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Show 1 -'--v1 Sis, Upcoming by REVA BOWEN City Editor There are clear philosophic differences dif-ferences between the nation's two major parties that will give voters an equally distinct choice in this year's elections, according to Congressman Con-gressman Chris Cannon, Republi-can Republi-can member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's Third Congressional District. Cannon visited the Times office last week and responded to a number num-ber of questions, sharing his political politi-cal philosophy, views on issues, and commentary on current events in Washington, D.C. In January, Cannon Can-non announced his intention to seek re-election, but he confirmed rian Thayne, Carol War burton exhibit at , . The new SCERA Art Gallery is hosting an exhibit of works from local professionals Brian Thayne and Carol Thayne War-burton War-burton throughout the month of February. Mr. Thayne's quest for meaningful mean-ingful subject matter for his watercolor paintings have sent him around the world. In 1979, he, his wife Norma and small child spent two months living in a small bungalow on a mountainside mountain-side in central Mexico while Thayne spent his days painting scenes from the quaint little villages. vil-lages. A resident of Orem, he came back to continue his education at Brigham Young University, where, as part of his university ' training, he traveled to Italy to study and paint for three months. It was not Brian's first trip to that beautiful country, as he served a mission for the LDS Church there from 1975 to 1977. "I developed a great love for Italy and its people and I've been told that love is evident in my work," Thayne says. He graduated frorq BYU in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. Currently, his works may be seen at dealers and galleries in Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Washington D.C, Salt Lake City and Park City. The Springville Art Museum and LDS Museum of Church History and Art both own collections of Mr. Thayne's works. In 1988, he again went to Europe, this time at the generous bequest of an art patron living in , Belgium. Thayne not only visited Belgium, but toured Europe for three months. . "It was a wonderful time." Thayne says. "I stored away so many images for my paintings - charming villages in the Greek isles, donkeys laden with goods, italian market scenes, sidewalk cafes, and colorful scenes of Venice." Another patron sponsored a 1989 trip to sunny Trinidad and Tobago where he found historical Victorian homes with rusted tin roofs, now home to pigeon as well as people. ' . All those trips started what has become a Thayne family tradition. "Each year, we take at least one 'field trip' - kind of a combination vacation and work- Subscribe to V( Mt-l''fc! ' X. : elections that as of Friday, no opponent had yet stepped forward. DIFFERENCES President Clinton, in his recent State of the Union address, announced an-nounced "a whole series of new programs", pro-grams", Cannon said. "It was like watching wave after wave hitting the beach." The president stated that he wanted to use anticipated budget surpluses to help save the Social Security Se-curity system. Cannon agrees it is a commendable goal to work for the solvency of Social Security, but he said he favors making adjustments that would cure fundamental problems prob-lems in the system rather than just perpetuating the status quo. One possibility is to allow people to choose to opt out of the system. SCEHA Art j' i v. -f ? . ' l" " - i frit -inriiliiffl " - " " ' ' The new SCERA Art Gallery will host a February exhibit featuring the watercolor paintings of Brian Thayne and the pottery of Carole Thayne Warburton. The display is available free to the public, noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday at Orem's SCERA Center. ing trip," he explains. "Last year, we went to the Italian Alps, and visited rural mountaintop villages vil-lages where cows live in the basements base-ments of houses, and the owners make their own cheese." Mr.-Thayne is not always globe-trotting. Most of the time he spends interpreting on paper the country he loves most the colorful canyons and the remnants rem-nants of Utah's pioneer past. Brian relates that "I don't travel merely to record images as a camera would, but rather to help define the similarities in all cultures. The Italians have a saying: Tl mondo e paese,' which is to say' the world is as our village vil-lage is.' I find great similarities in the lonely spires of Utah's Bryce Canyon and the colorful 'palazzi' in crowded downtown Rome." Mr. Thayne's watercolors have been very well received in the many exhibits he takes part in each year. He paints water-color water-color in a . realistic style that shows a contemporary flair. , "It is my goal to interpret what I see on paper, but not to merely reproduce the image but td create a new reality. Its design must stand up abstractly as well as realistically," he adds. "I don't believe that to be a modern artist one must throw out all that come prior to the 20th century. I seek to combine the classical approach with the vitality of the modern." the Orem-Gencva Times by - f - at 4 5 :K 0mm i - o will give citizens a choke, Cannon says Cannon said Republicans believe in cutting taxes and allowing families fami-lies to make decisions on how to spend their money. Democrats, he said, believe that government is smarter than individuals and should legislate and spend for them. The congressman favors giving giv-ing families the opportunity to control con-trol their money rather than "tying "ty-ing it up with bureaucrats". BALANCED BUDGET The prospect of a balanced budget bud-get this year is exciting to Cannon. He defined "balanced budget" in terms of revenues coming in, compared com-pared to dollars going out, acknowledging acknowl-edging that might "represent something some-thing different" over the next 15 years. Gallery . Carole Thayne Warburton became enchanted with clay when her Orem Jr. High art teacher, Mr. David Nielsen, brought out the potter's wheel for his student? to try. Carole remembers, "Even though my first pot was a squatty little shape that the teacher said would blow up in the kiln, I was hooked. It was like magic -- I couldn't wait to try it again." Two years later at Orem High School, she spent hours working on clay molding under Mr. William Wil-liam Bird's encouragement. Her parents immediately saw her love for the art, and presented Carole with her own potters' wheel for her graduation present. Mrs. Warburton studied a year at BYU, and eventually transferred to Utah State University, where she graduated with a BFA in Art Education with an emphasis on, of course. Ceramics. Currently, Carole works as a studio potter in her home. Here work is both functional and decorative, and she often adds sculptures of whimsical creatures crea-tures to her pottery. The