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Show Thursday, February 15, 2007 Page 2 0 R E M TIMES NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU City Council approves Reva Bowen The ()rem City Council reversed a 3-3 Harming Commission Com-mission recommendation Tuesday to deny the proposed I)pez Subdivision at 639 W. 1 140 North in the low-dcasity residential R8 zone, but many council members were not happy about it. The council's decision will allow a lot recorded in 1974 to he subdivided into two lots. A new house can he constructed on the resulting deep lot, and an existing home will remain on the other lot. City Attorney Paul Johason and Jevekipment Services Director Di-rector Stan Saiasbury, who is also an attorney, were unified in their legal opinion that the proposal could not be denied on appeal because it meets the city's ordinance. City staff has filed an application ap-plication to amend ()rem City Code to prevent similar creations cre-ations of deep lots in already-platted already-platted subdivisions in the future Saiasbury said that as real estate prices have been going go-ing up in rem. "we are seeing more and more of this" type of proposal. "It is not agaiast the city code to make this application," said Mayor Jerry Washburn at one point, summarizing the council discussion. "(The applicants) ap-plicants) have that right. The Manning Commission can't flip a coin heads yes, tails no." "That's the way I would call this one," said Johnson "I feel this (proposal) doesn't fit the neighborhood," said Councilman Mark Seastrand. "I think this is getting through on a technical loophole. It seems legal, but I don't want it to be." There was no public hearing hear-ing on the issue because of the constraints involved with the City Council hearing the appeal ap-peal in what was described as a "quasi-judicial process" by Johnson. Johason said the City Coun- Olympian Confirmed from Page 1 points of the sport. "She got in a groove," Joe Raynes said. "I can still look back ... she took first in the world, the gold medal in her division." Alice Raynes said at the international meet at Notre Dame in 1987, Shelly was bowling bowl-ing in a lane next to an 85-year-old woman. "Her favorite thing is to NorthCounty NtWSPAPIRS 399 E Slate St Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443 3268 North County Editor mhaddortheraldextra com iH:-nH,rr:,i,,.':;,::llil,rii Cathy Allred 443 3262 Lent. Saratoga Springs. PI. Grove cal Ired heraldextra com Barbara Christiansen 443 -3264 American Fork. 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On the advice of Johason, Councilwoman Karen McCand-less McCand-less recused herself from the discussion and subsequent vote because, she said, the site in question is in her neighborhood and residents had discussed the matter with her before she was fully aware of the quasi-judicial nature of Tuesday's hearing. As the matter came to a vote. Mayor Washburn was visibly angry, and admitted as much. "I am very frustrated with the applicants," he said. "I wish we could prevail upon the applicants to withdraw ... As neighbors, you ought to withdraw with-draw this application. You may have the right, but, it (isn't) right. It's wrong. We are compelled com-pelled to make a decision we don't want to make. We apologize apolo-gize to the citizens who are having to deal with this. This is absolutely not right." The applicant, Carlos Lopez, did not address the council. "I am sorry," Washburn apologized again as area residents who had come to the meeting left the City Council chambers. "We are all sorry this has happened." OREM BRIEFS I Transportation concepts adopted The state may be giving up on the idea of an Interstate 15 frontage road to give better regional access from Orem and Provo to the freeway, but Orem has not. Orem's Southwest Area Transportation Study (SWATS), which was completed com-pleted in November 2003, identified the need for an 1-15 frontage road system south of say 'I'm going to do the Special Spe-cial Olympics til I'm 85,'" her mother said. Though Shelly bowls weekly to keep her competition skills sharp her career high score is 197 she also participates in other sports including speed walking and shot put with her best friend and fellow Special Olympian Angie Boren, also of Orem. "She bowls too," Shelly said "We're best buds." SheUy's parents say their daughter has not only been an Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DilLT HSI1LO PUBLISHING OO. Jennette Esplin 756 -7669 Office Manager Erin Stewart 344 2558 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Julia Fullmer 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344 -2585 Photographer Issue 58 INFORMED AND lot division SPRING TRIMMING "I've worked on this orchard all my in Orem. Crandall's grandfather, apple trees 65 years ago. He said University Parkway into Provo, Pro-vo, and a minor interchange at 800 South. Parsons Brinkerhoff, a consulting con-sulting firm assisting