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Show The Springville High School Marching Band marched proudly down Payson's Main Street Monday in the Onion Days Parade. They were proud because they were wearing new uniforms-blue pants, red tops and plumbed hats. They will showcase their uniforms to the community on Thursday, Sept 5, when they Red Devil Football Team plays here at 7 p jn. Citizens are invited to come to the game and cheer for the Red Devil football players and the band members. Volume One Hundred Six mm wm Water has been a critical issue in Springville this year as well as the entire Western United States. After a mild winter and very hot and dry spring and summer, things aren't looking any better and we look at yellow, burned up lawns and worry about the future. Fencing permits easy to obtain Fencing permits are required in Springville City. The fee for a fencing permit costs $10 and takes about IS minutes to obtain. Permits are needed to meet the safety and aesthetic concerns of the community. Fences are an important part of a property in that they provide privacy, protect children and animals and can add to the overall over-all appearance of a yard. If not properly located, fences can block the view of pedestrians and vehicles and create other problems. Fencing permits regulate regu-late these things. Property owners in Springville are responsible to ensure that a fence permit has been obtained prior to the installation of 4 fence. This means that if you have hired a contractor to install your fence, you must either obtain the permit or Tequest a copy of the permit from your contractor for your records. By following this simple procedure, a citizen can be assured as-sured that their new fence is in compliance with the ordinances of Springville City and is safely located to help avoid unnecessary accidents and that it will contribute contrib-ute to the overall attractiveness of the community. fit r - r. I " " ) i V V J I ' ! U ' jL ' I J I The Springville Museum of Art is the center of art education in the state of Utah. Through the museum and the Statewide Art Partnership, the museum has been distributing art posters, postcards and lesson plans to all of the schools 4 t--V 1 f ""TT I v Springville City officials have been worrying too, but they have also been working hard to ensure that the city is in a position to meet future water needs. A study on all options available to the city will soon be ready according to Layne Long, city administrator. He said that definite plans can then be made and implemented which should ensure sufficient water for everyone next summer. Springville has depended on springs in the past. The name, Springville, means just that. We have lots of springs. But city officials see the need to not just rely on those springs but to find other means of developing water sources. The city has focused the last two years on development of new wells. "Wells are expensive and take time to drill," said Long. A well started in July of 2000 in the Spring Creek Park at 400 E. 600 North, struck bedrock and had to be abandoned. Another well was started in March of 2001 just north of the Evergreen Cemetery. The person digging that well has encountered various problems which have delayed bringing it into production. produc-tion. Long indicated that they do not know if that well will have the production they had hoped for. "The well on 1000 South is not being used because it has tested high for lead and manganese manga-nese in the water. The city is looking at a new filtering process that will purify the water," said Long. "We are also looking at putting in bigger pumps on the existing wells." "If we put in bigger pumps and get the 1000 South well going, we should double our in the state. They also go into the classrooms with a program, Art Talks, and teach kids about art. Students at Pleasant Grove High School are shown here participating in the Art Talks experience. i. SPRINGVILLE, UTAH capacity for next summer and we will be fine," said Long. ! The city currently has nine! water storage tanks with a total capacity of 14.2 million gallons. , This is sufficient capacity for ; several years into the future said Long, but with low spring flows, water will have to be pumped into the tanks. , "Keeping the tanks at a high i level is one of the main reasons for the water restrictions this summer," said Long. "If everyone every-one waters at the same time, the levels drop very fast. Levels need to be higher to keep water pressure pres-sure high and to have sufficient water in case of an emergency. Long said that restrictions have accomplished the goals of the city because they have been able to keep water in the tanks and the pressure up. Many citizens have wondered why the city hasn't put a moratorium morato-rium on new construction if we don't have enough water to go around. Long said that every new development is required to give to the city sufficient water rights for all of the new homes that will be built. A builder must tender to the city one water share per acre. Each share costs about $5,000. The person building a new home must also pay impact fees that in turn help develop water rights into culinary