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Show Thursday. March 16. 2006 Page 2 0 R E M GENEVA TIMES NEWS AND NOTES ROBB COSTELLODaily Herald Snowy day Ruquel Rodriguez trudges up the hill with her brothers at Rock Canyon Park on March 9. "I can't feel my legs but it's all good," said Rodriguez after sledding in the park for an hour. Local legislators head to Washington to lobby Congress HeidiToth DAIl Y Hi KA. D Several local leaders, including includ-ing Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn, Wash-burn, turned lobbyists last week when they went to Washington, DC, to talk up Utah's needs with the state's congressional delegation. All were cautiously optimistic optimis-tic although Utah County Commissioner Larry Ellertson admitted he is more cautious while Washburn came back optimistic. Washburn, along with several sev-eral Orem officials, Ellertson and Commissioner Steve White, Provo spokeswoman Raylene Ireland and Provo Municipal Councilwoman Cindy Richards were part of a big group that met with U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to discuss transportation transporta-tion issues in Utah County. Washburn said they were asking for about $6 million, half of which would be used to build a bridge on Geneva Road in Provo and the other half to do environmental work on some projects in the north end of the county. NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS ' 399 E State St Pleasant Grove Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 Kirk Parkinson 756 7669 Vice PresidentPublisher kparkmsonheraldextra.com Marc Haddock 756-7669 North County Editor mhaddock heraldextra .com Cathy Allred 756 7669 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. 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Ok" u bJObb Putwsneo ThursaabyLef Kjttications when iseavt swnct fcft"pis, !m Mtmcif: Autfr Bureau of Ctfcuatioas TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED "We were not asking for a lot this year," he said, adding his main concern was ensuring residents had alternative access roads when Interstate 15 goes through a major reconstruction. This year's wish list is much smaller than last year's, when the county ended up with $60 million for road projects. The group also took the Utah Department of Transportation's wish list, which includes road projects from all over the state, to throw their support in with the projects "because we're not the only one that's got transportation problems," Washburn said. Knowing they're not the only ones with problems that need fixing and that the dollars for which the county is vying could also go to other states or to increasingly expensive national projects was motivation for Ellertson El-lertson and White to start looking look-ing around for alternative solutions solu-tions to supplement what the county will get from the federal government. Both agreed that municipalities munici-palities should start looking for solutions on a local level "as opposed to continually looking to Washington to solve all our problems," Ellertson said. SlILT EI11LD rVILIIHIXO CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7669 Office Manager Chris Peterson 344-2556 DesignerCopy Editor Casey Rogers 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Rachel Rybicki 344-2558 DesignerCopy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344 2545 Photographer Washburn's focus this trip was solely on transportation issues, but he was in Washington Washing-ton a few weeks ago to talk up Orem, including updating library technology, getting a video system for police cars and funding a water purification system so the city can reuse wastewater in the parks irrigation irriga-tion system. He's feeling confident about the funding, he said, considering consider-ing the senior positions on appropriations ap-propriations committees held by the delegates. "It seems to really be advantageous advan-tageous for us," he said. "So far we're receiving very, very good help." CJTY BRIEFS I Ordinance approved As a formality, the Orem City Council Coun-cil approved an ordinance Tuesday Tues-day readopting the criminal and traffic code provisions of state law. Background information on the agenda item stated that the city readopts the provisions on a regular basis. I Historic preservation terms unchanged The Orem City Sneak peek at things Y " " had an opportunity recently to take a look into the future of ( , shopping in north Utah County s Not that I'm much of a shops' shop-s' - per. But we were in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., to visit my daughter and her family including a new granddaughter. As luck would have it, Shannan lives less than a mile from Victoria Gardens, a huge outdoor shopping center built by the same people who are building the Terrace at Traverse Mountain, a huge outdoor shopping center near Cabela's. On the way to my daughter's house, we also found a Sears Grand, which is going to replace American Fork's Kmart in the near future. So we mixed a little business with pleasure and checked out both First, Victoria Gardens: When Forest City Enterprises pitched the Terrace Ter-race at Traverse Mountain, they pointed to the 12 million square-foot Victoria Gardens as the model for the new center. This was my initial impression upon walking down some of the many streets: Think of the Riverwoods in Provo, only bigger. Much bigger. About 15 city blocks big. Victoria Gardens boasts 150 shops and restaurants, restau-rants, in addition to a 12-screen movie theater. (In Rancho Cucamonga, there seemed to be a large cineplex on just about every corner. Movies are big business in California.) The grounds were meticulous. And the buildings build-ings were decorated with antique neon signs that had no relation to the store below a sign in the shape of a shoe, right out of the 1950s, adorned one building. An old hotel sign was attached to another. The signs added a lot of atmosphere. The fact that they had no relation to the business in question didnt really matter. There were some moderately priced stores J.C. Penney, for example and an indoor food hall with some fairly standard mall food court restaurants. But these were in the minority. When you walk down one of the streets of Victoria Gardens, it quickly becomes evident that most people who shop here expect to spend a lot of Personally, 1 like browsing through the Sharper area on American -4 Council decided Tuesday not to change the term limits for members mem-bers serving on the Historical Preservation Advisory Commission Commis-sion (HPAQ. The proposed amendment could have allowed members to serve more than the two, three-year three-year terms currently permitted. In presenting their case to the council, members of the commission com-mission expressed concerns that the HPAC is unique, with a "steep learning curve," caters to a select few in the community with an interest in historic preservation, pres-ervation, and has a limited pool of people willing to serve. Jenni Prince-Mahoney, a current cur-rent commission member, said that as openings have come, it has