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Show Ornamental horticulture a growing field Childhood program plans - literacy fair KAYSVII IE Die rrly iTomm of ito Dili JkIjM DtrM tv fpoDMing a Literacy I air 27 from Id m. um4 I p m. at ihe I amiiy I nruhmcnt Center, 329 S, Jix) Oui4ho.K Ial. He pul lic is invite J to the uoiKvhop, at-le- nJ Laura J. dtrM speciaJivt, will to the keynote speaker. She v til dieu how parent can improve literacy skills si home and taking eJvanuge of the early childliood ear, She will alto dtcus the new brain rctcan.1t and the importance of working with children to develop their love of learning. will include Workshop Diane Lthenngton from (he Children' Hour Hook lore, who will gite fun idea and example of stimulating book for Latrie Rcve Lakeside IThif&lay SefXemtefia 1907 science degree. According to a 1912 suncy done by the count toward 8 bachelor of are IntroducUMJ I conomic IXpanmrnt, horuculiure in in Ogden dasse Lull quaner at Botanical Cardens in Farmington Uuh is a 505 million industry wiiivh em- tion to Agriculture and IVmer Arranging, equivalent ploys more than 7,tiu) PynUTHMAMH In l armington the dasse are Residential workers wuh a payroll m excess of I W5 milLandscape. Greenhouse Design and Vegeta-bl- e MH lion, Job are available in many areas unladProducing, - The r.eid of ing retail nursery, floral shops, greenhouse is growing and of the course provide certification Some and course turf golf management, other of to begin a ca- production, as part completed course wotfc, while indooroutdoor landscape maintenance and d reer in the occupation, course help prepare for design. Lhah State University tea.he off campus exams. Tlie USU program offers horticulture claselae in buih Weber and Davis counties. Certification may to earned by testing fur These classes are college classes and will to ses, in the evening. in four hnainMi along the ihe Utah Nursery and landscape Association taught when fall quarter begins Oct. I. I all Waatsh I ront. Along with Davis and Weber Certified Nursery Ihofessnmal, State of Utah quarter ends Dec. 12 with linal rums Dec. they are taught in Salt take City and 1rovu, Commercial Pesticide Arphcators t teenve, cernfisate in Students may corn a one-yea- r The International Society of Arboriculture ornamental horuculiure. In mail 30 or Register by Certified Arborist, and The Associated Land-cap- e person by Sept. to avoid a late fee of 520. Since these are colCTavses are offered on a two-yea-r Contractor of America Certified Inte- -, rotating lege course, there are the same registration baos , viudenu may cam an associate de- rtor Landscape Trshntctan. fees as attending classes on campus, the Dagree. The other davses required to cam the Student don't have to apply to USU but vis County classes are taught at the USU applied avvociate of science degree, general through the extension service. Gardens, 1117 North Main, I arming-toeducation requirements and approved elecWe see 8 lot of student in these classes while the Weber County tive. are oilcrcd through Weber State Uniaren't happy in their current career. who classes are at Ogden City Mall, southeast corversity, University of Utah. Salt take Com- T see horticulture 8 8 way to change ' hey ner basement or call UMJ munity College. Uuh Valley College, said Minch. that," Horticulture is a growing field." said Independent Home Study, and Utah Stale more information call Minch at All I'or Donna Minch, student advisor for USU exCenter. approved University tension services in Farmington. classes taken for the A AS degree will also Uuh Stato teaching dasscs parent to read to their children. Colleen Smith, district reading specialist, will present 8 workthop on how to prepare your child for fchool, the expectation and specific actitme to help them begin to read and write, Alto presenting will to Teresa Otter, Jordan School District education coordinator. She will divcut the stage of development and emergent literacy. The Early Childhood tpctvh therapist will alto do a workshop on Language and lire Preschooler. lull-tim- e pfi1ttftll Farmington industry-aJminis-tere- 15-1- 1. al The children w ill to involved in literacy acttvtttc that will encourage reading and writing. There will be door prtes and a book fair. There i no charge and babysitting will to provided for children I to 3. n, 451-460- 4, 621-586- 1. s 451-460- 33 children saved in first month of operation Loanner FARMINGTON - In the five week that the Davis County Children's Justice Center ha been open, 38 young clients have been served. Hie center is housed in a home donated by Davis County at 125 S. State in l armington. Director Doug Miller said 38 youngster had been served during that first month. He spoke to the quarterly meeting of the Farmington Community Services Council. The facility is the seventh such children's justice center to open in Utah, with others planned to open soon from Cache County to south Salt take County. He noted that many states in the country have also established similar centers. Miller said that the center's purpose is to place where an provide a abused child can be interviewed by police and child protective services personnel. One interview is conducted and videotaped to provide necessary information for lawyers, law cnforccmcntsocial service personnel, and others. He noted that a child could be interviewed up to 1 1 times in extreme cases. A child goes through that grinding experience and decides this is worse (than the abuse) so he may decide to change his stogy. Then we can't prosecute