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Show I I By TOM BUSSELBERG - CLEARFIELD tive employers weren't beating down the doors to add the Who's going to hire someone with a train tumor who's expected to ive only three or four years? THAT WAS the big question acing Bill Sparks of Layton, m Army veteran w ho had to be Jischarged with medical disability after it was discovered he had a malignant brain tumor. Needless to say, prospec experienced manufacturing engineer who donned a military police uniform in the service. WHEN HE visited Job Services Bob Lowe, disabled veterans outreach worker, he was, in Bob's words "despondent to his last strings," thinking of the family he had to support and wanted to provide for in the future. Wanting to be frank and the point, Mr. Sparks alwa told the news up front but, as Mr. Lowe relates, such an approach often scared em- ployers, especially some uninformed who might think cancer is contagious or might affect mental ability to work. PUTTING his vast re- sources into play, Mr. Lowe started investigating the options and contacted Hercules at their Clearfield plant, learning of two openings there-o- ne as a tool crib attendant and the other a file clerk. Move Vehicles! Please remove vehicles from streets for snow removal. Otherwise, vehicles may be removed at owners expense. Thank you. Layton Police Dept. Mr. Sparks definitely met the minimum requirements for those jobs and was hired as the attendant although experienced some problems working around the factory fumes. The company asked him to obtain a more recent cancer diagnosis and. in tests conducted at a Denver clinic, the condition was found to be in remission. THE LAYTON resident has since transferred to the main plant in southwest Salt Lake County and is working now utilizing some of the technical engineering skills as a manufacturing engineer. Praising Hercules for their willingness to "take on" Mr. Sparks, Mr. Lowe noted characteristics on both sides that often just aren't there when a disabled veteran seeks a job. "HE DID have relatively marketable skills and he showed enthusiasm and gratitude to his prospective employer," Mr. Lowe recalls. Often, a veteran gets discouraged when he doesn't obtain a job as soon as he thinks is pruattributes that could be called "bitter" towards prospective employers who may get the message, I'm a veteran who's served my time for my hire me!" country--s- o Most often, "disabled" vets are those with a bad back or some other injury thats not readily apparent but their attitude of belligerence and often turns an employer off compounded by often an alienation towards veterans. Mr. Lowe says. BUT BEYOND that, the biggest drawback for veterans is usually "what they lack of skills" for available jobs, he explains, noting many lack--the- educational programs are Inspection Program By TOM BUSSELBERG mechanics FARMINGTON 'are back in school, these days, learning the tricks of the vehicle inspection and maintenance trade. Board Member Jan Freeman expressed concern at the different testing going on between the two counties. Youre mixing apples and oranges. How will we be able to assess the air quality if Salt Lake County continues to emit what we feel is a concern to us? ' ANOTHER 15 or 20 others probably will be getting similar schooling, as well, as the calendar approaches the April startup date for the program that will see the county's motorists getting their cars checked for pollution control, says Delane D. McGarvey, supervisor of the county environmental health and laboratory division. About 50 garages now have proper equipment to complete the testing that he says should take about 20 minutes, with much of that needed by the mechanic to complete necessary papers. I ' UNLIKE SALT Lake County, checks in Davis wont stop at the tailpipe emissions but will include a look at the evaporative system, the fuel pumps and tubes, for example, Mr. McGarvey says, noting we're looking at the total environmental evaporative controls of that car." Drivers whose vehicle registration expires after April will have to go through the extra inspection beyond their safety check but can conduct the paperwork with the county through the mail for verification, as with their vehicle registration. 1 THAT EMISSIONS inspection shouldn't cost more than $9, Mr. McGarvey empha- sizes, noting any repairs needed shouldn't exceed $150 to get them in shape to pass the test. If a car still can't make the grade a waiver will be issued. "Your liability is only to that extent," he said of motor vehicle owners, meaning a major overhaul wouldn't be required. "Gross violations will be caught." he said of those motorists who've tampered with their emissions control equipment such as changing unleaded to leaded gasoline capacity. "We feel a lot will take corrective action before they come for inspections" - that's what's happened nationally, he explained. -- t , TAMPERING will be treated separately from other mechanical problems. Mr. McGarvey emphasized. There won't be any waivers for that, he warns. By TOM BUSSELBERG North County Editor : LAYTON - An additional tax burden could have rious results se- for the business community while pumping funds into education should go beyond paying