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Show Utah Press Association Tear Sheets 1521 East 3900 South Suite 100 Salt Lake City. UT 84124 I AN EDITION OF PRIDE PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID SPANISH FORK, UTAH PERMIT NO. 2 & P R O G RE S S The Spanish Fork News M VOL. 3 / NO. 9 I. O C A L L Y O W N E D A N D OWEDNESDAY, P E R FEBRUARY A T E 27, D 2008 500 SPANISH FORK, UTAH Icelandic Festival Mallory Byrnes / Spanish Fork News SIGN OF PROGRESS: Officials from Crisp Grocery unveil plans for their new Salem location. Salem announces grocery store Mallory Byrnes STAFF WRITER Alan and Morris Crisp of Crisp LLC were ready to sign the lease and development ; agreements for the land at 750 North above Books and Fun upon which they will build Crisp Grocery in the • Wednesday, Feb. 20, Salem council meeting. "The time hasfinallycome after months of hard work for this to come," said city attorney Junior Baker, "We feel it's a great opportunity. We feel it's past time for a grocery store." TheAssociatedFoods store is projected to be completed in around five months and will include a deli, bakery, pharmacy, and possibly a banking institution. It is a full service grocery store, open six days a week and at least 15 hours a day. The city will contribute $250,000 which will come from sales and property tax that the store will create. "We're going to do all we can to make it friendly, easy, and accessible." said Mayor Lane Henderson. Johnathan Ward was present for the public hearing of the bond for the city offices addition. The $3,500,000 bond was approved with a winning bid of 3.95% fixed for 20 years. The bond's collateral will be sales tax and impact fees. Johnathan Ward said that the interest rate "was phenomenally low... It's a fantastic time to borrow." The improvements to the city offices and library will meet state requirements for Municipal Bonds. The office addition will have a basement and cover the land to the east of it where the drive-through and tree are now. The library will double in size and triple its books. "It's always hard to do something like this... it's a legitimate need," said Henderson, "I think we needed to move.'* 14 bids were submitted for the building project, and the lowest was accepted from Hales and Warner. "It came in a lot lower than we anticipated." said Henderson. An agreement with Strawberry Water was reached over the developments that can and can't be recognized for water rights. City engineer Bruce Ward said, "Until now we have accepted very little Strawberry Water because we couldn't recognize it." The agreement is a prototype and will be signed by new developers as they come in. "What this does is developers come along and owe us water so when, new residents come along they turn the tap on and water comes out," said Baker, "We think this is a major step in the right direction." A pump for sewer head works was discussed. "It's built there but the piping doesn't exist," said Bruce Ward, "The existing pumps are 20 years old and they've been rebuilt over and over and over and pump technology is a lot better." The police station's canine unit is prepared for drug searches at the new high school. Chief Brad James said that the school district was excited, that their will be zero tolerance, and that a demonstration is being planned for the council, administration, and public. A stoplight for the 400 North highway intersection was discussed in regards to high school foot traffic, but UDOT has continually denied requests according to Bruce Farnsworth, who has owned that corner of land and asked for lights for ten years. "They allowed us to put up a sign that says 'watch for pedestrians'," said James, "We're at the mercy of the state." The city is not allowed to put up stop signs or even cross walks without state approval. UDOT bases a need for stoplights off of left turns, pedestrians, and deaths. The council urged citizens to write to State Representative Mike Morley and Senator Madsen. The technical committee is looking into the possiblity of recycling bins for newspaper, aluminum, and plastic to be placed around the city. The bins cost an estimated $5,000. "Recycling costs mon<,y, it never makes us money. We do this because it's the right thing to do." said Councilmember Terry Ficklin. An annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be held Saturday, March 15, 2008, from 9-3 p.m. at UVSC campus in Orem in the northwest parking area. Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News HONOREES: Kathleen Reilly and Karen and Ed Anderson were honored as outstanding Western Icelanders at this year's >orrabl6t celebration. Pictured are Kathleen Reilly and Karen Anderson. Ed Anderson has passed away. Icelanders celebrate torrablot Trieste Bills STAFF WRITER Everyone loves the end of winter, that time when the sun is just starting to peek through the clouds again. "t>orrabl6t," as introduced by Thelma Moreland, "is a celebration of the end of the horrible part of the winter — the sun is shining again." What better reason could there be to gather people to celebrate through food and music? The celebration began with true Icelandic food: flat bread, smoked "hanging" meat, liver sausage, pickled sheep's parts, dried fish with butter and shark. "This is what you would have eaten growing up on a farm," said Moreland, a native Icelander who introduced the food. For those with milder tastes, See ICELAND • A8 Ken Peay announces his candidacy Stressing that he is a native of Utah County and understands the area, Kenneth Peay announced today that he is running for the Utah State Senate in District 13. Peay, who served in law enforcement for 31 years and ended his career as the commander of the Utah Highway Patrol in Utah County, will run against incumbent Mark Madsen. In his announcement, Peay, a Democrat, noted that most of the parents in his district send their children to public schools and that he supports public education. Peay pointed to the need to manage growth effectively in the county and to cut down Ken Peay on crime. "Our jails are overcrowded but we can't solve our crime problems by simply locking people up," he said. "We need crime prevention measures and to use alternative treatment centers for non-violent drug abusers." Peay also noted that the people in Utah need adequate health insurance. "We need to find a way to make health insurance affordable and available for our citizens," he said. The candidate also promised to reach out to all his constituents as a state senator. "As a highway patrol commander, I learned to listen to people, to use their ideas, to compromise and to come up with winning solutions for the betterment of all," he said. Peay is a native of south Utah County. He was born in Payson, grew up in Benjamin, and graduated from Spanish Fork High School. He served three years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era and was an LDS missionary in Canada for two years. He joined the state highway patrol and served as a bodyguard for both Governors Scott Matheson and Norm Bangerter. He has a bachelors degree in Psychology from Southern Utah University and a masters of public administration degree from BYU. He and his wife, Cecile, have three children and four grandchildren. |