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Show (LDOOT tiqbk gpeem) getis Drivers praise idea to designed eliminate stop and go slowdowns Melinda Williams Staff Writer Did you notice anything different when you got on to go to work this week? Like a traffic signal at the The Utah Department of Transportation has installed ramp meters at three southbound ramps in south Davis County and one northbound to regulate traffic moving onto the freeway. The ramp meters were turned on for the first time Tuesday morning and have worked well so far, according a Utah Department of Transportation spokesperson. The meters are meant to prevent the slowdowns and conditions that freeway travelers encounter, by limiting how frequently vehicles can enter the freeway in advance of congested areas. Jeannie Shaw, information spe "stop-and-g- o odd D-- H5 cialist for UDOT said an accident on Beck Street Wednesday morning caused problems with the ramp metering there. And accidents will usually interfere with the normal flow the meters are meant to produce. But then, she notes, accidents slow traffic anyway. Otherwise they've had few problems. Shaw said, A rare thing happened ... A lady called and congratulated us on the meters. We usually she said. The only get complaints, caller gets on the freeway at 500 South and travels to Redwood Road. But while UDOT has received no complaints and few' calls, drivers are somewhat confused by the new lights. In some areas drivers are finding not enough room to accelerate before merging with oncoming freeway traffic. And some drivers, Shaw said. Her office received another call from a motorist with questions about the meter. some in Salt Lake and Utah counties. For now, the meters are located at the northbound Beck Street on- - unaware of the metering, have too fast, only approached to have to slam on their brakes when they find four or five cars backed up on the ramp. UDOT will likely install ramp meters in several additional locations in Davis County as well as Legacy Project cements history Susan Tanner Holmes Contributing Writer FARMINGTON Earth brown cement slid down the trough into the specially-designe- d metal frames Wednesday creating the uniquely designed mosaic seal that will welcome visitors to the Davis County Courthouse. Work has been to the people of Davis County forever, he said. Our search brought us to the county courthouse, and to the namesake of Davis County, Captain Daniel C. Davis. A 60 year-ol- d monument on the northwest comer of the courthouse honored Davis as the first settler of Davis County. The base was crum Lincoln Memorial effect. Davis' plaque will be repositioned on the north's flagpole's base. The other three sides will display brone plaques featuring Davis County communities in the order in which they were incorporated. said Semadeni. Inside the base, a time capsule will be sealed. Each city, plus the county will have three pages describing what they think is important. A list of the children from Know ton Elementary who will sing will also be placed in the time capsule as going ason for months part of Davis Countys Centennial Legacy Project designed to preserve a heritage of the past, bring it into the present and prepare it for the future, said I well as many other historical Hank items Semadeni, project committee pic-tu- in the 11x13x18 inch long capsule. We realize that individuals and businesses will want to be involved in this re of Davis County, between three flagpoles, said Semadeni. Colored cement and other Committee projects. A Legacy the Great Salt Lake Fund has been set up to accept and Antelope Island. City loc- will be shown." new The entrance to the pro- posed Legacy details the county, ations can place n. The heritage memorial is an inlaid concrete we and donations of all sies. he said. CREATING A LEGACY: County officials met Wednesday to see months of work come to fruition as the Legacy project construction began. The heritage memorial is an inlaid concrete picture of Davis County, between three flagpoles, Colored cement details the county, the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island Photo by Cathy Linford courthouse, designed by Kim A. Hyatt, of the architectural firm of Smith, Balle, Hyatt Architects, Bountiful, will also feature improved lighting, landscaping and benches. Funding for the project is coming from several sources. The Davis County Centennial Committee has allotted $30,000 and $5,000 has been awarded from a State Legacy grant. Proceeds from the Centennial store are also earmarked for the project. None of the dollars used for this project are tax dollars," Semadeni said. We looked for something that would belong bling and in need of repair or replacement. "The committee's plan was to incorporate the plaque from that monument into an enhanced effort targeted for the front entrance, Semadeni said. Each Hag pole base is a deep planter encircled by a bench. Flood lighting will shine skyward to accent the American flag rising from the base of the north planter, the Utah flag to the east and the county flag on the west. Lighting will also be strategically placed behind the courthouse pillars to give the front of the building the ot The dedication of the project is scheduled for Oct. 4. one day before the birthday of the county. County Commissioner Dan McConkie. who has helped to oversee the project will be the emcee.. The ceremony will include music from two high schools, a junior high and an elementary. Flag raising ceremonies will also take place, with Rep, Jim Hansen. Gov. Michael Leavitt and County Commissioners Gayle Stevenson and Carol Page participating. The ), public is inv ited. Family meets Challenge, wins prizes Cherie Huber ' Contributing Writer BOUNTIFUL A family vacation to California turned into a Family Challenge for the Brett Taylor family of Bountiful. As part of their family vacation the Taylors took their five children to California where they decided to visit Universal Studios for the first time. activities at One of the Universal Studios is the taping of Family Challenge, a family game show. Hie Taylor children wanted to see how the program is taped so the family went over to that studio. When they got there a man and a woman standing outside the studio asked them if they would like to be part of a Family Challenge taping as the family booked; for that particular show had not showed up and they needed