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Show i Review ji a n i 1 y Herald Online: www.HarkTheHerald.com CENTS Vol. 24, No. 11 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002 1 f'K ' ' :'"4 - I : 1 :? ; ( 1 jI 1 . 'y'r' if f ' i 1 m:vV..- ... - ; - . 4 ''ih K ii4-.' - - LHv,- I Honfc 1 r Photo by Karli Poyfair j Pleasant Grove Junior High School will present the musical, "Honk" Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 7 j JJ.1 1 1. Ill IIIV JU1 lllll UUUIIVIIUMI. I lrCIO TT III KJJ UVUIIUUIC Ul II 17 nui I MOOIUI I IUI UUUIIO io yv, VJIIU I seniors are $2.50, children are $1 and a family ticket can be purchased for $20. "Honk" is the story of the ugly 1 clucking and is directed by Wendy Aston. From the left, Emilie DeMasters, Troy Bailey, Matthew Williams, Tade Karratti, Megan DeMasters and Tawnya Howard rehearse a scene from the play. State reimburses cities $8 million for interchange By Julie Bellon Pleasant Grove City, Lindon City and Mountainlands Association' of Governments will be reimbursed $8 million ,by the State of Utah. The news came" to Pleasant Grove City Mayor Jim Danklef late Sunday night. "It is a great thing. We didn't know for sure on Friday and were just waiting wait-ing to see what would hap-pen. hap-pen. City officials had been meeting with legislators and state senators, but were being very cautious. "We just wanted to get our ducks lined up in a row," Danklef said. This money is a reimbursement reim-bursement for monies that were paid out to build the Pleasant Grove freeway interchange. "This is the only interchange in the state that has been partially partial-ly funded with local money. No one else had to fund their own interchange," Danklef said. "Legislators felt the same way after they saw all the facts." The state will not reimburse reim-burse for the financial cost of doing business like bonding bond-ing fees or the upgrade of design and landscaping. The mayor did not seem overly concerned about that. "We're just thrilled at the outcome," he said. The mayor stated that the city plans to use the money to buy right of way for the Pleasant Grove Boulevard so they don't have to bond for it and will also use it to begin work on 2000 West. Police motorcycle purchase approved by city council Apple Grove finally gets plat approvals Jubdivision will have r50 single-home lots VilW By Julie Bellon yjflOl After an exhaustive year-long ,1 rocess, Apple Grove finally received lat approval from the Pleasant Grove ity council for the first two phases of 150-lot project. Stan Klemetson, community devel-pment devel-pment director, reported to the coun-il coun-il that the developer had made a wised site plan with roads at all lajor connections, including Locust Are., putting in public streets, and set- jng the houses back 25 feet in case there is ever a need to put. in a sidewalk side-walk on both sides of the street. Mark Greenwood, representative of Multi-Serve Holdings, told the council that they have a verbal agreement with property owners on getting the road to Locust and "Multi-serve is willing to pay that amount in the hopes that takes care of city needs." Karl Brailsford, the property owner near Locust, affirmed that he did have a verbal agreement with Multi-serve, however he was concerned that Title 14 requirements weren't being met. Other property owners asked what the purchase price of the proposed units will be and Greenwood said they are expected to fall within the $169,000-$200,00 range with stucco . and brick exteriors on the units. Barbara Well, neighborhood chairman, chair-man, was concerned that "if negotiations negotia-tions fall through for Locust Avenue exit, legally does it just fall through and we have no access?" Tina Petersen, city attorney, answered saying, say-ing, "The council can condition approval with the contract being signed. I would advise a letter of intent at least." Wells also represented neighborhood neighbor-hood concerns of fire trucks being able to fit the roundabouts and possible parking congestion on the small drive- See APPLE on Page 12 By Julie Bellon In a tie-breaking vote, Mayor Danklef approved a purchase order for the police department to buy 'two motorcycles and equipment equip-ment in the amount of $30,900. "It will take three months to get them here," Mike Ferre, public safety director said. "We should have plenty of money in the budget by the time they get here." Darold McDade, city council member, objected to the purchase. "I object based on the perception that this is a needwant type thing. I'm not sure that's what we need in Pleasant Grove right now," he stated. Carol Harmer disagreed. "I think it's important to the police department that they learn how to use them properly prop-erly with the new off-ramp and boulevard coming. And in a traffic jam you can get officers in quicker with the bike," she stated. Ferre reported that motorcycles are "effective in residential areas and can raise safety levels. There is also a high level of enthusiasm