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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- NEWS JOURNAL, APRIL 7, 1977 IS By ROSELYN KIRK her additional expertise by spelling the final word Rita Harned, crossed her lingers and silently mouthed, She was hoping that her school Come on Debbie Deborah 12 old Perry, a sixth grade student friend, year at Farmington Elementary School, could spell the final word and win the Regional Spelling Meet for Davis afternoon County students The meet was held Tuesday at the Davis School Administration auditorium AND DEBORAH did win after 11 year old David Smith, a sixth student at Clinton Elementary missed the word debris and Deborah was able to spell it She showed Education: How Much Is It Worth? From a purely financial standpoint, what is the value of an education to a young man living m Davis County9 over the high school graduate has been narrowed in recent years, it still is considerable Based upon national figures from the Commerce Depart- HOW MUCH is it worth to him, in annual and lifetime earnings to go through hign school and college? The whole question of the benefit of higher education, from a money point of view, is County man who has had four years of college has the prospect of earning 58 per cent more during his lifetime than someone who has not gone beyond high school ment, the average Davis under review at the present asked is adequate the years time What is being whether there is an return for the effort, of study and the cost school HIGH LOCAL graduates, by the same token, can expect to earn about 39 per cent more than those who have gone no further than elementary school. Since the figures are based upon averages, they do not reflect the fact that some people with limited education often make more than most college graduates do. involved ACCORDING to national studies made by the Department of Commerce, by the Ford Foundation and others, the investment is very much worthwhile Davis County Animal Control Officers say the kennels at the county facility are overcrowded. Davis County dog and cat population continues to grow while the shelter remains the same size. OVERCROWDED By ROSELYN KIRK Their findings are that there is a close connection between education and income With each added year in school the earning prospects of the average person rise measurably EXPRESSED in dollars, the latest Commerce Department study of lifetime incomes shows men with college degrees earning $279,000 more during their THEIR figures indicate that, although the college lifetime than those with high school diplomas High school grads, in turn, have a $135,000 graduates earning advantage advantage over elementary school grads Davis County residents appear to be aware of the value of education. The median years of schooling being acquired locally is 12 8 our time this was their share Mr Evans said that number of people in the area or area size were not used as a We criteria for setting up the districts of Officials in Davis County cities are considering licensing dogs within city limits and hiring animal control officers to patrol city streets They will further discuss rhe possibility at the Council of Governments (COG) meeting on April 20 Noel Evans, Davis County Animal Control director, says he approves of the plan. IT WOULD help us out, he said In the last five years, the county has increased in population and we are still operating with the same number of men we had five years ago " Statistics show that in 1971 animal control officers picked up 3,600 animals In 1976 the number has increased to 4,126 The move for the cities to license their own animals began when Bountiful decided in January that the city wasnt getting adequate patrolling from the county animal control officers BOUNTIFUL CITY Council also disapproved of the increase in dog license costs from $3 to $5. They decided to charge Bountiful residents $3 for a city dog licensing fee and have Bountiful City animal control officer, Ed Clontz pick up dogs in the city and transport them to the county pound Mr. Evans said the Dais County licensing fee was increased by COG in an effort to decrease the county money needed to subsidize the shelter Last year the pound cost the county $60,000 above the fees raised through licensing, and impound fees With the licensing hike, Mr Evans said the pound hopes to be more self supporting and cut the figure down to $30,000 determine where the need is by the number of telephone calls we receive, he said SOME 74.0 per cent of those THE FIVE animal control officers on patrol picked up 410 dogs in January and 342 in February Mr Evans said officers pick up an average of 400 animals each month If these numbers continue to hold, the county shelter will pick up 4,800 dogs this year, as compared to 4,100 last year Of the 342 dogs picked up in February, 89 were reclaimed, 34 were sold, and the rest were destroyed When a dog is picked up, the owner is issued a citation and must appear in the city or justice of peace court The judge may fine the dog owner from $5 to $25 for allowing a dog to run loose without a leash Money raised from citations goes into the city treasury AFTER THE animal is picked up by the animal control officer, it is taken to the pound and kept for three to five days until the owner is notified, Mr. Evans said We call the owners, and if they cant be reached by telephone, we send them a post card All post cards should arrive quickly as they are posted in the town where the resident lives. "We have kept the dogs as long as ten days, if we have room in the kennel, he said When