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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER. SEPTEMBER 10. 1981 Davis Commission Agrees To Cut ecurity Ties By MARK D. MICKELSEN Davis County FARMINGTON Commissioners Tuesday said theyll support a plan to withdraw from the federal Social Security program. The commission inked a letter of intent addressed to the Social Security administration informing them of the countys decision. ACCORDING TO Mell Miles, county personnel director, federal legislation is underway which, if approvd by Congress, will prohibit cities and counties from withdrawing from the program. He said local government officials throughout the country are withdrawing from the system before a decision is passed down on He said there is a lack of faith in the future of the Social Security system, g and brought about by budget threats at the federal level. HR-320- p"- - ' '' f' 41 W''jzz , fund-cuttin- SALT LAKE CITY - Highway and building construction crews, artists and landscapers are putting the finishing touches on the new Salt Lake International Airport. CLOSE TO $90 million has been spent on expansion since 1975, Salt Lake Airport A- officials uthority said concourses will now load directly onto the awaiting planes. The reason is a modernized system of loading arms which allow passengers to board and depart airccjift without ever going outside. In the past, some passengers were required to exit the planes down long, steep flights of stairs-someti- mes sieges of bad weather. during Wednesday. workers have nearly com- n dollar pleted a freeway access system which, someday, will tie into Interstate-80. Complete with lights and direction signs, the new d freeway will speed visitors to and from the airport much quicker than in the past. multi-millio- two-lan- AIR PASSENGERS entering the main terminal's A and B ACCORDING TO Airport Authority spokesman Robert Metcalf, the new enclosed concourses keep patrons out of the weather and allow quicker loading and unloading. He said the change may someday allow more aircraft in smaller areas, space not previously available. SEVERAL century-ol- d flowed through the central airport area, have been around the perimeter of the facility. Claude Pelton, program control manager for the Airport Authority, said crews have been digging new canals and filling in the old ones. Artists are working in the main terminal to complete a e landscape painting. In another wing, a sculptor is putting the final touches on a e airplane module. AND WHAT about the infamous nude flyers painting? Mr. Pelton says nobody talks about that. Landscaping in and around the airport is more than 50 percent completed and is expected to reach the $1 million mark by winter, according to Mr. Metcalf. HE SAID The mud flats FARMINGTON - Showing a movie about Costa Rica when students are studying that subject rather than merely when it's aired on public TV should be possible, soon, for Davis County students. THANKS TO cable TV channel access, the Davis School District will provide schools with the chance to air programs at the teachers convenience. rather than when KLED or KBYU broadcast them to the public. That word comes from Schools Media Specialist Jay Dansie. who said the countys two cable systems are providing access to Cable Channel 2 for those schools adjoining cable lines. Currently, that involves 15 of the 60 schools but the number should expand as 1 the system is completed throughout the county. All but Fruit Heights and W est Point have signed agreements. THE MEDIA aide or librarian in a particular school could tape a TV program onto e CURRENT SCHOOL announcements could be aired to cable subscribers, an audience that should grow from less than 1.000 homes now to 10.000 in a year, Mr. Dansie said, adding that some school activities, such as play s. could also be aired. AnJ students at Viewmont High School, where a TV studio is located, could gain experience in preparing programming. At minimum, an improved Davis Meeting Will Study SBA Loans A meeting for ull Bountiful-are- a BOUNTIFUL merchants interested in a program to set up loans with minimum collateral through the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be held next Tuesday (Sept. I5)in the Bountiful City llall Council Chambers. nate plan, he said. Once the letter of intent is received, Davis County will have two years a waiting period before they actually withdraw from the program. According to Mr. Miles, the waiting period will commence Dec. 31, 1981. Actual withdrawal will not take effect until Dec. 31, 1983. THE CHOICE to withdraw from the program and form an alternate benefit plan is a viable option, Commissioner Harry B. Gerlach said. Commissioners Ernest Eberhard and Glen Saunders also supported the plan. ALL THREE agreed they did not want to delay withdrawal plans and face the possibility of having to remain in the program at the Congress request. -- THE DEMOLITION of the historic Interwest hangar. And, the building of all new facilities on the same site. -- The introduction of fueling for major airline scribers. pit sub- -- THE CONTINUANCE of a contract allowing Bountiful's Executive Air Service to sell and service private aircraft. Both Metcalf and Pelton agree there are a number of improvements w hich will have to be completed during future expansion plans. ONE SUCH improvement is the addition of cross taxi-wa- on the north and south end of the existing runway. Plans to y complete the south are underway, Mr. Pelton explained. Plans for construction of a y north are being held pending additional funding. CREWS ARE also working to complete a covered parking shelter to be located in front of the main terminal. The shelter will be lighted and centrally heated. Major expansion plans began in 1975, Mr. Pelton said, and have cost between $80 and $90 million. taxi-wa- Invites More Members LCIA taxi-wa- Layton City Improvement Association President Lewis Macfarlane invited representatives from all civic and church groups in Layton non-prof- it to send representatives LCIA meetings. The success of the LCIA depends on the support of all Layton organiza- tions," Mr. Macfarlane stated. THE LCIA IS a volunteer organization established with the approval of Layton's mayor and city council to assist in city improvement FUNDING FOR expansion has been provided by airport tenants, airport revenues and from a revenue bond issue passed in Salt Lake City in 1978. Resident tax money has not been used for any of the improvements, Mr. Metcalf said. to pro- jects of all types. The LCIA helps organize citywide cleanups, makes suggestions to the city council on areas that need improvement, sponsors the annual July 4th Riata Days, prepares a scrapbook to be entered in the Utah League of children being hurt while Cities and Towns Community Progress Program and supports and correlates community activities sponsored by any local