Show well in line but not totally locked that the city of Garland had received a $59 million grant from the In a telephone interview from his US Department of Housing and ing is close to reality construction Los Alamitos Calif office Self Urban Development to help fund to convert the old sugar refinery in said the financing essentially is in the project Garland to an alcohol fuels facility escrow at this time The city will lend the grant Self said he hopes to begin concould begin in a month or by Jan 1 money to Self who in return must says the proposed project’s leader struction in about a month at the pay off the loan over seven years Once details of a Texas bank loan earliest depending on how fast he The interest rate on the loan is said complete financial arrange- to be 16 percent can be completed construction on can ments If not that early he Garland city can then use Self’s the estimated $20 million to $25 1 as a likely date to Jan loan targeted payments to fund a variety of million venture can begin said Stework the begin city improvement projects such as ven Self a Southern California refinthe Construction for plans fire protection sewer and water wholesale gasoline distributor ery’s foundations are now being service roads housing and recreaBy KENT LAUER down” Staff GARLAND — Now that financStandard-Examin- er developed Self said Last week officials announced Of financing to support the facili- ty Self said “We’ve got it pretty tion Because of its size however it is doubtful that the city can really use all of the money In that likely event officials are considering allocating the money to various communities in Box Elder Cache and Rich counties through the Bear River Association of Governments Besides the HUD grant Self also said he has obtained a tentative commitment from Texas Mercantile Capital and Investment for a loan of between $17 million and $22 million He said conditions for the loan are still being negotiated but once that process is finished he said construction can begin The loan agreement he said should be to be imported to supply all the reached by Nov 23 at the latest proposed project’s needs Self expects to initially make ab20 million gallons of alcohol a out being sought to finance pollution control equipment at the plant year once the plant is constructed through the sponsorship of the Construction is expected to proSmall Business Administration vide about 200 jobs About 100 Feed stock would be used to pro- workers will be needed to operate duce the alcohol which would be the facility blended outside the plant with Garland city is anticipating a gasoline to make gasohol Self has reached a tentative agshot in the arm in its tax structure reement with the Ogden Farmers once the plant is operating The Grain Cooperative and Pillsbury city should receive about $55000 in for a supply of corn and mixed additional property tax revenue grains Farm products from out- alone from the plant after it’s anside the region probably will have nexed to the city Bonds worth $5 million also are Standard-Examine- M r S Ogden Compromise Government Reform CETA Ends Ogden Utah yw v W for" v Wednesday August 4B 7B 8B 131 980 to' FVf $ &W$£"virv" v’ S ' 4?" '‘ F 5 Xv ' '" M f s ' '' s s s i V - S --a- V I? n 3 V ' s " ' '" ' ft f - 4 H ' V fc & it' i s s iv A t 'V ' J -- vyVVx ' " if-- - v A v A9 f f f 4 f s' tation on Hill Air Force Base Average daily distance rolled is 17 miles Standard-Examinstaff photo CONSERVING ENERGY and keeping in shape Airman Mark A Forbush uses roller skates as his primary transpor- - HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Airman First Class Mark A Forbush is fighting the energy crunch and inflation on roller skates Despite an occasional close brush with a car Forbush rolls up around 17 miles a day on the skates including a seven mile roundtrip from his barracks to the pay unit in the base comptroller division son of a career Air A Force master sergeant Forbush has his skates custom made to fit his size 15 shoes ot ch er “When I fall it’s a long ways to the ground” said the young Air Force disbursing and accounting specialist Forbush says he owns a car but seldom drives it “It’s too much of a hassle and costs too much” he said “It takes me 20 to 30 minutes to skate to the office — about twice as long as driving” he said “But the daily upkeep on my skates is 41 cents compared with $2 for the car” the airman said “And the exercise is terrific — it helps build endurance and and makes me feel I’m doing something worthwhile to save fuel” Forbush said The airman literally has skated all over the world A son of an Air Force chief master sergeant now stationed at Edwards AFB in California he has skated in West Germany Taiwan the Philippines and most of the 17 states he lived in while growing up in an Air Force family Forbush got his first pair of old in Taiwan skates as a self-discipli- ne 16-ye- ar MOUSTACHE STILL INTACT Court Orders Review of Ogden Firin The Utah Supreme Court has ordered the Ogden Civil Service Commission to conduct a hearing for a firefighter discharged in 1976 because he wouldn’t shave off a moustache he had worn since 1970 The appellant Dan C Worrall 34 of 679 Gramercy said he would welcome such a hearing had wanted to tell his side of the story four years ago and would like to return to the city’s firefighting ranks He still wears his moustache and is employed by Union Pacific Railroad as a yard clerk Worrall said today his attorney HifchhiEter Takes Shots A man who picked up a hitchhik- er