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Show April 29, 2004 Mud monsters or wwwjtavTsdlppercofn Bountiful boys? Former NHS Knight begins 'Saint'-hoo- d Dcfawns Canantf l fmr Gm MPHONG295-225- a GOP favors ESTABUSHED1S91 Fax2933(M4 1 Cipher 113X1124! Arts groups share vision o! the future child-friend- ly standards - CLEARFIELD The Davis County Republican party adopted a resolution, at its nominating convention, to encourage community standards. The resolution, brought forth by Tami Kader on behalf of Citizens for Families and Coalition for Community Standards, urges businesses, schools and institutions to adopt and implement BY WARREN PETTEY Clipper Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL Arts groups packed the Bountiful City Hall at its Tuesday night meeting to voice support for the Bountiful Davis Arts Center (BDAC) and the Bountiful Performing Arts Center (BPAC). The presentation was not a request for funding, as some had supposed, but rather a chance for arts directors to present their v ision for the future of the arts standards! If we say nothing, Kader said, we consent. Pictures m Davis County. teach. Each community can choose its standard.The people can choose the standard. Brave flew ty Boulevard? - At the BOUNTIFUL request of Bountiful High Schools senior class officers, the city council symbolically designated 400 East Orchard Drive as Brave Boulevard between 500 South and Mill Street. City Engineer Paul Rowland said that addresses will not be affected by the change. Representatives from Bountiful High explained that the senior class would like to buy the street signs for its senior gift, estimated at $150 each. The sign will list both the official name and the symbolic one. CAESAR RICO shows where the wall came down on four of his friends and The stud frame wall was two stories high. The bottom kicked out, trapping one of the workers and rendering him unconscious. Four hurt in Kaysville collapse - builder, were putting up the wall in a house in a subdivision near Barnes Park, when the bottom of the wall "kicked out." falling on four of the men. One of them was knocked unconscious and sultered internal injuries. He was taken to a Salt Lake area hospital by helicopter. All 1 men were reportedly shaken up by the accident. Four construction workers were KAYSVILLE hurt early Wednesday morning while putting up a y wall in a house in a west-sid- e subdivision here. Kaysville Police Chief Dave Helquist said all four were transported to area hospitals, one by helicopter in serious condition. men, subcontractors for the Eyewitnesses say two-stor- Architect fees for library approved 1 1 1 - As a FARMINGTON the of future Centerville part branch library, the County Commission approved the retaining of a Salt Lake City architectural firm. The firm. Cooper. Roberts & Simonsen, has completed a variety of projects for the Davis County Library, the latest being the new SyracuseNorthwest Branch Library which opened Granite digs in heels over transfer issue BY WARREN PETTEY Clipper Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL which Library Director Pete Giacoma said should open by early 2006, $125,838 was approved. The library will include about 10,000 square feet, with 1,200 square feet planned to house an auditorium. Efforts to fix junior high athletes to pick high schools without penalty. According to Davis County's BY WARREN PETTEY Clipper Staff Writer - i Business Horizons Church Life B4 All B6 Davis Spirit B5 Obituaries A12 A2 PeoplePlaces Sports Viewpoint B1 A4 For delivery problems, please call us before 10 a.m. Wednesdays at: ext 119 or 120 Todd Cusick, a member of the state school board task force formed to interpret and make recommendations about school transfers. Granite School District benefits greatly from the existing loophole. The current rule penalizes high school students who transfer schools for athletic reasons with one year of athletic ineligibility, the intent being to make the switch not worth the bait. However, junior high students making the transition to high school are not bound by the current rule. These students can use the state's open enrollment policy to choose their field of dreams before the notransfer policy takes force. That's the silliness of our current situation," Cusick said. We enforce rules on existing students to ensure See "CRANFTE," p. A5 1 last night! Wnght explained that BPAC hopes to renovate the old indoor pool, located across the street behind City Hall, as a professional arts center. Both Curtz and Wright reaffirmed their support of the RAP tax, a referendum which Curtz said began with arts, not with recreation, as many have supposed. They also praised earlier city See "ARTS GROUPS" p. AS Johnson remains upbeat about rec center id: 295-225- - the athletic transfer problem among Utah high schools may have hit a snag in the form of the Granite School District. That district is fighting closure of a loophole allowing last August. For the Centerville project, r After displacing statistics for the total and outreach 2003 BDAC patrons (nearly 35,000). BDAC Arts Director Arley Curtz said he hoped that a future arts curriculum would give the county's youth a boost over their peers. A study he displayed showed that those who go through a similar curriculum score 10 percent better on standardized tests. My dream is to have (City Manager) Tom Hardy and the city annoyed by so many yellow busses in the parking lot, Curtzsaid. Curtz also reminded the council of the upcoming Bountiful Summerfest International, a summer festival of culture that will be in its 16th year when it opens August 18. Quiz's PowerPoint presentation featured an image of Bountilul Mayor Joe Johnson participating in the festival's street dance Johnson vowed again to participate m the event. Phill Wnght, director of the BPAC, reviewed the many shows that BPAC has luebner! a drama produced, including about an LDS teen who fought Hitler's propaganda machine and was eventually caught and executed. During Huebner, we had to turn people away every night, Wright said of the small area in the basement of the BDAC building near Bountiful City Hall that BPAC uses as its theater. And we had to do an emergency final performance for the 225 in the parking lot the BOUNTIFUL Mayor Joe Johnson said that Farmington's withdrawal from the proposed recreation district is not a snag and that the project will continue. Im very pleased with the coalition of cities we have, and I completely understand why Farmington decided they didnt want to join, Johnson said. They have their pool, they have their skateboard park, and, really, they might be too far awajC It's my feeling that well move 9 See "JOHNSON," p. AS forward and have the public hearing on May 25, and the vote on August 3. The proposed $23 million recreation center would be built adjacent to the existing Bountiful Recreation before the Center the Bubble old facility was tom down. The existold, is in coning facility, at In some stant need of repair. instances, repair is not possible. Funding for the facility, which would be split among the cities within the district based on population, would come from a proposed property tax increase. Before Farmington voted not to participate in the project, the estimated tax on a $180,000 home was $36 per year. Johnson said that rs MAYOR JOHNSON says that the proposed replacement for the Bountiful Recreation Center will be built, regardless of Farmington's withdrawal. |