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Show April 20, 2011 , : TIMPANOGQS TIMES ; , 7 rrmp, ' f EMESiCj i J h H U i in 3i " v--- 2 Golf Course Decision Complicated by Its Part in Cedar Hills Pressurized Irrigation System by Harlow Clark Money Cedar Hills has collected from recreation im-pact fees and the Community Arts and Recreation (CARE) tax has to be spent this year. Close to 40 people, including 10 Boy Scouts, came to the April 5 city council meeting, and about 15 spoke during the public comment section. Most of them opposed build-ing a clubhouseevents center reception center at the golf course. Ken Cromar, first to speak, set out most of the points others repeated. He said using $1,000,000 or more for golf course clubhouse and recreation center takes money away from children's recre-ation funds. He refered to two petitions to either not spend CARE taxrecreation fees on golf course or refund the money. He also said that no mat-ter who paid the impact fees, "all Cedar Hills families have been burdened with the loss of over $8 million down the drain with this golf course." Jerry Derringer, from the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Recre-ation Acquatics Committee, said members were told that if the funds weren't used, most refunds would have to be paid to developers rather than ho-meowners. His research said the money can be returned to the current landowner and that according to city code, that an appropriate use would be to apply funds to the debt service on the bond. "Let the golfers build their own clubhouse," Joe Ferguson said. Paul Sorensen also spoke in favor of paying down the debt on golf course, rather than building a clubhouse. He repeated calls from others for a municipal vote on the matter. Bob Eddington said he didn't oppose the golf course. "No matter what form of rec-reation we support by the city, it's all going to be subsidized to some extent," he said. Bob Lyle agreed, saying, "I want to know what in this, city has a profit that the city owns?" He added, "the golf course is a first class facility," and a clubhouse would be a great addition. Diane Kirk said the mat-ter had been discussed over and over and quoted City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt from another meeting, "We have paralyzation because of analyzation." Kirk said the golf course was built for four purposes: recreation, water reservoirs, open space for density, all of which it has ac-complished, and for addition-al revenue for the city, which was not accomplished yet. "We have a golf course," Kirk said. A lot of people don't like it or want it, but we have it, and we need to make the best of it." She agreed with those who didn't think the city should own a business. "If we built the events center, maybe it would be more pal-atable for someone to buy." Acknowledging that it's not easy to spend the money in a way that pleases every-one, she invited people who think they could do better to run for office in the next elec-tion. Selling the golf course is not a simple matter though. "We can't sell it off or we'd sell our irrigation system," Council Member Ken Kirk said after the meeting. He said the water traps and ponds are part of an intricate irriga-tion system accounting for $1 million of the $8 million Cromar claimed was wasted. For example, pond 10 pumps to pond 12, which pumps to tanks which use gravity to pressurize the system. Simi-larly pond 17 pumps to pond 18, which also pumps to tanks, he said. PG City Calendar Wednesdov. April 20 City Clean Up Week Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Thursday. April 21 City Clean Up Week Board of Adjustment Meeting, 7 p.m. 'Arts Commission Meeting', 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. April 26 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday. April 27 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Tuesday. May 3 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, May 4 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Tuesday. May 10 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Friday. May 1 3 Pleasant Grove Chamber Of Commerce Monthly Member Meeting, 12 noon Easter Eggs Ready For Cedar Hills by Harlow Clark Cedar Hills Council Mem-ber Stephanie Martinez said the Youth City Council has filled all the eggs they have and are ready for the 11 a.m. hunt on Saturday, April 23. The hunt may only last a minute. When Council Mem-ber Marisa Wright asked about the possibility of delaying it a minute, Mayor Eric Richard-son said, "Have you tried to hold back a wall of water?" Martinez suggested that maybe the Easter Bunny could ride on a fire truck for the Safety Fair and sound the horn to start at 11:01. Everyone else said, get there early. Ballroom Dancing is a Growing Trend by Angie Walker The Grovecrest Ballroom Concert was held April 5 in the Pleasant Grove Junior High au-ditorium. The Grovecrest Ball-room Team, consisting of 4th through 6th graders, the Pleas-ant Grove Junior High Ball-room Team and soloists per-formed for family and friends. The Level 1 class, direct-ed by Angie Lowe, began the performance with a Swing to "Beach Dance." The color-ful costumes and bright beach towels added to the liveliness of the number. The choreogra-phy was fun and innovative and the audience was treated with a solo by Trevonn Oliver. BYU Freshman Casey Treu and his partner Rachel Pope,, from Timpview- - High, captured the attention of au-dience members with a dra-matic Paso. Casey's cape ac-tion brought cheers from the crowd. Following their thrill-ing number, the 4th grade did a Cha-ch- a to "Corazon." The audience clapped along and went wild when they per-formed a ripple. With the girls dressed in polka dot skirts and the boys in red, blue and green ties, the ju-nior high team danced a Swing to "Curly Shuffle." The lifts and clever choreography was impressive. Under the direc-tion of Cheryll Treu, this is the first year the junior high has offered a ballroom program. Tyler Wilson, a PGHS student, and Gioia Reni, a Timpview student, wowed the crowd with their sharp Tango to "Baby, Baby, Baby-O.- " They gave the audience a good laugh or two with their come-di- c routine and exit. Level 1 took the stage again to dance a Cha-ch- a to the song "Let's Get Loud." The performance was as color-ful and energetic as the song they danced to. Once again the audience was treated with a solo by Jeremy Everett and the stunt performed by Daniel Rubio added to the ending as the team posed. For the finale, all dance groups came on stage one at a time and bowed. Following the number, Kennadie Austin presented Angie Lowe with flowers and a gift card from the elementary ballroom team. They also presented Steve Clark, a father, with a gift cer-tificate for helping with the team throughout the year. The Grovecrest Ballroom Team competed in three team matches this year. At the Al-pine Team Match in January, they had two teams win silver and one team win gold. At the UVU Team Match they had one team place silver and one team place gold. Lastly, they competed at BYU and received gold, placing 4th overall. "We were really pleased with how hard the students worked to achieve the awards for the school," stated Angie. "They had a ton of fun. It was a good experience for everyone." If you are interested in registering for ballroom at Grovecrest next year, you may contact Angie Lowe at or angiemlowe gmail.com. 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