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Show I 4 WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 10, 1981 Commission Agrees To Cut Davis Social Security Ties By MARK D. MICKELSEN Davis County FARMINGTON Commissioners Tuesday said they'll support a plan to w ithdraw from the federal Sociad Security program. The commission inked a letter of intent addressed to the Social Security administration informing them of the county's decision. ACCORDING TO Mell Miles, county personnel director, federal legislation is underway which, if approvd by Congress, will prohibit cities and counties from withdrawing from the program. He said local government officials throughout the country are withdrawing from the system before a decision is passed down on HR-320He said there is a lack of faith in the future of the Social Security system, and brought about by budget threats at the federal level. fund-cuttin- g MR. MILES noted Travelers to Salt Lake International Airport wont have to board planes in the cold and rainy weather this year. Jet height concourses n have been added onto terminals as a part of the airports AIRPORT EXPANSION that when the county officially withdraws from the system, county commissioners have promised implementation of a private pension plan for employees. He said the county may be able to "siphon off remaining Social Security funds and add them to the alternate pension plan. WHATEVER THE case, "the county alter(employees) w ill be covered by an nate plan, he said. Once the letter of intent is received, Davis County will a "waiting period" have two years before they actually withdraw from the program. According to Mr. Miles, the waiting period will commence Dec. 31, 1981. Actual withdrawal will not take effect until Dec. 31, 1983. THE CHOICE to withdraw from the program and form an alternate benefit plan "is a viable option, Commissioner Harry B. Gerlach said. Commissioners Ernest Eberhard and Glen Saunders also supported the plan. ALL THREE agreed they did not want to delay withdrawal plans and face the possibility of having to remain in the program at the Congress request. multi-millio- dollar expansion plans. By MARK D. MICKELSEN SALT LAKE CITY - Highway and building construction crews, artists and landscapers are putting the finishing touches on the "new" Salt Lake International Airport. CLOSE TO $90 million has been spent on expansion since 1975, Salt Lake Airport A- officials uthority said concourses will now load directly onto the awaiting planes. The reason is a modernized system of loading arms which allow passengers to board and depart aircqift w ithout ever going outside. In the past, some passengers were required to exit the planes dow n long, steep flights of during sieges of bad weather. stairs-someti- Wednesday. will someday be an Artists are working in the main terminal to complete a landscape painting. In another wing, a sculptor is putting the final touches on a e airplane module. And, the building of all new facilities on the same site. wall-siz- workers have nearly com- dollar pleted a fiee way access system which, someday, will tie into Complete with lights and directional signs, the new freeway will speed visitors to and from the airport much quicker than in the past. multi-millio- n Inter-state-8- d AIR PASSENGERS entering the main terminal's A and B ACCORDING TO Airport Authority spokesman Robert Metcalf, the new enclosed concourses keep patrons out of the weather and allow quicker loading and unloading. He said the change may someday allow more aircraft in smaller areas, space not previously available. SEVERAL century-ol- d AND WHAT about the infamous "nude flyers painting? Mr. Pelton says nohody talks about that. Landscaping in and around the airport is more than 50 completed and is expected to reach the $1 million mark by winter, according to Mr. Metcalf. per-ce- can- als which, until recently. HE SAID The mud flats chools To Cable TV Bv TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON - Showing a movie about Costa Rica when students are studying that subject rather than merely when it's aired on public TV should be possible, soon, for Davis County students. THANKS TO cable TV channel access, the Davis School District will provide schools with the chance to air programs at the teacher's convenience. rather than when KUED or KBYU broadcast them to the public. That word comes from Schools Media Specialist Jay Dansie. who said the county's two cable systems are prosiding access to Cable Channel 12 for those schools adjoining cable lines. Currently, that involves 15 of the 60 schools but the number should expand as the system is completed throughout the county. All but Fruit Heights and West Point have signed agreements. THE MEDIA aide or librarian in a particular school could tape a TV program onto video cassette for storage and when needed presentation with little need for any addi- tional equipment or cost to the district. Mr. Dansie said, noting the service w ill be provided free by the cable firms, with the ability to tapes and record new programs when needed. e In addition to individual teacher availability, the district could utilize the channel for a meeting between faculty at one school and the central staff in Farmington, for instance. eliminating travel time and gasoline expense, he explained. And that hookup could work both ways with dialogue back and forth. CURRENT SCHOOL announcements could be aired to cable subscribers, an audience that should grow from less than 1,IXH) homes now to 10.000 in a year. Mr. Dansie said, adding that some school activities, such as plays, could also be aired. And students at Viewmont High School, where a TV studio is located, could gain experience in preparing programming. At minimum, an improved Davis Meeting Will Study SBA Loans A meeting for all Bountiful-are- a BOUNTIFUL merchants interested in a program to set up loans with minimum collateral through the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be held next Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the Bountiful City Hall Council Chambers. attractive site for visitors coming into Salt Lake City. Some of the other changes that have taken place are: -- THE DEMOLITION of the historic Interwest hangar. e life-siz- Highway construction two-lan- flowed through the central airport area, have been around the perimeter of the facility. Claude Pelton, program control manager for the Airport Authority, said crews have been digging new canals and filling in the old ones. signal for channel 7 would be possible at some schools. Access would not be provided to Home Box Office or Showtime, he added, noting the district could cut out any programming it didnt desire. I THINK now is the time (to act)," he told the board of education. There is less likelihood later that we'll get a channel. In the next two or three years we may not have access because the service will go for profit (if