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Show i U1AH STATE PRESS ASS!.r. 4B7 EAST 300 SO. ALT LAEE CITY, UTAH UU School Academics Reviewed An interim committee reports that there should be a stronger emphasis on reading, writing and government studies in public schools. section Make Cookies On A Waffle Iron C Weber State Track Invitational D Society, Church, Obituaries C DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 North Mam Layton. Utah 84041 Phone 451 2951 Published weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stahle. Jr. Publisher Entered ana Second Class Postage Paid at Lavton. Utah suoscnption 4 50 per year WEDNESDAY, ArRIL 13, 1983 How To Decrease Damage From Future East Winds fi By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Although a certain amount of damage will always result when winds reach the velocity of 90 plus miles per hour, some destruction can be minimized or eliminated if people pay attention to the materials they use in building and the way things are instal-- ' ' Zr XT'.'1 .nss ''V&Z.J p. -- led, Ladd Scoffield of the Layton City Building Department claims. FOR EXAMPLE, last Monday the wind scattered metal storage sheds across the landscape. Mr. Scoffield says few people realize these storage sheds should have the same strength capacities as a home. People see a shed advertised in the paper for a reasonable price. They purchase it because it is inexpensive. They dont look at the specifications provided on the packaging box or the direction sheet. Few people come to the building department for a permit to install a storage shed, Mr. Scoffield says. Laytons building code requires a shed to have a 30 pound live load and a 25 pound wind load. If these specifications are met, the shed should be capable of withstanding 125 mile per hour winds if it is properly insta- lled. The shed must be appropriately secured but a concrete floor is not necessary. IF A PERSON has a question about a storage shed they want to buy or about any other product in the building line, they should call the city building department. A complete d list of all approved and tested products is kept in the building department files. It is possible to tell by manufacturers name and the product number the good qualities cross-reference- Cleanup LAYTON - On Saturday morning, April 23 starting at 8 a.m. volunteers with trucks will canvass Layton City to pick up yard and garden debris and trimmings. All items should be cut in reasonable lengths and bundled. Leaves, clippings and small pieces of debris should be bagged. No pieces of furniture, cement blocks, heavy tree stumps or other large items will be picked up. -- "NEW" SAFEWAY The buildings the same but the store certainly isnt, as Ruth Shipp shows off the bulk packaged foods area that enables customers to buy more closely to their needs in several hundred categories. THE CLEAN-Ucampaign is sponsored by the Layton City Improvement Association. Robert Cottle is the general clean-u- p chairman. He stresses that the LCIA is interested in making Layton a more beautiful place to live. This year clean-u- p is a big step in this direction. Volunteer labor from the LDS Wards, the Catholic Church and local youth groups will assist. P By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON "Youve got to drive down to see it. is the advice a mother gave her daughter who lives in Wyoming. She was talking about the new marketing system Layton's Safeway Super Store started last Thursday. CUSTOMERS shopping and browsing through the store on Friday morning were somewhat surprised and generally 1 think it is a good pleased. idea. "They will have to use 1 beheavier plastic bags. lieve the prices they charge for their prepared mixes are lower than what you can mix up at home. I have a make-i- t mix cook book but I believe 1 like Safeway's idea better. 1 just hope the quality of the baked product is good. A reader who hasn't yet walked through the new Safeway display area will be confused by these comments un- less they understand what Safeway's employees have done inside the store. ; JERRY Ridley, the general d manager, says the concept the new marketing approach is to present products on a bulk level. This mean Safetays is ing case lots and not individual packages. Bulk selling means in products are placed in bulk containers. large barrel-shap- e A customer measures his purchase into a plastic bag. This can be weighed by the customer to determine the amount and the cost. It is weighed again at stand. the check-ou- t The customer places a tag on the top of the bag and writes the number of the product on the tag so the cashier knows doesnt sell- what price to charge for the product. INCLUDED in the bulk shopping center are hundreds of products. In fact, Mr. Ridley says, the store currently stocks 275 bulk items ranging from candies, spices, dried foods and fruits to nuts, pastas and beans. The reason for this change in marketing procedure is twofold, Mr. Ridley says. First, we save money because we don't have to pay for packaging services and the package itself. Second, the customer can buy what she needs. If a large quantity is wanted, she can purchase this. If only enough for one or two servings is desired, then the customer doesnt have to buy a size package that would be only partially used. dry-stora- THE APPEARANCE of the produce section has been Weve gone back changed. the Far30 years to mers Market look. All produce is set out in lugs, Mr. Ridley says. The displays are neat and attractive. A customer feels like he is walking down the rows of prduce at Fanners Market in Los Angeles. A bakery and a different display technique on the regular grocery shelves are included in the floor play for Laytons Safeway store. self-servi- MR. RIDLEY says this bulk product idea has been tried in other areas but Laytons Safeway is the first in this division to convert to bulk marketing. For customers who dont understand the system, employees are stationed in each department to give assistance. JERRY Ridley, who has been managing the Layton store for only two months says the first day reaction to bulk buying was much greater than Customers like it. expected. Everyone seemed pleased with what we are trying to do. I believe it will work, he stated. As consumer buying habits and patterns