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Show With Sponsors for Santa Program Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, December 5, 1984 Christmas Help FARMINGTON Nearly 175 families had applied for Christmas help by Dec. 1 through the Davis County Sponsors for Santa program, according to Jennifer Haygood of the Department of Human Services. That number is expected to exceed 300 by the end of the application period, Dec. 14. With that many needing help, a similar number of sponsors is needed, said Ms. Haygood. The program attempts to coordinate Christmas assistance Vlanta efforts throughout the county by matching volunteering sponsors to those requesting help. Recipients are interviewed and screened by Human Services workers and their names given to the sponsors who are asked to provide food supplies for Christmas dinner for the family as well as one gift per child between the ages of two and twelve. Sponsors may do more as their desires and 451-835- 5 mothers receive government assistance since their former husbands are not paying child support. Kathy Villastrigo, another Human Service worker, tells of one mother whose husband abandoned the family and has had no communication with them. Since they are not legally sepaabilities allow, she said. The majority of those request- rated, she is not eligible for state ing assistance are single mothers assistance and has no money to with small children. In some hire a lawyer. She has requested cases their husbands have abanSponsors for Santa help so her doned them while in most, the children will not do without 1 I Christmas morning. In some cases both father and mother are at home but the father has been unemployed for an extended period. Ms. Villastrigo tells of one applicant, the father of the family, who had been out of work for six months. With four children to provide for, he had asked for a Santa sponsor without his wifes knowledge. In another situation an applicant mother apologized for asking for help a second year in a row. Her husbands job always slows down in the winter and the $400 go per month paycheck doesnt far with three children. ' While the stories vary, they all have one thing in common: there will be little or no Christmas unless some charitable person volunteers to help them. Applications for assistance are taken from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in room 223 of the Davis County Courthouse in Farmington. Sponsors may apply by phoning the Department of Human Services at Sponsors will be 21. December until sought 451-335- 5. Thousands Saved by Employees plete, said County Clerk Michael APRIL ADAMS Review Start mmmm Photo by Robert Regan its hard to stay on the straight and narrow but it must be even more difficult to paint it. But dont be too concitizen let cerned. Some THEY SAY well-thinki- drivers know that the curvy strip down the middle of the road (sort of) on the frontage road north of Pages Lane in Centerville wasnt intended to look like a snake. Allphin. He is credited with saving the county around $55,000 by having the clerks office tackle the project. He estimated the project has Thousands FARMINGTON of Davis County taxpayer dollars have been saved by county employees doing the work themselves rather than bidding out for cost the county almost $35,000, the project. which includes the purchase of A microfilming project would microfilming equipment. have cost approximately $90,000 The work of microfilming sevfor a Salt Lake City firm to com- - eral million documents was begun in January and should be finished just before Christmas, he Residents Want Speeders Controlled made anonymously if so desired. After making a study into the DEBBIE DANGERFIELD Review Correspondent .CENTERVILLE Residents of Rockwood Estates want Cen- terville to install a speed bump or a gutter in the vicinity of 650 N. 500 'E. to intercept speeders as they coast down the steep hills from 700 East. .Jhe' residents of the area are al-s- o jasking for assistance with a dfai'nage problem and a burned-ou- t light bulb. int.a memorandum to from Chief Clifford Russel, it that a yield signibe placed at 650 N. 500 E. aiid;several Children At Play signs be placed in the area on a temporary basis to see what effect they have. Russel asked residents to notify the'police department of speeders by;, writing down license plate numbers and giving them to the police so the officers can make contact with the offenders. He said that the calls could be Center-vilf- e effects of speed bumps, Russel does not recommend their use. He cites car damaged vehicles and snow plow problems as several of the impending consequences. Charles Madsen, spokesman for., the residents, said that its impos-- : sible to drive down the steep hills at the 25 mph speed limit. He said the average speed is between 35 mph and 45 mph because of gravity making the cars coast down the hill. If we started putting in all these speed bumps and dips, wed have a city with nothing but speed blimps and dips, Councilman Lee Duncan said. Duncan said it would take the city five or six times longer to plow streets if speed bumps were installed because the snow plows would have to slow down for : city