the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) with an analysis of the 1-15 frontage road system sys-tem and the 800 South minor interchange, has reportedly recommended eliminating the concepts from further consideration consid-eration because of costs. The resolution before the Orem City Council Feb. 13 was to adopt the concepts as part of Orem's Transportation Master inspiration to Boren and other Special Olympians (she also serves as a Global Messenger at athletic meets to introduce celebrities and helps recruit new volunteers to the program) pro-gram) but also to her family. Alice Raynes said the Special Spe-cial Olympics has given the family a way to rally around and support Shelly. All her siblings have volunteered as coaches or time keepers, but even more importantly, they've gained a sense of comfort com-fort being around people with Enjoying the art of telling tales Those who missed the Midwinter Conference of the Timpanogos Storytelling Story-telling Festival missed a rare treat. We went to the Friday night concert con-cert a standing-room-only affair in the Mountain View High School auditorium It seemed like everybody was there. Former Orem Mayor Stella Welsh welcomed us at the door, and I saw Alpine developer Wayne Patterson Patter-son a few rows in front of us. StoryteDers had spent the week at local schools, telling tales and teaching children how to spin a few yarns of their own. The kids obviously listened, because it looked as though many had brought their parents to the Friday night event. Even as we sat down, a father came in with a 10-year-old boy who was carrying car-rying a CD of stories by Bill Harley, who was one of the featured performers for the evening. This was a multi-generational event. There were several groups made up of three generations genera-tions in the audience. And kids. Lots and lots of kids. Unfortunately, a lot of them were sitting right in front of us, where there were eight kids seated between three adults which means the adults were way outnumbered. A couple were younger than the recommended age of 8, but how do you tell kids they can't come and hear the stories? Apparently no one could do that, but the youngest ones had a rough time in the middle of the performance. Next to me was a man who had grown up in Pleasant Grove, moved to Idaho to liye and who had returned recently to Orem He saw me taking tak-ing notes, and recognized my reporter's notebook. note-book. His wife recognized my photograph from this column. Since my wife and I were both raised in Idaho and had moved to north Utah County, we had a few things in common. He told me a few stories about his run for the US. Congress in Idaho while we waited for the professional tellers to get down to business. Caden Watts from Highland started things off. Caden is 12, goes to school at Mountain Ridge Jr. High, and has been performing stories for audiences since he was 5. In 2004, when he INVOLVED despite reservations .1.' ASHLEY FRANSCELL North County life," said John Crandall as he trimmed one of his pear trees who homesteaded the property, planted the peach, pear and he'll be pruning all day for the next two months. Plan. City Manager Jim Reams said that approving the resolution resolu-tion takes an even stronger position po-sition than just telling the state that the city is still interested in the concepts. "You're putting this in your plan," Reams said. "It really is a strong statement to UDOT, and not something they could ignore." I Telos rezone A 2.57-acre property at 658 South Geneva Road was rezoned to commercial com-mercial on February 13 by the disabilities. Because of the family's experiences ex-periences working and cheering cheer-ing on the disabled athletes, they've also been able to see past the disabilities and see Shelly as a wonderful sister. "What a rich blessing that is to her and us," Joe Raynes said. "It's not 'Shelly my handicapped sister,' it's 'Shelly my sister.'" Alice Raynes said Shelly's participation in the Special Olympics provides her daughter daugh-ter with a way to experience Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN ill Orem City Council. In February Febru-ary of 2004, the General Plan designation of the property was changed to community commercial. A Telos group home is planned for the site. A development develop-ment agreement with the city requires developers to grant a 19-foot tract and have setbacks for the future widening of Geneva Ge-neva Road. meaningful success and is also a way through which the entire family can help her be a winner. "The Special Olympics has given her a sense of involvement, involve-ment, a belonging she shares with other Special Olympians, Olympi-ans, a sense of identity," Joe Raynes said. Shelly said she's happy to be a Special Olympian, to make new friends, and to be someone some-one others can look up to. "I've been doing sports I can't stop," Shelly said. was 9, he was one of 14 young people peo-ple to perform at the National Youth Storytelling Olympics in Fresno, Calif. Most adults