63-83001.00 Utah Press Assoc. 307 West E00 South Salt Lake City, UT Ik H5005 X 84101 Local Obituaries See page 4 Orem High Songleaders take first in State See page 8 Weddings and Social announcements See pages 10-11-12 'mum 500 r; tow 1 ? h;r ""i rS 1a I J ? li ':' ';" '" - : V" ' , II , . . !T - Dignitaries break SCERACity to share costs of restroom facilities in park By Jeanne Thayne City Editor In a 6-1 vote last Tuesday, City Council members agreed to share costs of new restroom facilities for the SCERA Shell and SCERAPark. In making the motion, Councilman Coun-cilman Keith Hunt said the 5050 sharing has worked well in the past. "This is a positive thing all the way around." Public Works Director Richard Manning said a joint ven Chamber to "Great Kid" As a part of this year's annual "Taste of Provo and Orem" Chamber Cham-ber Open House, the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce will present its "Great Kid Award" to outstanding elementary students on Thursday, December 16 at 2 p.m. at the Historic County Courthouse. "Too much attention has been ' focused on the negative actions of today's youth," notes Chamber President Steve Densley. "In an effort to focus on the positive, we want to honor tomorrow's leaders who are doing great things today." - Miiimi.iumii.iiiimmiiimujUjLJ 5 ? ((I -1 M1111111111111111 Canyon View Junior High student officers count some of the coins collected during their 'Quarters for Christmas" drive. Principal Jim McCoy said that students contributed $2,847.00, breaking the school's former record by $200.00, and with a studentbody smaller by 800 students due to the opening of the new junior high. Money goes to KSL Radio's annual charitable campaign which provides shoes to underprivileged children. Activities staged to raise the money included class contests and a "no candy or pop day" a day when money normally spent ,on those items was given to the cause, (left to right) Amber Phillips-Lee, vice-president; Ashley Huish, secretary; Katie Stevens, 9th grade secretary; Sara McNamee, publicity chairman; Katie McKell, president; Brad Watts, historian. ground for the news Special Events Center at Utah Valley State ture with SCERA means less cost. "We get more for our money," he said. Mayor Stella Welsh voted against the motion, however, not because she doesn't think the park needs more restrooms but, "My problem is with priority," she said. "We are very generous with SCERA. We purchased this park from SCERA in 1990 and leased it back to them for $1 a year. If SCERA needs these facilities, they can go ahead and build it. I don't think we should take these present awards The recipients are being selected from each elementary school in the Provo and Orem area on the basis of their respect for others, their spirit of cooperation, and their overall good citizenship. The awards will be given as part of the annual Chamber Open House in which local restaurants showcase samples of their specialty from 1-4 p.m. The 'Taste of Provo & Orem" has become be-come a favorite tradition for Chamber members and is open to the general public. For more information in-formation please contact the Chamber at 379-2555. (O fa v (Si f'aBl funds for this at this time." According to City Manager Daryl Berlin the City also paid half the costs of the Shell. Hunt commented that you don't "nickle and dime your family. fami-ly. We are all the same and we should maintain a 5050 relationship." Seeking support for the agreement, agree-ment, SCERA Board Chairman Sid Gilbert said he, "wants to make Orem one of the finest places to live...that takes money." He said he presented the original concept for the Shell to the board and believes it was a good decision. SCERA President Norm Nielsen Niel-sen outlined plans for the 1994 summer programs at the Shell. He said there will be 17 programs or concerts for a cost of about $24 The agreement calls for SCERA to pay for the project up front and accept deferred payment pay-ment for the City's share until July 28, 1994. The maximum amount of the City's share was supposed to be $80,000. However, the low bid on the design came in at $339,000. SCERA has proposed cuts amounting to $131,000. The design eliminates a technology room and cuts back on restroom facilities. The new design should handle crowds of up to 1,500 people. The original design targeted tar-geted 80 percent of peak park load of 2,500. 2- College. Public hearing set for rezone A Public Hearing will be held Tuesday, January 4, 1994 at 7 p.m. to consider a Rezone at 275 West Center Street. The request is for the current zone, R-l-6.5 (residential) to be changed to PC-2 (Planned Commercial). Com-mercial). A A11 neighbors in the area and others interested in the rezone are encouraged to attend. lnt rrVi AtLdkvJ IS J Representative I I 1 "fr v , if Mortimer JJp g "r,,, rs.