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Show grIW0W UTA:i 4(7 Trlr-o- -; JJL - A- j 'JT 1 i v , :..r'.j i Wew paper to replace Chronicle and Times Beginning next week, Sun Publishing will distribute a new newspaper the Lakeside Review. The new paper will be circulated to every home from Roy through Centerville. We have beefed up our staff to allow us to provide complete news coverage to the 29,000 homes in the larger area. Today's issues are the last for the Sun Chronicle, Sun Times and Clearfield Courier. The Lakeside Review will serve the areas with what we hope will be more complete news coverage than has been possible in the past. Also, our staff began several weeks ago gathering news and features in the areas. We are talking with the people who know whats happening in pur The Roy Redevelopment Agency Tuesday appointed Roger Dutson, city attorney, as coordinator for the agency, voted to ask the City Council for a $15,000 loan and directed Dutson to take steps to hire a private consulting firm, initiate action to seek grants and set up communication with citizens and business owners. During the agencys first meeting, the directors, who are also Roy Citys mayor and City Council, heard a report from Roy City Manager Richard Kirkwood in which he urged the agency to take immediate action to start redevelopment of the citys business areas. He recommended that the agency hire a professional marketing, planning and research firm to provide the agency with an independent market analysis to include a survey of the citys entire commercially zoned property. He said the survey should also: determine the optimum commercial site areas coverage area. We will provide accurate coverage of the important events in our communities and we will have the ads you need to see. The Lakeside Review will be delivered Thursday mornings, and it will be free. Refund checks are being prepared for those people who have paid in advance for any of the current publications. After weeks of study and conversations with people in the communities, we determined that one publication could better serve in our coverage area. We hope you will agree. Please continue to bring us information about your club and church meetings, your Eagle Scouts, your engagements and weddings and other important community events. Help us to serve you with the Lakeside Review. determine the types of businesses that would be best for the community - determine the total market area from which the commercial area will draw Kirkwood said the city has $5,000 set aside in the budget for updating of the city master plan and $10,000 in a contingency fund for redevelopment of the business district. He said the city should commit those funds to get the redevelopment agency operation under way. The agency board members will "change hats" to approve the use of city funds when they meet as a City Council Tuesday. Rnard member Wayne Kimber commented "If Im convinced as an agency board member that we need the money for the agency, I probably won't be too hard to convince as a city councilman. "Thats why the two bodies work in such harmony," Dutson quipped. Kirkwood also recommended the agency appoint a commercial ad- a M iww MS IMS. M' Sty Vol. 31 No. 34 (USPS 526.420) h fMn tmpy MMf. Str UMfc.tofcMrt, -I-- . prk. t imK S.Writ MM ... adiiwrt. 1M Or. My, August 20, 1980 Roy, Utah visory committee which he said should represent various community interests. Board member Jack Pierce said the agency should work closely with the Roy Chamber of Commerce in getting input from business owners in the city. Dutson said the chamber has already forwarded the names of several members who would like to work with the agency. Board member Earl Morris asked Dutson what federal grant funds are available to help the redevelopment project. "If the agency can go ahead without federal aid, that would be best," Dutson said. "Federal grants for redevelopment come with too many strings attached." But he indicated there are some planning grants the agency can seek with fewer strings attached." Kirkwood said grants are available for small cities from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for technical planning assistance, but that it may take years to get such funds approved. Kirkwood said the $15,000 in city funds would be sufficient to get the market analysis under way. He said the survey would cost approximately and would be $9,000 to $10,000, necessary before negotiations could begin with any specific developer. He said developers require the agency to provide data concerning the potential market before they will make any commitment. Joseph Dawson, board member, said the agency should concern itself primarily with the upgrading of the existing business districts in the city. He said research has shown that redevelopment of existing commercial areas, while more expensive, is