| Show Report card2E Community news3E Senior activities6E Standard-Examin- Local News Editor: Thursday May 27 1 999 er WEBER SCHOOLS RiVERDALE Business license earns city’s e priority By CATHY McKITRICK Standard Examiner correspondent keeping children could be issued is a Although school task J ‘ parents in the Weber School District can take comfort in the many programs bemg implemented to keep school environments safe and productive “The better kids do the higher will be and the their less prone they’ll be to act out in violent ways” Carl Bruce safety specialist for the Weber School District said Bruce presented an update on school safety to the Weber School Board last week Bruce commented on the lack of connectedness which showed up as a common thread in acts of school violence nationwide and recommended a proactive approach to involve students in productive activities “Our schools are positive productive and safe” he said He gives the credit to the district’s multifaceted innovative approach which involves parents teachers students and members of the community The district's safety programs part of the strategic plan focus on prevention intervention and response In addition to existing programs some new measures are being developed Elementary and junior high schools in the district have produced recommended child access and routing plans to help children get to and from schooi safely “We’re also m the process of compiling safety plans for every school playground to identify every possible hazard” he said The schools also are implementing a system to quickly notify parents or emergency contacts in the case of a school dosing after children have arrived Teachers will have a yellow card for each child containing emergency contact information and will have an instant messaging system in place to call emergency contacts to pick the child up In conjunction with local law enforcement agencies the district e will have school resource otficers at seven of the eight junior highs next year to not only act as deterrents but also to give instruction and befriend the students North Ogden Junior High is the one school that will not have a resource officer Access to schools will be limited to one primary entrance and visitors will need to sign tn and obtain a pass “In the case of a violent event we’re implementing our DASH program which stands for Down Away Safe and Help” Bruce said The acronym will serve as an easy reminder to students to take the appropriate action when a crisis occurs The district has requested funding from Weber County Emergency Management to purchase a trailer unit to serve as a disaster medical assistance center for emergency triage “W'e’re also considering the purchase of electronic surveillance systems for or high nsL areas in our schools and increasing the number of teachers patrolling c areas” Bruce said f or each school m the district' a teacher or administrator has been named as City Administrator John Geilmann said the business had complied with all requirements within a week after the conditional approval had been given “The only remaining recommendation is that they demolish an old building that resides on part of the property” Geilmann said self-ima- I r I full-tim- high-traffi- SafetyEmergency PreparednessSecuruy facilitator and he or she will head up a school safety committee that will meet once a month Iich school safety committee will consist of an administrator ' the PI SA Health and Safety Commissioner the custodian the office or law sctuKiI resour enforcement representative and a teacher or parent See SCHOQLS2E OK The city council unanimous but conditional appioval to American Monument and Stone to renew its business license The business has operated in Riverdale for a quarter of a century but had some tire and safety issues which had to be met before the new license Administrators put safety for students as top 3 limits - Dianna McClintock keys in on safety 625-422- City “I was imagining how the kids would read when the missionaries go thae I pictured the smiles on the kids’ faces and it made mefeel good ” District H 1 --d UiNTAH Library seeks council donation The Weber County Library Board has asked members of the town council to donate $12600 over the next three years to help with the expansion of the library system Board member Linda Wangsgard said the $12 600 is Uintah's share of what is needed to expand the Weber County Library system including building a new library in the southeastern part of Weber County that would service Uintah citizens Autoliv builds candy brigade Employees at Ogden company reach out to children in Kosovo refugee camps By TANNA BARRY Standard Examiner correspondent - A simple request for a missionary in turned into a week and a OGDEN project for a group of workers at Autoliv After receiving a letter from her son Val Warner Autoliv employee Dianna Price was so touched that she decided to share it with Warner wrote about the her conditions he found in refugee camps for Kosovo and he told those fleeing war-tohis mother that he and his LDS mission companion nde bicycles an hour and a half each way to bring candy to children in a refugee camp “The kids over there think he’s a celebrity because he brings them candy” Price said Warner asked his mother to send him candy so that he could continue to do this “I sent him a pack of starbursts the day I received the letter” Price said Dianna McClintock But for that wasn’t enough “He only asked his mom to send some candy but there are a lot of kids” McClintock said “Besides I thought it would be nice to help out” Warner’s letter also talked about the different people in the camps One woman in the camp was a manager in Iran one week and the next week she didn’t even have a toothbrush “It touched me” McClintock said “I was going very small scale at first but when I realized that people felt the same way 1 did I thought we could do more" The group did a lot more by collecting many items including toothbrushes 24 boxes of shampooconditioner and $150 to buy candy for the children m er n McClintock started by calling some people in her ward to help her by gathering things to send Price's son “I was imagining how the kids would react when the missionaries go there” McClintock said “I pictured the smiles on the kids’ faces and it made me feel good” The next day McClintock realized that other people were interested McClintock then went to Madelyn Roundy a Human Resource representative at Autoliv to get more of the