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Show 4 ' a IIS ILLUMINATING THE PROBLEMS. THE I'EOI'I.E. THE ISSUES OF OUR TWK. Danger of Chemical Pollution Of Utah Lake Rules Out Consideration Of Sanitary Landfill The prospect of killing two birds with one - stone usually has reference to a situation in which economies of cost and effort are effected ef-fected in solving two problems by the application appli-cation of one solution. But, just as insurmountable insur-mountable difficulties often spoil the aim of the marksman in bagging more than one bird at a time, so too, the best-laid plans of city planners often come to naught in trying to stretch the taxpayers' dollar. A CASE IN point is the thought by the Orem City Council that Orem City's garbage might be used to reclaim some ten acres of land near the Orem Marina Park through a sanitary landfill operation. Thus, over a period of time the level of the ground could be raised by dumping the city's garbage here, and eventually the area could be used for recreational purposes. Th3 sanitary landfill method of garbage ; disposal has been recently adopted at the four-city garbage dump located about one-half one-half mile east of the Marina Park. Should use of the garbage in raising the level of the area near Utah Lake be deemed feasible, the additional distance would not be prohibitive for the garbage trucks to travel. THE 10 ACRES considered for reclamation ' as a lakeside park are below the compromise or normal high level of the lake. The land slopes toward the lake west of a bank about 10 feet high. Most of the area is about 4489 feet .. which is the compromise level of the lake. The highest level of the lake of record was 3.5 feet above compromise point which was reached in the spring of 1952. As far as can be determined, the United States Bureau of Reclamation intends to limit the level of Utah Lake to the established compromise point, and the controls to effect this will be constructed as part of the Central Utah project. IN EVALUATING the proposal to reclaim the Utah Lake accretion lands, Orem City Engineer Russell 0. Brown has researched the six pertinent factors which must be considered con-sidered in approaching such an operation: . rodent control, insect control, surface water drainage, underground pollution, odors, and aesthetics. A search of the literature on rodent control con-trol reveals no report of rodent infestation in a properly operated and adequately maintained main-tained sanitary landfill operation. Probably the most important single factor responsible responsi-ble for this is the principle of thorough compaction of the refuse incorporated into the fill. Other important factors are good house keeping of the operating area, daily covering cover-ing of the operating face with from six inches to one foot of compacted earth, and the covering and maintaining of a minimum of two feet of compacted earth cover at the desired final grade. THE SANITARY LANDFILL method is found to solve, rather than create, problems of insect control. The filling of low areas where water stagnates eliminates breeding places for mosquitoes and insects., - Odors .are apparently no problem in areas where well-managed sanitary landfills are used. Even the drainage of surface water from a sanitary landfill would not cause the entry of leach into the underground ground water. However, it was found that a sanitary landfill, if so located as to be in intermittent or continuous contact with ground water will cause the ground water in the immediate vicinity of the landfill to become grossly polluted and unfit for domestic or irrigational use. The local increase of mineral elements to concentrations varying from 20 times those found in the case of common minerals, and up to 10,000 times those found in the case of common minerals, and up to 10,000 times in the case of ammonia nitrogen are possible. THUS, IT WAS found that a very real possibility exists that the construction of a landfill in the area of the OremMarinaPark, unless it were constructed above any possible high water level of the lake, would so pollute pol-lute the lake waters that any recreational use would be impossible. The fill required to raise the area above the maximum possible water level would be enough to make the area usable as a park without use of the garbage. And so, the initial assumption that the use of the Marina Park area for a landfill would provide an economical method of filling, did not take into consideration the fact that it would result in a chemical pollution of