usually more successful than the development of new areas. Dutson said the market survey would bIbo provide information that would be helpful in updating the city's master plan. Kirkwood also recommended the agency initiate written correspondence with all commercial property owners outlining the agencys objectives. Roy man dies after accident A Roy man died Tuesday after a car he was driving went off the road and hit a telephone pole on 5600 South near 2250 West. Frank Spracklen, 62, died at McKay-De- e Hospital in Ogden. Roy Patrolman Steve Nixon said there were indications the victim may have suffered a heart attack just prior to the accident. He said the cause of death is still unknown, pending results of a medical examiners report. at The accident was reported to police 12:43 p.m. Report for 1979 loss of $44 1,575 shown in countyhospital audit I L , . An auditors report of Weber County Hospital showing a loss of $441,757 for 1979 was approved Tuesday by the hospitals advisory board. Ted Stagg of the firm of Stagg, Thomson and Associates, certified public accountants, reported to the board that the figure represents an actual loss, which has been carried forward into 1980 and has not been made up with county funds. Stagg said the loss occurred primarily because of a drop in the number of patients treated at the facility during 1979 and because of a change in accounting procedures to a computer system, which caused a delay in reporting of financial in-- l formation. We were not able to respond to cost increases rapidly enough to increase our -- charges to. coverthem, Stagg said. He said the change to a computer system resulted in a period of nearly nine months when no financial reports were available. The lass in 1979 was compared to a loss in 1978. Much of the $218,707 difference, Stagg said, was due to a $207,000 writeoff of accounts receivable which were deemed uncollectable by the hospital administration and the auditors. Stagg said the charges written off had been incurred in the past two years and were for patients who have since died or lost contact with the hospital. He said former hospital ad- ministrators had been reluctant to write off the accounts because it had been hoped they could be collected. Stagg said some of the loss may be increased recovered through Medicare and Medicaid charges this year. Ken Colby, an associate of Stagg, said the hospital budget was not monitored monthly as is the procedure for other county departments. He said the auditors now have learned to request reimbursement immediately from the state, rather than waiting until the end of the year. Were on top of the accounting We can control he said. now, revenue and expenditures. Board Chairman Keith Jensen said he was baffled" by how the hospital could incur such a loss and how it would be made up. Rhett Potter, director of human services for Weber County, said the hospital administrator and auditors had spent the first sue months of 1980 the expenditures reconstructing and revenues of 1979 and getting the hospital into the 20th Century in its accounting system. He said in the past, the hospital had come to the county commission for more money when expenditures were exceeding budgeted amounts, but that no one had known about the 1979 loss until after the year was over. Stagg said the hospital is now on an accrual basis for accounting purposes. for 1980 is Laurie Peterson (center), Heifer, second attendant. MISS ROY with Jeannine Richards (left) first attendant and Britt Ellen Rfilssslfiloy HSWdlwsm Holly Olsen, Miss Roy 1979, surrendered her crown Saturday night when Laurie Peterson, a musician who enjoys sewing and jogging, was crowned Miss Roy for this year. Miss Peterson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Peterson, 4538 S. 1725 W. Her first attendant is Jeannine Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. James Richards, 2219 W. 5150 S., and the second attendant is Britt Ellen Heifer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Heifer, 2072 W. 3875 S. The pageant was a part of the citys ongoing Roy Days celebration which will continue through Saturday. Becki Lyn Hamblin was voted Friendliest Girl, Shupe and Lynn classes for students sign up Taylor (from left) help TEACHERS DIANE PETERSON, Bruce Erickson during registration at Sand Ridge Junior High School. Schools open in the Roy area Monday. Weber District Schools to open Monday Students from first grade through the high school will be heading for classes Monday as schools in the Weber School District open for the year with several new programs initiated to encourage parent involvement. For the first time, parents are invited to attend this years opening institute scheduled Friday with an address by Dr. Grant Harrison, a Brigham Young University educator and author. The institute will be held in the Austad Auditorium in the Vaf