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Show .U.IIIJI.U.I.WUT I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 CLIPPER TODAY A5 Kaysville drivers are urged to slow down VMs nsfflCr nzzz:-:- BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Writer : Courthouse, a Quality Growth meeting has been scheduled. No further details were available at presstime. Business sward given to Wsidron LAYTON Wal-Maand SAM's Club of Layton awarded the 1999 Sam Walton Business Leader Award to Kelly Waldron, a vice president and business development officer of First Security Bank during a small ceremony at SAM's Club last week. It is a great honor to be given this award, Waldron said. ...The bottom line in our business is service. It is the motivation behind what we do. Waldron was chosen as the recipient by the North Davis Chamber of Commerce, which received a $500 grant in his name. A total of more than $800,000 has been donated to other chambers of commerce nationally. Im pleased to have people like Kelly involved with the chamber, Chris Dallin, chamber president, said. Waldron was one of more than 1,600 business people who were selected for this honor nationwide. associates The Sam Walton Business Leader Award allows our Wal-Maand SAMs Club partners to salute outstanding local business men and women to show our pride in the local business community, David Glass, Stores, Inc., said. president and CEO of Wal-Mart rt We all need to slow down.. KAYSVILLE We have a lot of areas in the city where people are speeding. By doing this were putting our own citizens at risk, said Kaysville Mayor Brian Cook at last weeks city council meeting. The mayor said one of the best ways to get the attention of speeding juveniles is to write down the license plate numbers of offenders and give the numbers to the police department. An officer will then visit with the offenders and their parents, the mayor said. Speeding is a pet peeve with me. Weve been getting complaints about kids speeding, Cook said. Several things have been tried in the past.Speed bumps are not practical. Studies show they don't work well and they cause problems with snow plows, the mayor said. Kaysville resident Tammy Young is extremely concerned about speeding in her neighborhood. She lives on 150 South 700 East. People in my area say they may move because of the speeding, she told city council members last week. I have to lock my kids in the back yard. Im worried about little children in the neighborhood. Teenagers just dont stop. In one hour 1 counted 85 can coming down our street, Young said. In other city business, real estate sales associate Tammy Young complained that the city was doing selective enforcement with its sign ordinance. She said she had received permission from the city to place directional signs for an open house. She said city employees removed the signs and threw them away Tuttle said the council should revisit the sign ordinance and make changes. The mayor said the city has one person assigned to take care of signs. If he sees a sign not in accordance with city ordinances he pulls it, or upon complaint, the mayor said. The ordinance has to be fair to staff. The council also passed a resolution which designates the area within the city west of Angel Street, south of 200 North Street, and west of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad designated for the discharge of shotguns while hunting accordance with the regulations of city code. In the designated area it is unlawful to discharge shotguns within 600 feet of a building or in direction or distance that would endanger motorists. The Kaysville City Safety Committee will be -having its annual poster contest from Feb. 28 March 3, 2000. Safety committee members say it is important to continue to educate the public on crosswalk safety. Spring is a good time to remind the citizens of the need for constant awareness for crosswalk safety. Several accidents occur in the spring after winter months when people start to walk outside more. Committee members say that Mam Street in Kaysville has been a very dangerous crossing area for both citizens and visitors. Our goal with this contest is to increase safety awareness for both pedestrians and drivers. We ask that teachers and parents take the time to talk to their students about this important issue. The city police department will conduct a citywide awareness week in conjunction with this contest For rules and regulaUons in conjunction with this week contact Debbie Cutler at in 546-423- 0. rt Gty names winners off Millennial Yards KAYSVILLE Kaysville City recently released a list of Millennial Yard Award winners. The award is given to residents whose yards are attractive and well kept. June Gary Parkin, 1632 South Wilford Drive; Allen Schellhase, 346 North Seemore Drive. Gary Peterson, 751 East 1250 South; Sam Hovey, 169 South July Larkin Lane. Gil and Mary Ann Miller, 1521 South 700 East; Gary and Lori July 1063 South Via La Costa Way. Wilson, Aug. 6 Jeanne Layton, 95 South 100 East; Gary and Shanna Core, 343 North 1150 East Craig and Bernice Straw, 812 North Brookshire Dr.; Ned And Sept. Lorraine Giles, 641 East W'indsor. 0 Jerome and Kathy Brady, 819 Westbrook Dr.; Todd and Mary Sept. Lynne Morgan, 1250 N. Ivy Place. 