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Show I I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, AUGUST 7, 1980 NORTH DAVIS LEADER, AUGUST 7, Clearfield C of July 4 Parade Winner MARK I). MR KELSEN B ( I EAR FI ELD - The Clearfield Chamber of Commerce has announced Us choices tor winners in the 4th ol Juts Parade despite some concerned comments from members who said Wednesday that the celebration was pooily planned. ( IUMBF.R President Roger Bodily complained that "the biggest problem we had w as hat people w anted to drop their kids off and get back to the floats." adding that some late entries made judging and setting up the paiade quite difficult for the planners. ('(lumberman Paul Boggs suggested that for next year's lestieities. the gioup put all theii suggestions in a folder in older that impioxements can be made from one year to the next. i E II A to plan out the he said, criticizing the group's tardiness in getting the parade trophies and judging decisions out so late. "People called me two weeks aflei.'' he told the men, "asking if they had won anything." Mi Boggs added that the city's northbound traffic held up the parade movement. He suggested that the problem be in next year's project to avoid confusion, and he made an effort to convice the other members that next year's judging of entries by changed. 31 K paiade better." d WHEN HIE entry (float) forms are mailed, it should say on the form that they have to be at the area by a certain time to be judged," Boggs said. Otherwise, the number of entries is not know n until the last minute, he said, and late comers ruin the numerical order of the procession. He asked that a list of numbers of the entries be made the parade, not only to keep order, hut for the parade announcers as well. e WINNERS OK this year's parade trophies were: Sweep-stakeaward. Clover Club Poods: Clearfield State Bank, first place commercial; Max factor, second place commercial; Layton Chamber of Coms merce, first place Davis County Library has IN OTHER Chamber busi- ness. Bodily told the group that they have to work on some new promotions for local merchants. He stressed that it is necessary to come up with three or four ideas before September. in that much of the holiday shopping begins then and the stores have their own sales and promotions. Etta Miehelson told the gathering they have to "offer the merchants ideas." or she said, "you'll just get blank stares." non- Miehelson added that the promotion is a good w ay to get new members, but only if the people know the Chamber's purpose. "Many people dont know why they should join," she said, stressing a need for the council members to let the merchants know any way they can. BODILY AGREED, saying that "we could get people to shop in Clearfield (for Christmas) if we advertise three months ahead of time. He compared the success of the new Mervyn's stores along the Wasatch Front, a chain that has spent millions of dollars in advertising over the last couple of months. The tentative promotion dates, as announced by the Chamber, will be Sept. 18, 19 and 20. In addition, the group will kick off a membership, drive on August 20. going from business to business in an effort to get them to join the Chamber. As Bodily put it Wednesday, "the key is second place Clearfield High School, band award: Davis County Sheriffs Posse, mounted first place; Arabian Native Costume Riding Group, mounted second place; Superkids, first place drill team: Clearfield Job Corp. second place drill team. MOST OK the other July 4th activities seemed more suc- cessful. according to Bodily, who noted that in the concessions area of the festivities, the Chamber came out only $75 short, a much better result than in past years. The nightly fireworks displays drew no criticism from the group, though one complaint surfaced about the organization of the games area, where according to one chamchilber member, under-agdren were running the games with no supervision. Larry Brown said, "You couldnt figure out what e Cham-berma- n "trial run" between the Davis County Library and State Library Board shows if the two systems should join forces. THE COUNTY library board opted to participate in the state library board rather than continue processing in the headquarters Farmington library. But Library Director Jeanne Layton said "it will take three months to program the state computer" after its determined w hat should be included. Weve had two lengthy meetings up to now and as we get into it were finding its more comples than both (state and county) anticipated, she said, noting computer work could be completed sometime after Jan. 1. WE KELT we ought to have a trial run and thats six months minimum up to a year. Davis County branches. "Im impressed with the facilities, the town and the library board. Its a long way from home," she said, though adding, "1 w as looking for an opportunity for increased responsibility and continued growth. SARAH BETH Galloway, of Centerville, has been named as library director of the Roswell City Library and in that position will oversee 18 full and employees and progpart-tim- e rams for the city of about 50.000. Her last day w ill be Au- THEY WANT that library to grow and think its a real opportunity and challenge. I'm looking forward to it. I'm going to miss Davis County but I wish them the best." gust 22 with Davis