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Show Auto drawing to be Steel Days highlight By RACHEL C. MURDOCH Although snow flurries just left the ground, American Fork officials are already thinking Steel Days. After a look at the new red convertible con-vertible they're giving away, everyone every-one else may get the itch for the summer as well. Grant Parker, Steel Days general gen-eral chairman, said the red Camaro Z28 convertible is just one of about a dozen prizes to be given away at the Steel Days variety show on Saturday, July 19. By buying tickets to the variety show at $2 each of three for $5, a resident can enter in the drawing for the car and all of the other drawings. draw-ings. Mayor Kay Hutchings said, "No Hewlett: Media adds Continued from front page "really erupted over some misinformation" misinfor-mation" with the press "making a mountain out of a molehill, trying to find a story when there was no story." Mayor Hewlett opened the meeting meet-ing to the media and the public, then read a prepared statement which he said was "directed primarily pri-marily to the media and for the information of our citizens." In the statement, he said overall, over-all, Highland has "enjoyed a rather low media profile," but "on occasion an issue is raised that is granted greater attention as 'media material' mate-rial' than other issues of equal worth in terms of the safety, health and welfare of the community." Most often, he said, the "media Highland mulls new city survey Continued from front page their action is confiscatory, discriminatory, discrimi-natory, or arbitrary may the court set aside their action," he said. The second issue addressed was the need for a city survey. Ed Scott, planning commission member in charge of commercialization, has been trying to present the public with a survey for the last eight months. Independent of the city's survey, Associated Grocers is conducting a phone survey of Highland residents. After they have contacted 250 homes they will accumulate their information informa-tion and present it to the council. Scott said the 250 homes is a statistical level, due to the number of residents, which will show A.G. the general response of the people NORTON'S 330 South Main, Ptaaaant Grova PHARMACY 9AM-7PM 785-3585 BIGGEST THE BIGGEST INDEPENDANT BUYING GROUP IN UTAH! GEDE EED STORES BUY f 8,000,000 OF GROCERIES A MONTH Icicle Imitation Crab Flakes $4.79 lb. r - 1904 (Good only at Nonons) coupon 16 oz. I Country Crisp gg i Potato Chips I Expires 3-3041 one needs to be present at the variety vari-ety show to win a prize. If you buv tickets and forget or can't attend, you still have a chance to win." Parker said the drawing for the car will be the first drawing of the night, so everyone who buys a ticket will have a chance for the car. Then the other prizes, including gift certificates cer-tificates from local merchants, will be given away. Tickets are available at Gene Harvey Chevrolet, where the car is on display. Mayor Hutchings said the city would like to thank Gene Harvey for their help in providing the car. Tickets are also available at city hall, and will be at other locations as Steel Davs nears. attention given is to an issue that is so new that it is still undefined or unexplored by the governing body. "When focus is placed on such issues for the pure sake of a story and, most often to satisfy a deadline, dead-line, only half-baked versions and incomplete thinking is available. The issue may merely be in the planning stages. The story when reported, therefore, most often results re-sults in controversy." Mayor Hewlett said in the statement state-ment that he is offended "by the media's notion that governing bodies bod-ies aren't considered mature and responsible enough to find the best solution to community issues without with-out the element of controversy "The statement that the least in Highland. Several councilman expressed a concern that the survey conducted byu the city be much broader than that being conducted by Associated Grocers. "The survey will not just be limited lim-ited to the grocery store," said Scott, "but it will include all aspects, pro and con, of commercialization." "I want to see every home surveyed sur-veyed even if I have to pay for it," he said. "Every citizen should have the opportunity to vote on this issue," he said. Scott went on to say that the purpose of the survey being conducted con-ducted by A.G. is to find out what the community wants. "They are not evil characters trying to persuade our community LARGE PIZZA ONLY $4.99 Hnsti 'COPY CENTER PRINTING LAMINATING 785-5029 785-5033 HOTTEST STRETCH YOUR DOLLARS WITH EES Is EM HOTADS! Our buying power means buying power for you! Large Stalk Celery 3 stains $fl.OO ; 7 "! Without Coupon $1.49 I Mayor B. Kay Hutchings buys the first chance on convertible Camaro from Julie McCandless. Miss American Fork. controversy amount of government is the best government is characteristic of Highland," he said. Often "the media adds another layer of management to contend with," the Mayor said, adding he objects to the practice of reporting in the press of information "discussed "dis-cussed and decisions reached in an open meeting before the city has had a chance to contact the party concerned." He gave as an example media coverage of the city building recently re-cently constructed in the city, which he called one of the mo.-: s:pt -.ficant events in the citv's historv. Mayor Hewlett said Highland spent "considerable time, eflort and as a result of the media's mir'-w"- to want a grocery store." he said. All along Scott said that Associated Associ-ated Grocers will not attempt to put in a grocery store if the majority of the residents will not patronize it. Planning commission chairman Bill Bloomquist said that the survey sur-vey questions in regards to commercialization com-mercialization and it's impact on Highland would lie discussed at their April planning meeting. The commission meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the city building. After their discussion discus-sion the survey will be presented to the city council, at which time the council can either accept the survey or reject it. Scott said that the survey being conducted by Associated Grocers is expected to begin within the next several days. Prices Effective Mar 27 to Mar 30 STOPE HOUS 8AM.1OPU CLOSED SUNCAV DISCOUNTS 1500 s PRICES DISCOUNTED THIS WEEK! Western Family 6oz. Small Pitted Olives G9t Minute Maid 10-12 oz Frozen Orange Juice Only 99$ Reg. Price $1.49 I fDjSCOUNT PRICES) MO yVV ALO th 1905 (Good only at Nortons) Coupon j Western Family 1 Large ' AA Grade EGGS j 2 $fl.OO Expires 3-30-91 to process t'i'n, contnners in the constructs?: construc-ts?: of this fine building. "When the decision to build was finally made, the hype and controversy contro-versy waning, where was the media when we announced and invited them to cover our ground breaking'?" break-ing'?" he asked. Wednesday, Mayor Hewlett said of the statement that not often does a public official get to speak so pointedly point-edly to the media. "We do things differently in Highland. We give service without pay and typically you will find that people that -erw don't run again. Fiiey tep down and let someone else serve. This allows us to be a i' more candid w itii our approach '" uovernmg cU matters. (Siffzen ISSN No. 8750-4677 U S P S. No 0185-8000 Published weekly by Newtah News Group American Fork, I'tah 84003 Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation. 756-7669 News 756-5273 Publisher Brett R. Bezzant Editor Marc Haddock Subscription price $19" per year Second class postage paid at American Fork, Utah Pusl master Send address changes to West Main. American Fork. 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