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Show AN EDITION ( YOURTOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MARCH 16,200$ 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: City leaders travel to meet with congessmen SCHOOLS: MATE looks forward id April accreditation SPORTS: Tigers shine at county All-Stars festivities l Jj, HELPING BRIDES-TO-BE FIND THE RIGHT WHITE so IBM 8) Number of patrons to remain at 1,200 Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A proposed dance club in Orem has hit a roadblock. The Orem City Council unanimously unani-mously rejected on Tuesday changes chang-es to the city code that would have allowed the Asylum Dance Club to almost triple the number of patrons allowed in the building from 1,200 to 3,200. Applicant David Howell was granted a conditional use permit for the dance club, to be located in the former Gold's Gym building at about 1650 South State St., last September. But Howell acknowledged acknowl-edged that he has not been able to obtain the expected number of easements to use parking stalls belonging be-longing to neighboring businesses. Howell also told the council that because the business would not be serving alcohol, the only way to make the project economically feasible would be to bring in more customers. In order to get more customers without providing more on-site parking, Howell proposed setting up a private bus service to run through various student housing complexes in Provo and Orem, transporting patrons to and from the dance club. Under the system proposed by Howell, customers arriving and departing by bus would not have to be counted toward the occupancy limit allowed by the number of on-site on-site parking stalls. A second proposal would have allowed off-site parking on lots within 1,500 feet if regular shuttle service was provided between the parking area and the building served at least every 15 minutes during operation hours. A number of area business owners own-ers attended the council meeting to object to Howell's system, citing safety and other concerns. Doug Martin, owner of Doug Martin Photography, 1595 S. State St., said his business, located on the other side of State Street, would become an instant target when parking at the dance club became overtaxed. "We're going to get bombed," Martin said. "I'm going to be negatively nega-tively impacted in a big way." Rick Woodward, with Miracle Bowl, 1585 S. State, said his customer cus-tomer base and hours of operation would be similar to Howell's, and the anticipated parking difficulties would cause his patrons to park longer at the bowling alley, See CLUB, Page 2 PI W-dl I rt .vr- Li I y ZT fir's A - 4" 5 "- " ' S', 1 ttmi-....rS j'S&V a. S) o -.V If V4 MARIO RUIZNorth County Orem community members gathered at an event Friday announcing the opening of the Utah Valley Children's Museum later this year. David Runnells ofMidtown Village, at the podium, donated $360,000 to the museum scheduled to open this August. Orem breaks ground for Children's Museum Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Family City, U.S.A., is about to become home to a children's museum. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held earlier this month for the Utah Valley Children's Museum, a $1.7 million mil-lion project planned for 18,000 square feet of warehouse space at 340 South Orem Blvd. Businessman Aaron Campbell, an Orem native, is back to his roots after living for 10 years out of state, and has taken the helm as interim director of the museum. Midtown Village, the large, mixed-use development devel-opment going in just across the boulevard from the museum site, made an in-kind, $360,000 donation do-nation to the building to be used during the next three years. Phase I of the project. Campbell said the project is planned for two phases, which will allow time for input from museum patrons about what features they want and enjoy, and will enable the museum operators to establish a track record with investors in-vestors and donors. The second phase would see an expansion of exhibit space and themes, and perhaps a new building. Campbell has some financial commitments already, but the museum remains in fundrais-ing fundrais-ing mode. The goal is to get $350,000 in pledges pledg-es for yearly contributions for four years, in order to secure a loan. Then, Campbell said, exhibits will be built, and the doors will open. A feasibility study predicts, conservatively, that the museum could have 160,000 visitors annually. Admission will be under $5 "less See MUSEUM, Page 2 Head of decapitated statue found buried in teen's backyard Michael Rigert DAILY HERALD The decapitated head of a cemetery statue was recovered recov-ered by police Friday in the backyard of a 15-year-old Orem boy who, police say, vandalized the statute. The owner of Timpanogos Memorial Gardens cemetery offered a $1,000 reward last week for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the person who had vandalized vandal-ized the 50-year-old sculpture of Jesus Christ sometime in the night of March 3. "The reward was announced an-nounced at the local schools