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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 3, 1977 Problem Inias CZepti Bams Agency Bnsy Mews Association Civic Kaysville ASir QuaiDStiy evaluate the air quality by ROSELYN KIRK J ' The air quality problem has kept the Davis County En- : : vironmental Health Department busy since Oct. 1, alertd ing industry when they the air stagnation limits, Rich Harvey, administrator of Environmental Health told the Board of Health Advisory .Board. ex-cee- r . HE SAID since Oct. 1, Davis County environmental health personnel have recorded 30 days of air stagnation. In the recording center in Bountiful, air quality has reached peaks I where carbon monoxide . levels have reached 49 parts : per million. .. A pollutant level of 50 parts : per million is considered the minimum where people start - being affected. At 100 parts iper million carbon monoxide causes air quality pollutants : to be labeled as dangerous. : MR. HARVEY said the ; en- vironmental health service is I continuing to monitor and I is difficult enough between people, but ;when people are trying to fcommunicate with agencies, ;the problem becomes even jj.ftiore complex. VICKI JOHNSON, of the County Information and Referral Service at Farming-c'ton- , tries to tear down these f JJarriers and put the right jpeople in contact with the fright agency. .The Davis County Informa- - ' county. Davis County had felt they were out of the mainstream of pollution, being located between Salt Lake and Weber Counties, but now find they are in the middle of the crunch. advisory board that the tion and Referral Sercice, ministered New Officer MR. HESLOP graduated 'from Davis High School. He t;has attended Weber State College and majored in Police I r Science. He was 1 born and reared J,: kaysville and is a member Utah National Guard. in of HE HAS fulfilled a LDS fct.Mission to Florida. He is the :Kon of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoyden Heslop. np H: -- North Temple, 318-076- 1. Sheriff year. Dr. Johns said, in addition to the lack of a vehicle and trained manpower, telemetry equipment will not be available for six months. The U.S.A. Beauty Pageant, Miss Utah Universe Pageant will and partially Sterling five and ten, were desperately ill, Miss Johnson said. THE FAMILY had no funds and so Vicki called a local clinic and pharmacy to ask if the woman could get credit until she could receive financial assistance. Then Miss Johnson contacted the woman to tell her how to make application for full financial, medical and food stamp assistance through the Assistance Payments Office. Miss Johnson assumed that the problem was resolved until the woman called six weeks later to say that she still had not received financial assistance and her case had been denied. Miss Johnson again called the Assistance Payments Office to check on why the request was not granted. ASSISTANCE the family was eligible for full assistance and the check was issued two weeks later. MISS JOHNSON says the problem was one of communication. The Assisatnce Payment Office was basing their decision on information they believed to be true. The woman was so frustrated and confused by the system that she lost her capability to communicate with the office. But by calling the Information and Referral Service her problem was solved. Information and Referral agency is almost The one year old, having first initiated services in February 1976. It is partially funded by Title HAPPY AUTO SALES Brakes, Alternators, Batteries, Major Tune up Valve Grind, overhaul, carburetors, wheel alignment, etc 351 West said Dub Lawrence has enough money in the budget to buy an emergency vehicle and equip it by the end of the ad- nels were set up, the caseworker concluded that A Johns William Preliminary to the Miss After communication chan- new police officer has pi been added to the Kaysville S jpolice force. Reed A. Heslop :X)f 804 South 400 East, Kays-- I tyille has been hired by Kays-yill- e City and he started on t : his new job on Jan. 15, 1977. -- Dr. proposal, as approved by the state board, requires that at least one base station hospital be equipped with telementry capabilities. THE COUNCIL has not decided whether the Davis North Medical Center in Lay-to- n or the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful will be designated as the base hospital. He said at present the EMS Council favors the northern facility because doctors there have agreed to maintain medical coverage. Dr. Johns reported the council feels the volunteer emergency medical trainees in the Bountiful and South Davis Fire Department are best able to service the south end of the county until the program is fully established. THE BOARD unanimously named Commissioner Wendell Zaugg as chairman of the board and asked that Robert Keddington, assistant superintendent of Davis Schools, retain his position as vice president. Miss Utah Pageant Scheduled Mar. 5 