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Show I; i F i f Q 7. . . Mtn CMMiMM': Is.,- ill nn H Library Corner Over 200 volunteers gathered Saturday at the site of the 1300 East park in the northeast part of Springville to clear the land and make ready for planting of trees and grass. The park is being done in cooperation with the city and two LDS stakes in that area and will include eight Mapleton Continued from page 1 impact. We will have to hire a full time secretary to accommodate accommo-date that loss." Springville Police Chief J. Scott Finlayson noted because the departments monitor each other's radio transmissions, officers from both cities wind up helping each other out about 30 times a month. "It certainly is a benefit. It does increase our dispatchers' load, but it is a benefit to both cities to share the same radio frequency. That arrangement is very nice." The shared radio channel is an important safety feature, both for officers and the public. Circumstances Circum-stances and geographies often place an officer from the neighboring neigh-boring city closest to the scene of an in-progress crime, accident or medical emergency. Finlayson said if Mapleton switches to Utah County services, the departments will no longer monitor each other, losing the advantage of rapid mutual assistance. "You can't put a dollar figure on that," he said. ' While Springville officials seem to want the close cooperation coopera-tion to continue, they also want Mapleton to pay a more equitable share. Since 1988, Mapleton has paid $1,000 per year for dispatching dis-patching services. Springville Mayor Delora Bertelsen said Mapleton now accounts for 17 of the dispatcher's workload. And Finlayson said salaries and benefits alone for Springville's dispatchers cost $177,422 annually. annual-ly. Springville Councilman Chns Sorenson asked, "What right do we have to ask our citizens to continue to pay for Mapleton's service?" wondering if it would be better for Springville residents to simply "pay for the whole thing rather than continue to subsidize Mapleton." But Mapleton officials pointed out the arrangement is not accurately accu-rately a subsidy, since the dispatch dis-patch center's costs would not change of Mapleton did not participate. However, Bertelsen said growth will force Springville to hire additional dispatchers scon just to keep up. Without Mapleton, Maple-ton, Springville "may be able to put off hiring for a substantial amount of time," estimating the center could continue at current staffing until around 2000. If it decides to continue using Springville's services, Mapleton faces a hefty annual bill. Springville Spring-ville expects to ask for about $18,000 in 1998, with $2,000 annual increases until 2002, at which time Mapleton will begin paying a proportionate percentage of the center's total cost. However, Howev-er, due to changes in routing of 91 1 calls, a portion of Maple-ton's Maple-ton's cost can be recovered through 911 monies from the telephone company. Those funds previously went to the county's dispatch center, which served as the area's 911 answering point (PSAP) It is estimated Mapleton will actually pay only about $6,000 of its own funds to Springville Spr-ingville for the first year of service. ser-vice. The exact cost of Utah County's Coun-ty's service is unknown, but Barney estimated it at about $4,800 for the first year. In addition, he said about $6,000 would be required to make current cur-rent radio equipment compatible with county equipment. No 911 funds can offset that amount, since the county will continue serving as Mapleton's 91 1 PSAP. . And since the county expects to .mi 11 in iirun; pavilions that will be built by the wards in the Spring Creek Stake. The work is being done as part of a world-wide effort in the LDS Church to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the arrival of the pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Photo by Owen Black migrant program by Laurel Brady Nebo School District will sponsor a summer educational program for children of migratory migrato-ry farm workers. Students up to 21 years of age will be served at three sites. Children aged up to 11 will meet at Parkview Elementary School, 360 s. 100 East, Payson. Students ages 12 to 17 will meet at Payson Junior High School, 1025 S. US Hwy 91. and students stu-dents from 18 to 21 years of age may participate in a night program. pro-gram. Anyone considering themselves them-selves as migrant workers may be eligible for the program. In addition to educational programs, meals will be provided under the special food service program. Free meals will be available without regard to race, creed, color; national origin, age, sex or disability. Classes will run from June 10 to July 23. ' Migrant families working in fields and orchards in the Utah County area are mainly from Texas and Arizona. Employers and other residents are urged to encourage any migrant children of their acquaintance to attend the summer school. The public is invited to make