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Show I cs:il TEST 3322 S. 3rd E. SLC, lit 84115 I r BULK RATE US. rOSTAGE PAID QGDEN. UTAH 84401 PERMIT NO. 27- - Vol. 4, No. 23 Tte Bw 0 Iramoinitdl BOB Tuesday July 3, 1979 I ' Schedule changes Fourth garbage Because of the of July, in North Ogden City will not be picked up on Wednesday. The Wednesday garbage will be picked up on Thursday July 5th. Deadline moves up Fourth Because of the of July, the BEN LOMOND BEACON has been printed on Tuesday this week instead of Thursday. The next issue of the BEACON will be on Thursday July 12th. The BEACON is your community newspaper and contributions and news tips from readers are encouraged to increase the amount of community news in this publication. ' Qui Iters honored Two North Ogden Quilters were recently' named regional winners in the annual Utah State University Quilt Contest.. Karen Fuller of 2734 N. 850 E. and Ruth Wintle of 447 E. 3100 N. both won awards. Karens quilt was a crazy patchwork quilt with designs of her sons favorite food and sports. It was named Favorite things for Jon. Karen is the wife of S. McKay Fuller. Mrs. Wintles quilt was a white dotted swiss quilt. She is the wife of Darol H. Wintle. VERN HANCOCK AND TOM HILL (I. to r.) are the the state the against involving widening of N. Washington all female road On Saturday July 7th a first-eve- r race 3.1 miles (5,000 meters) long will be held in North Ogden. The race is being held in conjuntion with Cherry Days and is being sponsored by the Weber Valley Roadrunners. The race will begin at 8 a.m. at the intersection of Washington Blvd. and Pleasant View Drive. Registration will be held at the starting point at 7:15 a.n. on race day. and ribbons will be Entry fee is $4 with a to information is available More winners. given 0 or from Bruce Perry at By Gary Toyn For North North Emerson Badonie, City Road has been awarded a $15.00 mechandise gift certificate as the second place provided by Dees Drive-in- s " winner in his age group in the Bogle Zoo Student Art Competition. Over 900 elementary, junior and senior high school students in Utah were notified about entering this contest. Several hundred entries were received in four age groups categories. The Hogle Zoo Student Animal Art Contest is an annual event which provides recognition for young artists, while enhancing their knowledge, interest and appreciation for animals. of 2514 N. ' Police have given motorists about one full week now to get used to the change and now they will start issuing tickets to speeders. Motorists should also be aware of road damage along North Washington Boulevard which exists because of road crews widening the road. 782-971- Washington ed Washington Boulevard. However, the issue of property damage is not the only problem these residents have had to put up with. An unused plan of proceedure has also crept into the picture and has caused much ficials. Other problems have caused much debate and because of these, a court case has been instigated that could cause statewide impact. It all began back in 1885 when the State of Utah dedicated N. Washington Blvd. to themselves at a width of 132 feet. Later, in 1932 the state installed right of way markers on both sides of the road. The west side markers were put sixteen feet in so as not to compete with some of the farmers fence lines. For 47 years, residents along N. Washington have been relying on those Speed limit down set Municipal Outdoor Swimming Pool, located at 2682 N. 500 E. is open for the summer Mondays through Saturdays. On Mondays the pool hours are 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., while on all other five days the hours are 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. For more information call the swimming pool at of debate between property owners and state road of- Motorists traveling on North Washington Boulevard should keep in mind that the speed limit along that section of road has been lowered from 50 to 40 miles per hour. The North Ogden residents over-prun- Winner named Plain Pool hours many Boulevard, the past several months have been all but pleasurable. The reasons are obvious: tom up lawns, trees or the complete removal of trees, broken water lines and even more. All these things have been caused by the widening of 782-802- 627-262- IT'S EASY to see that there's very little room between this house on N. Washington Blvd. and the newly widened road there. Etelboft feetfweeirD piroipeirfty wuueirs midi sftotf imwolvGS Deg) I tesslles race held All-fema- le of the law suit Blvd. City markers as being the boundaries. Even the City of North Ogden issued building permits on the assumption of those markers being the boundaries. Then the state intervened 1 and denied claims that the markers were valid. The state claimed land sixteen feet beyond these 1932 markers. The road widening project began last year, but was soon delayed due to a lack of funding. When the residents were notified by the state of the change in boundary lines, they immediately grouped together and sought to bring court action, to get the problem resolved. The concerned residents hired Mr.- - Richard R." Met-ske- r. He stated: Our first intent in court was to get the state not to build there. We lost that round. We found out the state is going to build where it wants to. So now our intent is to get compensation for the property owners that are losing sixteen feet of their property and the resulting damage that is left because homes are too close to the road. At the present time, there are two structures that are actually on state property, one being the old cannery which Is full of 1932 road monument markers. The state at this point is not requiring this building to be tom down, however. The other building is Andy's Lounge" on the south section-o- f N. Washington Blvd. It extends ten feet over stile boundaries. The slate is requiring modifications some for that business. Because the state used all of the contested sixteen feet, many houses have very little room from front step to curb and gutter. Some houses actually have less than ten feet of space from step to However, Skip Anderson of the Utah Tranof Department sportation says different. He says: There wont be any gutter. houses any closer than 26 lh feet because that is how far it is from the curb and gutter back to the right of way Some residents line. measure differently, though. One man estimated the damage to his property from the road widening at about $6,000, while total estimates from those residents