Show i to raise an additional $20000 to “make sure we end this year in the By CUFF THOMPSON Standard-Examin- Staff er Faced with a substantial deficit m this year’s budget Ogden Area Chamber of Commerce directors black” President A J Staples said the financial problems of the chamber aren’t the result of budget ove- Tuesday raised the minimum membership dues approved a late rspending but an “income September “blitz” to increase shortfall” membership in the association and authorized at least two activities before the end of the year Dues for members paying more than the minimum will be increased on a negotiated basis The directors took the action after Executive Vice President Steve Lawson said “you’ve got to do something pretty quick” reporting the only money the chamber has is fund-raisin- Staples said that in establishing the chamber’s 1980 budget “we anticipated $25000 in revenue from the Presidents Club and it’s going to be closer to $5000” Lawson said almost $12000 in g membership dues hasn’t been paid this year with $7000 of this 30 days past due and some of it 90 days past due The Tuesday board action in- creases the minimum annual membership dues in the chamber $125 to $150 A number of memberships now its checking account and $5000 in savings Lawson said the chamber needs $42 in from held by Wpber State College Ogden City and some retired persons at $60 a year were raised to $75 The increases were made effective Tuesday The directors authorized Staples to appoint a blue ribbon task force to commence immediate negotiations for increases in the dues of those members paying more than the minimum Generally membership dues are established according to the number of employees of the member firm In taking Tuesday’s action the board overwhelming rejected a proposal by its executive committee for a 20 percent across the board increase for all chamber members “I do not approve an across the board increase” said past Presi dent Robert Bauter “But I do approve an increase in the minimum “If you give us a 20 percent increase we‘ll balk” said Bauter of an office supply repart-owntail firm adding “some members are already paying more in proportion than others “We ought to evaluate what each member should pay in dues and go after that amount” Bauter said “That’s right” Lawson agreed the dues of “We should all members and negotiate with each on an individual basis” Staples opened the discussion by stating he feels the board “has been lagging in handling the problem of membership attrition” He indicated the chamber has been losing members faster than it has been gaining new ones and reported the executive committee er re-evalu- memberhas initiated a one-da- y of E blitz direction the under ship LaMar Buckner a local insurance company officer Staples said the membership blitz “is one way of solving our financial problems” Other proposals for raising the additional operating funds needed by the chamber he said are an increase in the dues a 20 percent assessment for this year and “at least two special fund raisers this fall” The board immediately rejected the assessment proposal Buckner told the directors his 30 committee had been working on Fund raisers discussed by the the concept the executive commit- board include an activity in contee had agreed to a 20 percent nection with the Oct 4 opening of across the board dues increase and the Ogden City Mall and another wanted a one-da- y “blitz” to sign up yet to be determined event later in new members the fall ®mi OUCs O sMomig objected to what he called a By KENT LAIIER Standard-Examin- er Staff — for mobile or’s brother-in-lahomes By a 1 vote with Councilman Donald Stenquist dissenting the council approved the mobile home zoning request of Sharon Archibald for about 40 acres he owns south of the freeway and Sandlewood acres The council however placed some conditions on its zoning decision: the cost of water and sewer facilities for the park must be covered by the developer the lot sizes must be appropriate and in harmony with the rest of the city and the developer must incorporate green belts within the park Also upon the motion of Council-woma- n Myrl Nish the council decided to approve the zoning on the condition that the property’s annexation has “legal standing” The zoning decision puts to rest for the meantime an attempt by nearby property owners a mixture of county and city residents to block the zoning Harvey Evans a spokesman for the protesters said after the meeting that the group may pursue further study on the legality of the w 4-- may earn a niche in the Guiness Book of World Records r Photo Standard-Examine- Brief Undercover Work Yields Gigantic Results ordered normal “Here jobs the workers pieced together the gargantuan set of ladies drawers measuring 126V2 inches wide by 193 Vz inches long And you could tell by the grins and chuckles it was one job that was literally keeping the whole group in stitches It all started out as a suggestion box idea from the plant’s packaging department “No individual will take responsibility for it” said plant manager Gary Pilkington But management liked the Sew what? How about the world’s largest pair of unmentionables? Dozens of workers at the Sierra Lingerie Co plant on West 12th made their bid today for a place in the Guiness Book of World Records by turning out what they believe is the world’s biggest pair of feminine undies Blue tricot underpants Somewhere around size 946 Large enough to fit the Jolly Green Giant Or his big sister In a brief departure from their a special bolt of extra-wid- e cloth from a fabric mill and gave the employees the zany idea go-ahe- ad Veteran pattern designer Donna Wood made the pattern in about four hours And it took the Sierra Lingerie workers about 90 minutes today to cut and