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Show J b vi - 6 3 0 0 3 . 0 0 Utah t'r-a&s I 'ib East, -' Couth Utiu t: ... a K iL' j. i, y , Pageant parade June 21 with fireworks, activities rr -Had 1 V ' "A? ? ' J ty ''. Attractive new banners posted along east Center Street in Orem herald the coming Miss Utah Pageant parade. Note the new city logo at the bottom of the banner. Orem mother charged, pleads innocent in child abuse, starvation case An Orem mother plead innocent in 4th District court Friday to charges that she abused and starved her 6-year-old son. Judge Rp.y Harding set July 26 as the trial date. Loretta Larsen, 33, is charged with, two counts of childabuse, one a second degree felony and one a class A misdemeanor. The charges were filed by Orem police officers after Richard Kim Shaw, a live-in boyfriend, told officers on April S of this year that Larsen was mistreating and starving her son. , A Provo pediatrician who examined ex-amined the boy three days after the arrest said he was "markedly malnourished, markedly small." . Investigation police officers also were told by Shaw that the child had been handcuffed to his bed at night to Open house Friendship j' An open house Tuesday, June 21, will be held at the Orem Friendship Center from 1 to 9 p.m. to show off the beautiful newly remodeled facility and to help citizens become acquainted ac-quainted with the various activities and programs available to senior citizens. There will be displays, entertainment enter-tainment and refreshments. - Seniors are encouraged to bring their arts and crafts to the center for display during the open house. These items may be hobby items created at home or elsewhere, or they can be ceramics, paintings, quilts, etc. which have been created at the center. They can be brought to the center on Monday, Mon-day, June 20. Seniors who wish to may leave their crafts on display after the open house is over. The center is located at 93 North 400 East in Orem. for more information informa-tion regarding display items call the center at 224-7111. . All low income and minority senior citizens in Orem City are wholeheartedly invited to join the group at the center and partake of all activities and programs available. USDA commodities will be distributed Tuesday, June 28, to all eligible senior citizens who live in Orem. The doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. There will be ho lunch served at the center that day. f The weekly dance is held in the newly remodeled and refinished ballroom. All seniors over 50 are welcome. Reta Hadlock and her band continue to attract many seniors in the area with their lively music. A treat is in store for "first timers" Saturday from 8-11 p.m. Tickets are available at the Senior Center for the Calgary Stampede Tour July 6. This exciting 8-day trip takes you through Helena, Montana, Glacier National Park, cruise on Waterton Lake, Calgary, beautiful Lake Louise, and much more. Details available at the center. The Friendship center is sponsoring sponsor-ing the Black Hills & Legends Tour August 22-28. This tour includes Jackson Hole Wyoming, Bar J. Ranch prevent him from stealing food. Det. Ralph Crabb testified that handcuffs officers believe were used to restrain the child at night belonged to Shaw. Shaw had said he would handcuff the boy because he didn't want to make -Larsen maL-rvi- v --,?. ? Other children in the home included in-cluded a 3-year-old sister and four older children. All have been taken to foster homes. The boy appeared to be the only child malnourished. Shaw told officers that when the child was allowed to eat supper, he was given a smaller portion than others and most of the time was told he "gets all he deserves." Once the boy was punished for stealing dog food and forced to eat it and go without supper, according to Shaw. will show Center chuck wagon dinner and show, sightseeing in the Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, Black Hills Passion Play, Mount Rushmore, and more. Deposit required at the time of reservation. Brochures are available. Interested seniors may still make reservations on the popular New England Fall Foliage Tour. This exciting ex-citing trip is scheduled Sept. 12-29. A three day trip to Lake Powell is planned plann-ed for October 11-13. For more information infor-mation call the office, 224-7111, or pick up an itinerary. This week's schedule includes sit and stay fit exercise, Dorothy Roller's organ music at 11 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Health Screening Clinic, County Health Blood Pressure at 12:30 and dancing to Reta Hadlock's piano music at 11 a.m. The Papa Parlor Pickers perform Wednesday at 11 a.m. On Thursday the Harmonica Band plays at 11 a.m. and ceramics class meets at 10 a.m. Playing pool and dancing before noon are daily routines. A turn-about trip to Wendover (State Line) is scheduled June 22. The bus departs from the center at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Seats are still available. State gets go ahead to spend $53K . The state of Utah's spending plan for $531,000 from the Amoco oil overcharge over-charge settlement has been approved approv-ed by the U.S. Department of Energy Governor Bangerter announced. "This plan supplements and enhances other oil overcharge spending plans the state has implemented during the past year," said Bangerter. DOE approval ap-proval was necessary for the funds to be released to the state. The plan establishes eight onetime one-time energy efficiency programs. Four are aimed at the agriculture sector sec-tor and four are aimed at residential and driving sectors. Sixty beautiful Miss Utah Pageant contestants will highlight the Miss Utah pageant night parade Tuesday, June 21. Steve Booras, chairman, says the parade will have a carnival theme and every float will be lighted to add to the excitement of the night. A street dance and spec-, tacular fireworks will culminate the I full day of activities at 10 p.m. "I'm really excited about this. We've invested a lot in lights this year and it should be a beautiful one-hour parade," says Booras. The parade j will begin at 9 p.m. and should run smoothly without any gaps. Floats will feed in from three different direc- tions to avoid long back-ups, he said. The day's events will begin at 7 ' a.m. Tuesday morning with a pan Volume 58 Number 24 Budget approved with franchise tax By Jeanne Thayne After several weeks of study and discussion Orem City Council approved approv-ed the city's $21.