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Show ctoool Taxes Could Rise y Four Mills By TOM BUSSFLBFRG It was a long night FARMINGTON filled with some tough decisions for the Davis Board of Education, May 5. BOOK FEES for grades were implemented. driver education fees upped and a tentative 4.15 mill increase approved by the board, all aimed at continuing current programs at their present level and putting some meat onto a skeleton surplus. Book fees have been set at $20 per student for the y ear, the first time such a fee has been implemented, while the driver's education fee will go from $10 to $15 a student, enough to make that program "self supporting" in the words of Assistant Supt. Gayle Stevenson. fill II WHILE THOSE two actions were cast in concrete for the coming year, the tax increase was only given tentative okay by the board to assist Board Clerk Roger Glines in preparing the budget that will be reviewed June 2 with approval set for June 16. The 30 fiscal district operates on a July year. If the tax increase is approved, and the board still hasacouple of months to make a final decision, that would mean a bigger tax bill by about $40 on a home valued at .Mi, IP'll; V" classroom of Crestview Elemental Modems take a break from their studies to play on the schools new playground equipment. Construction on the plav ground old project sponsored by the ( Test-viecompletes a two-yePTA and school administration. The P I A Contributed $2, Odd toward the playground, according to P TA president Pat Peterson. A NEW CRESTVIEW PLAYGROUND 2 $60,000. HILL AFB The Saturday crash of Capt. David L. (Nick) Hauck in his Talon aircraft during the Hill Air Force Base 40th birthday air show had a definite impact on those people living in or near the Greenbelt strip to the south of the bases main runway in Layton. THESE individuals witness daily the maneuvers of tens, hundreds and thousands of planes as they fly to and from one of the largest air bases in the world. Saturday was different. The famous Thunderbirds were coming to Hill. Many Green-bel- t residents left their homes to gather with thousands of others who traveled to the base to watch the annual air show. feet from the crash. Mrs. Wilson believes the pilot changed course in order to avoid the children. 8 SOME STAYED home be- cause the view from their homes was almost as good as being on base. Others went ab-o- their normal work routines, glancing to the sky occasionally to see the Thunderbirds. Suddenly, something happened. One plane broke formation, flew low and disappeared into some trees just north of the Greenbelt houses. A cloud of smoke followed the plane's disappearance Witnesses knew. THE CRASH site was a grove of trees just north and west of a cattle feed lot ow ned jointly by Harris Adams, Neil Adams and Jay Love. Before going down, the plane cleared a loafing bam. striking two horses eating in the feed yard manger. Sam and John Love had fed the animals at 3 p.m. about 20 minutes before the plane went down. ONE HORSE was killed instantly. The second animal had to be destroyed. One horse was expecting a colt within two weeks. Mrs. Judith Adams Wilson, her children and some neighbor children were watching the air show from a fence just 100 JOE LOVE was standing on top of the loafing barn as the plane turned west to avoid hitting the building. His wife, MaryAnn, says she has dreamed of an airplane crash many times over the past months. MaryAnn and her young daughter were standing very close to the crash site. After striking the horses, the powerless craft hit two large liquid manure spreaders (honey wagons). One piece of machinery was carried 70 feet by the plane. MANGERS AND fences were torn up as the plane hit the ground. Cattle eating in the east end of the feed lot didn't even raise their heads to acknowledge the tragedy. plane was part of the show until they saw the smoke. Garth Day, II years old, lives just east of the Henrichsen home. He says it looked like the plane purposely dropped something. Garth was kinda scared" when he realized what happened. THE CHARLES Turner family and the Lynn Bodily family were at Hill Field watching the air show. Mrs. Turner remembers the base announcer said. "There has been a malfunction in one of the planes. Will everyone stay where they are. Nothing else was officially said. Did it go down in our field? was the Bodilys' main thought as they returned home from the base. It took them an hour and a half to get to their house. pioneer folklore beliefs. Previous to Saturday, planes crashed on Adams property located near where the HAFB hospital is today and on Adams property by the intersection of Antelope Drive and Fort Lane. AS THE PLANE landed Saturday, it missed the portion of the feed lot belonging to Neil Adams and Jay Love and came down on Harris Adams property. The Doug Henrichsen family lives at 410 E. 2000 N. The home was just missed several years ago when an aircraft crashed and skidded into the intersection of Antelope Drive and Fort Lane, missing the house by only afew feet. SATURDAY, the Henrich-sen- s were watching the air show from their front yard. They thought the g By TOM BUSSELBERG LAYTON Sixty percent of American