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Show jLflBipvHiTnip''yr,iirJ'iir" fc ti- if- j 1 - I . Volume Ninety-two by Franklin 0. Nielsen Ground water problems, business license fees, dogs running loose and dead chickens were topics brought before Mapleton council this week by citizens seeking action or relief. Council also held two public hearings and unanimously voted to adopt the latest revisions in the subdivision code. One citizen asked why the city could not take responsibility to make the irrigation company be responsible for excess runoff irrigation water that adds to high ground water problems they have faced at their home for twenty years. A spokesman for the city stated that the last drainage project undertaken by the city a couple of years ago cost an estimated $7000 per home to complete. com-plete. Council stated that one of the major problems that needs attention is how to move water from the Mapleton bench and get it to Utah Lake. - A public hearing was held for the. purpose of considering an application ap-plication to Mountainlands Association of Governments for a community block grant of $100,000. There were no suggestions other than for drainage needs for this application. Council warned that there were strings attached if such a grant were received such as that I ft 4 j -: mi 5 : fli N v Mapleton man enjoys ninety aood years by Franklin O. Nielsen Spicer Lavell Bird, born in Springville January 11, 1897, and a lifetime resident of Mapleton, enjoyed en-joyed his 90th birthday at his home, Sunday, with family and friends. All his children, Veon and Tom Clements of Mapleton; Melva Oberhansley from Chatsworth, CA; and Lynn and Nancy Bird from Santa Barbara, CA; were present together with grandchildren, Vickie and Debbie Bird and Diane and Kent Hansen. His wife, Lora, is currently residing in a local nursing home because of the care that can be provided for her there. Mr. Bird is the oldest son of Spicer Wells Bird and Lavinia Storrs. His grandfather, Richard Bird, who was a member of the Johnson Company that was called to settle Springville, assisted in plowing the first furrow in that community. They arrived in Springville in the fall of the year, but harvested enough hay to feed their livestock that first winter. His Grandfather Storrs operated one of the first flour mills in Springville. Following are some interesting excerpts from a history of Mr. Bird's 1 i Spicer Lavell Bird ere o fCyir pert of half-time activities at the Springville High School athletic games. SMS .mm ww , i f fv ir; -fv ( 7r the master plan of the city must address the economical housing issue. In order to apply for a grant it must be shown that 50 percent of the citizens in the area selected to benefit from the grant live at or below the moderate income level. A second public hearing covering revisions in the subdivision code was held prior to the vote to adopt these revisions. Some of the stipulations include the regulations covered in the "Hillside Ordinance" adopted by council sometinie back which include in-clude hazardous building zone requirements. Homes cannot be built in certain areas without first providing proof by testing that the home be constructed on a stable site. The new ordinance cuts the time from ten years to seven years whereby a home owner can be reimbursed by others who build in the same area utilizing water lines or streets constructed at the expense of the first home builder. Homes must now be built within 500 feet of & fire hydrant to qualify under the new ordinance. Copies of the ordinance can be seen at the city office. One citizen pointed out what he considered to be an inequity in the business license fee structure adopted recently. His fee for doing business based on gross revenue, would amount to about $75 per year while a building contractors fee is a life copied from the pages written by his own hand within the last few weeks. "Mapleton or Union Bench, as this area was called, was first used as a pasture for the cattle from Springville. The boys used to drive the cattle up each morning and return them to Springville in the evening. My father and the younger boys did this. I had a brother, Willis, who had infantile paralysis and died quite young. My sister Lela Palmer lives in California and is 85 years old. I married Lora Hurst June 20, 1923 in the Salt Lake Temple. Her father went to Old Mexico because of polygamy. He was not a polygamist but all his brethren were. When he returned to this area he drove the first school wagon to take children to school in Springville. I rode the school wagon four years. He had quite an influence on me. Lora is the most honest person I know. I have always trusted her completely and I believe she trusts me. We have been married sixty-two years. I attended school in Mapleton and graduated from the eighth grade. Napleton students up until that time did not attend schools in Springville. The first year I attended school in Springville. I rode horses to school. Springville High School won the state basketball tournament in 1917. I am a member of the LDS Church and have held about all positions in most of the church organizations. I have worked at many trades in my lifetime. I have always owned a