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Show i WEEKLY REFLEX VDA VIS NEWS JOURNAL. SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 Second In Series Davis School Financing to wait and see what takes says. By ROSELYN KIRK IlMiriq cowl of a two la Davte Conwy. put Ktm M place," he ON THE other hand, Mr. Burningham said, according to a report prepared by the Office of Legislative Research, that Utah apparently would qualify for equalization. If qualified, the state would include federal funds in the equalization process. As a result, the DEA has urged school board members during the last several months to call for the voted leeway. Such an election would determine whether citizens would give the school board the option of levying additional mills if the board determined there was a need. school An estimated $914 per weighted pupil unit will be available to Davis County District to operate during the school year, but Davis School administrators and Davis Education officials fear that the amount could be cut if the $55, per student, currently guaranteed School 1977-7- 8 through the impacted aid funds could be cut or equalized during the next few years. THAT FEAR has caused DEA officials to suggest that the Davis School Boafd call for a voted leeway election to provide another source of funding for the schools. Dee Burningham, DEA executive secretary. and Wayne Cable, DEA president, THE ELECTION would have to be approved by voters at least by Dec. 1 if the district were to take advantage of the money available from the state supported leeway funds. This would increase funds from $4 to $13 per pupil for each of the first two mills levied by the local district. Other districts along the Wasatch Front have held voted leeway elections to approve the proposition of letting the school districts levy additional mills when needed. Salt Lake District voters have approved a 9 mill voted leeway, and Jordan a 5 mill leeway. When Granite District voters go to the polls in November, they will vote on whether to allow their district a 7 mill voted leeway. says a financial crisis next year or two years from now is imminent unless the school district provides another source of fundings." School Board members Theo Italasano and Sheryl Allen agree that some funding method will be necessary if the public impact funds are lost, but feel more time is needed to convince the public that the voted leeway will be necessary. WHEN THE Utah legislature meets in January, for the budget session, school financing will loom as one of the central issues of the session. School board members and Davis School administrators are hopeful that Davis County legislators can hold the line for another year and keep the public impact funds from being equalized. The equalization process began four years ago when the legislature equalized school funding so that a 28 mill levy in each school district in the state equals the same amount of money for each weighted pupil unit. ONE OF the problems in raising money in Davis School District is the low assessed evaluation. Since the voted leeway and the capital outlay funds are not equalized, Davis District cannot raise as much money as neighboring districts can for equal taxing. For instance, Davis District would raise $60 per student on a 10 mill voted leeway while Salt Lake District would raise $150 per student on mill voted leeway vote. The same inequality occurs in capital outlay funding. In Davis District 15 mills will bring in $90 per student to the district, while m Salt Lake District 10 mills in property tax would brng in $150. Mr. Burningham said the DEA recommendation to the legislature will be to equalize both the voted leeway and the capital outlay funding if the federal impact funding is to be equalized. PRESENT $732 is available to Davis District for every weighted pupil unit based on the equalization formula. AT THE This guaranteed basic school program was raised from $683 in 1976-7to $732 in 1977-7Increases in other areas were also provided through a number of special purpose grants: career development, textbooks and experimental programs. New appropriations were also made by the legislature for reducing classroom size, and bilingual education. This increased the estimated per weighted pupil unit to $914 as compared to $840 per KAYSVILLE DAVIS School board voted this year to raise the capital outlay mill levy from 13.5 to 15.5 which will provide an additional $500,000 for building projects in Davis County Schools. School districts in Utah are authorized to levy a maximum of 35 mills, but most districts do not levy beyond 18 mills, Superintendent Wrigley weighted pupil unit in 1976-7But the problem is that this amount could be cut since Davis depends to a greater extent on the federal impacted aid funds than most other districts. For instance while Davis District receives $55 per student from that fund, neighboring Salt Lake District receives $12. 