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Show Lakeside Review, Wednesday, November 27, 1985 ,9A chool district to An item FARMINGTON addressed by Superintendent Lawrence E. Welling at the Davis County Board of Education meeting involved organizations con- tributing parties then could select an item that had been listed. Then the' school, or schools could pay the expense of the item being deliv- -' ered. items to the Davis County School district. The notion embraces the idea that there are corporations that have new items to be contributed it to organizations to allow the donors tax breaks, said non-prof- Welling. Contributions would be solicited and we, the school board, would become a broker for those items," added Welling. Samples of the product would be required from the businesses, with full satisfaction coming from the group, before being accepted. There would be no cost involved, Welling said. Welling expressed the idea This program could provide an opportunity for the vocational students who wish to have training in warehouse skills as well, said Welling. The items when first received would be stored at the Freeport Center, where space is available, Welling added. We also need to carry a hold harmless agreement for the school district, in case of receiving faulty merchandise, said Welling. And be sure were insured for those items, he added. I feel comfortable that we should proceed with the program, very cautiously, said Welling. of a The name of the contributing catalog being put togather for recipients of the items. Interested parties is being withheld. Occupying her usual spot at the Davis County courthouse information office is Dorothy Peterson. ' vita fOBERT REGAN Review staff Shes a FARMINGTON And Busybody and a know-it-al- l. will even tell you where to go. I Dorothy Peterson is the busy- tody of the Davis County court- fiouse and offices. She has planned the switchboard and giv- - en information for exactly 12 years and knows everyone in the building and where they work. Ralph Wilcox? Thats exten-Ih- e sion 255. Wilf Sommerkorn? Room 221, second floor, south end of the building. So how does she track all the people who sit by the 300 or so Bountiful, she said. I think she was a little..., she said, tracing a corkscrew in the air by her head showing the universal symbol of being crazy. At that time Bountiful city was getting new garbage cans. Work gets busier at election and tax time. Not so much for city elections, Dorothy Peterson, Davis County courthouse information office director. phones in the building? I have a lot up here, she said pointing to her head. But, she admits, she has a list of employees in the top drawer of her desk and but for the county and general elections, she said. On some election days she has been at work from 7 in the morning to 8 at night. It gets real busy at the treasurers office at tax time, too, she continued. The Fruit Heights resident says there is never a dull moment. I get to talk to so many people and see so many," she said. But she wont take messages from them unless they are for the custodian. Her job would be much more difficult, if not impossible, without the present system she uses to answer and transfer phone calls. For about a year after she started she used an old switchboard that employed cords and plugs to ring the extensions. At that time all the calls came through the central board while a majority of the calls are now dialed directly to th& needed office. pages under glass below the switching board. I have a pretty good memory for numbers and things, she said with pride, I even surprise my kids with the things I remember. Another source of pride is her natural voice that has a professional quality when she greets all inquiries. The clear and energetic Good morning, courthouse,, is her trademark. - One reason she is such a y is the 400 to 600 calls sher guesses she gets a day. I really dont know. I havent ever kept track, she said. Another reason for her being a busybody is that when shes not answering questions or telephones, she is usually seen needlepointing little squares that are made into childrens alphabet Twelve years ago yesterday blocks. Though her two grandwhen she first plugged into children get some of her handiwork, most are given to the job and started to answer offspring of friends. phones and questions for She has had a couple of inter county. buSy-bod- ' Fingers flying on the operator board, Dorothy Peterson is a job. pro at her know-it-al- do something materials in the trash cans in remember" MJ- finally esting calls. A little over a year ago a woman told me there was radioactive have a pretty good memory for numbers and things. 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