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Show t ? 5 ! ' : c. fp 12 CITY IT. 1 -- ! o B ! I :;7 0 ely THURSDAY FEer'.JAn 7 1- u Ui ; I i I 1 & ? 1 Ml s I i I t ? i a u t- ' i t- i , T1 $ v w y fe 1. Pfl 7 l.t Sj.f ' isj II jr , Vc ,1 f I 1 ti e il h. s lh i if . i l , , I S v t t tH t ' . I U ' 1 Sil D 177 IOaSI'-- to u g' ju Mi' J n I e uj i , a to I M sahstam f the in V 1 i r s , I I I ' ; 's l ' ( 't A- By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County has been designated as the site for a state supported area vocational school and will receive almost $500,000 in appropriations from the state this year to supply building and maintenance needs regular school program, Mr ZoU.ngtr said. School District officials had met er with Senator Warren of and Senators education the committee Pugh appropriations Barlow and Jack Ban gorier from Dace. Counts to plead their UtsC1 ALL DAVIS COUNTY THE PRESENT 84 acre Davis County Vocational School site m KaysviUe will be expanded into an area vocational school, which will supply skill training for both adults and high school students. The designation will allow the school district to go to the Utah State Building board next year and ask for money to construct additional buildings on the present site, Clinton Zollinger, Davis Vocational Director said State Senator Haven Barlow, Layton, said the passage of the total appropriations bill, which includes the public education money designated for the Davis area school and its designation as a state vocational school site is a breakthrough. We have the key to the finest vocational school location in the state, he said. EVEN AFTER the appropriations bill passed both houses of the Utah legislature last Saturday, Davis County school administrators and legislators were not sure that the $457, 000 appropriation and the designation proposal could not still be vetoed by Governor Scott Matheson. But Senator Barlow said he had talked to Governor Matheson on Monday and had been assured that there would be no changes in the bill. PRIOR TO the new designation, the vocational school site had been a district vocational school project and been supported by some funding from the State Board of Vocational Education. About $3 million had been spent by the district and the state board for the site and on improvements which include curbs and gutters, sidewalks, road, parking, water and electrical hookups. An automotive building has been constructed at a cost of $420,000 and a building trades building, which is presently under construction will cost about $390,000. Plans call for the construction of four more buildings - Agriculture and Metals, Homemaking and Health, Business Education and Cosmetology and Adult Basic Education. -- SENATOR BARLOW said that if the Davis County School District had not already purchased the land and begun construction that the measure wouldnt have passed the Public comEducation Appropriations Committee. That mittee approved the funding for the area vocational school m the education package which went to the executive appropriations committee for final approval before it was acted on by the legislature. The Davis County area vocational center will be the fourth area vocational school funded by the State Board of Education. Present area vocational schools are: Bridgerland, located in Cache County; Uintah, located in Roosevelt and Sevier in Richfield. officials urged legislators to provide the money for the area vocational center, saying that no funding was available for skill training for adults who did not want to work toward a high school diploma. The additional funding, now available this year, will provide money for skill programs available to students who cant qualify under the DAVIS COUNTY school legislators mat again with the educat- ional appropriations comm.ttee to gun leverage prior to the formal presentation of the plan That measure was approved, but Superintendent Bernell Wrigley cid he still feared that all 'of the votes would not hold firm uner pressure from other legislators The bill passed not only ihe executive appropriations committee but also both houses Over 3U0 Davis County students wire attendirg Utah Technical College in Salt Lake City, 14 were attending the federally funded skill center in North OgcWi. Additional vocational offerings are needed in Davis County, school officials said. Von Hall, director of the Utah State Vocational program told legislators that, based on population of Davis County, critical needs were not being met for an expanded vocational program DAVIS COUNTY Vocation School was one of three vocational schools designated in 1972 as district vocational centers According to school district officials the district vocational center has increased from 14 to 420 adults since 1972 and now includes 305 high school students. They say projections show this students by 1980. number could increase to between 2,000-2,50- 0 Mr. Zollinger said at present the school is providing 114 different vocational education and training programs to high school students and adults in the county, but he expects these needs to increase. I see the need far more vocational educahe said. tion every day as I travel the country, ACCORDING TO Senator Barlow, the school must do a good job with the money allocated this year. A total of $280,000 was allocated for maintenance and operation and $177,000 for equipment needs which include masonry, plumbing, painting and automotive equipment. Next year the administration would be justified in asking for additional money for building if the money is well spent, he said. The district vocational center was set up m the Verdeland Elementary School in Layton, which had been previously closed. Parts of the vocational training are still held in that building, which is located adjacent to the Layton Municipal building. SUPERINTENDENT URIGLLY said the Kaysville site was chosen since it was located exactly in the population center of the county. He said the prime benefit of the community will be provision for daytime training for adults in the community. Job Service and assistance payments require that day time skill classes be available to train those without skills. In the past t,hese classes have not been taught. Some additional funds should become available as a result of the expansion. In the past Federal funding has barely been adequate to keep the adult program afloat without any money provided for expansion. He said the district has many requests from employment services and assistance payments to supply a larger offering of skill classes. Superintendent Wrigley also expressed appreciation to all Davis County legislators, for their support in getting the designation and appropriation through the legislative budget session. i Kt toi.Jji - I Was pi r, ' 1 e Lh u ' s r - d rf iuH, art now dva.ldbl ' ( f on the ho By ROSELYN KIRK The nuessity for an adolescent treatment center, more psychiatric manpower, and the