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Show Universal Jficrofi lain Box 2603 Salt Lake City, Utah r Chess Tourney Winners Operation m mm v i . l i DAVE STEPHENS, owner and manager of R & S Tire, Ltd. R & S Tire, A New Business Welcomed to A.F. by Chamber The Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the American Ameri-can Fork Citizen, welcomes new business into the community. It is the R & S Tire Co., LTD. located at 540 East State Road. The manager is Dave Stephens. Dave is married to Barbara, who as a young girl came from Stockport, England. They, have a son, Sean. Dave was born in Salt Lake City. He moved to Lindon where he lived for two years. While here, he worked for Mountain States Steel Co. He then worked for Brewer Tire Co. in Salt Lake for eight years. Following this, he went to California and worked for the C & R Tire Company, specializing in tires for heavy equipment. After two years, he bought one of the stores which he operated very profitably. However, the urge came to return to his native Utah, so he Alpine Day The annual Alpine Days celebration cele-bration will be held on Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9, according to festivities chairmen. chair-men. Many fun and exciting activities activi-ties are planned with items on the agenda for the young and the young-at-heart. Delicious food and refreshments refresh-ments will be sold both days. The celebration is sponsored by the Alpine Fire Department. On Friday, August 8, the miniature min-iature parade will be held at 6 p.m. with floats around the theme "How the West was Won." Those not involved with floats are invited to "dress up you and your pet" and join the parade fun. Prizes will be given for the most original, most humorous and most spectacular floats. Fata Dantas Enjoys AF Stay "1 have lots and lots of friends here. I feel like America is another an-other Mother Country for me. I really love the people," Fatima Dantas smiled as she prepared to leave American Fork for her native home of Brazil. The pert teenager had spent the school year at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Dick) Tattersall in American Fork, and visited friends in Utah during dur-ing much of June before returning return-ing to Brazil. She also went on the church history tour along the Mormon trail. "Fatch," as she was affec-tionally affec-tionally called by her classmates, class-mates, came to America . . . and American Fork . . . after becoming acquainted with Robert Wood, son of Mrs. Tattersall, Tat-tersall, while he was serving on an LDS mission in her homeland. home-land. She said schools in Brazil are entirely different than they are here. There they have no extracurricular extra-curricular activities like football, foot-ball, basketball, tennis or dance in the school. You go to study the basic things like Portugese, English, chemistry and math. Instead families have memberships mem-berships in clubs, for instance, where they have sports activities activi-ties and teams. When she came to America, "Fatch" could say but a few words of English, but she soon picked up the language. At American Fork High School she studied English, Spanish, seminary, semin-ary, a cappella choir, home liv- sold the store and is settling in the present location. He brings with him fifteen years of tire experience. The R & S Tire Co. offers such tires as Michelin, B.F. Goodrich, Goo-drich, Lee and an almost unknown unk-nown tire to this area named Semperit. This tire is standard equipment on such cars as Mercedes Mer-cedes Bentz, Porsche, etc. They also offer tire repair, batteries, shocks, and miscellaneous miscel-laneous car parts. Their shop is equiped with an electronic front end alignment machine and also electronic wheel balancing. Dave said his shop is the "Home of Quality Service." He also says that tires can be purchased pur-chased on time contracts. So, if you need tires or any of the services he offers, drop out and visit him. You will be glad you did. Set For August 8, 9 A community rodeo will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. and a community street dance from 9:30 to 12 midnight. "The Sundowners" Sun-downers" will furnish the music for the dance. On Saturday, August 9, the traditional band serenade will wake residents at 7 a.m. and a flag ceremony will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the city hall. The firemen's breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the city hall area. The miniature minia-ture parade will be repeated at 10:30 a.m. Winners will be announced an-nounced at this time. The Vintage Car Club will be special parade guests. The cars will also be displayed throughout the day. At 11:30 a.m., there will be a '1 FATIMA DANTAS ing, physical education, and driver's education. She plans to go on to college but hadn't decided whether to go in Brazil or come back to America and attend a university here. "If I go in Brazil, I want to study to be a veterinarian, but if I come back to Utah and BYU, I will take languages and become a translator," she said, jjhe vivacious 19-year-old said the thing she loves most about America is the people. "They are so friendly. Many of the Brazilians think Americans are some kind of machines like computors, but I can tell my friends that that isn't so. Wherever Wher-ever I have gone, they have been so friendly. One of the things I will miss most will be f ........ . H ('-) ' Numerous chess enthusiasts turned out Friday evening on July 18th for the annual city wide tournament. Winners emerged in each of the three divisions after several rounds of the Swiss Round Robin elimination which pits winners against winners. First place trophy in the Senior Sen-ior Division was won by Alma Madsen, of American Fork who has been studying chess for more than 30 years. Madsen also throws horseshoes and has been state champion. The Senior Sen-ior Division consists of persons over 55 years old. Richard G. Greenland captured cap-tured first in the Adult Division (between the ages of 19 - 54). The 21 year old Greenland is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard iDirff Questionaires Ra Members of the board of directors dir-ectors of the American Fork Cultural Development Committee Commit-tee are currently completing the exciting job of compiling questionnaires ques-tionnaires completed by some of the 15,000 people who attended the recent Utah Pageant of the Arts. The verdict? The sampling for this article was taken wholly from the "mail-ins" returns. Moe than 300 have been mailed community bake sale, and from 11 :30 a.m. to 5 p.m., a community communi-ty and 4-H fair. Games and fun will be enjoyed from 2 to 4 p.m. with something planned for everyone. Sky divers will be viewed at 5:45 p.m. and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Little League baseball action will be seen. An outdoor program is planned beginning at 8:30 p.m. Fireworks scheduled for 10 p.m. will climax the celebration. celebra-tion. Other activities of interest include in-clude relic hall tours conducted by members of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers camps in Alpine; punch and homemade cookie sales; fish pond and other children's chil-dren's concessions; and children's chil-dren's horserides. not so much the land, but mostly the people." While in American Fork, she also learned to "love the food" . . . especially pumpkin pie. "I've learned to eat a lot of new foods," she said, "but I still have my favorites from home." "I'm glad I had the chance to come to America," she continued, contin-ued, "and I really thank the Tattersali's for letting me stay with them. They have really been wonderful to me. I have two homes now . . . American Fork, Utah, aid Brazil." "Fatch" lives in Ribeira'o Preto in the state of San Palo in Brazil. She is one of six children of Oliveiro L. and Maria Rosa Dantas. She joined the LDS Church about 21? years ago. Alpine Stake Older Folks Party Sat. The Alpine Stake Old Folks Summer Party will be held on Saturday, August 2, at the Alpine Al-pine LDS Ward Cultural Hall. Dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. with a short program to follow. All residents of the stake who are 60 years of age and over, and all widows and widowers in the stake are invited to attend. The party is under the direction direc-tion of the Alpine LDS Stake Old Folks committee. Greenland who reside in American Ameri-can Fork. The Junior Division (18 and under) trophy went to 16 year old LaMar Fullmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virl Fullmer, of American Amer-ican Fork. Fullmer began playing play-ing chess at age 11 and has been at it ever since; he is a top contender at the high school. The annual chess tournament is sponsored by Valley Care ("enters, a local nursing home corporation which operates five Utah nursing homes for the aged. More than 2.5 million tourists visited Russia last year. Abraham D. Boa me is New-York's New-York's 104th mayor and the first Jew to hold the office. Boosting American Fork Hub of North Utah County THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1975 te Pageant Tops to Pageant headquarters at the American Fork City Hall and rate the production outstanding in almost every event. "If you still have a questionnaire at home, we invite you to return it so that we might have your opinion as we make our selections selec-tions for next season," said General Gen-eral Chairman William M. Pierce. The