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Show i t UTAH STATS FREES ASS.T. poor copy THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1982 VOLUME HUMBER riETY-TW- FIFTY-OH- E Pmmedic Election Approved By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON By an margin, Davis County residents voted Tuesday to establish a separate mill levy to fund the paramedic program, insuring the survival of the service for several more eight-to-on- IN LIKE A LAMB LAYTON The March 1st e weather had no effect g of four little on the Layton lambs that arrived two weeks ago. On Feb. 15 the weather was pleasant. The lambs were healthy. Today, they frisk in the pasture or in their own special coral like all other spring lambs. lion-lik- well-bein- THIS WOULD be a very dull, ordinary spring story ex- - cetp for the fact the four little Layton lambs all have the same mother. Donald Flint of Layton, the owner of the prolific ewe has a small two acre pasture near his home at 389 Whitesides. He keeps a dozen or so sheep to eat off the pasture. This saves the expense of having the pasture cut and it gives him March looked as though it was dawning this year like a lamb but then, it tried its fury with lots of rain and snow in the mountains, not to mention that heavy wind. But through it all, four lambs that came into the world two weeks ago weathered the storm at the Donald Flint farm in Layton. Usually, they come in ones, pairs, or maybe three. But seldom four. The quartet was doing great, by the way. Photo by Mary Miller EVEN THOUGH Mr. Flint worked for Hill AFB up until his retirement, he has always liked farming and farm animals. A few sheep add to the enrichment of his retirement years. According to Mrs. Flint, the arrival of the quadruplets was unexpected. The ewe delivered the young ones in a normal fashion. She tries to care for them all. Mr. Flint assists the mother by bottle feeding the lambs a little each day. T wo of the four alumni of the University of Utah that will be honored this evening, March 4, at the annual Founders Day Banquet are natives of North Davis County. NOLAN Bushnell, the son of Mrs. Delma Bushnell of Clearfield and the late Clarence Henry Bushnell, is an electrical engineer who founded Atari, the video games company and Cheeses Pizza the Chuck-E- . Time Theatre. He graduated from the University of Utah in HE ATTENDED USU for one year and then transferred to the University of Utah. Upon graduation, he started working for Ampex Corporation in Santa Clara, Calif. This firm includes Nutting Associates, the makers of arcade games. e of Utah. In 1960, Dr. Dibble bacame the head of the department of anthropology. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and the University of Montana. LN 1978, Dr. Dibble retired e from teaching at the University with the title Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology. al full-tim- musical score. Typical revenues from one Pizza Time Theatre should run about $800,000 per year. TODAY MR. Bushnell is worth about $70 million. He owns homes in Folger Estates Among the professional (Woodside, Calif.), Lake Tahoe, Washington D.C., Aspen, Colo, and Paris, The idea for Atari came to Nolan while he was at college playing math games on the Us e compuhuge ter. If he could just put a coin slot on the machine, hed have a business. There would be millions whod like to play computer games. At $4 million a piece, computers were too costly. general-purpos- ONE DAY a minicomputer Bush-nell- s price list crossed Mr. desk at Ampex Corp. The price was $40,000. The price plummeted to $4,000 in only two years. Nolan started to construct a video game mentally during his realspare time. One day he ized that a general-purpos- e machine wasnt necessary. All a game computer needed to do was one thingplay a videef the game. If he could build hardware and use microprocessor technology to shrink size and cost, he could build a video game. THE FIRST game was an adaptation of Space War, a game he played in college. The year was 1971. Nolan left Ampex to market his invention independently. It wasnt a fabulous success. THE SECOND game Nolan created was based on the idea of Pong was such a good idea that 28 companies marketed the same game under different names. In 1972, Nolan Bushnell incorporated under the name Atari which comes from the Oriental game of go. It is similar to the word check in chess. ping-pon- IN 1976 Warner Communications bought Atari for $30 million. Nolan realized $15 million personally since he owned over 50 percent of the company. His new venture was the Pizza Time Theatre, a bridge d between a experience and an amusement park. Nolan chose pizza instead of ice cream because he wanted a family to spend a whole evening having a good time. fast-Y6o- France. Besides his interest in the Pizza Time Theatre, he is chairman of the board of Magnum Microwave Cqrp., Sunnyvale, Calif., owner of Corporate Air Transport, a Lear jet charter