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Show Check out Lancers pull It's a language out win in new section: at DATC double Classiads A2 A9 melting pot ;i!i:MyT nEtijir fici h&ST O ((MHilfilr sponsor b School av!k to day despite claims KAYSVILLE enSuaBb - .... o. '"onfflCBEERn 2000 of accuracy - Dale Hawkins, unusable sometime next year, niurd Paul Evans Hawkins said. And the lake could return to the disastrous levels of to eppeur cl bcclctcrc 1986-8- 7. Hawkins said government offi- cials better pay attention, and theyd better solve the problem. LAYTON Richard Paul Evans, noted Salt Lake City author, will appear at Barnes & Noble in Layton Wednesday, Sept 29, 8 p.m. His newest book, The Looking Glass, will be available. It is a love story set in the late 1850s and tells of two wounded people who meet and through opening their hearts find it possible to heal the wounds. Yet, despite past successes in predicting the Great Salt Lake's levels, lawmakers still aren't very receptive. They didn't really want to hear it in 1984, Hawkins said. And it hasnt changed much. Hawkins understands then skepticism however. Here I was a professor of finance predicting the lake 7-- Ccurthcuss to bo used as location for movie will rise. FARMINGTON Movies 99 production company will be on location at the Davis County Courthouse this weekend to film the movie Global Pursuit The production company will make use of Commissioner Gayle Stevenson's office for one of the scenes, film in the hallway of the county building and use the old jail. The company will pay $2,000 for use of county facilities. Alan Oakes of Movies 99 said his company is producing the film for Feature Films for Families. He said the old jail is great because it is vacant and production crews can park equipment right outside. Oakes said his company will be working four to five weeks on Global Pursuit. He said the quality of productions made. for Feature Films is excellent for a production. films they are very good. They find the best For talent for actors and utilize local Utah writers in producing scripts, Oakes said. Each film teaches a lesson. People have conflicts and try to come up with positive solutions. The films are entertaining plus educational. DALE HAWKES overlooks the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area. He believes the area could be underwater by 2003. Photo by Adam C Olson When he talks about the lake, Hawkins financial background is never far below the surface. He describes the lake's level fluctuations with terms such as double tops, reverse head and shoulders," trend lines, and mirror effects. He even described the lake's rising level once as a sharp nse in the market Yet, while Hawkins may still sound like a professor of finance, his BY MBJNDA 1MLUAMS Clipper Today Staff Writer From Ginton to North Salt Lake. Davis County motorists may expect to see some 40 road projects completed et within the next 20 years. The Wasatch Front Regional Council has announced recommendations for building and widening roads through the year 2020 from Weber to Salt Lake County as funds become available. While most Davis County residents are aware of the work being done on which is being widened, and the hope of an eventual Legacy Highway, many other highways and surface streets are scheduled for facelifts if funding is av ailable. Among the roads being considered for improvements are: Parrish Lane, from to the U.S. proposed Legacy Highway, where widening and new construction is planned, and the interchange at Pamsh Lane may be widened In Ginton. the railroad structure at 2300 North may be widened and the road 1800 North from 2000 West to 5tXX) West may be widened In Gearfield. the 200 South700 South connection should be constructed, along with the 200 SouthCenter Street connection from 500 West to State Road 126. Syracuse is slated for possibly new construction three projects between 1000 West and 4500 West, widening of the Syracuse Road from the Freeport Center.to 4500 West, and 2tXX) West from Syracuse Road to the Weber County Line. New construction is due on the Hill Field Road extension from Angel Street to Bluff Road, on Antelope ot Clipper Today Staff Writer FARMINGTON Davis School District will hire 15 elementary counselors, establish a family nurse and implecounseling center, hire a part-tim- e ment several programs designed to keep kids safe, in school and off drugs. The district is financially able to do these things because of a $5.5 million federal grant received last week. This is a major event m the history of the district. said Superintendent Darrell White at school board meeting Tuesday. I le said the grant, which will give the district $1 85 million each year for the next three years, may be the largest ever received by the J district. The superintendent said currently there are 17 counselors in the district's elementary schools. That number will jump to 32 and give the district a part-tim- e counselor in all 51 elementary schools. Grant writer Peggy Hill, who oversees the district's safe and drug free schools program, said the Have a delivery problem? Call our delivery hotline 6 at before 10 a.m. on Fridays 296-550- vrfc ! Drive from 2200 East to U.S. 89. and on Gordon Ave from 1600 East to U.S. 89. On Gentile widening should be done from State Road 126 to Oakhills Drive, and on Oakhills Drive from 1350 East to U.S. 89. The Hill Field Road interchange is scheduled to be widened as is at Fort Lane from Mam Street to Gordon Ave., and Church Street from Gordon Ave. to State Road 193. Fairfield Road from 200 North in Kaysville to State Road 193 should be widened, as should Main Street from 200 North in Kaysville to in Layton, and from U.S. 89 to 650 South in Kaysville. And, 200 North in Kaysville will be widened from 700 East to U.S. 89 and from to Angel Street. See 40 Projects" on