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Show Reading Program Changed After Parent Objects CHERYL ARCHIBALD as it was originally outlined Review Staff be- cause of teaching techniques in a teacher's handbook. Wiser, after reading copy of KAYSVILLE A special reading program for gifted students at Burton Elementary in Kaysville. the handbook, Interpretive was changed recently after books Reading and Discussion, trainand teaching techniques were ining course conducted ty the Great Books Foundation of Chivestigated by a sixth grade students father. cago, said he was alarmed by two basic teaching techniques recomWendell Wiser, professor of fuels engineering at the. University mended: that of teaching children of Utah and a Kaysville resident, to think for themselves by ex- was satisfied with 17 points agreed upon by the PfA and teachers at Burton at a special meeting March 13. But he still would like to sec the Junior Great Books Program abandoned cluding teachers and parents comments, and that of getting children to arrive at conclusions about what the author meant without any comments or interpretations from teachers or par - Any books objectionable to parents can be removed from the reading list - Under no circumstances can the Junior Great Books program be incorporated into regular day time curriculums - A committee will be set up to ents. PTA volunteers and parents are trained in the handbooks methods to teach the special after-schoreading class for gifted and talented students. The problem is. Wiser said, in many of the books, the conclusions arc that killing and violence seem justified by events in the story. ol examine alternate reading programs in keeping with parents wishes. One of the main objections of Written into an agreement arrived at after meetings between dissenting parents and those in favor of the program are that: - Parents will be allowed to read the books and comment on them to students Wiser and others who question the program was that it would be included in day time school cur- riculums. Material for grade school children in the program includes a mixture of children's classics such as Hans Christian Anderson stories and Aesops Fables with current books like The Veldt" and I Dont See George Anymore. The Veldt, meaning African countryside, is a fictional story in which inventions can do house work sort of a science fiction story Wiser said, explaining that he did not object to that. In the story is depicted a room in which two children in the book could turn a switch and witness any scene they wanted. Their favorite was one in which jungle animals attacked and killed each other. When the children's parents found out they prohibited-tha- t scene from being seen. In the end, the parents agreed to allow the children to see the jungle animals once more, and the story ends abruptly, leaving one to conclude that the parents, because of their objections, were eaten by the animals which were justified in doing so. I find that abominable, Wiser said. Most of the current books for sixth graders seem to follow themes just as violent, and parents and teachers cannot say any- Continued on Page 2A Retirement 'be' rV Housing Reviewed 2 DAN CARLSRUH Review Staff kX . - ' X v J n, .i-- 2 7 V 3wfev i 4?s y i sills V il - k. '4 i ? Jntf- V jf' ' - '.V . ' Z ' fu. - In.v, rv ' A 4 &$.$$ '? tij,' ' 'v'' v' ' - ' v riJ i Staff Photo by Robert Regan . ket during 4A high school tition last week. The Roy cheerleaders at Roy High School try all kinds of methods to help a free throw shooter sink the ' V'; . ' wont do it, maybe some loud words of encouragement will. Pep club members and '7-- f , W -- - v IF PRAYERS bas- - state basketball competeam finished eighth. - Review Staff All is in FARMINGTON readiness for the Davis County Housing Authority to hold a bond sale of up to $28 million for construction of new apartment units in the county. Though 900 to 950 new units are proposed, all the construction probably will not take place, said Housing Authority Director Rosemary Davis. She estimated only between $10 million to $14 million of the industrial revenue bonds would be sold. Most of the developers involved have applied for a loan from a California-base- d loan entity. When financing is approved, the individual bonds sales can take place. A required county resolution approved by county comissioners Monday cleared the way for the sale. Its quite an undertaking. This represents two years of hard work, Ms. Davis said. The California loan firm will not make loans to the developers until they are sure each of the units will be rented out, she ex plained. The loans wont be approved unless they are good solid needed, she said. There has been discord between projects. apartment owners and the The projects will be built in Clinton, Layton, Clearfield, Woods Cross and North Salt Lake. The Woods Cross project is under construction, while one of the rental projects in Layton, Fox Creek, is nearly complete. Construction on the North Salt Lake units may begin Friday, Ms. Da- vis said. From a recent analysis completed by a Salt Lake City company, all the proposed projects are Hous- ing Authority on vacancy rates in the past few months. We have had alot of disagree- ment with county landlords be- cause they are experiencing some vacancies," she said. Twenty percent of the proposed units will be rented out to low or moderate income individuals or familes. All the units will be the same market rent as determined by the developers, she said. It may end up that only half Blackburn said Memory Inn is not a nursing home but instead would be a full service housing project for people over 55 who are fully ambulatory. No medical facilities will be included. But before the retirement home can be built, Blackburn said some city ordinances would have to be j 1 ' waived. The back part of the John Thacker, city manager, told redevelopment agency mefn-bethat the ordinance is for fire safety. He said fire ladders cant reach higher than that. Blackburn also said that due to the unique characteristics of the elderly, they