OCR Text |
Show t ;V ' V '.I"- : STATS FRSSS ASSN. EAST 300 SO. t UTAH 467 SALT LAX5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, UTAH CUT, ' SUi'l 197- 9- 26 Pages mm rvJu Vji 4lV W rv i wX;r , '' V 4 , ' VtTv I ' V 4 - . 1 4X -- Y,. ;l . JtW vv;. " ,fc v ' oifiB 4, vjJ! ;A :- ;ni f -' ;. ;v ' lit f v" , ByTOMBUSSELBERG - FARMINGTON In this day of money scarcity the Davis County Library may be faced with having to tighten its belt and even cut services. THAT WORD came from proceedings of the county library board as it met in vi r- t? -4 f - ' , 4 ' " 2 v V t ' regular, monthly session Tuesday morning in the Commission County Chambers in Farmington. Agenda items included dis- "' cussion of the proposed 1980 budget that should have been submitted Monday for county auditor review. The ,r " t, .4'. f '. IV r , $723,000 budget proposal would be seven percent higher than the current years of $675,000. And while the funds are there to meet & those needs, that figure doesnt include some $45,000 the county owes to Davis County School District. THAT SUM is one of three installments the library has agreed to pay the school district for half the headquarters library space utilized for the formerly school-librar- y processing center. The two bodies parted company in the summer of 1977 when the What better place for youngsters to let off steam during the Utah Education Association break, or any other free time, than in a park. These West Point Cub Scouts seemed to be enjoying & i unusually warm weather, last week, as they Conquered tne teeter-tbtte- r at Clearfields Kiwanis Park, scene of many improvements by the club and city. - - Thanks to CLEARFIELD lots of volunteer hours and cooperation from city specially equipped for dicapped use. For the citys part, light- of- ficials, the Clearfield Kiwanis ed tennis courts, baseball diamonds and sprinkling system have been installed. Park has blossomed into a family recreation center. THE FIVE acre facility on 300 North blends fea- tures for young and old, for it possible families to utilize the park for a quick lunch or restful afternoon. Through combined efforts of the Clearfield Kiwanis Club . and Clearfield city crews, the park has slowly taken shape. The club has donated more than $6,000 in equipment - FARMINGTON Maybe Davis County needs to take a genuine head count. IT SEEMS that county officials and state officials dont agree on Davis Countys population. The county has informed state Officials that it (Davis County) plans to use 139,000 playground equipment. teeter-totter- THE PARK isnt the only determining any funding on a population basis. This figure was later revised upward to 130,800. including picnic tables and with boweries, along THE SWINGS, Crews have also been busy sprucing up with the addition of paint in picnic and other areas. Kiwanis project, Mr. Adams says, as the group has raised funds to aid the blind, deaf and other handicapped. And many Kiwanis members have donated numerous hours and material, including Ross Sanders, who donated many of the beams and bowery shelter materials, given by George Nichols of Roy. tb State And County Dont Agree East making han- as its estimated population for 1979. State officials, meanwhile, have indicated that 130,800 has been deter- s and slide and rotating twirl toy will be augmented by additional equipment set mined as the base population. for installation probably next spring, says Club President Raymond L. Adams. That will include two picnic tables EARLIER, THE state had set 125,000 as its population limit on Davis County for County no sense in arguing because they (state) plan to stick to their original estimates. SHE EXPLAINED to the county commission that although the state law does f date not specify a for determining the base population for formulating .budgets, the state is apparently using figures based on estimates at the end of cut-of- 1978. tive to review the matter. ff should be near the middle of 1979. They said'they would like a meeting with the State Tax Commission representa THE NEXT official state population census will be taken next year and each ten years thereafter, grb Ffos Blood Pressure Check Davis County Chapter of Medical Assistants is sponsoring a free Blood Pressure Clinic on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.pi. at the Five Points Mall in Bountiful. The public is welcome to take advantage of this free clinic. THIS FUNCTION is a public service in conjunction with the annual rummage sale. Also there will be bake goods and beverages for sale. Proceeds from this function will be used for continuing education programs medical assistants County, np mm By GARY R. BLODGETT Therell be candidates galore for Davis County voters when they go to the pdlls Nov. 6 for the 1979 municipal general election. IN FACT, there will be 66 council seats and one mayor post up for grabs in the countys 16 municipalities. In five cities there was a primary election which two for each of narrowed the list of candidates to six the three