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Show Davis High Symphony Will Perform For Convention Juniors Can Take Aptitude Test In Fall According to Joe Shulde, junior counselor, Davis High that School, announced juniors will be able to join over one million other students around the world in taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude TestNa-tiona- l Merit Scholarship Test Qualifying (PSATNMSQT) this fall. THE TEST, Scheduled for Oct. 18, at the Davis High, PSATNMSQT measures verbal and mathematical aptitwo abilities importude tant in doing college work. The test can also lead to other opportunities for high school students. FOR EXAMPLE, students can ask to participate in the College Boards Student Search Service which provides their names to in colleges interested students like them. the can enter the competition for taking PSATNMSQT, they scholarships administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and can get a good idea of what the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is like. Advice on using scores, and other Leading the athletic cheers at sporting events for Layton Junior High School this year will be this group of cheerleaders, front row to r: Patti Madsen, Shellie Martinez and Linda Adams. Back row to r are Janalyn Wimmer, Shellee Adams, Jaimie Nalder, Megan Blackwell and Cortney Blackwell. scores; finding out where to get and how to use more detailed information about colleges and financial aid; and planning for financing a college education. by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, is an important step in making college plans. By SAT ALSO, BY using the 1977 edition of the College Boards College handbook, students can compare their scores with those of enrolled students at more than 2,800 colleges and universities listed. Interested students should contact Mr. Shulde to register and for additional By LISA MILLER Moos HoFod Elon At Mental even though segments of the By ROSELYN KIRK The two buildings at the mental health complex, nearing completion just north of the Davis North Medical Center in Layton, will be formally dedicated in but some services are already available at the Mental Health Center. r, DR. RUSSELL Williams, administrator of the Family and Community Mental Health Center in Davis County, told the mental health advisory board that he supported utilizing the facilities buildings were not yet complete. The advisory board decided to wait for the dedication until last minute details have been completed. Cornell Jensen, chairman of the advisory board, appointed board members Commissioner Wendell Zaugg, Millie Pope and Richard Youngberg to check with the architect Richard Stringham on some change order items. HAL Day, chairman of the construction committee for the two buildings, said $2500 to $3,000 is still necessary to provide drapes for the Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Day started out five years ago as director of a building committee to construct an alcohol and drug rehabilitation building in the county. ' When the alcohol rehabilitation program was merged with mental health efforts, he was appointed director of the building committee for the two buildings in the complex. The mental health building will house administrative offices, as well as private therapy and group therapy National Convention Of DIM? Will Visit Farmington By ROSELYN KIRK The old rock meetinghouse in Farmington, the site of the organization of the first LDS Primary, is scheduled for a visit by the National Convention of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers on Sept. 30. iRENE OLSEN, captain of the Helen Mar Miller Camp, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, will conduct the tour of the meetinghouse and explain the significance of the mural, which shows the organization of the first LDS Primary on August 25, 1878. The tour of the meetinghouse and the Charles Penrose cabin, located on the site behind the church, will be part of a tour of historic points planned for the National Convention. The group will meet in the morning at the LaFayette Ballroom at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City and during the afternoon session will tour Pioneer Village at Lagoon, the rock meetinghouse, the Penrose cabin and the old rock mill. i ; : ; ; MRS. OLSEN said the central spot of interest in the meetinghouse will be the mural painted on the west wall by artist, Lynn Fausett. The building depicts the organization of the first LDS Primary. That mural, dedicated on August 24, 1941, was painted using as many pictures of the original Primary children as were possi-- i ble to obtain. Also pictures of the teachers and Aurelia Rogers, the organizer of the first Primary, were used to create the faces and figures in the painting. Also included on the mural are pictures of Bishop John Hess and his counselors Job Welling and Amasa Clark, who were the bishops counselors present at the organization of the first Primary. MRS. OLSEN said that 112 boys and 112 girls between the ages of six and 14, had been gathered from the ward membership and invited to that Primary. Mrs. Olsen pointed out