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Show SP5VQUT CAR-RT L0TC-007 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 307 U 200 S SIC 4006 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 64101-1277 AN EDITION OF T II E A YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2004 50 CENTS VOL. 118 NO 27 5B Springville City with high by Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD Springville City will move forward for-ward with its plans to provide high speed Internet service to citizens if present goals go forward for-ward said Layne Long, Springville City administrator. Long indicated that the contract con-tract with Backfence Internet Service will be terminated on the July 31 after actions taken by the city council the end of May. Mike Anderson, owner of Backfence, has been operating a limited Internet service to several sever-al customers in the northwest section of the city under a contract con-tract with the city. The city, under the contract, was to provide repairs to the system while the contract is in force. However, the contract could be broken by either party with 30-day notification of intent to terminate the service. ' The present fiber system which exists in the eastern por- Nebo Board oks2004- 2005budget by Jill Fellow STAFF WRITER The Nebo Board of Education adopted a $182 million budget for the 2004-05 school year last week, an amount $42 million higher than the $140 million spent in the 2003-04 school year. The difference in spending is for the 875 expected new students stu-dents that will require the district dis-trict to hire 35 new teachers, said Tracy Olsen, Nebo School District business administrator. The district budgeted about 86 percent of its general fund for teacher salaries and benefits. Though the tax levy is not official of-ficial yet, Olsen said residents should expect higher property taxes this year because of a tax hike to participate in Gov. Olene Walker's reading program next year. The extra money raised by residents in taxes will be matched by state funds. World Folkfest Dancers and musicians from countries around the world will travel to Springville next week to participate in the largest international in-ternational folk dance festival in the United States. The Springville World Folkfest, Folk-fest, now in its 19th year, will Dancers from Mexico perform during the 2003 Springville World Folkfest. Another group from Mexico is scheduled to attend this year's Folkfest. The festival opens July 10 and runs through July 17 with nightly night-ly performances at the Arts Park except Sunday and Wednesday. On Wednesday, July 14, there will be a street dance at the art museum at 8 p.m. for everyone. speed tion of the city east of the railroad rail-road tracks was purchased two years ago by the city for about $35,000 and the city estimates it has spent another $30,000 maintaining main-taining the system. The city is presently running a pilot program using the fiber optics and a "nodes" system which would connect with city users through wireless connection connec-tion presently available at Radio Shack type stores and eliminate the use of phone lines to connect to the Internet. Reports indicate that the trial Mapleton council passes fire department by-laws byjlariinj&noyer SPRINGVILLE HERALD Mapleton City Council passed new by-laws for operation of the volunteer fire department in the city effective July 1, 2004, in a special meeting held last Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. in the Mapleton City Council chambers. cham-bers. Among other things in the bylaws, by-laws, it provides for rotation of the fire chief which has been a point of contention between the fire department and the city council. However, the department has approved the new by-laws and the council is waiting for who the department is suggesting for appointment as fire chief. Free movies They are on the big screen, and there is a concert quality sound system, and you won't want to miss the FREE MOVIES this weekend at the outdoor screen at the Arts Park in Springville. There will also be live, pre-show entertainment for "Movies and Music Under the Stars." Everyone is invited to bring their families, their blankets and lawn chairs, food if you want, and enjoy a warm, summer evening listening to great music and watching a movie on the big host troupes from all over the globe July 10-17. About 250 performers per-formers and musicians will present pre-sent six evening performances during the week. The performances perfor-mances will be July 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. All performances perfor-mances will be at the Spring . fcr - .... -f '.'Of I 1 J i u moves forwan Internet system is working very well. It is also the city's intention to contract with Internet service providers to sell the service customers cus-tomers in the city and provide the ISPs with the Internet through connections with the various cities in the county including in-cluding Spanish Fork, Provo and American Fork. All indications are that using the wireless system would save the city and customers money because this type of system is very reliable and needs very little lit-tle service attention. This appointment will be made the first meeting in July. In other busines, the council continued three public hearings dealing with water, public safety safe-ty and parks and recreation impact im-pact fees. By doing this, the council honored a request by the planning commission who had not finished making their recommendations rec-ommendations about the three impact fee amounts. Decisions concerning this fees will be made at the first council meeting meet-ing on July 7. The council agreed to hire Bridge 2 Business Solutions to service and maintain its computer comput-er systems for the fee of $4,500 for the year. This company has been working on the city's computer com-puter network system and this week at Arts Park screen. Showing this weekend on Friday, Fri-day, July 2, will be "Road to Eldorado." El-dorado." On Saturday, July 3, the movie will be "Peter Pan." In August, the movies will be "Princess Bride" on Aug. 20, and "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of Lost Arc" on Aug. 21. The movies are presented on a giant, movie-sized screen complete com-plete with a large, concert-quality sound system. All movies start at 9 p.m. at the Spring Acres Arts Park located lo-cated behind the high school, here July 10-17 Acres Arts Park amphitheater located northeast of Springville High School at 620 S. 1350 East, Springville. Countries scheduled to be represented rep-resented this year include Ghana, Mexico, Poland (with dancers from Canada perform- system The city system also allows for more than one ISP and any or all ISPs would be billed by the city based on the amount of use their systems need. This, according to the city, can be measured and metered much the same as electricity is being done through a metering process. This excites the city very much because they do not come in competition with Internet service ser-vice providers, but provide low cost service to any and all ISPs who want to operate in the city. knows both the city hall system and the public safety system. Both city agencies recommended recom-mended the company and expressed ex-pressed satisfaction with the work the company has performed per-formed in the past. Tentative final approval of two subdivision plats were granted by the council after some consideration. One subdivision subdi-vision contains 117 units to be built on the west side of US highway high-way 89 and on the east side of the slant road to Spanish Fork. The subdivision includes a park near a proposed elementary school and other amenities in the area. The other plat is for a one-unit 'subdivLsiottlucated on the corner of 700 West and 200 North. 