would need less than the required 1.5 parking spaces per unit. The unit also surpasses the citys density limitations of 8,000 square feet for the first two units and 2,000 feet thereafter. The agency withheld action on the project until further review of the ordinances involved can be completed. rs these units are built, she added. A bond closing on one of the projects is slated for next week. The large construction endeavor may build the only apartments by the Housing Authority in the next few years, Ms. Davis said. The status on industrial revenue bonds may be changed tax-exem- pt by Congress. The county was required by federal law to approve or reject the resolution for the bond sale, since there are no elected officials on the Housing Authoritys board of directors. units. complex would rise 40 feet above the ground but the city has an ordinance which allows building -- height of only 35 feet. Bond Sale to Finance Apartment Projects APRIL ADAMS KAYSVILLE Neil Black-burand Centerville of mayor owner of Memory Inns of Ameril ca, would like to build a retirement housing complex in Kaysville but the project would require some waivers from city ordinances. Blackburn approached the citji redevelopment agency last week to ask support for the project to be located northwest of a professional building on 600 North. The planned retirement home would house 120 residents in 108 35-fo- ot Cities May Pay for County Jailing of Local Violators APRIL ADAMS Review Staff A Utah Supreme FARMINGTON Court decision may have an effect locally if county officials decide to charge cities for use of the county jail to house prisoners who violate city ordinances. A three-pag- e opinion issued Monday Davis the County Attorneys Office by says, not only can the county require cities to pay for incarceration of city ordinance violators, but they must. Recently, the court ruled on the case of Utah County vs. Orem City and Pleasant Grove that cities should be required to pay a reasonable cost for the incarcer ation of prisoners in county jails. Dialogue between the county and city officials is necessary, the opinion states, to formulate and implement a charging policy. Sheriff Brant Johnson said he has had several calls from cities asking whether they would be charged for city prisoners. County Commission Chairman Glen Saunders said a charging policy would not increase the costs of handling the prisoners, but the costs would merely be shifted from the county to cities for city prisoners. Cities now collect the revenue an offender of a city ordinance may pay, but the county incurs the cost of keeping the inmate. The matter will be taken under consideration, and in the very near future the county will make a decision on when and if to implement the charges, Saunders said. If the policy were adopted, commissioners would probably lower a levy from a countywide source of revenue, so cities can pick up the slack at a city level, depending upon their uscage of the jail, said County Attorney Loren Martin. County Commissioner Harry Gerlach said in his opinion, each taxing entity has the responsibility to pay their own The clicker of this ruling is the wording (fees may be charged) by conhe sent of the county commission, On a random check of the county jail inmates last week, approximately 39 of 100 prisoners were booked in for violat- way. ing city codes, he said. If a charging system were in effect, cities would have 16, pay the fees of $24 a day for each cjty prisoner, and a $10 booking fee for th said. Johnson proposed giving the cities a one year notice, and begin the new charging system in July of 1986. This would give cities enough notice and time to budget for the change, he explained. We need to show them that it is the rule and it is acceptable, he said. The county sheriffs department would need to go into a system of record keeping, he explained. city inmate. About $350,000 to $400,000 would be returned to the county by charging the cities for use of the jail, Johnson cstir. mated. If the policy were adopted, cities may, be more selective," he said. Many are, booked into the jail who dont need lo be there, the sheriff said. - Air Force Probing Possible Link of Blackouts to Mishaps CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Start HILL AIR FORCE BASE Though statements now verify that 6 jet fighters are so fast and maneuverable pilots may black out for dangerous lengths of induced loss of contime, F-1- ce sciousness (GLC) can be prevented by awareness training," said Air Force Col. Mike Foley, Hill Air Force Base spokesman. Commander of Tactical Air Gen. Jerome F.O. Malley was quoted in Air Force Magazine saying that, in F-- 1 6s, build up so rapidly that highly trained pilots can black out before experiencing any warn Command es ing symptoms such as tunnel vision. Air Force officials at Hill refuse to discuss the phenomena as it relates to fatal 6 accidents. But F-1- the possibility of accidents being caused by CLG is being seriously investigated by the Air Force. Since 1979 there have been 21 fatal F-accidents with six fatalities involving Hill AFB pilots. If the human being doesn't do something, doesnt recognize potential difficulty, recognize symptoms, it can cause real problems," Foley explained. Training in a centrifuge teaches pilots at Hill to know what the phenomena is, how it feels and what the pilot should do about it, Foley said. Since drain some of the blood from the brain, pilots learn breathing techniques that force blood to the head. The technique, tightening up of muscles and constricting the vascular system, can add three Gs to a pilots G tolerance. Pilots can eventually withstand the nine G forces which are capable of reaching before flight control computes F-1- ers stop, say base officials. G suits add a G to a pilot's tolerance by squeezing against the abdomen and keeping blood in the upper part of the body. is seated in fighter jet at Hill Air Air Force Base. Force authorities are investi- - PILOT F-- 16 gating possible causes of 21 fatal accidents; involving the aircraft. . V f I V- - 4. |