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Show Named Mother Of The Year By KEITH DUNCAN For Clearfield's Blanche Page, things are still in a bit of 'hock. After being named Mother of the Year by the Clearfield Chamber of Commerce, she admits it's the "greatest thing that could ever happen to me." THE CHAMBER honored her last week at a special luncheon that took place in Clearfield. "Im still getting over my shock, I'm just honored that they selected me, said Mrs. Smith. Joe Page, one of Smith and Blanches four children, played a big role in getting his mother nominated for the annual award. His nine paragraph letter was submitted to the chamber office as part of the contest to select the special mother of the city. JOE DIDNT notify any family member of the special plot and as he mentioned in the letter's first paragraph, "It didn't enter my mind what to really write about, but after thinking for a moment, I began to appreciate mom like Id never done before. Mrs. Page referred to the special letter as an emotional I'd never read experience. anything like it before, she said. A touching portion of the letter told of a critical illness Joe contacted while only eight years of age The following paragraph appeared as it did in the letter. . JOE REPORTED, "The really important time that stands out in my mind is when at the age of eight I developed Pnephristis (kidney failure). The doctors said I had a very slim chance of living. But my mother with so much faith, strength and courage never gave up. It was the hardest Im sure on her, but for nine years she nursed me back to health. I was not able to walk for about a year. All of my meals were prepared different from all the rest of the family, and I had to have complete bed rest. I was a lot of w ork for my Mother, but she always remained cheerful. She could always drop everything she was doing and play a game w ith me or read to me. I never once heard her complain. Fund Pondered By MARK D. MICKELSEN Blanche and her husband Smith are the parents of four children, Annjean, Rodney, Joe and Sharlene. Smith still recalls experiences that found his wife catching pollywags, nightcrawlers and enjoying annual hunting and fishing trips with the children. FARMINGTON Emergency Services Director John Zippro has been trying, for years, to get the Davis County Commission to establish a disaster fund a sort of emergency "kitty" in case a calamity strikes the Wasatch Front. LAST TUESDAY, the new commission was approached with the same idea and they listened. There is even a hint that the neglected disaster fund may soon become a reality. MR. ZIPPRO met with the commission to ask approval of the county natural disaster emergency plan. The plan is updated and approved yearly to assure that certain procedures will be carried out in the event of an emergency. The number of residents to be included in the plan rose this year, due to a recent increase in the county population, Zippro told the commission. THE COMMISSIONERS listened as he outlined the strengths and weaknesses of BLANCHE HAS been active in duties and position in the LDS Church. She has served as a Relief Society, Primary and MIA teacher all in the Clearfield First Ward, where her husband presently serves as ward clerk. She'll be the first to admit the joyous times she once had in serving as a den mother of Those are nine cub scouts. years that Ill never forget," she said. NOW THE grandmother of grandchildren, Blanche got a little emotional in saying, I hope they'll be as proud of us as we are of them. One thing is for sure. Blan12 che wont forget the phone call she received the Thursday before this Mothers Day when a the county emergency member of the Chamber, Gerald Gibson, called to tell her of the surprising news. IM JUST lost for enough words to express the happiness they brought our way, said Blanche of the Chambers selection. TUC wl nc ntn nc MATUCD lYlv I I VET I AD CMlI Clearfields Blanche Page was honored ast wee'c as Clearfields 1981 Mother of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Merls Jewelry donated the gift, a digital watch. County School Additions Outlined, Architects Mamed Mo. FARMINGTON Architects have been named to prepare plans for additions to three north county elementary schools. THE SCHOOL board has approved architects for six room additions at Samuel Morgan in Kaysville and East Layton and two rooms plus a media center at Kaysvilles Burton School. The 14 classrooms will help alleviate some problems in the near future, Schools Supt. Lawrence Welling said. Approved architects are Carpenter & Stringham for Morgan: Montmorency, Hayes & Talbot for East Layton and Ken Jones & Associates for Burton. The first two firms are from Salt Lake City and Jones is from Ogden. ALTHOUGH money has already been budgeted bid dates wont be determined un til after a $5.5 million bond sale is conducted this summer. Clerk Roger Glines said. Supt. Welling said the addi- tions would move back the need for construction of Oak Forest Elementary in northeast Layton but Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson said the additions would offset overcrowding for a maximum of two years" and indicated there could be portable classrooms at the three schools by then. B AN