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Show 4 Lcni. Fsa-:- t ut 6U01 iwyny r JijnW JjUPJ Pnnuwimt'EJ'Vn IT BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID OGDEN, UTAH 84401 PERMIT NO. 278 hi PWjrW$" WUfl HMI 'jHlUl j L lom Serving North Ogden, Pleasant Viewand Plain City Vol. 3 No. 44 mmr hr Si ..- usr.52 '' - ? V1 tfJ.I' E 'V'e'j SSauGfc, , ... V nt t? 5 Zj ? t V . rf . $- - fcasr'f v 'V 4w ! M K. ' ?'.,, v,'. w "'.' ? K 41? , v Mas ', i ,r ', a. "4.4 'V' k' s)' t i a - v ?.. ; , just around the corner and these decorations make another Christmas holiday season a reality. The Key Club at Weber High has been responsible for the cleaver decoratons located just off Washington Blvd. in North Ogden. CHRISTMAS IS Beacon Editor Mrs. Doris R. Smith of 408 East 3100 North, North Ogden, an elementary instructor at Lynn Elementary in Ogden, has been awarded an International Teaching Fellowship which will take affect in mid-Januar- Mrs. Smith and her family will spend one year in Australia while the North Ogden resident participates in the fellowship program by teaching at Upfield Primary School, in Australia. In exchange, North Ogden residents will be introduced to the Mr. Ross Francis Kimber family, with Mr. Ross teaching at Lynn Elementary. Both families will exchange homes during the course of the exchange. their years The Kimber family is expected to arrive in Utah around January 1. Mr. Kimber will be accompanied by his wife Ann, and their two children. Mrs. Smith will be joined by her husband, Pat, at later date in the year. She will be accompanied by old son, Sean. Mrs. their Smith is excited for the exchange, Thats what life is all commenting, about, learning from different people and in different places. 10-ye- The Kimber and Smith families have done much to correspond by mail and arrangement have uccu made over the past month to work out details in the year exchange of their homes and vehicles. Mrs. Smith was first interested in WPMSILflifgW" '.itoariilfiiifftf Each year a new member is appointed to the Plain City planning commission and a citizen who had previously served is replaced, thereby attempting to maintain a cross section of citizens and citizen interests on the commission. Members are not reimbursed for their services and are required to attend meetings and be cognizant of the city planning. Any Plain City citizen who would like to serve on the planning commission should submit an application to the city office building by the 11th of December. Mr. Boyde Parke, a member of the planning commission, submitted a buiding and planning ordinance. He reported that this ordinance was drawn up to control Plain City growth in keeping with the majority desire to maintain a rural atmosphere in Plain City the ordinance is more or less a guideline for the city council to follow. In order to have orderly growth, Mr. Parke reported, there has to be some guidelines to insure that development within the city takes place in a reasonable, orderly and balanced manner. Last year alone the planning commission received applications for over 500 homes to be built in Plain City. Under the ordinance being considered for approval one-haof building permits will be fo Jitilfrriirinftf tfrjiUlfrtl member of the planning commission, said he voted against the ordinance because he felt it took away the freedom of people. He doesnt feel that five men sitting at this table can make decisions for people Mr. Parke explained that you have to have legal bodies when you have a group of people living together. He asked, "suppose we have 185 sewer connections available, do you want to give them all out in one year? Mayor Lower also reported that if growth is not monitored one person could come m a grab all 185 connections, should they become available. The ordinance is set up to share these connections and prevent that from happening. The ordinance will let everyone have a chance to build and give the citv some means of disturbutmg the building permits equally. The intent of this ordinance adds Mayor Lower, is not to stop growth in Plain Ctiy but rather to pace the growth so the city can handle it, and allow building when the facilities are available such as sewer, roads, storm drains, snow removal, parks and school, (which is filled to capacity now.) Councilman Cook moved that the ordinance be tabed until a legal opinion could be obtained and until council members could become more familiar with the ordinance. Mr. Barclay informed everyone that this ordinance is similar to the one Syracuse City has, it has been court tested and held up under such scrutiny. It was then decided that Dec. Nth be set as a public hearing to act on the Buid:np pnJ plponing ordinance, the passing of ordinance No. 10, (equal opportunity,) and hear the budget report. UIICbS 1 17 these Fellowships are expected to have at least a bachelors degree with an elementary or secondary endorsement. Fellows participating had to be of the highest character and were selected on the basis of their aptitude, experience and contributions to the profession. While involved in the exchange, teachers will remain in the employment Tm allocated to induviduals owning single lots on existing streets and the of total number of remaining one-ha- lf building permits shall be allocated to or developers of new planned unit