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Show iea r sheets 152' EE 39CC- S 3te 100 152 Sail LdKt Citv UT B412--155C SF Football vs. Salem Hills, A l 2 | Schools: Shadow • IL.I i l i l n h i i l M i L i i l i l inillii Guardian of Your Community News enttnel SERVING SPANISH FORK J H L SALEM • MAPLETON • WOODLAND HILLS • ELK RIDGE VOL. 4/ NO. 39 formerly The Spanish Fork News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Public hearing held for Mill Rd. O Jeril Bills STAFF W R I T E R A public hearing to discuss the vacation of Mill Road as a public thoroughfare was held at the Utah County Commissioners' meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Mill Road intersects Arrowhead Trail and runs from 900 South on the west side of Spanish Fork almost to SR 198, the highway between Spanish Fork and Salem. The road has since been replaced by Woodland Hills Drive, so the county no longer sees the need for Mill Road as a public thoroughfare. County officials have been working with the PON A Jen Allen / The Sentinel LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Director Rob Diamond and Writer/Executive Producer Andrea Curtis stand near a publicity poster at the world premier of "Once Upon a Summer." Opening night held for local film Andrea Curtis grew up in Payson but currently resides in Salem and has for the last 13 years. The proud mother of four children and one grandchild, Curtis didn't get into acting until only four years ago. But this week she can proudly say that the film she wrote, acted in and was the executive producer of, will be for sale. "Once Upon A Summer" is a family oriented film about relationships. It beautifully captures some of the most gorgeous sites around the Salem area. Filmed mainly at the property owned by the H.E. Davis family, the film details the bond between two cousins during their last summer together. Life takes the two girls in very different directions but they reconnect as an emergency pulls them back together. Based on Curtis' own life story, she began writing the piece years ago and only started to feel comfortable sharing her writings when she got into acting. She ex- plains that the time was too perfect. "This has been a wild ride... I never thought in a million years this would happen." But it did. Before even being filmed the distributor looked at the script and agreed to distribute the project, which in the film industry is very See MOVIE • A5 Mapleton man builds Baja bugs, rock crawlers, and more in his driveway Judith Everett STAFF WRITER It's not every day you see sparks flying out of your neighbor's garage as you pass by, but that's normal coming from Eric Sorensen's place. His hobby isn't rock collecting or reading, it's building Baja bugs and rock crawlers in his driveway. Sorensen first started working on cars when he was eight years old, hand lapping valves for his father's '37 Hudson. His father raised him on rebuilding cars. "If there was ever something that we needed that we couldn't get, we just made it," said Sorensen. Sorensen recalls building his own BMX-style See SORENSEN • A5 Courtesy photo READY TO RIDE: One of Eric Sorensen's rebuilt Baja bugs is pictured above. three property owners in the area to decide how to disseminate property if the road were to be vacated. The county official who spoke at the hearing said, "I don't think anyone else in the public would be interested in this old Mill Road, because it [has] been replaced with Woodland Hills Drive." He also said they are in the final stages of coming to an agreement with the three property owners. The commissioners allowed time for public comment, but no comments were made. The commissioners voted unanimously to close the public hearing. WH holds meet candidates night Christy Hardman STAFF WRITER Jen Allen STAPF WRITER 30,2009 50^ she said. She feels it would be beneficial to have more eyes on the construction, On Wednesday, Sept. to solve problems of soil 23, Woodland Hills held erosion, safety and other a meet the candidates issues. night from 7-8:30 p.m. She said another conin the community build- cern for the city is dogs ing, where residents could that run loose and form come hear the candidates packs. In addition to runrespond to their questions. ning loose, many animals, The candidates are By- she said, have no identifiron Adams, Wendy Pray cation tags or collar. and Hilarie Orman. There She said ATVs have were approximately 50 also been problematic for people in attendance. residents, and she said The first question was, people have "nearly come "What are the three most to blows" over it. important city ordinances "It has also been a risk to enforce, and how would for the safety of the chilyou enforce them?" dren," she said. Adams' response inShe said the city should cluded public safety, es- take formal steps to ensure pecially fire threats. He fire safety. said he doesn't believe in The second question "brute squads" and doesn't was "How would you think there is a need for get people to be more insheriff citing. volved in city matters?" "We as neighbors need Pray said she feels there to enforce them, by of- is a general sense of disenfering kind criticism," he chantment with residents said. about the attitudes of the In regards to fire safety, city council. She said the he said the fire department council needs to be accesneeds to have, "frank, can- sible and have a positive did, easy discussions with attitude when dealing with people about keeping their residents' concerns. yards up to fire codes." Orman said that many This doesn't include contributions that go into turning your neighbors in the city programs are not to the authorities, he said. recognized, and that the Pray said the three most city needs more city comimportant ordinances in mittees. There should be her opinion are, keeping an open process for selecproperties fire safe, safe tion to committees, and driving and safe construc- that the mayor and countion standards. She said cil need to take the comnotes are more effective mittees seriously. She said than citations. elected officials should "Most people are will- have office hours at the ing to comply. They just city building so they are don't understand the ordi- accessible to the people. nances," she said. "We owe the people a Pray said that young good government," she people driving recklessly said. is always a concern, but Adams said one of the she feels they will natural- most important things is ly be more careful if they to keep lines of commuknow people are watch- nication open between the ing. residents and the elected Pray said the city engi- officials. neer should be responsible "We have a tremendous for bringing up the con- resource in the people that struction standards, and is underutilized," he said. the building inspectors "Their opinions need to need to do their jobs. be respected and acted Orman said the biggest upon." problem in her mind is the He said office hours at subdivision ordinance. the city building are im"It's important we don't get comfortable relying on See CANDIDATES • A5 only one city engineer," |