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Show JULY 7, 1987 '(CyellaDUDS By Brian Cray in religious theory Most of you readers are than I am. In the past IS years, my spiritual life is comprised of a $3 donation to a church bake-of- f and the purchase of an Amy Grant cassette tape. So I was for the conversation with my old son. It began on a drive on It concerns a fatherly chat on the the of omnipotence Dad," said the boy, you told me once that God can see better-grounde- Fruit Heights sets budget, names leader d six-ye- ar g. everything." Thats right," I answered. Then He can see us right now driving in this car." Sure." He can see through the car?" He can see Thats right, son. God is By KATHY CHRISTENSEN FRUIT HEIGHTS The Fruit Heights City budget for the fiscal year 1988 reflects no increase in property tax or utilities, according to Belva Provost, acting city administrator. The operating budget of every- thing. And he can see through buildings. He can even see you when youre working in your office." "Yes. Why are you asking? Well, I was just thinking," said the boy. I turned down the volume on the car radio. Diana Ross was interrupting this unplanned theological discussion. So when Im playing baseball, God can see me play. Right?" "Thats correct, I said. And He can see you when youre sleeping. Well, remember last nights baseball game? I went to sleep in the middle of the Dodgers-Brave- s game on cable TV. Now, if God were watching me when I was sleeping, was he also watching over the baseball teams? Sure, He was. God can see people in more than one place. He can see people in California and in Utah at the same time? Yes. And not only in those palces, but in other cities and towns all over tjie world. God cares about people, wherever they live. Thats what makes him so special. The boy mulled this over before blurting out an ungodly conclusion. , Well, Dad, I dont believe you. I dont believe God can see everybody! I was shocked. Why do you say that? I asked. Because I know some people He cant see. It was a moment of sheer dread. Amy Grant couldnt help and Oral Roberts wasnt sitting in the back seat. One wrong answer from me and the boy would be emptying his piggy-banand sending donations to Madelyn Murray OHare. My college religion classes were only a memory. I had to grapple with this one all alone. Okay, son I began. You already admitted that God can see you and me and the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers and everyone else in the entire world. So tell me whom God cant see. old snickered. The Ive got you, Dad," he laughed. God cant see the Care Bears! I smiled and turned the volume up on the car radio. The moment of panic had passed but I still wished I had the wisdom of Job. $389,563 was adopted by the city council last month. Although the budget represents no increase in fees to citizens, it also shows no raise in salary for city employees, said Ms. Provost. The budget is pretty much the same as last years, said Ms. Provost. The biggest item once again was road repair. The city also recently approved a renewal of the garbage collection contract with Waste Management of Ogden, Ms. Provost said. Dean Jeff's has been appointed Justice of the Peace and a city court, to be held at the city offices, will be held in the evenings on the first and third Wednesday, tentatively. Also appointed was William McGuire to the position of Prosecuting Attorney. The next city council meeting will be held July 7. The council is expected to ask that Ms. Provost be officially appointed to the position of city administrator. Letter To Editor n Michael D. Wardle Kaysville District sells Layton property The acreage FARMINGTON surrounding Central Davis Junior High in Layton will be increased by seven-tenth- s of an acre because of a land purchase approved June 30 by the Davis County Board of Edu- cation. The property is located near Church Street on the south side of the building. There is no frontage into Church Street. Purchase price was $16,800. Dr. Dean Penrod, assistant superintendent, said the acquisition s acre will allow of the expansion of Central Davis if it is needed. Dr. Penrod said, It is the best location for an addition to the school because it is near the school elevator and would allow for a handicapped entrance. The district did not purchase a home that fronts Church Street. H&eflex-Journ- al Published weekly by Clipper Publishing Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 Weekly newspaper published at Layton, Utah every Tuesday, in the interest of Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Mala Layton, Utah 84041. Subscription rate: 25c per copy, $6.50 per year, mailed In county, $7.50 per year outside. OwnerPublisher Vice