SCERA Art Gallery, located lo-cated inside the SCERA Center at 745 South State Street in Orem, is free to the public, and is open Monday through Saturday from 12 noon to 9 p.m. For more information, contact SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS. Cannon visited the Times office last week and responded to a number of questions, sharing his political philosophy, views on issues, and commentary on current events in Washington, D.C. In January, Cannon announced his intention to seek re-election, but he confirmed that as of Friday, no opponent had yet stepped forward. mmm Critics, who call a balanced budget bud-get a sham, point to the "staggering "stagger-ing amount" of government guaranteed guar-anteed loans, with a total amount of risk that could stretch the resources re-sources of the country. But understanding under-standing those principles, and operating op-erating in context, Cannon said, having a balanced budget would mean that the government is not Council works on lighting districts With the possibility of the implementation im-plementation of city-wide lighting light-ing looming in the near future, the Orem City Council toiled January 27 on the details of several lighting districts that were already "in the works". City Manager Jim Reams said the need for lighting in the community will be discussed during the upcoming budget process when public input will be accepted. City staff member Mark Fellows said that additional addition-al requests for lighting districts have been put on hold. Special Improvement Lighting Light-ing District No. 47 was approved , for 274 properties in the area between be-tween 1200 South, 800 East, 1800 South, and 600 East. Fellows said that seven protests had been received, resulting in 585.24 feet of protesting frontage, 2.5 of the total. Three of the protests were resolved, leaving new protesting frontage of 319.24 feet, only 1.4 of the total. City Attorney Paul Johnson told the council they could - recreate the old district with the new number, or they could abandon aban-don it. Councilman Joseph Andersen Ander-sen moved, by resolution, to cre-' cre-' ate Special Improvement Lighting Light-ing District No. 47, and the motion mo-tion passed unanimously. A second motion to set Board of Equalization hearings for March 10, 11, and 12, 1998, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Cham-bers, with David Palfreyman, Joseph Andersen, and Mike Thompson as the board members and other councilmembers as alternates, al-ternates, also passed unanimously. unani-mously. Consideration of Special Improvement Im-provement Lighting District 48, -Mi.- .'.i'V '.S'V ; ., , . '' " :'; I lAA'A'A V ( v. First entry- Jen Preston (left), 18, daughter of William and Marine Preston and a 1997 graduate of Mountain View High School, is the first candidate to complete her application for the 1998 Miss Orem Pageant. Looking over paperwork with Jen is entries chair Devri Law (right). The annual pageant is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, at the Canyon View Jr. High School auditorium. calling iVTl c(v out borrowing money, bidding on capital, and driving up interest rates. "IMPERIAL" IRS Cannon supports "reining in the imperial IRS." He voted for a package pack-age that provides 28 new protections protec-tions for American taxpayers who deal with the agency. The taxpayer protection bill, called the IRS Re a renewal for the area between 1300 South, 400 East, 1800 South, and 165 West was continued con-tinued until February 24, with a February 19 protest deadline, because be-cause of problems encountered during the noticing process which left some residents with insufficient time to protest. Next on the agenda was the proposed creation of Special Improvement Im-provement Lighting District No. 49, in the area from 300 South to 450 South and from about 400 East to 650 East. No protests were received. Reams said that 35 foot lights . would be put in on .400 South,, a collector street. Giles Baum, representative of the citizens in the area, said the district wants 35-foot poles throughout. Council woman Judy Bell said the district belongs to the residents and "they ought to have it how they want it." Assistant City Manager John Park said the reason for the 35-foot 35-foot lights on the collector roads is that the wider roads need wider coverage, but 25-foot lights in the residential areas are sufficient. suffi-cient. The taller poles cost twice as much as the shorter ones, he said. Bell said that when the lighting light-ing goes city-wide, she hopes there will be a committee that will be able to decide on issues of uniformity, but she said she doesn't have a problem with the taller lights if that is what the residents want. Councilman Steven Heinz asked if there is a difference in the width at the base of the poles, and he was told it is not noticeable. notice-able. He said he liked having a difference in the arterial road lighting and that the city better start moving toward uniformity AAA A k A A A J A A " M It A A j . ; ( ; f i i w . -1 - Z2 225-1340 - Only $16. per Year! form Act, passed the House and is now being held up in the Senate as lawmakers seek . to further strengthen its provisions. These include in-clude the creation of an independent indepen-dent board to oversee the agency, and a shift in the burden of proof in court from the taxpayer to the IRS. Continued on page 8 if lighting is going city-wide. Councilman Mike Thompson said the wanted to go record that the number one responsibility of a city is to protect its citizens, and lighting is part of that. He said it was very important to get the lighting project going for the city as a whole. He noted that the Department of Public Safety needs a new building. He also said crime can be deterred with better lighting throughout the city. Bell moved to approve the district with 35-foot poles throughout. Fellows explained that the city's reasoning for the 25-foot poles in residential areas helps avoid having lights shine into windows. Johnson warned the change in the pole height would increase the cost and could not be done legally without renoticing. He also said the notice of intent would have to be published for four consecutive weeks. The hearing was rescheduled for March 24, 1998, with a protest period to March 19. Reams said he did not want the council to get the impression that staff was being difficult on the issue or ignoring requests of residents, but he said it is a fairness fair-ness and equity issue. If the standard in city-wide lighting is 25-foot poles in residential areas, this area would be receiving a higher benefit with the more costly 35-foot poles. Bell said the city-wide lighting light-ing program has not yet been implemented, im-plemented, and the residents had already requested the 35-foot 35-foot poles. Since Heinz had left the meeting, council vote was 6-0 in favor of rescheduling the hearing. hear-ing. J - 'i POOR COPY |