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Show tosh Pr93g 39ociation, inc. 467 3a 3 1 3 South SIC, OT 81111 INSIDE Sertoma Club Honors Woman Page 7 Woman Are Living Longer. 11 Survival Kit Could Save Your Life 12 City Streamlines Development Plan 13 Letter To Editor 2 Legals 8 Missionary Farewells 3 Classifieds 9 Obituaries 5 TV Section 14-16 Local Sports 7 Show Biz Coloring Contest 17 City Ok's 38 Unit Project 18 Volume 54 Number 6 Typical of many Orem streets, scene in south Orem shows parked cars backed up by piles of snow preventing city snow plows from clearing more than a path down the center or one side of the street. Officials request better cooperation from residents for more ef- ficient snow removal. Parked ofo Present Better Snow deiiievoS By Shannon Hall Orem residents can assist employees of the Public Works Department remove snow more effectively. ef-fectively. According to Jack Jones, director of Public Works, cars that are parked in the street after a heavy snow storm make it hard for snow removal crews to be effective. "When residents hear that there is going to be a heavy snow storm, it is best if they can move their cars off the streets into their driveways, or perhaps borrow a neighbor's driveway," he said. "The snow could be pushed back a lot farther than it is now. But people's peo-ple's cars were in the way, so there are big piles of frozen snow that can not be pushed now." In the fall of this year, a program was instigated by the Orem Police Department which helped move the cars off the streets. "When a police officer spots an abandoned car, he makes contact with the owner. The owner is instructed in-structed to move the car off the streets so public workers can plow the streets better. If the car is not moved, mov-ed, it will be ticketed or towed," said ecfei Gl Weiss- Awarded For Kerolc Fire Rescues Three Orem Public Safety officers of-ficers were cited for heroism last Tuesday night at the Orem City Council Coun-cil meeting. Mayor DeLance W. Squire presented Medals of Valor and bronze plaques to Public Safety Officer Of-ficer Barry Stone and Paramedic-Firefighter Paramedic-Firefighter Kriss Garcia and Reed Rieske. Public Safety Director Ted Peacock read the citation before an applauding audience. The awards stemmed from the heroic rescue of three members of the Robert Buchanan family from their burning residence during the early morning hours December 2. Peacock said the three men risked risk-ed their own lives by entering the fire and smoke filled home. Officer Stone was the first to arrive ar-rive at the fire. He could see smoke coming from the split level house and two members of the family outside screaming that others were still in- ITo Braeffifi City Attorney Bryce McEuen was credited with being the driving force that helped pass Senate Bill 39 established a two level contribution rate structure for the state retirement system. Passage of the bill pleased Orem City officials and means a substantial benefit to city employees. City Manager Daryl Berlin praised prais-ed McEuen's effort. "He steered the bill through difficult hurdles and obstacles." Mayor DeLance W. Squire said it was McEuen who "brought the difficult dif-ficult factions together." He added, "People were well advised; Bryce had all the technical answers," McEuen himself gave credit to his neighbor, Sen. Paul Rogers. "He did great things once he was convinced convinc-ed the bill was good." The state retirement structure has long been a source of contention with city officials and has been the particular pet peeve of Mayor Squire Ted Peacock, Orem Police Chief. Peacock added that this program has had a very good response. "If it wasn 't for the Public Works Department, there would be many problems in the community. When police officers find problem areas in the road, they call the Public Works and they take care of the bad places first. I'm very happy with the job they're doing," Peacock said. ' " "Jones said the biggest problem the Public Works Department is currently cur-rently facing is the curb-side service of the garbage trucks. "The garbage trucks have trouble trou-ble with curb-side pickup because of all the snow mounts. Instead of it being be-ing a curb-side service, the workers are having to get out of the truck and bring the garbage to the back of the truck. Jones said this problem too, can be taken care of if citizens will remove their cars from the street after a heavy snow, allowing plowing to go all the way over to the curb. The Public Works Department prefers sanding and salting the road before they use snow plows, he said. side. Cross-trained as a firefighter, Stone pulled on his fire protection clothing and entered the home. At the same time Firefighter-Paramedics Rieske and Garcia were responding in the fire engine," said Peacock. "Officer Stone had rescued one child and was bringing the second child out of the burning house when Rieske and Garcia arrived. The two immediately entered the home and rescued the mother from the burning building." Stone, 27, has been with the department for five years. He is married mar-ried to Cindy Ladd and they have three children. Rieske, 31, also has been with the department five years and is married to Erva Hawkins and they have four children. Garcia has been with the department depart-ment three years. He is 23 years old and married to Caroline Valdcz. si rem ity who said it is unfair to city employees. The new bill offers three benefits: It increases the employee par-, ticipation to six percent, allowing short-term city employees to withdraw that increased amount when they leave the system. At the same time it maintains . benefits received by retirees at 17.9 percent while dropping the amount paid by cities and city employees to 9.65 percent. It also establishes a program for city employees