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Show es Newspaper Thursday, February 13, 2003 Page A3 )rem City pursues 10-year pact dth SCERA for cultural arts T)E E. WEEKS, JR. junes Correspondent r nearly a half-century e Icon's Cooperative National and eational Association &RA) met the communi-ed communi-ed for an organization ii could provide recre-v.jal recre-v.jal facilities and oppor-ias;.ies oppor-ias;.ies for the city of Orem tej.ts surrounding areas. operating with Alpine iterol District, Orem City rclj. the W.P.A. Recreation ?rifirtment, SCERA spon-an-1 a varied recreation nttram each summer, icijty-two softball teams i o organized, as well as Ujir skating, tennis and djvr forms of recreation, firing that period, from d to 1980, two outdoor iie;'RA swimming pools he i also built. pei)wever, with the con-e con-e :tion of the Orem anr;ss Center by the City -r- ipr i - .- t It -1 W 1 J i i . J . v ? )rem, containing an rjpr swimming pooi aim ler"ed facilities for other j-ss activities, Orem City Lover the recreation pro-m pro-m is in the city and asked j,,.RA to handle Orem's Ptiral arts programs. Over a dozen stained glass windows, like these, featured in the most recent addition to the SCERA Theater, depict the various aspects of the cultural arts programs carried out by SCERA, on which the City of Orem relies to fulfill local citizens' citi-zens' needs and desires for the arts that time, SCERA's jjj'e was changed to w.'on's Cultural 1 national and n Rational Association. , ius, for the past several 'js, SCERA has been the ij 3 to the Orem Heritage jum. SCERA has also aded a variety of per-ing per-ing arts programs for ,y Community, such as the '1 Season, Encore on, Children's Drama ram and the Children's :any of those programs ' ! started as a result of joals established by the la City 'Council in the "1 s, regarding the cultur- ts. 'ter Orem City pur chased the SCERA Swimming Pool in 2002, officials proposed that Orem contract to continue receiving receiv-ing cultural arts services from the SCERA for a period peri-od of 10 years. Since the annual cost to the city would be $32,000, state statutes required that such an appropriation be accompanied accom-panied by a study, that detailed the benefits to be gained from such an appropriation. appro-priation. The study, done in the Orem City manager's office, addressed the identified public benefits, the purpose of Orem's appropriation, including an analysis of the way the appropriation would be used to benefit the residents of Orem and a determination that the appropriation was necessary neces-sary and appropriate to accomplish the goals and objectives of Orem. Addressing the Necessity and Appropriateness of the appropriation, the study concluded: Currently, the City of Orem does not have a cultural arts arm, that performs functions similar to those provided by SCERA. Consequently, Orem relies on SCERA's services to fulfill local citizens' citi-zens' needs and desires for the arts. "The appropriation of $32,000 is less that the city would spend if the SCERA functions were completed in-house. If the city employed one full-time employee to oversee the activities provided . by SCERA, the salary costs, including benefits, could be from $42,000 to $57,000. The city would also have to purchase or rent props for plays, advertise, sell tickets, etc." According to the city's Strategic Plan, developed several years ago, the appropriation would satisfy several of its objectives, such as: Expand the SCERA programs to meet the community's com-munity's growing cultural arts needs, including music, dance, drama, visual heritage, her-itage, and other fine arts, as needed and as finances are available. Support and expand the SCERA Cultural Arts Endowment program to support cultural arts in the community. Develop the Orem Heritage Center, focused on the preservation of area history. Support and expand the SCERA Cultural Arts Endowment program to support cultural arts in the community. Seek financial support for the arts from appropriate appropri-ate public and private sources. Support and expand SCERA programs for the youth, regardless of their financial abilities. Support and expand performing arts programs. The Benefit Analysis of the SCERA Agreement to Provide Cultural Arts Services to the City of Orem was available for public review in the Orem City recorder's office for at least 14 days prior to the public hearing, and the agreement was approved by the Orem City Council Dec. 10. Orem's obligation to make payments to SCERA pursuant to the agreement is subject to annual appropriation appro-priation by the Orem City Council, since the current Orem City Council cannot bind future Orem City Councils to make such discretionary dis-cretionary payments. of: Avowry 1-1 S. 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The thieves they stole a 150 lbs, four-foot amplifier-speaker set valued val-ued at $850 and a $1400 AMPEG Bass head amplifier. amplifi-er. A 29-year-old man, of Westpoint, Utah, was arrested yesterday at K-Mart K-Mart in Orem for theft. He had made keys to fit the candy machines placed inside the front of the store and was seen by store security secu-rity opening the machines and emptying out the money. He was arrested for theft. His car was searched and other keys, along with materials and tools from making keys were found inside. A 22-year-old women, of Orem, was cited for misdemeanor misde-meanor theft yesterday evening at Meir & Frank. She told Officer Matt Pedersen that she works as a juvenile tracker for Triumph Youth Services, and Odgen-based company that contracts with Youth Corrections to monitor juvenile juve-nile offenders and make sure they stay on the straight and narrow. She had a proctor child with her when she was arrested. I'm sure that wasn't the kind of example that boy needed to witness. 2703 A stereo was stolen from a locked car Wednesday night parked in the area of 1200 N. 1600 W. The window was broken out. Neighborhood Preservation Officers served a search warrant on a suspect drug house yesterday yes-terday afternoon. Once inside the home, the officers found user-quantities of Methamphetamine and a lot of drug paraphernalia. The occupants of the home will be referred for charges of drug possession and possession pos-session of paraphernalia. The funny of the day goes to the 18-year-old UVSC student who was arrested last night at Smith's Grocery Store. He was seen by store employees employ-ees putting a boxed Red Barron frozen pizza down the front of his pants. Besides walking a little funny, he must have been showing signs of hypothermia hypother-mia when he was stopped on his way out of the store. When the officer arrived, the boy denied vehemently that he was trying to steal the pizza. He just got tired of carrying it around and like any other reasonable person, he put it down his pants to free up his hands. Didn't make much sense to the officer either so he got out his handcuffs to take the boy to jail. Just as the officer was about the put the cuffs on, the kid said, "Wait a minute" and pulled two frozen burritos out, one from under each arm pit, and told the officer he had no intentions of stealing them either. He was booked in the Orem holding facility for retail theft. The half-thawed half-thawed pizza and burritos were retained by the store. As a consumer, I have to hope that they didn't go back into the frozen food case. 21003 Several cars broken into at the Remmington Apartment Complex on Thursday night. Windows were broken out to gain entry and stereo equipment was stolen. Officer Alan Warenski stopped a car yesterday (Sunday) afternoon in the area of 700 W. 1200 S. The car, a Dodge Neon had been observed abandoned in traffic traf-fic at State Street and University Parkway, but then the driver returned and started to drive erratically. errati-cally. Once stopped, the driver of the Dodge, a 19-year-old man, of Orem, appeared very nervous and was shaking almost uncontrollably. uncon-trollably. He was found to be driving on a revoked license, but that didn't quite account for his degree of nervousness. He was arrested and then during a search for weapons in the Dodge, Officers located the reason for his being so nervous. nerv-ous. He was transporting about two pounds of marijuana mari-juana and $1600 cash. The marijuana was packaged in smaller bundles for sales. He was booked into the Utah County Jail for possession pos-session with intent to distribute dis-tribute in a drug-free zone. A man reported that a home he was watching for a relative had been broken into Sunday afternoon in the area of 500 W. 100 N. 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