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Show T 88 Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, April 25, 1984 Wants to Know Whats Going On Citizen Has Excellent Attendence CHERYL Thomas said . And drive, Thomas since he was on the Certain people are expected to AFL CIO board, he got himself be at city council meetings--th- e placed on the agenda at one of I told them mayor, city councilmen; other their meetings. city officials and the press. But about the center and they passed the hat at the meeting," he said. , in Bountiful, Halley Thomas has an attendance record equal to Different groups, painters, carany city servant. penters helped out. This is the Though he would be missed way we got it built begging, should he not show up, his at- he said. The new building in North Salt tendance is not required. He comes because he wants to and Lake was used to teach the rebecause he cares about the city tarded citizens and care for them and how it is run. He is just a until Bill 105 was passed, which citizen. gave the school districts responHis objective for attending the sibility for the retarded. After 105, we turned it over meetings is simple. I believe everyone should be interested in to the Association for Retarded their city, state, and country. Citizens, Thomas said. But How are you going to know if some of the funds which were turned over to the state were reyou dont go to the meetings? Thomas, a slender, muscular routed to another project which man in his sixties, sat in his tidy the Bountiful City Council had living room between the window to approve. with a view of the lake and his Project Turn was one of the bowling trophy aligned hearth. projects Thomas was most He and his wife, Helen, had pleased to see Bountiful aptheir comfortable home built in prove. Through negotiations the 50s after the freeway forced with the Davis County Public them from their Salt Lake City Housing Authority, Thomas and home. He started attending occa- others were able to acquire the sional Bountiful City Council huge old house on the comer of meetings shortly after they 300 East and Center Street. Re'moved to Bountiful, he said. tarded citizens would live in the Mrs.' Thomas, however, was house and learn how to shop, not interested in the citys busi- take the bus to a job, and learn ness. Why do you want to to be rather than know all those things? she tax takers" Thomas said. would ask him. Youre just The property was zoned for nosy, multiple housing, and everything Thomas would tell her, You was settled. We advertised what never know when it will come in we were doing and for awhile after that, all hell broke loose, handy. said. Those against the After his retirement from Utah Thomas said that it would be like project Oil, now Amaco, and after Mrs. a brothel. They claimed that moThomas death a few years later, would drive back and torcycles Thomas began attending meetforth and cause disturbances. ings regularly. He has missed A signed petition went before maybe four or five a year the city council by those who since. And the knowledge he ' gained at those meetings came in were opposed to the project, Thomas said, but the city counhandy. cil ultimately approved and so Thomas was instrumental in we moved in. The house was refurbished, the pushing through projects for the retarded citizens of the area. downstairs finished to be One of those changes was in the and a separate old Opportunity Center which room was finished for each of cared for retarded children and the eight or nine residents. adults so that their families Normally a husband and wife could work. It became so old, live in the house which is still Thomas said, that the floor was being used, to help the retarded wavey. Thomas was on the citizens, Thomas said. After board of the Utah Association they are trained sufficiently, they for Retarded Citizens and helped go back into the community or to get the new house built. back home to their parents, and I pleaded with the United they are checked on regularly. Fund to let us have a special Thomas was pleased also to ARCHIBALD Review Staff see Bountiful annex land behind Dicks Thriftway and to obtain other pieces of property for housing for the elderly. What were the citys decisions that made him the most mad? I never get mad, Thomas said with a grin. Because if you get mad, you cant think." But the' most frustrating thing to him was the annexing of Maple Hills. His position was Here, were trying to give everyone what they need, and now were annexing the hill where more fire protection and other services will be needed that are more expensive on the hill. He was also against the buying of geothermal power from Fillmore, which the city voted for, but later sold. The city would have to bond it with other peoples money just to dig a hole that may be dry. But the city recovered money spent on the project except for the earnest money. Why doesnt Thomas run for city councilman? 1 homas said he is asked that question from time to time, but he always tells people that he can get more accomplished as a citizen speaking his mind on certain issues because he doesnt have to be concerned about votes. Thomas, who said he was a good student and a good athlete in college, used to be so shy that he would walk across the street to avoid saying hello to a pretty girl. But he got involved in things when he was asked by his credit union to attend a meeting in Casper and nominate Salt Lake City to hold the next convention. I didnt know anything about Roberts Rules of Order, so I jumped up to make the nomination. I was asked to wait. When it was his turn to stand, and nominate Salt Lake he said he just sat there. But since then he has been active in the state credit union, United Fund, and the old CIO (now AFL CIO). j'-- ' 4 ' have a better record of city counattendence than Halley Thomas. Thomas has been going to the Bountiful City Council meetings regularly for years just because hes interested in what happens in his town. FEW COUNCILMEN cil tax-paye- rs wiRn self-contain- Mountain Bell Plans More Goldphones Officials of Mountain Bell say Goldphones were tested at the company is making it easier Stapleton International Airport in Denver late last year before for customers of companies other than AT&T to being installed there earlier this long-distan- year. Response to the test was long-distan- 25 vords or less why you think your Mom's the Greatest! You may win one of dozens of .terrific gifts Toll us in DINERS FLOWERS Gold-phon- Gold-phon- difficult. CLOTHES MANY OTHER GREAT PRIZES es them? ilAMD- PRIZE WINNER WILL RECEIVE. - , - When we surveyed customers who used the Goldphones, their most common comment was: Why dont you install more of i y H -- es - long-distan- Sprint without dialing the long series of numbers required to make such ycalls from other phones. The phones also enable AT&T customers to dial calls the same way. In addition, calls made from Goldphones are not subject to a Calling Card 50-ce- nt charge. x :F A . OrBMX: ED : BICYCLE- ' - SPONSORED BY THE ce CLASSIC SKATING'S BUNNY BONANZA (All Day a ji HIS OR HER CHOICE long-distan- enable- customers to calls to MCI and their charge t ' 10-SPE- Antonio said Goldphones will eliminate the need for every company to provide its own public phones. AT&T and MCI are already installing phones that will accept charged calls only on their rehe saidi spective networks, Other companies may do the same. Under such a situation, customers would have to spend time looking for their carriers phones. Since the number of those phones is limited, customers would likely have to wait to use them. A Mountain Bell Goldphone, however, could give them access to any earner. So named because of their Gold-phon- OUR long-distan- es Base. exteriors, phe- nomenal, Antonio said. We, found out from the trial that people are carrying discount, credit cards and not using them because it is too long-distan- ed J JL ce make calls from a public telephone. Presently, those customers often have to dial as many as 43 numbers when making a call from a public phone. Mountain Bell enable them to make those calls by dialing about half as many digits. Approximately 96 were recently installed at the Salt Lake International Airport. 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