President Stahl J. Howard Stahl Tom S. County. Effective yesterday (Monday), BARD is closed to all residents of south Davis County except Bountiful residents. Your drivers license will be proof of residency, according to City Manager Tom Hardy. This means that all other residents must take their private garbage to the North Area Refuse Dis40 miles round trip. posal The mjor issue facing the exclusion of other than Bountiful residents using BARD is the money when needed to close BARD the landfill is no longer used as a refuse disposal site sometime in the future. Studies show that it will cost about $5.2 million to close the landfill to meet state and national EPA standards, Mr. Hardy explained. Cash assets set aside for this (closure) amounts to about $1.5 million. This means the minimal ba- ing by putting up full closure costs now. Bountiful would then take full responsibility of future liability of the landfill. Both proposals were refused. It was then proposed by some of the city officials that the $1.5 million kept in escrow be splita-mon- g all entities and that the cities and county walk away" from the landfill agreement. This failed by a 4 vote. Another proposal was to allow Bountiful to maintain the money already in escrow ($1.5 million) but to allow the cities to withdraw from 3-- the contract. This, too, was defeated by a close vote. City officials then agreed to go back to their respective cities and draw up another counter proposal to be presented to Bountiful in the near future. BARD property is owned by e site was Bountiful and the offered to the five other south Davis County communities and unincorporated areas for use as a landfill beginning July 1, 1962. In 1981, an amendment was signed by all entities involved allowing BARD to increase the price of dumping garbage by private residents from 50 cents to $1 per load. One half the cost (50 cents) was set aside by BARD to be used for eventual closure of the 150-acr- landfill. Thats why there . is $1.5 million in escrow for future closure of and landfill, Mr. Hardy explained. Editor 544-913- 3 20-to- 40-mi- le Registration set for pets Continued 1 as other countries have nationalized such efforts. In Alberta, Canada, such a program has had graet results. In Calgary, 97 percent of the pets taken into the Humane Society shelter were returned to their owners. Germany also began a government-regulated program 12 years ago, requiring mandatory tattooing of every dog. In Sweden, all pets are systematically tattooed, and as a result, the country has virtually no stray pet population. Of course, humane societies nationwide encourage pet owners to license their dogs and cats, as well as some other animals. This new service, which is a commercial venture, takes that one step further. The Animal Medical Clinic in Bountiful is currently a part of the CELEBRATE! Four Davis High School drum majors lead off the music as part of North County Independence Day festivities. A unique feature of Kaysville-Fru- it Heights activities was the first ever Bed Race. Winning team members, sponsored by the Layton Hills Mall, called themselves affectionately Teddy and the Members included: Steve Bell, Cruisers. Brian Cook, Warren Ellis, Bruce Rigby and Craig Gamer. Photos by Roger Tuttle. EXPRESS YOUR VIEWPOINT IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Includes personalized checks, at no charge, with your regular checking account. NO service CHARGE! Since 1891 Tipping fee for dumping at BARD during the past several years has been $8 per ton. It will cost $15 per ton to use NARD and the tipping fee for the burn plant has not yet been established but is estimated to begin at between $12 and $18 per ton. This means that each truck load of garbage from south Davis County to NARD will cost an additional $140, based on the difference between $8 per ton at BARD and $15 at NARD. Add to this the additional gasoround trip, line cost for the wear and tear on the equipment, cost of at least two and "lost-tim- e hours per trip for the driver, and the increased cost will be at least $250 per truck load of garbage traveling from south Davis County to the bum plant or to NARD. People are still asking, Why is this happening? Its happening because all of the cities and the unincorporated area of Davis County, except Bountiful, agreed to join a solid waste disposal district and to support the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a bum plant. Financing of the plant still not is $54 million, inin operation cluding interest over 20 years. Officials of the solid waste improvement district stipulated that all garbage collected in Davis County, except in Bountiful, must be hauled to the bum plant for disposal. They set a July 1, 1987, date for this to begin. So its the district officials that require the garbage to be hauled to or to the NARD the bum plant landfill until the plant becomes operational. Bountiful officials emphasize that they did not force out the in fact, regret that other cities they can not still use BARD as their garbage disposal site. But from now on, only Bountiful residents will have access to Thurs. 