on Harrison Boulevard early Wednesday wound up running for y Divide his life on the Avon-Libert- when the hitchhiker allegedly started blasting away at the man with a 357 Mugnum pistol The Weber County Sheriff’s Department says that John Jeppson 34 of 857 E 2100 N reportedly picked up Pierre Baker 28 of 1429 N Jefferson and was giving the man a ride to Huntsville Baker allegedly grabbed Jepp-son’- s gun from between the seats of Jeppson’s Blazer and demanded that Jeppson give him a ride to Cokeville sheriff’s office reports say According to reports Baker allegedly changed his mind on Monte Cristo and demanded to go to the y Divide told authorities it was Jeppson he there jumped from his vehicle and ran while Baker allegedly shot at him four times One of the bullets went through the roof of the Blazer reports indicate Baker was arrested by Cache County Sheriffs and turned over to the Weber County Sheriff’s Depart-meHe was booked for aggravated assault No motive for the alleged shooting was given Jeppson was not injured Avon-Libert- nt By DEBBIE BOOTHE dated law book Staff East Layton City Attorney Steve EAST LAYTON — The next Bailey told the group’s leaders durmove if East Layton ever is to join ing a City Council meeting Tuesday Layton to form one city is up to the night their referendum for the reEast Layton citizenry storation of the police departLeaders of a faction anxious to ment may have city been filed a month merge the two communities are late and may be invalid confident enough signatures can be Citizens for Justice filed its petigathered for a disincorporation h vote perhaps in November tion July 3 in time to meet a But another East Layton citizens deadline The purpose of the group Citizens for Justice may referendum explained members' lose a vote they planned for of the group is to let the citizenry November on another issue: the decide either to restore the town police department That referen- police department dissolved sevdum petition may have been filed eral months ago by a 2 vote of the according to stipulations in an out council or to continue under the Standard-Examin- directed City Manager Richard Kirkwood to initiate action to update the city’s master plan which is a prerequisite to a redevelopment project City Council perty and issue tax increment industrial revenue and other revenue bonds to finance projects A spokesman said the Roy Chamber of Commerce neither endorses X v from The Roy Development Agency will have power to condemn pro- 4 A' ‘' South to 6000 South It is a recommendation for this first target area that Dutson said he can have ready for the first meeting of the agency commission next Tuesday Dutson said that after the agency commission has recommended a redevelopment survey area its members then will have to meet as the City Council to take official action The agency then will prepare a preliminary plan for the project area and submit it to a public hearing after which a formal redevelopment plan can be submitted to the ROY — The City Council Tuesday night created the Roy Develop- ment Agency named itself as the policy making body and indicated it will get into action immediately As chairman of the new city agency Mayor Joseph Dawson called its first meeting for next Tuesday at 6:30 pm to begin laying out plans for a major long range commercial and residential redevelopment of the city City Attorney Roger Dutson said he expects to have recommendations for the first project area at the Tuesday meeting In a related action the council - - f f s X If y w ' '' vy4 irti j I - an f ' & - er four-mont- 3-- John T Caine V notified him of the decision Tuesday high court’s “It’s fair and just” said Worrall “but it seems it took an excessive length of time” Worrall married and the father of two children was a city firefighter for eight years when Chief Charles J Hansen told him to take off the moustache which had grown to “handlebar proportions “ The chief alleged the hair would get in the way of a smoke mask worn by Worrall when fighting a fire Worrall disagreed but said he would compromise and trimmed ends of the moustache but not to limit set by departthe half-inc- h ment regulations also in 1976 3-- 2 Justice Richard D Maughan wrote the court’s majority opinion saying Hansen failed to tell Worrall that he had only five days to appeal his dismissal The court said Worrall missed the deadline for filing an appeal because of the chief’s neglect to inform him of the five-da- y appeal limit set by state law Layfon protection of the Davis County sheriff Bailey said the law pertaining to referendum petitions was amended by the Utah Legislature in 1979 to require petitions be filed five months (150 days) before the general election instead of four The attorney said he will research the law further before making a final recommendation Meanwhile a petition for dissolution must be signed by 25 percent (250-30- 0 signatures) of the regisof East Layton and voters tered be filed with the 2nd District must Court in Farmington A dissolution petition is not con In the 13 years he has been skating he has had only minor injuries He also does some competitive skating Recently he skated with the “Freewheelers” club in a World Hunger benefit in Salt Lake City He placed in freestyle competition “But mostly I skate in competition for the fun of it” Forbush said His longest single skating trip has been 33 miles from Hill AFB to Salt Lake City along US 89 He can’t make the minimum 45 miles 5200 Dutson said the City Council also must