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Show AVIS COUNTY 0689024134 press Sh state S 300 467 E UT FRIDAY Q4lU VrrLn I FIFTY CENTS ASSOC July 16, 1993 Owners pull the plug on messoge. Baileys sign ' lights up family feud Gives morning motorists rude awakening By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer NORTH SALT LAKE Davis County drive-tim- e commuters were forced to do a double-tak- e Thursday morning when they read the message on the electronic sign owned by a North Salt Lake furniture store. Baileys Furniture Store, 640 N. Main, has a large electronic sign on the west side of Interstate-1- 5 which is something of a landmark for morning and afternoon rush hour motorists. The message on the sign usually plugs the stores latest sale and lists the temperature. But Thursdays message was a decided departure from the norm, and it was not well received. Emblazoned in bold electronic letters were the words, Suzie is a whore...Jay is o cl'ivp SEE "BAILEYS PG.4 tlBlVS COUNICL UPHOLDS page 2 Cushing demotion, SAFE SCHOOL POLICY By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor because most of the superstores request to change the zoning so a new food superstore could be built in Bountiful. and 70 unavailable for are now near capacity. comment. Most of these people We have no other way to offer' polled live within 500 yards of the our services but to open a new land affected by the proposed location, Winegar said. We feel zone change, Strong said. we have done our homework and Opponent Gereld Hanson said from a straw poll within a mile of he recently purchased a new the site many Bountiful residents building lot on Orchard Place road want a new Dicks south of 1800 and wouldnt have done so if he South. knew the land nearby was going Winegar said the stores to changed to commercial. I did my homework, checked the nationally recognized bakery and other offerings could be a master plan for my dream home and was assured it was nearby a great asset to Bountiful- Opposition leader Shauna neighborhood zone for Single-Famil- y Residential use. Strong said her people had also polled nearby residents and the Many of the opponents results showed 259 of the 368 questioned the traffic safety in the were against changing the zone to area especially on 2200 South, commercial. saying it was too narrow to take As citizens near 2200 South an increased traffic load. Another have been forced out of business. Resident George Naegle spoke in favor of the zone change saying the new store was needed and that people cant fight progress in an active city. You represent all of us in Bountiful, not just this one neighborhood. Tom Mabey asked the council to preserve the quality of life in Bountiful by leaving the area zoned residential. I have nothing against Dicks Market but it is a neighborhood issue and affects the quality of life and would hamper traffic and safety. Mabey reminded the council that there are three schools nearby and added traffic could bring more danger to children in the area. Narrow roads and noise from Dicks Market General and Orchard Drive we are issue was one of noise from loading and unloading docks BOUNTIFUL Saying the voice of the people had been heard the City Council Wednesday denied a zone change request for 9.3 acres of land from Single-Famil- y Residential to Commercial near 2200 South and Orchard Drive. The unanimous decision came after a hotly contested public hearing which lasted more than two hours. The City Hall Chambers was filled mostly jam-pack- ed with neighborhood residents opposed to the Dicks Market Manager Kent Winegar said his family business wanted to open a new store because of the success monumentally 21 neutral opposed to the unloading trucks and increased zone change, she said. The oppositions poll claimed traffic. Gerald Jordan said Bountiful has enough commercial and spot of the Centerville store in 70.4 percent of the residents There is so much attracting customers to the current opposed the change with 4.9 zoning. location from Bountiful and percent in favor or 18 for it, with commercial that some businesses would decrease from the quality of life now enjoyed. During Winegar s presentation representatives from Coca Cola, SEE "DICK'S" PG.3 page 3 adopted by dist. SPORTS EQUITY: Athletic Director supports additions page 14 MR. OUTDOORS: Fishinq close to home, page 1 5 LIFE AREA WEDDINGS Davis lifestyles page 8 FAMILY REUNIONS page 1 1 still popular opinion TERRORISTS & THE BOMB, page 5 Letters to Editor, WEATHER Mostly sunny ana mild Friday. HI: 95 LO: 55 |