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Show Lehi Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, September 8, 1999 - Page 12 Jeb continued from front page the Guide Dogs for the Blind training program, so just Sydney, Shauna, and Sam take care of him. "He can't play like a pet dog rough house, fetch, chase; he only can have certain toy like a tug toy said and can play Shauna. "If you start to play with him, hell get so excited, hell put his head down and do a somerhide-n-seek- ," sault." They have class with Jeb every Monday at 7 p.m. with "A New Leash On Life" members. One parent also has to go to the meeting with Jeb and Sydney where the raisers and their pups meet at a public place like the Provo Courthouse, Thanksgiving Point, or the Doug Smith's Auto in American Fork. When they go out in public, Jeb wears a special vest to identify him as a guide dog in training. "The main thing is to get him to love and trust people, " said Shauna. And that will be tested as he begins to attend classes at the Lehi Junior High this week. On his first day in school with Sydney during their first period class, the English teach Mark Payne introduced Jeb and explained that, "Jeb is the only one allowed to sleep during my class." So far, the other students seem to adore him. Jeb will be Sydney's constant classmate throughout the school year and then at the end of 10 to 12 months, the Howlett family to Jeb. will have to say good-by- e Jeb will then be going on to dog college in California, the Guide Dog for the Blind Inc. San Rafael Campus. "If he graduates then we get to go to San Rafael, Calif, to hand him over to a new owner (blind partner,)" said Sydney. Would she do it again? "I will do it again if my Mom will let me." Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc. was established in 1942 and has provided 7,500 dogs to people in.. 1 8 i VS rTt I j t k. 0 L! - 1 Sydney Howlett with Jeb with vision loss. If you would care to know more about their program you can visit their web site at www.guidedogs.com or write to Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. P.O. Box 151200, SanRafael, California 94915-120If you are interested in Guide Dog puppy raising, call Sydney's 4H leader Helen Linton at non-prof- it continued from front page the Bunny" maze. This maze is full of funny signs and "phone" tubes that the children can speak into. The corn stalks in the field this year are 10 to 12 feet high with six foot wide trails. They were grown by Kaye Fox using the Mittleider d method and fertilizer. In case you get lost in the corn field, they have constructed a tower- ing bridge that you can walk to in order to get out the "chicken's way" if you can't figure out the maze. After the maze experience there are a number of activities and things to do at Thanksgiving Point. If you get hungry, there is the Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, the Bakery and Deli, and the Garden Wall Restaurant. The children can explore the animal barn and feed some of the animals. Inside the barn there are educational displays and additional activities for the children. Also hay wagon rides ($1 per person) and pony rides ($2 per child) are available until dusk. A tour through the vegetable garden, the Idea Garden, the Garden Shop, and the Garden Emporium are other possibilities, if you have the energy left. In addition to the Great Animal Corn Maze, there will be a pumpkin patch, that maze goers can peruse for the perfect pumpkin. Pumpkins will be sold on or after Oct. 1 for $1 to $3. Thanksgiving Point is accessible via the near the Salt AlpineHighland Exit off AT&T Christian Morris and friends crawl through pipe in the Toddler's Maze. a Lake and Utah County line at After exiting the freeway, head west then south on the frontage road to the Thanksgiving Point water tower. Proceeds from these activities, plus the restaurants, emporium, and golf course here are used to build the Thanksgiving Point Institute, a nonprofit organization, a organization dedicated to education and beauty. non-prof- it Make this your only communications s package. Photo by Marc Haddock Two for two! Lehi Pioneers took their second 4A team in a row. First Payson, then last Friday they took down their arch rivals, the American Fork Cavemen, 26 to 13. It was the first win for the Pioneers against their local adversary in 30 years. More on the story on page 8. City master plan begins to pay off By 489-986- Corn tot-size- f Cathy Allred City Editor Close to five years ago, a moratorium on building in Lehi was enforced for 18 months by the city and as a consequence of that moratorium, Lehi's master plan was designed. Through numerous public meetings for citizen input and long hours of deliberation on the part of the city officials the plan was created to guide the city's growth so it could best benefit the community. Now three years later, the $35,000 master plan has, according to city representatives, started to pay off. "It hasn't been that long that we've had large subdivisions," said Mayor Ken Greenwood. "I think that we're seeing the fruits of the master plan. Given it time to work, it is a win for developers because they get space for utilities but at the same time it gives space for kids to play." What the mayor is referring to is the city's goal to promote open or green space within the rapid growth and development being seen in Lehi. "Open space" began as an idea in Planning and Zoning as part of PRD Rural or Planned Development to avoid urban sprawl that is so prevalent today in other large cities. They had participated in the Utah State's Envision Utah Program and through state planners had received material from them on urban planning. "We started with the concept when Reldon Barnes was chairman of Planning and Zoning and we viewed the video (by Randell Erendt,)" said Councilmember Robert Fox. "We viewed the video two to three times over a space of two years." Their first attempt at using the principles set down by the video was with Stage Coach Crossing or the "barracks" as the development is referred to. "We were approaching that kind of green," explains Fox. "As the things started coming togethoh, my er, we started realizing goodness the set backs are all the same." Now the city's expectations are to meet certain varied standards. They require that no two homes can be the same and be built next to each other. Elevation, set backs, architecture, roof lines, and windows must be varied throughout the neighborhood to avoid what the council refers to as the "cookie cutter" look. Another lesson learn from Stage Coach Crossing is that a drainage basin is a drainage basin and not a park. "We have things now in the planning that are more pure clustering such as the Pilgrims Landing condominiums and sin gle family pod (development with a larger development)," said Fox. They offered a variety with the condos and the garden home concept. Another one is Carter Ridge, designed by Ivory. They have done an excellent job as far as architecture, setbacks, and layout and design. The lay of the land at Carter Ridge also lends itself to more open space and has more upscale housing." The process hasn't been easy. Developers had to be continually told to go back to the drawing board and try again. Over the last month the council members have started to notice that developers and engi- neers are starting to respond and are beginning to submit plots with more variety, clustering, and open space. Clark D. 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