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Show ' ,A k x t ' i i 7. j c4? , , . .. T T 'AV) ft- X. - collections Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 7 Number 36 Eijfc. eview Wednesday, September 9, 19871 - E3ews briefs yy Youths can write V' Constitutional essays kv-- ' , y (f(l ..y rf vy U2WJ1- ' ) t s- 4 In celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, the Lakeside Review is inviting all young readers to submit short essays on what the Constitution means to them. The newspaper will publish the essays in the Sept. 16 Lakeside Review. Essays should be neatly handwritten or typed on a single standard-siz- e sheet of paper and submitted to the newspaper office no later than noon on Friday. Youths in grades fourth through ninth are invited to par- - - ' fcT ticipate in this Constitutional commemoration. The office is located at 2146 N. Main in Layton. Call the paper at for more information. 776-49- J ississsidaBawews Staff photo by Bruce Bennett HAZE that drifted into the valley from forest fires in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Arizona, and South Dakota clouds the sunset. Laytoo looks at LYNDIA GRAHAM Lakeside Review correspondent LAYTON City leaders were told Layton could become a core city in a drive to investigate the possibility of a interlocal cooperative that would look at the feasibility of a friendly takeover of Utah Power & Light UP&L recently announced plans for a merger between the d company and Pacifi-corinvd a Portland, estor-owned utility. Jeff Brimhall, a representative investment of a Denver-base- d banking firm, told the Layton Utah-base- p, Ore.-base- City Council Thursday that it is not too late to prevent the takeover and possibly buy UP&L and operate it through a municipal co-o- p. He said community-owne- d power systems are not uncommon. Several cities in Utah already own their power systems and in Nebraska the entire state draws electricity from a community-owned system. He wants Layton to join with several other cities in forming the Utah Public Power Cooperative, UPPC, to look at the possibility of a friendly takeover of UP&L SAT scores 11 ii BRYON SAXTON language skills, Davis FARMINGTON School District Superintendent Richard Kendell believes it will hard take more work and fewer classroom disturbances to bring test scores in line with the quality of the districts student body. Mike Shaw, the Davis district testing administrator, said the test scores show the Davis district above the 50th percentile (national average) and moving in a positive trend. The achievement test, taken last spring by grades second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth, is a series of comprehensive achievement tests designed to measure the outcome of learning at different grade ed i or at least to have an input into the negotiations through the Public Services Commission. Some of the other cities involved could include West Valley, Orem, Clearfield, Roy, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Cedar City, and others. He and members of his firm, Hanifen, Imhoff Inc. will be approaching city councils throughout the state recommending each' pass a resolution to joirt the He said rates with d utilities are lower than those given by investor-owne- d companies. He saicf the lower rates are due co-o- p. public-owne- . eighth-grad- to the fact that the d it organizasystems are tions that do not pay federal income taxes or dividends to shareholders. The public systems also have access to present and future federal hydroelectric power. They have access to t, financing, and they operate under a different system of incentives and motivations. Brimhall told the council members they would not have to put up any money at this time to join p the UPPC but if the p is established it would take funds public-owne- non-prof- low-co- st low-cos- tax-exem- pt co-o- co-o- e to operate it in the future. The council voted to join the p and send Mayor Richard McKenzie to meet with representatives from other joining cities. If Layton does not choose to maintain its position with the p it could withdraw, Brimhall said. d The committee will meet this week to look into d the possibilities of for the joining citpower systems ies and a possible move to stop the merger of UP&L and Pacifi-cor- p with an eye toward a p purchase of the utility. co-o- co-o- newly-forme- public-owne- co-o- JUNE 1987 sixth-grad- ROBERT REGAN ii The first monthly bill from the burn plant district hit the cities and at least one is hitting back by not paying it , Farmington City, in its last City Council meeting, agreed to pay times its only normal (old) bill instead of the full amount charged by the burn plant for refuse dropped at the north Davis landfill. eight-perio- . . Lakeside Review correspondent LAYTON Layton officials ' are still not certain just how to realign a problem intersection at Rainbow Drive and Fairfield but are pressing forward to get information still needed to help make a decision. . The intersection is not the worst in Layton, according to po lice Chief Doyle Talbot, but the high amount of traffic passing through makes it a high priority for the city. He said the traffic situation is bad now but at some future point Rainbow Drive is slated to go through to Highway 89 which will increase the flow of cars using the street. Coupled with an increase of 4t of the block. d firing of policeman The Roy City Council ROY upheld an earlier decision made in a special hearing on the termi- nation of veteran Ben 20-ye- ar Glover from the Roy Police Department. Council members, who heard Language Use Info Science Social St Subject parents. Briscoe said he felt the classroom size and the funding level provided to the district has impacted the scores, which have taken a slight math, language, dip in eighth-grad- e and social studies. testimony Total Battery Board member Bob Thurgood said he feels the eighth grade is a transition year for students, making it difficult for some." Thurgood said he feels that grade is preparing students for their high school years and because of the pe . riod of time in the students life, it can be difficult