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Show Thursday, May 10, Z"07 Mapleton snake and rodent invasion returns Editor: The majority of Maple-ton Maple-ton citizens incorrectly believed the Sutherland's request for a Conditional Use Permit was dead. We were told that the Sutherlands withdrew their C.U.P. application last fall. They put their property up for sale and received a $500,000 offer. of-fer. They were issued a license to locate their snake and rodent business busi-ness in a Spanish Fork business park. They were not only welcomed in Spanish Fork, but their "Snake Keeper" business is thriving. We were just made aware this week that the Planning Commission will vote on the Sutherland's Suther-land's C.U.P. request at this Thursday's meeting at 6:30 p.m. More alarmingly, alarm-ingly, the city attorney is recommending that they approve the C.U.P. to let the Sutherlands move their snake and rodent business to Mapleton. It has' been reported that the mayor and. city attorney have agreed to negotiate for the city to purchase the Sutherland's property and buildings for $678,000. Mayor, if true, that is shocking and incompre Why can't people see what is happening? Editor: Recently large demonstrations demon-strations have taken place across the country protesting protest-ing the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue is-sue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except when I broke into your house). 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Stale rami Hank Home Gfl'Ce filoomington. It state'arm.com POS101I hensible. Before an acceptable ac-ceptable decision is made, please inform Mapleton citizens as to the facts behind this unbelievable development. Why didn't you say something in the May City Newsletter? What is going on? Has someone gone mad? The Mapleton Citizens are overwhelmingly opposed to having the Sutherland's thriving snake and rodent commercial com-mercial business of 2,000 snakes and rodents, in the middle of our beautiful beauti-ful community. We incorrectly incor-rectly believed the snake and rodent invasion from the Sutherlands was gone. How wrong we were because: Sutherland's Property Sale Duane Madsen made a $575,000 firm offer. The Sutherland's frustrated the sale by removing all the mechanical equipment (three huge commercial evaporator coolers and a 120-gallon hot water heater). Madsen said after af-ter he complained, the Sutherlands presented a $500,000 counter offer. Questions: If the Sutherlands were willing to sell their property and buildings for $500,000 to Madsen, why are they work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part). If you try to call the police po-lice or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying carry-ing signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying try-ing to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house. And what a deal it is for me! I live in your house, contributing con-tributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced and bigoted big-oted behavior. Oh year, I DEMAND that you learn MY LANGUAGE so you can communicate with me. Why canlt people see how ridiculous this is? Only in America....if you agree, pass it on (in English). Eng-lish). Share it if you see the value of it. If not blow it of f. ..along with your future Social Security funds and a lot of other things. Rex Carlson Springville jr j it fir Bank. STATE FARM IS THERE 0105 SPRINGVILLE HERALD demanding that the city buy them for $678,000? Question: If the C.U.P. has not yet been denied, and their business is as reported thriving in their Spanish Fork location, (where they own the building), how have they been damaged? Question: If the city approves ap-proves the Sutherland's C.U.P., it is the property owners who will suffer millions of dollars in damages dam-ages in lost property values. val-ues. Who will be the real damaged parties? If the city is convinced that regardless re-gardless of the decision the Planning Commission Commis-sion makes, the decision will be appealed to the Board of Adjustments, why would the city support sup-port approval of the Sutherland's CUP. application? appli-cation? Shouldn't the city be supporting their property prop-erty owners? The city should not give into the Sutherland's attorney's threats of a lawsuit. Let them sue. Let the Second District Court decide who is in the right and who is wrong. Mayor, the city is supposed sup-posed to be the advocate and the ally of its citizens. citi-zens. Mapleton citizens not only don't want a snake and rodent raising business in the middle of the city, we are offended that Sutherland, through deception, continues to pressure the city to ap Art Ball chairpersons thank everyone who helped Editor: The 2007 Art Ball was held last Saturday, May 5th. It is often referred to as the main social event of the year for the city of Springville." This year it was a tremendous success for our community as hundreds hun-dreds of people streamed into the museum and enjoyed en-joyed a "Night at the Museum Mu-seum - Where Art Comes To Life." As chairpersons for this year's Art Ball, we thank all of those who contributed contrib-uted most generously towards this successful cultural experience. The major financial donors: Central Bank, Envision Development, Wing Enterprises, Enter-prises, Landmark Realty & The Preserve at Mapleton, Maple-ton, Neways and Gary L. Price. We also thank the most talented and devoted group of committee members mem-bers ever assembled: Val and Ann Anderson, Matt and LouAnn Packard, Garth and Lynnae All-red, All-red, Ray amd Ann Bartholomew, Bar-tholomew, Hal and Mil-licent Mil-licent Lewis, Lyle and May 3:30 1:25 3:55 1:10 4:00 12:45 12:00 3:15 1:15 3:50 6:55 9:35 I 1:00 4:30 8:00 COME EXPERIENCE THX SOUND IN EVERY THEATER! Order and print tickets online at No discount passes. All auditoriums are THX certified! Cinemas open all day every day except for 9:00 Sunday showings Early Matinee on Friday, Saturday & Sunday Only) prove it. The majority of citizens will be enraged if the city either approves the Sutherland's C.U.P., or buys their property for $678,000 as they are demanding, unless the Second District Court tells the city