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Show TV S3-830 CD. 00 i&7 East 30 'j Be.' Salt Lai (::. C;.ty, pal Volume 57 Number 27 Hearings see condos approved, Trafalga expansion OK'd if owner can please neighbors . By Jeanne Thayne Three public hearings held last week saw approval of two master plan amendments and one rezone. Another request for rezone was continued con-tinued to July 7. Last night's city . council meeting also was scheduled to continue the hearing from last week to create a special inprovement lighting district at approximately 400 . East and 165 West and between 1400 South and 1700 South. Developer Paul Ferguson won approval to amend the Master Plan on 6.5 acres of land at about 120 North 400 West and rezone the area from R-l-8 to R-l.7.5 to permit development develop-ment of condominiums at a density of eight units per acre. Current land uses in the area include a hospital to the north, single family dwellings to the west, doctor's offices and condominiums to the south, and single family dwellings and a church to the east. Not all council members approved ap-proved the change. While some felt there already were too many condominiums con-dominiums in that area, others believed it was the best use of the narrow strip of land. This is the house that Tittles built By Jeanne Thayne Not many 11-year-old boys can say they've formed footings and helped build the foundation to their own home. But then, how many girls have used a nail gun and helped frame a house or shingle a roof ? If you live in the Tuttle family you've done all that and more. Last spring Eric Tuttle and his wife, Mary, with their four children ages 8 to 16 set out on the almost Herculean Her-culean task of building their own home. A former contractor who'd lost his home and business during the building crunch of the late 70's and early 80's, Eric thought they could have a home again if Mom and the kids could become carpenters and helpers. They already had a building lot in the Breton Wood area in east Orem. And they had a massive walnut tree. . "I've always had a love and fascination for walnut and wanted to build something with it, but it's so expensive," ex-pensive," says Eric, now employed as maintenance foreman for BYU Housing. Well, some dreams do come true. A man who worked with Eric said his father had a big old walnut tree on his place near Spring Lake. Would he be interested in it? With his wife's deer rifle for barter, bar-ter, he purchased it immediately. "I never could get him to hunt with me anyway," says Mary. It wasn't easy for the family to view the old tree as anything special for their home but Eric could envision en-vision the beauty the burls and polished wood could add to their home. The tree was cut down in sections. sec-tions. In order to get the branches down with the least damage, members mem-bers of the family sat up in the tree and used ropes to lower the branches to someone below. The logs were stacked in a trailer. It wasn't easy to find someone who would plane the wood as old trees are often bullet ridden. This walnut tree was no different. "We found lots of 45 caliber bullets embedded in the trunk," said Eric. "From the logs I squared up the ballisters and took them to a craftsman craf-tsman in Wallsburg for the turns," said Eric. "He was kind enough to leave a couple of the bullets in the polished wood." They make an interesting in-teresting kind of pattern in the finished balustrades that grace the Tuttle's stairway and also separate the dining area from the living room. There was still enough walnut from the tree for a parquet entry and window sills. Looking back, not one of the kids say they'd like to do it again, but everyone agreed they were glad they did it once and that it's over. They learned a lot of things. Dudley & Associates, engineers, presented a rendering showing the plat to be economically unfeasible for single family dwellings. Laurel Kay, director of Orem Community Hospital, indicated they were in accord ac-cord with the condominium development and a trade of land would allow much needed additional ad-ditional parking for the doctors offices. of-fices. Additional testimony from condo owners and a plea from Ferguson to complete the action on the rezone so he can complete multi-faceted negotiations finally brought a favorable response from the council. Trafalga owner Paul Stewart gained approval of a Master Plan amendment so he can expand the recreational facilities at the resort. However, he was asked to return (last night) and present a site plan that offered impact protection to neighbors in the area, particularly Sorensons. Donna Sorenson has opposed the plan from the beginning since her home would