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Show Universal Microfilming Corp. 14 P.O. Bor 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 Bishop Simpson Slated For West Sharon Conference j"4 met Ktft ' i or ,iffirt i PRETTY LEANN WALKER, secretary and graduate of Utah Technical College at Provo invites you to attend the Fourth Annual UTC Open March 6th Approximately 20 major exhibits, ex-hibits, each covering an area of study at Utah Technical College In Provo will await the general public this Friday and Saturday at the school's fourth annual community com-munity open house. Utah Tech has 17 major departments de-partments of trade and vocational training, and each will have a major display, according to President Pres-ident Wilson W. Sorensen. In addition, there will be several special exhibits of programs which the school sponsors off-campus, off-campus, such as it's fireman training, he said. Open house hours will be from. 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Fri-day, March 6, and 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Anyone interested is invited, emphasized em-phasized Pres. Sorensen, but particular emphasis will be placed on attracting prospective students and their parents -particularly high school graduates or those who will graduate this year. A high school diploma is not necessary nec-essary to enter Utah Tech, the president said, but many young people prefer to finish their regular re-gular public schooling before embarking em-barking on special training toward a trade or vocation. The 17 departments which will feature special exhibits and tours include: Auto body, auto mechanics, mech-anics, diesel mechanics, office education (secretarial training, data processing, and general clerical training), building construction con-struction (carpentry and cabinet making), dental assisting, electronics, elec-tronics, electrical and automation technology, drafting and design, commercial art, machine shop, welding, licensed practical nursing, nur-sing, instrument repair, driver education, marketing, and general education (optional courses which a student may take to qualify for the school's two-year associate asso-ciate degree). About 2,000 attended last year's open house, and arrangements arrange-ments are being made an even larger attendance Friday andSat-urday, andSat-urday, Pres.Sorensen concluded. Sports Photo Places First Once again Orem-Geneva Times has placed first in the University of Utah Journalism Department's "Picture of the Month" contest. Milton Hollstein, chairman of the department made the announcement. The sports picture appears in the January 15th issue and shows several basketball players in "What looks like a ballet jump.' Hal Williams was the photographer. photogra-pher. The photo will now be entered en-tered in the annual competition at the end of the year. STANDING ON TOP of Orem's three-million gallon water tank are city officials who Tuesday arranged for the water tank to be cleaned and drained. Each year while water use Is at a minimum, Orem's two storage' tanks are cleaned and inspected. From left are City Engineer Russell Brown; Chet Kocherhans, superintendent of water and House and 7th William C. Rice Hillcrest PTA Meets Tonight William C. Rice, faculty member mem-ber in the department of Child Development and Family Relationships Rela-tionships at Brigham Yougn University, Uni-versity, will be the speaker at the Hillcrest PTA meeting tonight at 8 p.m. He will speak on child discipline and family relationships. relation-ships. Mr. Rice will receive his PhJ). in June and is associated in marriage, mar-riage, family, group, individual and child therapy at BYU. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by the first grade classes who will sing musical mus-ical numbers. Elections also will be held. Candidates for president are Mrs. Blain W ebb and Mrs. Odell C hris-tensen; hris-tensen; vice president: Mrs. Richard Rich-ard Hanks and Mrs. Keith Jepp-son; Jepp-son; secretary: Mrs. Charles Monson, and Mrs. Raymond G. Cordner; treasurer: Mrs. Gerald Ger-ald Gilner and Mrs. Sidney M. Russell. SBA Director Will Speak At CC Meet Ren Smith local director of the Small Business Administration, Administra-tion, will be the guest speaker at the Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce general membership meeting today at noon at Park's Cafe. Mr. S mith will explain the function func-tion and operation of the Small Business Administration and tell how it can help businessmen enlarge or expand their business. Open House to be held Friday and Saturday, Satur-day, March 6 and 7. Shop projects and tours will be presented during the two day Open House at Utah Technical College. 