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Show I ; ' 1 -'J v I 0 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2003 50 CENTS 73RD YEARNUMBER 40 J La AN EDITIi Orem Farm subdivisions now bear owner's names CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent Part 3 Oscar H. Anderson, were he alive today, would be amazed to see the remarkable growth and development which has come about during the last half-century. His Orem Real Estate was the only real estate office in Orem, and he was Orem's only realtor, during the 1940s. Back in 1914, Anderson was secretary-treasurer of the Provo Bench Commercial Club, whose fruit-growing members were searching for a distinctive name for the area. The fruit producers wanted a name printed on their basket labels that would bring distinction to the area that actually produced the fruit. Since railroad magnate Walter C. Orem was building an electric interurban railroad line from Salt Lake City to Payson, the club settled on the name "Orem" to designate desig-nate the yet-unincorporated community, then, known as "Provo Bench." The Town of Orem was incorporated in 1919, and the rest, as they say, is history. As one of Orem's most prominent business personalities personali-ties in 1947, Oscar H. Anderson was named by the Orem City Council, as chairman of Orem City's Utah Centennial Committee, celebrating the 100th anniversary anniver-sary of the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers. Continued on page A7 i Mil i its. CV it-si,.- w V j .xJW , . . .ffi t TS. i f . v I In 1905 the Ercanbrack family moved to what was then called the Provo Bench and planted what was to become a very productive fruit farm. Four generations of Ercanbracks worked the land, and today, that same property Is being developed Into some 90 residential lots for new homes. Falling lamps spark suit at Orem Wal-Mart CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent "Big" may not always be better in a perfect world, as evidenced by the growing number of "super warehouse stores" in the United States that have been sued by shoppers claiming to have been injured by merchandise merchan-dise being moved by fork-lifts, fork-lifts, or by falling merchandise merchan-dise that may have been displayed dis-played too high for safety. At least two deaths from such incidents were reported report-ed in 2000. One involved a pallet of wood falling on a man in a Home Depot store in Danbury, Conn. The other happened, when a pile of countertops dropped from a forklift onto a three-year-old girl in the Twin Falls, Idaho, Home Depot. Meanwhile, an Idaho businesswoman, visiting the Orem Wal-Mart store back in 1999, claims that two large lamps fell off a shelf and crashed onto her head. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 18 in the federal court in Salt Lake City by Deborah Steed and her husband, the woman claims that the injury to her head has caused years of pain and neurological problems. Shopping with her sister on a trip to Utah, Steed says, that they stopped to look at a ceramic lamp display dis-play at the Orem Wal-Mart, which was stacked nearly to the ceiling on a shelf about ALPINE CREDIT UNION Ml v- GNCUA three feet from the floor. "When I started to take one of the lamps, two others fell from the stack and crashed down on my head," she stated in the suit. The suit claims that, as a result of the accident, Steed suffered from headaches, neck pains, disorientation, panic, memory difficulties and lack of attention. Her doctor issued a statement, last year, declaring Steed to be permanently disabled. The suite also claims Steed's personality has also undergone a major change. "She is no longer the upbeat, ambitious person she was before the accident." Her husband, Paul, said the accident has been devastating devas-tating for their family. His wife was unable to resume her normal activities after the accident. Asking for general and special damages of at least $86,000, and unspecified punitive damages, the suit states, "Since the accident, Deborah's memory became, and continues to be, extremely unreliable and her ability to focus or get anything done has been almost non-existent." Wal-Mart officials at its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters headquar-ters are said to be reviewing Steed's suite, but decline to comment on it, or any other allegations against Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, except for saying, "We have a great many safety procedures in place." ti Dhviwwioi You can now enjoy membership with ALPINE CREDIT OREM AMERICAN FORK LEHI L.ni,& ,1m, i .rr Er ,if,l - ninrAn .. Doug Forsyth City Council candidates answer questions at public forum REVA BOWEN Times Reporter Orem's four candidates for three open City Council seats got together Thursday, October 2, at a well-attended "Meet the Candidates" Night sponsored spon-sored by the Orem City Youth Council. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 2003. Over 100 citizens took advantage of the event, held at the Orem Senior Friendship Center, to become better acquainted with the field of candidates. Each of the council aspirants aspi-rants had the opportunity to give a timed introduction, introduc-tion, answers to questions, and a closing statement during the two-hour meeting. meet-ing. Orem Youth Mayor Jessica Jaynes, a Mountain View High School senior and veteran member of the Youth Council, conducted the meeting, and was assisted assist-ed in asking questions by other members of the sponsoring spon-soring group. Kevin Rollins is Dell Computer's driving force CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent Part 2 It was just over 35 years ago that Orem High School's Kevin Rollins and his musical aggregation, known as "The Gents," were wondering which other mountains they might climb after winning the National Battle of the Bands contest in Boston, Mass. Who knows what musical heights they may have achieved if they had stayed together as a band after graduating from Orem High School. However, each of them went in different directions, and the photograph photo-graph of the group, appearing appear-ing on Page 134 of the 1968 Orem High School Yearbook, serves as only a fond memento of what once was and what might have been. Reading in the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times, last week, about Kevin Rollins' remarkable career, climbing to the post of president and chief operating officer of Dell Computer Corp., former for-mer Orem High School Principal Clifton M. Pine said, "I am gratified to see to Residents of hm Qmimm i ' y Daniel Sperry Three of the four candidates candi-dates are current members of the Orem City Council: Les Campbell, completing his first four-year term; Douglas R. Forsyth, appointed by the mayor and council in August of 2002 to fill the seat of Judy Bell, who resigned to move out of state; and Stephen Eric Sandstrom, who has served two non-consecutive terms on the council. The lone newcomer in the field of candidates is Daniel Sperry, a junior at Brigham Young University. A fifth candidate candi-date withdrew from the race before the candidates' night. Asked how he felt about being "the new kid on the block", Sperry said, "I think it will be a good experience." He said he lives on the south side of Orem, an area in which none of the current council members reside, so could bring representation to that sector of the city. Sperry's candidacy is reminiscent of that of former for-mer Orem Councilman Joseph Andersen, a BYU many of the students I knew move on to great success suc-cess in the world. I am certainly cer-tainly proud of Kevin Rollins." In a recent Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times interview, Kevin Rollins was asked to name which of his Orem High School teachers had made the greatest impact on his life. "All of them contributed," 1 . , f Orem High School Alumnus Kevin B. Rollins serves as president and chief operating officer of Dell Computers, Inc. He Is responsible for the day-to-day global operations of the company com-pany and, with CEO Michael Dell, sets the company's strategic direction. fHt- Stephen Sandstrom student from south Orem who completed a four-year term. Asked if he had heard of Andersen, Sperry said, "I was not of voting age when he was voted in, but I heard about it his successful candidacy." can-didacy." The introductions began with Campbell, who said he has lived in Orem for 35 years. "I've enjoyed very much my service," he said. "I do consider it a service I do not consider myself a politician." He praised the "goodness" of the numerous volunteers who serve the city, including the Youth Council members. "One of the feathers I would put in my cap is that I was assigned to work with them four years ago." Forsyth joined Campbell in expressing appreciation to the Youth Council for the forum The appointed councilman coun-cilman noted that it had been a challenge to fill Councilwoman Bell's position. posi-tion. "Judy may have had small feet," Forsyth said, "but she had big shoes." Continuing his introduc he said. "But, I believe Mr. Ray Rudy, my math teacher, had the most impact. He was a man of few words, but I believe that he was a better bet-ter teacher than some of my college professors." ' Kevin Rollins earned his master's of business administration and bachelor bache-lor degrees from Brigham Young University and "We want Dell to be a grc3t company, notjustagreat financial situation.., ' UNION ' f M hJ- - ', ! ' ; Les Campbell tion, he said he retired two years ago, and after some soul-searching, decided to submit his name for consideration consid-eration when the council opening occurred. Forsyth's wife, Andrea, has served on the board of the Alpine School District for over six years. Sandstrom said he has "enjoyed very much" his service on the council. He said he reviewed his campaign cam-paign literature from four years ago and found he had made four commitments: controlled growth; business retention; city lighting; and recreation. All four of the goals have been accomplished, accom-plished, he said, with such successes as eliminating high density apartments other than for student housing; hous-ing; keeping taxes low by keeping businesses; having 60 of the city's lighting now installed, with a projected pro-jected completion date of December 2004 for the project; proj-ect; and adding facilities Continued on page A7 remains an active supporter support-er of the school. Last month, Rollins attended a meeting of the university's President's Leadership Council in Provo, of which he a member. He is also on the Marriott School National Advisory Council. Continued on page A7 H'A f t itmiimmijmj Membership and Eligibility Required |