that the account of the organization of the first Primary is documented in the book My Farming-- : ton, written by Margaret Steed Hess and published earlier this year. Actording to this account, Bishop Hess felt that the young boys in the area were allowed to remain out too late at night and were getting the name of "hoodlums. Mrs. Rogers conceived the idea of organizing the first Primary, but felt the organization would be incomplete without the girls and their sweet singing voices. THE MURAL depicts that first meetscene and. ing. Mrs. Olsen will explain the then will conduct a tour of the Farming-to- n meetinghouse itself, which was built in 1862 and overseen in the construction by Charles Bourne, an English stone mason. Built from native stone in the area, the church was constructed at a cost of $15,000 according to the book. THE TOUR by the DUP will be the second tour to visit the meetinghouse this month. The Monument Seventh Ward Primary of the Foothill Stake in Salt Lake City held their Primary in that chapel on Sept. 20. On August 25, Naomi Shumway, General Primary President, met with Frarmington Stake Primary board to hold a meeting in honor of that first organizational meeting, 99 years ago. In addition to conducting the tour of the meetinghouse, Mrs. Olsen will show DUP's the Charles William Penrose cabin built in 1861 built at 285 North Main. The cabin was first moved to the court house lot and later to its present site east of the rock meetinghouse. ' BOTH OF the DUP Camps in Farmington, the Helen Mar Miller Camp and the Aurelia S. Rogers Camp have had a part in preserving the two historic sites, Mrs. Olsen said. Mrs. Olsen shows the cabin frequently to church and civic groups. cabin is typical of cabins The of that era. The cabin contains such historic pieces as a cradle, donated by the one-roo- m Clark family, which has rocked five fife generations of babies, and a drum and from a Primary Martial Band, which was organized in 1892. MRS. OLSEN also pointed out the bag of silk worm cocoons and said that a silk dress, worn by Mis. Rogers in the mural, was one of the first silk dresses made from the silk industry in Farmington. As Mrs. Olsen recounted many of the historical points that she will tell about, she referred to the book, written by Mrs. Hess. She, along with Mable Ferguson, helped Mrs. Hess with the compilation of the book, which was published prior to Mrs. Hess death. She said that 2,000 copies of the book were printed and enough have been sold to pay for the publication. MONEY FROM the sale of the additional books will be used to provide electricity in the Penrose cabin and a heating system so it can be more comfortable in the winter. She said that a portion of the cabin will need to be rechinked to eliminate weathering. rooms. IM THE ALCOHOL and drug rehabilitation building, just east of the mental health center, is designed as a d residential facility where voluntary and involuntary referrals will be treated on a basis. Jim Kelly, director of the Davis County alcoholism program, said the staff will work out of the mental health center, where some individual and group therapy sessions will be scheduled. Two alcohol rehabilitation counselors, a facility manager and a part time cook staff will provide the for the alcohol rehabilitation center. DR. WAYNE Owen, assistant director of the mental health program in Davis County, has already moved into administrative offices in the mental health center and will administer that complex. With the opening of the mental health center in Lay-tothe Clearfield Center will be closed. This will provide three centers in Davis County, Dr. Williams said. Other centers are located in Bountiful and Farmington. ANOTHER facet of the or program is the residential health facilities which are available at Davis North Medical Center in Lay-to- The hospital has agreed to beds provide three which the mental health center hopes to increase to 14. Dr. Lyman Condie, psychiatrist and mental health clinical director, is presently working with the hospital to provide a psychiatric division, which would be treatavailable for ment. DR. WILLIAMS said that the program, which is nearing the first year of a two year phase-i- n period, is needed in Davis County since formerly many patients left the county to receive therapy. Twelve basic services will be provided in the county through the mental health organization. At the end of September, the mental health county program will have completed the first year of the two year phase in program. Cost of the program is funded through several sources. Dr. Williams said that eventually one-haof the cost of the program will be picked up by patients on a sliding fee scale, based on what each patient is able to lf pay. THE BULK of the cost of setting up the program is available through a federal grant. The rest of the participation in the program is provided by the state of Utah and Davis County. The county will pay less than 10 percent of the cost of the program. Dr. Williams said. In addition to the and services, the mental health program is phasing in the bulk of the 12 services to be made available Center Still to