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Show r A If EDITION O F THE 2Hllttt HCttUft . J SALT LA rsrVnn (II vJ ei t ii n-! i 1 1 i i t i a a mj YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2C06 50 CENTS TOVYfJ HALL Winner lo move to Miss Utah pageant SCHOOLS: Storyteller keeps students' sides splitting SPORTS: Siwmmers take center stage this weekend BUDIIIESS AF PRESENTS BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR ore cojuii piMOTl Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF American Fork's Harming and Zoning Commission Com-mission has decided to continue with improvements improve-ments to 50 South Street, although those will not be quite to the guidelines specified in the city's general plan. - The planners decided to maintain those specifications, however, keeping an eye to the future. City officials plan to improve the road from 700 to 1100 East. In the general plan, the road is considered a major collector, which would normally have an 82-foot cross section. That includes five lanes, with parking. Because of some high tension power lines and poles on the south side of the road, there is not quite enough room to construct the road as called for in the plan. "There would be difficulty and expense of moving the power lines," Public Works Director Howard Denney told the planners on Feb. 1. On the north side of the road, we would be buying buildings." He said the city needed to stay within its bud get. "If we cant be within our budget we cant do the project,'" he said. The engineering firm creating the design for the improvements recommended a modified modi-fied road cross section, which would have four lanes, and would match the road as it extends to the east into Pleasant Grove. For the time being, the road would have parking park-ing on both sides, but that would be eliminated as the traffic volume increases enough to warrant war-rant a four-lane road. The engineers are also recommending a roundabout at the corner of 50 South and 700 East. HITTING THE GYM 1W"-;"..V.'.'.;. p. miiilu iniij.jiijupiii . RmSHimPm Hill ft. I?-JS . '"""J'-.'' X ' i i ML11 "'1 1 i ..nil, ImA fc; "'B1. 'vfv'' BTL'rT?in.... fc.!.--;.,2 l kl" .i . . ... .. . ' I " it MATT SMITHNorth County MarKae Funk gives instruction to a group of senior citizens during a low impact cardio class at the American Fork Fitness Center on Monday, Senior citizens turn out to stay in shape Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF "Dont you just want to go home skipping?" That's one of the questions asked by instructor MarKae Funk of her senior fitness class at the American Ameri-can Fork Fitness Center. The answer was "yes," although it was rather subdued. The setting was the three day a week gathering of the class. More than a dozen senior citizens citi-zens attend Monday , Wednesday and Friday mornings to feel the burn and keep their bodies in shape. Funk leads them, and loves them. "This is my favorite class to teach," she said. "The senior population is such a phenomenal group to teach," she said. '"They have so much to offer. of-fer. They have profound ideas and have been willing to share with me. I have been reminded to savor the moments and learned ideas how to be a better mom. "1 have learned so much that 1 wouldn't give this up for anything. 1 need them more than they need me. During the hour-long class, she calls out encouragement to the participants, par-ticipants, knowing their personal challenges and situations. One senior, Lee Gray, comes with his wife Mary. Lee Gray went through bypass surgery for his heart about 20 years ago and had two stents See SENIORS, Page 2 Fiddlers' group relives the past through music Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Larry Webb is trying to keep a part of the past alive. As chair of the Utah County Old Time Fiddlers and Country Music Association, he preserves the music mu-sic of early-day America practicing and performing. He has been in the group for about six years and said they enjoy what they do. "We have a lot of fun," he said. "Basically we do it for fun." He started playing when he was 11 years old. . "My dad played the guitar he said. "He even made some records in the late '40s and early '50s. 1 remember seeing the old RCA labels. My uncle gave him a bad time about it, calling it rockabilly music." Music may be even deeper in his blood. Not only do his dad and uncle play, the family is related to songstress Loretta Lynn. "It is kind of in our heritage," Webb said. "The Webbs out here are related to Loretta Lynn. She was a Webb. My dad said he was her sixth cousin, or something like that." Webb is not a fiddler himself, but a guitar player, singer and yodeler. The association is made up of many musical talents, but they like to have at least one fiddler perform in every show, since that is what the audiences have come to expect because of their name. I -.J "1 v. WIARIO RUIZNorth County Linda Davis, left, plays the fiddle along with her grandson Skyler, right, at me urem senior t nenasnip tenter. Larry Webb of American Fork See WEBB, Page 2 runs the Vtah County Old Time Fiddlers. Community Briefing Orea JEREMY HARMON North County Storytime: Carmen deedy shares a story with children at Orem's Cascade Elementary Monday. STORYTELLER SEES A PLACE FOR HER ART Professional storyteller Carmen Deedy believes there will always be a place for her art even in a changing, ;tiigh-tech, mechanized world of instant sound bites, e-Tnail e-Tnail and text messaging. "We'll always need to hear good stories," Deedy said. "A machine doesn't know you; a storyteller knows you." Deedy has been in town for the Mid-winter Storytell-ling Storytell-ling Event, sponsored by the friends of the Orem Public Library. She and fellow storyteller Donald Davis have been performing in local schools, and will be featured in a concert Friday and workshops Saturday in Orem. Pleasant Grove CITY AMONG STATE'S FASTEST GROWING - According Ac-cording to a recent study issued quarterly by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Pleasant Grove issued a total of 489 building permits from January to September 2005 the ninth largest number in the state. The study shows the surge of growth currently ranks in three central Utah areas South Salt Lake, North Utah County and Washington County. According to Pleasant Grove City's Building and Zoning, Zon-ing, the number of multif amily permits issued almost doubled during the past year. By the conclusion of 2005, 408 multi-family permits were issued compared to only 234 in 2004. "We are truly feeling the growth all over the place in Pleasant Grove," said Pleasant Grove City Planner Gary Pry. Cedar Hills CITY TO OFFER CURBSIDE RECYCLING - Cedar Hills is moving toward curbside recycling for its residents. resi-dents. The City Council agreed Jan. 17 to accept a proposal for voluntary recycling from Waste Management, rts waste collection service. When the city has approximately approximate-ly 300 households interested, the service will begin. Officials Offi-cials hope that will happen around the beginning of April. The city chose to take 8 three-tiered approach to the program. The price to participate is based on the number who do. For 300 subscribers, the cost is $5 per month, for 1 ,1 00, it would be reduced to $4.50. The city may charge a one-time or monthly administrative fee. That tias not yet been determined. Lehl CITY EXPANDS FIRE STATION - With the philosophy philoso-phy of "build it and they will come," Lehi City has taken one giant step towards creating a full-time fire and emergency emer-gency service department. K is building bedrooms as part of an expansion project for the Lehi downtown fire station. "I'm kind of excited about it because I can put some full-time people here," said Dale Ekins, Lehi fire chief. "And we can respond to heart attacks and other emergencies emer-gencies more quickly, h's a step forward for Lehi." Peck Ormsby Construction won the bid for the expansion expan-sion project in December 2005 and broke ground east of the station in January. The $579,000 addition is scheduled sched-uled to be completed by the second week in June. Cedar Fort GOV. HONORS LOCAL COUPLE - Just in time for Valentines Day, Cedar fort sweethearts Bart and Kelly Berry received an unexpected distinction when Gov. 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