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Show City to blow the horn on excess County lines Traffic jammin train Community Senior citizens publish tried and true recipes. Page whistles NEIGHBORS By JaNAE FRANCIS Standard-Examine- r correspondent SUNSET Railroad. - A railroad spokesman said the company would be willing to look into the matter and take action if it was deemed necessary. officials have announced . Sunset plans to take action against train engineers who blow their whistles excessively on the tracks that run through the town. Maybe theyve got to go to whistle training or something, said Mayor Norman Sant in last Tuesdays city council meeting. The city plans to send a letter to Union Pacific officials documenting excessive whistle blowing complete with engine numbers, tapes, photographs, dates and times of offenses. They hope the letter will cause the railroad company to take some disciplinary action. If not officials want to take the matter to court and sight the violators for disturbing the peace. I can see the headlines now: Sunset City arrests Union Pacific Railroad, Sant said. In all honesty, we cannot stop , them from whistling, the mayor said. The citys position would not be to stop that whistle but we can take a look at our options. For the past several weeks, Sunset police and some residents have been monitoring and documenting all train whistles at the 1800 North and 2300 North crossings. ' Two long, one short and one long whistle is the required crossing sequence they listen for. In 51 documented whistle sequences since June 18, a majority of them varied from the requirement, police say. However, only four were in excess. might not sound like much, Sant said. But these four were all 'nearly double the required amount Furthermore, they were done mostly in early morning or late-- . night hours. This may seem like a small ' thing, Sant said. But only to those who are not bothered by it. He said he cant understand why officials in other surrounding cities havent been more concerned over the whistles. . Sant said the issue of train whistles comes up every summer as residents open windows in efforts to cool their homes at night. One resident bothered by the problem is Scott Stanford, who lives a few houses away from one train crossing. Stanford is helping the police document the whistles. He told the council Tuesday that he has tapes and photographs in his possession that document extreme violations that occured before the city began documenting the whistle blowing last month. ! He told of one instant where he photographed an engineer after he - had blown his whistle in excess of 21 times on a crossing at a late-nighour when he could see no reason for it, such as a pedestrian ' or car too close to the tracks. ; He said in April a neighbor counted 90 whistles from a single train engine within a short time. Stanford said he believes his efforts to photograph this and other honkers is helping to curb the ' problem. . A national spokesman for the .Union Pacific Railroad said he believes instances of excessive whistle blowing are rare and extreme. ; John Bromley said problems arise See TRAINS on page 2 ht No burning KAYSVILLE Extremely dry conditions and a dwindling water supply have forced the fire department to issue a moratorium on outside burning for the third year p aI row. have nt fire chief. t City residents may not do outride burning except in a charcoal (burner or an approved burning pit, said Fire Chief Don Howard in a letter to the mayor. The moratorium also affects j 'Fruit Heights and incorporated Mutton Hollow, which receives its Jirc protection from Kaysville. rulipg supersedes the EPA burning law that permits farmers to I .burn. the extreme fire the moratorium will remain effect indefinitely, said Brit b l Because of Howard. R COPY Stephanie Bennett of Farmington has graduated cum laude in field from Harvard University with a degree in history and literature in June graduation ceremonies at Harvard Yard. Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, was founded in 1636. Setting records . . . Brendan Done, 12, son of Gene and Mary Done of Farmington, received an award for perfect attendance from kindergarten through sixth grade. Brendan, a student at Knowlton Elementary, also attended Doxey Elementary for four of those years. His perfect record was very nearly broken last year when he was exposed to chicken pox, but he contracted the illness while during his schools year-roun- d schedule, said his mother. off-tra- The right By JaNAE FRANCIS Standard-Examine- correspondent r With little fanfare a new fiscal year began this month for North Davis County communities. In June most of the cities adopted final budgets. None of the budgets included any property tax increases, although Clearfield is hiking its franchise tax by 2 percent. The franchise