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Show Stamlanl-KvamlneA r r -- Ck. $Y'' ;7 S I.irivSTYI.I; LQ. Volunteer teamwork DuowuhdiuhiIiuis (3EJJ.EW7 October 18, 1997 help out tognher at liopit,il 7 DAMS COUNTY'S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. 16. NO. 19 150 CENTS test reveals no surprises Pre-assessme- nt Scores show kindergarteners need help with letters, sounds By CYNTHIA C. THOMAS Ua'iww tfcw Iwom preaviemcnl leu aJminutercd County kindergarteners in irodi tional tehooU unveiled no new surprise N'ut the competency level of kid. Put many district fftei.il didn't like the test. For a test that thowcJ areas where children needed more work, district oflkul thought the test needed tome work itself. The test, given in August and last month, showed that kids know how to count, express themselves and write their CITY Tim test this year is a pilot, siaiemvan-date- d help more with numbers than other kids, names, but it showed they needed help in leiier and sound recognition, said Chris test for Davis schools and other disco they can target in on dune areas," Pas-ce- y said. tricts. WahtquM. educational assessment direc, tor. some teachers and adminiswas the new Alihough test not Although given to schools since it was trators arc all tor the idea of "They come to school and they start children in d learning to read. Thai's still what we're not available at the sun of the testing, some were not an advocate test, formerly seeing that we need to piwk up on," session, administrator are all for the idea of the pilot known as House Dill 67 (Children's ReadWahlml said. of tesiing. Year-roun- d The cole purpose for die test is not a schools relied on the Brig-anc- e ing Skills). Deisy Thurgood. a teacher at West bamer to children, she explained. lest, one that all Da-t lementary, decided to use a porPoint Our leathers were looking at it as an vis schools have been using for the last tion of the Drigance in addunm to the picsscnual to years. eight develop opportunity patterns lot cute test. in their cUssrooms, so they could develop is purely informational," "To "I think reading is co important and Icson plans and get right imo their in- said Karen Passey, principal of Whitesides are so willing to help their parents struction," Wahlmnst said. Llementary School. "It also gives the that knowing come of those basic "We're always looking for children to teachers a chance to work be successful." more with the kids. This child may need Sea TEST, 2 year-roun- d ciaie-m.ind.ue- d pre-ass- chil-dre- one-on-o- selects 3 teams Bureau - Stipends to three local construction-architec- t teams in the running to build the S3 million Davis Conference Center in Layton. Teams approved by the Cbun-t- y Commission on Wednesday to receive the payments are Big D Construction, with the architect firm of MIITN; Union Pointe General Contractors, with architect Ralph Folland Evans; and ilcrm Hughes Construction, with NayldrWcntworth architects. Deputy County Attorney Gerry licks said the stipend is incentive fQr the three teams to focus their efforts in designing the best plan lor, the center. He said the SI 0,000 will be paid payments do not commit the county to doing the project. Nine (cams submitted applications to build what is expected to be a 12,750 to 15,000 square-foconfererice center north of the Layton Hills Mall. The center is part of a $10 million joint venture the county is undertaking with a private firm in building a hotelconference center. ot Thosi committee members overseeing the project are Davis auditors LaMar Holt and Steve manager Ralph Wilcox, FairPark interim director Brad Parkin, Hess and Rawlings, property Community Development direc- tor Wilf Sommerkom. A, few (candidates) jumped right out at us, said Sommer-kom- r who made the selection along' with a committee consisting of county employees. Sommerkom said those teams selected all have previous experience in building and designing convention centers, while Big D Construction of Ogden has its See CENTER4 us what gives you goosebumps black with Tell Cobwebs dangling spiders . . the thought of getting a shot . . . and for sure, a nightmare where a shapeless monster gives endless chase those thoughts are cause for a ! good; case of A1I 1 the goosebumps. In.the spooky spirit of Halloween, were asking readers to writedown what it is that gives them goosebumps. Send responses to us, with lyour name and city, by Oct. 22 at fnoon,' and well publish as many as we; can in our Oct. 28 edition. Drop off or mail stories to .akeside Review, 2146 N. Main, aytOn, UT 84041. Were just orth of Albertsons in the Ante-op- e Square shopping plaza. Cty is a true more (ban 33 acre lirgv. The Cty Council on Tuesday approved a annexation request made by Cad Durtmg. ot Park West LLC. on 33 0406 acres at the northeast comer ot Cordon Street near 2$00 S. Main. The council took the action after a public hearing netted one protest, from a Layton landowner. Because of a misprint on the closing date of the protest period, written protest on the annexation can be submitted to City Recorder Kathy Halt, or the Daws County Recorders office in Farmington until Oct. 19. Oe-vM- d Registration is open to South Weber boys and girts in grades kindergarten through 12th grade for Junior Jazz basketball. Cost is $30 with a Jazz ticket but without a jersey, and $44 with a jersey and Jazz ticket. Registration will be taken today at the Recreation Building, 1308 E. Lester St., between 