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Show r BULK RATE U.$. POSTAGE PAID OGDEN, UTAH 8440 PERMIT NO. 27S North Ogden, Uah Vol. 3 No. 6 c WAWLlliMlu.41 iaywywwwiHR rfAnYAwii mMHf nm n uf ii m f 'art ru n ijiin ir rTiHiiiVifVrTtii- G Leland Burningham pointed out the fact that the Weber School District has one of the lowest tax bases to draw from, in the state, due to the fact that the district contains many bedroom communities, without much industrialization. We dont have unlimited wealth, Homes hit by stray fragment Elaine Laramee has been chosen to attend the Conference to be held in New York in April. Incentive Leadership HIGH S Last Friday, the U S. Forest Service was trying to lessen the danger of avalanche s in the North Ogden area Schrapnel fiom an artillery shell being used ricochetted off some rock or ice cind iot a home being built and nai rovvly missed some occupants of the Gene London home The shell was probably deflected by a rock or ice and hit the roof of a home under construction at 1081 E. 3100 N. at about 10 a m. last Friday. Elaine Laramee has been selected as one of the outstanding high school sophomores to attend the Youth Foundations International Leadership Seminar. Miss Laramee is a sophomore at Weber High School and is one of 110 winners throughout the United States and the world. Miss Laramee qualified for this contest by writing an essay on her leadership skills and abilities concerning home, school and community. After she won the contest at Weber High, her name was submitted to the national contest which is sponsored by the actor Hugh O Brian. O'Brian decided to have this contest when he was hunting in Africa. He realized that the high school seniors got too many awards and that the time to develop leadership was in the early high school years. The Hugh OBnan Award contest is only open to high school sophomores The Youth Foundations International Leadership Seminar on America's Incentive System, will be held April 15 to 22 in New York City The Leadership Seminars have been conducted since 1958. OBrian said that the purpose of the award and seminar is to seek out, recognize and reward outstanding young leaders at an age when they still have two years in school to motivate not only themselves but also their classmates. All sophomores were eligible, he continued, and our grass roots selection process began in over 21,000 high schools To be among those 110 chosen to attend along with students from 12internationaicountries is quite he concluded an accomplishemnt, iii Irntii" rfiffn Bur-mngiu- met with FT A repiesentatives and oilier citizens of the community to discuss the building needs of the school district Citizens Advisory ComThis mittee will meet again next week to take a bus tour of the critical areas, in older to see the problems first hand They will then meet at the new I intd Elementary School to discuss solutions and make possible to the superiniecommendations tendent, so that he will have a feel of the thinking of the citizens of the community to report to the school hoard WEBER 1IM ?'yrv-eu?'sSi- We must spend wisely the money we do have, he commented of the Weber School District Superintendent it Thursday, March 9, 1978 zyr i! he said BY CAROL till UV Beacon Writer Sup rintendent frntiinAi The in eting featured many guests planners builders and bankers who pomted out the problems of rapid growth and osculating inflation Giahain Shirra, of the Weber County Planning Board, pinpointed 'he aieas, within the school district wih are now expanding rapidly, as a'I1 those areas expected to have signdicant growth in the next tive to 15 ye ars and West North Ogden, Hoy Pleasant VrMIrtfci kids who are now m the fit in grade iiaeh jumoi high school age There is no slack tune in the elementary situation, however, ,u- - cording to Dr Fawson We need additioi t.i c lassrooms now, in spite of the fact that three new elementary si hook weie completed this year! BYSIEH1 KNsiV.s The council also listened to the request of Francil Woods that some kind of apartment complex be built in the North Ogden area for older people and young couple View were identified as some ot the booming areas Wes Bai ton, a local contractor, for the inflationary trend in budding costs, suggesting the ionger the district waits to do he iccessary building, the moie ex it will become. uted the reasons Frank Wight, a hanker, explained that a bond issue is much the same as a mortgage on a home. He said more money c ould he made available to the distnct by selling more bonds and extending the payment period beyond what it is now lie said this would probably NOT increase taxes, as the new jieople who aie moving in would help to pay the costs Dr Paul Fawson and Bruce Grift in, both of the district olfice, explained the needs of the schools in the d.strict Mr. Griffin explained that some of the schools could increase their capacity a great deal with some relatively modest remodeling Other schools would not be helped with lemodehng, as the costs would be excessive. Hesaid it would he wiser to leave such schools as they are, and build new schools to take care of the added enrollment. Roy Jr. High, Hoy High, Weber ,'hgh and Valley v'U'i among the schools cited as in critical need of additions. Although, they pointed out, the secondary school population will actually drop for a few' years, until the Beacon Lit. toi Tuesday night, the North Ogen City