the lake to the extent that any recreational use would be impossible. As promising as the sanitary landfill operation opera-tion at the Orem Marina Park might have seemed at one time, the weight of careful investigation indicates that it would be a serious mistake to go ahead with it now. THE CONTAMINATION of Utah Lake is too high a price to pay for the benefit of reclaiming lakeside lands with garbage. If this area is to be reclaimed, let it be with inert, non-toxic fill which carries none of the danger along with the benefit to be derived. IT NEVER FAILS 7 I ON'T GET I NO VMONDEfc ''$&Ssp- 1 ftNV KETCH OP TrtE WW WOU'RE feS? , j V OUT OF A SHAKING IT.' f? A &&?M. THIS" ) WOUVE GOT TO 7 1 3 P BOTTLE.' ON Tj 'y ' I t Orem-Geneva Times Thursdav. April 27. 1967 i n mm mm mmw mm mmw mm mmw UJS.UAH Gentlemen: i Would you please allow me "enough space in your paper to . make a correction to what I was quoted as saying in the meeting ; the other evening where location ; etc., were discussed in relation : to the proposed city center. I should not like to be thought to oppose everything that comes along regardless. I do oppose a proposal that would add another million dollars to our already two and a half million dollar debt, at least un'U it has been discussed and debated far more .than it has been thus far. I was -quoted in your paper as saying, '"J oppose the entire project." This is not what I said. Two words left out could give it quite a different meaning. I quote from rwhat I did say: My assignment goes mucn larther than the location. lo-cation. I oppose the whole thing AS PROPOSED. I think a lot of the proposal is extravagant and ithat we are not in a position, I nor should we, saddle future gene-I gene-I rations with these huge debts if it jean reasonably be avoided. I I am ODDOsed to what seems to the thinking of the Mayor who seems to think that all who oppose ! the proposal are anti-Orem". Time was when men were Durnea at the stake when they dared to disagree with certain ideas and philosophies. That time has long since passed and free discussion and debate should surely be encouraged. en-couraged. Thank you. r LI A rArrr rT late I ENJOY OUTDOOR LIVING 12 Acre - 5 Badroom Brick home in Edgemont. A Kitchen any woman would love. Carpets, drapes, oodles of storage. 2 car garage, shop, horse shed & corraL Call for an appointment today before its too late - priced at $26,950.00. PROVO LOCATION 4 bedroom home - large living room and dining area. Close to Elementary and Junior High Schools. Can be purchased pur-chased with no down payment. Buyer must have good credit rating. Full price $11,950.00. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Active dry cleaning business in Spanish Fork. $1,000.00 down Total price for business & equipment $3,000.00 JOHNSON REAL ESTATE Gordon Swapp 373-5363 H. R. Staheli 373-5796 Julaine Pons 373-9821 Roberta Sorensen 373-7465 A. P. Hoelscher 756-4332 Pearl Bigler 456-3283 There has been a great deal of impassioned opposition to the proposed location for the Orem Civic Center. It is natural that many who have helped develop some of the present pre-sent facilities would be disappointed disap-pointed to see their work desecrated. dese-crated. It is also true that those who oppose the proposed location would be most interested in attending at-tending the public hearing while those who supported the committee com-mittee and the City Council would not believe it necessary to have their voices heard. Most I have talked to support the State Street location. There are many good reasons for locating the Civic Center where suggested: (a) It would be where it has-been has-been since Orem first had a City Hall. (b) It would be where the professional pro-fessional planners believe it should be located. (C) It would be easily located from US 91 and from the Interstate Inter-state when the Center Street Interchange is completed. (d) It would be on ground presently pre-sently owned by the City. (e) It would be where the Civic Admiral Sale Radios $8.88 Record Players $28.95 Portable T.V $69.95 TRIPLE T INC. 1698 So. State, Orem Industry Examines Town People When Choosing Site When the Signetics people were in the process of miking up their minds about coming to Utah Val ley, it was reported that Jim Riley, President, decided it would be worthwhile to ask some of the housewives near the plant site, what they though about having an electronics plant as a neighbor. The response Mr. Riley received was typical of the attitude industrial indus-trial development thrives on: 