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Show From the City Hall Page 8 Orcm-Gcneva Times Wednesday, May 18, 1994 Carterville zoning retains by REVA BOWEN City Editor A tract of land along Carterville Carter-ville Road will retain a lower-density RE-12 zoning designation. The Orem City Council took no action May 10 on a request by property owner Stan Adams to rezone the area RE-20. Adams applied for the change on behalf of himself and a group of property owners whose combined com-bined parcels total about nine acres. The property in question is located at 1075 South Carterville Road, and is bordered by RE-20 zoning on the north and south, by Carterville Road on the west, and by the Riverside Country Club on the east. Adams said when he first filed for the change, he did not anticipate an-ticipate problems and objections. He said he asked for the change in order to be able to develop the land suitably with its hillside terrain ter-rain and varied boundary lines. In response to citizens' expressed ex-pressed concerns that Adams had a conflict of interest as a member of the Planning Commission, Director of Development Services Ed Stout noted that Adams did not participate in the discussion or vote on this item with the commission. com-mission. Councilman Tim Christensen asked Adams how many additional addition-al lots would be added with the rezone. ' 'Two or three," Adams said. "That's why I didn't think there would be a problem." Adams denied rumors that he and the City decides to vacate A 6-foot public sidewalk connecting con-necting Orem High School grounds to a bordering neighborhood neighbor-hood has been vacated by Orem City. The action was taken by the Orem City Council in its May 10 meeting. Council members were told that city officials had been approached ap-proached by property owners of the lots bordering the sidewalk, and the owners requested that PTA honors . Continued from Front Page dents with positive experiences. She works very hard to create a team in the 1st grade. This year she has worked as teacher vice president for the PTA, coordinating coordinat-ing the Freedom Festival essay contest and opening the channels of communication between the teachers and the PTA. Her perspective as both a Hillcrest teacher and a parent of a Hillcrest student has facilitated open communication com-munication between PTA and teachers. Richard Glassford Lakeridge Jr. Ninth grade Mr. Glassford teaches 9th grade biology at Lakeridge. Prior to his piloting the biology program pro-gram in the district, 9th grade students were not allowed to take biology, but had to wait until high school. Mr. Glassford built the pilot program into seven hours of biology, with over 200 students involved. He sets high expectations expecta-tions for his students, but also provides ways to help them meet those expectations. Many of the students at the two high schools who pass the AP Biology tests attribute much of their success to Mr. Glassford's class. He is always one of the first teachers to school each morning, and usually one of the last to leave each day. Many of the mornings morn-ings and afternoons are filled with student help sessions. He is popular with the students, who enjoy his classes, and he shows that high expectations can be met. David Haight Mountain View High Woodworking When Mountain View High School opened its doors in the fall of 1980, they were fortunate to have David Haight in charge of their woods program. Over the years, his students have created many fine pieces of furniture, including in-cluding such projects as dressers, end tables, entertainment centers, cent-ers, china hutches, gun cabinets, and many other beautiful projects. He has had nine students stu-dents place in state competition, and one student who won the Na other property owners were going to put in high-density housing. He added that rough plans call for 20 lots, not the 40 some residents fear. Carterville Road resident Becky Tuttle said she and other residents oppose the action because be-cause of the attempt to change the zoning. She said a five-home development currently being built in the area conforms with the existing ex-isting designations. She said she could not see the reasoning in trying to rezone for a higher density den-sity when the elementary school is already full. Dale Tuttle said the biggest issue is that the rezonihg would "open up a can of worms", with owners of other open spaces wanting want-ing to push for a higher-density designation. Tuttle also spoke in favor of the Carterville Road ad hoc committee's recommendation for closing the road at the University Parkway bridge. Resident Patricia Sykes called for a stand against "urban creep", the intrusion of development develop-ment into the rural atmosphere of an area. "The buck stops here," she said. Area resident Harold Reynolds said the precedent issue is what concerns him, and that the current zoning ought to be maintained, with any development done within that framework. , Planning Commission member mem-ber Lisa Deason spoke from the audience and mentioned the General Plan states that both zones implement the rural designation, desig-nation, so the request for the the easement be vacated as part of the new baseball diamond project at the school. City officials Richard Manning, Steve Weber, and Jerry Ortiz reported visiting the site and recommended vacating vacat-ing the easement. Dawn Kolopeaua, whose property borders the sidewalk, said she has been cleaning up