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Show Out With the Old lakeside . Review Correspondent BOUNTIFUL Almon Flake, principal of Viewmont High, has decided to get on with other interests and is retiring after serving 19 years at Viewmont and a total of 28 years as an educator in Davis County Schools. Flake, who is 60 and resides in Centerville, said that he plans to work more in his church, perhaps go into some kind of business, and work on the 2 Vi acres of land he owns here and some family owned land in Arizona. Born in Northern Arizona on his familys ranch, Flake at- tended schoiols in Arizona which the family had to move close to in the winter. They always returned to the ranch in the summer. College was interupted by World War II, and Flake joined the Navy and was accepted in Officers Candidate School. He went to UCLA played football, and was in his last semester ready to graduate and get his commission when the war ended. I loved the Navy, but I chose to come back home. He got a discharge, went on an LDS Mission, and enrolled at the University of Utah. While there, Lois Widdison entered his life, and they were soon married. After he received his degree in education, he began teaching and working for his Masters Degree. His first teaching jobs were at the then brand new Bountiful Elementary and Bountiful High schools, and Stoker Elementary. He was also president of the teachers association. He trained teachers at BYU and student teachers at Boise College. Then it was back to Davis County to be principal of Sahara Elementary in Layton. All of the kids were military kids from Hill Air Force Base, Flake said. In the morning I would be the principal, in the afternoon I would teach, and at night I was the custodian. I was probably the highest paid teacher in the state. While there he also helped to start the Teachers Credit Un- ion. When he became the managing director, there were $29,000 in assets, and now there are $10,000,000. It is one of the better things that happened to teachers, said Flake. After three years at Centerville Elementary, and five at South Davis Junior High as assistant principal, Flake was assigned the job as principal of the newly constructed Viewmont in 1964. Under his direction the curriculum was set up, materials bought, and employees were hired. Over the years the high school e initiated projects that set for other schools. One of those projects is the vocational TV and radio classes taught by Brent Bangerter. First of the kind in the county, the classes teach students how to operate audio and video ' equipment in the schools own studio. The classes have made instructive films for the district, and will be doing broadcasting for the Channel 12 network. New principals of other schools come to Viewmont to learn the accounting program. Viewmont was also first to get rubber tracks, a graphic arts program and computer instruction using Apple computers. Viewmont is still the only school to have a massive reading program for those students having reading difficulties. presi-denc- Flake said that working at Viewmont has been a joy. They dont make kids any better anywhere Ive ever been than those at Viewmont. Special education students are welcomed at Viewmont by the student body. He said that special ed students are those with learning disabilities such as Downs Syndrome. They are able to earn letters by working with school teams as managers taking care of equipment, he said. Once at a pep rally the cheerleaders were asking some of the boys to dance to some old records, and a special ed girl asked one of the top athletes to dance. Flake said that he was especially proud to see the boy get up and dance, treating her like a queen and escorting her to her seat with charm. Flake told of the schools rivalries with Bountiful and the struggles hed seen the school through to get a V on the mountain. Before permission was granted to use space on the mountain for a V, the kids took it upon Dr. Fleming . . . In With the New Dr. Nancy L. Fleming, as- sistant principal of Layton High School since named principal 1979, was of View- mmsm mont High School in Bounti- ful by the Davis County Board of Education. She was one of 14 applicants for the post. Miss Fleming will be returning to Viewmont where she served one year as assistant principal under Principal Almon J. Flake who retired from that position earlier this month. Flake had served as principal of Viewmont since the high school opened in 1964. A counselor at Layton High for seven years, Miss Fleming was also assistant prin- cipal at Millcreek Junior High and a physical education teacher at Centerville Junior and Clearfield High. She holds a Ed. D. in cur- riculum development and . supervision from Utah State University where she taught 4 a' '$ i NANCY FLEMING (1977-78- ) and has served on the executive board of the Davis Education Association. South, Wednesday, June 29, 1983 themselves to put one up. They worked late at night, hauling rocks, and finally it. The forest ranger called and told us to tear it down, said Flake. He said we couldnt do white-washin- g it. It was a big job to remove it, but Flake told the kids they would have to spread the rocks out around the terrain