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Show Utih .t-it ;Vcs 'sen. Post Office Box 132? S?lt Lako City, !Jtah 54110 .'t y . a- Council harmarfe m M- 'Www irgfflt X . 1 4 I'm hrJ fy szLA TV V Mayor Malcolm Beck announced an-nounced in the American Fork City Council meeting on November 23, that the city has received a federal grant under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of ianta Welcomed ly Youngsters Area boys and girls were on hand Friday, November 26, to let Santa know he is welcome in the community. The boys and girls - and their parents-- braved the cold, snowy weather to welcome wel-come the jovial old gentleman as he arrived to usher in the Christmas Season. And although there was a skiff of snow to make him feel at home, he came on aboard the city fire engine, riding through Main Street. Not only did he bring the spirit of Christmas with him, but he had a candy cane for Jr. High to Winter Concert Tonite The American Fork Jr. High Music department is putting on its annual Winter Concert Thursday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the junior high auditorium., auditor-ium., JM . public, is cordially, invited to attend. Rodney E. Harris, director of bands, said that all of the bands would be performing that night. This will be the first concert for the Beginning Band. The Stage Band, Cadet It has been 35 years since Santa Claus first winged in from the North Pole to stand at the side of Mary Pulley to greet the boys and girls of American Fork. He will be there again on Saturday evening, December 4, to meet and treat his little friends as he has for each of the 34 preceding years. Long before the 5 p.m. starting start-ing time, and continuing until 9 p.m., cars will wend their way towards Miss Pulley's giant yule panorama. Motorists are asked to approach from the south and proceed up the hill to avoid confusion. And on Monday, December 6, residents of the Utah State Training School, rest homes and group homes will be welcomed wel-comed by Santa and Miss Pulley. Pul-ley. From then until New Years, the lights and familiar Christ Liglits eta org Saturday "T 7 C' Ov CHRISTMAS GARDENS at Mary Pulley will open on Saturday, December 4, at 5 p.m. Traditional Christmas scenes will be shown for 35th year. 1972. The city will receive $832,500. The grant was originally applied ap-plied for in October of 1974. There was quite a scuffle trying to get it filed on time, says Ray Nelson, city recorder. record-er. American Fork was receiv- each of the youngsters greeting greet-ing him. And with his arrival, the lights went on in the downtown area to signal the beginning of the festivities. Stores have pledged to coo--perate with the shoppers to help out also. They will remain open until 9 p.m. on Friday, December 3 and December 10. Then beginning December 13, will remain open until 9 p.m. every day except Saturday until un-til Christmas. So plan now to shop in American Amer-ican Fork - and to get your shopping done now while the selections are the best. Present and Symphonic Bands performed per-formed at a student assembly in October. Monday the Stage Band played at the Eldred Center in Provo for the visually visual-ly handicapped, and were, well received. The Music Department is also al-so grateful for the support of the community in their current cur-rent fund raising project. You will be well rewarded by your attendance at the concert. mas carols can be viewed from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. each night. The panorama, long an American Fork tradition annually an-nually brings thousands to the are to remind them of the true spirit of the season. Grandchil-dren Grandchil-dren and even greatgrandchildren great-grandchildren of the first viewers are on hand. There is the lovely traditional tradition-al Nativitv scene with Marv. Joseph, the Babe, the Wise-men, Wise-men, Shepherds with sheep and overhead the luminous Star of Bethlehem. Colored lights glow from surrounding trees and shrubs to complete the Christmas fairyland panorama. panor-ama. Further along on the lovely lawn, a huge counterpart of Santa, resplendant in sleigh and with a big bag of toys and eight tiny reindeer - plus Rudolph of red nose fame, can be seen. ing snow that day and the Point of the Mountain was closed to traffic. The application applica-tion for the grant had to be flown into Salt Lake City by helicopter in order to make it in the mail to Washington, D.C. by the deadline date. Funds from the grant will be used to create a sewage treatment treat-ment works and will also cover the cost of developing the facility plan and design, which was submitted in October Octob-er of 1974. At the outset of the council meeting Mayor Beck stated, "There is a special program on television for the family which as community and civic leaders we should watch and learn from." Mayor Beck expressed ex-pressed his desire to keep the meeting short. City Attorney Ray Harding requested the council's permission per-mission to let senior law students occassionally represent repre-sent the city in misdemeanor lawsuits. Mr. Harding told the council that he had tried this on a previous occassion and found it quite satisfactory. He also related that the Bar Association Asso-ciation allows this action to provide additional out of the classroom training for senior law students. In other city business, a public pub-lic hearing was set for December 14 at Wendell Hansen's Han-sen's request for a zone change from R-2 to C-2 to allow him to construct a group of four-plex apartments. The council approve the request unamiously. Finally, Mayor Beck read a notice that was to appear in the newspaper