hold a public hearing before it can giving final approval to a specific redevelopment plan The attorney said that if owners of a simple majority of the property within a proposed target area object the agency can’t proceed unless it can get approval in a citywide election of the proper“And if ty owners object that project is dead and you can’t even consider that area again for three years” Dutson said Tubbs asked if the agency also will be upgrading existing buildings in addition to tearing down and rebuilding existing structures “Yes” Dutson replied “Actually there aren’t a lot of buildings in Roy that need to be torn down and two-thir- ds nor opposes the redevelopment proposal at this time “But we would like to a send a representative to sit in and monitor your meetings very closely” said Richard Tubbs a former councilman and chairman of a chamber committee organized to review projects proposed by the new agency “We will invite a chamber representative to all meetings” Dawson rebuilt” told Tubbs Dutson told the council the first He said a large percentage of the action for the agency will be to agency projects will involve updesignate a redevelopment survey grading and renovation rather than area new construction “This would be an area you feel In presenting the ordinance has a potential for redevelopcreating the agency Dutson told ment” he said In considering creation of the the council “this is the initial step agency the council has discussed toward revitalization of the city setting up its first project area through the redevelopment procebetween 1900 West and 1700 West dure - an hour speed limit for the freeway But he’s planning an even longer trip next August when he has 30 days leave time build up He’s planning to skate the 655 miles from Hill AFB to visit his father at Edwards “I figure it’ll take 20 to 30 days at 22 miles a day” Forbush said ad- ding “I’ll probably fly back” Meanwhile he’s warming up for the trip by skating an average 17 miles a day six days a week Layton City Passes Bonding for Center LAYTON — Revenue bonds to help build yet another shopping center in Layton have been approved by the City Council The bonds $10 million worth will finance a group of new stores difrom the Layton rectly across Hills Mall Trammell Crow the developers say they already have verbal assurance from LaBelle’s that it will build a catalog store in the shopping center At least one other large store plus a number of smaller shops are also planned 1-- 15 Off the Record By FLORA OGAN Standard-Examin- I don’t usually have instant recall on too many days in my life especially when it goes back some 35 years but this particular day was different and stands out The date was Aug 14 1945 the locashortly after mid-da- y tion was downtown Ogden from about 24th to 26th with most action centered around the vicinity of Hotel Ben Lomond It was sheer jubilation pushing and shoving all in good spirit It was how one would vision Times Square in New York if you were there for New Year’s Eve It was shoulder-to-shouldpeople young and old alike There were banners streamers and balloons flying Serpentine and confetti were tossed about Horns began honking (on the few cars that were about) There was a band on every corner rousing music filled the er air People hugged and kissed — sidered a referendum and is not deadline subject to the Once the signatures are verified the court will set a date 0 days from the filing for a vote by the city’s registered electorate Bailey five-mon- th 45-6- explained If the majority votes for dissolution East Layton will no longer exist and all city agencies will cease operation The court will wind down all business and may order city property sold to pay city debts And the court may levy taxes if the sale of city property is not enough to cover all debts Staff er ---SsiSL' friends and strangers alike They toasted one another The frivolity continued through the evening and into the early morning hours of the next day Those decked out in the uniform of a branch of the armed service were especially boisterous Big train whistles at the round-house- s behind Ogden Union Station began blowing Some residents of the downtown hotels dumped buckets of water out opened windows onto the throngs of celebrators it People shouted the war is The crowds clapped their over hands and snake-dance- d up and down the streets It was pure pandemonium Yes it was V-- J Day melee Ogdenites had just learned of the Japanese surrender The big war was over When the word of the Japanese surrender raced through Ogden that afternoon it bordered on bedlam Workers at the Ogden Union Railway Depot actuated the train whistles Seems that everyone everywhere just dropped what they were doing and headed downtown for the spontaneous celebration That celebration is about the only real recollection I have of World War II The hardships the trial the denial of goods are now vague in my mind That was one time as a young teen that I was allowed downtown in the evening Now you are asking what brought on this nostaglia piece? It all began early one morning as we prepared to start the day’s work of putting out the paper The draft registration legislation had just been passed and it is not a popular issue with the younger males in the office I made the comment I vaguely remember a time when the draft was important that was when the war was being fought Vietnam or Korean War? they asked No the one we fought and won the war that sparked that celebration on that warm day in August of 1945 |