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Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- R Community Heads up Taxidermist stuff big and small game for local hunters.9 INSIDE Cooks corner Before lite was even in, this cook was dishes. 1 0 stirring up some low-fat VOL Parents: Give us traditional year schedule Year-roun- d not popular By RUTH MALAN correspondent Standard-Examin- KAYSVILLE - Parents with children at Kaysville Elementary School will need to wait at least a year if they want their children to go back to a traditional schedule. The school is on three tracks this year instead of the four tracks comd schools. mon to most Some parents don't like that and want a switch back to the old year-roun- LIVES help parents get more informed about how the district changes NEIGHBORS schedd schools from the ule to traditional and whether they can go on one track or several tracks. Due to boundary changes made For information on submitting items to Neighbors, call 776-495- Davis PTA power last year, there are only 61 1 students in the school this year. It could have been on the traditional schedule, school officials said, but approval for the change must be made a year in advance to make a smooth transition. A lot of what we do is determined by growth, said district Assistant Superintendent Steve . . . Davis High PTA, with p. Davis County has had a lot of in the last five years and if it growth Saying the number of students ' continues to grow the district will has declined since school boundto put have trouble anes were realigned last year, a kids, he said. finding places with members met of group parents The district puts portable classschedule. summer-of- f of the school district and school board Thursday night to find out what needs to be done to get the school schedule changed. The parents went home a little more informed but still without the answers they wanted. They complained that Burton Elementary gets to stay traditional and it has more students than Kaysville has. Many of the parents say the schedule causes disruption in their families and they want to go back to traditional. The schools Community Advisory Council called the meeting to rooms at schools to increase the schools capacity, but Kaysville will lose its only portable classroom this year. Its the same process to go back to traditional that it is to go to an alternate schedule, said Ronnen-kam- p. The plan has to accommodate growth for at least three years and the majority of those within the schools boundary must agree to the change. The process to change from one schedule to another begins in July See TRACKS on page 3 Mother to push for family rights at United Nations event By TOM BUSSELBERG Standard Examiner correspondent - A mother of BOUNTIFUL nine will represent Bountiful City at the upcoming Habitat II conference sponsored by the United Nations in Istanbul, Turkey. Marcia Z. Ford says her goal is to protect the values and sanctity of family life. While at the conference May 16, she hopes to present a paper in one of the sessions that decries the U.N. definition of gender as destructive to the traditional role of women. Last years U.N. conference focused on women's issues, and this year housing issues will be highlighted, with the theme The City 29-Ju- Summit: Building Communities of Opportunity. However, a wide va- - riety of other issues will also be addressed. I am not going as a protester, but because of my concern about family issues. I want to preserve the family, Ford said when asked about her interest. Ford recently appeared before the city council to explain her reasons for attending the conference and was somewhat hesitantly designated as the citys representative to the international meeting. However, no city funds were allocated to support her attendance at the conference. Ford is paying her own expenses. However, an account has been set up at Davis County Key Banks where anyone donating $25 or more See FORD on pager 2 misadventure to benefit students teacher at Crestview Elementary School. Nights after that Id hear those same sounds, wake up and grab for my ankle. A tumble down the stairs during a trip to Disney World in Orlando, e teacher in a Fla., put the cast for nearly three months. An orthopedic surgeon screwed the fractured ankle bone to a metal plate, and she subsequently teased her class about giving each of them one of the 23 staples used to close the wound. There weren't any takers, she said, laughing. The staples, plate, cast, or even the nightmares, however, could sixth-grad- By CHRIS BA1ERSCHMIDT Davis Bureau Standard-Examin- Kathleen Leatham was oblivious to the stairs she was de- scending. The sounds she remembers happened in painful succession. Snap, crackle, pop. Thats the best way I can de- scribe what happened, said the hardly match the near medical saster that followed. Baskin-Robbin- di- Leatham woke up shortly past midnight the day before Christmas gasping for air and suffering from the worst case of