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Show t'AlOU LIB3.W LAKki; CIH, U OF U : UTAH -- .SPECIAL (50LLEGT40N- effflex-JjOMm- a Davis S- Cumi tout h3H)t i u S Putlog ftULK RATI PAJO Pfmrt no ft loy1or utpfr 64041 School bells ring In JD&vk Conntv By DONETA GATHERUM DAVIS COUNTY - Just under 49,000 students and over 2,000 teachers started the 1986-8- 7 school year Monday in Davis County School District. This represents an increased enrollment of 3,450 over the 1985-8- 6 count. To accommodate the growing number of students in the District, two new schools were opened this -- year. Woods Cross Elementary will serve 732 of the Districts 29,198 elementary aged students. Syracuse Junior High School opened with some construction still going on in the building. The enrollment at this new school is about 700. This includes eighty sixth grade students who would normally be assigned to Syracuse Elementary School. Adams Elementary in Layton and Columbia Elementary in Kays-vill- e both are using new additions. Adams enrollment is 857 while 852 students attend Columbia. The District has purchased six additional portable classrooms to be used as needed. A addition to Centerville Junior High will be ready in February. close in size. Clearfield houses 1,907 students. Layton is close behind with 1,766 students. Total elementary schools, the largest are in Davis DisTeacher trict is relatively small. This year about 150 new teachers were hired. Considering the openings of new schools, new additions and increased enrollment at existing schools plus the number of teachers who retired from the system last year, this is a minimal number. two-roo- m Davis District operates 43 Holt Elementary in Clearfield with an enrollment of 902 and Knowlton in Farmington with 901 students. The smallest elementary schools in the District are Reading in Bountiful with 498 students, Valley View in Bountiful with 423 students and South Weber with 420 students. There are 12 junior high schools in the District with a total enrollment of 9,910. Central Davis in Layton is the largest in enrollment, a position usually held by North Davis. The opening of Syracuse Junior dropped North Davis enrollment. The six high schools are very high school enrollment is 9,154. Davis District operates an alternative high school and a young parents high school in addition to the six traditional schools. turn-ov- er WADING THEIR WAY across Kaysvilles Main Street were Michelle and Tanja Fraughton. Construction crews are still shooting for a September 5th completion date on the project, which includes the widening of 200 North as well. of the District Personnel office there According to Mel Miles were 2,000 applicants for teaching positions. We were very pleased with the number of applications and the quality of the people that were interviewed and hired. Good people are still choosing teaching as a profession, Mr. Miles stated. Road widening begins; closes street until Sept. 5 By TOM HARALDSEN Layton Council approves rezoning on west side By DONETA GATHERUM near Gentile Street. - After denying sevLAYTON eral proposals by developers, the Layton City Council Thursday evening approved what they consider to be a proper use for the property at 200 North and 1100 West, adjacent to the south portion of Smiths new produce warehouse and dairy plant and north of the Simmons subdivision. The council approved a zoning change requested by Smiths Management. This will The property is now M-allow expansion of Smiths operations in the future. The zoning change was not made without some citizen input. Van Voss and Ned Iverson, both residents of the West Gentile area, questioned the adequacy of roads leading to Smiths buildings and the other industrial developments Community Developmentc- Director, Scott Carter, said the itys second road priority was to complete a new road that would service the industrial area and get the heavy truck traffic off Gentile. Because none of the property that would be used for this new road is currently developed and because much of the property is still in Davis County, there is no way of knowing when this road will be built. The property that was zoned had been considered in previous years for many things including M-- 2 twin homes and multiple housing units. Council members expressed concern about a buffer between residential sections and the large Smiths development. Mr. Carter stated this would be taken care of when Smiths comes in with a site Appointments made for Layton Boards LAYTON - The Layton City Council has approved the appointments of three people to serve on the Planning Commission. The Hal Hallett, a current Planning Commission member, to a second, three-yea- r term. Council New Planning