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July 29, 2022 | Vol. 3 Iss. 30
Centerville woman recounts traumatic event when intruder burned house down
NEWS BREAK Two-thirds of Americans favor term limits for SCOTUS About two in three Americans say they favor term limits or mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, according to a new poll that finds a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans saying they have “hardly any” confidence in the court. The poll from The Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 67% of Americans support a proposal to set a specific number of years that justices serve instead of life terms, including 82% of Democrats and 57% of Republicans. Views are similar about a requirement that justices retire at a specific age.
By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com
CENTERVILLE—It’s going to take a while for Beth Newman to trust again. Beth and her husband Clarence are trying to make sense of a complete stranger entering their home, dumping gasoline and burning it down. “If I hear a sudden noise it scares me,” said Beth. “I’m smelling gas everywhere or frightened by a hospital employee. It’s stressful stuff that I’m going to have to work through.” Beth recounted the events of the bizarre incident that took place in the afternoon on July 21. “Our garage door opens into the hallway,” she said. “On the right side is an office and I was in there doing some work. The door opened and someone walked in and said ‘hey.’ I didn’t recognize the voice, then I saw a man with a gas can. I said ‘what are you doing? Get out of here.’ He said, ‘I’m going to burn you and your house down.’” He left through the garage and went to the vehicles in the driveway, said Beth. “He tried to start my husband’s truck. I called the police then he came back in and said ‘where are you?’ He slammed into me and punched me in the mouth to get the phone out of my hands. It knocked me into the desk.” He started to pour gas on the carpet, she said. “He tried to light it with a lighter but it wouldn’t light. Then he went into the kitchen and started a fire there. I could hear the crackle and see smoke.” Beth said Clarence was in the back bedroom. “He doesn’t hear well and I realized he wasn’t hearing me. The house was on fire and I needed to get him out but I was afraid to direct my voice in his direction because he’d
Gas prices drop to nationwide average of $4.54 per gallon BETH AND CLARENCE NEWMAN’S home was destroyed after an
intruder started the house on fire.
Photo by Roger V. Tuttle/fire photo courtesy of CPD
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Please see FIRE: pg. 7
Veteran educator appointed new assistant superintendent By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—The Davis School District announced on Tuesday that Dr. Fidel A. Montero has been appointed as a new assistant superintendent. He fills the role previously held by Dr. Jackie Thompson who recently retired. He begins his position on Aug. 8. In his new role, Montero will work with the district’s Office of Equal Opportunity and handle other responsibilities as he works closely with several departments. “Fidel’s background, experience and expertise will be an invaluable and incredible asset in Davis School District and our students here,” said Superintendent Dr. Dan Linford. “His focus on student learning and his knowledge and understanding of organizational development are fantastic and we are excited to have him as a member of our leadership team.” Montero has 20 years of experience and was most recently the principal of Timpview High School in the Provo School District. Prior to that he served as chief of staff to President Matt Holland at Utah
Valley University, as principal of Alta High School in the Canyons School District and as superintendent intern in Miami-Dade Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia. He also served as an assistant principal at Timpview High School and as an educational consultant in the Los Angeles area as well as in Utah. Montero grew up as a migrant worker after his family immigrated from Mexico to the United States and said the experience instilled in him the values that shaped him as a college graduate and educator. He is a published author, presenter and public speaker and an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University. Montero holds an Ed.D in Leadership and Management as well as a Master of Education from Columbia University, a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Foundations and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Teaching from BYU. “Serving children at any level is a humbling stewardship I will never take for granted,” said Montero. “My personal journey, blended with my academic training and professional experience, uniquely
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Last weekend, the temperatures of Greenland rose enough to cause 18 billion tons of the country’s ice sheet to melt over three days. Scientists have been warned about the fate of Greenland’s ice sheet and say what happened between July 15 and 17 is the latest massive melting event contributing to an increase in the global sea level. The amount of water from the melt is enough to “cover West Virginia in a foot of water – roughly four inches a day,” said Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado’s Earth Science and Observation Center and National Snow and Ice Data Center, in an article in USA TODAY.
Japanese volcano erupts
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Japan’s Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted on Sunday, prompting evacuations in the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the volcano erupted around 8:05 p.m. local time. JMA announced a Level 5 alert – the highest level – calling for people to evacuate. Kyushu is on the southernmost island of Japan, and according the NASA, Sakurajima is one of the nation’s most active volcanoes, having erupted on several occasions in recent decades. It previously erupted in January of this year.