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Show V' WEEKLY REFLEX 90 I IV MARCH 22, 1979 DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, Continued County Growth Causes Headaches For Fire Department "ALL ARE critical needs, By TOM BUSSELBERG Disagrees With 2 Vs 3 Basketball Refereeing cerning Three Officials In College Basketball dated March 14, 1979. enter your office I am impressed with the awards which you have decorating your walls. May I suggest that perhaps you take down two or three of them on the basis of this article. Our young people obviously should be reading newspapers, magazines, books, etc. to improve their WHENEVER I the other end of the floor as it went on offense. This sumes, of course, that we have an adequate staff of competently trained officials. DISAGREE with your n veranalysis of the sus three-ma- n refereeing of basketball games. Basically its very simple to have one man responsible for each team and the third man having the authority to over-rul- e either of the other two men. All three of the men would shift positions back and forth on the floor along with the play, but essentially the man located under a particular basket or representing a particular side would watch that team as it came to defend its basket and follow it back to two-ma- Thanks To The Crews It was a long and snowy, The winter. Bountiful snowplow and salting crews did an outstanding job. The men and trucks were out working when we needed them. . , , , THANKS TO them for their professional and timely ser- vice. May the crews perform as well as did the snow removers. David M. Tanner Editors Note. well am casm. I on the two-ma- n respect your opinion system. Dave Beth Jarman Resigns Post - SALT LAKE CITY Dr. Beth Jarman, formerly of Bountiful, the first woman ever to hold a cabinet-leve- l post in a Utah administration, has announced her resignation as director of the Department of Community Affairs. tives in 1974 as a staunch, outspoken Democrat. She was unsuccessful in a bid in 1976. tial amount of new fire equipment. No decisions were made by the elected officials but both commissioners said they would try to have some input back as quickly as possible, the chief said. GOVERNOR Matheson appointed her as his administrative assistant the first year he was elected the first woman to hold that position. The following year, the governor appointed her to the cabinet post she now holds, grb were more fulltime manpower to allow for a greater number of fire inspections and station upkeep, an addition to the main station on 4th North in Bountiful, and train- ing classes and travel for educational purposes. Community Development Corporation, a community planning and development organization that has its headquarters in Portland, Ore., but is extending its ac- tivities to Utah. Dr. Jarman said she and her husband, Mike, and two children will continue to live in Utah. and immediately reduced the 43 full-tim- e I THINK weve got more potential lifesaving problems than almost any other area in the state, he said. There Other needs mentioned - employees and one part-tim- e e and employee to 29 three part-tim- e employees. Yet the State Legislature slashed the Community Affairs administration budget by 32.4 percent for the next .fiscal year, she said, as one reason for her leaving the state position after less than two years. FARMINGTON Another oil spill, the second in four months, has occurred in the full-tim- SHE WAS elected to the Utah House of Representa the are five oil refineries, chemical plants, railroads, and the Woods Cross Airport, and there are tank cars that carry a lot of different poisons." Theres also a potential with apartment problem Second Oil Spill Hits Farmington Bay Area SHE TOOK over as head of . the department in June 1977 staff from from , the Pioneer Pipeline Company line, about 500 yards north of where the American Oil Company line ruptured t ' last fall. ' Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area west of - - Farmington. ) BUT UNLIKE the first rupture in November that caused more than $100,000 damage ; . and cleanup costs, the most recent leak was minor and did not threaten the bird refuge. Last weeks spill was from aerial . THERE ARE three com- pany pipelines that are located east of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks. All carry crude oil between Idaho and Wyoming to refineries in south Davis County. , The leak was discovered by Centerville Police Officer Jim Oswald who was patroling the road parallel to the pipelines when he detected a strong smell of gasoline and found Jhe spill.. . . , . "n IMMEDIATE steps were taken by refinery officials to minimize the spill and the pipe was soon repaired with about 20 feet of new pipe, grb platform twins is born into a family, the Davis District has to do the same thing. Davis County: population, 30,000. THAT WAS the countys population back in 1950, well within memory of maoy middle-age- d residents who lived in the area then. Needless to say, that number of people wouldnt even fit into Bountiful, much less all of Davis County, now. But IT NEEDS more money to continue its and previously approved funds have about run dry. For that reason, a special bond election will be held March 27 asking voters to approve the sale of up to $35 million in bonds, all for new construction. building back