sources. "The homeowners pay their own way by providing water resources and the funds to develop them," said Long. "Every new development has to do this, including any coming into the West Fields." Impact fees are $1,000 per dwelling unit$2,000 for a duplex, du-plex, etc. "Without impact fees, the city cannot develop more ..if v 1 Adds I 84663 - September 4, 2002 water sources," said Long. As for a moratorium on new construction, some citizens think very strongly that this should be done until we are looking back at .the drought. Under Utah State low, a city can impose a moratorium morato-rium only when there is a very compelling reason to do so, and it can then only impose the moratorium mora-torium for six months. According to law, a moratorium moratori-um for one reason cannot be put on again in another six months for the same reason. "Unknown A Utah artist is dealing with the collapse of the World Trade Center by painting images of America's backbone. An exhibit called "Unknown Heroes" by Kaziah Hancock will open at the Springville Museum of Art on Sept. 3, just a week before the year anniversary of Sept. II. "Hancock paints images of the working class, the proletariat," said Vern Swanson, the director of the Springville Museum of Art. "The workers have been the backbone of this country from the beginning," Hancock said. "They are still the backbone during these times." Hancock said her most recent rush of paintings was inspired by the tragic events of Sept. II. "I was so depressed for three or four months afterward," Hancock said. She said the first painting she made after the attacks was of a woman and child in utter fear surrounded around by the dust and ashes of ground zero. She followed the first painting with a canvas of soldiers in battle, and then she painted a portrayal of George Washington praying for the founding of the United States. Hancock said these works eventually had a soothing effect on her and then caused her to question where she would take her painting career. "If I were to get blown up, what will I have liked to have painted?" she asked. "Life in America, life as I know it and life as I love it." Hancock said she spent, 20 years of her life in hard labor. "She paints what she knows." said Swanson. "She is wise to do that." "So I am painting the real people who are the backbone of supporting this nation. They do the dirty jobs from the cleaning to the carpentry. They are the salt of this earth." The Springville exhibit will hang 15 Hancock paintings from the 100 paintings in her Sept. 1 1 series. ' Exhibitions by Utah artists Brian Hoover and Marilee Campbell Camp-bell will also open on Sept. 3. A reception for all three exhibits Price 500 p mwmm "A six-month moratorium will not solve our water problems," said Long. "The key to solving our water problems is the development devel-opment of new water resources, and the water impact fees charged to new homes and businesses busi-nesses help fund the development of water resources." Long said that the big problem prob-lem this summer has been the welr-nt-the cemetery that hasn't worked out. It costs about 60 of the cost to drill a well to drill a test well. Heroes" of Sept 11 will be held at the Museum on Sept. 8 from 4-7 p.m. The public is welcome to come see the art and meet the artists. "You'll just die to meet Kaziah Kaz-iah Hancock," Swanson said. Hancock is a prominent Utah artist who grew up in a restrictive polygamous marriage where she was forbidden to paint. "I have wanted to be an artist since the time I was born," said Hancock. After she broke away from polygamous life, which she called "bologna," Hancock headed straight for art training. Hancock took a few courses in art with private teachers and then put herself through intense study of other artists' work. '; Abator" ill wJn jar I ft n Utah artist Kaziah Hancock painted this portrait of Dawn Jensen who is the receptionist at the Springville Museum of Art. Hancock's paintings of "Unknown Heroes" are now on display at the art museum. There will be a reception for Hancock and two other artists, Brian Hoover and Marilee Campbell, on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. " 3 Number Thirty-Six Spanish Fork has more wells than we do, but Springville uses a lot more spring water Yxmg said. Grant school Parents of students attending Grand Elementary School are invited to the school's Back-to-School Night on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. All parents are encouraged to attend and meet the teachers. "This was no look and see," Hancock said. "I was up to the canvas with a magnified glass until I could see every Mmkc and every level of the paim Then I would go home and strive to apply it." After years of study and practice, Hancock broke away from the traditional procedure of painting. She said most painters start with dark hues on the first day of painting, move on to medium and light hues the second day, and add the frosting on the cake on the third day. But instead of this method Hancock mixes 80 colors in an hour and a half before she starts painting her subject. She said she has only the next six to eight Continued on page 3 1 " -.". 9-,. K-j- : -. . 7 JS 'A, r7 -' |