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Show APKIL21, 4-- W7 DAMS CO UNITS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL 10, NO. 120 Syracuse, West Point: Were friends Differences sill exist over proposed route of highway Rep. Morda Dillrco EyKyAfmtYCnS CWWWX Called Ct.f.AKI II U) - Atihoufih meeting to diftcrcncc of opinion luxe exbring Chief isted oxer where the Legacy together. Highway xluuilJ he located. West I'oint and Syracuse official say "I'd heard that the two cilie that they nexcr fought or plotted were not agreeing and fighting. I against each other. was pleased to find out that it Rep. MarJa Dillrcc, head of wasn't true. the Legacy Highway Steering "I'm not sure everyone feel Committee, called a special meet same way about where the the ing in Clearfield Monday to bring the mayors and city council road should go, but they listenedI member from the two cities to- to each other' coneern and think everyone' happy with llic gether to discus the difference and dispel rumor ubout bicker- compromise," Dillrcc said. The Bluff Road route and a ing between the two otic. Um Davis route that follow the shore of the Ureal Salt Lake going west of the sewer plant were recommended for further study. A route that interrupted Black Island ( arm and other agriculture area wit discarded. On Friday the steering committee will meet to discus the proposed routes. As each council member expressed their recommendation to Dillrcc, they stated their most preferred route but said they were not opposed to studying other routes. The city councils w ill not actually be involved in the decision-makin- g process or get to cast a vote on the highway's route. They may only make recommendations to the steering committee which will nuke its own recom mendation to the state. Syracuse council members said they had been misunder-stoo- d in their reasoning for opposing the Bluff Road locution. Originally in the master Plan a t right of way had been identified. 1 hey say the amount of space needed now has more than doubled. "It's like ordering a small piano for your room and then having a grand piano delivered. You don't know where to pul it or what to do with it. 110-foo- fivc-by-fo- ur Ihc magnitude of this road changed drastically" sjid Syracuse Councilwoman Kaye Volk. The road was originally expected to he four Lines with cross streets the new plan is to build a e freeway with overpasses and onolT ramps. This will re six-lon- quire a larger righi-o- f way and extra room for the ramps. I'lan-nwy the road needs to be six lane to accommodate the growth and development of west Daxis County. I it Rene Toxey lives on Bluff Road and says she has heard rumors circulating for yejrs about widening Bluff Road. "Now they are building an interstate through my front yard. It was supposed to just he a regular road I thought," said Toxey. West Point Councilman Glen Wade created his own study of the Blulf Road route and presented it to Dillrcc. Wade strongly recommends the highway along BlulT Road and has letter from major property owner there stat- er See LEGACY, Fairfield Junior High bugs out to keep 3 KAYSVILLE Fairfield gears up for Falcon Fest Trio third annual Fanfold Junior High Falcon Fest will bo May 2 from 5 to 7.30 p m. at the school. Fairfield students and all family members are invited to attend. The PTSA will be doing pizza, donuts, pop and broadsticks. Various school departments will be sponsoring booths soiling candy, doing lace pamtmg and ceramic painting, story telling, performing plays, a silent auction, udes. an work and drama displays. CLEARFIELD Elementary student wins poster contest South Clearfield Elementary r Diana Johnson has taken top honors in the Clearfield City Arbor Day Poster smth-grade- abuse stats Contest. Clearfield Recreation Director Tracy Heun said lor Johnson's effort a Kentucky coffee tree will be planted in her honor in Fisher Park. Other poster contest winners included second-placfinisher . r at Kyllie Smith, a Holt Elementary and Austin Danisher. at South Clearfield Elementary, who finished third. Heun said the Kentucky coffee tree is not a first to Davis County. One is also planted in the Utah State University , Botanical Gardens in Farmington. The city has been sponsoring the contest for five Schools to start tracking injuries to area children e fourth-grade- By CYNTHIA E. THOMAS Standard-Examne- SCHOOL BOARD first-grad- Dams Bureau - FARMINGTON A national spokeswoman for the safety of children came to the Davis , School District to send a lingcr-jui.in- s. message to educators and community leaders: Its time to start protecting the children. It was a message that was near and dear to the heart of Michelle Jezycki, an MCAP project director visiting from McLean, Va. MCAP (Missing and years. West Point Ex- ploited Children Comprehensive Action Program) is a federally funded plan to help communities develop teams and strategies for responding to child victims and their families. MCAP began in 1987 when then-U.Attorney General Edwin Meese decided to put together a task force to help with missing and runaway youths. Nationwide, about 438,200 children are lost, injured or otherwise missing each year. There are an estimated 446,700 runaways reported every year, and about 354,100 family abductions occur annually. But Davis County accqunts for no part of those statistics - at least not officially. In fact, school officials say they have no records of how many Davis County children fall into those and other categories. Were not sure we know of all the kids who fall in this category. We know theyre out there somewhere, said Tom Feil, director of student services for the district. , Having a program such as MCAP is necessary to help ensure the safety of children, Jezycki said. There are 26 MCAP sites across the country, but