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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday. June 29, 2006 ) i i.the! Fgt2 0 f i. '.. TO f i i U U INFORMED A !J D i t, ; 0 L . F. D Finalists selected for Junior Miss competition Reva Bowen P""""J,'if-.- young women from rugn s rioois in mn were m1i-(1' (J June 22 to represent tU- ily in tlx- state Junior Miss V liolarship lucrum iif-xt spring IN: three lili.ili-.ts ,! lawny Oih tenseii (Imrii'-r of Will and Krisien Oif tsKTist n Julia Mrl-longa! daughter daugh-ter of Ij.i'.kI and Karne Mr Iugal, arid I;fiiif.i'uf Nikkf Slay, daughter daugh-ter of Inn nd I,ilita Slav Lath of the three finalists '.as awarded a S'X s hoi, ir ship lor post high s( hi A study Mu belie Peterson daughter of f er r and Snerrv Peterson a a- named as an alternate arid re eived a WiO s( hol,nshi I he fit-id of 1 1 ont est ants in judged on s hoUstic a( hievcmer.l interview talent fitness and poise 'Iht- on stage portions of the (ornpeli lion were heid at I tab Valie-, Slate ( ollege s Kagan I heater Laming additional scholarship money, Christ ensen won the fitness arid talent portions of the compel i-lion, i-lion, arid M (,ugal won the s( holas Ik achievement and sell expression ( ategones ( flher awards given were l:st interview. in-terview. Heather Hansen "Be Your fiest Self" (presented by the program committee). Heather Hansen and Krystal Millard, and "Spirit of the Junior Miss" (by vote of the contestants). contes-tants). Slaisha Slratton The diredor of the (Jiem Junior Miss f Togram is ( indy (illert COMMUNITY NOTES I Orem beatification awardi - I he (rem City Council and the city's beau-tification beau-tification committee recognize the following residents for their contributions contribu-tions lo make ()rem more erioyable for itiens Merrill and Nanette Hei k stead Robert and Carol ( rist (had and lessif a l u( her l.ileen Wagner Iug Wood Isiett arid ( mdi ( utler. I ay ( ondef . Mai kay and Brittany Asay. R ill ri New, ell. I'.1, ion andlx-Ann Ldwards. Wesley and Melba (ralf. Moist-sand lennifer Marin. Byron and Man belle Oldham (abb and feresa 4 v :: M Tawny thriitenten i ' ' ' ' Iff I M IMM mfi ill i 1W1 Julia McDougal lyer, and Noah and Jamie Sifuentes The committee would alsrj like lo thank the following businesses for their support of the "Yard of the Month" awards: Cook's I arm and dreenhouse. Hyde I'ark Nurseries. Sun lover (iardens and Vineyard Oar-den Oar-den ( enter I BYU exhibit to feature works of Orem artist (rem artust Max D. Weaver's work will le featured in a retrospective exhibit lo be held July 3-17 in (iallery MU of i he Harris Fine Arts Center at lingharn Young University. 'ft , ' vj ( f fx Dominique Stay Michelle Peterson A reception for Weaver, who retired re-tired in 1!iH2 from teaching art at BYU. will be held July 3 from 6 to 9 p m in Ihe same location. Weaver, a native of Layton. Utah, was lxrn in 1917. As an artist, art-ist, he is skilled in several different media, irx hiding paintings, prints, It-welry, and crafts. Iue to the extensive exten-sive variety of his work, his former colleagues in the art department at BYU dubbed him a "Renaissance man". As former chairman of Orem's Visual Arts Commission, Weaver played a key role in putting together the city's art tolled ion. He continues contin-ues to serve as an advisor, and has donated a number of pieces to the city. Two paintings from early in his career. "Kt-rmit the Clown" and "African "Afri-can Warrior," have been on display in the Orem Public Library I Relocation of billboards Wnh little discussion, the Orem City Council Coun-cil voted June 27 to amend city code dealing with the relocation of hill-hoards hill-hoards to conform with state law. "This (change in the ordinance) does exactly what state law says to do," said Iievelopment Services Director Direc-tor Stan Sainsbury. "It doesn't grant any more, or any less." In 2(0"), Reagan Outdoor Advertising Advertis-ing requested approval to move a billboard on W)0 North, according to information in the council meeting agenda At the time, city code did not outline out-line a procedure to follow in