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Show H 1 A H Tl 1 i i ol.x act soil eiuaes AJioine teacners. aistrict JIT 7 ; Contract negotiations between the Alpine Al-pine School District and the Alpine Education Educa-tion Association are atill going on, according accord-ing U Phyllis Borenaen, president of ths Alp in Education Aaaodation, and Alpine Superintendent 8teven Baugh. At this point progress ia vary encouraging encourag-ing but thara ara atill refinements to ba made in tha agreement," Baugh said. "Hopefully "Hope-fully a resolution will bo arrivad at aoon." '. Negotiation meetings between tha teseh-ars teseh-ars aaaodation and tha district ara ongoing; on-going; district officials said. Ma. Sorensen said earlier there ia a "problem In interpretation" of soma of tha recommendations mada by tha fart-finder called in by both sidaa to hopefully break the impasse. A school-by -school ratification vote on a contract proposal is tentatively scheduled for Not. 26, she said. If approved members of the Board of Education will vote on the contract proposal at their regular meeting that evening. A large group of teacher appeared at the Nov. 12 meeting of the district board of education, with several, including Ms. Sorensen, speaking during the public infor-matioii infor-matioii segment of the meeting. Ms. Sorensen said the standing room only group attended the meeting, "to let them (the board) know we're not going away. W are solidly behind a fair and equitable settlement." The teachers have been working wih tout a contract since school began in tha fall, aa tha negotiating team from the school district dis-trict and from the Alpine Education Association Asso-ciation have tried to hammer out a settlement. settle-ment. The contract issue went to a federal mediator and, when that failed, to a fact finder. The fact finder! recommendation were expected by Tuesday but hadn't been yet been received, according to Ms . Sorensen and Superintendent 8teven Baugh. Ms. Sorensen received a 'Landing ovation ova-tion when speaking during th oublic information infor-mation segment of tha board , eating. Teachers attending the meeting were presented with a key, representing the message, 'Children ara our future - teachers teach-ers are the key." Ms. Sorensen also presented each board member with a large key which she told them stood for "caring - make teachers feel appreciated; cooperation - let teachers havs ownership in change; fairness and equity -- your teachers deserve what teachers in the surrounding districts received; re-ceived; unity - teacher morale can be elevated el-evated by making tha right decision; and professionalism we can step outside our selves for the best solution." Supt. Baugh was given the key "that unlocks the door to the future - student success. Teachers are doing a tremendous job in preparing our young people to be educated and contributing cititens," Ms. Sorensen said. She told board members that all of these keys combined would bring about settlement. settle-ment. "Take the keys that unlock the door to settlement -- the fact finder's recommendation." recommenda-tion." She challenged board members to do "what ia right for teachers and studenta of the Alpine School District." Kim Howard, a teacher in the district, told board members that "teachers have a better understanding of their worth than doea the board." She asked, "Are we in fact glorified baby sitters or are we professionala?" then concluded con-cluded "low teacher morale affect education." educa-tion." Loni Haaxki, also a district teacher, said hs can't understand why one side slwsys hsvs to be right and the other side always be wrong. He said Nov. 12 was supposed to be D" day in the district with either contract settlement or job action taken but the fact finder "hasn't delivered vital financial information in-formation so the teachers went to the board for one last time." He said the district is continuing to succeed academically but "have failed miserably mis-erably in the field of public relations." Hascki mr.de several recommendations to the board, including that a process be put into place so that contract negotiations can be completed before school ends in the spring. Vol. 13, No. 46 Wednesday, November 20, 1991 50 cents a single copy - 4J 4 - - Utah County Fire Marshall Tom Wroe, right, talks about chimney fire dangers with assistance from Jim Gueck, a chimney sweep for Tough of Class, Inc. Clean chimney will help prevent winter flue fires By MARCELLA WALKER City Editor ; Utah County Fire Marshal Tom Wroe of Lindon had a media party on the occasion of having the chimney chim-ney of his wood burning stove cleaned last week. ' With a licensed chimney sweep in attendance, Tom explained the dangers from accumulations of creosote creo-sote in chimney flues and what people can do to avoid chimney fires. Tom explained thatoveraperiod of time, around a chimney flue, wood framing dries out and chimneys can catch fire in the top area where the creosote may form because the air is . colder there. " He also explained that a woodburning stove will cause any wood stacked near the stove to dry out, making it readily combustible. He noted a case where the tempera-tures tempera-tures generated in onehouse during the night, caused a nearby television televi-sion set to melt down into a lump. Hie fire marshal also explained that a fire can occur in a chimney and then go out by itself without anyone knowing it The damage could be invisible and the family would go ahead and use the stove or fireplace and later a fire will occur ; afid burn the house. Tom and thechimney sweep, Jim Gueck, ofTouch of Class, Inc., urged earners of woodburning stoves to Hay away from burning cedar as it has too nuch creosote in it naturally. natu-rally. Pinion Pine is