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Show Times Newspaper Thursday, January 22, 2004 Page A3 &3'ana 11404 A CD player was stolen from a locked car Monday night parked in the area of 400 S. Commerce Road. A window was broken out to gain entry. 21-year-old man, of Orem, and three of this friends went for a drive last night in the Scera Park at about 11:00 PM - on the lawn. He and company were trying to 4-wheel over snow banks in a passenger car and got stuck. The foursome were trying to free the car when the officers arrived to see what in the world the men thought they were doing. The two officers helped get the car out of the snow bank by having it towed away for safe keeping. He was arrested on a $10,000 auto theft warrant out of West Valley City. Two of his other three buddies had a warrant each for their arrest out of Orem and went to jail with him.. The fourth member of the group walked home. A man reported this morning at about 5:00 AM that he awoke to find a stranger standing over his bed. The victim lives at the Winter Haven Apartments at 650 S. 1200 W. When the intruder saw the victim had awakened, he fled from the apartment. The victim watched from a window as the suspect got into a blue Nissan Pathfinder and drove away. The suspect was accompanied by a huge (the victim's description) Polynesian man with long dredlock hair, shaved on both sides. The Polynesian was holding onto a bicycle when he got into the back of the SUV. The sneak thief reportedly stole a cell phone and some CD's from the apartment and was described as a white male with blonde, messy hair, and wearing a brown leather jacket. The victim said that the door to the apartment is rarely locked because not all of the other seven roommates room-mates have a key to the apartment. Hopefully that will be remedied before they retire for the night this evening. 11504 A man reported that someone entered his garage that he'd turned into a game room and stole approximately approximate-ly $1700 worth of items that included pool accessories, a snowboard and snowboard-ing snowboard-ing boots, a stereo, and a VCR player. A pool table was also vandalized in the process. The burglary occurred in the area of 800 N. 1000 North sometime between 10:00 PM Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. morn-ing. Stereo items were stolen Tuesday night from two different cars parked in the area of 1700 N. 200 W. Officer Kirk Denning stopped a car last night (10:30 PM) at 100 S. State driven by 29-year-old man, formerly of Orem, for a traffic traf-fic violation. 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There were no injuries, which is a good thing, and coincidentally, neither driver had insurance on their car. Both were cited. 11903 Several car windows shot out on Saturday night. 900 W. 800 N. 1200 W. 1200 N. 500 N. 1000 W. 1000 W. 1000 N. Orem patrol officers executed exe-cuted a search warrant Saturday night (10:30 PM) for drugs at a home. Officers recovered Methamphetamine and psilocybin mushrooms from the residence. Three adults inside the home were arrested arrest-ed and booked into the Utah County jail. A business was broken into Saturday night in the area of Center and Mountain Way Drive. The thief broke in by prying open a door. Owners are doing an inventory inven-tory to determine what is actually missing. 12004 A concrete business was broken into sometime over the weekend when a thief forced open a door. The business busi-ness is located at 484 S. Commerce Drive. A $3000 concrete saw was reported stolen. A car parked inside an unlocked garage was broken into sometime Sunday night in the area of 1200 N. 600 W. Stereo equipment was stolen from the car. An Hispanic man driving driv-ing an orange Ford Focus with Nebraska plates went into McDonalds yesterday morning and requested their cheapest drink. He then tried to pay for it with a phoney $20 bill. The employee was suspicious of the $20 the suspect had handed her and showed the bill to a manager. When the suspect saw the employees discussing the phoney bill, he ran from the store and got into the vehicle. Officers are trying to run down a partial plate that was obtained as the suspect was leaving. A 29-year-old Elk Ridge woman was misdemeanor cited yesterday afternoon at Costco in Orem after she left her two children, ages 4 and 2, inside an unlocked car with the keys in the ignition while she did her shopping in the store. The incident was reported to the police by two concerned citizens who heard the children crying in the car. The mother had left the kids for about 30 minutes. min-utes. Luckily for her, the kids and the car were still there when she came out with her groceries. GREEN Stop in and see our fabuloas model or call for information: Donate 374-3772 Eddye 836-5463 Jili 372-4)400 700 East mum " rem City Council, School Board volve Andrea and Pong CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent Part 2 Last week's interview with Andrea and Doug Forsyth said little about the uniqueness of their marriage, mar-riage, but told a great deal about how unique is the fact each member of this married couple is serving in an elected elect-ed position in this community. communi-ty. On Dec. 31, Andrea Forsyth completed her seventh sev-enth year of service as a member of the Alpine School Board. On Jan. 1, 2004, her husband, incumbent Orem City Council Member Doug Forsyth, began the four-year term on the City Council, to which he was elected in November. Not surprisingly, both Doug and Andrea have found they have had to make many adjustments in their lives, in order to accomplish their public assignments. In this question and answer, each of them related relat-ed both the challenges and satisfactions they are experiencing experi-encing in their public assignments. assign-ments. Andrea Forsyth's responses were published last week. Orem City Council Member Doug Forsyth's responses follow. What has influenced your decision to seek public office? For me, I believe the greatest motivation motiva-tion was the experience which Andrea has had on the Alpine School Board. She has always expressed a love and enthusiasm for her service serv-ice there, which has been truly infectious. I have watched her deal with very difficult problems, along with her fellow board members, and come up with great solutions. I also saw a wonderful sense of camaraderie cama-raderie within that group, which really pushed me toward wanting a similar experience. What experiences andor motivations have influenced your decision to seek public office? I think that my work experience experi-ence has been very helpful. I called on people in both small and large communities, communi-ties, from Salt Lake City to Milford, and got a real sense of how other cities operate. I saw the good and bad, and a lot of both. I believe my ability to express myself and to think outside the box is helpful. I also believe, that my leadership leader-ship