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Show COMMUNITY NEWS FOR NORTH DAVIS COUNTY MONDAY, Dec. 31, 1990 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 52 mill BWHca aawMm Kaysville A summary of the amends ordinance stories from the score lower than south FARMINGTON By RUTH MALAN correspondent KAYSVILLE Mobile homes will no longer be allowed to locate in Kaysville, so the city has updated its ordinance enacting new provisions for manufactured homes. The citys only mobile home park will be phasing out, said a representative of the ownership of Golden Bell Park, and changed to a manufactured home subdivision. But it will require working out details with the city because some of the lots in the park are not big enough to allow setbacks required in the new ordinance. Owners of mobile homes in the subdivision will not be asked to move their homes but as residents move out others will not be allowed to move in, city officials said. Mobile homes have not been built since 1976, said city administrator John Thacker, manufactured homes are replacing them so parks need to be provided for them. A manufactured home is a dwelling manufacturunit fabricated in an e ing facility for installation or assembly at the building site, states the new ordinance. A manufactured home subdivision is designed and intended for sale of lots for siting manufactured homes. We need to put them in a unified development, not between expensive homes said city manager John Thacker. Im not saying they are just that they are different. A manufactured home park is a parcel of land under single ownership on which two or more manufactured homes are located. According to Monte Golding of the Golding Family Limited Partnership owners of Golden Bell Park, the parks name will be changed to Willow Pines Residential Community as it changes from a mobile home park to a manufac' tured home park. One area of the park has smaller lots which will allow for only a five foot setback from the street but the new ordinance requires a 10 foot set back. We want higher quality coaches. The smallest being 60 feet, said Golding. But he says that the even side of B Street cant fit the new ordinance, which also requires a 15 foot rear yard. Golding told the city council last month that only 15 to 10 manufactured homes are sold in the state in a year. He said the park will changes as the lots become vacant. The new ordinance deletes the definitions of Mobile Home, Mobile Home Park, Travel Trailer, and Travel Trailer Park and enact new definitions of Manufactured Home, Manufacture Home Park, Manufactured Home Subdivision, Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicle, a nd Recreational Vehicle park. off-sit- Whole trees to be collected WEST POINT Disposal of Christmas trees in West Point will be simpler this year than previously thought. City residents may place their used trees on the curb before 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 so they may be picked up by the garbage hauler. According to Mayor Howard Stoddard the citys regular hauler, Econo Waste, will make a special trip just to pick up the trees. Previously city officials had requested residents cut up used Christmas trees and place them inside the automated garbage containers for disposal, but this will not be necessary, Stoddard said. . socio-econom- ic ic socio-econom- AUGUST Carrying a doll house made by a local Girl Scout troop, Cecil Rhoades and Richard Fisher take the toy into the MILLERStandard-Examine- r Davis Family Support Center. The troop donated the toy to the center, which offers support services to families. ic fice. Girl Scouts donate home away from home to center CDBG to get boost from canceled loans By DONNA BROWN Standard-Examine- r correspondent HILL AIR FORCE BASE By terUrand two minating prior Housing ban Development loan contracts, the Davis County Council of Governshot ments will give a in the arm to this years Community Development Block Grant program. Rick Mayfield, Director of Planning and Economic Development, said the HUD funds were earmarked for loans to expanding businesses. The leftover fiscal year amount from the 1988-8was $90,000, and from 1989-9$300,000. It was money that had been appropriated for COGs loan program and we just hadnt loaned the money out, he said. The HUD regulations on the loan program are so complicated that its hard to use the money according to the regulations. The $390,000 will be added to the countys 1991 CDBG allocation, which Mayfield says is usually $800,000 to $900,000 per year. LAYTON Thanks to a group of Girl Scouts, the Family Support Center of Layton has a new house complete with designer wallpaper, carpets, drapes, flower arrangements and handmade furniture. Suncrest Service Unit Junior Girl Scout Troop 1096 even delivered the house recently a by Barbie doll house after laboring for months over the intricate decorating details. Troop leader Adrienne (Robin) Rhoades said the fourth-- , fifth- - and e girls had a service project in mind when they began to brainstorm about ways to serve their community. Their goal was to earn a badge for art in the home. We wanted to do something very near-$400,0- ot 9 0, sixth-grad- special, she said. During summer day camp the girls had built a doll house. The girls loved it, they really enjoyed making it, Rhoades said. It seemed like the perfect project and the Family Support Center, a charitable organization which offers family counseling and temporary child care, seemed like the perfect organization. Julie Riding, a counselor at the center, said the doll house will help the center in many ways. I think it will help us in helping the kids to talk about their home life, she said. Often when the children come in, they know theyre going to be talking to a counselor and they are uncomfortable. It really helps to have something familiar for them, and Barbie dolls are something most children are familiar with, she said. Jennifer Pace (center) of Sunset and Rachel Rhoades of Clearfield straighten items in a doll house they helped build. fitting. While the Family Support Center will benefit for years to come from the girls long months of labor," the Girl Scouts will remember the home- -' making and art skills they learned.., from the project. .. e The house, adorned with fashionable pillows, and even art on '' the walls, reflects not only the handiwork of the girls and their leader but the compassion built into every. . .. room for children who will play there. ... nt life-lon- i. x ' County makes