enthusi-asm in the department for them." The police department depart-ment plans to train four people on the bikes as well as set standards for their use, such as weather concerns. con-cerns. "We won't lose on the resale value either," Ferre pointed out. Keith Corry asked if they would "generate enough revenue to be self-sufficient," and Ferre said other communities have made them so and apparently pay for them out of their traffic school revenues. "If this See MOTOR on Page 12 ice Monday is the filing deadline to run for office in Utah County , Only a few individuals had iled for office for the upcoming .flection in Utah County by hL'londay niSnt- Individuals seek-P'.ig seek-P'.ig office have until 5 p.m. on larch 18, to file. In the Alpine School District, -''nth two additional four-year-;osts to be filled on the board, Joe jhelton, Lehi, and Jennifer Webb, -agle Mountain, had filed in 'istrict One, which encompasses the Lehi area. No one had filed in District 2, the Alpine, Highland, Cedar Hills area, or in District 3, American Fork. In District 5 in Orem, JoDee C. Sundberg has filed. Sundberg is currently serving on the board. Marilyn Kofford, now serving in what is now District 2, has indicated indi-cated she will not run again. In county offices, Ron R. Fernstedt, and James O. Tracy, both Republicans, have filed for the sheriff position. Fernstedt served as the public relations officer offi-cer for the Utah County Sheriff's Department for several years. Tracy is currently a captain with the sheriffs office. In the County Commission race, incumbent Commissioner Jerry Grover, Republican, from Orem is seeking a third term for Seat A'. Timothy W. Lawson, Republican, Orem, is challenging him. For Seat B on the County Commission, Steve White, Republican, Provo, and Springville resident Donna Harrington have filed. Incumbent Republican Claude C. Richards from Orem has filed to retain his position as Utah County assessor; while Incumbent Melvin R. Hudson, Republican, Spanish Fork, is seeking to keep his position as treasurer. He was ( appointed in 1999 when Leonard -Ellis resigned, then won election to fill the remaining two years in Ellis' term. ' Incumbent County Attorney Kay Bryson, Republican, Orem, has filed in that position; and Randall Covington, Incumbent Republican, Orem, has seeking a second term as the Utah County recorder. Young couple finds success in leading clogging teams By Karli Poyfair n City Editor reg and Maria Tucker began teaching clogging in their home studio stu-dio four years ago. They started out with only 30 students and four teams. Now they have 14 teams and 120 students. stu-dents. What's even more amazing is that until recently, Greg and Maria were both students themselves at BYU Greg, 25, just graduated in mechanical engineering and Maria, , will graduate in April in elementary elemen-tary education. The couple met while both were on e folk dance team at BYU, both of them have danced since they were Very young. When they got engaged, In Step they decided to combine their talents and start a clogging studio. Greg handles most of the business aspects and says Maria is "very talented tal-ented at choreographing things, so it works out well." They've never really had to advertise adver-tise either, word of mouth has been enough to supply them with all the students they need. They have even hired two of their older students to teach some of the younger classes. Their top team, Rocky Mountain Premiere, has been third in the nation the past two years in formation forma-tion line. Greg and Maria have also won national awards both for individual individ-ual and duet competitions. They are currently the reining national champions cham-pions in duet clogging and have won that honor two years in a row. "Since we've been married, we've danced in 10 competitions and have won nine of them," said Greg. But Greg and Maria don't believe in strictly doing competitions. "We're a heavily-based performance perform-ance team," he said. "When you only compete you tend to get burned out." In fact Rocky Mountain Express doggers have many public performances perform-ances throughout the year. There's the annual Christmas Show, Orem's Summerfest, a spring barbecue and they perform at the state mental hospital. hos-pital. Recently Greg and Maria, along with nine of their students, participated partici-pated in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. They were even asked to help choreograph the clogging portion of the Opening Ceremony. "The ceremony was unreal," said Greg. "We got to know so many people." peo-ple." The Salt Lake Organizing Committee also called the Tuckers and asked them to do some shows during the Olympics. Their group was See CLOG on Page 12 mmu. jppji . v. -3' ? . .4: . : 4 v m i I 4 4 $4 I 4r w tiff tit imK i i i i. It ' k f T I 4 Z A 4 Courtesy photo Greg and Maria Tucker, shown in their costumes, helped choreograph the large group dance numbers in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. |