be phased in are a day care, help for the elderly and volunteer services. PRIOR TO the completion of the alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, residential treatment for clients has been provided in Salt Lake City and Ogden, with facilities being the only treatment available in Davis County. Mr. Kelly said that referral to the residential treatment facility will be accepted from both the public and private sector of the county. Those clients selected to; undergo residential treatment will be given both a physical examination and a psychological evaluation. Those requiring medical detoxification will be hospi- talized at Davis North Medical Center. detoxification will be provided at the residential building. treatment will be determined on an individual basis, with a minimum length of stay being 28 days. Clients at the center will receive individual, group and family counseling sessions on a daily basis. The center will work with Alcoholics Anonymous and its . HE SAID the affiliated Weber State College A department chairman has been chosen as one of nine scientists National Academy of Science of the United States to spend a year at the Academy of the USSR under the joint Academy of Science U.S.-USS- Exchange Program. Under the terms of the agreement Dr. Greer will spend most of his time at the Water Problems Institute of the Academy doing research on Terminal Lakes (lakes without an outlet such as the Great Salt Lake). 22, is Cento school night for parents. The faculty and ad- Thursday, Sept. tral's back ministration hope that all parents of Central students will come to see the improvements to the building, meet the teachers, and non-prof- the non-prof- could non-prof- provide the surfacing during the winter until the board can determine ho to raise the $4,000 necessary to provide asphalt surfacing in the spring. Dr. Williams said that the buildings cost more than anticipated since construction took longer than predicted. A 14 percent inflation cost was figured into the cost of the two buildings, but actual inflation costs were 22 percent due to the extended construction time. HE SAID some misunder- standings on a smoke detection system and carpets led to additional costs. The committee, appointed to oversee the completion of the building, will check with Mr. Stringham to see whether the cost of the smoke detection system, which Mr. Day said was left out of the plan, will be stood by the architectural firm. Commissioner Zaugg said if detection smoke the specification was in the contract, Mr. Stringham would be responsible for providing that system. DR. WILLIAMS said that some of the additional costs may be picked up through organization it funds. Original costs of the two buildings was set at $384,000, but the total costs may exceed that figure by $14,000. SEPT. 15 was Centrals first football game for the season, played against North Layton. The score was 6 for Central, 0 for North Layton. The coaches this year are Mr. Dickson, Mr. Fesslerand Mr. Roushey. The coaches for the volleyball team are Mrs. DeAnn Kidd, Pebbles Hare, Rosie Young, Angie Cooper, THE RUSSIANS have the four largest terminal lakes in the world, The Caspian Sea, The Aral Sea, Lake Balkhash and Lake Issyk Kul, plus numerous smaller lakes and have done a great deal of research on these bodies of water. Dr. Greer feels further knowledge about the terminal Korryn Weise, Kathleen Isom, Cynthia Hirabayshi, Stacy Brown and Kelly Beckman. THE team's next game will be Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 2: 40 in the Bountiful Junior High gym. Residents lakes in the Soviet Union will aid in research on the Great Salt Lake. On U of U Honor Roll DEPARTING FOR Moscow the middle of September, Dr. Greer will be accompanied by his wife, Janice, and their daughter, Gina Margaret. They will reside there most of the year and also spend several weeks in Baku and Tashkent at the Academies of Sciences of the Azerbaijan and Uzbek Republic. Fifteen University of Utah students from the Kaysville area are among 250 undergraduates named to the summer quarter honor roll at the University. TO BE named to the honor roll a student must maintain an average of 3.5 or better in all academic subjects where 4.0 is the equivalent of an Layton A. Labor weekend, Day several couples from this area enjoyed a vacation at Park City. Those who stayed at this resort community included David and Margaret Adams, Max and Mariam Barber, Wendell and Ramona Adams, Robert and Cleone Whitman, Paul and Dorothy Rogers, and Cal and Dorothy Rasmussen. Clearfield - Henson Van Emden; Bountiful, Kathleen M. Allred, Denece K. Childs, Rod Davis, David H. Evans, Joni Garrett, Cynthia M. Heath, Janet Moser, Mary Ann Skewes and Claudia Snyder, Brent L. Carruth. DAVIS, Noleen T. Bennett, R. Freed, Gregory R. Hodson, Burke T. Maxfield. Joann Property Taxes In Layton Go Up 6.50 Mills In 1 Year coun- Williams said that the county has agreed to put down the gravel in the parking lots of the two buildings. This will corporation additional "should continue to reach out into the community for emergency service, with cussed by the board. Dr. provide