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Show Page A6 Thursday, July 31, 2003 Times Newspaper EXPANSION Continued from front page School, was named principal of the new Sharon School. In 1960 an addition was constructed onto the north wing of the school, containing several new classrooms. Meanwhile, with only one eight-room school serving the south part of the city after World War II, facilities were entirely inadequate to accommodate the rapidly-growing rapidly-growing student population there. To alleviate alle-viate that condition, construction was also started in 1954 on the Hillcrest School, located at 600 East 1400 South, using the same floor plan, as was used for new Sharon School. The new school, constructed at a cost of $292,000, contained 14 classrooms with a capacity of 420 students. Lyle Tregaskis was named principal of the Hillcrest Elementary School at the beginning of the school year 1955-56. In "TP 1 I of the growing student population by installing portal)! e classroom units adjacent adja-cent to their buildings. Responding to the growing need for more space, earlier in 2003, the Alpine School Board awarded a contract to the Okland Construction Company to undertake extensive exten-sive renovations and expansions of both the Sharon and Hillcrest elementary schools. Each project is expected to cost about $3 million, according to Steve Harman, project manager for the Sharon School. Addressing concerns that work on the two schools may not be completed in time for this fall's school opening, Steve Harman said Wednesday that classes will open on time at both schools. "I would like to have had a three months' earlier start on these projects," Harman said, "but, nevertheless, these classrooms will be completed on schedule." Outlining the various features being included in the renovation of the two schools, Harman listed: 1. throe new classrooms, including includ-ing a large computer comput-er room. 2. All new double-paned glass insulated windows. 3. A new resource room. 4. A new multipurpose multi-purpose roomlunch room. 5. All new ceilings ceil-ings and lighting. 6. A new kitchen. 7. 100 percent lire sprinkler coverage. cover-age. 8. A new T ft - if - " Responding to growing needs Sharon Elementary ' expands there school. 1960 a new addition was constructed on the east wing of the building, containing several sever-al new classrooms. Thus, the two elementary schools Sharon and Hillcrest remained at about the same size. In recent years, both Sharon and Hillcrest elementary schools met the needs entrance area. 9. Enlargement of administrative offices. 10. New faculty lounge and workroom. 11. New restrooms. 12. New brick facing under the windows. 13. New telephone and data service. 14. Brand new electrical system. With fewer than 10 workers on the school sites, during the first two weeks of J r V i'IV I nr.: construction, Steve Harman said there are now over 80 workers work-ers on the job, not including brick masons. "We have really high-quality subcontractors sub-contractors on these projects," he said, "and they do very good work." He stated that the newly-refurbished classrooms will be ready for use at the starting of school, while work will continue contin-ue being completed complet-ed in the other areas, during times, when school is not in session. "Until the multi-purpose rooms are completed, com-pleted, school lunch preparation will be done at other schools, and then brought to these schools, jlli 1 I .If" Hillcrest Elementary School Is expanding for Its growing student population Orem, which has been sold to the UVSC. Linda Anderson serves as principal at Sharon Elementary School, which had an for students to eat in their classrooms." Discussing these two important school projects on Wednesday, Andrea Forsyth, Alpine School Board member, mem-ber, residing in the Sharon School area, said, "We are excited about work on these two projects getting underway under-way and look forward to their early completion." comple-tion." Meanwhile, plans are also underway to build a new Vineyard Elementary School to replace the present Vineyard School in mhS w4 MMijJllBft.