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Show Inside: Central Davis Junior High students gather a penny for every Layton resident2 Standard-Examin- Local News Editor: Thursday, November 26, 1 998 er Food bank thankful for new offices CITY REPORTERS NOTEBOOK By JaNAE FRANCIS Penguins honor teachers Today, 776-495- 1 Standard-Examine- Im thankful for the to work with about exceptional people. In 1986, 1 was employed by the former Defense Depot Ogden, where I helped put together a biweekly employee newspaper. Our department came under the auspices of the deputy commander, a strict Army colonel, who reviewed all Brian NiCHOisoNsiandarctExaiTiinar NEW DIGS: content. Bob Woodruff of the Davis County Food Bank loads items onto shelves in the new offices. r Davis Bureau LAYTON - A little more than a month ago, the Davis County Food Bank had no food and no place to put it. Today, workers at the food bank, which supplements the food supplies of Davis County residents in need, are thankful for newly finished offices. Its a Thanksgiving to be remembered, agreed Bob Woodruff, pointing to boxes and boxes clutof unsorted tering worker headquarters at the new food bank headquarters at 1449 N. Angel Street. Its a large portion of a professional building, lined with about 80 feet of foot-wid- e shelves nearly filled with green y See FOOD6 I was to write about another Ar- William Santos. Santos had many and wasnt par- ticular. I picked randomly. When the deputy commander saw the story, he was angry at my choice of awards. The whole building experienced a little of what boot camp must be like. I was devastated. Santos helped me solve the problem, giving me an important lesson. He said there are people who build others up and those who tear others down. Both do these things to get ahead. He gave me a stuffed penguin from his prized collection. Now, Id like to honor some teachers who serve military families with Penguin Awards for positive efforts to lift students. Sharon Moore and Bonnie Kent spend half a day each week working with a group of students who need help making friends. The Davis School District plans to adopt their program of friendly smiles, warmth and caring for other schools. Third-grad- e teacher Barbara Durler adopts students from the school's special education program into her class to teach service by offering these students special parties and including them in other class activities. Three Hill Field kindergarten teachers, Viola Tomasin, Robin Marble and Stcfanie Walker, have spent the past three summers visiting students homes inviting them to a huge summer picnic with parents before school starts. Media center coordinator Ila conPay works on a tract, yet she frequently can be found at school during the summer. Pay organized efforts to start Accelerated Reader, which faculty and parents attribute to raising reading scores and com, prehension. Fourth-grad- e teachers Amy Jarman and Emily Tanner provide a hands-o- n chance for students to learn Utah History through annual pioneer days in which students dress as pioneers and tie quilts, pull taffy and cook in Dutch ovens while playing pioneer games. They also plan a yearly surprise ovemighter for their classes. Teresa Flenniken is the head teacher for alternative education for the Davis School District and operates out of Hill Field Elementary. She receives referred students to attend either her nine-wee- k session of e classes classes or her that teach social skills, study habits and offer counseling. These teachers and their students have a lot for which to be thankful. , Reporter JaNae Francis covers education and Layton City. You can reach her at at-ri- nine-mon- th after-scho- full-tim- 776-49- 51 ol Bid awarded for Viewmont well The Bountiful City Council approved awarding the bid to equip the Viewmont well with a pump and motor to Nickerson Company of Salt Lake City. Because of the specialized nature of the work, we sent out five requests for bids and received two back, said City Attorney Russell Mahan. Nickerson company will supply and install the pump for $35,600. Clearfield Santa Claus will ride into town on the city fire department's fire engine at 10 a.m. Saturday. Santa will proceed south from Kentucky Fried Chicken, 609 N. Main, to 700 South returning to the Canned Food Store at 269 E. 200 South, where he will talk with the children. Woods Cross High students offer homeless food and much more By D. LOUISE BROWN Standard-Examin- Bountiful Santa to arrive in Clearfield Saturday Feeding the spirit my colonel, UfiiETS correspondent CROSS WOODS SUNSET the choir listening to their every word, seemingly unaware of the bustle going on around him in the cafeteria. As the music finished, he turned away and, shaking his head, muttered, Those kids are good Members sought to fill vacancies There will be two vacancies on the city planning commission and one vacancy on the board of adjustments at the end of December when the present members terms are Pausing to stare around the room at the clusters of homeless people gathered there, he added I was a student at