation, and released.

Theft of an EZ Up type canopy and lawnmower. The lawnmower was recovered at a neighbor's house. The complainant received information that the canopy was at a pawn shop in Provo.

Case of theft needs more investigating.

A teenage boy caused a great deal of concern when he walked away from his work program in Springville. Sometime later an officer contacted the program and learned the boy had returned.

Police were called to a family problem. No charges were filed.

Police were dispatched to a theft in progress at Payson Market. The suspect had left with a large amount of groceries. Employees had a good description of her vehicle and the license plate number. Officer made contact with her and she agreed to bring back the items and talk with the officer. When she returned, the officer found she had committed at least two more such incidents. She was transported and booked into the Utah County Jail.

During the week, police opened vehicles with the keys locked inside. Responded to alarms.

November 15

Police located an adult male with an active warrant and transported him and booked him into the Utah County Jail.

Officer responded to 1045 South 1700 West for domestic violence call, which was determined to be a family problem. No violence. Parties had separated before the officers arrived.

An employee at South County Lanes requested an officer patrol the area and do a walk-through at the bowling alley. He advised there is now a smoke shop business that sells E-Cigarettes and that juveniles had been smoking and chewing tobacco, loitering, and spitting their chew all over inside the bowling alley and the pool hall sections of the business. Police action was requested.

Police were informed that a female was trying to get her property back, which she  had left at a male friend's house in Springville and was told he would bring back when he could. They discovered that he had just put the items on the bed of a pickup truck at her friend's house in Payson.

Drug offense. Suspicious activity.

An adult male with several warrants was located, arrested, and booked into the Utah County Jail.

Salem Hills High Wrestler Jacob Armstrong Signs Letter of Intent

Salem Hills High Wrestler Jacob Armstrong (pictured) signed a letter of intent to wrestle for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.  Read more about it in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.

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Memories Built Over Years Culminate in Christmas Village Display at the Peteetneet

Pictured: Sandy Hummer with some of the collectibles on display at the Peteetneet now through the days leading up to Christmas.

A lifelong passion for miniature and ceramic collectibles that began with a Lionel train, bought in 1939, has culminated with an impressive Christmas village.  It is on display now through the days leading up to Christmas at the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center in Payson.

The State Fair

A month into school and things have been busy, especially for the Payson FFA Chapter, from the Opening Social and the Parent Travel Meeting to State Fair just a few weeks ago.  

We first  wanted to thank all of the parents and members who attended the Parent Travel Meeting.  Without you and your votes the FFA Chapter would not be able to travel to different activities such as  the FFA State Convention.  

Now to the more exciting news.  As many of you readers may know the Payson FFA members have the opportunity to show market hogs at the state fair.  Hailey Olson writes about her experience:

“This year the Payson FFA Chapter went to the 2014 State Fair Stock Show to show our pigs.  It was a lot of work, a lot of time, and a lot of fun!  Everyone who had pigs, the first day, Thursday the 11th, had to get up early and be at the pig pens ready to go by 5:00a.m. to load the pigs and get up to Salt Lake City in order to get pens and be on time to the weigh in."

“We loaded up, packing ourselves into a suburban headed to Salt Lake. Taylor, Seneca, and I didn’t think to take or wash our stinky boots off, so the smell of fresh pig poop was our sweet fragrant smel the whole way up.  I crashed almost as soon as I hit the seat; I was so tired!"

"We got unloaded and headed over toreserve pens.  It took probably an hour before the pigs showed up, we then unloaded them and began to weigh-in. We had to reorganize them into different pens so they wouldn’t fight.  We ended up getting done around 10:30a.m.  By the time we fed, and got everything figured out, it was time to wash.  Then before we knew it, it was time to show."

“The hog show started at 5:30 beginning with showmanship and then market; so the pigs had to have some endurance.  Our chapter did so well!  We all did pretty well in showmanship and we also did really well in market. In fact,  Michelle Bobo ended up with overall Grand Champion and Courtney Houston got reserve!!"