organization. Meetings are held once a month on the first Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Layton Heritage Museum. The next meeting will be Oct. 6. trying to pick up candy would be lessened. Mr. Macfarlane said it was his desire to have every church and civic group in Layton prepare a parade entry for the 1982 Riata Days. LCIA MEMBERS presented several upcoming community non-prof- it activities. The Heritage AT THE September meeting the group discussed some problems that occurred at the Riata Days celebration. A possible new parade route was presented and then rejected by the group. It seems the established route is the best possible one. A suggestion w'as made that fire departments and other entries throwing candy to the children be placed at the end of the parade as the danger of Museum will formally open Oct. 10; Layton city will hold a cleanup campaign late in September or early in October: and the American Legion will prepare a Veterans Day com-merati- program in November. The possibility of involving young people in a junior city council was also proposed and discussed. No decision about this proposal was made, dmg Kaysville Cable TV video cassette for storage and presentation when needed with little need for any additional equipment or cost to the district. Mr. Dansie said, noting the service w ill be pros ided free by the cable firms, with the ability to tapes and record new programs when needed. In addition to individual teacher availability, the district could utilize the channel for a meeting between faculty at one school and the central staff in Farmington, for instance. eliminating travel time and gasoline expense, he explained. And that hookup could work both ways with back and forth. will someday be an attractive site for visitors coming into Salt Lake City. Some of the other changes that have taken place are: wall-siz- chools To By TOM BISSELBERG WHATEVER THE case, the county alter(employees) will be covered by an multi-millio- can- als which, until recently. MR. MILES noted that when the county officially withdraws from the system, county commissioners have promised implementation of a private Travelers to Salt Lake International Airport wont have to board planes in the cold and rainy weather this year. Jet height concourses n have been added onto terminals as a part of the airports dollar expansion plans. life-siz- Highway construction sion plan. i AIRPORT EXPANSION By MARK D. MICKELSEN pension plan for employees. He said the county may be able to Social Security siphon off remaining funds and add them to the alternate pen- Chamber signal for channel 7 would be possible at some schools. Access would not be provided to Home Box Office or Showtime, he added, noting the district could cut out any programming it didnt desire. I THINK now is the time (to act), he told the board of education. There is less likelihood later (hat well get a channel. In the next two or three years we may not have access because the service will go for profit (if not acquired now. Such access channels could be used by area cities, as well, he said, noting Bountiful and Layton franchise agreements stipulate that option, forexam-plwith Bountiful investigating reading utility meters by cable. Public hearings or discussions with mayors could be held in various cities, as well. e. HOME Home is the place where were treated the best and grumble the most. Advertiser. Nora Springs Holds First Meet The first meeting of the year for the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce was held Sept. 2 in the Barnes Banking Company. Kaysville. New board members were introduced, goals were set and ideas discussed for the needs of the community businesses. THE CHAMBER invites those interested to join them. They meet the first Wednesday morning of each month and the chamber hoard meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Barnes Bank. New officers are: Ron Richins. president: Doug Beatty, first vice president: Dana Wright, secretary : board members include: Gaylcn Sprague. Ken Baucrle. Doug Wood. Valcen Thomasscn. Helen Pedersen. Leone Diier dan and Cal Nielsen. SnnJy Butterfield is the executive secretary, np ' i m - - y vss. S Davis Okays Annexing Into & low-inter- THE MEETING will begin at 7 p.m. and isopen to the public. Bountiful Redevelopment Agency Director V. A. (Kit) Bcttily on w ill conduct the meeting and the citys Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors will be in attendance. Much of the discussion will be whether Bountiful should start its own SBA processing program or pay $10,000 to join the Salt Lake City program which presently processes SBA loans throughout the state. ' IF BOUNTIFUL has its own SBA processing olTice, we would process SBA loans not only for Bountiful residents but merchants throughout Davis County, said Mr. Beltilycn. Sewer District FARMINGTON The Davis County Commission Thursday agreed to sign a resolution annexing a portion of Centerville into the South Davis Sewer District. THE PROPERTY, which reaches from the center line of Lund Lane south to the existing South Davis Sewer Div trie! boundary line, has been by the Central Davis Sewer District, according to South Davis Sewer Div tnct Chairman Vernon Carr. The annexation has been requested. Caff said, so that all of Cenicrville will be in the Sgt. Sharon Ssiuth Davis Sewer District. THETWO separate districts were established in the IWi, Since then, Carr said Centerville has grown north of the Central Davis system. Speaking before county commissioners Thursday. Carr said there has been no opposition to the proposed annexation. A PRFIIMINXRY draft of the annexation resolution was approved by the commission. A final draft creating a new div tnct boundary will be signed by the commission this week. L'phn of the Davis County Sheriri! Department examines several plants of marijuana found growing wild in a remote area of the mountains cast of Bountiful. Detective Lt. Bob Peters saM the marijuana Held consisting of three major plots about 20 by 50 feet plus several smaller seeding areas was accidentlv found by a Bountiful man looking for a deer hunting site Lt Peters said the plots bad been harvested and only a Tew wilded plants were lef )dund He estimated live harvest at tens of thousands of dollars if the pUnts were fully mature and Well cared for. Thev probably hanest ,50 to 800 plants a month or so before the sue was diHosered. said lx. Peters. Caretakers at the site had dammed a spring fonrngatHin water and had built a lean-ton the edge of a cldf as a lookout station. There was esideme of food and other at the site. Lt. Peters said it the site had appears been used at least a couple of years but said it would never be used again. Oak had been cleared from the area and trees trimmed to let the sunlight through. Even the w, Ided plants confiscated at the site were four to five feet tall, he said. - MARIJUANA GROWS WILD o |