Show By ROBIN TIBBETS Standard-Examine- Davis Bureau r bond $47 Dawes p SYRACUSE — The North Davis Sewer District has no alternative but to build a filtering system to treat sewage water dumped into the Great Salt Lake The only choice it has is how to pay for the project at the sewer plant near the lake's shore The system has to be built to bring the treatment plant into compliance with standards of the Utah Water Pollution Board The state says effluent from the plant doesn't meet its minimum clean water standards Sewer district trustees decided in a special meeting this week that the construction was a must tomers that use district facilities Citizens who want more information may contact their community representative on the board If voters don't like the idea of a bond issue trustees say they will implement the plan boosting user fees from the current $3 per month to $902 and increasing the connection fee from $100 to $500 cal tax increases If the voters approve the bonding The beard decided to go for the bond- trustees say user fees will still go up ing program if voters approve the quesbut only to $480 per month The tion in a special election Aug 21 connection fee will be raised to $500 Primary Election Day There's a chance that state standards To inform voters of the issues and needs for construction pamphlets will will be relaxed but sewer board chairman Golden Sill says there's no be sent to the more than 25500 cus The trustees also decided the district has two payment alternatives: Either sell $467 million in general obligation bonds for repayment over 20 years or institute a plan to pay for the improvements over 13 years At the Thursday meeting the board set the district's 1984 property tax levy at 239 mills the maximum allowed under the state's 6 percent ceiling on lopay-as-you-- go pay-as-you-- go guarantee If that happens the cost of improving the plant's filtering system could drop to $406 million The user charge would only be $769 and the bonding user charge $404 The connection fees would still be boosted to $500 Utah law currently requires what the Water Pollution Control Committee refers to as "polished secondary water" In layman's terms it means water that is a little cleaner than ordinary irrigation water but not as clean as drinking water Kent Mitchie the district's financial adviser said only those who use the North Davis district's sewer treatment pay-as-you-- facilities will be eligible to vote in the bond election There will be no special registration Polling places and election judges will be the same as those in the primary but "judges will have to be careful to determine who can vote and who go can't" he said Those who live within the district — some residents of Roy and Weber County unincorporated area and residents of Layton West Point Syracuse Clinton Clearfield and unincorporated areas of Davis County — will be given a bond election ballot by election judges at their regular polling places Standard-Examine- WM r 2B-4- B Sports 5B Obituaries Classified ads Ogden Utah 5B-15- Saturday July B 21 1984 ToinrenS causes - tFloodin ?£t tf kipr I ?:Jf By SHEREE JOSEPHSON Standard-Examine- staff r Widespread flooding was reported throughout Weber County and north Davis County late Friday night from an unusually heavy summer thunderstorm The storm that blew into Northern Utah with a vengeance at about 10:20 pm flooded hundreds of basements and streets knocked out power and spurred several mudslides About 37 of an inch fell in an LKf m I Wayne Owens proved he can shoot straight by hitting his target twice — —— v"'"' 'v Dan Marriott hopes a mountain man hat will bring him good luck HV hour according to Delon Atkinson of the Utah Power & Light Pioneer Station "This is a pretty good summer storm all right" Atkinson said The Ogden City Fire Department reported more than 100 calls about flooding problems between 11:30 pm and midnight The calls continued to flood the office early this morn-- ing Weber County received numerous flooding calls too Most of the calls were about flooded basements "We've had a lot of requests for sandbags tonight" the county's dispatcher said in many Water was knee-dee- p intersections in Ogden Motorists reported water "as deep as 2 feet on Monroe Boulevard and Wall Avenue One man said lower 25th Street was "like a shallow riven" Precipitation up to half a foot deep flowed across some sections of Harrison Boulevard and Canyon Road causing numerous fender benders In South Ogden water under- mined Norm Bangerter got smoke in his eyes but he still managed to hit the plastic prey t 7 ' -- H rv staff r Forget the primaries Away with the conventions Utah's four gubernatorial candidates have come up with the quickest cheapest and easily most decisive way to decide a political race — a turkey shoot It all took place Friday afternoon as Republi- y Garry cans Norm Bangerter and Dan Marriott and Democrats Kem Gardner and Wayne Owens faced off in a straight shooter's contest at the first Fort Bueneventura Bluegrass Rendezvous The four borrowed muzzle loading rifles from mountain men who have gathered at the park this weekend Each took a try at proving their prowess by calling up a turkey and aiming their BryantStandard-Examine- r rifles Kern Gardner plots out his strategy iSOtfo fryilt missed completely Nielsen is partner with his family in the Nielsen and Sons 500-acr- e fruit farm in Perry People who know him say they have never met a man who is so generous with his time and means He goes about helping people very quietly and no one knows how much he really does said Eugene Bott a friend of Nielsen — — "Good Sam" George — A Nielsen " See TURKEYS on 16B For years Nielsen has hired young people to work in his orchards even M'i r— il 1— nr if n r"i t area Utah Power & Light responded to several calls of downed power lines McKay-De- e Hospital was operating on an auxiliary power system St Benedict's Hospital power stayed on although it blinked several times The flooding problems were probably the worst in Weber County In Davis County the areas hardest hit were Sunset Kaysville Clearfield Clinton and South Weber Box Elder County reported only light rain by 2 am today As an impressionable youth Nielsen Neighbor and friend Virginia said she couldn't think of a remembered the time his dad stopped person who deserved being honored to assist a man with a stalled car at Hot more Springs "Dad towed him all the way "He and some of his farm hands took back to Brigham City I asked him if the time to clean weed and beautify the the fellow was going to pay and Dad yards of some bereaved families in the said he wasn't looking for pay he just wanted to help" neighborhood" she said Nielsen said giving assistance when "He's a choice person" said La Von and where he can makes him feel good' Reeve so he benefits too When some fruit can't be sold he invites people to come and pick he"But I'd feel terrible if I didn't helpi said preventing waste and benefitting those Nielsen said helping was a way to" receiving the fruit she said man with a show how he feels about people Nielsen a "All my life I've worked from ruddy complexion denoting his farm labors said he had his parents George daylight to dusk but if I see a need and Sr and Lola Nielsen as examples in can help I do it I just make the time" he said doing for others Lor-scheid- BRIGHAM CITY — If a vote were taken today among the neighbors and friends of George A Nielsen Jr he would win the "Good Sam" nomination hands down "" the throughout two-coun- ty farmer always finds time to help staff r reported Days While he didn't make the finals Gardner's gobbling was deemed by many in the audience as the best of the four Marriott found gobbling to be more difficult than it sounded After two or three aborted attempts at calling up his plastic prey the candidate managed to squeeze off a shot which also By MARY LOU PHIPPEN Standard-Examine- Ogden Pioneer cal terms a direct miss "I'm better at shooting my mouth off" he said as he sent his lead bullet zinging high over the orange turkey target Gardner took the stand first scoring in politi- - usy paved Canyon by the Inn There were two Hermitage other reports of slides — one 200 yards above the Pine View spillway and the other just two miles up the canyon Numerous power outages were By STEVE HEIDE Standard-Examine- newly Washington Boulevard at 4300 A mudslide blocked the road up Ogden CaoDdiidlsitte &3 the We Salute though they sometimes hindered rather than helped the work along Nielsen was reluctant to talk about himself but said he had strong beliefs that young people need to learn how to work "We hire kids for cherry picking who have a hard time getting work But anyone who wants to work earn a wage and a sense of pride well we'll never turn them down "I've guess we've been hiring young folks since about 1938 Right now we've got about 20 steady summer workers" he said soft-spok- er en '" |