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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JANUARY jl5, 1981 j . Mental H kin More Money Workshop ' I For Parents Of Adolescents Davis School Districts Parent Education Resource Center is sponsoring a three-wee- k .1 workshop for parents of !!. adolescents. The workshop, Spotlight on Adolescents," will feature three two-hopresentations on topics related to the adolescent period. THE WORKSHOPS will be held at the Monte Vista School for three consecutive Wednesday evenings. They will begin Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. The first presentation will cover the characteristics common to the adolescent stage of development. There will be a panel discussion, followed by small discussion groups. The panel will be moderated by Milt Shaum and will have both parents and teenagers sharing their thoughts and feelings on issues pertinent to the teenage years. THE SECOND presentation will teach parents about de- I ': .? I , K Ii u - ' s'. lU" - sA,. xS , 1 ' Jk13 s s' W ,Xv. v.w5$.iv FLOWERS BY CANDEUGHT , V, veloping communication s v The name of this Layton shop turned out to be proFaced phetic when the lights went out last Thursday. Tina owner orders filled, flower several needing with canlit the Hamblin Linda and employee Sandall, left, dles and pitched in. We laughed a lot, ate peanut butter sandwiches and eventually put on our coats, Ms. Sandall said. All in all, we had a fun experience. We Were Powerless skills, and the final presentation will cover why things go wrong at this stage and what can be done about them. is re- quested. Call the Parent Education Resource Center There will be a fee of $5 per couple, or $3 per individual for the entire senes. 451-507- Sheriff Will Give By GARY R. BLODGETT TOM BUSSELBERG MARK D. MICKELSEN LAVORA WAYMENT Where were you when the lights went out shortly before noon on Thursday, Jan. 8? IF YOU were delinquent with paying your utility bill and a resident of Kaysville, you may have been one of several who rushed into city hall to protest the city shutting off their power. Or if you were a maintenance worker doing construction in Centerville, you may have though that it was you that caused the outage. And if your were taxes or standing in line to pay your renewing your drivers license (due the following day), you may have wondered if the tatewquld accept your excuse and overlook the late penalty. last-minu- te J THESE WERE a few of the more humorous things that happened during the power outage Thursday that extended throughout Utah and into neighboring states. In Davis County, the outage apparently caused no serious problems only a lot of inconveniences, according to spokespersons from various agencies and cities contracted by this news staff. BOUNTIFUL police department had some communication problems for a short time because the Old power generator used as a backup in cases like this failed to start right away. This forced disunits in place of the patchers to use walkie-talki- e dispatch system that blacked out when the outage hii about 11:35 a.m. Traffic lights were out in all communities, but police said motorists seemed to be more courteous than other times. Even with the traffic signals inoperable, motorists at most intersections stopped just as though it was a four-wa- y stop, observed one motorist. ALTHOUGH there were no serious problems, there were a lot of inconveniences caused by the that blackout. There was only one serious injury to a BYU student in Provo who was seriously hurt when he fell four floors down an elevator shaft. And the only related death occurred to a calf that was on an electrical heart transplant at the U. of U. It died before auxiliary power could be restored. Department stores and businesses came to a complete standstill for several hours. Most stores closed DAVIS COUNTY Courthouse was left in the dark and closed its doors when it was evident that the power outage was widespread. We quickly pulled the plugs on all the electrical equipment, including the computers, and then waited awhile before realizing that we couldnt conduct business and decided to close the doors, said newly elected Com. Glenn Saunders. Davis Countys new jail facility was not hooked up to its auxiliary power but Sheriff Brant Johnson said there were no serious problems. BOUNTIFUL The PTA of Kaysville Jr. High is sponsoring a workshop on drugs, and Sheriff Johnson has consented to conduct this workshop on Jan. 22, p.m. THE PURPOSE of the workshop is to inform parents on every aspect of drugs and the effects on their children. It is felt that if parents are better educated on the subject of drugs they will be better able to understand the teenage drug problem. UACLD Meeting The Utah Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Davis Chapter, will hpld their first meeting on Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stoker Elementary School, 75 E 200 S.. Bountiful. DR. ESTER Wender Associate professor of pediatrics at the U. of U. Medical Center will be the speaker. Her subject will be Parents Acceptance of Learning Disabilities. All interested parents are invited to attend. Rus- with most other districts. The level would be higher only in n and Salt at $2.85 and $2.59. Under the proposed equalization. local mental health authorities would have to match ten percent of the state funding portion, as Davis County is currently doing. Allocations for "comprehensive mental health" would be on a per capita basis with the population figure annually adjusted. Lake-Tooel- Weber-Morga- County WE'LL HAVE to be very active with the Legislature to see if we cant