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Show FEBRUARY 15, 1984 LHS Says Thanks To Chamber Of Commerce By DONKTA C V 1 lit Kl M pounded if a duplex were constructed and people parked on the street. 1 he planning commission recommendation was to deny the rezone request. The council voted to deny the request by a 2 margin. l.AY'ION - Al the last meeting of the Layton City Council on I eh. 2. the council mcmbcis uae asked to consider thiee requests al three sepal ate public hear- east of Hill Air Force Base asked the council for an extension on the time allowed to complete offsite improvements. City Planner Scott Carter stated there was still $60,000 in the escrow account and this amount plus mortgages on some lots held by the city was enough to pay for the needed improvements. With this information, the council members voted to extend the agreement until Sept. 1. 1984. ings. A THIRD public hearing was called to consider a rezone request by Krwin Bohen to rezone the Spring Hollow subdivision at 525 N. Church from R 8 to R 14 to allow construction of twin homes. Mr. Bohen was present at the meeting. He withdhrew his rezone request. Many property owners living in the neighborhood of Spring Hollow were in attendance at the meeting to oppose the rezone. 'IIIK HRST request was to icone the aiea aiound the Last Layton City Hall from A to FB. I he pui pose of this zoning change was to allow the building to be used lor commercial pui poses. I here was no opposition. I he rezone was granted by a unanimous vote. Later on in the same meeting, bids weie opened and read for the pin chase of the Last Layton Citv Hall. I he high bid of S7I.IKX) submitted by Don Peterson was accepted. Mr. Peterson plans to use the building to house a day caie center. AN EXTENSION for subdivision on off-sit-e improvements was denied until enough money was placed in escrow to Tri-Oa- complete the remaining woik. City workers estimate it would take $ 144.000 to complete the improvements in this housing project that is located just west of the Weber Basin complex. There is only $122,000 in the account. In other council business, approval was given to a waste water control ordinance proposed by the North Davis Sewer District. The new law enables the sewer district to check up on industrial plants who may be dumping waste materials into the sewer system contrary to the law. The new ordinance also brings the sewer district more in conformity with EPA regulations. BY A vote of the council members agreed to increase the garbage collection SEVERAL subdivision plans were approved at the same council meeting. Oak Forst I4A. south of the Sarah Jane Adams School received final approval. There were 23 lots in this development. OAK FOREST 12 C. east of the Oak Forest city park also received final approval. Howard Kent, representative of ivory and Company developers told the council the homes in Oak Forest I2C would probably be somew hat smaller than the homes in the sections of Oak Forest. Developers of the Eastridge subdivision. IIIK ONLY other bid was for S6I.IXX). I he second iczone request was to conceit a coiner lot .it Adams and (Jentile from K IX to R2 so a duplex could he constructed. JKKKY CM) Mai ily n l.avender attended the hearing to oppose the rezone icquest. I Ins couple contended that the lot was too small loi a duplex and that the intersection was alieady a problem that would be com 4-- fees from $3.50 per month to $4 for resi- dences. The rate increase was made necessary because the North Davis Refuse Board raised their rates. Earler the council members voted to withhold league membership this year until studies could be made to determine Layton City benefitted from League membership. how-muc- MAYOR SHIELDS said he was convinced that the benefits to Layton City were well worth the money spent. Councilman Golden Sill said he opposed joining the League this year because that was the decision made by the council earlier and he felt the council should not back dow n once a decision was made. A MOTION was made by Councilman Sill and seconded by Councilman Bob Stevenson to stay out of the League until the beginning of the next fiscal year. The motion was defeated by a vote of dmg Festival DONE! A (; V1IIERIM - LA VI ON Lax ton Lan- cets. p.i'cnts and siblings gatheied Wednesday night to learn of Shakespeare and Elizabethan England. then stand still in the popular wax museum setting. Other sophomores give acting a try . I hey memorize and present scenes from the best known plays. Some students choose to be street people in an El- High department and department pearean theater, the homes and streets of the period and the costumes worn on stage and in everyday life. There are pennants to be made, decorations. signs and scenery that must be completed. Someone has to do the physical work of tradition at Laton School that has grown and expanded into a major community cultural happening. The Shakespearean Festival is under the general sponsorship of the high school English chairwoman. Mrs. Lois Cook. These people receive exceptional support from other departments within the school, from the administration and from the sophomore class. MOST HIGH school graduates can remember reading the hanging the pennants and setting up the scenery and the chairs. The opportunity for every sophomore to contribute to the Festival is presented. more year. Some enjoyed the WORK IS done by students with some teacher direction. Shakespeare play. "Julius Ceasar" during the sopho- experience. Most didn't understand the language nor the Elizabethan period of history. The Shakespearean Festival is designed to help the student and the family understand, enjoy and appreciate Shakespeare. his works and the culture period he represented. ALL SOPHOMORES aie encouraged to participate. here are many activities thex can choose to do. Some dres-acharacters from plays an.' I myriads of hours. This is one way to study Shakespeare that the students will never forget." Facts and figures show clearly just how elaborate the 1984 s Shakespearean Festival was. Scenes from four plays pressed uppi caution bcfoie dealving into some of the positive impacts of education at the school. Among those pluses me an expanding advanced placement piogram. fueled last year to the school as their share of a $31)0.000 statewide boost. Similar financial support is exby a $5,000 appropriation pected this vear thanks to legislative action. CALLING THAT $5 .