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Show DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER APRIL 17. 1985 DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL APRIL 17, 1985 Meed 8odd Service Help? CMI&R By TOM Bl'SSKl.HKKC FARMINGTON - Neither Andrew Carnegie or Joseph Pulitzer were horn rich. -- SUFFERED through some rough limes before gaining the fame and fortune they're remembered for. Just as they had their hard knocks, most at one time or another, suffers eerbody, financial or other setbacks. Sometimes it seems that w hen such disaster hits, theres to turn for help. BO I II re THAT could be when Shell i HERE'S JUST a sample of some of the calls she, and others in the office, have received lately: young woman called seeking emergency food assistance. She was referred to County Human Services, apparently needing help because her food stamps hadnt arrived. at least have at her about the county as possible. No, that doesn't mean the hog forecast but it does mean where someone needing emergency assitance might turn. That could be for food or shelter. It also means helping someone find the right telephone number for registering their vehicle or even who to call to get your child into school. walking encydopedia--o- r much data fingertips-- as Hogge and Davis County Information and Referral enter the picture. The agency can be reached 1 between by telephoning S b) a m. - 5 or after hours by leaving a p.m. message on the answering machine. Just what is this Information and Referral or I&R'. MS. HOGGE is training herself to decome a Mon-duy-Trid- 451-515- A have called, discovering their children have a drug abuse problem, and wondering where to turn for assistance. -- A woman with kidney problems called several months ago. Her husband had been out of work for 2': months and they had four youngsters to feed. -- SOME PARENTS FUNDED primarily by United Way and housed in their facilities in Farmington, some assistance also comes from the federal Title XX program. I&R has regained its coordinator only within the past several weeks, thanks largely to a need that the United way Board of Directors felt was being unmet. The youthful new coordinator says he thoroughly enjoys the job and its variety--- a marked difference from her previous department store work. An Ogden native, she grew up and still lives in Bountiful. full-tim- ing and feeling a lot better, even wearing a suit. He was holding down a job and life was on the up and up, Ms. Hogge recalled. e thc.Fa East walked into the office a w hile back. He was out of work, looked 'istressed, and wanted to find a way his family could rejoin him here. His car had been damaged in a car accident, as well. In that last case, he sent to an emergency work program and returned weeks later, look -- A MAN from s SOMETIMES you feel like giving it (money or help) to them yourself," she says, noting that fortunately for her pocketbook, county agencies are ready and willing to provide help wherever possible. A good working relationship exists between them and I&R, she emphasizes. About 7,000 calls were handled last year with 10,000-plu- s registered a few years back the highest ever. IF YOUD like to know more, or need an interesting focus for an upcoming social organization or club meeting, give Ms. Hogge a call. She has brochures, a filmstrip and other materials around which she can make a presentation. In the meantime, don't forget I&R and what it could do for you or your friends. Local Scholars Compete In Academic Olympics By TOM BUSSELBERG - WOODS CROSS Having just basked in the worldwide light of the Special Olympics, Utahns have been talking about Olympics for several years, thanks to last years Los Angeles-hoste- d event. EIGHTEEN Davis County students played their hand at still another Olympics, recently, competing with other northern Utah and southern Idaho high schoolers in the Academic Olympiad staged at Utah State University in Logan. Both Woods Cross and Bountiful high schools shared near-to- p honors in the d competition that also saw Clearfield and Layton high schools pit their multi-facete- talebts against more northerly schools, explained Woods Cross David Cullimore. by USU and Phi Delta Kappa International, the honors society, the day-lon- g activities included four tests similar to ACT-SAfor mathematics, science, English and social sciences. A banquet followed with activities capped by a Star Wars competition where each student had the chance to answer eight T questions. Students were chosen from the B and "C grade point "A, average categories and those in each sector competed only with other students in their range, Mr. Cullimore explained, noting it was the first time his school had entered. SIX scholarships were awarded by USU, two going to top contenders from Davis County. Richelle Rychaert, a Woods Cross sophomore who originally was to be an alternate and ineligible as far as her points counting, took tops out of the 108 students for English while Bountifuls Eric Stone won similarly for mathematics. The "Star Wars competition saw students "getting pretty involved as the Taggart Student Center ballroom was lined with 18 tables, one for each school. For 80 seconds, one student from each school faced a new question each 10 seconds. He had to write his answer within that time while the question was orally presented and visually shown on a large screen, Mr. Cullimore recalled. AGAIN, STUDENTS appeared for questioning with others in their same grade point area. "Our kids had never experienced anything like it, he said, noting "it was a tossup until the last five or six rounds of the Star Wars. Students were chosen based on test scores and generally were so busy with a myriad of school and community activities it was never possible to get them all together for a coaching session, Mr. Cullimore said of the Woods Cross crew. USUALLY THEY were the best kids in the school, he said of contestants, noting he produced some handouts that could be used as study guides. In fact, students were informed of what materials theyd be tested from. In English, that included some grammar; Sinclair Lewis "Main Street and Wuthering Heights along with some classic poetry. "I thought the competition was very well done, well organized, he said, noting students left in the early hours to arrive for 8:40 testand pulled out of ing start-u- p Logan about 3:30. The competition cost nothing for the school or students with a similar competition staged for south area schools at With SPRING IS HERE Dixie College in St. George. I THINK they are all indications it (competition) was successful enough I think we will attend again, Mr. Cullimore said, adding, "I hope it will (stimulate) study by students. Those attending, by school, included: -- WOODS CROSS: David Williams, Miss Rychaert, Raymond Ward, David