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Show SPtGlM- LIGHTER SIDE Kaysville People LHS Cardiac Kids Cammack: Coming home again CYCLOPS - By JOYCE WINTERS theres a group of February is National Heart Month-a- nd young men in Layton who have a lot of heart. AS A FUNCTIONING unit, this group is the Layton High varsity basketball team, but they could just as well be the Cardiac Kids. Layton is the only high school offering pacemakers during the final two minutes of play. . . Its the only school where the public address announcer intones, Is there a cardiologist in the house?" The "Cardiac Kids are completing a Region One schedule of heart-stoppeand heartache. With two Region One games left, the Lancers were holding the dubious distinction of being the most exciting losing team among all Utah high schools 4-- A rs 2-- 6, CONSIDER THE record. . . If the Lancers had scored would be just seven more baskets in regulation play, that transformed into along with neighboring Davis, they would be taking the court next week in the State playoffs. Its been a frustrating year," admits first-yehead coach Stan Buchanan, "but I can take heart in the fact that these kids have never given up. Theyre in almost every game. Take heart. . . And again consider their record: They lost to Box Elder, They lost in DOUBLE OVERTIME to Clearfield, They lost to Bonneville, They lost to Weber in a thrashing; They beat Roy at the final buzzer, They nudged Box Elder at the buzzer, They lost to Clearfield in OVERTIME, They lost to Bonneville, 2-- 6 2-- 6 ar 54-5- 1; 63-5- 8; 62-6- 0; 78-4- 8 76-7- 4; 59-5- 8; 70-6- 5; 54-5- TAKE THE Weber game out of their schedule, and the Lancers have been outscored hardly the statistics of a bunch of "losers". In pro ball, such a record could mean the ceiling instead of the cellar, but in Region One it means the Lancers will be sitting on the bench during the State playoffs. Even more impressive are the arteries of the "Cardiac Kids. Layton is keeping it close despite playing some 50 of the time with inexperienced sophomores. If you take seniors Rex Brimhall and Dusty Perry out of the roster, you are left with a squad of inexperience with previously little playing time. Several times this season, the Lancers have entered the final minutes with four sophomores on the court. And, as may be expected, not by much! the Lancers lost-b- ut 435-42- 2, IT ALL BODES well for the future, but in high school athletics for the future is now. Some of the fans are screaming-screami- ng the team and screaming at the media. They're not getting the attention other schools are, says senior citizen and member Robert Gilleland, a of the Lancer Booster Club. "Theres been no encouragement from the newspapers and yet the team has kept battling despite the lack of attention. Its time someone finally recognizes Layton High basketball. SO IM recognizing it. But others should, too. Sports fans tend to be fickle. At a recent Utah Jazz game, the man sitting behind me maligned Adrian Dantley as an overpaid bimbo, a slight overstatement considering Dantley scored 31 points and is in second place in overall NBA scoring. . At a recent game at Woods Cross, a fan told me the Cats were hopeless, despite the fact they outscored a taller and more experienced team for three of four quarters. KAYSVILLE - City engineer Lee Cammack. a native of Kaysville, is an ambitious, yet modest individual who says that you can come home again and be happy. In fact, hes proving it. -- THE SON of Ed and Dixie Cammack of Kaysville, Lee was born in Blackfoot, Idaho 31 years ago. but moved to Kaysville with his family when he was five. His folks bought a home on Seventh East, where they live today. He attended Burton Elementary, Kaysville Junior High School, and graduated from Davis High School as a high honors student. Lee was a member of the National Honor Society and served as president of that organization, as well as being active in sports as a sophomore and junior. BUT HIS senior year saw him drop out of athletics to take a job with Don Cottrell, as a surveyor. He says this was probably the place where his chosen vocation was born. After working with Mr. Cottrell fora year, he left for Central America for two years on an LDS mission. Upon his return, he entered BYU on an academic scholarship. It was the same year that he married one of his Davis classmates, KAYSVILLE CITY ENGINEER Lee Cammack is proving that you can return home and be happy. Lee is an integral part of the citys operations. three years, where he worked as District Engineer for an oil well service company. It was last April when Lee and Anne, plus children Desa. 8; Rick. 7; Stacy, 5; and Joshua. 