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Show t Reverses Decision Library for Layton 'Not in the Cards' (Director Given Meri? Kcaise A decision FARMINGTON out of the Davis County library system unless they get a commitment from the county and library board for a building in Layton. Layton has been providing about 19 percent of the Davis County Library revenue and officials said they did not want to lose Layton from the system. The reasons for the denial were identified as the state of the economy, legislative restrictions, and the need for flood control improvements. Flood con-- ; FARMINGTON trol in Davis County has been ; given higher priority than a new library in Layton, was read in a j In a letter that Davis County Commission meet-- ; ing Aug. 25 and will be mailed to -- "Hie Layton City Council, the commission states that the county cannot make a commitment to provide funding for the construction of this facility at this' time. Layton has threatened to pull that denied a merit raise to Jeanne Layton, Davis County Library director, was reversed two days after it was made by the Davis County Library Board. The raise had been denied Aug. 24 for the third time since 1978 on the ground Ms. Layton was not properly implementing board policies. In a closed meeting Aug. 26, the Davis Library Board took two hours to unanimously reverse the earlier decision. Four of the five board members were present. Laytons battle with the board began in 1979 when she was fired by the board on Sept. 18. She was fired because a controversial book was left on the library shelves. She said she had followed board policy to the letter and the book remained in the library. Ms. Layton appealed to Federal District Court Judge Bruce Jenkins on the grounds she had not been treated fairly under the merit system. The board said she was not covered by the merit system. Eventually she was reinstated because the board could not show cause for her release. Since that time the system of reviewing new books has been changed to include an extra level of staff and citizens to examine books. Ms. Layton said she had not been directed to remove the book before she was fired. After her reinstatement the book Americana, was removed from the library. Ms. Layton still has a civil suit filed against the board and the three members that voted for her dismissal. The suit is pending a trial date in federal court. The librarian said the raise seemed to be evidence of confidence from the board. Her salary will rise from $26,184 to $27,100 yearly as a result of the 3.5 percent merit raise. Index 8B Business Serving 32,900 Families From Roy Through Centerville Vol. 2 No. 3 FoifiKSol ChurchSchool 10A Classified 7 78 Home Living Obituaries 78,28 Sports 58-7- 8 7 OB WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1981 Dedso DT) CtsiF Inspections The Davis County Board of Health is moving closer to imauto plementation of a county-wid- e inspection and maintenance program, to control pollution. In June, the board accepted the need for the IM. There were several things that needed to be worked out before implementation could take place. These included adequate enforcement under existing law, and the boards right to abandon the program if the 1982 Clean Air Act is changed. The Davis County Attorneys office has proposed an enforcement procedure which would require the health department to write an ordinance to require car owners to have vehicles inspected. At ; the time of registration, the health department could issue a compliance notice to car owners whose cars did not pass or complete the exhaust inspection. : Preventing registration because a car doesnt have an inspection is illegal, the attorney determined. : Failure to comply would mean a fine of up to $299 andor a jail term of up to six months for the first offense. That proposal solves the enforcement issue. ' The Clean Air Act as it was amended in 1977 expires in 1982. Congress is currently reviewing it and considering changes. The National Commission on Air Quality (NCAQ) recommended toCongress that IM programs be required for urban areas over 500,000 30-d-ay ; ' - in population, where peak 1981 concentrations of carbon monoxide and ozone exceeded the standards by 50 percent or more. The Salt Lake metropolitan area, which includes part of Davis County, would still be under the requirement. As part of its recommendation, the Reagan administration, has leaned toward softening requirements and adding flexibility. If the requirements for IM programs are softened or dropped al- -, together, it is possible that Davis County would not implement. Local officials have been asked to make input into the laws renovation by Sen. Jake Gam through a report made in a meeting of the Wasatch Front Regional Council Thursday. Local officials from Salt Lake County as well as Davis County have expressed concern over the issue. Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson brought another concern in the d issue, We ought to get rid of sanctions because I think Hie sanctions are like a big blackmail club that everybody resents. I think that local officials are responsible enough to meet the standards without these kinds of sanc- tions. The Davis County Board of Health has put off implementation of a program until 1983. This is the same time period that Salt Lake County has chosen. It was felt that it would be unfair to Davis County residents to be the only county needing more pollution controls to have implementation in the area. multi-facete- THE KAYSVILLE Mountain Park features wilderness landscape and a par course. Kaysville city officials are hoping to make improvements on the 1 84-ac- re property, Park ffiers PetfreaV in; Kaysville By MAGGI HOLMES Rviw Staff KAYSVILLE Maybe we should keep it undeveloped so it wont attract as many people, said Gerald Purdy, chairman of the Kaysville recreation committee about the undeveloped park area owned by the city. The plot has been left largely unchanged and features a stream and a view of the city. It is a little hard to find, because there are no road