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Show Page Two - The Springville EDITO County taxes will go up! It has come to our attention that the Utah County Commission, Commis-sion, including Brent Morris, Malcom Beck and Sid Sandbcrg, voted recently to allow 5-acre building lots in the agricultural areas of the county. For years Utah County taxes have been low or lowest of any other counties in the state and always the lowest of the Wasatch Front counties for two reasons, good county administration and proper zoning. Proper zoning has been not allowing subdivides into the agricultural parts of the county unless the desired land to be subdivided was next to a city which could provide city services such as sewer, water, power, police protection, library service, recreation etc. Several years ago Maplcton City passed a requirement that a subdivider could only build on a two and one-half acre lot with the idea that it would stop all building in the city. This did slow down building in Maplelon City. Five acre lots in the county will not stop building, but will encourage more building in the county. With this new ordinance will come higher taxes, bigger county sheriff's department, a new county water department, a new county sewer department, city-county conflicts over jurisdictions, a new county fire department, expanded inspection inspec-tion department, bigger county road department and the list goes on. We remind you, county, commissioners, and especially those of you who are now seeking public office on the platform that you did norland will not raise taxes, that with the passage of this ordinance you have opened Pandora's box concerning higher taxes. We will all live to pay much higher taxes because of your recent actions. We say to you voters, use this action as an example of how these commissioners have not held the line on their promise of low taxes in the coming elections. We will all live to regret this action. We also say shame on you county commissioners for such irresponsible activity. Police help with Olympics The Springville Police Department De-partment was again involved in the annuai Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit and raise funds for the Utah Special Olympics. The Special Olympics Olym-pics Torch was run through Springville on Saturday, May 12th by six of Springville's police officers. The runners were met at the City Park where many activities were organized. There was a dunk tank where Police Chief Leland Bowers and Assistant Chief Oliver Nielsen and other police officers were dunked. This activity ac-tivity seemed to raise the most money as people seemed quite interested in dunking police officers. Also at the City Park, were some carnival type games and a very nice bake sale. There were also Special Olympic souvenirs available for donations dona-tions to Special Olympics. The runners continued ' . . - ' t. -i- ' I 3 '- C ' ik-"'' 1 " - - ' IK-, These six Springville Police Officers carried the torch for the Special Olympics through Springville Saturday. Money was raised for the Olympics at several activities that were going on at the City Park, including the dunking of the police chief and his assistant. The word ye, in such expressions as "Ye Olde Shoppe" is pronounced like the word the. The letter y in Anglo-Saxon indicated thesame th sound as apparent in the current spelling. (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main "Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Editor I". Managing Editor POSTMASTER: Pl.a. nd chang. of addr.tf to Th, Sprlngvlll. Herald, lit South Main St., Sprlngvlll, UT (4663. S.cond clati postago paid at Sprlngvlll., UT 84663. Subscriptions in Advance per year $15.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $18.00 Per copy 50. Delivered by carrier, per month $1 .50 Member Utah Press Association Herald - May 16, 1900 RIAL through the city and were mel at Hardccs by six Special Olympic athletes from Springville. Spring-ville. The athletes were able lo escort the runners from Hardccs Har-dccs to Maplcton on a fire truck. Utah Special Olympics and the Springville Police Department Depart-ment wish lo thank all persons and businesses who helped promote the Torch Run by donating both money and services. ser-vices. The following Springville businesses donated to the Utah Special Olympics through their support of the Law Enforcement Enforce-ment Torch Run: Dr. Glade Y. Crcer, Miller's Saddle Shop, Allman-Ricks Frames, W.W. Clyde Co., Dee's Spring Creek Auto, Copies Plus Printing, The Wood Chuck, Countryside Craft, U.S. Surplus, Brand X Hamburgers, Breathe Easy Inc., Bona Signs, Partyland, Springville Police Dept. Employees Assoc. and Hardees. The largest printing now in existence exis-tence is probably The Battle of Gettysburg, completed in 1883, afler two and a half years of work, by Paul Philip Teaux and 16 assistants The painting is 410 feet long, 70 feet high and weighs 11,792 pounds. .Martin W. Conov.r . Patricia Conovr Betty Lou Bailey Mebo Board ppoinf s too Business at last week's meeting meet-ing of the Nebo School Board included the appointment of Phil Bird, present principal of the Springville Jr. High School, to Coordinator of Secondary Education in the district, and Chris Sorensen to principal of the Art City School. Sandra Lewis, Springville-Mapleton Springville-Mapleton PTA Council President, Presi-dent, introduced and recognized several local PTA presidents and told of the projects pro-jects that each of the schools had undertaken during the year and