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Show Before you start to landscape, put Expert offers ideas on beautifying your surroundings By RUTHMALAN Standard-Examine- r correspondent FARMINGTON - Your landscape should be how you want it to be, Pam Condie told a class on landscaping at the Utah State University Botanical Center. Condie, who talked about the important things to know about landscaping your yard, has a degree in horticulture from USU and works for Davis County School District in landscaping. . To get your yard the way you want it to be, it is important to begin with a plan, she said. ' First, put your plan on paper to see it visually. Create outdoor spaces which are safe, functional and environmentally safe, she told the class. It must be well-designe- d. It is easiest to start with a plot plan of your own lot, with the correct dimensions, she said. If you dont have a drawing of your lot you can get one through the coun ty office. When you have your plat, place your house on it. Record where the windows are, and if there is existing landscaping, show where it is. And put the sprinkling system where it is located. Assess the natural features of the lot. Be sure to put directions on the plan so it will show which direction the home is facing and where and when the sun will hit the home. Take photos of your yard and house. If you dont like what it looks like, write on the photo, Condie suggested. Parking strips are important. Some cities only allow certain trees in this space between the curb and sidewalk. So check with city ordinances to find what trees are allowed. And if you are thinking of putting in a swimming pool or hot tub, check to make sure your homeowners insurance covers it. Another important thing to look at before designing your landscape is the safe site lines from your driveway and from comer streets. Be sure not to plant something that will hide the view of oncoming cars or pedestrians. it Look at the existing trees and decide which ones need to be replaced and what you need to replace to get that value back. If the appearance declines, it decreases the value of the home, Condie said. One of the most important places to landscape is the entry to your home. Your landscaping should make your entrance a focal point. Now figure out where your social spaces will be. Think of how the weather will effect these spaces. Dont plant evergreens on the south. Plant shade trees that drop their leaves so you will get the winter sun. They will shade your home in the summer so it wont overheat and you end up spending a lot on cooling your home, Condie explained. Look at all of the views from your property. You will want to screen those you dont like and keep those you do like. If car headlights from the street enter your home, you will want to plant something that will screen them. You can go as far as having your soil tested so you will know what kind of soil on paper VOLUNTEER CONNECTION you have and how deep it is. USU does soils testing for a small fee. If you are going to use your yard to bask in the shade, you will need to know where the shade is needed and where it will be the best. Think of how long you will be living in your home. If you are planting fruit trees, will you live there long enough to take advantage of the fruit? If you are not planning on living in this house for more than a few years, you might not be there to benefit from the fruit. Think of your hobbies and of where the grandchildren or children might play in the yard. And if your family has allergies, dont plant things that cause allergies. Other things you must consider when planning your yard are maintenance, time and money. Remember there is spring cleanup and snow removal. When you have a new landscape you want everything to be big and beautiful so you jam pack it with plants and in five years it is overgrown, Condie said. A lot See LAND5 This is a listing of volunteer positions available throughout Davis County For ' more information, call the Davis County United Way Information & Referral Sen. . vice at 497-911-1 Monday through Fn- day, 8 30 am. to 3 pm The Treehouse Childrens Museum is looking for friendly and reliable adult volunteers to work morning or afternoon shifts in the gift shop or helping families with exhibits. For training and information please call 3. Chns at The Humanitarian Resource Center needs individual and group volunteers to help make quilts to be donated to battered womens shelters throughout the United States. For more information contact Pauline Frampton at 977-044The Hill Air Force Base Hospi- tal needs volunteers m the morning , and afternoon. Volunteers will be given training in CPR and on the computer. For more information call Roy Celia at 774-664Davis County FACT has openings for family advocates. Volunteers support and mentor parents with a child or youth who has emotional, behavioral andor mental disabilities. Four to 10 hours per month and special education knowledge are needed. A monthly stipend and mileage reimbursement are available. For more information contact fane Lewis at Ext. 46. Utah Promise is looking for car- - ' ing adults to help begin a mentonng . program at Davis High School. Volunteers must be willing to spend about an hour a week building relationships with young people and serving as role models. A background check and training are required and will be provided. Call Kaye Groll at 2 for more informauon. Make a Wish Foundation of Utah is forming community committees to focus on wish granting, special events, medical outreach, public and more. Call speaking, fund-raisin- g Mary West for more information at 1 (800) The CASA Program needs adult volunteer advocates for children who are victims of abuse. All adults may apply to be CASA volunteers, but men and individuals who are muitilin- gual are especially needed. Training times and other information may be obtained by calling Alene Stnngham Concert offers twice the tunes By RUTHMALAN Standard-Examine- r Layton correspondent - if you love Utah music, then you wont want to miss Mondays concert in the park at the Ed Kenley Centennial Amphitheater. There will be two bands featured by Layton Arts and Humanities Council at the free concert this week. - Fire on the Mountain, an e acoustic folk, bluegrass, and country music band, plays bluegrass music, and 1 2 1, a band of young musicians, plays rock and pop. Fire on the Mountain is a band of top musicians and a vocalist. The band was organized in the mid 1980s at Brigham Young University where they traveled with BYU and other performing groups. Members of Fire on the Mountain have traveled to such places as Germany, Korea, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France, Russia, Poland, Italy, Luxemburg, England and various parts of the Umted Slates and Canada. Ron Child is on the bass and vocals; Mark Geslison plays the mandolin, guitar and vocals; Curtis Miner, guitar and vocals; Janine Miner on vocals and fiddle; and Mark Watts plays fiddle and vocals. They currently have two CDS