f y 50 exDires 013887 INC. R 'HOflG & SONS BOOKBINDERY, .127 RftlLROAD STREET SPRINGPORT MI 49dBA Vol. 8, No. 13 Wednesday, April 2, 1986 50 cents a single copy Hearing toeight m Traverse Ridge district will do, how much it will cost, who will be taxed and what the tax base will generate," he said. Representatives of Estes Co. will be on hand to provide the facts and figures, and county commissioners and planning officials will be there to question those figures. There will probably also be a good number of local residents who are concerned about the prospects of a 4,500-hom- e development so close to their back yards. However, Anderson said the meeting probably won't touch on the issues that have those residents, specifically those living in Highland and Alpine, who have expressed concern about the impact of the Traverse Ridge development on their communities. Those issues will be dealt with at a County Commission hearing on May 5, when the commissioners will probably act on a recommendation by the County Planning Commission to approve a change in the county master plan and zoning for the area. The land is currently a Critical Environment zone, which limits development to one home every 50 acres. Estes is seeking a change to a rural residential zone which can be tailored to the development's needs. Even if that is approved, Anderson said the Arizona developer would still have a lot of work to do - and more approvals from county government - before the develop-ment could begin. "The zone change, if it were ap-proved, would not mean the area could be developed," Anderson said. "They will have to submit a detailed plan and we can stop them anywhere along the line if they can't work it out." If Estes is unable to come up with an acceptable plan, Anderson said the commission could zone the property back to the current Critical Environment zone. There is expected to be some opposition to any change in the area. Highland City officials have already gone on record opposing the change until they can get more answers, and have allocated funds to hire a consultant to look into the matter. Alpine officials had opposed the annexation to Draper. But last week the city council voted unanimously in favor of allowing a small portion of the city to be included in the special service district boundary if the county approves the district. Anderson said he doubted local cities had legal standing to protest some of their concerns about the Traverse Ridge development, "but their political standing is great." However, he noted that at a County Planning Commission meeting two weeks ago, the people who attended the meeting were split on the Traverse Ridge issue. "At the Planning Commission we were quite surprised that it was about dead even for and against the development," Anderson said. By MARC HADDOCK Utah's County Commissioners will consider a plan to create a special service district in the Traverse Mountain area at a public hearing tonight (April 2) at 7 p.m. at the American Fork Jr. High School. If the Commissioners approve forming the district, it will mean one more step towards the 5,000 acre development by the Arizona-base- d Estes Company. But County Commission Chair-man Gary Anderson said he didn't expect a vote on the proposal tonight. "We probably won't act on it at that meeting," Anderson said. In-stead, the commission will allow 15 days for property owners to protest the proposal. If the special service district is approved, it will provide Estes Co. with a government body through which zoning and planning details can be worked out. When Estes Co. first announced plans to develop the area, the company also announced plans to annex to Draper City. But the company withdrew the request for annexation when Highland and Alpine cities both opposed it, citing concerns about traffic problems and a negative impact on the local ecology. According to Estes representative Dennis Wall, the company came back after state officials asked them to give the development a second chance. This time the group the county. The special service district, which is formed under the direction of the county Commission, Will provide an ' entity which can contract for water and sewer district services ser-vices not available to private con-tractors. In fact, Anderson said the district would be responsible for all the services to the property if it is developed except for police protection and land use. Those will be provided by the county. The hearing will focus on items such as, "what the special service ' i- : .; f ... XilfeLUiiJ ' i, Associated , .1. ? I food Stores I ' rrrs.i fin "25--- - : h i ' - - l - .. ::: ' : -- This trailer for Associated Food Stores played an April Fool joke on the truck driver Tuesday and sank two feet into Norton's store parking lot. It was feared the trailer would tip over but a wrecker righted it in time to prevent such a calamity. ..'A , r-v-- v 1 ) ' ; --v - . . - v tt ,i ' - s n ;t? ' f iVu. VN k - . rA awberry Days Royalty for 1986 are, L--R, Lisa Hollis, first runnerup; Queen Tina ry; and Shari Card, second runnerup. ilia Story to reign s Strawberry Queen arrangements. Special thanks was given to businesses who contributed to the pageant. They included Ad- - , ventureland Video, Allred Builders, American Fork Nursery, Barnetts V & S Variety, Bayly Corp., Chambers Roofing, thristensens Dept. Store, Deseret Bank, Durfey Dry Cleaners, ..Noxtans .Food Center,, Little, Caesars, Pizza, Pleasant Grove Floral,, Pleasant Grove High School, Purple: Turtle, Roper Enterprises, Smith Drug, Story Pharmacy, Timp In-dustries, Walker Oil, Wasatch Bank, and Westcon. Harold Jacklin, Strawberry Days Committee Chairman, reported that more than $500 would be included in the scholarship fund to be awarded to the new queen this year. na Story was selected to be the Strawberry Days Queen irday night at the conclusion of annual pageant. Tina is the ;hter of Keith and Joyce Story, sa Hollis, daughter of Al and ny Hollis, was named as first ler-u- p with Shari Card, daughter aron and Bonnie Card, as second ler-u- - - ' na and her attendants will reign all of the Strawberry Days vities. In addition, they will esent the city in parades and brations throughout the summer during the coming year, lellie Eggett was chosen by the :r contestants as Miss geniality. She also received the rd for selling the most tickets to pageant. le new royalty were crowned by year's queen and her s, Karen Harmer, Julie tvn and Ellen Lloyd, aren was Mistress of ;monies for the pageant. She I several numbers as did Julie, n played a piano selection on the ;ram. le other contestants were Lisa 'ey, Tamara Bird, Nicole mon, Loralee