such a case, and the law was amended to have appeals made to the Board of Adjustment. Subsequently, an appeal by Reagan was denied by the board, but since that time, state law has been changed to provide greater latitude in relocating billboards I City code changes on nuisances In what was described as "correcting a procedural glitch," the Orem City Council voted June 27 to amend city code pertaining to nuisances. Assistant City Attorney Jason Rose-presented Rose-presented the agenda item to the council and said the correction was being made because appeal times for citations issued were overlapping with time limits for taking action on abating nuisances. In approving changes, the council also followed a recommendation from the Department of Public Safety that Ihe city cancel its authority to record a lien on a nuisance property when a responsible person fails to pay fines or costs related to nuisance abatement. abate-ment. Background information on this agenda item stated that the city lacks the statutory authority to impose a lien on property under these circumstances, circum-stances, and consequently, could be subject to attorney fees and costs in any unlawful lien action. Stokes Conf inut'd from I'uge J running condition while also approximating the machine's original military appearance On the latest addition to his collection, a 19fiS Kaiser "Deuce and Half" troop carrier truck, he obtained a copy of the U.S. Defense Department's authentic camouflage paint scheme for the truck to be as accurate accu-rate as possible. His second half -ton '41 command car was constructed con-structed from a front half he found in Roosevelt and the rear section his brother spotted sitting in an Idaho field by its iconic white U.S. star. One of his most prized vehicles is a 1942 White Half-track, a truck that has two wheels in front for steering but a caterpiller trai k like on a military tank in the rear. It and others in Stokes's collection were featured in former BYU film student kvan Little's World War II short "The Last Good War." One of his restored Jeeps was also seen in the closing scene of Little's follow-up WWII epic "Saints and Soldiers" Sol-diers" in 20(13. Several of Stokes's vehicles ve-hicles were recently seen in Orem Summerfest s grand parade and he plans to show them again in Provo's f ourth of July Freedom f estival parade. Stokes said his wife I ran has been instrumental in helping him restore the vehicles. ve-hicles. "Her talent comes forth in being able to upholster the seats," he said. "All of them were in terrible shape." Fran downplayed her role in her husband's hobby and said she's simply there to "support him." If there's one vintage piece he'd love to add to his collection, it would be an M5, Stuart tank, one of the Allies main armored work horses of WWII. "I've located one but we're miles apart on the price," he said. NorthCounty i i'i i .; Phone '-,. ih,'s Fax ','. '. Kirk Parkinson n n vv, ft-:'' ' V U-)-! Marc Haddock iv: ;u 11' XV: (.!, ,1 ! I ').!:' Cathy Allred 4.y$ ;w, ltl. i 'l!flPKrl',lil,'H , I' (tt'.si: DAILY II E ft A L D roBLisniMO oo. Barbara Christiansen ; : : -;aa Jennetle Esplin i Aintii,- .it, l-,fr Aii,,',., ( ,..l,t (Htri: M.,i,.i;ll;l l.f -i' U- ': -J':". Rachel Rybicki i'i',,r' ! ' i, .,t:l' .,!,' Mike Rigert ' : ()'s-n .''"'Hi !' :yr'U' :' !':") . V Beky Beaton wu AA:n" il' 'I'll l'-'"'-l Lane Duboit ,, v;, A'Jn'h-.iii'j , . , l .i- i-kl i-kl 4 :&'; : Casey Roger v. ; ,, '"..(,' ,,, ,!', i Chris Peterson ,11 a.iu l?; ii',' ' 'l iji t !,!,! Jeremy Harmon -a : ,;;', NEWSSTAND PRICE: $0 lM SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS 1 yaaf (in Utah County) SuwJuy, f tnifsila and lidlidny Huiivurnr. tn(.ti ifitluddi Vti Aimr ot I aM (ilic Miiinooiil fi()i.-p(nif)!fi.fc, 1'ioiiufir, tabor, TlpiiV!j'viiiy. Ctinstiiu;. and 1 40 Year's Day) 1 yew (outurf Utah County) 1 yr (in Utah County - Thursday only) it t 1 I: . .' ' ' - -. Is smaller better than bigger? a .'id Cox is exi il (I t'i se(- his ision . for w I100I rlulnd r '(! in ( 'oining If) !:, lite, as resiilerils ot Orem ,ipear to U- embrai ing tlw- on epi ot a small (r. cornmiiiiity-ttrieiiK-d distrifi (iix, a state legislator arul m bool tear her from U-hi i.s rx- author of tlx: legislation whir h rniglil make it possible lor (ern ;esi(lenl-. 