the worst for creosote and burns nearly as hot as coal; . - I Tomsaidheuauallyburnsmaple as it does not produce much creosote. creo-sote. He noted that people who use fheir woodburning stoves or fire-, placet three days a week as an : storage ahouldhavetheirchimney's inspected annually. V' Wood and coal stoves accumulate accumu-late more creosote than fireplaces as a fireplace cant be dampered down. ... ,; ; C Flame m needed to consume creosote. creo-sote. Stoves left smoldering overnight over-night build up a lot of this highly flammable material. m Jim baid that the average home that he is called out to clean will be having trouble getting a good fire because their chimney is so full of material that it cannot get the air needed for a good fire. He said that three out of five chimneys will have had a flue fire but only one out of 10 are reported. A hot fire will burn off the creosote creo-sote and other bad accumulations inside the chimney. Tom said that a flue fire sounds like a freight train or a jet engine coming down the chimney. He said if you go outside and look at it the chimney looks like a roman candle. It will suck debris from the firebox out to the roof. He added that there can be an extreme amount of smoke damage from these even if the wood of the house does not catch fire. He urged everyone to have their chimney's checked regularly. Jim said he gets calls on Christmas Christ-mas morning from people who are burning paper in their stoves or fireplaces and the burning paper goes up the chimney in big pieces and gets caught in the cap of the chimney. Both Tom and Jim asked people to not burn paper, garbage, or any other such material in their stove or fireplace. "It is not an incinerator, so don't use it as such," Tom said. He also mentioned that these items can give off noxious gases, too, as they burn. i He encouraged every one to provide pro-vide good venting with a positive air flow.v The fire marshal also stated that toprotectthsairqualitydonotbum on inversion days. It is important to -be mindful of the quality of the air ' before burning, burn proper mate rials, and be careful. -7 .Torn said that nationally the averages av-erages for cleaning of chimneys is seven out of 10, in Utah it is only one out of 10. . Fire Marshal Wroe urged people -to call their local fire department or -the county fire marshal for asais-tance asais-tance or they may call a quality cleaning and inspection company. World of gingerbread imitates life By MARCELLA WALKER City Editor There is a lovely chapel, designed after one in Michigan, and a large home with lights glowing from inside, in-side, and it ia all made from gingerbread, ginger-bread, frosting, candies and goodies. good-ies. But you better not eat it! Harvey and Hazel Rawlinson of Pleasant Grove have again created an exquisite donation for the Festival Festi-val of Trees which will be held Dec. 4, 5, and 6 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City to raise funds for the Primary Children's Hospital. This is the fourth year the Rawlinsons have entered a gingerbread ginger-bread house and church in the Festival. Fes-tival. Last year it was purchased by Allen Ashton of WordPerfect for $1,000, Harvey said. One year Jon Huntsman purchased it and gave it to the Primary Children's Hospital for the children to look at. Hazel said she had made gingerbread ginger-bread houses each year at Christmas. Christ-mas. Then when she and Harvey got married they made them for their children. Then someone suggested they take ojia to the festival of trees. From then on Harvey really got involved and he really enjoys doing it. He builds the box, lighting and platform for the house and chapel. This year their creation is titled "Home for Christmas." It is fully lighted. There are lights in each building and in the fence posts around the entire structure. The church is designed after one they saw on their vacation in Michigan Michi-gan last summer. Christmas ornaments orna-ments have been used for the stained glass windows and inverted ice cream cones are the turrets. Icing snow covers the roof and grounds of each building which sit side by side on the platform. The windows of the house are also made from Christmas orna- 5J o : i i - "INT ' ' . m 2 z 1 ff-T j lift ,3T r J X. aV it' 2 liS'" m Hazel, left, and Harvey Rawlinson put finishing touches to gingerbread house and church display they will donate to the Festival of the Trees. ments. A little boy and girl, each made of candy, sit on the front porch of the home, like they are waiting for guests to arrive. There is a little train made from chocolate bars and a package of Life Savers, a horse and sleigh from gingerbread, a wishing well, trees, fe and posts, a mailbox, Santa going down thechimney of the house, smoke coming out of the chimney of the church. There is a gazebo, skaters on a pond, a footbridge over the stream, a dog house, a woodpile, a swing, a trellis gate, and much more. They have used about 30 pounds of icing and about 25 different kinds of candy are on it. They cut most of the candies in half so that they stick to the frosting better. There are pretzels and candy canes, as well. The Rawlinsons have spent about 100 hours building the gingerbread masterpiece. They estimate that it has cost about $125 for materials. During the year they keep their eye out for things that wjuld look good on the display. Hazel said, "It is fun to see it all go together." They invite anyone who would like to see it to stop by their home at 725 E. 200 South. They will have it at their home until Dec. 2 when they will take it to Salt Lake. The Rawlinsons also make gingerbread gin-gerbread houses for their family. They didn't want them to go without with-out because of their big project for the Festival of Trees. The couple made