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Show : ; view sj 'x y! ks csw Davis graduations not traditional 0 I County high schools dont honor class leaders the same way receive the designation at Viewmont High School. And only at Clearfield High school are valedictorians By JaNAE FRANCIS Davis Bureau Standard-Examin- Officials at Davis County high arent choosing and salutatorians in the way, and they havent for some time. Only three of the eight regular Davis County high schools will honor students as valedictorians in graduation ceremonies next week. But none of those three schools choose only one. Clearfield High School will honor six valedictorians this year. Northridge High will honor three, and seven students will automatically awarded speeches at graduation as was the tradition. Northridge and Viewmont require students to try out to give their graduation speeches. Tamara Lowe, Clearfield High principal said her school chose six valedictorians this year because we want to honor any student who has done 4.0 grade point average work in their four years that count We just toward graduation - grades want to honor all the students who have maintained those kinds of grades. Lowe said she is familiar with the argument that these students often dont take difficult classes, but she disagrees. These arent kids who take only easy 2. classes. These are kids that work hard and we vant to honor them all, she said. She said the students with top grade-poiaverages at Clearfield all take heavy class loads. Pat Rawlings, senior class advisor at Northridge High School, said her school takes a different approach. Just because they are valedictorians doesnt mean that they can speak. She said all students are allowed to try out for the honor of speaking. Northridge also has strict criteria for naming valedictorians. Students not only have to have a 4.0 grade-poiaverage to be named one of the valedictorians, but they have to take advanced placement and honors courses as well. They cannot just take a regular curriculum, she said. Six students will receive the honor of valedictorian at Viewmont High, but only two will speak at graduation. We invite all valedictorians to submit a three- - to speech, said Steve Richins, Viewmont assistant principal. The English department selects two for the honor. Pat Gledhill, counselor at Bountiful High School, explained why her school has a different philosophy and chooses not to name any valedictorians at all. We feel that graduation should be an honor for all students. We honor students in honor and high honor courts and citizenship courts but we dont announce them. Gledhill said these students wear insignias for their achievements during graduation, but officials dont point them out nt five-minu- te See STUDENTS2 Cities asked to fund program County attorney seeks money to continue victims advocate work - By BRYON SAXTON - County Attorney Mel Wilson is hoping Davis County cities will save a program that could potentially save the lives of victims of domestic abuse. Wilson came before the Davis Council of Governments last "1 i i i 1 j r i Josh Helgesen of Centerville helps Jordan Murdock, 5, play the shaker (above) dunng a song at Farmington Park last week dunng a fair put on for students with learning disabilities in Davis County. At nght, Jeanette Nielsen of Crestview Elementary School helps students learn to play the shaker. The fair has become an MORE THAN FAIR; annual event. week asking mayors for an ongoing contribution from their respective cities of 25 cents per capita per year in helping fund the Davis County Victim Advocates Program. The dollars requested from cities for the program range from Layton Citys high of $18,185 to South Webers low of $978. The piogram provides counseling and crisis intervention for victims of domestic abuse. The County Attorneys Office reported there were 3,202 victims of domestic violence in Davis County in 1997. Wilson said the victim advocates program assists victims by helping them through the court system and by helping them obtain protective orders against abusive spouses. He said the county averages 80 to 90 protective orders monthly. Wilson said the program was originally receiving $57,000 in state funds from the Division of Family Services until The Shelter in Kaysville opened in December and the dollars needed to be put there. The Shelter is the countys first and only shelter for victims of domestic violence. Darlene Galbraith, president of the Davis County Citizens Coalition Against Violence, said in about six months of operation The Shelter has served 51 women full-servi- Exaraner BRlAHNCHOlSORSlandard See PROGRAM, 2 I Memorial planned for 2 Davis WSU students Former Farmington residents were killed this year in accidents ' 1 - In an effort to help friends and family cope with the deaths of two Weber State University students from Davis County this year, a memorial site will be dedicated June 6 at 5 p m. on the south side of LaSal Hall. The ceremony will pay tribute to David I berhard and Stephanie Parker, both of I armington. Lberhard