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Show page three Newell Wilson Named New Layton Postmaster Fruit Heights And Layton Each N ante N ew Officials city council has set, as priorities, improvements in roads, additions in snow removal services, and installation of a chlorination plant. He added that the city staff, which e and two part-tim- e totals five been doing a has employees, banner job in keeping up with the needs of the 3300 residents of the By TOM HARALDSEN FRUIT HEIGHTS - City have sworn in and welcomed the city's third administrator, as R. Stephen Young took the oath of office at council meeting last week. Coun-cilme- n -- community. with Mountain Road, and heard about a proposed family restaurant. when school is dismissed in June. The council tabled a suggestion from a citizen who asked if the frontage road east of Highway 89 could be connected to allow residents on 650 North and the Oakmont section to enter Mountain Road without crossing Highway 89 twice. The council agreed to study the plan and consider it for inclusion in the city's master plan. MR. YOUNG and his wife, the January. Chief Talbot assumed the duties of the Police Chief as soon as the appointment was finalized. MR. YOUNG began his job on Feb. 4. He came to Fruit Heights from a post in Millard County, where he has spent the last four and a half years helping with the community impact of the lntermoun-tai- n Power Project. He was raised in Ogden, and is a graduate of Ogden High and Weber State College, where he majored in geography. He has served on the Weber County Planning commission, worked as a planner for Sweetwater County, Wyo., and labored as an assistant director for community development with Provo City. He has also served as planarea in the ner for an Nebraska panhandle, as well as director of Building and Zoning in Scotts Bluff, Neb. CHIEF Talbot is Davis High School, College and the FBI holds a B.S. degree graduate of Weber State Academy. He a in police sci- ence. He was a sergeant with the Layton Police Department prior to his appointment as Chief of Police. CHIEF Talbot is the son of Orin and Edith Talbot. He is married to the former Barbara Halls, the daughter of Ken and Dorothy Halls. The couple have five children. AND FRUIT Heights resident Ted Ellison told council members about his proposed family steak restaurant, to be named the Overwhich he land Steak House, would like to open in the building Layton received about 28 applications for the position of Chief of Police. All applications and resumes were screened by a selection committee consisting of professional law enforcement officers. defunct the housing currently Larry Lunden was the chairman of Crossroads Lounge. His applicathe selection committee. The tion for a business license may be names of five finalists were submitcomplete prior to the next council ted to the city council and the meeting on Feb. 19. mayor for personal interviews. Doyle T albot was selected from the top five finalists. IM VERY excited about the staff here in Fruit Heights. It's the best I've seen for enthusiasm. The finances are in excellent shape and everyone seems to want to move ahead, he stated. Young said the city is anxious to keep Fruit Heights the attractive community that it is, and says the New Police Chief THE says he old police chief 34-ye- ar is proud of the very professional people now working in the -- 1 Newell Wilson, a THE LAYTON post office is re- sponsible for mail deliveries to 1,000 places, including 8,200 addresses on city routes with the 1 remainder on rural delivery. There ae are 13 city routes, 3 auxiliary routes and 6 rural routes. Mr. Wilson will head a business that employs 44 people. Currently there are only 40 working, but that number will increase. There is one supervisor at the Layton post office and a second one will be hired soon. ALL THOSE people with a 84041 zip code receive mail from the Layton post office. This includes Layton and Syracuse. Bountiful is the only post office in Davis County with a larger number of deliveries than Layton. With the growth potential in Layton, this Layton office will soon become the largest in the county, he said. NEWELL WILSON MR. WILSON has worked for the postal service for 17 years. in He started as a carrier-clerk Roy. After attending Weber State College and the U. of U., he received an assignment with the Salt Lake Post Office becoming the manager of the postal employees development center. In this position, Mr. Wilson used the skills learned in his educational psychology field in training of postal workers in many areas including scheme training, carrier and case police department. He has great respect for the officers now serving. No immediate changes in personnel or procedures are expected, Chief Talbot noted, dmg LAYTON - Doyle Talbot, a native of Layton and a