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Show T ? 4 fflm rn ii ii ji 4 It L I It 11 II I 1 i i 1 III S L L U JUU W Z IIS r X7VV7X7.. .,,,-v-?nTK!T 84i spgvout :;:;T- 4 UTAH PRESb Abcu,, . r -torn bit. i v - EDITION SALT LAKt . . r-.TTl 1 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER SEPTEMBER 18. 20C SEPTEMBER 18, 1850 158 YEARS! TT ptlappy hinkday Xp bJLi liUJliiu vHI U li lid J-iid CHy to. Public hearing Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD Springville City will close 400 South for 11 months from 200 West to 1700 West starting January Jan-uary 1, 2009 due to the construction construc-tion there. This was announced by the Springville City Council in work session Tuesday evening. 'I II , . t 1 3 I; ' ' : u ' " J.j.J ft' " J j : . ' , ' "Jail Ii I , I i fcm ' "4 . : J' '..'-,':,". I , . . - -; -,! ill , , -:-v L- - .r"g The first Habitat for Humanity home in Springville is now under construction, with completion scheduled by Monday. The home is being built in just a week as part of the National Home Builders Blitz 2008. Habitat for Humanity home underway in Springville Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE HERALD Springville businesses and residents res-idents are banding together with others this week to construct the Happy bkthday Springville! Today is Springville's birthday. birth-day. It has been 158 years since the pioneers were sent to this area to settle, Sept. 18, 1850. They first called it Hobble Hob-ble Creek and later it became Springville. For years we have had different dif-ferent celebrations to recognize recog-nize those who came before and built this community. Due to the rennovation of the Daughters of Pioneers and Springville Historical Society building at this time, there will not be a celebration celebra-tion today. Ill B61055 00050"" 8 dose 400 also held concerning upcoming Meeting with Utah County Constructors and Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation officials, the council was informed of a deal which the city has reached with the construction company which will allow them to close the road while the construction company builds two new bridg first Habitat for Humanity home in Springville. Framing of the home, located at 661 W. 150 North, Springville, Spring-ville, was well underway early Monday morning as Habitat for Humanity officials conducted a kick-off ceremony for the build. The home is being built in a week as part of the National Home Builders Blitz 2008, through which Habitat for Humanity affiliates af-filiates nationwide join with their local homebuilders associations to build homes in five days. Builders of the six-bedroom, 1,750-square-foot home decided to get a head start and began framing the home last Friday. Completion was expected by Monday. Following construction, construc-tion, volunteers will decorate the inside of the house. "It's always amazing to see what people are willing to do for other people," said Kena Mathews, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Utah County during the kick-off event. Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate substandard housing and help those with low incomes obtain affordable housing. The Springville house will become home to the nine members of the Reina family who are now rent rn S; 1 7 r I -AV Li i i 1 . - f i ; -' ; r ? eCarfax Certified Dealer www-SmartprlceautoS.cqm.S i y , . J es over the upper and lower railroad rail-road tracks. The city in turn will receive $500,000 in cash and will achieve $700,000 in savings by the construction, con-struction, helping the city to finish the water line which was placed two years ago down 400 South Street. The construction ing a three-bedroom home. The family was originally made up of Carlos, a single dad, and five children, two of whom are autistic. autis-tic. Carlos then married Sylvia, a woman with four children, two of whom are adults and live out-See out-See HUMANITY HOME on page 3 Ll lAlilJjLii UUlLi ,1 " Photo by Marcia HarrisThe Springville Herald Members of the Springville High School Homecoming Royalty were part of the Homecoming Parade last Friday. Pictured are, from left Emilee Eagar, Taylor Steed, Meggie Savage, Callie Gandolf and Natalie Young (queen). fQHP fl t i -? 1 l I i for 11 bond election for new library company will also make provisions provi-sions for the city to build the sewer line which is presently at Center Street and 1500 West. The city was told that the freeway free-way bridge over 1-15 will remain open during the construction. This interchange will change from the present "diamond" type interchange to a "single point" interchange, which is an urban interchange used to accommodate accommo-date large volumes of traffic. The University Parkway 1-15 interchange is this type of interchange. inter-change. The city is still negotiating with Utah County Construction on other issues connected with the construction. The officials indicated that the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Health Care facility will be accessable to the city residents either from Center Street or 950 West during the construction - Utah County Constructors and UDOT officials indicated they can build the new road in 11 month. However, local resident contractor Hal Clyde, speaking fldroyd hired asdty operations Rodney Oldroyd accepted the position of Operations Manager with Springville City on August 25, 2008. Oldroyd is a graduate of Springville High School and worked for ZCMI from 1975 -2000, beginning as a Sales Associate Asso-ciate and ending as a Divisional Merchandise Manager. After the buy-out of ZCMI, Oldroyd Ol-droyd worked for the May Company Com-pany for 18 months as a Store Manager. He was the owner operator of a restaurant in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove from January 2003 to present. He is married to Christine Chris-tine and together they have four children. As the Operations Manager, Oldroyd will perform professional profes-sional and administrative work in the preparation and implementation implementa-tion of personnel, public relations and fleet management plans, programs pro-grams and services in the city. mSi mmimnm T M II 5 Point Inspection oLow Price Guarantee months to the council, said he has "major reservations concerning the soil compaction issues for the two bridge ramps which will be built across the railroad tracks." It was also brought out that should the construction company com-pany not finish the job on time, they would suffer penalties for not getting the job done on time. In the mean time construction construc-tion has begun on an additional southbound lane from SR75 to 400 South. UDOT has said that this part of the construction will be completed as asphalt becomes available. In other business, Alex Roy-lance, Roy-lance, Springville Parks Department Depart-ment director, reported on the success of the winter recreation program held last year at Jolly's Ranch and indicated that his department de-partment wants to continue the program this winter as soon as snow is deep enough for the program. pro-gram. He also presented a fee schedule sched-ule and several changes in the See CITY COUNCIL on page 3 manager Rodney Oldroyd 4 Wfe: 4 i t poice I - i f - . ( " - .. KVV |