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Show 2A Lakeside Review. Wednesday, October 1, 1986 Program Fair site still criticized undetermined hromanf llVIlt A Layton man LAYTON and former student of an area job training program is seeking an explanation of placement percentages claimed by program officials. Russell Lane said he recently diesel .completed a directhe under training course, tion of the JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) and has yet to be placed in a job. Lane said he enrolled in the advanced automative training program course because of the claim made by program officials .that 95 percent of its graduates are placed in jobs. Lanes schooling was funded through a federal grant. The school only placed two out of the 18 students enrolled in the program, Lane said. I was hoping I could get a good job through the school. Lane said he received more than 680 hours in diesel mechanic training and said he along with others did not receive jobs. However, both the director and (he instructor of the program say Lane's figures on how many students were placed from the are inaccurate. Approximately 16 out of 18 students went to work, said Merle Hill, director of the JTPA. We try to place as many students as we can; that is to our advantage," Hill said. BRYON six-mon- th . ! . . . pro-gra- cess. SAXTON For a number of years the counThe old is- ty fair was held on a portion of FARMINGTON sue of where the Davis County Lagoon property. That option fair should be held hasnt died, it ended in 1984, which led to the use of Davis High. just took a much needed rest. Tippetts said the county comAccording to Davis County Commissioner Harold Tippetts, mission recently made the last the county fair site for next year payment on a parcel of land in has yet to be determined, but the west Kaysville, but no money has county is planning for one just been committed to fair site develthe same. opment. We have the ground (that For the past two years Davis High has served as the fair site, could be used for a fair site) but Tippetts said. However, even its a tough decision with the oththough the school board has been er demands placed upon us, Tipmost gracious and accommopetts said. dated the annual event in 1985 The 147 acres of land in west and 1986, they have indicated Kaysville is paid for, but we have they dont feel comfortable with a not committed it as the fair site, continuing relationship. he said. Tippetts said the school board When asked if the state fair administration has been kind to the county, but has programs of presents a threat to the success of its own to maintain which are a Davis County fair, Tippetts hampered because the fair is said successful fairs were held in scheduled near the opening of both Salt Lake and Utah counties in August of this year. school. Wed be willing to move the More of a factor to the threat dates of the fair if that would acof success of the fair is having 15 commodate the schools, Tipcommunities within the county petts said, adding fair dates have that have celebrations during the been altered in the past. summer, ...that could water down Tippetts said having the fair at the value of a county fair, he Davis High would be the most said. economical way to go, but said he felt a permanant site being Blimes referred to this years named sometime in the future fair as the most successful fair in would provide a suc the history of Davis County. Review staff nt Staff photo AN EVENING WALK is a tradition for me, my shadow and my dog, said Mary Dy Rooney Wrigni Perkins, as she and Billy Boy make their daily rounds of the neighborhood. rip-roari- Board hopefuls differ on solutions BRYON SAXTON Review staff Candidates in the Precinct 5 school board race may claim parts of the same family tree, but their opinions differ like apples and oranges. Distant relatives Robert Bob Thurgood and Nora B. Thurgood Stephens are, final candidates in the Davis School Board Precinct 5 race to be decided in the Nov. 4 election. Thurgood and Stephens reached the final election by placing one and two out in a field of eight in the August primaries. Both candidates in separate interviews expressed contrasting views on education issues ranging from the elimination of competitive high school athletics, to the special education personnel cuts made earlier in the year. However, the area in which they offered the greatest response was the different way each would approach a problem if elected. The only way we can solve the non-partis- education problems in Davis County and continue to deliver quality education is for the school board to be able to work together like a team, Stephens said. Stephens said the board members should not always agree, but they should work togather in a atcooperative problem-solvintitude." It is a deterent to solving problems to have a person on the school board to want to point a finger and say this is the problem and its your fault. What are you going to do about it, she said. If you get a person on the school board w'ho is not willing to use cooperative problem-solvin- g skills, who thinks they are only to confront and to demand, what is going to happen to the school board? Stephens said. We have some harsh realities to face in Davis County, as far as schools are concerned, ...and it will take someone with problem solving skills to cooperate rather than confront, to reason rather g off-roa- d CALLAHAN Reiew correspondent FARMINGTON Severe storms have magnified an erosion problem at the base of the city's foothills, officials say. According to Max Forbush, Farmington City manager, the erosion is a direct result of d vehimotorcycles and cles improper use of the footoff-roa- hills. The vehicles leave tracks in the ground and when it rains, the tracks act as funnels and eventually water channels. Cuts ' From page 1A The district is required to provide transportation to children living in geographic regions termed as ' hazardous bus routes. Hazardous bus routes have ; been defined by district officials - as being routes with heavy traffic : flow, areas without sidewalks, ; and routes that have railroad crossings or irrigation ditches. ; Its a tax shift, rather than a . measure, he said. However, the governor dis-- ; i cost-savin- agreed. Making students walk further to ; school will make them healthier T while saving the taxpayers mon-- . ey, Bangertcr said. Does it make sense to spend .millions for transportation so our I secondary students dont walk to I school and then millions on gyms I and P.E. programs because very ;'few are physically fit?" Bangerter -- ; ' . asked. 