would be intimidated by that large crowd, but Caden was undaunted and told a Halloween story he'd written himself. Even the little girl in front of us, who must have been about 5, was pretty interested in what Caden had to say. Caden is one of the Storytelling Festival's many success stories. Every Ev-ery year youth storytellers from the Aipine School District are invited to tell at the fall festival, and many are gaining regional and national recognition. The rest of the evening flew by. Bil Lepp, who makes his living telling lies, entertained en-tertained us with a true story about Valentine's Day, or so he claimed, and a whopper about rope swings and swimming holes. It was clear through the evening that the audience audi-ence has been well-trained, too. "You're easy," Lepp told us. And Bill Harley, who combines storytelling with songs, agreed When Harley asked the audience to sing along, he reacted when on the first try, we hit the notes and sang loud. Normally when a performer asks for audience audi-ence participation, he has to run through the exercise a time or two to warm up the audience. But we were warm and willing. His tall tale about swamp monsters appealed to everybody, and even recaptured the attention of the 5-year-old in front of us, who was having a hard time sitting still through two-and-a-half hours of stories. And Har ley's song about what you find "Down in the backpack," sung to the tune of "Under the Boardwalk," was delightful. We all sang the chorus with appropriate gusto. I can't imagine a better way to spend an evening. It's no wonder that the tale spinners who lived before television were a valued part of society. We relived that experience Friday. Well get the chance to do it again the first week in September when the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival returns. I can hardly wait. No lie. Peterson Continued from Page I Later as a student at Brigham Young University, he heard about a linguist military intelligence unit of the Utah National Guard from roommates who were looking into possibly signing sign-ing up. Along with obvious educational benefits of serving, serv-ing, Peterson felt a sense of patriotism and pride in being able to serve his country. During his LDS mission in Colombia, where conscripted military service is required of all young men, he would watch as Colombian army trucks would roll down the street and literally snatch up kids for boot camp if they didn't have ID proving they'd already served. "That still sticks out in my mind," Peterson said. "I used to think of how little they had to defend and in reality, how much we had to defend." Employed by UVSC since 1987, Peterson is serving as the college's vice president presi-dent for administrative and legislative affairs and holds a master's and doctoral degrees de-grees from BYU. His current and past leadership positions at UVSC have provided him with vast experience in managing man-aging people, organization, and decision-making skills that have served him well in his many command assignments assign-ments with the Guard. Peterson's new Guard position posi-tion won't affect his UVSC job, but will require him to attend more meetings and make some adjustments to his schedule, he said. But what Peterson cherishes cher-ishes most about his thus-far two-decade-plus military career is the associations and friendships he's forged with Guard members and their families. "Some of the finest people I've ever worked with, I've found in the Guard," he said-Peterson's said-Peterson's wife Ann comes from a military background with her father having served 30 years in the Air Force. Though there's certainly cer-tainly sacrifices involved with being part of a military family, there's also many benefits and rewards from the service including lifelong life-long friendships and taking the couple's three children to the fabulous swimming pool at Camp Williams near Lehi "He's been honored to serve and done it very well ... we're just extremely proud and support him in all he's done," Ann Peterson said of her husband. "For VaL I think it was a duty he felt to give back for the sacrifices others made on our behalf." Midtown Continued from Page 1 With the revised site plan, developers are providing a deceleration lane that should help traffic flow. "He (Myler) will contribute contrib-ute to it (the traffic), but it is a small percentage with the overall numbers," Sains-bury Sains-bury said. "... If he adds 5 percent to that road (Orem Boulevard), we can't make him give us a lane. There are no plans currently to widen Orem Boulevard." Other options, such as mass transit, may have to be considered, Sainsbury said, noting that the city has tried to contain high density projects proj-ects on State Street. City Manager Jim Reams said Orem may be looking at 400 South between Orem Boulevard and State Street for future answers. "From a practical point of view, that's where you'll see our focus in the future," he said. 'to www.lieral(lexlra.com yellowpoges |