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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN f-Way, April W2008 Page 2 WW NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED City enters into contract for intersection Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF American Fork has entered into a contract with an engineering engi-neering firm to redesign the intersection at 50 South and 700 East. The current plan is to create a four-way stop at the intersection; intersec-tion; previously it had been considered to be a roundabout. Mayor Heber Thompson said the plan was to design it with a stoplight in mind for the future. "The design is such that we would take the right of way now that would be necessary for a signal light," said Public Works Director Howard Den-ney. Den-ney. He said that light could be put in when there is enough traffic at the intersection to meet the guidelines. "We assume it would be warranted in about five years," he said. "We will take a little more right of way than is required re-quired for a four-way stop." Council members said there had been meetings with surrounding sur-rounding property owners and business people and most had been against having a roundabout round-about in that location. The measure passed with a 3-2 vote. Council members Shir! LeBaron and Sherry Kramer voted against it, saying say-ing they preferred the roundabout round-about design. Councilman Rick Storrs' motion to approve the contract placed a limit of $14,180 for the design. The engineering firm RB&G Engineering will conduct con-duct the work. COMMUNjTY NOTES Mayor suggests new committee commit-tee Mayor Heber Thompson Thomp-son has said the Utah County Health Department has regular meetings in which they discuss Reservoir Continued from Page 1 "We did it level by level, adding onto it," Denney said. "When we got to the scuba park, there was a brightening brighten-ing of his demeanor. He told us that if we could provide a recreational activity not available avail-able in the area, it would go a Update Continued from Page 1 changes is the change to arterial ar-terial class roadways along the 900 West corridor. The changes come in anticipation of anticipated traffic for the year 2030. More changes to the transportation trans-portation element of the gen NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443-3268 North County Editor mhaddockheraldextra.com iXTT'I Wl l Cathy Allred 443 -3262 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. Grove callredheraldextra.com Barbara Christiansen 443-3264 American Fork, Alpine, Cedar Hills bchristiansenheraldextra.com Mike Rigert 443 3265 Orem, Vineyard mrigertheraldextra.com Beky Beaton 443-3267 Sports bbeatonheraldextra.com Josh Walker 443-3260 Advertising Account Executive jwalker heraldextra .com Volume 135 American Fork Gti2en Day Herald Edition U8PS 018-680 weekly newspaper published ft 399 E Suite St., Plemani Grove Utah 84063 Periodicals Postage Pad at Pleasant Grove. Utah 84062 and additional mailing offices Poetmaeter: Send address changes to the American Fork Citizen. PO Box 7, American Fork. UT 84003 0007 Published Thursdays by Lea Publications, when s a division of Lee Enterprises. Inc. Member: Auctt Bureau of Circulations Traffic at 700 East and 50 South in American Fork. The city is planning on installing a four-way stop at the intersection, changing previous plans to install a roundabout. issues and get input from the committee about health matters. mat-ters. He suggested the possibility possibil-ity of American Fork forming a similar committee to work in conjunction with the county to address health issues in the city. The issue is scheduled for consideration at a future date. Subdivision recommended The Planning Commission on April 2 gave unanimous approval ap-proval for a preliminary and final plat plan for Hill Valley subdivision to be recommended recommend-ed to the City Council. The two-lot subdivision is being developed de-veloped by American Fork city long ways toward solving the problem." City engineer Andy Spencer said the canoeing and kayaking kayak-ing lessons would be under the city's recreation department. The city would probably turn over the scuba lessons to an outside entity. All programs would be available only from April to October when there is water eral plan will be coming in the future. "It's not a comprehensive amendment. The whole southwest quadrant is going to undergo a lot of changes, but we didn't feel we could wait for that to resolve itself before we made a few important impor-tant changes," said city planner plan-ner Rod Despain. Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. ETZJJ Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344-2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Allison Dayies 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344 2585 Photographer Issue 15 "t . ' . I 1 L f 1 councilman Dale Gunther at 833 E. 600 North. The commission commis-sion conditioned that any further fur-ther development in the area would necessitate connecting 610 North to 900 East. Business park potential tenant Thermal Works of Alpine may be relocating to American Fork. The company wants to build an office warehouse ware-house complex in the Utah Valley Val-ley Business Park, but a zone change made to the area may put a wrench in their plans. At the time it was originally developed, the commercial area located at 815 E. 930 in the