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Show 4V7 K;.3T .,Li . .,n 2:3 o:. Ci! - "'' 1 1 V THURSDAY, MARCH 11, ilfll 1982 VOLUME By DONETA GATHERUM The Layton City Council passed a resolution Thursday evening March 4 opposing the $1 per load fee the North Davis County Refuse Board recently imposed on any resident of the county holding a dump card. COUNCILMAN Robert Stevenson, a member of the By TOM BUSSELBERG News Editor FARMINGTON NOW THAT'S OLD If a person wanted to read a clever, Irish antedote the last place he would look would be Vol. 1 No. 1 of the Deseret News, Utahs oldest newspaper. SOMETIMES the last place is the best place. Hidden away on the back page of the June Deseret News is 15, 1850 this extremely humoreous Irish letter. The spelling and puncuation have been left in its original form. . Tallymucclescrag, Parish of Ballyragget, Near Jan. 22, 1839. My 1 havnt cent Dear Nefhew: the last time I since letter a you wrote to you, because we have moved from our former place Ballys-luchguthe- -- of living, and didnt know where a letter would find you; but I now wid pleasure take up my pin to inform you of the death of your own livin' uncle Kilpatrick, who died very suddenly last week after a lingering illness of six months. The poor man was in violent convulsions the whole time of his sickness, lying perfectly quiet and spacheless, all the while talking incoherently and crying for wather. I had no opportunity of informing you of his death sooner, excipt 1 wrote you by the last post, which wint off two days before he died, and then you have the postage to pay. "I AM at a lost to tell you what his death was ackasioned at, but I fear that it was his last Elaine Love gives granddaughters Jennifer and Elaine Love and Jennily Perkins a look at the first volume of the Deseret News printed nearly 131 years ago. illness, for he was never well tin days together durin the whole time of his confinement, and I believe his death was occasioned by his atin too much of rabbit stuffed with gravy and pays, or pays and gravy stuffed with rabbits. I cant tell which, but be that as it will, as soon as he brathed his last the doctor gave up all hopes of his recovery. I need not tell you anything about his age, for you well know that in March nixt he would have been twenty-fiv- e years owld lackin tin months, and had he lived till that time he would have been six months dead. His property now devolves to his nixt heirs, who all died some time ago; so that I expect it will be divided us, and you know his property was very consither-able- , for he had a fine estate which was sowld to pay his dibts and the remainder lost in but it was the a horse-race- ; opinion of every body at the time, he would have won the race if the horse he run against hadnt been too fast for him. I NIVER saw a man, and the docthors all say so, observed directions and tuck medicine betther than he did. He said he would as lave take bitther as swate, if it only had the same taste, and ipicackiana as whiskey punch if it would only put him in the same humor for fighting. Your own lovin Uncle Shane OFlaherty. (Reprinted from the Phil. hi Assoc, and the state MRS. CHIPMAN wasnt born until 1895 so the original owner of the paper and how it came into the possession of Mrs. Chipman is unknown. Mrs. Chipmans grandfather, Joseph Egbert, operated the first hotel in Kaysvil-le- . It was located where the Weekly Reflex" building later stood ( 3 W. Center, Kays-villePerhaps, the Deseret News was originally purchased by Mr. Egbert. MRS. CHIPMANS husband, Wayne Chipman, operated one of the early meat markets in Kaysville. The paper might have found its way into his home or business establishment. Mrs. Love knew for many years that her mother kept a very old paper for some special reason. It wasnt until Mrs. Chipman had passed away that Mrs. Love realized the treasured paper was a first edition. THE PAGES were very fragile so Mrs. Love purchased some Seal-ulaminating plastic and had the newspaper preserved so she and members of her family can continually read and enjoy the news of 1850. Busi- ). ow ners pay a fixed mill levy for the refuse site. Mr. Stevenson also said he felt many people would get a load of trash up to the dump, discover they had to pay. be without a dollar and then turn world, if we dont join in the greatest capital enterprise no one will." Chambers of commerce can make part of that greatest capitalist enterprise" by following the purpose that framed formation of the Greater Ogden Chamber of Commerce back in 1887, Utah's first. That was to spread general prosperity and to promote honest, economical government. AFTER NEARLY 100 years, officers of the Ogden chamber recently stepped back and queried members about the chambers image and com on someone's FARMINGTON Property owners living along the westernmost boundaries of Davis County, especially near the Great Salt Lake, continue to face a higher risk of flood damage than most other areas of the county. THATS according to information released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) areas throughout the which pinpoints flood-pron- e Flood Insurance National in the use for county Program. In the updated FEMA map, three zones are identified, each describing a different risk area in terms of flooding. The first, or A zone, is used to describe areas where flood damage could occur in a 100 year flood. Residents living in designated A zones face a one percent chance of flooding during any one year, THE SECOND risk area, or B zone, is used to describe areas where flooding could occur in a 100 to 500-yeflood. The third risk area, or C zone, indicates an area where minimal or no flooding could occur during a years time. of the area in the high risk few zone, with a exceptions, is located in designated