teachers more. THOSE TWO views are among many being raised in opposition to the Governor's proposed $150 million budget increase sought for education. The Layton Chamber of Commerce has sounded an alarm to higher taxes while a Layton resident has compiled a lengthy response to many of the education reform proposals. D. ; Chamber Pres. Samuel Young, in a letter addressed to State Sen. Haven Barlow, says "I know there will be a lot of pressure for increased state spending and increased taxes. I sincerely hope ir available in a variety of packages to overcome that handicap. In fact, Mr. Lowe has made it his business to become familiar with the mountains of fed- eral regulations that define how many months out of the service you can be to still qualify or what sorts of financial assistance are available. He's SAFEST The safest rule for predictions is to be indefinite about the date. Sooner or later ALTHOUGH Salt Lake Countys only checking tailpipes, he said "they feel they can do enough by just checking the tailpipe. We can meet the letter of the law but also do the driver a service and also be to the driver. For instance, a driver's gas mileage could see improvement after the car is put in a more efficient operating condition. Were concerned that we do the program right. Our programs do have more training (for mechanics) but the fee (to drivers) will be the same. almost anything can happen. -- Labor. Lowe adds, emphasizing the natural need for an employer to want to make the most profit as painlessly as IF veteran can be matched up with a qualified employer, help can many times be provided the employer in that training period, as well. Mr. possible-tha- t's why some extra incentives are offered when working with vets. Such a program is well underway at the Clearfield Job A can be reviewed, sent to the Veteran's Administration and acted on within two weeks, he at Corps and should be going other concerns around the county shortly. Mr. Lowe notes. says. Mr. Lowe may be contacted Service at 1579 by visiting Job S. State in Clearfield, week8 a.m. to 5 p m. or by INTERESTED veterans should visit, he has thoroughly days outlined booklet presenting calling the options and says material 773-838- More No But Bills, Pay to tear education although it seems more popular added. he down than build up whats there, By TOM BUSSELBERG North County Editor dent. beginning to display anto-gonis- Mechanics Attend School For New sought after by veterans and Job Service Offices up and down the state. . SALT LAKE CITY - Theres enough money to pay the bills, but nothing more. IF THAT sounds like your personal situation, a similar assessment was made Friday by Layton of the execuRepr. Franklin Knowlton, tive budgeting committee, who says theres enough to cover anticipated growth in education and elsewhere. But then the pinch hits: thered be no money for salary increases for public employees, no room for new construction or even major repairs of existing facilities. It appears we would need some tax increase," he admitted, but "the attitude is not to fund at the level the governor has requested" but its hard at this stage, after little more than a week, for legislators to pinpoint how much will be appropriated and where itll come from, he and others emphasized. ALL CURRENT tax proposals mentioned this year are still in the running, he continued, although nothing's been determined. That means it could come from sales legislators had promised theyd drop the extra half percent levied last drinks and candy-mine- ral year for flood relief-so- ft severence or income tax. Acceleration of tax payments, not a popular idea with many businessesmen, would reap $40 million in one-tim- e money, he noted, adding that would benefit coffers as the only tax providing funds in this fiscal -- tax-altho- ugh year ending June 30. summed Veteran Sen. Haven Barlow, up the feelings of many in and out of the chambers. "Its a tough road ahead of us. Quickly turning to education, he agreed some improvements need to be made but a lot of good things are coming out of STEERING committee proposals should improve feel better and classroom teaching, make parents and students, teachers both of increase productivity if we can t know he said, emphasizing though. "I don the have flooding. afford it all now. If we didnt concern to That flooding, of course, is of prime Knowlton and residents Repr. many Davis County week that this introduced early be to was bill said a and Thistle at would foot the costs already incurred . across the state. THAT BILL also includes some funding to cover but its hard to fund for anticipated costs in the spring t a problem that hasn appeared yet, he said. To appropriate money would mean increasing taxes without any knowledge of the costs." HE SAID an amendment limiting budgets to exto prevent the isting revenues must be implemented means a governor from implementing budget beyond eduin this proposed as has happened year. Changes cational governance, judicial system and length of to be tackled legislative sessions will probably have in a special session, however. "Chaos reigns," commented Bountiful Repr. Kim Burningham. Himself an educator at Bountiful High School, he would only say about educations prosbut indicated