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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JANUARY 22, 1981 N Bv TOM r I would be justified if several Bl'SSELBERG FARMINGTON power emergencies arose each year, for instance. He hastened to add that part of the courthouse is tied into an emergency generator system through the Sheriffs Office. Such was not the case Jan. 8, however, because the new $21,000 generator system tied in to the jail addition wasnt hooked up. The man who should be in the know on power outages and assorted emergency-typ- e problems for Davis County brushed off the darkness episode as going off without any real problems. JOHN ZIPPRO, emergency services director, said we didn't have any real problem and indicated he received only one phone call relating to the outage before power was restored. At the same time, though, a lack of emergency power ser- ices for the courthouse forced officials to release several hundred employees hours before the normal 5 p m. closing, he A CHECK with Sheriff Zippro said no outage-relate- d problems occurred in the jail. Mr. Zippro said he supported placement of a court- house generator when the addition was under construction but said the cost now would be far higher than the $21,000 for the jail. It would include placing the generator and fuel tank underground along with need for fuel rotation, he explained. BUT THE loss in tax dollars Brant Johnson late last week indicated things were very close for hookup but he said it appeared to be engineering problems of "topping it off noting contractors havent moved as fast as we wanted them to. He said installation was to have been the week of Jan. !2 but, he added, it was delayed with no sure hookup date. recalled, and that costs money. AND M HILE the cost of a generator would be considerhe estimated between able, including need to install it below ground, that when employees must be sent home early could equal $4,000 lost if work for 800 was terminated four hours early, for example. Those salaries are expended tax dollars and have to be paid although no service was received, he emphasized. A couple of times and it (generator) pays for itself. man-hou- BUT THOSE funds arent missed the same as a request for a generator that would require large fund output at one time, Mr. Zippro said. THE LACK of a generator for the Sheriff s Office forced dispatch duties to be taken over by some city police departments for a time but Mr. In the case of a emergency, he said space has been provided and equipment could go into operation for county commissioners, three disaster emergency military personnel and others to operate an emergency nerve base. full-sca- ME HAVE first priority if the phones go down, we have arrangements with telephone and power that it would be restored there first as the operations center." Speaking of possible positive results from the power outage Mr. Zippro said. "I think it was a good thing to wake people up to the fact we can have problems and they should prepare and get some sort of heating, lighting and food that doesn't need to be cooked. FORTUNATELY it (Jan. 8 outage) happened before dinner but 1 still recommend peosurvival kit ple keep a with some type of heating apparatus, fuel, etc. Private Practice OK Fire Damages For Mental Health Kaysville Home BOUNTIFUL Davis County mental health personnel will now be allowed to conduct private practice with county residents. THANKS TO advisory board approval received for a revised private practice policy, some staff members w ill be able to conduct counselling or other activites after working hours away from mental health facilities. Explaining the difference between the old and new policies Mental Health Directoi Russell Williams told the board, Under the old no one could do it with residents of the count. Now they can do it under certain conditions. They dont use (mental health) facilities or overload to become ineffective on the job. The state policy is similar. centers are more lenient but added the old Davis policy was the "strictest." An increased need with more (patients) than we can meet" prompted the change with inflation and interest from a number of therapists also helping prompt the requested modification, Dr. Williams explained. OTHER PHASES of the new policy include need for written approval from the director before entering such activities; number of hours cannot exceed eight hours a week and policy violation will result in disciplinary action. That could include an "un- satisfactory performance appraisal that could lead to loss of a salary increase, probation status or firing. THE BOARD okayed the change during its regular meeting last week held in Bountiful. NOTING federal regulations follow such lines he said some Long Time East Layton Workers If Junior Green were to fill out a job application his entries work experiences jin the column would include farmer, cattleman, executive with the Kays Creek Irrigation Co., city councilman, city building, plumbing and electrical inspector; supervisor of the city water, sewer and roads system; snow plow operator 'and town marshall. SINCE 1968, Junior Green has been East Layton citys vvvvvmvAWJW jl ;! '! ' ;! !; ; I Interested in Building a ;j Log Home? ji l For Information or appointment to aee Model Home In Layton j,' Call Lee or Diana at ;j . !i 376-964- 1 most diversified employee. Ten of the past 12 years he was the city building, plumbing and electrical inspector. He gave up these jobs about two years ago because of his heavy work load. However, he