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Show 'Davis Standard Standard-Examin- Crayons to Computers: Program matches donations How wbBB Residents urged to tell where they want countys share to go Local News Editor: Davis Bureau FARMINGTON - Health promotion director Kevin Condra isnt sure what portion of the $836 million Davis County agencies will receive from the states tobacco settlement. He said he is just hoping that it will happen. Condra said that decision will be made by state lawmakers during the 1999 legislative session. But what he does know and can share from being involved in discussions with state leaders as past chairman of The Coalition For Tobacco Free Utah is that Davis residents should have a forum provided to them for telling local leaders how some of the dollars should be disbursed. The public is interested and they want to know, Condra told the Davis Board of Health Tuesday. On Nov. 13 the Attorney Generals office announced Utah would receive $836 million as part of a $206 billion settlement tobacco companies will be paying out to 47 states over the next 25 years. The first installment of that settlement payment to the state, $10.5 million, is expected to be deposited in the states general fund during the first quarter of 1999. Condra, who has been aggressive in tobacco prevention for youth for more than a decade, said some of the funds will be used for state tobacco prevention education. We are looking at a significant portion of that money, Condra said. To get public input on how to use those monies, Condra said local leaders should now begin planning to conduct town meetings or get public opinion polls under way. The coalition Condra. is part of is also trying to get some of the funds separated from the political process. He said the group has formed an alliance with health care organizations in the process of meeting with Gov. Mike Leavitt and state leaders. Condra said he suspects that those funds not earmarked for tobacco prevention education programs will be made available to organizations addressing other health issues. But at this time, Condra said he doesnt see the county having any special needs that are exceptional to the needs of the rest of the state. I dont see that our needs are any different than anywhere else in the state, he said. In addition to the dollars, the settlement also prohibits tobacco companies from targeting youth in the future through advertising, promotions or marketing. It also bans the use of cartoon characters. That decision excites Condra, who for years has expressed disgust over Joe Camel of the Camel cigarette brand being one of the more recognizable cartoon characters. He said according to a recent survey, Joe Camel was second only behind Mickey Mouse when it came to youth identifying cartoon character types. Joe Camel is no longer going to be out there, he said. The settlement also restricts tobacco companies providing brand name sponsorship of events with a significant youth audience and using a brand name for a stadium or arena. That has got to be a positive thing, said Davis Health Assistant Administrator Ron Toth of the terms of the settlement. You can reach reporter Bryon Saxton at 776-49or bsaxtonstandard.net. 51 SPOTLIGHT: EDUCATION could drop by 45 A feast for bookworms Syracuse g Annual to be held Monday sing-alon- The annual Syracuse City Christmas sponsored by the Syracuse City Arts Council, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Syracuse Junior High School, 1450 S. 2000 West. There will be performances by LaMar Taylor, the Austad family and the Clearfield High School choral department. In response to a challenge by the Syracuse City Museum Foundation, The Southern Rebels will also be singing The public is invited. Santa Claus will lead participants to Centennial Park for the turning on of the citys Christmas lights. Sing-alon- CLINTON Two requests OKd, two denied Two final plat approval ' By JaNAE FRANCIS Higley for Phase III of Taylor Estates subdivision located at 2275 West 1450 North; Phase IV of Windchime at East Meadows subdivision located at 950 West 1300 North, and Phase III of East Meadows Estates subdivision located at 725 West 1800 North. The fourth request, sought by J. Bradley Simons for Phase III of Sunshine Meadows subdivision located at 2250 North 3000 West was one of two denied. City ordinances require that 70 percent of the building permits within a developing subdivision must be issued before the next phase can be Dava Bureau r 1 requests were granted and two were denied during four separate public hearings held by the Clinton City Council Tuesday. Three of the four were sought by developer Mark Boundary alteration would have big impact on Layton Elementary Standard-Examine- 776-495- Davis spend tobacco dollars? GiW Limits By BRYON SAXTON Students . businesses to schools in need.2 Street Talk: What would you change about schools?3 from Thursday, December 3, 1 998 er Standard-Examin- Inside: FARMINGTON - Adjusting elementary school boundaries ui northern and central Davis County could mean 45 percent fewer students at Layton Elementary School next year, according to district officials. The change is the largest proposed alteration in 31 schools involved in a huge boundary study, including three new schools to open next year in Kaysville, Syracuse and West Point. Seven portables and nearly as many buses soon may become a thing of the past at Layton Elementary. d The school, which has an available capacity of 552 students without portables, is proposed to drop from 893 to 493 students. At an informal work meeting Monday, Craig Poll, study committee facilitator, presented a second draft of proposed changes to members of the Davis School Board. Going from 900 to 500 will make (Layton) a normal school for a while but they will continue to grow, Poll said. Poll outlined the need to reduce students for several schools including AnWest Clinton Syracuse, telope, and West Point schools. Each of these schools may be reduced by more than 25 percent of their current numbers. ' But other existing schools are pinpointed for increases next year. Adams, Doxey and Fremont all are proposed to receive more students. The largest proposed increase is for Fremont - 32 percent more students are in the schools proposed boundaries. In contrast, as of Oct. 1 the school had only 299 students. A school with a minimum size is a very positive thing as far as the budgeting process, said Dale Barnett, a district