| OCR Text |
Show I i WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- NEWS JOURNAL. MARCH 24, 1977 IS This shot shows how the kitchen area of the apartment looks after the renovation. Cupboards have been painted. The stove and refrigerator cleaned. Mr. Brooks says all floors are stripped and polished to he rented to new occupants. after-renovatio- AFTER black from furnace smoke and some have to be painted as many as four times. Layton To Look At Dog Problem By GARY R. BLODGETT lLayton city officials have decided to take a new look at the community's dog problem. : By ROSELYN KIRK Its been a long time since residents at the Migrant Housing Complex at 21st North and 12th West in Layton cared much about fixing up their apartments and surroundings. But as soon as the weather permits, theyll be planting shrubs, trees and rose bushes to beautify the apartment area. unanimously to join other communities in reducing the late fee for dog licensing. ALL COMMUNITIES and the county, except Bountiful, for charged a $15 late fee licensing dogs after March 1. Now the communities with Layton City want to refund $10 of that late charge and revert back to a $5 late fee. THE CHANGE began when the Davis County Housing Authority received the complex on the order of Second District Court Judge Thomley Swan who granted a motion to dissolve the Weber-Davi- s Housing Corporate and place the facility under the administration of the Davis Housing Authority. Boyd Ivory, director of the housing authority, said the agency would agree to take over the administration, but would operate the facility only on a paying basis. Troy Brooks was hired as manager of the 28 unit complex on Jan. 25 and in 34 working days has cleaned and repaired 18 of the 24 units. - Lewis G. Shields MAYOR recommended to the city council that Layton consider having its own dog control program. ,He said Bountiful has adopted its own program and other Davis County communities are considering their own programs instead of relying on the county. - THUS, 13 dog owners in Layton can expect to get back a $10 refund from the city. Checks are in the mail," the mayor said, grb WE HAVE more dogs in this city than any other com- munity in the county, of size, said Shields. This was proved by the number of dogs picked up ip this community last year. : He explained that it may take awhile to get started but regardless the council should begin - linking about it now while Considering next fiscal years budget. : WE SHOULD be able to feet along for a while with one truck and one man, the mayor noted. We may have to continue taking stray dogs to the county impound, but at feast we could have our own animal control program. : Funding a for such the mayor explained, probably would come partially from city revenues while license fees could account for part of the expenditure. program, : HE SUGGESTED that the animal control program could fall under the police department - which brought sighs of relief from four other council members. ; Dog control is a big problem in our city and throughout the county, the mayor said. The job is getting too big for the county to -- handle, even county officials admit that, and it will do good for some of the larger cities to have their own programs. WELL probably still have m pay the county tax that goes to animal control, I dont know how we can get out of that. And we'll probably have to use the county shelter for cur stray dogs, like Bountiful is doing, but at least we will be helping our own problem and relieving the county of a big burden. - City officials also voted Layton HE AND his wife Joann, along with the recent addition of Dave Borgenson, have done most of the work themselves, but now the present residents are concerned and want to help. Davis County Housing Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Torgensen, formerly of Lay-toand who are now residing in Idaho Falls, Idaho, are happy to tell all of their friends here of the arrival of their first child, a baby boy who arrived to them there at the hospital on March 8. He weighed 8 lb 6 oz and his parents are naming him Marcus Jewell. Mrs. Torgensen is the former Karen Nall of Denver, Colo. The happy grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Nall of Denver, Colo., and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Torgensen of Lay-to- Authority has provided some shrubs, trees and rose bushes for residents to plant. Angie Oquendo said she, along with some of the other women in the complex, plan to help with the planting of the shrubs. When its warmer we plan to plant petunias, Mrs. Oquendo said. The children helped pick up the trash and asked for rakes to clean up the yard. Mr. Brooks had repaired their swing set and had cleared the space for a marble ring. I play marbles with them when I have time, but Im pretty busy, he said. When he doesnt have time, resident Crecencio Oquendo takes over as the marble expert and plays with the kids. The new father is employed with the Idaho Power and Light Company in the Idaho City, being sent there from the Utah Power 4 Light Co. here, on an apprentice from his employment here, dg THE PLACE looked like a ghost town when I first came," Mr. Brooks said. All the outside lights were out. I repaired the lights and put in new bulbs. Then the next thing I did was put the mail boxes back up and paint them. The housing complex, which is three to four years old, was plagued by bad ad Donald and Edith Taylor have returned home from an eventful trip to Boise, Ida. The Taylors son, Win and his wife, Fawn, are now living in Boise. Win