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Show T Page Two - The Springville Herald - March 24, 1999 EDITORIAL Why was fence allowed in alley? The people at the Springville Herald, Floors and Things and the SpringvilleMapleton Senior Citizen Center would like to know why the Springville City Attorney said in the Tuesday, March 2, 1999 meeting of the Springville City Council that no action needs to be taken now on the fence that has been installed behind Indepen-. Indepen-. dent Insurance Company at 35 E. 200 South? Apparently Independent Insurance applied and got a permit from the city to erect a fence in that location. Why was permission given in the first place? The fence partially blocks an alley way that has been a public . ' right-of-way for 58 years. It runs behind the Floors and Things ' ; building on the corner of Main and 200 South and behind the . Daughters of Utah Pioneers building. Since when does a person have the right to block off public access after such a long period of time even if they own the : property? The city has not allowed blockage of other alleyways located in the downtown area in the past. Why this one? The area that has been fenced is not being used for anything. What is the reason for the fence? And why was Independent Insurance given a license to operate a business. when they do not meet city code? The small building does not have a bathroom. However, we have been told by a city representative that insurance companies are licensed by the state and do not have to have a city license. - We have talked to several attorneys about this problem. They ;' all say that they can win this case, regain the right-of-way and the fence will come down. But it will cost us $2,000! : We ask again, why was this fence allowed? Mayor's Message by May or Hal Wing ; ' My Fellow Citizens: Thank you for your prayers and hopeful-; hopeful-; ly there were some generous : hearts too. It seems that the Jon and Lisa Stewart family are doing much better. I know it means a great deal to the family that so many people have been so concerned con-cerned about them. One sign of a good, solid community is how people step up, show genuine concern and do all they can to 'assist when people have tragedy inter their lives. You have oft times read in this column how much respect and trust I have in our city council coun-cil and employees. It is with mixed emotions that I report that one of our council members will be leaving us. Rod Oldroyd has served just over a year of a two-year two-year term (having been appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Ralph Hitchcock's resignation). Rod will not be seeking re-election this fall as he has recently been called to serve as Bishop in his LDS ward. We are happy for Rod and those who live in his ward, but we will miss his humor, hu-mor, wisdom and council. The final phase of selecting someone to fill the position of Justice of the Peace is now underway. un-derway. We hope to be able to announce who will be filling that position soon. Just after being elected and before being sworn in I .spent some time just driving around Springville" trying to get a feel of the overall condition of the city and the infrastructure. I was surprised as I passed under the huge trees on East Center Street. It seemed strange to me that I had driven under them so often and never realized what a dangerous danger-ous threat they were, not only to the cars driving under them, but especially to the children walking iff pnngutiip Jirralfi (USPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah Publisher..... Martin W. Conover Editor Patricia Conover Periodical Postage Paid in Springville, UT 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Herald. 161 S. Main, Springville, UT 84663 Subscriptions in Advance per year $20 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23 Per Copy 500 delivered by carrrier, per month $2 Member Utah Press Association under them to school each day. Many times large branches were falling from the trees even on calm days when we had no wind. There has been much discussion discus-sion about these mammoth trees being felled. I am happy to say that 99 of the discussion has been positive. No one was happy to see such venerable old trees come down, but most understand the need for it to happen. We also received a great deal of comment on the sexual business busi-ness ordinance (SOB). There are times when some things cannot" be avoided. By law we are required re-quired to pass such ordinances. It is not something that anyone wanted to do. Please be assured that many, many hours of discussion discus-sion and consideration have gone into the planning of just where to allow such businesses. This administration ad-ministration is dedicated to do all that it can to keep such businesses business-es away from areas where they will have an adverse influence on our youth. After encouraging the citizens of Springville to clean up their yards in last week's column I received a very nice phone call from a citizen asking me why the city did not set a good example by cleaning up the eye sore that the city uses to repair and service vehicles on the north end of Main Street. Some will recognize this location as the old Strong Construction Con-struction site. Good question. Answer? The city is presently looking for one location to use for all of the utilities (public works). If we can accomplish this goal it will save the city a considerable consid-erable amount of money