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Show Wednesday, August 4, 1999 Page 6 Times Newspaper EftlO(Q)IR 7y. JLrQ Many new friendships are made at the Orem Senior Friendship Center, and some of them are turned into something more enduring. In February of 1999 such a couple tied the knot in a special wedding ceremony. Margaret and Marlin Jones said their "I do's" at the Friendship Center in front of a large group of well-wishers. gj Jim Owen (left) looks on while John Morrissey presents awards following the 1995 Huffers, Puffers and Duffers golf tournament. The Orem City Council addressed ad-dressed a wide variety of issues at its July 27 meeting, ranging from stop sign placement to a crackdown on false alarms in the city. Stop signs ... Stop sign placement place-ment at the intersection of Skyline Sky-line Drive and Heather Road, once set to reversed, will remain as is, at least for now. After listening to neighborhood input, the council voted 4-0 to maintain the signs as they are, but with some added road paint-' paint-' ing to help make drivers more aware of the stops. Public Works Director Richard Manning told the council that the ' placemen t of the signs is "the exact ex-act opposite of what feels correct". Skyline Drive had been a dead end road until a few months ago when it was built to collector-width collector-width standards to connect 1600 and 2000 North. Heather Road is built at local street standards. Standard practice is to grant the right of way to the major street of an intersection. As it is, Heather Road, the local street, has the right of way over the collector col-lector Skyline Drive. In answer to a question from the council, Manning said the city would be better off with a four-way four-way stop at the intersection. He ; - "acknowledged painting "squiggly line" warnings would help as ;well. The neighbors favored main--I taining the status quo, with the - understanding that changes may - come when traffic patterns are 2 evaluated again after school be-! be-! gins in the fall. '. - Continued discussion... Dis-- Dis-- cussion of a proposed rezone for - the Heatherstone subdivision at 400 West 400 South was contin-'. contin-'. ued so the council could talk to 1 applicant Bill Fairbanks with Carter Construction. '-" More parking for Champi- ons... Champions Athletic Academy, Acad-emy, 1581 West 1000 South, received re-ceived approval for a conditional Cuse permit amendment to allow 'the construction of a parking lot -Jm property to the west of the facility. fa-cility. Orem city planner Ken Young lold the council the parking space 1W5 increase would be 149. "This appears ap-pears to be the best permanent solution to the parking problems (at the facility)," Young said. "We feel, on a staff level, this is a good solution to the problem." "Nothing has been done on this since Day One," said Council-woman Council-woman Judy Bell, "Nothing." She said she had come to the meeting determined to call for a hearing to revoke the facility's license for just cause. A time limit of three months to have the parking in would be the only thing that could make her vote for the proposal, pro-posal, she said. Councilman Steven Heinz said equipment had been mobilized and it looked like site work and leveling were proceeding. Ownerapplicant Steve Zimmerman apologized to the city for delays in correcting parking park-ing problems. He said the business busi-ness now owns the expansion property and would be moving ahead. Council vote was 4-0 to approve the conditional use permit amendment. Summerfield Manor... An amended conditional use permit and site plan for Summerfield Manor, 920 North 800 West, failed to receive a four-vote majority on a motion for approval, and will be reconsidered in a future council meeting. The permit, explained city planner Ken Young, would allow the completion of the project. A second 38-bed building, with the same appearance as the first, would be built at the assisted living liv-ing facility. There would be a total to-tal of 83 beds with both buildings. Councilman Mike Thompson said the project appeared to be "crammed in, like a sardine can,". Heinz agreed that the project was very dense, but said it was justified because of the land use and the proximity of a hospital. Bell noted that there was low traffic generation at the facility. Thompson was the lone nay vote in a 3-1 failed motion to approve. Speed limit change... The council unanimously approved increasing the speed limit on 800 East between 800 South and Uni Orerni Mnwv C-HiigGfl setts regSsfrattioiiD Patrons of Orem Junior High School may register their stu-dents stu-dents in one of two convenient ways this year; in person or by mail. Walk-in registration will be held the morning of August 11 for seventh