veteran with 1 years of service in the Layton Police Department, was appointed to the position of Police Chief for - Layton Post office. His responsibilities will include supervising the financial operation, the window clerks, the employee training and the post office facility and equipment. HE WILL replace Police Chief LaMar Chard who retired in former Vicki Thurston, a Davis High graduate, are the parents of three boys and one girl. Mrs. Young is a school teacher in Delta, and she and her family will join him connecting Oakmont residents LAYTON native of Roy, was recently appointed postmaster for the Layton last Thursday evening by Mayor Golden C. Sill with the unanimous concerance of the city council members. full-tim- MR. YOUNG, 42, fills the vacancy of Craig Hughes, who left his post in Fruit Heights last year. In other council action, the city approved purchase of a Vi ton truck for the vehicle fleet, agreed to study the feasibility of a new road By DONETA GATHERUM training, safety procedures, re- venue and accounting, mail classification, window clerk training and customer courtesy skills. MR. WILSON and his wife Kathy are the parents of five daughters. The family lives in Bountiful, but hopes to purchase a ter and more efficient using this new system. There are cluster home in Layton this summer. facboxes in three Layton subdivisions Among the many challenges Wilson Mr. and several mobile home parks. worker, a ing postal The biggest problem at the says dealing with the four major is an important unions Layton post office is parking, employee is unone. The impact of these strong according to Mr. Wilson. There limited parking space for customions is felt whenever negociation come up because the settlement ers and mail trucks, who have to at the rear usually means an increase in postal deliver to the dock area of the post office. rates to the public. ANOTHER challenge is to proA NEW post office is several vide efficient service to a fast growneed while like years away for Layton. The Layton, ing community new building has to be estaba set for was that within budget staying lished. Layton has to be placed on about five years ago. One of the trends that is now a priority list, which could take a being implimcnted in Layton is the minimum of five years. Mr. Wilson is anxious to become establishment of cluster boxes the people of arranged at a central point near the acquainted with to remind peoHe wants a into housing main street leading Layton. rates will inthe lockthat are boxes postal cluster The ple project. ounce on 22 cents to cusper crease the to ed, giving extra security Feb. 17. Air mail rates for ov erseas tomer. letters will be 44 cents. Other postal rates can be learned by calling THE POST office department is fas the post office. Service maintains the boxes. Davis Mental Health Would Use Funds From Cigarette Tax Increase By TOM BUSSELBERG - While supFARMINGTON porting the concept of using funds from an increased cigarette tax to combat drug and problems, Davis Countys Mental Health Director says some revisions are needed before the bill is passed. alcohol-relate- FH CHIEF at Fruit Heading up administrative duties R. administrator is new city Hieghts City Stephen Young. Taking up duties as police chief may be new for Doyle Talbot, but hes been with the Layton force for years. 1 1 Davis School Moard Principles Say Move The Principals FARMINGTON body get stale in -- - their Lest any- principal-ship- s, the Davis Board of Education has approved some transfers while also authorizing new retirappointments to replace four ing school chiefs. REPLACING Farrell Humphreys at Kaysville Junior High e vice principal will be White, will Frank Brewer; Larry in Cenlong-tim- leave Reading Elementary terville and Kenneth McBride will move from the principalship at East Layton. South Weber principal, Elementarys Robert Larsen, will be replaced by Richard R. Baird, a Burton Knowl-to- n Elementary teacher while will Lund Arnold Elementarys Stodfilled by Lynn have his shoes only-ev- er at dard, moving from a similar post Whitesides. Some other shifting will see West Point Elementary Principal Arlo Hinckley transferred to take place at East Mr. McBrides Winward Layton while Emer will move from Vae View to nearby Whitesides. THE OPENING at West Point will be filled by Julie S. Goble of Syracuse. She has taught 2nd, 4th and 5th grades at West Point and previously taught at Fremont Elementary in Sunset. She holds a masters degree from a Utah State combined program and serves on the districts career ladder and state board accreditaState-Web- er tion team program. Mr. Baird has taught at Burton since 1978 where he has also served as acting principal when needed. He holds a masters of education degree from Weber State and is completing an educational administration degree from the University