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Show v StwnlanNKvaniuier r INSJDJi ' ,;v A ,y srttk in l reading tmk 2 with a j?xi uirsrru; Simk idea wire la be a hii t ill S' KomnlxrSi I:iriis.7 DAMS COUNTY'S COMMUNITY NICIVSI'AM-- 1997 VOL Book Week helps promote reading National recognition encourages children to pick up books, read CLEARFIELD - media specialist garten children, especially. But, they just loved them," Laron saiJ. In addition to the characters the children met, other employees from Deseret Book spent lime reading hooks or special stories lo the dilTerent classes. Knowing of the success with the presentations. Barlow made additional arrangements for Holt llcmcnury and invited participation not only from the Layton Hills, hut also from the Ogden City Mall Deseret Book. Thai way, they had characters visit classrooms three days during the week, Barlow said. "This is the first year weve been able to have them here, Barlow said. The presentation, which includes dilTerent variations of the same idea, was presented not only at Holt, but at several local schools in both Davis and Weber counties. TIM SCHOON. Standaro-Enamo- Miss Spider, a character in a popular childrens book series, greets students at Holt Elementary School Tuesday. Miss Spider came to the school as part of its celebration of National Children's Book Week. Characters such as the Cat in the Hat and Franklin Turtle visited some other local schools during the week. "It's a time to focus our attention on ing." Barlow said. "The holidays are coming up and it would he fun for children to learn more about the holiday seasons. Find a book that could explain that," Barlow said. This is the second year we've been involved with this, said Larsen. Wc did this last year for National Children's Book Week and it's always approached with great care and sensitivity. "The Mercer Meyer Critters are kind of scary, and I thought last year that they might be a bit too frightening for the little kinder- - That's really what this National Childrens Book Week is all about. Learning to love to read. Davis Bureau r FARMINGTON - Five service cies are already jockeying for a portion of the $1.2 million in Community Development Block Grant funds expected to be available to Davis County officials next year. The problem is each agency competing Jeff Oyier, Community Development specialist, said those already competing for dollars include Davis Mental Health, The Family Connection Center in Clearfield, the Davis Citizens Coalition Against Violence, the Davis County Housing Authority and the Travelers Aid Society of velopment specialist, said her agency needs $200,000 to buy a building in Clearfield at 1 190 E. 1450 South, which they are currently leasing a part of. She said by y owning the entire building, they could add eight to 10 new offices. She said the space is something the agency needs because its bursting at the seams. Sawdey said the old insurance building the agency is in is a mile west of the Lay- - Salt Lake. Oyier said applications for the funds, disbursed annually through a subcommittee appointed by the council of governments, are due to the Wasatch Front Regional Council by Dec. 1. The block grant money, last year totaling about $1.3 million, is then awarded in February. Oyier said he expects a similar amount, maybe a little less to be available this year. Jan Sawdey, Davis Mental Health de jTunnel will provide view a worms-ey-e ground bugs and - with luck -burrows of animals, said Sheri Einfeldt. She is education specialist for the Utah Association of Conservation District, which is By CYNTHIA E. THOMAS helping to plan and fund the Davis Bureau project. There are some mice in the LEARFIELD - Students and visitors to Hill Field area, and were hoping to get Elementary School will get their burrows,, and show the inview of the world teraction between plants and ania worms-ey- e when the school gets its worm mals tjiemselves, Einfeldt said. The tunnel will also feature a tunnel built and ready for wig- of soil layers and vegetaprofile next year. gling so viewers can see the root The tunnel, mirrored after the tion, system, Einfeldt said. It will be one at Thanksgiving Point but constructed under an incline in twice its size, will be a fun learnsome spots embedded inches or a colife how about ing experience few feet under ground. exists with soil, school officials Its a nice explanation of how say. the whole ecosystem and life sysThe project will cost between tem has to work together be$5,000 and $8,000 and will be tween plants and animals and part of the schools upcoming na- people. If one link in the cycle ture center, which sits on two breaks down, everyone else will acres next to the school donated suffer, Einfeldt said. by Hill Air Force Base. Guides and fact sheets will be The nature center is a joint efposted along the tunnel for stufort among the school, the milidents to learn about soil conservation. tary base, and other local businesses and organizations. It will be unique; it will be a view of the unVisitors to the tunnel will real worms-ey- e crawl like a worm for 20 feet in a derground, Einfeldt says. Even 1 2 l2-by-- 2 Plexiglas caskindergarteners have to learn about seeds and plants, and this ing to view worms, ants, under two-stor- See , Vc1 ; I FUNDS3 District rs? 1 1 Gifted program to change considers s sweeping changes to better serve students t.i v,, By CYNTHIA E. THOMAS C! et 1 It Standard-Examin- i; s Standard-Examine- O sfp'f. Davis Bureau r FARMINGTON - In order to serve the needs of more gifted and talented students, the Davis School District is &? considering, a full spectrum of changes in its program for the gifted and talented. The district is looking at de- Si the number of Spectrum programs at the schools and running the creasing