1 -- 5. Flooding after recent heavy storms has also increased public awareness of the proper grading of building lots. The city will be looking at all site plans in more detail to help ' prevent future problems. reer-ladd- er said. Someone on the school board needs to question, act, and needs to see that things are followed through on and taken care of," he said. ? If you have members of the school board who will do nothing but just go along with whatever they say, the problems in education are going to get worse, he said. Thurgood said he is not running for office to be just a puppet on a string or a friend to board members and school adminstra-tio- n officials, but is running for ROBERT REGAN Heavy fines and other legal means will be utilized to deter violators, he said. The city will encourage those living in or near the foothill area to keep an eye out and report all abuse by calling 45 5453 or 451-355- team captain says every time something is done, your not representing the people like they should be represented," Thurgood Review staff vehicles get blame JO-AN- effectively as a team," she said. Thurgood said he prides himself in not being a team player. If you go down there and sit on that school board and think of yourself as a team, and your going to go along with just what the office to serve the needs of the people he is to represent. The candidates also discussed recent cuts in special education. In April, 33 personnel in special education programming were informed they would not be receiving contracts for the 1986-8- 7 school year. District officials at the time claimed a shortfall of $600,000 in the budget made the personnel cuts necessary. At a later date the district reinstated a majority of those who were terminated. Thurgood said the special education cuts upset" him, because ie felt they were announced for nothing more than a political reason. Nora B. T. Stephens he said. Who else would you want to else, said special education Thurgood cut but special education teachers be an area that could be may to get people more upset, and more cost effective, adding, more concerned about educabut to outright cut 33 instructors tion? Thurgood said. at one time was wrong and politiThey cut somewhere right to cal. the quick, right to where it would Stephens said she felt it was sad upset people more then anything that the board cut the special ed ucation budget, but added in their defense, the board does not have a lot of leeway with funds that come from the state. And unless the State Legislmandates it, the local (school) board has no authority to transfer funds, she said. ature Library will include video collection Erosion damage worse in foothills 'Cycles, than demand, in order to work FARMINGTON The Davis soon will have County Library video tapes available for loan and the Friends of the Library may be instrumental in getting them. In a unanimous decision the Library Board gave its approval for spending the $10,000 needed to start the collection. Jeanne director of libraries, said I believe its the time to develop a video tape collection. We are excited about it," said of Janice Webb, president-elec- t the Friends of the Davis County Library. Its exactly the kind of things friends groups like to Lay-to- n, do. The library will start with a basic collecton of 200 tapes averag more circulation demand than ing $50 in cost, but will not be in competition with local retailers. the main branch in Farmington. The Friends of the Davis While the local video stores offer movies, the library will offer a County Library, an organization smorgasbord of informational to support the library and its acand educational tapes. quisitions, will use the video colThe library will bring in the lection to spearhead a fundraising effort. more serious types of things Dr. Frank Blair, library board National Geographic specials and how-t- o member, said It will be easier tapes. We see a dimension in video cassettes that are for them to raise funds for a spen cific project. And Janice Webb not in the private market, said. agreed, Friends groups like to The center for the tapes will be help new things and expand (exat the new Central Branch Li- isting) programs. Webb said the group has several brary, to be located in Layton, because the building is still in the ways of funding the tapes with blueprint stage. We can design people actually buying a video in the space needs, Layton said. tape and donating it directly with Another reason for centering a donated by nameplate or by the collection at a branch library giving the money so the library is that the branch libraries have can choose the tape. Lay-to- The library director said We could buy the tape with our discount, and not only save money but get more tapes for the money. Concerns were made of the suggested cost of $50 for each tape and Layton said, They cost quite a little bit - but (reference) books can cost that much. She continn ued to say the average book costs between $22 and $25, and even novels cost more than non-fictio- $20. Even with the costs of the tapes the library will not charge for the loan. I do not wish for us to I want to keep charge for them it a free public library as much as possible, Layton said. She expects the collection to eventually grow to over 2,000 tapes, and even go beyond that. funding. am encouraged by his statement on career-laddfunding, Welling said. And I cant find fault with his stand on quality instructors being provided with additional monies. Bangerter said career-laddfunding, rather than being appropriated separately to districts, would come under the basic program. He said he would also like to introduce accountability and performance standards to ensure career-ladde- r performance pay gets to the best teachers. The governor also stressed the importance of effectively using the current facilities at hand, by for introducing disincentives school districts that do not switch d to schooling when I Lakeside er er year-roun- possible. Welling said with the districts growth, some applications of schooling will be looked at. Bangerter estimated the education reform package would create a savings of $20 million in the fiscal 1987 state education budyear-roun- d Measures proposed by Banger- - get. ler and supported by the school Welling said the school district district official include the flcxi- - will review the proposed bility issues, local control, and ca Review, Utah 2146 North Main St., Layton, is published weekly and distributed FREE by carrier Wednesday afternoon from Roy through Farmington. The Lakeside Review is a subsidiary of the Standard Corp. The Lakeside Review NEWS DEADLINES:- - news and photos should be submitted no later than 2 noon Friday for publication the following. 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