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Show TRIAL LILT. ARY HARRIOTT - Trw U f T f SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION ORDER W.MM t j M ! OF U 1 M i W . fTTI iiex Davis Ajy oumai Coo' 'i u toiit BULK RATE I'yylor S PAID P'ojiuye (1)h84'Ul Downtown Layton finishes COG rehabilitation project LAYTON - When the final tree and bush was put into the ground last week, Laytons downtown rehabilitation project, started in the Spring of 1984 when Layton was -- awarded grant money through COG (Council of Governments), was officially completed. Some rehabilitation of buildings along Main Street may still be done in the future however. According to Laytons Community Development Director, Scott Carter, there were five parts to the very complicated CBDG grant which. totalled $233,280. A new culinary water line cost d dollars $26,000. was used to buy down the interest Forty-thousan- rate for building rehabilitation loans. This money was adminis trated through The First National Bank of Layton. Twenty-fiv- e thousand dollars was turned back to the state. Originally, this money was to be used for apartment renovation. This was not economically feasible. The lance of the $233,280 grant was used for paving, curb and gut- tering. Layton City offered matching money to finance landscaping and the creation of a right hand turn lane which will move traffic more smoothly from Gentile Street onto Northbound Main Street. No grant money was used for landscaping. Although the grant money was awarded in 1984, it wasnt until early 1985 that a contract with DCED (Department of Community and Economic Development) for the State of Utah was worked out. According to Mr. Carter, this type of grant and the process to secure it was new to the state although the concept of rehabilitating a Main Street District has been around for 27 years. The target area for the rehabilitation work was from Sills Cafe on the south to the Big O Tire Company on the North. All paving and landscaping was done on the east side of Main Street. Property owners on both sides of the street applied for and received low interest loan money. Twenty people made applications for loans. Some projects have been completed and others are still in the planning stages, dmg Layton City changes logo; reflects colorful image LAYTON -- - Many changes have taken place in Layton since it was incorporated as a town 68 years ago. One of the most interesting evidences of population growth and attitude modification can be traced through the evolution of the city logos used on official letter- heads. Several months ago, Janice n Dawson, President of the Kaysvil-le-Layto- Historical Society searched out the different logos used by Layton, In 1920, Layton was characterized as the Farming Center with all the conveniences of the city. The 1946 letterhead simply said Town of Layton. There was a small illustration of a home in sunlight and darkness. The City Hall on Gentile Street was the main feature of the 1951 city letterhead. Layton was no longer a town. It had grown into Layton City Corporation. Laytons next logo reflected the influence of Hill Air Force Base. Layton became a City of Progress. Pictured were the evolutional steps that brought Layton from a covered wagon era to a missle-bas- e generation. Growth with Vision was the logo used by Layton City until last month. This idea was portrayed as a plant sprouting up through the center of the T in Layton. A border of rainbow colors now goes across the top of Laytons new stationery. The logo, A is highlightQuality Community ed in a green strip set off with white letters. It is my hope that the employees of Layton City will become and give a quality approach to their work thereby increasing employee productivity and creating a pride in their achievements. This attitude can to the citizens of Layton asThey strive to" make' Layton a community that is filled with the pride of many worthwhile Councilman accomplishments, Nebeker stated. sloThe Quality Community gan was selected after study and thought. Councilman Nebeker says it is a statement of purpose and philosophy that has roots in the popular business management analysis field that stresses corpo rate values, motivational principles and unifying, simple themes that instill in employees the desire to take pride in their work and accomplishments as they move towards excellence. This increased productivity movement in private industry can be traced back to the Tom Peters book In Search for Excellence and follow up materials developed by Mr. Peters and others. Although Layton City is a nonprofit, monopoly, Councilman1 Nebeker believes these same productivity techniques can be used to develop citizen pride and employee motivation. Layton City is in the business to provide quality, timely service at a reasonable cost, the creative Councilman stated. By practicing the philosophy behind our new logo, we hope to make Layton a truly quality community. dmg NEW PAVEMENT AND landscaping in downtown Layton have given the city a fresh appearance, as witnessed from this view at Main and Gentile. Pool name contest winner - LAYTON When the new Layton swimming pool opens later this summer, the first customer will probably be Steven Wright, the son battle to fight Clipper for advertising rights of Mr. and Mrs. W. Dennis Wright. Steven has a good claim to being first in the Surf n Swim pool. He Continued on page two By GARY R. BLODGETT Editor Davis County Clipper and Reflex Journal is entering into a battle to save the small daily and weekly newspapers. Publisher John Stahle Jr. announced today that there is an attempt by the U.S. Congress to revise the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1969 that would give Newspaplarger ers even more power