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Show 8 V:-- - December 11,2013 hffi'AL--j'-'-'t-t'- - rftomrShflira-- ea5an Grove jpig On November 26 one adult male was arrested and released on a citation for driving under the influence. The vehicle he was operating was impounded as per state law. The male was released from custody to his father. Police were called by an individual who reported the theft of their vehicle. One suspect was named. An ATL was sent out and the ve-hicle was listed on NCIC. On November 30 two adult males were arrested after be-ing involved in a physical al-tercation at a local bar. They were both issued citations and released to a local hospi-tal's care. An officer responded to a report of a delayed criminal mischief on December 2. The officer found no suspect in-formation and that this was a continuation of a previously reported issue. On November 20 a GPS unit and a portable DVD player were stolen from a mini-va- n while it was parked and unattended in front of the victim's apartment. No suspect information. This case was referred to Investiga-tions. Police responded to a local residence where a mother re-ported finding drug parapherna-lia belonging to her son. Upon arrival and investigation police observed and seized the drug paraphernalia and then cited, the juvenile for possession in a drug-fre- e zone. An officer responded to a traffic accident. While investi-gating the accident, the officer located marijuana in the vehicle. The passenger of the vehicle was issued a citation for posses-sion of marijuana in a drug-fre- e zone. On On Novem ber 21 two students were vic-tims of a theft that occurred in the boys locker. The items taken were a cell phone and an Ipod with a value of $500. There is suspect information and further follow up will be done. On November 22 an officer responded to a report of a bur-glary at a local business. There was no forced entry and prop-erty was stolen. Suspect infor-mation was added to the report. This case will be referred to De-tectives for follow up. Police received reports of a delayed, unlawful entry, resi-dential burglary. No suspect in-formation was available. ' "'"" '.',r- ': h L C.H. Approves Water Conversation Citizens Advisory Committee by Harlow Clark Cedar Hills uses far too much water. That was one con-clusion from research by Mark Cram of Siemens Group on secondary water usage, elec-tric lighting, and well pumping costs. Cram presented infra-structure improvement recom-mendations to the City Coun-cil on December 3. Cram said Siemens guarantees that the improvements he was propos-ing would save the city, mon-ey, meaning that if the project didn't save the city money Sie-mens would make up the differ-ence. When asked how the proj-ect would be financed, since savings is money not spent, Cram said typically a lender fronts the construction costs, then once the project is com plete and the city has started saving, it shifts the money it has saved from the operational budget to an account to pay the loan. One of the improvements involves installing a meter for secondary water, which will encourage conservation, which could mean residents wouldn't see lower water rates for 15 to 20 years since the savings would go to pay off the proj-ect. Cram said he couldn't say that for sure at this stage, and reduced pumping costs coming from the improvements could produce greater savings. Also, if pumps were pumping less, they would last longer, saving on maintenance. It takes 10 to 15 years to pay off the project, but state law requires the savings to begin the first year. But how much will it cost? Cram said he would have to find out what the city wanted to do, pressurized irrigation, light-ing, pumping, all three, then do an investment grade audit and come back with a quote. Cram's slidehow is avail-able on cedarhills.org with the agenda items for the meeting. The presentation was for discussion only, so the city didn't take any action, though later in the meeting the coun-cil approved creating a Water Conservation Citizens Advisory Committee. Mayor Gary Gygi called water conservation "near and dear to my heart," and said, "The committees I've worked with that are most effective are citizen-driven- ," using the Fami-ly Festival and golf course com-mittees as examples. On December 2 police re-sponded to an assault at Oak Canyon Jr. High where a male juvenile consistently swore in class at his teacher and kicked his teacher's leg. An unknown suspect broke in the back door to the victim's resi-dence and took computers and electronics from the victim's bed-room. Photos were taken of the bedroom and a damaged door. The victim is still compiling a de-tailed On list of stolen items and values. This case is active. i November 28 police were called to a home where they performed medical assistance on a male who had possibly overdosed at his home. When officers arrived, they found the male walking around semi-conscious. Drug paraphernalia i was found in plain view. Once the male was transported to the hospital, he removed and dropped a syringe with heroin and cocaine. Officers responded to an as-sault at a local residence on No-vember 30. Cedar Hills Proclaims December 4 Valerie Scott Day by Harlow Clark At the December 3 city council meeting Cedar Hills proclaimed the next day "Ce-dar Hills Champion, Valerie Scott Day" to recognize her efforts to expand awareness of lung cancer, such as that caused by radon. Diagnosed in 2012 Scott was determined to out-live her prognosis, and has by six months so far. The city recognized Scott's work with businesses and schools to raise aware-ness, and her efforts to encour age insurance companies to pay for early screening. "Val-erie Scott's goals and deter-mination exemplify the traits, and drive that inspire others in our community to pursue their own personal goals and dreams," the proclamation said. Cedar Hills Council Discusses Long Term Golf Course Maintenance and Repairs by Harlow Clark There are four torn sections in the driving range netting at the Cedar Hills golf course. As they continue tearing, the tears could affect other panels. The city council discussed five op-tions for repair on December 3. 