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Show 10A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, March 8, 1989 ROBIN TIBBETS UDOT to talk safety Lakeside Review correspondent ROY The city council and the Utah Department of Transportation will get down to specifics about traffic safety on state roads within Roy when they have a joint workshop meeting on the citys turf. Hopefully, City Manager Wayne Parker said, a new transportation planning director will have been hired by the city and will be on hand for the meeting, planned for early spring, possibly in late March or city-U-DO- T early April. special invitation to attend the workshop was issued to Boy Scout Troop 374 whose members appeared before the council re- A Campaign chairman appointed KAYSVILLE Arloa Whitaker has just been appointed chairperson for the American Cancer Society in the Kaysville-Fru- it Heights area. Serving with Mrs. Whitaker are Barbara Jones over the residential drive and Lex Marcusen as patient service; rehabilitation and professional education chairman; Kathy Larsen and Carol Jensen as adult and youth education chairmen; Suzan Robison as public information chairman; and Jenny Jensen serving as secretary. The American Cancer Society is a organization to help stop caner. In 1913, when the society first opened its doors the word cancer was rarely published or spoken aloud. Cancer patients felt isolated and doomed. Cancer research held little interest or promise for most scientists or physicians. Today the cancer survival rate in the U.S. is about 46 percent. With present knowledge and treatments, it would be possible to save at least 55 percent of all patients. The American Cancer Society has played a key role in fund-raisin- g; cently to request that a traffic signal be installed at the intersection of 4800 S. 3500 W. Zac Davis, troop leader, told the council that the scouts are concerned about auto and pedestrian safety at the intersection. Even a yield light would help improve safety, Davis said, adding that the troop would be willing to help with anything that would improve traffic safety anywhere in the community. Councilman Dale Willis said the council also is concerned about the intersection, but 3500 West and Midland Drive are state highways. He said the city has asked the state to study the intersection and install a traffic signal, but the UDOT felt a semaphore would increase rather than decrease the danger to pedestrians and driv- IT PAYS TO SHOP FOR AUTO ers. It might be possible to get the state to do another study, Willis said, and invited the troop to attend the upcoming workshop,. Troop leader Kirk Baldwin said a traffic signal that operates only during rush hours would help. INSURANCE Call us today for a free personal rate quotation. The city has invested a great of money in this intersection, Councilman Jim Thomas told the scouts. The improvements helped the traffic flow but improvements are needed over 1 then entire length of the street, he a 773-059- 5 deal said. He called the street a transpor- tation headache. 1981 N. Main, Layton (Comer of Main & Antelope) GETTOmM GEDCO . ZCMI PRESENTS non-prof- it this progress. The residential drive takes place in April, and is part of a nationwide effort involving more than 1.6 million American Cancer Society volunteers. The money will be used to support programs in the Kaysville-Fru- it Heights area that help prevent, detect, and treat cancer and offer assistance to cancer patients. In addition to raising funds, the crusade helps the society save said lives through education, Kathy Larsen. Free pamphlets, posters and use of video tapes, films, etc., are available for use. 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