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Show Foru keside Review 5 Saturday, December 14, 1996 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support from business appreciated I would like to thank Layton Walmart for furnishing North Davis Junior High with S50 a month from November to April. The money for November went to Mrs. Arnold, a math teacher at North Davis Junior High. She used the money to buy supplies for her classroom. From December to April the money will be given to the Student Government class to buy supplies for school activities. In December, the Student Govern ment will use the money to buy gifts for a family in Clearfield for the Christmas holiday. The Student Government will also use the money to buy rewards for students who earn special achiev-emet- I would like to thank Layton Walmart and the other busii nesses that have sponsored ! North Davis Junior High. David Sawyer president North Davis Junior High School Student-bod- y Certain kinds of persons bothered by attitude Love Thy Neighbor as Thyprovided, of course, he is not one of those unwanted certain kind of persons who might be attracted by a low cost subdivision of $200,000 homes including private trails and ponds. I refer to an article that appeared in the Nov. 30 Lakeside Review titled City nixes subdivision plan near affluent neighself, bors. I personally have never experienced the luxury of living in a $200,000 home or one that sat on more than a third of an acre, but you know what, Ive never had an unwanted neighbor either! Oh, one more thing, in spite of density in the neighborhoods I have lived in, not one of those homes was ever condemned by the State Board of Health for un 451-32- Commissioner Dannie McConkie (R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State Farmington, Utah 84025 Office 451-32- Commissioner Carol R. Page (R) ning Commission and city staff to approve this subdivision. ! Ponds at Oakhills sounds like a welcome change from existing subdivisions in Layton where des velopers are reluctant to try the planned community approach, sJ successful in other parts of the country, with trails, bike path and open green space. Bill Mueller Layton 451-32- Clearfield City Council Agriculture continues to evolve By DAN GUCKMAN Secretary of U.S. Department of Agriculture Election American season is over, and to sow plans for agriculture has reaped a good record in the last four years. But in a changing world, agriculture faces new challenges. The government now assumes less risk, while farmers bear more. So risk management has become a top priority. ; We dont think farmers should be left to fend for themselves. We have to find new ways to help farmers thrive in an increasingly risky environment, and yet not be involved in the micromanagement of agricultural decisions. The extreme fluctuations weve seen lately probably wont be the norm; but we have to help farmers cope with variability. We already have begun to offer education programs and develop new products for crop and revenue insurance. Our ongoing risk management pilot projects have been tremendously successful, and we expect to expand them. And we have a team working on a secretarial initiative on risk management that will probably involve some legislative proposals. We remain committed to ex- panding economic opportunity for all Americans. Weve made a good start in the last four years. New international agreements have opened markets, and U.S. agricultural exports are at record levels. Markets are open that have never been open to us before. . GUEST COLUMNIST Limits on export subsidies are in place for the first time. We have an agreement prohibiting the use of bogus science to justify trade barriers. But despite all this, many in American agriculture believe the trade agreements are not working. This is a misconception that must be corrected. Trade agreements are working. In Asia, increased market access and lower tariffs have led to a huge growth in exports. This year, U.S. beef exports are expected to increase 17 percent with more purchases from Japan, Korea, Canada, and Mexico. Exports of com are expected to reach nearly 2 billion bushels this year - the third highest dollar value of com exports we have ever achieved. We expect to export 32.5 million tons of wheat in FY 1996 - a 33 percent increase in value from a year ago. Trade agreements do not resolve all trade problems. In fact, as trade increases, trade frictions are likely to increase. But if we turn our backs on trade talks, well go back to the days when agriculture was left out of these talks altogether. This would be devastating to the interest of farmers and long-ter- m ranchers. Markets are open, but theyre still not open enough. In 1999, we should go into the planned review of the Uruguay Round set on the elimination, not just the further reduction, of all trade, distorting subsidies in this sector. It is governments role to assure a level playing field at home as well as abroad. So we will con- tinue to monitor concentration and the structure of agriculture in the years ahead. We will continue to respond to the recommendations of the committee I set up to investigate the effects of concentration in domestic markets. USDA has fought concentration in the railroad industry, and will continue to do so. We have to make food affordable and available. But we also have to make it safe. We initiated a historic update of federal food safety rules with our new meat and poultry inspection rules. Our challenge now is to implement the rules. We need to have safe