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Show I i Considers Alsernative Drainage Plans W. Bountiful JUDY JENSEN to the street or into the sanitary sewer system." He noted that the proposed drainage system would only be Review Correspondent WEST BOUNTIFUL Residents were sharply divided in jtheir opinions of the proposed West Bountiful special storm drainage improvement district. ' Jay Dewell, who was acting mayor pro tern, told the residents in attendance at the public meeting last week that there would be no decision made at the meeting. He said council members have received numerous written protests to the proposal and the meeting would be used to consider their protests. "The problems were trying to solve," Dewell explained to the group, "are the flooding of basements and water from those basements being pumped up in used for subsurface water problems and not surface water. The main concern of residents at the meeting was the cost of the project, which was established by the council as $4,160 per acre to be levied against land owners. It was determined by the city engineer that the total cost of the project would be $375,000. Of that amount, $145,000 would be paid by the Community Block Grant. West Bountiful agreed to pay $36,000, leaving the remaining $194,000 to be paid by the land owners. This information was included . in a letter mailed to the residents which outlined the proposal. The letter stated that the district had been divided into three separate areas: Casa Verde subdivision, Sunny View Estates and Golden West subdivision. Councilman Von Hill said that of the protests received, the majority had come from residents in the Casa Verde area. He noted that 14 of those who protested from Casa Verde would like the project if they didnt have to pay for it. Richard Jensen, a resident of Casa Verde, asked, "I thought the letters you sent said if there were 51 percent against it, the project would be shelved. Is that ' true? But city attorney, Keith Stahle, said the percentage would have to be concerned with total number of acres and not residents. The area involved total 43 acres. You would need 22 acres of protests to defeat it. We have 5.5 acres of protests, therefore, the city has the legal right to go ahead. Stahle added that the council decided to hedr the protests even though they knew they could start the proj ct anyway. Jensen told the council that if he knew that the defeat was based on aerps instead of residents, he would of worked harder to try and defeat it. One resident who angrily left the meeting agreed with Jensen. If you were going to decide it by acres, you should of told us. 1 We need a new letter and more time or well see you (the council) in court." Dewell said the council has no intentions to push the proposals onto the residents. "Were going to listen to your objections and 'come up with a new proposal." James Venditti, a resident from Sunny View Estates, sided with the council and the drainage project. "Were trying to better our community. We cant sell our homes without lying about ' the water problem. If we needed another policeman or fireman, wed all chip in. Why doesnt want to help in this project?" Dave Hunt, also from Sunny View Estates, agreed with ditti. When we brought , ' , ' , e Photos by Robert Regan BORING! VERY BORING! Thats what Fuller says about his bicycle trip up Bountifuls steep 1800 South. 1800 South is a bore without a kid and really a bore with one, continues Fuller. His passenger, 18 Nate Fuller, finds the trip in the late summer sun equally exhausting even though he isnt the one doing the pedalling, month-ol- d For Preparedness Firefighters Develop a CHERYL ARCHIBALD ambulances displays an appear- . Review Staff of idleness. But the departments new training program has kept the ance A deep enBOUNTIFUL sound grumbling from begine hind the LDS church breaks the evening quiet of the parking lot. Suddenly, a fire engine appears its lights flashing-an- d pauses at the comer. Are you guys ready? A firemans voice comes over a y radio. : Yeah, were ready. A fireman waiting at the minipumper gives the go ahead. Instantly, fire fighters speed to the front of the church. J In less than two minutes fire fighters on the large red pumper: 1 -l- ay a network of four 12 inch firehoses. the pumper around a torner to a hydrant, leaving a trail of unwinding hoses. -c- onnect hoses to the hydrant jising 2 12 to 1 12 inch gated -- two-wa- 50-fo- men busy for the past year. Bountiful is one of two cities in Utah to have its own training certification program with criteria exceeding state standards says Captain Wes Butterfield. The National Apprenticeship State Program and a three-yeCertification program require hundreds of Hours of training in and out of the classroom, and stringent tests. The state test is divided into 25 sections; salvage overhaul, ar ar Bountiful Jaycees Teamwork Say Not Worried son detection, hydraulics and medical drills. fire behavior are a few of the Representatives from the state subjects areas. The national test certification board inspect trainis an across the board test. ing records for documentation Scores of 70 percent are required and test men