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Show 2A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, April 30, 1986 Chemicals found in South Weber pose 'no hazard' ' BRYON SAXTON Review staff Air Force offiof three chemical solvents found in ground water on South Weber private property pose no hazard to residents. Personnel working with the Air Forces Installation Restoration Program, which corrects environmental problems caused by past disposal procedures, discovered traces of the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE), along with two other chemicals known as and , (TCEA) perchloroethylene (PERC) in South Weber ground water. We have found traces of trichloroethylene which is the strongest and most apparent of the three chemicals, said Len Barry, base spokesman. The other two chemicals are far less potent and less evident, Barry said. The other chemicals are rather insignificant compared to the TCE. The chemical TCE was at one time used by the base as a degreaser for maintenance parts, said Len Barry, base spokesman. The source of the solvent is apparently an old base disposal pit. No hazard is present to but we will continue assessment of the area," Barry said. No chemical has been found in the spring water tested in the area, Barry said. There is no evidence of contamination of the drinking water. The chemicals were found in an HILL AFB cials say traces - PLENTY OF SURPRISES describes Jamie Tatton's birthday party Saturday. Jamie, daughter of Ron and Shelly Tatton of Kaysville, arranged to have eight friends picked up about 8:15 a.m. April 26. The girls first visited Laytons Fran Brown and Company College of Staff photo by Rodney Wright Beauty and Career Center where they had their hair styled. A pajama parade in the Layton Hills Mall was next, then the friends feasted on pizza, chips and pop at Jamies house. Jamie (sitting), has her hair styled by Ayse Johnson while Elizabeth Sundloft watches. Use old Roy building, official urges BRYON SAXTON completion ot the new city Review staff : ROY build- ing at 5051 S. 1900 W. A proposal to utilize the old Roy City Municipal e Building is part of a long-rang- plan one city official would like to see become a reality. Kenny Russell, superintendent of the Roy City Water and Sewer departments, shared his ideas with council members last week at a planning workshop meeting. He hopes to have the needed funds for the plan approved in the near future. - We should take the Water and Sewer departments out of the city department building and move them to the old Municipal Build- Russell said. ing, The old Municipal Building, located at 5700 S. 2200 W., is being used as storage area for city equipment. The building was vacated in October of 1983 upon secretary office or a computer system, Moving the Water and Sewer departments to the old building would meet the immediate needs of the city departments for the next five to 10 years, Russell said. The Roy City Public Works Shop at 5715 S. 2200 W. is being used to house the Water, Sewer, Street, Park, and shop mechanic departments for the city. The existing city shop is only big enough for one department, he said. Russell also suggested a computer system and a secretary be added to the Public Works Department. One secretary could answer all the phone calls for the five departments, he said. However, without utilizing all of the old Municipal Building, there would be no space for the ment services, it can do so. Owning all the land in one area would give the city centralized services, he said. Roy City now owns a third of the land in the area. Russell shared other plans he sees the need of in the next 10 to Russell said. The computer system would be used to file city service information on. The cost of the computer would be approximately $8,000, while the cost of a secretary would be $15,000 annually. These items would fall under the Citys 15 years. Utility Enterprise budget. , We should strip back North Some areas of the old building Park and put a three million galcould be renovated by city perlon reservoir in, then put the sonnel, Russell said. Renovation back in over it, he said in would include some work on the park describing the construction of the roof, and clearing out of the' ck -- project. growing ivy. This would allow the city some savings because one piece of property would be used for two purposes, Russell said. The reservoir which would serve Roy City with culinary water would cost in the neighborhood of $350,000, he said. The Roy City Council will ade dress the plan May 13. The approximate cost of renovating or remodeling the building is unknown at this time. Roy City should attempt to buy , all the land in the