praised the individuals indi-viduals for their many hours of volunteer service. Those recognized recog-nized were Julienne Dotson, PTA President at Art City-School; City-School; Marilyn Peterson, PTA President at Maplcton; Shannon Shan-non Caywood, PTA President at Sage Creek; and Debbie Degn, PTA President at Brookside. Steve Haderlie and Cary Hylton,, SHS chemistry teachers, explained a new method of teaching chemistry to students in the district. Haderlie described his first exposure to micro-chemistry that so filled him with enthusiasm enthus-iasm that they had invited various var-ious individuals to explain the micro-chemistry program. He expressed his appreciation to businesses in the district which had donated over $3,000 lo help sponsor workshops that have been held in the district. He proceeded to explain the program of micro-chemistry and how many experiments could be accomplished in a fraction of the time and a fraction of the expense in a normal chemistry lab in a secondary sec-ondary school. He had the Board of Education participate in three different labs and demonstrated another himself. Police report Springville Police handled 213 calls last week including 34 animal related. The Fire Department had 7 calls and the ambulance 8. Mapleton had 22. Arrests included that of Jesse K. Poll, 750 South 650 West 248, Provo, for an open container of alcohol, possession t' of alcohol and driving under ; the influence. Derek G. Steele, 920 North , 340 West 40, Provo, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and giving false information. in-formation. Jerry V. Hermann, 321 East 800 South, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for theft. Two adults, Gary A. Fowkes, 1449 North 325 East, Nephi, and Phillip E. Hebner, 1002 South Main, Springville, were arrested for public intoxication. intox-ication. They were picked at 1 a.m. by the Jefferson Center. A juvenile with them was also arrested for illegal consumption consump-tion and curfew violation. There was an attempted abduction in the city when a college age man in an older, white vehicle tried to pick up an 11 -year-old boy riding his bike. The man told the boy that his mother had been in an accident and he needed to come with him. The boy was alert to the danger and left on his bike. Police are investigating an apparent rape that occurred in June of last year to a 14-year-old girl. There were reports of two assaults involving teenage girls and another girl who beat them up. Thefts included a car stereo, a wood rabbit from a sore, video tapes from Larson Video, and silk flowers from the Evergreen Cemetery. There was a mailbox blown up on Anderson Avenue, the womens' restroom at the Civic Center was vandalized, and police received another report of the ongoing phone scam. In old Scotland, Parliament passed a law forbidding any man to turn down a girl who proposed to him on Leap Year, under penalty of a $500 fine. Villa Theatre ? 254 So. Mdn, SprlngvllU 489-3088 1 UU Ends Stolid 7 p.m. Thursday Born on the 4th of July 9 p.m. Starts Huns on the Run PC 13 7:00 nightly 3:00 Sat. Matinee Hoiftiiig comes from hurting others Editor: Just a word about anonymous anony-mous letters. To me, it has to be the crudest form of journalism. Nothing constructive construc-tive ever comes from it and no problems have ever been solved by it'. There is an old Islamic saying - Before I begin lo speak (or write) I need to ask myself three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary? Commissioners: please Dear Editor: I have just returned from one of the most unusual county commission meetings I have ever attended. By a unanimous vote, the commission adopted the amended Utah County Zoning Ordinances and Utah County Zone Maps and allowed 5-acre lots in the agricultural zone. In my opinion this may be the most significant single piece of legislation ever passed by a Utah County Commission. What I can't believe is they did this by holding only-one only-one public hearing. In addition to only one public hearing on an issue of this importance, they limited it lo one hour of input and at the end of that hour; passed it without discussion from the public. Commissioner Sandbcrg asked a few questions but that was it.-No it.-No discussion, no response, just pass it. Unbelievable! No explanation ' was give for the action taken. There no discussion of the impact decision will bring. A number of concerns were raised the public but absolutely no effort was made to answer or even disc uss those concerns. Absolutely unbelievable! Is if time to The U!S. Postal Service lias designated May 21-26 as "Mailbox Improvement Week." "Each year'a week in May is set aside to remind customers on rural, city motorized and contract dciivcry routes to examine and improve, where necessary, the appearance of their mailboxes," Springville Postmaster Gaylen Palmer said. "The purpose is to - call attention to the need lo provide pro-vide mail receptacles thai are conveniently located, safe to use, neat in appearance and are designed to protect the mail from the weather," Postmaster Gaylen continued. ' There is no question that neat, attractive mailboxes improve the appearance of country roads and suburban i streets. The Postal Service points out, however, that Mailbox Mail-box Improvement Week means more than eye appeal. ' "Say that an old, dented box has sharp, cutting edges or thai the receptacle is too small, loo hard to reach, or made inaccessible in-accessible by obstructions,'" said Palmer. "In such cases, the mail would be stamped