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Show 4 i UTAH STATE PRESS ASSS. 4o7 EAST 300 SO. SALT LASS CUT, UTAH SHU, W& "S38SF5ST! Join The Many Who Are Now Saving On Food With Coupons Out of This Newspaper. Entree Remove Phut, Survey Sip By TOM BUSSELBERG Journal News Editor (Editor's Note: This survey was taken exclusively for the Davis News Journal in cooperation with the Layton Chamber of Commerce and Layton High School.) DO YOU SUPPORT the proposal to locate a county garbage LAYTON - Nearly nine in Laytons parks but more than -- ing 66 percent favoring the job theyre doing currently while 30 percent marked less than satisfactory and four percent had no opinion. On the question of supporting election for a fulltime mayor, 61 percent responded favorably, 33 percent had negative feelings and six percent registered no opinion. 10 two-thir- ds residents feel happy with would rather not see a refuse disposal plant dumped into the city. THOSE ISSUES and others ranging from library service to downtown development were covered in a random survey given to 231 city residents within the last 10 days by journalism students at Layton High School under the direction of Instructor Bryan Gray. Residents were asked their degree of satisfaction with parks and recreation, police department, streets and water, city administration and the present mayor and council. It also asked e if respondents would support appointment of a city or mayor. manager full-tim- OTHER QUESTIONS covered a wide range of topics ranging from feelings about locating a garbage disposal site in the city to whether Layton should discontinue its relationship with the county library system. A second question on that issue asks if residents believe the city could operate its own library comparable to the county without a tax increase. Another question asks importance of redevelopment of the older business district along Main Street and finishes up by asking which programs should receive highest priority from city officials and planners: city library, downtown redevelopment, industrial site development, new parks and recreational facility development and increased law enforcement. HERES A breakdown of responses: Asked the degree of satisfaction with departments operated satisfacby the city, parks and recreation gained an 88 percent less than 10 satisfactory with only percent marking tory and two percent no opinion. d feelings. ALL OTHER departments received less The police department recorded 68 percent satisfactory and category. 32 percent in the less than satisfactory Streets and Water department found residents about evenly divided, with 52 percent indicating approval while 48 percent found the status quo less than satisfactory. one-side- WHEN IT comes to the city administration, or employees, its operating satisfactorily just under six in 10-- 59 percent-f- elt while 37 percent felt it was less than that with four percent no opinion. The 231 respondents voiced overindicating whelming approval of the present mayor and council, register disposal site in Layton City? gained the fewest positive votes, n at 29 percent. percent said no while only four had no opinion. percent On the library issue, two questions were asked: Should Layton discontinue its relationship with the Davis County Library system and build and operate its own city library? and, Could Layton with no increase in taxes operate a library facility with the same book selection and service as offered by the present county library system? A local boy was invited to display his model car collection recently near the Hammonds Toy Store in the Layton Hills Mall. Carter Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Cooper, 581 N. Adamswood Road, Layton, has been making and assembling models for about five years. He became interested in this hobby through his father who always enjoyed models as he was growing up. Mr. Cooper takes time to assist his son when Carter runs into a difficult problem. Each model Carter assembles from a kit is carefully done and customized. A 4x4 van is his favorite although he likes all car models he has finished. DISPLAY MODEL CAR Sixty-seve- TO BUILDING and operating its own library, 56 percent registered yes while 42 percent were opposed and two percent gave no opinion. As to the tax issue, though, only 34 percent felt it would be possible under current mill levies while 58 percent said no and eight percent listed no opinion. Downtown redevelopment didnt generate a lot of strong feelings, results showed, to this question: Of what importance is the redevelopment of the older traditional business area surrounding Gentile Street and Main? Only 38 percent pegged h listed it as important that as very important while it little imand the highest percentage-- at 42 percent-ga- ve Pancake Breakfast Planned The Girl Scout Troop 150 will be holding a pancake breakfast on March 26 at Hillgate d Terrace Rec. Hall, 2900 Road, Layton from a.m. The girls are trying to raise enough money for the troop to take a trip to Disneyland in May. Hill-fiel8-- one-fift- portance. FIVE QUESTIONS geared to which of the following programs should receive the highest priority from city officials and planners? of the city library, only 11 percent rated that tops, seven percent listed the downtown redevelopment, 21 percent asked for increased law enforcement while nearly as many-- 19 percent-plac- ed top value on development of new parks and recreational facilities. Far and away the highest priority went to development of an industrial site to attract new business and industry gar- nered 42 percent. THE MENU includes pan- cakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, orange juice, milk and coffee. Tickets are $2 for adults, children 2 $1.50 under 6, free. For more information on tickets call 773-287- Lewis Twins Announced Nona and Fred Lewis of 1743 N. 1450 W., Layton, are announcing the birth of twin babies. The girl and the boy were born March 2 in the IN THE COMING weeks, the Journal will explore these issues to a greater degree. Wed appreciate any letters or telephone calls giving your own feelings on these and any other issues you feel are pertinent to Layton. We believe a major focus of this newspaper should be not only to obtain community feeling through input but strive to provide coverage in those areas of concern. That means going beyond the traditional city council meeting coverage or reporting of upcoming events, for example. Ogden. Both infants weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. Other children in the Lewis family include Nona, 15; Linda, 13, Jollene, 9. LETTERS should be addressed to: Tom Busselberg, Journal News Editor, 197 B. North Main, Layton, Utah, 84041. dy Marie Lewis. th McKay-De- e Hospital in The grandparents are Thayle and Dauna Byington of Layton and Fred and Eva Lewis of Albany, New York. The twins will be named Fred Thayle Lewis and Bran- LHS Students Are Honored LAYTON - During the past few weeks many students at Layton High School have received recognition of achievement in their varied fields of interest. TWO JUNIOR class students, Tim Eccleston and Carlos Salazar have been awarded scholarships and admission to the Advanced High School Studies Program in Computer Science at BYU. k This class is equivalent to the first year computer science course at the university. The Layton High students will spend most of the day and some evenings learning the PASCAL programming language. two-wee- THE UNIVERSITY will pay tuition and computer usage fees for the course. The estimated cost of the course is $200. Three Layton High School students received awards at the Weber State Invitation drama festival. Tavia Thorson took first place with her dramatic intepretation. Lon Simmons earned a third place award for pantomime and Shelly Potter received a fourth place for mono acting. DEBUT, AN exhibit of outstanding artwork from high school students, will feature the graphic drawings of Scott Jackson and Jacob Knowlton and the ceramic works of Todd Blachard, Chris Boam, Chuck Burwald, Chris Garner and John Thomley. The exhibit ran at the Bountiful-Davi- s Art Center through March 11. FACULTY members from the University of Utah Art Department, sponsors of the show, observed the art work and scholarships were given to a number of outstanding artists. Three Layton sophomores have been named to Orrin Hatch's Youth Advisory Committee. Lori Copperman, Carole Decker and Scott Jaeger will meet with the senator when he is in Utah and talk to him on the phone when he is out of state, dmg |