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Show r3T"'0GRflpS;?rJ'cB,a A5? $S3h"tt"jp', . ". n ieauaa Serving Pleasant Grove, Lindon and Cedar Hills $3 fee established for visits Visitors to American Fork Canyon will find themselves pay ing a fee to enter the canyon beginning begin-ning about the 1st of June.. According to Robert R. Easton, forest service district ranger over the Pleasant Grove Ranger District, it will cost at least $3 to go into the American Fork CanyonAlpine Loop area whether to sightsee, snowmobile, or picnic. The decision to implement a joint entrance station and fee pro-' pro-' gram was made by Easton and Timpanogos Cave National Monument Superintendent Cordell Roy after officials studied the results of hearings with resi- PG city plans Heritage Days C111MIMAH IIUIO OU1U1UV1 By KALYN SECRETAN Mark your calendar and plan to be a part of the "Heritage Days Festival," in Pleasant Grove on Aug. 1 and 2, 1997. The Fine Arts Council proposed the Sesquicentennial Celebration for the community. It will be located in ' the downtown Park, around City Hall, the Recreation Center, and ' the Library. - The Heritage Festival will take the place of Pleasant Grove's Birthday Celebration that has been held in August or September in previous years. The festival will be held yearly and will spotlight different dnnaden of time Hnrinir the history of Pleasant Grove. . The event will have a subtitle of This Place in Time." According to :hairman, Dianne Egbert.. This J mar's celebration will focus on the .'ear's 1847 through 1866, when . . the railway took the place of the " wagon trains and handcart companies compa-nies of previous years. '. The Pleasant Grove Youth Theater will be performing a ' pageant in the evenings of Aug. 1, 2 and 4 that will give a child's eye view of the events of 150 years ago. The pageant will be open to all uuiuicu ago o uuvugu xv uw v charge. . ' It is hoped that LDS stakes and wnrdn other rhiirehea and cnmmii- nity dubs and organizations will participate in the event. The festi-val festi-val should build a strong feeling of community by uniting new. and well established families in stepping step-ping back into a different era of time together. : The committee would like to recreate the feeling of the pioneer era with decorating, food booths, craft sales and entertainment. They are requesting that the par-. par-. ticipants dress in clothes appropriate appropri-ate to the era. They would also encourage those attending the festival fes-tival to dress in similar style, and they will feel a lot closer to the Pioneers whose efforts we are still building on to this day. v The Boy Scouts will be ask to participate in a Flag Raising Ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 2. . They plan on having a parade and would also like to boys to sing the National Antnem ana anotner patriotic song. Wards' or youth groups who ) would like to raise money for summer sum-mer outings could rent a food booth. See HERITAGE on Page 3 Ballroom Dancers claim another national title The Pleasant Grove High School Ballroom Dance Team won the national championship for the third straight year in the Youth United States Formation Championships held this past week at BYU. The team won first place in the Standard Ballroom Medleys and narrowly missed taking first place in- die Latin American Medleys where they received the silver medal andsecond place. . The team won first place in both medleys last year. - - . This year the teams 'were divided into two divisions. la the' Standard Ballroom event they Sowed only the top four teams from last year eompetitioa to compete in Division h- In the Latin American event they Vol. 19, No. dents and, government officials throughout northern Utah County and adjacent areas conducted last year because of the extensive use of the canyon. The program is expected to be implemented with the completion of construction of entrance stations sta-tions at the mouth of American Fork Canyon and at Aspen Grove. "We hope to have it (the fee stations) sta-tions) in place by the end of May but it depends on the weather," Easton said Monday. Information on the canyon and the surrounding surround-ing area will be available for those who desire it. One hundred percent of the col-. wis ,4 - -W&W Photo by Marc Haddock Six-year-old Hannah Crumpton helps mother Melissa fill sand bags at the Pleasant Grove office of the National Forest Service Saturday morning. Forest officials plan for floods, hope for none : With snow pack high in local canyons and water content 180 percent of normal, officials from the Uinta National Forest and other agencies are working together to prepare for possible ; flooding."' Loyal Clark, Uinta National Forest spokesperson, said Tuesday the estimated time of flooding for American Fork Canyon to begin is between April 1 and April 15, with the peak flow expected between May 30 and June 7. v In Dry Canyon above Alpine, the water is expected to begin rising ris-ing between March 15 and April 1 with the peak flow expected between April 30 and May 15. If current weather conditions prevail, flooding should not be a problem in north Utah County, Robert Easton, ranger on the Pleasant Grove District of the Uinta National Forest, said earli-er, earli-er, adding the weather is helping waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, and the quickstep. In the Latin American medleys med-leys the dances are samba, cha cha, rumba, paso doble and the jive. Each team is allowed five . and one-half minutes on the floor. Elaine Grencko, advisor for the team, said that the team had a lot of pressure this year in defending their title. "I . feel the best way to approach a new medley is to present pre-sent a theme to the audience, more like a storyline. This gives continuity to, the ' change of music," she said. ..