1) Replace the netting on the 4 panels, $12,900. 2) Replace 5 poles and the 4 panels, $84,000. 3) Replace all 17 poles with tall-er poles, 95 feet buried 15 feet in the ground, and new netting, $160,000. 4) Replace all 17 wooden poles with taller, painted steel poles and new netting, $204,000. 5) Replace netting and net stretching hardware on existing poles, $17,800. The current wooden poles have a service life of ten years, and they've been in service that long. In the discussion, Council Member Daniel Zap-pal- a said he wasn't comfort-able spending $200,000 on the golf course. Council Member Jenney Rees suggested replac-ing the netting then taking up the poles in next year's budget discussion. Zappala said he liked that idea, and that he preferred thinking long term, which made replacing the poles a bet-ter option. Rees started to make a motion approving Option 1 for now, then said it was already included in the budget, so no motion would be needed for that. But Council Member Trent Augustus pointed out that Option 1 comes out at about $3,000 per panel, while option 5 is about $1,000 per panel because it spreads out the mobilization costs over more poles. Rees said she would be happy with that if they could reuse the netting and moved to approve Option 5, with the proviso that they go with Option 1 if they couldn't reuse the netting. Our Gift Cards make the perfect Gift or Stocking Stuffer! - f - - '" .,., r' ...'''' "" " ' .. - --- -- . A 239 East State Pleasant Grove ' 1395 North State Orem " -- ... vant of the trees mprphing into full foliage than ever before. I found myself anxiously watching for the buds and flowers to break through the ground and was fas-cinated to observe the graduat-ing blooming as I traveled up the canyon. When the trees at the mouth were in full bloom, those at the Deli were still just starting to open. Please forgive me, but I won't miss cleaning up after the Scouts when the snow finally melts. I picked up bags and bags of candy wrappers, hand warm-ers, tent pegs, clothing and more wrappers of assorted foods and drinks. I will say no more. I'll miss girls camp, and all the bubbly teens who come with the right attitude of enjoying na ture. This summer they got a lit-tle closer to it than they realized with the water situation and port-a-potti- Rodger always got a kick out of their reactions when he explained how to roll up their sleeve and stir the potties with their hands to redistribute the "stuff'. By their horrified looks, we knew some actually believed him. With the well situation we have had the lodge closed since October, and so through the week it is peaceful and serene, like being on vacation. But as I watch the snow fall as I write, I can't help wonder if fickle moth-er nature might give Rodger his heart's desire just when we need to move. It wouldn't surprise me a bit. "Granny" continued from Page 3 had enough snow to satisfy the sledders, Klondike Derby kids, snow shoe enthusiasts and Rod-ger in his Chevy Sierra with the snow plow. It, was his great es-cape as he pushed, piled and es-sentially relocated all the snow in the parking lots. Sometimes his enthusiasm got the best of him and he would sheepishly ask for me to pull him out of "almost go-ing into the creek", or high cen-tering on a snow pile. This was his time to "play trucks". I gave him the solution to realize his desire to be snowed in pile all the snow at the driveway opening and we wouldn't get out for a long, long time. He consid-ered it more than once, but used his better judgment to let mother nature make that decision. She never cooperated. I will miss having moose walk through my backyard or bed down near the creek across from the cabin. I'll miss seeing the bob-cat and mountain lion prints in the snow and watching a Stellar Jay fly into a pine tree. And I'll always wonder if the squirrels we watched gathering their winter food found a safe place to live. We think some made their nest in the dumpster last November because when it was picked up, the squirrels disap-peared from that area. Spring was slow in coming this year, but I was more obser-- "Xinas Past" continued front Page 5 group returned hungry and cold from the evening's activities." While they were away, the son of the host family returned with his teen-ag- e group and seeing the grand buffet set before him, was elated at the thoughtfulness of his mother to prepare such a fine dinner. They filled themselves and left for their planned activities as soon as they were finished. When the hungry adults entered, anticipating their feast, they found only a few leftovers and a lot of dirty dishes. Some things never change. "Christmases of the past were wrapped in deep snow and peace and friendship. They were unclouded by commercialism and artificial-ity. We get lonely for a real, ed Christmas like the ones we see now only on Christmas cards." Make sure your Christmas traditions will be the memories your children tell their children and the stories of the past will be retold for generations. Mer-ry Christmas. |