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Show Pleasant Grove Library '251 30 E Center Pleasant Grove. UT 8 ". - SI PER ISSUE t VOLUME 2 NUMBER 063 WEDNESDAY, December , 2010 www.timptimes.com AT A GLANCE - V j - 1 - ' PAGE 2 LIFESTYLE Pleasant Grove BLAB Life's Moments Thoughts From The Garden. . . "Thanksgiving" PAGE 3 OBITUARIES WEDDINGS SCOUTING Big Buck SOCIAL Fingers or Fish? Senior News PAGE 4 SOCIAL The Casual Critic PG Chamber Party Chauntaneftes Messiah Sing-i- n EDUCATION Manila Elementary Reflections FAGE 5 SOCIAL State Street Grill Opens EDUCATION Lindon Elementary Grandparent Day PGJHS Reflections Winners PGHS School Calendar PAGE 6 EDUCATION PGJHS Honor Rolls PAGE 7 CITY. RG. City Calendar PG Police Department Safety Tips PG Fire Chief Holiday Message PUBLIC SAFETY PG Police Beat Lindon Police Beat PAGE 8 --- x SPORTS ! Vikings Win Tourn.:,-- , ,r PGRec. Ski School) f (1 v J 7 r .. - ; ! v.: ; ; J PG Police Department Provides Drug Box for Prescription Pill Drop-of- f s r 'i 11 i l PHARMACEUTICAL i DISPOSAL ONLY l N0SYSINGF.S.N0MAIL by Geri Taylor When the idea of a Pharmaceutical Drop Box was first presented by patrol officer Raymond Robertson, Captain Mike Smith found a grant that was applied for and received to fund the project. A large metal box was purchased and painted, free of charge by Rocky Mountain Collision, then taken to the company that supplies the logos for the Police Department for lettering. The box is now bolted in the hallway just outside the court in City Hall. The box has a two-fold purpose: to eliminate the environmental impact of "flushing" expired or no longer needed medications and encourage citizens to remove the hazardous pharmaceuticals from their homes. Two "drop-off' events this year, held at Walgreens in Pleasant Grove, netted 60-7- 0 pounds of drugs each time. After three weeks, it is evident the program is successful, with a number of vials, bags of pills, and other pharmaceutical related products that require disposal, having been deposited in the box. Linda Chipman, administrative assistant to the police chief, is in charge of police evidence and responsible for taking A large metal box was purchased and painted, free of charge by Rocky Mountain Collision, the box will help to eliminate the environmental impact of "flushing" expired or no longer needed medications and encourage citizens to remove the hazardous pharmaceuticals from their homes. Photo cuu nosy of Ti m panogos Ti tries the drugs to Clearfield for incineration. Before transport the drugs are inventoried and held in the evidence room, a secure area that is accessed by only one person. If anyone needs to drop off drugs after normal business hours, dispatchers can be buzzed at the front doors and entry is granted. Plastic bags are provided to put loose drugs in. Please no syringes or mail! Lack of Planning by State Means PG Boulevard Will Need to be Redone All the work that has gone in to make Pleasant Grove Boulevard attractive from into 2000 West may have been for naught. City Engineer Degen Lewis told the Pleasant Grove City Council in last week's work session that the state wants to widen Pleas-ant Grove Boulevard which would require the narrowing of the highway dividers. Deon Giles, Director of Parks and Recreation for the city, said his department had worked long and hard to make those center strips at-tractive and to narrow them down would mean doing the work all over again. Me said they would probably not be as attractive as they are now if they are narrowed down. First, they need to find out whether the city or UDOT paid for the center strips. If the city paid for it, Deon said he feels the city should get their money back. More talks with UDOT will be required to get this whole matter straightened out, it was noted. The council also briefly discussed the need for a storm drain master plan. They have to decide whether to purchase land for the storm drain. The city has compared prices to see whether it would be better to purchase the land or get a loan. The council felt it would be best to buy the land now. Councilman Val Dan-kle- f brought up the subject of forming a citizen's committee to work with the city on future capital projects. Mayor Bruce Call asked Danklef to write up a proposal on this for the council to look at. Utility Rates Still Being Discussed by PG Council Pleasant Grove City Coun-cil continued the discussion re-garding the proposed utility rate increase facing the city during their work session last week. They were scheduled to make their final decision regarding this matter at the council meet-ing held on Tuesday, November 30,2010. The council spent the bulk of the meeting on November 