to rectify the child-friend- ly create safe schools through prevention suppression, and Davis Bureau City Manager Jack Bippes said the city has recently completed an appraisal of the five-acr- e lot at 1000 W. 600 North. Steed Pond borders Steed Park, home of the city's softball diamonds and soccer fields. Landowner Lynn Allan Jenkins of Bountiful said he's willing to sell the land that he .says is worth $100,000 per acre, for $50,000 per acre to the city, because the pond setting is a natural for a park. : Bippes contends the asking price is too " We still need a fence and (lowers (all the flowers are annuals, with perennials v needed), trees, flower beds, and all the kids get teddy bears, so we will eventually need more of those," Miller said. The center is open weekdays from-8:3a.m. to 5 pm, adding that a charity golf tournament to benefit the center will be held at Oakridge Country Club in Farming-to- n Sept. 22. The center may be reached at -- Under this arrangement, the county .doesnt have to bond to pay for the jail, re- gains ownership, and receives $63 a day for each federal prisoner it houses. It costs about $30 a day to house a prisoner at the jail. Several million dollars a year goes to tthe county to fund county programs, the I sheriff said. In addition, hard bargaining on the coun-('tI part led one federal official to call the I jail agreement the most liberal anywhere. ; Originally, the feds wanted 240 beds im- mediately for 25 years. Currently 60 federal . prisoners are housed in Davis County. Davis said the major difference between the fed- -l ; federal and state prisoners is that eral prisoners moved across state lines, with 99 percent of both types of prisoners ' d offenses. having " He noted that no state prisoners are I housed at the jail with no plans to do so in I the future. The state doesnt have enough prison I r space and theyre not planning or building any additional. They will need 2,000 to 3,000 more beds just to maintain for i growth, Davis said. Theyre looking at the counties to provide that. I said no, as far as Davis County participation, he said. The state pays $33 per day per prisoner. This will allow us not to have to do any major expansion for five years, with any new jails possibly placed in the d area, he told the council. ys drug-relate- 1; fast-growi- 4.. j .. 451-355- 4. p v f Funded by a federal grant, the program was piloted in year, and now is in 13 schools. Turner called the success at the three pilot schools phenomenal. , ? i V M v creased - vi .5?' t f-- .. be responsible for maintaining the park, supports any effort by the city to acquire yr X. .lv . i ' ' t 'rt -- ? V ., i- - cne-thir- :u': 1,000 residents. Heun said the cost of land in Davis County has kept options limited for the city. prison space and theyre not planning or building any additional. They will need 2,000 to 3,000 more beds just to maintain for growth. Theyre looking at the counties to provide that. I said no. - Sheriff Rob Davis He added that its anticipated 1,000 jail beds will be needed in the county by the year 2010. There are currently 367 beds, under this new jail with the taking that to 607. le The new facility will be separate from the present facility where three pods circle a central control area. The current jail was built as a maximum-securit- y site but houses primarily minimuinmates. Many leave the jail m-security release programs and the work for regularly of inmates causes a constant problem with security, Davis said. inter-connecti- Any day we can shake down (incoming inmates) for heroin and other drugs brought in, he said. . PAUL DRAGON PAINTING: Jon Clearfield Bosworth, 24, of Alton, Job Corps gym. Art From 1 better to do this than to be out there watching movies and be lazy, Flores said. He had all of the equipment he needed in his room, but when he ran out he decided to go to the art room to work on another key chain. Working on arts and crafts of several types keeps him busy. He has made dream catchers and wallets, earrings from puzzles along with the key chains. It helps me relax, its a good hobby and its an inexpensive hobby, he said. And he uses some of what he makes for gifts. Every key chain is unique. It is never the same bead style, Flores added. Special Halloween projects are out for students to choose from. They will be starting on these holiday projects this month. There are classes for special projects and each night something else is taught. The recreation room is open every weeknight except Monday. Student Chris Blasberg not only enjoys making things, but he likes helping others when they need it. He has completed several Halloween items. I spend my leisure time working on them. Ive always liked art and it keeps me out of trouble, Blasberg said. Its good to keep yourself busy. According to Thomas, the classes work in well with the students schooling and training. It helps them when they get fnis-tratfrom living in dorms. Recreation is a way to help students relax, Thomas said. And thats why she began doing crafts. I started it as a way to relieve stress, she said. When you do something with your own hands and it is and charbeautiful it builds acter. It has to improve school work and the outlook on life. ed self-estee- m III., CONRADStandard-Examme- r paints details on a dragon at the She called Job Corps the melting pot of society because there is every ethnic background and all income brackets represented at the school. I cant think of one ethnic group we dont represent, she said. How they get along amazes me. It does my heart good