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Show 1 f itA 40 I f J 17 It el ,1 I BF R i t i t ' k. I 1 w t ( , 1 1 if' b J y r, ' ' L 1 I1 i f d X s a - ci- w e to t v v ' s' la; h t I , ' M u r JOfVt I f N ' ( 1.(1 ,, n t t ' ,tll e (1, t a 1 r Jr r t t i i lid Board 0 r ,( '1 Opditd H t uh : n 1 e r ; T i, - s ; 1 5. .id j J" iM ; RL is ikc-,n ho ruvit tw 3 a- vt i c ) ks - legist! ah n in id in the di tru ", is ( I . I ; ia lit' Wellim : e I r King at rndiv lduai v 1 11 ,, Dr mg said, juinor High is up t j 1, to u id u ii concerned it that We re not too ion-, loed about the high school oinougn ayton T. gh is kind of high its enrol In ient stood U 1 61 and is the highest of district school Vid lew mont Highs r ( no nt climbed to 1, 140 T..i cay as Jb additional 3' in! ns enrolled at that a (ouit decision ii i 1 , 1 u 1 Utah State Fair begins Sept. COME TO THE FAIR 7. V t . - Sheriff FARMINGTON William (Dab) Lawrence told the Davis County Commission that he is concerned about where to place money that is being received as donations to aid the county paramedics' program HE SAID that he has several checks" received totaling aoout $100 that have been contributed by interested persons to aid the paramedics The donations are from good and appreciative persons who have been served by the paramedics and wanted to donate to the program to further aid the paramedics, Sheriff Lawrence told the commission cf SUNSET MAYOR Norm Sant, chairman of the special told COGs general assembly that it is the concensus of the committee at this time that there be a continued testing and evaluation program for another six months He explained that further study of the paramedics program would lead to committee, concrete and short-ter- plans that could better disclose the overall costs of the program -long-rang- e vehicles, training, equip- ment, salaries, public need, etc. Glen COMMISSIONER W then scheduled tor sometime before Sept 15 - which is deadline for placing issues on the ballot The ad hoc committee was asked to get addi- Flint, who has spoken out against the program in the -- past, objected to the proposal and urged the COGs support to have the issue placed on the ballot in the November elec- tional information and present it to the council at the tion we get into this cockeyed thing, it seems to said Commismultiply, sioner Flint Lets put it on "When special meeting and Commissioner ballot Commissioner Wendell Zaugg said he is still undecided A special COG meeting was ONE IS arguing against the paramedics saving lives, but there are other problems and questions to be answered, said Mayor Sant e BOTH Commissioner Flint C. E. (Bill ) Moss are in favor of the issue being placed on the to m re sprocket million time in a $1 vuy ihin hnu NO SANI s nd the program could just is well belong to the founts healtl department and that e him of the things we need to look inMAYOR K The countvwidt gh's boun-- u.'tnd ARE l d ew- lot - Of oi Da' is High anct oil is r The Dr Kasvilp hot up siuic, Kacscille s two schools showed (eiTiihiy l he highest enrollment of anv in district s 18 elementary schools Kaysville had 838 ! n VP em oiled and Burton 980 But those enrollments will blselileiit para- medics program has bu n implemented in north Deo s County almost a year h M mis Da s not started in s County until June GARY R. BLODGETT - ARM1NGTON Should State Fair be moved l he Lagoon9 F hi- t ) t Irah AT LEAST one long time mployee of the Davis County icsori here thinks so Dean Swaner, who began working at the Lagoon with his father when he was only a child 58 years ago, told the Davis County Commission at an informal meeting that the best thing the State Fair officials could do would be to move the ev ent to the Lagoon donors that their contributions are being properly the (to appropriated the paramedics program), sheriff said - A Woods FARMINGTON Cross police officer has been named new chief of the Davis County Fire Department by the Davis County Commis- sion. BRENT ARGYLE, a four-yea- r police officer at Woods Cross and a veteran volunteer fireman, will assume his duties as fire chief on October 1 He will replace Russell (Buck) Earl as fire chief and will be the departments first fulltime, paid chief. His salary will be about $15,000 MR. ARGYLE has served as a volunteer fireman about 10 years. He served as a fire chief," he told the commission "I know I can work well with the men and Id like to get their support in all that I do. HE SAID HE did not plan any major changes m departmental procedures. But I do plan to have a closer relationship with the men and to try and set up a good line of communications, he said "I would like to continue with a good physical training program and be able to provide for the men as much of an program as possible Commission Chairman William Moss added: department lieutenant five, years and has been a shift captain for the past seven personnel and excellent fire I appreciate the opportunity to serve as a fulltime believe the department can be upgraded in its fire inspection months. need to look program. to the future with an additional substation in Woods Cross (which is in the planning stage) and in Centerville and Val Verda We also The new fire chief is an experienced Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and is trained in fighting of refinery fire. He learned the latter as an employee of Caribou Oil Company for 10 years A NATIVE OF Woods Cross he and his wife, Judy, have six children. They live at 1955 Sorrento Drive, Woods Cross WE HAVE some very good fighting facilities but I also served a mission m Germany for thechurchof Jesus Christ of Latter dav Saints He is a graduate tiful High and attended Weber State College two years He IN OTHER b uildings and grounds matters, Dr Whitt asked and received reaffn mation bv the board of an earlier motion made by a previous school boara m 1971 The earlier board agreed to 25 percent participation bv the school district in construe pop cost of a walkway overpass east of Woods ( ross High School Project cost was es t imated at $78,000 in 1071 meaning the distrut share . would be about $20 OHJ Also participating would be Bountiful and Woods (joss cities, the state and Du is ( ounty Bui Dav is ( oui i PTA Pres Pal Parkin said Bountiful and the counn have not made definite