then, everyone attending public schools finished up at Davis High School. The 1970 census figures put the county at just shy of 100,000 residents while current estimates place the number of people within the 297 square miles of land making up the county at about 130,000. THE DISTRICT now has six high schools, including one built since that 1970 census. Davis County appears to be a popular place to live. People just seem to keep moving in. People come in all shapes and sizes, young and old. And it seems as though this county has more than its share of young people. DUE TO that fact, this county also has a lot of school children, 37,000 plus now, or about as many as there were residents in Bountiful in 1970. In fact, although Salt Lake Citys population tops Davis County's by perhaps 50,000, the Davis District has 13,000 more students enrolled. And the growth isn't going to stop. Projections put enrollment at more than 45.000 just five years from now. Thats 8.000 new students or about as many people as live in Farmington added to our schools. WHERE ARE we going to put them? District officials estimate two new elementary schools a year will be needed through 1984 just to keep up with projected growth. And additions will be needed to many existing secondary and elementary buildings. All of those added people mean new jobs and opportunity for many already living here. But just like you sometimes have to program DISTRICT OFFICIALS say the money won't all be spent at once. It will be taken in bits and pieces, maybe up to $8 million at a time, to meet pressing needs for more . facilities. For example, plans are being prepared for a school in North Farming-to- n and officials are looking to a new building in northwestern Davis County. And although $35 million is a lot of money, it won't require any extra taken out of the pocketbook to cover taxes. The money will come from revenue already collected in property taxes. IN FACT, because the county keeps growing, an additional 10 percent or so in property taxes are being collected each re than enough, bonding officials say, to generate the $35 million. If the bond shouldn't pass, however, taxes could well see an increase. Of our property tax, 17.5 mills goes for school use. That could be hiked to 24 mills, a rather hefty increase, the maximum allowed by state law. year-mo- OR, THE district could just stop adding any more facilities. That would mean the return of double school. Some sessions or year-roun- d county residents vividly remember what double sessions were like, and most of them dont favor a return to such procedures. TWO KAYSVILLE elementary schools, Burton and Kaysville, experienced double sessions for their fourth and fifth grade students from last August through December. Things went back to normal with the opening of Morgan Elementary at the new year. One parent who remembers double sessions well is Anita Bates. I didnt like felt the main problem was that it didnt give as complete an education as the regular schedule did. And I felt the kids (on double session) were kind of out of it as far as the rest of the school was concerned because they didnt get to associate with them. THE SITUATION not only affected students and teachers, who had to share desks, but their families. All (of the children) got up at the same time even though some didnt go until later. Those who went later were really tired by the end of the day. Double shifts were held from 7 a.m. - noon and 12:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. The regular school day runs from about 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. We had one on double session and one who wasnt. We had one who came home and had nothing to do in the afternoon, she continued. I think we must pass these things (bond elections). With the rate of growth there is no way we can provide the kind of education were used to without it. This area is going to continue to grow whether we want it to or it. I not. ANOTHER PARENT, Levier Gardner, said the double sessions worked out well for his family, ironically, but still took a dim view of returning to such a program. The kids (on double sessions) didn't get a chance to relate to the other older and younger kids. Its also very hard for the normal family to budget and taxes the mother to have everybody coming and going at different times." His family has five children in school, four of them in elementary grades. ALSO TAKING a negative view, overall, ' was Kaysville Elementary School Principal Stephen E. Whitesides. "Children are either coming very early in the dark or leaving at night in the dark. Many parents had to provide transportation because they didnt want their children walking." received seven ratings. Most Davis County cities enjoy a six rating while Sunset has a five rating. An expanded fulltime force could perform inspections on apartments, for example, to IF WOODS Cross and Centerville agreed to provide the buildings, wed provide the equipment and manpower, pay the utilities and provide maintenance. The department presently has a mini-pump- station in terville manned on a Cen- part-tim- - , - FARMINGTON From the outside, youd think the new Davis County Courthouse addition is complete in all its splendor. WERE LOOKING for the substations to handle at least four pieces of equipment and probably would put an ambulance in