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Show I i!-- i j a i i o- - 'si:, i . 3ri S. ux tms t r SULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAIL OGOCN, UTAH 84401 PERMIT NO. 27, 4 Ite Em J5& loinraOTd Volume 4 Number 45 c December. 1979 1 J and J Produce notes growth By LaVora Wayment There is a lot of satisfaction in having a business and watching it grow. This statement was made by Jerry Stephenson, general manager of J and J Produce 1815 West Gentile, Layton. Jerry along with his father, Jack Stephenson, president of the corporation, and two brothers, Rick and Dave, own and operate a successful farming and nursery business that began as a small stand in which produce grown on the family farm was' sold. Our family has always farmed, said Jerry, and farming still makes up 25 per cent of our business. The vast, well-kegreenhouses make up another 25 per cent, a retail outlet on the premises, 25 per cent one of the better selections of outdoor nursery stock in the area" makes up the remaining 25 per cent, according to figures quoted by Jerry. The farming end of the business is managed by Rick Stephenson, who also takes care of all the business equipment. The farm produces such crops as bell peppers, melons, sweet corn, beans, peas and onions on the 200 acres now being farmed by the corporation. Onions are really our bread and butter crop, said Jerry. Our onions are shipped all over the United States and parts of Canada." They built their first greenhouse in 1973, shortly after brother Dave, who is the greenhouse manager, returned from Utah State University with a pt ROVING MECHANIC Mike Seach, is a very handy man to know in a pin ch. With his "garage on wheels" he travels as far as North Ogden to Bountiful. Idea becomes reality An idea that was born in the mind of Mike Seach over 16 years ago became a reality in Nov. of 1978. A ' van totally equipped business really began forming. After retirement, Mike worked out of a garage while attending Weber State where he earned two BS with everything needed for emergency car care, was the innovative dream Mike had been toying with. Thus, Mikes Mobile Maintenance was born. In the military they have a lesser version said Mike who is retired from the Air Force. I worked in Automotive Maintenance one degrees, in Automotive Engineering and another in Auto Service. Mike has 25 years- experience behind him. He specializes in and electrical problems. A native of Brooklyn,- - N.Y., Mike retired in Utah because of the altitude and the availability of sailing, and camping facilities, said Mike. Mike and his wife Patsy live in Clearfield with son Mike Jr. - certificate in Ornamental car-burati- in the service, driving a pick-u- p truck, loaded with tools, to wherever I was needed that was when the idea of someday owning a mobil mechanic , - ' - Town Board holds meeting A report of the present condition of town finances and affairs and the election of four board members were the main points of a public meeting of the Farr West Town Board on Nov. 29. It was attended by around thirty townspeople. Chairman of the Board Jimmy Papageorge and Board Secretary Kent Chugs were voted back into care of the problem of sufficient water pressure. Steps are being taken to get ahead of future needs for secondary water by making an agreement for Pine View water. The first Thursday of each month has been selected as the regular meeting date for the board. The location for the meetings the rest of the year will be selected when the Farr West Town Board meets at the home of Jimmie Papageorge on Thursday, Jan. 3. four year terms. Newcomers to the Board (also for four year terms) are Kent Westergard and Nadine Eakins. Holdovers are Owen Garlick, Seth Taylor and Knit Malan. All three have two years remaining in their positions. office for Prior to the meeting after careful consideration the town officials have decided to disband the Park Committee and add the two extra offices to the five already on the Town Board, bringing its humber to seven. This was done in order that all officials would have the power to vote on every issue that arises in town affairs. Eniie Jensen and Dan Miller formerly served with Board members ' Jimmie Papagerorge and Seth Taylor on the Park Committee. In answer to several previous inquiries about the future incorporation of the community, Chairman Papageorge explained that the matter had been expensively studied and the conclusion reached that this area does not have sufficient tax base yet to enable it to take over the responsibilities attendant to incorporation. were members unanimous in their declaration that a very good relationship exists between them and the County Planning Commission and officials. Chairman Papageorge is notified on all matters concerning Farr West, The board .they said. a result of the current building Farr West was notified they had used up all the connections available to them in the sewer line! they shared with Plain City. Arrangements were then made to go in with Central Weber Sewer District Ibis has since proved to be a good thing for Plain City. A levy of m mills was added tfhto Farr West taxes for the sewer