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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Thursday, March 27, 2003 - Page 10 Dancers From Front Page one week later. He did anyway, and went on to perform at BYU, despite a doctor's advice. The couple admitted that competitions can be stressful. stress-ful. "There is a lot of pressure, pres-sure, but then you just go out and have fun," said Kennington. Marsigli said that it's stressful just before a dance, but then everything goes away and she just has fun. She said she actually prefers performing to competing. com-peting. "I love to perform. It brings back my childhood. You feel like a princess all over again," she said. She said she is probably going to attend UVSC next year, where she has been offered a spot on the tour team. After a year-end concert con-cert in May, Kennington said he will be working and saving money for an LDS mission. Both dancers said that people interested in ballroom ball-room dancing can pick it up at any age. "People should come out and see what it's like," Kennington Ken-nington said. "It's exciting to watch. People come and compete from all over. It's good for kids to get to know different perspectives of the world." .mil. I 1 - -- a i n fhf infill- One motorist was arrested lor driving u..u. ence of alcohol in Pleasant Grove : . A man was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct con-duct in Lindon. He was released on a citation . A Lindon resident reported an attempted vehicle bUr.gAnyindividual reportedly had tools valued at $200 stolen from his truck in Pleasant Grove. . A saxophone valued at $700 was reportedly stolen from a student at Pleasant Grove Junior High. . A shoplifter was caught at Macey's in Pleasant Grove attempting to steal cold medicine. Vehicle parts valued at $65 were reportedly stolen from a car at Macey's in Pleasant Grove. A trailer valued at $2,800 was reportedly stolen from a Lindon business parking lot. A bike valued at $100 was stolen from a Pleasant Grove elementary school. A shoplifter was arrested at Macey's with approximately approxi-mately $32 of stolen razors. Statue From Front Page izations and celebrities. Since this particular sculpture depicts the future of Pleasant Grove, a time capsule was also placed under the cement base of the statue. Among other things, the capsule contains pictures of all Pleasant Grove schools and their current enrollment, enroll-ment, a Barbie doll, Sponge Bob, Harry Potter items, coins, seeds, Pokeman cards, and of course, green jello. "We wanted to have things in there to let those in the future know what we did," added the mayor. City records will be handed down through years to come to show that the time capsule should be opened again in 50 years. Perhaps there is a young boy or girl currently attending attend-ing school in Pleasant Grove who will have the opportunity 50 years from now to open the capsule and show residents of Pleasant Grove then, what we are doing for them now. "This is for future generations. gener-ations. It's a neat legacy," the mayor concluded. Motocross From Front Page "I'm not. I have four grand-kids grand-kids who love it. I'm trying to protect them and make sure they get a safe place to ride." Solid Waste manager Stewart Cowley said the motocross idea for using the land is still in very preliminary prelimi-nary stages. The details of the plan have not yet been discussed. dis-cussed. Cowley said that before the waste district would approve any development develop-ment proposal for the land, it would have to be sure the plan would be beneficial to each community in the waste district. Cowley said the district has been approached often in the past with plans for developing on the capped landfill site. This is the fifth motocross proposal in seven or eight years. Other proposals pro-posals have involved public parks, sports fields and golf courses. All have run into to many problems to be viable. On March 15, the man who wants to develop the motocross, Russ Tucker, had Brigham Young University engineers with sound equipment perform noise level tests in an effort to alleviate the public's fears. Twenty-five motor cycles and four-wheelers were running simultaneously as the sound was tested at different dif-ferent radiuses around the site. Though he has not seen the official results, Cowley said preliminary reports and personal observations showed the noise wasn't as loud as many thought it would be. "Noise isn't going to be as big of factor as we thought, but watching them spinning wheels and throwing up dirt I think wear and tear could be more than was anticipated," Cowley said. That would be a problem because there is a possibility possibili-ty of wearing down through the soil cover on the landfill. land-fill. "Not to say it would rule out (the motocross,) but it could be more costly than (Tucker) expected to ready the site," said Cowley. Cowley said there could be a high liability involved in something like motocross, not just because of cap erosion, but injury liability as well because of the nature of the sport. Before motocross plans go any further, Cowley said the solid waste board would require Tucker to work out a viable plan with Lindon city. "The district and Lindon City need to get together and decide what we want this area to be developed into," Cowley said. He pointed out what goes into that property will affect what other development develop-ment goes in around it. He said he's heard a lot of negative neg-ative feedback for the plan, especially from Pleasant Grove. Bill Johanson, a solid waste board member who lives in Lindon City feels the proposal is not very likely. "I'm seeing it really is not benefit to the solid waste district, there's really too much liability involved," Johanson said. "I don't see it as benefiting the whole community." Another concern Johanson Johan-son has is dust kicked up by the all-terrain vehicles. "I drive by the motocross in Tooele often, and when riders are on it, it is a dust bowl," he said. Johanson feels further away from the populated areas would be a better place for a motocross. Even with opposition and potential problems, Cowley emphasized a decision either way has not been made yet. "They seem to have a lot of backing and financing," he said. In the last couple of years, Provo City denied a similar proposal by Tucker for a motocross on their landfill. 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