council seats that will be vacated at the close of this year. ELSEWHERE IN the county, the choice of candidates will vary from five to as many as nine. The only mayors post up for grabs will be in East Layton where two former mayors and one independent will compete for the seat which will be for only two years to fill an unexpired term. ALSO, ONE of the successful council candidates will serve for only two years, also to fill an unexpired term. Seeking the lone mayors job up for election will be Donald DeWitt, who will head the Citizens Party ticket; H. Kent Forbes, of the Peoples Conservative Party; and K. Delyn Yeates, an independent. two years defeated for to accept later who Forbes Mr. resigned ago by employment. Mr. Forbes then returned to East to fill a vacant Layton and was appointed city councilman MR. DeWITT was seat. council lone two-yeMyron R. Nalder will seek the On seat, representing the Peoples Conservative Party. Kim r be will seat the for ticket the same party ar C. Brown, Neal A. Scheel and Glen L. Budge. The latter two were appointed to the council to fill unexpired terms. LYNN R. Blamires is the only candidate seeking council election from the citys Citizens Party. There are no incumbent candidates in. Clearfield where John A. Beutler, Rulon C. Cummings and Thomas C. Waggoner will represent the Progressive Party. Peoples Party will be represented by H. Kay Chandler, Gary A. Mayfield and Robert A. Lovell. IN LAYTON, two incumbent - Randy J. Harris arid A. on the Citizens are seeking Kent Randall Party. Don H. Crockett, Bob Stevenson and Ron Layton are running on a new platform called SAFE, representing Safety, Attractive City, Future Growth and Equal Representation. Independents seeking election in Layton are Golden C. Sill, Michael L. Wilder and Nathanial C. Johnson. as an DAVID T. Sanders will seek independent in Kaysville. Also running as an independent is Delan K. Memmott. Representing the Citizens ticket are Glade I. Nelson, H. Russell Bracken and Paul D. Wagaman. Incumbents Sherman A. Hoskins and Louis Barnett in Farmington on the Citizens Party will seek along with Paul Millard. Candidates for the. Peoples Party in that city are Don J. Leonard, Grant Ungerman and David A. Turner. IN SYRACUSE there will be three newcomers to the city council as incumbents in that city have chosen not to run. The Progressive Party will be represented by William S. Holt, Michael R. Packman and George C. Hamblin. for in Davis help Tuesday night. THE PARENTS attended another meeting of the Davis County Board of Education in an attempt to resolve what they consider to be a serious safety hazard for their children. The youngsters, most of whom live east of Interstate 15 and travel along 700 South to reach South Clearfield Elementary School, must pass a freeway off and And the time the children walk to school is also one of the busiest traffic periods in the area, especially with Hill Air Force Base traffic. School District Public In- formation Director Bonnie Durrance said Wednesday those attending the meeting Morat the gan Elementary School in Kaysville felt three crossing guards were needed. But at $1,800 a piece per year, Clearfields mayor told the group the city couldnt foot newly-dedicate- d the bill. MAYOR DONAL Townley said Wednesday, "It was really on the point we would like to work with them (school district). The city doesnt have the buses but the school district does, and they I board, said differently. discussed it with both commissioners and as far as theyre concerned they dont know where it would come from but the general library fund. Everyone else (departments) wants money from there and we cant stand the increase without demands) (in a tremendous increase in the mill levy. INTERIM Library Director Sarah Beth Galloway said the $30,000 fee paid to the school district this year came from surplus funding but the 1980 thought those funds would possibility for a mill levy increase, but opted for a meeting between Mrs. Galloway and the county commission to attempt a come from the county commission. - take most of our tax dollars. Wed like them to think of safety as well as distance. They keep hiding behind the mile limit, he continued. State policy dictates tary school youngsters cant be bused with state funding support if they live within 14 mile of the school. Most youngsters involved live well within that limit. BUT THE school officials said they didnt have funds to l'j purchase another bus, a proposition. And when the visitors asked if minibuses might be utilized, they were told the district has repeatedly ruled against their use for safety reasons. While the board asked dis$31,000 trict administrators to further study the problem, Assisstant Superintendent John S. White showed a map listing 23 areas in the district with serious safety hazards similar to that in question. MEANWHILE, the Clearfield City Council was to Tiirther discuss the matter in an attempt to locate funds for crossing guards in a special Wednesday evening meeting. Those