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Show Lakeside 4 Saturday Ffctwayg 1907 L&LWtd fWicrvV Raceway has Layton ties West Valley officials happy to have new owners of race track In a ibubt the thing that n m Iwfy has hxn waiting for. Vine is more enthusiasm and optimism in taring now in this amt than I've scat in Tin's Is without A West Valley City officials are travk. The raceway will reopen this spring under a new name and after a Sit) million nukcover. It will he called the Rocky Mountain Raceway, and us new owners are putting in a new oval race track, modern bleachers, corporate suites, restroom with running water and a paved parking lot. Auto racers hailed it as the ON THE JOB: best thing to happen since racing at the State Fairgrounds ended in the early 1970s. This is without a doubt the thing that everybody has been waiting for," said Mike Robinson, a former driver who owns two sprint cars and builds racing engines. There is more enthusiasm and optimism In racing now In this area than I've seen in Margaret Snow is the now nur&ng supervisor tor the Davis County Heath Department New Davis nurse is close to home By DRYQN SAXTON Unnw &mu FARMINGTON - A of 18 years manage ment experience, and a short commute, has brought Margaret Snow on board as the Davis CW com-binati- on County Health Department's nursing supervisor. Snow, 43, of Farmington, re places Mary Meredith, who re tired Jan. 31 after 18 years with the county. Snow, who lives three doors down from the County Court house annex in Farmington where she works, has been with the health department for two years, but has 18 years of previous experience. The Salt Lake native, with a master's in nursing administration from BYU, is a former head nurse at Dixie Medical Center in St. George, and a nursing supervisor at LDS Hospital. She was also director of nursing at Desert in Hospital years. . hoping a lay ton connection to the old Bonneville Raceway cleans ups some of the pavt problems theyve had wnh the race Mike Robinson soke the tnukv business license, Jay's wife and the raceway's gencuing the regular occurrence of eral manager. fires, ear aiciJcmx. injuries to The old oval was ripped up vrectators, uncontrolled Talking, and is being replaced wnh a larglimited access to emergency vehie oval with steeper emcles and drunken and disorderly er bankments to give driven better crowds. control and the potential for lt was a constant problem behigher speeds - as fast as 123 38-mil- fore," Mayor Cearld Wright said. full pages of saicty concerns, and at times we had to shut them down because we didn't get satisfaction on those safety concerns. The new owners, he said, ap- "We had two pear to want a first-cla- race n track. Spencer Young, of Layton, of the Young Automotive Group and its five Utah, Wyoming and Idaho car dealerships, bought the property from Tom Cam last October. er 72-ac- re years.' The Tor at least a decade. West Young became involved in racing five Valley City has struggled to resolve public safety concerns at years ago when Jay Clarkson, mph on the new, longer straightaway. The oval will have interior lanes for figure-eigracing. berm has been built A around the north and west of the osal. Bleachers seating up to 5.000 people will be anchored on the hill, and more seating will be available on the grassy portion of the berm. Bleachen on the other side of the berm will scat another 5.000 for drag racing. The drag strip is being redone to conform with National Hot Rod Association standards. 30-fo- i I i I ld Palm Springs, Calif. the track, charging previous owners with numerous noise, fire and safety code violations. The track was the site of an ugly riot in 1988, and a loud heavy-metconcert drew com- from neighbors in 1991. In 1994 the city threatened to re- - to be here long term. It's close to home," Snow joked I hope of her moving around. Snow is single and enjoys spending time with her nieces and nephews. She also enjoys reading and the outdoors. al now the track's operations manager, asked him to sponsor one of his race cars. Over time, he decided to buy the nee track. "With the exception of one lone building, the drag strip tow-plain- ts er, the whole rlace was totally leveled, said Beckie Clarkson, "We're looking at some pretty serious dollars invested in the land to improve it and to provide more of a family atmosphere and a real recreational opportunity for our citizens, said Jared Campbell, the city's supervisor current planning. of The track's grand opening is set for May 17. Clinton City adds $500,000 to current budget on the amended budget are expenses that have already been approved and paid for by the council throughout the year. Revenues expected to more than cover the new expenses By GINGER MIKKELSEN Standard-Examne- r corespondent - CLINTON An additional was added to the $500,000 1996-9- 7 city budget during midfiscal year budget amendments. The amendments passed by the city council last week are made up primarily of unpredictable items, said City Manager Dennis Guff. Most of the items "The budget just needs to be to reflect those updated changes," said Gulf. Included among the items were additional unexpected costs for the city building construction, expenses for hiring a cleaning service for the new building, and city property insurance cost increases due to new construction lice will have the opportunity to ter reader just enters the meter make extra money by serving readings into a portable electronAlso included in the budget warrants during their ic device which can later downchanges were a few new items off time. Guff said the city is load the data into the billing start-up funds for a new owed so much in such as outstanding computer. police department program. warrants, the incentive program Public Works Director Mel In the past, due to the small should quickly pay for itself. said automatic read meWood stalT, the police department only Also included among new ex- ters are now served arrest warrants within the being installed in penses is new automatic water newly constructed homes city limits. meter data transfer software. throughout the city. He said "If they went out of the city to the water meter reader eventually the water meter Currently, city serve warrants, they were leaving will able to read meters with be the city unprotected, so they just reader delivers meter readings to inwand attached to a a the of has a clerk all the who to pass type didn't do it, Guff said. formation into a computer. With portable computer; Readings Under the new program, po- - the new software, the water me- - would then be downloaded onto and increased property values. out-of-ci- ty DATC staff help students in program Schools Sub-for-San- ta benefited those enrolled in Turning Point classes KAYSVILLE - The helping hands at Davis Applied Technology Center were busy over the holiday season as staff, faculty, students and the community worked together on the annual campaign. The combined efforts benefit-te- d 20 families of DATC students with donations of food, gifts, clothing and gift ta Merry Paceley, DATC Turning Point coordinator, chaired the ta committee which raised more than $4,000 and collected 54 gifts. "I was in that position once. Its hard to be the one to take, but that was a Christmas my kids will always remember. I swore I would help when I got the chance, Paceley said. Paceley has been involved in the program five of the seven years she has worked at DATC. ta Santa delivered the gifts and supplies to the families the week of Christmas. I have received many expressions of gratitude from the recipients, Paceley said. There were a lot of excited kids with eyes as big as silver dollars. Several activities helped the g efforts including a chili cook-of- f, two craft and food auctions and collections for a Santa Claus Legal Defense Fund. The defense fund was needed when Santa was arrested by Officer Scott Upton of the Kaysville Police Department and taken from classroom to classroom for donations. fund-raisin- DATC machining, diesel, culinary arts, nursing, and essential workplace skills programs held fund-raise- rs also. Support from the community included donations from Wal-Mar- t, Albertsons, Brough Real- ' ty, Dr. Clark Rampton, Betty's Crafts, Deseret Book, Dr. Rand Mattson, Smith's Food & Drug, Winder Dairy, Joys Too Beauty Salon, Village Hearth, Drs. Bruce and Dan Jensen, Teddy Bears Donuts, Bowmans Market and Great Harvest Bread in Layton. rt, states largest OGDEN - More than 125 local and national company representatives will recruit and talk to Weber State University students Feb. 13 about career opportunities during the sixth annual Career Fair. homemakers in Davis and Morgan counties make the transition to training programs or into the workforce. self-estee- The event, sponsored by WSUs Career Services, draws some 3,000 students each year and is the largest university - as it is also known, includes Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, Davis County Employment and Training, Office of Family Support, Davis County Job Service, v ALLWORK tJ'" GUARANTEED FREE ESTIMATES . Main v nice & 520 S. 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