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Show vi F i i j w x tr L f ,TY JUNE 22 1973 THURSDAY, "' t Mxs Rosi IN , A kW N in i v 1 nptun south t 1 tit 1 no hour seek ind , r til Si Ht 1 C s a ACCORDING 10 Lt "ebbs of the Divis C 1 hei itt s Offu ( , he ' t . . t y i s who gi idu o i from Weber State edit g u month will increase the o to make pcrsible the stafti i of the two vehicles, mi patrol in the north and other in the south The paramedic vehn If ir manned bv sheriff s depot it , fumed as paramedics wh carry out law enforttnuo duties whin not responding to paramedic emergencies 1 I ttl i i t r h 1 I s i I I I w I -wrtfTH ' r four-minut- I home at 801 E 900 North, Layton, was severely damaged by fire last weekend, but children and neighbors managed to save some valuable properties 1 he Don Zaring I HOE DAMAGES HOME IU GARY R BlOLX.tn I I AYT ON If mere s one tl nig to i uin a vai anon, n s to I be 8 8 told that your expensive home in Layton has been de stroyed bv Lm I ! I I I I 8 8 I I Rl 1 fYIEkFS nolhing mom relieving than to find nut that vour children (and no not else) was serioush hurt m ht fire and that at least some of vour valuable an tiques were saved in the blare These were the mixed emo turns that greeted Mr and Mrs Don R Zaring, 801 East 9X) North, Layton, last Friday evening THE COLPLL was vaca i '1 tiomng with some of their children in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, when they got word that their expt nssve home had been badly damaged by fire My first thoughts were of our two children at home and their safety, said Mrs Zaring "But these thoughts were quickly squelched when we talked to the kids and found out they were okay SHE SAID they were told that much of the home had been badly damaged by the fire, smoke and water The worst possible thoughts went through my head, said Mrs Zaring Not only of the home and contents, but of the many valuables and antiques that we have including the dress my grandmother wore at the inaugural ball when my grandfather was sworn in as State Senator of Idaho BUT ONCE back home, Mrs Zaring was comforted to find that the dress she so cherished was still hanging in closet, a back bedroom completely unharmed Also to her relief, a very valuable antique light fixture which is more than i00 was hanging unyears old the m living room damaged BUT I found out later that one of the boys protected that most, when he made certnn firemen did not spray watei on the antique and the hremen made a special effort to keep the blaze away from the area of the fixture, said Mrs Zaring She noted that the light fix ture was taken from the Old Preemont Hotel in Idaho manv years ago and i1-- $35 000 with an add.tional $10,000 loss to fur nishings clothing etc BE two or three back in ordei and all the repairs made she said Do you know of anyone with a house to rent for a few It Tebbs said that paramedic teams will work with other EMT s from fire and police departments in the south end of the county, as they have in the north, months getting the house months specifying estimated at lixture with hts life, well al a familv heirloom BUI THE Zarings did lost some of their valuable an Wtll With Minority By ROSELYN KIRK Layton firemen were at conven tending a three-dation in Park City at the time of the blaze but Fire Chief said Adams John were arrangements previously made with neigh boring cities to assist each other in the event of a major fne County administrators said that a meeting between Davis KAYSVILLE responded with one fire truck and several firemen and Clearfield sent two trucks and several volunteers to assist Laytons two trucks and a standby crew of volunteers There were two minor injuries to neighbors assisting the Zarings with getting contents out of the house The two, both unidentified, had pieces of glass embedded in their foot and arm when several windows shattered from the intense heat, ac cording to Chief Adams the session y and Eric 16) and the neighbors were just great m getting the animals (dogs and cats) out OUR KIDS (Mark 18 of the house and also in saving as much furniture as pos- sible, said Mrs Zaring But we still lost a lot of our belongings We well wiped out were pretty But with a smile on her face, she added WHAT WE lost can be replaced, it could have been much worse Im just thankful for all that we have Damage to the home was first that re- - Commissioners Klee! tiques, among them being seven refinished chairs worth more than $100 each Jebbs paramedics have responded over the last ten months to about 100 medical emergen cies a month In May thee answered 94 calls Although average response time in tiie north has averaged from 42 to 5 minutes, the goal is to ree establish a This south m the time sponse should be possible since the area is not so widely seperat ed I ! TO Lt FARMINGTON - Davis and officials representatives of ethnic minority groups ended without further threat of a lawsuit challenging Davis County hiring policies County Personnel Director County Earl King said there was a after better understanding THE MFETING, called by Davis County commissioners, was the first meeting since John Medina, who was at that time Utah State Hispanic Ombudsman, and Manuel Fernandez, Governors Coun cil on Hispanic Affairs, fr,t met with county commis sioners two months ago to demand