are established, the store will be able to adjust some of the buying, display and marketing phases of the store operation. MR. RIDLEY says suggestions from customers are welcome. This is a new plan. We want to know where our mistakes are and what the customers needs are. Anyone needing more information should call Robert Cottle at dmg 546-618- 8. and bad points of any Many approved product. articles might be just fine in California but they could never stand up under East winds and heavy snows that we have in Layton. Mr. Scoffield explains. YOU PAY a little more for a quality product. The difference in price is worth it, he states. Roof damage of the wind storm affected nearly every home in Layton. Mr. Scoffield suggests if the roof repair involves more than 25 percent of the roof surface, a building permit should be secured. HE WARNS home owners to be careful about hiring someone to repair roofs. Make sure the person you hire knows what he is doing. The city keeps a list of licensed contractors. Call us if you have any question. You can save yourself problems if you hire a licensed person. If problems come up, the city can assist you in making the contractor stand behind his work, Mr. Scoffield believes. He suggests that a home owner might consider replacing the old shingles with a heavier weight. Ordinance requirements are for a 235 pound shingle or 3 bundles to a square. A 300 pound shingle or 4 bundles to a square is available. This heavier product will last longer and withstand stronger winds. MR. SCOFFIELD says some of the problems with shingle loss was that the shingles hadn't been on the roofs long enough to seal properly. This cannot be avoided. Mr. Scoffield encourages the public to call his department if they have any questions about building materials or code requirements. Wind Dummies Mamy Trees By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON Shingles flying. Metal torn loose. Windows broken. Snow drifting. Trees uprooted. Monday morning the East wind blew. STRUCTURAL damage centered around destroyed roofs, torn siding, damaged windows, smashed storage sheds. Trees, decades old, were tom from the earth and toppled against each other, leaned along houses or thrown to the ground. ceived comparable care, the three trees assumed different shapes and personalities. One was removed a year ago. The largest and most perfectly shaped tree stood on the west side in front of the Tanner home. The East wind tore this beautiful high spruce from the earth just last week. The one that really looks the poorest is the only one that is left, Mrs. Tanner states. Dr. and Mrs. Noall Tanner lost a total of 33 pine trees in the recent wind storm. 60-fo- ot IN LAYTON, the wind seemed to cut a wind path of trees from Gentile Street on the north to Elm Street on the south. Nearly every home in this neat, attractive section of the city had an impressive pine tree standing in the front or the back yard. Now, the landscape looks bare. Holes and stumps are the only evidences left of the giant conifers that once gave shade and pleasure to scores of home owners. Three homes are representative of the many that lost trees in the most recent East wind storm. ONE LAYTON resident commented, This is the first time I can remember seeing the front of Dr. Tanners home. I always wondered what it looked like. Five large pine trees that landscaped the home of Haven J. Barlow at 552 Elm Street were destroyed by the wind. These trees have stood over 50 years. They were planted by Dick and Edwina Knowlton. The trees were brought from the mountains. When a construction project interferred with the location of a tree Mr. Knowlton would carefully remove the young seedling from the mountain location and transplant it in Layton. IN 1941, Mrs. Helen Tanner of 406 W. Gentile purchased three small blue spruce trees. Each one cost $25. Although the trees were planted at the same time and all re AS ONE OF the trees near the Barlow home fell, it removed a false chimney from the roof. Another tree tore loose a section of walk. Mrs. Barlow says it was fortunate that m she had to take the car out of the driveway to complete an errand. When she returned home, she decided not to park in the East driveway. This action prevented the car from sustaining damage as large fallen trees soon filled the driveway with branches. Mrs. Edwina Knowlton lost several large pine trees also. NEARLY EVERY home along Gentile between Fairfield and Main Street claimed tree loss. The two acre forest lovingly planted and dutifully tended by Frank Adams is in shambles. Over 40 trees were uprooted. Mr. Adams started his trees from seedlings purchased from USU before 1935. His children carried buckets of water for the trees. Mrs. Adams hoed around them. A brother, Blaine Adams, plowed small irrigation ditches to the trees using a horse and a n plow. one-ma- AS THE TREES grew, Mr. Adams transplanted to other locations around the rock house and by neighbors homes. Blaine Adams got two blue spruce trees from Tranks forest to plant in the front yard of his new home. That was in 1948. Both trees blew over. They were getting so tall. It was hard to see them. Now theyre right on the ground w here you can get a good view of the tops, Blaine Adams says in a jokii manner. Mrs. Annly Capener, Frank Adam niece, remembers playing pretend garni while sitting on a rock bench in Unc Franks forest. Now the bench is in full vie of the sun. The trees that once shaded it ai protected it against the real outside wot are gone. BLAINE ADAMS said the trees didn't fall at once. The wind worked on the Some hesitated and then would go dow Others leaned and slowly fell. The loss of 40 trees out of 200 is sign cant. Some of the trees had reached heigl of 40 to 60 feet. Many measured 20 inches circumference at the base. FOR NEARLY half a century Fra Adams forest was a home for quail, ow crows and morning doves. Now the em spaces left by the downed trees will not inviting to these wild creatures. Shingles can be replaced. Siding is eas patched. A new storage shed is fairly in pensive. A tree lost is different. Trees rep sent family memories, good times, grow up, sharing, personal development. 1 loss of a tree cant be explained. Ask thi who planted seedlings mapy years ago ; watched as trees formed only to be d troyed by wind. |