small farm. In about 1933, 1 started working for the Department of Agriculture measuring wheat in Utah County. This was when farmers far-mers were first paid by the government govern-ment for not growing wheat. I worked in this program for several years. Our responsibility was to administer most of the farm programs in the county. I was then promoted to State Fieldman working in nine counties. I worked with this group until I retired. I have always been interested in Mapleton City. I served as city clerk, then I was road supervisor. I have also served one term on the Mapleton Town Board and a term on the Mapleton City Council and was a member that assisted in the organization of Mapleton City." Happy Birthday Mr. Bird. 4 V ;-7 A. 8OT SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 846(3 - January 11. 19S7 flat $36 per year. The citizen stated that the building contractor would have about the same gross revenue if the contractor built only one home per year. He felt that the city should address this apparent discrepancy. Council was asked if the city had a dog catcher. The answer was affirmative. af-firmative. Dogs had twice that day broke through t fenced chicken run and had killed a number of hens. City ordinance permits any citizen to restrain stray animals until they can be turned over to the animal control officer. The ordinance also provides for redress from the citizen owning the offending animal. Poivei problems The long power outage Sunday in part of Springville was due to hooking up a new transformer at the substation located at the city compound on 400 South Street. The old transformer has been in service to the city for over 40 years, according to Pat Monney, city electric department head, and needs to be rebuilt. The power outage had nothing to do with the new power generation equipment recently purchased by the city. Other short duration power outages noted in the city over the past week have been caused by Utah Power and Light Company transmission equipment. Monney said that one of their transmission lines has been out of service and the short interruptions have been caused by UP&L's switching equipment. UP&L wheel's in the tity's share of the Colorado River Storage Project power from Flaming Gorge Dam. Monney noted that with the installation in-stallation of the new transformer, electric service in the area of the city affected Sunday should be better than ever. Citizens invited to talk with Howard llielson Congressman Howard Nielson will be holding a series of town meetings in various Utah communities next week. He will meet with Springville and Mapleton residents on Friday, January 16 in the Springville City Council Chamber, 54 South Main at 6:30 p.m. All those interested in talking to him, asking questions or giving advice, are invited to attend this public meeting. Delinquent tax list available The Utah County delinquent tax list is being published this year at the Spanish Fork Press. Copies may be obtained from their office free of charge or at the County Building in Provo, Utah. Stanley H. Walker, Treasurer of Utah County, reminds property owners of the following. Unless the delinquent taxes, together with the cost and penalties, are paid before January 16, 1987, he shall, pursuant to Title 59, Chapter 10, Section 33, Utah Code Annotated 1953, sell the real property upon which taxes are a lien to Utah County, in the manner prescribed by law for such taxes, penalties and costs, excepting only such property as is held by the County under Certificate of Tax Sale. TTTFtllTIT nil f mrti wins Profile contes Last week started another Profile Contest in the pages of the Springville Herald, and it proved to be very popular with dozens and dozens of entries placed in the participating businesses. The winner for the Profile Contest for the first week is Alan Bird of 695 East 100 South, Springville. Alan guessed the mystery profile to be that of Harold Mitchell, Springville City Attorney. Alan did not guess the correct number of clues however, so he will not receive the extra $20. in profile bucks. Alan said that there were 13 clues. There were 14 and they were all on page four of the , newspaper. Alan will receive $10. in Profile Bucks for his guessing the profile correctly. The $20. in bonus bucks that were "rioi given away this week will be put into the pot and if this week's winner correctly guesses the profile and the number of clues, he will win $50. in Profile Bucks! Winners can pick up their Profile Bucks at the Springville Herald office. Clues for last week were: city employee, University of Utah, loves to travel, likes kids, Parowan, referee, photography, BYU, single, lawyer, 300ZX, history, likes to fly and 900 East Street. City to enforce parking law Recently, the Springville City Council adopted an ordinance which prohibits parking on any city street from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. during the monts of November through March. This ordinance also prohibits all vehicles over 80" in width or any trailer from being on the street for any purpose during those hours. The city's commitment to provide proper snow removal is the basis for the ordinance. The council recognizes that there are circumstances which would