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Show Wu t i rii nwiTIr Times Newspaper Wednesday, June 13, 2001 Page 3 Volunteer at the Provo Teen Cen ter The Provo Teen Center is looking look-ing for consistent volunteers, who will give of their time weekly, to serve as activity supervisors. Additionally, Ad-ditionally, weekend-special-event supervisors are also encouraged to oversee activities held at the Provo Teen Center. Volunteers are also able to teach special skills such as rock climbing, music, arts and crafts The United Way Volunteer Center Cen-ter is the community connection to volunteer activities, enabling Utah County residents to help those who need it most. For further fur-ther information regarding this and other volunteer opportunities available in Utah County, contact the United Way Volunteer Center weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 374-8108. Otherwise, contact by e-mail (volunteerunitedwayuc.org) or by searching the Volunteer Opportunities Op-portunities database on the United Way of Utah County Web site (www.unitedwayuc.org). Roy Clark Continued from front page But he and his wife of 40 years, Barbara, have made the south and its affinity for country music their home base, and currently reside in Tulsa, Okalahoma. At 68, he says his fingers sometimes some-times "play hurt," but quickly adds, "But I'll keep doing it rather than get a day job, and show these people the boy can get it done." Roy Clark may not know how to read music, but he knows how to read an audience. The following is a summary of events that occurred during the June 5, 2001 meeting of the Orem City Council: Public hearings set... Public hearings were set bv the council for June 26. At 6:15 p.m., the council will consider the Jeppesen General Plan amendment and re-zone re-zone request for property at 1600 South Sandhill Road. At 6:45 p.m., the council will discuss portions por-tions of the city code dealing with accessory uses and nonconforming nonconform-ing planned residential developments develop-ments (PRDs). Appointments... The council voted to proceed with making appointments ap-pointments to the Timpanogos Research and Technology Park Architectural and Development Control Committee. Diederich Rezone... With a development agreement now in place, the council approved the Diederich Rezone, which changed the zone of the property located at 692 East 1600 South from the R-l-7.5to the R-l-5. The item was continued from two previous meetings, May 8th and 22nd, to allow time for the owner to sign an agreement with the city that would preclude any further division of the property from the two lots proposed and would make the maximum den rU I " i i ' i i il ' r'v" i .jmmm.3M. II KM B m ft ft I ! i&"cr f r i wxij.iiu.iiitv fV 1 , T T J Freedom festival events for June 14-20 Thursday. June 14 - Hag Retirement Re-tirement Ceremony. Utah's largest larg-est community Independence Celebration Cel-ebration kicks off on June 14, Flag Day with a traditional Flag Retirement Re-tirement Ceremony, held at the Ream's parking lot, 1350 North Freedom Boulevard (200 West), Provo at 8:00 p.m. U.S. Representative Represen-tative Chris Cannon (R-Utah) and Dr. Glenn Kimber will address the audience. Music will be provided by the Timpview High School Marching Band. Members of the Provo Fire Department will provide pro-vide information on the "learn Not to Burn" program and will assist with fire control. Boy Scouts from Troop 999 will help in the ceremony of retiring used, worn, damaged and discarded American Flags. Members of the community who wish to donate flags for disposal may bring them to the ceremony by 7:30 p.m. Those interested in replacing their flags may purchase new flag sets from the Festival at this event. The Flag Retirement Ceremony Cer-emony is free to the public. Friday. June 15 - Historic Provo Tour. The Historic Provo Tour will start on this date and run through July 4. The self-conducted tour of historical homes and buildings in Provo is always a highlight of the festival as it provides pro-vides an opportunity to enjoy the rich tradition and heritage of Provo's past. Brochures are available avail-able at the Utah County Visitor's Center, Provo Library, Provo-Orem Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce office, of-fice, Provo Utilities Building and the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Pio-neers Museum, as well as other convenient locations. This is an exciting family activity which educates edu-cates and enlightens everyone on the history of Provo. The Historic Provo Tour is free to the public. Freedom Festival Fine Art Exhibit. Ex-hibit. In association with the Provo Arts Council, the Festival is presenting its Fifth Annual sity on the property two single-family single-family homes. Conditional use permit... A conditional use permit was approved ap-proved for four roof-mounted antennae an-tennae to be located on the top of the Central Park West office building at 1875 South State Street. Background information stated that the antennae will be eight feet tall, but