r n 4- EDITION n YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009 50 CENTS SCHOOLS: Students audition for storytelling TOWfl HALL: UTA officials request cameras IflSIDE: Get involved at the library with story time I J Utah Valley High School Sports MORMON MYTH BUSTER IS MARIO RUIZ 'y He'aJ Rim director Jacob Hoehne, right, answers questions about his film "Mormon Myth-eltaneous" after a screening at the LDS Film Festival at the SCERA Theater in Orem Friday. Locally produced film-tackles LDS rumors Michael Rigert NCWTH COUNTY SAff Jacob Hoehne. a film producer with Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove-based Issimo Productions, got the idea for one of his latest projects w hen he was called to be gospel doctrine teacher in his LDS Church ward m American Fork. Researching his lessons, he began stum bling upon various stories and urban church legends that regularly circulate around the Mormon Belt in chapel foyers and temple trip carpools. Many of the myths were familiar to Hoehne from his days in seminary or trading as a church missionary in Italy. "I had all these stories and no idea whether they were true or not, or where they came from," he said "It piqued my interest." Many in IDS Church culture have heard the tale of actor Steve Martin being a member, mem-ber, wondered if Elvis ever did read from the Bex k of Mormon, or perhaps heard that the diminutive green Jedi master in the Star Wars films, Yoda, was patterned after former LDS Church president Spencer W. KimbalL See FILM, Page 3 uranol W!T COSt (D)f id water Barbara Christiansen American fork Uly gave some water rate relief to businesses and targe users of culinary water in the city. Rates for residential users will remain the same. With the implementation of a secondary water system, the city had enacted a rate structure for its culinary water to encour age the use of the secondary water. Those rates would have charged increasingly higher amounts based on the amount of culinary water used. When officials approached some of those businesses to present their rates and potential estimated bills, many objected, ayin it would put them out of business. Some said they would move to other communities rather than pay fit) percent increases in their water bilk Tuesday the council approved a rate structure that lowered the bills for those large water users. All rates are the same whether they are residential resi-dential or businesses. The base rate for up to 5,000 gallons a month is $14 and there had been an increasing scale based on the amount of water used The new rate also has a sliding scale, but it does not in- See WATER, Page 2 City names employee of the year Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY I'm Working fufi time for American Fork for 18 years, Rusty Fothering-ham Fothering-ham has had a wealth of experience. So much so, in fact, he was named employee of fee year f or the city. Calling him a know-it -ai would be a statement of fact not a derogatory remark. "Basically there is nothing the Parks Department does that I faavenl done," Fotheringham said His supervisor, Cal Houghton, "It's been a pleasure to be associ ated with Russ for lias long," he said "Russ is very tnaintenance-oriented tnaintenance-oriented and takes a lot of pride in his work and the assignments he is given. He is smart, knows what he fe supposed to da, and gets i done without superrisiorj. Russ is like haiing another lead man on our depanraerfl.. 1 can torn him loose on anything and know it wi! be done right. I am continually asking Russ and looking to ten for fas fcpat on tilings that challenge our department. depart-ment. I have tearaed a lot from Russ and find torn very deserving of this award." FcSheringhara worked part time ft - , ., r 1-m lHrn-.1riramTlwii.iiiiii.MiiimrtTi.iiiiiiiimiiMr...'iihrt ASMirr Ft.WSCEUtails teiia itiistjr Fcrtfeerinam works on repairing a large mower Jan. 22 at the American Fork Public Worfes woirkshop. for a couple of years, working wih JJie Parks Department while he was worl-iing his way fhrougb college. 1 did weed wfiphg. snowing, praring the softbaB fields all kinds of tirings," he said. At the time he was attending what was then LVSC getting his general education educa-tion rwfjrernerj., with plans to study turf managesnent . "That would have led me to where I am now, eweit iaSy ," he said. His sdiooiing got irKerrupted when a fiikime job opened up in the Streets Department. He worked there for about thr ee years urft3 he See tMflOTti, Page 2 LIBRARY HAS NEW HOURS - The Amcrtcafi Fort? Public Library has new operating hours. !t will be open Monday to Thursday from It) am to 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from noon to 8 pm. The fib ary is dosed Sundays. During Dur-ing the hours it is ctosed, pato-"s can return the ir books in the outside book drop. The !'bay ts tocated at 64 S. 100 East American Fork.. SWrTH GRADUATES FROM BASIC INFANTRY TRAlNfNQ - Army Re-s.erve Re-s.erve Pvt. Ja?d J. Smith has grafted how basic infantry training at Fort Ben-pifig Ben-pifig m Cokambus, Ga. During the ne weeks of training, the soMer received training m driS and ceremonies, weapons, msp reading, tactics, jrctRary courtesy, mitHary justice, jus-tice, physical fHness, first aid and Army history, core values and itradHions. Additions! Ad-ditions! training rv.toderJ devkpfnent f basic combat s.i?.s and baf-eV'-J opations amd tactxt, and v$&: ver.-ing ver.-ing ute cf vsrious .a-p-c and weapons weap-ons de' ent.es ava.abk tc the ir'?t.'y crewman. He is the or c Te-J Srrvth o American Ameri-can F-rxk. Smith fsduated 2008 horn American Fork School. FA.MBLY FFTWESS CHAUEWGE TO EEGW V- American Fck F-itnets Center wffi have a famy fitness thiaA- (enge beginning on Monday. Famities or otfer groups may enter the challenge chal-lenge tor 9 $20 fee. The winning family wit! receive an annual family membership member-ship to the center. They will earn points 'or participating in monthly activities at the center, coming to the center together, to-gether, d-;;ng a mcn'hly weigh-in and attending dass.es. Ite monthly activity for February will be a snowman building build-ing contest. H should be a let of fun," said spokeswoman f,V3un Torgersen. "We hcpe to get tamiies in shape. That s he it at! sta-ts in the family" The winning 'am V wifi earn an annua1 an-nua1 'ami'y pass. Other p'-res wis be awarded to s-econd and frird place winners. win-ners. i am to exdted vrth afl the different things we have p'-anneo"' the Med. Thfjse who a'f i'-'e?"! may reg. teter at ';t."s c"er, 454 H Center St, American Fok, by Sati'day eve-ig eve-ig at 3 . 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