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Show AN EDITION OF T Qr.TailT CAR-rU L0TC-018 GtAH PRE'iS ASSOCIATION 1 lr SAL LAKE GUY, UT 64124-1501 ' - YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 74TH YEAR NUM 39 50 CENTS (WW ( Unique painting of flag CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent The year was 1945 the last year of World War II although no one at the time, yet knew, it was really the last year of the fighting. The Armed Forces of the United States were turning the tide of battle in the South Pacific. However, the most optimistic opti-mistic prospects for victory against the Empire of Japan, included an invasion of Japan, itself, with expected expect-ed losses in the hundreds of thousands of American troops. A pivotal battle of 1945 was the invasion of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 18, 1945, and involved hundreds of American Naval forces and thousands of Army and Naval troops. It was a fierce and protracted pro-tracted battle, against well-fortified well-fortified Japanese forces, determined to face suicide, rather than defeat. And it was very costly, in terms of the number of wounded and lost American lives. The celebrated American flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, took place on Feb. 23, 1945, during dur-ing the fifth day of the battle. bat-tle. The battle continued with increased intensity for a month more. Nearly 7,000 Americans were killed in action, including two of the five Marines, who were pho-. tographed in the memorable flag-raising ceremony. At the end of the fierce battle, it was found that nearly one-third of all Marines killed in action in World War II died at Iwo Jima, making Iwo Jima the battle with the highest number num-ber of casualties in Marine Corps history. That photograph by a combat photographer of the Marine flag raising on Iwo Jima, became an instant harbinger of victory for all Americans and an icon that spawned multi-million dollar dol-lar monuments, and even a prodigious motion picture, starring John Wayne. That memorable photograph photo-graph was even reproduced on a 3-cent United States postage stamp. Fast forward to the year 2001 in Ephraim, Utah: Larry Nielson, who had been just seven years old at the time of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima, is now, a well-known well-known artist, whose weathered-wood painting, depicting depict-ing that memorable event, has been presented to the President of the United States. Larry Nielson and his great scope in the art of illustration, are recognized by art galleries across the country. His paintings, as well as his whimsical animal graphics, are owned by such celebrities as Robert Redford, Liza Minelli and Johnny Cash, and hang from television and motion picture pic-ture sets. Nielson had been powerfully power-fully impressed in his life with the photograph of the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising. In August, 2001, he started looking for a piece of wood, which would lend itself to that image and his artistic st. surprised to find Continued on page All JValpine All flHW7A71Q1 "TO DSOIDSO o? Mo Qcunw &LjZzza i ..) You can now enjoy membership with ALPINE CREDIT UNION prr union iy mO& ' . OREM AMERICAN FORK LEH I photo by Landon Olson 7Im Sports Editor On tffcj run, Timpanogos' Collette Covey gets In position to return a shot during her singles match Monday. T-wolves, Bruin battle on final day of tennis regular season LANDON OLSON Times Sports Editor . With the music from Rocky' run-t run-t rang through her headt Timpanogos? , Collette Covey picked tip a big boost . heading into this Thursday's region tennis tournament. Down a set, Covey took a moment before the second set, popped in her headphones and listed to her music. That got her going. She bounced back to get the split with a 7-5 "win' and" force a third set - ' la the third she was up 5-4 over :: Mountain. View's Brooke Tenney, but drcrped the nest two games to go into a 6-5 hole. Then she got aggressive. 1 would get up and volley, then Td slide back because I was afraid she was going to lob me Covey said. Then I decided just to stay up and - slam it down." It worked. She picked up the next game to tie the set at .6-6, the cruised in the tiebreaker, winning 7-0 for the victory. - - v The win wasn't enough to lift the Orem Nielsen's Grove Park Is 97 Complete; 2005 Opening Projected CLYDE E.WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent . With most of the construction con-struction and plantings completed at Nielsen's Grove Park in Orem, work is nearly done on the project, proj-ect, which is bringing new life to the property in southwest Orem, that once flourished over a century ago. , ?, Discussing the development develop-ment of the park this week, Jerry Ortizf City of Orem Director of Recreation, said Nielsen's Grove Park is one of Orem's 19 remarkable park; facilities, which are located throughout this community to serve local residents, "Nielsen's Grove Park is now 97 completed," he said. "It would be very timely to have its grand opening in Spring 2005." Over a half a century ago, the Orem City Council adopted a policy for Orem City to build city parks adjacent to Orem's elementary elemen-tary schools, as they were built, and that program has team, as the T-wolves fell 3-2 to the Bruins Monday, but it's a step in the right direction for the young squad, and especially Covey. . ,,- "It gives me lots of confidence Covey said. "Playing Tenney and knowing I can beat her, PQ and possi- hly Lone Peak at region will be nice." While Covey picked up the big win, Tenney had to deal with the agonizing loss. But it doesn't worry Bruin coach Lisel Robert. , "She just "'seemed a little bit ofF" today. Thaf a not the Brooke I've seen play" Robert