prohibit all vehicles being removed from the streets and will allow those vehicle's owners (excluding trucks and trailers) to purchase overnight parking permits. , These permits will be available at the Springville City Office starting at 8 a.m. Monday morning. Persons applying will need to sign a waiver of liability. The permit fee has been set at $5 per year, per vehicle. Since a permit will be issued to each individual vehicle, make sure that you bring the license number and vehicle description with you so this can be recorded on the parking application. The police department have been issuing warnings up to this time. They will start enforcing the new overnight parking ordinance in the near future. Citizens with special problems should purchase their permits as soon as possible. Brookside school plans special event January 14th and 21st are going to be special nights at Brookside School. Tonight, the 14th, is for the girls at Brookside and their mothers. The girls are to bring their favorite doll. The Story Princess from the Mc-Curdy Mc-Curdy Doll Museum will be here. This will begin at 7 p.m. and refreshments refresh-ments will be served. On the 21st we will have a Father's and Son's night. All the boys at Brookside are invited to bring their dads. Mr. Jim Salisbury, who is a professional baseball player, will be speaking. It will begin at 7 p.m. and refreshments will be served. Price 50' II I IIIIIILIJIILnl.il ..UJI.I, I I iMi.liiiiu.ilin. iuiimiu m ihi.diiiliiiii.ii,ii.,i. jiiwimwiwui 1 nf - n V 1 J : The photograph above is one of those on exhibit in the "Photographs of Mormonism" exhibit now on display at the Springville Museum of Art. The photographs are by Kent Rich and portray the memories of childhood and concerns of youth in the iMormon culture. The exhibit will be open to the public on the second floor of the museum until February 1. Photographs of Mormonism on display at art museum A small, but very interesting exhibit of photography by Kent Rich is currently on exhibit at the Springville Museum of Art. Titled, 'Photographs of Mormonism,' the exhibit is a portfolio of silver gelatin prints made over a three-year period. The portfolio presents portraits and vignettes from the lives of children and suggests values, ideals, problems and concerns con-cerns of youth in the Mormon culture. Mr. Rich said that, "Childhood is a time, not only of beauty, wonder, excitement and fantasy, but a time of struggle, growth and pain. I hope that these images will touch responsive memories in the lives of the viewer and enrich his own experience ex-perience of childhood." The exhibit is being shown in the 'Works on Paper' gallery on the second floor of the museum and will be there for the next three weeks, until February 1. Kent Rich received his B.A. and M.S.W. degrees from the University of Utah. He was a fellow in the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry graduating with a Post Master's Degree in Psychiatric Social Work. He has studied photography with Girls invited to enter Miss Springville pageant Miss Springville, Kim Bachelder. is inviting all young women interested in-terested in entering the Miss Springville Pageant to obtain an application and begin making preparations. Qualifications necessary for pageant contestants are: (1) contestants must be a resident of Springville or Mapleton, (2) Contestants Con-testants must be between 17 and 26 years of age inclusive, and (3) Contestants can never have been married. Contestants will be judged on personality, " poise, beauty and talent. They will also be judged on private interview, evening gown, Number Two many noted people and has taken advanced seminars in photography from Phillip Hyde and Elliot Porter. He teaches classes in photography at the Salt Lake Art Center. Mr. Rich is intake coordinator at the Valley West. Unit, Salt Lake County Mental Health. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Utah and has a private practice in individual, child and family therapy. He is also a violinist. Mr. Rich's photography is an in-tigration in-tigration of his life as a father, therapist and artist. His work has been widely exhibited and has won awards in the Utah '83 Show, Utah Arts Council 1983 and the "Artists of the Southwest". South-west". His work included in the Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit 1983-1984. 1983-1984. The Utah Arts Council is now traveling his portfolio on "Artists and the Creative Process," as part of the Nancy Rosenblatt Portfolio during 1986-87. His photographs are included in the Collection of Western American Photographers, Utah Museum of Fine Arts and in the Salt Lake Art Center's permanent collection of art. and swimsuit. Those interested in entering may obtain an application from the pageant chairman, Colleen Palfreyman at 55 North 1540 East in Springville, 489-7411, or the pageant co-chairman, Joye Wimmer, at 85 North 1230 East in Springville, 489-5530, 489-5530, or at the Mapleton City Offices. The pageant will be limited to 15 contestants on a first-come basis. Applications will be available from January 26-30 and must be returned on or before Saturday, January 31. The pageant will be held Saturday, March 21 at the Springville High School. |