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Show August 10,2011 TIMPANOGOS TIMES 7 .... - . . ( r ' " 'V, '; v,y t ' 1 - t. ' r --car - -- B-HighlandAlpine 1-- 15 Interchange Ramp and Lane Closures Start This Week Beginning tomorrow night, August 11, at 9 p.m., UDOT will be closing ramps on the HighlandAlpine interchange at Thanksgiving Point according to the follow-ing schedule: Thursday August 11, 9 p.m. to Friday, August 12, 6 a.m. UDOT will close the Southbound off-ram- p and Northbound p. A detour will be created on 14600 South to frontage roads. Closed: North side of in-tersection at Thanksgiving Way Timpanogos Highway. Detour: Use Ash ton Blvd. to access lo-cal businesses. On Friday, August 12, at 9 p.m. to Monday, August 15, at 6 a.m. UDOT will close the Southbound on-ra- and Northbound off-ram- p and set up a detour on 1200 West to front-age roads. Closed: South side of inter-sections of Thanksgiving Way and South Frontage Road with Timpanogos Highway. Detour: Use Ashton Blvd. or 2 100 North to access local businesses. Closed: East-we- st access on Timpanogos between Ashton Blvd. to the East frontage road. Follow detour signs. Daytime lane closures will start Monday August 15. One lane will remain open in each direction. The work is sched-uled to take six weeks, till about the end of September. The closures will allow workers to finish paving the fi-nal layer of asphalt and striping, and constructing barriers and center medians, according to UDOT. For more information and a map of the closures, visit cedarhills.org. which advises, "Motorists should plan ahead for heavy delays, especially during commute times and use frontage roads as alternate routes." .,114 .. . .; v PG City Calendar Wednesday, August 10 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Thursday, August 11 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Pork Friday, August 12 Chamber of Commerce Meeting, 12 Noon PG Recreation Bldg. Sunday, August 14 Concert in the Pork, 7:30 p.m. Recreation Building Tuesday, August 16 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, August 17 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Thursday, August 18 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Park Sunday, August 21 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m. Recreation Building Tuesday, August 23 City CouncilPlanning Commision Joint Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, August 24 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Thursday, August 25 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Park Arts Commission Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 30 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, August 31 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Thursday, September 1 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Park Tuesday, September 6 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South 1 Are You Registered to Vote? Be sure you are regis- -' tered to vote! If you have changed your name or ad-dress, even within the same city, it is necessary to You can now register online or prepare your mail-i- n registration form online at www.vote.utah.gov. Forms are also available at city offices or register in person at the Utah County Elections Office, 100 East Center, Room 3 100, Provo, Utah. Be aware of the follow-ing dates: August 14 is the last day a new resident of Utah can establish a 30-da- y voting residence prior to the Primary Election. August 15 is the last day to register to vote via mail (postmarked 30 days before the Primary Elec-tion). August 29 is the last day to register with the County Clerk or online for the Primary Election (15 days before Primary Election). September 1 3 will be the Pri-mary Election and November 8 is the General Election. Additional election in-formation is available on the cities websites. If you have questions about voting, please contact your local City Recorder. v Pictures are' HOW AVAILABLE at: jpTcMyKld 2011 CONCERTS IN THE PARK The 201 1 season for Concerts in the Park began on June 5 and will continue weekly through August 21 . The concerts are every Sunday evening starting at 7:30 p.m. during June, July and August on the east side of the new Community Center, located at 547 South Locust in Pleasant Grove. The schedule is as follows: August 14 Buzztones August 21 Harold Newman mm rm mw EVERYONE needs life insurance! The earlier you purchase the lesser the expense is. Age 0-1- 8 - Lower Rates (makes an excellent gift from parent or grandparent) . 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I made a point from that day on to always double check before I jumped in a truck. In Wyoming we awoke to our entire rig covered in a sheet of ice and had to wait for it to melt enough to get back on the road, while in Louisiana we kept the air conditioning on all night to save us from wilting in the humidity. But the worst layover was in Michigan when we made the mistake of rolling down the windows about two inches to get some air moving during the night. The posted, official bird of Michigan is the mosquito, and about 200 found our cab an inviting place while we were asleep. Dealing with the bites were one thing, but trying to get them out of our truck, while not letting in the masses buzzing on the outside, was quite another. Luckily I had learned a trick from my Avon days and slathered the bites with roll-o- n deodorant, and while we looked chalky, we didn't scratch ourselves raw from the "gift" these state birds gave us. Stopping at the myriad truck stops, terminals, holding lots and the like were a vital part of the magical journey I learned to enjoy, no, love. What I would give to drive a big truck just once more. around herself and obviously underdressed for the condi-tions. I rolled down the window halfway and said, "May I help you?" I was mildly surprised and confused at what she said next because she seemed to be tripping over her thoughts and I wondered if she had been drinking. She asked if this was where I was going to park for the night, which made me think I was in the wrong place, and asked such. She quickly as-sured me she was just making sure of where everyone was -- like it was her job to keep all the trucks in the right place. We exchanged a few more odd words and she told me to have a good night. It was then I heard Rodger chuckling - no laughing, and as I crawled over him to my side of the very nar-row bed, he asked if I knew who that was. Too many weird ques-tions for one night, of course I didn't know who she was and why was he laughing. It was then I had my first lesson on lot lizards, those creatures who of-fer their services to lonely truck drivers who haven't got the sense to turn them away. The "lady" was obviously not ex-pecting a woman to answer and even as she fumbled for a reason for being there, she certainly had me fooled. The tables were turned on me at a terminal in Atlanta as I returned to our truck after a walk. When I opened the driv-er's side to climb in, I quickly realized this wasn't my truck, and the driver had that look of surprise that gave me to be-lieve he had never seen such a forward lot lizard. I laughed and apologized, hoping he Miami is particularly known for break-in- s and stolen trucks and we were continually warned about parking in safe places while waiting for a load. One supplier, upon giving us direc-tions to our pick up, assured we would be in a secure area and our overnight wait would be without incident. When we arrived at the address, we found we were on a side street in a mostly residential area that did not look like the neighborhoods in our city. We had no problems, but I think we slept with one eye open. Whether waiting for a load, sleeping at a truck stop, or just taking the precaution of not falling asleep by pulling on to the p, we generally got through the event with nothing happening to write home about. But every now and again we had some interesting experiences. One of my first occurred as I pulled into the rest stop at Donner's Pass in California. It was about 2 a.m. and Rodger was in the sleeper but woke as 1 maneuvered the truck into a space. The snow was deep and the lot was full, so I inched my way nearly to the exit before finding a place to park. Dead tired and anxious to get into bed, I had barely reached the "bedroom" and started to un-dress when there was a knock on the door. I wondered who in the world would need me at 2 a.m., but being the naive and trusting person I was, I put my shirt back on and climbed into the drivers seat. If you haven't been over Donner's Pass in the winter, you must trust me that it was cold. A woman stood outside the door, with her arms wrapped |