heartburn so she thought. She stayed put until morning, then called her general practitioner who demanded she check in with Ogden Regional Medical Centers emergency room. - It wasnt the holiday rush causing pain so excruciating she didnt sleep the rest of the night. The iron-hburning in her chest was from a clot formed from the blood pooling in the ankle. The clot See TEACHER on page 2 Shop, Subway Sandwhiches, Taco Time, Video Express, and Dr. RJ White's Animal Hospital. Pet of Week ot This sweet Kathleen Leatham Reading a book with some shares information she learned from breaking her ankle. SHARING: sixth-grader- s, female German LASTING TIES By KyANN MYERS Standard Examiner correspondent Clayton started working Sunset City in April Karen Kunz began working for the city in July of the Ora same year. They have worked side by side in the city offices for 10 years now, and they will retire together May 3. Clayton worked at Murdock Machinery and Mountainwcst Savings before coming to work for Sunset as the city treasurer. She was treasurer for eight years and for the last two years she has been the city recorder and office manager. In that capacity, Clayton duperforms office administrative ties and oversees the other employees. Clayton and her husband, Carl, have lived in Sunset for 34 years. They have two children and eight grandchildren. Clayton describes her years with Karen Kunz and Ora Clayton Hometown: Both live in Sunset. Years acquainted: 10. How they first met: When they each started to work for Sunset City Interests: Ora likes to spend time with her grandchildren, travel, and quilt Karen (ikes buying i and selling antiques, and Sunset City as fun. like to work with people, and I enjoy meeting new people, even though sometimes people aren't very nice to us, said Clayton. Especially on days when utilities are shut olf for people call and can get verbally abusive. Shes been yelled at in person, too. But most of the time customers are kind and happy. The people of Sunset City are really good to work with, said Clayton. Her husband will also retire this year from 34 years of teaching at North Davis Junior High, so the two of them will have more time to relax at home, travel around the country and do yard work. Clayton also plans to spend more time with one of her favorite hobbies - making quilts. Kunz started at Sunset City in the water department and then two years ago took over Clayton's former job as treasurer. See TIES on page 2 rt s, Gift short-hai- Office relationship blooms into friendship the support of local businesses, has awarded 61 students for raising their grade point .5 percent from first term to second term. The .5 Program allows the organization to praise and reinforce positive behavior and academic performance of students who are not necessarily honor students. A student must raise his gradepoint .5 percent - such as a 2.5 to a 3.0. Student honored include: Andrew Adams, Katherine Adams, Benjamin Baldwin, Chester Barber, Shawn Bingham, David Brough, Matthew Brown, Holly Burke, Amanda Caldwell, Geoffrey Cannon, Marco Cannon, Derek Child, Heather Cravens, Tiffany Dille, Samantha Draney, Peter Emmons, Timothy Fowers, Ryan Frost, Evelyn Galvez, Elizabeth Garrett, Alyonka Gripshi, Joy Ellen Guymon, Amy Halbern, James Hallett, Julie Hamblin, Heidi Heath, Hugh Holbrook, Dallas Hunter, Scott Jeppson, Nicole King, Brooke Lefevre, Matthew Little, Patrick McRoberts, Jesse Montgomery, Scott Moss, Blair Murdock, Andrea Myers, Michael Neese, Stephanie Olson, Brent Orme, Brock Pace, Kristopher Phillips, Jared Profaizer, Demetrio Rea, Patricia Rees, Riley Duston, Wade Robinson, Xitlalic Salvador, Sonnet Sawyer, Jacqueline Shumway, April Silver, Ryan , Stebbing, Kurt Stewart, Patricia Turner, John Vanderschaaf, Brandon Vanfleet, Elisa Vasquez, Jennifer Walker, Gwendolyn Weibel, Lindsay Willden and Mitchell Young. Businesses that contributed include: Academy of Fine Arts, Arby's, Aunt Addies, Beauty Lines Beauty Supply, Cherry Hill Resort, Coast to Coast Stores, Dairy Queen, David's Pizza, Davis Eye Care, Dennys, Dominos Pizza, Enjoy Wear, Garcias, Kaysville Beehive Book, Kaysville Theatre, Lagoon, McDonalds. Post and Print, Pulse, Stewarts Nightmare turns into lesson Teacher uses NO. 2550 CENTS BIAVIS year-roun- at Kaysville school 15, I traveling 1 Having worked with Sunset residents for a decade at the city offices, Karen Kunz (left) and Ora Clayton retire together in May. r pointer pup is available from the Davis County Animal Shelter for a $50 adoption fee plus a $10 license. Adoption hours are from 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Call extension 2, for more information. 2-- 544-835- BEST QUOTE When we talk about keeping things the way they are, its never going to happen. How can you tell people they cant sell their farm? Kaysville City Councilman Steve Whitesides during a public heanng last Tuesday on a request to rezone farm land to allow for homes. Some residents had protested the rezone. X ? |