(XX) a "windfall." Mr. Smith said it was carmaiked for teacher benefit. enabling them to attend institutes and woi kshops relating to AP programs, and then went to the students themselves with Weber State College library cards purchased to assist students in gaining material access. "We had 50 students who passed with a 3 or higher." he said, referring to the passing grade needed on tests requited before students can gain college credit fora high school AP class. "We had students who passed three tests." he said, then noting at least one who passed all live offered. or university by completing those classes while in high school, he emphasized, noting that makes for a "pretty good savings" with a "lot of advan- tages" provided such stu- dents. Layton High has three English. and one each of mathematics. science and biology, along with European History and computer science. "We're committed to make it an excellent program." he went on. noting expansion plans are in HE NOTED appreciation to the chamber of comma ce's education committee, in foi then emloisemenl ol vanous school pioginmx. "We can w oi k together it will be a a edit" to the school and community. Mr. Smith continued. Admitting lie's got a "vested inleiest" in the school's success, the pimapnl thiew out comments given by others when visiting, such as a vending machine opciutor who says LHS is the onlv school wheie she can fill the machines when students me around to olheis who commented on the oi dei ly . cooperate e way in which students ordered their graduation caps and gow ns w hile the acciedita-tiocommittee commented on the "climate" in the school. n NINETY-FI- E to 99 per- cent of the students are conducting themselves as thev should." he emphasized, reiterating appieci.ition to students and others for making the school nuue attractive, such as the Lancer statue gracing the entrance in front of the office. It took six months hard effort by Laytonite Betty Wilcox to complete the project. Mr. Baiber recalled, noting she went to Monte C'risto and felled a Juniper tree before ever starting the carving. That project was commissioned by the 1983 studentbody along with several studentbody officers w ho drew up an actual contract with Mrs. Wilcox, gaining some business insights. as a result. COMMENTING ON the school day scheduling. Mr. Smith indicated the faculty feels the trimester proposal has "merits beyond the period day" being used throughout the district. "The (current) six period day won't make struggling to find out what pattern to operate under." The trimester system, as outlined elsehwere in today's paper, would include three semesters allowing students to take up to 15 classes a year with live periods a day. six-eig- e're 60-da- y LAYTON - If the Layton City Planning Commission and the Layton City Council accept the plans that are now being developed by Ivory and Company and Prow sw ood. a 500 unit "community concept" housing project could be built on the Foxley property, just northeast of the Lay ton Hills Mall. -- Three hundred Layton High School students put it all together, last week, in the traditional Shakespeare Festival that included everything from dramatic readings to a bake sale of old English fare. SHAKESPEARE REMEMBERED were presented using 38 student actors. The wax museum showed 17 costume to act as models ' these scenes. Shakespearean scenes. It took 151 students in in Wednesday evening Layton High School looked like Eli zabethan England. Ten years from Wednesday evening the sophomore class of 1984 will stdl remember the experience. They will appreciate our glish literature heritage cause of this learning Enbe- LAYTON CITY Planner Scott Carter says the two developers are just approaching the city officials in the talking stage of the project. No plans have been submitted. The property that would be used for this major housing Some rezoning would project is now zoned C-- and need to be done if the project is developed. The Best Is Yet To Come...! Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. the SINCE THE beginning of lake has experienced at least four major cycles of ups and downs with the latest being a cycle of the lake rising at an alarming rate of 0.7 feet (an average of about 8 inches) per year. But during the n cycles, the lake dropfeet in 1963. level of 4,191.35 lowest ped to its record-keepin- GREAT SALT LAKE Two startling facts about the rise and fall of the Great Salt Lake emerged this week as the result of a study by the Utah Economic and Business Review. RESEARCH of old records disclosed that the Great Salt Lake has not yet reached its other studies have water level--a- s but the lake has risen substantially for the past 13 years, and is fast reaching the record high level. According to the UEBR study, the lake level of 4, 2 1. 