Show 2234 CAR OWNERS NEED TO RENEW LICENSE TAGS With nearly 600 motor vehicle registrations yet to be renewed from July the Utah Tax Commission is reminding 2234 Weber County motorists their August registration renewals are due in 29 days Those 2234 motorists include residents who purchased new cars in August of last year and who received license plate decals with the number “8” as part of the state's new staggered licensing FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 2 1974 on system Now in effect for a year the new system showed 2657 motorists were due to renew their registrations for the first time in July Of that number 221 were paid by mail and another 1250 were renewed in person Although the tax commission has experienced no long lines since the system went into effect motorists with August registrations due may pay their renewal fees through the mail by using the forms mailed with the notices of payment due e o Engineer Prepares Priorities owniown Two Bond Issues To Go Before Electorate Soon The future of Ogden’s central business district will rest with the voters the Ogden Kiwanis Club was told Thursday Two bond issues one for about $5 million and another estimated at $45 million will be placed before voters in Ogden City to fund renewal work in the central business district City Manager Richard L Larsen said at a Kiwanis Club meeting Five million dollars is needed the acquisition and buildings for cona mall of $45 million in parking revenue bonds will be placed before voters with the bond to be paid off from the facility’s income “We don’t have to go to the voters on this (parking revenue) issue but the city government thinks it is prudent and wise to save on interest rates as much Larsen exas possible” M plained A third bond issue of about $4 8 million will not go to the voters This is a tax increment bond authorized by the State Legislature wdth increased valuation providing the tax base upon which revenues will be drawn for bond payments Tax increment bonds would be issued for a period Mr Larsen said adding that experience in other states show they can be paid off in less than to assist in removal of struction of An issue Resolved flayor Says WASHINGTON TERRACE — Efforts to curb the litter problem created by a local grocery store have met with success the City Council has learned Mayor Ronald L Stephens reported Thursday that Dee Smith owner of the Smith’s Food King store at 99 E 4600 S “wants to cooperate 100 per cent” 20-ye- ar Mr Smith met with represen-- 1 tatives of the council after resi-- ! dents had complained that litter from overflowing garbage cans was being blown into their nine jears The downtown area the city yards manager said is experiencing a SEEKS COOPERATION “deteriorating tax base” due to Since the issue was first dis- increased vacancies in the cencussed the mayor explained tral business district “Mr Smith has spent some tirr e The loss must be redistributed at thfe store He wants to work to the homeowners With construction of a downtown mall with us” “I think it’s only fair to say the tax base would be adjusted that there has been an improv- lessening the burden on home-ownehe said ement” Mayor Stephens said “We have talked to residents m All findings point to a single the area and they have indicated Northern Utah regional shopping that the store has been more complex Mr Larsen said asserting if two would begin opcooperative” In other business Councilman eration one would fail E Larry Neves reported that NOW NEVER studies made by the Pine View “We can’t procrastinate any Water System indicate the city it’s now or never” the longer has a serious overwatering said city manager problem He feels the city government He said residents who are in has its done part watering their lawns more fre- for a downtown mall planning but “it quently than is needed have won’t become a reality without been major contributors to the support” city’s ground water problem as public did not improve its Provo well downtown and neighboring Or“Representatives of the Pine em took charge in the construcView System have told us that of tion University Mall resultwe have the authority to take in a tremendous loss of ing steps to help control overwater- business to downtown Provo the ing by controlling the length of time residents are allowed to manager said If the bond issues pass a foruse tiie water” he said mal appraisal of land for negoCITY CONTROL tiations will begin and parcels of control that collected for mall construction city Noting would be times only watering Engineering will follow and cona “last resort” Councilman struction of the mall could be Neves said it may be necessary completed “hopefully by the if residents do not take steps on summer of 1975” the city mantheir own to solve the problem ager said rs TUNING UP for the first annual Golden Spike Country Western Roundup of Bands and Fans talent show Saturday are (left to right) Mrs Jerry (MaryAnn) Charlton David Sugihara and Bobby Johnson FANS WESTERN BANDS