decision on participation DR. WH1TF also told the board portable classrooms have been arriving in the district to meet growing pains at various schools with more still to come within the next n f bid opening Oct 3 ( 1 17 at the latest for ohsi rucuon of the new Joseph r took F le.nentary School in S . u im- Administrators ' hu tu 11 room facility, r tspandable to 21 root s, be icady foi occupancy next fail A ' lie nt v ui 7 was okayed for j inn is um and kitchen pn iect panned for North Davis Junior High in Clear-f- i Id Dr White said he realized plans had been shifted in elation to bid openings for 'he (00k and G Harold Holt School planned for Clearfield 1 KNOW that patrons in 'he area of G Harold Holt have some concern but the soil at Holt is frequently being measured and engineers still are telling us they feel we should wait Fill dirt from Clearfield High School's new gymnasium was put on the site Soil tests have shown the ground at the new elementary school at 3000 N 1000 W. needs further settling and ad- justment before construction can begin District officials have said no safety problems exist with building on the site but in a move to minimize weight, the Board of Education approved construction of a lighter metal school there. linlis Lsyoon Is. Fop State Fain But the most logical site is the grounds ad jacent to the Lagoon Mr Swaner told the com- commission mission however, that the state statute says the State Fair should be held in the states capital city BUT THAT could be changed by an act of the legislature, if they would," he said Of course there would be a lot of static from the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and other city and state officials Mr Swaner, who began working at the Lagoon with his father in 1920, and who has grown up as a "permanent fixture" at the resort, believes in what he says about the movement of the State air but at the same time believes very little, if anything, will be done about 1 it THERE IS plenty of land around the Lagoon complex lor expansion quite sufficient for State Fair facilities," said Mr Swaner, "It could save the state hundreds of thousands of dollars considering what they plan to spend improving and expand" ing the Salt Palace He told the commissioners that the Lagoon also has many of the necessary structural facilities needed for a State F air, plenty of parking space, plus an adjacent carousel YOU COULDNT ask for a better place to hold a State - Leaders of Davis County minority groups said they will not press charges against the county at this time because of improved hiring practices involving Hispamcs and other minorities MANUEL Fernandez, the governors Council on Hispanic Affairs, of said Davis County is improving Us hiring practices and a law suit is not pending agamst county officials at this time havent completely-droppethe idea of a law But we We will work suit, he said with county officials in an attempt to avoid ever having to take legal action HE NOTED that a legitimate effort has been made, especially by the county health department, to recruit Hispamcs Ed Mayer of the county its even centrally located along the Wasatch Front," he concluded, grb No Suit Against County chairman of Boun- THEY HAVE outgrown the present facilities and there is a big mov e on to have the State Fair at the Salt Palace, Mr Swaner told the CM-i- l Fair, FARMINGTON single unit 1 con tructed Isiisil Site B special fund If the money is going to be lost m the shuffle, thats not fair and I want to have something to assure these THE COMMISSION then instructed the attorney to draw up a resolution to create a fund for the donations He said the money will be placed m the general fund but will be to the redistributed paramedics program next fiscal year. Meanwhile, an ad hoc mayors committee from the Davis County Council of Governments (COG) has recommended that the issue of continuance of the paramedics program not be placed on the November H J Junior High, s 1 Vi - to county's general fund or should it be placed in a Hess so 0 1 HE ASKLD IF the money should be turned over to the COUNTY Attorney Milton J. Hess assured him that the money would have to be turned over to the county and placed in the general fund. But these contributions will be specifically earmarked and will be distributed to the paramedics program next fiscal year, but the money must first be placed into the countys general fund," said Attorney iS 1 The queMuii why t'e program is um-- tr mu (! 3 j f 'b lire department department is a 0 be r studied hl ' 3 1HF R1 a- could s of DECISION FINAL will whether or not the be placed on the ballot rests with the Davis County Commission. The biggest question facing new the paramedics program, like everything else in government, is cost. the ballot and if the public it wants (countywide paramedics program) then well implement it The piogram will tost more than $100,000 ihi- - y - and 1 a it i ac- - that to nesting a boun-et akmg them out ms c- y ballot for public vote of ceptance or rejection. V i ui m By GARY R. BLODGETT jltrdetermined v eo r Higl ui 1 h I as s Miiglr unit .K st pi f, and F'ar-- i .omenta ry was due fur Millcreek arc set to arrive D sept 11 IN OTHFR action, the J OKaved finalization of D a b11 I K la! ementary were ationa Thurs- two at Clinton mD lor classroom ; One additional u" c at South Davis ot 12 it h two already rt and he said two ' ms G K 1 dav i r or-- ! c i I to I" nas and four r u , O smdi its Whir Mudents tola ti d f r a ; M t r i 2 I ! I c i - H ' . Y id durin i v a ' t nts 001 e b.i is. 1 g t it l if m t i J T it f tbt f II 1 s s ' to ij i i ' 1 j si Me n i I 3 t I' - T t , ; ; : ; 1 L ist i a r -- 7? DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main Layton health board recently reported that Hispamcs have been for recruited actively and midmanagement management positions, a including minority and specialist therapist PHONE St, 376-31- 33 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING C8. John Stable. Jr.. PoMMwr Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah COUNTY officials were vised last April that legal SUBSCRIPTION ad-- , $4.50 per year ac- tion would be instigated against them if the county failed to make progress in hiring minorities, grb Out of State SufcseriptiMi H IMnse SubecrVMoa SIS.M (Payable In Advance) |