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Show i of SlslSSl 9 'u'au ireeb ROBERT REGAN Review LAYTON A pair of Chinese elm trees bit the dust as Layton parks and recreation workers removed them to expand the parking lot for a new one-of-a-ki- swimming pool. The trees, planted 40 or so years ago, were removed so the parking lot east of the new swimming pool could be about 50 feet down. wider. Creating all the sawdust was Ron Draper of the parks department. Sitting in the bucket of Laytons new cherry picker is all The pool and recreational facility is still under construction with an opening target date of Aug. 18. right, if you're hot scared of heights, Draper said. My first time up gave me a thrill. And thrills are what Layton city residents will get when the new swimming pool opens. It will be the only one of its kind in the United States, said Hunt. Its a wave pool like Raging Waters in Salt Lake, he said. But there is a big difference. The Lay-to- n pool will be used all year long because of a bubble to be erected over the pool in the winter time. A wave pool has the pumps and machinery to make waves so peo- - L f t v, . wvw & - - turn. I ' it,. The Pmfessiunal Choice. r - aa hj ar ( can surf, kayak or just float in people think of summer as the opened for the summer season, massive flow of water. time to go swimming, and to will be used. The bubble will be made by the prove his point, at many pools He said there have been no desame company that made the there are more people in the three made what the prices will cisions Bountiful City pool but is a new summer months than in the other if or there would be hours on be and improved version with nine months of the year. If a lot of people tell us Sunday. improvements and betThe wave motion will be a maif theres a big demand ter insulation, according to Hunt. jor attraction for people to come then we would consider he He said the problems of putting to the pool and the only disadsaid. up and taking down the bubble is that there will be no are great, but its worth the vantageboards. When the pool is opened for the diving work. We get an outdoor pool in summer season the hours will be the summer, he said. Hunt said some people objected from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and once He hopes the pool will be so atto that but the insurance compathe bubble is in place the pool tractive to patrons that they will ny is happy about it. The boards could open as early at 5 a.m. and use it all year. Hunt said most at the old pool, which will be close at 10 p.m.. Hunt said. DaichePA " , . fMjyuol pie the j -.- 0rkf BA A S45P& 58 ucuncouay, go lO maic way iiur new uuoi j' Other trees, a half dozen evergreens and a couple of maples, were transplanted to another area, according to Richard Hunt, parks and recreation director. They were right in a bad spot and if we could have worked the parking lot around them we would have, he said. The elms, towering 10 stories high, were too large to transplant and were cut staff icvigvy, K) F Vi,; 4 Davis County Auditor 'A is&cA i Worker cuts down trees in Layton park to make room for new pool parking Renters planted WW r.LiRiMUDHi" 3 trees 'anyplace' THERE'S NO REASON TO SWITCH CHANNELS ISSW4! renting the houses they planted the trees anyway. And because there wasnt any directive or unified plan for Park the trees were planted wherever the person thought it would be nice. And yet it was that lack of direction that has given the park a character that Nel- ROBERT REGAN LAYTON John Nelson, wearing a panama hat that shaded his face, watched as a man with a chain saw cut the huge limbs off the Chinese elm. And the Nelson remembered when the tree and other stately trees in the Layton Commons Park were planted. That was when the area north of the high school and east of the d Icily building was known as Park. The park was tract housing for government workers mostly connected with Hill Air Force Base and looked nothing like the park of today. At that time there werent any trees in the area, just mud for roads and small duplexes lining . fir! Ver-dla- nd m , i! ij iji niuujjmt.nij m m m V IS Li Uv.