Countv. She was named interim 1 director of the Davis County system last fall with the dismissal of Jeanne Layton and relinquished the position after Miss Layton's reinstatement in January. MRS. GALLOWAY has filin Davis County, from headquarters reference librarian, the position she first held w hen joining the system in 1971 , to her current led many capacities post of public information coordinator. She had worked previously as a catalogerat the University of Utah Marriott Library. SARAH BETH GALLOWAY Educationally, she received a master's degree in library science from Brigham Young University in Provo in 1978. THE ROSWELL Library building is about two years old A native Oklahoman. Mrs. Galloway was raised near Idaho Falls. Ida. She has three children and four grandchildren. IN ACCEPTING her resignation tendered Monday, Library Board Chairman Evan W'hitesides said, "We want to express our appreciation. She did put forth great effort while she served as director. Seeks Election To Davis School Board Jerry L. Parkin has elected to run for a seat on the Davis County Board of Education. He would represent the voters of Precinct No. 2. MR. PARKIN was raised in Bountiful and attended schools in the area. He graduated from Davis High in 1952. He is married to the former Evelyn Andersen of Bountiful and they are the parents of seven children, two have graduated from Bountiful High. His children are his primary reason for running for the board. Because of the broad range in the age of his children, he is personally concerned about education at all levels. The family interest in education extends back to the 1800s w hen was a his member of the local shcool board. MR. PARKIN studied at BYU and received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and his masters in administration from the U. of U. He has worked with Thiokol. Hercules and With Rocketdyne he worked on the man in space program. He has also worked in the Rock-etdyn- e. in pharmaceutical industry OKs FARMINGTON It took an early morning emergency session of the Davus County Board of Education to allow for official use of $6.5 million in tax anticipation notes. THE BOARD had already accepted the notes in a bid by three area banks in their regular meeting July 19 but a further resolution was required by banking officials for the notes to take immediate effect. That brought the board together for a 7 a.m. meeting Friday at dis- - Trial Run With Library t FARMINGTON -I- could be upwards of a year before a nearly twice that of either accepted a position in Roswell, N.M., effective Sept. 1. commercial: Clearfield Cham- ber of Commerce, and is very functional, Mrs. Galloway said, containing a collection of about 50.000, or FARMINGTON The former interim director of the was going on." and asked for improvements for next year. Chamberwoman 980 Leaves lifoirary Picks C 1 Its extremely complex. There are many things theyre locked into and weve told them what wed like but were having to w'ork compromises, she said. Board Chairman Evan Whitesides said the county should proceed and see for several months if its worthwhile, and if not, go back (to Tan Notes trict headquarters in Farm- ington. Board Chairman Lucile Reading said the special meeting had to be held for the bids for into take effect Aug. terest reasons. THE NOTES are used to pay district bills in anticipation of tax monies received later in the year, beginning in December. The practice is common with both the school district and Davis County. The notes will mature June 1 and cant be repaid until that time but Roger Glines, board clerk, said such an arrangement is preferred because it means the money can be invested after tax dollars have been received. 1, 1981 A CONSORTIUM of Zions First National Bank, First and Second National Banks of Layton and Clearfield State Bank submitted the only bid with a 6.24 percent interest rate, tb Los Angeles. He is currently employed with the Department of Army as an engineer with the office managing the Chemical Agent Munition Disposal Ststem (CAMDS). CAMDS IS a 67 million dollar facility for the disposal of obsolete chemical munitions. Many of the CAMDS activities are controlled by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as are many of the schools. His office has found ways of working with HEW which would apply to educational problems. His experience has demonstrated to him the need for practical education for the homemaker, the secretary, the artisan and technician as well as the profession. He has worked in the direction and management of large, dollar projects for 15 years. He feels that as a multi-millio- county processing). PARTICIPATION in the state processing doesnt cost the county extra because taxes finance the service. But Miss Layton added, a great deal of time for our staff would be involved," and noted, If they take us on we will be the largest library in the state (that they service). The only large one they do (now) is Weber County. They dont do Orem, Provo or Logan. They do the smaller libraries. Its quite an undertaking. AND MISS Layton said, Amy Owens, state employee overseeing technical processing, said she would have to see the impact on the department before giving final word on states ability to handle the Davis County system, tb n licensed, professional en- s gineer that many of the of business, science, and industry can be used