company involved “Madelyn got the whole ball rolling” McClintock said every division Roundy was able to in the company and inform them what was going on Since some areas don’t receive she also made envelopes to collect donations Then Roundy was able to get authorization to have the company pay for shipping for all the materials collected and purchased Initially they planned on just getting candy for the children but soon the project became larger Through word of mouth businesses and friends of the workers at Autoliv were mvolved The workers gathered toothbrushes toothpaste candy shampoo conditioner and many other items to send to Warner and his companion Mark I isher “The children are the biggest focus” McClintock said But Roundy feels that projects like this not only help the people receiving the items but also the people sending them “It helps people appreciate what they have” Roundy said and participant Curtis lloehn in the project said “It’s made me lake a bigger look at the way we live and the things we take for granted" Hoehn was so exuted about the project that he told his dentist about it and called his sister to get involved His dentist at Gary Hoopcs Dentist toothbrushes Office donated er six-doz- Carol Hoopes the secretary at the office said “If we can make a little bit of difference we are glad to do it” "Everyone is doing a little bit to make a lot” said Tern Hess Hoehn’s sister and the manager of Mastercuts in the Newgate Mall Hess collected shampoo and conditioner to donate to the project from all six stores in the state of Utah “I think that it’s a good idea to help people when they need help like this” Hess said “It makes me feel good to be able to help somebody out” To some people the idea of sending candy and other items doesn’t seem very logical but McClintock and her said they felt like this is what the children needed “I think they need the necessities in life and it seems like a lot of groups are taking care of that but it seems like they would miss candy and gum too” Roundy said McClintock added “It’s all the little things that people don’t really think about (that the people miss)” The group said many organizations are sending blankets food personal hygiene items and clothes so they wanted to do something different And they wanted to respond to Warner’s letter by helping him help the children lloehn also talked about the need for more people to be involved in projects like this “This is at the top of the media’s list right now because of everything that’s going on but things like this project shouldn’t stop” Hoehn said about the refugees from Kosovo "Hiere's always people that need WEST HAVEN City plans July festivities During a recent meeting the city council discussed the annual Fourth of July celebration The celebration will be held July 5 Activities will run the entire day People can participate or watch the adult and youth rodeos join the 5 kilometer waikrun participate in a silent auction and watch dog shows games and entertainment Youth council budget discussed The West Haven Youth Council’s budget was discussed at a recent city council meeting The youth council raised $1 350 last year through different activities including a spook alley at Halloween a Christmas Parade in which youth council members won $200 for Best Use of Theme for their entry activities during the Fourth of July and their annual Easter Egg Hunt The youth council was allotted $2 000 from the city council in addition to raising $1350 and members spent a total of $1898 help” lloehn said that this project isn’t the end for hint He plans on helping out in any way he can whenever the opportunny comes up kit the same way Many of his Hess added “There are always people willing to help” You i an reai h lorrespotuknt Tanna Barry by 3 kauiitf a menage al PET OF WEEK Ghamt is available at the Ogden 625-422- Animal Shelter He is a neutered 2 to 3 years old boxer mimm Council says no to City's zoning won't support license for popular amusement By CATHY McKTTTOCK SZandar'l Examr ooretfonoaX The city council unanimously rejected a bid by businessman Michael Schofield to bring his business portable “Go-Kart- ” back to the Toys ‘R’ Us parking lot for three weeks this spring Schofield needs a business license to operate the seasonal business Previously he and his wife operated their business MC I nterrnses in the Toys ’R’ L’s parking lot with a license granted by South Ogden where the couple had previously been told to obta n a license But Council woman Nancy go-ca- rt Brough said that even though sounded like fun the s she would have to vote against Schofield's request as a matter of principle To allow an amusement business to operate in this location which is a Redevelopment Agency property zoned C3 would require an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow for conditional use "It would be hke opening Pandora’s box” she said Mi hen Schofield aTed if there was any other location in Riverdale where he could run his business the council s response was neguiive again based on lack vt zoning for this type of business Brough reminded the council business go-ca- rt that elephants were once brought to the Wal-Maparking lot "We could be opening up store parking lots for a lot of amusement businesses which we don’t want” Brough said Councilman Jell Powers also disliked the idea "It's not compatible with RDA specifications” Powers said City Administrator John Geilmann who also serves as executive director of the RDA board agreed with Powers and Brough 'Hie raikirg lot in front of the Riverdale Shopko store hoeted heheopier rides at one lime They attracted a lot of people” Community Development Administrator Randy Dailey sad rt Ghami can be seen at 1490 Park Bird from noon to 4 30 p m weekdays and from noon to 2 30 p m Saturdays His adoption fee of $20 includes an identification microchip For an appointment call 629 8244 Councilman Howard Coleman expressed concern over the noise the business would create Hours of operation would be from 10 a m until 1 1 p m Toys ‘R’ Us stays open until 9pm and the neighboring Nickelcade operates until midnight Schofield said that a normal speaking voice can be heard above the decibel level ol the carts which run between 17 and 19 miles rer hour “VSe’ve never had a complaint from neighboring residents about noise” said Schofield “Some of them were our best customers ” I oeal police registered no complaints about his business BEST 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