will not extend more than six feet above the roof because be-cause the buildings have a roof cap taller than the actual roof of the building. Chris Jeppesen Annexation... Annex-ation... The council voted to continue con-tinue the discussion of the proposed pro-posed Chris Jeppesen Annexation, Annex-ation, 1.78 acres at 1600 South Sandhill Road, to the June 12 council meeting. The continuation was agreed upon to allow the developers, area residents, and staff to meet together to-gether to identify parameters for temporary zoning regulations to be applied in anticipation of drafting draft-ing a planned development (PD) zone for this specific property. The council seemed inclined to annex the property, but could not agree on the zone to be applied. The applicants requested the highway services zone, but some of the uses allowed in the zone, A H rcait union Fine Art Exhibit in the B.F. Larsen Gallery, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Univer-sity, from June 15 through June 19. The art exhibit encourages Utah artists to display their work and familiarize the community with the quality and diversity of visual arts in the state. The Fine Art Exhibit is free to the public. Saturday. June 16 - Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. The annual interdenominational in-terdenominational prayer breakfast break-fast will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Eldred Center, 450 West 500 North, Provo. This event is designed de-signed to bring together the diverse di-verse religious bodies of the community com-munity in sharing their strength and beliefs in America. The keynote key-note speaker will be former U.S. Congressman Mark Silijander, who holds a doctorate from Cedar City's George Withe College. Music Mu-sic will be provided by the Utah Valley Mass Choir and Michaei McLean. There is a small charge for the breakfast, but all are invited in-vited to attend. Wednesday. June 20 - Freedom Festival Speech Contest (preliminaries). (prelimi-naries). Open to students from Junior to Senior High School's throughout the Utah County, this contest is a wonderful way to hear young people present impassioned pleas for liberty and freedom. Based on the Festival theme, "America Welcomes the World", contestants present their speeches at the preliminaries in the Provo Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. Those selected for the finals will provide their speeches again on June 27. The top three speeches selected in each category will have their speeches recorded at the K-STAR 1400 AM studios for future broadcast. The finals will also be recorded for broadcast on Provo's Cable television system. sys-tem. The Speech Contest is free to the public. For additional information re- such as gas stations or professional profes-sional offices, were not deemed appropriate for the site by either the applicants or the council. The applicants were represented repre-sented by Daryl Berlin, who said a development agreement with the city had not been executed because the agreement was written writ-ten as if the corporation owns the property, when it only holds an option for purchase. An additional dilemma, Berlin said, was that the option expires in the near future and extending it would require a significant amount of cash. The council was also in a dilemma, di-lemma, because the property could be developed under whatever what-ever zone was applied at annexation, annex-ation, and with no development agreement in place, the city had no reassurances that unsuitable uses would not be done. In addition, addi-tion, the city is able to wield the most influence on having the property appropriately developed before the annexation issue is decided. de-cided. After researching the matter and waiting out a delay from a fire alarm that caused the temporary evacuation of the City Center and library, the city attorneys conferred con-ferred and offered the proposal to apply the temporary zoning designation. ree cnecmng is only one reason I bank at UCC No minimum balance requirecL.No monthly service fee... Free VISA Check card (no annual fee)...Free Internet banking... Free statements by emaiL.Free telephone banking...Free direct deposit and $ervice...Ho surcnarge ATM network...and more! Hill "jI OH I JkL American Fork Pleasant Grove Orem garding America's Freedom Festival Fes-tival at Provo and the Stadium of Fire, please call the Festival office at 370-8019 or go to the web site, www.freedomfestival-usa.com. Freedom Festival seeks volunteers America's Freedom Festival at Provo is seeking volunteers to fill many responsible positions during dur-ing the Festival, from June 14 through July 4. Interested community members mem-bers from 16 years of age on up, or as families, can become part of this year's festivities be helping at various events. Some of the volunteer positions available are working at venue information booths, safety personnel per-sonnel at the Freedom Run activities, activi-ties, Grand Parade or Arts Fest, giant helium-filled balloon handlers han-dlers during the Grand Parade and many other