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Show April 27, 2011 TIMPANOGOS TIMES 5 rfMiiMhlrih - " Moms and Muffins a Great Start at Mt. Mahogany " ' !' i"--- -. '': , J ' . i ' i r ' ': T NMiMiMliJI " ' - byAngie Walker Mothers and students came to Mount Mahogany Elementary bright and early on Wednesday, April 6, for Moms & Muffins. The purpose of Moms & Muffins is to promote mothers to read with their children so their children can improve their read-ing skills. This activity was held in conjunction with the Book Fair where one may purchase one book and get one free so parents can have books in their homes for the summer. "The read-ing levels of students fall in the Summer, so we try to keep them reading all Summer long," stat-ed PTA President Kristi Beck-stran- d. The biggest obstacle to lit-eracy is the scarcity of books in many homes. In Utah sixty-on- e percent of low-inco- families don't own a single book. It is estimated that more than two billion dollars is spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they don't know how to read. Eleven percent of the popu-lation in Utah functions at a reading level of third-grad- e or below and forty-seve- n percent of school-age- d children aren't reading up to grade level by the fourth grade. Access to an abundance of books at home and in the classroom results in in-creased reading, motivation and achievement. Kristi expressed her feel-ings about Moms & Muffins. "I love it," she said. "I am an avid reader myself and I am trying to instill that in my children. You can get so much more out of a book than a movie. It is better all around. I read to them in the car when we are on trips. I try to find something we all like. I have them read to me and try to find books that are interesting to them," she added. The PTA gave a raffle ticket to each student who attended. Games, books, and gift certificates were the prizes which were distributed equally among all of the grades. Wendy ' Cook came with three of her children. "I think it's great because it is a good way for the families to connect with the school. Sometimes it is hard t seven kids off to school with a healthy start, so to do Moms & Muffins is a two for one. You get to enjoy your children, enjoy what the school is offering aca- - At Mt. Mahogany Elementary the purpose ofMoms & Muffins is to promote mothers to read with their children so their children can improve their reading skills. Moms, children and some dads lined up for muffins before reading together. Photo COUrtesy of Timpanogos Times demically and make the best of it." Her daughter Kathryn said her mom is "awesome because she is the best mom in the world." Kath-ryn also stated she loves all books. Cole Pusey felt it was re-ally good that his mom came. He brought along his favorite book "Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones" to read. His mother, Jenny, spoke of her feelings about Moms & Muffins. "It's fun. I'm glad they do it. It's fun to get up in the morning and have a muf-fin and read some books," she stated. PTA Treasurer Kim Wright said, "I think it is a great event. A good excuse to spend time with your kids and enjoy breakfast togeth-er." Grovecrest PAW Power 5K Finally at the Starting Line by Aimee Charlton Students and teachers at Grovecrest Elementary have been hard at work this year improving their academics and physical fitness levels while demonstrating winning attitudes. It has been paying off in numerous ways! We're nearing the goals we set for our upcoming 5K Race and Fun Run which is on Saturday, April 30! Two of our goals were to have 500 plus race participants and to raise $12,810 for a new mu-sic lab for the school. We currently have ap-proximately 400 registered participants and we're hop-ing this week to get more people to register so we can meet our mark! If you want to participate but haven't registered yet, do it now! Registration will be available right up until 7:45 a.m. the morning of the race. However, you'll save a little money if you register prior to Saturday. If you want to partici-pate, there are several ways to be involved. Register to walkjogrun at www.run-thatrace.co- To be a spon-sor or donate in-ki- items, contact Aimee Charlton at aimeefullmonty.org. To be a volunteer for the event, contact Kelli Amussen at kfamussenyahoo.com. Thank you to every-one who has registered or volunteered to help! Race packets will be distributed on Friday, April 29, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Grovecrest main lobby as well as at 7 a.m. on race day at the PG Jr. High track. We applaud our gener-ous sponsors who have been so instrumental in helping us towards our monetary goal. Thanks to them, we're nearing our goal of $12,810. We're not there yet, but we're hopeful that we can reach it. If your family or business is interested in do-nating towards this effort, please contact Aimee Charl-ton as listed above or the Grovecrest PTA President, Eliece Jenkins at lehijen-kinsclanmsn.co- . These companies are a few of our major sponsors, and we just can't thank them enough for all that they've done: Chick-Fil-- Costa Vida, Taco Amigo, Kohl's, FlexTech, ShadowCase, Original Scrapbox, 26.2 Running Co., Pine Canyon Homes, Cornerstone Show Foundation and Harmons. We are excited to an-nounce that FOX News will be covering our 5K event! Kerry Cronk is scheduled to help us MC. In addition, the Chick-Fil-- A Cow and the Orem Owlz mascot, Hootz, will be there. Grover the Grovecrest Grizzly might even make an appearance! The Grovecrest PAW Power 5K event will be held Saturday, April 30, at the PG Jr. High track. The Fun Run will begin at 8 a.m. and the 5K at 8:30 a.m. The price for the Fun Run is $11 and $20 for the 5K. Both prices include a rt. Prices go up on race day, so register now. It truly will be an event you don't want to miss. Hv ' 'v ' f , , : V ; 7; ; t j s ' m Members of the Eagles prepared over 7,000 Easter eggs for this year's hunt. F.O.E.PG City Easter Egg Hunt A Success The Fraternal Order of Eagles and Pleasant Grove City held their 13th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Thanks to Macey's, Lehi Costco, Sonic, Wal-Mar- t, Jump Town and Smiths for their dona-tions. Thanks also to the Pleasant Grove Police and Fire Department for attending. A special thanks to all the Ea-gle members and kids who helped stuff over 7,000 Easter eggs this year. Without all your hard work and dedication, this would not be possible. Thanks, also, to all the