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Show 2A Committee to Study Career Ladder Plans Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, February 29, 1984 In School at 1, Married at 6 Leap Year Birthdays Keep People Young KATHY KELLEY Review Correspondent Birthday time comes once a year except for those that are born every four years on February 29. Little children find it difficult to understand why they dont have a birthday marked on the calendar, Having a birthday once every four years comes in handy, howev-ewhen the person born on this day gets older and wants to quit counting. Kevin Devol, from Clinton, a second grader at Fremont r, Elementary, likes to tease his younger sister, . Marcie 3, about her being older than he is'. Kevin will turn eight this year by actual years but his birthdays indicate he will be two. ! In Kevins family, his mother, Sue Ann, makes sure there isnt a March 1 except once every four years. That date is crossed off the calendar and Feb. 29 is always added. Arietta Sibley, a mother in Clearfield, only has one child younger than she is. Her oth . Review Staff - - CENTERVILLE The Centerville City Council is considering a 9 percent culinary (drinking) water rate increase. h City Administrator Mark said the city has gone two years without a rate increase. Because of an expected shortfall in city water revenues, said the rate increase is Pa-les- Pa-le- sh necessary. The increase would mean those with a 34 inch water me Review evenly by 400 are leap years. With this system, there is still 11 minutes and 14 seconds left over after the year is completed. It takes 3,323 years to build up enough minutes to be off a complete day. Leap year could pose a few problems if someone wanted to get picky. What about those entering the military to serve for two years. Would they have to serve two years or eight? - Tradition has it that leap year is the year spinsters are able to propose to the bachelors. In old Scotland, Parliament passed a law forbidding Leap year occurs every four years to correct the calendar to fit the solar year. When the century comes however, only those years that are divisible any man to turn down a girl that proposed in leap year. If he declined, he was fined the equivalent of $500. $1.7 million. But the school bill was declared dead due to a technicality and will be resubmitted in the legislative special session next month. District Superintendent LawCouncilman Jerald Jensen said rence Welling said it was imporhe felt the new rate structure of- tant for the district to use (he fers no encouragement for water money wisely. This is our conservation. chance to use our wisdom, he He said the city should consid- said. er a top rate for water or the He added that he would like to city will continually be putting go back to the legislature next in new wells.. year and show what a good in Jensen said rates should rise in proportion to water usage. Palesh said even if the rate increase goes into effect, the city will conduct a six month study to determine city revenue needs for the water department. ter would see their rates rise from $4.50 per month to $4.91 with a 5,000 gallon minimum. Rates for those with a one inch water meter would rise from $6.30 per month to $6.87 with a 7,000 gallon minimum. Those .over the minimum gallon ratios, would be charged an additional 65 cents per month per 1,000 gallons used. Palesh said the city is considering the rate increase because the water department should be self supporting, but at present is sub sidized by other city revenues. The council will take action on the increase next Tuesday, Mayor Neil Blackburn said. Blackburn said the city is considering phasing out a one mill property tax the city has used for the water department. Blackburn said the city could phase out the one mill tax over the next two or three years. The city will check to see if the tax is tied to any bond obligations, first, though, Blackburn said. BARRY KAWA - CLEARFIELD With relaxed acid gas control requirements, State Air Quality Director Brent Bradford has issued an air quality permit for the proposed bum plant project in Clearfield. The permit requires an elimination of 50 percent of acid gases emitted from the $54 million' plant instead of a 70 percent requirement that would have required expensive acid gas scrubbers to meet the standard. Bradford said the decision to issue the permit with the lower standard is based on best available control technology in thei waste-to-ener- industry. The permit is the culmination of an extensive research effort by Wasatch Front Regional Council, Davis Solid Waste Management Board and Incino Systems Inc., the builder of the project, on the best technology available to control emission levels from the plant. The wording of the permit allows us to work out the emission control procedures we would like to use, said Wilbur Jeffries, executive director of the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Nothing in the permit keeps