OCR Text |
Show 1- - expxre PRESS ASSOCIATION UTAH 467 EAST 300 SOUTH 841 U UT SALT LAKE CITY l386 Vol. 7, No. 21 Wednesday, May 22, 50 cents 1885 a single copy BuasMesses plamemg for The Lehi Roundup celebration is bound to be a big success because local businesses are supporting it to the hilt. Many activities sponsored by Lehi businesses have been planned, according to Bonnie Hardman, Chairman of the Parade and Special Events Committee. Just a few of the exciting events planned for the week of the Roundup are as follows : Doll Show - beautiful dolls will be on display at Geraldines, 98 West Main. The public is invited to visit the newly remodeled store. Browse and around, looking enjooy reminiscing. Light refreshments will be served. Natural history exhibit at - Hutchings Museum Museum, 685 North Center, will be open to the public free of charge during Roundup Week. While enjoying the activities throughout the week of the celebration, make sure a visit to the Museum is on your schedule. Hawaiin Luau - The Lehi Chamber of Commerce is a fantastic Hawaiian Luau, complete with delicious food and exotic island entertainment. Along with the parade committee, the Chamber will donate a new color television set to be given away in a drawing the night of the Luau. Tickets are" $7.25 and can be bought at Hutch's and participating stores soon. Ticket stubs for the t.v. set can be deposited at Hutchings Museum. Kohlers Market Freee lollipops will be giving away free lollipops to all children participating in the Lehi Roundup Coloring Contest! Details will be available soon. Watch for printout to be sent with Kohlers grocery ads the first week in June. Hut-chin- 13-in- - Children's poster contest Lehi Library is participating The in a citywide children's poster contest that is already underway! All posters should be delivered to the Library before June 7. Poster contest chairman, Jayleen has all the details Willis, and more information can be found at the library or in lasat week's Lehi Free Press advertisement, or at any of Lehi's elementary schools. Free Public Swim at Lehi Swimming Pool - The Lehi Public Swimming Pool, 300 East 100 South, will continue to sponsor the annual free pubic swim. The date this year is June 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Beard Growing Contest - Pace's Trading Post, 444 West Main, is a citywide Beard sponsoring Growing Contest. Register as soon as possible, no later than June 21. Prizes will be free rodeo tickets. This contest is limited to men. Parking lot dance - Western Tack and Togs is sponsoring a parking lot dance on Wednesday night of Roundup Week. The popular Utah County western group, "Saddle Boogie" will furnish the music for the dance. Be there at 5 p.m. on June 26 if you like western music and dance at it's best. Moonlight Madness sale - All Lehi businesses are invited to participate in Wednesday night's three hour moonlight sale. Many stores will be open until 9 p.m. with great savings on many items. Catch the Roundup fever and go shopping in Lehi the liM 768-817- 1, :.c - rv con ract for DeK'prnent a J5)ock Community Grant of over $80,000. Councilman Ashton's request to put a three-inc- h asphalt layer on the road in front of the new water department was approved with the recommendation that the City get one more bid to do the job. City Engineer Powell also recommended that they have some base testing done before the asphalt is put down. Wb . if w IIV& A rV 1a This year's royalty at Lehi Roundup will be LaNet Oxborrow (left), second attendant; Queen Susan Gross; and LeeAnn Martin, first attendant. Ogden cowgirl will reign over 1985 Lehi Roundup Susan Gross, 20, from Ogden, gained the judges' eye and the Lehi Roundup Rodeo title at the annual Queen-O-De- o held last Saturday evening at the rodeo grounds. Miss Gross, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Edward Gross, says she has been riding horses since she was four or five, and currently holds the state championship title for horsemanship. She has also been queen of the in rodeo Days Strawberry Pleasant Grove, Hill Air Force Base queen, and Cystic Fibrosis queen. A student at Weber State College, 4-- she is majoring in electrical engineering. Attending her will be LeeAnn Martin, 24, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. LeRoy Pearson of Far West, Weber and LaNet Oxborrow, County, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Oxborrow of Lehi. Miss Martin is employed at Defense Depot, Ogden, as a Material Sorter Classifier, and is a model. She has also been a queen of Defense Depot Ogden. She says she enjoys horseback riding, cooking, sewing, fishina and dancing. biking, 1 Miss Oxborrow, 17, is a junior at Lehi High School. She has been a member of the rodeo club and is currently a member of the Reata Riders, a womens riding club. She lists her hobbies as riding, sewing, and cooking. The royalty were selected from a They field of six contestants. modeled western wear, had an interview with judges, and demonstrated their riding skill. Queen-O-De- o officials said the crowd at the competition was the largest in the past five years. The council also okayed Chris Lind's request to rent a float for the Lehi Royalty's in appearances community parades this summer. A personnel policy for the Lehi Swimming Pool was approved