judge part-tim- e position an entire room, to give the Barbie fills j dolls a plush environment." Specialists from The Flower Box in Layton taught the girls to. arrange flowers and use colors for different special effects. Rens Clearfield Paint and Glass and Howells Paint in Og" den, donated paint and wall paper, Wells Cargo in Ogden supplied all the - lumber. . FARMINGTON smaller while the cities are getting bigger, county courts are seeing less traffic fine cases. As a result, the county e plans to replace a judge with e a one. full-tim- part-tim- ' - ing she will be taking classes in horticulture. Ive had a lifelong interest but never any formal training, she said. And along with her gardening will come a renewed study of music. Following is a list of Laytons favorite books along with the authors and the year they were first printed. Rascal by Sterling North, 1963; Let the Hurricane Roar by Rose Wilder Lane, 1933; The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906; Giants in the Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaage, 1927; Stickeen by John Muir, 1937; Road from Coor-ai-n by Jill K. Conway, 1989; Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser, 1900; Tales From Grimm by Wanda Gag, 1936; Gift From the Sea by Anne Silent Morrow Lindbergh, 1955; Spring by Rachel Carson, 1962; Ox- ford Book of Poetry for Children illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, 1963. r - . Giacoma doesnt plan big changes By RUTH MALAN r FARMINGTON . , correspondent ' When Jeanne Layton announced her re-- 1 tirement as Davis County Library System director, a familiar face ' was named to replace her., In October, the Davis County Library Board appointed Pete Giacoma, who had been serving as assistant director, as director effec- tive this month. Giacoma, 37, was unanimously accepted by the board and by Lay-to- n who said, I feel good having Pete there. There will be continuity and an easy transition for the . . staff. Giacoma has been with the GIACOMA on page 2 ee The county is currently taking applie justice court judge replacing the position now held by elected Judge John Stewart, whose term ends Feb. 4, 1991. cations for a life-lik- Standard-Examine- Because unin- corporated Davis county is getting , The troop leader and her husband designed the miniature house and materials were donated by local businesses. The girls put it all together. Gwenlyn Draperies in Clearfield ofsaid the fered fabric for curtains. The girls had house may Riding encourage children to talk about the a wide selection from which to choose people who live in their own home and carefully coordinated colors in and encourage them to open up. Beeach of the rooms. sides, she said, its a fun way to help The Carpet Factory in Clearfield dothem to just relax and enjoy their.. nated several carpet squares, each one FARMINGTON Traveling and gardening are on the list of things to do. So, of course, is reading. Now that Jeanne Layton has retired from her post as Davis County Library System director, she has a number of projects in mind. Layton retired as of Dec. 31. She spent 10 of her 31 years in the system as director of libraries. g The Kaysville resident has been with the library system since 1970. Leaving the library wont stop Layton from reading. In fact reading is on her list of things to do after her retirement. Im going to catch up on a lot of reading. I do a lot of reading for my job but I want to read for my own interest. But reading isnt her top priority. First and foremost I want to do a considerable amount of traveling, she explained. And while she is not travel ( time at the center. At the center oftentimes there are kids who dont have a lot at home. Its nice for them to have something really special to play with, she said. Rhoades said the Family Support Center has touched some of the Girl Scouts lives by serving as a place for the girls to study programs and the gift from them seemed Library director makes retirement plans t in socio-econom- d, - Elementary north Davis County scored well below their southern counterparts in the Utah Statewide Testing Program, but district officials say socioeconomic factors influenced that. Twelve of the countys 46 elementa-rie-s scored below a predicted range set by the district in all or a majority of the subjects tested in. All 12 were in the north Davis area. On the secondary level, two of 12 junior high schools (North Davis and Syracuse) fell below their range in most testing areas and each is from the north. All high schools were within their range. Each Stanford Achievement Test score is reported with a predicted score or comparison range based on the scores of similar schools with comconditions. parable factor was figured The in per school by number of reduced lunches sold and those qualifying for state financial assistance. Richard Kendell, district superintendent, said many factors influenced the results. These (northern areas) are highly facsensitive areas to tors and mobility. People are moving in and out a lot (because of Hill Air Force Base), Kendell said. You also find a greater number of schools that are chapter one schools (receiving state aid). . Scores on all tests are available to the public by contacting the district ofschools no longer allowed r r. North Davis schools Mobile homes Standard-Examine- weeks top local news Standard-Examine- i ; part-tim- Steve Baker, county personnel director, said because of a change in state law the county will be able to replace the elected justices position with an appointed one. He said the judge will work three hours each week day, and receive a monthly salary of $1,137. " Davis home educators defend their practice FARMINGTON Home school educators say they are not all polygamists or extremists and they want the public to know more about what they do. Davis Home Education Association members Karen Anderson and Connie Garrett say there are a lot of misconceptions about home education. Ignorance breeds mistrust. When people dont know about (home education) they start thinking the worst, Anderson said. When they check into it they find out that home educators feel very strong about education. That, is why we are teaching our kids at home in the first place. The two said the common misconceptions are that you need a degree to home educate; that home education is an attempt to have kids stay home and do chores; and home educators are running away from society. Anderson and Garrett say home educators are normal just like everyone else. |