Show MetroLegislature House reviews Senate’s d vehicle package New pool opens in off-roa- Layton By PHIL JENSEN staff By BARRY KAWA Standard Examiner SALT CITY — Three of four proposed bills to control vehicles approved by the Senate have made it to the House floor ' The package sponsored by Sen John Holmgren River City establishes age limits and educational requirements to operate vehicles and designates where they can and cannot LAKE Davis Bu'eau LAYTON — City officials hope to make a big splash today with its $16 million Surf V Swim wave pool facility To inaugurate the pool the city Richard has asked Mayor McKenzie and former councilman and mayor Golden Sill g to perform chores today at 10 am Afterwards tours drawings free drinks and a $1 swimming discount are being offered The pool was first opened in September but the grand opening was delayed until two racquetball courts sauna locker room and refreshment stand were complete “We’re inviting everyone from all the outlying areas to come and n see it" said Richard Hunt Parks and Recreation director “If they’re not interested in swimming just come down and take a look We’ll be happy to take them through a tour of it and show them how the equipment works" On center stage today will be the city’s new indoor wave pool McKenzie said he plans on bringing his family and his grandchildren along because they enjoy the oscillating waves featured in the pool machine is The operated for 10 minutes then turned off for 10 minutes to allow swimmers to rest The unusual facility offers four different type of waves The indoor pool located at 437 N Wasatch Drive behind the city offices is open from 5:30 am to 10 pm Monday through Friday Open swimming with the wave machine is from 5 to 9 pm dail- go By PHIL JENSEN Standard Robert A case of bad shingles firefighter from Ogden Fire Department’s station No 2 replaces shingles blown away last month by high wind Several firemen took advantage of warm weather to repair about 50 square feet of the station’s roof A USSR tour will include local students Examiner staff WASHINGTON TERRACE — While other students are spending this summer “dragging the vard” in Ogden a group of local teenagers will be touring the Soviet Union As part of the 1985 summit agreement between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Utah will be one of the states involved in a youth exchange program US State Department The USSR in return will be send- the ing students to tour the United States The Utah contingent will be chosen from the Weber South Summit and Salt Lake City school districts said Assistant Weber Superintendent Steve He said students are submitting applications this week and will be interviewed by a state selection committee Saturday in Salt Lake City Utah students will Thirty-twMecham said Weber will be spend three weeks touring the So- able to place between nine and 14 viet Union under sponsorship of students on the tour EAST LAYTON ELEMENTARY Late missionaries Elder Allen Brooks son of Frederick and Jean Brooks of 618 Valeria Drive Layton will serc in the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission He will speak at the Laton 9th Ward Chapel 789 E Wasatch Drive at 9 am Sunday Elder Daniel J Bence son of Sharon A Francis of 371 S 1000 East Kaysvillc will seise in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission lie will speak at the Kassille 5th Ward Chapel 201 S 600 Last at 3:50 pm Sunday Elder Karl Petty son of Donald M and Lucilc Petty of 794 Panorama Drive served in the Florida Tampa Mission lie will speak at the Ogden 69th Ward Chapel 720 Nancy Drive at 10:50 am Sunday Information on other missionaries may lie found in the Church News section of the piper i on display Original music by Janie Ncbcker Program directed by Gayle Blamires CONSTITUTION US COURSE: University of Utah of--7 fering course on US Constitu-44- 0 tion “The Philadelphia" The students must meet certain standards though They must have an interest in social studies maintain at least a 30 grade point average and be either a junior or senior in high school Candidates who are in the National Honor Society and take advanced placement courses are preferred Mecham said It will also cost each student $2800 for the trip and a $300 deposit is required Mecham said about 20 district students have applied so far and all the candidates will be sent to the Saturday interview session directed by Professor JD Williams Course taught by a national faculty of historians political scientists constitutional lawyers and judges Thursdays 4 pm April Read Auditorium of Spencer Hall 200 seats for townspeople without charge 200 seats for registered students taking course for five credit hours Information or JuaniSandy Jones ta BIcyl 1987 What’s happening PTA PROGRAM: “Let Freedom Shine" celebrating 90th birthday of PTA and improving self cs- teem for the children Tuesday at pm at Layton High School Lancer Lane At 6:30 pm entries for “Reflections Contest" Good judgment in operating vehicles is something d that can be taught through a state training program he said The bills should be taken up by the full House next week r Owens backs Bangerter’s budget On Saturdays the pool is open from 10 am to 8 pm Cost is $3 for adults $275 for students and $250 for children 11 years and under Children under 3 years are admitted free The same prices are offered for hourly use of the facility’s two racquetball courts which are open to the public Standard ’87 If the House approves the bills without amendments they will be sent to the governor’s office for his signature Two of the four passed favorably from the House Energy Natural Resources and Agricultural Committee Friday The committee passed a third bill earlier but the fourth is being held for corrections The fourth bill calls for a transfer from the state transportation fund of $250000 to groom trails for three- - and and establish areas for snowmobile travel A bill allowing local governments and federal agencies to control where d vehicles “The state should not get