food, but we also need to have enough food. So we will redouble our efforts in the fight against hunger both at home and abroad. At this months World Food Summit in Rome, I pledged that the U.S. will continue to respond to humanitarian crises, invest in research, and help countries develop their economies and feed their people. We also will continue the food rescue and gleaning efforts weve begun in our own country. Agriculture affects every -- American every day, particularly those who live or work in rural areas. If rural America doesn't thrive, the rest of America doesn't thrive. So we recommit ourselves to addressing rural development needs. State executives Gov. Mike Leavitt (R) State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 0 (SLC) Lt. Gov. Olene Walker (R) State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 0 (SLC) Atty. Jan Graham (D) State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 538-100- 538-104- 5 (SLC) State Senators Sen. Joseph Hull (D) Farr Dist. 20: Roy, Hooper, 5250 W. 4000 South Hooper, UT, 84315 H: 731-37Sen. David II. Steele (R) Dist. 21: Davis 3376 W. 400 North West Point, UT 84015 O: II: Sen. Craig L. Taylor (R) Dist. 22: Davis 312 Oak Lane Kaysville, UT 84037 9 O: 825-303- 3; West 544-674- 4 544-590- State Representatives Rep. Nora Stephens (R) Dist. 13: II: 825-379- Weber-Dav- is 2 Rep. Don Bush (R) 1 Home Stephen Whitesides 0 Home Brian D. Cook 1 Home Reed Nelson Home Robert H. Rees 3 Home 544-326- 544-329- 544-587- 546-491- 2 451-600- Layton City Council Mayor Jerry Stevenson 2 Home Brent A. Allen 8 Home Lyndia Graham 3 Home Debra Ledkins 0 Home Stuart Adams Home Steve Curtis Home 547-902- 544-442- 546-079- 544-01- Mayor Neldon Hamblin 9 Home 825-583- E. Gene Fessler 4 Home Diane Layton The Fund for Rural America will go to handle some critical 5 Home and backlogs in water, other rural areas as well as to in- Martin Eliason Home novative research, critical to the Curtis Oda future of a strong agriculture. 6 Home And increased focus on susL. Roundy tainable development ensures Garr 9 Home that the progress we make today does not come at the expense of food security tomorrow. Clinton City Council Government should help farmers 'and ranchers be good Mayor DeMar Mitchell stewards of the land, and we reHome main committed to sensible man- Dennis Simonsen resources. natural agement of Home Weve replaced a punishment-base- d Arverd Taylor 3 Home approach to conservation Bill Russell programs with a simplified, 546-444- 9 825-556- South Weber City Council 825-784- hou-Jn- 773-619- 9 773-979- 773-563- 773-58- 825-841- Mayor Bill Petty 5 Home Jack Frost Home Farrell D. Poll 6 Home Pam Jones Home Henry Dickamore 3 Home Jeff Monroe 3 Home 479-398- 479-441- 3 479-493- 479-624- 9 479-388- 479-521- 8 Sunset City Council 776-086- inc- entive-based approach. Our challenge now is to use Conservation our new tools-t- he Reserve Program, and the EQIP program which replaced a lot of our technical assistance Home 825-938- 0 Richard Lee Home Merlin Mitchell 2 Home 825-689- 5 773-195- pro- grams, to work with farmers and ranchers to meet their conservation needs. We want to work toward a more productive forest policy that focuses on the multiple uses of our forests - habitat protection, recreation, production of Farmington City Council Mayor Gregory S Bell Home Pat Achter 451-72- Home Gary E. Elliott 451-50- Home Mayor Carol Bellmon 1 Home Fred Childs 3 Home James D. Bridges 0 Home Arley Wallace Home Janice Galbraith Home 773-048- 773-488- 825-374- 825-21- 773-77- Elvin Morrill 451-24- Tammy Boyce timber. Home Amerithe customers Our M. Connors David can people - should have confHome idence that USDA is working to Larry W. Haugen expand economic opportunity, Home assure a safe, affordable, accessible food and fiber supply, and provide sensible management of Fruit Heights City Council our natural resources. If we accomplish that in the Mayor Richard L. Harvey next four years, weve accomHome plished a lot. Richard Muhlestetn Home 773-34- Syracuse City Council 451-53- 451-28- 451-73- 544-43- FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY 538-101- Joe Hill 544-517- Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State Farmington, Utah 84025 Office Dist. 14: Clearfield 0 H: Rep. Blake Chard (R) 825-321- Dist. 15: Layton II: 773-747- 4 Rep. Kevin S. Garn (R) Dist. 16: Layton H: Rep. Marda Dillrce (R) 544-35- 451-27- 0 Home Daniel J. Phelps 9 Home E. Robert Purdy Mayor Michael R. Garrett 4 Home 776-101- Alvin Y. Nance 3 Home Dana Love 3 Home Kaye Volk 5 Home Gary D. Mechatn Home Robert S. Wood 9 Home 825-394- 776-443- 825-499- 773-028- 2 774-981- West Point City Council 544-868- 547-012- Home 544-21Terry Stephens Home 544-7951 33 Dist. 17: Farmington 379 Shepherd Ridge Road Farmington, UT 84025 H: Home 544-17Tina LcPcndu Home 546-37L. Dale Green Mayor Howard Stoddard 0 Home Robert Fraser 2 Home Farrell Cook Home Glen Wade 2 Home Gary M. Kapp Home Dennis J. Montgomery Home 825-273- 825-505- 825-035- 5 773-935- Kaysville City Council 773-971- Mayor Art Johnson Home 544-84- : cleanliness. ; Its these kind of attitudes, expressed by the 50 or so surround-- ! ing residents opposing the subdn vision, that give credence to that saying so often heard around here: we talk a good talk, but we dont walk a good walk! ! And shame on the Layton City Council for turning down the recommendation by the Plan- Government Directory Commissioner Gayle Stevenson (R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State Farmington, Utah 84025 Office s. ; 773-79- 8 |