ADDITION to Lincoln Elementary on east Antelope Drive in Layton will already be filled to capacity when it is occupied in August while portables will probably also be needed at Layton Elementary by the 1982-8year due to rapid growth in south Layton. Mr. Stevenson noted. A date has yet to be set for the bond sale with funding from that to go for the Layton High School addition and new Kaysville elementary TOM BUSSEI.BERG Teachers contracts FARMINGTON have been approved and signed, last year at this time, but it will be into next month before that same action can take place this year. Teacher Contrast 3 and procedures, 300-plu- Stors. BASICALLY. THE legislature gave the notion they would provide a six percent (teacher salary increase in a lime when the cost of liv ing was 12.5 percent. hen they, gave the impression the local school districts would work it out (difference between six and 12.51." Mr. Burningham said. The passage of the change in property assessment where it is assessed at 20 percent of 81) percent-- or tit 16 percent of its assessed value - will drasticallv affect us in the county." Mr. Sleele said. I -- ALONG THOSE ines. Mr. Burningham said County Assessor I hayne Corbridge is anticipating a 14 percent increase in the assessment level for the av erage home, but district to allow certain building planned adjacent to Kaysville Junior High School. SALE OF those bonds will mean the end of money from the district's current $35 million bond authority conducted about two years ago. tb True All Too often a clear conscience is nothing more than a poor memory. Barker, Des Moines hail has come altei live oi six vcais since the last rcasscssmenl will) home values nctuallv increasmeal least 4(1 siipeicenl m dial lime. nd while people mav complain about the increase comine all in one veur. die school lev has seen a drop ol nearlv Iwo nulls and all dunes considered even il die board ol education imposes up to four nulls additional (axes on Us own the all eel w ill not bean mciease ol that much. Mr. Burninuhnm quotes Mi. e as sav me. THE 1)1 ( RE SI S on the one hand will be balanced out bv am school board in- creases with the board consideime implementing two of thiec mills aiidioricd for a voted leewav and two ol iluee possible emergency mills. "People can reallv expect within one oi two mills of Iasi year." Mr. Burningham said. Properu taxes will go up in the neighborhood ol 15 percent and will probably represent less than a 20 percent increase in taxes when values have gone up 50 percent. "WHAT II really means is dial local governments who depend so heavilv on property taxes are eroded, in desperate straits." he noted, although cities and counties have some sales tax revenue. They 're cutting the throats of that local government everyone says should be more responsible. It will rest with the legislature to find a tax that is lair, equitable and will move with the economy." he added. FACED WITH these cuts, the district has opted to eliminate 40-4- 5 teaching positions. 20 in elementary and 20 m seconThat will come through attrition. dary. but no tools to carry them out. Zippro said he has made arrangements with the school v THE NEXT "negotiation'' session" between mediators of both the I), ms Educational Association (DEAl. representing the s 1. teachers and the )a is School District is set for Monda w ilh funding cuts implemented by the legislaluie blamed lor this year's slow progress. In an interview wiih Dee Hiirniiigham. DEA executive secretan and Earl Steele, teachers' representative, blame lor the problem was laid at the feet of the legisla- w ho approv ed such cuts as 42 percent funding for such programs as and talented, and textbooks, to name two. ser- vices program. Not all cities in Davis County have an emergency plan, he said. There are only six communities that have turned in a specific disaster procedure outline, pinpointing actions to be taken in times of crisis. IN ADDITION, Com. Harry B. Gerlach explained that if any of the cities request aid from the county, there is no disaster fund to accommodate them. He said the county has disaster preparedness plans schools to be used as shelters in times of emergency. "ITS A GOOD plan." Com. Gerlach said, but plans are only as good as our capabilities." Zippro said he has recommended. repeatedly, that the county put aside money each year for the disaster fund. But. he said, the plan has not been accepted. HE EXPLAINED that one Utah community $35,000 lost their entire city As soon as the train is off the tracks. Com. Eberhard said. "It's the county's problem." Mr. Zippro nodded. "THE THING that frustrates me," Zippro said, is that the county does not have the space or money to buy and store certain crucial pieces of emergency equipment. He budget when a serious flood crippled the streets and neighborhoods. Zippro said that particular financial" disaster could have been offset had the city maintained a disaster fund. There was some talk from a few of the commissioners over setting up a special mill levy to establish the fune. However, Com. Ernest Eberhard said declaring a special mill levy "would be a disaster." ALL THREE commissioners agreed that there is a need for a disaster fund, but could not come to grips w ith a specific