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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Thursday, April 29, 2004 - Page 3 yard Beautification Award reintroduced by commission BY ROBE.BJ CUNNING "AM J? Pleasant Grove resi- The commission will take pho- er landscapes that are outstand- For the Wasatch Front, it this year, me x itHbam aents are interpsror , , r .i i i . i .... , . - ........ for the Wasatch front, it is AiA y y CXVJl - wise gardening and have discovered discov-ered that they can maintain 1 xri 'c niieresred m ratn Commis- tographs of the yards, which will ing in creativity, design, and recommended that until April 30 Grove be entered into the city-wide Yard of the Year Contest presented present-ed at the Heritage Festival in September. This winner will receive a framed certificate, a gift certificate certifi-cate to a local nursery, and a feature fea-ture story in the local newspaper. In July, the commission will give a Business Beautification Award to one Pleasant Grove company. When determining the winners, win-ners, the commission will consid voted to re-institute the Beautification color. All yards must be well manicured. man-icured. Those who would like to nominate nomi-nate a resident or business for these awards, or are interested in becoming a member of the Beautification Beau-tification Commission, the person to contact is Leisure Services Director Deon Giles at 404-1088. Members of the Beautification Commission would also like to remind all residents and businesses busi-nesses to maintain a proper watering schedule. lawns should only be watered once every six days. In the month of May, set sprinklers once every four days. During the hottest months of June through August, the grass requires water only once every three days. In September, watering returns to a six-day interval. For more information about water-conscious water-conscious gardening, contact the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy Conservan-cy District at 801-565-4300. horhooa 1 ueauuiui yards using flo leV QYard of the Year Con- wers, shrubs, and trees that less water. require ''on April 14, the commission tand decided on the new cri-D,e;a cri-D,e;a for this year's yard beautifi- In May, July, and September, the commission will present the Beautification Award to one resident resi-dent per neighborhood. Once the winners are announced, a sign will be posted and the resident will also receive a framed certificate from Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove City. it- cation awar d. Last year 's contests were can- area Slot ,.j Kprause of Utah's severe j.iismi cuii" ncrht COnUlu" l mTiniiN- i ilia vlcii. liic fission will focus on water com conser rvation. 'e dive; '& ere, servfi. Gfr. "'"I lent t mb. Lindon mayor Larry Ellertson Thomson chosen by Republicans as next county commissioner From Front Page lectt ank cj or ens; ith it--1 .ice H mingr dsn 1:1 ie Siz She year n rings I amen '. the V- it, un I by Lij is to i Revfllj 3 the k rship ;j 'S all; Miss tudeirj 1001. V'' Dityft'-m, Dityft'-m, it ' y and'' whor; hang cities:' eeme"' deo Vlaytfj Lehi.i a.m. preset king pub jfthetj iboot,j elvin jj 9926:' t-4724 cereff 0ar 05 ass nod' ring51! 13, on )rthC5; ice10; jt a55' By Amie Rose Utah Valley staff Utah County Republican delegates Sat-day Sat-day chose Lindon Mayor Larry Ellertson as the next county commissioner, sent six candidates in three legislative races to a June 22 primary, and gave the party's nomination nom-ination to three candidates. The 1,107 delegates met in a quick and to-the-point convention Saturday at Utah Valley State College, chaired by Utah County Commissioner Steve White. The legislative caucuses met and voted during the hour before the convention began. Legislative Leg-islative races that encompass more than one county will be decided at the state convention con-vention May 8 in Salt Lake City. After narrowing down the five candidates candi-dates for the Utah County Commission to three, and then two, Ellertson came out on top with 63.5 percent of the vote. Because he doesn't have a challenger from another party, he won the race. His closest opponent was Jim Bischoff with 36.5 percent. Bischoff has been campaigning through his wife because he's serving with the National Guard in Afghanistan. In three races, delegates didn't give any candidate more than 60 percent, so Republicans Repub-licans in districts 59, 60 and 65 move on to a primary. Lorie Fowlke and Rep. Mike Thompson, R-Orem, will face off in District 59. The winner will then run against Russ Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, a