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Show Daily Hcml& AN EDITION OF THE - t ' - ' ' YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2005 50 CENTS nJEI TOWN HALL: OHS girls exchange prom dresses SCHOOLS: Students bring Middle Ages back to life SPORTS: Bruins looks to lead the pack in region 4 soccer BUSINESS QUICK QUILTS HAS GOT CLASSES AND MATERIALS Orem warms up to golf course Reya Bowen Sleepy Ridge Golf Course is waking up for spring. The lfr-hole course, built by private developers on Orem city property under an agreement with the city, opened for play in August of 2005. But golf fans and course officials are excited about a new year as the fledgling facility becomes more mature and finds its market. "It really Is just a wonderful use of property," said Devin York, Sleepy Ridge golf pro, describing how golfers have the opportunity to play through the scenic sce-nic wetlands of Utah Lake and Powell Slough. "It's a hidden secret. A lot of the kjcals don't even know it's here." The golf course is starting up a number of programs pro-grams for golfers of aD ages. For beginners, ages eight to 17, there will be the Junior Ju-nior Golf Workshop. This three-day clinic is for those who are new to the game, York said, and will be held in two sessions June 12-14 or June 26-28 from 9 to 11 a.m. JEREMY HARMONNortft County Shawn Patched tees off on the seventh hole as he plays the front nine at Sleepy Ridge golf See GOLF, Page 2 Course in Orem Tuesday. TRAVELING MINSTREL A. , g t f A r ': ' - ' f v N 0- .....v.. JEREMY HARMONNom. Count THS student iuitin Benton wiH tour Europe with the Sound of America choir, visiting Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria and Luxembourg. 0 Timpanogos singer to tour Europe Reya Bowen Vocalist Justin Benson, a junior at Timpano-gos Timpano-gos High School, is preparing for the adventure adven-ture of a lifetime the opportunity to tour Europe this summer as a member of the Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus. To Justin's knowledge, he is the only student from the state of Utah participating as a choir member this year. The opportunity came for the young tenor because he was in Utah's All-State Choir. He submitted the required application and letters of recommendation and was accepted. Timpanogos choir director Dirk Johnson said Benson will have been in the two elite school choirs show and chamber, and a capelJa for each of his three years in high school, a rare accomplishment. "He's an amazing guy," Johnson said of his student. "An amazing voice an amazing person. He's one of those people everyone just loves." Beason's adventure will begin in Gettysburg, See SINGER, Page 2 NorthTown Village parking reduction gets approval Reya Bowen NorthTown Village, a mixed-use mixed-use development going in at 15 North State St., received approval L March 28 from the Orem City Council for a change to the parking park-ing requirement in the project's development agreement with the city. Because developer Larry Myler is changing the ratio of commercial commer-cial to residential development decreasing the commercial and increasing the residential the council approved reducing the required parking by halving the stalls per dwelling unit, under an arrangement in which some of the stalls at the site are shared between be-tween the residential and commer- See NORTHTOWN, Page 2 WWW.HAKKTHEHERALO.COMNORTHCOUNTY CAU 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Briefing CDBG FUNDING FINALIZED - After a second public pub-lic hearing, the Orem City Council voted March 28 to finalize fi-nalize the city's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. By law, 15 percent of the $626,923 entitlement can go public service uses. The funding approved followed recommendations settled on by the CBDG Citizen Advisory Commission, whose members heard applications applica-tions for the funds. The funding will be allocated as follows: Center for Independent Living, 56,000; Center for Women and Children in Crisis, $7,000; Children's Justice Center, Cen-ter, $9,000; Community Action, $13,000; Crisis Line, $3,500; Family Support & Treatment Center, $6,500; Food & Care Coalition, $5,000; Kids On the Move, $9,500; Orem Literacy Center, $8,000; Parent Education Educa-tion Resource Center (PERC), $7,538; Project Read, , $5,000; Recreation Habitation (RAH), $7,500; Orem City Recreation Department, $3,000; Utah Alcoholism Foundation (House of Hope), $3,500. Other CDBG expenditures include: administration, $130,000; code enforcement, $120,000; curb, gutter, sidewalk, $75,000; housing rehabilitation program, $129,918; and Section 108 business loans, $105,000. Another $9,000 in reprogrammed funds will go to Habitat for Humanity to pay fees and other pre-con-struction costs for an Orem home being built under the program. RETIREMENT HEALTH PROGRAM ADOPTED The City of Orem adopted Tuesday the ICMA Van-tageCare Van-tageCare Retirement Health Savings Program. Under the program, employees save toward retirement retire-ment health needs and gain tax advantages. The city will contribute to the program by using money that it had been paying to employees for unused sick leave. Adopting the program is a way the city is coping with new accounting regulations that require showing the benefit of paying a portion of retirees' health insurance insur-ance premiums as a pension benefit. FISH CLASS AVAILABLE - The Orem Recreation Department has teamed with the Division of Wildlife Resources to offer a youth fishing class for kids ages 7 to 13. The program includes instruction in knot tying, how to cast, fish biology, aquatic ecology, fisheries management and lots of fishing. Cost for the program is $20 and includes a T-shirt and small tackle box with hooks, sinkers and bobber, a proclamation, instruction and fish fry. Fishing is done at Vivian Park in Provo Canyon and at the Lindon boat harbor. Classes are taught by trained volunteers with the Division of Wildlife. Class is limited to the first 50 kids that register. Classes are held each week on Tuesday, beginiing April 18 at Vivian Park. To register visit the Orem Fitness Center, 580 W. 165 South or online at https:secure.orem.orgfc4. Classes are from 6 to 8 p.m. and run for six weeks. For more information contact Mark at 229-7158. ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NAMES THREE SCHOOLS The Alpine Board of Education selected the names for three elementary schools scheduled to open in north Utah County in August. Fox Hollow was selected for the name of the school located in east Lehi. School Principal Jeanne Bates worked with a committee of patrons headed by the PTA president. The school located in the Harvest Hills subdivision of Saratoga Springs will be named Harvest Elementa ry. The school principal, Karl Bowman, said that name was the committee's first choice. Ridgeline Elementary is the name selected for the school located in northwest Highland Principal Ken Higgins said that the name was a combination of two words that described the view from the school. PROJECTED HOME FUND USES OKAYED - As a participating consortium city, Orem adopted the final statements of projected uses of funds for the 2006-2007 2006-2007 HOME Investment Partnership Act Tuesday. HOME funds, dedicated to "providing decent, safe, sanitary, and more affordable housing for individuals of low and moderate income," are given out through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Develop-ment. The Utah Valley Consortium of Cities and County (UVCCC) is expected to use approximately $1,625,797 in funding for a variety of Utah County housing programs. pro-grams. Orem's funding 6hare is 24.3 percent of the total to-tal allocation. 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