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Show SERIAL CItt-UAIiitlOIT f'" n LI'-r-.r.- li.v, l::.:: "SPECIAL T OLLECTIONS T fix' eiiiiex uJ oinma Davis Conngt oute Resort u b Poslu KJl RATE PAID PrmM no 6 layton WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1986 NUMBER j Utoh 84041 FORTY-FIV- E Layton People Davis protects our wildlife By TOM HARALDSEN News Editor LAYTON - There was a popular movie out a few years ago titled The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." The title intrigued me, even though the story itself had nothing to do with running. -- SCOTT DAVIS job forces him into another kind of loneliness. He is one of the unsung heroes working for the states Division of Wildlife Resources. Like any other enforcement officer, his work is seldom bragged about, though he is often criticized by those to w horn he issues violations. And yet. without officers like Scott, we would all notice the difference in the wilderness areas which constitute the Beehive State. Scott's office consists of three counties: Davis, Morgan and Summit. He is area conservation officer over ther local conservation officers in those counties, plus serves as the area officer for south Davis County. He took that post in December of 1984. when he was appointed by DWR director Bill Geer. The division restructured its officer program last year, which is when Scott became area super- PAUL BRYANT Commander for a day HILL AFB - March was an day for Paul J. Bryant, Layton High School Senior. On that day, he was picked up by SSgt Young and Sgt. Swarthout at 0700 at his home and escorted military fashion to Hill Air Force Base where he served as Youth Commander of the Day. Paul comes from an Air Force family. His father, Ray H. Bryant is a retired Air Force Colonel and a former pilot. Since he was old enough to dream and plan, Paul has worked toward the goal of becoming an Air Force pilot. The opportunity to be Commander of the Day reinforced Paul's career goal. exciting dream-come-tru- 12 e THE DAY started with a briefing by Deputy Base Commander, Colonel Lloyd H. McCoin. This was followed by a guided tour of the base which included a demonstration of the 6 Flight Simulator, a tour of flight line maintenance facilities, an interview with a fighter pilot and a debriefing session. Paul and his parents were guests at a special luncheon held in the NCO Club. They had the opportunity to Senior Enlisted visit with F-1- OO-AL- Advisor C Master Chief Sergeant Joseph Jones. The Air Force official explained the many options available to Paul if he decides on an Air Force career. Paul said his recommendations were most helpful. The most impressive part of the tour for Paul was the opportunity to examine the many aspects of the 6 fighter plane. This created an enthusiasm to fly once again in Paul's mind. BEING YOUTH Commander of the Day is a distinct honor. Paul was selected from applications submitted from high school students in the Davis, Weber and F-1- multi-purpo- visor. Ogden District. Just completing the application was a learning experience. Paul was asked to list his goals, hobbies, future plans and reasons why he should be selected HIS TIME is divided evenly - primarily interested in views of early KaysvjHe settlement A COMMITTEE of Roselyn Slade, Ivy Harvey, Alice Hampton touring" the area and handling the div isions paperwork. I help coordinate and supervise the conservation officers time, he explained. For years, legislators were asking officers what we did. Now we have developed a system that makes us more accountable to them. for this honor. The completeness of his answers plus a sincere desire to become an Air Force officer were pluses that led to Paul's selection. After graduation from high school. Paul plans to attend college and major in engineering while working through the ROTC program for acceptance into the Air Force, dmg UTAH CURRENTLY has 74 local officers more time to work in the field, though officers on Scotts level do spend a lot of time indoors with reports or division meetings . . Still, on any given day, and there is no set schedule on Scott's calendar, he will handle five to ten calls from citizens, with reports of dead deer, nuisance wildlife, raccoons, or suspected poaching. They can and do come anytime, day or night. and Linda Ross has been formed to search and prepare the pictures for proper display, if anyone has good pictures or even better, a negative, of early WERE DIFFERENT from scenes of Kaysville and its en- other state employees in that we virons they are urged to contact dont the regular state holidays. get Linda Ross at the City Offices at We work whatever