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Show SERIAL ORDER DIVICIO:.' LIB?RY UARRIOTT U 0? .SEECIAL COLLECTIONS U TTTI Davis ex By school board Year-roun- Kaysville Main Street to change classes d require more study , By DONETA GATHERUM FARMINGTON t's too early to make any recommendations was committhe message a d tee established to investigate year-roun- schools gave to the Davis County Board of Education last Tuesday evening at the regular school board meeting. COMMITTEE Chairman Dr. Douglas Wangsgard explained the report was an interim one and that the committee which consists of educators, district officials and PTA representatives was far away from any consensus. A final report is expected in May. At that time, the information will be assembled into a meaningful form and presented to the Board of Education and the public. THE COMMITTEE was established six months ago to research all phases of a year-roun- d school and an extended school day. The information gathered will be helpful to the school board because of many difficult decisions regarding classroom size, new school con- struction, increased enrollment and tight budgets that must be made this fiscal year and in the By JOYCE WINTERS Dr. Wangsgard explained the committee used several steps in their research. First, they searched current literature thoroughly to determine what had been done and what needed to be done. Second, - s. The change was beneficial for some and most harmful to others. The winners are customers who use services frequently, who have expensive equipment, who belong to large corporations and who live in large urban areas. Loosers in the deregulation decisions are rural people, moderate users and most ordinary long-distan- families. You can't have the security of regulation and the advantages of competition at the same time, Mr. Wood stated. Price is now determined by cost. This means local service can be up by as much as 300 the Pizza Company MR. THACKER explained the of main street to the local businesses, along w ith the possibility of decorative street lighting, to give main street a vil- schools in Ventura, California, Portland, Oregon, Houston, Texas and Denver. Colorado. DIFFERENCES were observed in each area visited. The committee will also investigate the growth factor, building capacity, cost of air conditioning and other expenses versus new school construction, implications in secondary and programs long-distan- THE POSITION of the Bell tele- communications system has been traditionally to provide universal, interlinking communications by system1. having one The Bell company was a common carrier, a regulated monolopy. The change from came as a result to of public opinion, investigative reports from the Justice Department and the FCC and Congressional action. All believed was good for society. THE BELL system, Mr. Wood says, now welcomes the right to compete. They seek no special pr- ivileges but expect equal treatment. Hearings are now in process to determine what parts of the telecommunications system should be and what parts should be included in a "common carrier" system. Mr. Wood said some adjustments will have to be made or else people in rural areas, on fixed incomes and on welfare or low incomes will be denied telephone service because of the prohibitive costs, dmg By JOYCE WINTERS - KAYSVILLE Maybe it was the red hills of his birthplace and growing up years in Kanab that gave this man his artistic, design-oriente- d being Or maybe it was the experience of helping his father build from the time Sam was 12 years old. WHATEV ER it was, Sam McAllister is a great engineer and is sharing his expertise with Kaysville City as one of the newest members on the planning commission. This talent in creating has been passed down to sons, who seem to have picked up some of Sam's love for theatre, art and music. However Sam's wife Anna has to be given some credit in the music department. Anna has served as Kaysville 8th Ward's organist for nearly 10 years. So giving in the arts is a McAllister family tradition. SAM WAS active in drama and chorus at Kanab High School. His three sons have been active in drama and music at Davis High School. Anna is a board member of the Community Theatre and Sam builds the scenery. Last year Sam and Anna's son. Bob was the king in "The King and I." Bob has also designed and painted the sets for Happy Hollow production and Sam has built them for the last five or six productions. Sam says hell build if Bob will help design. Bob says he will not design hes sharing his expertise with Kaysville City... or paint if his father can t build. Bob demands perfection, and knows it will be perfect if his father builds. Not only do the tw o of them get involved in Happy Hollow, but other sons Mike and Todd and mother Anna perform in the productions. AFTER SAM graduated from Kanab High School he continued THE WORK is being delayed unof May. because traffic along Main Street will be along First Last in front of Kaysvil-l- e Elementary . Because of the increased traffic, the city fathers want small children out of school, thus insuring the children's safety. til the end McAllisters find a home elementary schools and any other information that committee members feel important. users percent while will experience major cuts." Some felt the extra two week delay of laying sidewalks will be worth the wait, so that a distinctive look along main street will be attained with the lighting. Kaysville People year-roun- d already being used in Utah will also be studied. This will include year-roun- d school and the extended school day approach, dmg lage look. Opinions were divided on the lighting, because of the extra time that will be involved to lay underground wiring. SAM AND ANNA McALLISTER and family have found a home in Kaysville, where Sam is using his expertise to help with community and church projects alike. on-sit- INNOVATIVE for their monthly meeting. John Thacher. Kaysville City manager was the guest speaker. He was accompanied by Lee