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Show Standard-Examin- I y er INSIDE Helping hands New feature focuses on volunteers in our community.2 COMMUNITY Feeding the jail Cooks have to come up with meals for 400 people.9 VOL 17, NO. 243 i M Layton may get new grocery store Two chains are competing for spot in development By AMY PRAY 9(andard Examiner Davis Bureau LAYTON - Residents in north Layton are a step closer to a new neighborhood grocery store. The city nexation of west comer State Road council approved an- 25 acres at the south- of Church Street and 193. council agreed to zone j 5 The acres for a neighborhood com 1 mercial center and three acres for extension of a subdivision. Six acres are slated for a planned residential unit development with higher density residences and designated green space. Even though the council gave to Landstar Devethe lopment, city planners said store shelves wont be stocked anytime soon. Lack of official commitment by a grocery store chain and questions about land stability and the water table may keep the spot vacant for months. go-ahe- Community Development Disaid two grocery store chains are competing for the site. He compared the proposal to the neighborhood commercial complex with Albertsons and Payless Drug on North Fairfield Road. Carter would not identify specific chains involved m negotiations for the SR 193 site but said one was interested in building quickly. The other had suggested it would acquire the space and hold See STORE5 rector Scott Carter i ft h u t ( s ! Neighbors To agree on museum design it By AMY PRAY ar- chitects and Heritage Museum board members reached a con- i 3 sensus on design plans for museum expansion. But itll cost them. The city budgeted about $400,000 in renovations and additions to the museum in Layton Commons Park. However, changing design for the entrance, dressing rooms and storage space tacked several thousand dollars onto the price tag. Plus, city workers decided they would make needed upgrades to the heating and air conditioning systems at the same time. City Manager Alex Jensen said city staff will ask the council for an additional $200,000 m the next budget. Commerce. First National Bank, having recently celebrated the benchmark level of reaching SICK) million in assets, was founded May 15, 1905, in Layton, ft has remained independent and locally owned for nearly a century. It is one of the oldest banks in Utah, with deep roots in Davis County. FNB has been rated a bank for safety, soundness and high performance for the past Sanders Herman Architects showed the council its first design at a December work meeting, which was followed by protests from Heritage Museum board members who said they didnt agree with proposed changes. They all agreed to go back to the negotiating table and try to come up with a more mutually accepted design. Dean Allen, director of parks and recreation, said the biggest change involved adding a wing on each side of the attached Ld Kcnley Centennial Amphitheater for dressing and rehearsal space. Architects scrapped earlier drawings which showed a portion of the museum gallery blocked off with what opponents described as pawn shop gates. Plans also include a new entrance to the rear, facing the park and making the museum more visible as its own entity. The complex changes still show restrooms, dressing area and extra storage built behind the museum, just across the Olivia Dalton and Kenneth Dayberry inspect a skull in their class at Antelope Elementary. The skulls were part of brought to the school by the University of Utah's Museum on the Move program. The program is funded by the State Office of Education. Students learn about such topics as zoology, biology, ecology, geology and archaeology. A SKULL IN SCHOOL Fourth-grader- s an educational program Traveling museum teaches students about natural history By RUTH MALAN Standard Examiner corespondent CLEARFIELD 'J.': $ I i S. t'A , ! y iV , 'H v-- t0 . r tt ,v .. i ii '. ' ' J v M v V side- Jerry Stevenson See MUSEUM, 'S Gobles at Antelope I lementary laughed as Lone Mill ward poked her fingers through the bony eye sockets of an animal skull. Then they moaned as she showed them animal poop." Millward brought students an opportunity for hands-o- n learning experiences through the University of Utah Museum of Natural Historys Museum on the Move program. With her fingers pointing d through the animal skull, asked the students what kind of animal it might be. Animals with eyes pointing straight ahead have binocular vision, she said Mill-war- walk. Mayor 1 . . . The First National Bank Board of Directors recently elected Chief Executive Officer Howard G. Holt as president of Davis County the financial institution. He succeeds Ralph W. Firth, who retired after 38 years of service Holt began his financial career 32 years ago in Ogden His banking experiences have included manager of what is now known as Norwest Financial, loan department manager of Idaho First National Bank, vice president and manager of the head office of Valley Bank, administrator and board member of Bountiful Valley