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Show expires 013096 WESTERN MICROGRAPHICS INC R 4555 COMMERCE DRIVE STE 00 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84107 root lime easant VoL 17, No. 24 Wednesday, June 14, 1995 SO cents a single copy 0 x Meeting to air jail bond issue Utah County Sheriff David Bateman and the Utah County Commissioners will host a town meeting on Tuesday, June 20, at the American Fork Senior Citizens - Center to discuss the June 27 special spe-cial bond election to staff and operate oper-ate the new Utah County Security Center currently under construction construc-tion in American Fork. A second meeting will be held at the Utah County Administration building, 100 East Center, Provo, on June 21, and a third meeting in Spanish Fork at the city library, 49 South Main. All three meetings begin at 7 p.m. Residents are urged to attend one of the three meetings, especially espe-cially if they have questions concerning con-cerning the special election. If approved, the bond election will give officials the authority to raise a maximum of $2.45 million for the new center. If approved it is anticipated the bond will raise the taxes of the average home owner twenty dollars or less per year, officials offi-cials said. Miss PG to preview Pageant outfits Tamara Worthington, Miss Pleasant Grove 1994, will give a preview of her outfits and talent for the Miss Utah Pageant on Saturday, June 17, at 4 p.m. at Oak Canyon Jr. High. Everyone is invited to attend. Tamara will be modeling her evening wear, interview suit and performing her talent selection on the Marimba. She will also be answering interview questions from the audience. audi-ence. Tamara would like to thank the many people in the community who have helped her prepare for the Miss Utah Pageant She gave special thanks . to the Miss Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days Pageant Committee, Suzette Carter and Sherri Lamb. - The Miss Utah Pageant will be held on June 21 through June 24 , . at -Mountain View High jSchodL - . Tamara will be playing a med-,, med-,, ley-fro n , the 'classical - Opera, Carmen " by Bizet, on the marimba. marim-ba. For her community service she did a project, Turn offViolence .'.Turn on Talent She increased her awareness of the problems by attending workshops, task-force meetings, PTA meetings, reading, and riding nights with the local - police. ; She held a Turn off the Violence Day in the community and posted banners and passed out bookmarks, sent home information infor-mation for parents and organized a program that traveled to several . elementary schools pledging stu- dents to make the day a day free of violence. Tamara is majoring in music therapy. Strawberry Days celebrates 75 years of PG tradition By KALYN SECRETAN . Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove has a heritage: it is the longest continuing celebration in Utah. This year will be the 75th ; celebration held in our community. . Looking back through the years, it was' called the Strawberry Festival. People traveled to Pleasant Grove for a bowl of delicious deli-cious berries. w.: During the second celebration in -1922, Mayor Junius West .extended a hearty welcome to the. Hisses' rtniiiml Utah Strawberry Day. He said, " An abundance of. 'i t : v - t f t A , ', . , ' Li r- vi . ' ' " v "ky V .... ; ' ) , ttL kf Bystanders watch as a track hoe demolishes the old jCtark Building on Pleasant - lite t-K-- i Kb. '1 7 ir t a xir r City Etor The old George Clark and , Sona Mercantile Store (sa Main ' '( " Street collapsed in a cloud of I dust Sunday afternoon, ending h several years of worry on the p part of th.4 city about the deterio-, '. rating structure. A track hoe manned by Steve ' Phclan ate away at the old build- vxs Sunday. Deguuung in tne rear and working its way to the front. It was almost 1 p.m. wl t the 4 fi-ont wall, all that was r main-ing, main-ing, tilted slighty to the north 1 7and east and crashed as one piece to the ground below. luscious strawberries have been gathered to be given away and we want every one present to be served with a dish of berries and cream." At that time there were approximately approx-imately 400 acres grown in this vicinity with great success. The committee provided accomodations for visitors to see the farms. The program of the day began with a parade down Main Street promptly at 10 aja. AJP. Warnkk was Marshall of the Day. He was followed by ' the Band,- the Strawberry Queen ,. Float,' and ... of 1 rxi ' -jf :JL tzii tLa r ? : ")i .if jl: xii ;:"t- Jttt' v-. - . I. r '"r- A -'4T tt v. J " o-.-i.-i" ' !t v. j - Several" ' onlookers had watched the progress in the demolition of the old building throughout the morning. It had not been advertised that the old building was going to be ' -ken down Sunday, as the demolition crew was worried about liability. - At one pointy wbn the build-, ing was about half-dtmoliahed, it' . ratner resembled tne reaeral Building that wa8 bombed in Oklahoma City recently. Over the past years the old building has been a safety haz- ard. Bricks had begun to fall from the ton of .the structure 1 many Floats of Progress. Early Industries sponsored floats with, cording, spinning, weaving, building, build-ing, canning, milling, sugar and - milk. Automobiles were featured . as well as a Madonna float and the Wild West Float The program pictured berry pickers in a 20 acre field. The owners own-ers employed about 250 pickers, the majority of them were girls. - Other events of the day were listed. Races were held from 12 until 2, they- had the slow race, , . ; novelty race, potato, boys and girls : under 12 and men over 35. . -; - . . i The Wild West Show was from 2 until 4 at the Ball Park. A most wanderful exhibition of riding of wild bulls, steers, horses and , mules. Song sketches were held in ; the Grove from 3 until 4 pm. Strawbeiries and cream with -bread and butter-was served at noon and again in the evening. The . Relief Society stands served a din- t . Mr cafeteria style. .jcf.' Jllh ha& game was held in the -. evening, Provo vs. Salt Lake in a - League Game was featured on the program. A Band Concert was held " and the Ariel Quartette enter tained A Wrestling Match with Ira Dem, World Champion vs. John ; Anderson, the torible Swede, was featured in the evening. v r. ; - .The day contimaed with s fire- ; works display