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Show Kat.prta UtAS&lUC June 7 1097 City considers highway routes poiniwg out that fewer heme Fanrington officials must make Inierctamgo, Legacy proposals soon $1 tom wul4 to alfateJ. The council was strongly op poved to any sort of interchange at Shepard Lane, citing all the potcnu.il home displacement and nuamrxno FARMINGTON - Although another concern that primarily Tarnupgion council member and the nuor woulj have ore IcfTcJ keermg watwh on the Joa icore WcJncv Jay night, they tpent mtkh of the evening div-cuv- iwuee at freeway in tcrchungcf and the legacy High way route in l)aviv County. it i coming down to crunch-tim- e for the Utah Department of vuwh Tranvponation. whkh needs to receive input on what direction communities want the agency to go with the proposed freeway in tcrchangcs and the Legacy High way route. Him llorrocks of llorrocks Lngtnccrmg has been retained as a highway consultant by the city and was in attendance. live council set a special June 26 meeting to air concerns and present its wish list to llor-- , rocks for delivery to UDOT ofli cuts, and the mayor and council members presented some of their feelings Wednesday night. ; Councilmember Tammy Boyce said she would prefer to see the Legacy Highway as far west as possible, because Far-- mington is located on such a nor- row strip of land. Theres some hope" that local wishes will be heard. Her-rocsaid, based on what hap pened with the Highland Drive extension in Salt Lake County. After an outcry from residents of the community, the road extension will be in the ks fast-growi- . ' citys foothills rather than through residential areas, which would mean displacement of homes. That is a big concern with any major interchange at Glover's Lane, which was reiterated again Wednesday night. And for a con nccting point to the Legacy Highway from U.S. Highway 89 and MS, the council favored using the existing rest stop in south Kaysville. Theres only one subdivision along the ridgcline in Kaysville." said Councilman Gary Elliot, Pay From 1 will help most in recruiting for the county's technical and professional positions, as well as encouraging marginal employees to look elsewhere for employment. I think it makes us more competitive with recruitment and retention, he said. Baker said the commission adopted the new salary structure after a December study showed workers at the 5- -, 10- - and milestones were being paid 10 to ar percent under market value. The situation arose when the county in 1989 went to a 1.5 per15 cent merit increase system with a 1 percent lump sum payment, instead of the previous 3.45 percent merit pay increases they were giving previously. Baker said not only was the Guard I From 1 safety committee, told the coun-- ; cil that he supports the schools request. During one of the windstorms, one woman drove through the pillars and drove right up to the door, he said. e crossing They need a full-tim- guard. A parent of elementary students, Laura Walters, told the council that LaFontaine had reduced the amount of problems at the school by being there. The safety committee also rec- Kaysville rcvJenu would benefit at I arnungtons expense. The potential for three Farmington interchanges teemed a bit excessive, council members agreed. Farmington is slated for interchanges at Glover's and Burke lanes, in adJition to a pos- sible sue at Shepard Lane. Concerns surfaced again about bisecting the city with to many massive interchanges, the potential for increased noise levels, and providing access to residents while also limiting the amount of use of the city's crossroads position. There are a wide range of alternatives available and weve narrowed them to a llorrocks said. In the next two months we'll narrow it to one or two preferred alternatives. (JDOTs goal is to make a pre- Oxv WXX) half-dozen- liminary decision by Aug. 1." Three alternatives proposed currently by UDOT would tie the Legacy Highway into Burke Lane just west of the Davis County Fairgrounds, with no direct connection to Highway 89; build the Legacy Highway south of the Kaysville rest area and then build a mqjor connection to Highway 89; or route the Legacy Highway parallel to M3 with a connecting road west of the Fairgrounds and then south with an unidentified interchange to the north of that A preliminary proposal would place the Legacy Highway east of the Denver, Rio Grande & Western Tracks in Farmington. Our hope is to have West Davis Highway built by the summer of 2001 - were on a crash course," said Andrew Gamper-lin- e of UDOTs Ogden office. will probably be complet- ed by 2002, he added, although no details were given on completion of Highway 89. combined percentage of the two below the market's 3.5 percent average annual increases, but the lump sum payments were never added to salaries, and therefore never compounded. Stevenson said as a result, employees were falling further behind the local market, and so for the next three years starting July 18 salary adjustments to some employees salaries will be provided. Baker said the changes stem from input given by employee representatives, the personnel department and a survey committee. A employee committee will also help set the procedures for the performance evaluations. A newsletter was given to employees Friday along with pay checks, explaining the change. It should be a good morale booster. Its long overdue, Stevenson said. You dont have to hold the kids attention as long, he said. As far as changing the signs at the intersections, he doesnt think it will make a difference. It doesnt matter if its a yield or a stop, cars treat them both the same. There is an insignificant difference, Thompson said, adding that he had no problem with changing the signs. There is not a speed problem, just a congestion problem, he said. Councilman Reed Nelson said the idea is commendable, but he questioned the difference between a volunteer and a hired guard. ommended hiring a crossing A hired guard has more auguard, said Councilman Brian thority for enforcement, and as Cook. an employee of the city would be I spent an afternoon up there covered by city insurance. with her, said Cook, who agreed You can count on a paid emwith LaFontaine that