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Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- R ! INSIDE A bright year Farmington calls traffic light's first year a success. 2 , ,VV c r, e, 1 f- LIFKSTV LE -' A Job's Daughters BEJ0iE7 ( , March 28, 1998 Organization emphasizes charity work, service and fun. 3 VOL 17, NO. 4050 CENTS DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER & ilj Clearfield senior wins Academic Olympiad ? r, ) He competed against more than 1 00 from across the state fi Last year saying Gosh, Because of his win, Briggs will receive a tuition scholarship to Utah By CYNTHIA E. THOMAS f; four-ye- - Davis Bureau Standard-Examin- CLEARFIELD - Daniel Briggs, a se- nior at Clearfield High School, prepared a r of joy. lifetime for his few moments 2 But it was a year ago when he realized he really wanted to be an Olympian - a champion of academics. e S n Out of more than a hundred high school students from across the state, Briggs placed first as the overall winner last week in the 14th Annual Academic Olympiad contest at Utah State 0. l, 4 t, I had always wanted to. That was my goal, said Briggs of his win. category, other Davis district winners included Michael Cross, who took home silver for Layton High, and Nick Hawkins, placing fourth for Davis High. ar State. i! r went as a junior, and I was itll be cool if Id win that. I The Syracuse resident also is the winner of a $1,000 scholarship from the Sam Walton Community Leader award program store. through the Layton Wal-Ma- rt Briggs isnt the only one who celebrated top honors last week. Clearfield High School captured the highest total points among participating high schools from 1 1 school districts throughout the state. This win represents the first time for Clearfield High, and the 13th time in a row a Davis district school has captured the top category. Besides Briggs win in the overall win in Learning The competition tests students and schools academic knowledge in the areas of math, social studies, science and language arts. Also in the Davis District, Davis High School won the Star Wars competition, beating out all the other schools in the state. This win represents the fifth time in a row a Davis district school has won in this category. Were really proud of the whole said Clearfield High teacher and Olympiad team coach Dave VanLangev-el- d. group, that. Its exciting when they perform like always like to take credit, but of We Crrv course its the students. They came through with flying colors. LIMITS Individual winners, their rank, subject area and school in the Davis district include: Layton Daniel Briggs, gold award in math and silver award in language arts, Clearfield High; Nick Hawkins, silver award in math, Davis High; Clifford Blair, silver award in social studies, Northridge High; Bryan Buchanan, fourth place in science, Northridge High; and Michael Cross, gold award in science, Layton High. Briggs said he credits the school, his courses and VanLangeveld. Its more of a lifetime than a year of studying. You really have to keep building on your base of knowledge throughout your life. and out of classroom New restaurant moving into building A new restaurant is moving into an existing, vacant Mam Street building. Fiesta Guadalajara will give a new choice for diners and a new look to the former Mulboons restaurant at 296 N. Main St. Fiesta has sister restaurants in Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming, said Hersh Ipaktchian, owner of Salt Lake Citys Mulboons and Iggys Sports Bar, who is leasing the property to Fiesta Guadalajara. The new restaurant is expected to open around April 1. Mulboons has been closed for about two years. The city council approved a request at Thursdays meeting for an liquor license. Applications sought for planning seat 5 . The city is accepting applications for a vacant seat on the planning commission. The commission has seven members and two alternates who attend meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, beginning with work meetings at 5.30 p m. Regular meetings begin at 7 p m. Carl Ericson, who has been a commissioner since January 1995, resigned because he is AT CLEARFIELD HIGH: Sara Dickey (far right), 15,workson schoolwork as teacher ii I Stan Penrod (background) helps student Alicia Wright, 16, dunng class recently. At right Ryan Dicky, 17, enjoys the time he spends in class. As the school population in the Davis School District increases, so does the disabled student , r' r j 7, C )" . - moving to Boise, Idaho. Applicants must submit a short resume and a letter stating why they want to serve. Send applications to the City Offices, 437 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton, UT 84041. For more information, call population. ij 546-852- KOBTDUCD Standard Examiner FARMINGTON 1, Dates scheduled for budget discussions With the budget review process for the 1998 99 fiscal year nearing, the Farmington City Council has set the dates for budget discussions by the council. Discussion dates are May 6, 13. 