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Show ORE M TIMES Thursday, July It 2008 Page 2 NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED Orem partners with Lindon for city Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A marriage of city resources between Orem and Lindon looks to be in a "honeymoon" phase. The two municipalities recently re-cently agreed to a partnership that will provide full-time fire coverage plus emergency medical med-ical and dispatch services to Lindon, and more comprehensive comprehen-sive service coverage in Orem, north of HiOO North. Orem public safety director Mike Larsen said that the contract con-tract with Lindon has Lindon paying $1.2 million annually to Orem, allowing the department depart-ment to hire 12 firefighters to staff Fire Station 5, lx:ated in Lindon, and three dispatchers. Lindon provides the buildings the station and an adjacent house used as living quarters for the firefighters. Orem furnishes a supervisor for each crew of four, making a five-person crew. There are three shifts, providing 24-hour coverage. Orem also supplies equipment. Those staffing the station are considered Orem employees, and follow the city's procedures, Larsen said. "It's a good deal for both cities," cit-ies," Lirsen explained. "Lindon does not have to pay the costs of a full fire department, and we do not have to build a building build-ing ... Lindon gets full-time fire Asphalt Continued from Page 1 works building going $100,000 over budget to pave the facility's facil-ity's parking lot, Weber said. Current summer city road projects, such as the 1-mile reconstruction overlay of 800 East between University Parkway Park-way and Center Street, are T-ball Continued from Page 1 most. Much less important are adherence to traditional rules and experiencing the rigors of intense competition. There are basically two rules in the game: make sure everybody every-body bats, and make sure everybody ev-erybody plays in the outfield, Cloward said. The two teams alternate batting through the line-up and playing in the infield and outfield, exchanging places when each member of one team has had their turn at bat. NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS ' 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443 3268 North County Editor mhaddock heraldextra com I'ilf-raHT.Tf Cathy Alfred 443 3262 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. Grove callredheraldextra.com Barbara Christiansen 443 -3264 American Fork, Alpine, Cedar Hills bchristiansen heraldextra .com Mike Rigert 443-3265 Orem, Vineyard mrigertheraldextra.com Beky Beaton 443-3267 Sports bbeatonheraldextra.com h. 'li 1 i 1 I H I ift'SSftiiiSiiiSSl Josh Walker 443-3260 Advertising Account Executive jwalkerheraldextra.com Volume 135 Orem Times Daily Herald Edition. USPS 411-700, a weekly newspaper published at 399 E. State St.. Pleasant Grove. Utah 84063. Periodicals postage paid at Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 and at additional mailing offices PoatniMfr Send address changes to Orem Times, PO. Box 65, Orem. Utah 84059-0065. Published Thursdays by Lee Publications, which is a division of Lee Enterprises. Inc. Member: Audit Bureau of Circulations Vrrrrrrfl-n coverage, and this gives us coverage in an area we were stretching to cover." The fire station was one of the stops on a field trip taken July 1 1 by Orem mayor Jerry Washburn, members of the City Council, and some of the city's department heads and executive staff. Lindon mayor Jim Dain and city manager Ott Dameron were on hand to greet the Orem delegation, who then toured the site. "I'm happy to be here." stated ( racy Christensen, one of the firefighter paramedics on duty at the time. "We have had mrthing but good response from people. There is a group of early-morning walkers who pass by and tell us how glad they are that we are here." The first stop on the field trip for Orem officials was at Cherry I till Park in south Orem, where contractors are rebuilding rebuild-ing a rest room that was destroyed de-stroyed in a vandalism incident. Public works director Bruce Chesnut told the group that a new -style, low-maintenance pavilion pa-vilion is also being constructed at the park, along with a storage stor-age area and parking lots. "This is also one of the parks we have just put streetlights in." noted Larsen. The bus carried the group through areas of town where infrastructure improvements under contract with suppliers like Geneva Rock will be completed, com-pleted, he said. Other summer road maintenance main-tenance work includes slurry and crack seal applications that help extend the life of a street. "That's where it will hit us - in the day-to-day operations," Weber said "And with next summer's projects." Some of the kids hit the ball off the tee, some take coach pitches. If anyone needs help hitting, throwing, or running the bases, they get it. A score is not kept, and when an hour has passed, the game is over. "Homerun Mont," a crowd favorite, hit the ball at Saturday's Satur-day's game, rounded first base, and went on to second. The ball "caught up" to him at third base, but he ran on in to home for one of his signature homer-uns, homer-uns, greeted by enthusiastic applause from spectators. One young man in a wheelchair wheel-chair was pushed by his father to home plate, where dad Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 i DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7669 Office Manager Kira Johnson 344 2558 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Megan Carleton 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Ft anscell 344-2585 Photographer Issue 29 ffffii , , Orem city officials and staff members tour the Lindon Fire Station Friday. The fire station recently became Orem Station 5 when the city took over fire and ambulance service for Lindon. have been or are being made, including subdivisions by Sharon Sha-ron Elementary in the area of Main Street and 500 North. Chesnut pointed out the new streets and sidewalks, and said that often, when infrastructure improvements are done, property prop-erty owners are motivated to "step it up" and make improvements improve-ments to their properties. Scott