and a dance from " ttnnl midnight. ' ' -. Ads m the program were inter-' inter-' eating. One said. The children - Photo by Marc Haddock J e :t r making it necessary for police to put barricades in front of the building so that people walking by would not be hit; A Jhuge crack had developed between the soft rock on the north side of the building and there was concern that the crack could widen far enough that the front of the building would sepa-. rato from the back. , . e Holes W the roof had allowed rain to enter and the ceiling was collapsing in places. The floor of the building was warped from the water. The city had been proceeding :'!''8ee bsOLISa oa Page S . '''.'si' Mm "0 ? Ittakeak4ofvohinhBeiaMt a success. Seated on the city Btmi, whkh they helped refarbidv are Katy TTadky (front), Jlaryjane Wadle JIH Bardin; bock roifcl to ijCeivinWalken Carolyn Jacc Kathleen ILtrfrriL I is WQdnsvDsvTWlIkhiaandtari - ' . . " - " " . - t . J ! V " . . ' : ' ,, . ' V . ' ..''-". r '.. , - "' . ' - PL Grove budget of $4.7 million Budget Director K. A. Driggs presented the proposed 1995-96 fiscal year budget to the public and Pleasant Grove City Council last week for review. There was no public input. The recommended budget gives estimated general fund revenues of $4,077,070. The estimated general fund expenditures were set at $4,148,580. Driggs said that this is about $71,000 more than anticipated antici-pated revenues and they will have to start with some of the surplus from the 1994-95 fiscal budget. He told the council that the general gen-eral fund share of property taxes would be about $860,000, the general gen-eral fund share of sales taxes would be $770,000. Lindon proposes $1.9 million budget for fiscal '95-'96 By PAM SHEPHERD With the substantial growth over the past year Lindon City officials offi-cials recently submitted the 1995-96 1995-96 budget which contains a $100,000 increase over last year, making the budget $1.9 million. City officials said because of the recent growth, Lindon has several needs which need to be met in order to make the city better for residents and businesses. Those needs include storm water system improvements, street maintenance, mainte-nance, two new bridges, land for an additional city park, buildings, personnel per-sonnel needs and vehicle replacement. replace-ment. In order to accommodate for the budget increase and needs, the city plans to raise taxes. The first increase will be a franchise fran-chise tax, which will raise the cable rate from the current 3 percent to o percent, a l percent increase win be placed on all other utilities. Approximately $95,000 could be available after this raise. All businesses busi-nesses and industries must pay this tax, not just residents. Another increase is to raise the basis of the Off-Site Fee from $15,000 per acre to $35,000 per acre. The last time the basis increased for Off-Site fees was in April of 1980," City Manager Ott Dameron said. The increase would have an impact on new developments only and could raise revenues by approximately $80,000. Lindon officials have agreed to purchase land for an additional city park near the new elementary school. An analysis by city officials indicated that $102,000 could be 5 Photo by Marc tleddocfc looks aid Lindon's share of the public safety service is $338,290. The budget officer also recommended recom-mended a three per cent cost of living liv-ing increase for city employees. The budget also allowed for about $200,000 to go into the capital capi-tal improvement fund from sales taxes. The city council decided several sev-eral years ago to put a portion of sales tax revenues into the capital improvement fund each year. He also explained that there may need to be an increase in the water fund through raising water fees in the near future. Councilmen Richard Paulsen and Bill West have assisted Driggs with the recommended budget. raised for the land purchase and development of parks if a Park Impact Fee were to be implemented. implement-ed. Recent rain storms have emphasized Lindon's immediate needs to revamp the storm water drainage system and to complete the project to carry storm water down Main street this year. A storm water utility fee would place $1 on each utility account. The money raised in this area would make approximately $15,600 available to complete a study which would implement a storm water utility, which is similar to the water and sewer utility already in place. An impact fee would also be part of this study, making it mandatory for new developments to pay for their impacts on Lindon's -storm water drainage sys- temr" - "Those who build high on the hill and generate more water would pay a higher fee than those who live in the valley," Dameron said. The final funding need is a development fee which would charge home builders more for the development of their land. This fee would help form an internship program pro-gram where engineering students could help with the planning and the zoning for the growth of Lindon. Other needs include a city library, vehicle replacement and more personnel in order to supplement supple-ment Lindon's rapid growth. Street maintenance and two bridges are also needed, one to cross the canal on 400 North and the other (a pro-See pro-See LINDON on Page 5 Stock parade brings the " animals to Main Street The Stock Parade will return to Pleasant Grove this year and everyone is encouraged to come out and support the event on .Friday June 16 at 6 p.m. The Strawberry Days Committee has sent out over 90 applications and hope they will have at least 50 entries in the parade. There will be wagons, surreys, riding clubs and specialty people participating in the event. The parade is not limited to horses, all domestic animals except cats and dogs can be entered in the parade. The parade will start at the High School and travel on 200 South to 100 East where it will turn South to 300 South, then West on Main back to 200 South and then go West to the Rodeo Grounds. If you would like further information, infor-mation, please contact Kathy Green at 785-1582. Flower show cancelled for 95 The Flower Show wul not be held - this v year during - the , Strawberry Days Celebration. The Garden Club has not been able to find a chairman for the event. The Strawberry Days committee hopes - to continue with the long standing tradition for next year. '' - ( |
