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Show Vol. 8, No. 29 Wednesday, July 23, 1988 ;t iN xs i; .t$ . . J, I 1 1 ; ; t U'V ,-r -fL s"" "A 1 V iiimn ill, luimiiii iiiiiiimmmiimiimiimii li niTiHi.iT-i iiiwt-rViMiffe) iMiiiiiiiimii iiMiii ' vrWi.nift -fc-wt V..'-.!.:ai'ir:f fcs,;.Wwt'K.i. ' " It was fun, fun, fun at the carnival set up in Robinson Park during Steel Days this year. Sisters, captured here mid-collision, enjoy a ride in the bumper cars. The I: i . - . . I , , . j r 4 Mil nW I - .v; Laura Clarke, Miss American Fork, waves to onlookers during Steel Days parade. Nursing home By SHARON MORREY A request from Randle-Paull Associates for $3,600,000 in Industrial In-dustrial Revenue Bond authorization from American Fork City left the city council in an evenly split situation July 8. By July 15, the situation was again changed. Mayor R. Kent Evans had to step in and break the tie after Coun-cilwoman Coun-cilwoman Janice Mayne and Councilman Jerry Edwards voted to grant the IRB request and Coun-cilmen Coun-cilmen Don Hampton and Kay Hutchings voted to deny it. Councilman Coun-cilman Curt Brinkman abstained. But shortly after the meeting, bond attorneys advised the mayor and council that with Brinkman's abstention, the vote did not represent a majority of the council and the action was invalid. Three councilmen.bers have subsequently asked the item be placed back on the agenda for consideration; for July 22. 1- 390 ex D ires 013087 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION C 4fc7 EAST 3041 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY LIT 84111 until n iii' ruin irt r lJ kMaHMBMMMiiaMMMiaM Two ways to watch a parade. Children in the back of this car strain for look at parade, but by Saturday, Steel Day activities had taken a toll on mom. Many faces f Steel Days Mayor Evans had voted to support a motion to authorize the bonds for Randle-Paull's 60 bed nursing home project for 1100 East 60 North. Evans had stated earlier in the meeting that he would recommend the authorization since Randle-Paull "had done their homework" and the city had no reason to deny competition com-petition the right to build. "This is a free enterprise system, I think it's the city's responsibility to look and see if the homework's been done. I don't really think we can restrict the use of IRBs. That's just the way I see it," said Evans. Councilman Don Hampton voiced strong reservations against supporting sup-porting a fourth nursing home venture in the tri-city area. "I see some serious problems," said Hampton. "I feel it appropriate that the citizens of American Fork know of the risks involved. Looking at the three facilities in Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi, the 50 cenU a single copy carnival did heavy business festival, seeks utility rate is NOT increasing by 10 percent and even if it were, they would be an occupancy rate below 70 percent." Hampton said the breakeven point for nursing home facilities is generally at 85 percent occupancy . He pointed out that if a fourth facility goes in and draws from the clientele of the three existing, all four would probably be operating below the breakeven point. "Then you have places begin to cut services, ser-vices, look for additional ways to raise revenue. The private patients begin to have to pay higher fees for less care." Hampton added that putting in another assisted care facility would jeopardize "our own facility." Bonneville Health Services presently leases space from American Fork City In the old hospital building for the Heritage Convalescent Center operation. American Fork invested heavily -a- 1 ; throughout the three-day city help for. famdin in the remodeling of the building to accomadate the Center and currently receives $133,000 annually in revenue from the Center. Heritage Center manager, Lewis Garrett said the lease amount is still tied to occupancy rate and climbing for the next two years. After that time, a flat rate will be paid American Fork for the space. "If the facility should close that $133,000 is gone plus all your maintenance costs for that building return," Garrett told the council during discussion of the IRB request. "This (request) has a potential impact on city revenues, that ought to be considered." Mayor Evans argued that the city did not have the right to interfere with free enterprise and that the issue to consider was only that of considering the bond request at face value. "I don't think competition is an issue the city should get into," he Petition is short of needed names Utah County Commissioners Monday signed a declaration of insufficiency on an initiative petition to change the form of government in the county. The petition had been submitted by the Citizens Interested in County Government. William F. Huish, County Clerk, wrote the commissioners that the petition asking for a charter form of government didn't have the required 13,055 names to get it on the November ballot. The law requires 15 percent of the number of voters in the last general election to have signed