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Show 'v t '.' - ' ,' v ' J ', JVV Ur a: 1 41$ l. - CXOStOS W vu 7mjd , Vol, 3 No. 45 i ,. S JrorftOorc&u v. v Utfllo )l 'vra'iij v7tn-ata- - r Wednesday, July 6, 1983 Max Facior Plan! To Close Doors lafer This Year :;:MV ' Max Factor was a major contributor to that organization. One of the Max Factor is owned by the By BARRY KAWA Review Staff .rf CLEARFIELD ,, ? x k '. fllK V . . S-- Jf C : ' ''Vo . "X :: in Davis County, Max Factor Distribuion Center at Freeport, will close its doors later this year due to economic reasons and the better location of its Oxford, N.C., plant. The plant has laid off much of its work force in the past year and has shut down two buildings of the distribution largest employers mj: i J" j center. The president of the Clearfield plant, Ron Stewart, said Monday that the final decision to close down the plant has not been made yet. However, Carol Walters, president of public relations for Max Factor in Hollywood, Calif., confirmed Tuesday in a telephone interview that the company plans to close the Clearfield center by the end of the calendar year. She said as of last Thursday, all distribution functions at the center will be closed. Ms. Walters added that the plant will continue to manufacture some cosmetic lines which once accounted for about of the centers operation. She said reasons for the plants closing include the need to consolidate the companys operation to one plant for efficiency and financial reaons. Ms. Walters said the plant currently employs 300 to 400 workers and at peak periods such as : ui SJ& v 'v V Norton-Simo- n Corporation and distributes its line of cosmetics worldwide and also to the United States Armed Services. The Clearfield center opened in June, 1974, and at the time, was the major distribution center in the country. The Oxford plant was opened late last year because of a need for a center close to the strong east coast market. An employee of the Clearfield center said most of the workers there are currently looking for other jobs. The employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said officials from Max Factor are visiting here to determine if the plant can handle part of the heavy Christmas volume. Gary Barrow, secretary-treasure- r of Teamsters Union 276 which represents employees of the plant, said contract negotiations between the union and Max Factor officials over n of the center the have been completed. He said the company agreed to give employees their, accrued vacation time, sick leave, retirement benefits and severance pay. Barrow also promised that the union will try to find the workers other employment and aid them in applying for unemployment benefits. Steve Barrett, economic dChristmas, has employed as many as 1,000 workers. evelopment manager at It will have a definite effect Freeport, said they are talking on our office and area busines- to some businesses about leasses, says Davis County Per- ing the 400,000 square foot Max sonnel Director Mel Miles. The Factor buildings. The Acorn gas stations, grocery stores and Building Components West Inc. retail stores in the immediate at Freeport is reportedly vicinity of Freeport Center will negotiating with the center to lease the vacant A and B buildsuffer more than other areas, Miles said the local United Way ings that were formerly ocwill suffer a heavy loss since cupied by Max Factor. close-dow- one-thir- d FIREWORKS, parades, games, music, patriotic programs and a Host of other activities kept lakeside area residents busy throughout the long July 4 holiday weekend. Layton, Kaysville, Fruit Heights and Clearfield all hosted a variety of events to mark the 207th birthday of our country, attracting residents and visitors of all ages. A large audience gathers for fireworks display at Davis High (right), while in Clearfield, youngsters wave flags while riding in ' city parade. tt) m -- Staff photo by Rodnoy Wright Highor Density Housing Rezone Planners, whether to put the money into the lot or the house. Planning Commission Chairman Dean Draney said the com- By SHELLEY KANCITIS Review Correspondent ROY Despite a negative recommendation by Roy Citys Planning Commission, the Roy City Council approved rezoning area at approxiof a mately 5600 S. and 2900 W. from 8 This means lots to for single family homes can be reduced from 8000 to 6000 square feet. During a detailed presentation to the council, Ezra Nilson, a developer who hopes to build houses on the property, said he could build nicer homes if the lots were smaller. People can only afford to pay a certain amount. We have to decide , mission opposed the zoning change because 38 people protested the rezoning and surrounding areas were zoned 14-ac- re ! R-l-- 8. R-l-- 6. R-l-- Ljiri) commission. Isnt the 7 commission the place where citizens fight it out regarding zoning decisions? asked Howe. He noted that many people at the commission street services are barely adequate in Roy. Theres no need to beat around the bush. With- out expanding city services, its mind boggling to consider increasing our size, said Smith. In another zoning action, the council voted to approve establishment of an 6 zone for 70 acres of land at approximately 4300 S. between Midland Drive and the railroad tracks on the western edge of Roy. Prior to the vote, the council and developers agreed that minimum lot size would be 7000 square zoning. feet, despite the 6 Roy is considering establish- meeting opposed the rezoning, while those at the council meeting supported it. R-l-- Several members of the audiCouncilman Lavar Smith ence spoke in favor of the rezon- startled at least one council ing. They agreed with the de- member when he stated his opvelopers contention that smal- position to any type of developler lots enable builders to con- ment. Im opposed to expandstruct better quality homes. ing the city when we cant take John Howe, a Roy resident care of what we have. who opposed the 6 zoning, Responding to Councilman asked whether it was fair for the Richard Tubbs demand for an council to vote against the re- explanation of his comment, commendation of the planning Smith