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Show -Mi 0 . ,?" Volume One Hundred One Members of the Springville City Council agreed to make the new intersection at 900 South and 800 East a four-way stop after the road is completed, with painted paint-ed crosswalks to be decided by a safety committee. This motion was made after a lengthy discussion discus-sion with about 100 citizens who live in the area of the new road. The citizens, calling them- --seiver'-CDflCernEd Citrzenyorcrossing in crosswalks at each tegdecreasing ' pollution from Safety and Progress, appeared at last week's council meeting with two alternatives to the project s proposed intersection at the above location. The group were in agreement that the road which will connect 900 South with 800 South at 800 East and make it a through street to Main Street, was needed. They were mainly in disagreement with the plans for the proposed intersection. They were concerned about safety, access, cost and future growth. r , ' , r ' One of sculptor Cyrus Dallin's best works is his heroic size figure of Massasoit which stands at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dallin is shown above with the statue. Dallin and his works will be featured at tonight's Evening for Educators at the Springville Museum of Art. The public is invited to this event which is free of charge and starts at 6:30 p.m. Dallin's statue, "Don Quixote," a recent acquisition of the museum, will also be unveiled tonight. This group of senior citizens invite other seniors in the community com-munity to join them at the senior aerobics class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Springville-, Mapleton Senior Citizen Center. These people have lots of fun and want others to come to the class. There is no charge. 5 Joe Zeidner, representing the citizens, presented the group's first option of closing off 900 South at 800 East instead of 800 East as planned. This option would have a four-way stop with separate right-turn lanes from 800 East. There would be small islands created by the right-turn lanes which the group planned for pedestrians to walk to while of the four-way stop. Bill Bachler presented the group's second option, it being a roundabout at the intersection. He felt a roundabout would provide a constant flow of traffic in all directions and wouldn't cut off any access to the intersection. He felt a roundabout would allow traffic to move only with certain speed parameters to safely navigate the circle always in a clockwise pattern. He felt this was a more lasting solution that 'v ; SPRINGVILLE, UTAH : wucit would not affect the availability of grant monies and would eliminate elimi-nate the need for a future semaphore sema-phore as traffic increases at this intersection and would allow planned progress and growth without eliminating the northsouth access. He also expressed that a roundabout would provide envi ronmental and aesthetic effects by stopped, idling cars and by providing pro-viding a center island for land scaping and art objects. Christmas Tree Fundraiser at by Laurel Brady The Springville Art Museum's annual Christmas Tree Fantasy will come early this year. The event, a fundraiser for the future Centennial Wing's Children's Gallery, will open next Wednesday, Wednes-day, November 20. "We will have 20 marvelously embellished Christmas trees," Fantasy Coordinator Traci Field-sted Field-sted explained. "All of them are professionally decorated. Many are theme based such as 'Fairies and Frogs' tree which will include in-clude an original bronze by nationally na-tionally known sculptor Gary L. Price." Other trees will include a sunflower motif, a Japanese Bonzi and a Victorian Tree, gnomes and Russian Folk subjects." sub-jects." "Utahns have a great appreciation appreci-ation of beautiful trees, especially when they are decorated as fine as those in the Christmas Tree Fantasy," said Museum Director Dr. Vern Swanson. "They are perfect for people's homes." Museum officials explain the Centennial Wing will be primarily primari-ly educational in nature, housing children's lecture and teaching rooms, as well as specially designed de-signed galleries where scholars can go to observe and study complete collections. From its inception, the Springville Museum Muse-um has emphasized educational outreach. Completion of the wing will allow national accreditation of the museum and double the museum's exhibit space for its collection of 1,400 objects. 