1 Visitors of Mrs. Elizabeth Green last week were her two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Cananaugh from Sunnyvale, California and Mrs. Myrna Bills of Arcadia, Calif. They spent a week with their mother and also with their r. sister, Mrs. Rebecca compete with surrounding districts for teachers. The majority of teachers are mobile. They tend to shop around in neighboring districts to find better salaries. SUPERINTENDENT Bernell Wrigley said, "If the state equalizes to the point they take away the 874 funds (federal impacted aid) we will suffer a heavy loss. Superintendent Wrigley testified in committee hearings in Washington in June and submitted evidence that Utah has not yet met the test which would call for 874 funds to be redistributed to other school districts in the state. Superintendent Wrigley says he cannot determine whether the committee will accept that information. Well Just have Ash-bake- Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bowring of Last Chance, Idaho were visitors for two days of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randall Bowring. Mrs. Fred Lange has returned from Alhambra, California where she spent two weeks with a friend, Mrs. Jody Doney. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lange's daughter, Miss Cathie Lange graduated with her R.N. degree from Weber State College Nursing School. She is now employed at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Lucile B. Sheffield was guest at the Young Adults Special Interest meeting on Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bentz Johnson. She gave her program on Russia and told of her experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Jacobsen, who have been making their home in Rochester, New York the past six weeks arrived home and will be making their home in this area. He has accepted a posi- MR. BURNINGHAM said that at the present time, Davis District pays teachers one to two percent above the average of other districts in the state, thus resulting in an opportunity to get the best teachers. He fears this will change if the 874 funds are cut and no other funding sources are made available. Heading F or The 1984 Olymmpics Each morning he gets up at 5:45 and runs 11 miles crosscountry. His goal: the 1984 Olympics. Junior Olympics, again held at BYU. John finished socond in the state for the mile with a time of four minutes, 52:02 seconds. TWO AND at the age of years ago, 13, John Totaro started running while his parents were stationed at Shaw AFB, S. C. When MSgt and Mrs. Ralph B. Totaro came to the 1881st Communications Squadron at Hill AFB, their young son discovered an active track and field at North Layton Junior High School. As an eighth grader, John set a new school record for running the mile with a time 21:06 of five minutes, seconds. This past summer, Mr. Burley has kept the young sprinter busy by entering him in some long distance races. His impressive record follows: - Molestus IS MILES - tion in Salt Lake City. Mini 5 miles - Memory Grove 28 min. 13:02 Road Race Mrs. Lois Rasmussen is convalescing at her home after undergoing major back surgery on Sept. 6 at the LDS sec. Hospital. Marathon 2nd -- - hr. 1 min. 30 -- - 1st - 26 MILES Deseret News Marathon Race - 3 hr. 24 -- min. - 7th - Bair Gutsman 10 miles race (Farmington to Francis Peak and return) - 2 hr. 05: 03 Accepts LDS Mission Call -- IN THE SUMMER of 1976 at age 14, John entered the Utah State Junior Olympics held at Brigham Young University (BYU) and finished seventh in the mile event. Back at North Layton Junior High as a ninth grader, John took first place in every track meet for the season in the mile event. In his first meet, John shattered 'the school record by 24 seconds and consequently broke his own record four times, establishing a new school record of four minutes, 49 seconds. ROGER BURLEY, track coach at North Layton, took John (p the 1977 Utah State -- sec. - 1st miles - Morgan to Peterson Road Race - 1 hr. 7 10 -- - 2nd MILES - Garden of Eden Road Race - hr. 13 mm. 5 sec. - 2nd 4 miles Park City Twilite Run - 23 min. 55 sec. - 1st min. 5 sec. 11 A farewell testimonial was held Sunday, Sept. 11 in the Kaysville Ninth LDS Ward honoring Miss Jody Lange who will be leaving Sept. 17 to LDS Mis- serve an sion to the lowa-De- s Moines Mission. 1 KSL-T- AS A John now looks forward to the 10th grade at Layton High School and the fierce competition hell be facing in training for both the 1984 Olympics and his life ambition of becoming an orthodontist. SHE IS the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lange of Sixth' South 760 East, Kaysville. She will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on 'Saturday, Sept. 17 prior to departing by plane to Iowa. MISS LANGE graduated from Davis High School and attended Weber State College and Brigham Young University. np Art Classes Will Begin Sept. 26 art classes offered by the Bountiful Art of Utah Program will be beginning on The Monday, Sept. 26. A NUMBER of the instruc- tors who will be teaching in the program are displaying their work currently in the Bountiful Art Center faculty exhibit at the Davis County Library, South branch, 725 South Main, Bountiful. Classes being offered will art include Childrens photography workshop, olasses-introduct- ory advanced, ceramics through classes--bot- handbuilding h and wheelthrown, still life painting, portrait painting, landscape painting, beginning and advanced oil painting, drawing classes, both basic and advanced, will be offered and a life drawing (anatomy) class has been added for the first time this quarter. TWO classes in stained a beginning and advanced jewelry and small metals class will also be offered. Beginning on Oct. 12, a in workshop glass and five-wee- k Origami (Japanese paper folding) will be taught by Richard Eubank. Most classes are available both and for University of Utah credit. Registration is now underway at the Davis Complex, the Bountiful Art Center, and the of Continuing Division non-cred- Mrs. Ruth Bailey of Salt Lake City visited during the week with her sister and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs. Hod Sanders. Mrs. Bailey is convalescing after being confined to the St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City. Duane Johns of Goose Bay, Oregon visited during the week with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Clay. Mr. and Mrs. Reid Daniels and family spent Saturday in Payson visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Grey, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Angus and their families. On their return home, they visited in Provo with her mother, Mrs. Anna Harris and she returned with them for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Leo R. Walker visited Tuesday in Logan with Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Rowberry and family. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Russell entertained at a dinner bridal shower last week for their niece. Miss Lisa Faust for 30 guests, family members Miss Faust was married Tuesday to Scott Smith with a reception held that evening at the Lion House in Sait Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wright and family all attended the reception. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Heath visited with relatives on Monday. They visited in it Education, University Utah. Please call further classes. 0 information JHS OFFICERS 1 Kaysville By NORMA PREECE said. Mr. Burningham said DEA is especially concerned with the crunch that could be caused if any of the portion of the 874 funds would be lost. He said, Even a five to ten percent decrease in funds would result in the inability for Davis district to Jim Hill, center, is the newly elected eighth grade president of Kaysville Junior High School. Other class officers are to r: Jill Holbrook, class vice president; Kathy Lyman, secretary; Lisa Over, head cheerleader; and Joyce Lambson, pep club president. of for on Orem with Mrs. Larry F. Fletcher and in Provo with Mrs. Gary Roylance and with an aunt, Mrs. Daisy Allred and daughter Mrs. I la Mae Nipper and Mr. and Mrs. Hank Williams, all at Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Heaths sister, Mrs. Velda Grover of Ogden accompanied them. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Iverson and son Brad, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schofield and daughter Taryn recently spent the weekend boating and camping at Lake Powell. Mr. and Mrs. John Godfrey of Naperville, Illinois recently visited with their aunt, Miss Muriel Reeves. Mrs. Godfrey is the daughter of Mrs. Bessie Copperton and they came to visit their mother. Jack Schofield and his two brothers, Len Schofield, Lay-to- n and Chick Schofield of Syracuse spent a week on a fishing trip to Browns Park Dahlstrom of on the Green River. Howard Green is confined to the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City where he under- went major surgery for a broken hip after a recent accident last week. Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Slade and family and her mother, Mrs. Loretta Woodward were Ray and Geneva Sanders, Hamer, Idaho; Jon and Lyn Russon, Long Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Thacker of Vernal. Mr. and Mrs. Casper G. Carroll spent the holiday weekend with friends on a camping and fishing trip to the Madsen River, Montana. Denise Christensen, Jody Lange and Melinda Lange entertained at a stork shower at the Lange home, Tuesday evening. Fourteen guests attended. The shower was in honor of Mrs. Robert Lange of of Syracuse, sister-in-laJody and Melinda. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clay and family of Calanti, Nevada were weekend visitors of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Clay. Mr. and Mrs. Clays three grandchildren, Jennifer, Alislia and Randy of Farmington have been staying a week with them. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Thorst-eand son Tyler arrived here d from Indianapolis, Indiana and will be visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Slade and family. Mr. Thorsted will leave September 24 for a new assignment in Germany and she and their son will remain in Kaysville for a short stay until housing is available and then they will join him. He is with the U.S. Army Mrs. Lucile Sheffield, world traveler and 30 members of their group who went around the world together, met Friday evening for a special at the Canyon Road Tower Apartments in Salt Lake City. President Sheldon Poon from Hong Kong, a close friend of the group was a special guest. He and his wife are in Utah to attend LDS General Conference. A dinner was served to the group and photos taken during the evening. Mrs Sheffield said, It is a thrill to travel and associate with such a special group and their experiences have been overwhelming. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker have had their granddaughter Miss Vickie Baldwin of Moraga, California visiting with them. They drove her back to her home in California over the Labor Day weekend and visited with Vickies parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baldwin and family. Mike Meacham who is staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meacham spent last weekend in Sinclair, Wyoming with his family and enjoyed going antelope hunting in Wyoming. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Meacham. LaMar Parrish drove their to where daughter Pat Parrish Seattle, Washington Pat will live and attend University of Washington, this coming year. Mr. Parrish returned home by plane. President and Mrs. Clinton visited Sunday in Logan with her father Wesley Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lange D. Zollinger and family and Kent Whitaker recently vacationed for three weeks in Canada. They spent time at Calgary and Cardston and visited with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Redford and family at Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Belva Muir and her four sisters enjoyed an outing together last week when they met and had lunch and later attended the Holiday on Ice show at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. Her sisters were Mrs. Vera Tippetts, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Dorothy Gill, Mrs. Lucille Dean and Mrs. Joyce Dunlap, all of Lyman, Wyo. Bishop and Mrs. Lowell Taylor entertained at a family birthday dinner Sunday for their son Michael. Guests included friends and relat- ives. Mr. and Mrs. William Parker attended the Parker family reunion at Wellsville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Horne and four children returned from Vernal where they drove to attend Mrs. Horne's sisters wedding and reception, Miss Melinda Wardle. Mrs. Home and their two daughters, Elise and Cindy participated in the Davis spent Friday in Provo with Mrs. Zollingers two other daughters, Mrs. Martha Hess and Miss Karen Zollinger. Mrs. Lucile B. Sheffield of Kaysville, Mrs. Bernice Shef- field of Layton went to Provo to attend the Carl Maeser Awards of 1977 in the DeJong Concert Hall Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Phillip R. Kunz, Profesot sor of Sociology, Mrs. Sheffield received the Carl Maeser Research and Creative Arts awards of son-in-la- $3,000. Dr. Kunz is married to the former Joyce Sheffield of Kaysville and are parents of five children. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Clay visited Monday in American Fork with Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clay. MORE MODERN Yesterday's Victory Gartodays Survival dens are Patches. Quote Magazine wedding line. Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meacham were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Meacham and family of Sinclair, Wyo. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Slade and family were among the 57 descendants attending the John Clark Thompson family reunion at Aspen Grove in Provo Canyon for two days. Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Casper G. Carroll were Dr. Gwyn and Wilford Clark of Cedar City. Will Serve On LDS Mission Elder DeVerl Dee Hoskins has been called to serve in the Mission Atlanta-Georgi- a Field. He is formerly of Clearfield and is the son of the late Afton and Gwelda Fielding Hoskins. HF. IS making his home , with a brother and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman A. Hoskins of 309 East 1000 South, Farmington. He will be honored at the sister-in-law- regular Sacrament Meeting service at the Farmington Second LDS Ward on Sunday, Sept. 25. This will commence at 3 p.m. ELDER Hoskins is a graduate of Clearfield High School and the Clearfield Seminary. Here he was active in football and also played on the Clearfield City League softball team for several years. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo last year Elder Hoskins will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on Oct. 8. Friends of Elder Hoskins are invited to visit with him at the home of Sherman and Marsha, following the Sacrament Meeting service, vsb NKAL SMITH Mr. and Mrs. Frank Storey entertained at a family dinnei Wednesday evening at their home in honor of Glen and Margaret Porter of Longmont, Colorado who are visiting with them. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hyde and family. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Griddle of Burbank, California are visiting with Dr. and Mrs Jack Rampton and other relatives for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Muir were guests in Ogden Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Sul Conley. Spending Thursday and Friday in Fairview were Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Johnson. They were there for the 85th birthday anniversary of her mother, Mrs. J.A. Larson. They also visited with his father Myron Johnson before returning home. The Kaysville East LDS Stake Presidency and all the bishops of the stake and their partners enjoyed a dinner party Tuesday evening at the Lion House in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Elma Webster, Mrs. Ora Campbell, Mrs. Julia Webster and Mrs. Fearl Higgs returned Thursday from a weeks tour to Oregon on the Amtrak where they spent time sightseeing in that area Mrs. Ethel Zollinger and her daughter Mrs Ruth Ann LDS Call Elder Neal F. Smith has been called to serve a LDS Mission to the Oklahoma-Tul-s- a for the LDS Mission Church HIS MISSION farewell will be held Sunday, Ou 2 in the Kaysville Ninth LDS Ward at the Kaysville East LDS Stake Center at 201 South 600 East, Kaysville, beginning at 1 .30 p m. Elder Smith will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on Oct 8. HE IS the son of Mr. and A Neal Smith of 47 North 500 East, Kaysville He graduated from Davis High School where he was a member of the Symphonic Band for four years, playing Mrs. the trombone and also a member of the Madrigals group. Since graduation he has been attending Weber State College and while there was a member of the mens chorus of Weber LDS Institute. He has been employed with Bowman's Food Market in Kaysville. np |