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Show Wednesday, August 25, 1999 Page 2 Times Newspaper Costco opens in November; Nordstrom plans for 2000 By CLYDE E. WEEKS, Jr. Orem-Geneva Times New stores (from front page) of new stores, along with the new food court. To the east of this structure will be built the new Nordstrom store, scheduled to be open in Spring 2001. New Stores Opening New stores already committed to open in 1999 and 2000 include: Gap, Eddie Bauer, Banana Republic, Victoria's Secret, The Children's Place, Gart Sports expansion, Zany Brainy, Rodizio Grill and On the Border. In addition to the earth-tone tile which now covers the floors of the Mall, and the new Western color-scheme, color-scheme, five unique courts are scattered throughout the Mall to provide leisure-time ambience. The Alpine Court's main features are a waterfall, cascading over boulders into a reflecting pool, a wooden bridge, life-size aspen tree sculptures and patio seating areas. The court was designed to reflect the beauty and serenity of winter in the Wasatch Mountains. The Canyon Court features sculptured sandstone formations that reflect the red rock found in the canyon lands of Southeastern Utah. The sculpture is capped by a balancing rock 14 feet from the floor. Numerous areas have been carved out of the rock to create comfortable seating arrangements. The court is highlighted by an arched ceiling with etched glass skylights and painted to depict a brilliant desert sunset. Utah Landscapes According to Rob Kallas, Mall Manager, University Mall is being transformed to reflect the beautiful landscapes of Utah. The end result of this transformation will be a unique shopping environment that is much more than the "typical mall." "Traditionally, malls are thought of as a cluster of stores and various amenities under one roof," Kallas said. "Today, University Mall is much more than a typical shopping center. Visitors, wishing to relax or read the paper, can sit down on comfortable leather sofas in Village Court and enjoy live piano performances, every Friday and Saturday." Kallas said the Tree House Court was designed with parents and children in mind. Here, kids can run, jump, climb and explore in a larger-than-life size tree house. Parents can watch, as they relax on log benches near by. When the refurbishment and expansion of the present facilities are complete, the University Mall will encompass over l.S million square-feet, making it the largest retail development in the State of Utah, It's easier to peel a hard boiled egg that is still warm. If you allow it to cool, the shell can stick to the egg. (USPS Published Weekly by Utah Valley Publishing Company 801-225-1340 Fax 801-225-1341 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 Perte&al Pcst3 Pa in Orra. UT 84C58 Ptatixster tsd cJuza of sZmi ratfca to: Trta Drcn-Ccsva Ttest 533 Ssrtfi Statu Strsat Crest ITT 84C58 Subscription in advance per year $16.00 Out of State Subscription per year $35.00 Per Copy $.50 With construction on the fast track, the new 155,000 square-foot square-foot Costco Wholesale store is rising on the north end of the University Mall. The giant store, scheduled to be open for business in November, will be surrounded on all four sides by parking facilities. Transportation key issue in Monta Rae Jeppson campaign Among the many issues facing Orem, including quality of life, education, and growth, transportation transpor-tation is among the biggest. For the last six-plus years, I have been involved with transportation transporta-tion and I feel the city needs an experienced contact person sitting sit-ting on the City Council to address ad-dress this issue, along with many others. For that reason, I (Monta Rae Jeppson) have decided to run for a seat on the Orem City Council. I have lived in Orem most of my married life. I have been involved in-volved in the community for over 30 years. My goal is to be of service ser-vice to the community and I get great satisfaction from the time and service I give. Six years ago, with the help of the Chamber of Commerce, I organized or-ganized a committee to get a decent de-cent train station in the Valley. It has been a long, up-hill battle, and I am still diligently working on this. I was appointed to the UTA Board "of Directors almost four years ago and I have made the Transportation Agency and the State aware of my concerns regarding a need for a multimodal multi-modal station and commuter rail as I have served in that position. It is now being addressed by different dif-ferent agencies and when it does come to pass I feel my efforts will have been satisfied. I feel serving on the City Council Coun-cil will