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Show Km? I cmr A day of service Limits Nah, just a joke LAYTON Finance department receives award By UNCTTE GAMBOA frjnrwo Urnwr Dsn Uimu A mischieLAYTON A big govorninffll agoncy a a aided d Msie governmenl agency lor its fabulous figures ictomty - vous smile sprejJ ucruvt l he face of Mayor Jerry Stevenson us he whipped out a Cult in Gronduhl cartoon last week at the start of a City Council meeting. That s thi skinny ol it. The long voiiaon IS this: The Government Finance Officers Association el the United States and Canaria awarded Vie Li Won Finance Department tor excellence in financial reports on March 26 A representative ol the Government Finance Officers Association was in town last week to present a plaque to Layton Finance Director Steve Ashby, The Certificate of Achievement is Iho "highest lorm of recognition in the area The Standard-xamincr cartoon that ran earlier this month depicted Stevenson and Ogden Mayor Glenn Medium mtting in the new Lindquist ! ield. Stevenson comments. Nice baseball park. I think I'll build one next to my new 1 conference center, while Medium has something akin to a heart attack, stroke and conniption fit combined. Then, came the joke. of governmental accounting and financial reporting." according to the GFOA. Layton won this award for the test time a year ago. Along with the certificate, it distinguishes Layton and makes it easier for the city to receive approvals for bonds and lower bond rates. Stevenson proceeded to pass out copies of the new Layton field, a baseball stadium that looked strikingly similar to Lindquist f ield. : The fictitious Layton Field would be located olT Gentile, Gordon Avenue and 2200 West. Stevenson said the cartoon got him thinking and he put together the design. Brent Allen , Councilman added, How much do we need to appropriate it? Let's get it going." . Stevenson said it would have to be a major league team to come into the city without the consent of the county, not a minor league team. - City Manager Alex Jensen said to the mayor, You're a brave man for taunting Ogden. Utah Symphony to perform It s not often the public is invited to a tree concert with the Utah Symphony, but today brings that opportunity. The city will celebrate Pioneer Days with the Utah Symphony and a program from pioneer songs to Copeland FINISHING TOUCHES: Delmar Smith of Clearfield puts on the finishing touches to a bowery in Steed Park Saturday. Smith was a volunteer for the Clearfield 13th Ward during the LDS Churchs worldwide day ol service. Hundreds of Davis County residents participated in the event while thousands participated worldwide. church-sponsore- d classics, and there will be scenes from the life of J. Golden Kimball. The concert begins at 7:30 p m. in the Ed Kenley Centennial Amphitheater, 437 N. Wasatch Drive. Following a theme honoring pioneers who entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 22-21847, the program will include Overture to Pioneer PortraitA Celebration of Courage" by Utah composer Merrill Jenson, several songs from the musical Promised Valley," and Aaron Copeland works like Hoedown," Long Time Ago. and two dances from Rodeo. Accommodations for Hundreds spruce up Walls sound county to good city By LINETTE GAMBOA Standard-Examin- By TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examine- r correspondent WOODS CROSS - Some sound relief may be coming for Woods Cross residents living directly east of Interstate 15. The big question now is . when. City Manager Gary Uresk said the Utah Transportation Commission has approved a priority list placing city neighborhoods east of the freeway third in line to receive sound wall funding. Depending on funding from the Legislature, the Utah De- partment of Transportation hopes to spend approximately $1 million per year over the next eight years on sound walls. Some 19 neighborhoods In Davis Bureau &V. a day, a park was built, of trees were rocks were righted, quilts were tied, and thousands of people felt a sense of accomplishment. The celebration of the Utah Sesquicentennial brought out thousands of volunteers who worked 1 50 hours in their community. The LDS Church organized the Worldwide Pioneer Heritage Service Day the same day that Gov. Mike Leavitt designated Saturday as Take Pride in Utah Day. The volunteer tasks of hundreds in Davis County ranged from the small, such as pulling weeds at a local park, to the huge, such as pulling weeds at the Kaysville ponds, the new 100-acsite of the Utah