3; moved back to Kaysville, where he became the citys engineer. Anne Hendricksen, daughter of Dick and Barbara Hendricksen of Kaysville. WHILE ATTENDING BYU. Lee worked as chief deputy surveyor for Utah County, a position he held until his college graduation in 1981. His degree was in civil engineering. He and his wife then moved to Vernal for more than ' AS ENGINEER, he is responsible fora variety of duties, including review of all new building projects. V-- i vice as department head for the citys public works (water, sewer THE "CARDIAC KIDS can hold their heads high. And that's more than some fans and sports reporters can do. Low bond interest - As you drive FARMINGTON past the new schools now being constructed in Davis County, you can thank the Continental Illinois Bank and T rust Company of Chicago for having enough confidence in the Diivis School District's bond, rating to purchase nine million dollars in General Obligation bonds from the District at a very reasonable 6.81 percent. AT THE last meeting of the Davis District Board of Education. Larry Denham. Davis District Bonding Agent, recommended selling the nine million dollars worth of bonds to the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company even though another Illinois firm was the low bidder. The reason to give the bond sale to the second low bid was that the low bidder didn't meet the provisions of the sale as outlined by the District. School Board members agreeo with the recommendation made by Mr. Denham and the Board unanimously voted to sell the bonds to Continental Illinois Bank and Trust. The fiscal agent for the bonds will be Valley Bank and Trust. THE BOND sale was authorized by voters in Davis District in December of 1985. The money will all be used for school construction projects. Mr. Denham told Board members the bond market is at a five year low because of recent legislation that strictly controls municipal bonding. There were seven bidders for the Davis District bonds. "This is a credit to the Davis County area," Mr. Denham commented, dnig and development, of that property. WHEN RAPID growth occurs, such as Kaysville is seeing current ly with Hess Farms. Palos Verdes and Country Lane, his job is to make sure the city has adequate water, sewer and utilities to ser ice that growth. He says that is why a city Master Plan, currently being updated, is necessary, so that no one suffers from expansion. Lee Cammack admits openly that he is happy to be home, and from all indications, residents of Kaysville are happy to have this qualified and dedicated native back! Layton council annexes land By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Dealing with commission new equip- - and purchasing ment for the public works department were the main agenda items discussed by the Layton City Council at their last meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18. . WE FORGET THAT the price of admission pays for competition, not a victory. . . That when Dr. James Naisbett hammered down his basketball net, he formed a game in which one team wins and one team loses. The key to any loss is in how the team loses, not the statistic itself. Layton High knows how to lose. . . and it will pay off in future years when they know how to win. and streets), supervision of the building inspector, and as a member of the planning commission. He says his greatest challenge on the job is "maintaining that very fine line between the rights of an individual doing what he wants with his own property, and the rights of the community to have some control and say over growth, Community Theatre alive in Kaysville - KAYSV1LLE The city council was favored with a skit from members of the Community-Theatre- , the purpose being to show the city fathers there is a strong alternative for young people who are not athletically inclined. THE THEATRE group has been given matching funds from the Utah Arts Council for the purpose of building a puppet theatre. The THE COUNCIL members unanimously voted to annex 1.42 acres on West Weaver Lane into the city. This portion of property is part of the Arthur Green farm. Owners. Flint and Hawkes, requested the annexation in order to make utility connections to the property avail- able. The Council approved the final plans fora seven lot nhase of Victorian Oaks, a subdivision located south of SR 193. Earlier approval had been given but the developers had problems designing the subdivision around an Amaeo pipeline desire of the group is to become that runs through the property. part of the Parks and Recreation Conditions for the final approval department by offering classes for were imposed on the developer. young people in theatre and