suggestions and recommendations for the program. These should be directed to Dean Rowley, Director Direc-tor of Migrant Education for the Nebo School District. For further information, contact con-tact Rowley at the District office, 798-4000. convert to an 800 MHz system soon, Mapleton could face more, and heftier, equipment upgrades in the very near future. Utah County provides dispatch dis-patch services to the Utah County Sheriffs Department, as well as police, fire and ambulance departments de-partments in American Fork, Spanish Fork, Lehi, Payson, Santaquin, Salem and Alpine. In addition, they provide fire dispatching dis-patching for Goshen, Genola, North Fork, Woodlands Hills, Elk Ridge and Cedar Fort. Agencies Agen-cies that maintain their own dispatch centers include Provo, Orem, BYU, UVSC, Springville, Pleasant Grove, Lindon and Utah Highway Patrol. Orem serves as PSAP for Pleasant Grove and Lindon, while Provo is BYU's PSAP. Whatever decision is made, must be made soon and needs to be final. Both cities are preparing budgets for the coming fiscal year, and need final figures as soon as possible. And officials cautioned renewing the contract on an annual basis from this point on will be unwise economically. "It is difficult and expensive to move the 911 lines," Finlayson Finlay-son cautioned. "Changing in midstream will be expensive for one or both of us." Finlayson said Springville is obligating itself to a $250,000 upgrade of its center. He said Mapleton needs to decide quickly if it can commit to stay with Springville -for at least the seven year life of the loan covering the upgrades. "The association has been a good one. I don't want to see it cut," Springville Councilman Calvin Bird said. 1 h -rr. Ask about our $200.00 CASH REBATE on select Bryant Air Conditioners Free Air Conditioning Seminar-See how Brent Harvey can save you money on your energy bills, April 17 and May 15 at 7:00 p.m Limited seating. Cell today. Hearing & Air Conditioning "Quality Service at a Fair Price' 225-7088 489-7088 i III I 1 1 1 I) e m 'n by Pat Bartlett Get ready! Get set! READ!!! June 2 is the day we take off on our Summer Safari Reading Program. Each child needs to come in to the library from June 2 on and register for the program. You will pick up the African Safari packet at that time to help you get started reading. Each time that you read 100 minutes, you can come into the library and receive a prize. June 9 will be Antarctic Safari. Safa-ri. June 16 will be Asian Safari. June 23 will be Australian Safari. June 30 will be European Safari. July 7 will be North American Safari. July 14 will be South American Ameri-can Safari. On the back of each activity booklet there will be a stamp to cut out. Attach all seven stamps to the "Map of the World" to receive further prizes. During our seven week reading read-ing program we will have a story time for all ages each Wednesday at 11 a.m. On Fridays at 2 p.m. we will be entertained by magicians, puppeteers, snake handlers and others. WOW! Students from Westside, Art City and Brookside schools stopped in last week to visit the library and learn a little bit about us. The students were very enthused en-thused about the coming program. pro-gram. So moms and dads, be sure that you help them get here so they can keep their reading skills up through the summer. No monkeying around. Come and join us on safari. We will have a R-OOO-OO-RR-RING! Good time. May 21, 1997 - The Springville Herald - Page Three Clair Shipp retiring Clair Shipp, who has served as a PE teacher and assistant administrator at Springville Middle Mid-dle School for the past 30 years, will retire May 30, 1997. He has taught for 34 years, including four yean at Westside School. Shipp grew up in Springville and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Masters Degree in school administration. His family consists of his wife, Elma, five children and 1 1 grandchildren. grand-children. He enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening, sports and travel, and he is looking forward to enjoying these hobbies when he retires. LA Clair Shipp HOC ;i 1: 1 : Home h auto discounts. Ready h waiting. Mac Brimhall 87 East 500 South Springville 489-3661 Ex Mil For discounts on homo & auto insurance-Being insurance-Being In good hinds Is the only place to be: O 19 AJbnK Imuran CaofBf, Northbrook, IUiook Subject to tool miJibUttjr ud qu.liftf.timM. Other tenm, coodibom Rnd adwiom ttmf apphi jL V ftK lit m it - : r presents the Hilarious Comedy "The Foreigner" featuring Springville own Dane Alfred as "Charlie" May 23, 24, 26, 30, 31 , June 2, 6, 7, 9 Curtain Time 7:30 p.m. AT THE PLAYHOUSE (under the Springville Public Library, 50 S. Main) ADMISSION $5 Tickets Available at the Door or in Advance at the Library Directed by Kathy Llewellyn Assistant Director Georgian a Deming . Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ONE nOLLAH OJFf COUPON DH1 v l r- CoOtJ fa $1 .00 Off All MENDERS of yovn pARTy at Ma? 21 & 24 Formanccs of The Foreigner. 30 n COPY! t |