service and a member of the board of Advant Corp., Cambridge, Mass. DR. CHARLES Elliot Dibble, the other Distinguished Alumni from the University of Utah, has a very different background than Nolan Bushnell. Bom and raised in West Layton on a farm. Dr. Dibble attended schools in Davis County and then went on to study at the University of Utah where he received a degree in history in 1936. Dr. Dibble continued his education at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico where he earned an MA degree in anthropology in 1938 and a Ph.D. in anthropology in 1942. HIS ENTIRE professional career has been devoted to teaching and research in the field of anthropology. He became an instructor in anthropology at the Universjfw fo of Utah assistant professor frtpm 1941-4By 1952 he had achieved inl94.L-edvancijfr- 7. the status of professor of anthropology at the University societies Dr. Dibble belongs to are Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia, fellow, Institute of Andean Research, Fellow, Associacion Internacional de Nahuatlatos. HE HAS received research grants from the Institute of In- ternational Education, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and the National Science Foundation. In 1969 he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Utah. Dr. Dibbles other academic honors include Distinguished Research Professor, Distinguished Service Award, and Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. IN 1959 he delievered the University of Utah annual Sigma Xi lecture. He also gave the annual Rufus W. Leigh lecture and the 41st annual Frederick William Reynolds lecture. Dr. Dibbles major publications include El Codice en Cruz, El Codice Xolotl, de la Nacion Mexicana, Codex en Cruze, The War of Conquest: How it was waged Aztecs here in Mexico--Th- e own story was given to Fr. Beraardion de Sahagun. His-tor- ia THE MOST significant of all Dr. Dibbles works is his 12 vol. Florentine Codex: General history oi things of New Spain. (by) Fray Bernardino de Sahagun. Translated from the Aztec. Working with Dr. Dibble on this project was ArthuV O. Anderson. ACCORDING TO county officials, passage of the referendum will not mean a tax increase for area residents, but rather a bookkeeping change from one county fund to another. The cost of the program through 1986. as computed by the sheriffs department, should run between $350,000 and $470,000. Taking into consideration certain inflation and growth factors. Sheriff Brand Johnson recently said the program should require less than the 1.5 mills available on a basis. year-to-ye- THE PARAMEDICS have traditionally serbeen referred to as a vice by county officials meaning the county is not required to fund the program. Under the new mill levy proposal, however. money for paramedic service is separate from the county general fund. The countys fiscal 1982 budget provides funding for the paramedics through December. The county has been subsidizing the program with tax revenues from the general fund since the paramedics began operation. TUESDAY night's final vote tally showed 9.024 residents in favor of the mill d levy. Chamber Says Layton Industrial Park Should Be Top Priority appearance. movements, blinking eyes, moving arms, and with a GEORGE E. DIBBLE years. ALTHOUGH voter turnout remained skimpy throughout the morning and part of the afternoon, more than 9.000 residents turned out to cast a yes' vote for the referendum. Out of 45 districts reporting late Tuesday evening, only 1,444 residents voted against the proposal. Approximately 65.000 registered voters reside in Davis County. County Clerk Rod Walker said voter turn-owas much better than expected, at 16 percent. PASSAGE OF the referendum insures paramedic protection for the county's 147.000 residents for several more years. Beginning in 1983, Davis County Commissioners will set a separate mill levy to cover operatotalling up to 1.5 mills tions in the paramedic program. THE DAVIS County Sheriff s Department, which has administered the program since 1977, will continue to coordinate paramedic service. However, funds previously allocated to the sheriff s department from the county general fund, w ill be returned to the general fund for use in other mandated county program. the time when four little Layton lambs made their stuffed animals and people called the Pizza Time Players, whose voices and movements are controlled by a computer. Their voices are taped human voices synchronized with their 1969. HE ALSO tinkered with cars especially a Model A that he drove until he had enough money to purchase a white MG during his senior year in high school. While attending high school, Nolan worked mowing lawns, sweeping the Admiral Theater and doing various jobs at Lagoon. Jones of Wales in 1956. None lived. Whether March comes in like a lamb or a lion makes little difference to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Flint. They will remember the Spring