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Show j- . "j . 0 ' ' C -00 7 ,i;.Mi I OH 1 i r " 4 0Oj , . IT B4t 01 -12 77 AN EDITION OF THE YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2003 50 CENTS 73 YEAR NUMBER 34 Living on the edge as Orem police officers fight daily war on crime CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent If there is anyone who can truly be said to be living on the edge in Utah Valley, it must be the law enforcement enforce-ment officers of the Utah County Sheriff's Department and the various vari-ous municipal Police and Public Safety Departments in Utah County. Surely these men and women who are highly trained in all aspects of law enforcement have a high commitment to preserving and protecting the residents of Utah Valley and coming to their aid when they are needed 24 hours a day. It takes an extraordinary person to undertake the arduous training necessary to hone his skills and abilities abili-ties to be able to cope with the daily possibility of death and to pursue with equal vigor the frequent challenge to use his heightened height-ened skills and resources to save lives. It takes a remarkable person to dedicate himself to the kind of regimen, which in many ways sets him apart from his fellow citizens... always expecting the unexpected and being prepared to cope with any emergency. Always on the edge. It might be the rush to ... ..... : mi$- ,,. .. - - . V, - v f Some Orem police officers make hundreds of traffic stops every year. Although most of them are relatively uneventful, some of them can lead to confrontations with people who are dangerous dan-gerous and even fugitives from the law. the bank of a swollen irrigation irriga-tion ditch to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation resuscita-tion to a drowning child. It might be reaching the scene of a sickening vehicle accident acci-dent to find bones crushed under twisted steel and blood dripping on the icy pavement. It might be chasing an escaped convict on a crowded crowd-ed freeway. Emergency is the 'name of the game' for police officers. offi-cers. Night and day emergencies emer-gencies happen to young and old, rich and poor, alike... and they are there to pick up the pieces. The police officer is not a doctor, but he is expected to give expert first aid until the doctor arrives. He is not a lawyer, but he is expected to be knowledgeable knowledge-able of the law and to act at all times in harmony with the legal procedures approved by the courts. One of the most challenging challeng-ing duties a police officer must perform is to pull over the driver of a vehicle and approach him to make necessary nec-essary inquiries. The reasons rea-sons for the traffic stop may be as varied as the nature and identity of the driver. Officers on patrol in the Continued on page A7 SCERA .X. JL future to Orem City Council REVA BOWEN Times Reporter The SCERA organization, which has provided arts and entertainment programs in the City of Orem for 70 years, is looking to the future, and trying try-ing to adapt to changing times. Daryl Berlin, SCERA president and CEO, gave a presentation to the Orem City Council on August 26, outlining the organization's master plan and hopes for the future, and asking for the city's support in some admittedly ambitious endeavors that include the construction of a 3,000-seat, three-tiered, three-tiered, 60,000-square-foot performing arts center. Berlin detailed four primary objectives objec-tives to "make a viable organization even more attractive." These include: purchasing the Lincoln Square property prop-erty through a $5.5 million bond; improving the existing SCERA facility; facili-ty; proposing that SCERA and its surrounding sur-rounding property be the home of Orem City's new 3,000-seat performing perform-ing arts facility; and obtaining funds to offset an increase in ticket pricing for the 2003-2004 Shell and Encore seasons. The Lincoln Square property is located east of SCERA. Purchase of the land, SCERA officials say, would allow it to be preserved for cultural arts development. Plans call for using the corner of the property at 400 East and 800 South for a mixed-use retail office space to provide revenues that could be used to make the bond payment. pay-ment. In addition, SCERA is proposing propos-ing an 80,000-100,000-square-foot Continued on page A7 SCERA Celebrates Two Historic Anniversaries September 1 & 26 CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent The month of September is a significant month for Sharon's Cultural Educational Recreational Association (SCERA), since two significant events involving SCERA have taken place during that month. Both of these events have been intrinsic to the establishment of the organization itself, as well as its various programs and facilities centered on the Community Auditorium and Theater which it constructed and continues to operate. The dark days of the Great Depression provided the background for an organization and a program which from small beginnings energized a community and set out to "Build