Commission members are Keith Cisney, Audrey Malloy and Wynn Hansen. Keith Cisney, a former mayor of Clinton, will serve a three-yea- r term. He lives in the northeast por- - tion of Layton. Audrey Malloy will serve out the one year remaining in the term of Tamara Voight who resigned from the Planning Commission earlier this year. Ms. Malloy is a quality control management supervisor at Hill Air Force Base. She lives in the central part of Layton. Wynn Hansen, an unsuccessful candidate for the Layton City Council, will serve the two years of a term vacated by Jim Reynolds. He lives in the southeast section of Layton, dmg By GARY R. BLODGETT Editor FARMINGTON--Ther- e were some close races, as predicted, but there were also some upsets, not predicted, in Davis Countys Primary Election Tuesday. As predicted, Brant L. Johnson held on to win the Republican race for sheriff over former deputy sheriff Glen Clary; incumcommission over bent Glen E. Saunders won the race for former sheriff Kenneth Hammon; and Ruth M. Kennington had the easiest time of any candidate in the Primary Election with a devestating victory over challenger Jon E. Daich. upsets - and in most cases Then there were the in the battles remaining county races and the seats very tight House of Representatives. in Utah the for grab up To begin with, William L. Peters returned to politics after a layoff and defeated incumbent Commissioner Harry S. Gerlach Sr. by a comfortable 10 percent margin; and Attorneys Melvin C. Wilson and Jack C. Helgesen were separated by only so-call-ed -- 12-ye- ar -- KAYSVILLE - Though somewhat reluctantly, the city's Redevelopment Agency has given its approval for closure of 200 North between Fourth West and Main Street in order for contractors to finish widening of that roadway. The action last Tuesday now clears the way for State Highway -- plan. A barrier wall, landscaping or some other arrangement will be made so the project is compatable with houses. Department approval of the closure. The roadway would likely remain closed for three to four weeks until final paving is completed on the project. Should the state agree, traffic entering Kaysville from Interstate 15 would be diverted north or south along 400 West. Motorists trying to get onto the highway would follow a similar detour route along 400 West. In a related matter, city engineer Lee Cammack said Thursday At the present time, Smiths has no specific purpose in mind for the property. In other council business, a public hearing was set for Sept. 18 at 7:15 p.m. to hear a rezone request submitted by James. D. Fake. He wants to construct a mobile home park on the west side of Fort Lane at 2400 North. The city staff and the Planning Commission were not in favor of Mr. Fakes proposal because of its location in the flight path and the number of mobile home parks already in Layton. The council voted 3 to 1 to set a public hearing. Kent Smith cast the negative vote. Councilman Dale Goede was not in attendance at the meeting. Finally, the Council approved proposals submitted by Dennis Thurgood to complete the Oaks at Mutton Hollow, a private residential development originally started by Gardner, Price and Bailey. The citys involvement in this housing project is limited because it is a private, planned community. At the suggestion of Mr. Carter, the Council requires a statement be recorded on all project documents morning that the intersection of 200 North and Main will be closed starting Monday morning for 72 hours, while crews tear out the existing roadbed and prepare for its improvement. Mr. Cammack said the intersection should be open again by this Thursday, though the new asphalt will not be in place until all of the Main Street project is paved. The contractor is sticking by his estimate that the pavement will be down by September 5, Mr. Cammack said. He pointed out that the city agreed to close 200 North because the roadway has been shut down for considerable periods of time during the day anyway, and the two-fodropoffs on either side of the road have made nighttime traveling hazardous. In other RDA business, an insurance firm on Main Street had its request for an illuminated sign de ot nied. The firm had hoped to install a sign on the side of its building with its corporate logo, but city fathers felt the current policy on such signs prohibited its installa- tion along Main Street. And tenants in the Lyle Barnes building asked that a pair of decorative trees planned for the curbside in front of their building not be planted. One tenant told the RDA that such trees would block the view of his storefront windows, which he uses for advertising. Mayor Gerald Purdy said the city would look into that request and tryto meet your