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Show r 1- - expires 013097 F 340 WESTERN MICROGRAPH ICS 4555 COMMERCE DRIVE SUITE 00 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84107 9 V Vol. 18, No. 53 Tuesday, December 31, 1996 50 To subscribe call cents a single copy 75!-766- 9 Micron slows, but growth continues in Lehi in 1996 By RUSS DALY City Editor While change and growth are two words that have been used to describe the events of recent years, explosive might be a fitting adjective to the growth and changes of i If nay n i . New elementary school Growth m recent years led to a decision announced by Alpine Si hooi Distrn: !' construe; a new element. irv scb.nl ,;i l.ei.i The school. .liriMiiv uiaier oiist-uctio- n ,11 comat 2t0O N NO West lents for pleted and M .uiy fir The new Mhooi y, the 1997-!school will lie coiiiur:-- . mostly u students wiio are now attendit either Mead .v.- Kan erv or Si ;u Lily Element ar. Officials held public meetings to present inanaiary options determined by a committee made up of educators. l'TA officials and parents m the three schools. Four options were presented to the pub-he- , tho.-- e attending the meetings favored the "blue" or the "pink" option One of the option- - placed residents of Davis Lane in the new school and kept residents of 300 North least of anil East) m Sego Lily; the other optn'ii kept Davis Lane students m Lily and moved student.- - :n the HOC North area to Meadow. At the December meeting of the school board, the committee recommended a "modified pink" option, a combination of the two favored options, as well as a from the meeting that a.b-nts en of Stat- - Street be the north included m the new school instead of Lehi Elementary, so that they would not have to cross State . 1996. the slowdown Despite announced by Micron regarding its Lehi operation, other development has continued to take place, especially after the Lehi City Council lifted its moratorium, or "building restrictions" as they called it, as of : i Aug. 15. Improvements in the city's sewer system allowed the city to lift the restrictions in many areas, or to at least allow developers to submit applications. Selected areas of the city were still limited to a certain number of residential equivalent connections. In May, the Lehi City Council declined a request for annexation into the city by the developers of Saratoga Springs, but later in the year, after Saratoga held groundbreaking ceremonies, the council pursued annexation of the area. Residents concerned about the continued growth in the area formed their own community west of Lehi. The new incorporation was named Eagle Mountain, and Debbie Hooge was sworn in as mayor of the town, with Dianne Bradshaw, Nick Berg, John Jacobs and Cyril Watt as councilmembers. J V i f I Thanksgiving Point Street Alan and Karen Ashton formally opened Thanksgiving Point, a botanical project, on the former Fox dairy farm in northwest Lehi. Named partially for its The school 500-acr- e proximity to the Point of the Mountain, the project is "an expression of gratitude" for the bounties of life. Thanksgiving Point includes a retail emporium, restaurant, wholesale and retail nursery, idea garden and reception area. An $8 million garden golf course, designed by Johnny Miller, will open in the summer of 1997. The crowning point of the project will be the Signature Gardens, which will feature a 1,200 seat outdoor amphitheater near an waterfall, with several theme gardens nearby. Mount Timpanogos Temple Lehi residents participated in the completion, open house and dedication of the Mount Timpanogos Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, from July through October. Troop 7 of the Lehi 7th Ward was selected to raise the first American flag at the Mt. Timpanogos Temple as it neared 80-fo- man-mad- i Miggi-stioi- -'- e y completion. Volunteers were enlisted to help clean the building and grounds in preparation for the open house, then assist with ushering, traffic control and hosting during the open house. Faithful members of the church k 1 f - VMWIMJ,lliiiiliiil1"''' j . nwiiiwnTI Photo by Russ Daly I Elder James 1J. ratrstrfartifht,' of the First Presidency of the LDS Church, hands over the trowel to Elder Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twcllve Apostles, during cornerstone laying ceremonies for the Mount Timpanogos Temple, which was dedicated in October. then attended one of several dedication ceremonies held Oct. and again volunteered their services as other wards and stakes participated in the temple as well as at stake centers in Lehi and Heber City. 10-1- Micron Micron continued to make news despite their slowdown. With residents concerned about the future of the Lehi facility, project manager Barney Jurica assured Lehi City officials that "Micron's committed to Lehi." Earlier in the year, Micron announced that Steve Appleton had resigned as chief executive officer of the computer chip manufacturing company, only to be reappointed within a few days. Lehi resident Richard "Dick" Smith brought a lawsuit against Lehi City challenging the constitu tionality of the redevelopment agency (RDA) agreement with Micron; Smith hoped the suit would end all such incentives to businesses. By the end of the year, the Lehi City Council announced that the suit had cost the city in excess of $30,000, despite the face that the case was never tried. "When I saw the total, I was appalled," said Councilmember Frances Comer about the costs to the city. The Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District (SLCWCD) filed protests on three proposed wells in connection with the Micron project. Mayor Bill Gibbs encouraged Lehi residents to write in objection of the SLCWCD action; over 500 protests were sent in response. Transportation Planners outlined proposals for part of Governor Michael Leavitt's Legacy public input on revisions to t he General Plan throughout the year; the plan includes a land use cle- County with providing an alternate route into the neighbor- ment, a transportation ('lenient and development standards. Ahmad Jaber, a Lehi resident affiliated the with ("tali Department of Transportation (LTDOT) announced to the city council that L'DOT would approve two traffic lights one at 850 E. Main and one at the Mam