us from doing what we want to do. Bradford said acid gas scrubbers or a system are two possible options for Ka Katy-Seghe- lime-injecti- rs on ation. Welling will represent the central staff. Two parents and one PTA officer will also be on the committee but have not yet been selected by the boat'd. The parents may also be members of the PTA. The committee will have the responsibility to study and formulate a ladder scheme to be used by the Davis School District. Welling said the board must have its scheme proposed to the State Board of Education by May 15. Company Reach Settlement Sans Court to meet the 50 percent requirement. But we have left that option open for the RON KNOWLTON Review Staff dard would require expensive company to design the' system to do that, he said. The system is a method where lime is injected into the boiler to control the gases at the point where they are generated. has until Dec. 31 to present an emissions control design to the state but Jeffries said a design would be submitted in time for a possible July construction date. The State Air Conservation Committee ruled in a September meeting to require a 70 percent requirement on the emission of sulfuric and hydrochloric gases. County officials argued this stan acid gas scrubbers and make the ' project economically unfeasible. lime-injecti- Katy-Seghe- vestment education can be. committee The will be composed from various parts of the district. Bruce Parry will represent the board; Dr. Nancy Fleming, Viewmont High School, and Arnold Lund, Knowlton Elementary will be on the committee for the administrators; teachers will be represented by Doug Cannon, Davis High, Pat Riley, Mueller Park and Ann Keller, Morgan Elementary. Cannon is also the president of the Davis Educational Associ- City, Air Quality Permit Given Bum Plant Review Staff Staff FARMINGTON Having faith that money is still coming from the Utah State Legislature, the Davis County School Board formed a career ladder oversight committee which will develop ideas on how the school board can incorporate the career ladder into the district. In the recent budget session, the legislature passed a $711 million school finance bill. Included in the bill was $15.3 million to be used by the states school districts for the development of career ladders. Davis school district was to receive Mer 'Rate Increase totiervill RON KNOWLTON er three children are older than she is now. Arietta will be celebrating her 11th official birthday today. DAN CARLSRUH rs Clearfield resident James Hurst, a member of a citizens ' Bountiful BOUNTIFUL City has approved a $25,000 out of court settlement with M. Morrin and Sons, a company that built a bridge over Barton Creek for the city at Davis Boulevard in the late 70s. M. Morrin and Sons filed a lawsuit against the city after the bridge was completed in 1978., group opposing the plant, said they will appeal Bradfords decision on the acid gas requireBountiful City Attorney Layne ments back to the State Air Forbes said the company had Conservation Committee. asked the city to pay a $92,000 cost overrun. Theyre giving in to pressure, When the city refused to pay, he said of Bradfords decision. the company filed a lawsuit Hurst said his group will ask against the city and a Salt Lake the state for all the information City soils testing firm. that has been submitted to BradForbes said the city agreed to ford on emissions controls of the the settlement all without an will and consider plant possible legal action against his decision. admission on our part that there . was liability. The court case evolved when M. Morrin and Sons, which was the general contractor for the bridge project, subcontracted the drilling portion of its contract. When placing the cement caissons, the subcontractor claimed it ran into more ground water, running sand and boulders than expected, Forbes said. The company alleged a soils report completed by the soils testing firm was not complete and accurate enough when the company made its bid on the project. Forbes said the total out of court settlement amounted to $40,000. The citys insurance and the soils testing company contributed to the settlement, Forbes said. School Calendar Is New Principals Named to Positions Approved By Board FARMINGTON With the idea of trying to escape the heat of August, the Davis County School Board has approved a school calendar for the 1984-8- 5 School year. Classes will begin Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1984, a day after the Labor Day weekend, and end June 1985. ?1, Two other proposed calenders studied by the board had the traditional August starting dates. But the heat of August, which Board President Sheryl Allen Said she found out was 10 degrees hotter than June, and the labor Day weekend were factors which leaned the board towards the later beginning date, i But the later start means Davis County students will not get but of classes until June 4, some I thing which Superintenaent Lawrence Welling said