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Show HI p House work its bills, and moro bills In legislators averogo day Inside NORTH DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Ljffl! VOL M, HO. Cl 63 CENTS srsz r Davis disaster If bills LIVES calls, NEIGHBORS Real hes there sweethearts Red Cross volunteer has helped in all types of emergencies 0 LOCHIA PAW LAYTON Clarence -- Dick" Mathis it awed by how people pool together alwayt after a natural disaster hilt. The Layton resident it a matt care pe cialiti tuluniecr lor the American KeJ Crott Bonneville chapter, wlm.fr meant hci been trained to help in all I) pet of disasters. A retired Air f orce master tcrgeanl. the went to California latt month and tpent two week helping people help ihrmtelvcs after massive Hooding there. Hcf been with the Ked Cross since 1974. This was the first trip he has gone on since he had a quintuple bypass operation two years ago after returning from Kauai. Hawaii, tic went to Hawaii not for plea sure, but as a Ked Cross volunteer after Hurricane Imki. Mathis was one of three people from the Bonneville chapter to go to California in January. The oihcr two were Marsha Slam-hac- k and George Chert rand, both of Ogden. I didn't have it so bad this time, being in headquarters. But I saw so many people who were doing without anything with the can-d- o Mathis said. attitude. Mathis spent 12 to 14 hours a day working either in the Ked Cross headquarters in Santa Rosa, Calif., taking care of paper work or traveling to small communities along the Russian River. On past trips he helped people find housing and food and get back to living their normal lives. Care-- t teatfielj (nnv.iU-v.en- t (enter are Gilbert Gib" Jones Inv i(e f 54 years, Dorothy, The prevnt.iUiifK were made hy Sabnna Stuart Dorothy Parker and John Jones of the I avion Veterans of I uretyn Wars post 8107. The P,M has bestowed this honor annually tor the past anj s.. Sitting by his pickup truck that sports a Red Cross sticker on the bumper, Dick Mathis recalls some of the many natu- When Mathis first arrived in California, he was assigned to go to the small communities along the Russian River and find out who needed food and shelter, said David T. Lambert. Bonneville Chapter director for emergency services. on proce"Dick (Mathis) is dures we use fur natural disasters.' Lambert d said. But. says Mathis. "I really hate floods. It's not the water that bothers him. but all the destruction that goes with it. The destruction may leave a baJ feeling, but the - if . LwT t IS years. T he Jones are originally from I al disasters ha has seen in his years with the organisation, He has been a volunteer since 1974. In a journal he kept he wrote. The people who wanted patios and swimming pools now hasc them. Those who didn't want them now have them. One family saved several hundred dollars by not having their tree removed two weeks sooner." Mathis is also impressed when people who end up with nothing in a heartbeat, can still be grateful for just the simple things. While in California someone brought a bag of clothes to one of the feeding stations. See HELP on page 2 people generally leave him with warm fuzzics. he said. Mathis said he watched people labor for free cleaning mud oir and out of homes. He heard of Buddhist monks who brought wood to an Indian reservation so the families could heal their homes. for some reason people think a flood is just water. They don't realize it is mud. he said. Mud not only seeped into houses, but it flowed over them, he said. Suddenly, roads were no longer there. Pilot program HillAFB steps on violence Second Step teaches s- r empathy, equality -- LL ft i By RUTH MALAN Correspondent Layton fifth-grad- Standard-Examine- n Theres r Adams Elementary will lose students, gain some too ' to say for leaching other students. With the help of some Layton Scott teens, Fitzgerald is learning how to avoid impulsive behavior, while classmate Aubrcc Call remembers tips on problem solving. In return, Layton High student Jennifer Lawson has learned how to tutor younger students in violence prevention. These skills all come from a unique class called Second Step e students by taught to high school students. Marie Stevensons class at Layton Elementary is one of six schools in the Davis School District taking part in a pilot program being taught by the All Chemical Control Team, the peer support group at Layton High. The program is financed through a federal criminal justice grant, said Lawson, president of ACCT. On the high schools B" schedule days, a fifth-graclass at Layton, Crcstvicw, Vac View, King, Whitesides and Lincoln, Antelope Drive 7. er i 'w f-M- I ' -- z 1.