20, 27 and June 3, if needed. The tentative date scheduled for the budget hearing is June 17, at a regular city council meeting i, Highs classes for disabled students growing Clearfield - Tamara Lowe, Clearfields principal. Due to an increase of a few students coming from the junior high schools, the school decided to split the unit, Lowe said. Penrods 12 students spend at least half the day or half a period in the small classroom. Tables and desks fill the room. The students know what is expected, said Pat Gianchctta, the other teaching assistant. She has been at Clearfield High for the past three years working with Shawna liolL Holt is the teacher for the other 12 disabled students, Lowe said. Boih classes offer students the opportunities to learn outside of their classroom, Lowe said. By LORETTA PARK S'andard Examiner correspondent V-LE- ILLD ARI - Natalie Fuen- - tes followed along as David Ad-a peer tutor, read out loud an article about robots. Meanwhile, Hank Wolf read a story about a girl on a baseball team and Ryan Dickey looked up vocabulary words m the dictionary. The three students are in Clearfield High Schools disabled unit. This year the school divided the unit into two classes and hired one more teacher, Stan Penrod, and a teaching assistant, Suzanne Ilerrc. The school population in Dav is School District is increasing and va is the disabled student population, said s Vams, j 1 i' Jj x j ! ' ) S By BRVQN SAXTON Standard Examiner Davis Bureau ' FARMINGTON - How $1.25 million in Davis County Community Development Block Grant funds will be spent is V I, now-Ificiull- a official. Z S l I i 5 JcITOylcr, Community opment specialist, said a second public hearing on how CDBG funds Irom the Department of Housing and Urban Development will be divided amongst entities in the county was held Wednesday before the County Commission. After reviewing applications, the Davis Council of Governments in 1 chruury earmarked projects to receive the dollars, most of those dealing with upgrading infrastructure and providing service for the needy. Oyler said under federal law 1 s t 1 I Devel- ; 1 Land rezoned to residential See CLASS2 Entities to divvy up CDBG funds i, KAYSVILLE the county is required to hold a hearing after a decision has been announced of how the funds will he spent to give the public an opportunity to voice their concern on any or all of the projects. Oyler said generally, though, nobody shows up to the hearing to express opposition. Its just kind of a formality, more than anything else, he said. ler said this year was a rarity in that each entity that applied for funds received something because of the low dollar amounts requested. He said the county generally receives about $3 million in fund request, but this year received less than half that. Those entities that will gamer the biggest pieces of the $1.25 million pie are Kaysville City, which will receive $310,000 to Oy make road repairs, and Syracuse City, to receive $230,177 for storm drainage work. Davis Mental Health will receive $150,000 to buy a building in Clearfield the agency has been renting for upstairs office space at 1191 E. 1450 South. Buying the building allows the agency to expand its offices onto the main floor. Others to receive funds are the Davis County Housing Authority, Travelers Aid Society, The Utah Food Bank. Sunset City, Woods Cross, Clinton. West Point and The Family Connection Center in Clearfield. Sharon Anderson, executive director of the Family Connection Center, said the $93,000 they arc to receive will bo used to pay off the mortgage on the center they operate at 1360 E. 1450 South. Planners approve permit for tattoo parlor in Layton Council passed ordinance February tattoo allowing in businesses By AMY PRAY Standard Examiner Davis Bureau LAYTON - The city has a new kind of art etching its way on the scene - skin art. The planning commission approved a condinonal use permit request for Micahs Twisted Tattoo Company at Tuesdays meeting. The business will he located at 45 L. Gentile St. in a shopping center behind J & J I and Trophies. The city council passed an ordinance in I ebruary allowing tattoo businesses in the highway commercial zone. Generally, it is an area along Main Street or near the intersection of Main and Gentile streets. Community Development Dncctor Scoit Carter said. City Attorney Gary Crane had advised the council to create a zone for tattoo parlors to avoid possible discrimination lawsuits, even though severat council members expressed concerns about the businesses. Carter noted that the city had not received any complaints or calls about the proposed business since the notices for public hearing were jvisied on sue. f )R COPY Ninety two acres of land in west Kaysville were rezoned this week from agncultural to half acre residential lots. Capital Assets, owners of the land, petitioned the city for the rezone, but a couple dozen area residents attended a public hearing to say they thought the lots should be bigger. Wendell White suggested to the council that lots should be put below the ditch that runs through the property. And Sherrie Einfeldt told the council that this land "is a prime candidate for a cluster " development. "Clustering is done better when it is done on over 50 acres. she said Lucinda Wager said. "I prefer a rural atmosphere I can see the whooping cranes, pheasants and geese going over, Wagner said COMING TUESDAY Transitions Davis County proqram helps disabled teens make transition into real world Read about it in the next Lakeside Review |