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Show o Standard-Examine- r INSIDE Heritage Days Syracuse makes plans for weeklong festival.2 LIFESTYLE jazzy writing utensil A Layton man adds personal, Utah touch to custom-mad- e June Bond will be used to build overpass and new city building west of the current Ciiy Hall at 140 E. Center Street. By BRYON SAXTON Standard-Examine- r Davis Bureau CLEARFIELD - A $1.1 million yearly payment over the next 25 years may sound steep in paying for an overpass and a new building, but Clearfield City officials are confident they got a deal. That is why, on Tuesday at the recommendation of financial adviser Kim Young, the city council unanimously passed a resolution issuing on behalf of the city $15 million in general obligation bonds. The bonds DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 13, 1998 will be used to build the 200 South Street overpass and a $10.5 million public safetycity administration building Young, of Lewis Young Robertson & Bumingham Inc., recommended the bonds be issued when the city received a 5 percent interest rate on the monies after capturing a solid single A bond rating. The resolution is a formality of what voters passed in the fall of 1997 when they approved $15 million in general obligation bonds for the two projects. Young said Clearfield City did remarkably well, considering this was the citys first venture into the bond rating market. Young said the bond rating was a result of strong growth along the Wasatch Front, and the continued stability of Hill Air Force Base and the potential for future employment there. Clearfield has little debt, and the conservative way city leaders handle their budget also contributed to the overall formula used in determining the citys rating. Councilman Curt Oda compared getting that kind of bond rating for the city to hitting a grand slam on your first trip to the plate. It makes me feel really good. We must be doing something right, said Councilman Ivan Anderson of the motion. And the news gets even better. No tax increase is anticipated to retire these bonds, Young said. The first principal payment will be made on the bonds beginning Feb. 1, 2000. The bonds will be used to build an VOL 17, NO. 7150 CENTS overpass that will extend Center Street west over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and take a southwest jog in conThe overpass will eliminate what state road officials consider the most hazardous railroad crossing in the state, while opening up the city center for economic revitalization. The new city administration offices will include administration offices and courtroom space. A third of the new building will serve as home for the police department. 60,000-square-fo- ot City Manager Jack Bippes said he is confident the bonds can be repaid with the revenue increases in sales tax the city is experiencing with its economic growth. residents want area cleaned up Group says it is tired of putting up with trash, noise and drugs . Bill Chilson asked the residents to call the police whenever they see anything that looks suspicious going on. 11c cited the police log from the past several months and pointed out that there have been only a few calls made to police and most of those were anonymous. Peterson said most of the residents arc afraid to file complaints against these people. We dont know what they will do, he said. We have had people assaulted in their homes and verbally and physically harassed on the Streets. We cant let our children and grandchildren play outside, especially at night, because of the drugs and drinking Mayor Demar Mitchell said lie wanted a list of all the concerns of the residents. He said the city attorney would be consulted to see what could be done about cleaning up yards and homes. He also suggested that the group get in touch with Leslie 1 redcrick, who runs the volunteer program for Clinton, and Of-See CUNTON2 OR COPY j r test Clinton City officials approved a new agreement with Hill Air Force Base to drill nine new wells and test ground water for contamination from chemicals. Hill Air Force Base has previously had an agreement with Clinton for test wells on the east border of the city, but recent tests have shown the contaminates may be flowing farther west into the city. The wells would be drilled to allow for monitonng of the ground water only, and environmental officials at the base said they believe the contaminates are being diluted as they drift farther west. Mayor Demar Mitchell said he thought the agreement would be in the best interest of Clinton residents. If we do have a potential for chemicals contaminating our water supply, these test wells will give us some time to ensure it's cleaned up before any harm can be done," he Sunset CLINTON - A group of concerned citizens approached the Clinton City Council Tuesday to deliver an ultimatum of sorts to Police Chief Clinton, Hill to more ground water said. Standard Examiner correspondent city officials: Clean up the neighborhood or we wont vote for you. Richard Peterson, spokesman for the group, presented a letter to the council from resident living in the Mount Aire, subdivision around the 1650 N. 275 West area. The letter stated that for a number of years, residents in this neighborhood have been putting up with trashy houses, noise from parties, drug dealing, dogs chasing and biting children, and physical and sexual assaults from six of their neighbors. Peterson said the residents are concerned about the junk cars, houses with broken windows and yards full of all kinds of junk. Peterson asked if the city had ordinances against these kinds of things and if so, why werent they being enforced? He