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Show Invitational New school fantasyland of colors A7 B6 Davis tops Clipper Vj) Elffifljfi Cy?4tit0 o SlAglHlftlJ is H) o HitSEIj6 0? MjB CSSSUl L 'iHlSftMUn 380th Fighter Wing BY TOM BUSSELBERG Clipper Today Mens Editor increases training HILL AIR FORCE BASE North Davis residents may LAYTON To hear County notice an increase in flying activity in the evening hours as pilots in the 388th Fighter Wing shaipen their night and composite flying skills until November. The 388th Fighter wing will be flying in the evenings until about 10 p.m. to improve their training with Night Vision Commissioner Gayle Stevenson, it looks like the county's conference center, and related hotel, parking terrace. and office complex may be off at least in the foreseeable future. Goggles. But comments from Layton Major Jerry Stevenson hint that in addiand Also, the wing will host squadrons of tion to the wing's F16s, for composite force training Oct. This training is vital to the Air Force as it instructs dynamic young aviators in the employment of their weapons systems in a composF-1- B-l- s, there could still be wind in the project. And while developer Scott Pnest. one of the partners in the project. says he can t say much, he hints that something may be coming in a 1. ite force. Hill AFB offers unique training opportunities due to its outstanding support and proximity to the Utah Test and Training Range. Aircrew deployed to the base have been briefed on noise abatement procedures and local flying regulations. few weeks. As Commissioner Stevenson said. "No one has pushed any harder than I did. I wish we had a conference center running. We had planned on opening it by Christmas of this year. He noted that no official word has been receiv ed from any of the principals m the project. The county is getting pretty cool on it right now. Wee got a lot of pressure for those capital dollars, the library being the chief one." The county library board has proposed a major building program that would include building additions to two libraries and possibly building some starting two new facilities almost immediately and the rest dseted S.W. mayor to dtfosAovvn panel SOUTH WEBER Henry Dickamore, mayor of South Weber, has been elected to the board of directors of the Utah League of Cities and Towns during their recent annual convention. He was among seven municipal officials elected to the board, which includes 16 members elected to two-yeterms. Dickamore is in his first term as mayor but previously served as a city council member. He also served in the Utah State Legislature. Jcb Fcir to feature HAFD, other employers Oct. 20' LAYTON HAFB and a host of other employers will be featured at a Job Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at Northridge High School. The event will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will be open to the public The Job Fair is sponsored by the Utah Department of Workforce Services. This is a great opportunity for local job seekers to contact several companies at the same location, says Tim Holmes, DWS with company representamanager. They can meet tives and possibly turn in resumes. A partial list of employers will also be available to discuss job openings including Aerotek. Census 2000, Computer Science Corporation, Clearfield Job Corps, Davis County, Lifetime Products, Department of Workforce Services, Swift Transportation, Teltrust, and Utility Trailer. Job seekers can attend workshops to gain valuable job search information. Workshop topics are resume writing and dressing for face-to-fa- success. Those interested in attending should bring resumes and be dressed to interview. The Job Fair is free. For more information call 728-270- 0. The Job Fair will follow a Center Awareness Fair sponsored by Northridge High for its students. The Career Fair gives students an opportunity to ask questions of people seeking in various career fields to gain a realistic view of what a job requires. Lydia Stevenson, DWS Workforce and Business Consultant, says she is extremely proud of the coordination efforts made by DWS and NHS to create a unique partnership to offer employers the benefit of reaching both students and adults. Employers can participate in one or both fairs. This is the first time a Davis County high school and a state agency have joined forces to benefit the community in such a way, she says. It helps the employers because they only have to set up a booth once, yet they can give out different information that fits the students and adult's needs, Stevenson says. Gctsrty library plans annual bock sols You may have to fight the freeway bottleBOUNTIFUL s. neck, but it'll probably be worth it to get in on some of the bar-gam- The occasion is Davis County Library's annual Book Sale, set for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 and 16 at the South Branch Library, 725 S. Main, Bountiful. That library hosts the annual in the baseevent there because that library has the most space ment that many years ago housed the Golden Age Senior Center. Hosted by the Friends of the Davis County Library, a wide selection of titles will be offered in categories ranging from mysteries, to romances. Westerns, classics, science fiction, early read- - See This Week" on p. A5 Cr , w Davis People A2 ..JU Viewpoint A7 Sports ..Bl Lifestyles From the Trenches ...B2 Have a delivery problem? Call our delivery hotline 6 at before 10 a.m. on Fridays 296-550- CONTROL SPECIALIST Mike Karpus operates the Onboard Diagnostic Second Generation computer at the Davis County Emissions Tech Center in Kaysville. Photo by Marv Lynchard (OBDII) emissions Auto techs work with Davis County to solve emission testing problems BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Writer receiving money from the federal government for major highway construction through the county. KAYSVILLE About 25 percent of Davis County residents are required to have their vehicles tested for emissions at the county facility in Kaysville. of their business Losing to the county has not pleased local automotive-repai- r technicians. Within the next two years, however, much of that business may revert back to private enterpnse. The business won't return, however, until a new emissions testing device is perfected by Davis County