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Show Page Fourteen - The Springville Herald - January 15, 2004 n b n VMt( SSDDBg by Caleb Warnock Staff Writer As Springville city planners plan-ners prepare for the development develop-ment of a 1,600-acre annexation annex-ation that could eventually, double the city's population, railroad tracks are getting in the way. Since approving the West Fields annexation in May, the city has received development proposals totaling to-taling hundreds of homes, said Springville community development director Fred Aegerter. West Fields is located between 400 West and the freeway. Initial development plans for the area could be approved this year and in order to accommodate the growth that is sure to come, the city would like to build a road running north and south at approximately 1250 West, he said. But in order for the road to work, it must cross railroad rail-road tracks in the area. , "We have identified that as a major collector road," he said. 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His office has been working work-ing with Springville to plan for a railroad crossing in the area, but for safety reasons, UDOT will likely require the closure of two existing railroad crossings before it allows a new one to be built. "There is a national initiative initia-tive to reduce the number of railroad crossings nationwide, mostly for safety reasons," he said. "The policy we have is to require two closures for one opening." A spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad confirmed the company owns tracks in the area. Aegerter said the pace of development in the area would drive the time frame IE vea-ytrJaing f10 ito SO South lOO West - Springville 489-8242 );n'' i'n. i dp) d) Simn itiumwi iQt6r f L i mmmm-mmm m-mmi i Lwmwwiiibiiiii. mnaii for making a final decision about which railroad crossing cross-ing to close. There was no immediate time frame for how soon a decision would be necessary. Discussions with UDOT have included proposals to close existing crossings within with-in the city, including one on Main Street, one along 800 South and one on the west end of the city, he said. The exact locations of the crossings cross-ings were not immediately available. No decision has been made about which crossings would be closed, he said, but the city is concerned that closures would leave some neighborhoods isolated, forcing forc-ing them to find other routes that are less convenient. "Our preference is to try and work with UDOT to see if there is a possibility of allowing those existing crossings to stay," he said. "There are areas in the West Fields with railroad crossings cross-ings on farm roads, and we are exploring whether those could be used to justify an wkikA,'iiiiiiiiiMiiw& OlFIF Spedal exchange. It would have to be looked at carefully and studied." Seely said UDOT will negotiate ne-gotiate with the city, but two railroad crossing closures 1 When it comes to math, these young people don't need the erasers on their pencils. They are the winners in this year's MATHCOUNTS competition at the Springville Middle School. They are, from left: Nathan Richey, 1st place; Drew Boteherby, 2nd; Jordan Cruz, 3rd; Diana James, 4th; (William Cross, 5th, and Michelle Cronquist, 6th, not present); Jessica Grosland, 7thJ Tairsa Brown, 8th; Logan Merkly, 9th; (Luke Wilkens, 10th, not present); Halie Augustus, 11th; (Emily Halvorson, 12th, not present); Stephen Jones, 13th; and Dylan Wake, 14th. Congratulations to these students. Their teacher is Mr. Lundgreen. Parents push for bond to support music program by Christi C. Babbitt Staff Writer Sixth-grade music programs pro-grams need to be continued and supported, a mission that will be aided if a $140 million bond issue is passed by Nebo School District voters, said a group of Nebo district parents on Wednesday. The parents, some from the executive committee of the Springville High School Orchestra Parent Guild, held a public meeting at the Springville Sprin-gville Museum of Art and announced an-nounced the formation of the Nebo Music Coalition. The new organization will, among other objectives, help find a way to maintain music programs for sixth-graders as the district proposes moving sixth grade from middle school to the elementary school level. r v lliL ) & is ml fciilk () somewhere would likely be required. "Anything is possible but we certainly want to make the situation safer than when we started," he said. "We don't 1 i Nebo sixth-graders are involved in-volved in orchestra and band programs. Those attending were also encouraged to vote for the bond issue. Nebo School District will conduct a special bond and voted leeway election elec-tion on Feb. 3 for money to build and operate seven new elementary schools, two new high schools and one new junior ju-nior high school. The district is also considering consid-ering reconfiguring its grade structure, eliminating middle