Bank, vice president and manager of a commercial loan center for Zions First National Bank and more than seven years with First National Bank, where he has been serving as CEO. A graduate of Weber State University, the National Commercial School of Lending at the University of Oklahoma, and Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, he is active in his community by serving as a member and past president of the Layton Rotary Club, vice president of the Layton Arts Council and is an ambassador for the Layton Area Chamber of Standard Examiner Davis Bureau - City officials, 776-495- Bank names president Heritage renovation will now cost several thousand dollars more LAYTON submit an item for Neighbors, call weekdays. No bones about il I New in Layton AVIS UWES MATCH GAME: Students were asked to match the skulls animals Here a foxs skull is matched to a picture. with the correct It might be chasing prey, said Stephanie Rulfi, one of the students. Thats right," Millward said. It needs to focus in on things. Another smaller skull had eyes out to the sides. That is to see if something is coming close, said student Cenecia Beaunais. All of the students listened carefully as Millward cxplained. about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. F ecling their back teeth w ith their tongues, the students could imagine how animals would use the molars in grinding up plants to cat. A horse can snip olf a leaf with its mouth, then it grinds back and forth with its teeth to munch several years. FNB, headquartered in Layton, has five branches with the newest additions in Bountiful and Clearfield A longtime Davis County resident, Holt is married to the former Ellen R. Marker of North Ogden. They have six children and two grandchildren. PET OF WEEK Gladys, a spayed female Australian shepherd mix is house-traine- sweet and has some training She is available from the Davis County Animal Shelter tor a $25 adoption fee, plus a $10 license fee. Adoption hours are from p m. weekdays and 9 a m. to 1 p m on Saturdays Call 544 8355, Ext 2, for more information 2-- 4 COMING THURSDAY See SKULLS 5 Tired of same old dates? Whats coming in TX. staff has prepared a Valentine's Day extravaganza for teenagers in Davis and Weber counties in this week s issue Guys and girls looking for ways to surpnse their significant others will find lots of ideas here, and Clearfield High School senior Sunshine Nakae also comes up with a few ways to let your family members and friends know you love them, too Lindsay Leinmger, a senior at Bonneville High, offers a few suggestions for those who aren t shanng Valentine s Day with their honey, and Clearfield High senior Angie Driggs asks teens about their The TX worst dates Senior Nicole Bybee, a student at Bonneville High, also examines the different ways guys and girls celebrate this day for sweethearts and crushes, remembering in elementary school the girls who painstakingly chose the perfect candy heart message to give their favorite boy, and the boy who snarfed it down without ever seeing the message. And a cartoon by Christian Malan, a junior at Weber High School, illustrates what Valentine s Day is most likely to mean when you re in high school TX (Teen Examiner) is published every Thursday m the Lakeside 1 Review For more information on how to get a copy call 77S-J95 Renewal fee hike upsets business owners After emotional meeting, council agrees to study issue before next year By JaNAE FRANCIS Starxia-d-Eimm- correspondent SUNSL.T - The city council heard complaints Tuesday from city business owners upset with increasing business license renewal fees. In January, the council voted without discussion to double and nearly triple many business license renewal fees upon the recommendation of city administrator Gail Hill After hearing numerous complaints about the fee increases, Mayor Jan Galbraith said officials sent letters to city business owners inviting them to air their views dt Tuesday's meeting Alter listening to numerous emotional pleas -tme woman said through teais that the unexpected increase from $25 to $55 fee lot her habv-sitti- business meant taking groceries away from her own baby - the mayor agreed that the fees were high but said it was too late to do anything about them this year. She said the council would study the issue before next years fees were due. "That was a tremendous increase," Galbraith said. I think the reason we went in to look at this is we lost $71, (XXI in revenue," the mayor said, referring to the decision of Wincgars to leave the city. I realize that we shouldn't pass it all olf onto you In defense of the rising fees, council members Mel Wood and Carl Clayton told business owners that in today's world people are expected to pay for the services they receive. Clayton said the city revenue from rentals, for instance, was minimal See FEES 5 Get some ideas on creative dating in Thursday's Lakeside review. Best Quote People think if you dont have a downtown, youre nothing. Thats poppycock. Layton City Manaqnr Alex Jen sen. talking about the different attributes of his city and Og den i |