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Show SERIAL AL'i PI VIIOTJ OP.DFR LAit.iioiv L.K- - l u CI'iY , UTAH o? u oil 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1987 Jail proposal, dust on Laurelwood Drive busy Kaysville Council By ERNIE Kelie Babcock, left, doesnt let her handicaps interfere with in participation the Davis County Head Start program. Teacher Sharon Dowdle is flanked by students CeClia Hernandez, Jacob Atwater and Samuel Sparks. Five-year-o- full-fledg- ed ld J. SHANNON KAYSVILLE With the Davis County jail proposal going before the voters a little more than a week from now, the county commissioners are paving the way for a marketing campaign aimed at the countys electorate. During last weeks Kaysville City Council session, Commissioner Glen Saunders, with support from former jail director Jim Stewart, discussed the whys and hows of the new facility to council members. It was, in Mr. Saunders words, an effort to convince the city leaders of the need before filtering the information to the general population. Basically, we want to get away from a very inefficient operation, which is too small, and move into a incarnew facility with ceration methods, said Mr. Saunders. We realize this is not a good year to ask for more money from our taxpayers, but weve scaled down the project as much as we could and weve reached the point where something must be done, he added. Expected to cost nearly $18 million, the new jail will cost approximately $10 a year for the owner of a $70,000 home next year, the commission said. That cost will grow in 1989 to a total of $19. By 1991, te Head Start gives a boost to vounesters By TOM BUSSELBERG Find your LAYTON strength in love. A small piece of paper bears that message on the wall of Kathy Shaws office at the old Hilltop Elementary School in Layton. As the director of Davis County Head Start, she tries to follow that admonition in dealing with 159 youngsters who are 5 years old famand come from ilies. In fact, participants are accepted based on parents inhand-scrawl- 4-- low-inco- come. For a family of four children and two parents, that yearly salary cant exceed $15,000 the federal poverty line. The program isnt filled with Davis area and 1 19 in North County and also includes a home-base- d program where those youngsters and parents receive intensive training and interaction one day a week. Youngsters may come from families, but they run and play and look like their counterparts from anywhere along the Wasatch Front. One youngster growing through the program in a variety of ways is little Kelly Babcock. Although she just turned 5, Kelly weighs only 26 pounds, and has a congenital joint deterioration. It has affected most of her major joints. She wears leg braces and has a crooked spine. But her mother, Lara, is excited about Kellys progress. The very first day (of Head Start) I noticed that when she got off the bus she low-inco- had a new independence. It has been really good for her. She gets along really well with the kids. Most all of them accept her really well. She needs a little extra help and the other kids will assist her where needed. All the same, though, she tries to do it herself such as taking two trips to rinse off her dishes and return them to the table. Head Start has been dealing with handicapped children since its inception Kelly has been no problem for us (to take) at all, Mrs. Shaw emphasizes. Kellys been involved in special programs since she was 3," her mother relates. We had a hard time finding a program that would CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 studying to become a medical doc- tor, for example. Head Start serves 40 in the South the facility going. Still, when you consider we have a facility with only 108 beds and an average of 1 3 1 prisoners and peak periods of nearly 160, were hurting, said Mr, Stewart. In fact, the only way we survive is because we move some inmates to public service work areas, release early those inmates who we feel can be released and work with police chiefs and judges to reduce the numbers of people given jail sentences, he said. Concerning plans before the scale-dow- n, originally, Com. Saunders said County officials looked at the possibility of combin- ing all safety-relate- d departments in the new jail, thus consolidating everything. But he said the cost would have soared to more than $30 million. Neither county official asked the council to take any action, only that you be current with the project so you can answer the questions of Kaysville people about the jail, Mr. Saunders said. The officials also said the council meeting is a first step in a campaign that will include jail brochures to be delivered to county citizens soon. We want the brochures to lay everything on the table about the jail and let people in the county By DONETA GATHERUM Whether or not CLINTON high school students in Davis County will participate in a Governors Task Force Teenage Pregnancy survey is still an unresolved question. Tuesday evening, members of the Davis County Board of Education listened to recommendations from superintendent of schools. Dr. Richard Kendeli, to arguments on both sides of the issue presented by parents and to comments by board members concerning the teenage sex survey. They were unable to reach a decision. The first motion made by Dr. Ray Briscoe would have allowed student participation. He was supported by board chairman Sheryl Allen. Voting against the motion d were board members Bob and Louenda Downs. Because board member Henry Heath abstained from voting, the motion did not pass. Mr. Heath offered another motion. It was to table a decision until the Nov. 3 board meeting. This resulted in a three to one vote with Mr. Thurgood abstaining. much-publiciz- Curriculum chiefs named By DONETA GATHERUM CLINTON The Davis District Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint five individuals to supervisory positions. Gail Bock was named coordinator of the gifted and talented program. The new director of vocational education is Dean E. Christen- sen. David H. Steele was appointed to be coordinator of math programs. The