separate from state workers and public educators. The bill was the work of a lot of people, including mayors, said Berlin. It is perceived the potential benefit of the new system may amount to an additional ad-ditional $500,000 a year in retirement benefits for Orem employees. Mayor Squire wrote a letter to all legislators thanking them for their cooperation in working with Orem City to solve the retirement benefit problems. DR. RICHARD POWELL LINDSAY Y Schedules LDS Head Dr. Richard Powell Lindsay, managing director of Public Communications-Special Affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, will discuss the elements of a happy, successful family Wednesday (Feb. 5) at Brigham Young University. The free lecture i part of the Family Living Lecture Series will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Center Ballroom. It is open to the public. lime m We need to decide if we want to be a bedroom community or one that provides jobs for our children City Manager Daryl Berlin said at the re- cent Orem Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. liil-G OTG lillU UUb VVllOI. Jk Gill U, then we can focus on that and give direction where it s needed, he said. Pointing out current trends, Berlin says Orem is growing at a steady rate. "Building permits last year were 700 compared to 460 the previous year." Water will always be a major concern for Orem City, he said, adding ad-ding that at the present time the city is undergoing a major sewer treatment treat-ment expansion program to provide current service and also to plan for future service. "Orem is in good shape for water at present however" he said. Citing economic development, Berlin said CEDO currently is in the process of adding growth to Orem and some areas of the city will need to be rezoned to accomodate additional growth. Other areas of major concern are the traffic flow along State Street and the possibility of a mass transit system. "We need to look into mass transit. tran-sit. Someday, something is going to have to be done in that area. And State Street will continue to be a problem pro-blem as long as the state of Utah owns it." "We have little or no control over it. The state would give it to us but it would cost a lot of money and I'm not sure we can afford it right now," he said. Orem has received federal funds to conduct a study, he added. Commenting on the possible combining com-bining of Provo and Orem, Berlin said that merging the two cities could have a lot of problems but he felt that con- Wednesday, February 8, 1981 Alpine Board of Education President, Dr. Richard Heaps, has issued a statement concerning the purpose of the board's two monthly public meetings. "Alpine District is blessed with a very healthy climate of patron support and input," said Dr. Heaps. "Citizens in this area want to be involved in education decision making. They want their views known and they want the board of education to represent the feelings of the community. This is healthy and as it should be. No elected elec-ted board should make decisions in a vacuum, especially decisions which affect public monies and public welfare. It is our responsibility to not only gather input but to use it. And in order to use it effectively, we must make sure that it is representative represen-tative of all patrons in the district and that it is based on valid concerns." concer-ns." "To help us respond in an efficient ef-ficient and fair way to the patrons of the district," continued Dr. Heaps, "the board has scheduled two meetings each month; one to be devoted to decision making and business, the other devoted to information in-formation gathering and public input. in-put. Both meetings, of course, would be open to the public and to the Lakeridge Jr. High Parent Visiting Day lakeridge Jr. High School will hold Us Parents Visiting Day Thur-sfiaj, Thur-sfiaj, February 16th from 5:00 to P. U pxj. -.'?d Friday ;jarn.log:.. February 17, from 7:45-11:30 a.m. The change to Thursday night is to help make it more convenient for working parents. All parents are encouraged en-couraged to attend either session and have individual conferences with teachers. Students will attend school on Thursday but stay home all day Friday. Visiting day comes with five weeks left in this grading period so there is the possibility of working out some problems before the end of the quarter which comes Friday, March 23,1984. All teachers will have stations set up in the two gymnasiums where parents can visit on a first-come, first-serve basis. peeasioii, solidation of services might 5e look. e(j Q Re'described Orem's strengths as incg a decent labor supply and excellent education facilities. He praised the city's efforts to streamline services. "We change to make things better," bet-ter," he emphasized, "but we're not done I hope we never are." Yells ' Chamber E13A Announces Audition Fb Classical Boys Ql Boys throughout Utah County will have the opportunity of participating par-ticipating in a new choir. Norm Nielsen, Sharon Community Educational and Recreational Association theater director, announced an-nounced the planned organization of a classical boys choir. Auditions will be held Feb. 25 from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and boys 8 through 18 are welcome. Nielsen said the tryouts will be in the SCERA theater lobby and those boys trying out should prepare a short classical song or hymn to perform. "The choir will consist of four singing parts-soprano, alto, tenor an bass. This will allow all voice ranges to audition for one of the parts, whether or not the boy's voices have changed," Nielsen said. Once the choir members are chosen, smaller groups and soloists will be formed from within the large choir. The choir will perform locally and throughout the western states. "There is a modest