-i- i mm' i - ?' I , 4:. biiHUD forced the city to cut down and move some of the trees. They were in the way for the expansion of a parking lot to service the patrons of the new pool and sports i i , s ( IM ?' il- - t " am a ; 1 'm OttywntSUK son now likes. I love the park. Its so random, and I like that. Theyd just find a tree and plant it any old place, he said. It was that any old place that Ver-dlan- ffluj,. LWfWL Park on site of government tract Review staff A The only candidate experienced in govermental accounting and auditing Endorsed by the Utah State Auditor and the UACPA Member Governmental Finance Officers Association, UACPA and the AICPA Currently Admmstrative Assistant to the Weber County Auditor Pd. Pol. Adv. by Comm. To Elect Jon Daich IMS jnrwfifiriflitiifcitf 1 ; if n'fii' fr' Hiitr tP11'-- ' it '::f f nrr v r ' , ?S,t sfrJOX.- -' irrn 11 complex. Does Nelson object to the progress of asphalt? No, he said, Its OK with me. the two loops. Even though money was tight, whenever the people who lived in the area could buy or perhaps find a tree they would plant it, according to Nelson. Thats why you have so many damn cheap trees, he said, refered ly" J ' ring to the box elders and Chinese elms. Nelson, who moved into the housing in February, 1943, said 'that even though people were just S 0 J t t COMMISSIONER HARRY GERLACHS "MUSIC" LrQ 1. 2. -- k k .k krK k -- k 3. 4. 5. 6. k 7. -- k ! tiSl U WHY DID 61 OF THE DAVIS COUNTY REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST THE SHERIFF AT THE CONVENTION? WHY IS DEPUTIES WHY TWO THERE SUCH AN EXCESSIVE TURNOVER IN THE PRESENT SHERIFFS OFFICE? IT NECESSARY FOR THE SAME SHERIFF MULTI MILLION DOLLAR JAILS? IS RATE OF TO BUILD 7iIs The Same "Welcome Since 1981, the Consumer Price Index has increased 32o...During this same period, county expenditures adjusted for new growth have increased only levies administered by Davis and county-wid- e Thats management! County have risen only 27, IS SHERIFF JOHNSON TRYING DAVIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY? WHY DAVIS COUNTY CONCERNED TAX PAYERS REED OVIATT CHAIRMAN. PH. 451-23- state-mandat- county-approve- d ed taxes. In 1986 a private audit firm praised Davis Commissioners for being the most fiscally clean-cgovernment entity ever audited by our firm. County expenditures have increased, but much of the increase is due to the cost of flood prevention since the 1983 flooding in Davis County. ut TO CONTROL THE WHY DOES THE SHERIFF DRAW A FULL SALARY AS SHERIFF AND AT THE SAME TIME DRAW A FULL RETIREMENT SALARY FROM THE STATE OF UTAH? Any tax increase has resulted principally from increased assessment values, not 17. WHY IS THE SHERIFF HOUSING STATE PRISONERS WHEN HE SAYS THE JAIL IS OVER CROWDED? WE STRONGLY DISAPPROVE OF THE UNPROFESSIONAL WAY THE SHERIFF HANDLED AND INCONSIDERATE THE FARMINGTON FLOOD. Song...Hold the Line on Taxes Yes, commissioners have received cost-of-livi- ng and merit increases. But the salaries are substantially less than those of commissioners in Salt Lake, Weber and Utah Counties. Though his representation on state, local and national boards, Commissioner Gerlach has been responsible for many millions of dollars in federal and state allocations and new jobs. 65 -- k creating the South Davis Fire District and incorporating the private sector ambulances within it, the commissioners saved taxpayers some $500,000 each year. By operating the county as a business, the commission has provided Davis taxpayers the lowest per capita general fund tax in the entire state, two-thirlower than Salt Lake. In Thanks to you... it works... for ALL OF US ds every year since 1981, the county has actually spent less money than it received, keeping assessments lower than other counties. In UnitedWy Paid for by Citizens to "irr'nYnri,ri iiirtiiiniTiff- -r nHih rr re-ele- ct ns jikMii n.i.injj, - Harry Gerlach Does This Sound Like a Big Spender? HARRY GERLACH Republican ,j. it uiPiyii..ujiujkm t 4 Years Davis County Commission : |