4:30 At BARNES, CHECKING is FRHE with $10000 minimum. prr munity will no longer be allowed to dump this garbage at BARD, and all of these commercial haulers, except Bountiful, will be hauling their garbage to the NARD landfill near Hill Air Force Base. After the proposed bum plant begins opera tion later this summer, garbage will be hauled to the plant which is also located near Hill AFB. But during that same period, there was an extreme amount of moisture, upland flooding and a dramatic rise in the level of the Great Salt Lake. Bountiful officials contend that any change in the environmental condition of BARD during that time should be corrected and brought up to state and federal EPA standards through the use of population. Bountiful then made two propos- money already applied toward als to BARD members. BARD and that Bountiful should The first proposal was based on not be held totally repsonsible for the concept that all entities partici- improvements that must be made. pated in the use of BARD for 25 Thats why Bountifuls offer to years and should share in the cost the other entities includes a liabilof liability and meeting EPA stan- ity clause, it was explained. dards until the closure of the landBut that's only the beginning of fill sometime in the distant future. present and future ramifications The proposal was based on a slid- for the exemption of cities exing scale for a period of 20 years. cept Bountiful from using A second proposal asked that all BARD as a future refuse landfill. , cities and the county share in clos Commercial haulers who pickup BARD. of BARD million, he noted. "Since Bountifuls population is 52 per cent of the total population using BARD, its share of cost would be about $1.9 million. The remaining $1.8 million should be divided among the other cities and unincorporated area based on NECK HURT? FREE EXAM DOESNT. To help you get rid of the pain in your neck, weve eliminated one of the reasons people postpone seeing the chiropractor. We now offer a free consultation and spinal function test. If or treatment are indicated, they will li- OPEN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AT BARNES pre-numbere- garbage weekly from each com News Copy system. Cost for the service is $26, and information can be obtained by hotline: calling the toll-fre- e Manager Bulbrg proposition of how the closure of BARD sometime in the future would be handled by the cities and county now involved, it was decided that counter proposals will be prepared by the cities and prewho still sented to Bountiful owns and operates BARD. No date was set for the counterproposals to be discussed by the BARD board of directors, which is comprised of mayors or county officials of Farmington, Centerville, Woods Cross, West Bountiful, North Salt Lake, Bountiful and the unincorporated area of south Davis Deadline For from Page Lucll 1 seven-tenth- An open letter to the Davis County legislative delegation: According to Utah Transportation Department personnel, the Legislature specified the location of the 65 mph speed zones in the recent special session law (SB 1). Are you aware of the placement of the 65 mph signs on between Kaysville and Centerville? What nonsense! It is unreasonable to maintain the 55 mph limit in the two safest areas of that segment (Kaysville to just north of Farmington and just south of Farmington to the Centerville exit), yet sign the portion with the greatest conflicts (the Farmington-Lagooexits and 89 junction) at 65 mph. The 65 mph area should be from the Kaysville interchange to the Centerville interchange. This issue should be addressed at the next legislative session, special or regular, or by executive direction to UDOT to remedy this nonsensical situation. John Stahl. Jr. Continued from Page lance needed for closure will be an estimated $3.7 k six-ye- ar NARD gets souths trash d, . ' kely be covered by your insurance. In any case, the initial exam costs nothing. If neck pain is slowing your down, call us today. Plemae bring Id md Barnes Banking Co. 33 SO. Main, Kaysville, Utah FULL SERVICE MEMBER F.D.I.C. OUR 8TRONG BANK IS YOUR BEST SECURITY. OUR 24 HOUR OR COME IN CALL 544-342- 4 FOR MORE INFORMATION 8-- 5 Monday through Thursday and 6 on Fridays Drive-i6 Monday through Friday 8-- n: 8-- TELLER MACHINE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLEI 1 n |