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Show Folkf est dancers from Albania are shown gathering with their host families forone , i last picture before the group left Springville on Monday. The Albanians arrived tt' j Ma I late for the Folkf est, but the group attracted a lot of media attention, with several (aS1 mj!$r" 3"V newspapers and television stations interviewing members of the dance group. "-pyf AAfj MtAH p5r-o A en,- l ".. J"r'r'" f'"f ' S'J 307 y 200 s r SUITE 4005 3 12" SALT LAKE CITY. L'T 4101 --.... . . ( ?" i ,."'" , .: ' ,4 r - r ' . - Volume One Hundred Four SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - July 21, 1999 Price 500 Number Twenry-Nine rvn A high number of calls to the Public Safety Department in June resulted in the Springville City Council discussing the matter in the last council meeting. Police Chief Scott . Finlayson told the council that there were 61 calls in June with many of those cases being transported. Because of this high number and the growth in the city, paramedics para-medics are wondering if the city has enough resources to handle the high volume which is bound to increase. Chief Finlayson briefly reviewed re-viewed the calls and pointed out that the volunteers who man the ambulances are paid very minimal mini-mal wages. He also explained that many of the cases on which officers and volunteers work are very emotional for the people noma sing involved. "As the city is rapidly growing, so are the calls; the volume of work is taking a toll on the workers," he said. .The paramedics are called out to help with minor injuries, but they are also called to some not so easy cases. In the last week of June they rescued an 18-month-old from the family's hot tub, searched for three fingers that belonged to an elderly man who had cut them off with a lawn-mower lawn-mower and responded to two tragic deaths. A 12-month-old girl was run over by a vehicle and a teenager apparently died of heat stroke. According to Finlayson, sometimes so-metimes the police and paramedics paramed-ics need grief counseling. The job carries a lot of stress. In the same council meeting, Finlayson was named to the new position of Public Safety Director for the city. It is hoped that by doing this he will have better coordination between police, firefighters and paramedics. Finlayson was also given approval for the Car-Per-Officer program. He said that in the past the department maintained a fleet and officers shared vehicles, but the department is now going back to the car-per-officer program. Finlayson explained that it has been found that under this program, pro-gram, maintenance of the vehicles vehi-cles is much better and the perception per-ception by the citizens is that the city has more officers on duty because they see more vehicles in use. Additional police cars will be purchased so that each officer has his own vehicle. "That policy has the added benefit of cutting costs," said Mayor Hal Wing. "I've found that by giving each 'employee a vehicle to take home at night, maintenance problems go down by a third. It is amazing how much better they are maintained." main-tained." The police chief urged citizens to use common sense when calling call-ing for emergency help. The council approved Resolution Resolu-tion No. 99-18, the Major Crimes Task Force Interlocal Agreement. The police chief 'explained that confiscated evidence evi-dence is held until the case is adjudicated and then is returned to the proper owner. If goods are forfeited, then they go to the Task Force towards their funding. fund-ing. No goods go to the community commu-nity unless the goods are confiscated confis-cated in the community. The total budget for the Task Force is around $450,000, with 80 of that coming from a federal feder-al grant. Springville's contribution contribu-tion is 55,500 and manpower. The chief explained that there was no conflict with Springville's Personnel Policies and having Springville Police work on the Task Force as needed. In other action, the council moved to set the salary for the City Administrator, Cam Gunter, at $63,000 in accordance with the study that was recently done and with the compensation schedule. Mayor Wing said that he recently changed Gunter's salary but he did not do the change in a proper manner and withdrew his offer. With the change in running for office in the city, a filing fee of $10 will now be charged to cover the costs involved. The council approved the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the Nebo School District in regards to the sculpture garden and amphitheater to be put in between the new wing of the Springville Museum of Art and the Middle School gym. All of this will be done in the future and will come from donations or grants obtained by the museum. A bid for the telemetry SCADA system for the Wastewater Waste-water Treatment Plant was awarded awar-ded to ESC electric in the amount of $236,951. Harolil, Bonnie Biuiden to I em 1 iHsipleton Parade Harold and Bonnie Gividen will , lead the Mapleton Pioneer Day parade on Saturday, July 24. They'll . ride in a horse-drawn carriage driven by Merrill Gapp-mayer, Gapp-mayer, followed by a