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Show Utah Press Association WE. 300 So. SLC, pT 8flll -Enforcement, or lack of it, of Springville City's dog ordinances, has caused tempers to flare in several Springville neighborhoods. The issue has gone on "too long", said one resident, "almost two years." Many citizens blame the problem to negligence, but Police Chief Leland Bowers termed the situation, which he said has escalated into a neighborhood fued, a "communication problem." J! In 1979 a Springville resident filed a complaint about a vicious dog, which had bitten a neighborhood child on the cheek. The resident said the complaint was filed in person at the police station. The parents of the child never reported the incident. Within the last few months, another child was bitten, while riding a bike down the street. The child received 27 stitches from two bites from the dog. According to the mother of the child, the doctor who treated the bites, said the dog would have killed the child if it could have pulled him from the bike. The doctor also issued a statement saying the dog should be quarantined, and then destroyed. The dog was quaranteened 14 days and then released. Another source said at least four other people have been bitten by the same dog. Other complaints have been filed by residents, but a source said until recently the police denied having any complaints about the dog, and denied having a copy of the complaint filed a year and a half earlier. Residents in the niehgborhood said they were told not to worry about it, and were promised the dog would never be in the city limits again-but the dog was returned. "I fear for my life when I walk by," said one resident of the neighborhood, while another resident said, "I don't think it's safe for my kids to walk down the street." "We have little kids that walk up and back to school everyday that .are scared to death," said another angry resident. "It's not enough to have four people bitten". Citizens who met with the police chief and the assistant city attorney said they were told it was their responsibility to know the city code. "That's absurd," was one individuals response. ine group said they were told they had to verbally say, "That dog is dangerous," before anything could be done about problem dogs. "I'm kind of losing faith in the police department," said a resident. "It should have been taken care of a year and a half ago." One resident said if the police force doesn't take care of the problem the citizens will. The Springville City Code, 3-7-13, says it is unlawful for any person to harbor, keep, own, or possess, a rabid, dangerous, vicious, or mischievious dog within the limits of the City, "and any such dog is hereby declared a nuisance." "In the event that any such dog is running at large within the City, any person or police officer is authorized to kill or cause to be killed such dog wherever it may be found," the section says. the city code, 3-7-14, Destruction of Dangerous Dogs, says, "It shall be the duty of all animal control officers and peace officers of the City to kill and destroy or cause to be killed and destroyed, any dog, whether registered or not, found running at large at any time within the limits of the City off the premises of the owner or keeper, when, in the judgement of such officer, it is necessary to kill such dog in order to maintain or to protect the health, safety, peace, or property of the inhabitants of the City." "I can't tell you why a hearing has not been set earlier," Bowers said, when asked why a hearing was not set until recently. "Up to a certain point there was no one willing to sign a complaint themselves, them-selves, Bowers said. cable and tv listing inside life Volume Eighty-Six SPRINGVILLE, UTAH Mm - May 28, 1981 Price Number Twentv-one (e 7 1 ' p (2) A VS "T: &fei)(g 80SGD ring JUS Three cast members of the comedy production, "Don't son and Annie Forshee. The play is produced by the Spr-Step Spr-Step on My Footprint," prepare for the opening perfor- ingville Playhouse, and will continue through Art City mance June 8. They are: Melba Jarman, Clarke llopkin- Days. Playhouse to show comedy Kenneth A. Lauritzen, president of the Springville Playhouse Board of Directors announces the opening date of the comedy "Don't Step On My Footprint" Monday June 8. The play will continue during the Art City Days celebration with the exception of Wednesday night. Director Woodrow Weight, skillful director of many productions in the church and community, and charter member of the Springville Playhouse group, brings his experience and talent to the shaping of a fine production for the enjoyment of Springville audiences. 