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Show Page 2A, Lakeside Rev icw, November 6, 1980 One Democrat Wins in Davis Elections County Legislative - T" IV J4 FARMINGTON Only one Democrat pulled out a victory in Tuesday's northern Davis County state representative races, and he narrowly defeated his Republican ' opponent. County-widthe general election a whopping 79.2 percent of the e, registered voters. . Clifford LeFevre of Clearfield, incumbent for the Utah House seat in District 52, polled 173 votes more than his challenger, Republican Adam Jacobs of Clearfield. LeFevre won his fourth consecutive term in the Utah House with a total of 2.073 votes to Jacobs 1,900. Following the national trend to elect Republicans, three other GOP candidates in Davis County hkndily defeated their Democratic opponents. Franklin W. Knowlton of Layton retained his District 53 seat in the Utah Legislature by garnering 5,548 votes, or 62.8 percent, to 37.1 percent for his elected ar He defeated Democrat Boyd Ivory with 37,104 votes to 19,017. Republican Glen Saunders of Clinton was voted in to the two-yeposition on the Davis County Commission. He received 42,268 of the 55,941 votes cast in his district, with Democrat Leo Kinsman receiving 13,673 votes. Saunders, who beat republican incumbent Glen W. Flint in the primaries, said he feels the county needs to take steps for orderly growth. He is a businessman and graduate of Brigham Young University who owns his own construction company. ar SIGN OF APPRECIATION was placed Tuesday by PTA members on the lawn of Principal Wallace Knight of Valley View Elementary School, Roy. The PTA was placing the signs as a part of a week of activities aimed at showing their childrens teachers how much they appreciated them. Pictured here, from left to right, are Tyler Jackson, 3; Jan Jackson, secretary of the Valley of the PTA. View PTA; and JoAnn Berg, Other activities for the Appreciation Week included a candy bar poster day, a dinner and the presentation of letters from the children to their teachers on Friday. Letter From Roy Should Help School District Sell Its Duplex By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer A letter of intent on the part V ROY of the city to change the requirements in several of its residential zones will be sent to the Weber County School District. The letter is being sent in order to help prospective buyers of a duplex the district is trying to sell in Roy City. The duplex was built by students in the school district on surplus land the district had acquired. 7 ..The buyers need the city to change the zoning requirements for duplex because the current zone does not allow individual ownership of each unit of. the duplex. That is the way the district has .'sold the property. The city currently allows that type of 'sale only under the condominium act, according to city attorney Roger .Dutson. He said the condomium act allows separate ownership of individual ; units only if there are more than four units in the group dwelling unit. Dutson said the change is needed. This is a progressive concept in lowering housing costs. Dutson, filling in for Jack Seanions of the Planning, Commission at Tuesdays City Council meeting told the council he had looked at the possibility of allowing high density housing bn lots that could handle more structures such as long narrow lots. He recommended that each unit be independent of the other with its own utilities and services, and that they allow 4,500 square feet per unit for lot space. The districts duplex, according to Mayor Joseph Dawson, appeared to have about 5,500 square, feet per unit, which would be well within the proposed change. Because of the time factor involved with a zoning change the city attorney recommended that the city and the school district come to some agreement, and then draft a letter Centerville Delays Storm Sewer Money The City Council CENTERVILLE yoted Tuesday to delay the final payment to a contractor on a storm sewer project until a committee appointed by Mayor Golden Allen has an opportunity to study the figures involved in change orders and deletions in the original contract. . With some $625,519 already paid to 'contractor, Dunn Construction, the council voted to wait until the cost figures on the work could be checked before making the final payment of , about $18,000. Councilman Robert Arbuckle said the final figure was about $50,000 more than .the original bid. He said the council should have an accounting of exactly how much was involved in changes. , I Councilman Dale Ford said he ' thought the project, which is in the area between 400 South and 400 North and 'between 400 East and Main Street and further north on Main Street and on 400 East to Chase Lane, had not been .finished completely. He indicated some backfilling was not done and catch basins were not completed. ; City Administrator Kenner Killpack 'said some of that work could not be completed until an improvement district in the area was finished. Killpack also indicated that the citys consulting engineers, Nielson, Maxwell and Wangsgard, had given the city a certification of completion on the project. Killpack said he has copies of all orders and deletions. 