10 break awav from the Alpine S hriol li..tii(l and lorm tlieir ow.n I e iledn ated rriiii h of bis lime a a repicsenlalive (sKinvfirig k gi 1.1I1011 ih,ii makes It (Xissibie lor Utah f'rsirjenls lobnak up the birge a liool ih .iiid . mlo smaller on-, (ox l liexes lh.il smallei .( hnl (li..lri(1s air- more rnanageablr-, have less hu leaifrary and 1 ile i l'r.ei ( irrimuiiil lies I'm nid sure ol liial bur I Iboulil il would be inlei-(,lir inlei-(,lir to bear v. iil he ihougiii ,ilxil 1 b: ninve-menl ninve-menl lorre.iiean Oiem Iflsirid (ox ls 1 11. 1 .l,i!.t In . f iij.it n-Mii in Ihe egi.-,,i-lure I e a . viH'-'i otil il. In . p,ul , s ( onic-ri-lione.iihef ibis veai Ugi-K u-i ausc of iarly rriernU r. . im la. 01 lundf il vour hers llml would allow. paM i.i ddiwpublii lurids lo help pay Ihe I ml ion i ibcu 1 luMn-n u atlend pri-tale pri-tale v IkkiIs Il loik ,i w.hili: fur 1 in- li-ishiiioiilocutchon three yc,,rs lor lU ln .i version of tin-legislation ( ok said Ik- fell thai initial version, which pasvd in 200fl w.u. buidi-ned wilh so many liurdlf, iluti nodistiid r.ould ever 1 created. Si in Hk- lHt s-, ,ion Ik- sjxinsored anotlMf bill whir h iul Ihe dei ision diredly in tlK; Iiands ol ihi-s 01 r oriibinalions of cities, with populations popula-tions of lif.IHKioi giealer "All we did," Cox siiid, "was reinstate lite legislation leg-islation lli.il wits in place back in llfT 1 . 1 think it is a much superior bill." It has certainly captured Ihe attention of people peo-ple living in (Xtm, wliere tlie city has approved an iniliiil study of such a split trie first step in Hk: pnx.ess Undon, Heasant (irrwe and even Cixlar I hlLs have fallen in line. Wiry trie iritertf,t? Cox thinks the Alpine School t Jistrkl lias gnAvn so large that the com-munitM com-munitM (kni t feel connected to the dLslritt any more, and many people are kioking for altcrna- Marc Haddock t i f ji T OH COi IJMM lives "I Hunk tliere was a lot of latent, pent-up feelings thai had nowhere to go." (xik said "And that's what has fueled ilic voucher and the charter school movement." But Cox thinks the smaller district, with more direct ties to the community, commu-nity, is a better way to deal with the issues those feelings. "I think this is a far better solution," solu-tion," he told me. The trend is for some kids to be home schooled, some go to charter scIkxjIs, some go to private pri-vate schools, and some go to public scIkxjIs. 1 think we're splitting our neighborhoods apart " A smaller district "makes the community com-munity come together, rather than to split off and everybody do their own thing " At least, that's the theory. Cox has high hopes that the Orem School Ustnct will become a reality. "If we could do it once and show that it really works, I think the dam will break " And evert though he is a lame duck legislator, Cox hasn't given up the fight. When I talked to him last week, lie was on his way to a meeting of an ad hoc committee organized to help communities com-munities smooth out trie process. Cox said the eyes of several Utah communities communi-ties are following Orem, as well as districts in other slates and cities, to see what hapiens, and to see if it works. Trie problem, according to Cox, is that as school districts grow, so does the sie of bureaucracy bureau-cracy in II district, and more education dollars dol-lars end up feeding the bureaucracy iastead of teaching children. "You end up with more superintendents," he said, "but less administration." And the projxised $201) million school bond? Cox thinks passing the bond is a great idea "the best thing we could do" even if the district split is approved. The Ixmd issue, as it is now designed, will riot raise taxes, and the funds will give the new districts some nxim to divkle up assets. It sounds grxxl, if it works. Still the fad that the idea hits caught fire is a monument of sorts to Cox and his persistence. 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