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Show I a f Forces positive approach litation center now being used for adults only will be opened to adolescents within the next few months. Another medical care center is being constructed between 500 West and Interstate Highway 15 in Woods Cross that will accommodate 16 chemically dependent patients. The facility will have a total of 56 beds, most of which will be used to treat emotionally disturbed patients. COMMITTEE speakers highlighted the need for peer counseling and for patient involvement before the disease becomes acute. Alcohol Council (ATAC) as well as other An teen clubs and organizations are actively combating drug and alcohol abuse among adolescents. REFERRING to ATAC, it was explained that there are R. BLODGETT Clipper News Drugs are a gateway into an unseen world; They take you up, up and away, or down below the world. Drugs slowly take over your mind, they take over your person, they take over your life, then you become a robot. Controlled by your dealers and people with drugs You start to wonder why everything is so wrong; then you take drugs to deal with life's pain. Drugs are a slow torture, probing your mind with all its powerfulness; then leaving you empty. The only way to be full again is to fdl your mind with drugs; Drugs are a slow suicide, yet you dont realize that until you are dead. By GARY FARMINGTON - Looking at the positive approach was the theme of the Davis County Task f orce for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Among Teenagers. DEALING with aftercare ot chemically dependent teenagers, it was emphasized that without aftercare, 95 percent of all drug and alcohol users will return to the habit. Jan Bullock, a member of the altercate subcommittee, noted that there are 13,000 adolescents in Utah with an acute illness of drug or alcohol dependency but with facilities to treat only 250 at one time. THERE ARE no hospital facilities for aftercare in Davis County, but a segment of the Lakes iew Hospitals rehabi- -- All-Tee- n Continued on page two Davis (TUI) 25 CENTS First to complain Dj vilx I IV. Clipper CYCLOPS DLULHjL News Editor - -ful City Council 1 1 ' BOUNTIFUL -- Charges of pos- sible discrimination and illegal re- - Guest Writer last Wednesday night for the council s prior action to rezone property owned by Ren- dell Mabey. iiivyntiLii iuv, UUUII, Itp resenting a large group of residents who live in the area of the proposed rezoning, said that all o' her areas 0f the city zoned for single-famil- y If you hang around northern Davis County, youll probably hear someone mention the new Peppercorn Resthe restaurant is also the topic of taurant in Layton--an- d conversation in a local doctors office, too. within toewm- - days, probably The attorney also alleges that the councils action amend the district zoning was in violation of the citys master plan which is a guideline for residential and commercial About 5,000 scouts were expected to attend the Diamond Jublice Encampment Friday and Saturday at Lagoon, but more than 8,000 turned up, making for mighty crowded conditions. Scouts competed in a variety of games, skills and contests during the weekend affair. Photo by Clipper Photographer Ron Boswell. Kays, gives land for senior center By TOM BUSSELBERG Reflex-Journ- Editor al - FARMINGTON The Kaysvil-l- e City Council has offered ground for construction of a senior citizens center. NORTH Salt Lake and West Point, meanwhile, feel their communities needs are currently being sufficiently met through Golden Years in Bountiful and Heritage Center in Clearfield. A facilities committee, chaired by Helen Hough of Fruit Heights, is studying needs to serve the cousenior citizens. ntys 11,000-plu- s Centers are now located at Bountiful, Kaysville and Clearfield that are county-owne- d while Layton operates its own facility. NOTING the present Kaysville center, directed by Patsy Search, is overcrowded, its done very well in attracting and serving senior citizens, Mrs. Johnson said the location is very good. A lot of elderly live nearby" and can walk or drive only a few blocks to the facility located on the city hull block. ALTHOUGH Kaysville has a senior center sketched into their masterplan, Mrs. Johnson said she doesnt know if thats the best place for one. She turns to the county as a whole in pondering the question of w hether senior centers (or libraries or other facilities) should be located in each city. The cost is prohibitive for every city to have one. In one year, maybe we see a third of the total, the veteran AgThe ing Services director says. either dont need or other two-thir- d dont want the service, she con- ASSISTANT City Atty. Russell Mahan advised the council that he "is not aware of any wrong doing nor could he in any way interpret the councils action as being tinues. MOST OF the seniors are in that youngest 59-6- 4 age group and most of them work." The survey indicated a majority of those using 4 the centers are in the age bracket although the 5 bracket comes in second, followed by the 65-7- 75-8- 59-6- non-prof- the seniors living in the county. HE EMPHASIZED that the overall affect of the rezoning would create a legel presidence by establishing higher density in a residential area. What is to stop other developers from coming to Hie council, under similar circumstances, and seeking density higher than is allowed by current zoning? the attorney asked. He said he would seriously question that the action taken (to form a new district with a higher density zone) is beyond the authority of the city council. A VAN can pick up seniors and transport them to area facilities, Of services offered, hot meals she added, noting more emphasis is turning to homebound clients who prepared by the Davis School District and served each weekday dont need centers. While service patterns have noon hour are the hottest items been tabulated as part of the comattracting 3,545 during the March mittees survey, theyre only a sample month. Some 40 ate at Silsmall part" of future projects. ver Age on an average day, 42 at Youll have an entirely different Heritage