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Show STANDAltD'KXAMINim IMJDU put to pasture More Koysu"e fcaii firm 67 from paVs2 ui isrxui Santa's day ttkUkre Jolly Salat Nkk busy In Oui&tmu7 DEC 23, 1995 Rides noise at issue DAMS COUNTYS COMMUNnV NEWSPAPER VOL -- --- . CncnlUDpcrtmctrt doc OMITS t: T w-. Clearfield , Police to donate bikes to needy V tei la pyTcy.t ctrcaccro Vjxwv Ltamr cwntitwi FARMINGTON was the Siy Comer. Now5, The can it Ul ua lateen V -- e f 'V'lK- Vi j y . XN o o 'i jirjtl. said Dul Andrew, Lagoon , marketing speculut. Out some I armington officials are concerned about the noise the attraction will produce, i g Andrew said the ride will hate four racing lanes, and (though riders will not control the pjth of their car they will control the accelerator. He said the gasoline powered car will then be stopped at (he end of the track with an elaborate braking system." similar to a braking used on Urge roller coaster rides. . & .a ,- Ki?.i - , f ' ft-- v r 1 - 1 4f v drag-racin- jt - A t ' - i 1 w fiCGANSnaamnf tors. The base is a stripping disc, the crushed cans were found while cleaning end the bow Is made from toilet tissue,, custodian at the Davis County Courthouse, stands by a wreath made by fellow workers from items relevant to jani ing clean said, we sneaked into the maintenance dungeon on a weekend," when asked where they got the buffer pad to base the workers at the Davis wrejth on. ' . . , tale recycling se- -, Maintenance Room informs The the visitor to 25 door ' that computers are important tools in this What was once garbage has been turned in' , to a Christmas wreath that. decorates the door room. the door reads, If wreaths were A of the custodian supply room. sign on Doors on the offices of county workers have computers, would we need to upgrade them evbeen decorated for the season, many of them . ery year? representing what goes on behind those doors. Upstairs the door of room 237, the CommuGreen and white outer wrappers from nity and Economic Development office, is a Scott's Soft Blend toilet tissue make an attrac(unique wreath representing the county: A bicytive bow for the WTeath created from a cast-ocle wheel has been painted green with red round green floor buffer pad. spokes. This is the Bike with Buffalo WTeath. Snippets of green from the outdoor ever- - ' . It is decorated with natural plants with a small green shrubs add a seasonal touch to the ' buffalo in the center. wreath. Red and green aluminum pop cans ; Not a creature is stirring not even a mouse, which had been! crushed add some sparkle to in the counroom office. A mouse with red and the door hanging. : whife striped legs sits, quietly in the middle of Hal Manning stood by hisoffice" door and a WTeath hung on the closed door of the court office. Ribbons and red berries decorate the' said, I had nothing to do with it. " One of the girls who help to keep the build wreath. . r City gets kudos for financial report Toys, red ribbon, a tree with candles and gifts decorates the door of the county auditor. Wishing visitors a Healthy Holiday,? the door af the Djvis Food Bank lets everyone know that the spirit of giving should be felt year round and not just at Christmas time.-sign on the door reads, Davis Food Bank Celebrating the Spirit of Giving all through the Year."-Olfashioned food tins are amid the fruits and vegetables decorating the door and the garland around the door. Trish Vanderplas and her husband Perck . ( spent about four hours coming up with the idea for, and decorating, the door to. the Employ- ment and Training offices., Trish works there and her husband volunteers with the fobd ' '. . bank.' - ; . . We decided to use antique food tins onthe garland with the fruits and vegetables," said Trish. Derek i a very creative person.! ' Santa Claus got stuck in the chimney of the the Health- Depart-- fireplace on the door-oSee WREATHS on page 2 ByRUTHMALAN correspondent - . , ff The city got top honors with its excellent rating tor its financial report from the aud-- firm of Croft. Wood and Dahlquisl Nobody does it better than Kaysville. said auditor Lynn . Wood. This award is not given out lightly. t This 100 -- . . - v , . Layton teens go thumb-to-thum- in b video contest " to 17 in Gibbs favor. Gibb tried not Sony Playstation a game system all in with a the students were unfamiliar with. . to gloat when school, the winner from Northridge ' . faced off against the winner from - score of 67 to 41.-- ( , . makes it kind of cool, be. Northridge in ' to determine the overall I feel great,1 Gibb said after the cause none of us has played on this Layton GINGER M1KKELSEN ' winner. . By game. I really didnt know how I kind of system before.