Scouting for Food helps fill hunger void Davis Clipper • April 8, 2010
Those in charge of Davis County’s two food pantries say the recent Scouting for Food Drive went a long way in helping the county’s hungry residents. “Our shelves are full. We’re as happy as can be,” said Dave Karcher, director of operations for the Bountiful Community Food Pantry. South Davis residents gave just over 100,000 pounds of food to the annual drive. In north Davis County residents gave 110,000 pounds of food. Both numbers were down from last year, but Gene Lopez, community action director at the Family Connection Center’s food bank in Layton, said that with the Postal Carrier’s food drive scheduled in May, the amount of food collected should get them through the summer months.
Tom Busselberg
BY TOM BUSSELBERG and MELINDA WILLIAMS Clipper Staff Writers
DAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS gave more than 200,000 pounds of food at the recent Scouting for Food drive. Both food banks are seeing an increase in the numbers they serve. Lopez said they are seeing about 30 percent more people than at this time last year, and Karcher said they are serving about 1,600 individuals or 500 families in south Davis. March, he said is a little slower. He said they see
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their highest numbers in November and December. Both men gave credit for the food drive’s success to the hundreds of Scouts who donate much of a Saturday to collect and unload the food. Lopez said there were five sites between South Weber and Farmington
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where sacks of food from neighborhoods were collected before being brought to the Layton food bank. In south Davis, Scouts with trailers were stationed at Woods Cross High school and two Centerville locations. “It made it a lot simpler for the Scouts to bring (the food) to those remote locations,” Karcher said. In addition, two groups of Scouts were stationed at the Bountiful Community Food Pantry to help unload those trailers. Senior Scouts volunteering in Bountiful set up tables and cooked up bacon, eggs, and pancakes for all the volunteers, and the truck drivers. Karcher said the operation went smoothly because they used two forklifts, one inside the warehouse, one outside. Together “they made it really nice, almost effortless,” he said. The operation in Bountiful was wrapped up by 2 p.m.
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Two 2nd District Court vacancies announced OGDEN — Applications are being accepted for two upcoming vacancies in 2nd District Court. The positions will replace District Court Judge Pamela Heffernan, who is retiring effective June 1, 2010, and Juvenile Court Judge Stephen Van Dyke who has announced his retirement effective Aug. 15, 2010. To be considered for the position, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Utah for at least three years, and admitted to practice law in Utah. The deadline for applications is May 5, 2010 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the attention of Margo Bird,Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box
140241, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0241, faxed to (801) 238-7814, or e-mailed to margob@email.utcourts.gov. Information on benefits, judicial retention, and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Courts’ website at www.utcourts.gov under employment opportunities. Job applications are also available on the website. Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit five nominees to the governor within 45 days of its first meeting. The governor has 30 days in which to make a selection. The Utah State Senate has 60 days in which to approve or reject the Governor’s selection. mwilliams@davisclipper.com
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