'Guys and Dolls' Next Utah Valley Opera Production Guys and Dolls," the popular Broadway musical which has attracted at-tracted large audiences to both the stage and motion picture versions, ver-sions, will be the next production produc-tion of the Utah Valley Opera Association, according to LaVorn Sparks, president of the organization. organ-ization. The Utah Valley premiere of "Guys and Dolls will be presented pre-sented May 13-16 on the stage of the Pleasant Grove High School. Director of the production produc-tion will be David E. Larsen. Auditions for the singing, dancing danc-ing and dramatic parts in 'Guys and Dolls will be held on three successive nights in Provo, Springville and Pleasant Grove. At 7:30 p.m. March 5, auditions audi-tions will be held in the Franklin Frank-lin Elementary School, 355 South 700 West, Provo. At 7:30 p.m. March 6, audi-uitions audi-uitions will be held in the Grant Elementary School, 400 E. 200 So., Springville. At 7:30 p.m. March 7, auditions audi-tions will be held in the Pleasant . firove High School. , ... Mr. Larsen said singers and dancers trying out for roles should come prepared to perform a routine which will demonstrate their talents. There are a number of choice non-singing roles in this production produc-tion for mature men and women. Mr. Larsen invites interested men and women between the ages of 25 and 60 to audition for these parts. Cascade Lions Club Collects Items For Rummage Sale Cascade Lions Club of Orem is seeking donations for a rummage rum-mage sale to be held about May 29 inOrem. Earl Wengreen, president, pres-ident, said anything sellable is welcome. Especially requested are items of clothing, hardware, cars, or sports equipment. F or donation pickup, call W ane Hawkins, chairman, 225-5612, or drop off items for rummage sale at Woolworths in Orem, Kay's Auto Body or Farmer's Insurance Insur-ance office at 1454 S. State, Orem. WINDSOR PTA A youth panel from the Mental Health Center will present a program tonight at the Windsor School PTA meeting at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the panel discussion dis-cussion PTA elections for the coming year will be held. All parents are encouraged to attend. sewer; City Manager Earl Wengreen; and Odell Miner, assistant to city manager. In next photo,Gilbert LaCrue, maintenance man in the water department, crawls from tank opening. Inspection revealed ceiling and other areas of tank where coal tar covering had " scaled off and rust spots were forming. Mr. Wengreen said funds will be programmed Bishop Robert L. Simpson, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at the West Sharon Stake Conference Saturday and Sunday, March 7th and 8th in Orem. Bishop Simpson, former president pre-sident of the New Zealand Mission, Mis-sion, was chief supervisor of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company's accounting office in Southern California until called to the Presiding Bishopric in 1961. Among his current duties, he is in the administration of the Church hospital system. A leadership session will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Stake Center, 1700 S. 400 E., Orem, for those concerned including in-cluding all unmarried youth 16 years of age and over. The general conference session ses-sion will be heldSunday at 10 a.m. in the Stake Center. Stake President Pres-ident Wayne A. Mineer says visitors visi-tors are welcome. Council Asks Planning Commission To Make Further Zoning Study With more than a month gone by since the Orem City Council held a public hearing on proposals pro-posals of the. Orem Planning Commission to make zoning changes in 10 areas of the city, the Council this week was still undecided about what action it should take on the proposals. Since the original public hearing hear-ing on the zoning changes held on Feb. 3, the Council each week has been keeping the proposals legally alive by voting to continue the public hearng from week to week. ! City Attorney Frank Butter-field Butter-field has advised the council thai any alteration of the original proposals pro-posals aired at the first public hearing would require a new public hearing. J Meanwhile, Tuesday night the Council spent nearly an hour discussing dis-cussing the various aspects of zoning and building requirements, as they signed the new Mobile Home Park Ordinance and ordinances' ordin-ances' moning an area on 12CR West Center Street from R-l-A to H-l and an area on 1864 South Columbia Lane from R-2 to R-3. The Council asked Mayor Winston Wins-ton M. Crawford to write a letter to the Orem Planning Commission, Commis-sion, asking that body to make a study of residence area requirements require-ments in the various zones of the Car Strikes Officer At Road Block Patrolman Gerald Nielsen, identification officer for the Orem Police department, recuperated last weekend at home from bruises bruis-es and abrasions sustained Thursday Thurs-day when he was struck