and then sold to independent technicians. Dav is County Health Department Director Richard Harvey said the diagcounty has been testmg nostic units for use on 19 and newer one-four- th vehicle models. He said the county went into the emission- testing business to make sure it was complying with stricter federal standards. We need to show compliance for 20 years, Harvey said. Otherwise, the county would jeopardize its position in clean-ai- r Operators of the Davis County center are in the vehicle-emissio- n process of developing a sophisticated piece of equipment to check OBD2 units on vehicles. New vehicles are equipped with the most recent OBDII units. County officials are concerned that private enterprise is not capable, right now, of having enough of these new computerized testing devices to make sure new cars comply. " e are currently working with a major national contractor in developing this piece of equipment. It is similar to what we have now. It has larger rollers and printers. It analyzes the OBD2 units, Harvey said. The contractor is still working on computer software for the new device. The director said once the equipment is perfected it will be sold to automotive repair shops in the county who currently are doing emissions testing. "The shops can then decide w hat within fixe years. "We're able to use dollars from suits them best," Harvey said. One local auto-repa- technician ir said it may be good for the county to be in charge of this new equipment for the next few years to avoid problems among car owners, car dealers and manufacturers. Some independent technicians, however, doubt the county will ever busiget out of the emissions-testin- g ness because it makes money. The county also inspects many of the cars it tests for emissions. For the past three years the situation has grated on local auto technicians. In response, the county commission decided to create an advisory board comprised of five people who work for the county and five independent representatives. Members of the board have been meeting once a month. This group must now approv e any enussion-testinpolicy changes before they are enacted by the county. The independents on the board also have than those who greater voting-powe- r work for the countv. n g the restaurant transient room tax" for libraries, but those funds can't be placed in the county's general fund. Stex enson explained. "With that kind of pressure coming for those funds, and the lackluster way in which the conference center seems to be dex eloping, it makes it kind of difficult to get in the ballgame this late and push." he emphasized. "There was a window of opportunity that is closing rather fast." He added that "I dont want to spread doom and gloom, but it really has to set in pretty soon. Getting all the factors to come together was tough to begin with, but we certainly t. felt with this kind of complex that it with went exerythmg if were really going to develop into a destination center, that was our onginal thought" to develop a conference center. We tned to impress upon everybody that if this fell through, the only way it could happen, as far as the dexel-opmen- See "Conference.' p. A5 Light voter turnout decides key primaries BY TOM BUSSELBERG Clipper Today News Editor Griffeth. Without the hotly contested or heavily advertised campaigns of Salt Lake City's mayoral race, I election turnouts were relatively ( low in North Davis. In fact, as veteran voter precinct worker Helen Hodson of Layton said. it was one of the lowest turnouts I have ever seen." In Layton, voter turnout 1, ranged from only 2.4 percent in one district to nearly 19 percent in another. However, that still meant less than one in five votes bothered to turn out anywhere in the county's largest city. On average, only one in 14 voters exercised their right to vote. Eight candidates were vying for three council seats, with the field narrowed to the top six vote getters. Those were incumbent Steve Curtis, 1.240; candidate Steve Handy, 1.052; and Debra ANXIOUS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES, families and friends watch for result Ledkins. seeking her third term, big board in Layton City Council Chambers Tuesday night. at 988 votes Rounding out the Before the final votes had come in In Clearfield. 9 59 percent of the list were Kent Smith, who was a counsaid it would be fun to sen e Ledkins electorate, or 952 voters, cast ballots. cilman for two terms from 1984 to a third term. "We're at a good time m The field of seven was narrowed by 1992, with 788 votes, David F.Haight the city 1 have a lot to finish." just one, to six. who will seek three garnered 620 and Kim Sill. 561. Kent Smith, who served eight years council seats Votes from highest to Katie Curtis, at the city council lowest for the final six were: incumchambers with other family members prev lously, said "it w as good times, to watch the voter tally for her dad. there were challenges. The town has bent. Curt Oda. 548, Dav id Monson, admitted the whole family is excited changed a lot. and I don't see growth 4n2; incumbent Garr Roundy, 395; Alan D Hansen. 383. Cornell H. slowing down." he added. our dad s in first place!" 0.' yvy 'W 'I 339; and Charles W. Stratton. 244. In Kaysxille, where there was a slate of 10 candidates for three seats. 21 percent erf registered voters participated. Top were: Neka J. Rounds. 1,131. who has served on the city's planning commission; Christopher Snell. 940: incumbent Reed Nelson. 793, John McGeary. 716: incumbent Robert Rees. 682; and a relative newcomer to the city, Debbie Cutler. 605, Syracuse results, for the three four-yea- r seats. Robert S. Wood. 435, Gary Nlecham. 406; Bobbie D. Miller. 269. Bradley W. Hodges. Sr.. 189. Kody J. Thurgood. 156; and Bill Williams. 111. For the two-- y ear seat Lurlen A. Knight. 251 and Angelo vote-gette- rs 232. IContmo, Point's top six three seats were: John Petroff, Jr., 282; Lee Barrett, 255: 0,1 Jerry G. Chatterton. 248; Robert G Fraser. 224: Roger Woodward, 281, and Iola Murray. 158. No primaries were held in Clinton. Fruit Heights. South Weber or Sunset because there weren't enough candidates to require a primary runoff. General elections will be held in all North Davis communities on Tuesday, Nov . 2. For information call your local city recorder. (See mte tallies on p. A5) |