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Show Page 2 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, September 11, 2008 NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED Orem lauded by state Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A program to eradicate the Japanese beetle in Orem has met with "unanticipated" levels of success with a 95 percent reduction in beetle numbers in 2008, compared to 2007, said Clair Allen, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Plant Industry Division director. To celebrate that success, Allen Al-len attended Orem City Council meeting Tuesday and presented awards from the UDAF to four individuals, to recognize them for their efforts in the eradication eradica-tion program. Those honored were: Mayor Jerry Washburn; Joyce Johnson, John-son, neighborhood organization organiza-tion specialist for the city; Adrian Hinton, a Utah County agent with the Utah State University Uni-versity Extension Office; and Meredith Seaver, the Orem resident who first found the destructive insect in her yard Signs Continued from Page 1 tionally designed sometimes with landscaping features like shrubs so that drivers are not able to see through the roundabout to the other side. Language was added to the amendment stating that the homeowners' ho-meowners' association of the development identified on the sign must enter into a liability agreement with the city. The homeowners' associations are also required to maintain the signs and the landscaping in the roundabout. Coach Continued from Page J football team in the state," said David Stanley, a tight end and team captain on the 1968 championship cham-pionship team that went 12-0. Westover's former players, including Brent Sumner, a fullback on OHS teams 19(55-67, 19(55-67, cite their head coach as a major reason for their victories. victo-ries. Though there was athletic talent on the teams, Westover stuck to the basics and inspired his players to believe in themselves them-selves and to overachieve, he said. "It was the coaching," Sumner Sum-ner said. "He ... emphasized teamwork and being competitive." NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443 -3268 'North County Editor mhaddockheraldextra.com Cathy Alfred 443 3262 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. 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"This project has cost the state close to a million dollars," said Allen, "but if it hadn't taken tak-en place, it would have cost the citizens more than that." A total of 98 beetles were caught in 1,100 traps set out on 500 acres under treatment this year, compared to 2,152 beetles caught in 2007, according to a UDAF news release. "We are very pleased and relieved that the number of beetles has declined so dramatically," dramati-cally," said Allen. "Even with this success, we're not letting our guard down. The program is not over. Our goal is total eradication with zero beetle catches." The equal protection constitutional con-stitutional issue that had been raised was whether the city would have to allow other roundabouts to have signs also, if the signs were approved for the Sleepy Ridge development. Sainsbury said the signs would probably need to be allowed al-lowed if requested, but added, "We don't see a problem with that as a staff." Sainsbury showed pictures of the existing roundabouts in Orem. Orem maintains only one of the roundabouts the one located at 2000 South Sandhill Road. Those at 1200 South 400 West and 800 West But Westover's bond with his players goes far beyond Friday nights under the lights and excelling in the classroom. He genuinely cares about them as individuals, Stanley said. "Whenever any of his players play-ers had a wedding reception, he was there. If anyone died, he was the first to donate flowers flow-ers or be there for them," he said. "He really had a love for the kids." The entire Orem community came out for the games, including in-cluding grade-school kids who would sneak in. The team developed de-veloped such a following that Westover and his teams took on near-mythical proportions, Stanley said. Coach Westover Westo-ver was celebrated as a hero around town and at school. Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Megan Carleton 344 2558 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Allison Davies 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344-2585 Photographer Issue 38 for beetle Next year's treatment area is projected to be reduced to 100 acres, and beetle numbers to go down another 95 percent. Mayor Washburn said that assistant city manager Richard Manning also deserved recognition recogni-tion for his work in the effort. Washburn complimented the UDAF for how "quickly and professionally" the agency and its personnel took action in dealing with the situation. "What we were faced with was a potential disaster," said Washburn. The leadership and partnering that the crisis involved serve as an example, he said, for the way people can team up and solve problems. A "Share the Harvest" wagon was built by the city last year and placed near the Senior Friendship Center so that residents within the treatment treat-ment area who could not grow garden could still enjoy homegrown home-grown produce contributed by other residents, Washburn College Drive are maintained by Utah Valley University. Cascade Golf Course maintains main-tains the roundabout at 850 North Palisade Drive. A sign has already gone into the roundabout at Sleepy Ridge Drive and 575 South, but not yet at Sleepy Ridge Drive and Fairway Lane. Sleepy Ridge Golf Course developer Golden Holt spoke to the council and explained that the sign installation had been an oversight, and that he had been working closely with city staff throughout the development process, not realizing real-izing that the sign ordinance "He was so highly respected that when he walked down the hall, there was complete reverence. rever-ence. When he walked in the locker room, there was complete com-plete silence," Stanley said. "He commanded an audience." Many