pects, I think something will hapen" itd be anyones guess as to outcome. Hes pushed strongly for consolidating some of the states 40 school districts to improve efficiency and cut costs. more of a "IT MAY happen this time-the- res mood, it could really be good, he said. It could mean one district vs. three in Summit County, for Weber-Ogde- n and Cache-Logaexample, or combining others. among n, cost-effecti- 0 PROBABLY percent of vehicles tested won't pass without some corrective action, he said, but that follows national trends to where after several years the level sometimes drops as low as five percent. y One of the concerns is the affect of Weber and Utah counties who have no program," County Com. Harry Gerlach says, adding that hopefully some changes in that direction might occur in a Lake operacouple of years of Davis-Sation under the vehicle emissions program. IDeerNeed Timr Help Are T Survive They If By - inter-count- lt NEARLY 80,000 vehicles are on the road registered in Davis County, Mr. McGarvey vehicles won't d says, noting are very diesels be tested. Surprisingly, clean--the- y don't put out the carbon monoxide" rhat's the major concern in Davis diesel-operate- County. program. THE CLOUD "might disappear, Mr. McGarvey said cautiously, adding that in spite of the depression many have experienced from the gray skies, lately, pollution levels haven't been high. Legal aspects are now in place, he added, noting the ordinance has been approved, public hearings help and federal Environmental Protection Agency coupled with state and local injjut has been received. you can resist these actions. penditures being called for. We cannot have everything we "BUSINESS IS always called upon to pay the brunt of the tax load and I don't think more should be imposed at this time. We just paid a very large increase (25 percent or more), are just coming out of a severe recession and many of the businesses have depleted their want when we want it. Weather-relate- needs, he refers to possible severe flooding and the need to stem the Great Salt Lake's rise. "These expenses alone are going to be costly. It would seem we must plan for (that) and so put off some other ex expenses d could be financed through increased sales tax while additional gasoline tax could go to fixing roads, he continues, calling for a delay on salary and wage increases. This has been the general case in industry. And, as you know, there have been many decreases." LAYTON RESIDENT Robert B. Barker, meanwhile, asks legislators and school board members alike to "make effort to fully understand all the ramifications of the requested $ 50 mil- lion tax increase and that each make an independent, objective judgment." He expresses "alarm" after members finding nine of the preparing the report, "Educa an BESIDES educational LAYTON There are about 800 deer pending on your generosity to survive. de- FACED WITH what looks like continued harsh weather conditions in their traditional winter feeding grounds, their plight is becomn ing throughout the world. People y in places, though, get a picture of the problem only second hand, though, while thousands of Davis County residents are seeing it in their backyards or on the highways. extra-ordinar- y 1 1 have eaten some hay through the past few months it could cause digestion problems, he adds, comparing it to bran in a human's diet. The deer, like humans, need more variety with greens such as cabbages obtained from truck farms, and are receiving pellets. The feeding is done twice a day so they dont gorge themselves and eat too much at once. well-know- far-awa- Davis Conservation Officer Alan Hash estiwill be needed to properly mates $7,500-$8,00- 0 feed deer in the county over the next 0 days, and is quick to express thanks for the many generous donations already received from all quarters. On top of that, a Layton man and Salt Lake resident both have built dozens of "feeders that are being strategically located as places the deer can obtain food on a regular basis. 60-9- A lot of people feel the (smoggy) cloud will disappear," Com. Gerlach said, speakresults through the testing ing of hoped-fo- r reserves." Writing that serious results" could come from an additional tax burden, Mr. Young argues business needs some good times to recuperate and replenish cash reserves. TOM BUSSELBERG DEER WILL normally eat from one-fiv- e pounds in a day, he says, with the seven dozen feeders stocked morning and evening. Although hay is often what first comes to mind as the ideal food, Mr. Hash emphasizes that food source primarily serves as a booster but not the major ingredient. In fact, unless deer tion in Utah: A Call to Action were educators with a BECAUSE OF this, the reports principle recommendations are focused on 'raising taxes to increase teachers salaries rather than on making substantive recommendations which will improve the qualify of our academic education. Claiming that "virtually all of the $ 150 million asked is for giving teachers "a large salary increase, Mr. Barker says data are "since no provided, approval constitutes a blank check' endorsement of a $150 million annual, recurring tax increase without any cost-benef- it assurance the needed im- provements in education will be