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Show They smtg thdr hearts out Tuesday LIGHTER SIDE A humorous look at serious topics. Is Farmington bucolic? : CYCLOPS Area residents '' : y'M tour Japan with Tabernacle Choir Guest Writer The Hollywood producer was on the telephone and he was awfully excited. With the number of viewers soaring for NBCs hot Miami Vice, the half of Hollywood not lounging in their hot tubs is frantically searching for clones of the program. Time Magazine even devoted a cover to the Miami Vice frenzy, and men in Gucci loafers are scampering all over the country searching for program ideas. Producers dont want detectives with bald heads, normal protocol or shodd frenetic action cops want dy raincoats--the- y it bad with out guys in different locales. shooting sleezy And I had one for him. Youve got a great coficept, Mr. Cyclops, said the producer. Its the best idea since that orangatang show. Our Neiison rating numbers will jump right off the street. Now tell me more about Farmington Vice. Will this put Farmington on the map? Oh, its already on the map, I said. Its our county KAYSVILLE kn jsSry , FROM FIRST to last the torn was a marvel of advance planning, teamwork and adventure Can you imagine getting 500 people through customs On buses to arrive at a concert hall during Tokyo rush hour? Seated in a dinr formal dining room for a ner? On a pleasure boat for a cruise 0 These and countless other problems were anticipated and handled by the Tabernacle Choir staff, Murdock Travel Agency, hotel personnel, Nippon Travel Agency, stage and concert hall crews, and many, many other support people iVy. .'tv-?- ! ! one-hou- seat. Now the Miami Vice characters all dress in vibrant colors. We have all the detectives dress in turquoise and g colors. Can we keep the pink and peach, really colors in Farmington? Probably not, I said. Farmington is more bucolic than Miami. If a guy walked down Main Street in a turquoise suit, youd hear a lot of Rock Hudson jokes and the police would figure he had a lisp and take him in for questioning. Well, we can do without the color scheme then. But well keep the rock music, right? The music has made Miami Vice an instant hit. We might have a problem there, too. Farmington folks dont listen much to Chaka Khan and U2 and the Miami Vice bands. ..but if you want music, we could introduce each segment with a little strumming from Merle Haggards. Just a little intro... We can work that out. But you say Farmington has a lot of action. Now Miami Vice has a steady diet of drug smugglers, mob bosses, psychotic youth gangs and smut We can do that in peddlers. They make great story-lineFarmington, I assume. Well, not quite--bFarmington Vice will have a lot of Hamms from of action. We had a punk steal a a convenience store just last week. ..and the police think its the same kid who swiped a cassette tape from Mr. Wilsons pick-u- p truck. We can have great action with this... have the detectives shoot him up in the driveway of the school district building. Or maybe have the kid hold a secretary and her paper clips hostage in the superintendents office. Well work that out, too, said the producer. But lets get to our casting. All the successful cop shows have casts. Miami Vice has a great black strong multi-racidude whom the girls are crazy about. How about a youncharacter? ger James Earl Jones-typ- e No, not right for Farmington. Lets go with something more akin to the city. Have Central Casting look for another Don Knotts; his Barney Fife routine was terrific. But, Mr. Cyclops, Don Knotts was not an character. Hed look terrible in a Miami Vice Italian dinner jacket! Sure, but hed look great in a faded pair of 501 s. You could work out a deal with Sunset Sporting Goods and get his wardrobe for free. Listen, I am losing interest rapidly, he said, Your Farmington Vice will have no pastel colors, no rock music, no psychotic mob drug pushers, no black detectives. ..It will be so bland. Maybe. But it will also be realistic, something new for you Hollywood freaks. And Farmington is a much nicer town than Miami. Our residents dont sneak in here with cocaine in their pouches. They actually visit here in broad daylight and buy homes and raise children and pay taxes and... He hung up but not before I heard a splash of disgust. Which is another thing different in Farmington. We dont have hot tubs... We take baths! 5 a ' .V' r whiz-ban- CHOIR members prepared sing for them Burton and Joyce Winters, who are new members of the Choir, were impressed with the quality and strength of the choir We felt like ambassamembers. dors of good will among the Japanese people," said Joyce Each person represented the k -- Notice the nip in the air and the need for an additional blanket around you at night? Notice also the changing of the leaves in the mountains of the Wasatch Range? Yes, autumn is here. It arrived officially shortly after 8 p.m. last Sunday - and winter cant be far behind. AUTUMN IN THE AIR al action-packe- d -- In COG action thon staged at the Budokan on population, taxable sales and assess- KAYSVILLE - In what its chairman hopes can become a vigorous, energetic economic development booster, the mayoral council of governments has okd new staff and new directions to attract more business to Davis County. MAYOR DEAN Stahle outlined plans that include placing staff in north and south counties to interact with city and business officials. They will augment economic development staff already in place at the county planning office in Farmington. Staff will concentrate on: -- Alcoholism and drug abuse are treatable diseases. However, more often than not, family, friends and neighbors do not recognize alcohol and drug related problems. IN AN effort to help Davis County residents recognize the seriousness of the substance abuse problem in the county, Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful is sponsoring a free community education program. Alcohol and Drugs:-Usand Abuse in Our Community, will be the title of a presentation to be held Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the meeting hall of the Davis County Library, South Davis Branch in Bountiful. The public is asked to RSVP by e 3. Scheduled to speak are Richard C. Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health Services at Lakeview Hospital, s and Marvin Hamilton, MSW, Primary Therapist in Substance Abuse Specialty Program. According to Dr. Johnson, prior to joining the staff at Lakeview Hospital, Mr. Hamilton worked as a therapist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salt Lake City. He brings eight years of diagnostic and therapy experience to Bountiful," said Dr. Johnson. SOUTH DAVIS County has a significant alcohol and drug abuse problem, said the director. This problem is not just among the areas youth, it is prevalent in all segments of the population, he said. out-of-sta- te prospecting; government-relate- d busi- ness development tied to HATB; visitng existing businesses with an eye to expansion and advertising-promotio- n ITS IMPORTANT that we have trained people and the ability to seek new business, Mr. Stahle told the group meeting at Davis Area Vocational Center in Kaysville. Existing staff equates to less e than two positions. Some $75,500 is currently budgeted but as approved, the $165,662 to include new from cities, staff would come some from the county and possibly community block grant monies and economic development area and state sources. full-tim- two-thir- CITIES WILL be asked to provide $100,000 in their 1986-8budgets, based 7 ment valuation. Explaining the added staff, Mr. Stahle said it would be better for them to be out in the field, getting acquainted, functioning close to local RDAs (redevelopment agencies), etc. Questioned by Centerville Mayor Neil Blackburn about expense in outfitting offices it was noted surplus space could be utilized in city halls or chamber offices. THOSE COMING from out of state could still inquire through the Farmington headquarters, County Economic Development Director Rick Mayfield said. Pointing to what he perceived as a shortfall to Davis economic development, Layton Mayor Golden Sill said Ogden and Weber have had advantages (in getting new business) because of property. AGREEING THAT point has been raised, Mayor Stahle said we do look to some major industrial development with funding potential coming later as revolving business development loans are repaid. Industrial parks already exist in Continued on page two economic development By TOM BUSSELBERG THE HIGHLIGHT of the trip was singing We Are the World" with the Japanese kids on television Christine Deppe was very impressed with the young Japanese performers at the Chukyo TV teleTokyo. Having been a junior high school teacher for ten years, she noticed that the kids w ere especially respectful of their leaders, and County seeks ways for Leant about drugs Lake-view- Church Utah and our country in a very admirable way. Probably the thing that will stand out in the memory of each person w ho went to Japan was the warmth and graciousness of the Japanese people - from the patient members of the LDS Church who waited in Osaka Airport, outside Nagoya meetinghouse, and at the famed Shinjuku Cultural Center to greet each of us w ith a handshake (handshaking is not a Japanese custom) to the bright and bubbly tour guides who kept us in stitches on the long bus rides to and from the concert halls (they asked Is griffey really what a pig says in English0) , ut 299-256- care- fully to make the most of this opportunity to meet people and s. calling - It was a experience for six Tabernacle Choir members and others who left Kaysville Aug 15 and spent two weeks concertizing with the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Japan .,4ShX vy&JC.; high-pace- six-pac- M4RILYN ELISON By 4 in Layton, Kaysville and North Salt Lake, for example. Mayor Blackburn emphasized private enterprise park projects, and said our efforts should be to support those developments" as well. Continued on page two Wise use of time to be discussed - The October KAYSVILLE membership meeting of the Kaysville Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Oct. 2 at noon at the Overland Steakhouse Restaurant (at Crossroads in Fruit Heights). The cost will be $6 per person, including the meal, tax and tip. SPEAKER will be Kevin L. Hal of the Franklin Institute, and hell discuss time management-t- he how-to- s of personal productivity. Chamber members will learn how to: develop thinking skills, control schedules, overcome and achieve balance in their lives. Use of the Franklin Day Planner will be demonstrated. Mr. Hall is an accomplished trainer and business consultant specializing in effective time management and organizational productivity planning. He founded the Sunwest Company, a retail firm w hich annually posted over $1 million in sales. Prior to that venture d salesman with the he was National Yellow Page Association. THOSE interested in attending should contact Douglas Stanger, top-rate- 544-342- 4, no later than Friday, Sept. 27. me |