sew the creation together “So often businesses do nothing but make a profit” explained David Moss one of the company owners from Los Angles who turned out to watch lingerie history being made Morgan County and city officials listened to the suggestions submitted Tuesday by the public Commissioners had invited residents who have served on past 'ambulance crews and have been certified as EMTs (emergency medical technicians) to their meeting to discuss the future of ambulance service in the county By CINDY COFFER er Staff MORGAN — A county wide am- bulance crew with 40 volunteers on call supplemental help from Weber County paramedics and better communication with the existing crew are some suggestions for keeping ambulance service going in Morgan County Weber County Library To Ask for I udgef Boost He said he is very empathetic with the problems of the county and he understands the 1981 revenue may be half of what is proaddijected But Kahn said without will end up tional funds the library services cutting “I realize we probably won’t get the budget we’re asking for” he told the board “but I want as much for the library as I can get I would be remiss in my duties as director if I didn’t ask for it” The proposed budget would put money back into areas that were severely cut in the 1980 budgeting process Employee training and travel would go from zero to $10110 in 1981 Monies for equipment maintenance would almost double And books and materials a category decreased in 1980 would jump from approximately $78000 to The director of the Weber County Library says he is aware of the bleak financial forecast for the county next year but he will still ask for a 25 mill increase in the library’s levy Dr Jeffrey Kahn presented a $13 million budget for 1981 to the library board Tuesday Kahn described the fiscal plan as realistic “We have presented a budget we feel is realistic In my experience it is not good business practice to work with a bare bones budget” Kahn said “realism” is needed to maintain the level of services the library already offers He said the library cannot provide those services without funding or under the same mill levy it has now In 1980 the library started out with a 216 general levy and 45 mill allocation for the computerized circulation system and the north branch library The 1980 budget totaled $983000 in its final form On Aug 7 the commission increased the total levy by 15 mills to adjust the budget for underestimated revenues If Kahn receives the increase the total library levy would be 301 mills The legal limit is 375 book on world’s records undies? And the giant-size- d They’ll be signed by those people who worked on them and hung in a place of honor somewhere in the plant zoning The group opposed the zoning contending a mobile home park in the predominately agricultural region would threaten the environ- ment During a brief talk to the council Evans cited contents of the city’s master plan that recommend the development of available land within the city proper before extending out to the nearby countryside “We’d like to propose that this master plan be followed” he said The protesters’ spokesman also ©Imees? ¥©ilUlnl1i'©(§S”S Standard-Examin- have had an opportunito do something just for the ty of fun it” he added The dimensions will be sent to England for validation by the Guiness staff — and the underpants will hopefully be included as the first entry of a new category in the next edition of the Commissioner Don Turner said the City Council and commission will try to decide this week on an ambulance supervisor to coordinate emergency services in Morgan The county doesn’t have much time Current supervisor Glenn Allgood his wife Joanne and Paul Butters have resigned effective Sept 1 That would leave the county with only one crew member Kraig Walker The county advertized for five crew members and a supervisor and has received five applications Turner said The 20 people at Tuesday’s meeting seemed to agree that Morgan needs the service but had different ideas on how to maintain it Stan Steuri of Mountain Green suggested putting together a volunteer ambulance service similar to one he helped organize in another rural county The service now boasts 40 volunteers and $45000 worth of equipment he said Volunteers pay for their EMT training serve on rotating eight-hou- r shifts and receive minimum wage for the time they’re riding the ambulance The motive for most is community service he said In Morgan “the volunteers are out there but they’re not aware of the need or how to do it” Steuri said it wouldn’t cost the county any more to pay 40 to 50 volunters minimum than to pay eight to 10 people a regular salary to be on standby Ken Hancock Weber Paramed$205000 0 in favor of ics director suggested that MorThe board voted a fullsupporting the budget County gan contract withtoWeber for amburide the Commissioner Robert Bowen ab- time paramedic stained from voting but later said lance with volunteer EMTs “I’m his abstention indicated he basical- not up here to run anyone out of ly agreed with the action Another business here” he added board member Celia Archibald Allgood said it would improve was absent patient care and ambulance crew 3-- lliMBKVAVJJYA‘ V confidence to have a paramedic on board Paramedics go through more extensive training and are able to give more medical aid than EMTs “Anytime an EMT can work with a person in a higher level of medicine really broadens our skills” Allgood said Current state regulations require two certified EMTs on every ambulance run Initial EMT certification takes 100 hours Every two years EMTs must recertify by compiling points through various training options Those include hospital emergency room duty refresher training and training Allgood said he’s not sure the