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Show Utah Press f aioctetioti 467 East Third South Salt jLeke City, Utah Miss Alpine To lie Chosen Saturday 3 Many Winners In Merchants Tourney X A-l Vacuum and Sewing Holds Ribbon Cutting 14 Commission Concerned With Railroad Crossings 4 Local Youth To Compete In National Rodeo 10 Craftsmen Demonstrate Works At Pageant IS American Fork Canyon As It Once Was Steel Days Racquetball Tounx Set 12 Class of '7.1 Flans Reunion 17 Citizen TV Guide , t-7 Citizen Dimensions 13 Alpine Residents W in In Salt Lake Games 18 1(oMKm)(i Water is what's blocking a proposed 160 acre Alpine-Highlands subdivision north-. north-. east of Alpine. In order to qualify for annexation, Developer Bill Jones must supply one acre foot of water for every acre of land Alpine agrees to annex - and so far that qualification hasn't been met. At the last council meeting, Jones and city engineers discussed alternate possibilities in lieu of meeting the water requirement. Discussion centered around the possibilities of trading Grove Springs water or developing School House Springs in exchange for Jones and his partner Morris Stuwart contributing towards the installation in-stallation of a million-gallon water tank the city hopes to build as part of its water master plan. However, Councilmen David Healey and Zen Chamberlain didn't like the exchange idea. "If the city were to take a vote on having a million-gallon water tank in exchange for a subdivision of 90 homes, the residents W iiMfHT"' hi rmrf" ' m -rr T iiini mil wtn aMiiJir' - rfi(Mfr CAN'T SEE WHAT'S C0WI IN'- Robin Sindorf, f CLOWNING AROUND- Robin dons clown make bulls. jr - , cv" f f -I J. ,v : v 840JJ IS Vol. 2 No. would not go for it," said Healey. Chamberlain said the city needs water more than it needs pipes or water tanks. Last summer Jones drilled a test well, but so far its production is not meeting Alpine City's annexation water requirement. "We had hoped for a three second foot flow of water which would have been enough for 1,000 homes or more," Jones told the council. "Now it looks like the water will only be adequate for 80-100 homes. It's too soon, however, to tell how much water we'll eventually get." Alpine City Engineer Lee Wirnmer said the well is producing about v'4 second foot of water and he doubts that future production will vary significantly from that. "If the well had produced what we were told it had the potential of producing, we'd be heros right now," said Mayor Christiansen. "At the time and with the information we had, it seemed like a good idea to share costs with Bill Jones because we were planning to drill our own well anyway. Our decision has been criticized, - - Miiir - itc"iritf - rtHtnirr ir irmiT'iflfliT 1 nninriiininwiriin"-r inside the barrel, depends on partner Doug Wyhe A V - up in preparation for a night of teasing Serving American Fork, Alplno and Highland J ' awns 2 Thursday, June 2(1, WHO 20'Sini- Copy Kor news, advertising QWDBDQ1i but it's awfully easy to Monday morning quarterback." Because Alpine City had tentative plans for drilling its own well and because consulting engineers recommended that the drilling site should be on UP 4 L land, a water agreement was worked out between Jones, UP & Land Alpine City. Jones was to receive 23 water from the well, the utility company would get 13 of the water in return for allowing the test well to be drilled on UP & L land, and Alpine accepted $24,000 of well drilling costs. The well would be given to Alpine as a condition of annexation. The problem now is that the well is not producing what Jones had hoped for, plus several land owners in the proposed annexation area -- including the Alpine Irrigation Company are protesting the drilling of the well. Those opposing Jones' will say drilling was done too close to Grove Springs. At the last council meeting, Mayor Christiansen gave no commitments to 1 ' w -W T" T1 ,i in '" t r:ja"- - - urn ii'i " ' to keep her as safe as is possible when 3 2 000 II i t, I" Lady Clown istracts Bulls For Cow From high heels and high fashion and the "confines of city life" to baggy pants, funny make-up and the wide-open spaces of the world of rodeo seems a big bridge to span, but 21-year-old Robin Sindorf has successfully made the transition. Robin, who will be seen at the Lehi Roundup Rodeo today through Saturday, has entered the rodeo world as the first woman clown, and works the barrel to help distract bulls from their riders, working with her partner (and fiance) Doug Wylie. To look at Robin, you would never guess her occupation. She is cute, has long shiny black hair and a Texas drawl. She glows with enthusiasm, but says she is "shy in front of crowds." She has been a clown for some seven months now. Before that she was Miss United Teenager for Texas and first runner-up runner-up to Miss Teen U.S.A. She has an associate of arts degree in interior design and has been a fashion model. She was a mistress-of-ceremonies for beauty pageants in Reno, Nev. for six months - and she has served a season as a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader. "I was a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader for one season," she says. "When I tried out, I Jones, but the mayor said the city should at least try to co-operate. "!f we think development isn't going to take place, we're burying our heads in the sand," said Mayor Christiansen. "If we don't try to work with Jones, we'll force .' !; I ' lim n HcjimK i Budget approval, controversy over city employee wages, and what to do for the Pioneer Relic Museum took up the lion's shaie of the American Fork City Council 0 'S J ,w- f lJr ? 11 : ... 