Mecham, Melihda Pymm, and Lori Meldrum. All of the contestants participated in a production number at the beginning of the pageant. Tina performed a ballet number which she had choreographed herself for the talent portion of the pageant. Lisa played a piano number and Shari did a modern dance. ,. . .. ". r Judges for the event were Paulina Jolley, Tod Kilgore, Marelyn Nielsen, Robert Sandstrom and Heather S. Walker. The auditors were Angie Chambers and Jan Martin. The contestants are judged on a point system in the swimming suit, personal interview, talent, and evening gown categories. The girl having the highest number of points is the winner. Marlene Simmons was chair-woman of the pageant. Linda Kelley was Daryllee Carlile was the choreographer; Karen Smith was in charge of contestants; Donna Ruf arranged for the judges; Linda Giles handled publicity; Sandy Larsen took care of the tickets; Bobbi Beagley developed the programs; and Liz Curtis made all the special Dogs impounded, owner cited The officer reported that a seven-year-ol-was bitten on the neck by one of the dogs after he fell from his bicycle. The officer said the dog had apparently been chasing the child while he was riding his bike. Officer Bean said a citation was issued to owners of the three dogs at the time the animals were im-pounded. Kurt Bean, Pleasant Grove Animal Control Officer, said Monday that he believes a problem with three Pit Bull Terriers is at an end since he impounded the animals Sunday evening. The three dogs were taken to the pound following the third reported attack of the dogs on children in recent weeks. The third incident occurred Sunday. liree DUI-relate- d ccidents reported iree DUI related accidents since ruary have occurred in Pleasant ve and Lindon. One accident was 5tate Road, another on 100 East another in Lindon. lere were injuries in two of the accidents. The Pleasant Grove Police Dept. reported that this summer the Utah Highway Patrol is going to begin a strong DUI ad campaign to try and reduce the number of accidents involving drunk drivers. Sinking feeling no joke When Norton's employees told Associated Food Stores truck driver Scott Jaeger Tuesday that his truck was getting ready to tip over he thought it was an April Fools joke. It wasn't. Scott had left the back trailer of a double trailer rig in the Nortons parking lot while he took the first trailer around to the loading dock behind the store. He does this on a regular basis because there is not room for two trailers behind there. When the employees told him about the problem and assured him it was not an April Fools joke, he ran around to the front of the store to see the front left hand side of the trailer sinking into the asphalt. The left landing leg sank nearly two feet in about one-hal- f hour as Scott awaited the arrival of a wrecker from Orem. As the left hand side sank into the asphalt, the right rear tires rose into the air several inches. The right hand landing leg only sank a couple of inches but the pressure caused damage to the right hand strut. The trailer was loaded with 30,000 pounds of groceries destined for an Orem store. Scott says he always leaves one trailer in the Nortons parking lot while he unloads the other one behind the store. There has never been a problem before. The site where the trailer pushed through the ashpalt is not too far from a drain and perhaps the water had undercut the pavement, the driver surmised. He added that this event was the worst of several that occurred that morning. He couldn't get his truck lights to work when he first went to work and then he had to fix a flat tire, too. He called it a rather "hectic" morning. The wrecker was able to lift the trailer out of the hole and Scott drove his rig under and hooked it back on. Those standing around watching the operation breathed a sigh of relief as the trailer was connected back with the cab. It had looked like the truck would tip onto its side if it sank any further. Hopefully, the rest of the day was not as difficult for Scott as the first had been. Fred ICeetch featured in KUTV's 'Private Lives' Former Pleasant Grove Fire Chief Fred Keetch, was featured on a Salt Lake television station's "Private Lives" section Sunday evening. After 31 years as a volunteer firefighter, Fred was honored for his years of service in the KUTV program. Filming crews from the station were in Pleasant Grove last week where they talked with Fred for about three hours. Obviously pleased with the program, Fred said he could hardly believe that he had been selected for the feature. The veteran of the fire department told the television reporter that he still wants to go when the fire calls come in although he has been slowed somewhat by recent knee operations. Fred also reported that he had wanted to be a fireman ever since he was a small child. He worked his way up through the ranks in the department from captain, to assistant chief and then chief, in which, position he served for 12 years. He is presently the treasurer of the volunteer fire dept. While he was fire chief, Fred worked with the city council to acquire new fire trucks and new safety equipment for the men. He saw to it that the fire trucks wer well equipped, too. He was fire chief during the time the city had its most rapid growth, according to Frank Mills, assistant fire chief. Fred only lives two houses from the fire station so he has been one of the first to arrive when a fire call has come in. His wife, Naomi, is a member of the Firemen's Auxiliary. She has kept scrapbooks over the years of all the things Fred has done. In addition to being a firefighter, he was a charter member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Pleasant Grove and held every office in the organization, including president. He has also been president of the Chamber of Commerce and held every office there. He served as Chamber secretary for five years. He was director and organizer of the first Downtown Booster Club when Abe Gibson was Chamber of Commerce president in 1964. Fred received the Outstanding Citizen Award in 1956 for Young Men under age 35 for his service to people. The award was made by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce. He served for 16 years in the Young Men's program in the Pleasant Grove Second and Fourth Wards. In his spare time he likes to do woodwork and go hunting and fishing.' l: "im. in. ILmmSSmZL. wJ" t j . f- i i V ill V i v. ; )r ? ,. v - ' - ' i j v :..---; f .... w j. , 1"" lltll'l T"ti.. :' led Keetch takes a minute to chat at the Pleasant Grove 're Station after being honored Sunday on "Private Ves," a feature on Channel TWo television news.