not acquired now. Such access channels could be used by area cities, as well, he said, noting Bountiful and Layton franchise agreements stipulate that option, for example, with Bountiful investigating reading utility meters by cable. Public hearings or discussions with mayors could be held in various cities, as well. -- The introduction of pit fueling for major airline subscribers. -- THE CONTINUANCE of a contract allowing Bountiful's Executive Air Service to sell and service private aircraft. Both Metcalf and Pelton agree there are a number of improvements which will have to be completed during future ex- pansion plans. ONE SUCH improvement is s the addition of cross on the north and south end of the existing runway. Plans to complete the south are underway, Mr. Pelton explained. Plans for construction of a north are being held pending additional funding. CREWS ARE also working to complete a covered parking shelter to be located in front of the main terminal. The shelter will be lighted and centrally heated. Major expansion plans began in 1975, Mr. Peiton said, and have cost between $80 and taxi-wa- LCIA y taxi-wa- y $90 million. FUNDING FOR expansion has been provided by airport tenants, airport revenues and from a revenue bond issue passed in Salt Lake City in 1978. Resident tax money has not been used for any of the improvements, Mr. Metcalf said. Invites More Members Layton City Improvement Association President Lewis Macfarlane invited represencivic tatives from all and church groups in Layton to send representatives to LCIA meetings. "The success of the LCIA depends on the support of all Layton organizations, Mr. Macfarlane stated. non-prof- THE LCIA IS a volunteer organization established with the approval of Layton's mayor and city council to assist in city improvement projects of all types. The LCIA helps organize citywide cleanups, makes suggestions to the city council on areas that need improvement, sponsors the annual July 4th Riata Days, prepares a scrapbook to be entered in the Utah League of Cities and Towns Community Progress Program and supports and correlates community activities sponsored by any local organization. Meetings are held once a month on the first T uesday at 8 p.m. in the Layton Heritage non-prof- it Museum. The next meeting will be Oct. 6. AT THE September meeting the group discussed some problems that occurred at the Riata Days celebration. A possible new parade route was presented and then rejected by the group. It seems the established route is the best possible one. A suggestion was made that fire departments and other entries throwing candy to the children be placed at the end of the parade as the danger of hurt while up candy would children being trying to pick be lessened. Mr. Macfarlane said it was his desire to have every church and civic group in Layton prepare a parade entry for the 1982 Riata Davs. LCIA MEMBERS presented several upcoming community activities. The Heritage Museum will formally open Oct. 10; Layton city will hold a cleanup campaign late in September or early in October; and the American Legion prepare a Veteran's Day November. will program The possibility of involving young people in a junior city council was also proposed and discussed. No decision about made, dmg this proposal was Kaysville Chamber Holds First Meet The first meeting of the y ear for the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce was held Sept. 2 in the Barnes Banking Company . Kaysville. New board members were introduced, goals were set and ideas discussed for the needs of the communit y businesses. THE CHAMBER invites those interested to join them. They meet the first Wednesday morning of each month and the chamber board meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Barnes Bank. New officers are: Ron Richins. president: Doug Beatty, first vice president; Dana Wright, secretary: hoard members include: Gaylen Sprague, Ken Bauerle, Doug HOME Home is the place where we're treated the best and grumble the most. Advertiser. Nora Springs Wood. Valeen Thomassen. Helen Pedersen. Leone Duer-da- n and Cal Nielsen. Sandy Butterfield is the executive secretary, np Davis Okays Annexing Into st THE MEETING w III begin at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Bountiful Redevelopment Agency Director V. A. (Kit) Bettilyon will conduct the meeting and the citys Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors will be in attendance. Much of the discussion will be whether Bountiful should start its ow n SBA processing program or pay $10, 000 to join the Salt Lake City program which presently processes SBA loans throughout the state. IF BOUNTIFUL has it's own SBA processing office, we would process SBA loans not only for Bountiful residents but merchants throughout Davis County, said Mr. Bettilyon. Sewer FARMINGTON - The Davis County Commission Thursday agreed to sign a resolution annexing a portion of Centerville into the South Davis Sewer District. THE PROPERTY, which reaches from the center line of Lund Lane south to the existing South Davis Sewer District boundary line, has been by the Central Davis Sewer District, according to South Davis Sewer District Chairman Vernon Carr. The annexation has been requested,. Carr said, so that all of Centerville will be in the District South Davis Sewer District. THE TW O separate districts were established in the 1960's. Since then, Carr said Centerville has grown north of the Central Davis system. Speaking before county commissioners Thursday, Carr said there has been no opposition to the proposed annexation. A PRELIMINARY draft of the annexation resolution was approved by the commission. A final draft creating a new district boundary will be signed by the commission this week. MARIJUANA GROWS WILD Sgt. Sharon Esplin of the Davis County Sheriffs Department examines several plants of marijuana found wild in a remote growing area of the mountains east of Bountiful. Detective Lt. Bob Peters said the marijuana field consisting of three major plots about 20 by 50 feet plus several smaller was accidentlv seeding areas found by a Bountiful man looking for a deer site. Lt. Peters hunting said the plots had been harvested and only a few wilded plants were left behind. He estimated the harvest at tens of thousands of dollars if the plants were fully mature and well cared for, They probably harvest 750 to 800 plants a month or so before the site was discovered, said Lt. Peters. Caretakers at the site had dammed a spring for irrigation water and had built a lean-t- o on the edge of a chff as a lookout station. There was evidence of food and other e debris at the site. Lt. Peters said it the site had appears been used at least a couple of years" but said it would never be used again. Oak had been cleared from the area and trees trimmed to let the sunlight through. Even the wilded plants confiscated at the site were four to five feet tall, he said. man-mad- n in |