another family with children about the same size as the missing family. The three older Taylor children, Woods Candace, a Cross High School student,: Christopher a Mueller Park Junior High student and old Muir Elemena tary School student were chosen to Laura r- signals ramp and southbound Parrish Lane. 400 North and 500 South. The meters are almost identical in appearance to traffic signals at intersections and work the same green means go, red means stop. But there's no yellow light. It works like this. When there are too few cars to cause conditions, the meters will not be illuminated. Drivers will be allowed to enter the freeway as usual. But when there are many vehicles or o traffic is developing, the meters will be turned on, allowing drivers to decide whether to take an alternate route before comThe meter mitting to the will alternate between green and red every few seconds, allowing one vehicle to enter on each green light. The plan is that if the line waiting to enter the freeway gets too long, the meter will allow vehicles to enter the freeway more frequently. see SIGNAL pg. A2 stop-and-g- o stop-and-g- THE METERS ARE RUNNING! Meters are being used to regulate S Photo the flow of traffic onto by Cathy Linford s drain creating sloshy No-ma- n problem for kids That appears to be the best Paul Challis News Editor solution lot all parties Hardy said. Some property owners still don't think that is long-ter- involved." BOUNTIFUL The Davis School District and Bountiful City are working on an agreement to fix a Hooding problem from an orphan drain that has caused damage for years to ptoperty owners near Holbrook Elementary School The open joint, clay tile drain runs east to west near Holbrook Elementary at 1018 K. 250 North, just south of the school and until recently nobody has wanted to claim responsibility for it. It's not really our responsibility, City Manager Tom Hardy said. We are trying to wotk on a solution with the school district to solve the problem." City officials met with property owners on Sept. 18 on the site and reviewed the problem and assessed the Hooding damage in connection with the diain and vowed to find a solution. The plan proposed by the city would include a reservoir (that Hardy said was already in the works) on the west side of the school and will ask the school district to pay for a new drain up to that point where it would join the city system. Adjacent property owners would pay to hook up to the drain. enough and want the city and school district to pay lot it all. "The city is saying its not our problem' the property owners, including the school district, needs said to pay for this fix themselves. Dari Hansen, a property owner at 84 Tartarian Cucle Rather than participate in a dram pipe around the edge of the school (open land) the city will find it necessary to solve the problem out in the city street, when the land owner route the water out of their basement and to the front (lowei) area of their property, it ends up m the gutter." Hansen added that, "what has happened in the past is that the city then digs up the street and puts in a storm sewer to get the water olf the surface. The reason the city has hud to do this is. because the water will flow all year and in the winter it freezes in the gutter and then street creating an icy safety problem." "It seems to me it would be less expensive to participate in solving the problem at the source rather than fixing the end problem. Fields are cheaper to work in than paved streets." Hansen said. see DRAIN pg. A2 Bountiful Elks plan auction to save life of ailing teen be part of the Family challenge game along with their parents, Brett and Valerie Taylor. Jordan, an eight year old student at Muir Elementary and Kierstin, a five year old kindergarten student at Muir Elementary enjoyed watching the family perform what Mrs. Taylor described as some pretty unusual stunts. Along the way Mr. Taylor got a pie in his face while Mrs. Taylor was hit with several balloons full of whipped cream. Despite the pies and whipped the family enjoyed the entire challenge. They also came creamings, away with a big Family challenge Cup as well as about $1600 in mer- chandise including a telescope, cameras, videos, watches and a trip for the family to Catalina Island. The show will be airing on the Family Channel after the end of September when the new series starts. CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS! The Taylors of Bountiful took The Family Challenge, and lived! are: Candace, Chris, Jordan, Valerie, Lara, Brett, and Kiersten Taylor. Photo by Cathy Linford i Left to Right, This was a really good family activity, Mrs. Taylor remarked. We had to work together as a team and sometimes people pay a lot of money just to have the same kind of teamwork activity. The people there at Universal Studios were very nice. THEN AND NOW: Funds are being raised to help 17 year-olShayna Bales, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, Synovial Sarcoma The former resident will die if she doesn't receive experimental chemotherapy. d Lay-to- WEST BOUNTIFUL Shayna Bales is a typical teen. She enjoys school, friends and fun. She's normal in every way, except one. Shayna has a rare form of cancer. Synovial Sarcoma. This bright 17 year old who spent her childhood in Layton, has been fighting the disease since December 1995 when doctors at Children's Hospital in Denver removed the top portion of her femur, the long leg bone, and replaced it with donor bone. Doctors also found cancer in her left lung and removed a portion of that lung at the same time. She was given a 75 percent chance of beating the cancer. Now Shayna is in a fight for her life. In July 1996 doctors found cancer in both lungs. Her only change of survival is undergoing a new experimental chemotherapy treatment. Without it she's been given 60 to 90 days to live. The treatment will be done in Houston. if her family can raise the money needed for the procedure. It s that goal that mobilized a charge by the Bountiful Elks to save Shayna s life. The group, with the help of Shayna's grandmother, Afton Clawson who lives in Lav-tois planning a Save A Life Save A Child auction. The auction will be held Saturdav. Sent. 28 At 544 W. 400 S. in West Bountiful. All proceeds from the auction will go to the purchase of airline tickets to take Shayna and her father Kenneth to Houston for the treatments. |