Council met and diseussi d the home occupation ordinance and it s inpact on North Ogden ( itv The home occupation ordinance is a problem and we have to decide what we are going to do, said North Ogden Mayor, Eldon McCoIley "We ought to allow some home occupations, but these have to be licensed and the people have to realize that they are going to need a license if they w ant to he conduct a home occupation, continued. There has to be some guidelines I think that we ought to delet the R-- l aspect, said Councilman Alan Christiansen. In the R-- t zone, there can be no home occupations It is purely residential set. Councilman Larry Doinan, who is in of trying to pet some guidelines for the rcwri'mg of the charge home occupation ord'ance said, What a person does m his b"Vf u really none of our business, if it doesnt encroach on the rights of anyone else, then what is the problem 9 We need some apartments in the Noith Ogden area that will satisfy the needs, doesn't have to be fancy or elaborate just neat, clean, economical and convenient, Woods commented He said that the apartments should be built with an internal recreation area When asked what he thought was the city's role in this, Woods commented, The city should encourage someone to get involved and build this facility. The so called North Ogden War was also discussed at the council meeting. Mayor McCoIley told concerned citizens that a protest had been made to the Forest Service and the city was told that the Forest Service would nut use the gun method of If deterring avalanches anymore. they do use it again, it wont take long comto get a restraining order, mented Police Chief, Earl Carroll It then exploded and fragments went across the street and into the front window of the London home, said Mack Thompson of the Forest Serv ice. He said that the piece of shrapnel penetrated a couch and two interior walls. The Londons son, Mike, had just gotten up to change the channel on the television when the piece of shrapnel hit and he had been sitting in the couch, commented London. The rounds were discharged from near the fish hatchery outside Liberty toward the North Ogden Divide. North Ogden (xilice responded. No official explanation has been given. Mack Thompson said. At least no one was hurt, homes can be rebuilt, but people cant Weber County Hospital recommended New position filled by the recent Management study, the Weber County Hospital Administrator announced Wednesday the filling of a new position for the hospital. Chosen from a field of 16 very qualified" applicants, David R. Burt began work Wednesday morning as the hospital's new Business Office Manager. This was announced by Administrator David Van Moorlehem As Touche-Ros- s DAVID BURT . . .hospital business manager at 2 p.m. along with several other key appointments during the building of acquiring a block stage professional and knowledgeable staff, Van Moorlehem said Burt, 30, was the assistant coordinator of Computer Services at the McKay-DeHospital in Ogden, after being there for two and a half years He has also been the assistant business and credit manager for the McKay-De- e Hospital. I felt a bit stymied in my position at the hospital, and felt that this job would give me a chance to get out and stretch my wings. I love working with people and saw a real challenge at the hospital. I like to see problems through to their fruition," Burt said commenting about his new position. e He said that Van Moorlehem has some good ideas" for the hospital, and with his desire to see patient health care run as efficiently as possible, he sees the need to go in and organize the office which has been without guidance for the past few months. Burt said that since his junior high school days, he has always had a love of the health care profession. While in the National Guard, he was also able to operate on the patient care level as well as the administration level as he was the Medical Administrative Officer. Van Moorlehem described Burt's background as very good and said that the top three considered for the He inqualified. received even had dicated that they applications from a former hospital administrator from Salt Lake City. job wore well graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from Weber State College in Business Administration and Managment, Burt was also listed in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges." He was also in the ROTC program at the was and WSC given A 1975 "Distinguished Military Student award He will he under the direct supervision of Van Moorlehem and will be "responsible for the efficient and smooth operation of the business office." A key responsibility that Burt will assume. Van Moorlehem said, is the supervision of in and out patient Medicade, Medicare, private, county and insurance payments for the hospital. This is something that the hospital has not been able to get in the past, and the administrator said that this will be a step in the right direction to get the hospital out from under its financial burdens to the county. ond Nick Lundstrom of the Logan office of the Soil Conservation Department, measure the snow depth ot Sogebrush flats, near Huntsville. The measurement was taken ot the end of February and Sagebrush Flats had 12 Inches of snow as comapred with eight inches ot this time lost year. Ben Lomond Peak measured 20 inches of snow ond Ben Lomond lower has 60 inches of snow. SHERM LEWIS 1 |