said., "Shell bring her best game to region and it shouldn't be ; a problem." In the other singles matches,1 the Bruins looked plenty ready for region, as Bridgette Strickland defeated Kandace Thomas 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, sin-gles, ; and Mountain View's Kim Bushnell won 6-2, 6-2 over Kaitlin Stewart at No. 3 singles. Although she missed her last match due to a back injury, Strickland wasn't bothered Monday, and should be fine for the region tournament seen a remarkable expansion expan-sion of the City's community communi-ty parks. Fortunately, in the year 2000, the City arranged for funding of $12 million for new parks and recreation projects, including the City of Orem SCERA Park Swimming Pools. The amount of $2.6 million waB allocated for the initial development of Nielsen's Grove Park. Renowned throughout the West for its beauty and design, Nielsen's Grove was the first summer recreation facility built for local residents resi-dents nearly 140 years ago. Located at 1931 South Sandhill Road, the beautifully beauti-fully landscaped grove was the fruition of the dreams of Jorgen Christian Nielsen . and his wife, Dorathea, LDS Church converts from Denmark. Settling on the unincorporated unincor-porated Provo Bench, they purchased several acres of ground. In the spring of 1866 Jorgen Nielsen began landscaping the property, which he developed into Nielsen's Grove. Trained as a horticulturist horticultur-ist by his uncle who served as a gardener for King Christian DC of Denmark, Nielsen sought to re-create some of the beautiful gardens he had experi Pkote by Clyde E. WmIu, Jr J Timet Newspaper West of this original pond at Nielsen's Grove Park are seen the barn, the museum, the modern playground and other structures, which are nearing completion at Orem's Twenty-First Century replication of the Lakevlew Gardens, located at 1931 South Sandhill Road. "I was even nervous she was going to have to pull out, but Bhe stuck it through and did good. That's a big plus for her," Robert said of Strickland. In doubles play, the Bruins' No. 1 duo of Staci Spencer and Dani Whittaker continued to roll, picking up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Paige Nelson and Jilhan Martinez. At No. 2, Timpanogos finally found a pairing that worked, as Tricia Terry and Haruna Mizuno, playing together fbr?fhe"u''elTddwned ' Amber Robison and Heather Cramer 6-4, 7-5. Still, the coaches for both terms aren't quite positive about who will play in that spot come time for the region tournament. Robert said shell talk with her assistant to make a final determination, while .Timpanogos coach Suzy Hansgen said she has several sev-eral options still to consider. - They won't have long to think about it, though, as the Region VII tournament begins with the opening open-ing rounds Thursday at Timpanogos at 1 p.m. and continues Friday, also at Timpanogos. enced in his native Denmark. He opened a nursery and used the funds, which that business generated, to plant unique and unusual varieties of trees, shrubbery and flowers. Continued on page All 1 ; t 4$ 9 ju Wind tunnel will have to wait REVA BOWEN Times Reporter An application for a wind tunnel designed to simulate sky diving was continued indefinitely from the September 28 Orem City Council meeting so that applicant Michael Gilbert could proceed with plans to have the operation enclosed by a building. Gilbert told the council that "things have changed" and he was in the process of "drawing up a building" for the project, to be located at 1100 North 1200 West. The Orem Planning Commission had recommended recom-mended that the City Council deny the conditional condition-al use permit for the wind tunnel because of insufficient insuffi-cient information from the applicant about the noise levels of the diesel engine that would run the fan, and the fan noise level that would be used to create the wind. Gilbert told the council he had the measurements for the sound, but Planning Commission members were unable to interpret them. Mayor Jerry Washburn pointed out that with a building now involved, the application was completely different and would need to go back to the Planning Commission with a site plan. The noise levels inside a building would be different differ-ent as well. The hearing on the conditional use permit was continued until Gilbert completes the reapplication process. In other business, the council approved an amendment amend-ment to the city's zoning ordinance on exceptions for multi-family dwellings. Development Services Director Stan Sainsbury gave background information informa-tion about the city's multi-family multi-family variance. The intent of the ordinance was to allow the "five or six" vacant lots in the city that are situated situ-ated in the midst of duplexes duplex-es and four-plexes to be allowed to be developed that way, but the intent was never to take an older house and turn it into a four-plex. One application doing just that came very close to qualifying under the law, Sainsbury said. The council voted to amend the law so that the intent of the ordinance would be clarified. Changes are that the lot must be undeveloped, vacant, and not within a recorded subdivision subdi-vision plat; parking is removed from the front and rear setback and placed in the side yard setback; units are side-by-side, not stacked; at least 30 of the lot is landscaped; and one evergreen tree per unit is to be planted. During council discussion, discus-sion, the possibility of allowing a "dilapidated" older home to be razed and a multi-family unit constructed con-structed in its place in areas where there are existing exist-ing units was considered, Continued on page All Call for details 225-0258 .. MemKerAlnlp and Eligibility Required COPY |