Thompson, UDOT Region Re-gion Three spokesman, said an oil company in Uinta Basin has notified Utah transportation officials that the manufacturer has no more oil for one of its projects. But the oil and asphalt as-phalt crunch isn't yet grinding in-progress UDOT projects in Utah County to a halt. "We're finding it is having an impact," he said. "But as far helped him bat, then steadfastly stead-fastly pushed his son around the bases. Roberta Stephenson of American Fork said her son, Robert, 16, has participated in the adapted T-ball program since he was 8 years old, and has gained confidence from the experience. "Of course, there are also the physical aspects gaining gain-ing strength and learning the basic skills of the game," she said. Robert has gone from hitting hit-ting the ball off the tee, to taking tak-ing coach pitches, Stephenson said. Trail beneficial to Utah Lake Efforts to preserve and conserve Utah Lake could receive a boost if the planned trail around the lake from Provo to Lehi were completed. At least that's the way it seemed Monday night as my wife and I were riding our bikes on the brief part of the trail in Vineyard. We ended up there after taking a detour through Lindon where they are building a tunnel under State Street for a hiking and biking trail one of two currently being built in Utah County. The other is under S.R. 72 in west Lehi, for the Provo-Jordan River Parkway. These tunnels cost more than $ 1 million and the fact that the federal government is willing to fund them demonstrates a major commitment on its part to provide safe trails for our communities. com-munities. I had spoken with Mayor Jim Dain of Lindon Lin-don about the trail on Friday, and he was most enthusiastic about it, so Sharon and I came to the construction site, found where the trail picked up on the west side of State Street and took our bikes to see where it ended up. It was a great ride a gentle slope leading towards Utah Lake. The goal, as I understand it, is to have this trail link lip with the Provo-Jordan Provo-Jordan River Parkway on the shore of Utah Lake Much of the parkway is completed, and Sharon and I have ridden on most of it. The completed portion from Utah Lake through Provo Canyon is a favorite, especially on the extreme ends. The Provo Canyon stretch from Nunn's Park to Vivian Park and the South Fork Road is a revelation, with Bridal Veil Falls just one of many beautiful sights. On the other end, the ride from Geneva Road to Utah Lake State Park is also secluded and a lot of fun. You will find lots of people anywhere along this path, walking, riding, skating or boarding. It's a great example of why building trails is a good use of public funds. The trail from inlet park to just north of Thanksgiving Point along the Jordan River is another example of an interesting trail. We took three grandkids there the morrmg of the MARC HADDOCKNorth County Orem Fire Station 2 on Main Street, bedecked with scaffolding, was the next stop. "This is our remodel," said Larsen. The station is being renovated from a one-story building with barracks-style sleeping quarters, to a structure struc-ture with seismic upgrades, upstairs living quarters to accommodate ac-commodate personnel of both as 1 know, the 800 North project proj-ect is on schedule and will be done in early fall." The Vineyard Connector, a $ 170 million UDOT project currently in the environmental study phase meant to link traffic traf-fic in American Fork directly with 800 North in Orem as an alternative route in preparation prepara-tion for Interstate 15 reconstruction, recon-struction, may also see a price "My husband and I are here, and anyone else who can come... Orem has been consistent consis-tent and very, very organized in the sponsorship process. It's been really good to know we could count on the program every year," she said. Clifton Pyne said his daughter, daugh-ter, Cindy, 50, has benefitted from the adapted T-ball program, pro-gram, and other programs. "Everything that is done for these young people is a blessing," bless-ing," he said. "These programs are very important." Coaches for the teams this year were Stephanie Adkins of Orem, and Roger and Tricia Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN .Hi services sexes, and offices downstairs. Larsen said the interior of the building will be entirely new, and is due to be completed complet-ed the first part of November. Near the city's water tanks, the Orem group traded its bus for trucks, and embarked on what might be, for most, a unique opportunity to journey beyond locked gates to glimpse some of the features of the city's water system. Members of the group were warned to watch for rattlesnakes, and traveled over some rough, primitive roads. They were able to stand by a siphon that looks like a straw on the mountainside when viewed from Mt. Timpanogos Park in the canyon below. One stop was a ravine that was typical of those that workers work-ers in the late 1800s had to cross in constructing wooden, elevated canals. Those early structures have deteriorated now, and only a few remnants remain. Highlight of the tour was the chance to see a site where the renowned Alta Springs gushes out of the mountain at what Chris Tschirki, water resources resourc-es division manager, said is a rate of six and one-half million gallons per day. Together, the Alta and nearby near-by Canyon Springs provide about 14-15 percent of Orem's water supply, Tschirki said. hike due to rising asphalt and other material costs, he said. At its earliest, construction on the Vineyard Connector would begin in mid to late 2009, he said. Though typically more expensive, UDOT may look at concrete and other road materials for future projects if asphalt Costs continue to climb, Thompson said. Alworth of Highland. Joel Bennett was on hand Saturday to assist his wife, Emily, an Orem employee, in managing the equipment. He said he grew up helping his sister with Down syndrome to play sports. "I think it's awesome," Bennett said of the T-ball program. pro-gram. "It gives the kids an opportunity to come and play. It's not overly competitive, and the families are very supportive." At the end of the game, players play-ers received Olympics-style