to improve the quality of education and yet keep the school budget within the economic limits required by todays economy. His motto is More Education for the Dollar. techi-que- MR. PARKIN believes that engineers are problem solvers and that this philosophy of Seeks Reelection To School Board Where Yy Live Before M Emergency Sttrite CCimow duate work at the University of Utah and the BYU in child development and in children's literature. She has also been active in civic organizations. A former member of the Board of Trustees of the Primary Children's Hospital, vice president of the South Davis Community Hospital, she is now secretary and member of the board of Lake-vieHospital. By GARY R. BLODGETT I think that its time that people put the blame where the blame belongs right hack on the individuals involved. Sheriffs Office for police assistance and the Davis County Fire Department for fire assistance. NORTH SALT Lake has its own fire and IM REFERRING to the two families of south Davis County who recently experienced emergencies one a fire in their home and the other an intruder who entered their home and then had difficulty in getting emergency service that they so badly needed. I he "hangup" in both cases resulted from the parties involved dialing the 911 emergency number only to find out that they do not live in Bountiful and the call was transferred to two other agencies before help was finally summoned. was on the way within minutes after getting the response. But in both instances, it was several minutes reportedly up to 20 mifrom the time the emergency call nutes was dispatched over 911 until police and fire assistance was at the scene. Now. whats the problem? THE PROBLEM, to put it simply, is that both parties involved live in the unincorporated area of south Davis County but have Bountiful prefix telephone numbers. Thus, they assumed that by dialing 91 they would be connected with the proper fire and police agencies. But they quickly-founout that this is not true. police departments, but the problem here lies in the fact that some residents of the community have Salt Lake City prefix telephone numbers and a direct dial of 911 would put them in communication w ith the Salt Lake City, not the North Salt Lake police department. Those North Salt Lake residents with a Bountiful prefix (292 and 295) w ho dial 91 direct would be connected with Bountiful City Police Department, regardless of the nature of the call. 1 THUS, NORTH Salt Lake residents wanting police assistance should call the Davis County Sheriffs Department. Dispatchers there will immediately summon a local police car to the scene. Emergency fire calls should be made to the North Salt Lake Fire Department, And the Salt Lake area Mountain Bell Telephone directory finally has improved with the new edition just off the press. Previously. it listed 91 in big black letters for emergency calls. Then in small print "except for communities listed below and listed six Davis County communities. 295-113- 1 1 THE EMERGENCY 911 number dialed by persons with a 295. 292, 298 prefix goes directly to the Bountiful Police. And thats fine if the caller lives within the Bountiful city limits. But what about Centerville, Woods Cross. West Bountiful, Val Verda and some North Salt Lake residents who also have the Bountiful prefix telephone number but reside outside the Bountiful city limits? THATS WHERE the confusion exists WHY CANT IT list each community in alphabetical order, just like it (Ma Bell) does for communities in Weber County and North Davis County? First, it s human nature to look in the front of the book (telephone directory) for an emergency number. And if you are under stress and see the big black numerals "911" for all emergency calls, thats what you will call. ALSO, IT WOULD be frustrating for a person in stress to look for an emergency number for his city and not find his city listed. I think Ma Bell could do a lot to follow the format that it uses in its Ogden directory and list the 91 cities alphabetic-ally- . 1 in more ways than one. For example, Centerville, West Bountiful. Woods Cross and Val Verda residents should dial direct to the Davis County Bountiful police dispatchers substantiate this theory. They get many calls somefrom callers w ho dial times 10 to 20 a day and a large number of the calls have to be transferred to other agencies. 91 THATS WHAT happened to the first two cases I cited at the beginning of this column. Now, lets review what happened, and why. Owner of a home on 2700 South frantically dialed 911 after a flash fire caught his garage and home afire. The caller has a 295 prefix and the call was received by the Bountiful police dispatcher. BUT ALTHOUGH the caller had a Bountiful prefix telephone number, the home was located outside the Bountiful city limits in the unincorporated area of south Davis County. The Bountiful dispatcher then incorrect- A y fzxnimrzjo tKo 'oil Ia tLa Irrth Qolt I qLp fire department but the fire was also out of their jurisdiction. ACCORDING TO Davis County Fire Chief Brent Argyle. it was only after the third call that the county firemen received the emergency call and that they responded immediately and were on the scene in a matter of a few minutes. But we (county firemen) got all the blame, said Chief Argyle. Had we gotten the call sooner, without the delays caused by improper calling, we could have saved more of the hpme than we did." THERE WAS some $50,000 damage caused to the home, garage and contents (including three vehicles) and a frustrated owner is still mighty upset. Its understandable that the owner called 91 because he does have a Bountiful telebut phone number and mailing address does not, by a matter of only a block or two live within Bountiful city limits. 