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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. NORTH DAVIS LEADER. FEBRUARY 25, 1982 Annual State Reading Confab March Mayor Addresses Job Corps 5-6- th By DONETA GATHERUM By TOM BUSSELBERG CLEARFIELD -- The effect public policy has in the lives of each American and the active role individuals must assume in shaping public policy was the central theme presented to Clearfield Job Corp student SALT LAKE CITY The wide world of reading will be exposed for all to explore during the annual state reading conference March 6 in Salt Lake City preceded by a meeting open to parents March 4. Reading, Think- governments officers and civics students last Wednesday by Maynard H. Jackson, the first Black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. THE TWO-terAtlanta Mayor spoke Wednesday afternoon at the University of Utah on the Challenge Lecture series program as part of Black History Month which is being observed by the University. He made a brief stop at the Clearfield Job Corp because of his interest in the poor young American citizens and be- BLACK MAYOR Maynard Jackson, the first black mayor of Atlanta, visited with students and faculty at the Clearfield Job Corps Center. VISITS MR. JACKSON warned his audience in advance that he in- the ones who decide who can vote, what kind of school system we have, how much money will be given to urban development, poverty programs, the job corp, etc. tended to deliver a short highly motivational speech. He did. , AFTER complimenting Job Corp members on their desire to better themselves through IF YOU dont like the public policy, change the people who set it. This is a simple pro- Mr. Jackson warned his audience, it is not enough to wish America into full employment status. There are no guarantees for anybody. A wise person puts himself in a position of training and preparedness. Outlining things that are wrong wont change them. cess but not easy to imple- ment. Learn about politics, read and be informed. Above all, vote whenever you can. Lancelot on a white horse will nde in to save you. There is nobody to save us except us. ALTHOUGH Mr. Jackson came from a fairly family (his father was a minister and his mother was a teacher), he stressed, Everyone must find their own way. In order to attain the education he desired, Mr. Jackson picked tobacco and waited on tables. MR. JACKSON told the young audience they must get involved in determining what the public policy will be. Public policy is controlled by elected officials. They are THE FORMER mayor concluded his remarks by saying, the concept of change can help make sense out of life. Revolt against the ordinaryness of your lives. You can be any- - well-to-d- o your fate wont change it. You must turn your obvious, understandable frus- trations into constructive programs to get ahead. No thing you want to be. Fly high. Maynard H. Jackson entered politics in 1968, unsuccessfully making a bid for the U.S. Senate. In 1973, he became the youngest Black man to be elected mayor of a major American city. HE SERVED two terms- as mayor before stepping down because of a Georgia law that prohibits a mayor from seeking a third term. He was succeeded as mayor by Andrew Young, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. Jackson is now a lawyer in private practice. In an informal question and answer session after his formal presentation Mr. Jackson strongly criticized President Reagans economic policies as not being sound. He said turning social programs over to the states is a way the federal government has of ridding themselves of some big problems. THERE IS not a state or city in the entire country that is chool Calendar For 8283 Set When theres still more than three months of school left in the current year, its hard for some, especially students, to think ahead to the 1982-8year. But heres those dates to remember: 3 MONDAY, AUG. 30 - First day of regular classes. Teachers and administrators will attend with dates and times to be set -- later. Monday, Sept. 6 THURSDAY-Frida- - Labor Day, schools Oct. y, schools closed. Friday, Oct. 22 7-- 8 -- closed. Utah Education Assoc, confab, - - Classes let out two hours early for deer hunt. - Thanksgiving recess. THURSDAY-FridaNov. 6 - Christmas recess. Schools will 31 Dec. Thursday, Dec. close two hours early Wednesday, Dec. 22 and classes will resume Monday, Jan. 3. MONDAY, FEB. 21 - Presidents Day recess. Friday, April , Monday, April 4 - Easter recess. School closed both days. FRIDAY, May 27 - last day of school! tb -- 25-2- y, -- -- y, -- 1 -- -- Residents Recognized - LAYTON Mayor Lewis G. Shields presented certificates of recognition and appreciation to three Layton residents Thursday evening at the Layton City Council meeting. ANN HARRIS was presented a letter of appreciation and a plaque for her exceptional service to the city as a member of the planning commission from July 1979 to January 1982. The special award was entitled The Layton City Council Exceptional Service Award. In the letter of recognition that accompanied the plaque, Mayor Shields congratulated Ann Harris on the service she has given to Layton and commended her for her desire to do more by serving on the city council. CERTIFICATES of appreciation were presented to State Senator Haven J. Barlow and State Representative Franklin Knowlton for the work they did in the political arena to setelee cure expanded phone service to the citizens of Layton. Senator Barlow responded by complimenting the city council on their efforts to inform Layton citizens about the situation and to get the rallying support of the community towards the effort. He also recognized the contribution made toll-fre- SCORES OF sessions will focus on the world, ranging from the roles of principals in motivation and management for elementary school youngsters to ways parents