womans husband was still at home and was contributing to the support of the family. On the insistence of the Information and Referral Service, the case was by a caseworker from the Assistance Payments Office. REED HESLOP It county wide dispatch system. is Payments Office said they had concluded that the .L SHERIFFS office is also a natural to provide a funded by the United Way of Davis County, got into an act when a woman in the process of getting divorce, called the agency for help. The woman and her two daughters, ages THE ing and emergency medical trainees are available to staff a vehicle 24 hours a day when the paramedic service begins late this fall. He told the board that ad- THE paramedic plan proposed by the Emergency Medical Services Council was accepted last week by the State Paramedic Advisory Council. He explained the proposal, which will be finalized by July 1, calls for the paramedic service to be initiated under the administration of the Davis County Sheriff's Office. SHERIFFS office man- Departments was not possible since most fire departments are volunteer. IN OTHER business, Dr. Richard Johns reported to the THE since that office has the power necessary. Three sheriff's deputies have completed paramedic train- ministering the program through Davis County Fire Referral Service Tries To Ease Gap Communication C problem in Davis County so where they can determine the county is headed." County population, as well as the number of motor vehicles, are expected to double in the the natural administrative arm for the beginning program. Dr. Johns said, Kaysville Civic Association met Tuesday evening, Jan. 25 20 funds in Davis County. The agency keeps on file about 200 social service and private agencies who offer services to those in need. People who need help, can get it here, Miss Johnson said, rk . Scholar Contest Is Open is open to seniors in high school from Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Cache and Utah counties. STUDENTS can IN ORDER to be eligible to enter, girls must be between as of July 15, and certify that they are not now and have never been married and have never had a child. They must have been a resident of the State of Utah for at least six months and a citizen of the United States. The winner will receive a The sterling scholar contest be nominated in 12 areas: English and Literature, and Drama, Speech Mathematics, Social Science, Foreign Language, Art and Art Crafts, Vocational Education, Homemaking, Business Education, Music and General Scholarship. Each nominee will receive an embossed certificate and each finalist will be awarded a Sterling Scholar pin. Each runner-uwill receive a cash award of $100 and each winner will receive an award p of $250. IN ADDITION many Utah colleges and universities offer scholarships to the winners. One basic requisite is scholarship, which counts 50 percent. Leadership counts 25 percent and citizenship 25 percent. No scholar shall be nominated who fails to demonstrate high moral standards, habits and atti- tudes or who fails to serve in the school and in the community. vfw . DEAN STOREY led the pledge of allegiance. President Chatland extend- ed his thanks to all the organizations who participated in making Kaysville Christmas programs successful, es-- , pecially Santa coming to town. EMPHASIZED that each organization and club should follow on goals set and especially this year use KCA as a tool for helping each HE other. Alex Anderson, from the Kaysville Girl Scouts, announced that their cookie sale will begin in March. They would like all the citizens to support them in their sale. THE GIRL Scouts are available for babysitting, cleaning or other jobs. Please contact them if you need their services. They also reported that their troop went snow camping on the weekend of Jan. 15 at Red Cliff camping area. Two girls are working on their first class awards which are synonymous with the s Eagle Scout in program. the-boy- be held on Sat., March 5, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hotel Utah. full scholarship to the for their regular monthly meeting with president Clyde Chatland conducting. Bar-bizo- n Modeling School, $200 worth of jewelry, $100 cash award and other gifts. INTERESTED girls should call Debbie Drecksel or Paul Petrarca at for full 532-77- information. Dorothy Mitchell is state director, Paul Petrarca, assistant director, and Debbie Drecksel, who was Miss Utah last year, is coordinator, vfw PRESIDENT CHATLAND mentioned that it is KCA responsibility to plan better help for youth to meet their civic responsibilities, for they are tomorrows leaders. Verla Raymond, president of the Davis High School Parent Teachers Student Association reported on March 31 they are sponsoring a Country Family Affair night to for raise money scholarships for Davis High. The scholarship money is turned over to the local people. THE HIGH schools, junior highs and elementary schools in the area contributed $200 each last year and this year they would like a minimum of $400 from the schools. The Community Family Affair will be held in the Field House. There will be prizes, basketball games, floor shows, and in the balcony Leaning Disabilities: Lets Ilea1 A Professional Talk About Childrens Problems Lets hear a professional person talk about children with learning disabilities. EACH OF us needs to learn how to help the emotional problems of these children or any child with learning problems. This months meeting, Feb. 9, 1977, of the local chapter of the Utah Association for Children with Learning Disabilities will have Dr. Anthony J. LaPray as the guest speaker. a is LaPRAY DR. psychologist specializing in professorships at Brigham Young University, Central Washington State University and the University of Utah. He received his B.S. at Utah State University, his M.S. at Utah State University, and his Ed. D. at Brigham Young University. Much of hie clinical work was done at Louisiana State University and Louisiana State Hospital. MRS. RAYMOND en- courages everyone to keep this date in mind and support your local PTSA and the scholarship funds. Merchants will be contacted to help with lhere are door prizes, 60 currently 145 members,She are teachers and staff. feels this is a good stride ward, but they still need more for- parent support. On Thurs., Feb. 3, 1977 the PTSA is sponsoring Decency Night from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the high school, English department. Pornography, movies TV violence, and other matters will be discussed. They are asking the public to be sure and tend this meeting. at- CAROL COLLETT reported for the Lantern Club. Their organization had a lovely Christmas party and an organ concert for their program. Pat Hartley, president of Kaysville Elementary PTSA reported that on Thurs., Feb. 10 at 7:00 p.m., Dr. Handrup will speak at their PTSA meeting on Earthquake Preparedness. It will be a worthwhile program. Bulletins and pamphlets will be available on emergencies. IN LOS Angeles on Feb. 22, there will be a big meeting on the Effects of T.V. Violence on Children. Parents should be heard and express their feelings on this subject. The PTSA is interested in the results of these efforts. Also in Feb., the PTSA is starting their babysitting classes on Mondays after school for the fifth and sixth graders. There will be a seminar at Granite schools on alcoholism, physical fitness, child abuse and emergency prepareness. PRESIDENT CHATLAND emphasized that we need better community awareness of what the Parent Teacher Student Association does for us. The KCA congratulated Troy Anderson for his mascot-namBurton Bulldogs and the art work he did for the which was a big suc- cess at Burton Elementary School. is beverage container that to turned in. This is a project help eliminate the litter problem. The Davis High Madrigals Singing Group will be going to Calif., March 11 and they need projects. A fund-raisin- g dinner and garage sale is planned. They need the com- munitys support. CAROL COLLETT, Historic Sites Committee chairman, announced that the Levi Roberts cabin has not yet been moved due to complications fulfilling the contract. It is planned to be moved to Pioneer Trails Village by This Place the is Monument in Salt Lake City. It will be placed by Brigham Youngs forest home. She stated they are pleased with the Christmas book sale. Mrs. Collett has contacted Jean Layton, over the county libraries, to get the book Kaysville, Our Town into these libraries. They hope to accomplish this. They orders received from libraries in colleges and universities which pleased te them. MRS. COLLETT announced there will not be any addi- tional printings, but books are still available. Mrs. Collett also reported for the Athena Club. Their Christmas party was a big success and an interesting speaker, DeWitt Sorenson, spoke to the group on Eatable Plants Along the Wasatch Front. He said he was interested in organizing a spring hike for those interested. REPORTING FOR the Kaysville Art Club, Mrs. Louise Gailey said their January meeting was on Asian Art, given by Beth Dredge at her home. She also said the Openhouse Reception for local artist, LeConte Stewart at the Barnes Bank was a huge success. This was held on Jan. 19 and sponsored by the Kaysville Art Club. His excellent pictures were on display till Jan. 28. OTHER GUESTS present were Ed Maryon, Kaysville artist; Frank E. Sanguinetti, dean of College of Fine Arts, University of Utah. They invite all to visit the Fine Arts Museum, University of Utah, and Ann Day, currator of art programs at University TROY IS the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Anderson. School Davis High representatives, Victor Rickman and Dean Storey reported on Davis High activities. They said more support was needed from the community at the basketball games. They currently have a three and one record. The February games are on