the petition in order to have it go before the voters. The petition was short the required number of names by 3,480 signatures, Huish said. Of the names submitted, employees em-ployees in clerk's office were unable to locate or were unable to read 2,879. An additional 248 were duplicates, resulting in only 9,574 validated names. Family finds help following robbery By SHARON MORREY An American Fork family visiting in New Mexico recently found that mankind can be both mean and generous over the same event. Gayle and Rod Jorgensen and their children were robbed at an Albuquerque motel. More than $400 was taken from Mrs. Jorgensen 's purse and Mr. Jorgensen's wallet while they were all swimming in the motel pool. "We were traveling with the whole family," relates Gayle, "so we had two rooms. I had come back with the little ones to put them in the shower and my son came in. When he left, he didn't shut the adjoining door tightly. So either someone got in with a passkey while we were swimming or while I was busy with the little kids in the other room. "Whoever it was, they wiped us out, took all the money we had with us." Usually, Gayle says, the Jorgensons plan ahead and use traveler's checks when they vacation. This time, Gayle says she "just got busy and ran out of time." The older children had been keeping their own money but this trip, Gayle was "holding" their cash with hers. No mail delivery The American Fork Post Office will be open for business as usual July 24, but there will be no residential or business delivery, Postmaster David Glines said today. "The Postal Service in Utah wants as many employees as possible to have the opportunity to observe this important state holiday," the postmaster said. "Postal employees who can be spared and who would like to celebrate Pioneer Day will be authorized vacation time." The postmaster stated, "Express said, "And it's a new twist to me that competition makes rates go up instead in-stead of down." "I'm looking for the best care, competition increases profiency. I, for one, cannot restrict the use of IRBs," he added. Hampton commented that in this matter, "The difference is we're Office to close for July 24th Offices of this newspaper will be closed tomorrow for the July 24th Pioneer Day holiday. However, the holiday will not affect regular deadlines. All news and advertising for the July 30 edition should be turned in no later than Monday at 2 p.m., as usual. Petitioners now have 20 days to secure additional names to make up the deficiency, according to Guy Burningham, deputy Utah County attorney. Two options are open to them, it was noted. They can gather the additional signatures required, beginning June 22 - but they cannot use any signatures gathered between the time the petition was filed with the county clerk and the time when commissioners signed the declaration of insufficiency. Or they can file an amended petition using all the names submitted sub-mitted originally plus names they have gathered in the interim. If they chose this option, the initiative process will start over and the initiative can not appear on the November ballot. A special election would be required. Aug. 6 is the deadline for getting anything on the November ballot, Huish said. The Jorgenson's were devastated. It was just the first day of the weekend event and all of their plans for a leisurely family trip home were by the boards now. "We had credit cards for gas, and my friend who lives in Albuquerque put us up the second night and fed us and made sandwiches for our trip home. But we were just sick." Then the kids on the North Valley Track Team came through. Friends and acquaintances of the Jorgensons spread the word about UTe roBbery and passed the hat. In just a few hours, $150 had been raised. The Jorgensons were taken aback by the generosity of strangers; "many of the people were people we sat by at track events, some we knew a little. Some came up individually in-dividually to give us money. Apparently Ap-parently though, it was the kids that thought of it. "I just want to thank whoever it was for whatever was given. It saved us, got us home, made us feel better." Gayle's advice for the future; keep money is various places and in traveler's checks when possible and travel with a good-hearted bunch. Mail and Special Delivery Mail will be delivered as usual. Mail also will be collected and dispatched in the normal manner. In addition, we will take care of urgent needs if customers notify us." Glines noted the Postal Service celebrates similar local holidays in other parts of the country. "Our intention is to provide the best possible service on July 24, while allowing many of our employees the opportunity to participate in Pioneer Day festivities along with thousands of other residents throughout the state." talking about people's lives." "My main concern is the impact on our citizens," he repeated. City Attorney Ray Harding advised ad-vised the council that the authorization or denial of IRB use is "purely discretionary" on the part of a governing city body. |