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Show 2A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, March 15, 1989 News briefs : . ; ; . I ; ! ; Davis schools get increase The Utah FARMINGTON the basic financial support of Legislature gave public education schools. a 5 percent increase in funding and about $4.3 million pf that in-- i crease will be available to the Da-- ; vis School District. Coming on the heels of three years with no financial increases this legislative session was a welcome relief, Superintendent Richard Kendell said in a district Kendell said the estimated $4.3 million increase in the districts revenue does not include funding for enrollment growth. The state lawmakers in February opted to jump the funding they give public education from the 1988-8- 9 budget of $1,030 billion to a 1989-9- 0 figure of $1,085 employee newsletter. billion. Members of the Davis School Board discussed the figures at board meeting Tuesday. Kendell said at the meeting the district will also receive a $150,000 sup-- plement to the 1988-8- 9 budget in May which is not part of the in- -' crease in funding for next year. Kendell said although lawmak- -' ers made no major changes in the present tax structure, they did, within the limits of existing revenue, provide needed increases in According to Rep. Franklin the state reKnowlton, ceived in revenue this year more than $100 million in new monies, with more than half of that going toward education. The Legislature works under conflicting demands and pressures. I believe they have done a fine job of balancing those demands and supporting the needs of public education, Kendell said in the newsletter. Incident at DHS gets review KAYSVILLE Davis High School officials are investigating reports that a teacher allegedly shoved a student against a wall and struck him because the student addressed the teacher in a rude manner. Principal Michael Duckworth said Friday he did not know specific details about the incident because the matter was handled by an assistant principal who was not available for comment Friday afternoon. There was a situation that occurred. Right now the school is looking into it, Duckworth said. Parents who refused to identify themselves telephoned the Friday morning and said they were told the boy mouthed off to the teacher Thursday. Callers said they were told the teacher responded by allegedly shoving the boy against a wall and striking him on the face. I dont have any information that he was struck on the face, Duckworth said. The teacher did not work on Friday, but Duckworth said that absence was not due to disciplin Standard-- Examiner ary action. No action has been taken against the teacher or the student, Kevin Kerivan, he said. Theres not any formal action being taken at this time because of the report I got from the vice principal (that) there was an understanding they had come to, he said. The teacher, contacted by telephone Friday night in St. George, would not comment on the incident. The boys father, Jack Kerivan, said he plans to meet with Davis High administrators next week. Im definitely going to follow up on this, he said. Kerivan, 18, cames a 3.5 grade point average, his father said. Duckworth said the boys parents were called to school immediately following the incident. There is no specific policy on discipline in the district but administrators discourage teachers from physically handling students, Duckworth said. Contrary to the statements made Friday by Jack Kerivan, Duckworth said he believes the matter has been worked out. Sunset will pay commission At Tuesdays SUNSET set City Council meeting, for pensation Suncom- planning commisison and board of adjustment members was unanimously approved. Council then passed a resolution setting payment at $15 per meeting through July with consideration of a $5 increase for the next fiscal year. Councilman James Bridges, the councils representative on the planning commission, said the level of expertise of members involved justifies paying them. He also referred to the necessity of 1 current planning commission members dealing with legal technicalities that those in the past didnt confront. He also said Sunsets master plan review is under way and requires long hours. Bridges said because it is detailed and weve got a good group of people on there, knowlegeable people, I feel that we should ... compensate them for it. Bridges presented the council of with a list 1 neighboring cities 1 and their compensation amounts, ranging from $5 per meeting in Kaysville and Clearfield to $35 for Roys chairman and $30 for members. Open enrollment a 'no go' FARMINGTON The Davis School Board Tuesday tabled the idea of open enrollment at Woods Cross and Bountiful high schools after a task force chairman told the board, forget it. The open enrollment concept is one of several options the Davis board has been considering in an effort to alleviate the overcrowding at Layton, Davis and Clearfield High. The bottom line is...forget it, Said Wally Hawkins, Woods Cross High principal who served ; They (Layton and Clearfield High students) are not going to leave their schools, he said. 1 hate to see something defeated before it even starts, but it isnt viable. According to school officials there is additional classroom space at both Woods Cross and en- rollment would have rrtade that space available to students from the overcrowded north county schools. $ By CHERYL JENSEN Standard Examiner staff Vern Thompson was ROY here before Roy City was. And though he traveled widely as a horse trader, he never moved away. As the first town marshal, he helped arrest a local counterfeiter. He also helped dig graves for many of the towns early residents and helped build its first reservoir. But the Roy native said he takes the most pride from putting homes where sagebrush used to be. And hes not done yet. He said he wants to capture Roys history