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Show Over the weekend local actors had a chance to work with the Missoula Childrens's Theatre in the production The Wizard of Oz at the Scera Shell The production was the final performance in the Shell's theatre season. Pictured are Heather Houghtaling (Scarecrow), Ben Duke (Tin Man), Andy Hunsaker (Lion), Cody Har-ward Har-ward (To to), Cydney Finch (Dorothy). enevu n u Volume 62 Number 39 v w ill1- 7 R " i.i t Hy (J w 5 ill 3- ill rw " t ' ' i i--j -i . I. it: , 1 ? llllL Wednesday, September 30, 1992( . i - ' , ' 40 Years later, Thomas brothers still dominate The Thomas brothers Reed and Ross have led the senior games and Masters Track and Field meets for the past 3-5 years. Rezone passes in 4-3 vote By Jeanne Thayne A rezone request for north Orem passed in a 4-3 vote at last Tuesday's Public Hearing making it possible for an apartment apart-ment complex to be constructed at approximately 1800 North State Street. However, the motion stipulated the plan be redesigned and brought back to city council for approval. The four council members who considered the change from C-3 (commercial) to R-l-6.5 (high density residential), requested by developer Bruce Dickerson, to be in the best interest of Orem in the long run, were Mayor Stella Welsh, Steve Heinz, Chris Yan-dow Yan-dow and Jim Evans. The R-l-6.5 is a modification from the requested higher density den-sity zone R-l-6. Voting to maintain the current cur-rent C-3 (commercial) zone were council members Judy Bell, Keith Hunt, Kelvin Clayson. "I still believe this to be viable commercial property," said Bell. Hunt agreed, as did Clayson. Hunt said, "I'm troubled with the Master Plan, not the zone." In 1980 the Master Plan designated the area to be high density residential. Most council members at that time did not want to give up the C-3 Zone, however, so it was left in. The back area was designated transitional transi-tional and the front area, which wrapped around a business, to be high density. The change gave the same designation to the back. Most of the neighbors present at the Public Hearing preferred the property be left in the commercial com-mercial zone. Scott Bocherd, a neighbor to the project, objected to the high density designation next to an R-1-8 neighborhood. He said business busi-ness is growing by leaps and bounds and the property had great commercial value. "Don't give it away to residential," he said. He also charged the council with spot zoning. 'You should only spot zone in districts, not parcels," he said. He added that residents along State Street have been paying commercial taxes all these years. He considered it a "travesty" to change the zone, but added: "If you have to change it, make it R-l-7, not R-l-6. It doesn't make sense to wrap around (a business)." Councilman Steve Heinz says the need for residential is greater than the need for commercial. "We need to address the vacant commercial buildings in the area," he said. The Skyline Apartments planned in the area were originally original-ly projected to be 60 units but the R-l-6.5 zone calls for less density. Amenities include a fenced play area, basketball court, walking path and increased landscaping. Buildings will vary from 1 12 to 2 12 stories in height. MVHS Parent-Teacher Conferences Oct. 5 & 7 Mountain View High School will hold their Parent-Teacher Conferences on Monday, October 5 and Wednesday, October 7. It will be held in the gymnasium gym-nasium from 3-7 p.m. both nights. Teachers will be available with no appointment necessary. Council gives nod to owner to divide house By Jeanne Thayne In a narrow win, property owners Geo and Jane Cunningham Cunnin-gham have approval to divide a five bedroom house they own into two apartments. The win overturned over-turned a previous decision by Zoning Administrator to deny their request. The Zoning Administrator said the property, located at 1064 S. 800 East, was not within a zone which permitted multiple family structures. However, the owner said when he purchased the property it already was divided and had been most recently rented out to 14 girls. Council member Judy Bell said she could not vote for the request because of the great need for large homes for families to rent. "If we keep dividing large homes, where are we going to put families?" she asked. Bell's motion to deny the request re-quest was voted down. The council voted 4-3 in a second motion to approve the request. re-quest. Nursing home approved An 11-bed health care facility for the elderly was granted approval ap-proval to be constructed at 430 South Main Street under a conditional condi-tional use permit. The facility will be constructed con-structed and owned by Carter Construction butwill be managed by someone else, according to Bill Fairbanks of Carter Construction. Construc-tion. The facility will be known as Country Manor Care and will be part of Northstone Subdivision. By Steve Blackwell If the names Reed and Ross Thomas rings a bell to all avid high school sports fans, it's probably due to their phenomenal record at Lincoln High School. This pair of brothers both participated par-ticipated in about every sporting event that existed back then in high school sports: football, basketball, bas-ketball, baseball, and track. In 1952, Lincoln High made it to the state playoffs in basketball for the first time in the school's history, This same year, besides basketball, Lincoln took the region in football and track, and sent their baseball team to the state playoffs - all behind the athletic ath-letic performance of the Thomas brothers. Interestingly enough, 40 years later the Thomas brothers are once again leading Orem is the sports department. The last 5 years the Utah Summer Games in Cedar City have seen Reed and Ross literally run away with all of the medals, and to sit down in the front room with Reed, there are so many awards on the wall that your left wonderingif any