Show m V No road is a bad road i nolr Each week The Her- aid Journal repubfehes articles that ran in ttw newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 yean ago Today's “Utah Then" is April 14 1903 Spading and grammar appear in the stay as it was originally written Good Roads Bring Joy to Every Community Many of us do not know that bad roads are responsible fin so many of our woes because we have not thought says Isaac B Potter Some of our farmers are patient and many of them are contented with these roads because they do not know the value of a good one A good road is a splendid Investments There never was a good road made in any civilized country on earth that didn’t pay 100 per cent a year on its er SUM Local state A3 and regional news Fluoride bill twice what Davis voters told LAYTON Utah (AP) —Adding fluoride to Davis County's tap water is costing twice as much as expected and some households are paying $1 to $230 more a month for the service Layton the only town in violation of a Davis County order to fluoridate water supplies says the makeover will cost it nearly $1 million That’s about IS times what die county health department estimated Layton would spend when voters in most Davis County towns approved fluoridation in 2000 to fight tooth decay “We’re mad This is ridiculous" said Mayor Jeny Stevenson who accuses former health officials of the estimates Most of Davis County’s water systems will have made the switch by July though Layton is lagging ' low-balli- ng “I’ve been an elected official for a lot of years and this has bear as big a boondoggle as I’ve ever touched” Stevenson told The Salt Lake Tribune He predicts Layton water bills will jump by $175 a month Fluoridated water has been flowing from Centerville south since May and will be in northern Davis County’s water supply by next month An exception is Woods Cross where voters opted out Salt Lake County also voted for fluoride and health officials are pushing water systems in that county to make die switch by Oct 1 Richard Harvey who ran the Davis County Health Department during the fluoride campaign said he provided his best cost estimates at the time 66 “I’ve been an elected official for a lot of years and this has been as big a boondoggle as I've ever touched” -- Layton Mayor Jerry Stevenson The costs shot higher when the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District which supplies half the tap water used in Davis County had to make system changes to keep Weber County water unfluoridated And cities in Davis County are building more sophisticated systems than Harvey assumed they would make The higher price became clear after tests showed the Weber Basin district would have to water-pressu- re install fluoridation equipment on eight water lines along the Weber-Davborder instead of at one treatment plant is Weber Basin is spending $16 million on equipment and construction far more than the $278000 estimated by district engineer Scott Pax-ma- n Last summer Centerville house- holds began paying another $230 a month for fluoridation public-workedirector Randy Randall said In Bountiful water bills went up $1 a month waterworks superintendent David Wilding said rs cost A good road raises die value of every acre invites us to market when prices are good and takes us out of the clutches of the commission pirates who sell our goods behind our backs at their own figures keep their own accounts and pay us a pittance for our toll and trouble A good road shortens distance saves time wagons horseflesh harness increases the load and lessens the burden and makes it possible to haul two tons to market with the same power that now leaves one ton stuck in the mire A good road brings us closer together drives out gloom makes neighbors of hermits discounts every farm mortgage and brings joy and contentment to every community Imagine a man knee deep in the mud trying to look cheerfull Theater review The presentation of “Moths” by the Thatcher Stock Company may be said to mark an epoch in the theatrical history of Logan It is of interest to the people of Logan first because it is the first company of capable artists organized here as a stock company to travel a circuit with repertoire plays of a standard character second because the initial performance presents a story of thrilling interest and great dramatic power and last blit not least the effect of the story will not be lost in the telling the various characters being it capable hands It is safe to assert that all lovers of the drama will witness the presentation of “Moths” during the present week and give the company the initiation its merit deserves This paper went to press before last night’s performance but the rehearsals have demonstrated the beauty of the play and its setting and its meritorious rendition by the Thatcher Stock Co which deserves and will doubtlessly achieve success Agendas The Preston City Council will meet at 4:30 pm at city hall 70 W Oneida Agenda items include: ' j Discussing a business license from Tad Watte rson request Cory and for a machine shopftnife fabrication shop at 645 N State Discussing a business liceinse request from KBR Systems of Sandy Utah for a general contracting busi- ness Reviewing ordinance 2002-- 5 utscussing iTHjniTaniiiy dwellings Discussing date for 2004 budget nearing Discussing worst roads list Holding executive session to and poncing litigation Discussing Wells Fargo