following is but a smapling of audience response: "There aren't words to describe the beauty of your show. It's incredible. For 17 years we lived in the San Francisco Fran-cisco area and saw dozens of all kinds of stage shows. Not one of them could equal in any way your production - we're spreading' spread-ing' the word of your good works." Janet R. Balmforth, Provo. "The whole Pageant was superb! I think you should take it to Salt Lake for a wider audience after it has played in American Fork." Hildred Anderson, An-derson, Orem. "Thanks for daring to bring something really high class to our area. I loved it." Joyce Pitts, Pleasant Grove. "To indicate favorites in the categories is to leave out others that you thought were superb. We enjoyed it tremendously and congratulate you on the entire effort - from the fine selections and variety of offerings, to the execution and performance. Your entire community is to be commended for this unique and high quality production." Mrs. V.H. Keyes, Salt Lake City. "All paintings were excellent. Your finale, 'Christ in Gethse-mene' Gethse-mene' and 'I Ji.'-vta' was beautiful beauti-ful and inspiiing." Irene P. Smellie, Salt Lake City. "I feel this is the greatest art effort going on in our state. I am very moved by it and full of appreciation for all you do. I would like to see matinees or special performances for children chil-dren - perhaps accompanied by adults. The early years, children chil-dren are so impressionable. They need this beauty." Stella H. Oaks, Provo. "The Pageant was a beautiful production. We are glad we have you people in our community." commun-ity." Mrs. Ernest H. Dean, Americn Fork. "I thoroughly enjoyed your Citizen to Print Old Time Pictures This is American Fork's Anniversary Year. The American Fork Citizen would like to print pictures pertinent to the history of the community. If you have a picture of interest that can be used, we would be pleased to have you submit it along with any information explaining ex-plaining the picture. The process of having a picture in the newspaper does no harm to the picture and owners can get the picture back immediately after the publication has been printed. American Fork Cited For Sewage Problems u-nean Fork officials mntm to properly maintain a sc..ge plant by not keeping essential replacement parts available, says the regional dir-''cinr dir-''cinr of the U.S. Environmental P'l'teciion Agency. John Green, F.PA regional administrator, ad-ministrator, said American 'ik Mill is troubled by raw -wae discharges, despite ' ! iir of wastewater treatment ' jirpM'nt that failed May 2S. According to FPA officials, a r system in a primary clar-s'er clar-s'er went out of operation and ";e city began dumping up to excellent performance. It was a real religious experience and a great contribution to the entire community." Sister Joanne Upjohn, Up-john, C.S.C., Administrator, Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City. "I would like to see a repeat on the Hummel figures. The Pageant is a beautiful, thrilling and pleasant experience." Mrs. Merril Bingham, Spanish Fork. "Really like the music, matches with art works. Just delightful! Thank you!" Vicki Paytsjn, American ForVv "Great Pageant! Well done -lots of quality work went into the show." Rella Prigmore, Billings, Bill-ings, Montana. "The entire evening was superb. A real credit to Utah." Don S. Lambert, Salt Lake City. "It was really an extravaganza!! extravagan-za!! Thanks so much!!" Melvin J. Taylor, Provo. "We thought the whole show was exceptionally outstanding. You could feel the Grand Old American Spirit in the Freedom Tribute." Harry E. Polad, Salt Lake City. "We want to express our sincere sin-cere gratitude for a very enjoyable enjo-yable evening at the Arts Pageant. The entire production was so very well done and just beautiful and we congratulate and commend all of you for your efforts in providing this unusual presentation." Mrs. Karl R. Lyman, Orem. "Is it possible to give a brief description of each item in the program to read if unfamiliar with the piece or artist. Still, do not delete from the marvelous commentary9" Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Kunze, Salt Lake City. "I loved it. Nothing I've seen compares. I think it's nice enough en-ough to require formal dress." VS. to j 1 1 M. J a it I A -s ir uv I y -a-tVa. hi . ivin a . ---' .V- ' MAKING a decision about Utah Pageant of the Arts selections is hard, according to Mr. and Mrs. Weston Schow, Sandy, and their party. Questionnaires are still being tabulated by members memb-ers of the Am. Fork Cultural Development Committee. Most audience members rated the 1975 production a hit. ( 125 Tears IS eight million gallons of raw-sewage