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Show I BARRY KAWA Review Slaff SALT LAKE CITY After inspecting Davis Counts canyons last week, a state geological hazards expert says we should probably be prepared for the worst." Bruce Kaliser, chief of the State Geological Hazards division, said debris slides are starting to occur at the mouths of Davis County canyons below 5200 feet above sea level. They are only small, insignificant slides; for example, at the mouth of Farmington and Davis Creek," he explained. Last year, when those mudflows came the Worst From Canyons This Bpring down, erosion oversteepcnd those channels so they're coming in very steep. Those banks are slumping but arc not a hazard. Theyre a nuisance you might say." Kaliser said the state has not found any problems higher because the snow has not melted from those elevations. The state geological department with the help of the Idaho National Guard, recently took aerial photographs of the canyons. Kaliser and other geological officials inspected the canyons last week. Kaliser said conditions are much worse where last year's ' mudslides occured and detached Weber Canyon near the Weber Basin Job Corps center. Parrish Creek, Steed Creek, unidentified canyon between Ford Canyon and Davis Creek, three in Baer with it," he said. It looks worse Creek, three in Barnard Creek, because we had those slides last two in Stone Creek, three in year which left a lot of earth Holbrook Creek Canyon and Barton Canyon and three in perched on those slopes." Centerville Canyon. Kaliser said the stale is watchKaliser said a recent aerial ing canyons in Davis County where an estimated 5.000 to photograph expedition showed detached land materials in these 100,000 cubic yards remains detached and ready to come down. canyons may be a problem later this spring. He said additional The canyons he listed as having areas of detached material aerial surveyance will be done are: Holmes Creek and Webb periodically and the communiCanyon, Sheperd Creek. Orchard ties alerted if any signs pf mudCreek and Farmington Canyon. slides arc spotted. materials remain. The probability is we need to expect more debris flows because, as the snowline retreats, its going to bring down some more debris nowhere as bad." he added. Bill Alder, forecaster for the "We speculated earth would be brought down in future years such as this spring." he noted. And noWwe are starting to substantiate those findings for wherever wtUarc seeing slides at lower, they're worse than they National Weather Service, said the weather will not help the situation in April or May. Alder predicts April and May will be cooler than normal with above average precipitation in both months. He said if the tempera- were last year. We can hypothesis the higher elevation slides are going to be worse also." ture averages about ID degrees above normal in both months, the resulting snowmelt could result in flooding and mudslides. Kaliser said their findings showed a snowpack high in water content and a lot of loose rock, soil and oversteepcnd slopes left from last spring's flooding and mudslides. "If you would have went up there exact- If the snow should melt gradually and not in an aggravated manner, it will certainly reduce the hazard from debris flows considerably." Kaliser said. ly a year ago. it would have been Wednesday, April 4, 1984 Vol. 4 No. 13 BARD, Bountiful Dont Agree On Landfill Decision which states that whenever the landfill becomes full. Bountiful will be entitled to exclusive possession of the landfill. At a BARD meeting Bountiful CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Stall Bountiful city and the Bay Area Refuse Disposal (BARE)) are at odds over whether or not Bountiful will be able to take over the control of BARD for its own use. When Bountiful voted against y burn plant the Dean Stahle declared the Mayor citys intentions to take over the landfill which serves Bountiful. Centerville, Woods Cross. West Bountiful and North Salt Lake. Centerville was the only other city to vote against the burn plant. The the two cities and Lav ton. which also voted not to go with the plant, would have given the plant a large percentage of the refuse required to make the plant economically feasible. But with the cities withdrawal, official admit that the issue of a burn plant is essentially dead The cities felt that transporting waste to Clearfield was too costly. They also felt that there were too many uncertainties" in the claimed that the landfill is now full because stacking" has been necessary. But county attorney. Gerald Hess said that both Bountiful and BARD must agree on whether it is full for the land- waste-to-energ- Photo by Robert Regan GORDON STECK of Salt Lake piles up bales of hay blown off a truck during last Fridays windstorm near Centerville. The truck, driven by Fred Butterfield of was caught by the wind while it was south Still bound on There were no injuries or damage to the truck but some of the hay was apparently stolen while Butterfield went to phone for help in the reload-Holdeing, reported Steck. n, Possible Police Warn Children of Kidnapping Review Es for emergency in their winare other Arthur Bishops out dows. However, the state PTA has there, he says. And, with the warmer weather since adopted the nation-wid- e McGruff" program, which folcoming, more children will be lows their the same principle. outdoors increasing playing is a dog w hose picMcGruff to kidnappotential exposure ture is displayed in windows so pers. that children will know of a safe ' The Bountiful Police Department last year produced an place to run in an emergency. film which it took Higgins says that schools and to all of the Bountiful ele- others can get the McGruff dismentary schools. The film ex- plays and posters at the police plains the Red E program where academy in West Valley. In the police film, children are selected houses display the red taught that it is not easy to tell a bad stranger from a good stranger by theii facial expressions or by how they are dressed. The only strangers to trust are those in police uniforms with badges and. a gun and holster, teachers who children see at school and and be on their own." the school principal. The policy will take effect Sept. Children are encouraged to re1, 1984 to allow a transition