Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- 2 -- A8 R SUNDAY AUGUST 5 1S30 CITY EDITOR: 0 625-422- af©nts' ©©feet iroup Tambi Calvert Davts Bureau x SJanaard-Examme- p The purpose of the inis 1984 in to founded group form parents of what they can do to collect child support She said in the past four years the national group has assisted 70000 children in getting payments from absent parents which increased their standard of living by an average of $3000 per year After not receiving a payment from her former husband for three years Calvert got discouraged with the legal system Her mother spotted a phone number on a bulletin board at Salt Lake Community College for ACES self-hel- By VALERIE PHILLIPS LAYTON — Tambi Calvert knows what it's like to raise two children after their father stops paying child support It can mean waiting for months or years for the state Division of Recover)’ Services to track down and exhaust various an legal alternatives to extract payments often with no success I It often means going on welfare “a demeaning thing but you need to feed your kids and that's the only way you can" Calvert said Sh’s opnd a chapter of ACES a self-hel- p group in Davis County se -j- The Layton resident wants to help others in that situation and has opened a Davis County chapter of the Association for Children for Enforcement of Support Inc (ACES) and Calvert signed up for a seminar in May “I learned so much in the first two hours on how the (child support recovery) system is supposed to work and how it hasn’t" she said “ACES has information on what steps can be taken by Recovery Services Before my fate was in their hands 1 wasn’t sure what my legal stance was” In her job with the Davis where she people with that are on cause they Standard-Examine- See ACES on 2B v: a: ‘Y'V4x- v it siv ?v V ’R r x'Vv 'ty $$$& ' ' y w' v s x £ ‘iSfcfcWf’ eration of inner tubes and moisten the crowd of onlookers r “(The water fight) has been part of the celebration since long before I joined the department" said veteran firefighter Thad Poulter “In that time Garland I has never lost a water fight” I But that assertion was disputed by a firefighter from the op- posing team who said “It's : Nv ' x - 'Wfv & - i x i ' (V1 1 tie” always a teams dressed The I in coveralls and goggles move I the fire hoses while chasing a of inner tubes Each Z pretzel team tries to score a goal by blasting the tubes toward the op-1 posite team’s fire engine “It’s one of the funnest parts of the day” Garland Mayor An- dy Funk said right before he was - pulled to the center of the street 2 and completely drenched Hundreds of screaming chil- drenand adults turned out for - the event and loudly cheered on ' their favorite team “That feels pretty good” Tre- resident Jean Dunn said monton ' See GARLAND on 2B Clyde Garland (left) and Tremonton firefighters blast away at a pretzel of inner tubes during Gar- - Bountiful 500 South between 100 and 400 East will be widened and new curt) and gutter installed Expect some travel delays impede your cartravel in road construction projects scheduled for this week A summary of Avoid trouble spots keep By JOHN DeVILBISS Standard-Examine- staff fun when you’re in the summer sun It’s the same for your car’s hoses Clinton 12-mi- le Monday through Thursday Speed limit of 25 mph State Road 39 through downtown Huntsville will be paved Monday through Wednesday One-wa- y traffic with minor delays What bugs you about driving in Utah? What do other drivers do that really bothers you? What do you do to make your daily work commute more Kaysville work for a B Excavation secondary water project on Crestwood Road between Thornfield and US 89 through most of the week One-lan- e travel Asphalt work on Burton to Sunset Drive Lane from Monday through Tuesday No traffic allowed detour on Second North or Shepherd Lane Morgan County BNew gravel and oil on bearable? Give us a call at 3 and let us 625-423- it down and into: Traffic Travails 455 23rd Street know Or jot send Ogden 84401 Standard-Examln- 48 of Lost Creek Road above Croyden through the end of the month Possible delays of up tc an hour Road work on Washington Boulevard from 16th to 22nd streets throughout the week One lane of travel for north and southbound lanes Detours on Grant and Adams it Road work on Grant Avenue from 30th to Goddard streets throughout the week Local travel only Detours on Washington or Lincoln Riverdale Reconstruction of Monroe Boulevard between 20th and 23rd streets possibly k Local beginning travel only Detours on Quincy and Madison Roy mid-wee- will Extension of State Road 30 Work to connect with continue through fall Minor traffic delays of bridge on 1900 West at Nye’s comer