15-3- 0: 16-3- 1: 5: 16-3- Bids for overpass below estimates that are well below engineers estimates. Public Works Director Scott Hodge noted that four bids were received for the 200 South project. The low bid, from Wadsworth Brothers Construction, came in at $4,670,000, well below the engineers estimate of $5.4 million. The highest bid submitted for the project is $6.4 million. Hodge said city staff will review the bids while also receiving input from the Utah Department of Transportation, which has expertise in such projects. Have a library fine? notice coming card-holde- . County Library Director Pete Giacoma notes that patrons wishing such notification through their home computers will be available within a matter of weeks. We are doing the testing now," he says, adding that we hope to have it operational, for those who want it, in a short while. We will start taking names of patrons desiring such notification. news Other technology-relate- d should also benefit home computer users. BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Writer Giacoma said were hoping, if all goes well, by the end of the year to have (home computer) access to a group of data bases that are on a state contract. That translates into mostly magaaccess zine and newspaper-typ- e the information Internet, through Giacoma said should be very useful for research. Not only does that mean home-usewont necessarily have to subscribe to another Internet provider to receive this information, but they wont have to come to the library to photo-cop- y the information, he Davis County is in the process of creFARMINGTON of wetlands in Farmington to supplant acres 20 about ating wetlands destroyed in the development of a condominium project. The construction area borders on Highway 89 on the east, Shepard Lane on the north, Burke Lane on the South and on the west. The area is also the anticipated location for an interchange area for the proposed Legacy Highway. The county commission passed a motion Tuesday stating it Transportation if and when the interchange is built. The letter of intent does not make the county financially liable for any highway construction. Several condominiums in this area already have been built, but in order for the developer to receive the necessary permits he had to compensate for the wetlands destruction. The construction of the wetland area will provide addition flood control for the county. Davis County already had a retention basin in this area. The county is responsible for storm drainage throughout the county. This section of Farmington has flooded in the past so the additional retention area will help according to county workWalking trails will also be built in this area of Farmington. Managers of the Davis County Public Works department said the construction will greatly help with flood control. The other option was to channel underneath the freeway and then build a canal all the way to the Great Salt Lake, said Dave Adamson, of the public works department D.C. -P- Bill Clinton exceeded his veto power last week, when he reject- rs ed one of the most comprehensive tax cuts in recent years, Rep. James Hansen, says. h, Both liberal and moderate Democrats hailed the move, while Congressional Republicans noted that those opposing the tax cut are the same group who passed the largest tax increase in history only six years ago. I guess it really should come as no surprise to any of us that the Big Government Democrats oppose givAmericans a ing back to middle-clas- s little more of their own money, Hansen says. The bottom line is that the liberals in Washington are sure that the average American does not know how to spend their own money wisely. President Clinton admitted as much earlier this year when he com- mented that he was afraid to give Americans a tax cut because he couldnt be sure that they would spend it right. I can't even imagine the arrogance that it takes for a small g liberal politicians group of to want to run all of our lives, because we are all incapable of doing left-win- for ourselves. The tax cut package, known as the Financial Freedom Act of 1999, was designed to reduce taxes on families and family businesses, as well as to improve education and health care. Most importantly to many Americans, the tax cuts and other Library in Bountiful could be completed in about a year. Thats the hope of Davis County' Pete Giacoma, who discussed plans Tuesday for creating a childrens library in the basement of the busy Bountiful facility. Other than the auditorium and some meeting rooms, the basement is used primarily for storage. When the library first opened in the early 1970s, the basement also housed the Golden Yean Senior Citizen Center until they moved into their own building several years later. As part of the discussion, a separate stairway would be built to the childrens area. In counter addition, there would be a check-iLibrary-Directo- n downstairs. However. Giacoma said it has been decidarea there because ed not to add a check-ou- t of confusion that might cause for parents, who wouldn't know if their children had actually checked out books. In another measure to alleviate congestion in this, the most heavily used of the countys four libraries, Giacoma said part-tim- e reference and circulation staff could be hired and put to work during the most busy Advertisement on-ram- commented on Democrats criticisms of the bill by calling them blatantly untrue, and woefully unfair to hard-workin- g Americans. Put simply, this President, and Democrats in Congress are addicted to big government, and it saddens me that they are willing to let average Americans suffer for their vices. Why should middle income moms and dads have to continue to pay more taxes, simply because they loved each other enough to get married? Why should a dying mother or father be told he has nothing to leave his children, because the IRS agent will force the sale of hisher business or farm to pay taxes, during the same week as die funeral? My liberal colleagues claim that this tax cut would only benefit the wealthy, but I see neighbors and friends struggling to keep health insurance