inmay be operated and requiring volved in teaching kids how to from landowners to use their toys" Schmutz said permission take them onto private property “Next it will be horseback riding passed the committee earlier this then scuba diving Where will it week end?” y- By SUSAN IPAKTCHIAN An amendment by Schmutz to scrap the certificate and leave training up to parents failed on a 7 vote Rep David Adams agreed that training should On Friday however debate he centered on age and educational be left to parents although of his five children had three said vehicle requirements for vehicle been injured in operators House Bill 39 says nobody un- accidents Grand County Commissioner d der age 8 may operate an said the training vehicle and limitations are placed David Knutson cost residents on operators between ages 8 and requirement will without safety improving money 16 operators Holmgren said current state among young cannot legislate my judg“You statutes actually make it illegal ment for me" Knutson said in for anyone under 16 or without a the bill “If my driver’s license to operate an off- talking against judgment is poor I pay for it" road vehicle But Rep Spencer Wyatt His bill requires operators unsaid it was “hogwash” to asder age 16 to go through training sert that education will not and obtain certificates reduce the accident rate That prompted some heated deRep Mike Dmitrich bate as some committee members agreed “We’ve got a safety problem out argued that the training requirement is a waste of time and an there and it’s our responsibiinfringement on parental rights lity” Dmitric’ said Holmgren the bills’ sponsor Ray Schmutz Rep said the Legislature would make George objected to the state asleft own error in judgment if it be its should a that role suming didn’t pass the bills to parents Legislature Miracle spring at quarter Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY — A pitch by Rep Wayne Owens to raise state taxes for schools' sparked objections in the Utah Senate that the tax bite may be too big already Owens elected from Utah’s 2nd Congressional District last fall showed up at the Senate Friday to ask support for Gov Norm Bangerter’s $206 million tax increase “The state’s institutions of higher education are bleeding” Owens said in a speech on the Senate floor Owens said higher taxes are “absolutely essential” to prop up the state’s faltering higher education system where current budget shortfalls have scrapped several programs and caused professors to pack up and leave the state “The world views Utah as a poor educational state" Owens said The Republican governor’s tax plan he said is critical to strengthen education and assure a strong state economy in the years ahead “We do very very well with what we have but resources are a serious problem" said Owens Vote From 1C A couple of people said they have lived in cities where taxes were higher and for better education they would pay more too “In regards to property tax Utahns have had it too good too long" said Farmington resident Dan Flcgel “On the other hand if you don’t reduce the ratio you’re wasting my money" he added Barlow said Davis County re who made a similar appeal before the House earlier in the session But some Republican members of the Senate fearing that higher taxes would not only be painful for Utahns but would keep industries from moving in are against the record increase Sen Cary Peterson said a tax increase of the size favored by Owens would add significantly to the burden of the average Utahn “Just how far can we go” Peterson asked “without literally destroying what we’re trying to p ’ build?” Peterson pointed to a survey by the Utah Taxpayers Association that showed Utah heads the list of 10 states in the average household tax bite The high household tax rate is even more burdensome in Utah he said because Utah families arc larger than the national average But Owens a former member of the Utah Board of Regents which governs higher education said all Utahns must be prepared to sacrifice now to arrest the educational skid “We’ve got to bear that burden if it is a burden" Owens said “We need to look at it as an investment not an expense” Owens with disagreed Peterson’s assessment of state tax businesses rates influencing looking for a place to set up shop “That’s at the bottom of their list of concerns” Owens contended adding that the quality of education and the strength of a state’s work force are primary factors that business- considers Sen Haven Barlow validated Owens’ tax message pointing out that a Thursday night town meeting in Farming-to- n showed’ support for higher taxes f “In all my years in the Legislature I have never seen such an overwhelming support for more money for schools” said Barlow a legislator for the last 35 years When the overflow crowd heard ' that Bangerter’s tax plan still would leave large classrooms and force cutbacks in many school programs the public clamored for even higher taxes “That really turned them off" ' Barlow said The Legislature has made no binding decisions on taxes but most members of the session are saying whatever tax plan is approved will be less than the governor’s proposal schools which saves money in ceives a larger cut of the educathe long run tion dollar than other school On another subject Rep Frankdistricts because of its young pop- lin Knowlton defendulation ed a bill when he Utah money is appropriated per told a resident Jim Dawson the child he said Eight cents out of bill concerns only government every education dollar in Utah employees and that is optional goes to Davis schools he said “Davis just doesn’t have the reRep Walter Bain sources to fund its own" owner of a Farmington drug Barlow told the mother of a store said “the only way to have handicapped child that the House a society is to have approved Thursday an increase for special programs for handi“We’ll never have a police force capped programs big enough to protect people from He said the extra money 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