Midday Update
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At a Glance
Black Friday shoppers brave cold, long lines
RIVERDALE -- Chilly shoppers waited hours for a shot at some of the weekend's best deals early Friday, creating lines that snaked around parking lots.
Stores reported few problems, but police did cite one man for assault after an altercation over a battery-powered ride-in Jeep toy at Wal-Mart.
"A lady had hold of it and a guy came up behind her and grabbed her by the arms," said Riverdale Officer Nolan Geilmann. "He tried to take it away from her and ended up dragging her down an aisle and assaulted her at some point."
He said the woman didn't realize she'd been hit at first, but witnesses saw the man strike her. Police were called and the man received a citation.
The lack of patience ended up ruining the pursuit of the Jeep for all parties involved, Geilmann said.
"The manager took it away from both of them," he said.
No salary increase for Davis County commissioners
FARMINGTON -- The Davis County 2008 budget will probably show no increase for salaries for Davis County commissioners.
Commissioner Alan Hansen said he has asked to have his salary frozen for the upcoming year because he does not want a cost-of-living raise or a merit raise.
Hansen said he and the other two commissioners decided not take the 3 percent cost of living raise this year.
They did discuss the issue with other elected county officials, but they have chosen not follow suit, he said.
The 2008 budget will be available Monday for the public to review at the Davis County Memorial Courthouse in Farmington.
A public hearing on the budget is set for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Farmington Junior High School, 150 S. 200 West, Farmington.
Judge awards only a fraction of attorney fees to Roska's
SALT LAKE CITY -- Writing that Layton's Roska family "gambled and lost" in their lawsuit against the state, a federal judge awarded them just a fraction of the attorney's fees they sought.
Connie and James Roska turned down three settlement offers -- the highest was for $200,000 -- in favor of further litigation that ultimately resulted in a jury award of $2.
The Roskas attorney, Steven C. Russell, requested $536,000 in fees and costs in August, but Tuesday he was awarded $27,768.
Connie and James Roska filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Division of Child and Family Services in 1999. The lawsuit was filed after DCFS suspected the parents of child abuse and removed then-12-year-old Rusty from the Roska home for seven days.
In Tuesday's written order, Judge Dale A. Kimball focussed on a settlement offer of $5,000 made in June 2000 by the Attorney General's Office. The Roskas rejected that offer, as well as two others made in later years.
-- Standard-Examiner staff and wire services
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