A. Browning Center at Weber State College beginning at 9 a.m. Harrison has written articles on the importance of a partnership between parents and teachers in accomplishing the task of education. In addition to his speech, the program will include a welcome by district board member, Richard H. Thomley of Roy and remarks and introduction by Superintendent G. Leland Music for the institute will be provided by a unique student en semble group from the districts newly organized symphony orchestra and a musical number by music teachers in the district. Prior to the institute, teachers, administrators and other staff members will have spent all day Thursday and will return on Friday after the institute to their schools to make preparation for the opening day of school Monday. A full day of school is planned for the first day, with regular school lunch being served and a fill! bus schedule for all bus students. Kindergarten students will be registering by appointment Monday and Tuesday and will begin attending on Wednesday. Lunch prices this year are 10 cents higher than last year, at 65 cents for elementary students and 75 cents for junior high school and high school students. Adults will pay $1.10. Following recommendations made by citizen advisory groups and study by the Weber School Board, a schedule of fees for student participation in extracurricular activities has been adopted for the 1980-8- 1 school year. The fees will make it possible for the district to continue offering the programs despite cutbacks in federal an funding which prompted evaluation of student activities and services. The citizen committees were formed to study school cuts after a voted leeway was defeated in 1979. The maximum that parents of a senior high school student would be required to pay for that student's extracurricular activities is $30. Fees for individual senior high activities are: At the junior high school level, the maximum is $20 per student. Other junior high school fees are: The maximum per family for both junior high and senior high school participation is $90. The more than 1,300 students at Roy High School will enjoy their first full year with a new cafeteria, new art complex and enlarged library, ail completed about midway through the past school year. was Bowles; princess, Holly Olsen, daughter of Kenny and Lisa Olsen. Twins, most different, Shawn and Stacie Chadwick, children of Stan and Sherry Chadwick; twins, most alike, Trent and Ashley Nelson, children of Pam Gomm; curliest hair, Mac Bowles; most hair, Amber Lynn Jensen, daughter of Rick and Mary Jensen. Cutest smile, Amy Oleson, daughter of Darrell and Robyn Oleson; brightest eyes, Brian Barton; longest Chad Hulse, son of Cherylann Hulse, and dimples, Daniel Furniss, son of Scott and Lori Furniss. Riding a special float in the Roy Days parade Saturday will be Little Miss Roy, Kristin Child, and Bradi Skinner, first attendant, and Janet Sherman, second attendant. Miss Child is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Child, while Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Skinner and Mr. and Mrs. Gaylor Sherman are parents of the attendants. All are residents of Roy. eyelashes, ROY DAYS 1980 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Theme: Reflections of You and Rebecca given the non-finali- st talent award. A full day of activities is planned Saturday, including a parade, an address by Utah Gov. Scott Matheson and an evening fireworks display. Police and firemen will square off tonight at Sand Ridge Park for the charity softball game at 7:30, and a fashion show is planned Thursday at 7 at the Roy High School p.m. auditorium. Two events are scheduled Friday a memorial service at 6:30 evening at Weber County Hospital and a disco dance starting at 8 at the Roy High School cafeteria. Saturdays events will begin with a breakfast, sponsored by Weber County firefighters, from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at Sand Ridge Park. Profits from the breakfast will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The annual Roy Days Parade will begin at 10 a.m. and will travel along 1900 West from 5600 to 4400 South and then to Sand Ridge Park, 2100 West and 4400 South. Gov. Matheson and Roy Mayor Joseph Dawson will speak during ceremonies at the park. The speeches will begin at 11:30 a.m. Park activities are planned from noon to 4 p.m., and historical arts and crafts will be displayed at Sand Ridge Junior High School. The fireworks display is planned at 9:30 p.m. at Roy North Park. back-to-scho- ol Winners of the Roy Days baby contest held Saturday include: prince, Mi c Bowles, son of Steven and Sandra 4;00PM Booths Solar Energy Exhibit Firefighter Demonstration Continuous Live EnterU inment (PLEASE PARK AT ROY HIGH SCHOOL) 9 : 30 PM Historical Arts and Crafts Display Sand Ridge Jr. High Fireworks Roy North Park |