Country music fans and musicians from four Western states began arriving in Ogden today to participate in the first annual Golden Spike Country Western Roundup of Bands and Fans convention The tw'o-da- y gathering will begin this 6 at pm with a series ot seminars evening and a jam session m the Utah Power anc Light auditorium A day-lon- g talent show will wind up the convention Saturday and will feature a potpourri of country western tunes performed by musicians from Utah Colorado Idaho and Montana The talent showr will get under way at 9 :30 a restaurant with a am in the from address Ogden Mayor A welcoming Dirks Stephen Contestants will vie in four categories: best band best instrumentalist best male singer and best female vocalist Chuck-O-Ram- Awards for winners will include trophies and auditions with recording companies and television representatives According to Mrs Hazel Park roundup president judges will hear tw'o numbers from ea:h of seven bands seven instrument lists 13 male vocalists and seven female singers In conjunction with the talent show original unpublished songs will be judged by professional agents with winning entries to be Tenn submitted to a Nashville firm publishing Entries have come from as far away as Iowa Missouri California Idaho and one from the Utah State Prison Admission to the day-lon- g talent contest will be S2 per person and will be by reservation only Additional information and reservations are available by contacting or 392-09- Mr Handy his sons Stephen A former Ogden woman and ler family were reunited today 23 and Mark 19 had been with iter she wras rescued by search-r- s the search party since Monday in the rugged Wind River They and Ogden friend James fountains of Wyoming after 3 Jensen took horses and went to the remote wilderness site to our-da- y ordeal to “Have you got anything help in the search at?” was the first question They are all returning to Utah Irs Barbara Handy Brown said today the attorney’s wife said rhen a helicopter landed to pick after being reunited this morner up ing 56 wife of Salt The rescue chopper managed ske City environmentalist Dr to land in a swampy canyon and killings Brown and sister cf two men helped Mrs Brown )gden attorney George B Har-- y aboard Fremont County Duel Price said was spotted Thursday after-oo- n Under-sheri- ff “If it hadn’t been for the by an Air Force helicopter sev-rarea chopper there’s no telling when i the w'oody drainage would have found her” said was we she miles from where Mr Price “At first she didn’t ast seen Sunday al 74 394-92- ©©keepers Say Deaths Continue Testimony on Pesticide Requested than two weeks after base for grasshoppers the mass deaths of Weber! Mr Spangler has indicated County bees local beekeepers 'that the bees have been dying report that numbers of workers along the path of a storm that and drones are still continuing hit the Ogden area shortly after the massive spraying of the air to die Meanwhile Sen Frank E base and feels the storm spread Moss has indicated he the powerful insecticide “Serin” will ask three area people in- to other parts of Weber County volved in the bee death conRobert Froerer a local attroversy to give testimony in torney who keeps bees at his Senate pesticide hearings Aug 8 Huntsville home said the bee or 9 loss in Ogden Valley is localized Weber County bee inspector in Eden and Liberty with few Martin Spangler said the con- bees in the Huntsville area tinuing bee loss poses a serious affected threat to many hives facing a “It is still too early to tell what the extent of the bee loss long cold winter to colonies are we probably won’t will be getting “Many the point where they won’t have know that until next spring” enough honey or bees needed to the attorney added sustain the necessary food and FINDS EVIDENCE warmth for winter survival” he of Comprehensive testing explained still of dead bees is “There’s no question in my samples mind that many of them won’t under way at the US Departmake it through the winter” ment of Agriculture laboratory in Salt Lake City where state the bee inspector said chemist Kent Francis indicates GIVES VIEWS conclusive results won’t be two He said beekeepers are still available for another convinced the bees died from weeks insecticide poisoning resulting However he indicated he is from a Hill Air Force Base still finding evidence of Sevin in project July 17 that sprayed the bees taken from both inside the More i D-Ut- ah FORMER OGDEN WOMAN Mrs BrowTi It took eight hours Thursday to bring a fire in the county landfill dump in West Ogden under control Heavy black smoke from burning tires and debris spiraled up from the site for most of the afternoon Fire fighters and city street department crews worked to control the stubborn blaze believed to have been set by youngsters The alarm was turned in at 11:57 am Firemen left the scene at 8 pm Street department water tanks used for flushing operations were brought to the site and hose lines were extended toward the burning pit Calvin