help a great deal to further fur-ther my efforts in getting at least the multi-modal station and to keep my input out there with UTA, concerning commuter rail. I have been very involved in Orem issues the last four years while serving on many committees commit-tees concerning transportation and roads, one of which includes the University Parkway Interchange. Inter-change. I am a great advocate of city-wide city-wide street lighting and I worked to get lights in front of my own home. I definitely feel it helps to deter city crime and I will work to further that issue. I currently serve on the UTA Board of Directors. I am also on the Orem Beautification Commission, Com-mission, where we have been responsible re-sponsible for the new look of the City Center Christmas lights and the decoration down east Center Street. I want to see many areas in the city cleaned up and made attractive, including the many entrances into the city. I have worked hard on the as a member mem-ber of the Beautification Com- 411 - 700) MONTA RAE JEPPSON mission and will continue to push for this as a member of the City Council. I have served as Orem City PTA Council President for two years and on the PTA State Board. I served on the Bicentennial Bicenten-nial Committee and have been a member of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce for 20 years. Hopefully, my next endeavor will be a member of the Orem City Council, where I feel I can make a difference. I owned and operated my own Bridal and dress shop in Provo for 17 years. While there, I was involved in putting on many fashion shows in the Valley, while supporting the Miss Utah pageant pag-eant in Orem. I received the Walter C. Orem Award in 1996, of which I am very proud. I have attended BYU. I have a total of about 15 years-combined community com-munity service to Orem and I couldn't have done this without the love and support of my husband hus-band Eldon, and our three daughters. daugh-ters. Jim Owen concert this weekend County star Jim Owen will bring his famous Branson, Missouri, Mis-souri, act to Orem for two concerts con-certs this weekend. The proceeds from the concerts will benefit the Orem Senior Friendship Center. The concerts will be on Aug 26 and 27 (the Times reported the dates as the 25 and 26 last week, we regret any problems that may have occurred oc-curred because of that error). They begin each night at 8 p.m. Sponsors for the concert include in-clude The Orem-Geneva Times, Sorensen Marine Auto Body, Atkinson-Leavitt Insurance, N.W. Director-Stalag 17B POW Camp, John E. Morrissey, Prestwich Farms restaurant, Murdock Just Released! 11 Secrets About Hearing Aids Finally Revealed Free Report exposes 1 1 secrets that the hearing industry uses frequently. Avoid paying $6,000 for your aids. Know what they know and protect yourself and your family, to have this free report mailed to you at no cost, call this 24-hour recorded message. Call Toll-Free 1-888-710-2537 Debbie Boone Debbie Boone, recreation program pro-gram coordinator for Orem's Recreation Rec-reation Department, was honored hon-ored in recent weeks as Employee Em-ployee of the Quarter. She has been employed with Orem City since 1996. Boone was singled out for her efforts in filling in for Sue Dennett, a division manager, during dur-ing Dennett's absence from work due to major surgery. Boone took on both her own responsibilities and Dennett's for a three to four-month four-month period of time. Boone has had the sole respon- Final list of candidates in municipal elections released With the filing deadline of August Au-gust 16 at 5 p.m. having passed, a final list of candidates for Orem's 1999 municipal elections was compiled and released. The field of six candidates for the two-year mayoral post was narrowed to five with the reported re-ported withdrawal of two-term councilman Steven Heinz. Eleven people, including two incumbents, in-cumbents, will be vying for three open council seats, which are four-year terms of office. City Recorder Melody Downey said a primary election will be held October 5. The primary will narrow the field to two mayoral and six council candidates. The general election will be November Novem-ber 2. In the race for mayor are Robert Rob-ert Davis, a former candidate for the state legislature who has served on the SummerFest and Community Development Block Grant commissions; Jim Evans, a former Orem city councilman; Jacob A. Jones, a Utah Valley State College student majoring in business management; Lorin J. Smith, a juvenile probation officer; of-ficer; and Jerry C Washburn, a businessman and former LDS mission president who has served on CEDO (the Commission Commis-sion for Economic