signs to the site. The Kaysville Mountain Park is at 400 N. on the east side of Highway 89. It was acquired by the city in 1938. In the fall, deer, mice and quail frequent the place, Purdy 184-ac- re said. Improvements have been made on the property and facilities have been planned. The first phase of these improvements was finished about four years ago when hiking trails and a jogging trail were constructed. The near wilderness area may soon be further developed. The Kaysville City Council members said they wanted to continue improvements in the area to accommodate the needs that will arise as the population continues to in- crease in the area. The Kaysville recreation committee has prepared an application for financial assistance from the federal government to help with the projects called phase two by the committee. pected to be living in Kaysville, The projects were described in Fruit Heights, East Layton and the application as a small play- South Layton. The project will cost about ground, picnic facilities, boweries, restrooms, a parking lot, fencing $70,000. The application is for landscaping and an irrigation matching funds. The city has $30,000 in local appropriations and The purpose of the project is to $5,000 in labor donations to match. provide an opportunity for the re- It is estimated that the park will sidents of Kaysville and surround- cost about $5,000 annually to maining areas to enjoy recreating in a tain. wilderness type park. The major City council member Carol facilities for the park will be said that the city expects to Page hear located on a small portion of the that the application is being consite and the rest is to be left as sidered in October or November natural as possible, the application but does not expect to hear about indicates. its acceptance until the first of the The completed project is es- year. It is hoped that the project timated by the city to benefit 18,000 will start in early April and be people. Those benefiting are ex completed six months later. system. In Davis District Students Get High Scores FARMINGTON JACOB DROSCHER, 4, has a good start on an interesting hobby. He found a monarch butterfly in his back yard that had been tagged in Toronto, Canada. Butterflies Are Free, But This One Tagged LAYTON Butterflies are free . and some seem to take better advantage of their freedom than '. . others. One monarch in particular didnt even let national boundaries curtail his movement. ' He was found in the yard of Mike and Susan Droscher, 1045 Kimber-- ! ly, Layton, by their son, Jacob, and had a tag on his wing that said send to Zoology, University of Toronto, Canada, and was tagged with the number B 03089. . ; Little Jacob felt quite successful catching a tagged butterfly, especially since he caught it during his first day of hunting. He had been pestering me for about a week to make him a butterfly net, said his father, Mike, so finally we made him one out of some net we had around the house. The very next day Jacob found his prime catch. The Droscher family plans to W L. re- turn the butterfly to the University of Toronto soon but probably will wonder about the flight of the monarch from Canada to Layton for some time. Understanding and using student achievement test results plays an important role in developing curriculum programs aimed at increasing student learning in the basic areas of math and reading, stated Dr. Dallas Workman, director of elementary curriculum, in a report on testing for the Davis County School District Board. Workman said Davis students have scored well on national tests in reading and math. Parents and school boards have the right and need to know that curriculum programs are producing student achievement consistent with the national picture, said Workman. Students in grades two, four, six and eight are given the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) in April of each year. In October, tenth grade students are given the Test of Academic Skills, and ninth grade students are given a general aptitude test. Stanford test results for April and May of 1981 showed that children in the Davis School District were consistently above the national norm in reading and math, and on the total battery of tests scored .5 of a year above the national norm in second grade to .8 of a year above the norm in the eighth grade. Workman speculated that the reason the district has consistently increased teaching effectiveness the last 10 years has been due to good teachers, good programs, and good kids. He help contribute to the increased test scores are also said that Hie district is more basic skills more emphasis in math and reading oriented. programs or teachers. Mrs. Lucile Reading, chairman of the board, Since the secondary schools showed a drop from 12 points to nine in reading, Workman said noted that while the test results were encouragthat an item analysis will be done to see what ing and it was reassuring to note that we were areas caused the drop and find out what on the way up, there are many intangible changes can be made to again bring the stu- values children are given by teachers that are not apparent for a long time and cannot be dents on an upward trend in reading. Workman said other factors which might tested. Man With Knife Layton Service Station Robbed LAYTON A service staHon was robbed Saturday at 10:16 p.m. by a male suspect with a knife at 416 N. Main, Layton, police officer Bob Allinson said. estimated on The service station, Saturday that $285 was taken. No injuries were reported, Allinson said. The robbery was complicated by the entrance of a customer into the store. James Stefani, an airman from Hill Air Force Base, By-Rit- e, t entered the store during the robbery the offic- er said. He chased the suspect out of the store and across the street. He conUnued to pursue the suspect until he turned on Stefani and threatened him with a knife, Allinson said. Stefani discontinued the pursuit. Stefani was able to give the police a good description of the suspect, Allinson said. The invesUgation is continuing, he said. |