plan to establish the fund. Com. Eberhard said he was concerned that there are so many dangerous materials moving through the Wasatch Front during the day and night, "many of them, unmarked. THE COMMISSION discussed the recent derailment of a Union Pacific train in W'eber Canyon caused by a mudslide. In such cases, said Mr. Zippro. the county where the accident occurs is responsible for the cleanup and repairs. complained that residents needing assistance often call the Emergency Services office and the county has to get permission to rent certain items to take care of the disaster problem. "I should have some kind of authority ." said Zippro, to rent out needed items when they are requestd. Com. Eberhard suggested that pro- visions be started for an emergency fund. AT LEAST the (emergency) plan is here." Zippro told the commission, "although we may not have the (monetary) resources." Meanwhile, the natural disaster plan has been approved for another year. Riata Days Parade Chairman Named Part of the annual Riata parade entry and what the entry represents should be submitted to Randall J. Heaps the Layton City Hall in advance of the parade. This information will be used by the parade announcer. Deadline for parade entries is June 20.dmg Days July 4 celebration will be the traditional parade. Chairman this year is James Layton. He can be contacted by calling All or businesses, school groups and organizations in Layton are encouraged to sponsor a parade entry. There is no entry fee. 479-415- 6 773-425- PRIZES FOR the best entries will be given. The parade begins at 1 am. Starting point will be the Clarence Knight Pontiac lot on Main St. The route is south on Main Street to Gentile then east to Lancer Lane. It will entf in the Layton High School parking lot. Parade entries should be in starting position at least one-ha- lf DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 Phone hour before the parade starting time. Entries are encouraged to follow the 1981 Riata Days theme. "Progress Through Cooperation." SUBSCRIPTION $4 50 per year Out of State Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15 00 (Payable in Advance) INFORMATION about the organization sponsoring the houevci. with no firings planned And that ligme must be taken onlv altei additional teachers added to handle the expected 1.000 student mci ease. he pair empha- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO John Stahle, Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah - live years oi more, while the female turnover is greatei loi lannlv and longer That will mean an average increase of up to one student pel teachei but will nctuallv translate into moie siudcnts loi certain teachers, such as onlv two thud e grades where there were three the veal oi combining a tilth and sixth made and then leaving two lilth and two siih grades, resulting in more students lor all. other reasons. AND THE picture doesn't look bright lot more male instructors, he said, with Mi Steele indicating Weber Stale ( olleue said 85 percent ol its education students me lemales. In spite ol that. Mr. Steele, who mtci views incoming mathematics and science teachers said. think theie aie sitll some very capable people coming in. still quite a but not as main." lew AM) W IDLE the combined class vv ill be given a smaller student mciease and piob-abl- y will have hand-pickestudents as pluses for the teacher, it will still mean MR. BIRMNGIIAM said main enlci the field "out ol idealism" explaining. "College kids don't have to look at the money aspect but it hits them as laimhes extra preparation needed to teach ihcdil'le-ren- t subject areas, such as social studies differences between the two grades, the Iwo educators explained. "A oil'll have teachers who will be wot king under heavy stress." Mr. Buiningham come along, etc. hen mam capable teachers say they can't afloidtudmi Mcach any longer)." And in spite of whai some s,n about private sector salaries, ihev have iiscn more in line with the cost ol living, except lor last year when the a vet age inn ease as 9.6 percent, he said. sized. 100-12- said. I I vv And faced with a salary increase that may end up between six and 12.5 percent, although no one is say ing w here at present . more teachers will seek jobs elsewhere, they said. THE LIST of terminations is including more men with five-te- n years experience deciding to change employment, threatening a change in the current 60-4percent ratio of female to male teachers that could mean an alteration in the educational program. male teachers with sig"Probably nificant experience" are leaving the district. not including retirees. Mr. Burningham said, noting male teachers usually stay "EDI CATION IN Utah is nlieudv being provided at a huge discount-2- lt pel cent below the national average loi the per pupil expenditure, a larger class load and salaries a bit below (average)." that salarv figure put at percent by Mr. n Btirn-ingha- Emphasizing that teachers are Irving to solve problems rather than look to a strike il acceptable negotiations aren't reached he added. "We've got to have solutions that are acceptable." 25-3- 0 HE SAID " several issues" must be resolved by both the DEA and district administration before the Monday meeting. |