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Show .-.,Tnr,IED ADC 840 L AN EDITION OF THE YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, .YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2004 50 CENTS VOL. 26 NO. 12 4l v. wmm Don't call city for flooding problems,' ays Public Works n. rp.r-nT f " I I L 1 II 1 1 r 1 . i --3 Now that the better--Tnan-average snowfall is y iff eginning to melt, some res-Ments, res-Ments, especially in the lanila neighborhood, are Collecting the run-off in yvieir basements. tt$ Despite warnings from 1 ( )ie city government, devel- Vipers built several houses ith basements in the area i" -T f'ellknown for a high water liable. 1 rememoer wnen you couldn't dig a posthole without with-out finding water," said Mayor Jim Danklef when Public Works director Lynn Walker made the council aware of the flooding. "We told them this would happen," Danklef said. Walker has received phone calls from residents wading for help. But the city is not at fault, so Walker has been directing residents to take their claims to their devel opers. j fata rmflfrrfi 41 I t Neighborhood meetings announced . Battle Creek and Big Springs Neighborhoods will lave a combined meeting on Wednesday, March 24, at 7 a.m. in the City Council room, 86 E. 100 South in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. f'r The entrance is through the south door. Big Springs in Neighborhood will discuss Platinum Development's 8-lot subdivision" at 450 E. 1400-1500 North known as East-H East-H fjiaven in Rl-20 zone. Battle Creek Neighborhood will discuss construction - if the Manila Tank Park. There will be an open discussion discus-sion for any other neighborhood or city concerns. Any questions, call Libby Flegal, NAB Chair, at 785-7271.' 785-7271.' :'. Volunteer sought for Board of Adjustment Pleasant Grove City is seeking a volunteer to serve as an alternate Board of Adjustment member. Anyone Interested should contact the Community Development Department at 785-6057. The deadline for the position is pril 2, 2004. - -rv 'I l. a . 1 " 7 ' ft ! ! Photo by Linda Butler Having received a Superior rating at Region Solo and Ensemble contest, PGHS Orchestra students rehearse a movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto 3 as they prepare for the state festival. The orchestra is directed by David Beck. Pleasant Grove orchestras excel By Linda Butler Pleasant Grove High School orchestra orches-tra students had excellent performances perform-ances at a recent Region Solo and Ensemble contest, held March 4 at Mountain View High School in Orem. Four large string ensembles, or "string choirs" performed movements from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto 3, Lyric Pieces by Grieg, and "Hoe-down" "Hoe-down" from Copland's Rodeo. All four of the string choirs received a superior (I) rating and were invited to perform am Date: May 19, May 20 Place: PGHS, 700 E. 200 South Time: 7 p.m. Cost: Admission is free at the State Solo and Ensemble Festival Festi-val in April. Nine student soloists received superior ratings and were invited to perform in the State Solo and Ensemble Ensem-ble Festival. These students are violinists vio-linists Jessica Bowman, Emma Humes, Sharolee Hall, Megan Meacham, and Bryson Evans; violist Kristina Willey, Cellist Elizabeth Willey, Wil-ley, and Bassist Alexander Willey. Orchestra teacher David Beck was pleased with his students' perform ance. He commented that this year's; Orchestras' showing at the Solo and See ORCHESTRA on Page 8 feasant Grove City gives $42,000 to Tri-City Golf Course By Robert Cunningham The Tri-City Golf Course was in rouble, and asked Pleasant Grove l ham Mayor Danklef asked the coun-1 coun-1 to authorize the payment of - 42,000 to the golf course for oper-tion oper-tion and to relieve debts. The cities of Pleasant Grove, merican Fork and Lehi own the ublic course at 1400 N. 200 East in American Fork. The course is operated by an inter-local agreement agree-ment between the three municipalities. munici-palities. Tri City's financial troubles began about two years ago when the economy took a nose dive. The addition of two new golf courses in the area didn't help matters, thinning thin-ning Tri-City's patronage. "There has also been a general decline in golfing nationwide. It's down three to seven percent," said Rick Roberts, Tri-City's golf pro. Now Tri-City can't pay the bills. Earlier this year, Lehi City loaned the golf course $30,000 of its next $42,000 installment. The money from Pleasant Grove will help repay the Lehi loan and also help the course commence the spring season. But Danklef doesn't want to just hand over the money. "We need to scrutinize the money efforts," said Danklef at Thursday's work session. Danklef suggested that the city's financial officers be involved in the golf course's bookkeeping. "I feel we have the experts and we should be able to give input if we're giving them money." Roberts said the lack of funds is not an issue of mismanagement. "We've been in drought and then had a long winter. There was five months of no play," Roberts' said. "And we're not the only golf course hit by this. It's hit everybody." every-body." Roberts said the best way to help the golf course is to use it. "This last week was very good-and good-and the weather was beautiful." The course has been open since; Saturday. For information about tee times and fees, call 756-3594. i , . V ,,. .-:. - : V 1 ? t. , j - - - - - i - "V- -a- - 5 10 Photo by D. Savage-Blackhurst Isabel Lee won first place for her entry in the "Most Creative Cre-ative Surprise Date" category for Pleasant Grove Recreation's fourth annual Husband and Wife Date Night Contest. Her husband, Wayne Lee, led her on a scavenger hunt that ended at Sizzler's for a dinner date. Date night contest winners announced By D. Savage-Blackhurst Pleasant Grove's fourth annual Husband and Wife Date Night Contest Con-test drew some excellent submissions. submis-sions. "They were all so good," said Vanessa Sevy, organizer of the contest. con-test. "We had a very hard time choosing choos-ing the winners." Isabel Lee received the first place award for the category of "Most Creative Cre-ative Surprise Date" while Whitney Walker received the first place award for the category of "Most Romantic Mate." Both women and their husbands will be enjoying romantic get-aways as their first place prizes. Second place winner for "Most Romantic Mate" was Kim Chris-tensen. Chris-tensen. "It's the simple things that, to me, make the most perfect romantic spouse," writes Christensen. Her entry went on to list such 'simple' 'sim-ple' things as her husband letting her sleep in on a Saturday morning while he cooks breakfast for the kids, or how he takes his share of diaper duty and night time bottle feedings. "These selfless gifts that he gives me make my love for him grow stronger each passing year of our marriage." In the "Most Creative Surprise Date" Autumn and Brent Christensen Chris-tensen and Jo D. O'Neal both came in second place. Autumn Christensen, last year's winner writes about a romantic Valentines Day surprise that her husband hus-band and several of his friends planned for their wives code named, "Operation Get Some". It included facials and massages, shopping, a romantic candle lit dinner and tickets to a musical. O'Neal describes a romantic blind date with a tall, dark haired, blue eyed, lean and very good looking pilot who owned his own plane. They flew from Mesa, Arizona to Reno, Nevada to watch the Susan Sommers show. "It was the best date I ever had," writes O'Neal. "I'll never forget that date." Vanessa Sevy of the Pleasant Grove Parks and Recreation Department Depart-ment encourages married couples to spend the year thinking up and enjoying creative dates and then entering them in next year's contest. The winner of the "Most Creative Surprise Date" was Isabel Lee. She wrote: "First you have to realize that I love to eat, I love chocolate, I love to read and like every girl, I love to pamper pam-per myself with sweet smelling soaps and lotions. "It began at four in the afternoon on Valentines Day. A few days earlier, my husband had warned me not to make plans for that afternoon. 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