county can get enough people for a volunteer ambulance service He said he resigned because four people trying to maintain service has been a hardship on families their ' “Glenn and I haven’t been anywhere in two years” said Mrs in-servi- ce 24-ho- ur Allgood The county’s paging system doesn’t work properly so two crew members must be in earshot of a telephone at all times “You can’t weed your garden you can’t take off to East Reservoir and go fishing because you can’t take the phone off the wall” Mrs Allgood said Butters said he quit “to bring this problem to a head” Months ago he said he and Allgood complained to commissioners about the shortage of EMTs poor paging system and lack of equipment “and you guys wouldn’t help us get going You just took it under advisement” Turner said there has been a lack of communication between the commissioners and the crew as to who is responsible for upgrading equipment and recruiting more crew members 4 '2f vT$ V v vwv- V whether the annexation of Archibald’s property was legal or not until a court gives a ruling Evans’ interpretation of the city attorney’s comments was challenged by City Recorder Jay Hirschi who said the city attorney told him the annexation of property across a freeway had been upheld by the courts After several legal disputes Archibald’s property was annexed in May 1979 but was left unzoned One resident asked the council why the property was not zoned at the time of annexation Mayor Reese Mason acknowledged he couldn’t answer the question nor could council members Hirschi said the land didn’t necessarily have to be zoned at the time of annexation Archibald who has not disclosed the identity of the park’s proposed developers was asked by the mayor to respond to the residents’ con- cerns He simply said the Tremonton Planning Commission of which he is a member unanimously ports the zoning brother “I’m sorry Brad” the boss said showing me to the door Back at my desk I reached for the phone to call my brother and get to the bottom of this mess once and for all Clark I said you know you just got me fired “WeU golly Brad” he said “It was just a loan” Just a loan?! ! ! I exploded in disbelief What are you trying to do to my reputation? I’m a professional journalist you know What do you think I do all day write scripts for remakes of “Bedtime for Bonzo?” He said something about having his own life to live mumbled an apology and hung up the desperate by this time Staff er People around the office were calling my brother a redneck and a boob and were worried I had been influenced on a story on a certain local politician I had to do something So I stood on my desk and demanded the attention of everyone in the newsroom I love my brother I began explaining to my fellow employees But he doesn’t tell me how to be a reporter and I don’t tell him how to run his business Afterwards I got mixed reviews Some said I was “forthright and honest” Others said it was “a lot of hooey” and I still had dirt on me I woke up in a cold sweat As I headed for the shower I promised myself I would no longer eat pepperoni pizza and M&M’s washed down with milk and a Tab chaser while watching presidential news conferences Later that day on the front page of the newspaper was a picture of Billy watching television as his brother attempted to sound loyal to both his family and his country Billy wearing blue jeans and holding a glass of ice tea was smiling Jimmy dressed for a funeral was sweating It reminded me of when I was a teen-age- r and my little brother — seven years my junior — would jump into the air while I was stretched out reading the sports page and come down with two bony knees in my chest I would retaliate he would cry-I‘- d Mom his get chewed out bv and the last laugh was Big brothers just can’t win r $ sup- By BRAD REMINGTON The pink slip was waiting for me when I walked in the office “Dear Mr Remington: Your brother has been an embarrassment to this company which leaves us with no other choice than toiet you go” My own little brothergate? I asked myself as I headed for the boss’ office What’s this? I demanded tossing the termination notice on his desk “Your brother received $22 from a local politician to act as a special public relations agent” the boss replied “Besides he’s a disgrace to this company” But but what’s that got to do with me? I sputtered I mean after all he’s only my I was dents of the unincorporated county region Evans said those members deserve to have their opinions considered because they pay taxes and spend money in the community Evans a city resident also suggested that the city postpone the zoning until the legality of the property’s annexation can be further defined The legality of annexing property across a freeway a natural boundary is subject to pending court review he said and the zoning of Archibald’s land should be precluded by that review Evans said the city attorney advised him he didn’t know precisely Off the Record Standard-Examin- phone dis- criminating attitude against the group’s members who are resi- TREMONTON — Turning aside the protests of a large group of dismayed residents the City Council Tuesday night zoned a big chunk of rural land — owned by the may- THEY WON’T FIT YOUR SISTER — But this huge pair of underpants made today by workers at the Sierra Lingerie He said the 20 percent increase would raise about the $20000 that Lawson said is needed to end the current year without a deficit As an alternative Buckner said raising the minimum dues from $125 to $150 would raise about $2900 and suggested the additional funds needed be raised by “broadening our membership base and getting more small businesses and professional people” memHe suggested the one-da- y bership drive be conducted on Sept 3 which the board changed to Sept |