than they now have to establish advertising rates that could eventually squeeze small publications out of business. Attorney George Paul, of Lewis and Roca Law Agency in Phoenix, Ariz., will represent the Davis County newspapers as well as other rural publications throughout Utah. Joint-Operati- KAYSVILLE MAYOR JERRY Purdy, center at stand, presents an award to John Clifton Linford and Ruth Linford during the communitys Sunday devotional July 6. Fruit Heights Mayor Dean Brand is at right. The Linfords received the Unsung Hero award from the mayors, as the annual celebration in both communities came to an end. Linfords earn hero awards KAYSVILLE - The annual Unsung Hero" Award given by -- the Kaysville-Frui- t Heights Heritwas Committee Harvest Days age presented to John Clifton Linford and his wife, Ruth Linford. The Linfords have been married 55 years and have four children, 12 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Ruth was born in Syracuse, educated in Davis County schools, Weber State College and Universi1 ty of Utah. She taught school for 2 in served has Ruth always years. her church. Some of her positions have included meetinghouse librarian, stake teacher trainer, Primary president of Davis Slake and a present worker in the Spanish Extraction program. Cliff has also been active in his church and in the community. Some of his church callings include Sunday School teacher, Elders quorum president, Kaysville Stake High Councilor. He also operated the Stake farm for 18 years. Cliff was born in Kaysville, a graduate of Davis High School. During World War II he was chief Davis-Kaysvil- lc Atty. Paul and his firm recently won an anti-trusuit of a similar nature while representing the Wick st newspapers of Family-owne- d Green Valley, Ariz. Atty. Paul said several rural newspapers - small dailies, and weekly have joined in the fight to preserve rights of smaller newspapers to advertise at a twice-weekl- -- y of the Rationing Board. He served on Kaysville City Council for six without being undernewspapyears, and as Kaysville Mayor for cut by ers and larger daily publications. ten years. fair-mark- et joint-operatio- n He said the most serious problem has been with shoppers of new spaper size but which contain no news or very little news - that are mailed to unsolicited customers. These mailers, contain only low-coadvertising, the attorney explained. Cliff has served as a charter member and chairman of the Central Davis Sewer District along with serving as director of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District for 17 years. He has also served as director of the Haight Creek Irrigation Board. He was a In addition to advertising, a charter member and still an active member of the Kaysville Rotary newspaper should include local and regional news, features and Club, jw -- st editorials, Atty. Paul explained. Advertising should be of fair market value and there should be competitive advertising rates by larger newssingle or papers. The amendment proposal in Washington is being prepared by Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Jake Gam. If approved, the Preservation Act amendment would have a serious economic impact on most small newspapers not only in Utah but throughout the United States, the Arizona attorney stressed. joint-operatio- n A hearing was held in Congress recently at which publishers of the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribute supported amendment of the proposed bill. Atty. Paul suggested that the bill amending the Newspaper Preservation Act might be attached to another bill and be passed in disguise." The Arizona attorney also indicated that larger daily and newspapers, such as the Newspaper Agency Corporation of the Deseret News and Tribune, joint-operatio- n feel free about inserting editions of surburban areas, into the daily newspaper on a weekly basis. YVe feel this is a vioation of the law and should not be allowed, he said. Undcrthe current law, these larger publications violaare exempt from anti-trutions and the proposed amendment would give them even more advananti-tru- st st tion Act. As you know, that law provides an antitrust exemption for newspapers which combine their production, circulation and advertising functions while maintaining separate edictorial and reporting functions. This exemption was enacted in 1970 to help financially troubled, competing local newspapers by enabling them to join their commercial functions under joint operating agreements (JOAs). Because of the marked changes in the newspaper publishing business since then, the sponsors of S 2314 contend that the Newspaper Preservation Act needs updating. In my opinion, it is important that a market environment is maintained whereby newspaper competition is fostered in local communities so that separate and distinct news voices and sources are available to all Americans. For this reason, the Congress should not take precipitous action which might encourage the development of news monopolies, thereby stifling competition in the marjctplaee of ideas and information. In the view of many independent newspapers who have written to me about this matter, the 1970 act may have actually worked to diminish rather than encourage competition, and S. 2314 would only exacerbate the situation by allowing giant newspaper organizations to take away unjustly the revenues of newspapers in smaller markets. home-tow- tages. Following is a letter from SenaP. East, who died earlier this month, but was a strong opponent of the proposed amendment. tor John Thank you for opposition to S 2314 which would amend the Newspaper Preserva- our letter in n Hearings on S. 2314 were held last week, and 1 expect that additional hearings will be scheduled Continued on page two |