Feb. 1 at 5:00 p.m., on Feb. 4, 11 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. The donkey basketball game on Feb. 16 is American Field Service Mrs. Casper representative, G. Carroll said now that the second half of the school year is here, the Foreign Exchange students, Miss Ana Marie Mendez from Valparaiso, Chile, staying with the John Costley family and Miss Saskia Tiedemann from f, i X. It was announced recently that Miss Ellen Schiffner has been promoted from assistant administrator to associate administrator at the Davis individual psychotherapy, play therapy, and parent training to cope with the problems of these children. A Executive notes: Mayor Glen W. Cundall said they will from begin work on Lagoon to Layton soon. Construction by Gibbons and Reed, they will revamp the ramp at 2nd North and on-o- ff make frontage roads to handle the traffic. It is a THE CROSSWALKS around Kaysville Elementary have not been painted yet, but it will be done. The children are carefully watched and obey traffic signs and the crosswalk guards. There is a safety survey to be completed by Feb. 15 on our city safety with regards to crosswalks, traffic signs, Main Street lights i etc. between Davis High antf junior high have already been a problem for traffic. He said they also see no future traffic light being placed on 2nd North and Main. ADULT CHAIRMAN, Maurine Brady reported on the library situation. Last week Davis County library notified Kaysville residents that after Feb. 1, 1977 residents will be charged an annual card fee of $10 per family or $5 per person. The Kaysville City Library Board and city council have announced that residents may use the Kaysville city library without charge. It has operated since 1920 and they feel it is an important service. If Kaysville joins the county system, we would lose our library in Kaysville. Annual operating budget of the library is $18,000 and it has a circulation of 57,000 books. There will be no basic change in the tax levy. Fine chairman, showed pamphlets of art work done by Utah landscape artist, MARY CUNDALL, Arts Richard Murray. His paintings are principally from rural subjects along the Wasatch Front. They will be on display during the month of Feb. at the Barnes Bank. The next meeting of KCA will be held Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the city building. President Chatland urged all KCA members to attend as well as citizens of the community. It is an open meeting for the public, np Mrs. Wixoms Chocolates PURCHASES THERE OR i'lln. f lltiom i dhocoCabui OPERATION BLIND is being proposed to the Utah Legislature to be sponsored by the state. It entails giving ( At i mn, ft I jan Call at 1198 N. 1140 W Layton PHONE ORDERS FILLED our five cents for every question and answer period will follow this presentation. Lay-to- THE UTAH Association for MISS SHIFFNER has traincompleted a ing period with Humana Corp., which is an investor owned hospital service company. Humana Corp. built and operates the new facility. was Schiffner Miss employed by Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, Wash, for six years and obtained a masters degree in hospital and health administration in 1975. She worked for McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden before beginning her employment with Humana Corp. last spring, die Children with Disabilities is a Learning group of parents and teachers who are concerned about children learning. The Association meets monthly on the second Wedd nesday to hear a speaker and to learn a new activity to teach children at home. well-qualifie- THE MEETINGS are held 7:30 p.m. at J.A. Taylor Elementary School, 295 East Pages Lane, Centerville. The at Association invites you to come learn with other parents and friends. oimGiausrtjii ommum olpfiQSD PfIWfiB ofiflBOaEUD VEANSfSlSmCKiS 0 at AM0US BRAND aSHMl two-ye- project. MAKE learning disabled children and their parents both in Administrator Bank, New York. Gift LaPrays present of Indonesia and currently works for Chase National Special Selling Will Be Done At Toms Super Save on Friday, Saturday & Monday, 11th, 12th and 14th of psychology, he does a great deal of work with terms ALSO VISITING in the area is Bangun Kusmoljono, a foreign exchange student who was at Davis High 16 years ago. He is on his way to Hong Kong. He is originally from A Lovely graduate training at Portland State University, the University of Oregon, the University of Minnesota, and the practice Hamburg, Germany, staying with the Eugene England family, would like to do more speaking and visiting. Contact Mrs. Jack (Mary) Hill, AFS president. Valentine HE HAS taken additional In Dr. of Utah. University of Utah. New Associate North Medical Center in the problems of children and He has held families. there will be carnival type booths, bake sale and many more. Tickets can be bought at the door or in advance for $5 per family, adults $1.50, students $1 and children 50 cents. |