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Show Will Vilie Footballers Begin To See Light? '.,8 school's football twil.besee- fjitlilM- " long-standing ques- !',!i field, allowing athle-peUion athle-peUion under the tf&jS the regular -tISrounty Board of Viewmont PTSA '!f ! et Mary Ellen Smoot "tt. ,m board that continued wreupped projected TE PUNS TO light the -J.. "Lu has been in the tt tor several years and if spearheaded by the ."fti and school boosters' - possibilities for support lh:ridis"'ictKca,r Mi orrn of a motion by the ka-' : listing aid of up to 50 ' V" orS15.000 for any fu-Mni'ihnng fu-Mni'ihnng project proposed Lh school without ' in addition to View-'-"those schools are Clear- 5s " Lanon and Woods i'.:; :: ' ." : ;a!ihoush the Viewmont ; - faised its share, ob-4 ob-4 information on ..'rent light types, pole yr? ," and wind velocities ' ''.' io assure poles of ,'j,ie strength, the board m ,ii to take any action. jeolihe board's no go, 4 smoot proposed either ''I'-dlmg all plans and re-, re-, monev to contribu- .'rewriting the share of 'L 'l0 a three-fourths check 'ft school district because ! -reased costs or allowing . sanation of equipment U PISA and other volun-I'jraups- ff ,1 CITED the example of 11 ran High School, where , Lions' Club and other tl jididall the work to in-f' in-f' gluing for its playing 1a Asst. Supt. John S. j ruled that possibility From the point of view jldings and grounds we n reaffirmed that this 5 County school system wimevery complex. We ixiremely conscious of bidding posture on ring in the county and all Mers have their eyes on a project. We could be threatened with a lawsuit if we don't bid." IN ADDITION to that he said keeping in toe with state regulations has eaten up more and more time. "It's verv difficult. With a large project it can take three years We can't use volunteers and stay square with the rules that we must follow. It took longer with every step than we thought it would." He said to determine pole strengths it was necessary to hire recognized recog-nized engineers for example But Principal Almon J Flake said volunteers behind the project had contacted the same engineers and others later called upon by the district. dis-trict. With the lights he said that it is hoped more parents could attend night games making it "more of a family affair." POINTING TO economics he said advantages come there too, with Hghtmg. There was a $3,930 net take when Bountiful High played Viewmont and that almost payed for the lights. Our best year we took in $3,850, $150 less than Bountiful did in one night. The schools without lights have to fight to get enough money to keep their athletic programs going," Although asked by former Davis County Commissioner Stanley Smoot. Mrs. Smoot's husband, when progress might be made, no definite answer was coming, at least not at that meeting: THE BOARD moved to further study the matter and take action after more information infor-mation is gathered. Perhaps the money donated for lights by the 1978 graduating class and others will yet find some use. tb |