Hubbell foreman of the county incinerator complex said limiting metal salvage operations to one firm that wras awarded a county bid has brought protests from people who have salvaged on their own at the site the past several years The landfill is used as a dump for tree limbs grass clippings rubbish tires and heavy metal objects Although bulldozers are at the scene cover the debris daily once a fire is set it bums buried materials deep into the ground firemen said Immediate fund requirements for critical storm drainage facilities needed in Weber County areas total some $6 million a consulting engineer told the Weber Area Council of Governments Thursday anager Litter Issue STUBBORN BLAZE KEEPS CREWS AT COUNTY DUMP EIGHT HOURS want any help getting aboard didn’t like the berries very but she was weak and the two much” he said Mrs Brown her husband and fellows helped her” their son and daug'hter-in-’aTO LODGE Mr and Mrs Russell Brown of Mrs Brown was flown to a Salt Lake City and other famlodge 35 miles north of Lander ily members had been hi'ting and camping in the forest since Wyo ate and went to bed 31 Mrs Brown left alone “She’s in good spirits good July on the hike and a search was condition knew exactly what started last Sunday night when she was doing all the time and she failed to return never lost her senses” said her FOLLOWED TRACKS of brother David Handy Mr Handy said 64 searchers Seattle Wash of them friends and relamost Mr Handy said his sister told him the only things she ate dur- tives were cut Thursday ing her ordeal were three all- Mrs Brown was spotted by the 4 day suckers a pack of chewing helicopter about pm gum and some berries she Thursday was the first cay a found in the w'oods “But she helicopter was used ir the w 54 Public pressure from property owners who have suffered flood damage to their property and farm lands has resulted in the council of mayors boards of education members and a county commissioner calling for a referendum to issue construction bonds Lew A Wangsgard civil was directed engineer by the Area Council to prepare a list of areas affected by floods for first attention if a flood district is created and the public approves bondirg Mr said he Wangsgard consulted other engineers who work for municipalities in gathering the information Proposed projects will be reviewed by each city council or town board and the county commission with their respective" engineers" The Area Council will meet again on Aug 22 to prepare more detailed information for consideration by voters in the November election BURCH CREEK recommend the Engineers following projects with costs estimated and due to change when more detailed studies are concluded: Unincorporated area needs include: Upper Burch Creek detention reservoir site acquisition at 5000 S 300 E to hold water from forest lands that flows uncontrolled in South Ogden Riverdale and other locations $100000 Lower Burch Creek detention to and piping reservoir Riverdale Road $200000 Clean and enlarge existing open drainage channels in the western part of the valley hives and from the field to the construct a detention basin and ‘‘According mar ufacturer Sevin is supposed install piping east of Defense to decompose and lose its Depot Ogden at 300 Nortu toxicity after one to two $90000 w’eeks” Mr Francis pointed Install storm drain from US 30 near Uintah Junction to out “But I have found some bench along Woodland Drive literature that says under partly in town of Uintah certain conditions the pesticide $175000 Install storm drain on 2550 mignt persist as long as three North from US 30 east to weeks” he continued North Ogden $400000 “And I’m still finding Sevin that hasn’t broken down in Critical projects for Ogden some of the samples I’m City include: Storm drain piping from 36th testing” the state chemist and Van Buren along 36th and added to Wall and West to Weber 35th to the oversight Invited to relieve on Environmental River on 33rd hearings on the southeast problems Protection Agency pesticide bench below Weber State programs are Mr Spangler and Harrison $1250000 College Utah Beekeepers Association W NEW RESERVOIR president E Inskeep and Hill Air Force Base information reservoir for Detention officer Lt Col Edward R Sullivan Hollow and piping Wolfe along Van Buren to 36th and Sen Moss said the three have Harrison $435000 been asked to testify because he Storm drain line from central feels their insights on the Weber business district along Grant to County bee deaths should be Ogden River at 20th $600000 considered in the hearings Storm detention reservoir and presently being conducted by piping on 7th west of Wall the en- $250000 on subcommittee vironment of the Senate Critical projects for South Commerce Committee Ogden are: Southeast area piping and detention reservoir (half of the facility in unincorporated area) for water flowing to Weber River $380000 Flood control gates on existing dam at Burch Creek at 4400 South and Adams $20000 Critical projects for Roy insearch