- Were really would do.i Really I didnt think I all on equal ground, .said North-ridg- e As a result of the competition, correspondent Student Body Vice President LAYTON - The athletes may Layton High received an early had much of a chance. Gibb said the CyberCourt chal- - Doug Rose. There were no practice not have broken a sweat, but they Christmas present from . Future rounds to test out the skills. did get their hearts pumping. Each Shop and Apple Computers. The , leiige had a lower impact You really 'just jump in cold with football and track, the more held tightly to the unfamiliar control Layton consumer electronics, comsaid Evenhuis. . retailer and music for ''conventional he turkey, appliance puter, plays flying. Sports' pad, fingers award teamed with to To Layton Apple many of the contestants,; the Layton. Ive played this game a lot, the rivalry High with an- - Apple' Performa plenty of times on Super Nintendo, Although all the contestants forum wasnt important, ' 640CD said computer were male, Northridge team cap- - was what mattered.' is but this way different, ' . . It doesnt matter what were tain, Doug Rose said he tried to Northridge High School student system. at valued our The asked some Nintendo, .football; or bas- out. Evenhuis. We $1,550 playing; computer girls drag Spenser ketball. We always like to beat was awarded to Layton High when Evenhuis was one of eight conspirit club, which are all girls to repNick resent us, but they werent interest- - Northridge, said. Layton student tenders from Northridge and Lay-to- n Sophomore ed. Jeff Knowlton. . high schools pitted against each Gibb defeated Northridge champi. Rose agreed. It's pretty cool other at last Saturdays Future Shop on Bryce Stevenson. The contestants all agreed the Stevenson lead in the first' quarCyberCourt Challenge. biggest challenge of the game was that they picked these two schools Four students from each school ter with a score of 18 to 14. But the .quickly mastering a different control since we have such a strong rivalry. .The final round of the competpassed though preliminary rounds lead didnt last long. By the end of pad. Future Shop organizers had the of the video game NBA Jam. After the second quarter the score was 31 students play the game on, the new ition was played on the Future determining a winner from each : . challenge . .It , . Standard-Examin- . ' DOS-compatib- le - t . , West point Shop's 100 foot wall of nearly 300 televisions. A handful supporters and even passing customers stopped to cheer on their .favorite ' team.' 'IV?. ' In addition to thd computer won by Layton High, each 'cyber 'athlete who participated was" given '.their choice of any music CD in the ' ; store. , 7 Future Shop public 'relations account manager Qiristine West said there should be a CyberCourt challenge to celebrate .the operting of each new Future' Sh&p store. She in said four new stores ' the near future. . first in The Layton store Davis County and ,the second in Utah. The video games were only a part of the grand opening .spectacle Saturday.. Also on hand was a clown making balloon animalsl and even a See VIDEO on page 2 ' ,f Three named to planning panel Beginning Jan. you ask someone in Clinton what the important issues are facing their they will come up with a reasonably informed answer. But if you ask someone in Kaysville what the most important issue facing Clinton is, they will say I dont know, and I dont care. The biggest problem facing Davis County in the future is disunity of thought. Residents of one community dont know and don't really care whats going on in the next community. With 1 5 cities stacked next to each other, this will become a burden as the county faces issues more regional in nature. There isnt much difference between the communities or the issues they face, but the timing is different. Oftentimes, issues that are countywide hit different communities at different times. A prime example of this was the elimination of hazardous bus routes in the Davis School District. Residents didnt care about the issue until their own children were COPY Gone are the days when an LDS stake split and the new stake just went ahead and formed a new city. If anything, some cities - . e 4-- . VIEW Andy Howell Davis about merging, or at least, com- bining services. A few years ago some north Davis cities thought about forming a metro police force, but it died for political reasons. There is no reason a county of 200,000 people strip needs 24 police and living in a fire agencies. Bureaucracy hinders emergency should think POINT County editor left off (he buses. Each city then tried to solve the problem its own way, causing headaches for the school district. " In the next few years Davis County will have to come up with reasonable measures to deal with such issues as transportation, land " use and air pollution. Government leaders , will have to coordinate efforts if they are going to successfully deal with these problems, but residents are going to also have to con' . tribute. We are going to have to change our mind. set. . .1 - ; services. r . The idea of a metro police force is a good ' one. and should be resurrected. . But any change is going to have to begin level. Most of the elected of--' on a grass-root- s ficials in the county are long-tim- e residents who want to maintain the status quo. They , . ' care only about their city and making sure residents know that the increase in garbage collection rates is because of the bum plant and not them. . Most of the municipal officials take credit , f s , 4 j ' havent increased, when most of the credit should go to the natural population growth of the area. Well, taxes might actually go down if some of the dupli- cation of government services were eliminatfor the fact taxes ends Now growth is bringing added pressures for the small cities to maintain services, and officials are turning to impact fees and other ways of making newcomers pay: The prob-- . lem here is this tax shift doesnt just impact newcomers, but also new families, who wqnt to live in the county they grew up in. . Davis residents How are the going to afford to live here in five ears? - , Its is time for us to start electing representatives who will start addressing issues on a more regional basis in a way, and start thinking of consolidating government. Otherwise were all going to be priced out of . the county. . I ' . You can each Aiufy How ell at , pro-acti- 776-49- r in 1995. - . , The council voted on the.! appointments last Tuesday. ( Best bets . ed. :( 1, Councilman-elec- t Gary Kapp,... ; who formerly served on the ; planning commission, will be : replaced by Tim Gooch. Reed Child and Pat Galloway were , ' reappointed by tlie city council to serve another term on the seven-membi . planning commission. Brenda Frost, a planning ; commission newcomer, will . serve as an alternate. I feel , . good, she said regarding her , nomination. The reason why I offered to be considered is- - , ' ' because of the growth. wanted to make sure things are done right and I want to - offer my help." Kirk Hamblin and Richard ' i Roginski will also remain as . j , - alternates. will one be Only change made on the board of adjustments. Allen Bennett will replace Keith Webb, whose teem Davis residents need to take broad view of issues R pages represents a big commitment of the financial director," said Wood. "He got the award the first time he tried." Wood told the council that the city is enjoying a iot of the , prosperity the state is J . experiencing. The city has received a 12 percent increase in its generalfund and the sales are up . . , ' S1 16,000 from the prior year. Kaysville is one of the last ; cities to adopt a franchise tax. It received SI 74,000 in franchise , taxes this year. There was an increase in the S3.6 million budget. ' . a3g c Kaysville County wreaths hang oh office themes Standard-Examine- , Dyde Burion and A'an Hansen hart teen appointed to serve on the c ty s planning commission beginning ne4 year. Burton, who has served as an alternate for the last two yea will serve as a commission member until 1999. Hansen wilt f.H the alternate position lei vacant by Burton and serve until' the year 2000. The planning commission meets monthly sett.ng zoning requirements and listening to disputes regarding property issues. BOCERT have a scry near vehicle configuration." he If tn Planning panel appointments made - ' Hat Manning, The cars tops sf.y ,r " 1 1 i-- ' de-vi- ce Layton High iaa tr r r .driving a race car on a straight " Otf-s'-nn- a Q'lfrn erp-nan- , e ;! c seated 38 , f&t Ten 3 Pe?-.- year. Each year cty earned approve an to te umei unclaimed s over to a pro3an tor tn needy. Thus it kud of a fun strnon for tn cdy 13 get invoked , aad Mayor Nvdon Hamtiin. Flimiiutof free-ridin- full-siz- C i e?een ha. is a drjgstrip type nJe that placet the rtJcf tn a simulated 33 Chevy chassis powered by a 330 HP engine, Thie uking the ride would have g ;some feel of operating a chide, going to a simulated speed up to 73 mrh. You really do get the tene of , saiJ. The can would then be dragged i back to the start by a cable, similar to the Sky Coaster. Also like the Sly Coaster, riders would pay additional for the privilege, needing to male reservations. It's proposed the ride run east to west on the park's northwest side near the grandstand and parking lot. But a final design, fact sheet, or a even a shovel full of dirt has yet to be made on the ride awaiting approval by the Farmington City Council. Because Lagoon lies within Farmington, the citys planning commission has some say on how rides and other facilities are constructed in the amusement park. City Planner David Peterson said the planning commission, in its last meeting, expressed concerns about the possible decibel (noise) level from the ride, approving it with noise limits at 55 dbl before 10 p.m. and 50 dbl after. Lagoon officials say the noise level will be approximately that of a land vacuum See RIDE on page 2 J SM CM k3f?3ft Lea ties. t3 53 tttfrCal C sasvannsM yown. nJc Hut of draractng Srfstar Tp 11950 CENTS ' OTY IfSanta Jml eaten his fivcfnnts and vegetables a day, he smddnt now be stuck In the diimney Farmington hears Lagoon plans is pnMVHinji a SI2 wuulJ the thrill in an tU 33 Chevy, 14, NO. A roundup of selected weekend entertainment activities in Davis County. "A Farley Family . Christmas," a one-ma- f - t show by James Arrington, plays at the . Queen Theater, 460 W. 500 ' South, Bountiful, at 7:30 p.m. ' Saturday. Tickets are S8 at the . door. ri , . Joseph and Mary - A Love Story plays at the Pages Lane Theater, 292 E. Pages Lane, ' Centerville, 7:30 p.m. Saturdays Tickets S6-S- - . |