tax, which is actually a utility tax, will have a greater impact on businesses and industry rather than property owners. Clearfield also raised fees for trash collection and sewer service. Clinton and South Weber also raised fees for. trash collection, while Farmington hiked sewer rates. Kaysvilles electric rates were lowered. During public hearings, residents showed little interest in the proposed budgets. While Sunset Mayor Norm Sant said he was pleased with the citys ability to keep property taxes at a minimal level after last years 50 percent decrease, he General fund budgets Davis County cities for the fiscal year: of North 1992-9- 3 $8,214,659 Layton Clearfield $5,700,000 Kaysville $2,535,553 $1 ,700,000 Farmington Fruit Heights South Weber $1,410,706 $1,324,163 Clinton $1,260,000 $1 ,017,545 $715,994 West Point $548,900 Sunset Syracuse equally displeased with the residents lack of interest in the bud- was get- Its amazing, you talk about spending $2 million and we dont get very many people here, do we? Of course, its tough to advertise ad out unless you put a full-pa- somewhere, he said. At Sunsets June 24 meeting where the 1992-9- 3 budget was adopted, the only non-cit- y employees present were two reporters, a Boy Scout and his mother. The situation was the same in other cities. In Kaysville only two people attended the public hearing on the budget and no comment was made, while no one attended Farmingtons hearing. Sunset approved a total general fund budget of $1,017,545, which includes $156,200 in redevelopment agency funds to be returned to Smiths as part of the agreement when the grocery store located in the city. Sant noted that in 13 or 14 years, has not raised any fees, including garbage, although this service has at times cost the city more than what it has collected from res- 4he city idents. He challenged other communities to do the same. Sant said the city relies a lot on employees ather than In this budget the council cut the recreation directors posi part-tim- e full-tim- e. tion to Kaysville woman organizes r KAYSVILLE A heart transplant recipients story of determination and courage won her a trip to the 1992 Transplant Games in Los Angeles, Calif. Kally Heslop of Kaysville, who wrote a winning essay as part of a contest, was one of only two from Utah who attended the games in Indianapolis two years ago. An employee at Intermountain Organ Recovery in Salt Lake City in public education, she came home determined to organize a team of Utah transplant recipients to compete in this years games, which open Friday, July 17. The games, which started in 1 982, to show the benefits of transplant operations, are presented by the National Kidney Foundation Inc., with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals as the primary sponsor and Pharmacy the associate rs sponsor. trip Heslop won an expense-pai- d to the games from Stadlanders Lifetime Pharmacy Program. There were organized teams at the games. I thought we should have one in Utah, so with the backing of Intermountain Organ ery, I organized Recov- one,, explained Last November she organized a committee to locate team members and to raise money for the team to attend the 1992 U.S. Transplant Games, a natidnal biannual, three-da- y athletic competition among recipients of lifesaving organ transplants. During the organization and g activities she read about the essay contest, which was open to anyone competing in the fund-raisin- - . games. I thought if 1 could win it would be one less person we would have to raise money for, she Said, adding she really hadn't dreamed she could win. The team includes a kidneypancreas transplant, nine kidney transplants, eight heart transplants and two liver trans- , Keeping her eyes on the ball, Kally Heslop of Kaysville will compete in golf at the upcoming Transplant Olympics. The heart transplant recipient will also enter swimming events. plants. They all look as healthy as anyone, said Heslop. Of the team members, five are frortt Davis County. Heslop and Teresa Johnson are from Kaysville, Ryan Black and Mary Rizzuto live in Bountiful and Rob Mayo is from . Layton. The athletes range in age from 12 to 72. Heslop was a competitive swimmer all through high school in California and has played golf for years. Her transplant didn't change any of that. She will compete in both the swimming and golfing events at the 1 Major For the 12th Kaysville award and the N. Rebecca Raulins Un- include: . dergraduate Research award. The son of Carolyn and Maynard Morris of Kaysville, he was presented with a certificate, a $50 gift certificate at the UW Bookstore and a $500 scholarship from David Jaeger, chemistry department chairman. A degree above . . . Utah State University has released its spring quarter honor roll. In order to achieve honor roll status, a student must carry 15 or more credit hours