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Show r -- VOLUME FIFTY-TW- O NUMBER TWENTY-ON- E Cable TV Firm Offers Package To Fruit Heights - FRUIT HEIGHTS Fruit Heights may be able to have its cake and eat it too, at least as far as cable TV is concerned. AFTER SIX months of furor over cable televisions entrance into this residential community, another card has been added to the deck of franchise hopefuls this one promising to provide whatever the city council wants no R or movies. That twist came in the person of Boyd Kartchner of Ogden, who offered to install a system tailored to the citys wishes something Wasatch Community Cable TV officials have said they cant provide. 17 7 15 and northern Utah cities, offers premier movie channels including Home Box Office (HBO) and Showtime, where some R movies are aired. Officials there have said they cant alter the satellite feeds from the two networks. Many residents and some New royalty for Davis County include, to r, Susie Fraser, 1st attendant; Queen Mignon Peterson; Stacey Lyn Hansen, 2nd attendant. 1 MISS DAVIS COUNTY Blonde, Mignon Peterson, 19, is Miss Davis blue-eye- County for d The 1981-8- statesque beauty was chosen from 15 candidates vying for the title in the Miss Davis County Scholarship Pageant at Clearfield High School. Richard R. Hansen, east Layton, second attendant. Miss Peterson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roald Peterson, West Point, presented a vocal solo for the talent segment of the contest. Candidates also were judged in bathing suits, evening gowns and a personal interview. five-minu- NAMED AS attendants were Susie Fraser, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Fraser, Fruit Heights, first attendant; and Stacy Lyn Hansen, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A GRADUATE of Clearfield High, Miss Peterson is attending BYU working toward a bachelors degree in special education. The new queen also took honors as Miss Photogenic. Other special award winners were Cindy Child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Earl Child, and Miss Talent; Clinton, Julie Cullimore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cullimore, Miss CongenialKaysville, ity. Laurie Goodrich, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Goodrich, Bountiful, received recognition for selling the most tickets to the pageant. 1980-8- 20-2- . Davis County Scholarship Pageant Committee and the 1 crowned the new queen. The royal trio will reign over the 1981 Davis County Fair 2 at the Davis County Aug. Fairgrounds at Lagoon as well as special events throughout the year. The new Miss Davis County will represent Davis County in the Miss Utah Contest held in conjunction with the Utah State Fair. THEME OF the 1981 council members have expressed concern at such fare pageant sponsored by the Miss JULIA KOETITZ, Miss Davis County ' Davis County Fair Board was The Rainbow Connection." Paula Allen was contest chairman. officials have announced plans for developing a new $10 million purification and treatment plant in the southwest corner of Riverdale-- if they can get city approval. Davis and Weber counties that are presently badly in need of treated culinary water for drinking. THERE WAS some opposition from Riverdaies council because some officials felt that the city should not release that portion of land in case it was needed for future expansion of the present secondary system. Mr. Jensen noted that culinary water from a new plant probably would not be available for "at least 5 years, be cause the district is very close to being out of water at the present time." HE EXPLAINED, however, that treatment of water from Willard are in the future plans of the water district and that this would be one of the plants THE PLAN was presented to Riverdale city officials last week but they took the matter under advisement until they could further study any legal ramifications and to determine the city's own plans for supplying culinary and irrigation water to its residents. Weber District Manager, Keith Jensen said the new treatment plant would assure communities in southwest We- ber County and northeast Davis County of adequate future supply of drinking water. History From Papers By DONETA GATHERUM Pioneer days of the past is the subject for this historical column. You can read about July 24 celebrations just as the information appeared in issues of the Davis County Clipper and The Weekly Reflex. HE SAID the planned site FROM THE Clipper July would be on about 10 acres of , The people of east 27, 1892, d land adjacent to Bountiful were like sheep Riverdaies Freeway Park at without a shepherd at the the north end of Hill Air Force celebration of Pioneer Day as Base. The property is located nothing was prepared by ward near a storage reservoir that authorities. The