the owner picks up his animal, he is required to pay a $15 impound fee and must pay $3 a day for each day that the animal is boarded by the county sub-sidati- JOHN FAUX, field investigator for the Humane Society, said the pound still needs more money to make it an ideal facility The commissioners need to budget more money to increase the manpower and add to the facilities, he said Mr Faux said the Davis County animal control facility, while not ideal, is well cared for " He said Animal control of ficers are doing a good job The problems officers face are a result of financing and nothing they can deal with themselves MR. FAUX feels the shelter should be enlarged so that a facility for cats is available in the same building Even though Davis County doesnt have an ordinance forcing residents to license cats, many cats are brought to the animal control facility and must be cared for Cats are currently housed in the cages in the bam and not in the central building Mr Evans said that if Davis cities decide to pick up the licensing fees and hire an animal control officer to patrol the municipalities, county environmental officials could care for the animals that are delivered to them He suggested that an animal control officer could be hired to patrol each of the five county areas now being patrolled THE AREAS are (1) Woods Cross, North Salt Lake and West Bountiful (2) Centerville, Farmington and Kaysville (3) Layton, East Layton and South Weber (4) Syracuse, West Point and Clinton (5) Sunset and Clearfield At present each of these areas is patrolled by a county officer in a vehicle, but Mr. Evans admitted that most of the time is spent picking up animals that This have been reported by phone leaves the officers very little time to pa" Mr trol since we are Evans raid under-staffed,- THE FIVE areas were established on the basis of the number of telephone calls received, he said. Bountiful had complained the city was not getting good coverage from the county animal control officer. Mr. Evans argued that the county sent one man into Bountiful for four hours each day. Based on the number of calls, over IF THE dog is a biter, he must be quarantined and kept in isolation by a veterinarian at a cost of from $3 to $6 a day The owner must also pay this cost to get his animal back Many times owners don't pick up their dogs as they are not willing to pay the fees incurred by the animals About 80 animals a week are destroyed since the shelter does not have the space to house more He said after the long weekend during the Presidents Day holiday, 128 dogs were destroyed THE DOGS are put to sleep with an in- jection of sodium pentothal and phenobarbital, which is mixed by Dr Richard White, a veterinarian from Fruit Heights Animal control officers have been trained how to administer the injection, Mr Evans said Even though the dog population has increased rapidly in Davis County during the last five years, the space in the pound We need to have more has not increased pen room We need double the space we now have, he said THE SHELTER also needs additional room for large animals that are picked up Two weeks ago animal control officers were called out on a Saturday to pick up 15 head of cattle that had broken through 25 are listed as high school graduates and 14 4 per cent as college graduates. Three Hill Employees Retire Three civilian employees have retired recently from Hill Air Force Base after serving 30 years of federal service. THEY ARE Chad Beazer of Syracuse, Francis E. Zundel of Roy and Edmund Bailey of Ogden, grb Kaysville By NORMA PREECE Achievement Program Victoria J. Robinson, daughter of Earl and Betty Robinson of 1458 W. 1750 N The Layton High School senior is active in many school functions. She is , Layton has been named among 475 winners in the 13th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro students Highs studentbody Lay-to- n his- torian. She is the president of the debate team and has debated for three years MISS ROBINSON has been a model U.N. delegate for three years, serving as the head delegate for her country. She is the student chairman for the schools Layton activimuseum ties SHE WILL receive a $1,000 National 370-875- Achievement Scholarship sponsored by the Anaconda Company. Miss Robinson is the only Utah student to win this year. fund-raisin- this honor. Robinson competed against more than 55,000 g TO RECEIVE SCHOLASTICALLY, Miss Robinson is the Layton High Miss students representing secondary schools In September high scoring were selected 1976, Sterling Scholar in social 6,000 studies She is a member of the schools KSL Young Americans team. She is also one of two Lay-tostudents chosen to compete with 750 seniors from across the nation for Presidential Scholars honors 1,500 semi-finalis- - n THE SELECTION commit- tee made their final judgments on the basis of the students academic and extra-- THE TOP 121 students from this group are chosen to go to Washington, D C. to receive special recognition, dmg accomplishscores and ments, test recommendations of high school principals their CONTINUOUS ALUMINUM GUTTERS Mr and Mrs Reed Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cloward and Mr. and Mrs Earl Goaslind spent a few days in Southern Utah where they took the mule trip into the Grand Canyon The Goaslinds leturned home and the Stantons and Clowards spent additional time at Havasu City and London Bridge area President Emilio Garcia from Guadalajara, Mexico arrived on Thursday, March 31 to attend the LDS General Conference sessions in Salt Lake City. While here he was a house guest of Bishop and