areas of 5600 to 5700 South and 2200 to 2300 West as it becomes available, Russell said. Then when the city needs to expand its city depart-- , long-rang- 'Friends' to lend hand to library system energy needed to start an organization. . ROBERT REGAN Review staff FARMINGTON Its nice to have friends and a library is no exception. A new Friends of the Davis County Library is starting under the impetus of Janis Webb. And the Davis Library Board approved the formation of their new friends group. : Webb, a Centerville resident said, Good libraries are absolutely essential for the county. She is proving her point with the : Having been a general member of the Friends of the Salt Lake Library organization, she said she feels the library staff in Davis County is great, just great. But she admits there is room for improvement for what is on the shelves. ' She spoke guage Lake, where prints of the foreign lanfilm series held in Salt the art print collection patrons, can check out of masterpiece paintings and the music library of records and tapes. There is no way with the funds they (the library board) have, to do something like that. We could have a fund-raisand target those areas, said Webb. She is the catalyst to start an organization because she has the benefits of a friends group in Salt Lake. There are programs there that wouldnt be there without the : friends, she said. Realizing the need for a com munity support group, she said she hopes to aid the staff and board with not only funds for specific projects but with community' education as well. er . Recognizing the precarious position the board would be in by creating what could be an group, Webb emphatically told the board, we will not dictate policy. Roy City Fire Depart- ROY ment officials have requested an increase in their 1986-8- 7 budget, in order to purchase new fire equipment and provide additional manpower to the city. The budget request of $590,000 for the upcoming year is an increase of $245,000 over last years budget. ' The Roy City Fire Department Shortfall From of 1A We cannot escape the gibbon seeing more and more severely handicapped students coming in- to the system, she said. This has not been an easy time for anyone. , The decision was difficult. The districts first priority is providing daily services. The district cannot afford to reduce its teaching staff, therefore the cuts were made in related staff areas, Williams said. budget amounts to 13 percent the citys total budget. If the increase in funds is approved by the Roy City Council, two new fire trucks and two e firefighters will be added to the force. The new equipment would consist of two new trucks, a Pumper Truck and a Quint, said Lt. Mike Storey of the Roy full-tim- -peddling Interested persons can phone Webb at There is no political motivation behind the cuts. We respect our staff much more then that, said Sheryl Allen, president of the Davis School District Board of Education. The personnel who will be laid off have been given as much time as possible to seek employment, Allen said. It is a philospohical issue that the special education program stand on its own, she said. Associate Superintendent Gayle Stevenson said eight or nine of those who will be laid off could be reassigned in another area next year. City Fire Department. 298-569- 0. ' Storey said. . The Roy City Fire Department The cost of adding both trucks to the force is estimated at firee currently has seven 32 volunteers. and fighters The volunteers receive a minimal fee of $8 from the city when going out on a call. The fee is considered as a reimbursement for the time it takes the volunteers away from their other duties, he said. full-tim- $405,000, Storey said. The addition of two men is also needed in order to have three full-tim- e firefighters working per shift, he said. The total staff of the Roy City is adequate, if the volunteers, youre counting Fire Department Lakeside Review Body - 7-- problems that have occured in the past from dumping chemicals in disposal pits, he said. The Air Force actively seeks out the problems and resolves them, he said. The program is designed so that, before a problem can occur, the Air Force will intercept the seepage of underground water and bring it back to the base for treatment. Berry said. All property owners in the area have been informed of the discovery, he said. One resident living in the area, Zora Cook, 744 E. South Weber Drive, said she was contacted by the base about the problem last week. I I think its good they want to come out and clean up the problem, Cook said. Hill Air Force Base wanted to have a meeting with all the residents involved and test the ground water where the chemicals were