opera house presently supplies Roy Water company gave the little folds a Subconservancy District with dance in the afternoon and the a pressurized secondary water Short Call Confectionary Co. system. sold them some refreshments. The plant, Mr. Jensen said, Hales garden were occupied would treat water from Willard by Salt Lake people but they Bay to serve a large portion of had more Bountiful people than Salt Lakers. city-owne- THE KAYSVILLE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 B" North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 Phone 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stahle, Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out of State Subscription $5.50 Oversees Subscription $15.00 (Payable in Advance) Basin Briefs column from the July 27, 1893 Clipper, "The majority of the people here (south Davis area) joined with those of south Hooper, Syracuse and Clearfield to celebrate Pioneer Day at the Syracuse resort. I understand the people under the supervision of Bishop Cook and his counselors enjoyed themselves very much. BOUNTIFUL, July 26, 1894 While from the Clipper. the people of the capital were at the famous resorts of the Salt Lake enjoying themselves, the Bountiful people were also having ajolly time at home on Pioneer Day. The amusement was furnished by two organizations, namely the YM and YLMI associations and the OK baseball club, the former holding forth at the tabernacle square and the latter at the OK ball grounds. At times most of the crowd would be at the tabernacle and then shift to the ball grounds. The Bountiful City Brass Band and the Centerville Band played. There were speeches, songs and recitations given under a bower especially built for the occasion by Pres. Israel Call and the Young Mens Association. Races were held. NO ACCIDENTS occurred except a couple of boys were thrown from a cart. A few boys, as well as some of the men, drank a little more soda water than most emperance societies would tolerate. From the Clippers Kays- ville Kninks" column of July There were a great 27, 1900. many people in town on the 24th. The greatest number that probably ever attended a celebration here. The program in the morning was fairly good. George Barton delivered the oration of the day and Pres. Hess made an impromptu speech. There were a number of attractions in the afternoon. Ballgames, doll rack, egg pelting, race's, etc. There was a voting for the most popular young lady who was to receive a $25 gold watch. Miss Pearl Layton got 210 votes and was awarded the prize. FROM THE Syracuse column dated July 29, 1904 as it appeared in the Pioneer Weekly Reflex. Day celebration was a success in every way. The attendance was very large. Frances Nal-dwas the orator of the day. In 1920, the Pioneer Day Seepings being available to the city with related action causing delay in any definite action. THE OGDEN man said he is forming a cable firm that would give Fruit Heights a package suited to their desires something theyve already done in include whatever the city council wants, he said, emphasizing the service wouldnt offer any R or X movies in response to a question from City Administrator T.J. Burns on how long such a service of G and PG would last. MR. KARTCHNER is due to return to the council Aug. 18 for further discussion, including specifics on what programming would be available and if that would meet city requirements. He left the meeting with a copy of the citys franchise agreement in hand. Meanwhile, officials from Wasatch TV were due to visit with the council next Tuesday for further discussion. The council has set the appointment to determine which firm can provide the package that best suits the city (officials). IN A telephone conversation with Mr. Kartchner, he said steps to implement the system as fast as possible would be taken should it gain the But due to a need to clear utility and other easements, it would probably be sometime next year before the system was He said the Home Theater Network is operated by Corp., based in Portland, Maine. Currently, it provides about six hours programming nightly but will be expanded in the fall. Service is provided to many places" in the country. on-lin- e. West-inghous- e, IN ADDITION, his firm will offer additional channels that will equal what other firms could offer. Possibilities under consideration are a childrens channel, sports and other independent channels, Mr. Kartchner said. A Local access channel will also be offered to the city in accordance with FCC requirements although it may not be continuously in use due to , Fruit Heights small size, he noted. WHILE HIS firm will be new, those associated with it have been in the cable business for "Many years," he said, indicating he has worked with cable services for about a year, primarily in