-'.: Elaine added that they chose to do a southern" theme which : included "Gone With The Wind," Civil War," "Dixieland," . and, "Gospel SprituaL" ' ' - 11 Wednesday, March 19, 1997 lected fees will stay in the area and be used for such items as maintenance,, faciity enhancement, enhance-ment, law enforcement, interpretation, interpreta-tion, and annual operation. "We're really happy about that," the ranger said. One of the noticable project this summer will be increased patroling by law enforcement officers, offi-cers, both the Utah County Sheriffs Office and forest service security. "This will enable us to hire more security," Easton said, noting there has been increased violent crimes as well as thefts and vehicle vehi-cle accidents in the canyon these right now by melting the snow at mid-elevations so the water won't come down all at once. As officials watch the weather, volunteers are in the midst of filling fill-ing sandbags at the Pleasant Grove District Ranger Station in Pleasant Grove, with 3,000 to be filled - just in case they are needed. need-ed. Approximately 1,000 sandbags were filled last Saturday morning snf more volunteers will be on hand Saturday to fill more of the bags. Additional sandbags will be available through Utah County, if necessary, said Easton. ' Officials have listed several safety concerns, including: : Water in the canyons is very cold and powerful, especially during dur-ing flooding conditions. This condition condi-tion is ere ted by a combination of steep gradient canyons, large volume vol-ume of quick flowing water with debris such as logs, stumps, sticks and rocks, depths of water, hidden hazards and duration of flowing iiiir-uJiiJ b m i mm 50 cents a single copy past few years with increased canyon usage. Work will also be started this . summer on plans for upgrading the Tibbie Forkarea one of the areas of highest use in the canyon - with a new parking lot, restrooms, etc. The fee stations will be open daily during the summer and on weekends during the winter. For individuals entering the area at points where there is do fee station, such as Cascade Springs, or entering enter-ing during a time when the fee station sta-tion is closed, self-service fee tubes or similar means will be available for paying the fee and obtaining a ,y""'T".. , water. Flow (lag time) is where peak flows occur at night. This is very hazardous where greater damage occurs and risks are eminent. Visibility is reduced which creates a safety issue for flood control personnel. per-sonnel. Landslide can occur unexpectedly unex-pectedly and can create catastrophe catastro-phe mud, debris and water flow events, destroying life and property. proper-ty. Saturated soils exists due to the high water table resulting from prior years of normal precipitate. precip-itate. This means new landslides can occur ; unexpectedly and old historical slides could move again. Flood waters cn contaminate potable water and muniipality water systems. ' Officials said road and area closures clo-sures can be expected in the event of flooding for public safrty and timely access by flood control personnel. per-sonnel. ' : o It- V 0 to AF Canyon pass. A one to three day pass will cost $3, a 14-day pass, $10, andean annual pass, $25. Passes are nontransferable non-transferable and must be visibly displayed in vehicles with the forest for-est and national park area. Drivers without a permit . displayed dis-played will be subject to fines. Passes being misused (used by other than those who signed the . pass) will be confiscated. Limited fee waivers will be extended to those using the highway high-way only as a means of passing through the area, to Mutual Dell camp members, recreation residence resi-dence permit holders and their 11 to vie for title of Miss PG The Miss Pleasant Grove Pageant will be held Saturday, , April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant. Grove High School auditorium. . Contestants are . Allyson Raventos, Cynthia Mcbride, Alexis Howard,' Sheri Condi, Shalona Hatch, Tiffany D. Bigelow, Shaylin Stone, Nicole Calabio, Michelle Patterson, Tina Edlefsen, and Lisa Hill. The director for the pageant this year is Linda Pearson. The Review will spotlight some of the girls each week. Allyson Raventos is the daughter of Bill and Ella Raventos. - For her talent number Allyson will play excerpts from Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-Sharp C-Sharp Minor on the piano. She will graduate from PGHS this year. She has served two years on the PGHS student council, had three years of ballroom dance training, five years of piano training,' train-ing,' two years of vocal lessons and is certified in CPR. ' In college she would like to major in health promotion and minor in music at BYU. . She teaches piano lessons and is on the champion ballroom dance team, and has received many other awards. Cynthia Mcbride is the daughter of Corey and Linda Mcbride. She will graduate from PGHS this year. She will be singing a selection from the musical musi-cal "Evita," "Don't Cry For Me Argentina." , She has had private voice lessons and been involved in choir classes for six years. ' She plans to attend college and major in botany and minor in music. She loves to sing and has ' for many years. Her favorite sports are soccer and volleyball. She is a member of the National " Honor Society and has been on the honor roll many times. She has . been on the varsity soccer team for three years. Alexis Howard is the daughter daugh-ter of Bob and Lois Howard. She will perform a piano number entitled enti-tled "The Russian Concerto," by Rachmaninoff for her talent number. num-ber. She has had 10 years of piano lessons, nine years of . singing in auditioned choirs and six years as choir accompanist. She has served on the Youth m mi 1 1 .. 8 0 To subscribe call 756-7669 guests, private property owners and their guests going to and using only non-federal lands within with-in the fee area, educational groups who apply in advance for approval, and individuals with non-recreational permits.. Other fees in the canyon, including camping areas, and at Timpanogos Cave National Monument, are expected to remain .the same and will be in addition to entrance fees. Plans for a combined National Parks Service-Forest Service visitor visi-tor center to be constructed at the mouth of American Fork Canyon are also underway, he said. Allyson Raventos Cynthia Mcbride Alexis Howard City Council, Jr. Class VP, and was Service VP of the seminary council. She is a three-year professional lifesaver and water instructor. . . She graduated from PGHS in 1996 and is attending BYU. She is majoring in business management and has a minor in music. : She was on the varsity swim team and was named as Wendy's Outstanding student-athlete for PGHS. She received, a scholarship to -BYU. Rocky Mountain school goes to extended day Rocky Mountain Elementary;. School in Lindon opened for the-' first time in August of last year:--; Knf olroaflu it a eAamc oro rvA1v tT burst. " To alleviate' the condition,- Alpine School District membere have approved the school going ti '. an extended-day schedule when-; schod opens in the fall. ' . : -1 According U) Principal Bruce; I Farrer, going to an extended-day-; schedule will increase the capacity! -of the school by 15 to 20 percent i and will accommodate future-; growth in the area. Other alterna-C-tives were year-round school vt'. other productivity models. Farrer recommended the change to board members after meeting extensively with parents-, and staff members affected bv th J r ' 4 |