also said that most of the residents in the neighborhood are afraid to go out of their homes at night because of the harassment and assaults that have occurred in the past. The letter asked the police and the city council to help them or they wouldn't be in office after ' the next clt;ciiort. It' also stated that they were willing, as citizens of Clinton, to do what it takes to clean the mess up. They would be willing to start a Neighborhood Watch Program, have citizen patrols, have radio communications with police, or do what needs to be done to be part of the solution. CLINTON necting with 200 South. Clinton By DICK WALTER pens.4 Youths to collect food for needy The Sunset City Youth Council will collect canned goods for three needy families in the city starting at 9 today. Council members are asking city residents to leave donations on their front ai. CAPTURED: Tom Gregory, Angela Parkinson and Larry Davis (above) roll Moose on a moose yearling onto a net after the animal was tranquilized. The moose was wandenng around in a back yard at 2090 Valley 500-poun- the loose d View Dnve in Layton (left). The moose will be set loose in the Uintah Basin. Davis and Gregory work for the Division of Wildlife Resources and Gregory works for Davis County Animal Control. AMY NEWMAN! Stand cl Ejuvroer a day of school? No way Miss By JaNAE FRANCIS Stanoa'd Examiner Davis Bureau n KAYSVILLE-Whe- walked at Davis High School last week, he fell a greater sense of relief than most. Done hadn't missed a day in all 3 years hed been in school. He could finally relax about attending all his classes. It was the fulfillment of a goal Done had set in second grade after teacher Kathy Tureson asked her Doxey L lementary class to write their goals. Done already had earned two perfect attendance certificates in kmdcrg.irtcn and first grade. He decided that day that he wanted to continue his performance through to the 12th grade. Done's mother, Mary Lynn Done, recalls her reaction. "I told him, Brendan, the only thing that will mess this up with you is chicken pox,' she said. He got them the last week he was oil track in sixth grade. I said we made it through this, wc might as well try another six years. DONE: The recent Davis High graduate hadn't missed a day of school in 13 years. 1 But those six years would prove to be trying. Its hard to be perfect, Done said. Sometimes things just seem to not go in your favor. There was the time that Done went to California on an official school trip with the marching band. Some of the absences did not get processed correctly as excused and showed up on Done's record. 1 is mother had to make a handful of phone calls to school personnel to clear up the matter, It's been crazy, said Mary Lynn. It's been funny. Another tunc. Done was marked absent for a class when he left for a moment to get a drink at the water fountain. 1 Then there was the lime that the substitute teacher marked him absent even though he was present. The regular teacher was hesitant to fix the record until a number of Dones classmates came forward with testimonials that he had been there. At times, Done wondered if it was even worth it, especially toward the end of high school. Sometimes I didn't have an assignment done or I wasn't ready for a test or I was tired that day, he said. It would be like cramming. I was trying to get as much information in as 1 could. Done said that teachers who made make-u- p exams more difficult helped in keeping him motivated to attend classes. Lvcn more of a challenge than fatigue and class woik for Done was peer pressure. My friends always tried to get nic to leave with them. Done said. I was the only one with a car. But Done couldn't leave because he had a goal That goal proved to be an influence on his last-minu- friends. Sometimes my friends left w ith someone Use and sometimes they went back to class. he said. They find it hard to believe that someone could go to all their classes because they like to sluiT and they think everyone else does, too, Done said. And it's very rare that they get caught. Done said just about all students slutf a class sometime before they graduate. In the end. Done said his friends grew to respect his sense of obligation to attend class. Mary Lynn recalls a group of Done's fnends skipping a class to go visit her. said. Where's Brendan, she recalled. They said, Are you kidding He can't miss 1 class. Done said he discovered another benefit besides the eventual respect of his friends. I Ic said he believes he learned more. 1 ducalion is so important," Done said. You can't do anything without education. To succeed in life, you have to have your education." porches. "We want to provide Christmas in July for three families'in our city," said Brittany Swenson, youth council member. The council received the names of families who need help through city elementary school officials. Swenson said she doesnt believe the council has done such a project before. Layton Cities may swap 6 acres of land Layton and Kaysville may end up swapping about 6 acres. The Layton City Council has scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 6 to consider adjusting the boundary with Kaysville for the property on the northwest comer of Flint and Phillips streets. The hearing will begin at 7 p m. Clearfield Public hearing set on zone change The Clearfield City Council a public hearing at 7 05 p m., June 23 to consider a zoning change for property at 870 S. 1000 West. will hold The proposal is to change the zoning of the site from agncullure to manufacturing Coming Tuesday Davis, Page face tough challenges Sheriff and commission primary races profiled Bead about it in the next Lakeside Review |