of Utah. A West Point resident, he is the father of two children. TAKING Mr. Brewers place at Kaysville Jr. High will be Clyde Jackson, currently a coach and teacher at Woods Cross High School. He holds a professional administrators certificate in both secondary and elementary education and received his master's from Brigham Young University in 1981 and will complete further postgraduate work this summer. A Farmington resident, he and his wife have five children. Moving to Vae View will be Dr. Deon Stevens, formerly a teacher at Muir Elementary. He is former head of the secondary reading program and division of elementary education at the University of Utah and has held many similar positions in the Midwest and also taught at the University of Oregon. He holds a masters degree in elementary education from the Univrsity of Utah and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Oregon and lives in Salt Lake City. THERON Twogood, a graphics teacher at Layton High School, has been appointed as the districts new printing manager d HOUSE BILL 28 would increase the cigarette excise tax by well over a third. Dr. Russell Williams, mental health director, said the bills intent is to shift revenue from the federal to state level and said he supports spending on early health problem intervention. He said further revenue raised should also be funnelled into a healthy lifestyles program that would provide education in aspects of health and would also encourage funds for early drug and alcohol treatment for youth and families. I WOULD ask the state health department and the division of drugs and alcohol to work with the bills sponsors and put together a program that would be very thorough and productive" earmarking expenditures. As currently w ritten its not tied to a decrease in federal funding, Dr. Williams said, adding, DeI can't support it as it is. is still liberation continuing. Hes for two other bills, however, including one that would make it easier to plan for mental health facilities. House Bill 277 covers zoning of residential facilities for mentally ill and handicapped w hile House Bill 286 would mandate creation of alcohol and drug facilities chaired by county commissions. SPEAKING OF 277, Dr. Williams said it mainly helps in the planning process. We have more direction and could save a great No acdeal of time and energy. tions been seen on that bill yet. Davis County Mental Health has attempted location of a youth treatment facility in Clearfield but faced bitter opposition to the point of court action. The bill would allow a residential facility in any city zoning except where only single(usually R-family homes are permitted. Such a facility couldn't receive structural alterations that would change the facility's physical appearance. l) DR. WILLIAMS lauds utilizing county commissioners as a drug and alcohol authority for a pair of reasons: checks and balances and forced involvement. Quick to praise involvement by County Com. F. rry Gerlach, who sits on the mental health advisory board , it puts elected officials he said in the decision-makindirectly g process. Now thats there only by statute. In my judgment, it provides a checks and balances, as w'ell. He said such programs need involvement from elected officials as active participants, largely be- and cause they're therefore government funded. The bill is backed by the Utah Assoc, of County Commissioners. Dr. Williams noted. Clearfield Police Officer Selected To Attend FBI Academy In Virginia By TOM HARALDSEN CLEARFIELD - Sgt. Reed J. Mecham of the Clearfield Police Department has been invited to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, according to Police Chief O. Daren Green. -- Preceding him from Clearfield have been Chief Green and Lieutenants Steve Layton and Steven D. Hill. officer to attend the academy, The academy, which begins 31 and runs through June designed to cover all aspects of law enforcement, according to Chief Green. He said the academy was conceived by former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover as a method of cementing the relationship between the FBI and local police departments. FBI director William Webster. DURING THE course, officers SGT. MECHAM, 32, is a ar veteran of the department and will become the fourth Clearfield police which is by invitation only from March 14, is A learn basic principles of law, utilization of FBI facilities, and instruction on how to teach fellow officers such knowledge . About 200 officers from around the Un- ited States and several foreign countries are invited to attend each academy. Sgt. Mecham joined the patrol as a reserve officer in 1974, then became a patrolman in August 1975. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1979. He is a graduate of Bonneville High School in Ogden and has attended Weber State College, th |