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Show "ill-Ah pre-r-i m 7 :ast 30& South 1 1 1. bait Lake H'l. " (drem o Volume 61 Number 41 Wednesday, October 9, 1991 11 mmm him I i ' Governor Norman H. Bangerter signs proclamation designating October 6-12 asf "Freedom of the PressVeek. Standing, left to right: Jim Sawdey, Editor-in-Chief, Weber j ' State Signpost; Kenneth G. Adams, Publisher, Morgan County News; Jerry O'Brien,; . Publisher Salt Lake Tribune; Brent Sumner, President of Utah Press Association, andf ; ) Publisher, Orem-Geneva Times; James Mortimer, Publisher, Deseret News; Janice Keller,! " ; Executive Director, Utah Press Association. Photo by David Fleisher. v i Gov. Norman Bangerter honors Freedom of Press Week in Utah Governor Norman Bangerter has proclaimed the week of October Oc-tober 6-12 as a time to celebrate. "Freedom of the Press" in Utah. The Governor's historic proclamation marks the first time a "Freedom of the Press" week has been designated in the state. The date of the proclamation Business seminar The ProvoOrem Chamber of commerce in conjunction with Zions First National Bank is of- Election coverage next week Orem-Geneva Times will provide election results and in-depth coverage next week. Election Elec-tion tallies for city council seats were compiled Tuesday Tues-day night along with results of the bond election for Lakeside Sports facility. Results were completed com-pleted too late for coverage in this week's issue. Mtn. View girls sweep national x-country meet By Candace Perry Out of the 42 teams from all over the nation and the very best; teams in the South, Mountain . View swept the top four places, and shatted the course record at the national cross country cham-. pionships last Saturday. The performance garnered, the lady Bruins an all time low of , 16 points, lowest ever for a team on that course. Once again, the . ladies are the National Cross Country Champions. Mountain View was flown to Alabama free of charge in order to attract the best teams in the country. The "Vulcan" classic was the toughest two mile course Mountain View had ever run, but the Bruins won with incredible times. The team broke the old course record of 13:03 with a 12:25. "Mountain View is the fastest team in history to run in the bouth said the Race Director. i Amy Allen easily won the . race, gliding to the finish line with a time of 12:04. "I was really I excited, numb, exhilarated, ecstatic-it's all so incomprehen- Bible," commented Allen. Amy ; set a southwestern record by 8 """""'WBtWI'il H"1 T" """" ,vJ.,.,.,-,,,.,, n1f0tiiiiimmn1irriTrri nmrrtr. i was carefully orchestrated to coincide with two additional mediae-events: "National-Newspaper "National-Newspaper Week," and a statewide student essay contest on the Bill of Rights sponsored by the Utah Press Association and The Utah Committee on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. offered i'ering a special business financing financ-ing seminar Tuesday, October 15, from 8 a.m. until noon. The seminar will be conducted on the BYU Campus, Harmon Center, Room 2267. The seminar is free to the public and reservations reserva-tions are required. The public may call the Zions Bank Provo Commercial Loan Center to RSVP. "How to Finance Your Utah County Business," will include information in-formation on structuring the loan application, cash flow, small business busi-ness loans, financing tools and lending philosophies. The seminar semi-nar will also include a question and answer period. Parking for the seminar is available directly west of the main Conference Center. See Sports seconds. Close behind were Juliet Stone at 12:20, Kristen Nuttall at 12:32, and Freshman Jenny Bybee at 12:37. As the lady Bruins were nearing the finish line, they could hear the crowd cheering for Mountain View. Mountain View was in the southern papers for a week before the event. "The Southern Hospitality was wonderful. We were treated like royalty," Houle replied. "Cross-country is a picnic pic-nic event in the South. The families make a day of it No team came close to touching touch-ing the Bruins., Saint Pauls, Alabama placed second with 102, and Mountain Brooks, Alabama placed third with 133 behind Mountain View's 16 points. Before the race began, Houle said, "We felt a lot of pressure, but it was the best race they've ever run. The team's strategy and position was good from the starting start-ing gun." But after the race, you could tell that any preconceived pressures were drowned with the girls confidence. Other girls who placed were: 6th-Freshman Heather Frushour (12:50), 9th-Cami Casper (13:20), The Governor's proclamation, signed September 23 at the State Capitol, state 8-in pari tlrxt "Freedom of the Press is a valued right set forth in the First amend-ment...and amend-ment...and is vital to the maintenance main-tenance of an informed electorate and citizenry." The statewide student essay contest, which asked students to write on the subject, "What the Bill of Rights Means to Me," was open to all students in grades K-12. K-12. Contest winners will be recognized recog-nized October 7 during an awards ceremony at the State Capitol. The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Capitol Rotunda. Rotun-da. Janice Keller, Executive Director of Utah Press Association, Associa-tion, said a dramatic way to highlight high-light National Newspaper Week was to combine the student essay contest on the Bill of Rights with the Governor's "Freedom of the Press" week declaration. "I think sometimes we tend to take things for granted, but hopefully hope-fully during the week of October 6 we will all be reminded of the importance of a viable and free press," said Keller. Sheet for exclusfve feature' 13th-Tanya Thomas (13:47), and Emilee Marek placed 4th in the Junior Varsity race (13:20). After an incredible race from all of the Mountain View runners, the Bruins were marauded with spectators spec-tators and fans. "You gals are the greatest and deserve to win." commented one member of the audience. "This is the greatest running performance perfor-mance the South haa ever seen." said another. Tall are even better than we thought!" praised the race director. Houle later responded sayingThe course was tougher than anything we have here Utah. We ran to win a cause. We felt we were carrying the hopes of Utah in the future for the cross-country runners." The winners came home to the Salt Lake airport and were met with roses. Television cameras recorded the event for the evening . news