and the park. Adequate culinary water for for seeable expansion is available through Bona Vista Conservancy District In the near future a large storage tank is to be built up on Rocky Point in west Pleasant View to taka As boom here, . The schedule for the year will be made iq at that time. It will be prominently posted so that any community member can accept the boards cordial invitation to listen and offer suggestions on town affairs. JERRY STEPHENSON holds one of the 7,000 Poinsettias raised and sold each year by J S J Produce. Hor- ticulture. In 1975 they erected the building which now houses the retail outlet and offices. Then followed a period of rapid growth and expansion. After ten years as a corporation, they now have five greenhouses, totaling 30,000 square feet, and a tremendous selection of outdoor nursery stock, as well as fertilizer, chemicals and seed for the home, ,, garden and farm. This year we have gone into landscaping said Jerry, then added, you know, farming is a diminishing proposition when I was growing up, the area was entirely made up of fulltime farmers. Now you probably couldnt count more than five around left, and Diana Earl are employees of J & J Produce. Kami works in the greenhouses and is a bookkeeper for the firm. Diana is a greenhouse supervisor. KAMI GREEN, here." I read once that Davis County is considered the 'Bread Basket of Utah we have the perfect climate and soil in this area to grow anything, in fact we can grow many things that areas just north and south of us cant grow. But this area is changing, and someday there wont be much ground left for farming, so a person needs to expand and find other areas to 'market. The Stephenson farm has been in the family for four generations, beginning with Jerrys great-grandparen- ts who pioneered the original 90 acres in 1889. Jerry's grandfather, John David Stephenson, who passed away at the ripe old age of 92, sometimes farmed as many as 350 acres. Jerry and his father Jack are J and J and thats how it all began father and son opening a small stand to sell sweet corn and potatoes, just things we grew on the farm. Wahlquist Junior names quarterly scholars Principal Norman J. Shaw has announced the names of those making the honor roll at Wahlquist Junior High School during the first quarter. A total of 61 students made the high honor roll and a total of 95 students made the honor roll when grade point averages from report cards were totaled. HIGH HONOR ROLL Ninth grade Janae Barlow, Tammy Billings, Ann Kyle Bambrough, Charlton, Lori Charlton, Shares . Clarke, Bobbie Estep, Trudy Flinders, J.B. Griffin, and Judy Hanzlik. Carmell Jackson, Shane Robinson, Todd Schenck, Rita Scott, Angela Valdez, Brad Wayment, and Matthew Wold. Eighth Anderson, grade Nancy David Buck, Kimberly Butler, Mildred Calderwood, Tonya Carlin, Stacie Combe and Russell Davis. THOMAS DeGARLAIS, Becky Edgell, Malinda Godfrey, Robert Green well, Dirk Lindeman Marsh. Bruce and Cindi Sachetti, Joan Slater, Shauna Stevens, Jo Marie Taylor and Tod Taylor. Seventh grade Michelle Beeler, Karen Beutler, Michelle Bart Bush, DeVries, Robert East, Lorena Foote, Lori Kay Hadley, Lisa Hancock, Devon Hansen, Shelley Harris, Jodi Henderson, Cynthia Jabbs and Kimberli Kellett. Jay Kelley, Kim Murray, Francisco Nelson, Linda Nelson, Patty Nozaki, Andrea Pendley, Shelly Rose, Robert Seager, Brent Sparks, Heidi Stratford, Kelli Surrage, Diane Rebecca Warner. HONOR ROLL Ninth grade Wendy Blake Andersen, DeDawn Andrasdk, Shelly Barrow, Keri Bartlett, Jon Bradford, Jeffrey Child, Marjorie Child, Donald Gottam, Debra Dalton and Allen, Rosemary Davis. Continued on poge 16 Ivan Has lop and Boncosh-2hostess, Jill Jacobson OF UTAH with one of the first automatic teller mochines being phased into the bank syystem. BANK 4 t, 24-ho- ur The Bank of L'lah will make twenty-fou- r hour available to service customers in five of its northern Utah offices. The service, called BanCash-24- , will be introduced in the main office of the bank, and in its branches in the Ben Lomond, Clearfield, Roy, and a special facility in the Harrison Depot. is an BanCasfv24 automatic teller service that provides customers with five of the most popular banking services seven days a week, at any hour. Withdrawis banking service from checking or savings accounts, deposits, loan and money payments, transfers are handled by a computerized teller installation in the entrances to the bank buildings. Access to the services are through the use of a BanCash-24 card and a personal identification code, issued at no cost to the customer. The popularity of this constant bank' service in other markets has en- couraged us to make it available to our customers, William Beutler, Bank of vice executive president stated. The first are the five installations beginning of a system-wid- Utahs e program which will eventually put the automatic teller machines in most of the branches of Bank of Utah, Beutler explained. Special personnel will be assigned to introduce customers to the new service which, Beutler emphasized, means our customers can now conduct most of their banking business on their Itours, at their convenience. |