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Show Pleasant Grove Library 1251 30 E Center Pleasant Grove. UT 84062 8 ' ' N ' - - $1 PER ISSUE VOLUME 2 NUMBER 062 WEDNESDAY, November 24, 2010 www.timptimes.com ! AT A GLANCE j - 'v' - i PAGE 2 LIFESTYLE Pleasant Grove BLAB Life's Moments Thoughts From The Garden. . . "Good Neighbors" BIRTHDAY'S PAGE 3 OBITUARIES SCOUTING BIRTHS SOCIAL PGHS Operation Smile Lindon Elementary Reflections Winners Christmas Tree Lightings Senior News PAGE 4 SOCIAL Casual Critic PG Club Helps to Provide Christmas EDUCATION Grovecrest Elementary Focuses on Fitness PAGE 5 EDUCATION PGJHS Reality Town Valley View Reflections Valley View Students Eat with a Cow Maeser Prep Writer Awarded PGHS School Calendar PAGE 6 EDUCATION PGHS Honor Rolls PAGE 7 CITY RG. City Calendar PUBLIC SAFETY PG Police Beat Lindon Police Beat PAGE 8 SPORTS Kristin Pond, PGHS Athletic Trainer PGHS Region to Change Kim Dahl Signs Letter of Intent Haley Burns Wins All State Recognition EDUCATION PGJHS Orchestra ' PGHS Dance Co. and Ballroom Concert 1 - r' Gity Delays Decision on Utility Increase Proposal At the conclusion of a Pleasant Grove City Council public hearing held Nov. 16, 2010, the council unanimously voted to delay a decision on the proposed utility rate increase until they could get the answers to some questions raised during the lengthy public hearing. One important question was whether larger pipe to carry water could be used and this would save some expenses. The council agreed that this should be studied and dciayed a final decision on the proposed increase until this possibility was studied. There was a large turnout for the public hearing on the proposed rate increase which was held in the fire station building. A large crowd was anticipated and a large crowd attended. Many residents took the opportunity to address the city council about the proposed utility rate increase for water service charges. Fees being discussed were Water Service Charges, Timpanogos Special Service District fees, Storm Water Utility, Storm Water Utility fee, and City Pressurized Irrigation System fees. City leaders noted that they have put off increasing the utility rate fees to adequately support each utility and thJy can no longer do-this- : The gist of the arguments from the public were based around the fact that many people say they simply cannot afford this great of an increase due to the depressed economy and many living on fixed incomes. The city is asking for an increase in culinary water rates from the current $9.45 per month to the $10.11 proposed rate for 2011, along with an increase for secondary water from $16.20 to $34.99, sewer from the present $24.86 to $31.08, and storm drain from $3.00 to $9.75. This raises rates to $85.93 from $53.51 of a total increase of $32.42, a 61 per cent increase in year one. Increases would continue annually through 2014. A comparative rate charge . for nearby cities for 2011 was given for comparison. These included Cedar Hills with total rates beginning in 2011 at $94.60 per month; Lindon, $75.90; American "Rates" continued on Page 7 rie response to this years drive has been unbelievable as clothing, toys, books, quilts, baby formula and bottles, diapers and food has poured into City hall. Photo courtesy of Gen Taylor Lindon PD Shows True Spirit of Thanksgiving by Geri Taylor The wives of Lindon City's Police officers began a service group when the de-partment was first organized in 2008 and have sponsored several drives each year to help the underprivileged from our local communities. Though few news, articles have been written about the projects, the ladies have not sought the notoriety or atten-tion. However, one of the articles was the catalyst for their latest and most touching undertaking. "Wives" continued on Page 4 Early Area Settlers Gave Thanks in Their Own Special Way - .kf-c- ' i - - - town which was ysed as a school, meeting house and lodging house. The men had plowed 80 acres southwest of town in an-ticipation for the next year's planting and while they had little machinery and tools, they knew their efforts would soon yield not only a good harvest, but a place they could proudly call home. William Adams' journal tells that in spite of the con-siderable snow, the settlers got along fine that first winter with plenty of food and a camarade-rie that helped them "pass the winter pleasantly." Many of the early settlers of Pleasant Grove had suffered the hardships of being driven from their homes, losing loved ones on the journey to the Salt Lake Valley, and starting anew with few possessions in an un-familiar land. In