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Show F CI" Vol. 19, No. 33 Wednesday, August 20, 1997 50 To cents a single copy subscribe call 756-766- 9 Cedar Fort to have first-eve- r primary Lew High School 7:45 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. Lehi Jr. City Editor The race is on to determine who take Lehi, Cedar Fort and Eagle Mountain into the next century. In Lehi, nominating conventions have been slated for Wednesday, Sept. 10. Citizens may attend one of two meetings sponsored by the two established parties the Progressive Party and the Citizens Party to nominate by majority vote the party's candidates for the mayoral seat and two will Eaglecrest Elementary 9:35 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Kindergarten will be held from 9:35 a.m. until 12:20 1 .i i. k to 3:45 p.m. Lehi Elementary 9:35 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Kindergarten will be held from 9:35 a.m. until 12:20 p.m. and from 1 to 3:45 p.m. s,.V Cedar Valley Elementary tW'- 9:05 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. Kindergarten will be held from 9:05 a.m. until 1 1 :50 a.m. !L" V councilmember seats being vacated by Mayor Bill Gibbs and Councilmembers Dee Ray Russon and Reed Sunderland, four-yea- pilllirtlli Ron B a.m. until 2 from 12:45 to 3:30 p.m. Spanish Immersion classes for first, second, third and fifth grade students i Tjg I - . Smith, chairman of the Progressive Party, said that a few people have expressed interest in running for one of the offices, but that no one has definitely committed to doing so. He said that many of those who have talked to him have specifically mentioned the mayor's seat; he hopes that those who are not nominated for that position will consider a councilmember position. "I hope they would make sound, decisions," he said of those who will be elected in November. "I feel like growth needs to be managed really well." Lehi residents will also vote on a growth management initiative (see related story) and likely a a for bond election recreationartssenior citizens cen- (extended day schedule) p.m.; the second session runs from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Kindergarten will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. and r respectively. Meadow Elementary First session runs from Fort, but Lehi awaits positions. By RUSS DALY 7:45 a.m. until 2:20 p.m. p.m. and from interested in the process." Three people have filed for the mayor's seat, and five people have r filed for the two council political conventions School High Candidates fde for Eagle Mountain, Cedar ( be on the early (8 a.m. until 2 p.m.) schedule; fourth and sixth grade Spanish Immersion students will be on the second session schedule. will level-heade- d Sego Lily Elementary 8:40 a.m. until 3:10 p.m. Starting Monday, Sept. 8, students will get out at 1:40 p.m. each Monday for teacher ter. preparation. Kindergarten will be held from 8:40 to 1 1 :25 a.m., with the afternoon sessions Irom 12:03 until 3:10 Cedar Fort to hold primary In Cedar Fort, the election process has already started with p.m. (Starting Monday, Sept. 8, afternoon kindergarten will let out at 1 :40 r:i tip p.m.) Note: Because of testing, kindergarten students will not start their school schedules until Friday, Aug. 29. Wnrkin llUrfilllg Ufl i ,i ttl6 plCiygrOUnCl the filing by several people for the lWt offices being vacated this year. According to Utah law, if the number of people filing for office Photo by Russ Daly Workers finish installing the new playground equip- ment at Bandwagon Park, 200 W. 900 North. The play- ground will be officially opened Friday, Aug. 22 in con- junction with a Children's Concert at 6:30 p.m. exceeds the number of vacancies by more than twofold, a primary must be held to narrow the field. "I think it's a healthy sign to have a primary," said Lloyd Carr of Carr Printing, printers of election ballots. "It shows we have people four-yea- Because of the numbers, the town of Cedar Fort will hold a primary election on Friday, Oct. 10 to eliminate one contender in each race. Town recorder Virginia Cook said that, according to her recollection, a primary election has never been held in Cedar Fort. Elections '97 Race for the Next Century For the mayoral position, incumbent J. Howard Anderson has filed, as has Nyle Jacobsen and town councilmember current Jeanine Cook. If Cook is unsuccessful in her bid, she will retain her council seat. Jed Berry, Duane Allen, Falcon Commichaux, Barry Miller and Sheila McKinney have filed for the council seats to be vacated by Glen Cook and Bart Berry. In the primary election, Cedar Fort residents will vote for one person for mayor and two for councilmembers; the person with the lowest number of votes in each category will be eliminated. According to Carr, the primary election process lessens the chance of a minority party with an agenda of splitting the majority vote. Eagle Mountain mayor to run unopposed In Eagle Mountain, incumbent Mayor Debbie Hooge will be listed on the ballot unopposed. The four councilmember seats, appointed when the town was created, will all be vacated. Two of the r positions will be elected as seats and two will be filled by councilmember seats, after which the latter will become r positions. Dan Valentine will join incumbents John Jacob, D. Cyril Watt r and Nick Berg in the four-yea- two-ye- four-yea- four-yea- councilmember race. Incumbent Diane Bradshaw, as well as Rob Bateman, Jack Guthrie and Allen Thompson will contend for the two-yea- r council seats. Ballot item will determine if Lehi residents want to limit growth By RUSS DALY City Editor To grow or not to grow: that is not the question. Rather, the question