and earn a 3.5 or better grade point average. Davis students listed on the honor roll are: Kathy P. Craig, Laurie Elaine Linton, and Jennifer L. Allen, all of Clearfield; Jennifer L. Bell, Sharon Noorda, and MarnyLyn Peterson, all of Farmington; Daniel J. Stephenson, The first year (after the transplant) I slowed down a bit and I missed one season on a golf league, but I was determined not to let it slow me down, she explained. Ninety-eigpercent of how well a person does depends on attitude. Heslops goal is to have the games in Utah in 1994. Two years ago there were 389 athletes, this year there are over 800. We project two years from now there will be over 1,200, so we want to bring it to Utah, she said, adding her committee is putting together a bid for the games. Heslop received her new heart in February of 1989, when she was 29. Just three weeks after giving birth to her fourth child she suffered a heart attack, then during an angiogram she had a second heart attack. Doctors told her the heart problem was caused by complications from hormone changes during pregnancy, she said. The rare occurence caused such severe damage to her heart that she had to have a transplant six months later. I was hospitalized thinking I had the flu, but I was dying, Heslop said. She knew she was in need of a transplant just five days before the actual operation. Ive tried not to let it change my life too much," she said. "I have to take medications two times a day, but I appreciate life more and the time with my family means a lot more and I have a better outlook on life. My husband goes crazy, he tells me I try to accomplish everything yesterday. I realize life is tenuous and can be taken at any moment." It was hard on her young children to have their mother sick. Now she said they arc protective of her and have some lingering fears. Heslop said she likes people to ask about her transplant. "I want people to ask. They need to know about it and the life we have after a transplant. Even with her good attitude, Heslop has gone through severe bouts Se TRANSPUNT on page 2 r - student, has received the Outstanding Senior Chemistry e. ht pre-Gam- es Wyoming not The mayor plans to bring up huge costs associated with some city recreation programs with officials from surrounding communities whose youth participate in Sunset programs. Highlights from othe city budgets straight year residents will see no increase in their property taxes, and their electric bills will decrease by 5 percent- - The largest section of the budget is for public works at $747,519. Public works includes planning and zoning, code enforcement, streets, and storm drains. Law enforcement was the second highest item at $647,605. Fruit Heights The budget includes $311,500 set aside for the proposed city building. Residents See BUDGETS on page 2 a University of full-tim- games. correspondent Kaysville, saying revenues part-tim- e, area team to compete in Transplant Games By RUTH MALAN R. Morris of e didnt warrant a position. The days of Sunset carrying football are gone, Sant said. Its Organ recipients to go for the gold Standard-Examine- chemistry . . . Kevin (yawn) no fanfare Budgets Heslop. received a command-Tncfrom my father, said a smiling Mayor Brit Howard in Tuesday's city council meeting. Howards father is the Kaysville jj ... Stad-lande- .outside, says fire department degree above A City officials say theyre willing to do what it takes to address resident complaints even if it about train whistles means taking on the Union Pacific W 9 Laurie A. Millward, Landon D. Brophy, Nathan Niederhauser, Jennifer Belle Jones, Kyle M. Larson, Jolene Sjoblom, and Marianne E. Wardle, all of Kaysville; Hollee Jo Warded, Krista Nielsen, and Debra Lynn Chapman, all of Layton; and L. William Broadhead and Karen G. Wilcox, of Syracuse. Academy awards . . . Three north Davis County high school students were selected to participate in the fourth annual Governor's Honors Academy, which runs through July 17. Emily Anderson and Jay Yahne of Clearfield High and Melissa Blamires of Layton High are among 50 Utah students to attend the k program designed to give them a broader vision of personal potential, a keener ability to create and implement new ideas, new approaches and skills in group dynamics, and a better understanding of today's problems and how to deal with them. Criteria for participation in the academy includes a grade point average of at least 3.5, two-wee- extensive involvement in extra curricular activities andor community service, leadership qualities and experience, and written letters of recommendation. Pest Quote 'Well bring the long arm of the law or at least the short arm down on them Sunset Mayor Norm Sant on options avail, lble to the city to halt unnecessarily long tram whistles dunng the night and early morning hours. See story, this page J |