23, 2010 in further discussion of the proposed water and sewer fee increases. To alleviate the costs for some low income individuals, the city discussed adopting a program for those elderly and fixed income users who real-istically cannot afford this in-crease. After public hearings and much discussion, the council's final rate proposal was present-ed for review. In the plan are suggested rate increases begin-ning in January 2011 and con-tinuing through 2014. At present the rate for culi nary water is $9.45. In 2011 it will increase to $10.99, in 2012 it will be $12.53, in 2013 it will be $14.07, and in 2014 it will be $15.60. Other rate increases are Sec-ondary Water which will raise from $ 1 6.20 in 20 0 to $ 9 .69 in 2011, $23.18 in 2012, $26.67 in 2013, and $30.14 in 2014. Sewer fees are suggested to go from $24.86 in 20 0 to $28.07 in 2011, $31.28 in 2012, $34.49 in 20 13, and $37 .69 in 20 14. . Suggested storm drain fees would raise from the present $3.00 to $4.19 in 201 1 , $5.38 in 20 12, $6.57 in 2013 and $7.77 in 2014. These figures represent an increase of $37.69 per month or $452.28 per year. It was also reported that the city will need to build two pipelines at Grove Creek and Battle Creek retention basins as part of the present project of piping the Murdock Canal. This will need to be done in the near future. Christmas Traditions Continue to be Alive and Well by Geri Taylor Holiday traditions are near and dear to our hearts as they usually involve fam-ily, friends, food and presents, but old traditions don't always mean there isn't room for new ones. In fact, some traditions must be altered by the very fact that people move, grow up or pass on. During this Christ-mas season, traditions from our citizens will be shared while glimpses of the past may cause you lo reminisce. The Pleasant Grove Jay-ce-had great plans for a new Christmas tradition in 1953 and elicited the support of all the businesses in town to make it a success. "The First Annual Community Christmas Party" was heralded in a full-pag- e ad to be held at the PG High School. It touted a basketball game with Milford High fol-lowed by a dance and 100 do-nated prizes that would be giv-en to only those in attendance. The Pleasant Grove Baseball Club was even giving away an automobile to some lucky tick-et holder who didn't need to be present to win. Contributing businesses such as Cozy Corner, Corleis-sen'- s Cafe, Christensen's, Ben Franklin's and Radmall's Hard-ware were among many stores, banks, and other establishments that leant their name and sup-port to making this a favored, annual tradition. So what hap-pened? . One can only guess the outcome because no mention of the festivities, game winner, or prize winners were even men-tioned in the following week's papers. Page after page and issue after issue were scoured for any reference to this grand event, and not one word was written nor even eluded to. "Christinas" continued on Page 5 PG City Tree Lighting Turns Out Crowd W 1" ' .. ,,.- -. .mm 1 1.. i i i I ' . --A People came to the Down-town Park for the City Tree Light-ing Ceremony on Monday, No-vember 29. Mayor Bruce Call had every-one countdown for the tree light-ing. When the count reached one, the mayor flipixd the switch to light the Christmas tree. The deco-rations were made by the Commu-nity Center preschoolers. As sirens were heard in the distance, children lined the side-walk in hopes of a glimpse of Santa. Santa Claus arrived on one of the city fire engines. He greeted everyone and the chil-dren soon gathered around him, each waiting their turn to talk to the man in red. Madeline Terry, age 8, said the greatest thing about Santa is "he gives us presents." She asked Santa for an American girl doll. Her brother, Christo-pher, age 5, wants a fire truck for Christmas. Annalise Terry, age 9. felt really happy to be there. She wants Santa Claus to bring her the "Toy Story 3" mov-ie. Sophie Snow, age 7, thinks she has been a good girl this year and wants Santa to surprise her. Santa Claus then made his way to the Pleasant Grove Li-brary w here other children were anxiously awaiting his arrival. The Youth Court took flyers to the elementary schools, gath-ered all the candy, put together the treat bags for Santa to give to the children, decorated where Santa sat, and supervised at the library. After Santa's arrival, the children soon gathered around him, each wailing their turn to talk to "the man in red." Pholo courtesy of Tim; aminos Times 'pleasant grove n WEATHER Today H - 37 L - 25 Snow Showers Thursday H -- 42 L - 32 Snow Rain Friday v H - 42 L - 31 Snow Showers Saturday H - 44 L - 30 Partly Cloudy Sunday '," " H -- 39 L-- Snow Rain V J |