-m.u ,v U i i - . , Representative Doyle Mortimer and Lee Ellertson answer questions during Monday's ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast. Over 750 bills will be filed in 1994 Legislative Session. Local Legislators address Chamber Breakfast about gangs, juvenile offenders With the increase in gang activity, ac-tivity, juvenile offenders, and a 85-day waiting period for an accused ac-cused person to get on the court calendar, don't expect a quick fix from the 1994 State Legislature. This was the message given by local legislators at the annual ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce Legislative Breakfast. . Monday's discussion was dominated by the increase in violence in local communities and lack of punishment given to those individuals under the age of 18. Provo Mayor-elect George Stewart pointed out Utah County is in the same position Las Vegas was five years ago and today the Nevada town is out of control with violence. According to Stewart, "The system is bankrupt and the state legislators should push for a quarter percent increase in sales Ground breaking held for UVSC Events Center Department of Facilities and Construction Management, State of Utah has awarded Big D Construction Con-struction Corporation of Salt Lake City their bid of $16,993,000 for the building of the Special Events Center at Utah Valley State College. UVSC held a ground breaking ceremony on December 9 in the Activity Center. "We feel this is a very worthy project for the people of Utah County, and we're excited at the prospect of what this can do for our valley," Kerry D. Romesburg, UVSC President, said. Included in the project is an 8,500 seat arena, locker rooms multipurpose space, classrooms, dance room, karate room, weight room, racquetball courts, ticket windows, concessions, offices and a concourse to connect to the other campus buildings. The building will be approximately 174,000 square feet and will take about 18 months to complete. An amount of $17,074,000 was budgeted for the project. The bid for Big D includes only the basic building and does not include in-clude seats. Total project cost is estimated at $25,000,000. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony was President Presi-dent Kerry D... Romesburg, Utah County Commissioner Gary Herbert, Her-bert, Senator LeRay McAllister tax for gang problems." "It is only 1 to 2 of the kids that commit 90 of the crimes but they have no fear of punishment punish-ment until they reach 18. The system sys-tem is not set up for today's kids and should be adjusted to the violent crimes to today," stated Stewart. Senator Craig A. Peterson pointed out that 75 of all graduating graduat-ing seniors have some brush with the juvenile justice system and are currently clogging the system with all non-violent crimes. Also the governor has made it clear he will riot propose any tax increase during this session. Representative R. Lee Ellertson El-lertson commented, "The Juvenile Justice System had been put on the shelf for the last five years in order to meet the demands of the adult correction facility. Currently Missouri is one of the and Ed Pinegar, Chair of Citizens Group, which was instrumental in passing the county-wide bond. ; - , -, ' ,i i j ... I m. f-fV,. - if ' Xm x J j x X, ;T ; ;f j fera w -m BONNIE WRIGHT Mall Marketing Director Named Bonnie Wright was recently hired as the marketingdirector at University Mall. She' is responsible respon-sible for all advertising, public relations and sales events for the mall. Ms. Wright recently moved to Utah from Warwick, New York. Her career background is in broadcasting, the ski industry, and shopping center marketing. Orem's University Mall has 195 stores and services. leading states in the country to deal with juvenile crimes and they modeled their system after Utah's. The difference is Missouri has money for the crime problem and Utah does not. Representative Jeff Alexander told the group they should not look to the stati for all the answers. If local cities need more money for crime, they should adopt a local sales tax increase. Criminal referrals to juvenile court h as increased 120 percent the past 10 years, with the court's staff only 10 percent larger. The backlog of cases is staggering. It currently takes 85 days for a juvenile accused of a crime to get on the court calendar. calen-dar. The group agreed that the solution solu-tion to juvenile crime will take the entire effort of local and state agencies agen-cies to get the problem under control. 1