per- These included looping the water forming arts. line system and removing any The Community Theatre has the debris that might be uncodump the puppet show "Alladin and vered where utility lines will run. Lamp ready now, and plan to The debris must be replaced with clean gravel bedding. Victorian Continued on page two Oaks is being constructed on the site of an old garbage dump. A STORAGE shed project proposed by Granada Corporation was placed on hold for the third time. Granada owns Hillgate Ierrace Mobile Home Park and they want to convert some of the area at the east end of the existing storage area into public storage sheds. The acreage involved is two and one-haof the properacres. One-thir- d ty would be retained to comply with the city ordinance requiring storage space for mobile home park residents. Councilman Kent Smith mentioned Granada Corporation was involved with other building projects in Layton and that the company owed fees to the city on these other projects. "I'm not interested in acting on this storage shed request until Granada meets their lf Continued on page two New schools construction: Uncertain By DONETA GATHERUM - FARMINGTON Because of a significant shortfall in this year's anticipated budget revenue combined with uncertainty about legislative appropriations for the 1986-8- 7 fiscal year, Supt. Lawrence Welling recommended that the Board of Education hold up naming two elementary schools that are planned but not constructed until "some concrete is in the ground." The suggestion was made at the meetTuesday. Feb. 18 ing of the Davis District Board of Education. THE SCHOOLS are planned for 2000 South Main in Clearfield and 1800 N. 2800 W. in Clinton. Projected costs for the buildings is $5 million. Although the district is unable at the present time to start construction on cither school, bids will be out April I and the estimated completion date is still Jnlv I. 1987. Supt. Welling explained the financial problems facing Davis District by stating problems at Kennecott and at the 1PP along about state funding for education this year. He stated it looked like in with other economic the state have dropped the anticipated revenue in Davis District for fiscal year by 8.6 cents the 1985-8per pupil unit. Money from the critical school building fund was the district would be limited to a two percent across the board salary increase. This would be used for lane changes and career ladder payments, leaving nothing for improved teacher salaries. set-bac- 6 spent for the Lucille Reading Centerville. Available School in venue is needed for the mainte- re- nance of existing schools and there just isnt enough in the budget for new construction at this time. ALTHOUGH the state legislature is making major changes and cuts in some portions of the education budget, the Superintendent was hopeful that suppliniental appropriations w ill be made before the end of the legislative session to allow construction of the Clearfield and Clinton schools to proceed on schedule. "Right now the projects are on hold and so I feel w e should hold up naming the new' schools at this time." the Superintendent stated. Mr. Welling was not optimistic HE ALSO noted the "weighted pupil unit" (WPU) w ill probably be set at SI 204. This will affect many District programs including special education, resource programs, fund-raisin- g fund-raisin- dollar shortfall dicted a in the special education area alone. In other action, the Board decided to leave the general commercialism policy in place. Guidelines g for activities are generally defined in a communication g yearbooks and newspapers. "Many businesses do contribute gifts." prizes, aw ards and out-rig- the assistant superintendent fund-raisin- observed. from Dr. Dallas Workman to elementary school principals dated October 1984. Superintendent GAYLE Stevenson noted fun At a high school level. Mr. Stevenson said he did n t know how the schools would operate without drives. "There is no other way to get money." he stated. He pointed out that high school principals are responsible of and that approving all commercial enterprises in the community arent usually bothered unless it is for advertising space in vocational education and transportation. The Superintendent pre- Welling noted the document outlined procedure rather than policy draising was not a problem usually in an elementary or a junior high school level. He stated many fundraising project requests were filtered through Dr. Workmans office. Most are denied. EVERYONE fund-raisin- . agreed there should be controls and guidelines to all projects. Mr. Welling complimented the PTA on their excellent support and cooperation in this area, dmg g |