| Show Legal Corner2 Senior Activities3 TT"' Update4 JL JL Standard-Examin- Local News Editor: Sunday December 3 2000 er New manager receives red carpet treatment Davis talks of making impact on future of West Point recently to welcome Davis By UNDA TOBLER Standard-Examine- r correspondent WEST POINT - New West Point City Manager Rick Davis who called his first two months on the job “exhilarating” said fiscally improving the city’s situation and meeting its demands for infrastructure changes will be his biggest challenges Davis said the city’s growth has been explosive and it lacks revenue which would otherwise provide operational funds for theacity West Point anticipates an increase in its population from nearly 7000 to 10000 in the next two years Here in West Point’s city hall a former house where the north wall is inset with a d hutch that matches the plain dark-staine- molding around the door frames and dated orange and green linodark-staine- West Point City officials rolled out the red carpet at an open house at City Hall d leum in the kitchen it must be something of a shock coming from the relative tropolis of Sandy Davis it seems is meun- fazed Davis said he has been pleased with city leaders’ willingness to move ahead with issues facing West Point “For instance today met with an architect to see a rendering of our new city hall I mean I am telling you if I was woiking for a previous city - which will rethe timetable for this main nameless would have been oh I’d say May Here I - it’s go! go! go!” 776-495- 1 ©flVDS EJVES When Davis began as West Point's city manager he and his wife Aimee drove through the town and Aimee suggested that this would be far different from his responsibilities in Sandy where he was director of community affairs and assistant to the chief administrative officer“That's OK” he said “Here I have the chance to have an impact on the future” Davis is replacing West Point’s first formal city manager Scott Neilson who resigned a few months ago To contact correspondent Linda Tohler 1 leave a message at To submit an item for 1 Neighbors call weekdays 776-495- Horticulturist studies pest control 776-495- Debbie Amundsen) horticulture extension agent for— Davis County was one of 20 extension agents that toured the Chicago and Indiana area Oct 8 through 13 to learn more about urban pest problems The agents were selected to participate in the tour based on their excellent programs and outstanding efforts in the field Evergreens and Christmas Things brings in holiday spirit of horticulture The tour enhances their pest control knowledge and teaches them more about safe responsible use of pesticides in the urban environment horticultural and Extension agents help educate individuals families businesses and communities on issues relating to pest management water quality environmental horticulture agriculture and food safety They combine expertise and resources at the local state and federal levels The horticulture agents toured the greater Chicago and Indianapolis areas as part of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents annual tour which is sponsored by RISE (Responsible industry for a Sound Environment) Members of the Maxinettes Singing and Dancing Grannies (left) perform at the Evergreens at the and Christmas Things fund-raisDavis County FairPark There was also a Christmas tree auction that raised more than $21 000 The Doll Tree (above) decorated by Donna Whittle and Lisa Herzog raised the most money of any tree selling for $1 4000 SONG AND DANCE: RISE is a national association representing the specialty pesticide industry Tour stops in the Chicago area included a behind-the-scene- JERRY S OPE Standard-fetarrone- r Trees craft booths part of festivities that benefit shelter By RUTH MALAN Standard Examiner correspondent - Lisa Bradshaw FARMINGTON as she took in all lights realizing that this was the beginning of a Christmas tradition for her young family Bradshaw was among many people who gathered at the annual Evergreens and Christmas Things held at the Davis County FairPark to benefit the domestic violence shelter A variety of Christmas trees w ere donated and auctioned off during an event Holiday Cheer the evening before the show was officially opened In addition there were booths selling Christmas crafts candles food and many different home decorating items At one booth Bradshaw picked up a small tube with the words “Children’s Council raises questions on senior housing project Developer voices frustrations on Rose Cove Apartments By RUTH MALAN Standard-Examine- r correspondent - Questions from the City Council over more changes in a proposed senior housing project frustrated developer Peter Cooke “We seem to have very good public support on this” Cooke said In July a public hearing was held where the concept plan was approved And the planning commission has granted preliminary development plan approval and a site plan for the proposed Rose Cove Apartments at approximately 850 N Shepard Creek Parkway Originally 200 condominiums were planned for the entire 25 acre site On-i- y 58 condominiums were constructed Later single family residential lots were approved for the remainder of the site Now the developer proposes only to build 37 of the single family units and finish the site with 124 apartment units for senior citizens those 55 years and older “This is the third pregnancy for this one baby” Mayor Gregory Bell said when he saw Cooke's frustration The latest change sets 219 units on the site when the underlymg density on the 25 acres is set by the zoning ordinance as 191 If the applicant receives a 15 percent density bonus as provided for in the zoning ordinance 220 units may be possible But there are reasons FARMINGTON 90-pl- for making exceptions to this rule which include landscaping streetscap-in- g open spaces and plazas Also visual focal points are taken into consideration as well as design features The planning commission and staff said the applicant has met this criteria “It easily meets the open space thresholds” said City Planner David Petersen Covenants will be attached to the development so only senior citizens will be able to reside in the apartments And the green space will be maintained by the development “It is already funded