reservoir. As the city grows closer to being fully built out, there may be times of the day when the water level is too low to conduct the lessons, even during the summer sum-mer months, Spencer said. In a work session April 3, the council members mulled the options. "It seems like a minimal cost to provide this," said council For the sake of free speech f I were going to place a public monument to anything, one of the lust places 1 would choose to do it is in Heasant Grove's LA Pioneer Park, where Fleas- ant Grove allowed the Fraternal Order of Eagles to put up a Ten Commandments monument in fto-neer fto-neer Park in the 1970s. Of all of Pleasant Grove's beautiful beau-tiful public places, this park is undoubtedly the most obscure a small lot tucked in behind Cherished Cher-ished Moments on 105 S. KXJ Last. It's not very accessible, and the rose garden is its only appeal. In fact, I'd be willing to wager that fewer than a fourth of Pleas ant Grove residents could find the park or the monument. But this is where a Salt Lake-based group called Summum wants to place a similar monument spelling out the Seven Summum Aphorisms, because it is where the original monument stands. Other communities where similar monuments were placed hy the Eagles in the 1970s have opted to move those plaques onto private property, making Pleasant Grove's park the only alternative. Pleasant Grove has appealed a 10th Court of Appeals ruling that would force the city to allow Summum to place their monument next to the Ten Commandments. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Pleasant Grove's appeal, ap-peal, which could be the set up for a landmark decision on freedom of speech. Summum, which characterizes itself as a philosophy, rather than a religion, is based out of a copper-colored pyramid located at 700 West between 800 and 900 North, just west if IJ5. It is very striking. The philosophy is complicated and mystical, and involves the practice of meditation, aided by the use of crystals, and mummification. It was founded in 1975, but according to its Web site, www.summum.us, its origins pre-date Christianity. According to Summum, the Aphorisms were given to Moses on Mount Ararat, but were destroyed when Moses came down from the mountain and found the Children of Israel in rebellion. Moses returned to the mountain, and came back with the Ten Commandments. So it is natural, Summum hrgues, to place a monument for both in the same public park. The legal argument, of course, is that if the city is going to allow one group to place a re- , 4 1 fV'l 1 ' ,'- ' . l..,-.. 'ta- m- ' , 1 BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN South was in the PI, planned industrial zone. To keep heavy industrial out of the area, the city then changed that location to a BP-1, business park zone. Because the site plan does not fit the constraints of the BP-1 zone, further development develop-ment in the business park would be difficult. Updates to the PI-1 zone code have alleviated allevi-ated heavy industrial concerns, so planning commissioners said they felt changing the commercial area back to the PI-1 zone would not harm city interests and would help facilitate facili-tate business growth. man Dale Gunther. "In my opinion we have got to find recreation use for this and this (scuba) makes sense to me." Recreation director Derric Rykert was enthusiastic. "I'm actually excited about it," he said. "I think it is some opportunities we don't have." Denney said the city's current cur-rent proposal would first be reviewed by the state Parks 6, re Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN redesign Underground living space questioned A resident's unusual plan for adding more space to his home had planning commissioners debating the definition of "foundation" and wondering if there is a loophole loop-hole in the ordinance governing govern-ing building setbacks. Steve Goodwin, the property owner and an architect designed de-signed an addition to his house that would sit underneath his backyard, with only skylights visible from the surface. The addition would be too close to his property line for a normal build-on, but Goodwin said he felt an underground room would meet his need for more living space and the city's need to preserve open space between be-tween homes. "Here's a concept to expand living space and do something a little fun," Goodwin said. Commissioners did not share Goodwin's enthusiasm for the idea. Commissioner Ken Baldwin pointed out that the setback requirements re-quirements also control density in the area. He did not want to open up a way for people to turn single family dwellings into multiple family by building underground. "The purpose of zoning is to control population density. Potential loophole, we need to take steps to close the loophole," loop-hole," he said. Planning Chair James Hansen Han-sen said, "The other issue that we have is life safety, there's some real issues with it that need to be addressed." The building ordinance now states that the outside foundation founda-tion of a building is required to be setback a certain distance from the street and property lines. Commissioners and the board of adjustments have debated de-bated whether "outside foundation" founda-tion" applies to visible foundation founda-tion or inhabitable space. and Recreation Department, then sent on to representatives of the federal government. "I am just guessing, but it could perhaps take