'change Councilman Dennis Knoles said it '.would be nice to have someone explain them all to us.1 Arbuckle said he would not be in favor to approving the final payment to the contractor until he had had all the figures explained to him. Killpack said he thought the had fulfilled his obligation. I think we are way out of line in the -way were handling this," he said. He 'said the final payment is due by Nov. 10. This isnt the first time Ive asked con-'tract- or . Gerlach said the tremendous show of support for the Republicans, both in the state and nationally, is very important. I feel it is a mandate for us to hold down spending and hold things in or- reflecting this to present to the finan- cial institution. der. A zoning change, the city attorney said, must go through the public hearing process, which must have at notice period. least a He said he was surprised with the national elections. He thought they would be 'closer. y Kaysville Group Wants To Raise Money for Pool A group of citizens KAYSVILLE led by Margaret Brough asked the Kaysville City Council for permission to" seek contributions for a Kaysville swimming pool. Based on preliminary studies by a member of the group, the cost of a competition-siz- e from individuals and organizations. Some $200,000 could be raised in the next three years through contributions, Mrs. Brough said. outdoor swimming said Fruit Heights has also expressed an interest in participating in the pool project. She proposed building the pool on city block. The cost of the pool figures out to an average of $100 per Kaysville family. That doesnt figure in Fruit Heights, She pool would be in the neighborhood of $300,000. The money would build a pool larger than the one in Layton, for example, she said. She said the costs werent firm since they were only preliminary studies. Another member of the group sup- ported the concept of the pool by saying the facility could pay for much of its overhead through revenue generated through open swimming, swimming lessons, party rentals, water shows and to see the figures, Arbuckle said. swimming clubs. Also, she said, small children would Mayor Golden Allen suggested the council approve the final payment, benefit from the pool by learning to subject to approval of the change or- adjust to water at an early age. She also ders and deletions by a committee said a pool encourages people to spend consisting of himself, Arbuckle, Ford, money in businesses in the nearby area. Killpack and a representative of the The pool might also be used as a skating engineering firm. The council approved that suggestion. That committee will meet Monday. In related action, the council delayed approval of a suspension of work order to Dunn Construction on a portion of an improvement district in the city. The contractor sent a letter to the council asking them to order work suspended on curb and gutter installation on 400 East until spring. , , rink, she said. As for costs, the group said the pool could be paid for, in part, by con- tributions Republican candidate Nolan E. Karras joined other Republicans nationwide in victory Tuesday night. In his first bid for office, Karras defeated two opponents for the legislative seat from District 50 in the Utah State house of representatives. , Karras was vying for the seat vacated by Lowell Petersen who was elected to the Utah Senate. He said he was amazed with the. ROY to the Davis County Commission. Harry B. Gerlach Sr. was elected to fill the four-yeseat said he had a feeling the election would go I couldnt' be more Republican. pleased. A on the Syracuse Planning Cojnmission. Republican E. Ute Knowlton of Kaysville handily defeated 'William Dub Lawrence for the legislative-terseat in District 54. Republican James Hansen, who defeated incumbent Congressman Gunn McKay for the First District congressional seat, vacated the state legislative position in that district. Knowlton received 8,973 votes, 72.6 percent, to Lawrences 3,373 votes, or 27.3 percent. Lawrence, a Centerville resident, served as Davis County sheriff from 1974 to 1978. Davis County residents were strongly behind Farmington native James Hansens bid for the U.S. Congress seat held by McKay, giving Hansen 31,230 votes or 54.8 percent. McKay received 25,719 votes, or '45.1 percent,, in Davis County. Karras Beats Ulibarri For Peterson's Post Gop Takes Two Davis County Races Two Republicans were challenger, Layton City Councilman Golden C. Sill. Sill received 3,279 votes Tuesday. Knowlton will be serving his