money. Dr. Williams said the will also provide DETAILS of the opening of the two buildings were dis- it of their study. team players are Elyse Smith, Lori Siekiera, Pam Dawson, Trisha Dansie; organization. it Board member Millie Pope was appointed to contact civic groups to see if donations to THE orchestras conductor, Richard C. Marsden, majored in music at Brigham Young University and is recently playing cello in the Wasatch String quartet. Stewart and Ms. Freed. The funds available through the organization, regular treatment and represent this DR. DEON C. Greer, Geology and Geography chairman, was selected by the Alanon. The Mental Health Center seling programs offered from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. An emergency mental health help line offers 24 hour service to the centers in the county. to country in the Soviet Union for a year. ll Northwestern States. The orchestra has grown to be 80 in number, and will be larger next year with the addition of the junior high school students. The junior high orchestra, which is now composed of 65 members, will be performing in the Salt Palace, also. get an overview students course of Will Represent USA In USSR 1 THE symphony orchestra became known after their successful trip to Portland, Ore., where they won the over-asweepstakes in the Central Plans Back To School Night 1 LEAD LJHS CHEERS The Davis High Symphony has had the privilege to be invited to play for the opening session of the UEA Teachers Convention, Oct. 6, in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace. Orchestra ALONG WITH their score reports, students will receive a copy of About Your PSATNMSQT Scores, a booklet that contains valuable how-t- o information about: Estimating UEA The total property tax rate imposed for city, county, school and other purposes in Layton rose by 6.50 mills this year, according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research or- ganization. LAYTONS overall property tax levy in 1977 is 71.80 mills (71.80 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compared with a total levy of 65.30 mills last year. Following is a tabulation showing the trend in Laytons total rate in selected years since 1950: In 1950, 51.00 total mill levy; 1960, 79.60 mill levy; 1970, 94.05 mill levy; 1975, 62.26 mill levy; 1976, 65.30 mill levy; 1977, 71.80, mill levy. APPROXIMATELY 57.7 percent of total property taxes charged in Layton will go for school purposes. The Foundation report indicates that 15.35 percent of the property tax collected in Layton will go for municipal purposes, 16.5 percent for county purposes, and 4.4 percent for special district purposes. A comparison of the 1976 and 1977 levies in Layton by purpose is as follows: Municipal, 1976, 15.35; 1977, 15.35; school, 1976, 37.26; 1977, 41.42; county, 1976 9.63, 1977, 11.83; special district, 1976, 3.06; 1977, 3.20 making a total of 65.30 for 1976 and 71.80 in 1977. THE FOUNDATION examination of rates imposed in the 69 largest cities of the state reveals that the overall property tax rate increased in 49 cities, declined slightly in 17 cities and remained unchanged in three cities. The total average levy in these 69 cities climbed from 75.46 mills (75. 46 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1976 to 78.48 mills in 1977, a rise of 102 mills or 4 percent. Most of the increase in the property tax levy this year occurred in the levy for school purposes. Foundation 1977 mill im-pos- analysts emphasize that a substantial part of this increase in school levies resulted from the phasing-iof levies that were temporarily lowered when these districts were reappraised under the continuing assessment program. Under Utah law, operating levies for school purposes are reduced when reappraised valuations are first placed on the tax rolls. These reductions are phased back in over a n three-yea- r period. ACCORDING to the Foundation study, no new counties were reappraised in 1977. As a result, there were no further reductions in school levies this year resulting from the revaluation program. As in- dicated, however, a number of school districts which were reappraised in recent years had their operating levies raised under the automatic phasing-in provisions of Utah law. Prior to this year, the first round of the property reappraisal program had been completed in 25 of Utahs 29 counties. Work in the four remaining counties (Carbon, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier) is expected to be completed this year, and the new assessed valuations in these four counties should be placed on the tax rolls in 1978. THE FOUNDATION analysis of tax rates throughout the state shows that seven counties raised their levies, 11 counties reduced their levies, and 11 counties made no change. Of the 40 school districts in Utah, 24 districts had higher levies, only two had lower levies, and 14 districts made no change. Thirty-thre- e municipalities (cities and towns) increased their levies in 1977. Of these, two were new towns that imposed a levy for the first time this year. Thirteen Utah cities and towns reduced their levies this year, while 173 municipalities made no change. |