participating in court action equals about one million dollars. When project engineer Larry Durrant was sportation said in answer to this question: Well, because the legal question didnt come up until after the construction was already underway, the contractor was fully mobilized and he already had lawns torn up. We didnt see any reason why we should stop the construction any longer. No public hearings were ever held on this project and thus the public has had little input on it. The residents are not against the project, for they need the road very badly. They just wish the state had gone about it with better public relations. One man quipped: They just asked about this total need some better public damage amount, he denied relations or this thing is it, saying all problems going to make a drastic turn caused by construction have around. now been taken care of. According to one state Otherwise, he says he official (who wishes to not be doesn't know about them. named) This has got to be Two men, Vem Hancock the poorest public relations Hill are job in history." Tom and When the preliminary spearheading the lawsuit action brought about by local hearing was brought to residents because of the court, the court basically We cannot disputed road construction told residents: boundaries. Mr. Hancock tell the state where to build says: The state went about their road, so your best bet is this whole project back- to go to the governor. A normal meeting was arranged with from wards proceedures. Take 12th Governor Matheson and he street for example. The state later sent out Department of never went out and started Transportation Head Skip cutting up the road until they Anderson to survey the were sure they had acquired project. His conclusion was: the proper right of way. There is nothing we can There is no doubt that there do." Mr. Metsker interpets this is a legal question here, why didn't they clear up the legal to mean that They (the question first? That's what I. state) admitted they had made a mistake. At a later want to know. date, Mr. Anderson was Spokesman A spokesman for the asked if he thought the of tran residents should receive department compensation. His reply was: No. Most residents are confident that even if the state had gone about this project correctly that their property would still have been condemned and taken away by the state. Their worry is simply how the court is going to rule. Should the state rule that these right of way markers were erroneously placed, the implications are that in the future the state might be able to claim boundaries without having a witness stamp. Another unsolved item is that according to various sources, two department of transportation officials were spotted digging up 1932 road markers back in February along N. Washington Blvd. The markers were all they were digging up and Mr. Hancock confronted them. They all ready had several markers in their truck, but they would give no reasons why or who told them to dig them up. Authority When Mr. Durrant was asked about this incident, he said: Dont have the authority. Youll have to ask somebody in a higher position. District Manager Dike Levevre gave no comment about the incident when he was asked. Action by residents began back in November of 1978, but the case has not been t brought to court yet since the state has postponed the case several times. During this time, the residents have taken the proper action to make their case a class action suit. They feel this will give them more clout. If the residents win the case, the tax payers w ill pay the tab. If the state wins, it seems it will just affirm their power and authority. Farm meeting set In a meeting held in Salt Lake City, the three major farm and ranch organizations in Utah discussed the public lands problem as it endangers the raising of livestock in Ltan through bureaucratic policies of attempting to remove grazing from the public domain. The main thrust of the meeting was objection to the policies of the wilderness legislation as being carried out by federal agencies, and particularly the policies of the Bureau of Land Management of what have been termed potential through dictating non-us- e areas for the wilderness designation. The organizations heard speeches from George S. Dibble, of Husky Oil Co., Cody, Wyoming; Constance Lundberg, general counsel of the Utah Mining Association, Salt Lake City; and Dean Rhoads, president of the Public lands Council, and a member of the Nevada State Legtslature.fron Tuscarora, Nevada. Nevada. vice-preside- Sharon Kendall named Miss North Ogden Miss Sharon Ken dell, 17, was crowned as the queen of the 1979 Miss North Ogden Scholarship Pageant last Friday Night in the Weber High School Auditorium. She received a 1500 college scholarship, a wardrobe worth 8250 and other prizes. Miss Kendell is the daughter of Max G. and Alton Kendell of 4428 N. 350 W. in Pleasant View. She Is a 1979 graduate of Weber High School and in the talent show she performed an expressive dance. has Miss Kendell is brown hair and brown eyes and plans on becoming a teacher. Sixteen local girls competed for the queen title. 5-- Rochelle Bunnell, 17, of monologue. Her hobbies numerous include reading, handiwork Sill N. 100 E. was chosen as cooking, jogging sewing and the first attendant. Her parents are Stephen and Dee Ann Bunnell. She is also a .1979 Weber High School Graduate and she received a 8300 college scholarship. Her talent presented in the contest was a violin performance. Named as the pageant's second attendant was Kannette Brown, 20 of 3950 N. 650 W. Her prize was a $200 college scholarship. Nanette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Brown. Her talent was a reading. The pageant's third at- tendant was Mechelie $100 college scholarship. She herself, bhe is the daughter of C. Gerald Parker and is a 1977 Weber High Graduate. Nanette Brown also won the Miss title for The fourth attendant named was Roxanne Stacey, 19, of 125 W. Cottonwood Photogenic and she Drive. She also received a received a color portrait of Turner also won another award for selling the most tickets to the pageant among (Cricket) Turner, 18, of 321 E. 3100 N. She was awarded a $100 college scholarship and her talent presented was a dance. She is a 1979 Weber High graduate. is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. La Vem Stacey and her talent presented Friday was a dramatic reading. Miss Freia Parker, 20, of 561 W. Elberta Drive was Miss given the title of Congeniality. Mechelie the 16 contestants. |