-u 1 - sn-.' MM Z$LjiJ SfiSSSSSSffiSSS --est jit V-Jk 1M "73 J Sharon Elementary under extensive renovations. enrollment of 431 students this year. Gary Gibb is principal at Hillcrest Elementary School, which had an enrollment of 426 this year. OREM SCERA PARK POOLS Continued from front page with new state regulations, regula-tions, SCERA modernized modern-ized the pool by installing heating, chlorinating and circulating systems. Also, new dressing rooms were built, after demolishing the old ones. A wall of concrete blocks was built around the pool. It was completed and ready for use on July 21, 1949, at a cost of $30,000. For a quarter of a century, cen-tury, that SCERA swimming swim-ming pool well served the community and met the needs of its residents. However, in 1960, 25 acres north of the SCERA Theater was purchased by the community-owned organization, on which to build a beautiful community commu-nity park and a new swimming pool. Community support for those projects came, when Orem residents signed up for SCERA to donate 75 cents a month, paid with their Orem utility bills. For 40 years the second SCERA Swimming Pool served this community, as the population burgeoned bur-geoned to over 90,000 people. The burden of deterioration and the need for modern swimming swim-ming pool technology caused the demise of the venerable SCERA Swimming Pool. The timing could not have been better, while the City of Orem was in the process of taking advantage of a financial opportunity to develop a number of community parks and recreational facilities, for Orem to buy the SCERA Park property proper-ty and build a new outdoor out-door swimming pool at the site of the old pool. In an astounding financial and construction construc-tion effort, probably unequaled by any other municipality in the State of Utah, the City of Orem in June of 2002, undertook under-took the planning and construction of no less than eight swimming pool, parks and play recreation facilities, simultaneously. The projects included the new swimming pool complex, the Canyon Park, Nielsen's Grove Park, Skateboard Park, Football Park, reconstruction recon-struction of the City Center Ball Fields, Fitness Center renovation, renova-tion, and the Orchard neighborhood Park. Of these projects, all but two of these projects have been completed. Nielsen's Grove Park at 2000 South Sandhill Road is scheduled for completion late this summer, sum-mer, and the 44-acre Canyon Park, located up Provo Canyon, opposite the Murdock Diversion Dam, will open in June 2004. Meanwhile, the efforts of Jerry Ortiz, Orem Director of Recreation, and his team of swimming swim-ming pool planners have developed a state-of-the-art seasonal aquatic complex, com-plex, which is second-to-none in the State, and probably, the West. It is composed of colorful and creative facilities, which have captured the imaginations imagi-nations of Orem's young DAY IN THE PARK Continued from front page scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Live entertainment will be the order of the day, with music performances every half-hour, from 9:30 a.m. on. Booths and displays, a craft fair, a bake sale, an 11 a.m. talent show, drawings for prizes, and a dutch oven cook-off, cook-off, sponsored by Harmon's, are other inviting events. Clowns and balloons will add to the festive atmosphere. Solutions IE is another major sponsor of the "Day in the Park". Crowning the day's activities activi-ties will be the Saturday night dance at the Friendship Center, 93 North from 8 to 11 p.m. Cost is $5 per person. V.'" ''VVA 30 yr 5 34 5.87 apr. 15 yr 5 5.12 apr. 768-2232 "Day In the Park" Saturday, August 23, 2003. DOLLARS nQJgJkR&Mi Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy all types of Metals, Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aluminum Cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Stainless, Batteries. ' We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to our Customers, Stop by and Give Us A Try! MCR HKCTC'tOT S 550 North Geneva Road Orem C (BP 1 ) 225-DdaT) $Mf SPORTING GOODS WESTERN WEAR 396 South State Orem Mon-Sat 9am -8pm Rgmington; COUNTRY Fire Arms Ammunition Accessories 226-7080 www.gunnies.com and old, alike, and have drawn large crowds from all over the county. A sign posted at the SCERA Pool states that the pool's maximum capacity is 800 people. However, lifeguards are often needed to count the hundreds of people, every hour, to make sure that the maximum capacity is not exceeded. The City of Orem SCERA Park Pools contain con-tain the following elements: ele-ments: 25 meter by 25 yard lap pool with diving plunge; twin 30-foot water slides with a catch basin and current channel chan-nel and bubble couch; zero depth beach entry leisure pool with assorted water toys and features; and a hard-scape splash pad with fountains, a whale squirting feature; water jets, etc., wet sand area, shade cabanas, supporting sup-porting showerlocker facilities, admissions building and concession facility. Nearly a half-a-centu-ry ago, the Orem City Council adopted a policy of building city parks adjacent to the new elementary ele-mentary schools, which would be constructed here over the years. 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