sixth in the legislature and third con- - ; secutive term. He said the election. . results, with Republicans increasing, their majority in the legislature, 'indicate people in the state and the nation-wan- t a change. I expect the Republican majority in the legislature to make some improvements, he said. If the economy goes up, there wont be any problem if it doesnt, it will be more difficult. Republican Morris Hansen defeated incumbent Democrat Warren Wimmer in District 51, with Hansen getting 4,836 votes or 56 percent of the vote to Wimmers 3,402 votes, 41.2 percent. Wimmer, of Syracuse, was seeking a third term in the House. Hansen, also of Syracuse, is a former Davis County School Board member and also served in such a majority in the house, he said. Well have to be careful. Karras received 4,277 votes to Democrat John E. Ulibarris 2,628, with American Party candidate Richard O. Thompson receiving 61 votes. He also commented he was glad the tax initiatives A and B were defeated. He had commented during his campaign that he would try to trim the from government without fat national election results and the the meat. touching Utah State Republican majority in the I wasnt looking forward to going Legislature will make for some tough down and straightening the mess out, decisions. Im delighted that weve got the he said, If the tax initiatives had majority, but I think there is a danger passed. . Incumbents Win, Lose In Davis School Races Voters in north of the Friend Magazine, an LDS Church FARMINGTON one incumbent publication, she worked for passage of Davis County to the county school board, while tur- the voted leeway. ning another incumbent out of office. Incumbent Bruce Watkins lost his Lucile Reading, who has been serving District 5 school board seat to as chairman of the school board, Bruce Parry of Syracuse by retained her District 3 office with 9,246 challenger a of 53.9 percent to 46 percent. margin votes to 5,608 votes for her challenger, Watkins received 4,266 votes to Parrys G. Brian. Frank 4,997. Brian, who opposed the voted leeway Watkins was appointed to the board recently passed in the county, lives in in April to fill the vacancy left by Kaysville. Jay Mrs. Reading, of Centerville, has Stevens who resigned to take emserved one term on the board. An editor ployment with the school district. - Mrs. Carver Loses ficials were announcing Mrs. Carver the winner. g resident of Weber Parke is a County who believes building new schools should be suspended until the financial situation improves. He has owned and operated a feed lot for cattle in Weber County for 25 years and lives at 1058 W. 2100 S., Wilson Lane. Incumbent Shirley S. Carver was to the defeated in her bid for Weber County School Board. Ted L. Parke of Wilson defeated Mrs. Carver in a very close race by 215 votes. He will serve as the school board representative from precinct 4 in Weber County. Parke said he s glad the election is over and that he won. He said he heard that at one point Tuesday evening of- - life-lon- she said. , The council moved to have Kaysville City establish a trust fund that will allow any group contribute to that fund, Special legal obligations as to how the money is to be handled has yet to be worked out. In other action, the council voted to adopt a loan guarantee Resolution on Moon Lake Power Plant, the adooption of a comprehensive plan and major street plan resolution and the adoption of the 1980 traffic code. FlTSt COT MISSIONARY The first successful gasoline driven car was built in 1885 the Motorwagon. Built by Karl Freidrich Benz in Germany, it had three wheels and weighed 560 ' pounds. 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Councilman Kenneth Holman said he questions a provision in the work suspension order which states a work resumption date must be set at the time the work is suspended and that the city has to notify the contractor 10 days in advance of the resuihptioh date or the contractor can refuse to finish the project and receive payment foe it. The council members decided to discuss the work suspension further in the meeting with the city engineers. They also approved an interim warrant for partial payment for work done on the improvement district. p.m Daily 10 a.m.-- 6 p.m. Sat. Published weekly and distributed fret Thursday morning by carrier, Sun Publishing, Inc. 5388 South 1900 West P.O.Box 207 Roy, Utah 84067 Subsidiary of The Standard Corporation Danial J. Croft Managing Editor Marily n L. Karras Assistant Managing Editor Eamar Bolt Advertising Director ! Telephone: VOTERS flocked to the polls In Davis County to around election judges and wait in line to cast their elect a slate of Republicans to state, local and ballots in Tuesdays Republican landslide. national offices. Here, Kaysville residents crowd 825-166- 6 359-261- 2 Centerville Farmington Salt Lake City |