1 THE OTHER related case of dialing 91 and not getting immediate response happened to a woman who lives in the same general area of unincorporated south Davis County. She received a call from her young daughter that an intruder was in their home. The mother was at work at a Salt Lake hospital when she received the call. 1 OTHER organizations with which she has been identified include her work as social secretary of the Utah Division of the American Cancer Society. Centerville Planning Board, and as secretary of the South Davis Chamber of Commerce. At the time of her association with the Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Reading owned BUT SHE, TOO called 911. Naturally, she was connected with Salt Lake Citys emergency because she was making the call from within Salt Lake City. She said she didnt know that Bountiful and Salt Lake City were on different 911 that there is no emergency frequencies connection between the two. THE FRANTIC mother, like many others, had been instructed to dial 91 for any emergency. But in this case, after calling the emergency number and getting Salt Lake City emergency facilities, her call was relayed to Bountiful. Realizing that the callers address was not within Bountiful city limits, the call was relayed to Farmington to the Davis County Sheriff s Office. 1 DESPITE THE mixup in 91 calls, it is not a long delay to be dispatched to the wrong agency, explained a Bountiful dispatcher. Its just a matter of getting on the radio (police) and calling the appropriate agency. However, this does necessitate re- peating the emergency message and address, thus taking up some time, the dispatcher explained. Perhaps the best solution to the confusion which arises in south Davis County is to have a single emergency dispatch system and a consolidated police and fire district. YES, THIS might help this particular problem because there would then be no boundaries to be concerned about. Police paramedics, firemen, and all other emergency crews would roll at the sound of the alarm regardless of the location of the emergency. But until then (if it ever happens), the best answer is for all families especially those in the unincorporated area of the county and those with Salt Lake City prefixes who live in the North Salt Lake area to be certain of their location and then post the appropriate emergency number on their telephone. REMEMBER, ITS where you live not that counts when your telephone prefix it comes to making emergency calls by dialing 911. Lucile C. Reading, president of the Davis County Board of Education and a long time resident of Davis County, is seeking to that board from Precinct 3. She believes that knowledge gained from her educational, business, civic, and church experi- ences are vitally needed at this crucial time for ine benefit of the school district although she had not previously planned to again seek office. MY GENUINE concern for the people of this area, especially the children and youth, and my commitment to service prompted me to file for she said. And I sincerely hope that my experience and maturity might prove valuable in keeping quality education in focus despite present problems. It appears to me that at this time it is essential to have some continuity in board membership. Managing editor of the Friend, a magazine for children published by the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaSaints, Mrs. Reading has had many years experience as a writer, feditor, and in preparation of language study courses for elementary grades for the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. She has also had comprehensive experience in financing, budgeting, and balancing of funds. y MRS. READING received her BS degree from Utah State University and has done and operated the Mother Goose Shop in Bountiful. A widow, Mrs. Reading enjoys association with her two sons and their families, including five grandchildren, and wdth the children and young people who frequent the old rock house in Centerville where she lives. DURING HER tenure as president of the Davis County Board of Education since January 1976, Mrs. Reading has been sensitive to the problems the taxpayers of Davis County , to the school administration, to the teachers of the district, and most importantly to the need for quality schools to help children and youth reach their highest potential for meaningful and productive lives. She has also acted as chairman of the Davis Area Vocational Center board since its organization two years ago. Vocational education is a must for this area in order to meet the challenge that faces Davis County with its anticipated growth and sebsequent need for skilled workers, Mrs. Reading says. MRS. READING recently received the Distiguished Service Award from Utah State University and has been cited for an award by the Utah Association of Women as well as by local groups of Davis County. Her chief interest, however, is in giving service to children and young people wherever |