the body; Enrich the mind; Touch the soul; and Unify the family." The genesis of the SCERA in Orem extends back to Continued on page A6 5 " During the 1950s, the SCERA Showhouse Ice cream parlor par-lor was a popular gathering place for those attending movies, as well as people dropping In for a bit of refreshment, refresh-ment, such as Snelgrove Ice cream. SCERA was the only place in Utah County serving Snelgrove ice cream. Alpine School District holds community meetings The Alpine School District Community Council invites all citizens to attend a local community meeting to discuss dis-cuss the effects of SB 154 on high school graduation requirements and other matters. As a parent and patron based community council we have studied the issues in this bill and believe district patrons need an opportunity to ask questions and givd their input. The Utah State Office of Education will have members of their staff and our representatives on the State Board of Education present. Local legislators have also been invited. To facilitate all district patrons three meetings have been scheduled at 7 pm. Meetings are ad follows: September 4 Orem High School September 10 Pleasant Grove High School September 11 Lehi Jr. High School For additional information contact Debbie Taylor au alpinedccyahoo.com Eiiwanis members taste the flavor of tine Old West REVA BOWEN Times Reporter Orem Golden "K" Kiwanis members had the opportunity to experience the flavor of the Old West at a recent club activity. The group traveled August 18 to member George Stokes' property in Benjamin for a summer's-end fried chicken picnic, and, along with the meal, were treated to presentations pre-sentations on Old West guns and clothing by experts Maxine and Ray Houser, longtime long-time friends of Stokes and his wife, Fran. Maxine and Ray have been associated with the Festival of the American West in Logan for 15 years, and currently serve on the board of directors of the festival. Ray is a collector of antique western guns and, back in 1953, opened the Pony Express Sports Shop in Encino, California, which supplied authentic weapons to the Hollywood community. Ray's store furnished fur-nished the weapons for productions such as "How the West Was Won", "Centennial", and "Rambo". Maxine brought selections from her antique western clothing collection and shared information about the items with the Kiwanians. Ray titled his presentation "Guns That Won the West". A walking encyclopedia of facts in his area of expertise, Houser displayed dis-played a number of firearms and explained their features, fea-tures, uses, and place in the history of the American West. Among the guns Houser showed were a replica of the 54 caliber, flintlock system sys-tem firearm used by explorers Lewis and Clark; a Mountain Man gun that was visibly worn down where it rubbed against the saddle; and the Kentucky rifle, which may have been one of the arms used by those in the Mormon Battalion. Also shown was the Browning harmonica har-monica rifle. "In 1850, if you had one," Houser said, It would fire f 1 ' i Maxlne Houser shares Information about Old West clothing Items. "you were powerful medicine, six times." The 1862 Gatling gun could fire 200 rounds per minute, with instantaneous percussion. "We can't talk about the West without with-out talking about the Winchester in some depth," Houser said. In 1866, Winchester made the first successful cartridge car-tridge gun, but it had one problem it loaded from the front. A Civil War Winchester gun was referred to by a soldier sol-dier from the South as "that damn Yankee rifle you loaded on Sunday and shot all week." Winchester invented a side-loading firearm, and developed a center fire cartridge. Houser said it is difficult to find Winchesters in good condition because the guns were so heavily used. One of Houser's guns had a double historical his-torical value: It was used in the Custer battle bat-tle and was also taken on the Ziegler Polar Expedition. A buffalo gun weighed 14 pounds. In the heyday of buffalo hunting, when hides were prized and meat was left to rot, hunters had two or three guns and would shoot until a weapon became too hot, then would pass it on to a helper for cleaning and care while firing with the next gun. Thousands and thousands of buffalo were killed in a 14-year 14-year period of time. Houser displayed some specialty guns a gun concealed in a walking cane; a coin purse that transformed into a pistol; an 1873 set of brass knuckles that concealed a pistol and a knife blade; and guns used as fire starters before the invention of matches match-es in 1840. Houser explained that saloons were one of the first things organized in new towns in the Old West. Contrary to their reputation, reputa-tion, cowboys were very bad shots with pistols pis-tols because they did not have much time to Continued on page A6 alpine h DtiviTATion to Residents of UyAE Gcui?v cii forded You can now eniov memhArshin with ALPINE CREDIT UNION 5SO-USQt OREM ' AMERICAN FORK LEHI 3 CREDIT UNION 9 ONCUA Membership and Eligibility Required |