players from the nucleus of that 1968 championship champion-ship team have kept in touch with one another and Westover Westo-ver over the years. And now they've found a way to return the favor. When Stanley learned during a spring visit with his former coach that Westover needed to replace his aging driveway, Stanley and a cadre of Tiger teammates joined forces to build him a new driveway. About 10 players from the Class of '69 raised about $600 Adventures in Bear Lake Valley t snowed in Bear Lake Valley the day before we arrived for an end-of-the-summer week's vacation a portend of things to come. Not that snow is uncommon there, they just had an uncommonly short summer. My niece, who lives in Montpelier, joked that the valley val-ley enjoyed about two and a half months from the last snow storm of spring to the first one of fall. But it made the week like a kind of disaster-avoided movie. By the time we arrived the sky was as blue as the water, the sun was shining, but the wind was blowing and it was cold. The beach was deserted. The on-site store had shut down for the season and we had to survive on the boxes and boxes of groceries gro-ceries we had brought with us. Here are some movie titles that might fit the week. I Bloomington Lake Placid III Bloomington Lake is a small, glacier-fed lake 30 miles from our time-share condo, including in-cluding 12 miles of dirt road up Bloomington Canyon. The drive wasn't too bad, but the canyon road can get very narrow. On the return trip we came upon a Forest Service truck which had slipped off the road while trying to let another car pass. It may still be there. That could have been us! The road and trailhead are greatly improved im-proved from the 1960s when I last visited the area, and the .6-mile trail was reasonable for the grandkids we took with us, except the three-year-old, who asked to be carried from time to time. The area is still breathtakingly beautiful. The cliffs make a spectacular backdrop to the crystal clear lake. We missed the bear, although we found his paw print in the mud. There were lots of cows, but some fancy footwork helped us avoid another kind of disaster. I Adrienne's Baby We spent two days with two of my daughters daugh-ters and three pre-schoolers. It's always a gift to spend time with the younger kids who don't live that close to grandma and grandpa. Three-year-old Ellie would don her princess dress at every opportunity so she could look eradication said. Inmates from the Utah County Jail have also contributed contrib-uted with pride from the produce they have raised at their garden, he said. OREM BRIEFS Rezoning issue continued Consideration of a rezoning issue in Orem will have to wait for a property sale. The Orem City Council voted Tuesday to continue a rezoning issue to the Sept. 23 meeting in order to allow applicant James Larsen time to purchase the "nuisance strip" of land in question from the current owner. The property is located at 1026 N. 1200 West. The request was to rezone the 2,245-square-foot parcel from the residential R8 to the highway services zone. Larsen is in the process of building a new business, Advance Ad-vance Automotive, at the site. City attorney Paul Johnson defined a "nuisance strip" as needed clarification. Holt said the roundabout signs, which identify the housing developments, give a "character and ambience" that are created at the developer's expense, and add to the community com-munity as a whole. "I think it's a good decision (to approve the signs)," said Holt. Councilman Mark Seast-rand Seast-rand expressed a concern that the long-term responsibility for the cost of maintaining the roundabout signs would lie with the homeowners who pay association fees. Mayor Jerry Washburn for the project and provided the muscle for ripping out the old driveway Friday and pouring the new concrete on Saturday. They also got help from local contractors and businesses that let them borrow bor-row equipment and dispose of the old concrete slabs. "I feel proud and a little non-deserving," non-deserving," Westover said of the gift from his former players play-ers and students. "I was just doing my job and they were doing their jobs but maybe a little rubbed off." The school's football success during the 1960s, he said, was a product of its great players and assistant coaches and an attitude that permeated the entire en-tire Orem High student body. "It was a winning attitude," Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN 1 success "a parcel of property that is not in compliance with the size requirements of the zoning ordinance." or-dinance." He said such a parcel usually sits, undeveloped. If the nuisance strip is purchased pur-chased by Larsen and rezoned to highway services, the applicant appli-cant plans to have his building act as a retaining wall due to an elevation drop. Signage at University Mall increased A request from Woodbury Corporation, owners own-ers of the University Mall, to increase signage on their site was approved by the Orem City Council Sept. 9. The amendment to the city's sign ordinance allows up to five freestanding pole signs for properties that contain more than 2,000 feet of combined frontage along University Parkway and State Street. The mall property is currently the only parcel that meets that frontage requirement. noted that the City Council is not responsible for mitigating mitigat-ing such fees, but the signs are tied to the maintenance issue, and if the maintenance is not done, the signs can be removed by the city. After the council voted to approve the signs, Washburn asked Holt for an update on the clubhouse that is being built at the golf course. Holt said the footing foundations are in, and builders are trying to frame the building before winter. A contract calls for a nine-month construction schedule, and a May ribbon cutting is tentatively planned. Westover said. "They're great kids." David Benson, an offensive tackle with the OHS Class of '69 who assisted with the driveway project, said Westover is more than deserving of their