a month or so," Denney said. Until the city gets federal approval, construction of the reservoir is on hold. ligious monument on public property, it must allow other religious organizations organi-zations the same right. The Web site has a lot of information informa-tion for anyone interested. This is how the proposed monument monu-ment would read: "Creation manifests when balance is perfected between the opposites. By applying higher Law against lower low-er laws the creation becomes divine." - Summum THE GRAND PRINCIPLE OF CREATION CRE-ATION "NOTHING and POSSIBILITY come in and out of bond infinite times in a finite moment." - Summum SEVEN SUMMUM APHORISMS "The Principles of knowing Cre ation are seven; those who know these possess the Magic Key to whose touch all locked doors open to Creation." - Summum I. THE PRINCIPLE OF PSYCHOKINESIS "SUMMUM is MINL, the universe is a mental men-tal creation." - Summum II. THE PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE CORRESPON-DENCE "As above, so below; as below, so above." - Summum III. THE PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything every-thing vibrates." - Summum IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF OPPOSITION "Everything is dual; everything has an opposing point; everything has its pair of opposites; op-posites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes bond; all truths are but partial truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled." - Summum V. THE PRINCIPLE OF RHYTHM "Everything flows out and in; everything has its season; all things rise and fall; the pendulum pen-dulum swing expresses itself in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates." com-pensates." - Summum VI. THE PRINCIPLE OF CAUSE & EFFECT "Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is just a name for Law not recognized; recog-nized; there are many fields of causation, but nothing escapes the Law of Destiny." - Summum Sum-mum VII. THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER "Gender is in everything; everything has . its masculine and feminine principles; Gender manifests on all levels." - Summum Iraqis Continued from Page 1 "A soldier who came from thousands of miles away and was killed here his family spends money to rebuild this area," Ali said. "We have to respect that." RoseAnn Gunther was one who coordinated the volunteer effort to make and gather the items. "I am so thrilled it arrived and they were grateful," she said in an interview. "It wouldn't have happened without so many people. They have been good to help cut and sew so that we could get the items for the kits. We have had yard sales and different things to generate some funds." "I can't say enough good about all those who helped," she said. "They are to be commended. It goes beyond our community. We had help from Alpine, Highland, Lehi, Pleasant Grove and others." She told about one woman who came from St. George several times to help. "Althea Bailey is in her 80s and came to offer help," she said. "She made several different dif-ferent things toys, clothing, cloth-ing, school kits. It is acts like that that make life worth living." Gunther said it was important impor-tant to help rebuild the area and the people. "They are so impoverished," impover-ished," she said. "We need to help them be self sufficient again. My heart goes out to them." Gunther has worked for years preparing and sending humanitarian aid around the world. She told how she decided de-cided to offer those materials to the people of Iraq. She and her husband had gone to the viewing of Nathan Barnes. "He is such a handsome young man," she said. "There was a special spirit that radiated radi-ated from him and touched my heart even more. That was before I even called the Barnes family. I knew that I needed to do something in return, re-turn, something so good for something so wrong." "I met his parents and embraced his mother and father," she said. "That was a special time. There was a special feeling and spirit that was in that room." Barnes' family told her of Nathan's love for the Iraqi children. Those children responded to the shipment with the expected delight. But there was one gift that had many children puzzled. "The Frisbee befuddled them," said Pittsburgh native na-tive Capt. Michael Starz, commander of Co. C, 3-187th Inf. Regt. "They didn't quite grasp the concept. They thought it was a serving plate so we had to engage with the kids for a few throws until they got the idea. In the end, though, they still said, 'Where's the football?" foot-ball?" There were many footballs soccer balls to Americans handed out as well. Thousands of Iraqis from Rushdi Mullah and Mullah Fayad benefited from the generosity. :v "I never imagined a family American or otherwise could provide unmitigated charity to the people of a foreign town in which their son was killed," Zimmerman said. "The Barnes family and those who have contributed to their noble foundation are true testaments to America's values." Capt. Clifford Kazmarek, commander of Company B, 3-187th Inf. Regt., said the experience was remarkable and humbling. "I have just the greatest amount of respect for that family for doing this, and I know that the people here truly appreciate it," Kazmarek Ka-zmarek said. Staff Sgt. TonyM. Lindback contributed to this story. He is currently stationed in Iraq with the US Army's 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. MM. |