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Show aiUt$Hcrol& AN ED "T 4 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 2006 50 CENTS 5 TOWN HALL Habitat (or Humanity pels new building SCHOOLS: Graffiti is a growing concern in Orem SPORTS: Bruin boys lose close one to Riverton P 7 DELEON SPA AND SALON MAKES THE CUT Forsyth remembered at swearing in Community nenng Reva Bowen 'WORT,- c5jtT" S"" Orem's newly re-elected mayor and three Ciry Council members were administered the oath of office of-fice in ceremonies held Tuesday at noon in the Qrem Qry Council Chambers. Mayor Jerry Washburn and Counrilmembers Dean Dickerson, Karen McCandiess and Sruree Thurston, were indniduaDy "sworn inr by Donna Weaver, city recorder, and each gave brief remarks. re-marks. The occasion was tinged with sadness because of the unexpected passing of Councilman Doug Forsyth, For-syth, who collapsed at home and died of a blood clot just before Christmas. Forsyth's widow, Andrea, An-drea, attended Tuesday's ceremonies, ceremo-nies, as did Coundlmembers Les CampbeB and Stephen Sandstrom, and members of lie city's executive execu-tive staff. Mayor Washburn noted in his remarks that it was just two years ago at a similar ceremony that Forsyth took the same oath of office. of-fice. Washburn praised Forsyth as a '"wonderful and competent"" councilman and said how much he would be missed. The councilman's death "reminds us of how temporary our opportunities opportu-nities are," the mayor said, using the analogy of service on the council coun-cil as being like running the leg of a race, then passing the baton on to someone else Washburn said the re-election of the incumbents showed that, Tor t-U' TV'v JEREMY HARMON tMortn County Karen McCandiess is sworn in for another term on Orem's City Council on Tuesday. McCandiess was sworn in along with council members Dean Dickerson, Shiree A. Thuston and Mayor Jerry Washburn. Each of them were incumbent candidates. the most part, the voters feel we are going in the right direction." But the mayor also pledged that he and the council would "work harder to stay in touch with the citizens" and would "take nothing for granted" Dickerson referenced what he termed "the rock n roll life of politics in Qrem" the highs and lows of public service in thanking thank-ing friends and family for their support. See COUNCIL, Page 2 . - JEREMY HARMON Norm County Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn thanks those who supported him during his campaign after being sworn in to serve another term on Tuesday. Washburn: 2006 will be a big year Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY ST Aff The year 2006 is shaping up to be a big one for capital projects in Orem particularly transportation-related projects. "We have got a lot of things to consider in 2006," said Mayor Jerry Washburn. Orem's State Street project will continue from about 600 North to 800 North on the east side of the street. Also slated for 2006 is the 1600 North project, which will reconfigure the intersection at 1600 North and State, and reconstruct recon-struct 1600 North east of State. The widening of Sandhill Road is "getting near," Washburn said, and 400 North west of State Street will be completely overlaid. Washburn said it is important for the city to complete these road projects, because next year, the state will be doing major reconstruction reconstruc-tion on 800 North. After that, Geneva Road is scheduled to be rebuilt and widened, and all of that work is in preparation for the rebuilding of 1-15 in 2009-10. "Those projects need to be done so they can be alternative routes to handle the pressure," Washburn said. "We have to have all of ours done prior to the other work. There is a planning plan-ning timetable and we need to work cooperatively coopera-tively with the state." In addition, Washburn said contracts were See WASHBURN, Page 2 WWW.HARKTHEHERAU3.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Llndon LOCAL DOCTOR TAKES EYE CARE TO ARMENIA Dr. Matthew Parsons Traveled to Armenia last month where he spent a week performing glaucoma and cataract cata-ract surgeries and training local doctors on the latest advances in modem eve care. Parsons went to Yerevan, Armenia's capita! city, on behalf of LDS Humanitarian ServToes to help the LDS Church with their worldwide vision care initiative "Our main goals were to establish relationships, train local doctors and increas3 the availability of modem eye care for people who can't afford it," Parsons said. American Fork 3 JEREMY HARMON tiwTr. County Heber Thompson f afees his oath of office as American Fork's new mavor Monday, Jan. 2. NEW MAYOR ENJOYS VARIED LIFE - When Amen can Fork's mayor-elect Heber Thompson isn't preparing for his duties in the city, he may be found doing any of 8 variety of activities. Like most grandparents, Thompson said much of his life revolved around his family. "Much of our family life focuses around our eight children chil-dren and 17 grandchildren," he said. In addition, he enjoys photography, art, woodworking and music and is involved translating poetry from French to English. Cedar Hills YEAR OF THE PARK - Cedar Hills is moving forward with recreation-related plans this year which will include the construction of several parks. Within the next month, the city plans to get bids for the Canyon Heights park, the pocket park in the Cedars West, and the Cedar Run park. "We also would like to complete the Savage park, at least somewhat, during this fiscal year," said City Manager Konrad Hildeb-randt. Hildeb-randt. With money for parks tied to developer impact fees, and not commercial development, the city has funds to give residents more areas to play. Lehi MARBLE TOURNAMENT MEMORIES - Glen P Gray brought his 60-year-old shooter to the Hutchings Museum Mu-seum marble tournament New Year's Eve morning The Lehi man slowly got down on his knees, put his knuckle to the line on the museum carpet, took aim and made his first hit As the marbles whacked against the wood backdrop of the game arena, those waiting their turn cheered. This is the second year the Hutchings Museum has hosted the tournament and Gray was one of only seven who braved the wet winter weather to play several dit ferent marble games, learn marble trivia and revisit the past. Saratoga Springs PARKER FINDS A HOME ALONG LAKE SHORE Over the past eight years Saratoga Springs has proven the perfect home for e man who, after putting in long hours serving the city, still finds time to cook, walk his dogs along the lake shore and make educational films for fun. Despite claims that he has no time for hobbies. Mayor Tim Parker has certainly found ways to incorporate his passions into his everyday life the outdoors, art and education to name a few. Making the move to a rural outdoor setting was an easy decision for Parker and wife Ellen. "There were about five model homes," Parker remembers remem-bers of his first trip to Saratoga Springs "We had no idea what the future would hold." From staff reports lli Nil II h,61055 00050 ca Kame: GENE HARVEY CHEVROLET; Width; 69p9.01; Depth; L25 in; Color; Process color; Comment: Full Color-Banrf 1JLU1IIV UW wit; 7 Opm to all nfUt-ah Ctivnty. Ona a member, ahvayi a mtmbn - no matter ivhert wu go. sondlLomis GOO SiefSMi ) I POOR COPY |