'Not only do I want you as a neighbor, neigh-bor, but I would like to be the first in line to get a job." Not too Ion ago an ini istrial prospect asked to be introduced to Payson and Springville. The questions asked by, the prospect were very revealing. He wanted to know all about city government, govern-ment, religious attitudes, social structures, police and fire protection, pro-tection, and so on. After this interview in-terview was completed the prospect pros-pect wanted totour the city. First he wanted to see the poorest section sec-tion of town, then the richest, and everything in between. Nothing escaped his attention. Wall kept homes, whether in the prosperous neighbornoods or not, were commented com-mented on. Parks, playgrounds, churches, schools, business establishments es-tablishments all come under scrutiny and evaluation. Why? The answer is simple when you stop and think about it the com-m com-m jiity profile exposes the people who are the component parts of the profile. Are the people of this community productive and hard wor'dng? This is the reputation of the work force in Utah Valley so this particular prospect wants to see if the community profile checked out with the reputation he'd heard about. What happened to the prospect? He didn't come back For economic reasons rea-sons the prospect is building a plant in the mid-west. Community profile and the attitude of the people is only part of the total decision. The prospect alluded to liked both communities ani plans to come back in a year or 18 months. Incidently that brings up another point this business of industrial development is a long drawn out process. Center Committee, after a great dsal of study, believes it should be located. (f) It would be where relatively rela-tively few existing facilities need be moved rather than blocks of homos, apartments and commercial commer-cial buildings as required in other cities. (g) It would be where anyone visiting Orem would expect to find it, rather than on a side street. In conclusion, a beautiful new Civic Center would be a real asset to the community and there is no better place in any community com-munity upon which to build it than State andCenterStreet.Over the years, it would prove to be a real mistake to do Otherwise. Stanley J. Thayne Springtime Sale On All GILLETTE . . . IRES Buy Them At Taysom Tire Service Try Us Before You Buy TIRE SERVICE 651 NORTH SfATE OREM UTAH PHONE 225-6343 'Ml n ii t i a uth louise Partridge by Ruth Louise Partridge I'm writing this on Saturday, April 22ni anl there were thirty-one thirty-one tornadoes in these United States last night! You know, I get mad enough at the civic shenanigans shenani-gans that go on in this valley to jump up and down on my own hat, but just the same, this is a good a place to live as there is anywhere. Thirty-one tornadoes in one night! Caeser's ghost! Just under the upstairs window where I'm writing, I have a lovely love-ly flowering plum tree. At this moment it is inhabited by a flock of brown birds, resembling sparrows spar-rows bat smaller. The males have red heads and breasts and when they lift their wings they display color, too. They are apparently eating the nubbins that will be plums and there they are, with their mouths full of plum blossoms. blos-soms. I can hardly keep my mind on my work for watching them. Should get out my bird book and find out what they are, the pretty creatures. On? of them hovered right up against my window just now. I have the feeling that if the window win-dow had been open, that birdie would have come in and perched on my shoulder, but it is a little cold to sit by an open window thase days. Cold. . . Fourteen degrees below zero somewhere in Montana last night. Thirty-one tornadoes. . . I wonder how my only sister and her husband who live in Michigan fared through it all. Wall, they should come back here where they belong. At least where my sister belongs. And there is. . .are. . .my educated ed-ucated and his dear wife to worry about. T hey are sheperding a ved- I dy, veddy, select group around the Near East.TheyhaveleftGreece, and just in time, it seems. Wouldn't it be lovely if people could stop fighting? It will never be. People, being people, will fight as long as there are two people left alive to have at it. Sometimes the cause is worth fighting for, and some times the cause is just plain silly, but men fight just as hard for the silly things as they do for the worthy causes. Things go along here at The Last Resort as they always have, I got the curtains for this window