that more Hispanic people be hired by the county in mid management positions Later commissioners received a letter threatening a class action suit unless mid management positions were made available in the Davis County Mental Health Department Since that time Davis County mental health officials have met with Mr Medina and Mr Fernandez m an attempt to get qualified Hispanic people on the mental health hiring rosters COMMISSIONER Wendell Zaugg said during the recent meeting that discrimination, hiring policies, the county affirmative action plan and the people in hiring middle management positions was also discussed According to Richard Nelson, social services coordma tor, the group, which mcludt d several county officials, in addition to Curt Jackson representative of the Utah Native American Consortium, discussed what progress was being made m hiring practices He said the outcome of meeting was an agreement to work with the minority leaders to fill countv mid management positions ACCORDING TO one sur vey four percent of the people in Davis County are Hispanic Minority representatives had argued that an equal percen tage of county slots be filled with Hispanic people Mr King said the county is willing to work with minority groups, but does not believe that just one segment of tne county minorities, the His panic, should be represented in lobbying for county posi tions He said there appears to be no basis for the suit MR. NELSON, who also acts as assistant personnel director, at least II minority persons are on the ofcounty Asian payroll Donna Sato, descent, was recently hired as the CETA Manpower Director According to Mr Nelson, the Equal Economic OpporCommittee which has tunity been selected and approved will begin work to rewrite the v ft s i - hi It ' lasl ' i J 1 t r the nit spates net I1 iu! a1 it h th trn in a put If rebbs 'mii t i i i inn i. ( if tt iOn pr i s (hi rural ted 1 ating nr- - t( M Septic Postiioiiecl Po Secisiosi & Bv ROSFI YN KIRK IS EEO plan which is two years old and outdated THE committee will review policy statements included in the plan, he said Officials from the state EEO office are committed to provide train ing sessions on how to develop a resource manual and how to develop an updated affirma tive action plan, he said 11 RMi Vil ON i 1 4n mm t governing tatik- - t pi ic and waste wat r di pia at prepared and mended by the Davis t ruim ( ountv was hearing set Davis (ountv tommis Htallh Department, lushed ove- m a were h ird it tht is tin ti i ja'j petted Ruhard Harvey, tiuiron mental health administrate' said the ordinance would make it unlawful to install i waste water system unless the bottom of the trench was at least four feet above the maximum anticipated ground water level The proposed or dmanre also prohibits con structing a septic tank system where water is within 100 feet of an area where surface run off water is known to ac cumulate and pond tOLNTY HEALTH officials say that high water tables west of I 15 in Woods Cross West Bountiful, West Point, Hooper and west of Center villt, Kaysville and Syracuse is resulting in a health problem where human wastes the health of the people He said the health depart ment is concerned since that dt partment is to the promo tion and protection of the health of people in Davis County RESIDENTS IN most cases from the West Farmington area, questioned whether a sewer system would be J w . atl J Jt nst lading ! h( 10 J n i ai s ponpK or fit west side of tin i Valiev I' i wau i gimrutd tht t - idt I w mid hi-- t ! build so I tun watch ovt inv be sad, indicating jiif, that him houses hould ht illowed to ust septa tanks fin sewage disposal Anording to county planner Albert ( ole, prospt c tie builders an claiming of that a one acre plot ground is a farm and are using that samt THE hcirmg, AFTER Davis ( ountv Commission! rs said they would postpone ihe decision on the adoption of the proposal, indicating a rapid dee tsion should not be ex l tunm nt are surfacing Dr Richard Johns administrator of the Davis County Health Depart ment said very real health hazard is resulting which is a clear and present danger to groups of Hispanic r sir i people including toum , uid state hialih offu i ils, and Wes! Farmington u side nD ACCORDING ) I I aramedic Council has sad tVt the vehicles must bi bv afted exclusively iramedu s I ! ! i ui i bv the for replacement I ' tt s THREF Emerge! y Medical 1 e hmt ians ( M T s) presently fill out the staff it in addition to the two vehicles on the road the Davis County Commission has authorized the purchase of another paramedic vehiclt i i i ' M i toe paramedic crew Bv December 1978 the Stan I i r pirarntdii 1 s ' i v u r 1 trn dii I I ike began it h i m iu making that s L r u 1 llll ' t the pt"nn upt r I; l 3 3 ON 1 I i rtf me lie i avis ( ounrv K'HK on use to omshuu homes without t onnettirg to a st wc r Ht said small sub di siun proposals are commg ti wi tht planning commission hever further requests for subdivision MR. ( OI E read i U M. r Lorn planning diteU' r lostph Mi mre supporting tht wash water resolution H said the major reason iht planning commission has turned down subdivisions requesting development without connecting to sewer system is that the policy of the county is that limiting development within the cor porate limits of the city Dean