Work throughout summer No travel permitted Detours on 31st Street and other local roads Replacement graphic Salt Lake C’rty Reconstruction of Interstate and 80 between Redwood Road through October No travel permitted Detour on 0 Snowville rn Paving along U-- of section at Snowville Wednesday and Thursday One lane of travel in each direction Engine-X-Chan- ge stop-and-g- tie-u- ps shape New feature can help you negotiate traffic Standard-Examine- Mechanics say bad belts and hoses are the biggest culprit in d problems If the yards of hoses and belts in a car’s engine aren’t properly maintained you ri?k the chance of losing precious cooling fluids or shutting down the cooling system altogether That could mean blowing a head gasket or wasting an engine An automobile engine runs between 180 to 220 degrees Anything above 220 degrees and that little electric fans kicks on in more recent models of cars Without hoses and belts that work properly an engine can quickly heat to danger levels of 260 degrees or more said Jerry Call of American in Ogden Overheated engines during the summer months occur the most o traffic — circumin stances that are hard to avoid during the peak of road construction season A section of Washington Boulevard now under construction is a case in point said Mark Mitchell of Mitch’s Service in Ogden He said he has worked on several cars that have overheated as a result of construction on the boulevard The overheating mostly stems from dirty cooling systems brought on by air conditioners left running while cars are idling In addition to cleaning the cooling system overheating can be avoided by shutting off the air conditioner and rolling down the windows he said heat-relate- and seal work along stretch of State the Road 134 from the junction of US 89 to the junction of State Road 37 Work will be done Chip Ogden r A soft and flabby body ain’t no 700 South between 500 and 600 East and 600 East will undergo work for the next two weeks involving grading and installation of curb gutter and sidewalk Some travel delays Two miles of r Don’t let road work Brigham City Huntsville MuellerStandard-Examine- the tubes toward the opposite team s fire en- ‘gine They also spray onlookers with water land’s Wheat and Beet Days celebration Satur- day The teams try to score a goal by blasting Traffic Travails 1 s “When people divorce they divorce their kids too" she said “It’s sad because it’s the kids who pay" - ? - staff r blood" ? GARLAND — The only thing area firefighters doused Saturday was the crowd that turned out to see their water fight part of Garland's annual Wheat and Beet Days celebration Volunteer firefighters from Garland and Tremonton used water hoses to spray a conglom’ rent she finds many public assistance beare owed child sup i- SCHVANEVELDT KATHY Authority low-inco- - Garland’s festivities are all wet By Housing assists County who stop sending money to their children “It's for their kids" she said “1 guess they have this problem in their mind that the money is going to the parent" ofShe realizes that ten acquire new families to provide for “but you just can't turn sour back on your own flesh and port Vem Marble a Recovery Services investigator said the agency is working on 4225 cases of unpaid child support in Davis County Of that amount 2618 receive welfare assistance Last year the agency collected $39 million in support payments to Davis County children which represented about 36 percent of the cases “The others we’re still looking for or they're incapacitated or in jail or for some other reason we’re not able to collect" he said Calvert is puzzled by parents staff r It takes you 30 minutes to get to work You don’t leave until the last minute so you can’t afford to get stuck in traffic Ten minutes into your commute you notice signs warning you about road work ahead If you’d only Dang known Starting this week you can All major road work in Box Elder Morgan Weber Davis and northern Salt Lake counties will be highlighted each Sunday in this feature of new traffic-watc- h the Not only will you find out about areas to avoid in your travels you will also find driving and tips gripes about the driving habits of others and Standard-Examin- er observations ad throughout Northern Utah It is designed for quick reading to help you bypass the traffic messes and avoid some stress along the way Happy trails Another heating phenomenon is vapor lock When an engine gets too hot it can boil the gas in the fuel line or the carburetor When this occurs the gasoline turns from a liquid to a gaseous state It’s like trying to run the car on fumes said Mike Rush of sbiu Mike’s Garage in Ogdenv He said an enginedioibstaftiflI ob izifl iuo ipl niag on 2B : |