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Show I"" 1 Citizen Wednesday, January 15, 1986 Page 3 Warnick makes V ' 3 I Mayor Ronald Rasmussen, and council members Ramon Beck and Don Chamberlain take the oath of office from Alpine City Recorder Emily Beck on Jan. 8. Alpine officials take oaths '' Amid a round of applause, Don Christiansen and his wife walked - from the City Council chambers In which he had met regularly for the last 12 years. Although he had never held public office prior to his election in 1973, former mayor Christiansen has become somewhat of a legend in his own time. Guiding Alpine from a sleepy farming community into a Tree developing city, he contributed both time and efforts' far beyond his official responsibilities. Last November, Ron Rasmussen was elected the new mayor of Alpine. He, along with Ramon Beck and Dan Chamberlain who won election as City Councilmen, were given the oath of office by City Recorder Emily Beck. For Dan Chamberlain, it was especially gratifying since he will now be serving alongside his father, Zenneth, who has two more years as councilman. Beck's election confirmed the voter's approval of his previous nine months on the council filling the seat of Sheldon Winimer who resigned because of church responsibilities. Utah County Commissioners Gary Anderson and J. O'Neil Miner Tuesday afternoon had not decided on a replacement for Commissioner Jeril Wilson to sit with them on the commission. "'' ' The commissioners were given the names of Robert Warnick, Bill Arseneau and Brent -Morris last Friday following a special meeting of the Utah County Republican Party Central Committee Jan. 9. , They are to select a commissioner to replace Wilson from these candidates. can-didates. ' Wilson was earlier named state representative from District 62, succeeding Joe Jenkins, who vacated his legislative seat after being elected mayor of Provo. ' Anderson and Miner interviewed the three finalists Friday, and, ' although they have 30 days to make the selection, are expected to do so this week. If they cannot agree on a selection within this time, Go . . rnor Norman H. Bangerter will choose a replacement. The three finalists were selected from 12 candidates who had sought the position. In a preliminary vote, the number was cut to six with a final vote paring it to three. In the final voting, Warnick received 86 votes, Arseneau 70, and Morris SO. Warnick has served in the Utah House of Representatives and on the American Fork City Council and is currently administrative officer for American Fork City. He said he feels because of his 20 years administrative training and experience, and the fact he lives in the north end of Utah County, he is qualified and prepared to fulfill the responsibilities of a county commissioner. com-missioner. He has been a resident of Utah County most of his life, and is presently president-elect of the Utah Valley Industrial Development Association. He holds a Master of Public Administration degree. Arseneau iz a sales and marketing representative. He feels he has the business and volunteer experience necessary to help economic development In the county. He is active in the Republican Party and is currently serving as a voting district chairman. Both he and his wife were elected to represent Utah County and the Third Congressional District as delegates to the 1984 Republican National Party. He has served in various community com-munity capacities, and is currently director of the State Division of Surplus Property. Morris is an administrative assistant to the county commission, and feels because of his knowledge of commission business, he would need no time to learn his job if chosen. He was instrumental in forming and staffing the task forces which are presently involved in reviewing and streamlining county government govern-ment and its functions, and has worked closely with the cities and the state involving Thistle, Jordan River, the 911 Emergency System, etc. Action averts local accident Tragedy was averted Sunday night when a semi-tractor, trailer broke a gas pump off at the Kountry Korner service at the intersection of U-92andU-74. Brian Seitzinger, Alpine police officer, said the semi-truck was' ; , , t - j turning around in the parking lot at the Kountry Korner about 5:45 p.m. when the trailer apparently caught the gas pump, knocking it over. Electricity and gasoline to the pump were turned off immediately, Officer Seitzinger said. No one was injured in the incident. Alpine and American Fork Fire Departments responded, along with Alpine Police. Traffic was stopped for about 20 minutes until firemen everything under control. got Reward offered in horses' deaths Continued from front page by the original owners ot tnis nouse, Mr. Chipman." Fitzen doesn't know for sure the .. age ' of the big tree but she can - calculate the cost of replacing such a beauty.: - "Science says a tree like that is worth $150,000 in value, that's for the . moisture value, the shade, the ; cleansing it does through its leaves.' . . , "It takes two lifetimes to grow such a tree." . Fitzen ' called her friend, Juel ' Belmont who alerted others on the city Beautification and Shade Tree Committee. ; . Ron Turner was one of those ; called and he persuaded the workers to stop long enough to put in a call to new mayor Kent Evans.; ,w ', , . k.r.Eyans promised to, '.'hurry and try and stop" the cutting. Fitzen reports that between the efforts of Reed Pulley and Mayor Evans (Pulley is the liason between the Stake President's office and the lay membership who attend the Stake Center), the destruction of the tree was halted. "They're going to leave it. They'll have to trim it up and cut out some dead wood but it will remain," says Fitzen. . . "If we've only done one good thing now, we've saved a tree!" she beams. Juel Belmont says the Beautification Committee is feverishly putting together a plan to preserve trees like the black walnut; naming the majestic old trees "Heritage Trees" and actually declaring them of ,hist,oricai,ya)ue, -like buildings and places- , ,- , . That plan isn't completed yet, but Belmont says it will be soon and if it's adopted by the city, fewer old trees will fall to development and whim. "That tree is one of the oldest and largest in American Fork," said Belmont on the telephone Jan. 8, "It will really be a shame to cut it down just because it drops a few walnuts every year." American Fork Slake President J.R. Jolley refused to comment to the Citizen on the reasons for having the trees scheduled for cut-down. He said there has been "plenty of contact" made and people have been delegated to decide what will be done with the tree, Afton Fitzen reported Jan. 13 that efforts to cut down the tree were "on vhpWand further .studyf,was,,bejpg ..on$tyed, i Sol : .Two Lehi teenagers escaped serious injury when their vehicle ; and two horses collided Tuesday, Jan. 7. . . ', : . The horses were killed in the accident which occurred on U.S. 89 and about 600 West in American Fork. ; .. t' American Fork Police Chief Randy Johnson said Lynette Ox-burrow, Ox-burrow, 17, and Shannon Brady, 15, both Lehi, were northbound on U.S. 89 near Sixth West about 8:20 p.m. when the two horses ran out of a nearby field onto the highway. One horse was killed immediately. Delinquent tax list available at office Copies of the Utah County , Delinquent Property Tax List are .'. . now available at the American Fork - Office of this newspaper. In accordance with Utah law, the fI.Utah County Treasurer is required SbTO.PuMte notfce oUjl unpaid property taxes in at 4ea$Lwe..paidi circulation newspaper of record in the county. This year the public notice was published in the Orem-Geneva Times, however, approximately 50 copies are available at this newspaper joffi.qe,, 59. : West; j Majn,ll( American Fork. 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