Swanner, and Hap Robinson, both prospective developers in the West Farmington area, said they are not getting cooperation from the sewer district and other government entities Mr Robinson asked why land owners have to pay the costs of the sewer Si saio war Commission, heie is no wav to put sewer pipes into the unincorporated He was pessimistic i re a that some homes in that large irea could ever be connected a the sewer system since its too tostly to provide sewage t rvice to areas where one nouse is located on 10 acres suggested that a build-ir- g moratorium was a better answer until the problem could be reco!ved, but with the low tax base he was not optimistic that the area could be sewered Dr Michael Miner, director of the 208 water quality study, said, although Davis County has some of the best sewers in the state, built mainly with federal funds, that no money is available for new plants or sewer collection systems He MR SCANNER suggested that members of the unincorporated West Farmington (ommunity need to be represented on the sewer board County Commissioners said he should make applica non since the county has no control over the sewer dis- tricts According to Mr Harvey, the sewer could become possible if everyone in the area cooperated, but people had not responded to a move to provide sewers to the area A LETTER of approving the ordinance was presented to Davis County commissioners by Marvin Reed, Utah Division of Health He said that all requirements ACCORDING TO Mr Harvey, the land is worth about $15,000 an acre and will sup port the cost of hooking onto the sewer Developers should be required to hook onto the sewer before development He said, in addition to the health hazard, that a study by Soil Conservation experts, just completed in West Point, sug- gested m the Davis County ordinance will be included m a state ordinance which is now being drawn up Utah is the only state where the separation between the waste disposal system and the ground water level is only one foot, bacteria can travel through the soil and is aided by water The ordinance was no assurance that the problem can indicated that septic tanks have a low survival rate and 60 percent of them are failing be eliminated he said, but septic tanks compound the We regard this as problem a step in the right direction and endorse it FARMINGTON Mayor Gor- don Van Fleet, who also serves on the Central Davis Goiiffiif CQiiimissioDePS Deny Zoning By ROSELYN KIRK - Davis Commissioners FARMINGTON County denied a proposal to rezone f acres of land six and in the Val Verda unincorporated area from R 1A to R 3 to allow for the construction of 84 units of four plex housing requested by Keith East, 2329 South 200 West one-hal- LAST WEEK over 100 residents from the area had packed county commission chambers to protest the rezoning during a public hearing which had been recommended by the Davis County Planning Commission A citizens group headed by James A Rasmussen had protested that the area was becoming impacted and said more multiple housing would overload existing roads, resulting in a danger to children attending schools DAVIS County Commis- - sioners did not comment as they denied the rezoning, but said earlier they would take the views of the residents of the area into consideration when making their decision At the hearing only three people, including Mr East and Mrs East appeared to favor the proposal In another matter pertaining to a request to move the Community Action Program rent which the building would cost Ms Johnson had presented figures to the commission, agencies are scheduled to would be available for $500 if the commission acts to rent by July 1 building addition Commissioners are not sure if there will be room for the CAP agency in the new indicating that the building Commissioner Moss would be available to pay rental costs Funds from other CAP programs could also be used for the rent including CETA funds, $34 50, Weatherization Funds, $34 50 and Emergency Food Funds, $17 25 COMMISSIONER C E Moss asked CAP representative Janet Johnson to investigate the possibility of using an additonal $3,000 which has been allocated for the agency to pay the $1675 in additional Layton building until Jan 1, which would have to be con- whether additional money from the federal grant could be used for rental DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B" North Mein St. Layton PHONE j MS. JOHNSON said the agency has a lease on the 1979 At that time county 376-9(- Published Weekly by CMPPER PUBLISHING CB. John Start Jr.. PuMaher Second Ciaas Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.58 per year sidered m the cost of the arrangements The CAP proposal is to rent the new building from July 1978 to July sug- gested that Ms Johnson consult with CAP director Carl to determine Chappell SHE SAID if Outreach of fices in Bountiful and Layton were closed and the staff were moved to the Farmington of fice at an additional $274 (CAP) Offices from their present location at 43 South Main, to the site of the Adult Probation and Parole at 37 North Main, Farmington, county commissioners advised that further consideration of the funding would be necessary before reaching a decision move into the new courthouse Out of Start SubKdpthm S5.W Nrmi Sukicrtyttoe In (Payable & SIS M Advance) . |