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year along with a Franchise Tax increase from the current 2.7 percent to 3.5 percent. The .8 percent increase will help fund $333,620 in additional costs from changes approved in the preliminary budget. Tuesday night's action was approved ap-proved unanimously with little fanfare fan-fare although two citizens protested the increase in the Franchise Tax and questioned a 5.5 percent merit salary increase as well as the addition of three more Public Safety Officers. "The increase in tax is unconscionable uncons-cionable in light of the salary increase," in-crease," stated Howard Stephens, a member of the Utah Taxpayers Association. He said there will be a "negative backlash." V R. L. "Bob" Wright agreed and FHP Orem Center, located South and University Parkway FHP begins new Orem medical center Construction has begun in Orem for FHP, Utah's largest health maintenance organization (HMO). Their new two-story full-service medical and dental center will be completed in the first quarter of 1989. The 2.5 acre site, located west of Main Street between 1400 South and University Parkway in Orem, will be convenient to the nearly 11,000 FHP members living in Utah County. Estimated cost of the building project is $2.4 million, including site development, develop-ment, construction, and furnishings Orem writer wins $5,000 Publication Prize Governor Norman H. Bangerter and the Utah Arts Council celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Council's prestigious Utah Origingal Writing Competition during an awards celebration at the Governor's Residence June 9. Orem writer Pauline Mortensen's sensitive collection of short stories, Back Before thw World Turned Nasty, Nas-ty, was awarded the competition's $5,000 Publication Prize in the f estivities, at which distinguished poet Leslie Norris was the guest speaker. In all, 25 writers were selected from among some 400 entrants to receive 27 awards totaling more than $13,000. Winners hailed from all regions of the state, including Cedar City, Moab, Paragonah, Montezuma Creek, Blanding, and communities along the Wasatch Front. First-place winners in the 1988 Utah Original Writing Competition include, in-clude, by category: Novel, Phyllis Barber, Salt Lake City, And the Desert Shall Bloom; Non-Fiction Book, Michael P. Cohen, Cedar City, Sierra Club: A History 1892-1970; Book-Lenght Collection of Poetry, cake breakfast sponsored by the Lions Club at the Senior Citizen pavilion at the northeast end of the City Ci-ty Center park. The breakfast will be served until 11 a.m. with all proceeds dedicated to the blind. A hot air balloon will be available for rides all day, weather permitting, beginning at 7 a.m. A craft boutique and art show will be exhibited south of the pavilion from 9 a.m. to 8 : 30 p.m. Staged entertainment enter-tainment including puppet shows by Marionettes International and an entertainment benefit for Jason Overman Over-man will take place in the southeast corner area of the park frojn noon until un-til 8:30 p.m. Funds will be used to help pay for a bone marrow transplant for the five-year-old cancer victim. Kent Wednesday added that the cost of living only went up 3 percent and asked the city to hold t down salaries and benefits and com-i com-i plained about hiring three more of-'; of-'; f icers. "I think we have enough police i officers running around the city." He said people are worked up about the J tax increase. 1 Mayor Blaine Willes countered I that he is a taxpayer also and will be I impacted the same as everybody. I "The council has struggled with each issue and feels good about their decisions." Kelvin Clayton, councilman, said, "I think the council did a marvelous - job in studying the budget but I also question the 5.5 percent pay increase." in-crease." Then he added that Orem runs the city on less manpower than other cities and said he can "almost" buy into the salary system. He defended the three additional officers. ,"We need protection; I'm pleased w with the low manpower and low crime , west of Main Street between 1400 in Orem. Construction will begin "and equipment. Activities announcing the services ser-vices as well as the new quarters will be held July 13 at the site and will include in-clude a picnic buffet. The facility (approximately 24,000 square feet in size) will include family practice, dental services op-tometric op-tometric care, x-ray, counseling, pharmacy, laboratory, medical records, and child care for members. FHP not only provides in-house medical services but also contracts for specialist care and work with PAULINE MORTENSEN Publication Prize Winner David Lee, Paragonah, Day's Work; Juvenile Book, Donald R. Marshall, Provo, The Enchantress of Crumbledown; Serious Poetry, Lisa C. Orme Bickmore. West Jordan, The Mortal Year; Short Story, Phyllis Barber, Salt Lake City, Justice; and Personal Essay, Merry Melissa Norton of KSL-TV will emcee the benefit. Booras promises more food items for sale and more entertainment throughout the day than last year. All entertainment will center in the park and will include strolling Dixieland Bands and Barber Shop Quarets with a Gay Ninety's theme. A Hawaiian Luau with entertainers enter-tainers will be provided by Aloha Catering and A Western Rib Barbecue from the Underground Restaurant with Western Dance Band both will be served from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the