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Show vsymu BULK RATE U S POSTAGE OGDEN, UTAH NO 278 PERMIT Vol. 3 No. 45 Kr fta HlJUlJUfcl'Ljja Till rmfifiifit problems, several projects have gone over the budget, causing the city to cut back in some areas and leaving unfinished projects Hopefully they be able to budget them in next year. Mayor McColley recommended the proposed sewer pumping system on Fruitland Drive not be considered till next summer The sales tax situation has seriously threatened the cities anticipated revenue, but the lack of funds must also be blamed on inflationary factors which were not planned for at the time of the last bond election to upgrade the cities water storage and supply system also Unforeseen problems have raised the costs on some of the projects The new million dollar resevoir was estimated to cost only $130,000, but the lowest bid came in at $167,000 with the actual cost now spiriahng to $223,870 due to extra costs for ground acquition and piping The resevoir had to be built one-hamile further up on the lf c. iwAm;iHiWwwrr ugpjryM "IT limit iv mumuMiii . - - ii t- iwiJUMMy' Thursday, December 7, 1978 WpfBlii.lg!.Lp4el - 'fefin 3 150 Ogden, Pleasant Viewand Plain City fhfrftfrfoiirg By Carol Shav Until the end of tins fiscal year, which is June 30th, we have no extra funds of any kind, Mayor Eldon McColley told the city council last Tuesday night As a matter of fact, it is my feeling, we are going to have to tighten our budget very closely, he said, We will have no travels or anything of that nature Because of inflation and other a n Ben Lemon Serving North tiirTTi H wtfBkrw a hill than originally planned Councilman Alan Christiansen complained, The difference between $130,000 and $223,870 doesn.t even seem like its in the same ball park Why didnt we have the foresight to bond high enough Mayor McColley asked Karl Storey to make a survey of the cities situation in regards to the capital improvement project Mr Storey reported to council at the Tuesday meeting He recommended the city leave some projects incomplete in order to have the needed funds to put m the water and sewer improvements along Washington Blvd before the state starts work on widening the highway on May 15 The projects he recommended wait n until next year are the gallon resevoir which cant be used till the city has more money to put in pipe anyway Also reccomended to wait is the Coldwater Springs pipeline and the cleaning and perpheration of well No half-millio- 2 The units which have already been completed or will be completed are the water line on 3300 North the sewer on Mountain Road and 2700 North, well No 3 and the million gallon resevoir Bids will be let on the Washington Blvd project within the next month the mountains that hover over North Ogden and Pleasant View. the storm as ust b'g dumped some exra snow on North Ogden residents. evening This SCATTERED SNOW covers photo was taken Monday f t Special occasions are when the " V.tber U g'i g'rlV volleyballl team makes front page news Battling back constantly and in the midst of Dont Stop Believing cheers from their fellow school mates, the Weber High girls volleyball team claimed the 1978 Utah State Championship Coach Jan Keim has staled that it is e no dream to her and her never Weve players, but a reality geared everything weve done to win let-di- dont think anyone will realize how much it means to us, said Keim The spectacular happening gave Weber High its first state championship in any sport since 1971 when the boys basketball team went on to claim the state title. Principal Ted Campbell was in attendance to all the tournament volleyabll games and his excitement grew with each one of the girls victories He was beaming from ear to this title, I eer ear as Marion Tree, director of Utahs '"High Schtol Ae'j i'ip presented the two foot championship trophy to Weber The spectacular play put forth by the earn the constant and encouragement of Coach Keim is one thing The unmatched support from the Weber High student body and faculty is another Coach Keim credits the cheerleaders and the crowd around them in the commensement of the third game with Roy, for their chants, Dont Only the tearr c'op Believing - members can tell how much tha affected them It lifted them througl the final game with Roy and into th final with West. We're indebted foi the super support, state Keim Superintendent of Weber Count; Schools, Bumingham was n attendance with his wife Alsi attending was Max Malan wh serves on the Weber County Sctux Board 5 i 1 i tl Winter is something the Buildings and Grounds Department at Weber State College cant afford to take lightly. Samuel L. Packer, director of physical facilities at WSC, says a lot of work and checking are involved in preparing for winter and even then headaches crop up. One of the most certain is that of the schools acres of parking lots. Winter storms which come during the day and drop a heavy load can produce a lot of complaints and grumblings from those