after high school kids for 21 years as they have used the area to . . tional DeWalt Competition. David has sponsored the V.I.C.A. club, where students learn to work and interact together. They have held many shotgun shoots. In 1993, they won the Christmas tree decorating contest with a tree decorated with many cute, colorful, handmade wood ornaments. The tree proceeds were donated to a needy family. Aurie Petrie Northridge Spanish Immersion Aurie Petrie is a native of Guatemala. She came to America at the age of sixteen to attend high school. She is a graduate of Davis High School. Aurie attended at-tended BYU on a scholarship and graduated in secondary education. educa-tion. With the untimely death of her husband, Mrs. Petrie returned to BYU to earn a teaching teach-ing certificate in elementary education. She has taught Spanish to prospective missionaries at the Missionary Training Center, at a summer camp in Salt Lake City, and in an early morning program in the Provo School District. She prepares and takes her students to the BYU Language Fair each year, and has implemented a "World's Fair" at Northridge for all sixth graders. She was selected as Utah's Teacher of the Year in Foreign Language at the elementary level in 1988-89. Marcia Parrish Orchard First grade Mrs. Parrish is an outstanding outstand-ing 1st grade teacher. Her classroom class-room is well organized and is a fun place to be. Often there-are several groups of children working work-ing on different activities at the same time. Parents often help with these different groups. Mrs. Parrish uses parents volunteers well, whether they come regularly regular-ly or just drop in. She challenges the students and encourages them to progress. When students are above grade level in a subject, Mrs. Parrish finds the resources to give them work on their level. She is very status quo rezone was not "out of conformance" confor-mance" with the plan. Another Carterville Road resident, Frank Wise, said he is not "against development." He said he was surprised the tract had not been developed long ago because of its beauty, and acknowledged ac-knowledged that development will occur. He said he wants to see larger homes built, and fewer homes. Kathy Carter spoke in favor of the rezoning move, noting that the rezone was requested in order to make the lots about the same size. "The traffic is something we all have to live with," she said., She also spoke against the closing of Carterville Road on the south. With discussion turned back to the council, Councilman Tim Christensen said it is generally his policy not to vote against the Planning Commission, but he said he could not go along with their recommendation for the rezoning in this case. Councilwoman Judy Bell said she believes the Carterville area should stay the way it is, and also disagreed with the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the rezoning request. Councilman Kelvin Clayton acknowledged "biases" about the Carterville area, where he said he spent time riding his bicycle as a boy. He said he "feels strongly" the area ought to be maintained as it is now, with the densities and zoning currently in place. When no motion was made by the council, Mayor Stella Welsh said the zoning "will stay as it is." walkway smoke and litter. She said .cars are parked in the neighborhood and fill the cul-de-sac during track, soccer, and baseball seasons. She also noted that some drivers park their vehicles perpendicularly, per-pendicularly, into the street. She said there have been problems with kids climbing fences and damaging them, and neighbors have had items stolen from their aware of each child's needs and abilities and tries to meet each one. Laurel Barham Orem Elementary Kindergarten This year the faculty and parents were invited to vote for the most outstanding educator of the school for the 1993-94 school year. The following is a sampling of the comments that came back about Laurel Barham, a kindergarten kinder-garten teacher: "Builds self esteem," "Goes the extra mile," 'Treats children with respect," "helps them (her students) deal with their feelings," feel-ings," "She's exciting and enthusiastic!" en-thusiastic!" loves the children," "patient", "communicates well with parents", "has control of her class", "motivates and challenges ' bright children and teaches them to be responsible for themselves", "She is among the elite!" Pam Hallam Orem Jr. Principal As principal of Orem Jr. High School , Pam Hallam is constantly looking for ways to make the school better from not only an instructional in-structional standpoint, but physical physi-cal as well. Teachers, parents, and students have been amazed at how much she has done in a short period of time. Pam has effective ef-fective and direct communication with faculty, PTA, students, and parents. She builds on students' strengths by recognizing their accomplishments ac-complishments and by providing a personalized, quality educational educa-tional experience. Pam has turned the school into a well-established one with a diverse and dedicated educational community com-munity and has prepared each student to be a lifelong learner and contributing global citizen. .Jim Johnson Orem High School Resource Jim is totally devoted to his students and is constantly going the extra mile to make sure they are learning the necessary skills for life. He is a master chef with the United States Army and wants to now teach this skill to his students. To accomplish