could be a disadvantage for job seeking students. He pointed out that getting out in May' gave the students a shot at the better jobs. The approved calender also has the following days when the school will be closed: UEA Convention, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11, 12, 1984; Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22, FARMINGTON The Davis County School Board has chosen five district educators last w,eek Jo assume principal positions next year. Stephen F. Ronnenkamp will succeed retiring principal G. Warren at Central Davis Junior Hight in Layton effective July 1. Ronnenkamp, who has been assistant principal at Central for seven years, has a masters ion secondary school administration and counseling and an Ed.S degree in public school administration, both from BYU. Ronnenkamp lives in Layton Wil-.lia- m 23; Christmas Holiday, schools close two hours early on Dec. 21 and reconvene Jan 2, 1985; Pre- at 1260 N. Fort Lane. sidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18; Craig Poll, a sixth grade teachSpring Break, Friday and Mon- er at Syracuse Elementary, will Memorial Day, become principal of Wasatch day, April Monday, May 27. Elementary next year. He is to The deer hunting holiday was replace retiring Duane Brough. inadvertently approved by the Poll, who lives in South Weboard as a part of the calendar ber, 1240 South Weber Drive, but was later rescinded. received a masters from Weber 5-- 8; State College. He also finished at Burton Elementary. Larsen, who lives at 965 E. program .at Millbrook Way, Bountiful, has a Utah State. bachelors and a masters Of eduPatricia B. McKay, a teacher cation from Utah State Univerin second and fifth grades at sity. He also has been awarded Doxey Elementary, has been his Utah Administrative Credennamed as acting principal for the tial for Supervision in elementa1984-8- 5 school year at Doxey. ry and secondary education. She will act as principal while Arvell Beckstead, a fifth gradDr. Shirley Pearson takes a leave er teacher at Orchard Elementa of absence in another state. , Ms. McKay has worked as a developer demonstrator for the Programmed Tutorial Reading program and has conducted awareness session at workshops throughout the U.S. She is a graduate of Ball State University and has completed a masters in education at the University of Illinois. She lives in Layton at 2549 E. Joni Drive. ; Kent T. Larsen, a sixth grade teacher at Oak Hills Elementary, was chosen as the new principal the professional administra-tivesupervisor- y ry for the past 22 years, was named as a principal for Orchard Elementary. Beckstead graduated from BYU and received a masters in elementary education administration from Utah State University. He also holds a supervisory certificate. He lives at 200 Lindon Way in Murray. Residents Upset About Loss of T rees RON KNOWLTON .Review Staff i CENTERVILLE About a dozen residents who live near a ;debris basin under construction Deuel Creek told the Centerville City Council they are upset that many large trees were removed from the basin site. Martin DeYoung said he was unhappy that few trees were left jto shield his property. It bothers me to have some guy run in there with a bulldoz;on hog-wi- ld er. j City Administrator Mark Pa TTT lesh said he understood the county would leave 30 feet of trees in between the basin and the road. But apparently that was not done. City Engineer Fred Campbell said the property at 600 E. 200 S. was staked out to give the county an idea of where the demolition of trees on the property should stop. However, the county moved in a day early and took out many more trees than were necessary, he admitted. ' I think its incusable what happened today, Dean Argyle Campbell said no dikes would said during the Feb. 21 city be built on the Deuel Creek decouncil meeting. Its taken 100 bris basin property for now. The city at present is also neyears to grow those trees. Ruby Miles asked city officials gotiating a land exchange with if the county would take respon- the county. sibility for the devaluation of Through the exchange, the nearby property because of the county will take over the Deuel removal of trees. Creek debris basin property. Mayor Neil Blackburn said the Campbell said the city could county assessor's office would stipulate in the land exchange have to determine that. agreement that the county landOne man said he wanted the scape the property. trees replanted and Blackburn On a related matter, Blackburn said there is a good possibility said plans have been approved the property will be landscaped. for a box culvert on 200 South. Have a Fun Weekend at... ILaEiesfid nRevHevy THE GLOW ROOM Pancake FRIDAY 5-- 9 & P.M. Surf & Turf Saafood Smorgasbord Published weekly and distributed FREE by carrier every Wednesday morning from Roy through North Salt Lake. A Subsidiary of jhe Standard Corporation MARILYN L. KARRAS G. LAMAR BOTT Dinner House SATURDAY 5-- 10 P.M. 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