eventually (at each), he said. Equipment is our number one need right now but were looking at the 12 to 17 months for delivery on most equipment. If Woods Cross and Centerville could take the time during the lag to go ahead and complete stations that would help, the chief said. some UNFORTUNATELY, minor delays have hampered completion of the interior and employees can expect a wait of from one to three weeks before moving to new. quarters, County Clerk Rodney Walker says. The three-leve- l, 24,000 s addition has square been in the works since March 1, 1978 and initially was to have been completed for occupancy by the first of this month, he says, but delays, especially related to arrival of supplies, have put things back, somewhat. foot-plu- AT PRESENT, the force is entirely volunteer except for the chief and one man who on works primarily maintenance. The department totals 41 men. And any additional fulltime men would be needed first at the main station, Mr. Argyle said. The maintenance man is apparently his weight in gold. He was able to repair the 10-- . year old pumper for about '$400 compared to estimates of up to ten times that, the chief said. IN ADDITION to the volun- teer firefighting force and two fulltime men, two volunteer firemen are brought into the: main station to man the station communications from 8 a.m. to midnight. The substation idea isnt new. Fire insurance inspectors in 1971 recommended construction of those facilities and the need now is really critical, Chief Argyle said. The insurance, personnel . evaluate an area in terms of fire department manpower, WITH and completion, A MARCH 24 target moving date has been set for health employees and could see transfers by the surveyor and planning offices as well, Mr. Walker says. Most likely, however,' they will move a week later. The planner and surveyor will take up shop in the west half of the second floor addition while the east half will . water; j availability, for instance. THEY THEN assign an in-- -surance rating and insurance ITS major moves will affect most courthouse county departments. First to move will be the health department. It will expand basement quarters into the new section to the of west the present courthouse. Health and environmental health divisions will be housed in the new ad-dition while nursing will oc- cupy present facilities, Mr. Walker says. The addition basement will be rounded out by the printing department and storage space. -- equipment - PRINCIPAL WHITESIDES has been remodeled and should be ready for full use by July, he says. Among changes there: the county commission will move to the recorders present office and computer operations will be shifted into the present clerk's office. An employee lunchroom with small kitchen will occupy space in the present auditors office. Overall, space will be increased by more than one third in the courthouse: is General contractor Lawrence Construction of Salt Lake City and Richard B; Stringham of Bountiful is architect. j ORIGINAL projections set $1.2 million but .the cost at change orders have increased another that by about $100,000, Clerk Walker says. Financing has come through a iy2 mill levy increase in 1978 and 1979 and that may have to be extended. The levy equals about $450,000 a year, tb DANS ELECTRIC iPPLIANCEi REPAIR 376-10- 06 MMMi detectives. LESTER Carl Johnson, 21, of 1128 South Highway 89, Fruit Heights, was booked into Salt Lake County Jail on charges of burglary and escape. The escapee was reportedly carrying a backpack when arrested, in which Salt Lake County police contained items taken from a nearby home earlier in the day. JOHNSON and another jail inmate, Mark Holly Teersteg, 19, of 75 West 250 North, Clearfield, escaped from custody of the Davis County Jail while attending church services. Teersteg was recap-- , tured a few hours later in Murray and is being held in Salt Lake County Jail on a charge of burglary. Both men were in the Davis County Jail on burglary charges. Both were to appear in Second District Court for new sentences, grb DIXON P. REISBECK For All Your Insurance Needs C3 stm i LIFE m i'KZE ffiKSEl iTRUCxk 376-427- 9, 197 KSRTH KAI - LAYTCI AUTO GLASS SPECIALISTS good used UiriDSRIELDS grow, all indications show. If we want to Thermo Windows Patio Doors THERE ARE 39 polling places scheduled for the 7 a.m. 8 p.m. election scattered throughout the five precincts. If you need more information, the district has pamphlets available at the various schools and at its administrative offices in Farmington. If you dont know enough about it to feel good about voting, please change that and then get out and vote! THE VACATED space in the present courthouse will be on Feb. 25 has been arrested by Sait Lake City HOUSE GLASS Storrr. Doors Picture Windows give our children and our children's children a fair chance, at least as good a one as we bad or expect, lets vote Yes at the polls March 27. house the attorney and personnel-industrial development. The main level will house the recorder and assessor on the west end and treasurer and clerk on the east side. Jail the double session route before. He went through it in Centerville back in the 1950s. The district is going to continue to Davis area along with Centerville, West Bountiful and Woods Cross. North Salt Lake and Farmington have their own volunteer departments while