Woods Cross for a month in 1979. He explained simply, Dad was military, we . . moved a lot.. John was one of about 300 homeless people treated to a full Thanksgiving dinner, complete with musical entertainment, Tuesday evening in the Woods Cross school cafeteria School student body officers joined forces with numerous other organizations to stage this sixth annual event, where the lines separating the groups of haves and have nots dissolved, and students found themselves face to face with people they had much more in common with than they realized Circumstances are sometimes just something bad that happens to someone because of lack of economic sources, observed Woods Cross student Josh Leavitt I look at all these families and little kids here, and I realize that Im not that far from them. Classmate Jeremy Nielsen added, Sometimes were afraid of them. But I learned you shouldnt look down on the homeless. Theyre really just ordinary people, like us. Ordinary people, like John. He traveled to Salt Lake to be near his grandmother and care over. Any one interested in applying for the positions should contact the Sunset City office. Conditional use permit granted Sorenson Foods was granted a conditional use permit with a review in six months to park their own semi trailers in back of the former Winegars grocery store where the business has relocated. Sorenson Foods is a commercial catering business that serves airlines and entertainers that come to Utah. They also provide emergency services during forest fires and other events as needed. Council clarifies property zoning C-- for her. She passed away two weeks ago. Being between jobs and between places didnt keep him from reminiscing abut his high school days, including those brief ones spent at Woods Cross. "I was in the choir here, he said, anxiously waiting for the performing madrigal group to begin its next number. My grandmother always told me, keep up with the choir. Thats what I would say to these kids: Keep it THANKSGIVING FEAST: Justin Burnett (above) serves a plate of pumpkin pie to one of the homeless people invited to Woods up. The students adviser, Wayne Cable, said the projects success was due primarily to the amount, and variety, of volunteers. We have school cooks who volunteered their time to prepare the meal. The district donated the buses and the drivers donated their time to drive to Salt Lake to pick the people up. And then there was the help from all the clubs. Cross High for Thanksgiving dinner. At left, Shannon McMurray talks with a guest as he waits to be served. Stanctord-Examnt- r for its own ambulance service Hearing delayed on Clearfields request EMS Council dation to of has service to the By BRVON SAXTON Standard Examiner Dave Bureau CLEARFIELD - A second hearing to settle a turf war between the county and city over who should provide Cleairfield with ambulance service has been delayed until January. For a year Clearfield Fire Chief Roger Bodily and Sheriff Rob Davis have been locked in a battle over the citys desire to gain state approval to operate two ambulances in Clearfield. The Davis County Sheriff's Department, which currently provides ambulance City recorder tenders resignation Gail Hill, administrative BRWN NICHOLSON Soe DINNER7 INSIDE: What do Davis County residents think about Clearfield getting its own ambulance service?4 Clarification was made at the city council meeting regarding property zoning near commercial zones in the city. In the past, several properties have been considered and approved for commercial 2 zoning, although no official record could be found to show council adoption of the zoning changes. A couple of areas were also added to the commercial zones on the map after a public hearing. Adoption of the city zoning map as it stands was approved after discussion from concerned residents who were told requests for zone change could be made by presenting a petition to the planning commission and following the city's guidelines for rezonmg. The properties affected by the change are 75 West 1 550 North; 75 West 1675 North; 1800 North 100 West; strip between 2300 North and 2400 North; and 175 West 2400 North from 50 West to 1 25 West. 27,000, city opposed the citys request because of the money it will lose. The feud peaked at a Nov. 17 public hearing when each side presented their case to Lyle Odendahl, hearing officer for the State Emergency Medical Service Committee. Odendahl, who is to make a recommen the State regarding the ambulance license applicaUon, scheduled a second hearing, initially planned for early December, to hear additional evidence from the two groups. The date of the hearing has now been delayed. No official date, time or place has been set for what is expected to be a January See AMBULANCE'S assistant and city recorder, has tendered her resignation effective Friday. She has worked for Sunset City for two and a nw vnars and is planning for the state to begin public lands c 'artment. Coming Sunday Helping victims Volunteers helping Hurricane Mitch victims In Honduras. Read about It in the next Davis Standard. |