Holbrook, Chad Greenhalgh and Todd Thatcher. -- Bountiful High: Mary Lynn Bahr; Eric Stone; Scott Huber; Quinn Bastian; J. Boise Pearson and Mark Jones. -- CLEARFIELD High: David warmer-than-norm- al Bountiful City Council Art Foundation Seeks $$$ - BOUNTIFUL City council members gave recognition to a long-tim- e city employee and re- ceived a budget request from the Bountiful Arts Foundation, during Cramer; Graham Smith; Doug its weekly meeting Wednesday. Langley. -- Layton High: Tera Alessandri, Keith Crofts, Robert Lochner, Sheri Kyukendall, Jo n Carlile, Jeff Bangford and John Sampson. IN OTHER action, the council also granted approval for a Class B beer license and new liquor consumption license for The Fifth, Inc., a private club at 980 North 500 West. They delayed, however, Canfield; Lannie Rex Sears; Scott Ferrin; Newton Gaskill and Leslie temperatures hovering in the high 70s and low 80s, it appears that spring is here to stay. And that means a lot of backyard farming and cleanup is in store for the next several weeks. Mild weather is expected to continue through the week with a cooling trend predicted later. There was only a trace of rain recorded during the first 15 days of April, the driest two weeks of April in the past four years. Normal rainfall for the month is 2.15 inches. granting a Class A beer license to Triangle Oil. Inc., at 390 North 500 West, until the business could provide proof that it will abide by city ordinances dealing with beer sales. Wendell Illi, a veteran of ar the city power department, received a gift from Plant Manager Cliff Michaelis. He was saluted by Mr. Michaelis for his efforts at and cutting back of limbs. He has also been very active in the community, particularly tree-trimmi- with youth soccer. Mr. Illi also served as director of the departments public safety committee for 15 years. DR. HARRIS Bernhisel of the Bountiful Arts Foundation reported to council members that his foundation has been making presentations to other community councils in Davis County about its workings. He said the county should be should be interested in our center providing county-wid- e services, adding that about 39 percent of the residents of Bountiful have used the center in the past, while 40 percent of the remaining county residents have also utilized its services. He also asked the city to increase its annual contribution to the foundation from $6,000 to $16,520 next fiscal year. He said the foundation projects a 1985-8- 6 budget of $105,020. Fair Site Hears Decision FARMINGTON Negotiations are conplus centrallv located tinuing for a site that could house the Davis County Fair this August. 100-ac- re AS TIME draws near, though, he called this week critical to pinning down the site and beginning development for the annual fair that until last season had been staged for years at Lagoon. Since then, county commissioners have been searching for another site, considering a plus parcel near the LDS Welfare Mills in west Kaysville, among others, although no decisions have been made. SPOKESM AN for a group with serious intentions and plans is Howard Dygert of Farming-ton- . He last met with the commissioners March 28 and was hoping for another session soon to further outline plans of two entities set up to develop the site and the other to maintain and d operate it. That would include hoped-fo- r use. Although the county would own the land, private investors would foot the bill for construction of facilities and land development, 100-ac- year-roun- re coupled with heavy volunteer manpower, the Farmington resident explained, noting the top site under consideration is fairly centrally located has very good access and boasts soil and water conditions very favorable." In addition, "The city is very supportive of the plan. BECAUSE negotiations aren't final, he declined to name which city although a land search has generally centereed in the west area in the past. Farmington-Kaysvill- e bubble Noting that the seemingly intended as a fair focal point for the past two years was to be shipped back from New York this week, he said even now a horse show, arena, parking areas, restrooms and bleachers could be readied for the late August fair if we can move in the time we want to. REFERRING to fairground plans, he spoke of the racetrack as focal point, around which other facilities would be placed including an indoor arena, two large exhibit buildings, a arena, auditorium and grandstands. To attract horse enthusiasts from a wide area, the race track would be a mile regulation course built to specifications" allowing multi-purpo- se for official races and related activities, Mr. e horse enthusiast, Dygert, himself a said. long-tim- AN AUDITORIUM with stage and dressing rooms is also envisioned to host such annual events as the Farm Bureau talent find and Miss Davis County pageant, for example, he continued, noting emphasis would be on creating a center that could be used by anyone from senior citizen groups to Boy Scouts. Viewing Davis County as the transportation corridor for Northern Utah, Mr. Dygert strongly supported making the county a destination place, especially for the many horse enthusiasts. That way, instead of Davis County horsepeople having to take their horses and money elsewhere and only return with their horses, the countys economic base could gain a boost. year-roun- d DAVIS COUNTY has the most racehorses of anywhere in the state and is second highest in show horses, he emphasized. At a meeting last Thursday, he said some expressed concern over how much a facility would be managed and financed. As planned, Fairgrounds Management, Inc. would oversee the facility through a "closely-helshare d holding operation that, while privately funded, would answer to the county commission. As planned, no one person or group would be allowed too many shares, helping assure equity in use and development, Mr. Dygert said. THE FAIRGROUND Development Corp. would coordinate fairground activities with the commission and county agencies. The county would lease the site for the week-lonfair, for example, while retaining overall control and land ownership, he added. Theyre studying a letter of intent, Mr. Dygert said, referring to the commissioners, noting the organization creates an insulation so there would be no conflict of interest such as in investment, use of the fairgrounds, he continued. THE DEVELOPMENT corporation will seek to raise funds for improvements, including working with volunteers in a contract-typ- e basis as would be created for subcontractors on a regular construction job. That way, the countys shouldnt have to bond or raise taxes to build the project, he said. Although "costs have yet to be determined he emphasized desire for a first class facility that could serve not only county residents but the entire region. g on-si- te I |