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Show Ihursday, May 25,2006 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 11 Springville City Council plans to raise some rates Martin Conover SPRING VILLt HERALD The Springville City Council is planning to raise service rates for the coming com-ing fiscal year starting July 1, it was disclosed in a work session held Tuesday evening at city hall. What this means is that business licenses will be raised, and it will cost more for citizens and children chil-dren to participate in recreation recre-ation events or to swim at the swimming pool. Citizens Citi-zens and developers will pay more for planning department de-partment services such as annexation of property from the county to the city, to secure a zone change, plans for subdivisions, etc. Cemetery lot prices will also go up according to the council. All of these price increases increas-es are based on a study made by Rick Kermer, a former city finance director direc-tor ,with many city credentials, creden-tials, who met with the council to inform them that they need to make sure the city gets paid for its ser Sage Creek fifth-graders, teachers and many parents conquered the 13-mile Provo Parkway Trail on Tuesday, Tues-day, May 16, and were still able to smile about it. Teachers Pam Tippetts, Frank Daybell and Kelli Giles helped students train all year to be ready for the annual trek as part of their physical education goals. The first grade went to the fire station the police station and the library. We went to the fire station and police station to leam about safety. The fireman's name was Mr. Roytance. He taught us how to be safe in a fire. Detective Duncan told us how to get a hold of help. You just have to call 9-1-1 and help will come. Mrs. Blackbird, the city librarian, taught us how to treat books. You should not read a book while you are eating. Also, you should not give your library books for a dog to chew on. My favorite thing was the fire truck. The truck was 31 -years-old and it can pump 30 gallons a minute of water. The big gun hose shoots out one hundred gallons a minute. That's a lot of water. Written by Serina Johnson, first grade, Art City Elementary. I TRIPLE TflsS : , V. I t a hiahvfue -efficient Brvant Furnace. -i On select systemi Offered by TripteT for a IffliMSiM only! . j 1550 North Main : '. . NO Interest and Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Voice 24 hr: 801-798-771 1 No Payments for Fax:801-798-7793 E-mail: tttsfcn.org 12 months! Web: www.tripletheating.com vices. , Some of the proposed increases in-creases are steep, such as getting the planning commission com-mission to review an annexation, an-nexation, which could jump from a $100 price tag to $660. A cemetery lot with an upright monument could increase from $500 to $750. A one month family fami-ly resident pass at the swimming pool could raise from $46.50 to $56.25. A regular business license could jump from $40 per year to $80 per year. The council has only talked about raising sewer rates this year. Electric, and water rates will probably proba-bly stay the same. Sewer rates could take up to a $3 per month hike. All of the proposed rate hikes will be discussed and officially passed in the June 6 council meeting. Citizens Cit-izens with interests in these rates are urged to attend at-tend this meeting. In other action, the public works departmentreported that they will tear up 950 West Street between Cen- Energy prices are on the rise. Offset the rising energy prices by installing ter Street and 400 South again to put in a 12-inch secondary water line, before be-fore laying asphalt. The council attempted to get the department to also consider a storm drain for the street so that it would not have to be torn up again, but were talked out of the idea by the city staff who said among other things that the contractor is ready to go now with the project. This road has been torn up many times during the past six months and closed most of the time. The road has also been needed because of the two schools and the new church in that area. The bid for the work was awarded to Johnson and Phillips, Inc. for $92,400. High bid was $101,700. The council also awarded Johnson John-son and Phillips, Inc. the bid to surface the road when the water main is in place for $102,345. High bid for this work was $132,028. This work should be completed by the end of June. US (BHHHi (IE) 3H!laHI3iV (&ilMHiijH.(Bwm!t:4l I IPT p f (ft. 1 ' 1 I V ' c " ' ' . i .. . ' ,. ' 1 Children and adults alike, enjoyed experimenting with texture and composition as they built sculpture sculp-ture using sticks and copper wire at the May Community and Family Night at the Springville Museum Muse-um of Art. Nearly 400 people gathered to hear a presentation by local artist Allan Tipton, enjoy the puppetry presentation by Joe Flores and the Utah Puppetry Guild, and wre taught how to create their own art based on the artistic principles discussed by Tipton. Museum Director Vern Swanson is shown here constructing a sculpture. 1:1 P' t v The third-graders from Reagan Academy shined this last week as they shared their artistic talents in their program "We Make a Rainbow." This was a celebration of the continents, countries and communities they have been studying this year. The stage came alive with song, dance and drama as the students delighted the audience with the La Bamba, Irish Jig, Virginia Reel, Hukilau, Maori Stick Dance and an Asian folktale. The highlight was when Mr. Shenk made a surprise entrance as the old Australian stockman for Tie Me Kangaroo Kan-garoo Down Sport - didgeridoo included! A huge thanks from Mrs. Beagles, Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. -Parker for the excellence these students demonstrated. Volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, Hobble Creek District! The Boy Scouts need you. They need willing men and women to volunteer to help young men in the Hobble Creek District. The Boy Scouts of America Ameri-ca is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based values-based leadership. Studies show that boys who were scouts are far more likely to take leadership leader-ship positions as adults, serve others needs before their own, and do the honest thing verses the easy thing just to name a few (Harris Interactive Study). The past year the Utah National Na-tional Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America gathered gath-ered over 485,000 pounds of food for Utah's food banks and provided 243,826 hours of service, resulting in total savings of $1,255,704 to local, lo-cal, state, national and international inter-national governmental agencies, agen-cies, schools and religious organizations. or-ganizations. Scouting blesses the lives of boys, families and communities. commu-nities. Behind the scenes, however, of the camping trips, fun activities and character-building, are countless hours of backstage work done by dedicated volunteers. volun-teers. The Hobble Creek Scouting Scout-ing District is in need of will i t . V. 1 A ,: . V -. ' 1 f p rr .i ;B J -a i .- i ing and enthusiastic volunteers volun-teers to help out in any number num-ber of its capacities. : Following are a list of committees com-mittees that need your help: 2007 Jamboral Committee; 2007 Scouting Expo Committee; Commit-tee; Activities and Civic Service Ser-vice Committee, Chair: Kevin Marett; Membership Committee, Com-mittee, Chair: John York; Finance Fi-nance Committee, Chair: Harley Hurst; Advancement Lite) 8GXLT? That means that you can call on me to .fill your needs with the coverage you want and at the lowest possible cost. Farmers Insurance Group specializes in Auto, Fire, Life and Commercial insurance and is famous for last, fair, friendly claims service. I'd like to meet you. Why not give me a call today. ! think you'll be glad you did. 1 FTTT 1 1 1 I I .1. . -, . 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