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Show '4 4 Stamhml'ltvaminer i INSIDH ' ; ld fj; -- f.y A 4 r rir' ' - V. Land dealings r Smith WVUt rmi!niU cuiuvrncd about Hill ftiiii.imin.iiimi,l 1,11 V is mi; Cardiac arrest S V REVIEW cr; IbivU County hold fund ralx-- r fur American Heart A'WHiiflon.7 AW n! MARCH 29, 1997 r' th DAVIS CO UNITS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER n. VOL1C.NO. 10950 CENTS Highway CITY lie; VC- - 'ic' take LIMITS city park property of will r! Jtv .J I- ' - Ajrvi ,rVY 4r c in! t a$ O ill! it FARMINGTON V, Swimming pool on schedule . lj Fruit Heights oJf A'1 'sfe ' $$ Mi; r worried about what it will get in return BY TOM BUSSCLDCRG Sunoco Uanwsr rWK a ' t t V o fj4 i- , . , ,,n fn - , -- ' jr4 - .!- - f .rtf " w ! ' aN - ' ROBERT Farber stands next to his 1900 farm wagon pulled by his Omaha to Salt Lake for the Sesquicentennial. ? j; f -- ' 4 - w a;.'- t' ?. land. r' , '' !. - ' RCGAK'Slandwd&amnff Utahns to make pioneer tracks Layton man ready to hitch wagon to Mormon Trail train Equestrians always been ready to ride By LORETTA PARK By LORETTA PARK Siandari-Examme- r ' :' Layton - corespondent Dave Facrber of Layton is preparing his horses, his wagon, his motor home and his genealogy to cross the plains. Faerber didnt realize how many of his wifes ancestors traveled along the Mormon Trail to Utah until recently. And it was all because the two signed up to be part of the Mormon Trail Wagon Train - 150 years. On the registration form it asked about ancestors. So the two headed for the LDS Family History Library and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in Salt Lake City. Afier many hours of researching, they discovered Rayanna Faerber was related to 28 men and women who came to Utah between 1847 and 1856. Dave Faerber had two ancestors who made the trek before the railroad entered the valley. ' It was the funnest thing Ive ever done, he said. are one of about . - The Faerbers 10 wagons from Utah that will travel the entire distance from Omaha, Neb., April 21 to Salt Lake City, July 22, said Dr. Jim Bell of Farmington. Bell, a veterinarian, is one of the local organizers of the wagon train honoring the pioneers. ' Dave Faerber is as a land developer. He has prepared to take this trip for about a year. Right now, hes getting two of his Belgium horses and two of his Percheron horses to pull the 11 foot long and -- Standard Examiner correspondent WEST POINT - Three months steady on a horse. Thats what Michelle Okamoto plans to do, along with at least 100 other horse riders on the Mormon Trail Wagon Train - 150 years. The ride begins on April 21 in Omaha, Neb., where Winter Quarters was established, and ends July 22 in Salt Lake City, said Dr. Jim Bell of Farming-toHe is one of the organizers of the wagon train. There will be anywhere from 3(0 to 75 wagons along the 1,000-mil- e plus route depending on the day and the location. And there will be several hundred people dressed in pioneer clothing walking along the trail. Michelle Okamoto, 19, and her mother, Angie Okamoto of West Point, will travel two days with their truck, horse trailer and four horses to Omaha. Michelle has prepared for this trip all of her life, Angie said. A photograph shows Michelle, age 6 months, on a horse with her mother. When she was 2, she rode a cow. When she was 12, she broke her first horse. Angie said Michelle spends every spare minute with their horses or training their neighbors horses. For at least two hours, seven days a week, wind, rain, snow, sleet or sunshine, Michelle is in West n. . ROBERT REGANStandard-Examine- r Michelle Okamoto will become very familiar with Blue, a trek from Omaha to Salt horse, as they make frie 3 1 Lake for the Sesquicentennial. ", READY TO RIDE: - working just one hour a day and work up to four hours a day. wagon.' Each horse weighs between 1,500 to 1,700 pounds. He takes a team to the field behind his home and plows it, the way. They start Faerber doesnt understand 7T See WAGON2 - But the big question facing the community, is how much will change and when that will happen. Rod Terry'. Utah Department of Transportation engineer for District One, said that if Congress provides funding related to Olympic transportation, such as the $300 million talked about, wed have to complete Highway 89 to U.S. 84 by 2002. Thats not very far away, y that theres a lot of would have to be purchased, he told the council. Were trying to get the West Davis Highway going, but well probably not know what is happening on the highway bill for one year. That gives us 3 12 years to get it all done. He estimated it will take three years to acquire all of the necessary Fruit Heights city officials are concerned about the imminent loss of park property along Nieh-- ols Road. Because of the different categories of property made by state and federal agencies, different procedures and outcomes arc possible, City Manager Richard Marchant said. Sonic confusion exists because the park was formally owned and maintained by Davis County in conjunction with the Davis County Golf Course. However, the park property was deeded to the city more than 5 years ago, and as Mayor Richard Harvey said, the city has put a significant amount of money maintaining and upgrading the park. If the state takes property, it has to be mitigated in different ways, Marchant said. In some cases its a swap. In other situations the city could receive funds in lieu of land. However, those different designations of land must be determined. City Planer Jeff Oyler is working to identify the various types of property. Some of the property has been improved by the Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Marchant said. The city has 59 acres known as the Hinckley Property just east of 1800 East which it hopes to develop as a recreation area. Perhaps some funds in lieu of a straight land swap could go for that, Mayor Richard Harvey and others believe. Until the designation of property is