full-tim- a TIM SCHOONStandard-Examine- r LEARNING TOOL-- The new worm tunnel in Davis County is patterned after this one, located at Thanksgiving Point. will go nicely with the kindergarten through sixth-grad- e curricu- lum. The tunnel will be locked at night to protect it from vandalism. also in the planning stages of constructing a portable tunnel to take around to schools. Hill Field Elementary teacher Teresa Flenniken said shes excited about the tunnel. See WORM2 Einfeldt said the association is A passed the FARMINGTON Bowmans Market t Project at schools new nature center takes learning to a new level Farmington." The council motion. to be sold to Acres County agencies compete for funding By BRYON SAXTON f She has a number of ways parents and grandparents can encourage more reading in their homes. "Get in the habit of looking things up with your children. Look for things you would like to learn how to do . . . then look it up. Discover the world around us, through reading. Help children discover this. Find out about story times at local libraries and check with book stores to find out what's new. There's so much that can be done to help children learn to love reading, Barlow said. for the funds, made available by the Department of Housing & Urban Development through the Davis County Council of Governments, has a good case for receiving some of it. 70-foo- read- t Each organization can make a good case for portion of grant "We need another road wom el fhe Union Pacific Railroad which runs north and south Nelson sad, 'All we have is Shi paid Line to Sunset west of the kceway. Kays Drive should go from 2tt3 North to Shepard Lane. We need another road to use instead of Sunset." He proposed that a road be built between the unused Denver and Hio Grande and Union Paeikc tracks in land that is presently agriculture. 'All I am saying is that there has to be a road that continues down to Shepard Lane." Nelson said. The amendment changes tour proposed streets from a t right of way to 66 feet. Those streets are Laurelwood Drive from Main Street to Fruit I Heights, Frontage Road from Burton Lane to Farmington City, 500 East from Crestwood Road to Mam Street, and a proposed road from Burton Lane to 1650 South Street. Councilman Robert Rees questioned the idea ot having a significant local road in the area and made a motion to strike the proposed road from Burton Lane to Shepard Lane from the major street plan. It people don't have access to downtown Kaysville, they will go to Farmington, Nelson said. "We are forcing them to go to Barlow Holt Elementary School A highlight of the week was a .series of special presentations at the school sponsored by Deseret Book. SAYING HELLO; it -- Ann A daily book fair held after school in the foyer tiered children and parents special incentives to buy books for their home libraries. The presentation, which rotates costumed characters like Miss Frizzle from the Magic School Bus, the "Critters of the Night" by Mercer Meyer, the brother and sister from the Bcrenstain Bears books, or Franklin the Turtle from the series of books of the same name, allows the children a chance to interact with some of their favorite characters in an entertaining way, said Maureen Larsen, program coordinator and Deseret Book employee at the Layton Hills Mull. Tha oty council approved an amendment to h major street pUn Tuesday, But Councilman Heed Nelson didn't like one d the changes and voted against that. An open house on Wednesday gave parents a chance to see for ihcmschcs some of the new children's books loadable, Barlow said. CENTS Council OKs change to major street plan Mi llolt Llcmcnury National Children' Book Week tin pad week in grand fashion, I his is really going to lie a big week," huiJ the hIhkjI media peeialist, Ann Bar low, before the event. It's a week ofvpeeial presentations, book fairs and an open house." 20950 KAYSVIILE more almt the holulty seasons. Find a that couhl aphiin In an effort lo cn 10, NO, CITY LIMITS 7lic Mtioys Hie coming up ml it would be funfonhildim to hum tVKAYCJ VOLK Standard-Examine- lre Crunch, munch r X setting comfy t Siti-n- n e basis program on a part-tim- e to include more schools, because the number of students enrolled in the program full time is declining. There are 396 openings for students who wish to enroll full-tim- e. e The would operate program part-tim- through a Schoolwide Enrichment Mod- el. Our intent in the Spectrum See GIFTED2 Bowman's Market in Farmington may be closing its doors Nov. 30 and opening again as Acres Market. Acres Market is in the process of buying Bowman's grocery store on State Street. The purchase should be completed by the end of the month. Then Acres is planning to operate it until a new store is constructed. But the business doesn't want to buy Bowmans if it can't work with the RDA in developing a.market downtown. The RDA agreed to write Acres a letter agreeing in concept to the plan. Weve made no commitments, but we are going forward contingent on citizen input at public hearings, said Mayor Gregory S Bell. The letter is not binding on us, but we will work with them to come to terms. But if we can't come to terms, we might go somewhere else. The RDA is looking at developing a market on the west side of Main Street between State Street and 100 North. Other areas are also under consideration. Downtown block zoning changed One square block in the major downtown area of Farmington has been downzoned by the request of 28 of 32 of its property owners and residents. The area from 1 00 South to 200 South and from 100 East to 200 East was rezoned by the city council Wednesday from R-- 8 (residential with minimum 8,000 square foot lots) to (minimum of 20,000 square feet) with the exception of a parcel which was already designated as commercial. R-- S |