un-deliverablc un-deliverablc and the customer would have to come to the post office to pick it up. We need the cooperation of our customers to maintain service at its highest level." Postal regulations require that rural and contract route carriers must have access to mailboxes without having to leave their vehicles. Such boxes Lemon juice and ground lemon peel help tenderize chicken. Before cooking, rub the juice onto inside and outside out-side and disperse the peels throughout the cavity. Friday Tremors PG 13 9:00 nigEitly 5:00 Sat. Matinee Who Spriogillo rJoraf d COMMENT PAGE Is it kind? Is it true? Not, do I think it might be true. Is it necessary? Although I may have been hurl or offended by someone, is it necessary lo continue the hurt and cause great pain in others' lives. Docs that make my pain any less? Is it kind? will' I tear someone down or build them up by what I am about to say (or write)? The change from requiring acres to only 5 acres .on which to build a house was the only thing heard. There is no argument that the 40-acrc requirement is not a good one, but to supplant that with one of 5-acrcs can only mean that this commission has decided to launch Utah County into the municipal business, they had indicated this as their intention, I could have better understood whal they were doing. Now may be the time to change the direction direc-tion of the unincorporated area toward municipal development, this is surely a poor way to start. If they want to open the county up, then plan for it. Don't hide behind a poor 40-acrc 40-acrc zone and justify your actions of that. This must not be construed a personal attack upon the commissioners individually. have known Commissioner for many years and nominated him for his first political office. I know of no one who has been more generous committed in their public service. I have known Commissioner Morris for about six years, and I commend him and agree with many things he fin up your must be located on the righl-hand righl-hand side of the road in" the carrier's direction of travel where traffic conditions would endanger a carrier driving to the left lo reach the boxes. The boxes also must be placed to conform with state laws and highway regulations. Customers are requested lo remove obstructionsincluding obstructionsinclud-ing vehicles, trashcans and snow--lhat make delivery difficult. dif-ficult. For both suburban curbline and rural roadside boxes, the Postal Service requests a height 3 12 to 4 feel from the bottom of the box to ground level. The address should be clearly printed on the receptacle to assure more efficient delivery. There are approved traditional trad-itional and contemporary mailbox mail-box designs. A customer-designed rural box needs the prior, . apprqval of the postmaster before it can be installed. One last safety caution from the Postal Service: some mailbox mail-box supports arc so massive (heavy metal posts, concrete, farm equipment filled with concrete), they are damaging vehicles and causing serious injuries to people who accidentally strike them. The Federal Highway administra P cRofix Professional Electronic Repair 233 South Main Springville ; 489-9521 Computers Fiiced We also repair TV's,. Stereos and VCR's Ml Yicrh GusfCfittod Fcr 90 Days ih Cb?z 023 9 axi. to 6 p.m. daly Sstssrdays by cppsssitsnsnt If the answer is no to any of these three questions, then it is wise to keep silent. There is so much pain and sorrow in the world naturally. Why nol use some of our energies in healing some of that sorrow instead of causing the hurl to fester and grow. Is il true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Rhonda Bake Springville, UT explain! has done. I do not know Commissioner well, but have no reason to question his honesty. hon-esty. Gentlemen: you flubbed this one. It may be said you and the planning commission have held many meetings where input the 5-acres was involved, but those meetings' were concerning TR-5 and RR-5 zone principally, ad advertised that way. Many of us fell no need to become involved in those meetings. The issues are not the same. But this hearing was completely different. r It wasn't until the specific of the agriculture zone was separated from the others that I felt a need to speak up. Then to hold only one public hearing for a total of one hour and ask no questions and have no discussion before taking a vote: it boggles the mind. It can only lead on one conclusion, meeting was a farce. far-ce. Gentlemen, you owe the citizens of Utah County an explanation of your actions. Sincerely, Keith Richan Former Utah County Commissioner moilhox? tion has suggested mailbox mounting and support designs that post offices will share with their customers. Family proud of mother's accomplishments Dear Editor: I can't think of a nicer way to honor our mother than to watch her receive an award. Thursday night we traveled to Primary Children's Hospital to watch her receive a Clinical Excellence Award. Our mother is Betty Ady, a former resident of Springville. She has received this award from her peers who nominated Betty for her leadership ability and her genuine -care for her patients and their families. Betty is a Registered Nurse intheBPD(Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Unit) at the Primary Children's Hospital. She is well liked by her peers as well as the families of her patients. Your family is very proud of you, mom! All of which arc Springville residents: Leo and Amelia Weslman, parents; Denise Simpson, Bryan Ady , and Colleen Warren, and children. |