said police, fire and R-l-- Cited FARMINGTON A report listLagoon was cited for failure ing 30 safety violations at the to provide machine guarding to Lagoon, Amusement Park has protect employees from been sent by the State Occupa- hazards created by the track of tional Safety and Health Ad- the Colossus and Jet Star rides ministration to Lagoon officials. which are less than seven feet , The report lists certain areas from the ground. of Hie park which are in violation of the state codes of occupaOther violations include tional safety. These are areas in maintenance and shop violawhich UOSHA indicated em- tions, electrical safety hazards ployees of the park may be sub- and unsafe walkways around ' 1 rides. jected to risk. district operates in Ogden, Layton and Bountiful. The 14 employees placed on probation will have letters of reprimand placed in their files and probation will not be lifted until the district decides the problem has been corrected. Water District Manager Keith G. Jensen said the employees were fired for alleged drug use ter treatment trainee at the which is a potentially more than the Bountiful plant and four mainte- dangerous problem nance operators from plants the alcohol use. eight-mont- . "Y u iy start slow R-l-- According to Assistant State U OSH Administrator Douglas McVey, the citations mentioned in the report are not directly related to two serious accidents which occured in June. Shauna Bingham lost her left arm in a mishap with the new Colossus ride on June 10 and Bart Page lost his left leg at mid-cawhen the clutch of the crushed it 10 days lf Tilt-A-Wh- 7 We dont feel we have any alcoholics on the job, but workers who have an occasional beer on a hot day, he said. But I cant trust drug users on the V job. In all, 22 of. the districts 45 employees have either been reprimanded or fired. Jensen declined to release the names of the employees involved. Jensen said he expects the district to do some hiring to ; ' . replace the fired workers. .He : " - Vn - 3-- 2 . . . :u- city-wid- eight-mont- h - & In-cin- Katy-Seghe- rs Mre in- 8B , R-l-- He also said the group is dis- cussing possible candidates to support in the November city elections if the present council upholds the planning commis- n sions vote. The three city up for reelection this year are H. Kay Chandler, Thomas C. Waggoner and John ; ' : coun-cilme- A. : Beutler. Possible candidates being dis- cussed by the opposition group for a three-ma- n slate are plan- - ning commission members Vern Hamblin and Ivan Ander- son, and Brent Hansen. Hamblin and Anderson were the two commission members who voted against ap- plication for the conditional use Katy-Seghe- ; ! . rs permit. The city council will decide also on whether to accept the initiative petition. If the council turns it down, then Hallett says they will push for a referendum vote in the November election. The opposition group is made up of Clearfield homeowners who claim it would lower, pro- perty values and would not be economically feasible for the county. The county says such a plant is needed to alleviate future waste problems when the landfills in the county are filled. They say it is economically ad- vantageous since it would sup- ply steam and electricity that could be sold. ; I 1 i i i ; ; Hallett said this wait- - ; ing game will further delay attempts to be- - , a bond sale for the $54 mill-io- n gin plant. Katy-Seghe- rs i ........ 9B Classified Church Home Living 6A, 7A IB Sports ........... SB Professional soccer player Billy McNicol to uses his run soccer clinics in off-seas- the intermountain area. ; r Soccer School Index dustry at the Great Salt Lake is once again going, but high water is making the Review Staff Clearfield CLEARFIELD residents may decide the future of a proposed resource recovery plant if a group opposed to the plant is successful in getting an initiative petition approved by the City Council. This petition zone. o ment of an would put the a for Systems application conditional use permit for the e vote in the plant to a November municipal election. Opposition group representatives will be meeting with Clearof were later. Both employees field City Attorney Alf Van ' Lagoon. Wagenen this week on the initiative petition. The group filed the McVey said the citations listed in the report were not unusupetition containing the signaal for an inspection in a large tures of over 600 Clearfield resiamusement park such as La- dents with the Davis County ' Clerk goon. Friday. Van Wagenen has said the Lagoon administrators had petition is not a legal method of renot yet released official changing city officials stand on sponse to the report and were the plant. He has advised the unavailable for comment at city manager and clerk to reject press time. the petition when it is given to the council. Shirley Reed of the opposition group said they will try this week to get on the next city council agenda to present the petition to the council on also said every employee ex12. cept the first three fired took a July The council can either reject test. or or table the The firings culminated an the accept to petition, 30 days for furthitem up investigation that er study. at one point used an undercover Clearfield planning comThe investigator at the Ogden treat- mission had approved the use of ment plant. The workers at the land at 1550 E. 700 S. for a plant of plant regulate the level and in a June 22 meeting by a water chlorine in the areas The opposition group test the levels of treated water. margin. told the City Council last week of Jensen said none the employwant to give public notice ees had endangered the water they that they filed an application for supply. an initiative petition on June 24. Small Fry The brine shrimp By BARRY KAWA Safety Vileaflins VJefesr Sasin Dismisses 5 A final total of LAYTON Water ConBasin Weber eight servancy District employees were fired and 14 others placed on probation by the end of last week in conclusion of the dih investigastricts into tion alleged drug and alcohol use on the job Included in the most recent, dismissals last week were a wa- Voters May Decide On Trash Plant i V SB J A i! |