620 S. 1350 East. For more information infor-mation call 489-2726. Come early and enjoy the pre-show pre-show entertainment by some local, lo-cal, professional musicians at 8 p.m. On Friday Shane Jackman and Greg Simpson will entertain, enter-tain, and on Saturday, the Sam Payne Band will entertain before be-fore the movie. Shane Jackman With half a million miles and over a thousand concerts in the rearview mirror, Highway See FREE MOVIES on Page 3 ing Polish folk dances), Nepal and the United States of America. Ameri-ca. The Utah Hispanic Dance Ensemble En-semble will also participate in this year's Folkfest. Tickets for this year's festival are $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $3 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased pur-chased at the gate or bought in advance by calling 801489-2726 or writing to P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663. Group rates are available. In addition, a free street dance will be offered to the public pub-lic during the Folkfest week. More than 200,000 people have attended Folkfest performances perfor-mances since the first Springville World Folkfest in 1986. In 1999, the Springville World Folkfest was honored by being featured on CBS's national nation-al morning television show "Good Morning America." All of the participating countries coun-tries will perform during each evening show. Often, the dance groups bring a selection of costumes cos-tumes and perform different dances on various nights of the festival, making each show unique. Taped music is not allowed at the festival; instead, groups bring musicians who accompany accompa-ny the dancers with lively folk music using the traditional folk instruments of their countries. The Folkfest performers and support personnel will be housed in more than 100 private homes in the Springville and Mapleton area. In those homes, ,..V a 1 t: Miss Utah Second Runner-up Hollie Jones Mapleton contestant places second at Miss Utah Pageant By Cathy Allred Utah County carried half of the top ten contestants selected at Saturday's final evening of the Miss Utah. Scholarship Pageant. The area placed contestants in the first and second runner-up positions behind Amy Davis of Bountiful, who was crowned Miss Utah 2004. The daughter of Taylor and Kathryn Davis, the new Miss Utah is promoting brain injury awareness and prevention for her platform. She will represent her state at the Miss America Scholarship Pageant in September. First runner-up for Miss Utah 2003 was Brittany Wiscombe, second runner-up was Hollie Jones, third runner-up was Rebecca Merrill, Miss Layton; and fourth runner-up was Marin Poole, Miss Cache Valley. Jones of Mapleton, Miss SpringvilleMapleton 2003 and daughter of David and Jerilyn Jones, promoted a primary immune deficiency platform and performed Chopin's "Prelude in C Minor'' on the piano for her talent. She was also chosen as first runner-up for the People's Choice Award. Wiscombe of Highland, Miss Deseret, celebrating abilities platform, sang "Vivez" for her talent. She won the Quality of Life Award and the Miss America Community Service Award and is eligible to compete at the National Sweetheart Festival in Hoopeston, 111. Wiscombe will receive $3,000 in scholarship funds. The People's Choice Award went to Larissa Laycock, Miss Mt. Timpanogos. The audience voted through purchased tickets. Proceeds from the tickets went to the scholarship fund. Those in Utah County selected as part of the top 10 were Stephanie Rhodes of Alpine, Miss Utah County; Jandee Mortensen of Pleasant Grove, Miss Pleasant Grove; Jones of Mapleton; Carly Lynne Tooke of Spanish Fork, Miss UVSC; and Wiscombe.' Rhodes won Thursday night's preliminary talent award for her rendition of "Hungarian Rhapsody." Jones won the preliminary evening wear award on the same night with Tooke winning the preliminary physical physi-cal fitness award. Laycock won Friday's preliminary talent award and Jones took the preliminary physical fitness award. Other contestants from north Utah County who competed in the scholarship pageant were Lindsay Fox, Miss Lehi; and Dominique Sudar, Miss American Fork. There are more contestants for the Miss Utah Pageant than any other affiliated state pageant in the country with 57 competitions for titles in county, city and civic organizations through Utah. The Miss America Scholarship Pageant, of which the Miss Utah Pageant is affiliated, is the greatest source of scholarship funding for women in the United States. All contestants for the Utah pageant received at least $250 in scholarship funds. the international visitors will be exposed to American customs and family life and the host families fam-ilies will be able to learn firsthand first-hand about life in other parts of our rapidly shrinking world. "You get to love them like they were your own family," said Laura Coleman of Springville. "It is such a wonderful wonder-ful experience for our family . . . you get to learn so much about another culture." The festival's outdoor amphitheater, am-phitheater, designed specifically for the Folkfest, is one of the best outdoor venues in Utah, with professional lighting and sound equipment providing remarkable re-markable light brightness and clarity of sound. Spectators can sit on bleachers or chairs at the See WORLD FOLKFEST on Page 9 V. .-'V f V Deadline Due to the Monday, July 5, holiday, hol-iday, the deadline for next week's edition of the Springville Herald is Friday, July 2, at 5 p.m. Please bring your articles and pictures to the newspaper office at 269 E. 400 South by that time. You may also email your submissions sub-missions at artcityavpro.com by Tuesday, July 6, at 9 a.m. Please include your name, address ad-dress and phone number. Letters-to-the-editor are welcomed wel-comed and must be signed by the writer and include name, address and phone. If you have a news tip please call us at 489-5651. WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COM CALL 375-S103 TO SUBSCRIBE ,fcwAi.tu uaJgrtWiWJii(iJi stuuf-iwuiii i |