and ready to go” Cooke said “It ought to be enforceable for the city” Bell said Council member David Connors questioned why there were 120 units when the plans were first seen by the council and now there are 124 “I’m trying to make the project work” Cooke said “We always had 124 units That hasn’t changed” Just over one acre of land will not be used in the apartment development Cooke told the council that another developer who is developing a commercial area beside his development has shown interest in that one acre Yet another council member has concerns David Dixon said the 165 parking stalls per unit are not enough The city requires 18 per unit in that zone According to Cooke his project has enough parking He said most people who live in this type of development See HOUSING2H Letters to Santa” cut into it “I could hang this on my tree the Monday before December 6” she said December 6 is a German holiday and is a significant date to her family because her father is from Germany “We put our shoes out that night and if we are good we got candy if we weren’t so good we got swatches and weeds” Bradshaw explained “I’ve had weeds and swatches in my shoes” Paulette Bierwolf of Bountiful and her daughters wandered through the trees and booths enjoying the ambience and the early spirit of Christmas “I found this stocking for my family” Stephanie Bierwolf said “This puts you in the mood for service and it’s magical” All proceeds from Evergreens and Christmas Things goes to The Shelter which opened in December 1997 and has given shelter services to over 782 women men and children Eighty percent of these victims of domestic violence do not return to their abuser after leaving The Shelter The Shelter relies on donations and this g effort for event is their largest the year The Evergreens and Christmas Things Tree Celebration is in its fourth year and has raised money to help victims get housing counseling and to learn job skills The Shelter also has a crisis hot line: 1 and offers legal assistance? referrals for protective orders and victim ad- - Indianapolis’ Their final stop at Dow AgroSciences the agents the research viewed being conducted to improve the safety of pesticides develop refined ways of eliminating pests and work to enhance integrated Pest Management methods first-han- d 444-916- SHELTEF12H fpst OS Clinton honors Eagle Scouts Troop 37 holds ceremony for Scouts that covers a period 79-ye- ar By BETH YOUNG Standard-Examine- r correspondent CLINTON - If you needed a fire started or a knot tied Clinton LDS stake house was the place to be Troop 37 of Clinton held a ceremony recently to honor all of their Eagle Scouts -not an easy task considering that 65 Scouts have earned their badges over a period 79-ye- Troop 37 was established in 1921 Eagle in 1950 The The first Scout became an Scout committee did its best to find all of the Eagle Scouts and send them an invitation Many of the Scouts had moved or changed their names some Eagle Scouts even lost their lives in war “We started doing some research” said Gary Nielson the committee chairman “We called people we knew in the state who were Scoutmasters way back when They would refer us to someone who knew them a sister or a brother We’ve been working on this for about six months It took us a long time to track everyone down” They found all but two of the past Eagle Scouts “We sent out a personal invitation to each one of them” Nielson said For the event they had guest speaker Vaughn J Featherstonc a member of the Quorum of the Seventy of the LDS church Eeatherstone has been involved with the Scouts for almost his entire life “I ve been registered now for 57 years in Scouting” said Featherstone In his speech Featherstone talked about rxtiJ YJ’dbll Bingo a very sweet male the importance of living the Eagle Scout values and what it means to be an Eagle Scout in this day and age “When you think of a young man who holds up his hand and takes the Scout oath and the Scout law and understands what it means and lives it he will be able to stand up to modern temptation” said Featherstone Australian shepherd is gentle and good with kids and other animals He To thank him Troop 37 made Vaughn J Featherstone an honorary I agle Scout The Committee then presented Bishop David Pearson with an Eagle Scout plaque that had all the names of Troop 37’s Eagle Scouts engraved on it with plenty of blank spots for future Eagles is available at the Davis County Animal Shelter for a S65 adoption fee plus a S10 license fee Adoption hours are from pm weekdays and 9 a m to 1 p m on Saturdays - For more information call or visit their Web site at www codavis ut us 2-- 4 The 25 Eagles of Troop 37 in attendance came on stage and reaffirmed their allegiance to the Scouts by reciting the Boy Scout oath Afterward they got a standing ovation lrom the audience 444-220- “I think it’s really great to honor all these I agle Scout since 1997 Being an Eagle Scout “teaches you a lot of things that are good to know like teamwork” he added people" said Blake Anderson an For many of the Scouts Cinuiab-- ' it was a reunion “It was nice to see my Scoutmaster haven't seen him since 1984” said Brad I Lutz an Eagle Scout since 1979 It is not easy to become an Eagle Scout Besides the 21 merit badges in such areas as emergency rescue cooking and money management they must also complete service hours and an Eagle project Not surprisingly the thing most quoted as the favorite ac- tmty of Scouting was camping A Scout must camp 20 nights to get his camping merit badge lo lonnul torrespondt nt Rilh ) onng I aw l a message at 7’6-4't5- Brickyard Crossing Golf Club where they learned more about current turfgrass trends and maintenance fund-raisin- See visit of Ball s Seed Company Chicago Botanical Gardens Morton Arboretum and a trip to the new Rooftop Gardens Research Project Other stops included Purdue University's new turfgrass and ornamental research and b 1 “Friendly people is the number one reason people like Davis County don’t think I got that answer anywhere else” Dan Jones polling expert who presented the results qf a poB on Davis County showing that residents were satisfied with education and law enforcement but not too happy with transportation and choices for local entertainment |
