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Show tx z:;- - ,"k H. i S i 3J um V&Wlil! 't ingi 3iinitlcx i r 4. f :1 5' (") it ' Yr fiiva taoi tiifo. is 5 j)( 'V-jin- SiOElf - Wednesday, April 6, 1983 Vol. 3 No. 32 EDcsmos Coymitfy By KINT SOMERS Raviaw Staff Ferocious winds reaching 100 mph swept through Davis County Monday and Tuesday throwing power poles, pine trees, truck trailers and signs to the ground. Winds threatened to spread a fire in Kaysville to several businesses on the citys Main Street. Approximately 30,000 to 40,000 homes were without power for much of Monday, estimated a Utah Power and Light official. The wind snapped power poles, threw trees into power lines and e brought 50 power towers west of to the wet ground. But most homes had their power restored by Tuesday morning, said David Mead, UP&L public relations manager. Approximately 400 UP&L workers were in the field Monday trying to restore electricity to local homes, said Mead. "Poles were snapped off and wires snapped under the strain of the wind," according to Mead. There were at least 20 trees uprooted that hit lines plus many, many limbs and other debris flying through our lines. Mead said if people still do not have power in their homes they should continue to call UP&L because most of the outages now are caused by problems with small transformers feeding six or eight homes or individual service drops at the home. The winds were also responsible, often indirectly, for keeping fire trucks in the county rolling. The major fire in Kaysville started about 3:30 Monday afternoon when the Layton Building approximately 60 N. Main, caught fire. But firemen were able to contain the blaze and limit it to the roof of the r . Kays-vill- n, FIREMAN (above) battles blaze J Patrol Trooper Brent Van Fleet and street (right). his still without power Tuesday, and offi-cle- s cials decided to close schools for the day rather than risk school bus travel in the wind. was closed to high profile vehi- yesterday and that ban was still in effect Tuesday morning. The only ex- ception to the ban were trucks that were fully loaded. The National Weather Service re- winds of 104 mph at Hill Air Force Base at 8 a.m. Monday morning and the base was closed for the day. But while work resumed at the base Tuesday, classes at Davis County schools were closed because of high winds. Bonnie Durrance, public infor- mation officer for the district, said the school administration building was building. Kaysville Fire Chief Don Howard said the fire was probably caused by an electrical problem in the roof of the building. Howard said three members of the citys volunteer fire department suffered minor injuries while fighting the fire. Howard and his men also responded to eight other calls Monday, most of which were chimney fires, Howard said. Layton City Assistant Fire Chief Cort Galbraith, whose department also responded to the Kaysville fire, said a mobile home fire at the Hillgate Terrace Mobile Home Park at 2900 North Hillfield Road at 7:45 a.m. Monday started a day in which Layton firemen responded to at least 16 calls. . a i Kaysville while Highway son, Billy, watch from across the in downtown Mondays winds also caused a to derail near the mouth of ton Canyon. A spokesman Pacific said 12 cars of the for Union train 36-c- ar jumped the track and blocked both rail lines. The lines were cleared later Monday morning, The wind also ripped off the bubble that covers Bountifuls indoor pool, Police estimate the , $110,000. damage at ( Staff photos by Dan Millar & ' , V 5 ;v. ' v train Farming-porte- d ''vt ' ' ' - - , , X - 'V ,, - - , x 4: k, Galbraith said "a little bit of everything" prompted people to call his department, ranging from people smelling smoke in their homes to the Kaysville fire. There were no injuries in the mobile home fire, Galbraith Said, but the home was already "totally involved" because of the high winds by the time firemen arrived. The high winds also toppled approxs in on imately five Davis County, according to the High. way Patrol. C r ''V' . V t fcgp M , s 'O - jSf semi-truck- DERAILED cars of Union Layton's Objections To Grants Snagged By KENT SOMERS Review Staff - FARMINGTON Layton Citys road of appeal of the 1983 community development block grant was slightly detoured last week when a review board declined to overrule the Davis Council of Government method of allocating the money. Layton must now file an appeal directly with the States Community and Economic Development Department for a decision. review board, The three-ma- n of Sunset Mayor consisting Norm Sant, South Ogden Mayor Farrell Shepard and West Valley City Mayor Gerald Maloney, unanimously moved to deny any relief from this committee to Laytons appeal. The