Bountiful has its own fulltime force. CHARGES. - THE SPLIT schedule also made it potentially harder for students to want to learn, Mr. Whitesides said. The morning hours are the prime learning hours. By the time children would come at noon they would have been up for quite a while and wouldnt be as much with the program." Working parents sometimes had problems finding babysitters, especially for the morning hours for those students attending afternoon sessions, he said. AND ON top of that, students got cheated out of up to 45 minutes school time, Mr. Whitesides added. We had to sandwich in lunch and that meant they got less time by about an hour. Generally we schedule school for about five and one-ha- lf hours but we give them two recesses because kids just have to have a break." But on a positive note he said, Realistically, I dont think the kids suffered too much. If teachers are really effective they , can get most subjects in. THE FIRE department stoves the unincorporated NO SERVICE FARMINGTON The second of two men who es-- . caped from the Davis County classrooms. Were not geared like the secondary schools to that where students have lockers where they can store things. We were continually having kids lose things and not be able to pin them down. Cleaning even became more difficult. similar to those plaguing Salt Lake City, the chief said. Trouble Shooting Rewiring Escapee Captured The system was taxing on the building itself, he continued. Its difficult to share help minimize problems County Employees Have To Wait Longer To Make Their Move e basis. But larger facilities are needed to handle potential-problemsChief Argyle said. The substations should house at least one large pumper and a 1,000 gallon tanker to handle grass and mountain fires in the case of Val Verda, for example. , lection Needs To Gain A Yes Vote fork out some cash and knock out the roof and add some more rooms when a pair of and the industrial portion an eight while West Bountiful and Woods Cross both pumper Davis County By TOM BUSSELBERG rates are patterned on that decision. Val Verda has a six, part of Centerville a seven would be of help, for instance. complexes handling dangerous materials plus railroads and other transportation networks, make the status quo a dismal alternative, the chief said. Woods Cross and a substan- .University of Utah in 1977. She lived in Bountiful and taught school in the Davis School District for several years. ministration SUBMITTING her resignation to Gov. Scott M. Matheson, Dr. Jarman said she will leave the state post effective April 1 to become executive vice president of chief tions for Centerville and She received a doctorate degree in educational ad- IN full-tim- e some large and with congregations of people such as restaurants, he continued. The apartment complexes are one reason an since October, but a department veteran of ten years, of told representatives several area cities and two moment. Combined pumping power county commissioners of great needs facing the- of those three units is 3,750 department almost immedigallons a minute but in light of the condition of those units, ately. a It was the chief is looking towards mainly new equipment. He has in groundbreaking type thing to impress upon the county and a mind a 1,500 gallon pumper, cities the need for new equipanother 1,500 gallon pumper ment. The main thing I . with the aerial platform and wanted was to give the needs grass truck. and then let them put it into BUT LIKE everything else, he said in an perspective, interview after a special these days, a lot of money would be necessary, between meeting held Thursday with Mayor Golden L. Allen of ' $200,000 and $250,000, he said. Centerville, representatives i A 1,500 gallon pumper runs from West Bountiful and between $85,000 and $95,000, Woods Cross, and County for instance. Commissioners Morris Swapp Expensive or not, growth in and Ernest Eberhard. the south end of Davis County coupled with inherent potenIN THAT meeting, the chief tial problems posed by oil two outlined major departrefineries and other indusment needs: two new substatrial aware of hierarchy spelling. Word higher was placed as sar-- ' I have one official watching the offense, one official watching' defense, and the third official left free to concentrate where misuse as higher archy I wonder what advantage there is, if any, to our young people reading your newspaper. I CHIEF BRENT Argyle, who has headed up the force Robert Gramoll With that type of an arrangement we would always vocabulary and spelling, however, when I see such . has said. as its first complexes businesses a matter of where they (officials) place their priorities, Mr. Argyle said. I think right now the most critical problem is equipment. A checklist shows that of three pumpers, one is 20 years old, wont pass inspection and is kept only for emergencies, another is ten years old and is being refurbished. The newest pumper was purchased in 1974 and is the only one completely adequate for service at the cope with continued growth in south Davis County, its chief he will. The two team officials would shift teams at the half. as- - Davis Countys fire department needs a lot of new equipment and expanded facilities to BOUNTIFUL of the Enclosed is a cut-oarticle by Dave Wigham con- its just Screens FACJCCUTJ&CS CLAIM S 23rH Quality QIzcj |