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Show Kiwanitms hear about Bountiful growth Mayor Dean Stahle, in a New Year message to Bountiful Kiwa-nians, Kiwa-nians, reported on major growth programs in Bountiful and on the city's Sister City relationship with Bethlehem. Bethlehem and Bountiful have a coincidence in names, he said. Bethlehem means "house of Wheat" and a sheaf of wheat appears on the Bountiful City shield. Bountiful, similarly, means "abundance." He asked Kiwa-nians Kiwa-nians to remember that Bethlehem is an Arabian city, occupied by Israel, and has one of the highest percentage of lawyers and doctors in the Arab world. Redevelopment is moving for ward, with minimum interference with business, which will help revitalize re-vitalize Bountiful. Arts need to be developed, he suggested, as "arts make us better-...our better-...our lives are greatly influenced by beauty." ' As he displayed a drawing of a swimming pool, Mayor Stahle said that Bountiful is working on how best to provide year-round facilities. facili-ties. "Garbage is a tremendous responsibility," re-sponsibility," he said, and present problems relate to future environmental environ-mental issues. In his talk and in a question period afterward, he discussed dis-cussed many of the complexities of garbage problems in Davis County. |