and 92 at Golden Years. TRANSPORTATION drew absegment of eligible population in a out half that total. few years, she emphasizes. Some 425 males and 728 females THE COUNTYS Aging Services reaches only a small percentage of were included in the survey. FORMATION of a seniors, Mrs. Johnson readily admits. In a recent month only abcorporation is being considered to out ,500 different people came help in construction of a new cen- of in seven one about only 1 de- velopment. He added that a Planned Urban Development (as proposed) would constitute spot zoning and would be in violation of neighborhood residents because the rezoning would not be protecting the valuation of their homes. SCOUTS PACKED IN one-ha- lf Centerville police are attempting to clear the cars parked on the old Albertson's lot on Pages Lane in Centerville by tagging the cars as abandoned vehicles. Three days after the cars are tagged, they may be impounded. LAST YEAR local car owners used the Penneys parking lot as a place to display cars for sale. After signs were posted at Penneys, many of the cars were moved across 30 TO ALLOW 10 units per acre in an area of which similarly zoned areas in the city are restricted to seven units per , re would be discriminatory and possibly illegal," Atty. Guyon told the council. non-alcohol- ic two-wee- earlier sooner. Councilman Harold Shafter, who voted against the original rezoning, asked that a hold be put on any further plans or construction on the site until the issue is settled. This portion of the proposal was included in the motion approved by the council. ut pre-ta- COUNCIL - 1 half-nake- prior to the proposed rezoning would allow 13 units per acre. The council, however, restricted this particular development to 10 units per acre. THE BUT NOT AT the doctors office. The good doctor recently wrote a letter saying he was displeased by his experience at the Peppercorn. And after reading his reasons, I had to chuckle. THE FIRST complaint was the slow service. The doctor had to wait about 38 minutes to receive the main course. Now before you think 38 minutes is a lifetime, keep in mind that during that 38 minutes the doctor was also munching on French Bread and salad. So considering that the doctor has average molars, he probably took 16 minutes on the salad and bread. That gives him another 22 minutes for social conversation, something normally done whenever a gentleman asks his wife to dinner. That doesnt seem like an abnormal dining experience-b- ut even if it were, we should consider the mans profession. Doctors are hardly notorious for seeing patients on a timely basis. When a physician sets a 0 a.m. appointment not necessarfor a patient, he probably means 10 a.m. The entire Time. Standard Mountain magazine indusily times to the due has waiting patients must prospered try spend in the outer office. And once the patient is escorted into a room (The doctor will be with you shortly!), the patient often has enough time to read another Redbook novelette before the physician physically appears. TIMELY SERVICE is hardly a hallmark of the medical trade. I have spent 38 minutes sitting in my shorts on a I would much rather be sitting at a resmetal table-a- nd d taurant socializing with my wife than I would sitting peering at a bottle of cotton swabs. But the slow service was not the only complaint the doctor had. He also was concerned about the cost of his drink and his trip for dessert at the Peppercorns chocolate bar. THIS IS HARDLY the place to debate the merits of restaurant costs, but typically an average Utah restaurant the fact that of Utah nets a 5 percent profit-a- nd restaurants go bankrupt within the first two years creates the impression that the restaurant industry is hardly a goldmine. Doctors, on the other hand, are hardly' known as a bargain basement enterprise. Whenever I receive a bill from a physician, my first inclination is to visit my banker. x net income is for I have no statistics on what the the medical trade, but I know that 50 percent of our physicians do not close their doors within two years. And if they k vacation do close their doors, its probably for a to the Bahamas. I TOLD Mr. Bastian not to worry about the doctors comments. And just then, the owner walked in with a confused look. "Look at this bill I received from a group of radiologists, he said. it was THE BILL WAS for work done in April--an- d mailed more than five months later. My wife and I can wait for 38 minutes. But five months . . . Now thats slow service. dwellings restrict development to seven units per acre. Zoning of the Mabey property approved the amended zoning actually making a new district out of Neighborhood 9 District 7 but postponed action on the revised ordinance until later. No date was set for the councils final action and signing of the ordinance by the mayor, but Mayor Dean S. Stahle said a decision should be reached ITS NOT surprising that the Peppercorn is an event for the area. The building is imposing, the decor exquisite and the restaurant itself is the first attempt at a luxury restaurant in the entire area. Anytime someone dumps a million dollars into Layton, hoists up a canopy and serves Sea Bass and Orange Roughy, it is natural for folks to chat about it. And so far, folks are doing more than chatting. More than 4,700 customers have visited the restaurant in its first month, and manager K. C. Bastian says most have been very complimentary. II O Residents protest reowin$ humorous look at serious topics. No parking TWENTY-TW- Possible discrimination Tuesday LIGHTER SIDE A NUMBER it ats Contlnudon pag two Mini-semin- ar BOUNTIFUL Medicare-Medicai- d -- - The proposed federal pay- ment program will be among health care issues to be aired at the Senior Citizens Oct. at the Golden Years Center 24 in Bountiful. A PANEL tentatively will discuss the payment system in the morning session while various workshops will follow a hot lunch. Subjects to be covered may include: How to Read a Hospital Bill; How to Evaluate Supplemental Health Insurance; Community Services Available When You Leave the Hospital; Nursing Homcs-W- ho Pays for Them?" |