Houston and Las Vegas, Nev. "We will get a full proposal (to the city), he said, adding, I think we can actually give a little better service (than others). If approval is granted, a telephone number will be available to receive public input and answer questions, Mr. Kartchner noted, tb Judges were John Adkins, Gerald Lamont (Monte) Shupe, Delores Shupe, Paulina Jolley and Jonelle Smith, Miss Utah for 1981. Winners received a total of $700 in scholarship prizes. Weber Water: A New Plant LAYTON - Weber Basin Water Conservancy District THAT FIRM, provider of service to most Davis County condominium projects back in Denver, where he said they feel its running successfully. That operation has involved as many hookups as there are homes in Fruit Heights. It would operate minus HBO and Showtime and could used. Another mammoth plant is planned for construction near the bay. Mr. Jensen also noted that a well being drilled at the old Riverdale power plant site is almost completed and if the well tests out as expected, the district will enlarge existing water lines and install new lines at a cost of about $1 million as part of the overall project to upgrade the local culinary water supply. Davis Will Participate In Computer Funding FARMINGTON Davis County officials agreed T uesday to contribute $ 200 toward a new aptitude" computer for the Utah State University extension office. -- A TOTAL of $1600 remaining in the extension service budget, alongside the coun$1200 stipend, ty commission-approve- d will cover the costs of the $2800 machine. Extension service spokesman Shawn Olsen said the $1600 had been set aside for another item, but would be reshuffled to purchase the computer. PARTS FOR the new system include the computer, a printer and a monitoring system, he told commissioners. In other county business, the commission approved payment of $66,869 to Beck Street Construction for completion of the upper floor of the Davis County jail. PAYMENT WAS approved by Sheriff Brant Johnson and the jail architect prior to the commission's okay. Water Official Cautions County On Stock Sale er celebration received little attention. The Reflex reported. The afternoon of Pioneer Day the Layton ball club met Honeyville on the home lot and defeated them The batteries: Layton, San-da- ll and Mann. The morning of the same day, Layton played Bountiful at Bountiful and deThe batteries feated them were Williams and Mann. 7-- THE FRONT page headlines of the July 29, 1920 Reflex explained why the annual Pioneer Day celebration that year would not be as spectacular as usual. People of Davis County had something else to celebrate in 1920. Road Celebration Aug. 18 at Lagoon. The completion of a concrete commercial highway By MARK D. MICKELSEN KAYSVILLE The president of a local irrigation company Wednesday cautioned Davis County officials against selling or leasing any of their water shares from the Davis Park Golf Course until they know if there are enough shares per acre for irrigation. HAIGHT Irrigation president Ben Brough said four shares per acre are required from the county to meet sufficient irrigation needs on the golf course. Davis County Commissioners recently discussed the possibility of selling or leasing some of their water shares to a group of Kaysville residents who want the water for home supplies. Davis Park Golf Pro Pierre Hualde said the golf course rarely uses more than 450 to 500 shares per year for irrigation. used up all their water they have extra water to sell or lease out. Brough said he doesnt know if the county has an excess of water. He said if the golf course has enough shares per acre, the county is within their rights in selling or leasing the remaining shares. BUT, HE continued, if they havent, they should not sell it. Brough noted that during a hot summer or extremely dry season, the county may need all the shares they can get to properly irrigate the property. COM. HARRY Gerlach and Mr. Hualde in separate interviews last week agreed that the county is against selling the shares, but neither ruled out the possibility of leasing the water. "Weve got to check into the legality of doing it, Hualde said. y connecting Salt Lake and Ogden. The longest stretch of hard surfaced country road in the vast region which lies between the Missouri River and California." DAVIS COUNTY Attorney Rodney Page warned the commission against selling the shares, but recommended leasing as a possibility. Last week, however, Mr. Brough cautioned the county against any hasty action involving the sharea. THEY (COUNTY) think because they havent ASKED IF the Kaysville residents were contacted about a possible lease agreement, the golf pro said he didnt know. Com. Gerlach said the commission asked Hualde to check into the lease agreement, but have heard nothing more since that request. |