review board agreed that the COG, consisting of mayors from all Davis County cities and the three county commission r ers, agreed on the criteria for awarding the grants and no objections were made at that Pacific train are scattered Injunction On Runway Is Lifted By SHELLEY time. dont see where any ROY An injunction prethe extension of a runventing way at Ogden Municipal Airport was lifted by U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins. In his ruling, Jenkins said the federally required environmental impact studies conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration were adequate. The Injunction stemmed from a lawsuit by the Roy Citizens Association against a 950 foot extension of runway 321. Filed in 1973, the suit contended that extension of the runway would lead to heavier airport traffic resulting in increased air and Clark Adams, chairman of noise pollution with a subseLaytons downtown rehabilita- quent loss of property values. tion committee, said a review of The RCA also expressed conthe eight grants awarded the cern over safety factors since Continued on Pago 2A Continued on Pago 2A I com- munity can come back and say that the criteria wasnt correct, Maloney said. The review board is the first of its kind in the state, and, hearthroughout the two-hoing Maloney and Shepard questioned exactly what the boards responsibilities were. The appeal process was established by the state March 21 and Shepard, who chaired the review board, said the purpose of the hearing was to see if criteria set by the COG were followed and was not to establish new criteria.' v Great Brain r Farmington Elementary uses their Great Brain Project to let 4! ' Roviow Corroipondont ,4s A! 0336 KANCITIS the kids become thorities. au- IB id near mouth about the railroad tracks of Farmington Canyon after high winds blew the train off track. Library '.Plans (Expansion should also free the headquarters building in Farmington for FARMINGTON The Davis increased patron use. County Library system is ' The other plan anticipates caught in a vise between a Laytons leaving the system, which would force the board to growing demand for its services and a lack of space to meet that look for other areas to expand. Whitesides said the board would need, according to library officials. probably have to consult with In an effort to alleviate some the Davis County Planning oof the pressure, which is preffice to predict growth patterns dicted to increase along with the in the county and the board would have to decide where to population in the next decade, the library board agreed last expand to meet the needs. week to establish two plans for But both of the plans will take expanding its facilities, and. money to be completed, and both of these plans depend on Whitesides said he hopes the Layton Citys decision later this countys economic outlook and provides more year of whether or not to rejoin the county system. money to the system. One plan, according to Board Library Director Jeanne Lay-to- n said that while growth in the Chairman Evan Whitesides, should be predicated on Laycounty would broaden the tax tons rejoining the system, and base, the demand on the system would also increase. eventually having the countys moved The problem is are you reallibrary headquarters there. A library planning comgaining anything under those ly mittee made that recommendatconditions? Ms. Layton said, ion to the board four years ago. adding that she hoped the sysThat plan should be enticing tem could improve, instead of to Layton, Whitesides said, and maintaining the status quo as By KENT SOMERS . Raviaw .Staff im-prov- es Index ..... ID, 2D Classified ....... 3D Butirmss Home Living SchoolChurch Sports . . . ....... 5A, 6A 1B,2B 1C, 2C Cold Feet The Davis County Track Meet was held last week at Layton High, but the weather was more like the ski1C ing type. it is now. Were not beating the bushes to get people in the library said Ms. Layton. Our now, staff is so stretched. I dont know what would happen if the staff was out in the schools and doing other outreach services. We are trying to handle what comes our way. And more has been coming the library systems way in the last two years with a 43 percent increase in circulation. Mr. Layton attributes that to the economy and competent staff. But to maintain that service and improve it, the library board will have to handle several issues, said Ms. Layton. There are a lot of isolated people in the county who solely depend on their own automobiles, and in some cases the bookmobile, for service, said Mr. Layton. That problem is particularly prevalent in the northwest part of the county where there are small subdivisions scattered away from the larger cities, she said. |
