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Show j I i j Talk paves way for road summary of the weeks top local news stories from the A Standard-Examine- Rock Hotel shelter proposal on hold improvements By RUTH MALAN Standard Examiner correspondent An application FARMINGTON to turn Farmingtons historic Rock Hotel into a runaway shelter for Youth At Risk has been put on hold after residents said their own children would be at risk if they had to walk past the facility. The citys planning commission making any recommendation on the application last Thursday until after consulting with the city attorney. About 60 people attended the meeting, which followed a tour of the hotel. Marsha Avant-Rot. president of the Utah Advocates for Parents and Youth At Risk, explained that the group would use federal funds to restore the old hotel, which was built in 1850. The building, located on the corner of State Street and 100 East in the city's commercial zone, has been vacant several years. Under the plan, community groups could use the center for meeting space. She said Farmington had approximately 100 to 150 runaways last year, and the county had about 2,000. Opponents to the plan cited lack of sufficient space and the areas traffic, and expressed fears that the type of youth housed in the shelter would make the area unsafe for their own children. KAYSVILLE After months of g to find a time when both city coun oils could get together, officials from' Kaysville and Fruit Heights finally sat down together May 8 to discuss com mon problems and issues, The two councils discussed future plans for U.S. 89 and improvements to streets and roads that connect, or could connect, the two cities. Fruit Heights Mayor Blaine Nelson says traffic signals on U.S. 89 are pref-erable to making the highway an ex- -j pressway, but Kaysville Mayor Brit Howard says an expressway is the best long-tersolution to handling the in stretch of creasing traffic on the and 5 between Farming-Ogden highway ton. Another street that affects both cities is Ward Road. The road is scheduled for improve ment this summer in Kaysville, said City Administrator John Thacker. But a portion of that road is still within the try-in- j I j I j ! i tab-bl- 1 j 1 j , h. le unincorporated county and Fruit Heights. Ward Road runs from the frontage road just below U.S. 89 to 700 East. Kaysville, Fruit Heights and Davis County would have to participate in improving the road. According to Thacker the county has been contacted and is willing to do its part on the road improvements this summer, It's an item on our priority list but' not number one, said Belva Provost, Fruit Heights city administrator. If your plans are to do it it is best for all entities to do (improvements) at the same time. We are not asking for a commit ment, said Howard. Keeping the meeting on a lighter note. Nelson replied, We didnt bring any ' money with us. Fruit Heights officials brought up opening Center Street between the two cities. Center Street in Kaysville stops at the border with Fruit Heights, while Country Road stops at the Kaysville border in Fruit Heights without connecting with Center. Nelson said he is concerned for the safety of residents in the area because emergency vehicles have a longer response time due to Center not being a through street. His city contracts with Kaysville for fire protection. A major gas line runs through the area on a steep incline, and according to Howard, the road cant handle the extra traffic because it narrows drastically at 600 East. Our city engineer says the pipe line and slope can be dealt with, said Fruit Heights Councilman Richard Muhles-tei- n. See ROADS on page 2 Looking through clothing available at the Career Closet at Davis Applied Technology Center, coun- - selor Linda Stevens says a neat suit can make a difference in a job interview. Closet: Clothes for careers By RUTH MALAN Standard-Examine- r DATC correspondent The door to the Career Closet isnt one to open if youre looking for a list of occupations. The closet at the Davis Applied Technology Center is literally a closet, but not one that just anyone can dress from. An applicants appearance when applying for a job may just be a deciding factor on whether or not she gets that job. In fact, says Linda Stevens of Human Resource Development at DATC, looking just right when applying for a job is a necessity. , Stevens says she is concerned about the displaced homemaker and single parents finding the right job to support their families, and having the right clothes for the interview. People are not getting hired after job interviews because they dont have the correct attire, she said. The Career Closet was begun last September to help solve that problem. The closet was set up and have been held under the direction of a volunteer, Evelyn Foote. Clothes from the closet are given to those people referred from a service agency such KAYSVILLE fund-raise- needs quality clothing KAYSVILLE Donations of clothing are needed for a special program that helps the unemployed look sharp for job interviews. In the fall of 1989, the Human Resource Development office at Davis Applied Technology Center began a program called Turning Point. Part of this program is a Career Closet. The closet provides clothes for single parents and displaced homemakers to use for job interviews and employment. Clothes for the program are obtained entirely by donation and As a continuing fundraiser the center asks those attending See CLOTHES on page 2 good-quali- ty loto-incom- e, fund-raiser- s. rs as Social Services. Someone is working with them and they are already prepared for an interview, said Terry Stephens, a secretary in Human Resource Development. After getting a referral from an agency an appointment is made to visit the Career Closet; Graduates of the DATC, which trains people to enter the workforce, also use the closet. The new or nearly new clothing is stored is a special room with dividers North Davis plant and a dressing area. Seating makes the situation more comfortable for the client. a She will get quality outfit. Not one that is meant for school or just goofing off, said Stephens. Right now each client gets just one outfit, unless she wears a size 10, but the eventual goal is to have her leave with three outfits, said Stephens. She added that the closet has numerous size 10 suits, but needs larger sizes. The program is funded entirely by donations and Recently J.C. Penney in Bountiful held a drive for clothing donations and Red Hanger Cleaners donates unclaimed clothing. A