border the property and is most heavily impacted. jjv'j ' fITf Tuttle family poses on magnificent staircase with walnut banister and posts that began as old walnut tree near Spring Lake. From top are Mary and Eric, Bret and Taina, Mandi and Gina. The home is on the corner of 200 North and Palisade Drive. It was "torture" according to 11-year-old Bret. He swears he swept out the house 40,000 times before it was finished, but he learned that you have to sacrifice to get things done. "It wasn't fun to be working in the hot sun when everyone else was comfortable comfor-table in their air conditioned house. I learned a lot about WORK. Bret also sacrificed a trip to New York with some relatives. But there were good parts, too. Bret's favorite part was choosing the carpet for his bedroom. And he can tell you exactly what the floor is like underneath it. He helped glue and nail it down. Wednesday Stewart's request is to amend the Master Plan on 1.12 acres to allow addition of batting cages and slick tract. "We want to be a good neighbor," neigh-bor," he promised, and agreed to work with the Sorensons on his plans. The hearing on the lighting district was continued after citizens voiced both opposition and approval of the lighting. "I feel blessed (with the lighting)," said Sybil Allen. "If we can save only one child from a bad experience, it is worth it. We also havelessvandalismhere." But another neighbor doesn't feel so blessed. Ed Tanger said, "I don't think it's fair that those who don't want the lights have to pay for those who do." He said if the city wants lights, the city should light the whole place. He complained that the lights shine into his bedroom window. The Council voted to continue the hearing and to look into the possibility of a shield to prevent the direct glare of light into a window. Sixteen-year-old Taina learned you can't go half way. "You have to put your whole self into something and go all out if you want to get it done." There were practically no extracurricular ex-tracurricular activities for any of these young students last year as every spare minute was spent on the house. Gina, 14, learned patience and humor. Everyone thought it was quite funny when her dad stapled her shorts to the roof. "And I was in 'em," she laughs. She says her dad . (Continued on Page 4) July 8, 1987 Mike Jones, an Orem All Star baseball player, and his father, Willie Jones, Orem City baseball commisioner, review the program of the upcoming Babe Ruth Western Regional Baseball Tournament with SCERA President Norm Nielsen. SCERA is a local sponsor of the tournament which will feature teams from as far away as Guam and Hawaii. The tournment will run August 1 through 8. Regional baseball tourney draws near The schedule is set for the festivities, and the time is drawing near for the Pacific Southwest Babe Ruth Bambino Regional Tournament. Tour-nament. Orem Youth Baseball and the City of Orem have been selected to host the event and the community is pulling together to sponsor the biggest baseball event in Orem. The calendar of events begins with the arrival of teams from as far away as Guam and Hawaii on Friday, July 31. A picnic for all the Bike dealers given task of licensing Bicycle dealers are now responsible respon-sible for licensing and registering bicycles sold to residents and to register bicycles sold to out-of-town buyers. Complying to the state law did not come without controversy. One local bicycle dealer complained about the extra red tape and council member Harley Gillman agreed that the action would be an additional burden to the dealer. "Sales tax is bad enough," he said. Council members Stella Welsh and Paul Washburn also voted nay on a motion to require the dealers to take care of the licensing and registration. A first motion failed 3-3 but Welsh later changed her vote in order to comply with law. She had expressed the idea to charge more for the license and kick back a small sum to the dealer for his trouble. That idea failed. Orem City's budget allows only the $3 required for licensing. licen-sing. The requirement also adds provisions prohibiting tampering with serial numbers and the sale of a bicycle not bearing a serial number. Ted Peacock, director of the Department of Public Safety, said the action should help their department. depar-tment. "This is a service," he said, "just like registering firearms." He reported that last year alone there were approximately 780 bicycles reported stolen, lost or abandoned with an estimated value of $80,000. "It helps us a lot if there's some kind of identification on the bike." Charter Canyon opens new Charter Canyon and Charter Summit hospitals will open two new counseling centers during