'Special sound effects and scenery have been arranged for this production. Five 'performances are planned for this year so all who are interested will have an opportunity to see this delightful comedy, and still be able to participate par-ticipate in the many Art City Days activities. - - The Springville Playhouse Arena Theatre in the Civic Center at 50 S. Main will be the stage of the comedy "Don't Step On My Footprint" at 7:30 p.m. June 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. This year marks the 33rd year of this community theater group. A goodly number of Springville citizens have had the opportunity of expressing their drama talents over the years. According Ac-cording to our records 580 actors and 60 board members have given service to our community freely and generously. Each time a play is presented, experienced ex-perienced actors as well as new participants par-ticipants are given roles. Heading the cast this year is Omar Hansen who has played in a number of past productions. Assisting are experienced actors and actresses: Joyce Hulce, Mary Hillock, Annie Forshee, Melba Jarman, and Robert Jackson. Clarke Hopkinson is a talented newcomer to the Playhouse. Art City Days hosts photo contests Local photographers are reminded to enter their best mounted or framed pictures (color or black and white) in this year's annual Art City Days Art Show at the Art Museum, and are encouraged en-couraged to bring their cameras with them to record many of the exciting activities that take place during Art City Days. These photos will be entered into a special Art City Foto Find Contest next year, announces Rell G. Francis, chairman of photography for Community Progress. The contest, which will include divisions for color slides, color prints, black and white prints and movies, is open to all residents of Springville and Mapleton and members of the Valley Artists' Guild which sponsors the photo and art exhibit. A junior division invites young people from 12 to 18 to participate. par-ticipate. The Senior Division includes all persons over 19 years of age. Photographers should register for the contest at the Art Museum, Saturday, June 13, after the parade. Free photo tips and further information about the contest will be given to amatuer photographers. Additional help is offered of-fered at a special photography seminar to be held July 18 (watch for details) at the Art Museum. Photographers are encouraged to record and preserve Springville's cultural image. Special emphasis will be placed on a series of photos that tell a story or document a theme or activity. ac-tivity. Pictures can be taken of Springville's scenic landmarks, industry, in-dustry, recreation programs, flower show, old homes, senior citizens, carnival, stores, rodeo, parade, fireworks, Art City queens, old car show, local wildlife, gardens-there are hundreds of subjects waiting to be photographed. Copies of these visuals could be later used to illustrate publicity for the Chamber of Commerce or for postcards or book illustrations. Prizes and contest categories will be announced later. Join the fun. Get out your camera and show that Springville is an Art City. Approximately 228 students will participate par-ticipate in the 1981 graduation ceremonies to be held at the Springville High School Auditorium starting at 7:30 p.m. Following the processional of the graduates Susan Smart will give the invocation. in-vocation. Blain Bird, Senior Class president, will welcome all attending the exercises, followed by a vocal solo by Mary Jo Anderson accompanied by Gayla Waite. Sara Bartholomew, Roberta Valdez, Catherine Nixon, and Michelle Goodrich will give addresses, after which Garth Allred will play a piano Mv. Mary Bishop and Brenda Blan-chard Blan-chard will then give addresses. Presentation of the graduates will be by Dr. George C. Puckett, principal, and presentation of the dipolmas will be by Collin Allan of the Nebo Board of Education. Randy Jensen and Leslie Hardman will announce the graduates. The Senior Chorus will conclude the ceremonies. Benediction will be given by Spencer Hansen. Speakers this year were not chosen because of their standing in the class, as has been the procedure in the past graduations. This year's list of graduates include: May 31 deadline