is, how much do we grow, a question that voters will face in November. Proponents of a petition to limit growth successfully obtained the required number of signatures to place the motion on the ballot in the upcoming election. Under advice of legal counsel, the Lehi City Council rejected adoption of the motion. but thereby solidified the placement of the item on the ballot. Jody Burnett, an attorney experienced in municipal law, said that because the petitioners had obtained the proper number of signatures, the matter would be placed on the ballot. The next step prior to the election will be to prepare a voter information pamphlet listing arguments for and against the motion. Anyone wishing to make arguments for or against the initiative must submit state ments up to a maximum of 500 words, at least 45 days before the election. Although the initiative will be placed before the people, Burnett, as well as individual members of the city council, spoke out against the proposal, citing the difficulty of administering such an ordinance and the fact that Lehi recently completed an update of the Master Plan, which they said accomplished the same result. "Lehi City has just gone through a comprehensive general plan revision," Burnett told the council and members of the audi ence. "All good growth management posi- tions are an outgrowth of good planning." He said that not only is the "Initiative to e Manage Growth" a very staff- - and mechanism, but that it could lead to a "beauty contest" where those developments that are attractive would be more consideration over others, a disadvantage for those who could not afford to create such designs. "I am philosophically against this initiaReed Councilmember said tive," Sunderland, who said that the city's revised labor-intensiv- Master Plan has already addressed many of the growth-relateissues covered by the amendment. "Having spent $50,000 to update our Master Plan, it would be ludicrous to go against that." Councilmember Frances Comer said that the initiative would not protect anyone. She questioned the petition because she said she had heard that potential signers were told it would lessen traffic and ease other problems. "That town referring to what she called See GROWTH on Page 4 d Miniature horses prove to the Woods that bigger isn't always better By RUSS DALY City Editor Bigger is not always better. Especially not if you are trying to raise miniature horses. For Steve and Donna Wood and their family of Lehi, the hobby is serious business. What started out as fascination is now a big part of their lives, so to speak. "It's been a fun family hobby," said Donna. "Everyone can be involved." The quest for littler and better things came in 1992, when a neighbor saw an article in the Pleasant Grove Review announcing a miniature horse show in the area. After seeing the diminutive animals in the June show, they purchased their first horse in August, then brought their first filly home on Christmas Eve. From that start, Steve and Donna, who call their business Windy Woods Miniatures, are now of the American members Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) and the American Miniature Horse Association (AMHA), as well as two local clubs, Mountainwest Minis Inc., and the Intermountain Miniature Horse Club (IMHC), in the latter of which Steve serves as I vice president and Donna serves as secretary. The couple has won the top award in the Mountainwest Minis Inc. in the ownerbreederhandler category for accumulating the most shows. points in Last year, Steve was in the top 10 handlers in the AMHA competition in Fort Worth, Texas in the amateur exhibiting junior stallion division. Two of the Woods' three sons, Jeff and Greg, have also been involved in the project. Greg has won several awards for showing the animals, including high point youth handler in the IMHC. During the summer, Greg works out with the horses every day at 10 a.m. to give them a rigorous half hour workout in a round corral. His parents think his fairly loud compact disc player might be at least part of the cause of his stamina. The dedication to the animals doesn't stop with Greg, though. Having studied different methods of nutrition from different breeders and owners, Steve and Donna now have their own special formulas; they agreed that they even disagree between themselves about how much to feed. To accommodate their own differences, Steve takes care of the morning feedings, which include rolled oats as part of his regimen, and Donna takes care of the afternoon meals, which include reconstituted beet pulp. Other menu items include a coat conditioner, horse conditioner, flax seed, and wheat bran, a local specialty purchased at Lehi Roller Mills. "We've learned a lot," said Donna. "Everyone's got their own way of doing it." They also have their own ways of caring for the animals in other respects, as well. Donna has a monitor in the bedroom so she can look in on the horses, particularly the expectant mothers, while they are in the barn. They have five colts due next April, with two possibly to arrive on the same day. When the babies are ready to be delivered, Donna sets an alarm clock to check the monitors every hour. She said that the amniotic sac usually does not break because it is as strong in the miniature horses as it would be in a horse; the small animal does not on Page 4 See full-size- d MINI-HORSE- S w-- tr B izaSKH TMiV&.SSm&R.f'-- ? .ul& ' Photo by Russ Daly Steve and Donna Wood spend a moment with a couple of the many miniature horses at their Windy Woods Miniatures operation in northeast Lehi. The couple, along with their sons, raise and breed the animals and participate in shows throughout the country. |