none in Utah. If nothing else, Jezycki wanted to bring her facts, stories, anecdotes and opinions to Davis County to get officials thinking. We can expedite the services of reaching these children rather than just waiting for something to happen, she stressed. Because of Jezyckis visit, officials say they will work to create a safety r.et for their children. We just know way too many kids have fallen through the cracks, said David Turner, executive director of safe home, school, community for the Davis School District. As a start in the community, Jezycki said officials should look at the differences in the way the community approaches childrens issues. Davis County is very impressive. You all are well on your way to prevention and intervention, she said. See ABUSE3 PTA plans plant sale at school A bedding and vegetable plant sale will be May 9, from 5 to 8 p.m. and May 10, from 8 a.m to noon at West Point Elementary School. Proceeds will go to the school's nature center. For special orders call Cindy at S. 773-564- DAVIS COUNTY Registration set BUGS ADD UP: Pointing how to solve a math problem, Kristin Hadley that involves math, English and science classes. is one of the teachers at Fairfield Junior High School in a program on arthropods Math, English, science combined in project Kaysville school earns award in Phillips 66Jazz contest By RUTH MALAN Standard-Examine- r correspondent KAYSVILLE - Its not science took over the for a time and are now residing in the attic of Fairfield Junior High. The bugs helped a teacher at the school earn an award of $1,000 in a recent contest. This is the first year for the Phillips 66Utah Jazz Energy in Excellence award to be presented as a community outreach project. And Kristin Hadley, a teacher at Fair-fiel- d, took honorable mention in the contest with her arthropod project. Hadley, of Layton, is a math teacher at the school where a group of 95 seventh-grader- s have the same teachers in math, English and science. These three teachers work together to integrate their subjects. Even art came into play with the arthropod project. We have a seventh-grad- e integrative theme. They have the same English, math and science teachers and sometimes art, said Hadley. In science, the students were studying arthropods, so teams of four students picked a bug to study and learn about. They had to bring in a bug, any of a major group of segmented invertebrates having jointed legs and including insects and crustaceans. Usually it was a dead one, or a picture of one to scale. The students then measured the length of each body part - wings, legs, antennae, etc. Students did ratio and proportion figuring. They had to figure out the scale they would use to make one a meter in size, Hadley explained. That was the math part of the project. Then it was off to the art room to make papier-mach- e models. For science they had to be accurate on how the bugs were put together and that the legs and antennae were in the correct places. They ended up with 16 See BUGS3 EMS supports ambulance for Farmington By TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examin- correspondent support, we have a pretty good idea what we want for an ambulance. the chief said. - The FARMINGTON citys efforts to start its own ambulance service gained a little The city will need to be censed for the service by the momentum last week. I think it (approval) will happen roughly in July. Its just a process. The next rung will be the public hearing and well see where it goes, White said. We really can't do anything as far as ordering an ambulance or anything like that. Weve looked at some options, The Davis County Emergency Medical Services Councils planning committee voted to support the citys request for permission to obtain an ambulance, said Fire Chief Larry White. It was a vote of confidence, li- state. step-by-st- Beyond the approval process, the ball lies in the city councils court. The next step comes from the city council in the form of a budget. Ive been told they wont know anything until the end of May. Were kind of hoping it will be a done deal, but its been a bumpy ride for years," the chief said. The way things are changing mington any longer). Things are changing all around us - just on the number of runs were having on a monthly basis, almost one a day, White said. "Its really amazing how busy it's getting, here and everywhere. stressed. are really, Davis School District preschools are filling up fast for the 1997-9- 8 school year, but there are a few openings at some locations. Registration will be held at the individual schools May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. Children must be 3 or 4 years old by Sept. 1 to be eligible. Morning classes are two days a week and afternoon classes are three days a week. Curriculum is based on the National Association for the Education of Young Children guidelines. Children will participate in hands-oplay n oriented experiences that focus on the process not the product. The following schools have availability and will be holding registrations. Morning and afternoon programs with openings are at Oakhills, Centerville, East Layton Cook and West Clinton elementaries. Those schools with afternoon-onlopenings are Boulton, Washington, Woods Cross, West Bountiful, Kaysville y in the county, if South Davis Ambulance goes into the fire district, as is rumored, they wouldnt be coming (into Far- Things for area preschools really Family Enrichment Center, Lincoln, Wasatch, Antelope, South Clearfield, Holt, Clinton and Doxey elementaries. For more information call the individual preschool teachers at the school or the Family Enrichment Center Ext. 305. Submit items for School Board by sending them to the Lakeside Review, 2146 N. 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