can reach their children. Sponsored by the Utah Council of International Reading Association, parents are invited to hear the topic, The Reading Connection in the Home," March 4 from 7:30-p.m. at the Midvale Middle School, 138 Pioneer, Midvale. Bus transportation will be available for interested Davis County parents. THE TOPIC will be presented by Dr. Pat Koppman, past chairperson of the parents and reading committee of the International Reading Association. who also serves as a consultant to "Scholastic, the school's newspaper, and who is on leave from the San Diego Unified School District. She will also address educators March 5 on "The Home and School Connection: the Administrators Role, at the Jordan School District offices, 9361 S. 400 E Sandy. Sessions will beheld from 9:30-1- 1 a.m. there, while Davis personnel will be able to hear her in their district office from 1:30-p.m. 9 cause of the close tie between the Clearfield Job Corp and the Atlanta Job Corp. Both facilities at one time were under contract to the Thikol Corporation. education, featuring Dr. Judy Langer and the efforts of the many other Davis County communities that were involvd in securing this telephone service. SENATOR Barlow said now the people should be aware that the telephone company is now proposing a measured service rate instead of a fixed rate. This would mean an individual would be charged on the basis of the number of calls they made and not on a fixed monthly rate. According to Senator Bar-lomeasured service would be more expensive for everybody. The time to stop this proposal is now. REP. KNOWLTON thanked the city council for the cooperation they have extended to him in the past and stated he Appointee LAYTON -- Mrs. Oma Wilcox, chairman of the Heritage Museum Board, presented the Layton City Council with a check for $ 1 0,000 as a payment on the loan the city made to the museum. THE BALANCE due is $24,000. The Layton City Council appointed Golden Sill to serve member of the as an museum board, representing the city. was looking forward to working closely with the new city council this year, dmg equipped to administer the programs the President hopes to give to state and local governments. He went on to say a balanced federal budget can be a reality. One proposal made by the Black Congressional Caucus, wouldnt cut out the poor and minorities. It would increase defense spending. It balances revenue and expenditures using realistic figures. Most important, this proposal offers a balanced budget. I DOUBT if President Reagan has ever seen this Mr. Jackson document, stated. The biggest problem facing city governments is "how to pay for what it has to do." according to Mr. Jackson. Many administrations have deferred capital investments to save money. Now the cities are facing deteerioration in the sewer systems, road systems, culinary water supplies, etc. Finding ways to face these problems without increasing taxes is a tremendous problem. THE INTERNATIONAL Reading Association boasts 65,000 members worldwide, with the Utah association headed by Yvonne N. Middle-toelementary reading and language arts supervisor in the Davis School District. Secretary is Miller, an instructor at Salt Lake Citys Ensign School. Another session will take place at Bryant Intermediate School, 40 S. 800 E. in Salt Lake City, March 5 from p.m. For those interested Kim-Sco- tt in elementary education institutional care and By TOM BUSSELBERG voca- tional training. In comFARMINGTON pliance with a governors mandate, about two dozen residents from housing experts to health professionals are studying ways to meet the countys long term care needs. THEY WILL make recommendations to the governor in July that relate to ways to enhance the quality of life for all individuals with chronic conditions through effective planning, enhance the effectiveness of the long-tercare service delivery system and save money by preventing appropriate useof institutional in- services to serve people with intermediate or basic care needs. Under the chairmanship of Larry Burdett, executive director of United Way, the committee 3 has been meeting regularly and recently set down some basics in outlining their target population. THOSE NEEDING longterm care, they decided, include elderly, emotionally and physically disabled, foster care clients, mentally retarded and the terminally ill. Approaches to serve those people were listed as counseling, day care, family support and and foster care, SERVICES THAT may be necessary for those needing care are counseling, day and foster care , homemaker services, housing, medical, nutritional and social services, transportation and vocational training. Committee members reflect those having such expertise and include Council on Aging Director Alice Johnson, who has the committee, to representatives from the long-ter- county housing authority, nursing homes, mental health, countys two hospitals, the the health department, Utah Association of Women and a dentist. THREE SUBCOMMITTEES were organized to study the demographics of target populations, both current and projected, and valid indicators of long term care service care services needs; long-tercurrently available as well as those that are lacking and cur- rent and needed funding sources of those services. A state interim long term care task force was set up in 1980 and developed recom- mendations for services 'which would not simply address a piece of the longterm care pie but would in speaking on On the ing and Schooling. secondary side, Jerry Lebo will address, "The Composition Cycle" An awards banquet will follow at 7:30. MARCH 5 will see a full days activities at the Salt Lake Hilton, including a myriad of sessions such as "Helping Children Become Readers;" How Not to Copy the Encyclopedia" when writing research papers; Bringing Reading to Life for the Gifted Reader" to Literature