ribboned medals to celebrate the successes of the season. Fourth of July. We started at Willow Wil-low Park, and found the seclusion of the trail and the slow-moving Jordan to be magical. As far as we could tell Monday, the trail in Lindon has a way to go before it connects with the Parkway. Park-way. The trail now ends at a park on the west side of town, and there are major obstacles in its path, such as Geneva Road, M5 and two railroad rail-road tracks. Since the ride was fun, but short, we decided to visit the section of trail Vineyard completed last year that town's contribution to the parkway. This section of trail is a good illustration il-lustration of what a Completed trail system could do for our underappreciated underap-preciated lake. It was late when we reached the trail, and the sun was setting fast. Few people were there, most of them at the Lindon Board Harbor. Har-bor. There was just enough wind to ripple the surface of the lake, and that was contrasted by the mirror-smooth glass that covered the two ponds that were once used by the Geneva Steel plant. A heron perched on some apparatus in the pond was silhouetted in the evening light, creating cre-ating a striking picture. The scene was peaceful, peace-ful, the setting serene. This was Utah Lake at its best. I've lived in this valley for the most part of the past 35 years, and I dont think IVe ever connected with Utah Lake as I did in those brief moments Monday evening. We are going back to explore the area more completely tomorrow, and I cant wait. People pay a lot of money to rent bikes and ride on paths that have a lot less to offer than a trail along the shore of Utah Lake does. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, that wont happen until the trail is completed, instead of existing in bits and pieces.. If you want to teach people to love this lake, you've got to get them close to it. Finishing the Utah shore portion of the Provo-Jordan River Parkway win do just that. You'd think that all those groups hoping to "save" the lake would see that, and work to complete the trail. Recycling Continued from Page i for recycling, contacted seven other apartment complexes com-plexes in Orem. None of them offered the more green-friendly green-friendly way of dealing with waste other than tossing them in garbage bins that go to in a landfill. "If every apartment in Orem would start recycling, or even half Of them, I mean the amount of resources and trees saved is just enormous," enor-mous," he said. Susan Hayward, a spokeswoman spokes-woman for Waste Management Manage-ment that provides recycling service for Community programs in Orem, Lehi and Cedar Hills, said recycling is available to apartments and businesses in Orem. But the carelessness or lack of education educa-tion by even a single tenant misusing the recycle bin can ruin the whole batch if someone some-one deposits garbage into a community recycle bin. "All it takes is one ice cream cone ... and the whole thing has to go to the dump," she said. To combat the problem, Waste Management is conducting con-ducting a pilot program at five smaller apartment complexes com-plexes in Orem, Hayward said. In some instances, they've found success in providing pro-viding key access to those dropping off recycling items at the manager's office Or neighbors coming together to form a recycling association to prevent contamination. "It basically started because be-cause people kept on calling us and needed the service," she said. With the permission of apartment owners, individual apartment tenants can subscribe sub-scribe to Waste Management to get an 90-gallon blue recycle re-cycle tote for the Orem curb-side curb-side program, Hayward said. But Golieb won't rest until un-til apartment owners offer recycling as a basic service the same as water or garbage gar-bage utilities to tenants. He wrote a Letter to the Editor that appeared in the July 8 edtion of the Daily Herald, began collecting signatures (he's got about 500), and on Monday, met with Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn to demonstrate he's not the only one who supports recycling for those in medium- and high-density housing. During their meeting, they discussed possible options that the city might be able to explore including making mak-ing the currently voluntary residential curbside service mandatory for apartment Complexes or locating more recycling bin drop off points in Orem neighborhoods. Curbside single-flow recycling recy-cling is currently available to door-to-door residents for $3 per month through Waste Management. "He was very, very helpful," Golieb said. "He definitely wanted to help me." Washburn said he would consult with assistant city administrator Richard Manning, Man-ning, the City's recycling program expert and Waste Management Officials, the contracted residential recycling recy-cling provider for Orem to see what options might be available to the Orem City Council. "It's certainly something we need to look at," Washburn Wash-burn said. General cfty-wide recyling container drop-off points are located in Orem, he said. But Washburn urged caution cau-tion with the idea of the City Council making the service mandatory by law by singling sin-gling out a specific segment of Orem when council members mem-bers have already decided that it should be optional "That could be problematic," problem-atic," Washburn said. Jim Reams, Orem's city manager, said the city was able to revive its recycling program that just under a decade ago was failing due to non-participation. Today nearby 5,000 residential customers cus-tomers in Orem subscribe to the curbside recycling program. "We almost lost the program pro-gram and to see the numbers now is exciting for us," he said. "We like to encourage everyone to recycle. It's in the community's best interest." inter-est." Golieb said he will continue his advocacy for recycling at Orem apartment complexes until it becomes a reality. He is hopeful the City Council and the parties involved wiD see its value and come up with a workable solution. "No one has to recycle, he said. "But it should be mandatory manda-tory that everyone has the opportunity to recycle and that's not the case." |