of the other competitors com-petitors took anything home. Take the 1989 Summer Games for example. Reed (now living in Orem) took the gold medal in the discus, javelin, 800m sprint, and set a new record in the 4X400m relay. His brother Ross Giving in Provo) took home the gold in the high jump, 4X400m relay, and the silver in the discus and javelin. "I was up around 200 pounds," says Reed when asked about how he got started, in the senior games, "and my daughter asked if I'd run with her in a daddy-daughter daddy-daughter race in Sugarhouse park. Well, I kind of laughed at that, but decided to do it. We took third place, and it enthused my daughter so much that she asked me to keep running with her. I guess that's one of the reasons why I'm where I am today." Well, a little "daddy-daughter" "daddy-daughter" race has spawned some rather hefty tours for Reed and Ross. Ross has ran 15 marathons including the Boston and New York Marathon, while Reed prefers mountain running. He ran one run called the Doc Holliday 30 miler in Glenwood Springs that put him running in the snow for several miles. All this running helps them shape up for the Masters track meets that occur all over the country. "We were up at Boise last month for the Idaho Masters Track and Field meet," mentions Reed, "and we got to participate in some different events that were really fun." It's not hard to understand why they were fun to the Thomas brothers when one sees the results. Reed took the gold in bowling, the basketball throw (24 of 25 free throws), high jump, and the javelin, and took the silver in the shot put and Softball throw (just .7 inches behind be-hind Ross who took the gold). How does a 59 year old stay not only in shape, but excel enough to win so many events? "I work out religiously every morning. Usually I run 8-12 miles all over Orem, and sometimes I run 15 miles at the Mountain View track." Reed continues that it's necessary neces-sary to spend a good amount of time on the events that he takes part in. "I try to spend at least a half hour throwing the javelin and discus, dis-cus, but I also lift weights all I can to give me the strength for these field events." Even with all the success the Thomas brothers have had, Reed contributes his success to a clean lifestyle. "You've got to live a clean life to be able to really compete in things like this. No smoking, drinking, things like that. Not only does it help you stay away from problems, it makes you feel better to know you can get out and run and work out hard - even when you get older." His wife, Glenna, loves it and occasionally gets out and runs with him. The list of accomplishments goes on and on for these two. They've competed in Master Track and Field events in Califor-nia, Califor-nia, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, and Idaho. Their list of medals is longer than Bill Clinton's list of excuses for ditching ditch-ing the draft, and it will only continue con-tinue to grow. As for the future, the next 16 months will hold many meets before Reed goes into retirement and can dedicate himself 100 to the Masters Track and Field. Next summer they both have qualified to go to the National Senior Sports Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Reed qualified in 10 events and says this meet is his focus right now. The 40 year difference from the time the Thomas brothers were making their mark in high school sports to their competing in the senior games haven't taken a thing away from them. They are still representing Utah Valley in the best form possible. Public Hearings set October 13 Two Public Hearings will be held Tuesday, October 13, 1992 in the Council Chambers of the City Center. Subdivision Ordinance Amendments will be heard beginning begin-ning at 7 p.m. A Zoning Ordinance Amendment Amend-ment establishing regulations for High Density Apartment Developments will be heard at 7:30 p.m. A motion for a Public Hearing to hear Master Plan Amendments Amend-ments for various locations throughout the city failed 2-4 after Councilman Kelvin Clayton moved not to hear anything that has not gone before the Planning Commission. Councilman Keith Hunt amended the motion to read "not as a general practice." Two developments pending amendments include: Earl Family Fami-ly and their developer, 100 South Orem Boulevard, are seeking to change the Master Plan land use designation from "Community Shopping" and "Medium High Density Residential" to "High Density Residential" and to property zone from PC-2, and R-1-6.5 to R-l-6;Fred Baird, 585 W. 1600 North, is seeking a change from "Community Shopping" to "Medium High Density Residential," Residen-tial," and rezone from PC-2 to R-1-6.5. 182nd Semi-Annual LDS General Conference set for October 3, 4 The 162nd Semi-Annual LDS General Conference Con-ference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October Oc-tober 3 and 4, 1992, the First Presidency of the Church has announced. There will be two general sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day and the General Priesthood Meeting will be Saturday at 6 p.m. All sessions will be in the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square, home of the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which will sing at the two Sunday Sessions. Speakers at the conference will include mem bers of the Church's First Presidency, Council of Twelve Apostles, and other general authorities and officers. All sessions will be transmitted over the Church satellite network, which reaches more than 3,000 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the West Indies and the Dominican Republic. ' Simultaneous language translations of the proceedings will be provided to special gatherings of Latter-day Saints in Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Haitian, Spanish, Tongan, Portuguese, German, Laotian, Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Viet-namese, Korean, Samoan and Navajo. |