and take care of their elderly parents, and this bill would have given them much needed help. Why should Democrats, who claim to be the ones who are so much for people, be so opposed to a bill which helps poor and middle income families? he continued. The reason is simple...they love their power to spend even more," the congressman said. r ut would provide the greatest relief to the upstairs, also helping reduce the noise level which, because of high usage, is virtually impossible to reduce, he said. Use (at the branch) has gone up eight to nine percent over the last two years. It has a very crowded feel now. It is used phenomenally for a building its size. the director added. Projections are to increase the collection to 160.000 volumes at the library within the next few years. The library staff has tried to maximize use upstairs before seriously considering development of the downstairs, due largely to a need that would create for more staffing. The new stairway, which will be less steep than the existing one, will help alleviate safety concerns. In addition, an elevator is available, if needed. m - - An child care center and preschool has opened to rave reviews by both parents and those in the child care industry. Innovative ideas and a commitment to excellence have made this facility far and away the best child care center in the valley. Concern for working parents' time, child safety and education have all been incorporated into the center. A local entrepreneur, David Rothschild, opened the facility when he saw what he describes as "A lack of professionalism throughout the industry." He sought to improve the quality of child care by starting fresh. Instead of converting an existing building, which would compromise the design, Rothschild decided to start from scratch. Rothschild chose a site convenient to the in Kaysville and built an 8500 sq. ft. building with a capacity of 150 children. However, because it is a service provided under state contract, only registered library users can have access, Giacoma emphasized. I would expect the number of databases included would grow over time," he added. Hansen allocated, an expanded South Branch KAYSVILLE explained. provisions are tied to reductions in national debt. Under the tax cut, an estimated $2.1 trillion in national debt would be paid off, and if target amounts are not met, the tax cuts do not take effect. If the Davis County cross-traine- meaning they could step in to help alleviate those waiting in line, whether it was at the reference desk or book check-ois also being An express check-ou- t planned for upstairs, which would be put into use during the busiest periods, generally evenings and Saturdays. Giacoma said the South Branch, which now houses 12CUXX) volumes, has only had one small physical addition over the years, of 700 square feet, for study areas. Moving the children's area downstairs " Times For Families" Child Care Center Sets New Standard of Excellence veto 'slap in face' WASHINGTON, LAYTON Commission gives its approv al and funding is - Paid Hansen calls tax cut resident periods. They would be BY TOM BUSSELBERC Clipper Aews Editor ers. ail Davis County FARMINGTON Library officials are scrambling to complete projects that will bring more technology to from the comfort of their homes. For example, library patrons who want it could soon be receiving notification of fines accumulated on books and other items checked out, including that book that slipped under the car seat youd forgotten about. Discussions wiil continue on expanding library intends to cooperate with the Utah Department of In Utahs booming construction economy, it was a pleasCLEARFIELD ant surprise for Clearfield officials, Tuesday, to receive bids for their overpass E-m- Wetlands created in Farmington all-ne- w p Some of the remarkable features include: surveillance cameras covering inside and outside child care areas. Observation rooms with one-wa- y mirrors and microphone listening systems Secure child area with electronically controlled access Weather-shiel- d canopy for dropping off children in rainy weather and fun play climber big toy with slides Huge play yard with trike-trac- k Children's own garden area College graduate teachers in every room and age group The center helps make more "Time for Families " through some unexpected conveniences. Integrated into the restaurant that is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Featuring items ranging from a ham and center is a take-oegg biscuit to a turkey, potatoes and stuffing dinner for four, the Pioneer Pantry Restaurant can cook to order breakfast for parents as they drop off their children and dinner for the whole family as they pick up their children. Lunch is brisk as well, as the center is located in a bustling business park. The restaurant cooks up hot food for the children's breakfast, lunch and snacks throughout the day. As the chef put it, "The children and parents eat very well here." The front lobby of the building also has convenience items such as milk, bread, eggs, diapers and panty hose. Another quite unexpected convenience is the location of a and laundry drop off serviced by Cary's Cleaners and is located next to the restauFormal Wear. The cleaning drop-of- f drive-up window. Gary's provides next-da- y rant's service on all orders. All the attention to detail is paying off, as both preschool and the after-schoprograms are filling up fast. Tours are available during operating hours (6:00 AM to 6:00 PM). The center accepts children from ages 2 through grade 6. For more information on enrollment, call the center at The Pioneer Pantry can be reached at Closed-circu- it ut dry-cleani- ol 544-970- 498-793- 8. 0. |