schools, which now house sixth and seventh grade. Seventh-graders would be moved to junior high. "We really need this bond passed because music will be in very deep trouble if we do not get this bond passed," said Carol Day, a Mapleton resident resi-dent and one of the meeting's organizers. District enrollment is expected ex-pected to rise from 23,000 in October of 2002 to 33,000 by 2010. If the bond is not passed and the new schools are not built, creative scheduling to accommodate the increase in students may cut into the time now available for music programs, pro-grams, Day said. Sam Tsugawa, director of orchestras at Springville junior ju-nior and senior high schools, said it will be a challenge to keep offering the same beginning begin-ning music programs in sixth grade if the grade is moved into the elementary schools. Chamta' awards Continued from Page 1 Governor. He was instrumental instrumen-tal in researching and developing devel-oping the Whitehead Power Plant, of which he is very proud. He was a member of the Arts Board and is an emeritus emeri-tus member of the Springville Playhouse Board. Max was active in forming form-ing the World Folkfest and served many years on its board. He currently serves on the Veterans Memorial Board, Springville City Power Board, Springville City Hardship Hard-ship Committee and Veterans Honor Guard. He gives countless hours of service wherever his help is needed. "Free time" is a term unfamiliar to Max. He has worked tirelessly at the Springville Museum of Art volunteering in numerous projects to help prepare the new wing. He is a true friend of the museum, and in 2002 was, with his wife Kolene, the recipient re-cipient of the Museum's Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Award. Church service has always been important to Max, He has served on the High Council in the Kolob Stake and as a bishop's bish-op's councilor and Bishop of the Hobble Creek First Ward before going on a mission with Kolene, whom he married in Dec. 1983. They served in Billings, Montana, spending their time in Three Forks. After they returned re-turned home, they were called back to help with the dedica want to step in and tell the city how to run its business, and we haven't yet gone in and forcibly closed a crossing. cross-ing. We will negotiate with the city." '"Tf"w Vim wmm mmyi mmt b-.;v i ill! i ; ; ' : ) - 1 ? However, he also sees it as an opportunity to make great things happen, he said. A total of 875 sixth-grade students participate in Nebo district band and orchestra programs, Tsugawa said. Because music classes have more students than other classes, more teachers will be needed to supervise the extra sixth-graders if music classes are cut, he said, an added cost for the district. Statistics indicate that when a beginning music program pro-gram is cut, a 50 percent to 65 percent reduction in student participation can be expected in the overall music program, Tsugawa said. This means more teachers would also be needed on the secondary level to supervise the extra students who would no longer be participating par-ticipating in music, he said. Mapleton resident Michelle Mi-chelle Baer, another organizer orga-nizer of the meeting, said the music coalition would have an executive committee of music educators, parents and community com-munity leaders. Four committees commit-tees within the coalition would serve various roles including communicating with the public, pub-lic, keeping track of issues on the district's administrative level and investigating the music curriculum of other districts and states. For now, Baer said, the coalition's efforts will be toward to-ward getting the bond issue passed. tion of the Billings Temple. '. Kolene Knight was born, raised, married and raised her four children in Springville. She lost her first husband to cancer. Kolene has had many interesting occupations and opportunities in her life. One of her first jobs was as a Welcome Wagon hostess for Springville in the 1950's. Her most rewarding job was as a teacher's aid at Grant Elementary El-ementary for ten years. Waldo Jacobson was her principal and mentor. She learned a great deal from him and the other people she worked with. After she married Max she did some substitute teaching. Her great love for reading led her to join Project Read at the Provo Library before it was offered here. She later joined the Literacy Center in Springville where she has volunteered for years. For the past 15 years, she has volunteered at the Springville Sprin-gville Museum of Art. For die past 20 years, Kolene has been involved with and supported sup-ported Max in all of his civic interests. Whenever Max is involved, in-volved, Kolene is right behind him. They look forward to being be-ing involved for years to come, and appreciate mis honor by the chamber. Combined, the Knights have 10 children (one deceased), de-ceased), 30 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. |