in a museum and in videotaped tellinterviews with ing how they settled Weber city. Countys second-largeFifty years ago, Thompson used a team of horses pulling a scraper to help build roads in Utah and surrounding Western states. He dug more than 100 basements in Ogden and carved out Roys first drinking-wate- r reservoir, which held 250,000 gallons and is still part of Roys water system. In the 1930s he was appointed by the only Mormon Church ward in town to be cemetery sexton. For two years he used a shovel to dig graves, many for people he knew. He also helped install lines to bring water to the cemetery. He quit in 1937 when Roy incorporated and the city took over the cemetery. Between 1938 and 1940, he was a fruit farmer, horse trader, town marshal and the water superinall at the same time. tendent I knew every man, woman and child in town, he said. As the first town marshal, Thompson helped the Weber County sheriff arrest a man for counterfeiting after children saw the man drop a piece on the floor of Dean Parkers grocery store and watched it break in half. The man told police he found the money in the city dump, but he was convicted and sentenced to federal prison. But I think he told the truth. I believed his story, Thompson old-timer- A Givos your lawn that winning edge. For precision edging of your lawn and garden, the Mac 60-teams a lightweight 21 2 cc gasoline engine with a semi- Works hard so said. When Thompsons father, Horace Harvey Thompson, died in 1935, Thompson and four of his six brothers bought the family farm and later divided it. He developed Donita subdivision, named after daughters Don 50-ac- re McCullochs s, st imunmmi im n. and these os. He said the most difficult city project he was involved with was getting a secondary water system, which was conceived about 24 years ago and completed in 1977. He said it took an act of Congress, literally, to change some If youre a subscriber to the Standard-Examineyoull get an even bigger Lakeside r, every Wednesday and greatly expanded Davis County coverage daily in the Standard-Examiner. Public hearing date incorrect A public hearing on changes in the business license ordinance for Farmington is scheduled for to- night, March 15. An article in last weeks Lakeside Review incorrectly reported the hearing date as April 5. The Lakeside Review regrets the error and ahy inconvenience it may have caused. Standard-Examine- r Lakeside Nobody Covers Davis County Better. 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Display Advertising Classified Liner Ads Noon Thursday 6 J handle tor Brigham City racetrack last year. Why? Advertising Deadlines: why: next to the barn 40-hor- se In the next few weeks there will be some changes made to the Lakeside Review. For Wednesday Publication features are the reasons and the Golden Spike Colliseum. He also managed the Golden Spike Livestock Show. For these and other reasons, Thompson was given the first Roy City Outstanding Citizen Award by the city council in 1987, and the first Roy Historical Foundation Citizen of the Year last December. Now, he sticks to horse training and history gathering. He and one of his sons, Lee, bought a -- Thursday at Hoon A powerful 21 2 cc engine ct h, Hews Deadlines: cutting through. 608 So. Main Layton 5990 S. 1900 West Roy rn Sub-distri- 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. When the going delta handle for balance and comfort Hal-Ve- federal requirements in order for the Roy Water Conservancy to qualify for a Bureau of Reclamation loan. Thompson helped form the subdistrict and is still a member of its board. The federal law required that the water be used primarily for agricultural land, but the Roy project was aimed at supplying water for lawns and gardens. So the subdistrict got then-Seto sponsor Frank Moss, a bill changing the requirements. Also in the 1950s Thompson was the Weber County public works director. He directed teams of welfare workers who built North Ogdens fire station and remodelled a fire station in Eden 2146 North Main St., Layton, Utah you dont have to. Electronic ignition tor easier starts na and Anita, on 1 1 acres of the land, from 5200 South to about 5100 South. In 1950 he bought 73 acres in northern Roy for $7,000. My family thought Id gone crazy because it was all sagebrush and sand. A lot of local people did too. It cost more to put in water lines than to buy the property, he said. He and partner Harold Tribe Park subdivision built and Northcrest subdivision on the land. In 1971, when Thompson was in his mid-60he and partner Frank Dodson developed North-cremobile home park, north of 4000 South and west of 1900 West. He bought out Dodson when the park was completed and sold the park two years ago, he said. He said the developments were his greatest contribution to Roy. I like to build things. I like to see things go up, he said. And after theyre built I dont really care about keeping them so much. I just sell them. Thompson had other public duties throughout his life. In the 1950s, he spent four years on the city council, 'auctioned horses for the Weber County Sheriffs Mounted Posse (which he helped organize) and served as posse captain for year. He was an auctioneer for church fund raisers and helped build the church house by raising $85,000 through childrens rode- J,Lakeside gets tough, you can count on automatic feed head and these quality features s, st m MAC60-- Thompson not done ye' 50-ce- nt as chair for the open enrollment task force. Bountiful High Schools. Open Vern Thompson, 80, still has a few ideas under his hat about horse training, one of his many occupations. LYNDIA GRAHAM p.m. 298-891- ? Marilyn Karras April Adams James Nickerson ROY ' ROBIN TIBBETS Bryon Saxton Robert F. Regan ARLENE HAMBLIN Donna Merry SUNSETCLINTON Janet Larsen Kristen Adams Darlene Mix Marilyn "Jr1 SYRACUSEWEST POINT JAN PUGH or please call the Lakeside Review f f 776-495- 1 I |