they must. Mayor, we are asking ask-ing you to do whatever it takes to encourage the Planning Commission to deny the Sutherland's C.U.P. application and to immediately stop all negotiations nego-tiations with Sutherland's attorney, Randy Spencer, about irresponsibly buying buy-ing the Sutherland property prop-erty for $678,000. We have one last request. re-quest. You committed to keep all Mapleton citizens citi-zens informed about the facts in the snake and rodent ro-dent invasion before any decisions were made. The majority of citizens believed be-lieved the snake and rodent ro-dent issue was dead. Now that we know it is not, we are counting on you as our mayor, advocate and ally to stop this process pro-cess from being stampeded stamped-ed into approval because of unfounded threats of a lawsuit by Sutherland and his attorney. Mapleton Citizens, let the mayor know your opinion by email to mayormapleton.org, or a voice message at (801) 489-5655. David R. Nemelka Mapleton Shiela Mortimer, Bart and Marie Gibb, Eric and Lesa Hyer, Calvin and Kathryn Crandall, Mark and Mary Brewer, Kyle and Kristie Crandall,' Jon and Bonny Groneman, Rod and Connie Con-nie Parker, Bill and Susan Orme, Chris and Kaylyn Hickman, Barb Warren, Monica Petro, Sandi Miner, Min-er, Candi Bown and Natalie Nata-lie Peterson. A special thanks to the members of the Springville Spring-ville High School Drama Department who provided unusual excitement and literally made multiple pieces of art come to life, as they became "living art" throughout the museum muse-um during the Art Ball. The fund-raising, publications, pub-lications, promotions, decorations, food and musicians mu-sicians were most professional profes-sional and all contributed to an elegant and enjoyable enjoy-able evening of fine dining, din-ing, dancing and classy entertainment. It was an evening that will long be remembered for our great community. Kay and Debbie Heaps Springville "The place to watch a movie!" Stadium seating THX sound Exit 248 in Payson, 633 So. 950 West 11 - 17 9:35 6:50 9:30 A 7:00 9:25 6:45 L 6:20 9:30 diyorial Springville: The Art City. Or ... maybe not. Springville city officials are insisting that the adoption adop-tion of a new city "service logo" doesn't mean the city is distancing itself from its reputation as the Art City. However, requiring the majority of city departments to utilize the new logo on clothing, vehicles and public pub-lic notices while relegating the existing logo to official mayoral and council documents places the new logo squarely in the public eye and limits the existing logo to the infrequent glimpse. Ultimately, this distances the city from its Art City tradition whether city officials want it to or not. The idea, they say, is to use the new logo to represent repre-sent all the city service providers, making personnel in these areas of the city more visible and recognizable to the community. It is hoped that sharing a new logo will create a sense of teamwork within the city employee ranks. The new logo is simpler than the existing logo, with swirls of red and blue forming a white letter "S." Plans call for the new logo to be placed on city vehicles, uniforms uni-forms and stationery used by service organizations including the power, sanitation, police, fire and parks departments. The existing logo, which includes a detailed picture of the Springville Museum of Art being painted with a large brush, has been re-christened as the "city seal" and will be used on "official documents created by elected elect-ed officials," according to a city employee newsletter. The hew service logo was created with honorable goals: to encourage city employees to provide better service and to promote citizens' recognition of city services. ser-vices. However, the change comes with these concerns and questions: By making the existing logo the "city seal" and diminishing di-minishing its visibility, the service logo by default becomes be-comes the symbol representing the entire city and its citizens, not just the city's service departments. City -officials are re-branding the city - and doing it with a symbol that has no connection to Springville's unique offerings. The new logo and its accompanying motto - "Community. Service. Reliability." - could be attached to any city, anywhere. What sets Springville apart is its long-time commitment to the arts and it is a mistake to neglect it. A city logo should represent its citizens, not its employees; em-ployees; the symbol of an entire community should not be changed in order to make a statement about its city departments. If the perception exists that the city provides pro-vides poor service, the city would do better to make changes within the organization rather than on its surface. sur-face. Good service would translate into a positive reaction reac-tion to any city logo. -Everything provided through the city is service, whether it involves volunteers, elected officials or paid employees. If the objective is to join together all people providing city service, then what we are accomplishing is the opposite. We are applying one standard to some and another to others. Consistency would require' one logo for all. While many other valuable amenities are offered in Springville, the arts are at the center of the city's reputation repu-tation and should continue to be at the forefront of promoting pro-moting Springville and all it offers, including its essential essen-tial city services. This reputation should be capitalized upon to attract businesses, residents and tourists to our community. The city has an outstanding logo and has had it for 25 years. It represents the essence of our community, it was designed by a Springville artist, and it is already recognized as the symbol of Springville by those inside and outside the community. It is true that service is an important consideration, but tourism, business development develop-ment and quality of life - aspects all represented by the existing logo - are just as important. With so many other needs in the community, it seems a shame that the city has chosen to spend time and money replacing something that wasn't broken. 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