this, Jim is proposing a new restaurant res-taurant for Orem High School Committee recommendations address issues at MVHS and Rec Center by REVA BOWEN. City Editor With jurisdiction and financing financ-ing questions as yet unresolved, the Orem City Council did not take definitive action on the Mountain View High School Traffic Traf-fic Committee report, but the report was accepted May 10, and will be forwarded through the mayor's office to the Alpine School District for their consideration. con-sideration. When that happens, Mayor Stella Welsh wants the citizens who have been involved in trying to find solutions to the traffic and parking problems in the area of Mountain View High School and the Orem Recreation Center and adjoining park to continue to be involved. In discussion, Welsh said it is her recommendation that the citizens' committee, not just the city, be available to present planned solutions to the school board. City Manager Daryl Berlin said what is "normally done" is that the council accepts the report, refers it to the school district dis-trict for their consideration, then sets up meetings to decide how to jointly approach the mutual problem. prob-lem. Berlin agreed it would "be helpful" to have citizens there to give input as patrons of the district dis-trict on a patron issue, not just an Orem City issue. City Engineer Ed Gifford explained ex-plained the background of the yards and fruit taken from their trees. Another neighbor, Ronald Malan, said the sidewalk may be convenient, but it is not safe with traffic racing through the neighborhood neigh-borhood to games without regard for pedestrians. He confirmed that school players, city players, and their families all park in the neighborhooddespite agreements agree-ments that they' woif i be informed in-formed they could not,--'.': next year, a soup and sandwich shop to be run by the students as a training ground for future employment. Jim helps supervise in the lunch room each day. He can be seen helping the physically and mentally challenged students and he buys lunch for students who don't have the money. He is helpful and friendly to everyone, and can always be counted on to give a cheery "hello" and a warm handshake. Jim is loved by all who know him. John Crandall Scera Park Principal Mr. John Crandall began his career as an educator in 1967 when he began teaching 6th grade at Scera Park. He later became be-came principal at Cedar Valley, Greenwood, and Cascade. Nine years ago he returned as principal prin-cipal of Scera Park. Mr. Crandall has a great rapport rap-port with each student at the school. He knows most of them by name and greets each of them in the morning as they come, after school, and at lunch time. He believes education encompasses the whole child, not just academics. He expects children to come to school ready to learn. His school dress code has helped to promote this feeling. He helps children learn to show respect for others and to feel good about themselves. He disciplines with kindness and concern for others. He has coached Knowledge Bowl teams and has taught enrichment classes to help children better understand un-derstand law. Linda Gordon . Sharon Fifth grade Mrs. Gordon teaches children from the inside out! Her classroom class-room works in agreements ad honesty. Children are accountable account-able for their own actions. Each child feels like they are somebody important. Mrs. Gordon channels each child to use their power in ways that benefit themselves and others. She has been able to take children with disruptive behavior and literally turn them into heal- thy, productive students. Students Stu-dents "soar" in her classroom. Mrs. Gordon's teaching technique "growing problem" at MVHS and the Recreation Center. He said the high school was originally designed to serve 1,600 students, but now has 2,400 attending. Consequently, the school has made a great impact in the area, particularly on parking. In addition, more parking is needed at the Recreation Center and the adjoining community park, where people have taken to parking at the red curb, making it difficult for traffic to get in and out of the area. The high school is frequently used for activities other than high school activities, and handicapped stalls are often illegally parked in. Also, residents resi-dents in the area of 165 South are concerned about the speeding that takes place. In early January, a neighborhood neighbor-hood meeting was held, and five representatives were chosen from the area east of the Recreation Center and three from the area to the west. The committee began a process to evaluate what would be the best plan to balance school, neighborhood and center needs. A scoresheet was developed to take into account many factors and needs. Gifford, who worked with the committee, said the preferred plan would provide for stacking and a drop-off zone at the high school, a closed off center exit for more efficient movement, and more parking stalls. Berlin noted that it would be wrong to establish expectations Councilman Steven Heinz acknowledged ac-knowledged that "times have changed" and people today are less respectful of private property in such situations. He did express concern for safety, with students walking down the busier 400 East to get to school. Councilman Kelvin Clayton noted the many impacts on the neighborhood with the illegal parking, the greater numbers of students, and the "constant harassment", and moved to va is simple, but amazing. Her