high school students surveyed feel profit is not necessary to free enterprise and 80 percent say competition isn't needed. IN ADDITION, 62 percent said they felt the government should feel some responsibility to provide jobs and a group totalling one percent less ind- icated risk isn't necessary. These results came from a 980 high school graduating class that was, on the average, less skilled than its parents a first, said Stuart Lindner, in a speech to the Layton Chamber of Commerce. Weddings, missions, babies, obituaries, announcements, etc. NOON FRIDAYS IF CAPT. Hauck had ejected, the plane could have crashed into people or buildings. Mrs. Penny Roche of 2719 N Fairfield w itnessed the incident from her bedroom window. She believes the pilot could have landed very near the HAFB runway if people and cars had not been parked along State Road 193. AS THE plane approached the runway area. Mrs. Roche ANGER AND disgust comes to Mrs. Roche's face when she expresses her belief that maybe Capt. Hauck died to spare the lives of thoughtless people who were in violation of law and common sense. Although Capt. Hauck was just a nameless Thunderhird pilot to Layton's Greenbelt residents before Saturday, his name and his sacrifice will always be remembered gratefully by those w ho w itnessed this one supreme act of courage. in the the pure joy of work past many today can't realize the value of work and often don't get to see the end result of their efforts. It's been a case of parents and grandparents working hard to achieve success with part of today's philosophy being they don't want their kids to have to work so hard. And now the government is making us more dependent by setting up consumer protec tion and other agencies under the guise that citizens aren't as adequately prepared to make their own decisiions, he said. WHAT CAN we actually do to help the situation? We really don't have a lot of time," Mr. Lindner said, noting those high school students will be fairly influential in five or six years. "Free enterprise has probably never been in more The U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and holder of two degrees in behavioral science, said production has low w ith the also hit an e average American car taking 30 hours to produce vs. 13 for the Japanese. On top of that, those who have worked with the same firm for 0 years often die three-fou- r years after they retire. IF THIS trend continues this w on't be the kind of country we want it to be, he said. While there w as a lot of talk of SOME QUESTIONED the $20 fee for all grades with an original proposal putting it 2th graders. Asked if at $20 only for the a $16 fee for all four grades would do the same as $20 for the upper three grades Mr. Glines said. "We're going to be scrounging. I don't think we would be getting any money that we could not use if it (fee) was in all four grades." Reduction in state textbook support was the basis for the move and Board Member Sheryl Allen made a motion to support the fee in all four grades. BUT MR. Forbes disagreed, noting. "I don't think for the 9th grade it is equitable. People are having tough times I just think we need to be pretty frugal." But Mr. Stevenson said special provisions were made in the legislature for "hardship cases" where the fee would be adjusted. IN RELATED business, the board opted to sell the last $5.5 million in bonds authorized in a recent $35 million capital outlay construction bond. Jhe sale will probably be held in July and that will mean conducting another bond election. 1 he $5.5 million w ill have to go for a new elementary school in Kaysville and other projects. 1 he Clinton Elementary addition, set at just above $2 million, was already budgeted from other construction monies and is set for a July bid. Mr. Glines said. AS NOW proposed all current fees, including music and junior high athletics, w ill be kept in place. Jhe senior high students will pay $13 studentbody fee vs. $10 this year, however. Jeopardy jeopardy. Motivation has got to change dramatically it's got to improve," he emphasized, noting the United States could lose its position as a world power. HE OUTLINED two types of motivation, including fear, used often in the Great Depression where people hung on as much as possible to keep their jobs. But such a form of motivation "stifles almost all creativity" while solutions to problems become more rare." The problem with such motivation is that the punishment usually is not as bad as the work or the threat isn't carried out. INCENTIVE is the other major motivation. It worked well through the boom years, as those who experienced the Depression and no money, were able to realize, had money later as they worked for it. 1 20-3- PICTURE DEADLINE Mrs. Carlsruh believes Capt. Hauck chose to stay in the plane, using his great piloting skills to avoid people, houses and animals that were obstacles to a safe landing. observed the pilot seemed to intentionally nose the craft into the trees and away from people. It is illegal to park along State Road 193. Police had asked people to leave this area earlier in the day before the air show started. As soon as the police left, cars returned. In nterprise