achieved." NOTING HES received four major reports aimed at improving academic education. THE FEEDERS are eight feet long, designed so one big buck cant push all the others away and feast alone, Mr. Hash explains, noting the feeding areas are placed as far from roads and civilization as possible. Often, contact with d deer who people scares the die after may running. already-weakene- Sightseers, snowmobilers and poachers have already killed several in Bountiful's Maple Hills area, for example. In addition, many have been hit by motor vehicles and later died, as well, he says. Deer have a far harder time of it now than 40 years ago, although, because of home and road expansion, erasing many of their old feedinv grounds. Some deer have traveled so far west in search of food they become trapped by highways and residential areas, finding lesser amounts of food and are too weak to return to the foothills. A SPECIAL hunt was held each weekend through early December and netted more than 700 deer, Mr. Hash says in an effort to mini he called $14 million for a four-tie- r as proposed (or three-tie- r here) unnecessary vs. the three-tie- r recommended in the Nation at Risk report, saying those writing the Utah report included the additional senior teacher tier to give "about 70 percent of the present experienced teachers at an extra $4,000 yearly in pay. Having so many teachers performing supervisory and curricular development functions will create confusion among new instructors, senior teachers, other teachers and principals and create an unnecessarily high teacher salary tax burden on the taxpayer" although he reaffirmed favor with a three-tiere- d approach similar to what Davis County School District is considering. NOTING A teacher turnover rate of only 5.8 percent in mize hardship as much as possible. But in spite of the massive feeding efforts, many fawns and other weakened deer may not make it through the season, he adds. This season is probably the worst in 30 or 40 years and hopefully wont be repeated for at least that long meaning the special feeding efforts thatve drawn support from families. Scout troops, clubs and countless others hopefully wont be needed next year. THE DAVIS County Wildlife Federation is spearheading the feeding efforts with those interested in donating time, money or food asked to contact Lloyd Colemere, president, by callDonations may also be sent to the ing Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1596 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City,. Utah, 85116. Its estimated $500,000 will be needed, statewide, with Utah hardly alone, Mr. Hash indicates, with about $ million earmarked for Colorado efforts. 544-896- 1 THESE EXTRA feeding efforts werent budgeted by the Wildlife Resources division, he says, helping fuel the need for increases in the hunting fees being proposed. A combination license would go from $26.30 to $33, while fishing for an adult would cost $16 and big game $15, with small game $12. Among the myriad of items facing the Legislature will be that license fees increase. 1982, he calls that the lowest in recent years and far lower than the 12 percent turnover in One reason is the 1960s. should be utilized, otherwise and that doesnt justify giving teachers have received a continues. other teachers large raises where turnover is minimal, he tween recommended salary hikes and achievement of nation. needed improvements The average $20,9 salary is 101.57 percent of national average, Mr. Barker con- tinues, calling it "an excellent salary, especially when it is realized teachers only work nine months per year." REFERRING again to no justification for large salary increases," he says some teachers in math, science and other "critical skills areas could turn elsewhere "and should be given sufficient salaries to retain cost-benefi- ts them. "Supply and demand" tenths of that in wealthier states, Mr. Barker writes. THE LEGISLATURE 146.22 percent pay increase since 1972 compared with 102 percent nationally, or second highest percentagewise in the NO DIRECT correlation the poorest, with taxing poten- tial to raise less than nine- - be- in academic education is made in the report, he says, meaning many substandard teachers responsible for many of the present problems will be rewarded and encouraged to remain in teaching." Increases should be made selectively vs. a blanket increase, he adds. High taxes are partially responsible for Utah's drop from fourth to 37th for "desirability in locating new businesses" with new jobs created down to about 3.400 vs. the 18.000 needed for those entering the job market. The states among should identify areas where improvements can be made a minimal taxpayer cost, he says, consider year-roun- d and portable buildings and share stadiums, gymnasiums, auditoriums and other facili- ties. "Educators have a reputa- tion for being poor administra- tors and much may be gained by seeking outside manage- ment consultants to identify areas where cost saving can be he continues adding made, that more video and TV presentations should be considered along with other less teaching methods that taxpayers continue to fund. I : I : : j shools, using more relocatable "labor intensive j cant : j : j : ! : ; j |