by the council and purchase orders for the electrical department, also budgeted items, were also okayed by the council in Tuesday's meeting. Mayor Tripp told the council that proposed changes in Utah County Government will be discussed in the June 5 Council meeting. He said that the recommendations should be heard now in order to educate the public and get the necessary approval of at least ten percent of voters before the registered proposal could be put on the election ballot. Don Pinkham, City Building Inspector, was present at the council meeting to ask for clarification of the fireworks code. beautification program The Lehi City Council named Wilson to the position in action taken at the last meeting. "We want this to be a continuous effort," Mayor George Tripp said. Wilson will chairman all city x I s r Ned Wilson to head new of Ned Wilson. - w City approves aemexatioES all-ye- w" , president. A new beautification program will be under the direction . i Student officers for the 1985-8- 6 school year at Lehi High School will include Connie Shiba, historian; Kaulan Young, business manager; Angie Carson, secretary; Chad Curtis, vice president; Jeff Kirkpatrick, program chairman; and Neil Gray, A request by Kurtis Nelson for annexation of approximately three acres in an RA-- l zone located at about 500 North 1170 East was okayed by the council Tuesday night. evening of June 26th. The council also approved the Three-da- y sidewalk sale - Lehi's traditional sidewalk sales will be Drake Land Investors Annexation of held during the three big days of the approximately 27 acres to an GC-- 1 Roundup, Thursday, Friday and zone located at about 1400 East Main Saturday, June 27, 28 and 29. Great (just east of Sunset Rail ) . In other council business, Mayor buys will enhance the usual Roundup excitement. Tripp was authorized to sign a W it i Studentbody leaders -- -- I ft V kdd cleanup and beautification drives. He hopes to enlist the aid of civic clubs, ward groups, schools, stakes and the Chamber of Commerce in a continuing effort to keep the city clean and beautiful. Lehi City crews and equipment have been busy hauling away debris placed on streets throughout the Citizens have community. call. They responded to a clean-u- p have trimmed, painted, weeded and cleared their property of garbage and unsightly areas of their yards and streets near their homes. Jess Davis, Lehi Streets and Road Supervisor, has directed his crews to rid the streets of the accumulation of debris that has resulted from t he citizens' cleanup efforts. The City has extended this service until June 1. Kent Shepherd. Lehi City Councilman, will work with Wilson in directing the City's year-rounbeautification program. A representative from Orem's d Professional Property Maintenance Service, was present at the meeting to ask for the City's street sweeping business. He said that cities are hiring private contractors to sweep streets, as well as keeping store parking lots clean and attractive. He explained that sweeping contractors can charge by the mile or by the hour, preferably by the hour. He stated that it would cost Lehi approximately $14,000 a year to sweep five curb miles twice a week. The Council, with Supervisor Davis, will study the feasibility of hiring a contractor to sweep Lehi's streets. District approves budget for 4needs, not wants' budget totaling more than $93 fiscal year to members of the District Board of Education at their May 14 business meeting. Supt. Dr. Clark L. Cox said the budget is tentative at this point, and added the figures were drawn up after voters defeated a proposed three-mil- l leeway last week. It includes cuts totaling several million dollars. Dr. Cox said the cuts "represent needs not wants" but are necessary because state law mandates a balanced budget. "The facts are the facts. There are 'x' number of dollars available, and we have to balance the budget," Dr. Cox said. He added, "There are going to be a lot of people not pleased with it - I'm not pleased with it - it's too bare bone," but "we cannot deficit spend - the law requires that the budget be balanced, and we cannot offer programs at the same level we have bn. We have to live within the A million for the was presented Alpine School budget we have." Dr. Cox said 86 percent of the budget goes to salaries, six percent to utitilics and "eight percent does everything else. When anything has to give, it's in that eight percent." Figures presented to the school board totaled $93,186,891 for exanwith revenues penditures ticipated at $80,786,943. Dr. Cox said the difference will be made up by the bonds for capital projects. the anticipated expenses, $65 million is for maintenance with the remainder going for capital projects. district Dr. Charles Lloyd, business services administrator, said about $1.2 million was deleted from the proposed budget when the leeway failed to pass. See BUDGET on page 3 sale of Of Deadlines change for Memorial Day Because of the Memorial Day holiday Monday, this newspaper will be published next Thursday instead of Wednesday. Newspaper offices will be closed Monday, May 27, and news and classified advertising deadlines will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. for next week only. The newspaper will resume its regular publishing schedule the following week. |