raw-sewage daily into Utah Lake. They said the Utah Division of Health and the Denver office of F.PA told the city to quit bypassing bypass-ing the treatment plant with sewage and make necessary repairs. The FPA said the city had a new gear system installed by July 11 but that the problem has not been solved entirely. While the gear assembly was out of operation, microorganisms micro-organisms thai help treat the sewage died, government officials offi-cials said. ' T T T till 11 ti Power Out Snake Blows Up Works A 36 inch bull snake slid its way into a circuit breaker at the Olmstead Power Substation at the mouth of Provo Canyon on Saturday night, causing a large portion of Utah County to lose electricity. Utah Power and Light Co. spokesmen said the outage affected af-fected electricity users anywhere any-where from 15 to 24 minutes. They said the initial tripping of the Olmstead circuitbreaker caused a chain reaction that tripped others throughout the county. The snake? A worker at the substation said it died. Sharleen Beckstead, Riverton. "All very well done. We en joyed it so much." Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lesuan, Ogden. "I couldn't believe what I saw. Thank you for bringing this outstanding work of art to us." Mrs. Blanche M. Davis, Salt Lake City. "A most outstanding production." produc-tion." Mrs. E. W. Nelson, Preston, Pres-ton, Idaho. "Most enjoyable. Compares favorable with Laguna Beach." Herbert Burrell, San Louis Obispo, Obi-spo, Calif. "It is difficult to make choices - each one was exquisite and 'breathtaking'. Thank you for a lovely evening." Mrs. Paul Henneman, Midvale. Audience response to each presentation is now being tallied, tal-lied, with favorite selections to be reported in a future article. Plans are now underway to complete the selections to be presented in the 19.76 Utah Pageant of the Arts, according to Mr. Pierce. American Fork Officials Reply To Sewer Operation Criticism City officials have said they are "angry" over criticism of American Fork's wastewater treatment plant by John Green, Denver, regional administrator of the Fnvironmental Protection Protec-tion Agency (EPA). "Peopio who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," Mayor Milcolm H. Beck commented. com-mented. We have received no help, no assistance and no recommendations from this inept, in-ept, poorly managed and cumbersome cum-bersome agency." The mayor noted that Mr. Green accused the city of improper plant operation in not having spare parts on hand to insure quick repairs when a gear system in the clarifier of the sewer system failed May 28, causing sewage to be "unnecessarily" "unneces-sarily" bypassed to Utah Lake. Can't Afford All Spares "Of course it would be good management to have replacement replace-ment parts on hand at the plant, Jon Adams, superintendent of the sewer department, said. "It would be nice to have a spare for every part that might break; but we just can't afford it." It was not a requirement when the plant was built in 1953, and since that time the parts have become obsolete, he said. The EPA statement that American Fork had been bypassing up to eight million gallons per day of "raw sewage" sounds more serious than the actual situation, according ac-cording to Mr. Adams. Six million mil-lion gallons of this amount is irrigation and ground water seepage, see-page, making the discharge quite diluted, the sewer superintendent superin-tendent said. "We know that a modification or new facility is necessary, Mr. Adams continued, "but we have no control over that." He went on to explain the department has to work on a small city's budget, but it has met all safety standards such as safety railings, rail-ings, gratings, etc., and the crew and city have improved the plant in every way possible. Cities 1972 Application According to Mayor Beck, American Fork applied for a , grant to improve sewer plant facilities on Dec. 22, 1972, and has just completed the third infiltration study required by EPA. "I have attended meetings in four sections of the country in Reservations Required At Timpanogos Cave Due to the number of visitors wishing to tour the caves at Timpanogos Cave National Monument it is necessary to require organized groups such as schools, churches, scouts and others to make reservations in advance of their visit by contacting con-tacting monument headquarters for reservations. By controlling the number of groups arriving each day, all visitors who are traveling will be able to see the caves and have a more enjoyable, high quality tour while helping to preserve the caves for all visitors visi-tors to see. Superintendent Sherma E. Bierhaus emphasized empha-sized the fact that groups arriving arriv-ing without previous