11am. and 2 p.m.. or at the city offices any weekday dunng normal office hours (9 a m. to 5 p.m. Monday -Thursday and 8 a.m. to 10 a m. on Friday) until Nov. 7. The recreation director and By BRYON SAXTON of n. Council OKs annexation Time to register Junior Jazz players design plans for Laytons new conference center FARMINGTON CLEARFIELD SOUTH WEBER Construction groups will Standard Examner Da LDMDTS year-roun- Cowboys at sunset County Lh,3 how .) drive KLM. t A new racy class lii)iua nun tarn 'X ,v X to Djv iNsni; A PAULCONRAUSlandarcl Examner Several cowboys wait at the chutes during the last in Hooper on Saturday evening. Sept 27. LAST SHOW OF THE SEASON: g show of the season at the Bullnanza, held at the Hooper Arena sports coordinators cannot accept registration money anywhere other than an official registration site. For information call 479-317- Vet takes road to recovery Bum victim returns to his work with animals after explosion 8 months ago correspondent EST POINT - Dr. Warren Hess whips out waffles for his five children while his wife, Lori, catches a few more minutes of sleep. This was not possible eight months ago. The West Point veterinarian owns the Mobile Animal Clinic that serviced Davis and Weber 1993 until Oct. 26, 1996, when it exploded. The mobile clinic, which was a mobile home type of vehicle, was parked in Hess driveway. He was preparing .to take of a dog when an explosion inside the mobile clinic caused by a propane leak shook the windows and the house. The animal received no injuries, just singed hair, Hess said. Hess suffered second- - and e bums on 31 percent of his body, involving his head, hands, arms, legs and ankles. He was taken by helicopter from Davis Hospital and Medical X-ra- Call Troy Harward, for information or to register, or mail your entry fee to Jaycees Witches Run, P.O. Box 114, Kaysville, UT 84037. 547-114- 0, third-degre- ROBERT several months. Hess said he gradually reduced the number of days he went, until recently he stopped going to physical therapy alto- gether. Hess now does all his physical therapy at home. Every day he finds himself doing something he could not do before or doing it more quickly than before. ' In a newspaper article that ran Dec. 17, Hess said his main goal was to regain the use of his hands so he could go back to work. At that time he depended on his wife, friends and family to REGANStandard-Examme- r EYEBALL TO EYEBALL: At a veterinarian clinic in Bountiful, Dr. Warren Hess checks out Otsu, a hound from Guam, earlier this week. Hess has returned to his work nearly a year after being burned during an explosion. Nov. 19. He then went to physical therapy for seven days a week at the U of Us Burn Center for All runners and walkers are invited to enter a Witches Run. The Kaysville Jaycees are 200-yar- counties from September of Center to the University of Utahs Bum Center after the accident, where he stayed until Witches Run set for Oct 25 sponsoring the 5K walkrun at 9 a.m. Oct. 25. It begins and ends at Barnes Park, 200 N. 950 West. There is a contest for everyone. The Goblin Gallop, a d dash, is for those under 8 years old, and races will be held for older age groups, both male and female, as well as racers in wheelchairs. Contestants are asked to wear their best Halloween attire. Prizes will be given to the winners of the races as well as for the best costumes. should be done today. The registration fee is $13, which includes a shirt, or $8 without the shirt. Little goblins pay $7 to include a shirt or $1 .50 the day of the race without a shirt. Registration fees after Saturday are $16, shirt included, or $1 1 without. By LORETTA PARK Standard-Examin- Kaysville There isalotto catch up on whenyouve been out ofcommission so long. -- Dr. help him with the simplest tasks, such as getting dressed, eating and holding things. Until the middle of the sumy bum supmer he wore port garments under his clothes to protect his skin, which were hot to wear outside. Now his full-bod- burn support garments are smaller. Hess still wears bum support garments on his hands, arms, ankles, knees and neck and has regained enough control of his Warren Hess hands to work - but not in his mobile clinic. He works two days a week at Lakeview Animal Hospital in North Salt Lake. Hess said he enjoys working with the animals, but he misses the freedom of working in a mobile clinic and making house calls. He began working at the hospital when doctors Evan Gubler and Dana Clark called and asked if he could do some computer work for them in the spring. As his strength and stamina improved, they asked him to work a couple days a week. "Hes a really good vet and he knows a lot about birds and exotic pets. His experience fits in well with us, Gubler said. Hess not only wears the protective burn garments on his hands, but in order to protect the burn garments from bites4 and scratches, he also wears latex gloves while giving shots or doing surgery on the animals. The skin on his arms and hands were grafted from his thighs and back after the accident, and it feels like a new- - See HESS4 SYRACUSE City hosts candidate forum The city will host a meet the candidates night, 7 p.m. Wednesday at Syracuse Junior High. Candidates for mayor and two council seats will address concerns. Candidates for mayor include Bob Thurgood, ' currently mayor, and Alvin Nance, a current council member. Council candidates include David Benard, John Jepperson, Theron Leishman and Leo Miller. |