needs. The trees are being planted in replacement of street lighting which had originally been planned for the downtown sector. When those lights arrived in July they were damaged, and could not be replaced in time for the project to continue on schedule. School board asked to change policy By DONETA GATHERUM FARMINGTON-Thr- ee parents of cheerleaders petitioned the school board Tuesday to change a district policy governing cheerleading travel. The board refused to take action but the item was placed on the board agenda for their next meeting, Sept. 2. In February, the board set a policy of not allowing cheerleaders to travel out of state. This same rule applies to athletic teams. Musical groups, drill teams, debate teams and some other groups are allowed to travel out of state on a limited basis, however. saying if the project is ever approved as part of Layton City, the utility developments would have to be brought up to city standards. The housing project is using lines. PVC pipe for water-sewLayton does not allow this in their building codes. Mr. Thurgood noted about 70 percent of the cities in Utah now accept the PVC pipe for utility lines, dmg The reason behind restricting cheerleaders to events was based on board feeling that adequate opportunities exist for them to perform and excel within Utah. That includes local games, state er te votes with Wilson coming out on the long end in the for County Attorney. There were three distinct upsets int he races for House of Representatives with the incumbents being defeated. Ironically, the three were candidates who had been attacked by the Davis Education Association (DEA) at public meetings and in news media advertisements for not supporting the educational needs of the state. Stanley M. Smedley had little trouble defeating incumbent Paul Lloyd Selleneit, ,437 to , 103 in District 18; Scott W. Holt found it easy going with a , 168 to 663 win over Dee Ann Jessop Fisher; and in District 17, Walter Bain, Farmington City Councilman had to wait until the final district had reported before knowing he had captured a very slim ,659 to , 57 victory over incumbent E. Ute Knowlton. Incumbent Dona Wayment went down to defeat in State Senate District 21 with nearly a 300 vote loss to David Steele, 1,900 to 1,609. Back to the county races, William L. Peters upset incumbent 191 1 1 JOYCE WINTERS 7 1 1 1 1 tournaments, camps and competitions. Delyn Yeates, representing parents of some Layton High School cheerleaders, Phil Andersen, and te Boyd Beagley, representing parents from Bountiful and View-moHigh Schools, respectively, requested the board revert back to the former policy. nt That allowed out-of-sta- te travel to limited competition. Mr. Andersen said his son participated with the Bountiful High cheerleaders last year in national competition in Florida. Davis County, Bountiful High and the cheerleaders received positive national attention through the ESPN (sports network) coverage. He felt that coverage was good for everyone. He said, by placing a limit on travel we are placing a limit on upward excellence. Mr. Baegley, a Viewmont pa- - rent, compared the opportunities of his daughter, involved with a Madrigal singing group, with what his other daughter, a cheerleader, will have. , Cheerleading is as valuable to one as singing was to another. I would hope both could have the particiexperience of pation. g should He also felt be carefully controlled by local principals. out-of-sta- te fund-raisin- Board Member Dee Forbes questioned if action could be taken because cheerleader travel was not listed as an agenda item. Supt. Lawrence Welling said action would be appropriate because the subject was introduced by patrons who had arranged to be on the agenda. Another board member, Henry Continued on page two race for County Commission, commission race, however, incumbent Glen Saunders had little trouble defeating Kenneth Hammon, 7,662 to 5,684. It was a consistent 6 percent spread for incumbent Brant L. Johnson over his challenger Glen Clary in the race for sheriff. The final margin was 7,200 for Johnson and 6,303 for Clary. One of the closest races all evening was for County Attorney with Melvin C. Wilson emerging the victor over Jack C. Helgesen, 6,493 to 6,302. The only real walk away came in the battle for County Auditor with Ruth M. Kennington earning the easy victory by defeating challenger Jon E. Daich 8,277 to 4,485. In one of four elections held Tuesday, Dean O. (Gus) Anderson and John Davis Stewart will tangle again in the November Genci al Election for the County Justice of the Peace. Anderson, who defeated Stewart by 14 votes four years Harry Gerlach Sr. in the 7,142 to 5,913. In the ar non-partis- Continued on page two |