6 feet above reached a record-higsea level in 1873. The high mark for Feb. I, 1984, was 4,206. rising fast. A 1 h HOWEVER, rivers flowing into the Great runoff and Salt Lake are at a the before will undoubtedly exceed 4,207 feet peak runoff begins in late May or early June. e runoff expected Thus, with an d snow fall during the winter, from the the lake water level will certainly exceed the e record high, according to most officials. hgihcr-than-norm- g, ar up-dow- THE RISE and fall of Great Salt Lake, which has no major outlet, depends primarily on the from winter snow-pac- k inflow of the in the mountains east of the lake-a- nd the summer. water of during evaporation According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the lake's evaporation generally is close to being equal to the spring runoff of water into the lake thus keeping a fairly constant level. water-prima- rily al above-averag- near-recor- all-tim- IE THIS happens, mineral and fishery industries along the lakeshore will suffer "extreme strain due to productivity losses and structural damages." according to the UEBR report. Historically. Great Still Lake has fluctuated disen and fallen) over tin elevation range of approximately 20 feet since the lake's first known records were kept when the Mormon dis- cussion centering around Startling Facts About Great Salt Lake Noted By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor r. paiti-cula- Massive Condo Project Eyed Committees are organized. Responsibilities are delegated. The entire Festival is in addition to regular "basic curriculum" class work. ONE ENGLISH teacher stated. "Some students put in WITH SEN KRAI, musical numbers fiom the play "Oliver" as backdrop, the gioup enjoyed a tui key dinnei complete with dressing and hot rolls, hosted by the high school's home economics students, while Principal Paul Smith ex- STUDENTS CAN achieve sophomore status at a college izabethan setting. These talented young students dress like jugglers, street vendors, ushers, dancers and musicians. Many students are needed to create models oflhe Shakes- IT WAS the annual Sophomore Shakesperean Festival, a - Laxton High LAYTON School gave a big "thanks" to the city's chamber of commerce. last week, by scienad-mtheir ears and tastelully tilling their stomachs. g FINALLY, MAYOR Lewis G. Shields informed the council members that he was going to pay $3600 to the Utah League of Cities and Towns for membership the last half of the year. Its A Tradition At LHS B the hopper lor next year. IOM III SSELBERG Journal News Editor B.v DURING THE past 15 to 20 years, however, the average runoff has been slightly higher than the evaporation and the lake has steadily risen a few inches a year. Last year, of course, was the dramatic the lake rose more than five feet and dropped during the summer only a matter of inches. change--whe- n of a new drastic trend will the lake settle" Or lake? of the rising of the its old ways of mainback to again soon and go taining a relatively even lake level? In 1977, Gov. Scott M. Matheson initiated a GSL Resource Management Study by a com IS THIS the beginning mittee comprised of students and faculty of Utah University, BYU and Utah State University. They were asked to study the impact of the lakes flucuation, especially among lakeside in- dustries. BUT A FEW years later, the lake had receded two feet and then leveled off, diminishing the concern about potential flooding and not much more was thought of the lake's water level until last spring. Now theres being another study by the Utah Department of Water Resources to extend a contract to the University of Utah through the Bureau of Economic and Business Research to again assess the potential damage associated with the lake at various levels. THE PRELIMINARY report notes thpt several roads, highways, water fowl management areas, utilities, state park concessions, sewer plants and even the Salt Lake International Airport could sustain damage if the lake level reaches 4,212 feet. The airport runways probably will not go under lake water until a level reaches 4,220 feet, but already high water tables are popping up around the runways causing concern among Airport Officials that diking or pumping may be necessary to keep the runways clear. NO SINGLE figure of damage can be easily applied, according to the report, but since the spring of 1983 flood protection outlays have totaled $19.2 million by lakeside industries, $23 million by railroads, and $657,000 by state park concessions. The report also explained that the replacement costs for damage by lakeside flooding has the 4,205 foot already-- at an estimated $60.3 million damage. level-cau- sed EACH ADDITIONAL one-forise of he lake has the potential to significantly increase capital damages until at the record-leve- l of 4,212 feet the total may exceed $270 million, according to the report. ot Approximately one-ha- lf of the total damages if the lake reaches 4,2 2 feet will be sustained by 1 the lakeside industries, the report indicated. Four companies have said they will cease operations if the lake rises between 4,207 and 4,210 feet. THE REPORT noted that Domtar Industries and Lake Crystal Salt are likely to close at 4,207 feet, representing capital losses of $4 million and $650,000 respectively. Great Salt Lake Minerals said it could be wiped out at 4,208 feet resulting in a loss of $70 million; and American Salt will be forced to shut down at 4,210 feet, representing a capital loss of $25 million. Damage to roads and highways could be as high as $43.2 million, according to the report. This is based on Interstate Highway 80 and Antelope Island causeway having to be raised. If diking is successful on the damage could be reduced to between $7.5 million and $10 million. IN ADDITION, Southern Pacific Railroad intends to spend $16 million to further raise the tracks from 4,210 to 4,214 feet elevation. |