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Show AN EDITION OF THE 0um " CAR-PT LOTC-Oie LTfth KhCsiS ASSOCIATION ' i E 3900 S STE 100 Al i LAK'F r-TTv i .-r S4 124-1501 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. JULY 6. 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Temporary library a success SCHOOLS: Orern Junior High School honor roll SPORTS: Orem Owl; set home attendance record WAfl fe ukpv.. Yr ELECTRIC DUO SERVE CUSTOMERS, SAVE DAY Consulting firm oa n LA i tax to bolster existing ar s Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Many questions surround the future of the arts in Orem, as the city now looks at how to best spend the estimated $1.8 million annually that will come as a result of the new Cultural Arts and Recreation Rec-reation Enhancement tax. In a work meeting Tuesday, the Orem City Council heard a progress report on a $40,000 cultural arts feasibility study commissioned com-missioned by the city and being conducted by AMS Planning and Research Corporation, a business described by Orem Library Director Direc-tor Louise Wallace as "one of the leading cultural arts consulting firms in the nation." During a presentation by Bob Bailey and Rebecca Ratzkin of AMS, Mayor Jerry Washburn said that the city did not employ the firm to "say how to disperse the CARE tax," but to give a scientific sci-entific market analysis of Orem's facilities in order to determine needs. One of the main questions facing fac-ing the city is whether or not to build a performing arts center, which would require a large financial fi-nancial commitment, freliminary research indicates that it would be "an expensive proposition for a modest impact," Bailey said. "The last thing we need is an art center that just makes the city look good," is one quote shared from in-depth interviews See TAX, Page 2 j? ' - " y Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF grandson of the founders of the l I Hale Center Theater Orem, live stae mA actinS runs in Ryan CJ Radebaugh's blood. v Over the past 16 years, Rade-U Rade-U U baugh, 30, has acted or directed nearly 40 theatrical productions including one of his favorites, "Over the River and Through the Woods." He also directed "Lilacs in the Rain," a play his grandmother Ruth Hale wrote. Yet Radebaugh's second passion after the stage and his wife Lindsay and their three young boys is education. The Bonneville Elementary El-ementary School teacher is earning a master's degree in education from Brigham Young University. Four years ago, Radebaugh was chatting with an older sister about how to keep busy during the summer school break and provide some additional income for his family. "She said 'You love teaching and acting. Why don't you put the two together?'" he said. Radebaugh went to his aunt and uncle who are part owners of the Hale Center Theater Orem, hatched his idea, developed a curriculum curricu-lum and for four years running, his Summer Workshops have been one of the most unique summer experiences for over 500 kids in the valley. Broken Sip into two-week sessions, students can enroll in a beginners class (grades 2-6) or an intermediate-level class (grades 7 and up) where they are exposed to basics of acting, audition preparation and other nuances of the stage. Workshop sizes are kept small, typically typi-cally no more than 12 to 15 students. "If you are cast in a show, these are the things you need to know," Radebaugh said of the very practical applications students learn in the workshop. Though the SCERA Center and Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem also offer summer acting courses for kids, Radebaugh Rade-baugh said the Hale Center Theater summer workshops are different. "We're not so focused on the final recital," he said. "It's more of a workshop than a recital re-cital experience." During improvisation games, kids are assigned as-signed a role, such as a superhero or a pirate, and the other students have to guess the See CLASS, Page 2 Welcome to Bonnie and Clyde, Utah in Orem? Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD Get off Interstate 15 onto Orem's Center Street. Travel east until you get to 700 West. Turn left. Turn right on 40 North, which a block later curves into 600 West. Welcome to Bonnie andor Clyde, Utah. They're not cities, neighborhoods neighbor-hoods or historical sites. They're not even families living in the quiet central Orem neighborhood. Orem City Manager Jim Reams guessed they were a creation of an attention-seeking individual, and a local post office supervisor thought this reporter wasn't all there when he heard the query. To most people, Bonnie and Clyde remain the lawless duo who terrorized ter-rorized law enforcement through the southwest in the early 1900s. But to MapQuest, Google and dozens of index sites to buy used cars or real estate or search for a school, library or hospital, Bonnie Bon-nie and Clyde are real enough to advertise. How Bonnie and Clyde found immortality in Utah is a mystery. Type "Clyde, Utah" or "Bonnie, Utah" into