Show Ogden LocalMetiro tion would mean savings through staff eliminating duplication of fire deand Weber County fire chiefs partment administrations equipment say they are wary of plans to conBut some of the volunteer fire solidate the county’s fire service chiefs question cost savings beThe consolidation of the eight cause their cities don’t pay much fire departments outside of Ogif anything for their services den into three regional districts is Outside of Ogden only the being considered by the Weber Northvicw Fire Department Roy County Commission Ogden is City and Weber Fire District consolidain excluded the fire chief positions have being tion plans because their fire serWashington Terrace Fire Chief vice budget far outdistances the Dave Parkinson said his departother departments 28 volunteer firefighters ment of Commissioners say consolida has a $40000 annual budget By WENDY OGATA Standard Examiner Some Standard-Examine- r Saturday July 19 1986 because they’re not equipped for e peoplg" He said the stations have no living facilities fireto accommodate He contends that consolidating into one countywide system would not save tax dollars and would decrease the quality of fire protection As fire chief he receives no pay so there's no savings in administration by consolidating his department with others he said Washington Terrace residents would also lose out on fire protection services with a consolidation plan he said “If this district is formed they’ll probably have to close down the Terrace and Riverdale stations fighters The volunteer department has a response time on and can respond at any time of day w ith at least a dozen fireParkinson said fighters "If the county system develops you’re looking at two to four people to respond and if they need back up they would have to wait for a truck to come in from elsewhere" fires South Ogden Fire Chief Steve Taylor said the county tried four years ago to consolidate countywide fire services by forming the Weber Fire District The intent he said was for the cities to contract for fire protection services with the fire district but that never happened Like Parkinson Taylor said he fears fire protection will decrease for South Ogden residents under the commission’s plan firee The number of fighters that would serve South Ogden could in no way match the C Classifieds Obituaries volunteers in the city’s fire department Taylor said Commissioners have talked about possibly having volunteer firefighters serve as backup to 35 firefighters “But sometimes there are morale problems that way" Taylor said He also questioned how consolidation would save money “I’m a taxpayer just like everybody else I'd like to see how a e department where you have to pay salaries and benefits See FIRE on 2C if ISf?3 $ I v I If Jh & Sherman 48 WilliamsStandard Examiner Sprinkle sprinkle Lupe Moria of 765 W 24th St relaxes while watering his lawn on a hot summer day Temperatures are expected to remain near 90 today Davis sheriff candidates firing shofts Thiokol By BARRY KAWA Standard Examiner Davis Bureau think it would be extremely difficult to try and manage the sheriff’s office in the county when you haven’t worked there for 20 years’ — Brant Johnson ‘This (convention) is a ‘I The showdown exchange between the Davis County Republican sheriffs candidates has begun — and come sundown Aug 19 only one will still have a loaded weapon Winning the right to take aim at the lone Democratic candidate George Miles in the Nov 4 general elections will be cither incumbent Sheriff Brant Johnson or Riverdale Police Chief Glenn Clary The two are presently shooting it out for the Davis County Republican Party’s nomination While Clary is firing shots at what he says is a high sheriffs office turnover rate and low morale Johnson is answering with his record and county agree there is a need for one — experience A proposed new Davis County the only issue is how big how jail has become a less controver- much and where sial issue since both candidates Clary a Layton resident said facilithe jail should be a ty and no state facilities should be housed there a savings of about $8 million Johnson said plans for a new jail are tentative at this point but he advocates a facility Clary scored the first hit at the recent Davis County Republican Party convention The Riverdale Police Chief garnered 46 percent of the 266 delegates to Johnson’s cross section of the whole county and when 61 percent vote against the sheriff I think that should tell him the story’ — Glenn Clary section of the whole county and 61 percent vote against the sheriff I think that should tell him the story” Johnson however said incumbents did rot fare well at the recent convention and expects the primary to be a different story “I don’t know why that comes out that way but traditionally the convention is never a gauge See SHERIFF on 2C when Glenn Clary 39 percent “That to me shows that people are unhappy with the job he's doing" Clary said “This is a cross More foster homes needed for mentally J BARKER By VICKI Standard Examiner stall Funds to assist local homeowners in caring