MISFORTUNE always comes in threes is a common saying belonging to the Layton Saturday's accident was the third time a HAFB plane has crashed on property belonging to Harris Adams. EVE ADAMS Carlsruh lives at 659 E. 2000 N She could see the plane wobble irratically as it passed over her house. "(HR BOND rating is not the main reason for the reserve. It's just good financial management." Mr, Glines added. The district's bond rating was dropped a notch by federal bonding agencies, recently . but it still ranks among the state's strongest. But the difference means about one percent higher borrowing costs. Due to state legislative sanctions affecting governing bodies and schools, the district must keep funding increases at six percent above last y ear's levels. "Six percent is extemely confining. That can be taken up in fixed costs alone. Where inflation alone is ten percent it means a budget redistribution." the board clerk said. WITH THE four mill increase, the district could retrieve about a $500,000 increase. Board Vice President Dee Forbes said. The textbook fees brought a divided vote by the board, broken only by Pres. Lucile Reading w ho cast the third vote supporting the fees with two dissenting. 10-- 1 INDICATED by the board, the increase will come from two of the three mill voter leeway authorization and two from the emergency taxing authority given districts where federal impact aid funding is reduced. The .25 will include a 15 increase in school insurance. The impact aid funding has reduced steadily over the years, dropping about $1 million in the past year. The monies are received for those students whose parents work at Hill A1 B and other federal installations. THERE WAS some board discussion on how much of the voted leeway should be used. By taking two mills now the board could reserve the last null for later, if needed. But the emergency levy, once tapped, can only be used for a three year period. And should the district receive no impact or "874 funds this year, as is a real possibility according to the administration, the district couldn't levy from that source. It can only be used when funds are reduced. W ITH THE. four mills, the district could expect to receive upwards of $2 million, including state voted leeway support on those two mills, that would virtually offset anticipated reductions. Mr. Glines said, noting the funds won't allow foi any increase. only continuance, of programs. He also emphasized the need for a surplus, something that has become only a dream to the board within the last year. It dropped from well over a million dollars AS . By DONETA GATHERUM three years ago to about $8,000 last July. million reserve He said a minimum $1 is recommended (out of combined budgets of about $80 million). Chief Deputy Appointed - FARMINGTON Harry V. Jones, 50, a retired FBI agent, has been appointed chief deputy of the Davis County Sheriff s Dept., it was announced this week by Sheriff Brant Johnson. MR. JONES, who most recently served as coordinator of training at the Utah State Peace Officers Standards and Training Academy, will succeed Floyd L. Dansie. who resigned last month to accept employment in Wyoming. Mr. Jones has a bachelor's degree in medical microbiology from the U. of U. He worked three years for the Salt Lake Police Dept, before joining the FBI and also served as executive director of the Utah Sheriff s Association. AS AN FBI agent since 1954. Mr. Jones served in Butte, Mont.: Fayetteville, N .C. ; and Cheyenne. Wyo. field offices before transferring to Utah where he served since 1967. "Mr. Jones is a law en- forcement officer and is throughout the country, said Sheriff well-know- n Johnson. "We are fortunate to have a man of his caliber serving w ith the Davis County Sheriff s Department. But some firms began using the incentive system to such a degree that they went bankrupt, having to "raise the ante each year to keep employees satisfied, with first a trip to Hawaii and then having to add a car to that trip the next year, he said. AN EXECUTIVE with Success Motivation Institute, said attitudes can change based on an individual's decision to work for certain goals. "The most powerful factor in life is to work toward a goal. Many people probably don't have clearly defined goals in all areas. There's always a need to want, not just become." He listed five ways to reach that million dollars of success. They are: crystalize your thinking, putting on paper those things you want : develop a plan with a deadline for its achievement "Americans are a people who work on deadlines, he said. HE SAID desire follows that. "Before you can do anything. you have to have a desire. Do you really want it?" Confidence comes after that and without it, youre just going through the motions." That often means doing something over and over until the initial fear of the unknown becomes a habit of something learned. DAVIS NEWS ' JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 Phone 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO John Stahle, Jr., Publishet Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4 50 per year Out of State Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15 00 (Payable in Advance) |