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Show City to seek CDBG funds Citizen - Wednesday. February 26, 1886 - Page S iV7 Money may be available to spruce Up downtown American Fork. According to experts, the Com-' munity Development Block Grants (CDBG) now available through HUD and the State of Utah are specifically tabbed to help communities com-munities revitalize commercial centers and assist private -businesses. ' ; (. In the past, Community Development Block Grants have been cumbersome to apply for' and to obtain, but recent City Recorder Bob Wcrnick says the new-funds are easier to work with and he urged the American Fork City Council, In recent hearings, to go after the money. r The funds had to be used for low and moderate Income level projects that benefitted those groups, to eliminate blight of slum are2s or to deal with an urgent health care need. "'Because of our level of Income and because we have no significantly sized areas of blight, American Fork has had a hard time qualifying f or the development funds," said Warwick. "These CDBG funds are a new kind, easier to work through. I would recommend the city consider applying. ' ' There are of course, certain guidelines to follow, but these funds can be loaned by the city to private businesses, used for Infrastructure or 'blended' (added to money from a conventional loan to bring down the interest rate.) ' "I would recommend the city pursue that. These funds are available in lump sum allotments without all the gyrations of the past City prohibits gifts for Am. Fork's officials If you were thinking of giving anything expensive to the mayor or the council members, don't. A resolution passed Jan. 28 in City Council meeting prohibits" any member of the city governing body from accepting gifts or favors that could potentially influence their vote in the future. Mayor Kent Evans said a good rule of thumb would be this, "If you can't consume it in 24 hours, don't accept it." He noted that this has not been and is not a problem currently in the, city but is something he does not want to see as one. American Fork's acceptance of the policy against accepting gifts puts the city into compliance with state code. Employees found accepting vendor gifts will be terminated. Elected officials will be charged and fined if it is found that they have taken gifts or goods that have influential in-fluential value. . tft get them." ' J " To comply with criteria for funds, . American Fork City must have held two public hearings to gather input and ideas on use of CDBG money. Those hearings took place Jan. 28 and Feb. 11. . . The specific project did not have to be named at that time, although Mayor Kent Evans said the downtown down-town business area is definitely one area that needs attention. "We're in competition with all the cities in three counties for these funds," he commented. "The best we could hope for is $100,000 to (150,000. The original amount of funds has been cut from (800,000 to $676,171. That has to be divided up." He said American Fork City is definitely interested in the funds and will be actively pursuing the CD-BGs. Series will focus on local people Personal Touches is a new series featuring people about town and of interest to people in town. Do you know someone we should include; a neighbor who tats, a brother who works with homeless boys, a friend with an unusual talent or hobby? Let us know. ,.. Conuct Sharon Morrey at 756-5273 during office hours. tkvC- f XX'l "Do You Love Me?" is the question Tevye (Craig Rosvall) has put to his wife Golde (Bonnie Pa-ker) in a rehearsal for "Fiddler On the Roof." Tiddler on the Roof tickets available for next weekend oBog's day Continued from front page called and said he had a room for me here at the junior high (American Fork Junior High)." Classes began during the winter term and response was so great three classes had to be set up. Mrs. Tippetts said each class meets for an hour on Tuesday evenings. The classes run for eight weeks. "We have 11 in the six o'clock class; 10 in the seven o'clock class, and eight in the eight o'clock class," she said. Dog owners are responsible for any "clean-up" work, but so far there has been only one "accident," Mrs. Tippetts said. All types and sizes of dogs are to (tie classes, iflclutlmg mixed breeds, German short hairs, a greyhound, cocker spaniel, keeshond, Alaskan malamute, basset hound, and others. The dogs are taught basic AwardS: obedience commands - heel, sit, down, recall, stay, etc., she said. The recall command can save a dog's life, Mrs. Tippetts said, noting her first dog died from being hit by a car. That's when she decided to take her dogs to obedience school. She contacted the Salt Lake Dog Training Club and found out where and when classes were taught She then decided to show the dog at a dog show - and brought home a first place trophy. 1 "I learned a lot of basics at the classes. I go to a lot of AKC Judging Seminars and a lot of other seminars," she said. .In addition, she goes to dog shows aridays4s a resuit of everything, She Has' devised' her own teaching methods. Mrs! Tippetts said she is from the Midwest "where people are friendly. When I moved to Orem, I found people didn't neighbor like they did back home. "When I trained dogs, I found I could meet other people and people with dogs were more friendly. You could say I literally went to the dogs," she laughed. She says obedience training for large dogs can start when they about four months old, and small dogs when they are from six to nine months. mon-ths. "A dog is never too old to train," she says, however older dogs shouldn't be taught to do such things as jump because it could seriously injure them. Mrs. Tippetts also stressed the importance of giving pets their shots. ''St is vital they have their shots," sbe'id. ' " ": The dog obedience class is expected to be offered again during the spring session of community education along with an advanced obedience class. Tickets for "Fiddler on the Roof" are now available as the performance per-formance dates for Alpine 2nd Ward's musical production near. f March 6, 7 and 8, the show opens, with a matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday and evening performances at 7 each night. Tickets are $1 each and can be purchased through Bobbie Waldron, 756-5884; Shari Rosvall, 756-7094; or Gwen Loveland, 756-7152. Cast and crew for the musical production - except for some of the orchestra musicians - almost as a whole, come from the Alpine 2nd Ward, with Joan Lindsay directing, Craig Rosvall starring as Tevye and Bonnie Parker as Golde. Other cast members include Continued from front page awards for best inhouse promotion for 4 cartoon depicting newspaper staff members for National Newspaper Week, and for news writing for an' article by Haddock about the hearing for former American Fork High School prin cipal Wayne Reid. Betty Fowler's news series on the businesses in Lehi's East Industrial Park earned a third place for the Free Press. The Pleasant Grove, the other paper published by Bezzant, captured cap-tured first place awards for the ' Automotive Service You Can Trust! We guarantee our Coop motor oil! Lube, oil, filter Includes up to 5 qts. 10W-40 Coop motor oil, new Coop filter and lubrication on most . - cars and light trucks. No appointment necessary. 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More than 80 "amateurs" are involved in what began as a ward drama activity. Costumes and props are on loan from the Triad Entertainment Center in Salt Lake City. AF man killed in accident Steven D. Hardman, 30, American The Utah Highway Patrol repor- Fork, was killed Wednesday, Feb. ted Hardman was thrown from his 12, when his northbound jeep went vehicle, out of control on the northbound off-ramp of Interstate-15 at 1200 The accident occurred about 1 .South in Orem. -nu, the highway patrol report said. society section and for an editorial by Haddock on U.S. Steel's announcement an-nouncement of a deal with a South Korean steel producer that may shut down the local steel plant. Newtah News Group papers captured all the awards in editorial and society page competition. I Vf . ,". t ! l 'i tK ' A ' s. . i tK" !. ,. -k.-aj,:!.-":. - - TV 2 ' ' mm ery Pendmg? 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