stating that a computer error was responsible responsi-ble for overcharging some citizens citi-zens for their water use. "If your meter reading was in excess of the minimum i charge during the billing per-' iod and you are not a multiple unit user, you may either take a credit of $6.75 on your next meter reading on March of 1977 or stop by the City Office to receive proper credit.," the notice stated. Christmas carol music is heard from amplifiers to add to the holiday spirit. Mary Pulleys Christmas tradition began in 1942 when in corresponding with servicemen service-men scattered far and wide in World War II, she yearned to do something for their loved ones at home torn with anxiety. anxie-ty. She yearned too, to let them know that the peace on earth these boys were fighting' for was in the hearts of the folks on the home front. Memory will roll back Saturday Satur-day for those who viewed the scenes for the first time in 1942 when they too, like their grandchildren, relive the wonder of Christmas as they watch young eyes, colored lights and - perhaps- snow flakes twinkle on the never-to-be-forgotten scene. tat Saturfa Town Meeting '76 is only two days away. This Saturday from 9 a.m. townspeople will gather at the Forbes Elemen-, tary School to discuss community com-munity concerns, express greviences, and plan ways to make American Fork a better place to live. Admission costs have been set at 19 cents for children and 76 cents for adults. There will ; be child care provided for , those parents with young children chil-dren who need supervising. Students from the local junior high who have completed a course in babysitting will be caring for the children. Starting at 9 a.m. there will be an opening address following follow-ing which citizens will divide Lions Clubs To Sponsor Clinic Sat. The Lions Clubs of Northern Utah County will sponsor a Hearing Check and Heart Pressure Clinic Saturday, Dec. 4, 1976. The clinic will be held at the Pleasant . Grove Lions Center, 600 East Center fio Burning City and state ordinances ordin-ances prohibit burning of leaves, rubbish, garbage or refuse of any kind this time of year without permission per-mission of the American Fork Fire Department, according ac-cording to Fire Chief Paul Peters. Some itypes of burning are permissable with a special approval. Before burning anything call Fire Chief Peters or any member memb-er of the American Fork Fire Department. American Fork City Council-men Council-men met with County Commissioner Commis-sioner Yukus Inouye and representatives from Pleasant Grove, Lehi, and Alpine to discuss dis-cuss Utah County's solid waste disposal program, previous to their regular council meeting on November 23. Deputy County Attorney, Rick Jackman, presented a plan for the cities in the county coun-ty to join together in forming a special service district to deal with the problem. According to county officials, cities can not go into debt past December Decemb-er of each year, but a special service district does not have that limitation. "A special service district has all the qualifications to provide for a solution to our solid waste problem," Commissioner Com-missioner Inouye told the city officials. Mr. Jackman and Mr. Inouye related to the Am. Fork City Council and visitors from other cities that at the present all the county was requesting them to do was approve ap-prove the formation of the special service district. This would involve creating a committee com-mittee formed of one representative represen-tative from each city and yfe NwfirOiiii'iHi i;"!i!"f I'imi'pP jCiii.iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii'ii. i !Wiipiiijiip into several workshops. Lunch will be provided. At the end of the day a statement will be drafted through the combined effort of the participants. This document will be presented to the city council to act -as a guideline as to how the people feel things should operate in their city. Mike Andrews, chairman of the local committee planning the event urges all citizens interested in improving their community to come and participate. parti-cipate. The town meeting is organized organ-ized by the Institute of Cultural Cultur-al Affairs and local citizens. It is sponsored locally by town merchants and the Chamber of Commerce. from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Hearing tests will be given by the members of the Utah Audiological Society. Licensed : audiologists will be giving the hearing tests. If you are found . to have a hearing loss, you will be referred to your family physician or an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist for further tests. The Volunteer Ambulance Auxiliary are furnishing , volunteers who have had mi many hour of medical-train,. 1 Tl ! 1 1 ' V, ing. jney win ue giving uiuuu pressure tests. If your blood pressure is abnormal the volunteers will discuss it With you. The public is invited to take advantage of this important health clinic. If you have any questions about this clinic please contact your local Lions Club members. The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller, Brattleboro, Vt. in January Jan-uary 1940. It was for $22.54. An American firm is to build Russia's first bowling center, a 16-lane facility in Moscow. representatives from the county coun-ty to act as a governing a policy making body over the special service district. The committee would then decide what was the best approach to the solid waste problem. The meeting then erupted into a volly of questions and counter-statements as visiting representatives from Pleasant Grove and Alpine pursued the matter of what type of solid waste program the county