out, You Cant Hide and "Dream of the Miners Child. The other band performing on Monday, 1 2 I, is a dynamic teenage trio featuring Dan Cahoon, age 14; Justin Martin, age 15; and Scott Porter, age 14. This group has been performing together for two years. They have played the National Anthem for the Utah Jazz, the Utah Catz, several University of Utah athletic events, as well as for Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College, and many other local colleges and businesses such as Intermountain Health Care, Utah Homemakers Association, Utah Boys Ranch and many other local functions. These young men have trained professionally in both dance and voice and have traveled to Japan several times for the Honda Corporation to entertaining. They also spent the summer of 1 996 as Lagoon entertainers. Their talent and energy make their show fun and exdung. They play upbeat, rock and pop melodics. This concert is sponsored by Dans Foods. Attendees should take a blanket or lawn chair to sit on. at old-tim- , ing and scheduling contact Susan The North Davis Rotary would like responsible adults to become mentors for Explorer Post 600. For further information please contact" Ext. Howard Whiteway at 240. by dressing down, taking a dip in the pool or staying near the air , conditioner. However, the body has its own natural-coolin- g sys- tern. , Hot weather can only mean J one thing - increased pcrspira- tion. It can be embarrassing and ! uncomfortable, but also vital to good health," said Kent Van De Graaff, a WSU anatomy profes- . .. . United Way of Davis County in Layton needs a volunteer to help up-- 1 date the Community Resource Direc---: tory and help with some general office work. Come help the community in a cheerful olTice environment. For more 1. information call 497-9- 1 Catholic Community Services needs volunteers to be a volunteer coordinator, to help in the food bank, deliver food boxes to the elderly and homebound, mentor needy people by helping them learn to budget and to. famhelp find housing for ilies. Also needed are volunteers to help gather and make layette items for families. For newborns of more information contact Yvonne 4. Coiner at F The Davis County Food Bank needs volunteers to stock shelves and boxes of food for those in prepare need To volunteer please call Randy , I at , . PLAY ME SOME MOUNTAIN MUSIC: Fire on the Mountain (above), an acoustic folk, bluegrass, e and country music band, will perform at the Ed Kenley Centennial Amphitheater in Layton on Monday. The band has been together since the mid 1980s. old-tim- , Joining Fire on the Mountain will be 2 (left), a band of young musicians that play rock 1 . 1 and pop. This teenage trio has been playing together fa two years. The free concert is sponsored by the Layton Arts and Humanities Council. Summer heat got you in a sweat? - , Por- ter at five-memb- er As temperatures OGDEN continue in the triple digits, Utahns may try to beat the heat 779-652- The Shelter at Davis County needs volunteers to help with crisis calls, intake at the shelter, provide support for victims of domestic violence and maintain grounds and the. facility. For information about train- foot-stomp- in ; ' sor who devoted a section to the subject in a textbook he Sweat is the most important factor in maintaining a normal body temperature. Lvcn at rest, we produce more heat than we need which must be released through the skin. As the weather becomes hotter, we respond with a proportional increase m sweat production. For each 1 degree increase in body temperature, 150 milliliters -- of fluid are released. The skin will produce up to two liters of fluid for each hour spent in the sun. Perspiration also releases toxins from the body, helps the nervous system work more efficiently and creates higher energy levels. So dont worry about sweating, it will help you feel better, he said. Van De Graaff encourages people to limit outdoor activity and dnnk plenty of liquids during the hottest times of the day. New student registration CLEARTIELD - Registra- tion for new Hill Field Llcmcn-tar- y students who have recently moved into the school's boundaries and have not yet registered for the upcoming school year will be Aug. 3 from 9 to II a.m. The boundaries include Hill Air Force Base and Airlane Drive, or 1000 East. Registiants must bnng origi- nal birth certificate, immunization record, social security num- bers for parents and children. set Aug. 3 two local emergency contact persons names and telephone numbers, and workplace telephone number and address. For individuals not living on the base who are projected to move in on the day or before y school starts, a housing letter dated from the first day of school must accompany registration. 90-da- School will begin at 8.30 Aug. 31. a m. Bountiful Health Care and Rehabilitation needs volunteers to read to residents of all ages, to help with activities and outings, and to be a friend. For more information, contact Jule or Wendy at 298-223F Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center needs help with light office work and covering lunch breaks. Hours are extremely flexible. For more information contact Cheryl at The Arc of Davis County needs a patient volunteer for a mildly retarded young man who needs an Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor for about one year. For more information call Sherry Aldnth at 299-978F Autumn Glow Senior Center in Kaysville needs volunteers to help deliver Meals on Wheels, help in the kitchen, be a front desk hostess and teach China painting. For more information, call Shirley Bergstrom at F The Rape Recovery Center needs adult volunteers two or three month who can provide their days per own transportation to respond to calls from hospitals and police stations and provide support and advocacy to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence For more information call Lark Muir at Ext 104 American Red Cross of Northern Utah is in need of volunteers to serve in disaster services, health and safety services, international services, emergency armed forces services, and Help Can't Wait Volunteers who can help with office administrations (answering phones, filing, data entry), class instruction, assistance with families during a disaster. Call Lauryn 0 Miller at for more information. Davis County Schools need volunteers to work with students Contact Edrice Christensen at 5 after 2 p m. or call the school closest to you. Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton has openings for adult volunteers and junior volunteers. Volunteers receive training and free meals. Lnjoy new relationships and tremendously rewarding experiences. For more informauon adults may contact Marcy at 773 RM)6 and youths may contact Gloria at 825-924- An 18 month-ol- d child and her family need a friend. This little girl was bom with many disabilities and needs lots of special attention Also, a boy with disabilities needs a friend to help him use up some pf his energy. If you have time to make a See HELP5 POOR |