“The next day, Friday the 12th, was our field trip during which,  the FFA members who did not have pigs could come.  Everyone expected to go up and ride rides and eat food etc., but they didn't even open 'till 1:00p.m. and we had to leave at 1:15 p.m.! Actually, a few things were open, so we did pig out a bit, but there was hardly anyone there so we were trying to find something to do.  We went to this duck game where you choose ducks and on the bottom of the ducks was written a size: S, M,  and L.  Well, we started to pick up the ducks and see the sizes and I am not kidding you, the majority were smalls, only a couple were mediums and there were like no larges!  So Seneca slashed a mark on the duck's head for a medium and I got the one with a black mark on its head! So the next day we won our prizes!"

“The next day, Saturday the 13th, was the sale.  It was a long day and we all did well in our sales!  It was a lot of fun and we actually learned a lot and made some good memories!”

A big thanks to Hailey for sharing her experience!

The chapter took up around 25 pigs.  Out of those 25 all but four won blue ribbons for the market class and a few even made it back to the star class.  Among them was Michelle Bobo and her pig, weighing in at  284 pounds.  Her pig was not only one of the biggest that the chapter had brought, but in the entire show.  As Hailey wrote before, showmanship for hogs didn’t start until 5:30p.m. on Thursday and the market started afterwards. As a result, many of the pigs were very tired and a little grumpy.  For a number of the exhibitors, it was a fight to even get their pigs to the arena.  Michelle’s seemed fine until about the last few minutes of the star showmanship class when the pig decided to lay down in the middle of the arena!  Michelle began laughing and was still laughing as the judge placed the class and talked about each of the exhibitors.  

Despite her pig's sudden urge to take a nap in the show ring, Michelle's pig won Grand Champion later that night. She received $3,000 for it! Courtney Houston as mentioned earlier, won Reserve receiving $2,800 for her hog.  Congratulations to both of them on their showmanship and their hogs!

Aside from livestock our chapter did quite well with our crops, with 108 kids participating, we were able to earn over $1,500 for the number of crops we took up. Taylerlynne Spainhiemer, Austin Madsen, and Jamie Siggard worked together to break the standing chapter record of 64 crops winning $224! Good job to everyone!

-Payson FFA Reporter

Good Old Days: Pep Club Hopes

By Mildred Olson

Sometime during the 1930s (fictitious names of the schools)--

Cigarettes! Cigarettes! Butts! Butts! Willowoods team: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts! Nuts! Yellow over and over.

And then...

1-2-3-4-5-6-7... Shannen's team can go to heaven.

When they get there, they will yell the Mud Rat's team will go to 1-2-3-4-5-6-7...

They were a newly formed pep club, probably the first their high school had ever had. They thought they were rather cute, dressed in matching peach-colored dresses, trimmed in brown. (Always wondered whey they didn't use the school colors.) Their mothers made them and never questioned the colors.

Their first night to show off was at a boys basketball game. They gathered in the balcony of the high school and started their yells as the boys waited for the tip-off. Suddenly, the girls became aware of the principal gesturing for them to come down. The angry expression on his face warned them that something bad was going to happen.

And it did. He gave them fiery, strict orders to get out, to leave, and to not come back, and to never try such a “trick” again.

Their plans for a pep club suffered and early death. None of them ever wore that cute dress to school. 

Not ever.

In fact, she doesn't remember what happened to hers. It seemed to disappear sometime during those good old days, just like their hopes for a pep club.

State FFA Co-op Quiz

Every year, the Department of Applied Economics and Cooperative Extension Service supplies a Cooperative Quiz prepared by Dr. Ruby Ward, and sponsored by the Utah Council of Farmer Cooperatives.  This year our payson FFA Chapter was represented well at the State FFA Cooperative Quiz Competition on October 14, 2014.

The quiz is made up of about 30-40 questions about cooperatives.  Each Chapter in the state is allowed to take a maximum of three of its members to compete.

After the Quiz has taken place the competitors have the privilege of a free dinner with the rest of the contestants, advisors and all those present. During the dinner the winners are announced and awards are given out.