subdivision and tried to control all the speeders, it would be a nightmare for the city, Duncan said. I dont think people want to spend all the taxes that would be necessary to handle these problems. Duncan said he feels that speed bumps would slow down the cars which are already slowed down. He said that he believes the speeders would only get a bigger kick out of the speed bumps. But one resident complained that something has to be dojpe soon. Ive seen the kids go up and down the streets at terrific speeds. If some thing isnt done, someone is going to get hurt. Madsen says that his main rea- the gutters which the petitioners are proposing would actually aggravate the amount of water that floods the street. Councilman Jerald L.Jensen said he has a similar problem in his community and suggests that residents consider flipping the bill themselves. Council member R. Michael Kjar said he wants immediate action. I dont want the responsibility of a dead child on my hands by not settling the problem soon enough. A motion was made by Jensen to refer recommendations for a three-wa- y stop at 650 N. 500 E., and a stop sign at 540 N. 500 E. He said he would also like more information on the feasibility of installing a speed dip and where these costs would come from out of the city budget. The police chief and other personnel will report back to the city on Dec. 4 with their recommen- said. Clerks office employees have FARMINGTON- - Public hearing dates have been set for the countys 1985 general budget, it was announced recently. The hearings will be held Wednesday, Dec. 12 in the county commission chambers in the county courthouse. A public hearing on the proposed revenue sharing will be held at a.m. The general bud ; 1 1 lics use. Allphin has also been credited with saving the county an additional $22,000 overcharged by Mountain Bell in telephone bills. The charges were made over a period of years, he said. get hearing will be held at 11:15 a.m. A 1985 budget must be adopted by Dec. 15. Copies of the recommended general county budget can be picked up in the county auditors office 10 days prior to the hearing. County commissioners must approve the budget. Store Hit By Armed Robbery WOODS CROSS An armed robber, not yet apprehended, made away with an undisclosed amount of cash Saturday after holding up RBs One Stop on 675 W. 500. S, said Police Chief Niles Parade Gets City Into Christmas Spirit 4:38 p.m., when the suspect entered the store with a hand gun, ordered the clerk to the rear of If we started going to every The microfilming process will help preserve them for the pub- Public Hearing Dates Set For Davis County Budget son, besides the engineering problems, for petitioning the city with this is because children play along his street. I can live with the silt and the water, Madsen said. But I cant live with the danger to the kids. Mayor Neil A. Blackburn said' dations and further information. them. been microfilming county courthouse documents for almost a year. Some of the documents go back to the 1800s, Allphin said, and are crumbling and brittle. Stahle. The incident occurred around the counter and demanded money from the cash register, Stahle said. The suspect then fled on foot. The individual was described as a white male, with a slim to medium build, 20 to 24 years old, with blond, wavy hair. He was wearing a blue stocking ski mask and blue jeans at the time of the robbery. CURT JACKSON Review Correspondent BOUNTIFUL The Yuletide season for the Bountiful area was officially opened Saturday morng parade, coming with a plete with bands, floats, clowns and of course the grand old man of the day, Santa Claus. Hundreds of spectators lined the parade route, braving the chillly morning temperature to view the colorful event and get into the spirit of Christmas. The parade represented the cooperative efforts of Centerville, Bountiful, Farmington, North Salt Lake and surrounding communities to make the public more aware that gifts can be obtained mile-lon- locally. We would like the public to shop locally for their Christmas needs, said Haven Burningham, Executive Secretary of the Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce. He said that local businesses have stocked up on all kinds of articles that Christmas shoppers may want. There is no need, he said, for people to go out of the local area to make their purchases. The parade included the mayors of the area towns, police and fire department vehicles, floats built by downtown businesses. Sesame Street characters, and other par- ticipants. Signaling the spirit of Christmas with all its goodies, clowns who romped along beside floats, tossed candy to the spectators. Santa Claus was at the end of the parade. But not in a sleigh drawn by reindeer. He rode a buggy hitched to a horse. GETTING INTO the Yuletide Spirit, (from left) AN and Sarah Miller and Ashlee Gross Lakeside THROUGH NORTH ' Sells Quickly. 1 MARILYN L. DA" GARY ;. ; ,- 145 N. Main, Bountiful EVERY WEDNESDAY. MORNING, FROM ROY OF THE STANDARD CORPORATION. KARRAS SRSJH Assistant Editor 1 S&evftew SALT LAKE. A SUBSIDIARY Editor : 298-110- 3 HATCH Sports , Editor- G. 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