since we believed that juvenile juve-nile offenders were responsible," responsi-ble," said Lt. Doug Edwards, Orem's Department of Public Safety spokesman. The hunch paid off as Orem police detectives responded re-sponded Friday to informa- See HEAD, Page 2 1 "I f. ; I The head of the statue was found buried in the yard of a ninth-grade Canyon View Jr. High School student. JEREMY HARMON Daily Herald l WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Briefing PARTY CAUCUSES TO BE HELD TUESDAY - The 2006 election season will get underway officially on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when the Republican and Democratic parties hold caucuses to elect voting precinct officials and delegates to the county and state political conventions. conven-tions. The public is invited to attend and participate in their voting precincts. Individuals who are uncertain about their voting precinct can contact the Utah County Elections Elec-tions office at 370-8128 or visit http:ims2.co.utah.ut.us websitevotinggenlvoting.cfm. In Orem and Vineyard, caucuses will be held in the following fol-lowing locations: Republican Party: Orem Republicans will meet at the following locations: Voting Districts 1, 3, 24, 29, 30. 32, 36, 37, 38, 41, 50, 52 and 53 will meet at Timpanogos High School, 150 E. 1430 North. Voting Districts 2, 4, 5, 6, 33 and 42 will meet at Sharon Elementary, 525 N. 400 East. Voting Districts 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 31, 45 and 48 will meet at Orem High School, 175 S. 400 East. Voting Districts 11, 13 and 47 will meet at Cherry Hill Elementary, 250 E. 1650 South. Voting Districts 26, 27, 28, 35, 44, 46, 49 and 54 will meet at Mountain View High School, 645 W. Center. Voting Districts 34 and 51 will meet at Vineyard Elementary, El-ementary, 620 E. Holdaway Road. Voting Districts 39, 40 and 43 will meet at Bonneville Elementary School, 1245 N. 800 West. Vineyard and Lakeview Republicans will meet at Vineyard Vine-yard Elementary, 620 E. Holdaway Road. Democratic Party: Democrats from Orem, Vineyard and Lakeview will meet at Lakeridge Jr. High, 951 S. 400 West. CHASSON TO RUN FOR DISTRICT 61 - Susan Chasson has announced her candidacy foi District 61 of the Utah State House of Representatives. The seat, being be-ing vacated by Rep. Margaret Dayton, includes Parts of Orem, Provo, Vineyard and Lakeview. Chasson, a Democrat, has practiced as a certified nurse-midwife and nurse practitioner in Utah County for more than 15 years. She presently works part time for Utah Valley Family Medicine. She also works as a sexual assault nurse examiner and provides training to nurses, physicians, law enforcement enforce-ment officers and victim advocates as the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault's statewide coordinator for sexual sexu-al assault nurse examiners. She also teaches part time at Brigham Young University in both the Reuben Clark Law School and the College of Nursing. MISS OREM CONTESTANTS MEET - Contestants of the Miss Orem Scholarship Pageant met for an orientation orienta-tion at the opening Mix and Mingle held recently in the Orem Friendship Center Thursday. This year's contestants include Breanne Tippets, Kila Custer, Bridget Smith, Danielle Murphy, Naomi Bridges, Stephanie Millard, Tiffany Millard, Lindsey Hill, Alysse Smith and Ashley Boulter. The Miss Orem Scholarship Pageant is scheduled to be held May 20 in the SCERA Theatre. YOUTH FISHING CLASS - The Orem Recreation Department has teamed with the Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources to offer a youth fishing class for kids ages 7 to 13. The program includes instruction in knot tying, how to cast, fish biology, aquatic ecology, fishery management and lots of fishing. Cost for the program is S20 and includes a T-shirt, small tackle box with hooks, sinkers and bobber, a proclamation, instructions and fish fry. Fishing is done at Vivian Park in Provo Canyon and at the Lindon boat harbor. Classes are taught by trained volunteers with the Division of Wildlife. Class is limited to the first 50 kids who register. Classes are held each week on Tuesday, beginning April 18 at Vivian Park. Individuals may register at the Orem Fitness Center, 580 W, 165 South or online at https:secure. orem.orgfc4. Classes are from 6 to 8 p.m. and run for six weeks. For more information contact Mark at 229-7158. 229-7158. BOARD TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS - The Alpine School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, Vernon M. Henshaw, are hosting a series of public meetings to present preliminary plans for a bond election in November. Suggestions from the community are sought before district officials proceed with plans to bond. Meetings will be held March 23 8t Lone Peak High School, 10189 N. 4800 West, Highland; March 30 at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove High School, 700 E. 200 South, Pleasant Grove; April 4, Mountain yiew High School, 665 W. Center, Orem; and April 6, Lehi High School, 180 N. 500 East, Lehi. All meetings will begin at 7 p m. 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