Taylor recently retired after working as superintendent of the Idaho State Youth Training Center in St. Anthony. He held this position for 26 years. Now, Win is employed by the HEW Department in Boise. While the Taylors were in Idaho, they attended a very impressive memorial service at the state capitol building. The memorial was to honor seven Idaho state legislators. One of those being honored was Ira J. Taylor, the brother of Donald Taylor. Ira had served two terms in the Idaho House of Representatives, dmg Christie Day, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Day, is home recovering from a tonsillectomy. Douglas L. Evans has returned home after serving an LDS mission of Canada-HalifaHe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Templeton are enjoying the company of their daughter Alan and and Barbara Thurgood, who are now living in Portland, Ore. son-in-la- AUTO GLASS SPECIALISTS 500 About a month ago, Alan and ministration, Mr. Brooks said. I guess it was cheaper rent and the people took advantage of it." Some of the residents were as much as $7,000 behind in rent. Those residents who agreed to sign a lease agreement to stay current on their rent and pay back rent were allowed to stay. Two families have been served with eviction notices, but have not moved, Mr. Brooks said. THE ONE to four bedroom units include also a living room and kitchen unit and one bathroom per unit. All were originally furnished, but the furniture has mostly been destroyed. Mr. Brooks said he has taken truckloads of trash and broken furniture to the dump. Troy and Joann came from Oceanside, California where Troy had been managing a similar type of complex with 84 apartments. Mr. Brooks found that most of the bathroom facilities and sinks in the apartments were stopped up. He started with the plumbing and moved from there to cleaning and painting all the apartments and replacing windows which had been broken out. HE ALSO repaired electrical wiring, stripped and cleaned the tile floors, and replaced curtain rods in all the apartments. The furnace filters hadnt been changed in so long that the white walls were black. They all had to be painted some as many as four times. It was Joanns job to clean the stoves and refrigerators. Some had to be sprayed five or six times and then scraped with a putty knife, she said. additional funds from a grant loan which the Davis County Housing Authority is requesting from several sources. problems had begun to disappear when Mr. Brooks appeared. Haro said, The plumbing was all plugged up and the manager just ignored it. Now we just ask Troy. Mrs. Oquendo said, He fixed up two low swings for the little children. Mrs. Haro says, Theres been a big improvement. Its clean now. The other manager wouldnt help us fix up our The recreation room has remnants of the original ping pong and game equipment that were originally installed in the complex, but the whole facility must be rebuilt, Mr. Brooks said. The laundry room has also been destroyed with holes houses. kicked through the wall, doors and BY THE end of March all the units should be cleaned and repaired. Then Mr. Brooks says he may take out some time to play marbles with the kids or even to go fishing. ceiling. The Davis Housing Authority is hoping to use funds from the grant to rebuild the laundry facilities. RESIDENTS talked about how their fTTirirTris h h CUSTOM SUPERIOR innnnnnnn; 'fS 1370 West Gentile St., n 376-46- 10 HOMEMADE Garrison, the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Ware, has returned to New York after spending a week with her YOUR GOURMET CUT S3 12 S3 11 S3 78 BEEF E3 H S3 grandparents in Layton. Marsha attended Harvard School after she graduated from the U of U. She graduated from Harvard in 1975. Now she is working with a law firm in New York. Mrs. Garrison keeps in touch with her grandparents by writing and telephoning them frequently, dmg Lawrence Baca Sworn Into The Air Force Lawerence David Baca has been sworn into the United States Air Force Delayed Enlistment program. DAVID IS the son of Mrs. Josephine Corral of 1690 W. 1990 N., Layton. He is currently a senior at Layton High School and will graduate in May of 1977. Airman Baca will leave in June of 1977 to begin basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tex. HIS recruiter is Sergeant Jerry Roehl of the Ogden Recruiting Office. Closeout! 3313 oft steel belted radials. Survivor steel belted radials. Features polyester cord radial ply body. 2 fiberglass belts, one steel belt. In the wide 70 and 78 series profile. Whitewalls. GOOD USED WINDSHIELDS Residsntial p' window pan pafo doors, ole. FAST INSURANCE CLAIM SERVICE GUARANTEED AGAINST LEAKAGE Use your JCPenney Charge JCPenney Auto Center Quality Glass U SUPER SPECIAL CHOICE MR. BROOKS says they must wait for Marsha 1 SAUSAGE 1 RESIDENTS told Mr. Brooks, an exmarine, that he was working too hard. Then they started to help. There are plans to have the yards sodded with grass. The sprinkler system, which was installed with the original units, will be repaired to water the sod. Mr. Brooks hopes to install some barbecue grills and put up some more swings for the children. Residents Mrs. Oquendo and Elvira Haro said they aare making plans for a summer theater project to keep the children busy this summer. But before the summer theater, the recreation building must be remodeled. Barbara adopted'a baby girl. They named the child Julie. Mr. and Mrs. Thurgood will be staying with the Templetons for a week. Alan Thurgood is originally from Syracuse. Law n Bountiful 350-245- 0 LB. |