Mrs Ned B. Roueche and 64 large WE HAVE very little room for larger animals, but usually we find the owners and take them back," Mr Evans said Mr Faux said an immediate need at the shelter is a bank of cages for cats, but he isnt sure where the cages could be Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Heywood were her sister and brother-in-law- , Mr. and Mrs Mark Stringham of Lodi, Calif , and Mrs Kent Stringham and son of Provo, and their daughter Miss Georgia Heywood of University of Utah in Salt Lake City The baptism of young Douglas Stone and several family birthdays were the occasion for a family dinner at the home of Mrs Marjorie Thatcher in Kaysville last DR. DON Lochhead, supervisor of English, pronounced the words while Elaine Charvoz, elementary supervisor of language arts, and Yvonne Middleton, elementary reading specialist were the judges They recorded the spelling contest on a tape recorder and served as monitors, ready to check the words m a dictionary if neces- sary The students had previously drawn numbers to determine their order Although students were not required to the words, most of them did All were informed they could spell slowly, but could not go back and retrace letters once the letters had been enunciated THE AUDIENCE reacted with a sigh when Jennifer was first to leave the select circle She took her seat on the row behind the circle and was comforted by friends As each student left the circle, the tension mounted When only Deborah and David were left at the end of the 28th round, the audience was scarcely breathing The judges had said that if one student missed a word, the other would be required not only to spell that word correctly, but would also have to spell the following word taken from the Words of Champions" spelling list THESE WERE the same rules as will be used for the state contest and at the national spelling bee in Washington, DEBORAH SAT rigid for what seemed like minutes and finally whispered "bailif She was wrong and the contest began again with one or the other occasionally missing such words as "bastion, canopy" and carp tata " Then came "debris and David was out After the contest, Deborah held her prize in stunned ilence All six finalists were awarded certificates The jntest was sponsored by the State Board of Education, the State PTA, Utah Education Association and the Deseret News THE COMPETITION began on March 14 Interested students and parents were able to obtain lists from the principals office at their own school The Deseret News Spelling Bee list was made available for students to study prior to the spelling bee, although the rules did not guarantee that any of these words would be on the final list Dr Dallas Workman, elementary curriculum specialist, said Davis District decided to participate in the state spelling bees when it was decided that students would have the freedom of choice to enter We thought it would help the accelerated students without damaging the slower learners HE SAID every grade selected a spelling bee winner These winners competed against other grade winners, resulting in a school winner The school winners advanced to the area competition and then the Davis District championship Students m grades four through eight participated in the spelling bee I Givis (L0UIK Idtlass I o! 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Deborah and David spelled back and forth for several David mispelled rounds until both missed absurdity bagel and Deborah, who knew how to spell the word, thought shed won until a member of the audience reminded the judges that she was required to spell an additional word The word was "bailiff CJ(5Mg TAX For Residential or Commercial Buildings Various Colors Baked on Enamel Custom Made with Precision on Job placed There is no room m the building with the dogs The barn, where the cages are " currently being placed, is not ideal The number of cats being handled by animal control officers is also on the increase In 1968, 966 cats were handled by officers That number increased to 2,913 in 1976 ALL SIX students had won the right to compete in the regional spelling contest, by defeating all students from their area schools, ranging from fourth through eighth grade The 25 parents and friends sat silently, their attention riveted on the six students who sat with their backs to the audience and called out and spelled the words family m Kaysville Mr. and Mrs Otis Orton of Heyburn, Idaho were Friday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs Jesse Coulam "We found the owner and fixed the Control officers dealt with animals last year LORI LEE, 12, a seventh grade student from Millcreek Junior High, had just preceded her, leaving the winners circle in the 27th round when she was unable to spell abdomen Jeffrey Barlow, 14, an eighth grade student from Centerville Junior, succumbed in the 17th round on the word Jennifer Miller, the youngest student in philosophy. the contest, a 10 year old student representing the fourth grade from West Bountiful, was the first to drop out when in the seventh round she was unable to spell fierce Sunday a fence and had wandered out onto the Farmington Cemetery fence Otherwise we would have had to haul the animals in a truck to the barn Animal where larger animals are kept decathlon The tension had mounted as David and Deborah spoke the words clearly and spelled for almost twenty rounds after Jodi Campbell, a 13 year old seventh grade student from Central Davis Junior High had dropped out on the word abolition in the 28th round. 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