northeast pavilion at about 340 E. 100 North. Other dinner vendors ven-dors will be near the south pavilion on Center Street. A popular feature last year, the Rock and Western bands and street June 15, 1988 rate." He said the council actually recommended six more officers but compromised on three. Councilmember Joyce Johnson explained that the pay increase is not an across-the-board increase but is a "merit increase." She said, "The departments head often are doing work comparable to three people in other cities." She said the Hay System which Orem uses to set salaries is actually a modified version. ver-sion. Johnson thanked the citizens for their comments but said the council thoroughly studied the budget and feels good about it. Items deleted from the proposed budget include the Storm System Implementation Im-plementation Funding, a request for an additional full-time person for the Commission for Economic Development Develop-ment in Orem (CEDO), and a requested re-quested increase in Building Permit Fees. Changes from the proposed . budget include adding three Public immediately on the two-story medical facility to be completed in the first quarter of 1989. some local clinics. According to Elden R. Mitchell, FHP Regional Vice President, "A new ProvoOrem center will help us serve our patients better because, instead in-stead of being situated in three different dif-ferent buildings as we have been since 1985, we will now be in one larger, more convenient spot." Approximately Approximate-ly 80 employees will help provide services ser-vices in the new quarters. Project architect is Niels Valen-tiner Valen-tiner of Salt Lake City. General contractor con-tractor is Tolboe Construction Company. Adams, Blanding, Nelson Whitehorse. As in past years, local writers of national reputation joined with distinguished writers from around the country to judge the competition. This year's judges included Pulitzer Prize nominee Robert Dana, novelist Ron Carlson, essayist and fiction writer William Kittredge, juvenile book writer Paul Fleischman, short story writer Jim Heynen and naturalist, essayist and children's writer Terry Tempest Williams. This year's judges praised various winning manuscripts for their "ambitious scope," "fresh iconoclasm," and "authenticity of spirit" as well as for clean craft and attention to formal detail. Mortensen's manuscript won first prize in the Book-Length Collec-tionof Collec-tionof Short Stories category in the Utah Original Writing Competiton last year. In this year's competition, she also won second-place honors in-the in-the Personal Essay category for her work, Higher Ground. The Publication Prize, initiated in 1979, is awarded to the best first-place book-length manuscript from the preceding year's competition. It is dance will be repeated again beginning beginn-ing at 10:15 p.m. immediately following follow-ing the fireworks display. The Western Dance Band will be on the northeast side of the park and the Rock Band concert on the south. Sammy and the Sunshine Clowns will add color, excitement and fun throughout the afternoon and evening. The parade will have a total of 72 units including 20 floats and 12 bands and will last just one hour. The Miss Utah hopefuls will travel in lighted convertibles and will wear white evening pantsuits adorned with pearl beads and individualized headresses. The parade will travel west on Center Street from 800 East to State Street and then turn right to 100 North. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS increase Safety Officers ($130,000), Level "1" funding for continued use of the Fitness Center Consultant ($15,000), adding one building inspector ($33,000), added monies to Council Contingency Fund ($25,000), added funding for Recreation Overhead policy ($130,000). Director of Development Services Ser-vices Phil Goodrich termed it a "responsible budget" and said the cost to the average Orem household of about $53.56 each month in city fees and taxes during the next year is "one of the lowest in the county." Councilman Paul Washburn said the "services in the city more than offset the tax increase." The council did reject a proposal to increase property tax by a mill levy to generate $200,000 to improve the city's ci-ty's storm drain system, an issue that will have to be faced another year. The new fiscal year budget goes into effect July 1, 1988. - - FHP was established in 1960 in California and is the eleventh largest HMO in the country as well as the nation's na-tion's fourth largest Medicare risk contractor. FHP has been in Utah since 1976, now serving just over 90,000 members from more than 600 companies. The company also has operations in Arizona, New Mexico and Guam. To ensure accessibility, many FHP centers are open evening and weekend hours, and supervised child care services are available to parents during visits to an FHP center. designed to assure that some work possessing genuine significance for the State of Utah will not be lost to the body of published literature. Lana Johnson of Cedar City, one judge on a panel of Publication Prize manuscript readers, had high praise for Back Before the World Turned Nasty: "The Book speaks with a voice from this region, yet moves beyond geographic lines by exploring, with honesty, human emotion and condition. condi-tion. I look forward to not only buying buy-ing this book for myself, but sharing it with many. The book...is exuberant, yet quiet; it speaks from an honest, yet often unexpressed point of view; it transforms the mundane to the extraordinary. ex-traordinary. Superb." The $5,000 cash prize must be used us-ed for the sole purpose of making suitable arrangement with a rep-putable rep-putable publisher for the publication of the work to which the prize was awarded. For information about the winners win-ners or the competition, please write to the Utah Arts Council, Literary Office, Of-fice, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 or call 533-5895. |