Street if Lehi exit of northbound a new road, which would be Highway project that may eventually run from Brigham City to Juab County. The portion that would affect Lehi would tie in Salt Lake ing county. Original options included connecting the new access road with the current 1200 West interchange interor the change. After hearing input from the and Planning Zoning Commission and the Lehi City Council, as well as from citizens at large, the planners opted to place the new interchange one mile north of the exit, taking the road through the Jordan Narrows into Salt Lake County. Lehi City planners also received Alpine-Highlan- d Alpine-Highlan- d City would provide the engineering. Later in the year, engineer Blaine Comer told the council that the two lights engineered by the city may be completed before the one by UDOT that had already been approved for 500 E. Main. The UDOT light is expected to be open for bids sometime next spring. - expected to take actan, ..a ." at the January niee.iiig. The principal for the new school will also be announced by the district in .January Water woes Resident of the Sunset subdivision in northwest Lehi attended city council meetings to request mitigation of severe water problems in their area. The council sug gested that overwatenng was one cause of the problem and outlined watering restrictions in Sunset and Ridgepomt subdivisions. The council also requested that Alpine School District install a clay liner under the new school under construction in the area to alleviate problems caused by ground water from the school coming into the two subdivisions; the school district declined. Lehi City Lehi City hired a new city administrator, Ed Collins, whose duties include monitoring revenues and expenditures and acting as a personnel officer for the city. When Mayor Bill Gibbs did not reappoint Rick Worthen to serve as Justice Court Judge for the city, the council narrowly approved the of Lars mayor's appointment Jenkins to the post. Upon advice given to the council by city attorney Ken Rushton, the council reopened the position in order to See on Page WRAP-U- 4 Cookie Barber looking forward to challenges of senior's center By RUSS DALY City Editor She may be the new kid on the block, but don't expect this cookie to crumble. Describing herself as a "sur- vivor," Cookie Barber, the new director of the Lehi Senior Center, is a little apprehensive about her new assignment, but is looking forward to meeting people and working with the many volunteers that make for a successful organization. "The job intrigued me," she said, but added, "It's scary to anybody when you take on a job as big as this one. I'm going to do everything I can to see that this continues on in the tradition that is has become." She also said she is a people person and makes it her goal to make at least one person happy every day. "I'm not going to be able to fill Marilyn's shoes, I'm just going to have to walk in my own," she said. Cookie brings to the job a unique perspective, from personal and a tragedy to variety of backgrounds in between. She was born in Virginia, but when her father was killed a year later, her mother moved the family back to her home state of North Carolina, where the children were separated for a time. When her mother remarried, three of the four children were reunited. Cookie met her future husband, George, when he misdialed the telephone. They ended up talking and were soon married. With George in the military, they were soon transferred to Germany; at a young age, she was not only living in Germany, but also expecting their first child. George later served two tours in Vietnam; the two of them also lived in Alaska and Oklahoma, finishing his career in Fort Bragg, N.C. Upon his retirement from the military, the two of them decided to iih e to Utah, where George's brothel, Les, had a construction business. George worked with his brother for a short time, then landed a job as a compliance inspector at Tooele Army Depot. Meanwhile, Cookie found jobs in the post exchange in both Germany and Alaska, and as a receptionist for a veterinarian when they were in Oklahoma, a job to her because of her love of animals, especially puppies. When they first moved to Lehi, she worked at Super Quality Market. She and George also became therapeutic home parents, taking in foster children for eight years. In that program, the couple provided care for young people, while counselors, physical therapists and other clinicians came into their home to work with the youth. Later, she worked for Lehi City in charge of juveniles who were assigned to work for the community in order to pay restitution for offenses. Under the direction of then police chief Bill Gibbs, Cookie had the juveniles pull weeds in the summer and clean city vehicles in the winter. When the program was well-suite- d discontinued, she went to work at Tooele Army Depot. Over the last several months, however, she has been recuperating from major surgeries. She has also discovered some exciting things along the way. In June of this year, she returned to North Carolina for a month to find relatives of her father, most of whom she did not know even existed. She met four of his five sisters through an initial contact with his sister-in-lawhom she had know previously. She also met several cousins in the process, and found out that she had attended school with one of them while they were living in Greensboro, although neither one knew the other existed. "It was a very special time for me," she said. In her spare time. Cookie enjoys bowling and participate on a mixed doubles league with George and her best friend and her husband. She also says animals are her biggest hobby, with two finches and three dogs as part of their family. She also likes anything to do with water, from swimming to water skiing, but particularly fishing. When they lived near the Jordan River, she spent almost every waking hour catching the fish, which she doesn't even like to eat. Cookie also likes f 3 V in "! - ' S i MS- ' . I J Ik . ' i 1 t ' 4 to decorate, and has incorporated many of George's wooden crafts into her themes. See COOKIE on Page 4 Photo by Russ Daly Cookie Barber, right, new Christmas Open House. director of the Lehi Senior Center, greets seniors at the recent |