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Show 10 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, January 20, 2005 Rotary Club donates $500 to purchase books for kids Mapleton considering sewer plant upgrade At the weekly meeting of the Springville Rotary Club on December 29, 2004, the Rotarians listened to a report from Gena Bertelsen, Director Direc-tor of the Springville Family Literacy Centers (SFLQ, on the effects of the new books that were purchased for four of the five centers. The books were purchased using money that the Springville Rotary Club donated do-nated to SFLC in October of last year. Bertelsen described the scene at the Springville City Outreach ' to Students (SCORS) program as she delivered de-livered the new books to the students there. "The students were literally jumping up and down with excitement as the books arrived! They are so thrilled to have current, cur-rent, 'hot' titles to read and to check out from this center," cen-ter," she said. Claudia Jensen, director of SCORS, also attended the meeting. She is the parent of a student who is being tutored tu-tored in the SFLC program and not only sees the benefits bene-fits in her child but in all of those she serves in the SCORS program. Jensen reported about the excitement in the students over the books and both directors di-rectors thanked the Rotarians Rotari-ans for their good works in our community and especially especial-ly for the help that their programs pro-grams have received from the Rotary Club. In a surprise move, after both guests were finished speaking, the Rotarians voted vot-ed and approved another donation do-nation of $500 to go to EACH of the programs! Both of the invited guests were not only stunned, but extremely grateful for the gift. Bertelsen said, "I thought we were just coming for dinner!" I .JVI.jl.-. i; ..v i :' I ' i :'JS' "Mil fear- " ' f- --jsKssBafcafsrao""! 1 ' - ", 4 .... I . : femm'MifA Gena Bertelsen, director Of the Springville Family Literacy Centers, accepts ac-cepts a $500 donation from Steve Oakey of the Springvgille Rotary Club. Todd Hollingshead STAFF WRITER Mapleton's City Council got an early start last week on its plan to lift the sewer-related sewer-related moratorium that has clogged up development throughout the city for more than a month. Four options compiled by the planning director, public works director and city administrator ad-ministrator were presented to council members at a meeting with hopes that the council could at least agree on a temporary fix to the problem. Council members informally informal-ly agreed to move in the direction di-rection of purchasing an upgrade up-grade in the Spanish Fork Sewer Plant, which would give the city at least 2,200 more connections. The upgrade up-grade would cost Mapleton an estimated $3.25 million. In an attempt to end the moratorium as soon as possible, possi-ble, the council is also considering consid-ering making available 250 Plans move forward for 2005 Nebo Economic Summit Plans are underway for "We were thrilled with the chairman. "Taking valuable the second annual Nebo Eco- success of last year's Sum- information gleaned from nomic Summit slated for Fri- mit," said Brent Johnson, last year, we are designing day, Mar. 25, 2005 at the Spanish Fork Alcoa plant an even better conference." Spanish Fork Middle School, manager and 2005 Summit The Nebo Economic Sum- m -'rf$L y f Jh ft i , -". U,7-,:- ' x,,r - -.. jLr'ti Meeting to formulate plans for the upcoming Nebo Economic Summit are, left to right: Marilyn Clayson, Santaquin Chamber representative; Brent Johnson, Summit Chair; Kirk Holt, Springville Chamber president; presi-dent; Karen Payne, Spanish Fork Chamber representative; Sharon Brown, Spanish Fork Chamber past-president; Carolyn Bowman, Payson Chamber representative, Eldon Money, representing agri-business; Cory Holly, UVSC business development. J Q olLICTRieAL oAUT0r.10TIU out o tC - t v X J J J J i M r1 r1 III - r-J - pJ v J i I A CLYDE COMPAN Y f 33 13.fi Mil ft- in mit is organized through a combined effort of Chambers of Commerce from cities in South Utah County and North Juab. Each Chamber has representatives sitting on the organizing committee. "Anytime we can have an open forum and discuss ways to promote the economy in our area, we are advancing the future specific to our location," loca-tion," said Karen Payne, Spanish Fork Chamber representative. repre-sentative. "The summit will give businesses both large and small a perspective of what is going on around them and how they can prepare." Sponsorships are available. avail-able. Businesses interested in being a sponsor should contact con-tact Karen Payne at the Spanish Span-ish Fork Chamber office at 798-8352. Sponsorships range from $50 to $1,000 and are awarded award-ed on a first come, first served basis. The highest lev el of sponsorship includes presentmg to the whole group during the "5-minute Blast" session, as well as representation rep-resentation on all printed material. ma-terial. "Whether one is thinking of starting a business, energizing ener-gizing an existing one, or whether one's business is small or large, the summit offers of-fers timely and relevant information in-formation specific for the Nebo area," said Johnson. This year's format will be similar to last year's with the entire group meeting together togeth-er to listen to informative speakers. Smaller groups will meet in workshop breakout break-out sessions both before and after lunch. Early registration is $50 per person. Fees include breakfast and lunch as well as a resource binder. For more information, please contact Karen Payne at 798-8352. of the sewer connections guaranteed to the Harvest Park Development. That move would immediately immedi-ately give the city a two-year window to negotiate with Spanish Fork for the upgrade. up-grade. Planners said Harvest Park's buildout could take almost al-most eight years to complete, com-plete, and the time would allow al-low the city to replace those 250 guaranteed connections when the developer is ready to use them. "I'm tired of the other cities holding us hostage," Councilman Ryan Parham said. "But I'm not sure I'm ready to write a check for $7 million." The $7 million figure is what it would cost the city to build a self-contained sewer plant, another option considered consid-ered Wednesday. Most of the Harvest Park connections would be given back when needed, if officials offi-cials made good on another option that would allow for 225 northern Mapleton homes to connect into the Springville city sewage system. sys-tem. Springville officials discussed dis-cussed the option at a recent work session and told Mapleton Maple-ton staffers they would be willing to proceed with an arrangement following an infiltration in-filtration study. Tying 225 homes into Springville's system would initially cost Mapleton roughly $660,000 and force the city to pay Springville an additional $25 a month per home for sewage costs. Mapleton is currently contracted con-tracted to use 23 percent of the capacity of the Spanish Fork Sewer Plant. A moratorium was officially official-ly placed on development Dec. 1 when the city found almost al-most all the available sewer connections were promised to developments or lots in the city. Mapleton's council won't vote on a plan until details have been worked out. The next City Council meeting is Wednesday. 1 1 " ' a, '.." 4'' T , lplili Sli&tSIS '::!V:::'-:;::;V ' ":: SSS : - v :-- -j" '' : i Hal ''-i';S:-'?:vS:'': :::::SiiiS'::i Kill! iliililj flliilll COME TO OUR GRAND OPENING, JANUARY 21-22 It's a party so fun, you'll forget you're in a bank. 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