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Show 6F Lakeside Review, Wednesday, October 30. 1985 Inovian markets innovative graphics system CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff d LAYTON When Allen was called over to a friends house to see a name scrawled across a monitor with a blue screen, his reaction was, So Thur-goo- what?". He could not understand why Dean Anderson and Jeff Jenson were so thrilled about the crudely written graphic. They had the vision and all I could see was the monitor," Thurgood said. In that year, 1983, the first phase of a graphic generator was developed. After a year of basement" research, the concept was developed that would allow the three men to found Inovian Corporation, one of the most innovative businesses in Davis County. In 1984 Inovian became a y-owned publicl- company after $1 million in stocks were sold. The county is interested in the company, in its potential to hire technological workers and to create tax dollars. The Davis County Private Industry Council gave a $33,000 grant to develop the second phase of its operation. Farmington Bay Robotics - a branch of Inovian, will use the grant to do research and development on a robotic oil paint appli- cation system. FBR is owned as a subsidiary of Inovian by Dean Anderson, pres- ident of Inovian; Forrest Allred, Inovian vice president; and Thurgood, now chief financial officer. Our anticipation is that we will some day hire 100 employees, said Thurgood. The county has also trained Inovian employees through the Davis Area Vocational Center to do assembly work for the company. Inovian provides training under a contract ment with the DAVC, agree- Staff photos by Robert Regan Flashing a dollar bill symbolizing the companys first profitable month Is Dean Anderson, presi- - dent of Inovian Corp. Watching from a testing ar- ea is John Garcia, production manager. On the and its subsequent models. The company is researching ways to improve its product. Third goal has been reached, that of showing a profit by the end of the businesss third quarter in operation. In September the company showed its first The company has 20 employees. On Feb. 28, 1985, Inovian shipped its first Inovian Professional Graphics Systems (PGS) to customers. Then we all went out and celebrated," Thurgood said. But the celebration wasnt elaborate. We were all tired from working 24 hours. The company now has three goals. First is to get 100 distributors to market the technology throughout the United States. Second is to upgrade the PGS profit Were excited to see that were right on plan, Thurgood said. The PGS video graphics generator can function as a stand-alon- e system. It has its own microprocessor, monitor and power sup ply. It can add color, change hairstyles, erase or add blemishes and rearrange objects on the picture with a cursor that acts as an air brush. The picture is taken with a VCR camera and in a third of a second it appears on the monitor. The image can be printed out in color.The system is capable of producing 16,000 shades of the primary colors. Advantages of the PGS system over other computer graphic systems are that others are more j screens behind Anderson are images the graph- ics generator produced by the Layton company. expensive, costing $100,000. We make an inexpensive package. The computer, storage for picture and service camera all in one unit is about $7,995, said Richard Foy, manager of software development for Inovian. The system can be used for making advertisements. We can hand the customer a graphic by using the printer, Thurgood said. It can be used to make composite sketches of criminals for law enforcement agencies. Noses, eyes and hair images can be stored. In remain in Davis County, though he has had offers to move to Oregon. But Thurgood, himself a Clearfield High School and Weber State, graduate plans to stay here, formation on more than 30,000 suspects can be stored. In cases where a suspect may change his hair style or grow a beard as a disguise, the system can search for facial structures. Inovian is in its third building at 195 East Layton. Plans are being made io build a larger facility. Thurgood said the business will . From design to manufacture (above), the Inovian Corp. plans circuits for professional graphic synthesizer. John Garcia (left) manages production at Inovian. Here, he watches a graphic display from machine in foreground. 'Stability' keystone of Davis County Bank's philosophy SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Review Correspondent FARMINGTON Few realized, when the group met together on April 2, 1892, the impact their decision to form a banking corporation known then and now as Davis County Bank, would have on the community. This corporation shall continue in existence for a period of fifty years from the date of its organization, state the minutes. Now 93 years later, the $25 million bank is still going strong. ; The first moves to form the bank came March 10, 1892, at 10 a.m. in one of the rooms of the Farmington Coml. & Mfg. Co. The motion was made to name the corporation the Davis County Bank. The board consisted of seven members who would hold their stockholders meeting the fourth Wednesday of March each year. Today there are still seven board members and the annual meeting is still the fourth Wednesday of March. The first directors were E.T. Clark, president and director; L.S. Hills, vice president and director; and directors, John Wayman, Thomas Steed, J.M.Scer-is- t. J.H. Wilcox, and W.W Steed. The group of first stockholders included names such as Clark, Steed, Miller, Wilcox, Romney, and Hector W. Haight, the first Farmington resident. The net profits for the first xlay of business totaled $866.07. The balance sheet showed and assetliability total of "The early natives of Davis County were and conservative and we think that concept still holds true." hard-worki- 1 $36,184.67 ng Ezra T. Clark Chairman of the board Davis County Bank The old bishop was the predominant character, said Ezra T. Clark, chairman of the board of directors and of the first president. Amasa Clark, the old bishop was the first cashier and an officer of the bank and carried a key until he died, just 12 days short of turning 103. The Clarks have played an important role. There have only been five presidents of the bank, and all but the most recent, Carl W. Buchanan, have been named Clark. The first bank was located in the old Commercial Building on the northeast comer of State and Main in Farmington. In 1930 the bank moved across the street to the northwest corner of State and Main. Stability then and now is the key to this banks success, said Clark. We are not changing just for changes sake. In the past, the bank serviced the entire county. It was the second bank in great-grands- on Davis County and until four years ago it only had the main branch. Four years ago a Centerville branch was opened and then a year and a half ago the bank opened a Layton branch. Working to help the community pros- -, per is the banks goal, said Buchanan. We have always been y and have generally grown by we are just part of the community, said low-ke- word-of-mout- h; Clark. Conservative is a word that readily describes the banks policy. We havent gone in for fads or promotions; every customer is generally on a first name basis, said Clark. The early natives of Davis County were and conservative and we think that concept still holds true, said Clark. When the bank closures came during the Depression, there were six banks in Davis County and not one closed. There has never been a bank failure in Davis County. People are not only important to the banks staff and directors, but to the stockholders. Stockholders are committed to the tradition that the bank has feeling, emotions and moral commitments. Moral commitments are every bit as strong as the money return on investment, said Buchanan. The Clarks still own a healthy share of the stock and the stockholders are second and third generation family. Most ' feel their grandfather or worked hard to earn the stock and hot-sh- it shouldnt be sold unless it is an absolute emergency. Deregulation has been the major challenge to the bank in the last several decades: It is a constant adjustment to find what our customers want and find our niche, said Buchanan. "This bank is committed to remaining an individual community bank and not part of a chain, said Clark. As in the past, the Davis County Bank future is keyed in on helping the com munity prosper through savings and loans. We want people to know we are a sound financial institution with a commitment to cqmmunity and individual. On the banking communitys roller coaster trend, we want our customers to know they wont get lost in the shuffle because we will be innovative enough to maintain a middle ground, said ot hard-worki- Davis County Bank great-grandfath- er V,, is V V 1, t |