love for students shows! She is respected by both teachers and parents. Dr. Damon Bahr Suncrest Fourth grade It takes a teacher with courage and love of children to make education work for all children, and Dr. Bahr has these gifts. He is caring, creative, and dedicated -- to his profession, his students, and their families. One of his young students, , Reed, is ten years old and has Down Syndrome. Reed has blossomed blos-somed in Dr. Bahr"s class. He has never put a limit on his expectations expecta-tions for Reed or any of his other students. Dr. Bahr has also coached Reed and other boys on a soccer team and taught the team members to be good sports, to value the efforts of the opposing team, to play their best, and to cheer for each other. Dr. Bahr is a builder of his students. He encourages en-courages excellence and gives opportunities op-portunities for the best growth. He is a wonderful example of an outstanding teacher. Wilma Walton Vineyard Kindergarten Mrs. Wilma Walton has been teaching for the past 23 years. She has taught kindergarten through the 3rd grade. Many parents have expressed how loving, kind, caring, and extraordinary extraor-dinary she is. Mrs. Walton has the perfect personality for working work-ing with younger children and makes them feel so welcome in her classroom. She takes time to work with each child on an individual in-dividual basis so heshe feels included. in-cluded. She does many extra things to reinforce the subjects she teaches. Her class counts the days of school and has weekly letter let-ter parties Gike T for the Teddy Bear Party). Even the names of their art projects start with the letter of the week! She sends home weekly notes so that the parents know what their child is doing and if heshe needs some extra help with a subject. Mrs. Walton is retiring at the end of the school year and will be greatly missed. in the minds of the neighborhood before getting the school district involved to see what they would be willing to do to improve the situation. Councilman Kelvin Clayton agreed that all parties are not together yet on this issue, but he commended the neighborhood for their input, stating that the intention in-tention of the city council is to have such groups helping to solve problems in the city. Some of the neighbors spoke in opposition to putting in more; parking stalls, saying that those in place are not efficiently used because ticketing of illegally. parked cars is not done consis-: tently. Area resident Gareth Sea-strand, Sea-strand, who served on the committee, com-mittee, said he supported having additional parking at the Recreation Recrea-tion Center, where usage is bound to increase with population growth. He said the school should solve the problems on Center Street, and the neighborhoods should solve the problems on 165 South. Along with accepting the report, consensus of the council was to push for more diligent enforcement en-forcement of parking regulations in the area, a message Clayton said came through "loud and clear" from area residents. Councilwoman Coun-cilwoman Judy Bell withdrew a motion calling for the enhanced enforcement when city officials assured her it would be taken care of. cate the walkway. Councilman Chris Yandow seconded. Mayor Stella Welsh asked who would be responsible to take care of the sidewalk if it was vacated! Councilman Tim Christensen wondered what the costs to the city would be, and questioned whether the city ought to give up a right that they could not get back. He said he does not want to have the city go to a great deal of expense to give up something they own. MarkPulham Westmore Fourth grade Mark Pulham is a multi-talented multi-talented man! He is a puppeteer. He makes his own puppets as well as writing his own stories and music. He has given workshops on how to use puppets in the classroom. He presents puppet shows throughout Utah Valley. He is one of the star performers at the Timpanogos Storyteller's Festival, held annually to benefit the Orem Public Library. Mark is a librarian in the children's department of the library. Mark is talented in music and is also an actor. He has performed in several plays at the Hale Center Cen-ter Theater. He has performed in "A Christmas Carol", 'The Hasty Heart", "See How They Run", "Thank You, Papa", and other productions. He is also a TV performer, per-former, having been the story man on the KSL noon news program. pro-gram. As a teacher, he touches children's lives with the caring, fun, informative style that is unique uni-que to him. Deanna Taylor Windsor Spanish Immersion Deanna Taylor's students, their parents, and her co-workers and principal have described her as dedicated, loving, giving, talented, creative, and fun. From her elaborate and convincing Halloween Hal-loween costumes and her zany sweatshirts to her book collection, Mrs. Taylor goes above and beyond the call of duty. "Mrs. Taylor is always learning and growing. She is always trying new things," said one parent. ' Mrs. Taylor loves children. She is positive and the students respond to her loving nature. Students Stu-dents from previous years often stop by for a hug or a friendly greeting and words of encouragement. encourage-ment. She is constantly preparing materials and trying new ideas in class. Her co-workers wonder, between be-tween all the things she buys for her class and all the time and effort she give in behalf of her kids, at the end of the month does she bring home a paycheck or an invoice? |