developments. Mrs. Mcfarland expressed the feeling that her constitutional rights being infringed upon and fhose of others with more than one lot sell because they could only have one building permit. Mr. Frank Hadley, The term of the Fellowship is one calendar year - - January 1979 to January 1980. for mp lf the Teacher Exchange Program in January of this year. At that time it was made known that a limited number of International Teaching Fellowships were available to selected Utah teachers to participate in a direct teacher exchange program with teachers from the state of Victoria, Australia. Teachers selected Thursday, November 30, 1978 total "V by Keith Duncan -n of their own educational authorities and will continue to have their own salaries remitted to them while overseas. They would, therefore, continue to be subject to their normal taxation, retirement and and social security contributions; would retain their rights and privileges as employees of their own educational authorities. Fellows were expected to meet the cost of the fares for the round trip for themselves and their families to and from Australia, with expectations of considerably cheaper group fares negotiated for them. is in Perhaps a hearty good-by- e order for the Smiths and prepared welcome for the Kimber family is in for DORIS SMITH, a North Ogden resident, will leave in Australia as an exchange teacher with the International Teaching Fellowship program. Here she goes over card catalog with Gussie y T wH at Lvnn Elementary. order. by Carol Shaw The North Ogden City Council passed 2 ordinances in their regular meeting Tuesday evening. One gives the planning commission the power to use their descression concerning the need for midblock walkways. The other is a lengthy ordinance spelling out very specifically the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city. The council also discussed the sewer problems on Fruitland Drive, and turned a rezoning request over to the planning commission. The walkway ordinance specifies that blocks not exceed 1300 feet in length and that blocks over 800 feet in length may be required to be provided with a walkway in the middle of the block. The need for the walkway will be determined by the planning commission. It would need to be put in by the developer. It would be paved and fenced and at least 10 feet wide so that the city crews could get trucks in for maintainence. Possible sites where such a walkway would be indicated are in the Mountain Shadows subdivision near Weber High School and in the area North of Bates Elementary School. City Administrator, Dennis Shupe, explained the old ordinance controlling the sale of alcoholic beverages was very short and vague. He said it didnt really cover the problem. Basically, the new ordinance says that only beer may be sold, only in licensed stores, may not be consumed on the premises, and may only be bought by persons over 21 years of age. The ordinance also sets the fees for the license. Ray Shankula requested that a strip of land near the stake farm and adjoining the hospital property be rezoned from R-- 3 to R-- He would like to develop his property in the area with condominiums. His request has been refered to the planning commission. 4. The city discussed the possibility of putting a pumping station under Fruitland Drive so that 4 homes on the street could be served by the sewer system. The sewage would need to be pumped back up to 2600 N. They decided to pin down the costs of the project and invite the home owners in to get their reaction. Putting an additional line through a field to drain the other way was not seen as a viable alternative at this time, due to problems concerning right of way. Councilman Eldon Orton said, We have had these people paying for sewer service for years and they have had problems for years. I think we should cooperate with them if at all possible." Cook named to position Kimber family. Mrs. Kimber poses with her two children, Blair who is three years old and Tieran who is seven. MEMBERS OF THE and his family will arrive in North of the year. He will exchange with the first at some time Ogden Mrs. Smith and teach at Lynn Elementary. MR. ROSS FRANCIS KIMBER The election of Plain City City Councilman Carl Saunders to the Utah State legislature left Plain City City Council with a letter of resignation and an empty seat to fill. The unanimous choice of the city council plus a signed petition bearing 146 signatures of Plain City residents left George Cook with no doubt that he was needed, supported and overwhelmingly approved to fill the vacancy. Mr. Cook was administered the oath of office by city attorney Robert Barclay. The general feeling received about George Cook from several different citizens is that George is not a man who enjoys politics for the sake of politics . . . but rather a man who finds politics a vehicle through which people can best be served. The main thing George said he wanted to do while in office is to be the peoples representative. Probably few people know the heart beat of Plain City better than George, as he is a life long resident of Plain City. Mr. Cook is a graduate of Weber State College and received his Masters last fall from Utah State University and his administrative certificate from B.Y.U. he has taught at West Point Elementary for ten years. |