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Show Mountain View Wins Region Track Page 4 IFllte i outHA sneii reason laosota Timpanogos Wins Region Baseball Page 4 other's Day Gift Ideas iiev Fifty cents per issue 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 (801)225-1340 Orem's Locally Owned Weekly Newspaper WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2000 70th yearNumber 19 2000, The Orem-Geneva Times Oram- rrn"iTT ATTT? (Q3 bis k4W By Patricia Knoell Times Reporter As Mother's Day approaches this weekend, Orem City Councilman Council-man Stephen Sandstrom and his mother, Provo City Council-woman, Council-woman, Barbara, have more on their minds than gifts and special days. The all-important annual Provo-Orem Provo-Orem council softball game is only about a month away, and they're both determine to get the win. In fact, both get pretty ruthless about it. . "Sure I'd take her out," was Stephen's response when asked what he'd do if he was on third with the winning run and his mother was catching and blocking the plate. "Hopefully Orem will win we've never wdn yet." "Of course I would (take him out)," Barbara said with a chuckle. "I want Provo to win." While these two will be willing rivals at the softball game, they remain close, and determined to do what's best for their respective cities. cit-ies. While the political careers of this unique mother-son combination came fronfdifferent angles, both are dedicated to doing the best job possible for their respective cities. Stephen's interest in politics began as a youngster growing up in a politically aware household. Discussions around the dinner table often centered on current events and political topics. As he grew up, his interest in politics continued he was into debate in high school and graduated from BYU in political science. Eventually he ran for, and won a seat on the Orem City Council in 1993 and, after a couple of years off, again in 1999. As he prepared for his second run at office, he took a look at the situation on the Provo council and had a suggestion for his mother. "I told her that the incumbent had been in for two terms and looked kind of vulnerable," Stephan said. "I told her, 'mom, you really should run.' She was kind of hesitant, because she had never really thought of running for office herself but I knew she'd do a really good job." Still, Barbara hesitated and when the final day to register as a candidate came, she had not Continued on page 2 Jake Garn Visits Northridge Elementary Former U.S. Senator and astronaut astro-naut Jake Garn will address Northridge Elementary students at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 11th. He will share his own adventures ad-ventures aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery and provide a fitting conclusion to the Northridge PTA's 1399-2000 theme. "Our focus during this millennial school year has been "Northridge: The Next Generation" Genera-tion" a fun parody of the popular space show "Star Trek," explained ex-plained Northridge PTA public relations commissioner Marin Barney. "Throughout the year we've addressed the students as "crew members" of the USS Northridge, and encouraged them to "go here no kid has It's been a fun way to usher in the new millennium and acknowl I ' si : . r If J -O . il Stephen Sandstorm (Orem) and his mother Barbara (Pfovo) prepare for Mother's Day while both work as city councilmembers for their respective cities. Vandals strike on State Street By Patricia Knoell Times Reporter Last week, more than 20 business busi-ness in Orem were literally hit in a vandalism spree that covered a 24-block area of State Street from . 1445 South taU.35 North. Using a bb or pellet gun, vandals shot out the windows of businesses that fronted on State Street. A number of businesses along 500 West in Provo were hit on the same night. For many of the businesses victimized vic-timized by this latest act of senseless sense-less vandalism, this isn't the first time they've received a call from police in the wee hours of the morning, letting them know they need to come in and board up a window, "It seems like this happens about every other year or so." Joel Jensen, manager of Al Vacuum said. "We get this type of thing on a pretty regular basis and it's always with a bb gun." When the glass from the broken bro-ken window at Al scratched the surfaces of some of the vacuums which had been on display, Jensen decided to make the best of the situation by painting the board on his window with a large sign declaring a "Window Blowout Blow-out Sale." "There's your sale," he said, indicating the scraped machines. "We can't sell them for full price anymore." edge the potential of our students' stu-dents' future. We expect that Jake Garn's experience in space will provide inspiration for students stu-dents to continue their positive efforts." While Garn's visit will serve as a grand finale for the current PTA theme, it will also be one of several sev-eral highlight events during a two-day celebration at Northridge. "Our school is marking mark-ing its 20th anniversary," said Northridge Principal Dr. Meiinda Looman. "Celebrating a 20-year milestone and welcoming a new millennium within the same school year has provided a unique opportunity to reflect on our past and also embrace the future. When we realized these two land-Continued land-Continued on page 6 Right next door to Al, the Ana Elia Mexican Store was also a victim vic-tim of the shootings, but got away with a nothing more than a couple of holes in his window, no , boarding up necessary. ' "We got lucky," owner J.M. Del Castillo said. "We've only been here since January, and this is the first time this (having windows shot at) has happened to us, but we understand from the previous owners that this type of thing happens about once a year