get some resolu- legislators will be nudged by mental health advisory board members to lend their support to proposed funding change legislation. tion." And incoming Board Chairman Richard M. Youngberg proposed a tradeoff. "We should support the public intoxication act as long as they (state officials) support equalization. If not we should hold it in ransom. Other cities have BOARD MEMBERS received materials for distribution during their regular meeting Thursday held at the Red Flame Restaurant in Bountiful. Funding irregularities between Davis and' other mental agreed." health districts have been THE PROPOSED tax would increase beer taxes, expected to generate enough funds that equalization would be possible, he said. Gov. Matheson urged in beer tax to bring it in line with other alcoholic be Mr. Youngberg added. noted by Davis officials for quite some time and now the potential exists to equalize that funding. To equalize, Davis County would have to see a $1.21 increase in per capita funding to meet the state average. Currently, with a population just 2,000 under the combined district, Davis is set to receive $56,446 in Division of Drug and Alcohol state monies vs. $351,433 for a specially prepared chart said. up-pa- s, BUT BEER interests could charge discrimination if only those taxes were increased, he was told, with Dr. Williams noting, "Our position was to raise taxes on all spirits, not just beer. "The governor wanted it on TOTAL FUNDING for fiscal Workshop and a few reopened a few hours later when power was restored. AT LAYTON Hills Mall, Barbara Gann, promotion director, said all stores within the mall were closed for a time but that two of the larger department stores reopened about 4 p.m. She said there were no serious problems of pilfering, but noted that security was tightened during the blackout. Both Davis County hospitals continued to operate normally, supplied by auxiliary power that was kicked on within a matter of a few minutes. A spokesperson at Davis North Medical Center said the intercom system failed and runners were used to transmit emergency messages. IT WAS an unexpected early out for thousands of Davis County students as schools were dismissed officially at 2 p.m. However, without bells or intercom systems, many students left school shortly after lunch. Hot lunches had been prepared in advance at most schools and the power outage did not interfere- with the lunch programs. Mental Health Director sell Williams said. By TOM BUSSELBERG beer only. The legislators writes the law. I'm sure they'll 1980 was drafted at $84,571 for Davis vs. $654,595 for Weber-Morga- be some hacking and chopping (over present proposals)." "Last year the Department (of Health) said there was no THROUGH problem but the audit showed there was. Now they're saying there is a problem but they can't do anything about it," proposed equalization, Davis would receive $303,595, or about $2.08 per capita, putting it in line e. THE PROPOSED public intoxication treatment act would enact treatment programs o er placing those charged with intoxication in jail. The Division of Alcoholism and Drugs would "develop, promote, establish and operate comprehensive and coordinated programs for the prevention of alcohol abuse and for the treatment of alcoholics and intoxicated persons shall, through the passage of this act. begin to expand such services to the public intoxicant." THAT WOULD include "Native Americans" or Indians "in urban settings." A $2.20 a barrel increase on beer would be assessed with estimated cost to implement the act set at $1.1 million the first year and $400,000 to extend services to urban Indians and provide an alcohol prevention demonstration program. It woul take affect July I. Republican Committee Meets With Elected Davis Officials elected officials and the public. Davis County Commissioners and Legislators met this week with Republican Party leaders and workers at meetings held in Bountiful and Several officials took the opportunity to explain new legislation or administrative procedures and to discuss Clearfield. Voter district state and county budget problems. chairmen, vice chairmen, and county delegates heard presentations by the elected officials and responded with comments on county and state government operations. NEW IDEAS for economy in government were discussed. Commissioners said they were considering converting to smaller cars, charging federally mandated programs for county overhead costs, and stretching out purchases to ONE MEETING featured a presentation on property reappraisal by representatives of the Legislative Analysist and the State Tax Commission. According to Kep. Chairman Gene Peresich, the main purpose of the meetings was to promote interaction between advanced student placement to overlap high school with college, trying to restore state responsibility for some programs now federally controlled, and reducing expenditures for parts of social service and higher education. THE LEGISLATORS noted that the Governor's proposed budget is based on state tax increases of $32 million from elimination of property tax relief, $34 million from property reappraisal, and $8 million maximize interest income. state income tax increases The commissioners pledged to use any savings from economizing to reduce taxes. suggested accelerating based on a possible federal income tax decrease. Audience response generally favored reducing government expenditures. Legil-sato- PRISONERS were locked up at the time of the outage and lunch had been prepared so it was just a matter of waiting for the power to come back on, he said. The only lack of security we had was that