property. Layton will end up with garbage on many of the access roads to the dump. COUNCIL members w anted to know the purpose of hav ing this $1 per load dumping fee. Councilman Stevenson said it seemed to him that the Refuse Board members believed some people were just visiting the munity concerns. What should it be doing was among questions raised, with business promotion coming in third rather than first as would be expected. Developing Quality growth in the Ogden area took that premier position. s Eighty percent of the members said it was "exthat new tremely important 700-plu- business and industry be attracted while the importance of helping small business was also raised, along with local and other government, followed by crime prevention in fifth place. Library Users Aided em- ployees. LABOR IS third but the business community has no unified voice. Many times they were fractured on pertinent issues and couldnt get together" in support. I think the time is on us as a business association. We need to know in advance what we want. Along that same vein, he emphasized businessmen need to become involved-mo- re than just write a check and pass that off as fulfilling obligations. TOO OFTEN we turn to government when we have problems. We must be a balloon and be willing to have responsibilities beyond eight hours a day, Mr. Buckner said. Part of the challenge is giving service to others. One of the challenges that faces most double taxation. Property around and dump their refuse businesses-businessm- en are checkbook artists. Most get into a rut, he explained, noting that if theres a problem at home, for instance, the businessman will just write out a check and think thatll solve the problem. WE NEED men and women involved in community activity, not just with checks or as members. In this LAYTON Last Thursday evening, March 4, the Layton City Council passed a resolution to pay the cost of a county library card for those Layton residents who consistently use the county library. THIS WOULD include those people who already have purchased the $10 family card or the $5 individual card and those people who have not yet purchased the county cards but did use the library consistently towards the end of 1981. Layton city officials will work closely with the county library workers to determine who is entitled to a library card and how the cards will be issued. The money for the cards will come out of the library mill levy that has already been assessed to Layton property owners. Layton will also pay $15,000 for bookmobile service out of this same county mill levy fund. THE REMAINDER of the mill levy money that has been assessed to Layton property owners by Davis County will be placed in a special city library fund. The vote on this resolution was split. Council members Bob Stevenson and Ann Harris voted for the proposition while council members Sam Trujillo and Golden Sill voted against it. Mayor Lewis G. Shields broke the tie by voting in favor of the resolution. MR. TRUJILLO and Mr. Sill favored the resolution in principle but voted against it because they felt more time was needed to study how much money this would cost the city and how the cards would be given out to Layton residents. F By MARK D. MICKELSEN IN DAVIS County, most Dispatch). The first issue of the Deseret News" that carried this story is owned by Mrs. Elmer (Elaine) Love of Layton. She found it among some keepsakes belonging to her mother, Mrs. Viola Egbert Chipman. 1 - nessmen should get their act together before a legislative session starts and unite in support of desired issues. THAT WAY, you wouldnt have had some supporting the severance tax while others fought against it in the last session, says E. LaMar Buckner, himself a veteran of 10 years service in the Utah solon. The president of the Greater Ogden Chamber of Commerce told his counterparts at the Layton Chamber last Thursday the business community doesnt have a strong lobbying organization at the legislature similar to those firmly entrenched for the Utah Education' Refuse Board, made the recommendation that the council oppose this fee. Councilman Stevenson feels this is HUMBER FIFTY-TW- dump to give them something to do. Small loads would be dumped on week days in inconvenient places, increasing the work load on the refuse employees. Another reason for the fee was that people from other areas were using the dump. Anyone not having a green dump card has to pay $6 per load. FIFTY-TW- FINALLY. Mr. Stevenson said, the additional revenue win be used. Mayor Lewis G. Shields u as asked to do some lobby ing w ith the other mayors of north Davis County to see if they would support Layton by also opposing this dumping fee. s felt good WHILE about bringing in new business an equal number stressed importance of helping existing businesses. "Sixty-fiv- e percent of all businessmen starting are out of business in three years. Thats a tremendous challenge. At the same time, they felt new business competition was good. Large industries were asked why they'd chosen northern Utah with the area's lifestyle, outdoor recreation and size of the metropolitan area, friendliness of the people and the business climate ranked ahead of productivity or openness of the job market in importance, the former U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive said. OF THOSE who've moved in to the area just under 90 percent said theyd repeat the action, if they had it to do over again. On the other side of the coin, businessmen listed the high cost of money and inflation as the two major problems facing them along with inconsistent planning and zoning, vacant (Ogden) downtown areas, lack of a quality education and property taxes that are too high as well as poor streets and too rapid growth. four-fifth- THEY SAID the chamber