peport to these good strangers riod for students exceeding the 5 any trouble they may have. year limit for class involvement. There is safety in numbers." Clearfield Heritage Center dithe film says, warning children rector Karmen Rowse saidthe to always walk with a parent, policy is to give senior citizens friend or brother or sister to on waiting lists a chance to get school and back home. Always in previously filled classes. go directly home from school They'll still be allowed to come and if you do go to a friends to the centers to meet and we'll house fist let your parents know. provide them room and all the Dont cut through neighbors services weve provided for exyards if you dont know who cept an instructor," she said. lives there and never cut But after five years they really through vacant fields or lots should be allowed to go on their where there are bushes for a own." stranger to hide in," the film ad ly, history will tell us that there CHERYL ARCHIBALD Staff Despite Arthur Gary Bishop's capture and recent death penalty, Bountiful Police Chief, Larry Higgins warns parents not to relax about teaching their children to avoid the dangers of being kidnapped. Although there have not been as many reported approaches" of children by strangers as last year, he says that parents should teach their children to be cautious of strangers. Unfortunate- -' No More Waiting for Aging Council Class BARRY KAWA Review Staff Senior citiBOUNTIFUL zens wanting to take classes at the Bountiful and Clearfield ' Council On Aging centers will be able to do so without the long previous wait for a vacancy. The Davis County Council On Aging Board last week approv ed a recommendation to open advanced classes for seniors with five years of instruction from a beginning class. Program committee chairman Eva Hancock-saiafter five years of instruction senior citizens should be able to go into an advanced class , . r effete (fie r vises. If they are being followed or 298-110- Business School Sports 'i voted for the proposed bum plant. Bountiful started looking into new methods of disposal, feeling that if the burn plant were approved, cities for it would "want to discontinue the dollar per month payment to BARD." Stahle's letter said. If we find something that the other cities want to be involved with us on then that is a possibility we will look at." he later If the burn plant explained. doesn't go through, then we will probably slay the same as we arc, but we w'ant to rev ise our think we can do contract. that. he said. North Salt Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist suggested that Bountiful file a friendly lawsuit" to determine whether Bountiful or BARD decides when the landfill 1 is full. & 1B,2B 9A.10A 3 776-495- 1. the Lakeside Review will publish an eight-pag- e tabloid sec- tion with information foi Davis County residents concerning possible flooding this spring and what steps they, can take to prevent or lessen personal injury and damage to property if emergency situations arise. Spring flooding and mud- slides this year are still only possibilities, but last spring's events should serve as a warning that residents should be prepared for any situation. The section will be one that residents will want to save. It will contain useful information about which areas in the county may be hit by water problems or mudslides, how residents can prepare for possible emergencies, who they can contact if and when problems occur. Play Ball 5B whether sew it or buy it has to be made. 3B decision $54,000,000 project. The BARD board, which is made up of mayors from the five cities in South Davis County, the county commissioner and the landfill manager has had an agreement with Bountiful since 1962. BARD pays $300 a year to Bountiful, owner of the property on which the landfill sits, said Elmer Barlow, BARD manager. , Classified 6B,7R 4A Editorial Home Living 3B a we have 12 years." An Erncon engineering study last year gave the BARD landfill 14 more years of use. Barlow said. When Woods Cross. West Bountiful and North Salt Lake Look Next Week... Once you decide a new wardrobe may be a good thing to have then In Barlow's estimation. "We thought that we could go 18 more years, but with the debris from digging, etc., now I'd say someone tries to coax them into taking candy or money, children should run to a house with the The interlocal agreement is reRed E (McGruff) displayed in newed each year. the window. The disagreement is over a If there are no houses around paragraph in the agreement with the display, they should run to a house that has a neatly kept yard with a car in the driveway. Rules for shopping arc: if necessary to leave a child in the car alone the doors should be lockBeginning next week. April ed. Children should be in11, the Lakeside Review structed not to unlock the doors south edition will be delivor go with any stranger offering ered to homes in south Dav is them candy or telling lies to get County Wednesday afterthem to go with him. noon. The change from Children should not be left in Wednesday morning is a recarts unattended, and should be sult of surveys that indicated taught to stay with their mother. readers would prefer to receive the newspaper later in Playground rules mentioned in the film are: Children should i the day. never ask strangers to push them Carriers will continue to in the swing. They should never deliver the newspaper to each take money or candy from home in the area. Any circulation problems should be restrangers. They should go to the playground with a friend. Strangported to the Lakeside ers on the playground or at the or Review, edge of the park who don't beThe Review will be delong there should be reported to livered Wednesday morning a familiar teacher or adult. in the north county area and Children should not go close to Roy. a car to give directions. They Deadlines for news submitshould play inside their yard, ted to the newspaper for not by the curb. If a child sees Wednesday publication will someone being kidnapped or led continuel to be Friday at away by a stranger, he or she noon. should scream and remember And irt next week's paper what the kidnapper looked like. Index Sew or Buy fill to go Bountiful. . Area baseball tean.s battled stiff winds ard each other Friday as region baseball wars 9A got underway. |