social studies coordinator is Scott L. Greenwell. F. Fred Brown was named science coordinator. These appointments nearly complete the reorganization of the district central office staff. An unusually large number of vacancies occurred in district administrative ranks because of the early retire realize just how serious the jail situation is, the commissioner said. In other action, the council appeased health and other concerns of Laurelwood Drive residents. A handful attended the session to voice distress about dust problems on the unimproved road Mayor Gerald Purdy sympathized with their plight, but said little could be done before next spring when the dust season returns. However, we will work on the roads surface now, and hope it holds until something more permanent can be done in the spring, the mayor said. Citizens of Laurelwood Drive complained of vehicles passing through in a cloud of dust posing a health hazard and, to some extent, a safety hazard. If the measures the city takes this fall dont work, we would just as soon have the road closed to through traffic until something more lasting can be done, one resident commented to council. Moving on, the council approved an amendment of Chapter 21, the Industrial Development District, which is part of Title 17, Planning and Zoning. The amendment per- mits additional conditional uses and establishes height regulations. The council also approved proposed improvements to subdivision no. 8 of Hess Farms. Davis participation in pregnancy survey tabled children of trash parents, however, Mrs. Shaw stresses. Many families could use the program but pride stands in the way of some parents saying they dont want to be associated with such people. That means a lack of progress for their children. Many involved come from young families where parents are struggling to make ends meet, both husband and wife working outside the home. Or there are families where parents are going to school. In one current case a father is when the building should be operable, the average home owner can expect to spend $34 a year to keep ment incentives offered last year. Yet to be named are assistant superintendents. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Richard Kendeli noted all coordinators will be responsible for all school programs He commented that there is no increase in the size of the central K-1- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Thur-goo- The proposed questionnaire has been prepared by the Governors Task Force on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention. Only 120 teenagers in 13 high schools would participate in the survey. The questionnaire would be administered by professionals not associated with the schools. Dr. Kendeli suggested that everyone consider the purpose of the survey and of the Governors Task Force which is to develop programs, yet unspecified, to help solve the problem of teenage pregnancy through prevention. He said any program adopted would be one of discouraging teenage sexual activity. It would be family-base- d and an abstinence focused program. Dr. Kendeli called members of the Task Force competent, capable people. The procedures are CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Commander of Columbia Schools space namesake visits with eager students By DONETA GATHERUM KAYSVILLE Every young person in America dreams of meeting an astronaut and asking him questions. Last week the 900 elementary school students at Columbia had this dream realized. Robert L. Hoot Gibson visited their school which was named after the space shuttle Columbia. Commander Gibson was responsible for the y flight of January 12, 1986 the Columbia, the last successful flight of this shuttle. He presented the school with a large photograph of the "Columbia on behalf of Morton Thiokol, Inc. The photograph will be displayed in the school along with some other special space memorabilia including a tile from the first Columbia flight and a school flag that flew into space with Senator Jake Gam. Com. Gibson has been on active duty with the U.S. Navy since six-da- 1969. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January, 1978. In August, 1979 he comtraining and evapleted a one-yeluation period, making him eligible for assignment as a pilot on future space shuttle flights. His first space flight was on Feb. 3, 1984. He spent eight days in space aboard the Challenger. During this flight, Com. Gibson logged 191 hours in space. He has been selected to command the STS-2- 7 which is the second space shuttle mission scheIt will duled for the "Atlantis. probably occur in September of ar 1988. After presenting the school with the special photograph of the Columbia," Com. Gibson answered questions that had to be prepared in advance by the students. Through these questions, he explained many things. It only takes 87 minutes from launch time to reach space orbit, the commander is accomplished at a said. Re-ent- ry gliding speed of 210 mph. The ride, experience and view are beautiful. It takes Vz hours to complete an 1 minutes is earth orbit. Forty-fiv- e in 45 minutes is in and spent light darkness. During a space flight, the crew sees the sun rise and set 16 imes a day. He told the students how astronauts eat, drink and sleep in space. He explained the purpose of space flight and the training that is involved in the U.S. space program. Com. Gibson stressed the importance of being good students. He said there are two kinds of astronauts, the pilots who fly the shuttles and the mission specialists who work with the cargo, sate- sy llites, experiments and tests. Astronauts are scientists, pilots, engineers, doctors. It takes many years of study to prepare for a space flight, he concluded. Each student in the school received a photograph of Com. Gibson as a reminder of the special day they met a NASA astronaut. Columbia Elementary School principal Dale Barnett assists NASA Commander Robert L. Gibson as he unveils large photo of the Columbia space shuttle for which the school was named. Com. Gibson recalled his experiences on that space mission for the 900 students and faculty at the Kaysville school. |