as a Springboard to Creativity.' Other topics will focus on learning center activities and -- "Controversial Childrens Books: Moral Point of A View. Dr. Ethna Reid, director of the exemplary center for reading instruction will speak to Characteristics of Effective Instruction in Reading and Writing. ADVANCE registration may be made by sending checks to Dale Hartvigsen, UC1RA treasurer, Webster Elementary, 9228 W. 2700 S Magna, Ut. 84014. Registration is $6 for members, $8 for non- members and $2 for student members and $4 for student The Friday night banquet and Saturday luncheon are $8.50 each with membership available for $2. e reigistration costs $2 extra. On-sit- Garden Classes Kiwanis Layton Offered By USU Club Meets The first in a series of spring garden classes at the USU Horticultural farm in Farming-to- n will be held this Thursday evening, Feb. 25 from 7:30 until 9 p.m. The Kiwanis Club of La ton meet Feb. 20 for their regular Saturday breakfast meeting at the Capistrano Restaurant with Boyd Newman, a Mountain Bell executive, as speaker. He spoke on changes occurring in the telephone company. TOPIC OF the first class w ill be a Bird Feeder's Workshop. The Division of Wildlife Resources Nongame Section will teach this class on bird feeding. Bob Walters and Jack Rensel and Don Paul will participate. This class has no advanced registration and no fee. dmg ON JAN. 9. 1982. ATT entered into a consent agreement with the justice department for divestiture ol many ol its component companies. The agreement will become the central document in a new national communication sy stem policy ATT w ill remain responsible for long distance service and will retain Bell Laboratories and Western Electric Bell Laboratories has plaved a key role in development of television. stereo, fibre optics, etc. Caution Urged . Ira J. Egbert, presided of Holmes Creek Imgation Co. is concerned with people fishing on Holmes Creek Reservoir in east Layton. MOLNTAIN BELL and other local telephone panies will be spun off and their stock distributed to ATT shareholders. Mountain Bell will continue to have access to ATT long distance lines but will be free to do business with competitive service prov iders. Telecommunications will now expand into new areas of ,erice to business. The com-anwill continue to be regated by the Utah State Public crvice Commission. Changes in the mode of operation of Mt. Bell will begin to become e within two years. serv ice rates w ill probably go up. MR. EGBERT said, the reservoir is open to fishing the year around from the banks only, and it is excellent bass fishing, but with the temperatures rising and the ice melting, he cautions there is a real danger of the ice breaking, the reservoir is deep, cold and extremely dangerous. Many have lost their lives in drowning accidents in the past years. He is hopeful that people will be cautious to revent any further accidents, np y ob-io- Tele-hon- 42 Nominees For Service Academies Rep. James V. Hansen has announced the names of 42 young men from Northern Utah for nominees for entrance into Service Academies. THE NOMINEES will be evaluated and tested, then ranked according to admission criteria. The candidates who receive the highest overall scores will be offered the appointments. irhose nominated from Davis County include: Cory J. Archibald, Kaysville; James Hall, Fruit Heights; David Todd Matthews, West Point for the Naval Academy; Cory Archibald and James Hall were also nominated for the U.S. Military Academy. Other nominees for the Air Force Academy were Von Allen Gardiner, Syracuse and William Allen Ellis of Hill Air Force Base. THOSE FOR entrance to the U.S. Merchant Marines were Richard Michael Cabrey of Layton and Eric Thomas Aragon of Roy. The U.S. Merchant Marines Academy is at Kings Point. New York, np stead develop a continuum of services ranging from vices in the least restrictive services to community appropriate accessable and humane care to all and encouragement and support of the informal sources of care ser- vices to institutional care. STATE AND local long term care committees were then set up but it was emphasized in the state committee's policy statement that it is extremely important that the state retain its commitment to the continuum of services concept and that all state and local agencies act in cooperation and coordination to achieve such an end. It said models should be sought as innovative service delivery models with the example of a model meriting a trial run would be to institute a system whereby an individual who has received a comprehensive assessment and has been determined to be in need of nursing home care and also has a case plan for comtnunity services de- veloped. IF THAT plan could be provided for 80 percent of instftu- tional care costs or less federal funding could be available to cover all costs and meet longterm goals. Other goals sought after include seeking the maximum feasible independence of the individual in making decisions and in performing everyday activities; provision of ser 21 com- provision of provided by family, friends, neighbors, etc." IT WAS noted that while just under seven percent of the countys population in 1980 was 60 years of age and over that was nearly a 50 percent increase from 1970 to 1980 and had raised by 52 percent between 1960-7both far above state averages. Speaking of the committee Mr. Burdett said, Im impressed with the agency peo- - ALTHOUGH Davis County has just received a new sw itching system, the equipment w as obsolete by the time it was installed. It will therefore have o be replaced within five vears. On the other hand increased competition in the equipment sales market place, the price of telephone equipment will be driven down to near cost. The consent agreement is not yet final because it still has to be approved by the judge having jurisdiction of the case and