who have trouble getting into or out of the parking areas It's almost impossible to do anything about the problem until late snow-covere- d in the evening when the cars are gone because a snowplow can do little good in a filled parking lot. Cars gone But after the cars are gone the snowplows have their turn getting things ready for the next day. Crews work usually between midnight and 7 a m clearing parking lots, sidewalks, and campus roads. The main peripheral roads around the campus are state responsibility, Mr. Packer says, but the inside roads are the colleges job. The basic heavy snow removal work is handled on a contract basis with a pnvate operator large enough to handle the job. Gibbons and Reed has held the contract for the past several years The school operates three tractor plows of its own, mainly for sidewalks. Twelve custodians report at 5 a m. and are available for hand shoveling, salting, etc As winter approaches a major job is getting the heating plant ready The work mvolves preparing and checking boilers and cooling towers, getting oil tanks ready, and checking lines School uses The school uses natural gas as its basic fuel, with a contract which allows the Mountain Fuel Co to cut it off at times of extremely heavy demand. That means all boilers must be ready for changeover on notice of a few hours and oil tanks sufficient to keep heating plants going for a coup of months filled Campus vehicles are winterized I checking of battenes, anti-frecontent in radiators and givii tuneups to many machines to prepai them for easier winter starting Another task is winterizing tl retention pond in front of the Milk Administration Building and shuttir down the Lindquist fountain , t e The work involves mainly cleanin the pond, and winterizing pumps fc the fountain 5 A i k f $ t J ! 1 ) Five miles of the schools law sprinkling system must be drained I advance of freezing weather. Sand and gravel and salt mix to be used on walks and roadways is prepared far in advance 8 ( I i the Weber High volleyball team lets emotions flow. She and her teammates captured the 1978 State Championship last Saturday night in Salt Loke City. For details turn to page 4 and 5. CHRIS WRIDE of Safety expressed by official Safety is the major concern of the new Ogden Municipal Airport Manager. Leonard Peterson, who took over as the manager of the Ogden Airport in September, explained, my major concern is making sure that the airport facilities, the runways and taxiways are safe for use The airport has a traffic volume of between 10,000 and 11,000 take-off- s and landings every month, according to Mr. Peterson thus making safety maintanance of the runways a prime consideration. With crew of four, maintenance personnel are busy during the day making sure that debris does not obstruct the runways. Debns means anything that interfers with the air- craft. Driving down runway No. 2 Peterson spotted an object and CROSS COUNTRY High Umtas. skiers enjoy the untouched beouty of the bockcountry on a winter camping trek into the stopped to examine ti What do you think this is?" he said opening the car door and retrieving the object that lay on the runway. The object" was a small nylon pouch with two .long nylon coated wires extending out from it Peterson had no idea as to its proper use, but out on the airstrip, it became debris Snow can present another kind of problem for Peterson and his staff On snowy days, we have to check the friction coefficient to see how slippery the runways are " This is done by driving one of the airport vehicles out onto the runway, taking it out of gear.letting it roll and then applying the brakes The crew then measures the slippage that results It is great enough than the crew will plow the runway or use various methods to clear the runway so that it is safe for air traffic to use I want you to realize," Peterson said, that the airport manager does not control the air traffic; that is done control the airport by the FAA facilities only." Peterson said the Ogden Airport is a reliever airport for Salt Lake Airport. This means that in the event that the V-- e Salt Loke Airport was closed due to hazardous conditions much of the traffic would be diverted to Ogden We have the facilities, with our three runways to accomodate the intermediate jets like the DC-- and the Boeing 737 's Our longest runway, 7,3000 feet would be long enough to accomodate bigger aircraft at sea level, but at our elevation the big ones need more length than we have " Peterson said that Ogden is one of the two airports in Utah that have a FAA control tower Feterson moved to Ogden last summer with his wife, six children, dog and one cat from southern California where he was employed by the Long Beach, California Airport for 10 years. Long Beach Airport is the fifth busiest in the nation" said Peterson "I feel that Ogden Airport will have a significant impact on the communi'. within a few years as we see a giowth in private business air traffic, executive planes and the like 9 |