our closed circuit television units were out of service for a short time." Students at Weber Basin Job Corps were placed in the dorms and kept warm by wearing coats and wrapping up in blankets. At Clearfield Job Corps, students were held in classes during the outage. HILL AFB officials began letting employees off work about an hour early. Emergency power from auxiliary units were quickly put into operation at the command post, hospital, control tower, and other .essential areas and there were no serious problems. There was no delay in takeoffs and landings at the northern Utah air base, according to Maj. Larry Greer of the base information office. And how did your day go? Davis May Not Rebid Insurance FARMINGTON Davis County will probably not have to seek out new bids for accident and general liability insurance for its vehicles, according to a county official. COUNTY CLERK Rodney Walker said Monday the bids and specifications have been turned over to the county attorney who will decide whether or not a bid opening meeting several weeks ago was fair to all those involved. The problem arose when the county commission found out several of the perspective in- - Davis To Drop CETA Program Davis FARMINGTON County is "dropping out of CETA progthe ram. effective immediately. THE announcement came Tuesday from Com. Ernest Eberhard, who said a letter has been sent to Go v . Scott Mathe-so- n informing him of the countys decision. Com. Eberhard told newcomers Glen Saunders and Harry Gerlach and a small audience that it is better for the county to fund the program by themselves, rather than rely upon the state. state-funde- d HE SAID a lot of larger counties nationwide have withdrawn from the program, leaving only smaller ones to deal with the state. And he explained he doesnt know haw the state's program will survive now. Its one phase of the commissioner funding, said, that the county does not , want to bother with any- more. Com. Saunders and Gelach, inaugurated just hours before their first commission meeting, agreed with incumbent Eberhard. mdm surance companies called in to the county clerks office for more information on the insur- ance specifications. AT THE bid opening two weeks ago, the commissioners agreed not to accept any bids until the fairness of the bid opening could be determined. Mr. Walker said no decision has been received from County Attorney Rodney Page on the matter. CURRENT COUNTY insurance for the vehicles has been extended, however, until a decision can be made by the commission. But according to Mr. Walker, its kind of doubtful whether it (insurance) will be rebid. HE SAID the county attorney is looking at the specifications to determine whether or not there have been any conflicts between insurance company representatives and the county. A decision on the matter is expected soon, mdm Training Course A Junior Great LAYTON Books Basic Leader Training Course will be held in the Davis School District at Lincoln Elementary School in Layton on Monday and Tuesday. THE ENROLLMENT is limited to 40 persons. Preference will be given to schools which identify and enroll a team of participants. A team should include the principal, one intermediate grade teacher, and two volunteer pa rents who will work as 1 TAKE OFFICE By MARK D. MICKELSEN - co- discussion leaders. The session will run Monday from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants must plan to attend all sessions on both days and should be committed to actually using or supervising use of the Junior Great Books Program. TUITION FEE is $33 per person. If more information is needed call Larry Wilson at the district office or tb 776-202- COMMISSIONERS FARMINGTON A former Clinton mayor and a Val Verda businessman were sworn in Tuesday as the two newest Davis County commissioners. A CROWD of county em- ployees and curious onlookers packed into the commission chambers, leaving standing room only for latecomers wishing to witness the noontime inauguration. County Clerk Rodney Walker repeated the traditional oath of office to newcomers Former Clinton Mayor Glen E. Saunders (left) and Val Verda businessman Harry B. Gerlach (right) became Davis Countys two newest commissioners at a brief swearing in ceremony last week. Glen E. Saunders and Haijy B. Gerlach in a ceremony with lasted less than ten minutes. Former commissioners Glen Flint and Morris Swapp were noticeably absent from the room. man Gerlach will step into the THOUGH THERE was considerably less excitement than was seen on the state level inauguration on Monday, applauded and shook hands with the new county leaders. Ogden. The new commissioner served for several years as a department chairman on the teaching faculty at Clearfield High School. He graduated from BYU with a degree in business and now resides in Clinton with his wife and nine children. Incoming Com. Gerlach is the president of Harry B. Gerlach Company, a firm serving rs Former two-ter- m Clinton mayor Saunders replaces Com. Swapp for a two-yestint with the county. Val Verda business Self-erploy- seat vacated by Com. Glen Flint term. long-tim- e a four-ye- MR. SAUNDERS is the owner of a Clinton-base- d construction firm. A native of four major western states and dealing with forms of scientific research equipment. MR. GERLACH is a longtime supporter of the state's Little League and Boy Scout organizations and has served with the local Lion's Club. He has been active in the Republican Party and the statewide Right-T- o movement. Life legislative Following the noon inauguration, incumbent Com. Lberhard was voted in by the new commissioners to replace Glen Flint as commission chairman. v. |