Cash awards of $150, $100, and $50 are given to the top three scoring individuals is offered $1000 to attend the FFA washington Leadership Conference during the summer.  Chapter awards of $150, $100, and $50 are awarded to the chapters with the best scoring team.

From our chapter, Melanie Ward, Carlysa Openshaw, and Rylan Huff attended the competition and all did very well.  Rylan was Third High Individual and won $50! Way to go Rylan! Our team took first place and received $150! Great job to those who competed! We cannot wait until next year!

Good Old Days: 1926 Headaches

By Mildred Olson

1926 – It was a beautiful, warm November morning. Not a cloud in the crystal blue sky. She was a happy fourth grader on her way to school. She hopped, she skipped, she jumped-- always being careful not to come down on a crack in the sidewalk. You know, “step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back”?

She loved her school. She loved her teacher. Even though her teacher had whacked her hard across her hands, because she had snapped and clicked her fingers, being overly anxious to answer a question. The teacher had warned the class to never do that, so she did not blame her. She knew she had been wrong.

Before school ended for the day, clouds covered the sky like heavy dark drapery. The wind started to blow. And she developed a painful headache. Home seemed miles away. She was so sick, she did not care if she stepped on all the sidewalk cracks.

As soon as her mother saw her, she pulled the rocking chair close to the big kitchen stove. She tugged her shoes and socks off, and placed her feet in the warm oven. She handed her a cup of something black and smelly. She was told to drink every drop. She gulped and gagged and struggled, but her mom insisted until the cup was empty. She then helped her into bed, propped her head up, made sure she was warm, and then left her to get to sleep.

Over the years, those devastating headaches became more frequent. They turned to doctors, hoping for relief, only to be told they were migraines and there was not a great deal they could do. But imagine their surprise when more than one advised, “As soon as you feel one coming on, drink a cup of hot black coffee.”

So much for the good old days.

Veterans Honored This Morning In Payson

Major General Jefferson S. Burton (pictured, center), The Adjutant General, Utah National Guard, spoke to a crowd of hundreds who came out to honor veterans this morning in Payson.  He was the keynote speaker at a Veterans Day program held at the Central Utah Veterans Home, located on North Main, an event co-hosted by the City of Payson.  Find additional photos and stories on today’s Veterans Day activities in the next edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Haunted Yard Arises From Love For All Things Halloween

The Jarvis family stand at the spectacularly built "Spider Gates Cemetery" gate leading at their haunted yard in southwest Payson last night: (pictured, left-right): Ryker, Jenny, Jarrod, and McKayla.

As the sun dipped down on Halloween night, a haunted scene replete with headstones, skeletons, ghouls, and eerie mist stirred fascination in a southwest Payson neighborhood.  The scene was the home of Jarrod and Jenny Jarvis, and the couple’s two children, McKayla and Ryker Jarvis, a place where, for the second year in a row, they have deployed their artistry in celebration of a favored holiday. Halloween.

Jarrod Jarvis is the mastermind behind the haunted yard family project.  His skills were honed while young, working at the Utah State Hospital’s Haunted Castle with his mom, Lori Nuttall.  

Thus began his love of all things Halloween.

Over the years, Jarrod slowly built up his collection of decorations, buying many at post-Halloween sales.  Last year, he finally decided to start his own Halloween yard haunt, because McKayla and Ryker were getting too old to go trick-or-treating.  He found great ideas online, and then built the fence and small pillars around the front yard last year.

After months of preparation leading up to this year’s celebration, the Halloween house was ready for trick-or-treaters trickling through the neighborhood as darkness drew over the town Friday night.  Spotlights were aimed at the ghoulish figures resting among the mist blowing from a smoke machine, highlighting a scene on par with virtually any professional set.  

The yard drew passersby from their cars to take photos and chat with the Jarvises about their process.  They have had such a great reaction from neighbors and trick-or-treaters that, this year, Jarrod decided to add to the scene all the more than last year’s display.

Not too many people these days decorate their yards in such a way.  But Jarrod loves making Halloween fun for kids of all ages.  Every year, he works to make it bigger and better, and he has already begun to plan out next year’s haunted yard scene.