for flower cleanup at city cemeteries The Springville City Cemeteries Division would like to remind the citizens that fresh flowers will be removed seven days after Memorial Day. All flowers and vases must be removed by Sunday, May 31. Faded artificials flowers will be removed at the discretion of the cemetery attendant. at-tendant. General cleanup happens three times a year. The last week of March, the seventh day following Memorial Day, and the third week in September. The City will not be responsible for personal property left in the cemetery. These regulations are for the following purposes: To acquaint the public with the operation of the cemeteries, beautify the cemeteries, and to enable the cemeteries to be operated efficiently and economically. Michael Glenn Allman, Garth Dee Allred, James Robert Anderson, Michael Brent Anderson, Sandra Kay Austin, Marcus Shane Averett, Sara Danean Bartholomew. Sheri Lynn Barton, Gene Marcel Bassett, Jeffery Lynn Bateman, Bryon James Benevento, Tammy Linda Benjamin, Ben-jamin, Richard J. Bertelsen. Sandra Lee Binks, Blaine Freeman Bird, Mary Sue Bishop, Angela Kay Black, Howard Lex Black, Brenda Blanchard, Reid Burrows. Julie Carter, Jodie Ann Child, Shawni Lee Child, Kristine Christensen, L. Michael Christensen, Darin C. Clark, Kelly J. Clark. . v Barry Keith Cluff, Kaylene Cluff, Angela Coburn, Ila May Coffman, Martin Craig Conover, Kelly May Cox, Stanley L. Cram. Sann Crandall, Shelley Czirr, Paula Dansie, Elaine Davies, David R. Day, Kristen Patricia Dixon, Michael J. Duf-fin. Duf-fin. Sarah B. Dunn, Suzan Edenfield, L. Frank Elder, J. Todd Eller, Shirley Rae Eves, Gary Fowler, Charles Gene Frisby, Bryan G. Gillies. Michelle Goodrich, Randal Stuart Graham, Steven Frederick Gray, Spencer Omar Hansen. Leslie Marie Hardman, Merrilee Harmer, Willa Jean Harris. Susan Jean Harvey, Lee Ross Hjorth, Troy K. Hofeling, Steven Holdaway, Christopher F. Holmes, George E. Hor-ton, Hor-ton, Randy Xynn Jensen. Dell Lawrence Johnson, Vicki Margaret Miller Johnson, Jeanie Johnston, Kelly Verdeana Kinyon, Peter Charles Knight. Edward B. Larsen, Wayne Carl Larsen, Robert E. Lee Jr., Trent Roland Lewis, Janet Long, Jananne MacPherson. Bert Allan McClain, Mike Mendenhall, Valerie Murdock, Susan Nielsen, Catherine Ann Nixon, Dena Rae Orme, Nedra Osborn, Dan Reynolds Pace. W. Wade Payne, Dalene Peterson, Sheldon Merrill Phillips, Andrea Joy Pratt, Linda Rasmussen, Roger Rawle, Rex Arther Reeve. Eugene Aston Roylance, Paul Glen Schaugaard, Todd Sermersheim, Lee R. Skabelund, Marie Yvonne Skidmore, Susan Effie Smart, Cynthia Diane Smith. Jeffery Clark Strong, Layton Robert Strong, Sarah Lyn Taylor, Jennalee Tew, Brian Lee Thorn, Roberta June Valdez. Mathew W. Wagner, Gayla Marie Waite, Craig Bradley Warren, Susan Whitney, Laura Williams, Sandra Williams, Mark A. Wilson. Steven Guy Wilson, Karen MacDuff Wiscombe, Lawrence Clark Wiscombe, Fremont Woodward, Devin York. National Honor Society. Four Year Scholar. General-Vocational Willis Kent Adams, Vickie Allred, Lisa Ellen Anderson, Mary Jo Anderson, Ander-son, Gary Ren Atwood, Kevin Dale Averett, Kenneth A. Babbitt. Kristy Barton, Sandra Kay Beck, T onlara Dnnin m i r A Inn T3 D 1 lo f i r-H 1 ucviti g uiijaiiiiu, man t-t. i-Miio, uiiiua Brereton, Brenda Lynn Burt. Roger Randall Butikofer, Camille Callister, Bryon Lee Camp, Paige Pnrnpspppa Pnrpv Partpr Nnnpv Ann Cheney, Jon Cherrington, Natalie Childs, Brett Cochran. ... i; . . .. . Patrick R. Cole, Carla Coombs, Kelly; Thorn Craig, Bret A. Crandall, Judy tranaaii, Lynette Harmer curiis, u. Lance Davies, Brent Davis, Brad L. Diamond. Bruce Diamond, Steven D. Diamond, Daniel M. Duncan, Suzann Eastman, Debbie Hoppe Ferguson, Susan Allman Ferguson, Teresa Fay Ferguson, Catharine Rochelle Fixel. Lynne Follett, Monica Frahm, Cindy Frazier, Deena Lyn Fullmer, Jody Hut-chings Hut-chings Gier, Janalee Giles, Kelly Milton Giles, Bryan Alan Graham. Evan Bramall Graves, Brenda Lee Gurule, Allen Lanning Hall, Connie Hill, Joseph Gregory Hillock, Anthony D. Hobbs, Susan Holdaway, Alicia Stokes Hone, David House. Alan Jay Houtz, Diane Houtz, Janet Lynn Hutchings, Tracy Ann Jeffers, Joan Jensen, Michael Douglas Jensen, Laurence "Kim" Johnson, Richard J. Jones, Ralph Eugene Kuhlman, Sharri Lee Kunze. Millicent Larsen, Pamala A. Lewis, Jeanette Lund, Meriann Martain, Debra Wylene McHargue, Brent Wayne Miller, Scott Maeser Morgan, Trent Milo Muhlestein, Richard Dean Murdock. David A. Nedesky, Carol A. Neille, Teresa Peay, Jeffery