grade students, the afternoon of August 11 for eighth grade students and the morning of August 12 for ninth grade students. stu-dents. If you choose to register by mail, we ask that you return the necessary documents (mailed to all patrons this week) and fee payments as soon as possible, but no later than Aug. 13. Owen to do benefit for Orem Friendship Center Popular country star Jim Owen will present two shows, benefitting benefit-ting the Orem Senior Friendship Center, on August 26 and 27. The shows begin at 8 p.m. each night and the cost is $8.50 for presales and $10 at the door. Tickets are available at the Orem Senior Friendship Center, 93 North 400 East Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The show brings together two old friends, John Morrissey, a former P.O.W. from Stalag 17B in Krems, Austria, now living in Orem and Owen, who has his own show in Branson, Missouri. He is a singer, songwriter, actor and humorist a man of many talents. Since a chance meeting in 1994, Morrissey and his wife, Rose, have been happy to call Owen and his wife, Yvette, friends. Here, in Morrissey's words, is the story of how he met Owen and how this show came about. "It was August of 1994," he recalls. re-calls. "We were in the lobby of the Mickey Gilley Theater in Branson, Missouri, where Jim puts on his morning show. We were having coffee and donuts before the show and my wife, Rose, and I were talking about the World War II P.O.W. reunion that was going to be held in Branson in 1995. "The reunion is held in the first versity Parkway from 25 to 40 miles per hour. Director of Public Safety Mike Larsen told councilmembers that the 25 mph speed was "routinely, uniformly, and almost 100 ignored". ig-nored". A traffic survey showed that the 85th percentile speed of vehicles is 41 mph on that section sec-tion of 800 East. While speeds have increased with the widened road, accidents have decreased. In 1997, 31 accidents acci-dents were recorded. Latest statistics sta-tistics show three year-to-date. Larsen said regardless of what speed is posted, drivers will travel at speeds they are "comfortable" with. Much of the traffic is coming com-ing from University Parkway with its higher speeds. Police officers of-ficers face a "credibility issue", and are accused of setting up a revenue-producing speed trap not justified by safety issues. The police chief promised the council that if the speed was increased in-creased to 40 mph, it would be strictly enforced. "We are prepared pre-pared to do that," Larsen stated. "We appreciate your commitment," commit-ment," said Councilwoman Bell. False alarms... A draft revision revi-sion of the Orem City Code dealing deal-ing with alarm systems that was presented to the council in a recent re-cent work session received official approval July 27. The revised law puts in place a permitting process that requires alarm system owners to register with the city, initially at no charge. The registration allows emergency response personnel to have information regarding responsible re-sponsible persons and addresses so they know who to contact and where alarms are. Over 95 of the alarms responded to in the city are false, Larsen said, contributing con-tributing to manpower and staff time costs. Penalties for false alarms include: in-clude: first three - warning; fourth false alarm - $50; fifth - $75; 6th-9th 6th-9th - $100; tenth and all subsequent subse-quent - $200. Larsen asked that the law become be-come effective January 1, 2000, to allow the city time to educate alarm users and companies about the new requirements. week of May each year, which is when we were liberated. I always put on the Huffers, Puffers and Duffers GolfTournament at each year's reunion. We were talking about the tournament, which would be the biggest ever with 84 players signed up so far, when I heard a voice behind me say, 'Would you tell that man I want to be on his team.' "So, it came to pass that our friendship started. With Jim helping, we had a great tournament tourna-ment on a great course and a fantastic fan-tastic awards program at the banquet the following night. "I didn't know it then, but I do know it now, Jim does a lot of benefits in this country and around the world. This show is one of them. "After our Stalag 17B P.O.W. reunion in Valley Forge, Penn., Jim and I were talking on the phone about fund raisers. He told me he had some free days in August Au-gust and October and told me what those days would be. When he said August 25, 26 and 27, 1 asked him if he would come all the way out here to Orem to do a benefit fund raiser show for the Senior Friendship Center. He said, 'I've never done a show in Utah. It's a great idea love to do it.' 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