grand procession of their children and grandchildren. , Harold and Bonnie have been pillars of the Mapleton community. communi-ty. When Harold was Scoutmaster Scoutmas-ter his troop dedicated and landscaped land-scaped the Mapleton Community Park at Main and Maple, where the Pioneer Day celebration now is held. The Gividens have a special warm and friendly atmosphere about their home where friends and family are always welcome to drop in and share a meal. Bonnie was born in the piney woods of- East Texas. Being a mother and grandmother has always been her priority. She loves drama and has acted in many church and community productions. She writes poetry, has made quilts for all of her children and grandchildren and regularly hosts family celebra- . dons. Bonnie has served in many callings in the LDS Church, including Relief Society President. Presi-dent. She loves flowers and gardening and has sewn just about everything, including prom dresses and canvas dams for the water ditches near her home. Harold was born in Mapleton in 1924 and grew up helping his father with farming, a grocery : CP ' r . V Harold and Bonnie Gividen store, auto mechanics and welding. weld-ing. He cultivates a love for the outdoors. He was captain of the football team at Springville High School. He flew B17s over Europe, where, as a co-pilot, he was shot down inside Switzerland. He received the Purple Heart. He is retired from Geneva Steel where he worked as a production manager. Harold and Bonnie met right after the war while he was serving serv-ing in the Texas-Louisiana Mission Mis-sion for the LDS Church. They married in 1948 and became the parents of seven children. There are 39 grandchildren to carry on the Gividen family tradition of love and harmony. They served a mission to Spokane. Washington, f 1986-88, and now serve in the Provo LDS Temple. Mapleton celebration set "The Legacy Lives On" in Mapleton on Saturday, July 24, at the annual Pioneer Day celebration. That is the theme for this year's event, and organizers have plenty of things planned for every member mem-ber of the family. Starting Friday, July 23, there will be a patriotic fireside fire-side at 7 p.m. in the Mapleton Park. It is free and everyone is invited to attend. You can get up early and cheer for those who are signed up to run in the two running events, or you can attend the flag raising ceremony at 7 a.m. in the park and eat your breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 to the music of the Leo Vernon Band who will start playing at 8 a.m. The whole family can eat for only $12 or you can purchase tickets for individual servings. You won't want to miss the grand parade at 9 a.m. led by Harold and Bonnie Gividen and their family. They will be honored at 10 a.m. at the park. Lunch will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and you can feed the while family again for $12, with individual tickets available. The price of different sandwiches goes down if you purchase more and each sandwich includes chips and a drink. There will be games and activities for children of all ages from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. including activities for the teenagers and a variety of booths. Bring your money to purchase baked goods and other items. Entertainment will start at 8 a.m. at the park and go on until 1:25 p.m. It includes the Spring Rhythm Cloggers, 10:20 a.m.; Wahlberg and Harward, 10:55; DUP Plaque Dedication, 11; Cassidy Figge Band, 11; Mt. Nebo Summer Choir. 11:40; Fireman's Quilt Drawing. 12:15 p.m.: Bike Giveaway, 12:20; Krista Whit-elock. Whit-elock. 12:35; Ozark Mt. Stom-pers, Stom-pers, 1:10; and Kevin Elmer-Chris Elmer-Chris Thomas, 1:25. You can visit the Old City Hall for a look at the display of art and handicrafts from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. And you can participate in the Mapleton Humanitarian Aid Project. Bring items-combs, items-combs, brushes, towels, blankets, blan-kets, fabric, school supplies, etc., to the park and place them in the large bins that will be provided. There will be Mapleton Fun Run T-shirts available for $10 and Mapleton baseball caps for $10, available while they last. Bring your family and friends and enjoy Pioneer Day in Mapleton. Progressive Party to meet A meeting of the Progressive Party of Springville will be held in the meeting room of the Springville Sprin-gville Public Library on July 28, at 7 p.m. Any individual who would like to affiliate with, and have the support of the Progressive Progres-sive part in running for one of the three contested City Council seats, is invited to attend. For the first time in Springville's Springvil-le's political history a Primary Election will be held, but only if the number of candidates is more than twice (seven or more in this case) the number of positions open. . The date for the Primary, Election is Tuesday, October 5. All three positions on the City Council are for four-year terms. A Declaration of Candidacy form must be filed by any person running for city office by 5 p.m. August 16. v For further information contact con-tact the Progressive Party Chairman, Chair-man, Kenneth A. Hodgkinson at 489-9578. COPY |