T. Perkins, Teri Lynn Peterson, Jeannie Pickering, Kelly Kel-ly Ann Price, Allen K. Puckett. Mindy Fae Quarnberg, Gregory Allen Raulston, Jill Rawlinson, Shane Mark Revoir, Susann Revoir, Steve A. Richins, Alan J. Roberts, Ricky C. Rominger, Shanna Rowley, Sydney Roylance, Tamara Lynn Sam, Julie Sheffield. Roxanne Shepherd, Clay Simmons, Denise Ady Simmons, Mary Dee Ann Smith, Steven Smith, Daniel Micheal Snow, Christopher M.D. Stevenson, Nicole Szalkowski. Kurtis Bently Tanner, Bradley G. Turner, Lori Shipp. Tuttle, Shellie Kae Tuttle, Marianne Vance, Kathy Taylor Watters, Carla Mae Watters, Jennifer Lin Williams, Anne Thomas Wiscombe.Marla Kaye Wiscombe. l(yjMboini jpFy Gi plague tvlpbitoBi Cofly CTOdi By Franklin Nielsen ! Westwood subdivision continues to plague Mapleton Council with problems. During discussions one councilman, tongue in cheek, suggested that a second set of councilmen be chosen to handle only Westwood problems. Council approved continued support of the senior citizen program, reviewed insurance matters, heard reports of firetruck bidding and adopted a proclamation proclaiming 1981 as the International year of Disabled Persons in Mapleton. A correction is noted in a previous article on the Maple Mountain Market and school proximity issue. Frank Nelson and Russell Walpole, land owners adjacent to Westwood subdivision, related problems associated with their properties and future road development with the subdivision. Nelson said he entered into some verbal agreements with the developer which he termed as a mistake. At the council meeting he wanted it to be on record that he has already given land and moved fences allowing for access to' Westwood. He wanted to establish that center line between himself and Westwood was not the present fence line. Nelson said that he had given 15 feet of property and had relocated a fence allowing Westwood owners to use a lane he had established for his property. He had a city employee present who was a witness that this had taken place. In the initial discussion, Nelson could get only acknowledgement of the problem from the council and not the agreement which he wanted. He finally asked the council if he could relocate the fence to it's original position until agreements were reached. Relocating the fence would not allow subdivision owners access to their homes. Council then told Nelson that the matter would be resolved as soon as possbile and that he would not have to relocate the fence to force the issue. A second letter signed by four additional ad-ditional home owners in Westwood, refusing to hook up to the new water lines being layed in the area, was noted. This letter, as with a previous letter, will be forwarded to the city attorney for his review before action is taken by the council to force the issue of water hook up agreements with homeowners in the subdivision. Insurance items were discussed as a followup from a previous council meeting. , Present insurance, administrative ad-ministrative assistant Margery Stokes said, would cover city negligence, if any, for injury suffered by any person while participating in an activity at the city park. Insurance coverage would not be extended to participants who may be injured while playing little league ball unless such injury was a result of city negligence. Little league players with family insurance should be a requirement for playing in the leagues, council said. Councilman John Bleggi presented two additional bids for a new fire truck. Both bids were lower than the bid presented at the last council meeting. These will be studied to see if they are for comparable equipment, before the council proceeds toward purchase of the needed fire truck. Louise Jensen, Mapleton, and Ed Thomas, Springville, director of th senior citizen program asked for and received continued support for this program. Thomas said that there were approximately 650 volunteer due paying members. One third of these are1 from Mapleton, he said. He wanted citizens to know that the organization has walkers, wheel chairs, beds, and related items for members needing such items. In the story published last week in the Springville Herald about the council's proximity issue of selling beer at Maple Mountain Market, one sentence should have read as follows: "Elementary school property and Market property are separated by a chain link fence and by a narrow strip of commercially zoned property." The writer regrets any misunderstanding to the contrary. I |