resolved and the state goes through the design phase, we wont know exactly what theyre taking, Marchant said. right-of-wa- Percheron draft horses that will make the journey from PIONEER TREK: Dave conxrsuoncWX FRUIT liriGHTS - As pljns for U.S. 89 expansion shape up. many residents and business will get the boot. So too will some of Fruit Heights park See HORSE2 right-of-way- s. 1 land-for-lu- Ants byting at your keyboard? Just download There I was typing away on the com-- 4 1 puter at work when I looked down ' JL and noticed the bottom of the L on the keyboard was moving. I stopped, rubbed my eyes and looked again. I realized it wasnt an L but the I. ' . Figuring my eyes were playing tricks on me, I went back to typing. A few seconds later I saw a little head with antennae pop up between the G and the H. Out crawled an ant It made a quick dash across the F and the D and then dove down between the S and the A. ! Im not a computer whiz, but I quickly determined that having an ant in my keyboard was not a good idea. Who knew what it was down there doing. Probably messing with all the key connections so that typos appear in my writing. ' So, I picked up the keyboard, and shook it, preparing to squash the interloper under my thumb. I,forgot there is nt such thing as a soli- - f rCOFY Viewpoint U Andy Davis . Editor Howell County . , tary ant. Sure enough, when I shook the keyboard, out came dozens of its comrades. Ive heard of bugs in the computer, but this was ridiculous. , Like a raid at a post-gam- e fraternity party, the little buggers began scrambling for cover anywhere they could find it. A dozen or so made it under the phone. A group made a beeline for the dictionary. And the rest tried to find sanctuary under the mouse pad. mis-s- ij But I was on a search-and-destr- ' . w Within minutes my workstation was littered with the corpses of dead and dying ants, and my thumb had turned black from all the crushing blows. I then went around to the other com. puters and shook the keyboards. Sure enough, more ants came tumbling out. Along with the ants, out fell microscopic pieces of chips, candy and other food. " The ants had discovered a smorgasbord in ' our computers. Needless to say, eating while working at the computers has been strictly forbidden. How long the ants had been dining in the keyboards is anyone's guess. I just figure this explains any typos weve had over, .say, the last year. (OK, that might be stretching it). Come to think of it, we had a big piece on fire ants we planned earlier this year that mysteriously disappeared. (Sorry, my imagination is getting the best of me.) But for anyone else who might have a computer. Ive figured out how the ants get into the keyboard without you seeing them. Its rather ingenious. It must have taken generations of ants to come up with this method. But Ive discovered their secret and will blow the lid on their operation. Its easy to prevent an ant infestation of your computer, or any other place in your house, if you know what youre doing. The way the ants get inside is to &ghtA5my-thlki(8- 8 (bgfD3(,l. know pest controllers everywhere will be able to use this information successfully in eradicating ants from the home and office forever. I Andy Howell is an assistant managing ediand a member tor for the Standard-Examinof the newspaper's editorial board. He can be . reached weekdays at er Farmingtons new outdoor swimming pool is progressing on schedule lor a May 24 Memorial Day weekend opening. In an update to the city council last week. City Manager Max Forbush said, its coming along nicety. It looks like we found a solution to the interior floors and dressing rooms and shower areas. The contractor had not poured the concrete correctly, with the right slope, but the contractor is fixing that. We talked about a problem that will top that concrete floor. Previous concerns raised by the city council about some cost overages have been solved through compromise. We're in good shape" lor the planned opening, he said. City to rent chipper for cleanup Rather than haul bark resulting from the city's upcoming spring cleanup to the burn plant in Layton, Farmington City is going to rent a chipper for two days. The council authorized kind of a test to chip some of our spring cleanup material, see if it see if it will is work out, City Manager Max Forbush says. "We will see if we can use the bark on some of our trails. "It will cost a couple hundred dollars an hour, so we will try it. We will save some money not hauling to the burn plant, Forbush said. Whether it's the equivalent (in savings) - it's (possibly) the value of the chips, he added. The machine will be rented for two workdays, or 16 hours. SUNSET Fire department plans egg hunt The Sunset Fire Department sponsor an Easter egg hunt at 9 a.m. today at Central Park, 85 W. 1800 North. Everyone is welcome. will CLEARFIELD City donates funds to YCC Victims of domestic abuse in Davis County currently rely on Your Community Connection in Ogden, and because of it the Clearfield City Council has donated $250 toward the organization. The Council Tuesday unanimously approved the donation request from YCC officials after Mayor Neldon Hamblin and Police Chief Morton Sparks pointed out that right now, the citys abuse victims have no where else to turn. Whether our (abused) residents go to Salt Lake or go to Ogden, our residents do go one way or the other, Hamblin said. Sparks informed the council his department depends on the YCC and he himself is aware of dozens of victims they have referred to there. A shelter under construction in Kaysville isn't ready yet. Council approves scholarship award A $500 scholarship award to a Clearfield High graduating senior has been approved by the City Council. City Manager Jack Bippes said the annual scholarship the city presents is taken from the council's expense fund and has been budgeted for. Mayor Neldon Hamblin said the city is just one of many participants in the scholarship program y -- |