1 lb. bull is this close. boys was one of 1,300, and I didn't think I had a chance. You are chosen on the way you can dance, how you photograph and on personal interview. I made the first cut down to 250 girls; then the second cut down to 150. For the third cut, you try out for the girls who are already cheerleaders and I knew I couldn't make that -but I did. There were only 17 new ones selected." As a cheerleader, she said she had some great experiences- but she decided not to try out the second season. She was in both movies about the cheerleaders, and got to go to Japan with them, as well as to the Super Bowl, and was on television and in commercials. "It was a lot of fun -but it was a lot of hard work, too, and after one season, I just decided I wanted to try something else." How did she get into rodeo? She said Doug was working with the Flying U rodeo company, and she decided to see if she could get a job with them. Cotton Rosser, producer, didn't have a job for her at the time, but she stuck around the rodeo company doing odd jobs-without pay. Then one day Doug needed an assistant and asked her if she wanted to be it. ( Continued on Page 3) ffl Call 756-7WW him to go to the county -- and then we'll lose all control over what develops there." Jones expressed frustration at all the delays he's encountered in attempting to receive approval for annexation of his subdivision. meeting Tuesday night. Council members unanimously approved the proposed 1980-81 budget, taking it portion by portion. City Finance Officer Larry Salsbury said only minor changes had been made since his original presentation. The total expenditure remains at $2,184,500. This is in balance - with no call for additional property tax increase. Mayor Malcolm Beck insisted that holding to the guidelines he'd suggested was essential Then questioned on the employee cost-of-living increases, Beck asserted "the city payroll is equivalent to other cities." In January of 1980 city workers received a 9": percent raise, are due for another five percent increase immediately, and are scheduled for five percent January 1981. Councilwoman Janice Mayne was uncomfortable un-comfortable with the pay schedule. She expressed concern that some park employees em-ployees are asked to do double work. Some departments are short at least one employee em-ployee and there is no part-time help as in previous years. Mayne wanted city employees em-ployees to be able to shop at a grocery store just as she can, able to buy what they need. Councilman Don Fox maintained the city is doing all that is legally possible at this point. He reminded the councilwoman that inflationary limits are still in effect. City Holds Line Local Merchants Declare War On Consumer Ignorance Local business leaders have declared war on local consumer ignorance. At an American Fork Chamber of Commerce meeting last week, the businesspeople discussed the results of a recent survey which showed, on one hand, that local merchants offer prices which match or better those of Provo-Orem merchants in 70 percent of the cases studied. Yet, on the other hand, according to a second survey, the majority of local consumers shop first outside of American Fork and claim it because they can find better prices. Al Schmuhl, who helped organize the survey, confessed that he was surprised at how competitive local merchants actually are. "We need to educate the people and let them know that they ought to shop here first," he said. The survey revealed that about 46 percent of the local consumers generally shop first at University Mall. Only 34 percent shop first in American Fork. About 48 percent of the respondents said they shopped elsewhere primarily because of better prices, although, according to the companion survey, the mall generally offers higher prices. The consumers don't always go out of town. For pharmaceutical items and for banking, about 95 percent of the respondents said they stayed in American Fork. For appliances and clothes, however, 30-40 percent of the residents apparently leave town. In newspaper readership, 65 percent of the respondents said they receive The Citizen. Another 24 percent said they receive the North Utah County Shopper, also put out by Newtah, Inc., and only 37 percent receive the Daily Harald from Provo. "We want to make people aware of what "We have co-operated with the city," said Jones. "It's now been three years since we started working on this development, and today we're no farther than we were 21 2 years ago. We cannot go on like this forever." Mayor Beck promised the pay schedules would be reviewed and upgraded if and when economically feasible. One citizen in the audience commented, "City employees still have their jobs, right? There's a lot I know who don't right now. I think the employees should be happy with what they've got." Gloria Scovill returned to the council armed with a few relics from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer's Museum. She stated that these will be "lost" if something is not done quickly -- pointing out that besides the roof leakage and wall damage, many things are in danger due to the high humidity in the present building. A Bible carried through the Civil War by Joseph Forbes, founder of American Fork's public school system, was shown to the council. Mrs. Scovill further illustrated her point with a portrait valued at $2500 that's " cracking ahd irreparably damaged. It was agreed that the relics need preservation. However, it was not agreed that the museum building is worth saving. The upshot was again to advise Mrs. Scovill to check into other alternatives besides extensive renovation of the building. Council members then dealt with several minor items, including an animal control ordinance recommended to them by the (Continued on Page 3) we have to offer. We hope they will learn that it's to their benefit to shop American Fork first," noted Schmuhl. Besides very competitive prices, other reasons for shopping locally were noted. If people shop in American Fork, for example, their property taxes can be kept lower since the city will receive more sales tax revenue. That is one reason why American Fork has property taxes about 30 percent lower than Lehi and Pleasant Grove. Yet they could be even lower if residents would shop locally. In addition, shopping locally tends to improve the local economy even if other parts of the country are in recession. If more local residents support local merchants, mer-chants, the merchants can afford to hire more employees and pay higher wages. The merchants themselves and their em-(ContinuedonPage3) em-(ContinuedonPage3) Citizen To Come Out Early Next Week The Citizen, the Lehi Free Press and the North Utah County Shopping Guide will all be coming out two days early next week in order to provide local residents with information and advertising needed before the July 4 weekend begins. Local readers will be receiving these publications on Tuesday instead of Thursday so that they have plenty of time to prepare for festivities which begin Friday. All stories, display advertising and classified advertising should be turned in to the newspaper office no later than Saturday noon so that the publications can be printed Monday. |