leasing The Franklin County CommiswiH meet today at 9 am at the Franklin County Courthouse 39 W Oneida Agenda items include: Discussing subdvision road policy Discussing tax cancelations Discussing housekeeping Hems Discussing Frankfin County Water & Sol Conservation budget Discussing transportation plan — Gus Mink Bridge andlandfil design Discussing Junk car ordnance 1 Discussing ambulance policy ’ Discussing county concerns by Terry Porter and Larry Young sion Brent StevenaHerald Journal Future kindergartners Tanner Condie front and Taylor Christensen are welcomed by kindergarten instructor Julie Cook and her current class Msw Ms ©mi Through musical numbers and skits Kindergarten greets future students Editor’s note: This is the second article in a three-pa- rt series on preparing and registering children for local kinder- ' garten programs By Holll Weiss staff writer ' There are lots of reasons to lopk forward to going to school Julie Cook’s Woodruff Elementary kirider-gattne- rs told next year’s incoming class Wednesday afternoon There’s the playground and then time’s the biggest set of wooden building blocks they’ve ever seen and some really fun teachers Next year’s kindergartners visited Woodruff and watched the afternoon kindergartner’s play “I Like School” students and teachers shared the message that school will be lots of work hit will also be a lot of fun “My favorite part about school is my teacher” said kindergartner Pey-to- q Barber “She reads us books arid she changes stuff around I know what it would be like in school if v nothing ever changed It would not be ‘ teDdDcCss’ learned the names of every color he has ever seen can count to 1200 and can read almost any book that he has at home “Mostly I have learned how to read and have learned how to spell” he said After the play the kindergartners took the new students showed them around the classroom and told them about school and what they will be learning Chandler Lowrey was sitting at one of the tables with several new students making a masterpiece out of shaving cream with his hands that had been sprayed on the table primer fun" Peyton said he vaguely remembers his first day of kindergarten “I remember that we had lots of fun and we only had one job to do” he said referring to assigned duties around the' classroom “But I wasn’t “I Like School” Top reasons to like school by kindergartners in Julie Cook's class r ft Playing soccer and baseball outside Playing with the wooden train donated to the class Putting together puzzles Playing with cars Swinging on the swings and playing on the monkey bars Doing homework The teachers Tlwgreat big building Meeting other kinder- scared” Kindergarten isn’t all fun and games though Peyton said he has gartners See GREETS A6 Utah Retirement System falls under intense scrutiny SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislators will examine stock-mark- et losses at the same government pension agency where regulators are taking a look at the personal investments of the fund’s top investor Legislative Auditor General Wayne Welsh will deliver his report on fund losses Thursday to a legislative oversight panel that also expects to hear from the Utah Retirement System on stricter conflict-of-intere- st rules for board members and employees Richard Cherry chief investment officer for the $1 14 billion pension fund uScd his own money and con- suited with professional nuid managers to piggyback on his agency's investments according to a report Welsh issued in February At issue were 11 stock trades that lost Cherry $1923 his lawyer says But Welsh said his audit covered only a slice of Chanty’s personal investments and that he could have made up the losses with other trades and federal bang examined by state securities regulators ' Cherry is on administrative leave pending the outcome of those investigations His attorney Francis said no rule prohibited Cherry from personally investing or having to disclose those trades The fund’s only policy says employees have a “right” to make personal investments and should not be “denied” an opportunity available to other Wik-stro- conflict-of-intere- st m people Wikstrom said Three legislative audits in the past 14 years have revealed high salaries nepotism and allegations of conflict of interest at the Utah Retirement System which operates in secrecy ‘it appears based on the actions that occurred that there is inadequate supervision or proper checks and balances” said Senate Majority Whip John Valentine Valentine told the Deseret News in a copyright story that he was eager to hear what reforms retirement officials had in the works Public retirement systems in Colorado Arizona New Mexico Virginia Washington and Wisconsin require employees with a “fiduciary responsibility” to annually disclose their investments and some systems impose blackout periods on trading Other states have no such rules which can backfire driving off potential employees said Kevin Howard the Utah fund's private counsel a regisRep Jim Ferrin tered investment adviser and certified financial planner on the oversight committee said he wanted to learn about the fund's “discipline and methodology" Ferrin added “I want to hear their response and their actions relative to these allegations that were raised” The audit subcommittee of the Legislative Management Committee is scheduled to convene at 10 am Thursday at the Utah Gapitol aMja ankr : |