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Show serial cnnr.R division U OF ilAHiiloTI LIBRARY GALT LA7.L CliY, UTAH U - SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UU12 TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1987 Final decision not made New senior citizens center proposed for central Davis REflex-Journ- Editor al to 2.7 free land--u- p Kaysville. By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON A central Davis County senior citizens center has been proposed to be located in downtown Kaysville. With consent of County Commissioner Bill Peters and other key players, the Council on Agings physical facilities and non- profit corporation committees made the recommendation in a Monday morning session. Although final details have to be worked out with Kaysville City and other officials, the board pinpointed either a northeast or southeast portion of the Kaysville City Block between 1st North and Center and Main-1East. Some $300,000 in federal community development block grants have already been targeted for the project that is projected in these early stages to cost about $800,000 said Com. Peters. It would include 10,000 square feet, or about the same square footage as the new Kaysville Municipal Center. More than a dozen sites from Kaysville to Layton have been scrutinized over the past months in an effort to locate a location that would be accessible to residents from both cities. In the end, though, with purchase costs of $23,000 to $40,000 an it appeared impossible for the body to pass up an offer for three-quarte- rs Fairfield Road between the Smiths Food King in Layton and new LDS stake center in the Mutton Hollow area but lack of utilities and a sometimes hefty price tag were major considerations. Physical Facilities Committee Chairman Frank Story emphasized Layton has many facilities that could be used by seniors such as the wave pool, even if a center were built in Kaysville. In addinight tion, the dances held by Layton might be incorporated, it was added. so-call-ed st highly-successf- Inmates, county benefit from outside program Davis County jail inmates are finding its FARMINGTON far better on the outside than in a cell looking out. Under the Sheriffs jail work detail program, volunteer sentenced inmates work for cities and other government agencies under direct supervision, says St. L. Green. Two inmates have patched blacktop roads along with city staff in Fruit Heights. In Centerville, six to seven inmates have cleaned the city cemetery over the past couple weeks while the Davis County Courthouse is getting some needed painting through the help of inmates. ee Utah Parks and Recreation division has requested eight to ten work detail inmates for the summer to help build a buffalo holding facility on Antelope Island. Under the jail classification system, Sgt. Green explains,, inmates must volunteer for outside work details. Their files are reviewed and screened and then they are interviewed by jail staff. If they meet requirements outlined, they are given trustee status and assigned as needed, he continues. Inmates have voiced feelings it is far better to be outside working than to spend time sitting in a cellblock, Sgt. Green says. They get a sack lunch each day and receive special privileges time. In for service such as evening visitors or color addition, participants can gain five days of "good time for every 30 days confined. That allows them early release duties as authorized by Sheriff Johnson, Sgt. Green notes. TV-viewi- , STUDENTS FIGHT DRUGS Among students involved in the nationwide shopping center campaign from are: of Central Davis Junior Bennett, Layton left, Wayne High; Tammy Patson and Kris Miller, Layton High School ACCT (anti-drugroup and Central Davis Junior School students Anne Daron Gatherum and Dustin Finlinson. A pledge Dutson, High g was conducted that and alcohol disincluded drives and campaign petition Lane Fort plays. Shopping Center and Layton Hills Mall were among participating area shopping centers. anti-dru- ' gs g) anti-dru- ul New principals are appointed acre-plu- s, two-thr- Pledge Cea No architectural drawings, or construction starting or compleSupport from Layton Mayor tion dates are yet available with a Richard McKenzie was noted, by myriad of details still to be discusboard member Jim Young, with sed and worked out. board members indicating hed The Kaysville City Council prethrow support behind a Kays- viously conceptually approved ville location. Layton offered a placing a senior citizen center on acre site near its city the city block. The city currently shops and north of the Catholic allows use of the old Brough home seminary building, but it was be- on 1st North as a senior center but lieved that would be too small to that facility has limited space and meet projected needs. use potential. Many sites were surveyed along acres--fro- m FARMINGTON Friday afternoon, the Davis County Board of Education approved the appointment of three senior high school principals, four junior high school principals and three full time elementary school principals. In addition, the Board appointed two half time elementary school principals that will also have half day teaching assignments and two principal interns that will assist principals with assignments at two elementary schools. The concept of half time principals, principals assigned to two schools and principal interns are new to Davis District. They have been instigated this year as a cost savings measure. The high school principalships were given to Dr. Stephen F. at Davis; Michael H. Duckworth at Clearfield and Wally Hawkins at Woods Cross. Junior high assignments were given to W. Dale Rees at South Davis; Michael L. Timothy at North Davis; Dr. Ross P. Poore Jr. d at Central Davis and Larry K. at North Layton. Appointed as full time elementary principals are Charles Dyer at Kaysville; John Olearain at Sunset and Ruth Kunkel at Cook. The two half time elementary principals at Jeannine Crabtree at South Weber and Kent Beckman at Wasatch. The elementary principal interns that will work with a principal assigned to two smaller elementary Ron-nenka- Mill-war- schools are Ofelia Wade at Washington and Elizabeth Beck at Meadowbrook. Dr. Stephen F. Ronnenkamp, Davis Highs new principal, has been working as the principal of Central Davis Junior High for the past three years. He holds a B.S. degree in English and Business economics, an M. Ed. in secondary school administration and a Ed. D degree in public school administration. He is an adjunct assistant professor of education at USU. Michael H. Duckworth who will be the new principal at Clearfield High School served as the principal at North Davis Junior High School last year. He has also been a vice principal and a secondary school teacher. He holds a B.S. degree in Disabled vet loses cane By KATHY CHRISTENSEN Fred L. Hennefer, Kaysville, is 92. years old and a disabled war veteran. He has a sharp mind and still does his own driving, but lately Fred has had trouble getting around. Fred usually walks with the assistance of a cane. Not an ordinary cane, but an old unvarnished, wooden cane with a deerhorn handle. The cane was given to him by his father 40 years ago. Two weeks ago on a shopping trip to Bowmans in Kaysville, Fred lost his cane. I dont know what to do. I look and look and look and I cant find it Mr. Hennefer said. anywhere, Ive got it on my mind every mi- nute. Fred is offering a $10 reward for the return of his cane, (thats all I can afford to give up,) he said. It worries me that such a wonderful keepsake from my dad could be lost, said Hennefer. Anyone that may have information about Mr. Hennefer s cane can contact him at 544-463- 2. accounting and history and an M. Ed. degree in educational administration. Another junior high school principal that was appointed to a high school is Wally Hawkins. His was as prinassignment for 1986-8cipal at South Davis JuniQr High. Prior to that, he was the vice principal at the same school. Mr. Hawkins has worked in the Davis District since he graduated from college in 1969. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. degree. Mr. Hawkins was assigned to Woods Cross High. The appointment of so many new principals and the unusually high number of assistant principals retiring or taking other assignments has left vacancies in the 7 administrative ranks of every secondary school in the district. Dr. Richard Kendall, the new superintendent of Davis County Schools, indicated Friday afternoon that these vacancies will be filled with assistance from the newly appointed principals in a week or ten days. Volunteers make HAFB Flight Museum reality By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON Volunteers are brought the Hill Air Force Museum of Flight to where it is today. We need community support, Major General Rex A. Hadley informed members of the Layton Chamber of Commerce who were in attendance at the June monthly luncheon held Thursday what has at the Valley View Golf Course. Major Hadley is a retired reserve officer who had a military career that spanned 40 years. He is now the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Air Force Heritage it Foundation of Utah, a is that organization responsible for raising the almost two million dollars needed to complete this Museum of Flight. Major General Hadley explained that the Air Force authorized the making of museums in communities near air bases in 1982. There non-prof- are many sites available. At Hill Field, the government contributed 36 acres with good access from the freeway. The Air Force will not furnish money for this purpose as some people believe. If the com- munities dont support this museum, it will fail and the material we have collected will be used he by other air force museums, stated. Continued Page 2 Dr. Bell relates fantastic success of Job Corps By TOM HARALDSEN ance he feels Job Corps plays, but battle with discussed his others in the Reagan Administration on keeping the nations centers open. on-goi- SALT LAKE CITY As we think about the growth of Job Corps in this country, it has to be the most fantastic success story we have of education in our nation. Those words, from former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. T. H. Bell, summed up his views of the' Job Corps program as he delivered a speech to a special Job Corps breakfast in Salt Lake City Thursday. Dr. Bell was asked to address the breakfast held in commemoration with Job Corps Week in Utah. Representatives from the Department of Labor, Management Training Corporation of Ogden, and both the Clearfield and Weber Basin Job Corp Centers were present. The native Utahns address highlighted not only the import The wizards in the Office of Management and Budget were always looking for places to cut, David Stockman (former treasury secretary) was obsessed with the cost of Job Corps. He even stated on more than one occasion that it cost more to put a person throug Job Corps than through Harva Dr. Bell stated. "The problem with that statement was, for one thing, it wasn't true. Secondly, what he was implying was the intellectually elite with wealthy parents were entitled to that support from education, while the youth that go to Job Corps were not. That really raised my dander, he added. Dr. Bell recalled that Job Corps started while he worked as a school administrator in this state. He, like many others, was taken back a bit by the objectives the program set out. Who could take the youngsters whod had the most trouble in their lives and be successful with them, especially if you concentrate them all together? But that exactly what has happened with Job Corps, and he happened very successfully, said. Job Corps than to compare it with Harvard. While serving in Washington, Dr. Bell helped author a government study on education titled A Nation at Risk. The government publication has now sold over 12 million copies, and when it was released in April 1983, its shocking statistics caused Dr. Bell to become front page news throughout the country. He was invited onto almost every nationwide morning news program and talk show. Teeing off on Stockmans comparison of Harvard with Job Corps, Dr. Bell said he is sure the completion rate of students in Job Corps is much higher than that of the renowned university. We didnt start this comparison with Harvard, he added. But Im glad Dave Stockman did. Theres no better way to sell the The gist of the study is that, for to 70 percent of the young people in this country, we are doing a pretty dam good job of education. In 1950 for instance, seven percent of adult Americans had college degrees. By 1985, as our updated studies have shown, that number rose to 19 percent," he said. But for 30 to 40 percent of the 60 students in America, we just arent cutting it. Thirty percent of the nations ninth graders drop out of high school without graduating, and even here in Utah, 24 percent of ninth graders drop out," he added. Dr. Bell used those statistics as a way of stressing the importance of the Job Corps message, stating what will those dropouts face? They are a problem in society. How are they going to help us remain competitive, to keep our jobs, to keep the economy strong? We to have so many of can our young people, and a large number of our adults, not pay and function effectively in our society." Referring to the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, whose anniversary we celebrate this year, Dr. Bell asked, "How can we secure these blessings if we don't have a chance for education--i- f we don have a chance to find our way and carve out a good life in our society? Thats the contribution were receiving from Job Corps. He supports a tripling of new centers nationwide, and reflected back on the time several years ago when the Reagan administration recommended a zeroing out of Job Corp centers. Such a compeling story was put before Congress, he recalled, that they not only objected to closing the centers, but actually increased budgets. It gives another testimony to the strength, power and effectiveness of Job Corps. In closing, Dr. Bell stated that Job Corps "is converting potential tax consumers into r ',i ,; e taxfaced payers. All the adversity a few years ago helped us tell our story, and I dont think theres a better story anywhere." i |