Google, and you'll get plenty of hits for both. At the top of both are links to different maps to get there. GoogleMaps will send you to the Orem City Center, while MapQuest's directions end at a church in an Orem neighborhood. neighbor-hood. The maps come from third-party vendors, who get their information infor-mation from a number of sources, including the U.S. Post Office, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Geological Survey, according to Tele Atlas, the company supplying supply-ing MapQuest. The post office, for example, lists both Bonnie and Clyde under the ZIP codes 84057 and 84058, but also lists them as not accessible. acces-sible. They are in the database, but a letter mailed to "Bonnie, UT 84057" wouldn't make it. Ron Hubrich, the consumer affairs manager for the Postal Service in Utah, said it's possible the two are aliases that just aren't recognized as serviceable. "I guess Bonnie is something," he said, noting the ZIP code classification. clas-sification. But that didn't clear up the confusion. "I've never heard of either one of these." Searching for Bonnie or Clyde in the census records comes up empty. "I'm not really sure what those are," she said. In the Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information See OREM, Page 2 MARIO RUIZNorth County Students from the intermediate acting class at the Hale Center Theater in Orem rehearse their skit "The Slumber Party" on Thursday. Members of the Hale family have set up the summer acting classes for children at the Hale Theater. Summer class for kids combines teacher's two passions WWW.HERALDEXTRA.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE I il ll ! : B : Briefi.n9 ill ' f i f MATT SMITHDaily Herald John Q. Hammons makes a joke while talking about the hotel he will be building in Pleasant Grove, as state dignitaries listen Wednesday morning. HIGH-RISE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER CEN-TER COMING TO PG - A trusted name in the hospitality hos-pitality industry John Q. Hammons Hotels and Resorts announced plans last week to develop a 12-story, 300-suite Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Con-ference Center near the Interstate 15 interchange in Pleasant Grove's Gateway. The project is supposed to be a adjacent to a proposed 106-acre lifestyle center Sundance Commons Com-mons to be comprised of 200 retailers, office space, apartments and condominiums. Though the original developer dropped out of the Sundance Commons project, two other developers are waiting in the wings. With the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center and Sundance Commons as anchors, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove expects booming retail and business growth in the Gateway area just off 1-15. FORMER OREM POLICE DETECTIVE ENTERS PLEA DEAL IN SEX CASE - Barry Nielsen, a former for-mer sergeant and detective with the Orem Department Depart-ment of Public Safety, entered a plea deal June 26 with prosecutors. Nielsen pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor charge of sexual battery and in exchange prosecutors dropped two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse and Class B misdemeanor count of lewdness. Nielsen won't serve any jail time for the crime and also won't have to register as a sex offender with the state in the case, an outcome the victim is not pleased with. Investigators with Utah County Sex Crimes Task Force said on Nov. 10 Nielsen drove the woman, a Maverik store clerk, to an isolated location where he sexually abused her. A judge sentenced Nielsen to two years court probation and to have a psycho-sexual evaluation within 60 days to see if treatment is recommended. Nielsen's defense attorney John Allan said if his client abides by all the terms of his probation, his guilty plea may be reduced to a lesser charge of lewdness by the court. TWO ARRESTED ON RAPE CHARGE -Two Orem men were arrested Friday for allegedly raping a girl in February. According to two probable cause statements, Juan Carlos Guzman, who was 19 at the time of the incident, and Jose Esequiel Alcantar, who was 18 at the time of the incident, were arrested after they, and one other man and boy, allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl. On Feb. 11, the four picked up the 15-year-old girl in Provo and took her to the L & L Motel in Orem, the statement said. Once they were there, they gave the girl alcohol and each of the four raped her. On Feb. 19, the girl reported the rape to a Spring-ville Spring-ville doctor. According to the statements, the girl, while at Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove, saw the boy and notified police at the carnival. On June 30, the boy told police that he and Guzman, Guz-man, Alcantar and another man, who was 20 at the time of the incident, had sex with the victim, even though she kept saying no. Guzman and Alcantar appeared in 4th District Court Monday and Judge Anthony Schofield set their bail at $75,000 cash only. 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