by an automobile while participating in a road block at 1300 S. 800 E. Officer Nielsen was struck by a car which apparently was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting other parked cars and tried to go between the parked vehicles and. struck Mr. Nielsen. The impact threw the officer into the windshield wind-shield then rolled him onto the car behind him. His helmet broke the windshield. Officer Nielsen was taken to Utah VaUey Hospital where x-rays x-rays revealed no broken bones. He was treated and released. Driver of the vehicle was a BYU student, Floyd Erickson. Investigation In-vestigation of the accident is continuing. In next year's budget to sand blast the tanks and reapply the coal tar. The tank pictured was constructed in about 1950 and is 32 feet high. Orem's second tank was constructed construct-ed in 1964 and holds five million gallons.. The eight million gallons of stored water' Is one fourth of the water used in peak de-man, de-man, Mr. Wengreen said. I J I f ' ; ' I ffJ Bishop Robert L. Simpson First Counselor Presiding Bishopric Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints city with a view towards more consistency. Also, in view to the objections objec-tions stated to the original proposals pro-posals of the Planning Commission Commis-sion to re-zone 10 areas of the city, the mayor will ask the Planning Commission to re-study this problem and make further recommendations to the Council regarding this. Russell O. Brown, city engineer, en-gineer, suggested that the Council consider having multiple dwelling as a conditional use in the R-l Zone, since deluxe developments of this type could be harmoniously intergrated into this zone. Mr. Brown said that the expansion ex-pansion of conditional uses in the various zones of a city could operate to upgrade the new developments de-velopments coming into the city. However, this expansion places an additional load on the Planning Plan-ning Commission, he said. , If Orem City went in this c direction it would require more , frequent . meetings of the Plan-ning Plan-ning Commission and a full-time planning staff, Mr. Brown stated. In other action, the Council approved the installation of a culinary water line to the Cook residence on the Carterville Road. Since this home is outside out-side the city limits, the cost of the line would have to be paid by the owner, and water would be furnhished at double the rate for residents. The Council also approved the issuance of a cabaret license to the Imperial Loung operated by Irvin Wilkinson. Orem Man Faces Charge of CD Interference Robert Brickey, 32, Orem, was arrested Saturday in Salt Lake City and charged with "instigating "instigat-ing interference against the Utah Civil Defense Radio Network. He was arraigned in court after being booked at the City-County jail and later freed on $1,500 bail. Police detectives, Civil Defense De-fense personnel and a deputy Salt Lake County Attorney, assisted as-sisted in apprehending Brickey about 3 p.m. Saturday near 70 South and 1-15 in the southbound lane of traffic. He was accused of jamming Civil Defense communications com-munications during activities Saturday by broadcasting from his car radio. Vol. 40 No. 9 1 1 : H sj DETERMINED OHS TIGERS relax foUowing victory over Spanish Fork Dons giving them a spot in the Class AA tournament. Front row from left, John Fowles, Russell Brails-ford, Brails-ford, Gaylen Buckley, Steve McCandless. Val Christensen Wins Award Val Christensen of Orem has been awarded the Wasatch La-Sertoma La-Sertoma Youth Service Award for outstanding service to his church, school, and communty. Val is the 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Christensen. Val is presently serving as president of his LDS Seminary Class, a member of his ward advisory committee for youth, and music chairman for ward conference youth meetings. He has received the Duty to God award and will soon become an Eagle Scout. A straight A student, Val is a member of the Orem High varsity var-sity basketball team and Letter-man's Letter-man's Club. The young man has umpired Little League . games and will coach a local team this summer. The award was recently presented pre-sented at a LaSertoma meeting by Mrs. Eugene Gibbons of Orem. n - t- vFU-Th;.:- ' I; - j i . , ,4Mtmswnie&ka l ;. mi i Tn y n rrr -- f iisl (4) 1 f I I IVC-ya"! ATTORNEY GENERAL VERNON B. Romney poses with police officers honored for outstanding out-standing service at the Lions Club Police Honor Banquet last Thursday. Named out-, standing reserve officer was Eugene Larsen, Lions Club Honors Three Outstanding Orem Police Attorney General Vernon B. Romney last week presented plaques to three outstanding Orem police officers and acclaimed ac-claimed the police as "the best and last bastion we have against the crime and rebellion in our society. Attorney General Romney was the guest speaker at the annual Police Honor Banquet held at Orem Junior High School and sponsored by the Orem Lions Club. He said our country is facing greater stress than during dur-ing the Civil War and perhaps we should pray for another Lincoln Lin-coln to lead us out. 