reduced to a decree. It is possible that changes may be required in the consent pie there they're experienced in their areas and concerned about long-tercare, not only as it relates to them, but overall. I'M HOPEFUL we ll get some concrete ideas for longterm care that can bring endorsement from the county's coordinating council, originators of the project. That endorsement will then be sent to the governor. He notes that positions are still open on the committee for those interested in serving a few hours a month through June. Further information is available by calling him at 45 Support Appreciated On March 1, Wendy Martin and Cami Dalton will be able to personally thank Davis County Commissioners Harry Ernest Eberhardt and Glen Saunders for their support to youth. Com. Gerf. lach has attended many of our events, we find him a special friend to and an alumni, Cami reports. WENDY AND Cami are joining hundreds of other celebrating Utahs Week by baking and taking, by open houses held throughout the county, by flag raising Ger-lac- h, 4-- 4-- H 4-- 4-- ceremonies and other activities including radio spots telling the story. Wendy is program coordinator Tor the health team. She invites county teens to join them in learning to meet to4-- 4-- days challenges and help other teens with special problems. For more information call the office, UTAH COOPERATIVE Extension Service is an equal em4-- 451-340- ployment opportuntiy em- ployer, provides services to all persons regardless of race, color, handicap or national origin. Fund By TOM BUSSELBERG While FARMINGTON the legislature took better care of educations funding needs this time around it still falls far short of the states growth-relate- d needs, a Davis educator feels. ALTHOUGH THE weighted pupil unit funding on which dollars are based compared to the number of pupils was raised nearly 10 percent vs. only six percent in 1981, Earl Spencer, Davis Education Association president, says thats still not taking growth by the horns. Were just postponing the problem by making cuts in such areas as psychologists and social workers, he emphasized, where funding was slashed in half last year. SUCH A CUT doesnt take into account the critical need to provide help for students having problems in their early years. But thanks to the cuts, lems are just being postponed when such services are cut. each elementary school receives visits from a social worker and psychologists just THE 9.97 percent increase in the weighted pupil unit funding is short of the 13.08 proposed, the DEA says in its newsletter to its 1,500-plu- s members. The similar increase in the special purpose programs, special education, etc., is "relatively better than last years 40 percent cut," as well. But no increase in the voted leeway guarantee level, where state binds are provided along with local funding on the first two mills, means an 1 1 percent loss in the purchasing power of those funds. one-ha- lf day every other week. That makes it difficult to assist those students where difficulties are suspected. By. the third grade, we can test students with a high degree of accuracy. Thats the time to deal with it (problems), he said, referring to students in the early grades. IF STAFF aren't available, it makes it difficult to treat such problems that may lead a student to being totally disruptive in a classroom, for instance. And while social programs may not appear to relate directly to growth thats facing the state, he says future prob thusiastic with voting down severance taxes and lack of action to change property tax limitations. WHILE PRAISING the Utah Education successful Associations legislation attempt to establish Sept. 1 as the uniform birthday cut-odate for starting kindergarten, Mr. Spencer was less than en ff Statewide (growth) is a problem, he said, and we tried to deal with it through the severance tax. The county's legislators didnt all vote for the severance tax. Some are very supportive of the total service that has to be performed by government. BUT OTHERS appear on the opposite side of the spec- trum. Others down there have no tax platform at any expense. They dont worry about the ramifications. Thats not being a responsible legislator. If itd been like last year, we wouldnt have been able to hold school. Other concerns raised in the newsletter included reduction of school building aid, but much negative legislation uiiMUm was defeated including bills that would require differential pay for mathematics and science teachers; require renewal votes on voted leeway authorization each five years and set a rigid ceiling on state government spending. ALLUDING further to the school building needs the newsletter said, the 44th Utah State Legislature in both their 1981 and 1982 sessions have turned away from the need for increased school building funds. But public school enrollments are ex- panding as forecast. The legislature initially spoke of alternatives. Now they speak hardly at all of the subject. During the past two years the legislators, collectively, have not voted to increase state building aid to meet student growth. They have not even maintained their past level of effort, but inste; have cut the funding. This tb did rather than raise the sevi ance tax as many proposed ON TOP of this, they ha imposed virtual freeze on t ability of local school distrk to partially solve the problc on their own. They ha frozen the assessment level 1978 market levels and duced the assessment rati by 20 percent, so that loi school boards cannot meet t inflation in building costs a the increasing enrollments. Continuing, the news lease added, Three years i some planners sat down a projected the impending bo in school age children, tl threw in a compounded in! tion factor and then total the cost over 10 years. The gure was frightening anc seems that few have had courage to face up to the t since. |