spite of these privations, they not only en- - Diaries of Pleasant Grove settlers are replete with tales of hardship and heartbreak, but the pages are also filled with thanksgiving. dured, but flourished, building a town that thousands are proud to call home. While the holiday we call Thanksgiving may not have been observed by the pioneers in 1850, it is certain they cele-brated their safe arrival and good fortunes by worshipping their Heavenly Father and continually thanking Him for their blessings. Our gratitude is evidenced by how we care for our fellow citizens, thus honoring the hard work and faithfulness of those who built our city from the sagebrush and "pleasant grove" found in 1850. by Geri Taylor While searching pioneer records for any mention of the Thanksgiving holiday, it was apparent that even though the early settlers of Pleasant Grove had little in terms of posses-sions, they had an abundance of gratitude and stamina. Diaries are replete with tales of hardship and heartbreak, but the pages are also filled with a reverence for all the blessings proffered by their God. Perhaps a glimpse into the harsh realities of their liv-ing conditions can give us all a deeper appreciation for their re-silience and pure grit in the face of deprivation. In July of 1850, three men who had arrived with the 1848 Willard Richards group, were sent into the next valley south to find suitable locations for settle-ments. After William Adams, Phi-l- o Farnsworth and John Mercer had scouted out the Utah Valley, their first choice for a town lay at the base of the mountains be-tween two streams coming from the hills. A beautiful grove of cottonwood trees, surrounded by canyons full of game and timber, was enough to convince the men that this would be an excellent place to live. They surveyed the town site, marking it with wood stakes with their names on them, then staked out some farms for themselves beyond the town. On their way back to Salt Lake, the trio met two men and two herd boys bringing cattle to winter near Battle Creek. The two young men re-mained the rest of the summer and built the first log cabin just north of the cottonwood grove. At a special conference held in Salt Lake City on Sep-tember 8, 1850, Adams, Farn-sworth and Mercer gave a re-port of their findings, resulting in Brigham Young calling for a few families to settle the area. Most of the pioneers an-swering the prophets invita-tion had arrived in the Salt Lake Valley only three or four days before the conference and set out for their new home three days after. The journey took two days and George S. Clark drove the first wagon onto the site, a fitting bgacy for a family that has stayed the course. The men immediately be-gan building a crude shelter of sagebrush while the women cooked supper and the follow-ing day they cleared land and cut logs for homes. Tragedy was not long in coming when only weeks after their arrival, seven year-ol- d Benjamin Price was killed by a log falling from the home his father was building. The grief-stricke- n colony, buried the lad just north of the settle-ment, not expecting the first to occupy the cemetery would be a child. The next day Lewis Har-vey was hit by the same log, breaking his leg and laying him up for the winter. Since their home was not finished, they lived in a wagon box until the following Spring. It wasn't long before other Saints were joining the small community, with cabins and other dwellings being built, mostly in close proximity to each other for safety. Wil-liam Stevens decided to build a large two-roo- m home about a mile-and-a-h- west of the Messiah Sing In is Annual Event for PG Orchestra and Choir 1 Come and listen to the performance in concert of Handel's "Messiah" per-formed by Pleasant Grove's own community choir and orchestra on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School audi-torium. Admission is free but come early to get a seat. This will be a great way to feel the spirit of Christmas as we begin the holiday sea-son This year's "Messiah" community sing-i- n with so-loists is sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Arts 'Com-mission and Pleasant Grove City. "Messiah" will be con-ducted by Jim Wilcock and will feature soloists Corlissa Jensen, Mitch Sturges, Re-becca O'Ncil. Rhonda Black, Janilyn Anderson, Lyndsey Jarman, Dylan Glenn, I leather Reichert, Michelle Soderberg. Please bring your own music. George Frederic Handel. PLEASANT GROVE WEATHER Today : - H - 1 9 L - 3 Snow Showers Thursday H - 24 L-- Sunny Friday H - 32 L - 12 Sunny Saturday H - 36 L - 20 Partly Cloudy Sunday H - 38 L - 28 Mostly Sunny" |