win-dow washed, ironed, and back upstairs up-stairs but I can't find the curtain cur-tain rods. Also, got into The Green Darnit and tore down to get nasturtium and Heavenly Blue morning glory seeds. Can't find those either. As things are going, there's no hurry with the :;eeds, I guess. Brought in some branches branch-es of red and pink flowering peach. They clash with the rust color in my front room. Reminds me of the new decor of the Hotel Utah which sets my teeth on edge. If that be treason, and I'll just bet it is, then make the most of it. I'm composing a letter to Sen. Everett Dirksen, agreeing with him that the marigold is a handsome hand-some flower, but pointing out several good reasons why it should NOT be the national flower, as he insists, and suggesting the lovely columbine, instead. I'll keep you posted, but I'll be very surprised indeed if I ever hear from it. But one must try. Orem - Geneva Times HAROLD B. SUMNER Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Orem, Utah. Office and plant located at 546 South State Street. Mailing address; P. O. Box 65, ; Orem, Utah 84057. Subscription i price: $3.50 per year. Second-class postage paid at Orem, Utah. haven't room, now, to tell you the reasons pro and con, but I will, probably in my next chit. Right now, I must get dowa and garner the creampuffs the bakery is holding hold-ing for ma. Have a happy week end, Dearie. Don't Forget To Set Clock Ahead Daylight saving time in Utah goes into effect at 2 a.m. April 30 and will continue until the last Sunday in October. Utah is one of 46 states making the decision de-cision to push their clocks ahead one hour, according to Congressional Congres-sional law. 'Witnesses' Plan 3-Day Convention The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Brooklyn, New York, has notified all the congregations con-gregations of Jehovah's Witnesses Witnes-ses in Utah Circuit No. 1 that their next circuit convention will be in Spanish Fork, Utah. Harry Mitani, presiding minister of the local congregation, stated that dates scheduled for the three-day Bible educational program will be June 9 to 11, 1967. Commented Mr. Mitani, 'We are happy to have the use of the Spanish Fork High School, 99 North 300 West, because this will afford us for the very first time the opportunity to convene in Spanish Fork, Utah. Also, the facilities fa-cilities at the school will be ideal for the featured film showingSun-day showingSun-day afternoon, at 3 p.m., entitled 'God Cannot Lie'. This circuit convention marks the first time that A. B. Stutler, district supervisor for Jehovah's Witnesses will be supervising in Utah. His previous assignment as district supervisor for Jehovah's Witnesses was in central California. Cali-fornia. One of the highlights of the three-day convention will come Saturday afternoon, June 10, 1967, when new ministers are baptized and ordained. A peak attendance of over 700 ministers is expected. Utah Circuit Cir-cuit No. 1 is presently represented repre-sented from Salt Lake City to Richfield in Utah and Elko and Ely, Nevada. Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; appe-tite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of inv. but not ceace or happiness. -Henrik Ibsen i IHniSitj DON'T GROW OLD No matter what the calendar has to say. Don't let a too solicitous sol-icitous family convince you you are ready to be put on the shelf. There are too many people who associate a head of grey hair with senility. Extensive surveys, made during the war years showed that oldsters are more stable than young workers, work-ers, that they change jobs less often-have fewer accidents. They do as well in mental tests and on tests that show reasoning, reason-ing, critical judgment and the ability to learn. Some of the great transcontinental air lines wisely have many pilots who are over 45 years of age. The trouble with ma uy folks as the years add up, is that they grow old unevenly. They lose their variety of interests long before they are physically low. And range and depth of interest in-terest are a pretty sure mark of youth. Keep alert mentally,'ceep interested in-terested in things - the new things. Look ahead, not back over your shoulder to the past. There is your elixir of youth! Berg Mortuary 500 North State Street OREM, UTAH 84057 Phone 225-2131 STOCKINGS HAIR SPRAY NYLON .pair 33 39 BREAD HALO ea lS-oz. Loaf For 15 REG. 29c 1 JL WIENERS 3-sla BACONsss.-,39 Barbecued Chicken ... 59 Peanut Butter, ....... 89 Toilet Tissue 1 6 r j 1 . Breck Shampoo . 89 Iff! 464 South State Orem |