and man-power each year. At that time the unsightly buildings on the North Main Street location will be torn down and everything you see there hauled away. Please be patient with us as we Springville ;olice report Springville police arrested James W. Childs, 183 W. Highway High-way 6, Salem, for 44 counts of prescription forgery. Police had 238 calls last week including 45 that were animal related with three animal bites reported. Three juveniles were arrested, , one for possession of tobacco and two for possession of alcohol by minors. Two males and one female juvenile were cited and released for possession of alcohol by minors. A female juvenile was arrested arrest-ed for possession of marijuana, DUI and no license. Another female juvenile was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of tobacco. David v Richard Coleman, transient, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Curtis L. -Gurney, 624 N. 970 East, Springville, Sprin-gville, was arrested for domestic violence. Gary Kent Harmon, 48 W. 400 North, Springville, was charged with, protective order violation. Alexander Douglas Hebner, 986 W. 300 South 1,. Provo, was arrested for a war- : rant. Phillip E. Sorensen, 3456 Navaho Ln. , Provo, was arrested for a warrant, burglary, three counts of theft and two counts of . vehicle burglary: Kristy Marie Trujillo, 210 E. Center, A, Spanish Fork, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. Tammy Lyn Stanton, 80 S. 900 East, Provo, and Stephanie Tanner, 704 N. 400 West, Provo. Pro-vo. were both cited and released for shoplifting levis at Reams. Ronald Joseph Zavala, 846 N. 600 West, Provo, was arrested for DUI. Tina Bushinski, 210 E. Center, Spanish Fork, was arrest-. ed for DUI, possession of mari- ' juana and no license. Someone tried to take a stereo out of a vehicle, and five cassette tapes were taken from another one. Missing from a third are a Sony Walkman, CD player, . Gameboy, two phones and games. - Thefts included two gas skips; a bike, wallet and credit cards and a 14-year-old female was caught shoplifting gum at 7-11. Mapleton police report Mapleton police found a unique tool that has apparently been used to knock mailboxes over or damage them. It had been used to do that and was left behind. Police are looking for the person who made the tool.' ' A Pioneer CD player worth $250 and a cellular phone worth $100 are mmissing from a vehicle. vehi-cle. In another theft, a Craftsman toolbox worth $100 was taken. Fossil records show that some insects have undergone relatively little change for 200 million years. An intelligent man never snubs anybody. Vauvenargues search for a proper location. One last note. This mayor was out at the driving range in our industrial park. My day was not going especially well. I observed two young boys who, it appeared to me at the time, were abusing the putting area. I spoke more harshly to them than I should have. I did not get their names at the time. If anyone knows who they are I would like an opportunity opportu-nity to apologize to them. Having a bad day is neither a good excuse, ex-cuse, nor even a good reason. If anyone can help me identify these boys I would very much appreciate appreci-ate it. Subtract line 6 from O of line 2 or line 7 Add the amounts from line ' Enter 1 0 of your adjusted line 17 from line 16. Also enter HA (Form 1040), line 19 Prevent Hair Loss. Springville, 139 South Main, 489-7243 Spanish Fork, 295 North Main, 798-0306 Provo Town Center, Sears, 852 25 63 Hours: Mon.-Fri. - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - COMMENT Where is Editor: ' . The extremely important civic or governmental responsibility of all true Christians is to vote and work for righteous government and representatives who will have the very highest voting record on moral values. John Adams, our second President said, "our Constitution Con-stitution was made only for- a moral and religious people and is wholly inadequate for any other. " Two of the most heinous sins in the eyes of God and true Christians are abortion and sexual perversion. The Republican Party is against abortion, same sex marriage and sexual perversion. The LDS Church recently gave a large amount of money to fight legalization of same sex marriage. mar-riage. The Democratic Party is for abortion or the killing of unborn babies and for the various types of sexual perversion as witnessed by their current policies. I wonder won-der how President Clinton could be so evil as to have twice vetoed a Republican bill banning the wicked and grotesque method of killing babies called partial-birth by U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon Security. We seek it in every walk of life. Job security, security securi-ty from intruders in our homes, security in retirement and the security that most American take for granted-security from attack by a foreign nation. Nothing is more important to Utah families than our quality of life, whether it is our roads, our schools or our neighborhoods. Our quality of life is currently in jeopardy, because our nation is at a great security risk. Recent findings have confirmed that it is crucial for our government to implement a missile defense plan that protects American families and protects their quality of life. Not since Pearl Harbor has a foreign enemy successfully attacked at-tacked a target within the American Ameri-can borders. Since then, we have been lulled into a false security. Our dramatic advances in weapons weap-ons technology