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Show I I ' v ' -s - v , j. f " - , w v 4 Photo by ROGER TUTTLE This dangerous intersection on Highway 89 and Main Street just south of Cherry Hill Campground is just one of the areas of concern that has prompted a citizen's group to form a committee to tudy the safety problems in the area. Citizen' s group promotes safer U. . 89 intersections; (2) reduce the speed limit for the entire length of the highway (between Farmington and Ogden); and (3) provide channeled left-turn lanes. Also, the committee would like to have traffic-control lights along the five-mile route, especially at the Cross-Roads Junction; 200 North, Kaysville; Gentile Street, Lay ton; and at the intersection of State Highway 193 (south Hill AFB Road). Emphasizing that residents want to take an active part in the revamping re-vamping and improving of U.S. Highway 89, a fund-raising campaign cam-paign is underway with donations being received at Barnes Bank, 33 S. Main, Kaysville, Utah 84037. Donations should be made to the "Highway 89 Victims' Memorial Fund." The group noted that although the highway is a through highway-for highway-for commuters to Hill AFB and Ogden, it also is a highway which divides four Davis County communities com-munities and separates families from their work, schools, church, and families and relatives. "It's becoming a death trap for all motorists but especially hazardous hazar-dous for residents of the area. There is no s"afe way to enter or exit the busy highway," the committee maintains. They encourage readers to write to the Highway 89 Study Consultant Consul-tant (Elizabeth Vincent) at 7070 Union Park Center, Suite 330, Mid-vale, Mid-vale, Utah 84047. Ms. Wood noted that as many people as possible should let it be known how they feel about the hazardous conditions of the highway high-way by writing to the study consultant consul-tant and to local, state and Congressional Con-gressional representatives. Among the committee members are Greg Winget, whose 15-year-old son, Joey, is confined to a wheelchair after being injured in a Highway 89 accident, and Marge Fisher who is a close relative to a Roy teenager who was killed in a Highway 89 mishap last May. Other committee members ' are " Karen Tuttle and Diana Rigby of north Farmington; Debbie Lloyd, Kaysville; and Marge Harvey, Dorothy Ozminski, Dorrie Emmons, Diane Hayes and Fawn Morgan, all of Fruit Heights. By GARY R. BLODGETT FRUIT HEIGHTS A citizens' group has been organized to promote a safer U.S. Highway 89 which divides four central Davis County communities Farming-ton, Farming-ton, Fruit Heights, Kaysville and Lay ton. The citizens' organization, headed by Clydene Forsbush, Rebecca Re-becca Crowther and Teresa Wood, includes a list of more than a dozen other concerned parents, and has already contacted local, state and national representatives in an attempt to gain interest in the traffic traf-fic hazards that plague the four-! four-! lane, high-speed highway between Farmington and Ogden. "Now we want the public to know that we are serious in our attempts to do whatever is necessary neces-sary to improve the safety of High-. way 89 even raising funds to assist with safety projects," said Ms. Wood: The committee is working with other local and state officials to determine de-termine the safety needs and to help get the projects completed. The group is following the theme "Citizens Co-op for a safer Highway High-way 89 in 1989." Committee members said they met for the first time following the death of Robert Hess, a teenager who was killed just a few weeks ago as he attempted to cross the busy highway on foot. "We decided it was time to take .action," they said. Telephoning and letter writing got the ball rolling roll-ing and now there are more than a dozen committee members from Farmington, Kaysville and Fruit Heights. "We want committee members from all the communities along Highway 89 up to and including South Weber," said Ms. Wood. The death of young Hess was the third fatality in separate accidents thus far this year. Two were killed in separate accidents last year and there have been numerous serious accidents and several persons seriously se-riously injured each year for the past several years, according to Utah Highway Patrol reports. The group said they have only one goal in mind to make Highway High-way 89 a safer road to travel. "There's hardly a time when someone is hurt or killed in an accident acci-dent on this highway that it doesn't affect the lives of many of us," said Ms. Wood. "In many instances the tragedy is that of a neighbor, friend or relative." She said that they would like to have three major improvements to the highway: (1) street lights at all |