development of a program to reach the thicano community were cited as needed programs during an evaluation of the Davis County family and Com Health Mental munity ( enters IN GhNERAl, the 10 men her evaluation team xa.d that mental health programs were rated as either good or They expressed centers good relationship with the Utah State Hospital in Provo, the good artay of services, and the volunteer program John Holman, a Health and Welfare Education (Hi- - W ) official representing the Denver region, said this oral evaluation will be followed bv written reports which will arrive in six weeks THF. EVALUATION team represents agencies such as the Utah State Division of Mental Health, the Division of Alcohol and Department Drugs, the of Social Ser- vices and the Utah Psychia trie Association The team evaluated the center in areas management, direct services and community relaof tions in all three areas advised the local mental health agency to establish Fvaluators an in patient adolescent n eatment center in the county Dr Russell W illiams. administrator of the Davis ( ounty Mental Health ( enter, said this same need had been felt bv the staff and the ad visory council, as well as being listed the primary mental health concern in a poll of countv residents DR. MASON Psychiatric Redd, Utah Association representative, recommended that an adolescent treatment center be negotiated with Davis North Medical tenter officials or that an extended tare facility for adolescents be set up in the extended care facility located next to the hospital Dr are appl.ed lenses er, ll is wt tsual II nt l w pie Ihe opens Related to population, the tax bate in Bavis (ounty is etjuiv dert to approximately p iirtitnarv pit 'os ( f real ard nal prnpm t) th.,! an approval of the 1 true market value and n excellent ru ass. .it i tifj .J af ter cut a as t s ! t pi ir s, is ire Past which ' 1 ijx r a it s , Williams said the center, along with othef community organizations, have the flexibility for handling juvenile treatment, but only lack a building He said that center officials have attempted to negotiate with Davis $1 yi lor fcvery man, woman North Medical Center, but the problem seems to he an economic issue SEVERAL evaluators asked for a study of the adequeev of staffing and said ihe center should acquire ad ditional psychiatric lime since clinical director Dr Lvman Condie is stretched too far Medical psychiatric coverage should be expanded they said Carmen Bouiei, represtni ing the Utah Division of Men tal Health, and Dr Richard Shanteau, Utah Program Director representative, said the advisory board was not representative of four percent ( htcano population in the Davis County area They said public informa'ion should be available on a bilingual basis MS. BOUTET said the orientation of information on mental health servives is ti, the mainstream group, but that no effort is being made to make overtures to the Chicano segment of ihe population They suggested that three Outreach workers in the north end of the county, where the Chicano population is located, should be available under the direction of a professional Chicano who can ultimately head the program According to Ms Boulet, the mental health association needs to deal with the problem because 10 percent of the people being treated at the countv Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center are C hicanos considering Weber County located on the edge as a possi for an in patient of the county line, ble site center $ 4 9 i . in' wh V P , s amounts billion in fisc- -i $25 2 it is ng a diminishing rob ng to the new findings I a cunently accounting M 2 percent of all local 'onds that are raised through taxes, as against Htt 6 percent pteviously GAINING in importance, on the other hand, in efforts o meet nationwide demands for property tax relief, has been expanded revenue sharing bv the states and the Federal (,o ernnient Don Muller, the correlator e the evaluation, commended the management of ihe Davis center He said annual administration, reports, affirmative action plans and personnel records were good According to the rt port the facilities in all locations were excellent of on-sit- ALSO RATI D as excellent was the volunteer program which evaluators said was well defined They were also impressed with the emergency servues program and the fact that Dr Williams is on call if other staff members cannot be reached to deal with emergencies According to the report, the alcohol ser vices m the community art unique That area received an excellent rating In addition community oncntation was rated as tx cellent IN THE AREA of com munity and education and pi evention, Dr Shanteau said that some of ihe community programs did not have measurable goals Although the Chicano program is smaller and easier to overltxik. there is a greutei need in that area No services have been pros tied because there have been no requests tom that closed community m the north end of the c ounty , he said Iducation could I resoKe that defiency There is clear definition of problem groups, he said a lack of a Other social service agen cies in the community rated THE evaluation team also pointed to the need for addi tional inpatient fai ilities in the two hospitals According to Dr Williams, the mental health organization has been Hospital, d compared with on ten years ago, s t or 1 aK-ii,- a. ). ... ext it ! t! lit. par'n t n' i l's liTT ter mis i nnu ms " 'is f t r, i! ai-i- j. .ui t i , 1 t -- 0 IV i1 i IN VkHV, . t T shows that IlfimtR, It IMt n , t j's i i lilt i ' u ftfi tax toonnut s to te a vHirte of local poset i, t ii i i1 is the I n u i i ; a i S flj s it ii t sit'd i. ,il if il' 1 , si pt p. rt , i4 ClCl as at .Mils i ' t a oi J il Ml in ur r ir, xjfr, tutsey t a a i ,i vt lh i a'S i t J t r 2 1 ' i mo p ,i Witts 'Sis s - i i 'it 7 smoiar ' t S ; ' , m,. a yt t v S orrp m's iipi r ent else he I Pile ! Stales an is ' s i rl ul IK a,1 Tl't i! c r it ,1 it 22! pt ri i.1 ; i i, 2 it a n wtien t pr V tl - t c I ' u njt ii r f , S I L. ' .. , i f H t x J J k r r ' ( iulk 1 r. r f V i, - i A A I ert 7 7 M.V'U Uv U Dr Redd commended the mental health staff for their heroic effort at providing in patient service, considering such difficulties as community feelings and the lack of a hospital in the countv with a psychiatric care unit THE evaluation team also recommended that the staff not lean too heavily on the Rape Crists Center at the University Medical Center in Salt Lake City, but correlate that program so that a county service is available as a backup unit the mental health orgamza tion high on the scale, the eyjluutors said rk En Route Minister - Donl you ever attend a place of worship0 Youth - Yes. sir, and Im on my way to her house now DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B" North Main St, Layton PHONE 376-91- 33 Pubtlsted Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. John StoMe. 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