July, at 2230 North University Parkway, Pro-vo, Pro-vo, and 1847 West 9000 South, West Jordan. Official ribbon cutting ceremonies will be held in Provo July Ju-ly 7 at 9 a.m., and Salt Lake Valley, July 13, at 10 a.m. The clinics, designed to serve outpatients out-patients in the community, will provide pro-vide facilities for individual, group, and family counseling. Educational classes will also be scheduled in both mm players, managers, coaches, and baseball officials will take place that afternoon, and on Monday, August 1 the action begins, following opening ceremonies at the Orem City Center Complex at State Street and Center, at8:30a.m. The tournament play will continue con-tinue through August 8 in a true double-elimination tournament format. for-mat. The winner emerging from this tournament will represent the Dick Nourse named Mayor of Family City USA Dick Nourse, a prominent news anchor in Utah, has been appointed as the 1987 mayor of Family City USA. Orem Mayor S. Blaine Willes appointed ap-pointed Mr. Nourse in a ceremony at Utah Valley Community College on Tuesday, July 7. Mr. Nourse will follow in fine tradition of Family City Mayors, following Walt Disney and La Veil Edwards, Ed-wards, who have made great contributions con-tributions to families. Norm Nielsen, president of Family Fami-ly City sponsor SCERA said Nourse was selected because of his remarkable record of service to his local community, and to families. Nourse has made incredible contributions contribu-tions of time and concern to aid in the advancement of cancer research. Those chosen as mayor of Family Fami-ly City USA have "made a difference in the arena of family development and success," commented Nielsen. Dick Nourse will serve as the symbol of Family City USA for the 1987 years, and will officiate at the Family City celebrations. Family City USA events will take place July 23, 24, and 25 in Orem with daytime activities at the Utah Valley Community College, and a show each evening at the SCERA Shell. The program pro-gram is bigger and better than last year, with a broader realm of activities. The show at the SCERA Shell is a magical, musical extravaganza featuring Snow White, Dopey, Goofy and Donald Duck as well as a world-famous world-famous magician who will make an elephant appear. Janie Thompson, a well-known local musician will also star in what Mr. Nielsen says is sure to be an "outstanding show." The day's events will be capped off each evening with a fireworks display following the show. facilities, free of charge, in areas such as alcohol and drug abuse and depression. depres-sion. "These centers will provide necessary care for people that do not require in-patient therapy," John M. Burr, M.S.W., director of the Provo facilitiy, said. "We receive many calls daily at our hospital from people peo-ple asking for out-patient therapy and these centers will provide walk-in and by appointment care." Hours for the centers will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday through Friday, Fri-day, and in the evening and on Saturdays Satur-days by appointment. First consulta-. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS 'i Pacific Southwest Region in the World Series in Oakland, California, August 15. Visiting team members will be hosted by families in Orem, and various activities are planned to entertain en-tertain the visitors. Mr. Ronald Scheid, Pacific Southwest Babe Ruth Regional Director and Mr. Keith Mackay, Utah State Babe Ruth Director will direct the tournament. DICK NOURSE High Uintas information booklet available The final three books: Smith Fork, Henry Fork and Beaver Creek Drainages: Sheep Creek, Carter Creek and Burnt Fork Drainages; and Whiterocks River Drainages; from the 10-booklet series of Lakes of the High Uintas will be available at all Division of Wildlife Resources offices of-fices by July 15. Seven booklets from the series are currently available at the cost of $1 each. These booklets provide information in-formation about trails, camping, fishing, as well as size, elevation and depth of lakes in the High Uintas. DWR offices are located in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Springville, Vernal, Price and Cedar City. centers tions for individuals will be free of charge. The Provo location will also provide for the care of children while parents are in sessions. Dr. Brent Turek, executive director direc-tor of the centers, will supervise the first two counseling centers, with plans to expand throughout Utah with additional locations." Ribbon cutting ceremonies will be organized through the Pro-voOrem Pro-voOrem Chamber of Commerce and the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. 'VO, |