to see them help each other. If they have a disagreement they work it out. Recreation helps them to become a better person. This is their home. Thomas has only been on the job for six months, as an assistant to LeRoy Buhler, who heads the program. She loves the students and the job. She started by volunteering her time and when the part-tim- e job opening came up she applied for it. She doesnt just teach crafts, she also has a student who comes to her for tutoring during the craft time. And Amy Clarke is getting even more- from her instructor than she expected. She has learned to make her own veil for her upcoming wedding. Her fiance, Anthony Swales, has even helped with the beading on the veil. Clarke is also making a wedding memory book. Instead of the regular scrapbooking she lias made a white satin book trimmed in white lace with a touch of maroon ribbon on it. It isnt completed but when it is, it will have the bride and grooms names embroidered on it along with their wedding date. She is also making the ring bearers pillow. Thomas made her own daughters wedding gown and veil and has many wedding items she is sharing with Clarke. There will be a scrapbooking contest the end of October. Students interested will be able to enter pages in such categories as Job Corps, family and friends. A recreation calendar informs students of what project will be coming. They can participate in all or them or just a few. - showed male students had improved in seven of 12 factors and females in nine of the 12, he said. At the two schools with the most serious infractions, there were more that 200 fewer violence-related incidents each. And while the three pilot junior highs had previously accounted for 48 percent of such cases district-widthat level has dropped to less than And North Layton Ji nior High has been cited as best in the nation, now, Turner said. The relationship between teachers and law enforcement officers made a difference in program effectiveness, he said. He explained that a large portion of violent behavior in schools stems from children seeing physicalsexual abuse at home. Ninety-perceof the people in prison come from homes where there was domestic violence, Turner said. If kids see that three or more times, 78 percent of them will do it later as adults. Law .enforcement agencies say that in only two of 10 cases do investigating officers note that kids witnessed such violence. There was no advocacy group for the kids, so we decided to get one together, he said. Now as its set up between schools, law enforcement, and other agencies,' when a domestic violence case occurs, both parents are charged, .the childs principal is alerted by the next day, social service agencies are immediately involved to provide counseling and other assistance. About 80 percent of kids involved in the past didnt get counseling, Turner said. , Four in five domestic violence cases now typically involve drugs, where kids become secondary, Turner said. school During the 1996-9- 7 year, 123 Davis County stue, more park space. Heun said the city does not meet the bare minimum of green space recommended by the National Recreation & Parks Association in Washington, D.C. The recommendation calls for anywhere from 6.25 to 10.50 acres of green space for every behavior into where testing "Law-abidin- g v if-- -- v. T ju- nior highs several years ago, was expanded to nine last 4 y . y- vjl three north Davis County rf. He noted there is approximately one sexual abuse case reported per day involving children in the county. The state doesn't have enough $ law-relat- "There has been a tremendous outpouring" of donations of various kinds, he said. 'Jail .From 1 jails for many years. intervention, he said. Among efforts aimed at achieving those goals is education, Turner said. In 10 sessions per semester, junior high youngsters are taught such concepts as why laws exist, respect and honest- , Recreation Director Tracy Heun, whod CLEARFI ELD - Negotiations between city officials and a land developer continue tin trying to transform Steed Pond into a city park. Layton-Clearfiel- gaining widespread use around the county i the Davi County Safe Schools Executive Committee. It was founded in 1993 with cooperation from the Council of Governments and other community groups. Its purpose is to find ways to "This should serve our needs well into the future, and we don't want to have to bring a child back for a second interview" unless a second perpetrator becomes involved, he noted. By BRYON SAXTON r Froml high considering 3 12 acres of the five-acr- e lot is under water and is undevelopable. Clearfield officials want to transform Steed Pond Safe da) light out of them." Among program that are It's not a shelter, he said, but a safe place for interviews. I'or example, 8 child likely wouldn't want to be Interviewed at home, where the incident may have occurred; at school, where his classmates would question the student upon coming back to class; or at a police station, where the child may start to think he's the criminal. Miller explained. Park negotiations continue Standard-Examine- 'q problem." Py TOM DUSSCLECnO l 4. -- New justice center busy VrC-i-- :i nt dents were removed from school three or more consecutive days because of serious infractions, and that included some elementary students in possession of knives and guns. And a Character Education Program that centers on one good trait per month, is among efforts credited for helping see a major reduction in teenage pregnancies, down from 3.9 per 1,000 births to 1.9 last year. d. |