exciting activities throughout the Festival. Prizes and rewards will be provided pro-vided to those who volunteer their time in support of the Festival. If you are interested in being a Festival volunteer, either individually indi-vidually or as a group, please contact con-tact the Freedom Festival office, 370-8052 for more information. You will be contacted by the Volunteer Vol-unteer coordinator for a training meeting and assignments. Have you been hurting or Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticulturist, horticultur-ist, is to trees what Dr. Doolittle is to animals, and the trees tell him that there are a lot of insensitive insen-sitive gardeners out there. "I've gotten several reports from trees, and they are not happy at all," he says. "I"m just trying to find out if you are the one they are accusing as they point our culprits with their spindly spin-dly twigs." "My first question concerns your watering habits. Are you trying try-ing to drown your trees? A few of them have suggested that there's so much water you could forget the soil and just put them in the bathtub. They testify that someone some-one is watering them almost ev KRISHNA TEMPLE OPENING SATURDAY JUNE 23, 10 AM -7PM 8628 S. MAIN, SPANISH FORK 798-3559 Food, Exhibits, Gifts, Art, Free Admission: iskcon.netutah 3 St payroll distribution...Electronic bill paying A wallet and CD player were reported stolen from a locked car sometime over the past weekend while the car was parked :n front of the victim's home in the area of 1000 W 400 S. A woman reported that someone must have entered her unlocked car parked in the driveway of her home in the area of 1 100 W 465 N. and stole prescription pain killers from her purse. The purse was not stolen. A burglary was reported at Vision Hobby, 352 N State, early in the morning of June 6 just before 3:00 AM. Burglars entered the store by breaking the glass in the front door. Once inside, the thieve-: stole 13 model helicopter engines and other items as well Tools were taken from a parked truck last Wednesday mht in the area of 600 S. State. A car parked in a church parking lot at 1700 S. 400 K .t ered early in the morning on June 8 with its window hrekt appears that it was gone through, but the would-be thief d-t anything. A couple of cars in the area of 1700 S. Main were vand.t,i,ed when someone broke out windows on the parked cars. This happened sometime some-time during the night of June 7. Officers arrested a 22-year-old man of Orem on r'nd.t for two counts of possession of stolen property when several stolen ti rare items, including a lawn mower, were located in his lawn care .m,vs trailer by an owner of the stolen equipment. A black 1987 Mercedes was stolen from a business p.rkir Friday afternoon at 1790 N. State. The owner reported the c.i locked and no keys were in the car. A teal colored Chevy mini-van was stolen early last S itur: r. ing from the driveway of a home in the area of 500 S t)0 K A keys were reportedly left in the center console of the van The i heard the van start and saw it leave the area. Officers weren't, a locate the van. An unlocked car was entered sometime Friday night m :l.t 150 E. 1600 S. A duffle bag, 150 CD's and a flight headset wen A lap top computer was stolen last Friday night from an u : vehicle parked in the area of 1 100 W. 700 S. A blue Big Tex (car dolly' trailer with white stripes was sometime last Saturday night from where it was parked in the 800 N. 100 E. ery day, literally cutting off their oxygen supply. "I have it on good authority that most trees like infrequent long, deep drinks, not continual little sips," Goodspeed says. Consider the method Mother Nature uses when she waters, he suggests. Many of your trees have tried to tell you they are over-watered over-watered by turning their leaves yellow, wilting, even putting up a stink in the soil. Give those trees a long drink every week or two. Make sure the water is pe net rat -inga minimum of 12 10 18 inches. It's OK to keep watering your lawn, but allow more days between be-tween watering. "Next, are you physically harming harm-ing your trees with a lawn mower or trimmer?" Goodspeed asks. 10am-1pm, Dedication Rituals 1pm, Performing Arts on Staqe ?f 5pm, Indian it. r Provo Spanish Fork " '. H ' ' ' Mill" I' ' ' j ' .M6ii ,WH, jJ ii i "in ' mmr ii J EAT .iiscov-uu; .iiscov-uu; It 't -.al ; lot a as .ell ked '!'! I ol killing trees? "The rnunher of woi:nded. ,irn and broken tree trunk- even where is mcnmmat me evitlen Must I remind you .laiti to k all sharp equipment tway (V the base of trees'.' The1, don't I being cut, banged or whipp This blight does more to si', growth and encimr.ige inlei tim than any other abuse inPu ted our poor trees " Also keep all gra.-vs. plants .m machine hearing teenagers from tree trunks he -a.- l!'i tree is planted in the ! i ah. move the grass from an.in.J n base and replace it with a mule! Not only does gras.s around ' base promote mechamc.i, ii- , but it also keeps t he hasi : which can foster rot and ..: Continued on page 1 Folk Dancing for all !1 II NCUA f |