hours it takes to jw get our jobs done. As an example, Scott revealed one time card from an officer who had worked 125 hours during a 546-123- 5. - surperiod. The plus will not be taken in pay, and will probably never be compensated for, he explained. Spring cleanup set KAYSVILLE - The cities of service to pick up cuttings and some trash. Hopefully this will encourage citizens to dig deeper and clean up their yards and driveways of old junk, automobile parts, wood piles and weed beds, broken CLEARFIELD A joint meet- to explore problems associated with the landfill-burplant relationship and to try to arrive at some agreements that will accommodate both the special service n k 45-ho- By DONETA GATHERUM After the preliminabout the usefulness of reports ary the Toms Super Save Store at 280 LAYTON -- - E. Gentile for a library indicated there were some major problems with the building construction and the heating-coolinsystem, the Council Thursday Layton City evening voted unanimously to drop this site as an option for a library and to ask Tom Winegar for the return of a $1,000 earnest money deposit. COUNCIL discussion at a 6 p.m. g district and the two North Davis County cities that are not members of the district but have interest in the landfill, Layton City Manager Bruce Barton reported to the Layton City Council that staff members from work meeting and again at the reguLayton and Clearfield have met lar city council meeting seemed to with Attorney Hess and the burn suggest the city would move ahead plant manager, Jim Young and that with plans to build a library on the Lane progress is being made towards the original Hawthornc-Lancc- r resolution of conflicts in the cit ies- site that was set aside several years special service district relation- ago for library purposes. Although there has been considship. Mr. Barton said he believed Layton should still maintain a erable dialogue between the counwait and see attitude, dmg ty and the city recently, the council remains neutral about the possibility of rejoining the county library system. Councilman Bob Steven, -' son made the motion to work with the Layton Library Committee under the chairmanship of Oma Wilcox to complete a fcasability study that would look at both a county library and an independent city owned and operated library. Councilman Stevenson agreed to work with the library committee to develop meaningful comparisons in systems, costs, programs and services. The goal is to present a t i I SCOTT DAVIS was raised in Midvale, and graduated from Hill-creHigh School. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in geography, then started part time with DWR. He later returned to college at Weber State, earning a degree in biological studies. He soon became an enforcement tat for wildlife. Not all of that destruction is manmade, he explained. The high water in the Great Salt Lake and the winter of 1982 are still showing their effects on wildlife. Deer herds are down, many ducks have left the area and we have a lower count on waterfowl. agent, working undercover for DVR for five years. In 1978 he went to Vernal as an enforcement specialist, where he remained before coming to his current post last BUT HE cites other areas of concern as well, such as increased subdividing and building on deer ranges. One of the biggest DWR goals is the acquisition of a critical big- - st July. HE AND his wife Colleen live in Layton and have four children, including twin daughters Michelle and Marielle Green, which are y and track stars at Weber State. cross-countr- Uve always loved the outdoors, he says. Probably a big part of that is my background in Scouting. HIS BIGGEST concern as an area conservation officer is habitat destruction. Consequently, his biggest goal is an increase in habi- - people who have the most to gain from our efforts are the ones we have the most trouble with. Its the lonely part of the job, not being accepted by the public because we are tough on enforcement of our laws. POACHING IS an ever increasproblem, one which all officers ing game range, a winter habitat for deer and elk. We need a sanctuary for big game, he said. NUISANCE DEER have caused some problems in recent years, which precipitated last falls limited weapons hunt. While Scott do help properand his ty owners with the building of fences as often as possible, he admits that all. we can't build them Its frustrating, because we are trying to protect and promote wildlife, and yet some of the very are constantly alerted to. The DWR has even established a hotline for tips on potential poaching activites. Scotts hopes for the future include better working relationships