died while hiking alone in the canyons above Ogden in I ebruary. Parker died in April from injuries sustained m an automobile accident. Both students lived in WSUs residence OGDEN halls. Lberhard, DOR COPY 19, was i ' reported missing from the WSU campus 1 cb. 28, last seen leaving his dormitory the day before. Scott Wrightington, a student who works as a resident assistant (RA), initiated plans for the site. Family members assisted by search dogs from the American Search Dogs Association, a volunteer agency, found his body earlier this month m the canyon above the cast end of Ogdens 36th Street. The body was found area and had sufin a rock-slid- e fered bruising indicative of a fall, said Weber Sheriffs spokesman Sgt. Klint Anderson. As an RA, I became acquainted with both students. Parker, the dauehter of Davis County Sheriff Deputy Glenn Parker, was in her third year at WSU. She was involved in the accident on April 12 on Interstate 15 near the Utah County-Sal- t Lake County line during a rain storm. d and will be missed by many people, he said. This memorial will give those They were well-like- who knew and loved them a place to reflect upon fond memories and work through the grieving process. A tree, planted in memory of the students, will be surrounded by a brick border bearing their names. The site also will include a monument and two benches. The families of both students have been invited to attend the dedication. stone Farmington officials wary of fluoridation Fluoridation of drinking By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Standard Examiner correspondent FARMINGTON - City council members have too many questions to agree to sponsoring a referendum for the community to vote on fluoridation as requested by the Davis County Board of Health. It is unclear how such an election would be run," said Mavor Gregory s. Bel! Health board Chairman Davis Cope is asking cities throughout the county to work on olTcnng citizens the opportunity to choose to have their drinking water fluoridated to prevent tooth dccav." f. Farmington City looking for storm sewers The city engineer, manager and city council want to know where Farmingtons storm sewers are. There is no current map other than one made in 1982, said Paul Hirst, city engineer. Marking the storm sewers and then having an aerial photo, creating a topographic map will cost the city approximately $13,000 said Hirst. Having city crews mark and plot the storm drains without a topographic map would cost the city from $20,000 to $25,000. The new map would give a controlled and accurate record with applications far beyond the storm drain master plan. It could be used for many other functions including zoning, emergency preparedness, as well as others said Hirst. Our number one goal is to get a good base map, said Councilman David Dixon. Council members will look at this item as they are analyzing the budget for the new year. LAYTON Planning panel Standard Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON L8M0TS water is an extremely safe and efiective public health measure to prevent the onset of tooth decay in children, Cope said in a letter to the Farmington City Council. I luondation is a very tool for this purpose, since lifetime protection for an individual costs less than a single dental restorative procedure." needs new member The Layton Planning Commission will shuffle its seats and get one new member. The city council approved Thursday night the appointments of Winslow Hurst and Robert J. Dale to the commission, plus the reappointment of Preston Cox. Hurst had been an alternate for the commission. He takes the seat vacated by Carl Ericson, who moved to Boise, Idaho. The term will end in 2001. Dale, who city officials said is an attorney with a issues, background in land-us- e take Hurst's vacated alternate position. Cox will begin serving his second term on the council One open seat remains. For more information on how to apply for planning commission seats, call the community development office at will 546-852- Sunset Law to govern sex businesses Sunset City officials have given the planning commission to draft the ordinances governing future sexually oriented businesses and outlining landscaping requirements for existing go-ahe- businesses. J R. Wood, alternate planning commission chairman, presented a proposal for the ordinances to the council. He said he believed if the council did not ban sexually oriented businesses, the city may have to allow one should it come in before such an ordinance is in place. Wood cited a recent controversy in Provo as an example City beautification also is a concern among planning commission members, Wood said. Is there something we can do to get more landscaping at these businesses7" he asked. Coming Saturday cost-cfiecti- But city officials see too many problems with the idea. "One concern is our children do not all attend schools within our water distnct," said Councilman Gary Elliot t 1 Meet Bo Peep Centerville woman will pull the wool before your eyes. Read about it in the next Lakeside Review f |