reservations reserva-tions can not be accommodated on the cave tours. Superintendent Bierhaus wishes to express her appreciation apprecia-tion for the cooperation of all visitors who have visited the monument this summer. "This has been one of the best visitor seasons we have experienced because motorists have ob Mayor Commended For National Guard Support Mayor Malcolm H. Beck has been commended for his support sup-port of the National Guard and Reserve. In a letter from J. M. Roche, national chairman of the National Committee for Employer Em-ployer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Mayor Beck was told, "it is most gratifying to know that you are among those outstanding out-standing leaders who understand under-stand the importance of the Reserve Forces in today's Total Force Policy and are aware of their role in our national security securi-ty system." Mr. Roche said, "with your assistance and that of many others from government, business busi-ness and the professions, we are moving toward attaining coverage cover-age of all members of the American Amer-ican work force and in doing so, we shall insure a strong Guard the past two years, and have yet to find one man who knows what the EPA regulations say," Mayor Beck added. EPA has spent $4 to $5 million dollars for planning, but nothing for facilities, facili-ties, Mayor Beck continued. American Fork has a discharge dis-charge permit issued by the EPA which allows the city to by-pass the treatment plant during dur-ing peak flows - a period from May until Sept. 1. During that time of the year, irrigation, flood water and ground seepage water cause overflow of the plant capacity, Mr. Adams said. "If we have a total flow of eight million gallons and can handle only four and a half million mil-lion gallons a day, that means three and a half million gaiions go straight to Utah Lake," Mr. Adams explained. Every Effort Made "Every effort was expended to solve the problem," according accord-ing to Preston Taylor, city superintendent of services. "Mr. Adams and the two men down there did an excellent job. Jon spent countless hours trying to locate the necessary part for repair," Mr. Taylor said. Mr. Taylor pointed out the American Fork plant was built in 1953 at a time when the average aver-age person used approximately 50 to 60 gaiions of water a day. Lifestyles have changed since then, and the average person uses about 1200 gallons a day, he said. Detergents, plastic diapers, automatic washeis, chemicals, all innovations such as these have contributed to mounting sewer problems, Mr. Adams and Mr. Taylor observed. Partially Treated The sewage discharged into the lake was partially treated, according to Mr. Adams. Preliminary Preli-minary treatment during the plant stoppage included raking, screening and running through the grit chamber," he said. "We live in this area," Mr. Adams stated, "we are not in favor of dumping raw sewage into Utah Lake where our children chil-dren play and our friends find recreation. We would appreciate appre-ciate help rather than harassment," harass-ment," he added. "We couldn't take it home in plastic bags," one official remarked. "There was no alternative alter-native to the action we took," he concluded. served the new lower speed limits and been aware of increased in-creased pedestrian traffic throughout the area," she stated. stat-ed. The cooperation of visitors along the cave trail has, thus far, prevented the occurrence of any serious injuries or accidents. acci-dents. Evening programs are continuing contin-uing throughout the summer at 8:00 p.m. daily with a wide variety var-iety of topics being presented. Tickets for cave tours are sold daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Visitors should be aware that all tickets for cave tours may be sold early in the afternoon on weekends and holidays. The cost of tickets is $.50 for persons sixteen years of age and older. Persons under age sixteen are admitted free but must be accompanied ac-companied by an adult. For further information or reservations contact: National Park Service, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Rt. 2, Box 200, American Fork, Utah 84003, telephone 756-4497. and Reserve. Mayor Beck signed a Statement State-ment of Support for the Guard and Reserve which will be displayed dis-played in the city offices. The statement also bears the signatures signa-tures of the Secretary of Defense and Mr. Roche. Band Party Slated A party for all members of the American Fork High School Band will be held on Tuesday, August 5, at 8 p.m. at the park at 700 East and 200 North. A barbecue is planned, band officials said, and a fun time is expected. The party will climax the year for band members. |