still continued to assist City Manager Tracy Barnes in the building department when he was needed. During the years Mr. Green worked for East Layton, he used his own truck. The city furnished gas only. JUNIOR HAS been the East Layton public works supervisor and main workman for the past 12 years. A walking blue print, Mr. Green knows the location of every water line and valve in East Layton. Snow plowing has been one of Juniors specialties since 1969. About four years ago he started plowing a fairly heavy snow on Saturday afternoon. A strong East wind started up causing extreme drifting. Junior fought the snow until 4 a.m. Visibility was zero and the road grader would no longer go through the drifts. Junior parked the equipment in his yard. SUNDAY evening, the wind stopped and with some help from the county grader, the main roads of East Layton were opened for the Monday morning traffic. The crews worked until 10 p.m. to accomplish this. In 1971, Junior Green became East Laytons first town marshall. He didnt keep this job long because of the heavy work load he was carrying in other city departments. BEFORE JUNIOR became an East Layton employee, he served 12 years on the city council. He missed one council meeting in all those years. There was no city hall in 1956 when Junior first went on the council. City officials held meetings in their homes. Many decisions were made at the Greens kitchen table. IMPROVED SEWER and . water lines were projects that Junior Green helped with as councilman and as a city employee. While he was a member of the council, the preliminary work for the sewer and water bond was com- pleted. The actual work started in 1968 when Junior was working for the city. He remembers the trenches, the dug up roads and the mud. Time after time, school buses would get stuck. Junior finally decided to pick up the children living along Oakridge Drive in his truck and deliver them to a central spot the school bus could reach without problems. He did this all winter. THIS considerate act established Junior Green as a friend of all East Layton children. Another accomplishment Junior Green helped East Layton achieve was the installation of a mandatory secondary water system. The pressurized irrigation system was installed in 1966. It uses Kays Creek water. THE CIVIC committment Junior Green exemplifies can probably be traced to the example his father set. Dave Green was one of the individuals responsible for the creation of East Layton town. The senior Mr. Green served as an elected town official from 1936 when East Layton was first incorporated until his death in 1944. DAVE GREEN worked as a supervisor on the culinary water project that brought water from Crooked Hollow to the families then living in East Layton. The line was put in by WPA workers. All trenches were dug by hand. There are still about six original water connections on this line and more have been added to the original main line. BESIDES WORKING on East Laytons water system, Dave Green also assisted in 20-2- 5 construction projects on Hobbs Hollow and Adams Reservoir. He was the building foreman for the Layton LDS A fire which caused $30,000 worth of damages to a home in Kaysville last w eek, began in a bedroom and was caused by smoking materials, probably a cigarette, stated Kaysville Fire Chief Jim Dotson. THE RESIDENT, Jose L. Lucero, 44, was taken from his burning home at 457 North 30 East by a Layton man w ho was driving by and seen the smoke. Capt. Dale Hull, 31, of 1247 E. 300 N., Layton, was taking his daughter to a gymnastic lesson in Bountiful. They stopped in Kaysville to pick up a friend and his daughter told him of a short-cu- t. Capt. Hull said he knew it wasn't a shortcut, but he went that way anyways to please the daug ter and ended up getting lost and drove by the burning house. HE NOTICED the flames in the window, so he stopped his car and ran over to the house. A neighbor had just seen the fire also, and Capt. Hull yelled to him to call the fire department. The door was locked and he had to find out if anyone was inside. Capt. Hull got the door opened and the smoke was so thick he could hardly stand it. As some of the smoke cleared out. he yelled to see if anyone w as inside and he heard a faint voice, so he crawled along the floor and noticed someone sitting up against the wall of the kitchen hallway. CAPT. HULL was very disoriented and as he picked him up he was limp. He dragged him across the floor and outside. Within minutes the fire department was there. Mr. Hull checked again to make sure no one else w as inside the burning home. Mr. Luceros hair was singed but both men escaped w serious injury. The fire destroyed a portion of the home ith-o- and caused heavy smoke damage. CAPT. HULL said. I White Chapel. Other members of the Dave Green family have also been active in East Layton government. His son, Delmas, was an East Layton councilman for eight years. A grandson, Bob Green, served on the city council and planning commission. Bob is now a member of the Layton city planning commission. YES! WE DO STRIP PIANOS JUNIOR GREEN accepts the annexation of East Layton into Layton as a natural step in the growing process. After all, it has always been the east part of Layton or the west part of Layton. Some day Layton will run from the mountain to the lake. Safe Strips completely 20 more Restore HERITAGE The future for Junior Green .will be about the same as the past has been. He will work for Layton citys public works department. 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