found. Cook said. Arraignment set for adultery case A test FARMINGTON involving three Bountiful residents charged with adultery and fornication will come before Judge Douglas Cornaby in the 2nd District Court next week. An arraignment for the case has been scheduled May 6 at 1:30 under the names of J. Doe, R. Doe, and A. Roe to protect the identities of the individuals under the Nth Amendment, Martin said. The state law provides names can be listed as pseudonyms under special circumstances, he p.m. said. case This will be the first appearance of the case since being dismissed by Judge S. Mark Johnson of the 4th Circuit Court in Bountiful in March, said Davis County Attorney Loren Martin. The arraignment will consist of arguing possible errors made by the lower court and whether a trial is necessary, he said. Martin filed an appeal after Johnson dismissed the case based on the fact that Martin had intentionally filed the defendants names under pseudonyms. The charges have been filed Adultery is a Class year in jail and fornication is a Class B misdemeanor with a maximum jail six-mon- th A penny-wis- e LAYTON state representative believes he has found a way to save money if the state decides to employ a $55 million Great Salt Lake pumping plan. Rep. Kaye Browning, told area officials he and three other legislators had requested the help of Ogden Defense Depot officials in finding surplus government parts. DDO officials are scouting around for pumps and other equipment that would save money if it is decided to utilize the Do proposed pumping plan. The equipment may cost little or no money, Browning told Da-- : vis Council of Government officials last week. A huge canal' digger located in Nevada is a! prime candidate to save the'state; .j money. Browning said. The legislature will meet in af special session May 13 and 14. The issue of the rising lake and', solutions for it will be wrestled, with. Among the proposed solu-- 4 tions is a plan to pump excess; lake waters into Utahs western desert. you have a NEWS TIP? The Lakeside Review is published weekly and distributed FREE by carrier Wednesday afternoon from Roy through Farmington. The Lakeside Review is a subsidiary of the Standard Corp. CALL YOUR Lakeside Review AREA CORRESPONDENT NEWS DEADLINES: : news and photos should be submitted no later than 12 noon Friday for publication the following Wednesday. Ail , , ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Display advertisements Thursday at 2 noon. Classified liner ads Monday at 8:00 p.m. 1 OFFICE HOURS Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m.-6:0Classified Hours Monday thru Fri. 8:00 a.m,-6:0- 0 p.m. 0 , p.m. CLEARFIELD DARLENE MIX 544-815- 7 FARMINGTON JO-AN- N CALLAHAN 451-500- LAYTON LYNDIA GRAHAM KAYSVILLE, FRUIT HEIGHTS RUTH MALAN SOUTH WEBER JUDY BLACKNER 544-995- 8 . ROY ANITA KERSEY 479-411- 9 773-635- 2 SYRACUSEWEST POINT ARLENE HAMBLIN 825-453- 1 SUNSETCLINTONROY MARGE SILVESTER 1 or 298-891- 6 3 544-442- 3 544-203- 6 y, 776-495- sen- tence. Martin stated his motivation behind the case is to restrict peo pie in a civil case from taking th 5th Amendment. , When adultery is charged in a civil case such as divorce, people can refuse to answer the questions under the 5th Amendment because they might be subject to criminal action, he said. ; i PHONE A misde- meanor punishable by up to a Officials hunt for surplus parts to use in lake pumping proposal; 2146 North Main: St., Layton, Utah . Jones said it has been determined the body had been burned in the immediate location where it was discovered-- , . Jones said it is suspected some 'rom IA of fluid had been type ards off the roadside for about used to lighter flames. the ignite I hours before being discovered. The circumstances point in When asked if the shooting the direction of suicide, Jones eath of an Ogden woman in a said, but added homicide has not store early Friday been ruled ayton out. connected to the was lorning van had been imThornley's inns death in West Point Satur-a- pounded earlier Saturday by the Potts replied, I cannot Davis County Sheriffs Department for creating a safety hazard. rniment on that. environmental influence- seen-first-han- Fire Department wants money for trucks, manpower of I the-publi- empty field southeast of the intersection of South Weber Drive and 500 East, Barry said. The practice of burying chemicals as a means of disposal was discontinued by the base in 1975. Chemicals are now disposed of in accordance with standards established by state and federal government agencies. Traces of the chemicals were discovered by installation restoration a program started in 1981, Barry said. 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