been difficult to find people in the community with both the requisite interest and background back-ground to serve. Following a council vote of 6-1 in favor of maintaining the status quo, Councilman Les Campbell recommended to the commission members that they become more aggressive in communicating this opportunity for service to the community. "Staff will be happy to help," Campbell said. Mayor Jerry Washburn said Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN money. a iw wui mane 1 HuaMaaiahMaiaM information on commission service is available on the city's Web site, but the city "could probably do better" in involving Neighborhoods in Action (MA) chairmen and getting the word out through utility bill mailings. "We'll raise this issue with the neighborhoods,'' Washburn said. I Sign change OK'd Squire and Company, 1329 South 800 East, won a sign zone change from the Orem City Council Tuesday that will enable the business to have a pole sign that can be seen by the traveling public. The council voted to change the sign zone on the property from the "D" designation, which does not permit pole signs, to the "B," which allows the signs. Company representatives explained that light switching equipment at the 800 East and University Parkway intersection intersec-tion obscures the company's monument sign-As sign-As part of the motion approving ap-proving the change, residential property inadvertently included in the sign zones was excluded, so the sign zones apply only to commercial property. to come Image store, but I've never bought anything any-thing there. And I could spend all day at Williams Sonoma kitchen stores are a personal guilty pleasure but I don't think 1 could ever spend $600 for that set of kitchen knives that caught my eye. They'd probably be worth it though. The sensation was that of being in the middle of all these stores with nothing 1 wanted to really buy. We did take a visit to Fuzziwigs Candy Factory. We had three granddaughters with us, and while one was too little to partake, the other two were overwhelmed at the different colors of M&Ms (They make black ones?) and all the candy. Sharon paid too much for some candy buttons that cost 5 cents when she was a kid. (Reliving your childhood memories? Priceless.) We all indulged. And the kids took a ride on the "train" it had rubber tires that circled the park-like open space in the center of the mall. We only went back to Victoria Gardens once to buy some sandals at J.C. Penney Instead, Sharon did most of our shopping at the Ontario Mills, a huge indoor shopping center with more than 200 stores and 30 movie screens located a few miles away. 1 don't think we're getting one of those. The Terrace at Traverse Mountain, as 1 understand under-stand it, will feature the same high-end shops as we found at Victoria Gardens. That may attract a lot of visitors from the north, especially those headed to Cabela's. But I don't think it will slow down business any at the University Mall, or Kohl's, for that matter. Just a few words about the Sears Grand This was a nice, clean, new store. It is wide open inside, with a wide "race track" that circles the store. There were lots of tools and electronics, in addition ad-dition to the clothes and other items you'd expect to find at Sears. This store was larger than the Kmart building, so we will probably be getting a smaller version, but not as small as the Sears Essentials, Es-sentials, the other brand that the newly merged Kmart-Sears company is promoting. a nice mix in tne new snopping Fork's west side. Club Continued from Page 1 eliminating the turnover needed to accommodate other customers. Area resident Marvin Wiggins, 324 E 1730 South, said the changes proposed by Howell could potentially affect every business in the city. "We have no control other than what the ordinance ordi-nance says we have." Wiggins noted that all of the conditions approved in September of 2005 for the dance club were based on the occupancy numbers. Chang- ' ing the occupancy numbers changes all of the conditions, he said. Martin termed the shuttle system as "complex, unworkable, unwork-able, and unenforceable." Several young people spoke in favor of the dance club. Rylan Chord, who lives near Utah Valley State College, Col-lege, said he has nothing to do on weekends, and would like to do something "productive, "produc-tive, not destructive.'" He said he would be willing to ride the shuttle, and the dance club would be "a place for kids to go." "In my view," said Councilman Council-man Les Campbell, "this is the right thing in the wrong place." In making the motion to deny both city code changes, Councilman Stephen Sand-strom Sand-strom said the matter was "a pure zoning issue in regards to parking and respecting the areas around" the dance club. Muselim! Continued from Page 1 than to go to a movie," Campbell Camp-bell said. The museum will feature a series of exhibits based on the construction, architectural, real estate and development industries, to tie in with school core curriculum studies in math, science and physics. A "very optimistic" timeline time-line for the opening could be as soon as this September, but will be about five to six months after the loan is obtained, ob-tained, Campbell said. Campbell sees a great opportunity op-portunity for the construction industry "an industry that very rarely gets a chance to promote what they do" to use the museum as a public relations investment. Exhibits will be hands-on, and designed to appeal to a range of ages toddlers to teens. Design plans have not been finalized, but ideas abound. One calls for a virtual "kid city " with a lake on one end and mountains on the other, that would have youngsters plan their own town, build a replica complete with schools-ABd parks then ride through the town on . wheeled vehicles. Water exhibits are the most popular in children's museums, Campbell said, and would logically tie in with a plumbing exhibit for learning about that trade. Head Continued from Page 1 tion from several sources and arrested the Canyon View Junior High ninth-grader at his home, Edwards said. The head of the life-size Christ statue, hand-sculpted in Italy and valued at an estimated $50,000, was found at the boy's home buried in the backyard, he said. The youth "admitted to detectives that he had purposely pur-posely taken a hammer to the cemetery to damage the statue because he wanted to,' " Edwards said. He was booked into the Slate Canyon Juvenile holding facility on pending charges. Edwards said the boy may face a juvenile charge of criminal mischief . "W e're happy to have the missing piece back and hope it can be fixed," said Jennifer Hood, a cemetery spokeswoman. spokes-woman. Hood said the individuals who came forward and told police about their knowledge of the boy's apparent involvement involve-ment in the crime were given the reward. Hood said the sculpture should be repairable. The statue's hands were shattered by a vandal 20 years ago and have never been mended. "It looks like it can be fixed," Hood said "l dont know if it will ever be perfect" POOR |