successful Fun Run was held this month when 275 runners signed up to help raise money needed for shoes and accessories. Donated clothing not meant for career dressing is given to missions or places that give the used clothing to those in need. One requirement is that we are supported by donated funds. We have small expenses like hangers and clothing racks. We are lacking in accessories, shoes, scarves and so forth, said Stephens. A nurse who was relocating was fund-raiser- s. re-S- ee CLOSET on page 2 By JAMES NICKERSON Standard-Examine- r Davis Bureau FARMINGTON Every few years or so Lagoon has a year when it does not add any new rides in the This is one of those years. But that doesnt mean the Farmington amusement park isnt gearing up for another big summer. Thousands of dollars have already gone into renovations around the park in anticipation of its opening Memorial Day off-seaso-n. ld weekend. Entertainment director Ron Van Woerden said the park is centering much of its promotional focus this season on its water park, Lagoon A Beach. We are capitalizing on our Lagoon A Beach this season, he said. Last year we were so late in opening it that we didnt feel we got the mileage out of it. So were really going to push it this season. We wanted it to open Memorial Day last year, but we didnt open until July 9. i Readying for the 1990 summer season, Brad Harriand Don Edwards , apply wood preservative to the ramp at Lagoon A Beach. water park cost The 500,000-gallo- n Van Woerden and million Lagoon $6 said it may be six or seven years before it pays for itself. Companies and church groups are already scheduling parties at the Beach, he said. Although this year there are no new rides, many are included in the master plan for sometime in the future. For instance, he said Lagoon officials are very interested in obtaining a couple of rides that Six Flags Magic Mountain of California, has at its park, Free Fall and River Run. The Free Fall ride costs $2 million and the River Run ride costs $4 mil lion, he said. We would like" to add new rides every yeatTbut sometimes it is just not, possible. The newest and funnest rides cost a lot of money. I bften gefKfcas on rides from going to other amusement parks out of state. One option to constructing new rides restricts pumpers SYRACUSE Davis County septic tank owners may have to find another place to dump their sewage for at least a week while the 'North Davis Sewer District works out guidelines to prevent contamination after an April 17 incident. According to Robert D. Hohman, district manager, a grease and oil sample taken from the effluent that runs into the Great Salt Lake was determined to be way over the limit of 10 parts per million of oil and grease set for the plant by the State Board of Health. That particular sample had 91 parts per million of oil and grease, Hohman told the plant board of directors at its monthly meetingThat is the highest this plant has ever had, he said. We felt that the quantity and concentration of the contamination showed that it did not come down through the sewer sys- tem. Ultimately the board agreed that at least a week was needed to develop an audit trail to aid in pinpointing violators in the future and to set limits on how much sewage the plant can take because of low waterflow levels. Medical waste load headed for landfill Lagoon gears up for summer season In what is FARMINGTON called a deal, the Davis County Energy Recovery District has agreed to bury a load of medical waste from an Idaho hospital in the county one-sh- is updating old ones, he said. One attraction, the Opera House, will be inoperative this year because of renovations to the building. We are thinking about building a ' building around the Jet Star and have it all inside, he said. We would have lasers and lights going around. It would make it a new ride. One of the aspects of Lagoon that Van Woerden said gets a lot of attention is its live shows. He said although in park studies it has shown only 15 percent of those attending Lagoon go to see the live entertainment, the shows are always filled to capacity and that is what he wants to see. Lagoon used to have a lot of concerts, he said. But in 1974 Jim Morrison and the Doors came and got pretty rowdy and that was the end of big concerts. Van Woerden said the park also had a beer license for some time, but shelved that along with the rowdy concerts because (hat is not the image Lagoon officials want for their park. This park is an escape for people. We dont want parents bringing their kids down here and running into drunks, he said. Most parents just let their kids come down here alone because they trust that everything is going to be all right and that is what we like. Lagoon gets as much as 10,000 to 15,000 visitors a day on the weekend about 2,000 to; 5,000 during tlie.week and million a year. According to Van Woerden $0 percent of thg. parks attenunder and the dance is 15 years-an-d next .largest' group is 25- - to '""indicating qjargc family attendance. LagqfiUTflVe shows include its annual attractions Music U.S.A. at the Lagoon Music Theater and Wild West Shootout at Pioneer Village as well as its band, L.A. Goon that travels the park periodically playing its energetic ot landfill. The district board last Wednesday approved disposing of 300 medium sized boxes of glass containers full of medical waste from a Pocatello hospital. LeGrand Bitter, district manager, said the waste contains no sharp instruments such as needles, scalpels or syringes, but is merely boxes full of glass tubes used in lab work. Bitter said hospital officials contacted him wanting to dispose of the containers for a pound because apparently a incinerator they had been using in Oregon had been shut down. 30-cen- ts Another overpass proposed in city Both the plan,CLEARFIELD ning commission and Chamber of Commerce agree that it will take two separate overpasses by the year 2010 to improve access to Clearfields business district. But no one is sure of the cost or where the money will come from. lAIong with the year-olproposal to build an overpass at 200 South over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, the commission and the chamber are recommending a second overpass be built yvjthin a 15- - to period at 700 South: d 20-ye- ar -- 1 . See LAGOON on page 2 Best quote 'We don't want parents bringing their kids down here and running into drunks Lagoon entertainment director Ron Van Woerden, on the amusement park's family image. See story, this page r' A ed non-prof- it m i r. v i i ' t |