elementary school director. Marilyn Oberg, also an elementary school director, agreed. She said funding is based on numbers of students and minimum numbers are needed to pay for essentials like library collections. . Jf the proposal is approved, seven schools would benefit from a new effort to keep student populations to at least 400 students. . Poll and others emphasized tfiat the proposed changes remain flexible and subject to change as the result of parent input. Superintended Darrell K. White said at least three or four areas remain under serious concern, based upon input the district currently is getting. But the inevitability of change, whatever shape it takes, is for certain. The changes will mean elimination of numerous bus routes as year-roun- over-populat- See BOUNDARY4 approved. Although Simons e development has all improvements completed, with only three of 27 building permits issued, Simons project fell far short of the citys issuance requirements, and was therefore denied by the council. Higleys Windchime project was denied because it, too, fell below the 70 percent issuance off-sit- requirement HES BOOKISH: Ryan Hintze, 1 0, who played a member of the Bookworm family in a play presented by Morgan Elementary students, off his costume. gets help taking Students present play on just how tasty reading can be By RUTH MALAN Slandarcl-Examin- correspondent - A hungry bookworm in their and had to flee to the attic to live. There, hidden away in the attic, they found old forgotten books full of literature and stories, a real feast for ravenous bookworms. The sixth-grad- e Spectrum students at Morgan Elementary recently produced and presented this play as a Hubbub bn the Bookshelf for students and parents. The re KAYSVILLE sult was a very creative drama with comedy thrown in to make it even more entertaining for students. The classes of Sharon Poulson, Marylyn Billings and Merlyn Schofield adapted Hubbub On the Bookshelf, written by Alice Woster, for their students. The stage in the multipurpose room was transformed into a deserted bookshelf complete with cobwebs and old toys. As the green bookworms - students dressed imaginatively in airduct costumes - approached the place they hoped would be their new home, they found it to be already occupied. Benjamin Bartholomew Bookworm allowed them to stay, but sat back on a stack of National Geographic magazines and continued to enjoy television. So the eight members of the bookworm family - consisting of Danny Meecham as Dad, Jami Johnson as Mom, Jessica Burrell as Aunt Ruthie, Dallas Hawks as Arthur, Ryan Hintze as Jerome, Alyssa Lombardo as Penelope, Nicole Mercer as Priscilla and Abby Tingey as Edith - settled in. See BOOKS2 Two job corps centers helping each other Labor Department mandates have the two centers combining forces By JaNAE FRANCIS Standard-Examin- Davis Bureau CLEARFIELD - They have very separate strengths, clientele and governing bodies, but the two Northern Davis County Job Corps Centers say theyre finding new ways to combine forces. A new federal mandate to secure more and better jobs for their graduates has the Clearfield Job Corps Center and the Weber Basin Job Corps Center looking to each other for strength more than they ever have in three decades. Mandates from the Department of Labor to assure that 75 percent of all job corps gradu ates land jobs paying at least $8 per hour six months after graduation and that 50 percent of all students will participate in community service have the two centers looking to each other for help. The Clearfield Job Corps Center may answer to the (Management and Training Center in Ogden) and Weber Basin may be under the direction of the Bureau of Reclamation, but we all work for the Department of Labor, Greg Evans, Weber Basin center director, told a Clearfield center community relations council last week. Evans announced plans to combine the two separate center councils. He said the unprecedented cooperative effort will help the centers meet their goals for the year 2000. We wont duplicate services, Evans said in an interview. It will bring people together. Evans said the centers will work toward meeting federal mandates by making sure they have the right people on their combined councils that can help graduating students get jobs. This help will include budgeting, housing and easing the transition back into the community. Another focus will be for increased center involvement in agencies such as the Department of Work Force Services. Harvey Brenner, coordinator with the United Auto Workers Union on Clearfields campus, said a visit today by officials from Chrysler, Mercedes and General Motors is one example of expanding opportunities for students. Meryl Hill, Clearfields work program coordinator, said plans for improvement include trying to put together a consortium of educators in the community. He looks to ways of changing training programs to fit needs of employers including Hill Air Force Base. They are finding that they have a very aged work force and with the tight economy, they feel like they have outstripped their ability to provide people for hydraulics, electronics and all types of repair," Hill said. The coordinator believes he can easily prepare job dents to fit into the jobs. corps stu$11- - You can contact reporter Francis at 776-495- 1 or and JaNae Council authorizes trencher purchase The city council authorized a request for the purchase of a $415,453 trencher. The trencher is being paid for by transferring money targeted for purchase of other items. The Public Works Department is forgoing the purchase of a $10,500 mower, and $5,000 worth of water equipment in order to buy the trencher. The city has been renting a trencher for past projects. Council members agreed that with future projects of city park water line installations, and sprinkling systems and street light installations, the purchase of the trencher would be more cost effective. The council also approved a request to seek bids for lease purchases of a dump truck and a crack sealer. HILL AIR FORCE BASE Santa Claus to visit with kids his Santa Claus has confirmed scheduled arrival by helicopter at 1 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Hill Aerospace Museum. He will then transfer to the museum's HH-4helicopter inside the gallery where he will greet kids of all ages. Mrs. Claus will join him at 2:30 p.m. Parents are encouraged to 3 cameras. Santa is scheduled to depart the museum at 4.30 p.m. bring |