at random. Two years ago the Bountiful to pass either test, but sections can be taken over on the state fire fighters were busy building a test. tanker truck in their spare time. Fire fighters must train to be The tanker, built from an old certified emergency medical IML Trucklines Mack truck and technicians (EMTs), either at an Idaho dairy milk truck, was a Weber State College or through year long project of the men. classes. The men From the summer of 1982 to the summer of 1983 men welded, and women must have 120 classroom hours and must pass painted, lined breaks, and used ten and practical tests keep theH'r "their mix of talents to join the EMT certification. Second to last milk tank to the back of the Wednesdays are devoted to semi. city-offer- ed ot , wyes. -t- ake up fire fighters posts-tw- o with hoses on the roof, and two on a ventilation crew at sides of the structure. The refinery lay is completed and hoses gush water to the refinery fire, largeexplosion ly to resist a bleve-a- ri of boiling, expanding, liquid and vapor. ' In this operation hoses are laid from the fire to the hydrant-- a reversal from the general water-to-fiprqcedure. . Training Company 2 from the Bountiful Fire Department performed well in Lieutenant Steve Carlsons evaluation. He said the Wednesday night training drill went perfect. The more we train the better we will react in a real fire. Teamwork is developed and pretty soon it all becomes second nature. People Often wonder what fire fighters do when there are no fires. A lour through (he Bountiful Headquarters station with its shiny red and white pumpers, an aerial, a tanker, grass trucks and tnake-belie- After the public hearing, the council met to decide on a new proposal. Councilwoman Irene Janes said they may drop Casa Verde and Golden West areas and give all the funds to Sunny View, which," she said, "is kind of sad because residents in those other areas who really the need the system will be out of luck, ''' ytj. , Bill Drill our half. Wednesday, July 18, 1984 Vol. 4 No. 28 'V Ven- home we were told there was no water problem. Now we cant sell with water in the basement. One resident asked if Casa Verda and Golden West subdivi- -' sions were dropped would Sunny View get all of the block grant money. Councilman Hill said yes, and that would substantially reduce the cost per acres, maybe by as much as ve Roles of Jaycee Women, formerly the Jaycee auxiliary, have BOUNTIFUL-BountifJaygrown to roles of vital imporcees will not be affected by the tance Tate explained. It is no July 3 Supreme Court ruling longer a punch and cookies orgawhich said Jaycees in Minnesota nization. are in a place of public accomBountiful women promote modation and could not restrict their own activities and help the membership. Jaycees in theirs. During the JayJaycees in Minnesota were told cees sponsored Junior Miss pagto allow women into the club. eant job assignments were But Utah Jaycees have not almost equally divided between been challenged by the courts. men and women. To disband Lloyd Wilkinson, past president the womens club would make a of Utah Jaycees and newly elect- lot of women unhappy, Tate ed vice president of the national said. Jaycees, said local clubs will opJaycees, formerly the Junior erate as usual. Chamber of Commerce, is a He will travel to Tulsa to the community service organization August 16 National Jaycees formed in 1920. The name was meeting where the ruling will be changed in 1968. The sole rediscussed. Bylaws may be quirement for membership is an changed to accept women. age of 18 to 36 years. A proposal will be discussed Advocates of womens rights which, if accepted, will close pushed the issue of restricting down the Womens Jaycees, said women from Jaycees through the Tim Tate of the Bountiful Jay- courts, said Tate'. Women have cees. There are 270,000 Jaycees struggled for the chance to vote .in the United States and 55,000 for a national leader and become Jaycee Women. He said Jaycee Women in name. They womens membership has grown do not need a Jaycee husband to in recent years. be in Jaycee Women. CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff ul Plague Claims Man After Camping Trip re A Bountiful BOUNTIFUL symptoms were similar to those man died of septicemic plague from snake bites-feve- r and a state health officials confirmed. blood general sick feeling-hi- s Rick Crabtree, 18, was ill for contained infection. Samples three days andf was on his way were sent to the State Health home from Lab where septicemia bacteria when he entered the Utah Valley were identified, said Craig NichHospital emergency room. He ols, State Epidemiologist with-thwas pronounced dead at the hosUtah Department of Health. His companions were not inpital June 31, according to the stdte medical examiners office. fected, because septicemic plague Crabtree was probably bitten is not contagious from humans by infected fleas on a squirrel he as is pneumonic plague--- a lung killed and skinned. Although his infection. Boulder-Escalan- . MARVIN BURNS (left) and fellow fire fighter John Laughter lay out hoses during their Wednesday drill. Here they drill on procedures for a refinery fire. te |