thanks. "It will be a lot of fun doing it even though it will be hard work," he said. "He was just an unreal guy and a motivator. ... You just wanted to play your heart out for him." Just last week, Sumner was talking to some friends about his Orem High days and the influence Westover has had on his life. "He stays with you the rest of your life," Sumner said. "I probably think about him on a regular basis, and during football foot-ball season, every day." like Cinderella. Baby Emily was a doll, except when she was sleeping in our room, snoring like a 50-year-old truck driver. Two-year-old Max redefined the word "terrible twos." Even when we thought we knew where he was, he could surprise us. Like the time he tossed a white ribbon over the balcony rail while looking directly at us smiling. We realized he was dropping the bookmark book-mark from the book Grandma had been reading. Fortunately she was able to recover her place, and now she will be able to find out if Bella chooses Edward or Jacob (Like there was any question). Disaster averted. Or when he came running out carrying the pills I had carefully tucked away so the little kids wouldn't find them. Or the numerous times he re-arranged Elbe's po-nytail po-nytail without her permission. It was always something, and only diligence made certain we avoided a disaster a minute. I The Poseidon Misadventure Steve, my wife's son, arrived Saturday in his mega-truck with his wife, three kids and two jet skis in tow. This coincided with the first warm day of our vacation. Early in the afternoon, I took one of the machines ma-chines out with 8-year-old Jayden and 9-year-old Scott. I indulged them both, letting them take a turn at the controls, keeping my hands on the handlebars so I could maintain control if needed. We were quite far from shore when Scott made a sudden turn and cut the speed at the same time, and all three of us were tossed overboard fanny over teakettle. I was sure this would be it. My first concern was for my unsecured glasses. I put my hand to my face, keeping them in place until I bobbed to the surface to rescue the boys, who I was sure would be scared out of their wits. But the first thing I heard as I broke the surface was the peals of laughter. "That was fun," Scott told Jayden as both floated on the water. The boys were still laughing about their adventure as we sped to shore fast enough to dry us off. All in all, it was a pretty good week, despite de-spite the disastrous beginning. Hunt Continued from Page 1 half, going through physical therapy every day. His dairy routine has recently consisted of practicing going down stairs and using a walker on his own so he won't have to rely on his mother when he returns home. His mother said she will be his nurse at home, though he promptly responded re-sponded she will not because she does not like to give him his daily shots in his stomach. "The nurse came in with the shot and my mom wouldn't do it, so I did," he said. Hunt's mother, Mindy Carter Shaw, said her son has consistently proven doctors doc-tors wrong throughout his recovery. He has been told he may not be able to use his leg much, but he replied that he was also supposed to be dead. Most recently, doctors did not believe he would be able to move his leg at all Subsequently, Subse-quently, he worked to be able to move his foot on his own and showed off his new skill at the news conference. "When the doctors say no, he says yes," Shaw said. With the shocking pain through his leg that he feels daily, Hunt said thinking about getting out of the hospital hos-pital helps take the pain off his mind. Hunt said one of the things he is most excited for when he goes home will be to see all of his friends. He said the help and support he has gotten from friends and strangers has been appreciated. appreci-ated. "I'm really glad and happy that they've helped me and stuff with their prayers," he said. "And it just makes me feel happy when I read their cards. So, thank you, guys." Kidney Continued from Page 1 needed to be there. One of the restaurant's employees was Esmerelda Delgado, who told him of a brother who was unable to keep a job because of his health problems. Gilbert quickly began be-gan fundraising efforts for Juan Delgado, trying to get other 'franchises and the corporate cor-porate offices involved. "I immediately felt like this is something we need to help with," he said. Soon, Juan Delgado was put on the transplant list, but none of his family was compatible com-patible for the transplant. Gilbert Gil-bert and his wife were tested, and his results were the first to come back positively, so he volunteered for the transplant. trans-plant. It was the right thing to do, he said, and there was no hesitation for him. "It doesnt seem as major of a thing to me as everyone else seems to think it is," he said. . Gilbert said he is glad to be able to help Delgado, though he joked the kidney will have to count as Delgado's Christmas bonus. "I just feel blessed that I have the opportunity to start to give this kid a normal childhood," he said. Gilbert said several franchises fran-chises around the country want to help with fundraising fundrais-ing as well, with some organizing orga-nizing charity golf events or donating a percentage of their profits. Donations can also be made at the Charley's in the University Mall, or by sending donations to the National Na-tional Transplant Assistance Fund, 150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-120, Radnor, PA 19087. Esmerelda Delgado said she was surprised at how willing her new boss was to help her brother. Even after knowing her for only a few days, she said he was eager to get involved. "When he told us he'd help us, I couldnt believe it," she said. With the surgery quickly approaching, Juan Delgado said he is starting to get a little nervous for the event. Delgado said he was surprised sur-prised that his boss decided to donate his kidney, and he is very happy he will be getting get-ting some help. "I just don't know how to say thank you' to him," he said. |