of 1982 as HE HAS fixed a special corral for the four lambs that appear to be normal, healthy and extra active. Sheep normally give birth to two lambs. Frequently triplets are delivered. The probability of having a live quadruplet birth would be classified as ex life-siz- p ONE CASE of eight Iambs at birth was reported by D.T. HE DEVELOPED a cast of By DONETA GATHERUM Dr. Charles Elliot Dibble, a native of Layton, is being honored for his contributions in anthropology. He is a 1936 graduate of the University. NOLAN Bushnell showed interest in electronics at an early age. While attending Davis High School, he became interested in ham radios. At Christmas time, Nolan would hook up speakers in a large tree near his home and greet visitors with Christmas carols. The same system was used to frighten callers on Halloween. His early electronic devices included signs in his room like Wipe your dam-- feet (the p was flashing). tremely rare. e Ttiere was little opposition to the separate mill levy proposal from area residents, and Tuesday's unanimous vote revealed county-wid- e support for the continuance of the program. LAYTON The city council should make the development of an industrial park its item since, unlike most other projects, the park benefits a wide spectrum of citizens, according to a local businessman. letter to the citys mayor and city council members, Hersh Ipaktchian, president of the Layton Chamber of Commerce, said that he was sad to see a report that none of IN A 37 incoming businesses to Utah decided on basing their operations in Layton. The companies were scheduled to have hired 4,000 additional workers, a Chamber news release says. I dont know how many of these firms would have been interested in Layton, he said, but it is a proven fact that new businesses, especially those desirable light industry and manufacturing firms which cities passionately lure, give the nod to communities with established parks. OF THE 37 new businesses, 54 percent were locating in industrial park areas and 75 percent of the firms said they searched for a location already zoned which contained no hassle from city officials. Under industrial park programs, the city arranges with private landowners to estab- lish an area containing ready er roads and streets, hook- ups and appropriate zoning. The price of leasing the land is so that normally pre-se- t brochures and other lures can be used in attracting business. several groups of landowners to promote the concept. Mr. Ipaktchian said the city officials must now get on the bandwagon and make it a item. The president said in the letter, Industrial parks create jobs. ..they widen and expand the tax base. ..they bring new citizens into the county and community which in turn increases the sales tax revenues. The end result is that due to the increased revenues, services and other projects (from city recreation complexes to libraries) can be provided with no or minimum tax increases. The are athletic. HE POLNTED out that sales tax revenues are vital to Layton, with 33 percent of current revenues coming from such a tax. He also proposed that the city council develop a downtown redevelopment program and seek federal or state funds in order to upgrade the city's deteriorating older com- mercial district. IN OFFERING the Cham- bers help in development projects, Mr. Ipaktchian said, County Jail Paid In Full A final FARMINGTON construction bill for the Davis County Jail project was paid in full last week by county officials. DAVIS COUNTY Commissioners approved a payment of $999.72 to Beck Street Construction, Salt Lake City, for work on the structure. Money for the payment will be taken out of the countys capital construction fund which, according to Auditor Ludeen Gibbons, was established to handle various county construction projects. high-quali- ty THE CHAMBER of Commerce has made such park development a major tJjjrust of its 1982 program artffhas met with concept benefits a wide spectrum of a community, not just those with children or those who are elderly or those who y THE NEW jail is located in Farmington, adjacent to the Davis County Sheriff s office. Construction was completed late last year, mdm two-stor- "What we need from the counto making the program a first priority. It woul be silly for Layton to lose out on another 37 businesses cil is a commitment and 4,000 jobs simply because there was too much talk and not enough action. A similar industrial park development, the Freeport Distribution Center in nearby Clearfield, is considered one of the most successful such developments in the Intermountain West, according to Mr. Ipaktchian. DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 'B' North Man St., Layton, Utah 84041 1 Phone Pubished Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. 451-295- JOHN STAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out Of State $5.50 per year Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance |