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Show SPECIALv SF.RIAL 03DFR DIVISION u cr u u.miorr lirbahy SALT Carter Route Preort LAJ1S Cin, UTAH ollections UU12 ex tdJ ouma Davis US Pcetaue BULK RATE PAID pueusHNG comp any amp South Main Sheet It BounMut UWr 25 M010 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 76 1, 1987 Heavy filings in Layton, Clearfield force primary NORTH DAVIS COUNTY Because of the number of candidates for city council openings, Layton and Clearfield, north Davis Countys two largest cities will hold Oct. 6 primaries. In In Layton there arc 8 candidates for the three council seats. Incumbents, Dale F. Goede, Kent Dee Smith and Robert (Bob) Stevenson will be challenged by Hal Hallett, Golden C. Sill, Don Crockett, Thell (Ted) Day and LeGrande Simmons. Two incumbents, H. Kay Chandler and Ivan D. Anderson, will seek in Clearfield. Their challengers include M. Jay Black, Jay W. Crandall, H. Keith Stephensen, Mary K. Stark and Ralph L. Carter. Councilwoman Shirley Reed will not seek reelec- tion. Kaysville City will not hold a primary election. Running for council positions in Kaysville will be three incumbents, Beck K. Sheffield, Paul Wagaman and Brit Howard. They will be challenged by three men, Mike Egginton, Larry Houston and Gene McLaughlin. In Syracuse, no primary election is held. Filing deadline for the three positions open on the Syracuse City council is Sept. 25. Fruit Heights also has no prim- Subcommitte hears input on education ary election. Candidates are By DONETA GATHERUM selected by two local political parties, the Pine Cone Jarty and the Sagebrush Party. The community FARMINGTON Without federal impact aid to public schools in Utah, the education system of the state would be in serious trouble. This was the concensus of the witnesses that appeared before a field hearing on the Impact Aid Program for the Senate Education Subcommittee that was held Aug. 26 in Farmington. Impact Aid programs party conventions were held Thursday evening. Successful candidates are: Sagebrush Party candidates are Rowan Hutchinson, William Heath and David Barton. Pine Cone candidates are In- two-thir- 81-8- cial education children. Ninety percent of Utahs federally connected students are B students. Public Law provides construction and maintenance funds for the schools of these children. Senator Orrin Hatch conducted 81-8- Continued on page two Romney to address United Way kickoff HILLAFB Former Presidential hopeful George Romney will be the keynote speaker for Davis County United Ways campaign kickoff Sept. 17 here. Festivities will get underway at ' noon at the Officers Club on base, says Larry Burdett, Davis County United Way executive director. Activities will start out in the fly open air including an 6 salute by the HAFB by, Color and Honor Guards; presentation by Clearfield High Schools inarching band and musical selections by opera great Glade Peterson. Inside events will include a luncheon for $7.50; Mr. Romneys slide preaddress; a sentation by Mountain Bell highlighting volunteerism and Davis Countys own video film. Mr. Romney ran for president in The 1987 campaign will revolve around the theme, United Way: It Brings out the Best in All of Us. Jerry Moffitt, Chevron USA refin-er- y manager is campaign chairman. Reservations should be made by Space Sept. 1 by calling will be limited. 1 srooms. They should get class schedules and room numbers from their students. In the classroom sessions, parents will receive the important class disclosure policy, a document each teacher is required to prepare explaining their teaching poliobjectives, grading and tardy more cies. Parents will also learn about the structure of the clas tions. Principal Stephen Ronnenkamp says, Back to school and other school and PTSA activities provides opportunities to bridge the gap between the school and the home. This is one valuable way to find out what the school is doing. Parents wishing to join the PTSA can do so at Back to School Night. The PTSA has many activities planned for the students and parents associated with Davis High School. They will sponsor a PatrioDay tic Day and a other special projects. among Self-Estee- m be $400,000, according to Supt. Meacham, and will be built on Lot I KAYSVILLE An alternate of Vantage, a square lot before the power substation, approved in last Union Pacific Station, between years Kaysville City budget, was railroad tracks and the freeway. Ideally, the two systems will be given the final by the city planning commission recently and interconnected after making them projected to be completed in spring compatible, and provide a higher level of backup between the two. of next year. Weve seen the city grow in electrical consumption and deThe substation was a biproduct of a transformer failure in cided not to buy another stranded March, Walt Meacham, superincomponent that results in an tendent of Kaysville Electric, said. hour delay in services whenever Supt. Meacham said the failure there is need for repair, Supt. Meacham said. forced city officials to make a deciThe City of Kaysville is growing sion. They could buy another spare transformer and have a $100,000 up, and that means building more spare tire laying around, or they redundancy into the system, said could take the opportunity to build Supt. Meacham. When the new an alternate substation that would system is completed, power failures could be fixed with the flip of supply backup for the original system and provide for possible a switch, he said. The Supt. said much of the engrowth and expansion of the sysgineering work has already been tem, he said. The cost of the new system will completed for the project and bids go-ahe- career as governor of Michigan and later served as secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. He was president of American Motors Corp. and currently serves as national chairman of the Volunteer Center. sroom and the teacher expecta- cise classes. The Layton High School swim team will use the pool on a regular basis. From p.m. daily the pool will be used by the Layton Surfers junior swim team consisting of experienced, competitive swimmers under high school age. Any young person interested in belonging to this team should contact the parks and recreation office. The pool will be open for lap swimming while these other activi By KATHY CHRISTENSEN multi-med- ia Back to School Night Thursday at Davis High Once the bubble is in place, the will open at 5:30 a.m. for lap swimming and senior citizen exer- pool ties are taking place. At 5 p.m. the pool opens to the general public. It closes at 9 p.m. On Saturdays, the pool is open to the general public from noon to 7 p.m. From 9 p.m. on Saturdays, the pool is available for any group on a reservation basis. The cost to rent the pool is $200. 