and make everything look natural again. it, Last NORTH SALT LAKE week the North Salt Lake City Council gave preliminary approval to a plan submitted by Consolidated Capital and Great Basin Engineering to build 15 new homes and another LDS church despite opposition from some residents. Residents voiced their concern over the plans, saying another access road is needed off the hill, and another water supply. Sue Memsley said if there were more houses built without a road being built first, emergency services would not be able to reach all the people. She said residents had been told a few years earlier that Center Street was at maximum capacity. Another concern was that houses were built on steep slopes with poor drainage be- Just as they were discussing fore the hillside ordinance was car loads of Bountiful kids adopted by the city. Some said drove up. They were telling us to take the V down, said Flake. We warned them theyd betalone, and we dared them to touch it. Then we all ter leave it went down the mountain to the football field and watched as the Bountiful kids took all the rocks apart around. and spread them Flake had his house pelted with eggs by kids from Bountiful once because he told some of them they were good kids and he really enjoyed them, but it was too bad they couldnt play football. He said to his wife, Thats what I get for being a smart aleck. Flakes philosophy is, Thats kids. I never take offense to those things. He said that he is very proud of the students at Viewmont, and is especially appreciative of the fact that from 1972 to 1981 he never stood in front of the student body to speak that they didnt stand and give him an ovation. Flake has served over the years on such school committees as the accreditation, text book, professional practices advisory and vocational advisory boards. AF . water pressure and sewage Course Is Completed BOUNTIFUL Airman Steve M. Kretschmann, son of Marilyn Bons and stepson of Leo Bons of 1183 N. 950 E., Bountiful, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force personnel specialist course at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Graduates of the course learned how to prepare personnel reports and records, and -4 I July Splash into fabulous summer savings this week at the Hill o Layton Mall IAiTON MILLS nvxll FOTOMAT. were put into the plans. Even though the streets can be no steeper than a 15 percent grade, the overall grade of the slopes will be allowed at 22 percent. To control erosion, sandbags will be placed at every cut slope to direct runoff water into the stream until seeding takes hold. Rip rap will go in the channel and foliage disturbance will be kept to a minimum. The council felt that there were advantages to having the land developed. Palmquist explained that right now two streets, Constitution and Dorth-e- a are both dead end streets. The sewer and water lines stop at the top of the hill. Development would connect the lines giving residents better - SEE US AT OUR NEW LOCATION IN THE OGDEN CITY MALL Now your pictures low price. With the prepaid Super Saver, any on longer roll costs just $2.99 fordeveloping-similarsavi- nss with the back come quality And rolls. prints your exposure you always expect from Fotomat. But for this Super Saver developing takes a little longer. kind of quality, at that kind of price, it's worth the wait. To meet the usable area criteria, fewer and larger lots would not have to be pumped deto the be wanted sure uphill, he said. they The streets would also be convelopment met every requireWe nected, of allowing snow plows to the ordinance. ment want building and growth, we operate it in the winter. As it is, just want it done right, said the snow plows cannot turn around, and are unable to reCharlene Tuttle, resident. Mayor Robert Palmquist said move snow on those streets. Wayne Peterson, president of that the hillside ordinance was Consolidated, said that the comnot being bent to allow the subdivision and church to be built. pany plans to build a large, new The first plant presented to the road going up the hill, and that council and the second plan did the proposed new homes would not meet criteria and the counsupply part of the capital cil did not approve them. Great needed. Cost of a, new road Basin Engineers changed the would be over $1,000,000. Palmquist said that by workplans to meet specifications in ing with Consolidated, the city the ordinance. Studies were made to comply and residents would get the new road. The new homes would not with usable area, slope, and erobe built until next year, and the sion control standards, accordroad work would probably begin to Fred ing City Engineer about the same time. Campbell. Miss Fleming, 39, is a resident of 1538 Browning Circle in Ogden. Introducing the fotomat Super Saver 12 prints for $299 can have Fotomat quality at a new, 5B NSl OKs Plan For Subdivision - Flake to Enjoy Other Interests By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review earned credits toward an asociate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. Kretschmann will now serve at RAF Alconbury, England, with the 10th Combat Support Group. He is a 1981 graduate of Viewmont High School, Bountiful. |
