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Show BUILDING COMMUNITY IN OREM AND VINEYARD "i nn IMES jwmi EDITION THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009 50 CENTS 3 r SCHOOLS: Students chop locks ol hair for charity TOWN HALL: Council OKs WinCo foods in village INSIDE: Handling salmonella outbreaks 1$ Prep ESaSEy Utah Valley High School Sports Myth Buster i It V) CST MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Film director Jacob Hoehne right answers questions about his film "Mormon Myth-ellaneous" after a screening at the LDS Film festival Qf tha SCFP A Thontpr in Orem on Friday. - '-1 . .,.'' - . Locally made film tackles Mormon myths Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF Jacob Hoehne, a film producer with Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove-based Issimo Productions, got the idea for one of his latest projects when he was called to be gospel doctrine teacher in liis LDS Church ward in American Fork. Researching his lessons, he began stumbling stum-bling upon various stories and urban church legends that regularly circulate around the Mormon Belt in chapel foyers and temple trip carpools. Many of the myths were familiar famil-iar to Hoehne from his days in seminary or tracting as a church missionary in Italy. "I had all these stories and no idea whether wheth-er they were true or not, or where they came from," he said. "It piqued my interest." Many in LDS Church culture have heard the tale of actor Steve Martin being a member, mem-ber, wondered if Elvis ever did read from the Book of Mormon, or perhaps heard that the diminutive green Jedi master in the Star Wars films, Yoda, was patterned after former LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball. In the 60-minute film "Mormon Myth-ellaneous" Myth-ellaneous" made for Covenant Communications Communica-tions and available on DVD at local retailers, Hoehne, with and a cast and crew made up largely of north Utah County residents, investigates some of these often-humorous stories and interviews experts on LDS culture cul-ture and history. See FILM, Page 2 Stonehenge arrives in Orem Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF Motorists cruising near Center . Street and 400 West in Orem in recent weeks may have made a double take upon glimpsing a newly erected large-scale replica of the iconic prehistoric monument monu-ment Stonehenge in England. But the 198,000-pound fixture isn't part of a traveling art exhibit ex-hibit or the theme of a new children's chil-dren's park it's the centerpiece of the new transitional skilled nursing facility at 435 W. Center St., appropriately named Stonehenge Stone-henge of Orem. Boasting private rooms and an upscale resort-like atmosphere, the facility is owned by Maple-ton Maple-ton stone mason Cory Robison and a business partner. It has a 23,000-square-foot center with mostly private rooms, dining and visiting areas, and a oneof-kind, three-story tall rock and wood fireplace in the lobby constructed by Robison. Robison, who also designed and built the replica Stonehenge that is 40-percent to scale of its namesake, said it's made out of petrified sandstone, a material mario RuizDaiiy Herald A one-third petrified sandstone replica of Stonehenge was erected in See FACILITY, Page 2 front of Stonehenge of Orem transitional nursing facility. City l s trails plm, traffic Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Trails plan development, potential speed limit changes, and stop sign change authority were the three topics discussed Tuesday by the Orem City Council and Transportation Advisory Commission Com-mission in a work session held prior to the regular regu-lar city council meeting. Darrell Cook, chairman of the Orem commission commis-sion and an aclministrator with Mountainland Association of Governments, began the meeting with the discussion of trails plan development. Cook said that about seven years ago, MAG put together a local trails map that included trails on roadways and transit routes. When supplies of that map ran out, MAG started gathering data and updating information for a reprint. "It was an eye-opener," Cook said, handing out a map that shows proposed and existing trails and bike lanes in Provo, Lin-don, Lin-don, Vineyard, and Orem. On the map, Orem has a few " ? solid lines of existing trails and bike lanes, but unlike surrounding communities, very few proposed trails and lanes. Cook said he has a daughter daugh-ter who lives in Fort Collins, Colo., a college community that is roughly the same size as Orem's. Citing the Colorado Colo-rado city's "very aggressive" aggres-sive" program for bicycle trails, Cook referenced a 1995 final draft plan and 2008 update by professional planners that emphasized a "vision plan" for Fort Collins bikeways. The plan uses a hierarchy of trails major street bikeways, low -traffic street bikeways, and off -road trails to form a bikeway system that is part of the regional bicycle transportation transporta-tion network. Fort Collins enlisted con- sultants for their program, and Cook said the Orem Transportation Advisory Commission has been looking at the cost of a similar study within a range of $50,000 to $125,000. Funding sources that have been identified vary from one requiring requir-ing a local match at 8020 percent to a federal funding source that could cover 100 percent of the cost. Cook said that in a "worst case" scenario, Orem's financial participation for a study would probably be about $10,000. He stressed the importance im-portance of public engagement in the process, and interaction with the bicycling community. "The more investment there is in the product as a commission, City Council, and the public the better chance it has of going somewhere," Cook said. He asked the council if the focus of a plan should be on Orem, or on central Utah County. See PLANS, Page 2 The more investment there is in the product ... the better chance it has of going go-ing somewhere." some-where." Darrell Cook CITY COUNCIL MEMBER UTAH COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S ANNUAL TOUR OF THE LEGISLATURE - The Utah County Republican Women will travel by bus on Feb. 9 at 7 a.m. departing from Orem to the State Capitol to attend a committee meeting and meet with state Sen. John Valentine and Representative Rebecca Lockhart for an update of issues to be discussed during the general session that morning. The tour will also include observe proceedings in the House and Comm u n it y Briefing the Senate. Lunch will be served at noon in the multipurpose room where Utah County legislators will give brief reports. Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. will address the group at 1:45 p.m. The return trip will be at 2:30 p.m. Reservations can be made by contacting con-tacting Pearl Rex Hartzell at 225-1521, Marge Stolk at 756-1851, or Suzanne Merrill at 787-9372. Tickets for the bus and hot lunch are $25. Members and visitors are invited. EVOLUTIONS OF DANCE PRESENTED PRESENT-ED THIS WEEKEND BY LINDON-BASED LINDON-BASED VIBE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER - Join directors Rick Robinson, Robin-son, Kellie Messeiiy, and Alan Salazar from Vibe Productions as they present the annual show "Evolutions of Dance" at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo. With special guest performers Benji Schwimmer and Jaymz Tuaileva from So You Think You Can Dance?," Evolutions Evolu-tions of Dance explores the past present and future of dance with talented local professional dancers along with youth performers from Vibe Performing Arts in Lindon. Remaining performances are tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee performance on Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14 for general admission, $12 for children 12 and under, and a special student price for the Saturday matinee of $ 5. Tickets are available online at www.coveycenter. org, by calling the Covey Center for the Arts at 852-7007, or at the ticket office, 425 W. Center Street, Provo. Ticket office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit www.utahvibe.com. III! Ill I Iy,61055 0005Cr E |