roles in church, service organizations and Scouting has allowed me to contribute to the City Council. I also know, and am known, by many citizens, which helps to facilitate the flow of information. What are your biggest challenges in representing represent-ing the voters who elected elect-ed you? Finding a way to balance all the "needs and wants" with the resources, which are available. One big challenge is helping people realize that the City Council is not omnipotent. Many fine people think that we, somehow, some-how, can make decisions, regardless of what the law Competitive Rates Great Service Se Habla Espanol 1111111 ii ir i niiniiiTiiTii wri in iii.niiii.il i n n i unmimnii minimi irirrr Call for a Quote Today, You'll be Glad You Did. Lender Insurance, Inc Professional Plaza 382 W Center Sl 2nd Orem i J i" iniMMUml Douglas R. Forsyth has Just his wife, Andrea Forsyth, Is Board. says. , Such is often the case in land-use issues, where one party doesn't want the Council to allow another party to use his property in a legal way, just because the first party doesn't like it. How has serving on the Orem City Council affected affect-ed your view of other elected officials? I believe the closer you are to the people, peo-ple, the more effective you are. We, on the Council, have a greater impact on our citizens, citi-zens, than does a State or National representative. We get immediate and very personal per-sonal feedback, and we are, therefore, more sensitive to individual interests. I do, however, believe that there are good people at all levels of government, but, as you move up to higher levels, politics becomes much more of an influence. (We are nonpartisan non-partisan at the City level.) Of all the issues facing the Orem City Council, which do you consider most important? How would you like to see them resolved? Money is always our biggest concern, or I should say, the lack of it. We have been on a very austere budget for the last 18 months, and there are things that need to get done. I believe the City Staff has done an excellent job of keeping things going, with reduced budgets and reduced manpower, but we are going to have to begin addressing some serious problems. Our police fleet averages 1995-1996 vehicles, and they are wearing out. Our streets need attention, atten-tion, as do parts of our city hall and library. We are going to have to find methods meth-ods of funding these needs, and we are working on them. Other issues include balancing bal-ancing the needs of business, and the sales taxes they generate, gen-erate, and the need to be a family-oriented and friendly community. Utah Valley Community College, to my way of thinking, think-ing, is a huge, un-tapped resource in partnering-for-good in the community. I favor establishing a College Relations Commission to taken office for a 4-year term on now serving her eighth year, as a facilitate our inter-action with UVSC. How have your public service assignments affected your marriage relationship? In what ways? I think that our relationship rela-tionship has been immeasurably immeasur-ably strengthened first, by Andrea's service, and now, by my own activities. We share as much as we can, and are each other's best sounding boards. It was especially gratifying gratify-ing for me to watch Andrea blossom as she took up her School Board duties seven years ago. She went from being a very talented and creative home worker, to being a very creative, talented talent-ed and forceful Board member, mem-ber, locally, as well as serving with distinction for seven years, as a member of the Utah State School Boards Association Board of Directors and National Delegate. I watched her demonstrate demon-strate the talents, which I knew she had, to a very large group of citizens. Do you believe the Alpine School District should be divided? Why? No. I believe that a push to divide one of the best-managed and administered school districts in the nation is ill conceived and fraught with absolutely frightening consequences. Some of the things that those pushing this change haven't considered are: The new District will need a massive mas-sive building program. The new District has no bonding history. The current District has the highest financial rating rat-ing available, and can borrow bor-row money at incredibly low rates. What about teachers in the new District? Surely, no teacher with tenure will want to work in a district, which has no policies or benefits; ben-efits; nor will classified employees. I would expect property taxes in the new district would be outrageously outrageous-ly high! These are just a very few of the problems I see, with the division of the Alpine School District. You are the parents of a special child. In what v 1 V Vie rWe have an Extensive Credit Program. We can help with a New or Used car and Reestablish your credit. No Hassle 24 hr. Credit Line. (801)492-1870 Or For One-on One Help Call Jake at 492-0100 mi 523 W. Main, American Forsyth 1 v V V j 7 i o the Orem City Council, while member of the Alpine School ways has he been a blessing bless-ing in your life? Dustin has been a great blessing in our lives. He was, in a large measure, the reason Andrea got so involved in education. Dustin was educated in our local schools from grade 4, and has a huge group of friends and supporters, whom he draws on for his social and work experiences. Dustin has taught our family about patience, love, sharing and service, and continues con-tinues to do so. What problems have you experienced, as a result of your wife's also holding another elective position? Mostly scheduling. schedul-ing. Over the last 15 months, I have had meetings on the first, second and fourth Tuesday, while she has been gone on the second and fourth Tuesday, except in the summer, when she was gone on the third Tuesday. In 2004, we will both be gone on the second and fourth Tuesdays, and to countless other meetings. The challenge really comes, when we want to support sup-port each other at special times, but are committed to other responsibilities. What weekly time commitment com-mitment is involved in your elective position? I average about 10-25 hours per week on City business sometimes more, and sometimes, some-times, less. I currently serve on three Boards of Directors: the SCERA Corp., the McKay Events Center at UVSC, and the Orem Heritage Commission. How do you feel about the City of Orem? I believe that we, as citizens of Orem, are truly blessed. We are surrounded by natural beauty beau-ty and bountiful opportunities. opportuni-ties. Our city is ranked one of the safest and most livable in the Nation; our citizens, among the most caring and giving, and our city government govern-ment and employees are without peer. It is my goal to celebrate these accomplishments accomplish-ments and to build on our great traditions, while we, as a community, reach for an even better tomorrow! mmEm Fork, Utah Exit 281 801-492-1110 COPY |