Cammack. city engineer. they sought to determine the implications of a year-roun- d school socially, academically and financially. Third, they tried to determine the effect the program would have on parents, teachers, principals and school staff. Finally, committee members divided into four groups. A different group was e year-roun- d assigned to visit Layton chamber meets Dennis R. Wood, LAYTON Mountain Bell staff manager for finance and external affairs was the guest speaker at the monthly meeting and luncheon of the Layton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wood presented an informative message about the effect deregulation has had and will have on the telecommunications industry. ON JAN. 8, 1982 the worlds busilargest ness was dismantled in an attempt to regulated monolo-pieMr. Wood said since that time people have been asking Why." KA YSVILLL-T- he Kaysville City Chamber of Commerce met at working in his father's construction business for one and a half years, then served an LDS mission in the West Central states for two years. He returned home to work for six months, then went to school at the College of Southern Utah in Cedar City on a football scholarship. It was there he met and married Anna, a twin from Antimony. Utah. After two years of school in Cedar, he, Anna and baby Bob, moved to Logan, where Sam completed his college education, graduating in civil engineering. SAM TOOK a job with Boeing working on the Minute Man missiles for two years, then went back to Utah State to get a master's degree in civil hydraulics. Upon completion of his masters, he went back to Boeing to work on the Saturn rocket in Huntsville, Alabama. Working with Boeing meant traveling and moving all around, back and forth across the country. It was during these years that Anna The main street belongs to the state of Utah, along with Second North; thus the state dictates the construction terms. However Mr. Thacker and Mr. Cammack have felt the state has been very cooperative in keeping the citizens and the businesses needs in mind. PLANS CALL for state road 273. 200 North from the freeway to Main Street to be a four lane road with sidewalk and curb and gutter. That road will stay open through construction with traffic being channeled as the work dictates. Main Street will be excavated down three feet, with sidewalk and gutter being torn out and from 200 North to 100 South. Main Street will be changed from a two lane to a four lane street. There w ill be no crosswalk between Center Street and 1(H) North, thus allowing for six additional parking spaces. e, DURING THE project, people doing business on the west side of Continued on page two Continued on page two V, ViV'V, Local artists featured LAYTON - The Layton Heritage Museum and the Kaysville-Layto- n Historical Society are cosponsoring special art exhibit at the -- museum during the month of March. The works of several Kays-vill- e and Layton artists who are now deceased will be featured. The exhibit includes paintings by Royal Owen, Muriel Reeves, Alpheus Harvey. Annie Adams and May Gibson. THERE IS no charge for the art exhibit. Museum hours are from -5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Air Force saves money minds are betHILL ter than one, they say, and for the Air Force, that cliche rung true to AFB--Tw- o the tune of $11 million in savings to the government. CONTRACT negotiator Don Leonhardt and pricing analyst Edwin Johnson researched a contract offer by Aerojet Strategic Propulsion Company to remanufacture Minuteman III, Stage II I motors. The company proposed a four-yea- r $116 million contract to remanufacture 314 motors for the Cyclops All About People Sports Page Classifieds missiles. The specialists looked into company records, parts procurement history and their prop- osed use. The result was a recommendation to the company that prices could be significantly reduced by innovative production techniques. Johnson also cluded prices could be further reduced by using parts already in stock. ARMED WITH these facts, Johnson and Leonhardt negotiated a contract with Aeroject for $11 million less than the original amount. page page page page 2 3 4 13 ARTISTS RENDITION OF the new $1 .6 million Layton Swimming Pool Complex. con- Contract let for Layton pool LAYTON Thursday evening at the regular Layton City Council meeting, the contract for construction of a new swimming pool and recreation building in Layton was awarded to the Cliff Lawrence Construction Company of Salt Lake City. This firm submitted the low bid of the nine bids received. The bidding period was three and one-haweeks. There was only $ 8,000 separating the high and low bids. THE COST for the pool and lf 1 building will be I $1,613,299. This is $80,000 over the estimated cost. Deseret Architects is the firm doing the design work. Mark Fet-ze- r is in charge of the project. LAWRENCE Construction will subcontract the actual pool construction to Dolphin Pools. Terms of the contract state the pool will be operational by August 1, 1986. The remainder of the complex will be completed by November 1, 1986. Although a bubble covering was not included in the bid, the City Parks and Recreation Department hopes to have a bubble installed this fall so that the pool can be used year-roun- LAST YEAR, the citizens of Layton approved a $890,(KX1 bond to pay for the pool construction. The remainder of the dollars needed for the project will come from capital improvement funds that have been set aside for several years. The pool will be 25 yards wide and 60 yards long, it will start at no depth and progress to a depth of 8 feet. There will be accommodations for the handicapped. There will be 10 lanes marked for com- petitive swimmine. THE POOL will come equipped with a wave machine. The recreation complex will include two racquetball courts, one steam room, one sauna room, dressing rooms, the Parks and Recreation Department offices, a concession area and an equipment room for the wave machine and pool maintenance equipment, dmg |