although a US Forest clude: Service plane had been used Storm drain piping along 1900 earlier Because the area West 4400 to 4000 South $85000 where Mrs Brown was lost is Outfall line on 600 South from designated as a “primitive 2700 West to Howard Slough area” no motorized ground ve- $220000 hicles could be used Riverdale’s critical needs Mr Handy said the Browns include: would return to Salt Lake City Storm drain piping along 1050 West to Weber River $165000 today Mrs George Handy said toStorm drain piping along 700 day she learned of the rescue West and 4200 South to Weber by telephone before those in the Drive $95000 participating in the Critical needs for Washington family search Terrace (where the city has “I certainly wish I was there spent $120000 the past two to be with the family at this months on flood control) intime”- Mrs Handy said Her clude: sister-in-laMrs Brown grew Outfall storm drainage to in in northwest Ogden completing her Weber River up education in local schools corner of city $80000 - w Levy Increase Unanticipated expenses and the purchase of texts for the new county library branch ir Roy sparked the library board Thursday to request an increase in mill levy revenues they receive The requested 09 mill in- crease will maintain the in-e x p e nditures creased encountered by the Weber County Library j i j frustration and benefits But this figure is considerably lower than any large library in the US The head librarian noted that “this is the time to improve staff pay” but he couldn’t see any possible way “There aren’t the resources to do it” he commented He added that the building was excellent the collection good but the staff pay under what it should be But their request for adretirement benefits clause for ditional funds will not cover an parttime employes The mistake increase in the salaries of cost the library' an additional library staff members $4000 which was not budgeted INCREASED REVENUE The second w'hich item With increased revenue the sprung upon the expenses of the will be able to use a library w’as the retroactive library $10000 for the conimplementation of a minimum budgeted struction of the Southwest wage law According to Don Weber Trotier head librarian the funds toCounty Library and have begin purchasing texts law cost the library an adnew for branch tne ditional $2000 w'hich was not In other action by the library budgeted board a proposal by the Roy CURRENT LEVEL City Council to declare work on With the current tax level not the new branch part of the uncounting the increased ex- bicentennial projects in total dertaken the income was for the penses county library only comes to $395779 endorsed This includes a surplus of funds Possibly the addition of a from last year’s budget of history section in the new $13801 library could be added Dr The head librarian also noted James Douglas said Exchange Erupts Over Animal Disposal Site Weber County Assessor Bruce Jenkins charged today that a county dead animal disposal site near Little Mountain is not being operated properly Commissioner Monte Bailey in charge of the county’s sanitation department immediately denied the charge terming it proved difficult to bring under control Assessor Jenkins said he was told by an animal company employe dumping at the site Thursday dead animals were only being covered over once a week Commissioner Bailey said animals being brought to the disposal site were being buried “dirty politics” Assessor Jenkins said he vis- as quickly as possible He said ited the site Thursday and found covering the animals takes a number of dead animals un- place at least twice a week unburied “stinking and covered der normal circumstances with flies” A dragline is kept at the site to both dig the trenches and DUE TO FIRE Commissioner Bailey said cover the paunch He said as there w?as only one animal and many as four employes have this was an exception because been at the site keeping animals of a fire Thursday at the councovered ty’s clean-fi- ll disposal site in Commissioner Bailey denied West Ogden He said all available heavy the charge there were a num- equipment operators were atjber of unburied animals at the the scene of the blaze that site Thursday Pretty Good Chance of Rain This Evening Forecast Says Weber County’s shrinking water supplies may be boosted tonight and Saturday as the chances for afternoon and evening thundershowers increase to 40 per cent Along with the rain however locally gusty canyon winds and strong wind elsewhere in the vicinity of showers are expected Temperatures will be about the same with highs in the low to middle 90s and to night’s minimum in the mid- dle 60s Skies were mostly cloudy in the county today and will continue to be variably cloudy through Saturday The extended outlook Saturday through Monday calls for mostly sunny weather with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers Temperatures wili be near normal with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s and lows ranging from 55 to 65 |