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Show Pleasant Grove Library 1 12510 30 E Center .. -.- . , ' ' . Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 8 ' .. v , - .. - $1 PER ISSUE FniWA FfW"-fa-- CWfriis. 71 fF. P1I FnnnFX fWWl ffl us postage VOLUME 2 NUMBER 044 WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2010 WWW.timptimes.com AT A GLANCE -- " i j I I ...... PAGE 2 LIFESTYLE Pleasant Grove BLAB Life's Moments Thoughts From The Garden. . . "Pioneer II" PAGE 3 OBITUARIES SOCIAL Utah Children's Choir 'X Senior News PAGE 4 EDUCATION School Burns PAGE 5 SOCIAL Senior Pictures PG Neighborhood Beautification Winners Buskers Perform PAGE 6 SOCIAL Room Service Available at Hospital Toothbrush Blamed Concerts in the Park RELIGIOUS Grove Creek Fifth Ward Bishopric Change PUBLIC SAFETY PG Police Beat Lindon Police Beat PAGE 7 CITY RG. City Calendar C.H. Does Not Revisit Budget RG. Public Notice SPORTS Athletes Need Physicals for Fall Sports Payson Swim Meet PAGE 3 SPORTS City League Champions Announced PG. Defeats Jordan RG. Batters Finish 2nd V J : - ' ' . '"- - - . ": ': . ' , Vf - P'l W5 PwlODI! see Paoe 7 for pictures ; V f J VjVJ J Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com Pleasant Grove Police Acquire New Undercover Patrol Car L' f--f' r: This 2010 Dodge Challenger was provided to the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. by Power Innovations at no cost to the city. Photo courtesy of Titnpanogos Times The car is black, a 2010 Dodge Challenger. It is equipped with all the normal things a car should have and more. It can play "Bad Boys" when the car finds a hit. It reads license plates and tells an officer when license plates are expired. The police officers love to drive it. Pleasant Grove Police Chief Tom Paul has a ready smile when anyone asks him about the new police car and you can tell he likes to talk about it. The car was provided to the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. by Power Innovations at no cost to the city, except they have to pur-chase their own gasoline. The actual owner of the car is Bob Mount, an honorary captain with the police department, who donated it to the city police. The car is equipped with 5,000 Watts of perfect AC pow-er at any engine RPM.425 horse power, one touch total inte-grated control, 4G communica-tions package, advanced covert lighting, advanced scene light-ing, advanced audible warning, ALPR capable of processing a tag a second at speeds up to 80 mph. It has extreme power and control and is aggressive for un-dercover patrol. Chief Paul said that only li-cense plates which are three months or more overdue will be picked up by this special ve hicle. It uses infrared to work at night to read license plates. The number goes to a computer which sends it to NCIC to see if the car is wanted anywhere in the United States. If the suspect car turns out to be stolen the vehicle will play the song "Bad Boys". This spe-cial car can be used for all pa-trol. Pleasant Grove uses it for four hour patrol by city officers. Chief Paul said all the officers want to drive it. So far it has had two hits on stolen plates. It picks up Amber Alerts also. Every thing the vehicle picks up is recorded and these are saved on a data base and can be used for up to six months after the license was recorded. They can read from the sides, front, back and top of the car at the same time. The new car's equipment can read license plates at speeds up to 100 mph. The out-date- d li-cense plate numbers are kept on file for six months. When in use, a voice comes on and tells the officer driving the police ve-hicle what the offense is. The State of Utah has sev-eral of these vehicles, Chief Paul said. He also explained that they have offered to use it to help surrounding cities with their problems, too. Chief Paul also noted that this car does not have the most brand new technology but it is . : - - r .i., i YY5 ' - , -., , !., quite advanced. His department uses it every day and will send officers with it to help other cit-ies if reeded. Chief Paul noted, "The state wishes every city had one of these vehicles." He also added that this same technology could be used at city entrances and ex-its and this would be a big help to police, if it is feasible. Most arrests made are for expired license plates. Chief Paul explained. The officer will signal the suspected car to stop and give them a ticket and check for DUI, etc., as well. There are red and blue lights on the front and rear of each car. The chief also pointed out that Federal is the name of the company that makes these The new car 's equipment can read license plates at speeds up to 100 mph. Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times additions for police cars. He added that they will be getting another car soon. In discussing future needs, Chief Paul said that the city police department went into the police car lease program a couple of years ago where cars are replaced every two years. They also use Ford Ex-plorers. The city police motor cy-cles are from Harley David-son, Chief Paul stated. Brian Jolley is Proud to be a Product of Alpine School District got into education," Mr. Jolley continued. Principal Jolley is open to feedback from the community. "I always have an open door. Any concerns or things they want to address or discuss, I am always available to hear their viewpoints and get their perspective on what's best for their student, what's best for all kids, and what can make us better as a school," he con-cluded. by Angie Walker In April 2010 the Alpine School District announced many changes, one of which stated that Brian Jolley would be the principal of Pleasant Grove Junior High School on July 1. Brian Jolley and his wife, Melissa, have five children, three boys and two girls rang-ing from 2 to 10 years old. Melissa was a P.E. teacher and student-taug- ht at Pleasant Grove Junior High School. The Jollcy's live in Ameri-can Fork', only three minutes away from Tim Brantley, prin-cipal of Pleasant Grove High School. Brian loves reading histori-cal fiction and historical nov-els. One of his favorite books is "1776". He and his family love to go camping especially at Arches and Capital Reef. Trialhlons and cycling are also things Brian loves to do in his spare time. Brian has been in Utah val-ley almost his whole life, lie was born in Iowa and at the afe of three, his family moved lo Orcm. Brian attended West-mor- e Elementary, Lakeridge Junior llij'li School, and Mountain View lli;.',h School. Mr. Jolley continued his edu-cation al BYU where he re-ceived his Bachelor's Decree in Spanish and Coaching. Mr. Jolley began his career as a Spanish teacher, teaching for nine years at Oak Canyon Junior High. One of Brian's passions is athletics and soc-cer. While he was at Oak Canyon, he coached soccer at BYU for about ten years. When Brian became an admin-istrator, he decided it was too much, so he quit coaching. During his last year at Oak Canyon, Brian was named teacher on special assignment for two years. In addition lo classroom responsibilities, he spent time in the front of-fice where he received specific assignments and shadowed the assistant principals and learned from them. "It was like a big, long internship," he said. While Brian served in this position, he went back lo Utah State to get his Adminis-trative Degree. After two years of being a teacher on special assign-ment, Brian was assigned as an assistant principal at I,ak-eridg- c Junior High School. This year is his first assign-ment as principal. Mr. Jol-ley expressed his feelings, "To be honest I am a little bit nervous which is a good thing. I think I have a pretty good idea of the differences and responsibilities as princi-pal," he added "I think more than anything I am excited to work with this community and staff. I've already got-ten to know them and some of the parents in our commu-nity council and PTA. They are phenomenal people who want the best for all kids, so I look forward to working with them. It is exciting to see the potential for great things and know that you can be a part of those great things because of the people you work with," he stated. Principal Jolley shared his vision, "I think (here's been some great things that have happened over the last seven or eight years," he said. "Re-placing a principal like Mr. Ed man is a daunting task. My vision is to continue moving forward on the positive things the community and staff have worked together to accom-plish. When I look al my vi-sion for a school , it is a lofty goal, but you want all kids to be successful." "It is a goal worth pursu-ing. As a school our vision is lo do everything possible to make thai happen. II any kid falls through the cracks; it is going, to be disappoint ing to us because we leel like maybe there was something different we could have done to help that student out Thai is what I want lo do and why I Y v N rY Alpine School Distiict announced that Hrian Jolley v he the net pimcipid of Pleasant drove Junior High S liol. I'ltOtO I'IMIIW'M ol TimilltO.OS llMU'S 'pleasant grove n WEATHER Today H - 91 L- - 65 Mostly Sunny Thursday H - 89 L - 64 Mostly Sunny Friday H - 92 L- - 64 Mostly Sunny Saturday H - 83 L - 64 Mostly Sunny Sunday H - 87 L - 61 Mostly Sunny V J |