a similar display dis-play one year for Dian Thomas to use on her Home Show. She had seen their donation at the Festival of Trees and contacted them to do one for her. Granary may delay 1100 North construction An old granary which is located in the right of way for the proposed widening of 1100 North, may cause another delay in the improvement project, Public Works Director Frank Mills told the Pleasant Grove City Council last week. The project, which has been in the proposal stage for at least eight years and which has been delayed several times because of other road projects being given priority over it by UDOT, was scheduled to begin this fall. Mills said that recent federal requests for an environmental statement on the old granary itself may cause up to three months delay. The granary is located on the Hatch property andmustbemovedtomakewayfortheroad.The Pleasant Grove Historical Preservation Commission Com-mission has decided to move the structure to the pioneer park between the Pioneer Museum and the log cabin. UDOT had indicated that it would move the old granary. In the meantime, Mills said, the federal gov ernment is requiring the environmental statement state-ment for the granary. He said that he has been told that sometimes it takes quite a while for something like this to make it through all the government red tape. The 1 100 North project will include widening the road and putting curb, gutter and sidewalk from 100 East to 2000 West. The state hets also indicated it may put a traffic signal light at 100 E. and 1100 North aa part of the project. PG police help arrest Colorado fugitive Pleasant GrovePohceofficershad a busy week with several arrests on different crimes being made. Officer Jim Taufer reported that two male adults and one juvenile female were arrested Thursday night in Heber following a short investigation. Officer Taufer said that a single residence in Pleasant Grove had been burglarized twice in recent days, on Nov. 8 and Nov. 13. Items with a total value of $1,070 were taken in the burglaries. Some of the things taken were a VCR, television, televi-sion, video tapes and some ceramic figurines. Several of the items were recovered recov-ered at local pawn shops or at a IPOliCG home in Heber City. Officer Taufer said that the Heber City police and the Wasatch County Sheriffs office bent over backwards to help the local police make the arrests. The offi er said that the arrests may have also helped to clear some burglaries in the Wasatch County area. Det. Cody Cullimore assisted Officer Taufer in making the arrests. ar-rests. Intense questioning of several sev-eral individuals eventually led to the arrests. Monday morning officers arrested ar-rested a man wanted in Greeley, Colorado for theft Officials in Colorado Colo-rado had informed the local police that the suspect was believed to be living in Pleasant Grove. They believe he has been here for about three months. Ha was wanted on nine counts of theft, and nine counts of givingfalse information to a pawn broker. A $15,000 bail warrant war-rant was issued for the man. He was arrested without incident. inci-dent. Officer Clark Nielson made the arrest but he was assisted by several members of the police department. de-partment. A hit-and-run driver was arrested ar-rested Sunday night after an accident acci-dent which occured at 300 E. State St. in Pleasant Grove, causing $1,500 damage to a parked vehicle owned by Steve Nielson, Pleasant Grove. Officer John Lloyd said that some witnesses were able to give him a description of the car and which direction it went. In a short time the officer saw the car heading in the opposite direction, di-rection, followed it and was able to see that it was damaged on the right front. He then pulled behind the See POLICE on page S Friday is deadline for Christmas Family nominees Individuals interested in submit ting names of needy familes for this newspaper's annual "Christmas Family project have untQ Friday to get the names in. - g "We need names, ages, clothing sizes and a list of specific needs," says Publisher Brett Bet zant - "Because of our own "Christmas Pamihprojecteachyear.this newspaper news-paper has come to be a clearinghouse clearing-house for needy families in tha area. The names of families we do not choose for our project are given to other organizations, who carry out their own sub-for-Santa projects. We do our best to see that every family receives some assistance. "Our readers have always been very generous in providing for the families we describe in the newspaper," newspa-per," says Beszant The nice thing about the project is that the recipients recipi-ents usually cannot identify themselves them-selves because we list the children of all families together. It gives everyone ev-eryone a chance to give anonymously in the true spirit of Christmas." Parents who. have children of about the same age can ask them to select a gift for their secret friend. "Ifs really a great way to help someone who really needs it with whatever you can afford. "If you know of a family who, because of unemployment, illness or some other reason, may be looking look-ing forward to a bleak Christmas, please give us as much information , about them as possible, including names, address, telephone, ages of the children, clothing sizes and any specific requests for Christmas. Please include your own name, ad-. ad-. dress and telephone number also so we can use you aa a confidential contact person." . Deadline for submission of suggested sug-gested families is Friday, Nov. 22. . Names of families shouldbe submitted sub-mitted tot Christmas Family, in care ofNewtah News Group, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003, or hand delivered to 59 West Main, American Ameri-can Fork. Written suggestions only. |