have led many to Democratic organizing convention The Democratic Party of Utah County will conduct their biannual biannu-al Organizing Convention April 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Provo City Council Chambers, 351 W. Center. The County Officers-County Officers-County Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary Secre-tary and Treasurer-will be elected elect-ed at the convention by majority vote. Voting delegates include all those who were elected at the March 24, 1998 Democratic Party Caucuses in the County. Also, voting privileges are extended ex-tended to all Democratic candidates candi-dates in the November 1998 general election. ; All others desiring to become involved in the political process are welcome to attend as observers. observ-ers. For more information call 491-0425. In a moment of insight you can perceive everything; but it takes years of exactitude to give it expression. ' Joseph Joubert line 5 Enter the smaller Subtract line 3 from line 8 12 of all Forms 4684 gross income Subtract results on Schedule A ' 7 we 1 $1 "liM r personal abortion. . ' As I read the inspired LDS "Proclamation on the Family," which was stressed by LDS leaders at the last general conference, confer-ence, I was reminded of the immoral anti-family policies of the Democratic Party and the pro-family policies of the Republican Repub-lican Party. As I read the recent letter from the LDS First Presidency Presi-dency urging church members to support righteous government and men who are "wise, " "good" and "honest," I was reminded how foreign the policies of the Democratic Demo-cratic Party are to these standards, stan-dards, while the Republican Party fully supports these standards. Most Democrats have the propensity to vote for government govern-ment handouts and big government govern-ment or Satan's welfare state, while most Republicans have the propensity to - vote for moral values and righteous principles. People I know, who vote Republican, Repub-lican, tell me if they voted for the amoral Democrat Party and were asked by someone if they were honest with their fellow men, believe we have a missile defense system that will protect us against a missile attack. We don't. . The fall of the Soviet Union has lulled many Americans into thinking we are- now safe from the threat of nuclear missile attack. We aren't. In recent years, one rogue nation after another has acquired the technology to launch missiles onto American soil. We've never been less safe. That is why on Thursday, I voted in the U.S. House of Representatives Representa-tives for H.R. 4, making it the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense . system. - - Make no mistake. This legislation legis-lation is necessary. If a foreign enemy launches even a single ballistic missile at a United States City, there is absolutely nothing we can do to prevent it from hitting its target and killing thousands thou-sands or even millions of Americans. Ameri-cans. The United States currently has no missile defense system to protect American families. We need a defense1 system, and I expect this legislation to be supported sup-ported by the President, as it has by the House and Senate. Our lack of a current missile FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNEW ABOUT IRAs Now: ' Income limits up to $160,000 Relaxed rules for spouses filing jointly Tax-free withdrawals at retirement with a Roth IRA IRAs for education savings ' To learn more about what the new IRAs can do for you, call me (801)489-7700 Dennis Gillie Royal Alliance Assoc., Inc. 15 East 100 South, Springville I will provide you with a free MainStav" Funds brother. TtonA S carefully before you invest. U NYl IFF DitTriknror. 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In contrast, Democrats have completely com-pletely come around to the "Marxist" "Mar-xist" view that whether a person is moral or immoral is determined deter-mined by the person's position on social issues-Democrats have totally lost the concept of personal person-al morality, moral absolutes and rule of law." Art Larson . Springville defense system to protect us against attack from one of these nations does not imply that we lack the technology to build one. On the contrary, we have the technology and the expertise to protect our population. We need only to find the political will to do it. This missile deployment would cost our government $10 billion, and would have no adverse ad-verse budgetary impact, according accord-ing to the Congressional Budget Office. For two-thirds the cost of President Clinton's so-called peacekeeping missions, the Unit-ed Unit-ed States can build a limited missile defense system. With a projected budget surplus of over $700 billion over the next five years, $10 billion sure seems like a small price to pay to protect our families and our quality of life. The world is still a dangerous place, even after the Cold War. The difference is that instead of the threat of one clear enemy like we had then, we now have many. It's time that we finally build a missile defense system to protect our cities and families. If we do not, the consequences might one day be measured in American lives. MainStav . Funds D.J 0..:!J: A r- . -,.. . uuiiuing n, rarsippany, NJ UUjn, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary 1 MSRPAnRrw.nion ii the WoodChuck GAD Mnrrh Wpci ?. Springville, UT 84663 801-489-8357 phone or pager' M "(activation required) store for details) : poor cop i |