Botanical Gardens. The Utah Botanical Gardens cleanup was in fact one of the largest efforts in the county. A string of volunteers worked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., clearing debris for a nursery, an access road and the garden itself. The Kaysville Ponds Park, 950 S. 50 West, remains an area of wetlands, ponds and farm fields. Plants and trees will be transplanted in the fall and the spring. The garden cleanup, as with many projects, is government-relateVolunteers did jobs that The two neighborhoods ranked above Woods Cross adjoin Interstate 215 in Salt Lake County. The Woods - Cross neighborhoods received the highest priority of any neighborhoods adjoining which do not yet have sound walls. Uresk said he has been told that the total cost of sound walls along and is estimated at $7.9 million. The Woods Cross portion is estimated to cost $300,000. I-- 80 r-x- -- -v- l a. W -'A . 1s disabled people can be arranged by calling 546-352- BOUNTIFUL ON THE TRAIL Members of the Bountiful LDS 10th Ward repair i,a re are included on the states list. 'os- t would otherwise be contracted out or done much slowly by small city and county crews. No one has tallied the hours, but Its estimated that the volunteers saved the government thousands of dollars. There were people who aligned rocks to beautify a Farmington hiking trail, others tied quilts to give to the Primary Childrens Medical Center and still others planted more than 3,000 trees in Roy. Volunteers said the hard work gave them pride and ownership of their community. Now Ill bring my family out here and have a picnic under this thing, said one volunteer who helped finish a picnic pavilion at a new park in Syracuse. d. See SERV1CE2 t jnv 1.1V L a trail in Farmington Canyon. Uiy tijkx 4- ' "J"UI A :54V'4s Af'f O ex'-- Properly tax increase hearing set .L'" .' A truth in taxation hearing has been set by the Bountiful City Council for Aug. 20 at 7:15 p.m. Such a hearing is required by state law whenever a tax increase is proposed. The city will be slightly raising its tax rate, largely to generate approximately $250,000 more for expansion of the fire department. The extra funds will enable the e department to provide full-tim- POND CLEANING: Kaysville Brian Hales of Layton trims cattails along one of the He is a member of the Canyon Woods Ward. ponds Saturday. Old Rock Chapel continues serving and upon completion of the That original church, now incorporated into a larger structure, is still in regular use, making it the worlds oldest functioning LDS Church meetinghouse. Courthouse, met upstairs. In 1861, as the population continued to grow, The mem- Its completion marked, the the Farmington LDS Ward were first real church in this town war the :elebrating. Not because which by 1864 was celebrating between North and South was the 17th year of its founding. aver, but because their toils of From 1847 to 1854, members would meet in homes. Then they the past two years to build a new used a little log home that was alace of worship were behind their financial resources, coming up with $12, said Zelda Tidwell, a vocational historian and descendant of Farmington pioneers. Even in those days, that wasn't enough to do anything with. By TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examin- correspondent Farmington hem. - Before ended, a of converted to a school and church, bers got together and pooled See CHAPEL4 residential buildings. That valuation generally grows by $25 million to $30 million through new growth and construction. The citys valuation grew substantially in the last year or so largely die to Primary founded in Farmington iary of the LDS Church was By TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examin- founded here under the direction correspondent Farmington - The had be- cause the bishop of the towns ward wanted to find something constructive for the boys to do. Zelda Tidwell, a local historian, said the coverage at the citys substation. The tax increase will put the citys total revenue generated from property taxes at $1 .6 million, says City Finance DirectorRecorder Arden Jensen. He also noted that total property valuation in the city has risen to $1 .2 billion, including all commercial and of Bishop John W. Hess and Au- annexations in the southeast area of the city, Jensen explained. relia S. Rogers. Rogers felt that especially little boys werent being educated on church doctrine, and wanted a way to teach them manners, scriptures, and other activities. See PRIMARY, '4 08773100003 |