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Show mrvrw wanes day, May 'M, 1MW Pag 4 1 I f -5 0a w n Colorado man killed on 1-15 A man from Colorado mi kilted at about 6 a.m. Saturday morninf whan hia vehicle rolled on 1-15 naar the 1600 North off ramp. Tha vehicle was northbound at tha time. Other occupanU of tha vehida ware ejected and were acattared on the roadway, according to police officials. Some of tha children were taken to tha boapital by Pleasant Grove Ambulance. Pleaeant Grove police assisted the Utah Highway Patrol at the No further detaila were available avail-able at preae time. In other police matters, officers arrested a 41-year-old mala from Pleasant Grove for assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, intoxication, and criminal mischief mis-chief According to a report by Sgt. Steve Frampton, the officers had gone to the man's residence follow-ing follow-ing a report by another Individual that the man had knocked a hole in his door. The officer said that in the course of trying to arrest the man, who appeared to be intoxicated, he struck the officer on the head and knocked him down. Other officers on the scene were able to subdue the man and he was arrested. A 44-year-old female at the home was also arrested for interfering inter-fering with police. A Pleasant Grove man reported his vehicle was burglarised on May 26. Someone broke into hia van which was parked by the side of hia home and removed the stereo and speakers, all valued at $160. There was $700 damage to the van which was done to gain entry and to remove the equipment ; PG to get new officer Photo by Marc Haddock Pleasant Grove Vice Principal Paul Olsen is honored by senior claaa officers at Thursday's Graduation ceremonies. Graduates Continued from front page . ten" list of good things about graduation headed with, "Number one: Two word; nifty gifts." ' Michael Baker paid tribute to the teachers who had taught them throughout the years -- not ing that in some countries teachers teach-ers are more highly paid than in the United States. They are obvious' doing it just because "they want to teach us," he said. "We couldn't thank them during the school year, but we can now. The students also honored vice principal Paul Olsen, who has been named the new principal at Oak Canyon Jr. High after five years at PGHS. Olsen praised Pleasant Grove for its strong sense of community. Principal Eris Waymire listed the classes academic accomplishments, accomplish-ments, noting a high ratio of scholarships and AP credits among class members. Graduates will receive diplomas diplo-mas marking Utah's statehood centennial. - Pleasant Grove Police Chief Mike Ferre has learned that his department will receive a $75,000 grant to be used to hire a new police officer. Sen. Orrin Hatch informed the chief that the Department of Justice has approved over $5 million mil-lion in grants to 29 Utah communities commu-nities for the purpose of hiring more police officers. Chief Ferre said that he was not sure how soon the new officer would be hired. He would be meet- - ing with the city coundl to discuss the situation. Sen. Hatch said that these grants will be used as seed money to hire 75 new police officers throughout the state. "Additional officers are important, but I believe we should still rework this program pro-gram to give these agencies more flexibility impending this money," the senator said. "We need to do all we can to put more crime-fighting resources on the front lines," he added. Cedar Hills seeks Moiikeytown - p neignbornood easements for sewer to meet June ii 7 At a special council meeting recently, the Cedar Hills city council authorized Mayor Elizabeth Johnson to notify a group of land owners that the city will do whatever is needed to obtain a sewer easement. That includes pursuing condemnation. The council was notified at last Thursday's council meeting that negotiations for the sewer, easement were not going well with 4 of 13 property prop-erty owners whose permission is needed to pipe the sewer for 500 acres of hillside property that is being developed by LDS Church-owned Church-owned P.R.I, in the southern portion of Cedar Hills. P.R.I, is willing to pay the land owners the appraised value for the easement, but P.R.I, representative Richard Tretheway said that for some that is not good enough. "We. don't have a pipsqueak of authority in this," said Tretheway when he recommended the city pursue pur-sue condemnation. "You people control con-trol this lock, stock and barrel." The sewer line is needed for all the developments that will be going . into the southern part of Cedar Hills. '..Because P.R.I. is the first to need the. sewer, die company has agreed to fund the cost of putting in the line to be partially reimbursed later as oth- ' ere hook up to it. . Johnson said that the city is simply sim-ply seeking the right to put a pipe underground, but is not filing any- '. thing in court yet. "We want to let the property owners know that we intend to follow that course if we cant settle amicably with them." . A Neighborhood Watch' meeting meet-ing for the Monkeytown Area will be held June 11 at 7 pm in the Little Theater in the lower level of the Pleasant Grove City Library. The Monkeytown area includea the inside boundaries from Center Street beginning at 300 East to 1100 North up to the Murdock Canal. .' " ' A member of the City Council will be on hand to explain the program pro-gram and the goals . of the Neighborhood Watch. The group . will be ask to select a coordinator for the organization. If there are any questions or suggestions please call Jack Phillips at 785-2696. peasant (Stmt Italian ISSN No. 8755-9072 U.S.P.S. No. 4357-8000 Published weekly by Newtah News Group 11 South Main - Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 Telephone Numbers Advertising iCircualion ...756-7669 Newt .....756-5273 Publsher Brett Bsnant Managing Editor ..... .Marc Haddock City Editor . ....... .Marcela Water Subscription price $24" per year Second class postage paid . at Pleasant Grove, Utah HUM Mato, Amricin Fort, Utti MOO! D i ab e t e s E due at ion AthntitcotmtfcatunngamulafRnaryUttmapfrottiimt diabetes management skills, includes meal planning, exercise, medications, blood sugar, Img-term complications, and blood ghuou monitoring. The tost of the course maybe bitted to your beal A insurance company. 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The Utah County event slated Sit..June8at UVRMC celebrates life and the bet that cancer is treatable and curable in many Instances, k bo provides an opportunity to share Information, build ' skills, and promote the 1 1 - resources available to help people beat cancer or deal with It successfully. , 4; Utah County will Join over 600-oommunities 600-oommunities throughout America to hold celebrations of We as part of the ninth annual National Cancer Survivors Day, the world's largest cancer survivor event. The ewmt, sponsored by buermounuin Health Care, wiO take place on Sat., June 8, irom 10 a.m. -1 pm., oa the west laws of Utah Valley' Regional Medkal Center. The keynote address wll begin at II In addition to the program . featuring Okazaki, other cancer specialists will be on. hand to help educate about all the resources the county providei for oncer patients. 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