'Thank God for iron in the blood of our fathers, fath-ers, he said. Awarded as the outstanding regular police officer was Sgt. Jay Barker. Eugene Larsen was named outstanding reserve officer, of-ficer, and George McKinney, chief dispatcher and Civil Defense director, dir-ector, was specially honored for his outstanding service to the city of Orem. Selections of the officers offi-cers to be honored was made' by secret balloting within the Orem Police department. Cit Thursday, March 5, 1970 lh vh ' k f m .s XJ City Center Group Plans Dedication Members of the Orem City Center committee met with the Orem City Council Tuesday night to firm up plans for the dedication dedica-tion of the building. Stanley Leavitt, Allan Nielsen, Warren Bunting and DeanFarns-worth, DeanFarns-worth, members of the committee, com-mittee, told the Council an open house has been scheduled for May 5, the 51st anniversary of the incorporationof the Town of Orem On successive nights programs will be held and tours conducted through the building. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton will be the principal speaker at the dedicatory program to be held at 11 aum. Saturday, May 9. City Manager Earl Wengreen told the Council Work is nearly -completed on the library portion of the building, and the installation installa-tion of carpeting is scheduled to get underway on March 15. ing statistics, Mr. Romney showed the increase of crime in the United States. He said we may think we are blessed in Utah but crime is increasing here, also. He pointed out that in 1964 we had 1300 felonies for every 100,000 population, and in four years this has jumped to 1600. He declared most dangerous the non-student rebellions such as was demonstrated in the Colorado Colo-rado A & M game with BYU; Urging support of local police; Mr. Romney called for a correction correc-tion of salary inequities. He said the police receive silent applause ap-plause from the public but we should make our appreciation known. Charging the former supreme court with going far afield, Mr. Romney said he gained heart when Chief Justice WarrenBurger stated stat-ed he was not striving for a perfect per-fect trial but for a fair trial. , Mr. Romney praised the Lions Club for their display of patriotism patrio-tism at the opening of the meeting meet-ing and for honoring the local police. ; PRICE TEN CENTS r ' ? t .Cf 1 'f t ..-" Back row, Barry Jensen, Darrel Hansen, Val Christensen, Frank Knight, Brent Butler, Wayne Stout, LarryCheesman,CurtWankier. Orem scored a win over Ogden 54-48 in their first tourney game Tuesday afternoon. City Engineer Russell O. Brown told the Council he has completed the design for the new Cherry Hill Park and that the plans are now in the hands of the landscape architect. The Council authorized the city manager to proceed with an application ap-plication for funds through the Utah State Outdoor 'Recreation Agency for the purchase and development of park properties in Orem City, based on the Utah County 701 Plan. Warren Bunting, president of the Orem Chamber of Commerce, met with the Council to discuss plans for the summer parade and Christmas decorations for' the city. A tentative parade d a t e of July 18 has been set, he said, although this was found to be in conflict with that of another city. second from left. Sgt. Jay Barker was named outstanding regular police officer and George McKinney, chief dispatcher and Civil Defense director, was awarded a plaque for outstanding service to the city of Orem. Disposal Site Will Accept Old Car Bodies All used and junk car bodies may now be deposited at the garbage dump northwest of the Geneva Steel Plant. In action taken the past week, the cities of Orem, Pleasant Grove and American Fork, who jointly operate oper-ate the disposal facility, approved ap-proved a fee schedule and policy regulating such dumping. According to Orem City Manager Earl Wengreen, residents res-idents of each community must first obtain a permit from their city's Utility Department. Cost of the permit is $5.00. A duplicate dupli-cate of the permit must be presented to the attendent at the city dump at the time the car body is delivered to the dump. The junk car bodies will be accepted ac-cepted at the city dump on Mondays Mon-days and Thursday only. Mr. Wengreen also emphasized that Orem City no longer will accept car bodies at the Marina Park. Residents who do not de- liver their old car bodies to an autowrecking yard must dispose dis-pose of them at the tri-city dumping grounds. |