7-- Parks and recreation director, Richard Hunt, says that Surf N Swim has been well received and its first summer of operation can be considered very successful. Power substation approved by Kaysville City planners F-1- nt; . On Sept. 14, the bubble will be placed on the pool to allow patrons to use the pool during the winter months. . 21-g- Preparing for Davis High Schools PTSA back to school Principal night are James B. Taylor, left, PTSA Dr. Stephen F. Ronnenkamp and Gloria Taylor, PTSA copresident. LAYTON With the stirt of school and the end of w;arm sum- mer weather, there will be some changes in the swimming programs offered at Laytons Surf N Swim. Registration for Saturday morning swimming lessons will begin next week. A variety of general lessons plus merit badge classes and water aerobics will be offered starting at 8 a.m. and continuing until noon. GEORGE ROMNEY 1964 after a successful political Back to School KAYSVILLE School paDavis for High Night rents will be held Thursday, Sept. 3 beginning at 7 p.m. Parents will first meet in the auditorium and then will visit clas- Surf N Swim alters programs Lynn Benson and Bruce Shephard. Current councilmen Larry Pulsipher and Lynn Cook are not seeking com- munities. It provides an experience not so easy to enjoy in an inland desert state like Utah. cumbent Richard Muhlestein, re- imburses local school districts for the reduction in local tax revenues caused when there is federally owned property or federal employees who are not subject to local taxes within the school district. Utah receives about $7.8 million annually through impact aid because of the state is federally owned and 14 percent of the students come from parents employed by the U.S. government as military or civilian personnel. There are two impact aid laws. Public law compensates for school districts educating federally connected children in two categories. A children are those whose parents both live on and work on or at federal property or projects. B students have parents who either live on or work on or at federal property or projects. B children receive less than A. There is increased compensation for Indian children, handicapped or spe- Laytons Surf N Swim is proving popular with residents and those from nearby 295-660- 0. 8-- for the new transformer will be opened on Sept. 18. The peak demand on the Kaysville system is 9.2 (mgw) and when the new substation is completed, the system capacity will be 17.5 (mgw). The system will have a capacity double of what it is drawing, Supt. Meacham said. We will have the capacity to grow, he said. Funding for the project came from two sources, according to Supt. Meacham, the city equity fee and retained earnings from the system. I see no direct impact on city rates or taxes, he said. The superintendent also said they plan to make the property attractive, by landscaping, decorative fencing and adding park benches. We plan to showcase this one, Supt. Meacham said. It wont be bland or unattractive. Poll reveals Davis County living By CHERIE HUBER FARMINGTON Several months ago, Dan Jones and Associates, Inc. was selected by the Davis County Commissioners to conduct an opinion survey of the residents of the county. The commissioners now have that surveys results. Among the many things the poll was supposed to determine were how the residents of the county felt about life in Davis County, their, opinions on taxes and services, public opinion of the jail facility, whether the public really wants a county fair, and in general, to measure the performance of the county and its employees. In remarks to the commissioners as he reviewed the material, Dan Jones commented that many people dont know the difference between state, county and city Mr. Jones used a sample of 400 residents in Davis County whose names were selected at random from the phone book. According to Mr. Jones, this sample number yields a 95 percent accuracy for the overall survey. Turndowns, Mr. Jones said, were the least per capita of any Utah survey. In fact, it was difficult to end interviews, people wanted to keep on talking to the pollsters. Information from the questionnaires was used for a computer tabulation. As a result, Mr. Jones had a great deal of interesting information to present to the commissioners. Complete copies of the poll are available for public inspection at the commissioners office in Farmington. How do residents feel about living in Davis County? About 33 percent indicated that they felt the county was a better place to live in now than five years ago. Another 33 percent felt the county was about the same. However, 16 percent felt that the county had worsened over the past five years, and another 16 percent said they did not know. Most of those were people who have lived in Davis County for less than five years. Mr. Jones indicated to the commissioners that in comparison on surveys for other counties, there are fewer unhappy residents here, but those disgruntled ones are more vociferous. Those who were polled were given the opportunity to indicate what problems they thought the county was facing. Education, taxes, roads and growth were most mentioned as problems. Over half of the citizens polled were some- what" confident that the county government could solve the countys problems. However, almost one in five felt county government could "definitely" solve existing problems, while almost another one in five believe the problems may be insurmountable. s of the respondents said that services provided by Davis County government are worth the taxes. Mr. Jones commented to the commissioners that people usually feel better about taxes when they can see where Two-third- they go. Hidden government bothers people," he said. He also commented that he feels that the tax initiative will be on the ballot. He mentioned that most people will be unaware of the impact of the changes in the Federal income tax until next April, and then they will be unhappy. Property tax, he said, is the most unpopular tax, while sales tax is the most popular. When they rated individual services, the paramedics were placed Continued on page two |