that night. There were tears, laughter, and hugs. Once again the Mountain View cross-country runners proved their point. They are the best, and if they keep up the tradi- f tion of winning, they always will be champions. , , Blue ribbon committee to study mayor issue only By Jeanne Thayne City Council members voted unanimously to support a resolution resolu-tion authorizing a Blue Ribbon Committee to study the option of establishing a full-time Mayor position in the current form of government and not to discuss alternate al-ternate forms of government. The motion to accept the resolution, a switch from the previous pre-vious council meeting motion to encourage a study of both the mayor issue and to look at alternate alter-nate forms of government, met with an outburst of anger from Councilman Kelvin Clayton. "Fm very angry this alternate resolution resolu-tion even came forth," he said. "I'm very disappointed and want citizens to have a choice." City Manager Daryl Berlin said he prepared the alternate resolution because it appeared no one was interested in changing the form of government. Council members were given an opportunity oppor-tunity to vote on both resolutions. Mayor Joyce Johnson said she was not interested in changing Neighbors and developer to hash out land Issue By Jeanne Thayne A public hearing to resolve issues is-sues involving a request by Ernst Home Center to be allowed to relocate in the University Square development at the corner o f200 East and 1400 South was continued con-tinued to October 15 at 6:30 p.m. During the October 1 hearing, a myriad of complaints were raised by neighbors who claim Ernst is in non-compliance with the zone and who feel they have been pushed to the limit with what they will accept. In the meantime, Hermes Developers and neighbors to the proposed site are requested to meet together and try to iron out differences. Ernst Home Center was not included in the original site plan for University Square development develop-ment approved by the City Council. Coun-cil. Since that time Ernst officials approached Hermes to allow them into the development. "We have turned every effort to accommodate ac-commodate them," said Doug Holmberg, Hermes representative. repre-sentative. "We knew there would have to be concessions including a master plan change, rezone and site plan approval," he said. "If we had believed this could not be done legally, we would not have Lady Bruin, Juliet Stone. p 1 the form of government but "am willing to listen." But, she asked, why discuss it if no wants to change. Neil Bullock, of Signetics and a member of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce Board, advised the council to keep the issues separate. "Have two committees if necessary." neces-sary." Councilman Jim Evans, responding to Clayton's anger, said, "I would have been angry last week (at asking the committee commit-tee to study the form of government) govern-ment) because we decided we weren't interested in changing the form of government and then decided to include that in the study, so we flip-flopped once, what's the matter with doing it again." Councilman George Bailey pleaded guilty for causing the furor. "It was unintentional," he said. He felt citizens should be involved and that a committee could make an in-depth study of both issues. Bailey said people running for pursued it." Brad Pyrah, a concerned citizen who lives near the site, told the council, "We are unwilling unwill-ing to sit passively by and let more commercial come into our neighborhood. Without a bright line the council will not cross, no Orem resident can feel comfortable." comfort-able." Pyrah likened the developers to children who push and push and then step over the line. He cited many grievances the neighbors neigh-bors have against the proposed site plan and charged that this land of retail (hardware, lumber etc) is not permitted in the zone. "Wait until you find something that fits the zone," he asked council coun-cil members. "It seems like you are like the prince who looked for someone to fit the glass slipper." He said if the City keeps pushing and squeezing to make things fit, well end up with the ugly stepsister. step-sister. Judith L. Williamson, another citizen, prepared a packet citing at least nine areas of non-compliance. She also brought photographs to support her claims. CRITICAL ISSUE A critical issue is whether or not the Ernst site plan is an Leading the pack: Cross Country Runner Amy Allen. office should have known at least six months ago whether or not the mayor position will be full time. "How many candidates might have been enticed into running?" City Attorney Paul Johnson said the change to a full-time mayor could have legal ramifications ramifica-tions and may not be able to take place until the end of the current two-year term. Mayor Johnson requested the committee leave personalities out fo their study, and to simply determine what is best for the city. Four councilmembers voted for the alternate resolution to limit the study to the mayor issue, (Steele, Evans, Woodhouse and Johnson, and three voted against it (Bailey, Hunt and Clayton). "The citizens ought to be embarrassed," em-barrassed," said Clayton following follow-ing the vote. "I'm not embarrassed," said Mayor Johnson, "The citizens have not requested a change of government." amended site plan or a new site plan. If it is a "new" site plan, council members have no flexibility with the standards already al-ready set. If it is an amended site plan, as Hermes claims, there is more flexibility. Attorney Paul Johnson said it is dangerous to call the plan "amended," he said it is really a "variance." Hermes is requesting a variance of 2-3 on the landscape requirements. In an amended site plan, the council can approve a variance of up to 40. In addition, Hermes requested re-quested a turn-around traffic plan on the east side of the building build-ing for will-call customer service and deliveries an entrance and an exits onto 200 East. This is in conflict with the neighborhood. Without the south exit, the development could accommodate the required landscape and neighbors would not be subjected to increased traffic exiting on 200 East. Hermes said they may be able to deal with that issue. Nevertheless, Rees Jensen of Hermes says the proposal is "indeed "in-deed an amendment to the approved ap-proved plan because we already have the footings in and have a building permit. This does not waive all future rights." Mountain View Senior Kristen Nuttall. |