Libertarian. Bradley Daw and Calvin Harper will vie for the District 60 seat, now held by Rep. Katherine Bryson, who didn't run for re-election. The winner will face Lance LeVar, a Democrat. And Rep. Calvin Bird, R-Springville, will try to keep his District 65 seat from Aaron Tilton. The winner will take the seat. In addition to sending the six candidates to the primary, delegates also nominated Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, to face democrat democ-rat Fred Des Posorio in November, and Rep. Jim Ferrin, R-Orem, to face constitutionalist constitutional-ist Edward McGarr. Rep. John Dougall, R-Highland, R-Highland, held on to his seat over Christy Kane. He doesn't have another challenger. Alesia Bischoff said she was surprised how well her husband did at the convention, conven-tion, only missing a primary by less than 4 percent of the votes. She has spent the past few weeks working on her husband's campaign cam-paign and standing in for him during debates. She said if her husband had been at the convention he likely would have forced a primary. Now that Ellertson has won his seat on the Utah County Commission, he will go back to concentrating on his jobs as the Lindon mayor and president of the Utah League of Cities and Towns. He said he plans to step down as mayor in January, when he replaces current County Commissioner Gary Herbert. He was only elected to a one-year term as League president, and that term ends in September. Ellertson said he doesn't have a specific agenda in mind as a county commissioner but that he plans to learn and understand the issues and make good decisions. "My goal is to be able to serve the residents," resi-dents," he said. While votes were being tallied, delegates also heard from candidates for governor, U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, candidates for the 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts and state Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. as criteria as it selected Thomson to be the grand marshal. She was also instrumental in planning the performance of a fabulous fabu-lous musical salute to the State of Utah that year. This concert included many of the school children and other choral groups and individuals from throughout through-out the city and it was a huge success. Thomson has received many awards and honors during her lifetime. She received the prestigious Silver Sil-ver Bowl Award for volunteer volun-teer service from Governor Mike Leavitt. She has accepted several honors in behalf of the city for the Novell Children's Discovery Park, as well as the Pleasant Grove Lions Club Humanitarian Award, the city Centennial Service Award, Community Service Award, Neighborhood Hero Heritage Festival Award, Pleasant Grove High School Service and Leadership Award, the Pleasant Grove Women of Achievement Award, plus many others. Additionally she has received the Community Health and Welfare Award, an award for service, with her husband, Dr. Talmage Thomson and American Fork Hospital board member mem-ber (now deceased). Thomson has served as the Little Denmark Neighborhood Neigh-borhood chairman and was a long-time member of Cadmus Cad-mus Club, a Pleasant Grove women's service organization, organiza-tion, where she served as an officer several times. In her church, she has served as LDS Stake Relief Society president, as a temple tem-ple worker, and in many other callings, as well. Thomson was married to Dr. Talmage Thomson and she has four sons and one daughter, 18 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. "Thank you, Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days Committee, for choosing me to be this year's grand marshal," mar-shal," said Thomson after she was told that she would be the grand marshal for the 2004 Strawberry Days celebration. "I love living in Pleasant Grove and enjoy the friendship of the other wonderful people living here. I feel that the most rewarding thing about volunteer vol-unteer service is working with others to accomplish a worthwhile project." Milestone entries, including weddings, missionaries and other announcements must be turned in to the paper by Monday at 2 p.m. of the week you would like the notice to be printed. Call 756-7669 to place a classified ad Also online at: www.tnanJtsgivingpointcoin faxes ( CINEMA From Front Page gs that could make a huge difference in the bottom bot-tom line," said Rep. Dave cx, R-Lehi, a committee jember, school teacher and me sponsor of the law that m for district splitting. A new district wouldn't k all bad, however. The study points out that the new district would be smaller small-er and could be successful the right combination 0 J local control and leader- Also, it could become a district and eligible for era federal funding. f BYU students JPrted that residents of 2 Proposed new district, pmch would be called the ' eer School District, . 0uld see significant tax peases - up to 89.5 per- Qt while taxes for resi-Qents resi-Qents of tv, ine V? gaming wmu Scho1 District 20ln feadily decrease. By 1U Alpine School District would be 16.6 percent er than they are today. p 'axes would decrease in anH Pine Scho1 District grease in the new dis-n dis-n because rf rr,v. a Alpine district average $163,900, and the area has most of the commercial development in the current district. Also, the enrollment enroll-ment in the Pioneer district is projected to grow faster than the rest of the Alpine School District. Those tax rates assume that the new district would bond for an average $12 million per year, and the Alpine district would bond for an average $20 million per year. The Alpine district now bonds for an average $35 million per year. Property Prop-erty taxes pay for capital projects through bonds. Cox said property taxes might not have to climb that much. The new district would have thousands more elementary school students than secondary school students, stu-dents, who are more expensive expen-sive to educate, so the district dis-trict would save money. Rob Smith, committee member and business administrator . for the Alpine School District, disagreed. dis-agreed. He said the impact on taxpayers won't change because of the number of elementary school students versus secondary students. The study uses a constant amount for state funding, and that takes into account other unknown costs, such as students. The increased taxes could create a disincentive to move into the area, Houston Hous-ton said. It also could decrease home values, making mak-ing houses harder to sell because of the higher tax rates. Amie Rose can be reached at 344-2530 or aroseheraldextra.com. WmMm i - CLOSED -STADIUM SEATING COMING SOON! Movies for Apr. 30" - May. 6 2 Envy (PG-13) Daily: 4:45 7:05 9:20 Sat. 12:10 2:20 4:45 7:05 9:20 Sun: 4:45 7:05 3 Mean Girls (PG-13) Daily: i-A0 7:10 9:25 Sat. 12:15 2:25 4:40 7:10 9:25 Sun.- 4:40 7:10 - CLOSED -STADIUM SEATING COMING SOON! 5 13 Going on 30 (PG:13) Daily: 4:30 7:00 9:15 Sal. 12:05 2:15 4:30 7:00 9:15 Sum 4:30 7:00 6 Home on the Range PCi Ella Enchanted Pfri3 Duty: 3:45 5:40 ! Daily: 7:30 9:45 Sal. 12:00 1:50 3:45 5:40 i SaL 7:30 9:45 Sun: 3:45 5:40 I Sim. 7:30 TirltPt PricM Adults: $6 00 ncKet races Children: $4.00 are now: WH nMt.iunn Open: Mon.-Sit. Be to the 7:00 show of Bobby Jones 11:30 ul on Friday for your chance to win Sunday Golf Passes to ThanksgMng Point! 3:30-8:00 p.m. Movies for Apr. 30-May 6. Envy (PG-13) Daily: 4:55 7:20 9:45 SaL 12:15 2:35 4:55 7:20 9:45 Sun: 4:55 7:20 Laws of Attraction (PG-13) . Daily: 4:50 7:10 9:20 Sat. 12:30 2:40 4:50 7:10 9:20 Sun: 4:50 7:10 Bobby Jones (PG) Q0Jf Daily: 4:05 7:00 9:45 PqccmI Sal. 12:45 4:05 7:00 9:45 , sun: 4:05 700 (see above) Man on Fire (R) Daily: 4:00 6:55 9:50 ' Sat. 12:50 4:00 6:55 9:50 Sun: 4:00 6:50 Mean Girls (PG-13) Daily: 4:55 7:05 9:20 Sat. 12:05 2:20 4:35 7:05 9:20 Sun: 4:35 7:05 13 Going on 30 (PG-13) Daily: 4A5 7:15 9:40 Sat. 12:10 2:25 4:45 7:15 9:40 Sun.-4:45 7:15 Godsend (PG-13) Daily: 4:55 7:15 9:35 SaL 12:20 2:35 4:55 7:15 9:35 Sun: 4:55 Home On The Range (PG)i Hidalgo (PG-13) Daily: 4:35 7:00 iflii9:00 Sat 12:10 2:25 4:35 7:00 ! Sat. 9:00 Sun: 4:35 ;Sir7:00 Wednesday Night is Bargain Night! All Shows: $4.50 All shows before 6 pm: $450 Shows after 6pm: Children 2-12 S4S Adults s650 Seniors s450 Chair for Sam White's Lane selected At the April 20 City Council meeting, Kirk Smith was unanimously ratified as the chair of Sam White's Lane. Smith, who was re-elected by the neighborhood, will continue contin-ue to represent Sam White's Lane in Pleasant Grove's Neighborhood Advisory Board. Meeting set for Sam White's Lane Sam White's Lane will hold a meeting on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the City Council room. They will discuss the Gables at Pleasant Grove (formerly Gateway View) located at approximately 151 N. 1300 West. There will also be an open session ses-sion for any other concerns. con-cerns. For more information, informa-tion, call Kirk Smith, Sam White's Lane Chair, at 763-9401 or Libby Flegal, Neighborhood Advisory Board Chair, at 785-7271. Pleasant Grove Review 59 W. Main American Fork, UT 84003 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. 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