needed. "I really believe we have one alternative for Utah County," Coun-ty," said Mr. Jackman, "land fill,. but first we have to find a place to put it." A site on the opposite side of Utah Lake was mentioned, but the cost of hauling the trash would amount to $10.68 for each ton hauled. Considering 66 tons per day would need to be hauled, that amounts to $704.88 per day, according to county figures. After the discussion of which method ought to be used for solid waste removal went on for some 45 minutes, Mayor Malcolm Beck cut in and said, "I think we have a mutual concern and ought to handle it uiah THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1976 ' !' f i . i I 1 ti. t "if II 11 BUDGET REQUEST of the Utah State Training School was presented to Governor Rampton last week. Participating in the budget presentation were Dr. Paul S. Sogers, superintendent, left, Governor-elect Scott M. Matheson, Governor Calvin L. Rampton, and Evan E. Jones, Jr., director of the Division of Family Services. S(OTJ0 F-1rorA" Governor Calvin L. Rampton Ramp-ton and governor elect Scott M. Matheson heard a budget request by Utah State Training Train-ing School officials last week, totaling $17,551,400 for fiscal year 1977-78. This includes a total of $11,754,800 for the standard stan-dard budget and $5,796,400 for the work load increase. These totals compare to $10,364,000 in the standard bud-, bud-, get for the current fiscal year, plus tfie $278,000 For work foad increase: The total budget fdr ; this year was $10,642,000. The budget presentation was made for Governor Rampton and his staff by Dr. Paul S. Sagers, superintendent of the training school, assisted by J. Dean Jones, assistant superintendent, superin-tendent, and John Walker, the budget and accounting officer at the school. The budget request included the following expenditures: , $667,800, administration; $858,000, dietary; $1,999,500, health care; $572,100, health services; $676,100, vocational rehabilitation; $128,900, psychology; $122,000, social on a joint basis." Facts and figures were discussed for a few more minutes, and then a portion of the Lehi delegation got up to leave. At this point Councilman Greenwood interrupted the conversation and said, Lehi people, before you leave I want you to know that I plan to enter a motion that we develop a governing body chaired by the County Commission Com-mission and with a representative representa-tive from each city." "We've been talking in circles cir-cles so far," said JoAnn Brown of Lehi. "We have other committments com-mittments that we must fill tonight but Mayor Colledge will stay and fill us in. I agree with the development of the board," she concluded. rollowing the departure of the Lehi group, Mr. Jackman again related that no decision as to the method used in the program needed to be resolved at the present, "it should be left to the members of the special service district committee," com-mittee," he said. The meeting then adjourned and American Fork began their regular session. : Si ( f tra a services; $195,400, recreation; $181,900, pre-education; $1,054,100, education; $763,700, post-education. Also included in the standard stan-dard budget request were $1,709,600, resident care; $553,600, resident services; $415,600, community group homes; $295,700, community day care centers; $817,300, buildings and grounds; lST.OOO.fam;, $528500, demonstration and research; and $58,000, federal food distribution. distri-bution. 1 A summary of programs included in-cluded in the 1977-78 request is as follows: Staffing and equipment equip-ment for the new seizure control con-trol building, $157,687; additional addi-tional staff required to conform con-form to Federal Nursing Home Standards and also for Title XIX, $3,430,335; Post education increase to provide full education for ail residents over age 21, $182,387; Education Educa-tion increase to provide full education program for all residents resi-dents ages five through 21, $1,404,744; establish nine new group homes, $446,490; and establish es-tablish three new day care centers, $194,800. The budget requests take into in-to account requirements for the Intermediate Care FacilityMental Faci-lityMental Retardation, which had imposed certain staff and building require i j t. : H"SS ; s ;.:-, I ' '-WV 'All f 1 : " 1 CHRISTMAS sfOCKINGS - Tiny Tyson Walker receives preview of holiday wrap at the American Fork Hospital as he tries on a Christmas stocking for size. Helping him with his new attire are nurse Annette Pulley, R.N.; Mrs. David Walker, his mother, and Pink Lady RoseMarie Smith. Babies born at the hospital after December 1 5 and up until January 1 will receive the colorful wrapping. The stockings were made by members of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary. V'. )' A- ments to be met by March 17, 1977. These standards have been relaxed so that staff requirements will not have to be met until March, 1978, with building standards to be met by March, 1S80. The budget will now be considered con-sidered by the governor, who will make his recommendations recommenda-tions to the legislature in the budget message delivered at the opening of the new legisla- five session early in 1977. "' Senior Citizens Banquet, Program Saturday The Annual Senior Citizens banquet will be held in the new American Fork Junior High School, Saturday, Dec. 4, at 12:30 noon. A lovely dinner will be served followed by an outstanding out-standing program. Only senior citizens who have registered and have their new 1977 membership cards will be admitted. Senior Citizens! Be aware of this special holiday event, a good time will be assured to all attending. i |