with developers in wildlife areas. He pointed to the example of the East Canyon Resort area, where developers have worked closely with DWR not to disturb natural wildlife habitat, and have in fact helped protect it. BUT ITS clear that even with those problems he faces daily, Scott Davis loves his job. When he returns to his Layton home each night, he looks forward to another day of protecting the wildlife of Utah, so that each of us can continue to enjoy it. Market dropped from library plan toys, etc. IT NOT only makes for better neighbor relations, but helps the city fathers out by minimizing the enforcement of weed and sanitary laws,' It takes everyone's best efforts to keep the communities places to be proud of, jw Bum plant reps meet ing between the Layton and Clearfield City Councils, Gerald Hess from the County Attorneys Office and representatives from the Solid Waste Management and Energy Recovery Special Service District has been scheduled for Thursday, March 27 at7p.m, in the Clearfield City Hall. THE PURPOSE of the meeting is enva- forcement officers working rious locales in the state. The new streamlined system allows those two-wee- Kaysville and Fruit Heights offer a be- tween Old pictures sought KAYSVILLE Kaysville City is searching for some early historical pictures for display in the new City Municipal Center They are LAYTON RESIDENT SCOTT Davis, shown as he scopes out a potential problem while making his daily rounds, is concerned about Utahs wildlife. As an area conservation officer, he travels through Davis, Morgan and Summit counties, enjoying his work and protecting the wildlife habitat. report by April 24 so that the library could be worked into the fiscal 1986-8- 7 budget. MAYOR RICHARD McKenzie stated he personally favors joining the county system becaue he believes it would get a library in Layton sooner than if Layton developed their own library system. He said there are many advantages to belonging to a large library system. He conceded that Layton would probably be subsidizing the other libraries in the county system if Layton were a member of the county system because the tax re- venue generated in Layton that would be spread out over the entire county. This would be a trade-of- f. Layton residents would have access to all county libraries especially the North Branch which would be very convenient for many Layton people. Mayor McKenzie indicated that he had asked the county attorneys office to prepare the draft of a legal document stating the building ownership terms and other items from the county's point of view. A LIBRARY in Layton would cost nearly $1.5 million. Layton has in excess of $670.(XK) in a special interest-bearin- g fund set aside forlibrarics. During the 1984-8- 5 fiscal year, $210,877 was collected in Layton from the library mill lew. Expenditures including bookmobile service, county cards pur chased for Layton residents in 1985 was $64,425. LAYTON ESTIMATES the value of the land donated to the library would be $100,000. The $750, 000 balance needed to build a library would be provided by the county. Mayor McKenzie stated. The county would also set up the book collection and provide a professional library staff. COUNCILMAN Jerry Nebeker asked the city recorder to prepare some projected mill levy figures for over the next five years. They are as follows: Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Library Fund 2:7.277.00 24J.677.00 243.677.(8) 276.477.t8) 292.877.t8) Assuming the lax rate remains Ihe same Assuming S40.1HX) of new development each year, as per city planner THE PROJECTED number of cards issued to Layton citizens is: APPROXIMATELY 13.8 per- cent of Layton citizens used the county library system in 1985. The dollars collected on the library mill levy in Layton totaled $6.06 per capita. This is comparable to other cities in Davis County because the library mill levy is the same. Baste? egg hunt set KAYSVILLE Happy Hollow the sight for Kaysville's Easter-eg- g hunt this year. The even! starts Saturday, March 29 at 10 a.m. CHILDREN from one to 2 years of age are eligible to hunt for eggs and prizes Hunters will be separated into five age groups, with each group having prize eggs hidden somewhere in the hollow. Hunting should be exciting with 300 dozen colored eggs to be found. is 1 EACH YEAR the egg hunt is sponsored by the Kaysville Jaycces, who boil, dye and hide the eggs. Project chairman Greg Layton says, The egg hunt has become a great tradition for our town, and we plan to have over 1500 participants including adults and children. Parents wanting more information should call Greg Layton at or Tom Kolmcl at 544-267- 4 |