or so." Another new face on the State Street scene is Dianna Jackson, who's Dianna's Bridal and Formalwear store replaced Bride's World last December. Unfortunately for her, however, it didn't take long for vandals to hit her store and last week's window win-dow breaking was the second for her shop in about three months. "We got hit in January or February Feb-ruary of this year," she said. "Ironically, it was the same window." win-dow." , Jackson said she hadn't seen any damage to any of her dresses yet and felt there probably wasn't any because a special coating she puts on the windows to tint them keeps them from breaking out even though the glass is shattered. shat-tered. On the west side of the street and further south, Michael . Shan's Oak Furniture felt the draft from a shattered window for the first time since moving to the State Street location from its former home near the Albertson's on Center Street about seven years ago. "The police called the owner at about 12:30 a.m. and told him his window was broken, so he came down and spent about three hours getting it boarded up," Vickie Gooch, a store employee said. "Some of the furniture was scratched, but we're waiting to see what the insurance covers . before we decide whether to put it on sell as is or get it refmished." Insurance and repairs are on the minds of all the businesses as they wait to find out how much is covered and how long it will take for the glass companies to replace the expensive tempered glass that covers their storefronts. They throw the ball, I hit it They hit the ball. I catch it Willie Maya AWAITING DEDICATION n off fjo o lmiMm ass me by Reva Bowen Times Reporter Orem's new 32,400-square-foot, $5.3 million Public Safety Department building and $200,000 911 system are up and running, awaiting a projected June open house and ribbon cutting cut-ting with public tours. "We want the scaffolding gone and the building complete before the dedication," said Public Safety Director Mike Larsen. The contractor putting the finishing touch of stonework on the entryways was the last contractor contrac-tor on site, he said. The department's dispatch team led the way in the move from the old City Center offices where the police have been housed for 30 years. Dispatch has been at work in their new quarters quar-ters for seven weeks. - - - The new, fully-computerized 911 system is current technology that replaces the department's 13-year-old analog system and manual switches. Under the new system, the computer controls the phone lines, which are answered an-swered with the click of a mouse. There is an interface with the radio and dispatch system, and addresses can be cross-referenced, officers located, and haz-mat haz-mat and medical information accessed ac-cessed quickly. It was a big improvement to relocate the dispatch center from the basement of the City Center offices where water and sewer lines were directly overhead. The old center may have been one of the first elements to fail in the event of a natural disaster, according ac-cording to Larsen. The Public Safety building is Or em lligfi film eteiente By Patricia Knoell Times Reporter Don't look now, but there are some Orem High students who piMiL " r 1 - ? ' f i J ' I I I -V - -.- u , ; tf A . -' ' - wmi-iiTim- - -J Orem High video production student Nolan Southerland shows ofT one of the trophies he wen in recent film festivals festi-vals while preparing to work oa his latest project at the high school film lab. "almost entirely self-cpntained," Larsen explained. Back-up generators gen-erators will keep systems (except air conditioning) running in the event of a power outage or natural natu-ral disaster. Diesel fuel can replace re-place natural gas if necessary, and everything is built to the highest seismic standards. The department's new headquarters head-quarters are designed to handle j- i jv i i fcj I : . . M 1) i . v j ! j Y l' j I J 'j J I r ... , I I -" - I - , ; iv ill . ; brf i K - ! tf , Z'-'j . Orem Public Safety Director, Mike Larsen, unlocks the new jail facility as he takes reporters and other interested inter-ested parties on a tour of the new Public Safety Building. Officials expect to have the official dedication ceremonies ceremo-nies in June. could be the next Steven Spielberg or George Lucas. At several recent festivals for student stu-dent film makers, pupils in Lorelie Andrus' video production class walked away with some pretty im- i n the city's anticipated needs for a 115,000-120,000 build-out 20 years from now, based on current zoning, land availability, officers-per-thousand ratios, and crime trends. The projected life of the building is 50 years. The expansion of the depart- Continucd on page 2 earn nvmm e pressive awards. The most impressive array of awards belong to senior Nolan Southerland, whose short film "$11.61, Plus Tax" received the Jury Award and Best Screen Play award at the Kokopeli Film Festival, Festi-val, the outstanding video award at the UVSC Multimedia award, second sec-ond place in the short film category at the Utah High School Film Festival Fes-tival and the BYU talent award for multimedia. "I'm not so focused on awards and things," the' lanky high schooler said. "My best reward is sitting in an audience while they watch one of my films and hearing the reaction. "Of course, the awards look good on a resume they're a tangible, show and tell kind of thing but having an audience get what you've done is the best feeling." Audiences should have no trouble "getting" his award-winning video. Set at a local grocery store, "$11.61, Plus Tax" takes the viewer through the travails of a man who buys $11.81 worth of groceries, which, with tax, comes out to $13.13. Upon leaving the store, the fateful number comes back to haunt him. First his change is Continued on page 3 'Siibscirib POOR COPY |