in attendance were reminded of one glimmer of hope in the form of a traffic light planned for installation by the Utah Department of Transportation. The only problem: it probably wont be installed until next summer, tb amount may include only about $25,000. The board didnt rule out solution. THE LIBRARYS mil levy is 1.9 but the budget proposal would up it to 2.2, generating another $30,000 with each mill supposed to generate $300,000 in tax revenue. But that new amount may not be enough to cover expenses, it was noted. Mr. Whitesides said the state allows a maximum 3.75 mill levy for libraries with some systems utilizing the full amount. But Comm. Swapp said he felt the commission was pretty well committed to maintain the present mill levy. THE COUNTYS base levy stands at 15.05. The library must also pay for repair or replacement of the roof at the South Davis Branch in Bountiful, a project that could cost upwards of $20,000 and is looking to construction of a new library in Layton, expected to cost at least $1 million. THE KAYSVILLE REFLEX 197 B North Main St., Layton PHONE 3 Published Weekly by WOW KG CO. John Stahle Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year of State SiAscrtptton S5J4 Overseas Sutacription S1&0A Out (Payable in Advance) tawt ns 7Z four-yea- Auditor Ludeen Gibbons said state officials had told her there is Davis Commissioners said they felt that the cut-odate - Clearfield parents worried about the safety of their children who must pass freeway ramps on their way to and from school still received no clear-cu- t KAYSVILLE But County Comm. Morris Swapp, who also sits on the school contracted with the Utah State Library Commission in Salt Lake City. A $120,000 fee was agreed upon with $30,000 paid during this budget year and $45,000 increments to be paid in 1980 and 1981. LIBRARY Board Chairman Evan Whitesides said he had Still No Answer To Traffic Hazard PARKS ARE FOR KIDS E I HI 1 -- '.!. . & 0 m o Vc X vv rTVSs '' x ?XN4' '4 A VAI ' "' 'v 44 'v 6vL "Sf Jl 'V TWENTY-THRE- B t s fc't fe.jbi.g. - t VOLUME FIFTY NUMBER Xx. " yi , U -- Nominated by the Citizens Party were Bruce G. I. John Thayne and Kathy Folkman. Parry, THERE WILL be four council seats up for grabs in three for four-yeterms and one for a unexpired term. On the Pine Cone ticket it will be Wayne Ballantyne, Alan K Jorgenson and H. Dean Wade seeking four-yeterms and Lynn H. Benson vying for the two-yeseat. Fruit Heights Others are Charles W. Sullivan, Arthur M. Ukena, Henry J. Dickamore, Calvin Waters and Jan Ukena. Woods Cross is the only south Davis County community that did not have a primary election. They will have six candidates on the general election ballot. two-ye- ar THE SAGEBRUSH Party has nominated William H. Bonebreak, Mark L. Michie and Brian Stewart, four-yeseat. terms; and Duard S. Pederson, two-yeseat is L. Running as an independent for the two-yeDale Green. ar ar IN SUNSET, independents seeking r terms are Scott Mikesell, Eugene R. Kidd and Kenneth H. Rock, all incumbent councilmen; along with Clayton Peterson and Mel V. Wood. Doyle N. Shelley, who was recently appointed to the council, is the only candidate seeking the lone term. Six candidates are seeking election in West Point. four-yea- two-ye- THE PROGRESSIVE Party nominated incumbent Richard D. Claythome to run with Richard S. Chapman and Boyd L. Kelley. Nominees from the Peoples Party are incumbent William F. Fisher and newcomers Alan Gailey and Arlene T. Ross. Incumbents John R. Rich and Gale Flinders will head a list of five independent candidates seeking election in Clinton. Others on the ballot will be A. Kent Johnston, Dennis S. Simonsen and Nolan J. Lutz. THERE WILL be six candidates seeking election in South Weber, headed by incumbent Renaldo J. Harper. RALPH ARGYLE is the only incumbent seeking He will be joined on the ballot by James M. Park, Wesley H. Lindquist, Gerald E. Jenson, Larry E. Sinks and Scott Vaughan. Bountiful, Centerville, North Salt Lake and West held primary elections to narrow their list of candidates to six two for each of the three council posts which become vacant. Bountiful - IN BOUNTIFUL, the list was cut from ten to six candidates. Incumbent Paul B. Allen will be joined by newcomers Robert D. Linnell, Stephen M. Studdart, Ronald C. Barlow, Douglas I. Todd and Lynette Wilson. Incumbent Dale W. Ford is the only current council member up for election who has decided to run in Centerville. Thus, five newcomers will seek the three council posts. They are Dennis B. Knowles, Kenneth T. Holman, Richard L. Williams, Blaine S. Carr and Hazel B. Berger. NORTH SALT Lake will have three incumbents in the final race for city council. They are John Graves, Rodney J. Wood and William D. Jackson. Newcomers are Fred Moseman, Lyle C. Owen and Lawrence R. Woolsey. Incumbent Gary S. Edmonds, the only incumbent to file, is one of six finalists in West Bountiful. He will be joined in the race by Douglas A. MacDonald, Lynn Kenison, Neil C. Breinholt and Sam D. Allman. |