74 created by Utah artists. The addition will include a children's gallery, auditorium and open storage study collection area. The Hafin Dallin volunteer Guild and intern programs provide pro-vide educational services and tours for the museum. Volunteers assist in fundraising and staffing while docents provide tours for school, social and church groups and other educational programs. Pay son Middle School Art Teacher Robert Nickelson said, "The Springville Museum is an 84663 - November 13, 1996 few Mayor Delora Bertelsen gave a brief history of the road project and said that is has been in the city's plans for over 20 years. "The major work on the plan has been done in the last five years since the project's approval for federal funding," she said. There have been numerous delays, such as historical research and environmental approvals with each delay adding about half million dollars in costs she told the group. "This project will address Fantasy incredible resource that provides information and educational inservice to teachers. It is doing so much for education throughout the state. It inspires other institutions institu-tions to do similar projects and serves as a driving force behind change in placing art as more important within the state school curriculum." According to Fieldsted, the event is planned to introduce the community to the museum and bring the holiday spirit to Utah County in a unique and beautiful way. "We don't want people to have to leave Utah County to have a beautiful holiday experience. experi-ence. And because everybody understands and loves Christmas trees, we hope to encourage people who would not ordinarily come to the museum to become part of it. The museum is such a unique place, people should not be intimidated by it. " Fieldsted explained the museum muse-um was founded as a sanctuary and a home for the refining influence of art in people's lives. She noted artists Cyrus Dallin and John Hafen "believed children chil-dren should learn to love art when they were young, and worked diligently to make the museum a reality. That influence became the backbone of the museum, and the spirit of the community is largely based on the ideals Hafen and Dallin had." The public is invited to a festive evening on Wednesday to view the trees and make bids. Bidding will open at 6:30 p.m., while music, entertainment and refreshments will be available. All trees will remain on view at the museum until Sunday, December De-cember 1 . At that time, final bids will be recorded and the museum will deliver trees to their new owners. Trees are being prepared and donated by Banbury Lane, Provo; Springville Floral; Chad Wright, Mt. Pleasant; Jim Debaccus; Briar Wood Academy, Provo; Addie Landon's Gift Shop, American Am-erican Fork; Steiners House of UTAH PRESS ASSOC 307 U 200 S SUITE 50C5 SALT LAKE CITY, UT in ni'- Price safety concerns in that area by providing curb, gutter and sidewalk side-walk along both sides of the road. The council has tried special spe-cial improvement districts to get sidewalks installed in that area, but has failed each time. This project will help alleviate the extreme amount of traffic now carried on 400 South and discourage discour-age traffic through Brookside," said the mayor'."" Mayor Bertelsen stated that she and the council have, no problem with installing cross Muse Flowers, Springville; Ashley Hill Design Studio, Orem; Jamie Bently, Salt Lake; Nettie's Gnomes, Springville; Jana Lynn's Flower Affair, Orem; Gary Price, Springville; Shelly Simms. , . ' '! '. I Pv- 4k!' hi v 1 I v, -.-2 - ..?l,i.. v Little Aubrey Barnett is shown by one of the beautifully decorated deco-rated Christmas trees at last year's Christmas Tree Fantasy at the Springville Museum of Art. this year's event will start next Wednesday evening, November 20. Twenty, decorated trees will be on display, and bidding will start at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited, and there will also be music, entertainment and refreshments. refresh-ments. The trees will be on display until December 1. Proceeds will go to the new Centennial wing at the museum. I'l Dec f J. ', 1 jJ llll I AIL i iT iitA 4 i- M 4 A CENTENNIAL 1 396-1 $.50 Number Forty Six o3 r walks and stop signs once the road is dedicated to the city, and that the city had already begun a request for a semaphore at the interseciion. City Engineer Bob Gunnell said that the city had a difficult time getting funding for the project and that the government has allowed all that they would give for it. He said that changing the project at this point would put the city in great danger of losing the federal funding of 2. 14 mil-Continued mil-Continued on page 3 Mt. Pleasant; Reams, Springville and Provo; Tammy Frandsen, Springville; Holly Lynn Boyer, Springville; Patsy Wilson, Provo; Nea's Gnomes, Springville; and Liza Belmont, American Fork. I 3 urn ofirt 1 " I mm': 4 1 |