should work to improve the overall image of the area in- IN OTHER council actum, the governing body unamious-lvoted to require curb, guttering and sidewalk along the frontage of the Adams Building at 354 N. Mam. Property owners had requested an extension of one year to complete this improvement project because of the bad economy and the fact that parts of the Adams Building space had been vacant for many months. y THE COUNCIL said to grant the lien waiver would be inconsistant with the action they took last council meeting when they required Olsen Chevrolet to install sidewalks. One goal of the council and the planning commission is to have curb, guttering and sidewalk installed uniformly along Layton's Main Street. ADAMS Building owners to comply with the council s decision. Layton City accepted a resolution passed by the North Davis Sewer District. It modwill have until September ifies the present contract, changing the present rate schedule and making other adjustments to the yearlv contract. ANN HARRIS, council woman assigned to the parks and recreation department, requested $500 from the contingency fund to be used for the annual Riata Day s. She also requested an additional $1500 for a public address system that could be used by all departments within the city. The budget items were referred to the department heads for consideration. cluding business climate, listed 24 agencies as the most damaging government agency" with slow economy and government regulations among most troublesome aspects. More than businessmen of the h surveyed answered they needed tax help, nearly that many listed management help while 21 percent wanted assistance with public relations and just under that legal help. we have professionals in the community who ought to be Oft-tim- lawyers, CPAs (certified public accountants). DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 'B' North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 1 Phone Published Weekly by 451-295- CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. JOHNSTAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out Of State $5.50 per year Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance Pinpoint wetlands areas,. And, according to Com. Glen Saunders, most of those areas do not have a high population base. He said there is some concern by county officials and planning commission members over local tributaries which extend from the eastern mountains to the Great Salt Lake. ONE SUCH area is Holmes Creek in west Kaysville. Designing a flood control plan for that area, Com. Saunders said, is one of our more pressing prob- betcountry in an effort to help government entities losses flood-pronfuture avoid e areas, ter manage and make citizens aware of possible flooding hazards. In a 1980 brochure, the FEMA points out that distribution of the maps is a key factor in the success of the National Flood Insurance program. The program, established in 1968, allows people owning or buying property in flood plain areas to insure against flood losses. lems. He added that when the county master plan is Heights flood plain will updated, the Kaysville-Frui- t be a major area of concern. AS A RESULT, the FEMA says, taxpayers will be called upon fewer times to provide costly relief for flood disasters. It is estimated that by the will save the year 2000 the flood insurance program and flood victims $1.7 billion a American DAVIS COUNTY Planning Commission members regard the new federal flood map as fairly accu- year. Once the FEMA completes its map of an area. Com. Saunders said, government leaders and local officials are called in to review the work. City and county governments are then required to approve an ordinance each year supporting the National taxpayer rate, the 9ommissioner explained, although there are few specific details as far as actual stream flow is concerned. Com. Saunders pinpointed very few flood danger zones within the unincorporated county area, but said work is continuing on a county wide master plan to control flooding throughout the area. ACCORDING to law, FEMA is required to notify community nationwide that it has every flood-pron- e one or more high risk flood areas. The FEMA maps out each community and county area throughout the Flood Insurance Program. AT THE time the federal government contacted Davis County about a flood plain map, officials were in the process of updating their flood control ordinance and reviewing plans for flood control along the Jordan River Parkway, Com. Saunders said. As a result, the Davis County Commission recent agreed to consolidate the three flood ordinances, allowing at least some direction toward future flood control planning in a number of affected areas. ly THE NEWLY adopted ordinance not only addresses concerns in the Jordan River area, but concerns relating to natural drainage channels throughout Davis County, he said. In addition, the federal government is now able to make money available for residents who wish to build in the flood-pron- e areas. National Flood Insurance premiums for new construction vary according to an areas exposure to flood damage. -- ACCORDING to information released by FEMA two years ago, residents wishing to secure financing to buy, build or improve property in a designated flood zone, must purchase flood insurance. Says the government, The law applies to any mortgage loan, grant, or other funding that in any way if federally connected. Federal officials are hopeful that by identifying high risk flood zones, communities will adopt and enforce certain flood plain management procedures aimed at reducing future flood losses. COM. SAUNDERS said county officials believe information provided by the federal government will help them to plan flood control measures for the overall county master plan. |