Development in Orem), the SCERA Board, and as Chamber of Commerce president. presi-dent. Incumbent councilmembers Judy Bell and David Palfreyman will be seeking a return to their posts. If successful, Bell would be serving her third term on the council; Palfreyman would be elected to his second. Joining the incumbents in the race are Les Campbell, Dean Dickerson, Cynthia Herrera, Monta Rae Jeppson, Fred J. Olenik, Stephen Eric Sandstrom, Clint Thatcher, Mike Vanchiere, and Nancy E. Woods. Heinz withdrew his candidacy for mayor in a letter dated August Au-gust 20 and filed with Downey. He had earlier withdrawn his name from consideration for the interim mayor post at the beginning begin-ning of the council meeting during dur-ing which former city councilman Chris Yandow was named to the position. At that time, Heinz wrote in a press release that his original intention to promote unity among his fellow councilmembers by running for interim mayor had instead resulted re-sulted in "a confusion and polarization" polar-ization" Travel, Central Bank, Ho Ho gourmet Restaurant and Morris Travel. Tickets for the show are $8.50 for presales and $10 at the door. They are available at the Orem Senior Friendship Center (93 North 200 East) and can be ordered or-dered by phone at 229-7111. "Employee of "" DEBBIE BOONE sibility for running the following programs: the annual Easter Egg Hunt, Little Hoopsters, men's and women's volleyball, Jr. Jazz, registration and organization for girls' softball, as well as T-ball, coach pitch, and machine pitch. For the 1999 Easter Egg Hunt, Timpanogos Green TlMPflNOGOS STOmSLUW FESTIVAL AWT 2C-22, 1W It's Timpanogos Storytelling Time, As young and older listeners convene To hear the tales that very seldom rhyme. They marvel at the story-time cuisine, Selected by the tenderhearted tellers. The characters are, sometimes, forest-dwellers, Or even royalty. The big surprise Is often there, before your very eyes! Turn off the television! Touch the tale That puts Pinocchio inside the whale! It's time to heal the hollow of the heart, And learn to love the storyteller's art! It all began a few short years ago, When Karen Ashton stopped in Tennessee To see a special storytelling show. And with that storytelling recipe, She brought it home to Orem, quite intact, And said that Orem should get in the act! The Friends of Orem Library were sold Upon the Festival that they would hold. And storytellers came from far and wide To ply their art for children, starry-eyed. Tradition sprang from every precious page To fascinate the folks of every age! Th e Ashton Gardens, soon, became the scene For tents to shield the stories from the sun. And then, for every hour in between, There was a tender tale for everyone. The Festival raised many bags of gold: Enough for Orem's treasury to hold. A library for children, soon, was built By citizens, without a glint of guilt. For many years, the storybook tradition In Orem is a winning proposition! Imagination paints the stories' hues In scarlet reds and bumble berry blues! Th is week the Olmstead Canyon Park will plant And host the Timpanogos Festival, While storytellers enter to enchant With torrid tales, most unconventional. As stories leap to humor and enthrall, They may unleash a forest waterfall. Or elves and fairies, delving in the dell, To rescue from her fate a demoiselle. The wit and humor storytellers bring Is often set to music, when they sing! No one should show their stories unconcern, For they reveal so much we need to learn. So, let them tell their Timpanogos Story, In classic tales in all their gleaming glory! And may their stories celebrate this truth: Imagination thrives in every youth! the Quarter" held in April, Boone obtained 30 different sponsors who donated more than $4,500 in cash and merchandise. She coordinated the advertising for the event, putting information on Channel 3, sending take-home flyers to all the elementary schools in Orem, and obtaining space in local newspapers. Between 2,500 and 3,000 people participate in the Easter Egg Hunt each year. Boone's nomination form stated: "Debbie represents our city well when dealing with other communities in the valley regarding re-garding sports coordination. Debbie is very fair and honest in her opinions and problem-solving with all people, whether they are citizens or co-workers. Debbie is not afraid to jump in and roll up her sleeves to get the job done, no matter what the job might be. She has the ability to recognize a need and then does what she can to help. You never have to ask for help; Debbie offers before you can ask. She truly feels everyone is worth her respect and recognition." ...vV.lk.'.- 'V.'jH |