registration fee for the boys to be in the choir," r. m mm press. However, the first meeting of the month (held on the second Tuesday) would be for the major purpose of making specific decisions and to formulate district policy. All of the major decision items treated in this meeting will have received public input during previous session(s). In order to streamline decision making, then, public input at this first meeting is restricted to a brief "public opportunity to address the board" at the beginning of the session. No other input will be allowed unless specifically requested by a vote of the board. We realize mat this poiicv eiirriinaipVnVt minute input and politicmg, out it does allow the board to function as an elected board, representing all patrons. The final decision making powers rest with the board and there comes a time when decisions must be made. There will never be a time when ail patrons will be happy with a public decision or when all citizens will feel that their input has been employed to the fullest extent." In order to gather as much input as possible as a base for our decision making," continued the board president, "we devote almost the entire en-tire second meeting of the month (held on the fourth Tuesday) to an open agenda, where patrons may air any concern or topic of interest. School E Includes ;arcl Agenda Housing Need Graduation Requirements The Alpine Board of Education will discuss future housing needs for district public school students at its first meeting in February. The discussion is part of a saturation study being conducted in the area to determine student enrollment projections for the district. Due to the high interest generated by the topics to be presented, the meeting will be held at PI. Gove Jr. High School at 810 N. 100 E., Pleasant Grove, Tuesday, February 14. Superintendent Clark Cox will make recommendations to the board during the session on possible sites for new school construction during the next two to three years. Two important action items are also listed on the tentative board agenda for the evening. The first is a consideration of the date, amount, and usage of funds for a possible voted leeway in the district. The board postponed a decision on the leeway at its last meeting in order to see what the legislature would do in terms of funds for public education. A second action items is the adoption of high school graduation requirements for students of the district. Public input has been gathered on the proposed changes and board members are expected to vote on the issue during the session. Other items of interest include a GENE LARSSON Nielsen said. "But we don't want that to discourage any prospective members, so several scholarships PRICE TWENTY FIVE-CENTS D r Its f " Hopefully, patrons will take the opportunity op-portunity to discuss topics which will soon be decision items in upcoming board meetings. This second meeting, in fact, is being held as a preparation for the business session. Here, then, there will be no formal agenda, nor will patrons have to sign up or make previous arrangements in order to speak. All who wish to speak will be recognized." "Representing the Alpine Board of Education," concluded Dr. Heaps, "let me thank the entire community for their interest and support. With all of the governmen- al and journalistic emphasis on what's wrong with education, we sometimes fail to recognize the marvelous achievements of America's public education system. The American taxpayer has borne an awesome responsibility in bringing an quality education program to every child, including the handicapped and underprivileged, under-privileged, and has done it quietly and without complaint. The achievement is a monument to tfie generousity and democratic ideals of the American public." Further information concerning board meeting dates or specific agenda items may be obtained from district information specialist Michael Robinson at 756-9671. s report on the use of computers in the schools and the establishment of a school calendar for the next three school years. All patrons are invited to attend the public meeting. An opportunity to address the board will be provided at the beginning of the session. Mountain View Schedules Parents' Day The second Parents Visiting Day for the 1983-84 school year has been scheduled for Wednesday, Wednes-day, February 15, 1984. On that day students will attend school from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. Parents conferences conferen-ces are scheduled from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m. They will be using the same format used in the fall. All teachers will be seated alphabetically in the gymnasium for conferencing. No appointments will be made. Parents will see teachers on a first come basis. Principal Dale H. Price said that "Parents Visiting Day presents an excellent opportunity for parents or guardians to review their students progress with teachers, counselors, and administrators." S are available." Gene Larsson, Orem, Utah, has been named as the choir director. Nielsen said Larsson has a great background in teaching and has performed per-formed nearly 40 roles in a variety of operas. Larsson is a frequent performer with the Utah Symphony and was formerly a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He has been a voice teacher for over 20 years and has produced over 20 operas and 15 children's musicals. Nielsen said although he does not know what kind of response the tryouts will draw, he wants it tq be a first rate experience for everyone. "These auditions will not have a lot of pressure. We want the guys to have a great experience and the auditions to be casual." Nielsen said the public is welcome to attend the auditions. Those wanting additional information infor-mation can contact the SCERA Theater. |