for homeless people with mental illness arc still available through the Weber County Mental Health Center As part of an experimental foster care program for the mentally ill — the Community Support Project — two homeowners have provided four beds for homeless mentally ill clients in the Weber County area But two more beds are needed Mickey Klorman a registered nurse and member of the state's Task Force for Appropriate Treatment of the Homeless Mensaid people who take in tally local transients with histories of chronic mental illness can receive direct cash payments for up to one year Klorman coordinator of the project in Weber said up to $465 a month for board and room is available per client Additionally share prov iders are allotted assistance payments clients receive to help meet other needs cricertain Providers must meet teria to be licensed to participate in the project that is being funded by a demonstration grant from the National Institute of Mental Health Part of the idea is to alleviate overcrowding at transient shelters and other facilities vjch as jails by providing foster homes for the mentally ill among them a of According to information from the state Division of Mental Health people with mental illness comprise up to half of an estimated 2 to 3 million homeless people in the country And the numbers arc growing in Utah One cause the state cites is lack of housing The mentally ill perhaps the most vulnerable of the poor have a harder time competing for scant housing resources and many are forced to move from town to town ill By providing foster care to selected homeless mentally ill Klorman said "we would hope this would be a stepping stone for getting them off the street or out of the hospital (psychiatric unit) into a stable environment where they get stable on medications and mainstream into the mental health system or society" Klorman said ideally clients eventually will be able to get their own apartments and interact HOMES on 2C may lose monopoly WASHINGTON (AP) — After considerable prodding from Con-gress NASA on Friday began a search for a different rocket to boost the space shuttle to orbit and possibly a source other than Morton Thiokol to supply it The space agency’s search for an improved solid rocket motor is separate from the redesign effort now under way for the existing booster That redesign was prompted by the leak in a rocket that doomed the space shuttle Challenger and its crew of seven last Jan 28 A number of congressional committees have been critical of NASA for buying its shuttle boosters only from Morton Thiokol The Rogers commission which investigated the Challenger accident instructed the agency that “no design options should be prematurely precluded because of schedule cost or reliance on existing hardware" NASA said manufacturers will be invited to provide their concepts “The studies could lead to a second source of the solid rocket motor andor a new SRM" NASA said NASA will award study contracts receive contractor reports on design ideas periodically and final studies by the end of the year It will make a decision then on how to proceed Her being there reassures breast cancer patients By AMY WASHINGTON TERRACE — Ten years ago Klea Sutton thought she was going to die She had breast cancer From what she knew no woman who had breast cancer ever lived “When they said cancer I knew I was going to die I didn’t think living was an option" But Sutton an Idaho native found out diflcrcnt following a radical mastectomy and a year of chemotherapy treatments Sutton now follows a hectic schedule of a businesswoman and volunteer how long it’s been and when I you can just sec the relief" Sutton said most women operate under the same misconception she did — that cancer is synonymous with death "When I found out I wasn’t going to die it was the first time I had heard of someone having cancer who lived through it" But some women faced with the thought of losing their feminity may feel that death is preferable "Many of them feel less a woman — and it just isn’t so" Sutton said She said because so much emphasis is placed on the beauty of the female breast to JOI BRYSON tvimirvr We Salute Tor the last seven years she has been coordinator of Reach to Recovery a volunteer rehabilitation program sponsored by the American Cancer Society The program which is designed to help women and their families cope with the emotional trauma of a mastectomy begins with hospital visits “I he first impact c make is through our being there The women find out we've had the same type of surgery — and we’re standing there Then they want w know tell them ? many women who were proud of their bodies really mourn the loss "If they're still in the dating game it's a real crusher" In many cases Sutton said women feel they will be rejected by their husbands Because of that volunteers are required to attend training sessions which emphasize appearance “We’re told to look the best we can as feminine as we can because they (the cancer patients) are going to see their image through For more information call the Cancer or Sutton at Society at us" |