there show If a volunteer ployee should be a hired guard. Id doesnt toshow up.its up, pretty hard much sooner err in this direction to fire them, Thompson said. a than chance take to of safety Parents will be told about the with those kids. in crossing the street in changes City Engineer Andy Thomppackets. LaFonson told council members he did will help to reosaid she taine a study to see if the crossing rient the students and parents. qualified for a crossing guard. I will stay with them as long There are 16 criteria to meet and the school met about nine of as I have to, to reorient them, them, so he said the crossing she said. doesnt meet the criteria for The new budget year begins flashing lights. July 1 and the new school year begins July 21. The crossing According to Thompson, consolidating the crosswalks in one guard will be in place at that location has advantages. tune, council members said. WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS TOUR NAME; WWa Walt DeVore visits with into one of the garages at Walt s, a Clearfield service Family business lives by Golden Rule when serving customers Treat others liheyou By LORETTA PARK 1 being dont regret quitting, he said. Now he stays mostly in the back working on cars. I ie likes figuring out whats wrong with a car and fixing it. He stays out of the front as much as possible, so he tends to know his customers by their cars. Percival w ill point out one of their customers when they are in a restaurant and describe them by their car to him. treated and be honest " ' ' COraponOer (LEARF1ELD - Pulling up at the gas Walt DeVore's advice to hit ton pump and stepping inside Walts and daughter 'Service is like turning the clock back 20 years. e percent of her customers on a Candy bars and soda are squeezed behind basis. Percival handles a lot of state the door and cash register. Customers come inspections and runs the front of the shop in to shoot the breeze with Walt DeVore. when her niece, Jennifer DeVore, isn't in. d in Theres nothing shiny, new or the place. Most of the employees are dressed Walt DeVore stops in for six to eight in grease-staine- d coveralls and know more hours a day when hes in town to pump gas about cars than they do about the soda and chat with customers. He said he has machine. always worked for love - not money. He retired from Hill Air Force Base after to a But then, Walts is not a convenience back injury and he cant do any heavy work, store. Its an auto service station, with a but he likes being around people. garage to fix cars, mechanics and gas pumps where someone will pump your gas if you Recently while joking with a customer want them to, although they say they aren't named Michael about his job, another a Michael came in, and without missing a beat gas station. DeVore asked about his wife's upcoming Steve DeVore and Cindy Percival work surgety. and live by their father's simple and old advice. Meanwhile Percival helped Phyllis Stinson of Clearfield fill out her car Weve heard it 10,000 times, Percival registration forms. said. I've been coming to them for years and is: Treat others like you DeVores advice like being treated and be honest. years. Theyre willing to do anything for me, the elderly woman said. That advice keeps customers coming to Percival said the station isnt a Walts Service in Clearfield. DeVore doesnt own the service station. He never has. His station, but the employees will pump fuel for former wife and her brother did. When she any customer who wants help. They also offer suckers to children. died in 1988, Steve DeVore and his sister bought the station, where both have worked Customers tell us their kids tell them since they were in high school. they need gas when they drive by, Percival said. I told Dad I was not going to do this forever, Percival said after checking the oil Steve DeVore wasnt going to make auto in a customers van. repair a career, either. He attended Weber After graduating from high school in State University, majoring in accounting after a four-yestint with the Air Force. He 1978, Percival chose to stay at the service station. At first customers asked her for a had one year left to finish his degree when mechanic when they wanted someone to he began the job search. He discovered his look at their cars, but now they ask less than what he salary would be was earning repairing cars. specifically for her. Percival knows about 90 first-nam- Meanwhile, customers have a hard time recognizing Percival without her coveralls on. She worked in the shop, changing tires, even when she was nine months pregnant Her brother and father tease her that her youngest daughter was born with grease on her nose because Percival worked right up to the last minute. fast-pace- Percival keeps the customers straight, especially when they leave their car at the shop. She keeps all the keys on a counter, and tags are seldom used. She knows which key goes with which vehicle and who the owner is. She's only lost one customer's key full-servi- This guy came in for years and years. Then I lost his key. Several months later it fell out of my coveralls in the washer, she said. Keeping customers' cars straight is easy compared to keeping up with automotive technology. Steve DeVore said technology has actually made repairing cars easier, but he and Percival attend classes and workshops on a regular basis. They also send their employees to school. full-servi- One of the employees, Danny Winchester, will soon be Steve DeVores - hes marrying Jennifer. Her nephew also likes to spend as much time as he can at the service station. son-in-la- w Keeping up with technology includes putting in new gas pumps. The service station quit pumping gas on May 31 while new pumps and tanks were installed, Percival said. They will begin pumping gas again on June 16. ar two-thir- Company Announces NEW OZONE Friendly Air Conditioner The local Northern Utah distributor of Bryant fcmacea and air conditioners, Rentmetsters A Co. in Syracuse, recently announced to area heating and ooohng contractors fret Bryant wiH have available this summer on turned basts a new (13 SEER) air corxttoner that writ operate using a new Ozone, refrigerant called freon R410A. 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