p. AS within three years. Three years later, in 1986 the lake hit 4211.6. It double topped by dropping slightly, then hitting 4211.6 again in 1987. Hawkins predicted that the 1998 lake high would be 4203.9 msl. The 1998 high was 4203 6. Now Hawkins is predicting a 95 level) See Davis' on p. A5 Residents object to annexation BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Writer Several homeKAYSVILLE owners from a southeast section of this city do not want property surrounding then neighborhood developed into residential housing. About 25 homeowners from the Laurelwood Drive and Cherry wood Road area attended city council meeting Tuesday to voice their displeasure at the idea of annexing 1 1 acres of county property into Kaysville Gty. The proposed annex- - See Residents" on p. A5 grants $5.5 million to Davis schools BY MARK WATSON Adults and children alike enjoyed the sights of vintage aircraft during the food drive held at the Hill AFB museum on Saturday. For the price of a can of nonperishable food, dozens of planes were opened up for inspection. n .lldi accuracy in forecasting the lake's levels over the past 20 years has been uncanny. In 1976, Hawkins predicted the strong downward movement that occurred in 1977. For 1983 he predicted a nse. The lake rose about 5 feet In 1983 he predicted that the lake would exceed its historic high of 4211.6 msl (feet above mean sea 40 projects set over two decades low-budg- et POOR COPY o $ ., forecasting methods of the Great Salt Lake's water leveL However, he hopes his most recent prediction wont just rock the boats of the states forecasters. He wants to make a splash in the Legacy Highway debate, as well. In 1983, using stock market and commodity chart reading methods, the former Weber State professor of finance predicted the lake's damaging high water levels of 1986 and '87, while the criticism and predictions of skeptics and state forecasters alike drowned in the lakes record high. Now Hawkins numbers show that the lake is in a strong rising trend. There is a high probability that the causeway will be flooded and SALT LAKE CITY The Louisiana man arrested in connection with the stabbing death of his wife at Hill Air Force Base was arraigned in federal court, ordered to undergo treatment for a dmg addiction and a psychiatric evaluation last week. During his arraignment, Robert Lee Taylor, 46, of Port Barre, La., admitted to stabbing his estranged wife, Patricia Taylor, 49, also of Louisiana, with a kitchen knife, A preliminary autopsy says she was stabbed 46 times in the back and chest Taylor said she made him mad because she threatened to leave him. i u Kaysville, has made some waves in the past with his rather unorthodox InHAFD n Itn, tiros 11111" :ES';'? BY ADAM COLSON Clipper Today Staff Writer LcuSsisaa man sircigned t&fj ft - & 9 Forecasters unusual methods nettle lawmakers SUNSET - For the second year in a row. Sunset Gty will join other cities nationwide for Walk Our Children to School Day , on Wednesday, October 6. The citys proclamation, signed by Mayor Janice Galbraith, recognizes that there are a variety of dangers that children face each day as they walk to school It encourages everyone to make a plan to increase the safety of children who are walking in our communities and a list of suggestions for improvements. Last years event was held in conjunction with Gearfield city and Fremont Elementary. This year, Mayor Galbraith hopes to have all local elementaries involved. The schools will designate beginning points where the Mayor, City Council members, and Sunset police officers can walk to school with parents and their children. The city also hopes to find some businesses that are willing to donate a snack for the event. r! 5 a Cl CV!JU'0 (iieeife v J Antelope Island causeway: Davis man warns of flooding in Sunset small-budg- OT - fl grant application process was a team effort. Over 20 people helped m writing the grant, she said. The group included educators, community lead- ers. school psychologists, mental health workers, public health workers, law enforcement specialists and others, she said Hill said she was thrilled when she learned the district would receive the grant. We've received every' grant I've written, but this is the first federal grant I've written, she said. We sent the application in at the end of April. It took three weeks to wnte. she added We had to do budgets for six areas and wnte narratives for each of those areas. We indicated the types of programs we would use and how we would combine our efforts with police and mental health specialists, she said Hill said that the Layton Police Department will also receive money in conjunction with this grant It will be a major prevention focus. Programs that we will implement are well researched They are programs that have worked in the past and that will ensure success. Davis District is one of 54 entities nationwide that will receive a Safe Schools Healthy Student grant There were three different divisions. Urban districts could apply for up to $3 million, suburban district up to $2 million and rural up to $1 million, Hill said Davis District applied for $2 million. Programs outlined in the grant proposal focused on prevention and are geared toward students to 12th grade. Specialists will be available to help students deal with grief, divorce, relationships, how to handle anger, etc. There will be problem-solvin- g teams organized at each level of education including elementary, junior high and high school. Students will learn skills to resist destructive behavior and parents will learn how to do their job better. The goal is to put more adults in touch with kids and give them opportunities to serve and be important and be recognized, 1 fill said. The more you can do that, the less likely they are going to use use drugs and alcohol and be pre-scho- ol |