VOL. 129 NO. 6 DAVISCLIPPER.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 LIFE 4 Opinion 14 Showcase Layton 16 Thrive city THE 25 Life turns 31 Sports 100 years DAVIS 35 Classifieds 39 Comics old Clipper LEGENDARY SERVICE STORY ON PAGE 8 COURTESY PHOTO 2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 NEWS THE DAVIS CLIPPER PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO EXPAND AND ADD NEW AMENITIES to Hatch Park located on Center Street in North Salt Lake. BECKY GINOS NSL considers renovation of Hatch Park by Becky GINOS [email protected] NORTH SALT LAKE — Hatch Park has been serving the community for many years on Center Street in North Salt Lake. As part of the city’s Town Center project is an expansion of the park. “It’s a great project,” said City Manager Ken Leetham. ‘We’ve been buying properties around Hatch Park and hiring firms to make plans on the expansion. There will be three concept plans and cost estimates that will go out to the public.” There are several steps that have to take place, he said. “The concept plan, resident input and then it will go to the city council. In February or March the city council will find ways to pay for the expansion and identify funding. Then it will go out for bid. It’s a multi-phase project.” The city is renting out some of the houses in the area, Leetham said. “We’ll have to take those down to expand and make improvements. We’ve had some ideas such as reconfiguring the park- ing and construction of a community building that might serve as a senior center or library.” It’s been a long time coming, he said. “It should be a wonderful addition to the Town Center with multi-family housing and trail connections throughout the city.” THE DAVIS CLIPPER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 3 Elementaries go to 4 days, secondary pushed back to Nov. 2 by Becky GINOS [email protected] What we FARMINGTON — A large crowd decide will gathered in front of the Davis School be good for District Administration building last “ Wednesday night waving signs, some asking for a complete return to school, some and not others in support of the hybrid schedule. for others” After listening to teachers and parents during a public comment » John Robison, period and a great deal of discussion, Board President the school board voted to go forward with the four-day plan starting Sept. whatever role you have. I lean toward 28 for elementaries but pushed back extending hybrid based on health. the start date for secondary schools Health is our top priority.” until Nov. 2. However, Board Vice President The board adopted the Phased Liz Mumford suggested because case Reopening Plan on Sept. 15 but numbers were low in elementaries since that time the state and county they should consider allowing them has seen a spike in COVID cases. to return to class four days a week. Assistant Superintendent John “We’re in the role of educating Zurbuchen gave the board an update students,” she said. “We have to find a of the DSD COVID Dashboard as of way to get them back to that. We need Sept. 21 as part of the discussion. to make a data based decision about the “What we decide will be good elementary setting and consider moving for some and not for others,” said secondary closer to the end of term.” Board President John Robison. “The Ultimately, the board approved decision makes it hard for parents, the decision with Robison casting BECKY GINOS teachers and students. We respect the only dissenting vote. THE HYBRID SCHEDULE VERSUS A FULL RETURN TO SCHOOL has become a very divisive issue. 4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 NEWS THE DAVIS CLIPPER ClipperTHE DAVIS OPINI N AI DM NISTRATION C onspiracy theories Thought of the Week R . Gail Stahle P UBLISHER from the desk of R. Gail Stahle, publisher [email protected] ext. 114 undermine our sanities “Confidence comes not from L orie Matern always being right, but from Off ICE MANAGER The opinions stated in this article are in several car crashes while we were not fearing to be wrong.” [email protected] solely those of the author, not of The Davis wearing a white shirt, I doubt that ext. 115 Clipper. we would connect our attire with » Peter T. McIntyre A DVERTISING the collisions. It is much easier to 50-year-old woman in Utah believe the Internet message of an Brad Roghaar County told reporters last unemployed electrician who “knows” SALES REPRESENTATIVE week that she was “a huge Muslims are sneaking over the [email protected] Aconspiracy theory person.” Thanks Mexican border to slay Christians. ext. 135 to the Internet and suspicious social To show how conspiracy theories R ichard Stahle media messages, she is not alone. gain traction, I recall one of the SALES REPRESENTATIVE [email protected] Conspiracy theories are certainly most popular allegations: Paul ext. 137 not new. People have a difficult time (McCartney) is dead! rationalizing how isolated incidents It started in 1969 when a teenager EDITORIAL can lead to life-changing events. telephoned a Detroit radio disc Throw in a distrust of government or jockey and told him the Beatles T om Haraldsen M ANAGING EDITOR the uber-wealthy or the prominence were providing hints that Paul was [email protected] of a certain ethnic group and you get deceased. If the DJ would play the ext. 126 a buffet of bogus. song “Revolution Number 1” from the B ecky Ginos Current favorites are the QAnon White Album backwards, he would Ass OCIATE EDITOR hear a man growling [email protected] Current favorites are “Turn me on, dead ext. 118 man.” L AYOUT/DESIGN the QAnon claims The DJ then called a friend, musician Eric D evin Christ that liberal elites Clapton in London and C REATIVE DIRECTOR “ mentioned the report. 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Dwight Eisenhower through the name Beatles on the flip belonging to the Soviet Communist side of the album, and McCartney’s ON THE COVER: Bountiful's Terry Orchard conspiracy. silence during a long vacation to the has been a leader on and Conspiracy theories are easier to Scottish coast – created the biggest off the field for 50 years, believe when they are connected to conspiracy stir since the Kennedy and was honored this politics, not our personal lives. For week for his dedication to instance, if one of us were involved local youth athletes. see CYCLOPS » 9 THE DAVIS CLIPPER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 5 OPINI N Just here for the boos To the Editor Dear Editor: Canyon Trails. Our team teaches t’s been a decade since COVID-19 hazmat suits and the very funny Elsa these young riders respect for the reached our shores, ushering in in a plastic bubble. I am writing in support of natural environment, respect for 45 years of hand sanitizer, remote I think I’ll dress up as a mail-in the Parks and Trails Bond. I am their fellow trail users, proper trail Ilearning and face mask protesters ballot since that seems to be the a member of the local mountain etiquette, trail safety, and civic sporting apostrophe-addled signs most terrifying thing in the country biking community, a 20-year responsibility. like “Your an idiot” and “Parent’s today. (Sidenote: Vote on Nov. 3. Vote Bountiful resident, and an active Over the past six years we have against masks.” by mail, vote in person, drop your board member and coach of the seen our team grow from 20 riders But now it's October. Halloween vote off in a ballot box. I don’t care local high school mountain biking to well over 150 from the three is at risk.