Heath, in a joking manner, .said in the eighth grade, and he just isnt that bright He takes after his mother. Ive got a student Farmington was paying around $1,700 per month and Julys bill was in excess of $4,200, according to Forbush. Cities were advised to charge and to expect a their residents based on bill from the district the statistic the average household produces between one and to one and tons of garbage per year. At this rate were averaging over two tons per house per one-quart- er one-ha- lf year, Forbush said. We need tons so they would be sure to colsome time to see why the bill is lect enough to cover that exsomepense, he said in a telephone higher than we expected interview. is thing out of whack. ManThe cities have hauled in a lot District Energy Recovery waste and that ager James Young said, most of of city clean-u- p them have come in a little lower could have skewed their bills, he than projected" in terms of resi- said. He said North Salt Lake dential tonnage. He said cities were advised in dropped a dozen or more" loads advance their bills would in- of concrete, that could have crease. They ought to bill (their weighed 80 tons, into the landfill and were charged for it . residents) at one and one-half d home development east of traffic and the increase of generated by residents there, the intersection is in need of a traffic light to make it safer. The intersections configuration makes it difficult to install a safe traffic light without realigning the Rainbow Drive. Several have been considered by plans the city but a firm plan has not Fair-fiel- east-we- st been approved. In order to bring the intersection up to city standards and install a light, the city may have to purchase ground on both the southwest corner and the northeast comer of the intersection. A convenience store and gas station sit on the northeast side. The city could have to take a small portion of ground it donat ed to the station. The west-sid- e corner could prove to be more of a problem. The property is vacant but a larger piece is needed in order to redesign the intersection. If the city had to buy the entire piece it could run the cost of the intersection to as high as $285,000. Cost estimates for the project have been set at about $85,000. Friday afternoon, unanimously upheld Chief Junior Hammons decision to fire Glover in May. Hammon, who made the decision to fire Glover last May for alleged multiple violations, declined to discuss the matter, only to say, The action was taken against him after a thorough department investigation had been made. Glover, 48, said he was accused of having sex with his former live-i- n girlfriend while on duty. On the agenda The Farmington City Council appointments to the citys recreation committee, Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The public is encouraged to attend. will make new Best quote 'I've got a student in the eighth grade, and he just isn't that bright. He takes after his mother School board member Henry Heath on the low eighth-grad- e SAT test scores. See story, this page. i i mtW- - offi- Roy council upholds Problem' intersection gets Layton's attention LYNDIA GRAHAM formal evaluation er a among the While the balance is pending, the city will investigate the reasons for the excessive bill. We think something is goofy, said Farmington City Manager Max Forbush about the bill that is times its usual charge. In the past, billing was based on a charge of $1 per house per month. Now it is based on the acat $15 per ton tual tonnage taken to the landfill. schedule. Kendell said after receiving the letter of concern from DEA City investigates monthly born plant billing Lakeside Review staff eight-bloc- cials he intends on putting togeth- groups tested. But several school board mem- lOth-grad- seven-perio- seven-p- ev- C-pl-us eight-bloc- eriod ery category is spiraling upward. There was only one test score below the 50th percentile...that was social studies, he in eighth-grad- e said. Shaw said The 8th grade scores are generally lower...it could be be- C-pl- us FARMINGTON - The Davis Education Association has requested Davis school officials to d block examine the because it is not providing the best education for the students." DEA president Beth Beck, in a letter addressed to Davis Superintendent Richard Kendell on Aug. 27, pointed out four concerns k with the current period. The block system, which was first introduced to the district in the early 1980s by Davis High, provides students with a rotating A and B class schedule. The schedule consists of four classes, every other day, 90 mind utes in length, while the system provides students with the same classes everyday. Beck said four warning signs k with the current day include: A burgeoning enrollment at the alternative school. Teacher complaints of large class loads and student apathy. ACT (American College Testing) math scores are below the national average. A recent Brigham Young eight-perio- skills. bers who are not pleased with the levels. ofnow The district-wid-e scores, one being board member test, fered every other year because of Raymond Briscoe, are not acceptbudget constraints, consisted of ing the mismatch explanation. This (the scores) says were a five major subjects: science, social readdistrict and Davis County and studies, math, language disSchool District is not a ing skills. Test highs for the Davis dis- trict, Briscoe said. And that just e math and isnt good enough for our kids or trict include block that only high academic level students were achieving at comparad ble rates under the block as compared with the use e reading, math, listening and use of information, with a high in science. The fourth grade was high in reading 59, math 58, listening 61, and science 60. Second-grad- e students excelled in math and accumulated the highest score in listening cause of a mismatch into study 8-per- iod University doctoral study of Granite School District shows of information and reading, However, not every score in DEA urges eight-perio- co-o- p DAVIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 8TH GRADE SAT above average Lakeside Review staff I le 51 U I |