families who attended. We hope you all had as much fun as we did. We look forward to next year. Pleasant Grove High and Junior High School Calendars Wednesdov, April 27. B , Cheer 3 p.m. Varsity Golf at Glenmore, 1 :30 p.m. Track, Alta & PG at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. Large Choir at LP, 2 p.m. Parent Teacher Night, 3:30 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Junior High Alpine Days Track Meet at MV, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28. A Cheer s, 3 p.m. Varsity Golf at Rose Park, 2 p.m. Boys Tennis at Brighton, 3:30 p.m. Softball vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball vs Hillcrest, 5:15 p.m. Baseball at Jordan, 4 p.m. Region Orchestra at Hillcrest, 4 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Junior High Alpine Days Track Meet at MV, 1 p.m. Friday, April 29. B Cheer s, 3 p.m. Boys Soccer PG at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer PG at Jordan, 5 p.m. Baseball Jordan at PG, 4 p.m. FreslVSoph Lacrosse at Alta, 5:30 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Baseball vs Jordan, 4 p.m. Saturday. April 30 PROM at Provo Marriott, 8:30 p.m. Region JV Tennis Tourney at . Hillcrest, 9 a.m. State Solo Ensemble at LP Softball 2 games at Swing for Life Monday. May 2, A JV Baseball vs Alta, 3:30 p.m. Soph Baseball vs Alta, 5:30 p.m. i Tuesday, May 3, B Boys Soccer vs AF, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vs AF, 5 p.m. Softball at LP, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball at LP, 5:1 5 p.m. Baseball vs Alta, 4 p.m. PGJHS Girls Basketball Camp, 3 p.m. Wednesday. May 4, A Varsity Golf at Thanksgiving PL, 1:30 p.m. Region Tennis Tournament at Hillcrest, 8:30 a.m. Region JV Track Meet at Brighton, 1:30 p.m. Baseball of Alta, 4 p.m. JazzShow Choir at Jordan, 6 p.m. Thursday. May 5. B Dance Co. Concert 7 p.m. Region Tennis Tournament at Hillcrest, 9:30 a.m. Region Golf Tournament at Fox Hollow, 1 p.m. JV Baseball at Alta, 3:30 p.m. Soph Baseball at Alta, 5:30 p.m. Softball at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball at Jordan, 5:15 p.m. PGJHS Girls Basketball Camp, 3 p.m. Friday, May 6. A Dance Co. Concert 7 p.m. State Band Boys Soccer vs Alta, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vs Alta, 5 p.m. Ballroom Concert, 7 p.m. Baseball vs Alta, 4 p.m. PGJHR Ballroom Dance Performance 7 p.m. Saturday, May 7 State Band utitj zzzzzzzr:: City Council Continues Discussions Residential and Commercial Growth in The Grove and PG Boulevard Following a lengthy discus-sion at the Pleasant Grove City Council meeting on April 19, 20 1 1 , the members of the council decided to take no action at this time on a request to amend the or-dinance regarding Permitted and Conditional Uses of the city code in the Grove Interchange Zone District. Ken Young, Community De-velopment Director, told the city council that during the past year the city has been in review of po-tential and proposed uses within The Grove Zone, Interchange and subsequently the city council has made some deter-minations regarding new zoning boundaries for this subdistrict. Young said that specifically, the types of uses in question, fast food, convenience stores, gov-ernment buildings, influenced the areas and tine boundaries for where these uses would be appro-priate. By expanding the area of the Commercial Sales ct into areas currently within the Interchange Sub-distri- the city has determined it would be set to restrict the above mentioned uses from the remaining Interchange to be that area below North County Boulevard and 700 South. He added that the changes would allow mixed use develop-ment, commercial elements as well as residential. It was noted in the discussion that in mixed use it is possible that housing could precede business in this area and then it would not leave room for as much commer-cial in the mixed use. Council Member Jensen said that the city may be getting the housing in be-fore the commercial and the den-sity may be too great. Jensen also noted that he wants to be sure the zone change is what the city really wants. Some developers interested in residential development in the area indicated that they had re-quests from retirees and others for housing in The Grove but not right on Pleasant Grove Boulevard. Other comments indicated that developers could easily build phase one now and this would al-low developers to get the project started in The Grove by putting mis in a possible plan. One man indicated that residential sells, but getting financing for commercial is difficult. Councilman Jensen stated that the upshot of this is that resi-dential would take over Pleasant Grove and it would become a high density city. Members of the council seemed to feel that commercial development along with the resi-dential is alright but the commer-cial should be first. City Administrator Scott Darrington gave some thoughts about what the council is com-fortable with in development of this area. The parameters are not definitely defined, it was noted. Councilman Jensen said he is concerned about the density and feels it seems evident that the developers could do what-ever they wanted on the property. Council Member Wilson men-tioned that after the condos are purchased the owner rents them out and docs not live there him-self. That is something to think about, too, Wilson noted. Council Member Jensen added that some people say "Ah, this is going to be wonderful" and then someone else says, 'Ah, mis is not going to be wonder-ful!" Whom are we to believe, he asked. Council Member Wilson added that the city started out with the council wanting a large commercial zone and this has been broken down into a much smaller commercial area. At this time the mayor took a vote of the council and the result was two in favor and two against and one said "I don't know". After some dis-cussion, the I don't know was changed to a "No" vote. Some other aspects of the matter discussed were mixed use which would allow busi-nesses along with residential. The council indicated that the zoning would allow for restaurants along the area of Pleasant Grove Blvd. After lengthy discussion, the council seemed to be ready to take a step back and take a good look at the project before making any changes or allow-ing development to begin. In other action, the council approved a resolution to autho-rize the issuance and sale of not more than $7,500,000 aggregate principal amount of the storm drain revenue bonds. |