-7 'V fifth-grad- BOUNDARY LINES , Lincoln to attend Adams for the 1995-9- 6 school year, with more than 100 leaving King. With boundary adjustments approved in January by the Davis school board, some of the student load will be shifted off of Adams and onto the new elementary school. Adams will have a total population of about 850 after it loses about 400 students due to the boundary adjusl- See ADAMS on page 2 de ftoBST RCGANStatf photographer While LHS student DeeDee Hall chuckles at their solution to what they would do in a potentially argumentative situation, with Veronica Gutierrez. Watching the Ashley Stark are Jeff King and Jennifer Lawson. students Layton Elementary role-pla- ys push desks aside and form a circle so students can join in role playing to learn how to prevent violence. "We teach empathy, fairness and equality," said Lawson. Teams of three high school students go to each of the elementary schools during the morning. They leach with the help of kits purchased from the safety advocacy group. Committee for Children, in Seattle. Wash. The kits have cards with See SAFE on page 2 classes. Kyc loves to go with me. The coaches and cheerleaders pay special attention to him," said Cheryl. Its natural for the family to be involved in athletics, said her husband, Larry McCIcary. I played for the University of Utah and Cheryl was a cheerleader at Brighton High School. My father was an for the University f Utah," he said. I Layton: The McCiearys VSTS&-m 7 mum Every time we have a family gathering all wc talk about is basketball and sports." A knee injury sidelined Lairy at the U so he now has joined his wife in the cheering department for fheir children. v Gavin, a sophomore at Norlhridgc High School, plays on the junior varsity basketball team. He also plays on the golf team and hopes to play with the baseball team. He is very much into sports," said Larry. Besides staying on the honor roll, he is a J unior Jazz referee and his favorite hobby is shooting hoops with naturally his friends. at Cambric is an eighth-gradNorth Layton Junior High. She has just been inducted into the National Honor Society, hut is Future leaders . . . Northridge High School TULA members have had the chance to inters tew area businesses as part of the chapters "Partnership With Business" project. T he project goal is to give students a greater understanding of the concepts of business and the characteristics of leadership. Committee members Christopher Wood. Michael Lawhead, Jennifer Fullerton, and Spencer Terry have nict with employees at SIS Payment Systems. Young Chevrolet. Camclot Restaurant. Travelers Inn. and Willis and Carver CPAs. Kindly contribution . . . Sheila Jackson, branch manager for American Investment Bank in Salt Lake City, has chosen the Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center in Clearfield as the recipient of her office's donation for 1994. That makes American Investment Bank the first business contributor to PARCs new building fund. Jackson will be the branch manager of American Investment Banks new branch office in Bountiful when it opens this year. PARC has been selected to receive $250,000 per year for three years in Community Development Block Grants to add to an already established fund to complete a new $2.5 million building located next to the current building at 435 S. Main. Donations arc still needed for furnishings and necessary equipment. Terry Lipmann of Scott Plastic Signs located in the Freeport Center in Clearfield has also made a business donation to PARCs building fund. male shepherd mix is loving and He is ms Father: ; See FAMILY on page 2 Larry McCleary, grew up in Salt Lake City "tn-n- v r - . Mother: Cheryl ' McCleary, grew up in Salt Lake City Children: Gavin, 1 6; Cambrie, 14; Brindie, 10; Riley, 9; Kye, 3. Interests: The family attend many sports events together, with each child involved in various activities, including dance, basketball, volleyball and karate. available Dafrom the vis County Animal Shel- ter for a $50 adoption fee plus a $10 license. Adoption hours arc from 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to I p.m. on Saturdays. Unstcrilizcd dogs cost $60, which includes a license and 2-- ncutcrspay. extension 2, Call for more information. 544-835- 5, BEST QUOTE 'It's uncomfortable to be on this side of the table. er an Y - Care-Clearfre- This Sports enthusiasts always on the run At Manmsfvrg. V. a., and rame to live at Rovky- Mountain in 1994. PET OF WEEK FAMILY TIES about 2 in the afternoon, McCIcary loads Kyc in his car seal and begins her afternoon taxi runs for her other four children. Just give me a cabby hat and Im on my way," she says. By the end of the week, she and Kye have seen a minimum of eight basketball games, at least five hours of dance and sat in on a couple of karate Jones Day king and queen at Rink) Mountain AdamsElementaryJjoundary LAYTON With the new school boundary changes, some students will be leaving Adams Elementary to attend East Layton Elementary and the new elementary school under construction in north-ca- st Layton. Not all vacated spaces will be left some students now atempty tending Lincoln and E.G. King will be moving to Adams this summer. About 27 students will be leaving G. ... The Valentine's ld By RUTH MALAN Correspondent Jones D. mi luvinwi 4 (MfiXlOiOrviltlvitf LnnuiTlM Rliey and Cambria: (front , from laft) Larry, Kys, and Cheryl. I ormer illy uhiikiI moil ll xt Carol R. Pago, now a rounly i ommissiomT, at a Kaysvillo t mux il mooting attor von mg hor unicorns ovor more duplexes in hor noighlxirlicxxl. Soo brief, age 2. ) |