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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- NEWS JOURNAL. MARCH 24. 1977 IS eetue P8V0S By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County School Board probably awarded the contract to provide fill at the Centerville Elementary School site, bleachers at Bountiful High and balcony bleachers at Cross High, and approved the bond prospectus for a 4'i million dollar bond sale. THE BOARD awarded the contract to provide drainage and compacted fill at the new 6th East on 4th South to Foss Lewis and Sons of Bountiful on a $87,820 bid. The board had requested that Deputy Superintendent Steven White call for bids on needed A manual $82,000. The balcony bleachers needed at Woods Cross High School would be inside the gymnasium, Dr. White said. The board advised Dr. White to call for bids on both powered and April 5. In approving the bond prospectus, as submitted by Ken Newman, bonding agent for Burroughs, Smith and Co., the board reaffirmed that the bonds will be sold at the regular meeting on April 19. manually operated bleacher units. The 10 section, 12 row high bleachers would seat 1,560 students. BEFORE approving the bid for the six foot chain link fence at the Glade-Woo- d property in Bountiful, the board considered three bids which had been requested by Dr. White. United Fence Company was low bidder with a $7,700 bid. The fence will run along the north side of the property. Centerville Elementary School site between 5th and the fill material between and $150,000. Dr. White said the bid was made on the specifications of the architect, who said the land fill must be placed under the footings due to the instability of the land at the construction site. The 53,000 square foot building will include 23 classrooms. $125,000 called for bids on grandstand Woods run BID estimate on the bleachers was $43,178. The estimate for the powered units was $88,000. Bids will be called for at the next school board meeting on opened, are disintegrating. A bid estimate, plus concrete or asphalt, would place the cost of the bleachers at about Stringham who had told the board costs for the fill would MR. NEWMAN estimated Fe? 4 Million that 11 or 12 separate syndicates will be bidding on the bonds. Each syndicate consists of seven or eight different dealers. After the bonds are purchased, they will be sold to buyers throughout the country, Mr. Newman said. This bond sale will be the second series of bonds sold from the original 18 million dollar bond issue passed by Davis County residents in May 1975. The additional bond sale will fund construction and remodeling projects in Davis Schools.. THE BOND prospectus, as prepared by the bonding agency, will provide information on population base, property evaluation and indebtedness in the county, which will be essential to bidders, Mr. Smith said. He is hopeful that the bonds, which will mature in 1988, will bring a 5 percent rate. Burroughs and Smith has been the bonding agent for Davis School District for 18 years. ACTING ON other school needs, the board instructed the school administration to begin a search for a schooln site in either North Farming-toor South Kaysville and approved a new principal at the Syracuse Elementary School. Bernell Superintendent Wrigley said the growth in both areas has made the search necessary. The board asked administrators to look at possible sites in both areas and prepare a map showing possible sites for board approval. ORDITH BOURGEOUS was named principal of Syracuse Elementary School pn the recommendation of Superintendent Wrigley. He has been employed in the district for several years. The board will wait for a recommendation from the superintendent to name a principal at Sunset Elementary School. Dr. White said he is hopeful the board can sell the material in the old fence for salvage. before construction can begin on the 2V4 million dollar school. Van Staverson Construction was the second low bidder at $91,769. Seven contractors bid on the school. IN ASKING the board for to advertise for bids for grandstand bleachers at Bountiful High, Dr. White permission MORRIS HANSEN, school board member, expressed explained that the wooden bleachers, which have been at approval that the amount was less than the cost estimated Richard Architect by the site since Bountiful High Wasattch Front Job Martlet Ds Looking Good per cent of all employment, By GARY R. BLODGETT compared to northern Wasatch Front region is strong ing. - and - THATS the report from the federal, state government and local - declined slightly from a year ago. Thus, total non-faremployment in private industry increased by a substantial 7.7 per cent V declined slightly. Service industry showed a gain of 1,147 jobs, the largest of any category during the past year. Trade employment rose by 960 jobs, and manufacturing was up 650 jobs over the past 12 months. i: m of Employment Security which the Utah Department during the past 12 months while government jobs covers the Wasatch Front North District comprising Weber, Davis and Morgan counties. employment m per cent a IN FACT, all three levels of grow- Ogden Job Service Office of Non-far- 43 year ago, the report showed. The job market for the climbed at a steady four per cent annual rate with an additional 3,200 jobs over a year ago. THESE gains have been in every major employment ca- SERVICE showed a large gain primarily because of the opening of the Davis North Community Hospital in Lay-to- tegory except government, and this is encouraging, said office manager Harvey Rich. Leading categories in which jobs increased were service, up 12 per cent; manufacture ing up 6.7 per cent; and trade, which had a gain of 5.8 per n. " . Opening of the Emerson T1 Electric Companys Pacific II Chromalox "Division in the 'If Weber Industrial Park also r v contributed to the 7.2 per cent increase in local manufacturing employment, the report stated, grb cent THE TREND away from ingovernment employment dicates local economic leaders have achieved a large degree of success and lessened the areas dependency employon government ment, Rich said. Total government jobs for area is now 41 the three-stat- e A jV dollar sign has been described as a capital S which has been double-crosseConstitution, Atlanta d. -- Kaysville Water OutlooEt Ds Good Mayor Reports GOOD! PACKAGED PIPING HOT, While other communities are still at the drawing board trying to work out ways and means of getting sufficient water for culinary use this summer, Kaysville may be in for a welcome surprise. CITY MAYOR Glen Cundall said Kaysville will use as much water as is available from Webb Creek, east of the city relying on only a small portion of its Weber Basin allotment. of water He noted that Kaysville used 1,500 acre-fefrom all sources last year and that the lowest amount in 1961. ever recorded in Webb Creek was 1,235 acre-fe- 4 pet. a potato tog 4 drafting DINNER BOX 8 V et READY-TO-G- O. SNACK PACK v - BARN FULL pet. a potato log 18 pet., a potato log A A drtttlng TSXA , a. LARGER ORDERS AVAILABLE . water will be available this year from the creek is unknown, but its certain to aid in the citys water shortage. Kaysville has 1,235 acre feet of water contracted from Weber Basin this year, the mayor noted. We can save approximately 900 acre feet for next year, and add that to next years water - assuming there is some water next year, he said, grb I Other Sandwiches Available Pastrami Corned Beef Bologna Ham & Cheese Chicken Turkey Roast Beef y- - drafting HOW MUCH $ uk c. 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