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Show ifizen ( TLcUrtO THIS UAH an uLE OCR .'''co 1 !KMU HRRIlTrS-R DEP1 .... FOR i IATELY. SES. Wl I More LOCAL news than any other source! , 0 IBIKM BW, 'S 1"' S in I fi! ..; vu ins I Si I' 5 i t" For home delivery call 756-7669 or see our web site at www.newutah.com Vol. 22, No. 28 Wednesday, July 12,2000 50 cents a single copy ?W - J.ff.f..T..v.-.v.J.Ji-..-.a. JF . r , Li'1 w . I I f it. 1 - -. I . f I nor WV7 , 1 n w The Steel Days burnout, held in dampened roadway. The event Steel Days By Barbara Christiansen City Editor It didn't rain on our parade, but the cloud cover helped maintain pleasant temperatures, tempera-tures, and American Fork's residents were the winners. American Fork's Steel Days pent off without a hitch, according to chair Merv Brown, who expressed appreciation appre-ciation to the community and to committee members. Not only did the events run smoothly, but there was a great interest from the citizens, citi-zens, who supported the programs pro-grams both with their presence pres-ence and their wallets, mak Community looks to new wireless laws By Barbara Christiansen City Editor Technology has changed so much in the last few years that American Fork City is looking at revamping its ordinances governing wireless communication. communica-tion. In fact, the name of the law may be changed to reflect the growth of the industry, including includ-ing all wireless services, not just cellular telephones as had previously been the case. American Fork's first ordinance ordi-nance had been written with an eye to limiting the height of cellular cel-lular phone towers. That step helped encourage erecting more towers, but perhaps less intrusive ones. Because of technology, if two users wanted to locate on the same structure, their receivers had to be placed at least 20 feet apart. Highland hospital volunteer marks 30 years By Ann Shields When Grace Jensen began as a Pink Lady at the American Fork Hospital, it was at the "old" hospital on 300 North and the year was 1970. Time has flown since then, she says, not believing she had been there long enough to be honored for 30-years of service at the April awards banquet of the auxiliary. She recalls she had a new baby, her seventh child, and when the little girl was two months old, Grace's sister Laura Parduhn, a Pink Lady herself, told Grace she needed to "get away from the confusion" confu-sion" for a little while. Asking where she should go, Laura talked her into volunteering one shift a week at the hospital. S' f I conjunction with the car cruise, creates lots of smoke as drivers spin their back wheels on a was held Friday evening, appropriately in front of the city's fire station. celebration is called a success ing the city celebration a financial success. Revenues over and above the expenses will go back into making next year's festivities an even bigger event, said Brown. "We appreciate the public for their interest in the events, and the committee members for their countless hours and the care they put into their assignments," said Brown. Festivities included a concert con-cert by BlackHawk and Voice Male, along with a fireworks display, on Saturday evening. All the tickets to the concert That has changed rapidly, and now companies, including those offering wireless Internet access, are interested in co-locating co-locating on poles within the community, and at distances far less than 20 feet apart. With what Planning Consultant Rod Despain calls "stealth technology," the businesses busi-nesses are able to place their equipment on lower poles, with more frequency. They are less conspicuous. "They sort of hide them among the furniture," he said. Under the current city ordinance, ordi-nance, there are provisions for two types of structures which may be placed on the towers or on existing buildings. They are the big bonnet type, and those which fit on the upright versions ver-sions and hug the poles tightly. "Perhaps we will create a third category," said Despain. When she started, she worked the evening shift from 4 to 8. This way "I could get the baby about ready for bed, and could have supper ready for the rest of the family to just warm up. It was soup day or bean day. Ken (her husband) was home to do the chores and help with the children, and Mother left." As part of her duties, she was a cashier in the cafeteria during meal time. The menu was more varied each day than it is now. Items included meat-and-one vegetable $1.70; meat and two vegetables, $2.05; meat, $1.35; pie, 45 cents; vegetable, veg-etable, 35-cents; two vegetables 70-cents; a sandwich, $1. Pizza, one slice 80-cents, two slices $1.60; three slices $2.40; or, if you were really hungry, you 1 V were sold, ensuring that the concert would break even, or run in the black. On Saturday morning, one of the first festivities included a balloon launch with around 15 hot air balloons, coming from as far away as Arizona and Colorado for the event. Over 200 participated in Jhe Steel Days 5K Fun Run, "and many youngsters enjoyed the kids' half mile race, also on Saturday. Rotary Park was crowded all during Steel Days, with food and craft vendors for the Summer Festival and Boutique, and entries in the Projects go By Barbara Christiansen City editor American Fork has taken the next step toward creation cre-ation of an expanded park and ride facility on the community's com-munity's west side, plus development of one of the first sections of a trail along the American Fork River. The City Council voted to approve . the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) using engineers from a pool of consultants for the two projects. Horrocks Engineers will do the work for the Main Street park and ride, while RB&G (Rollins, Brown and Gunnell) will prepare the river trail. With the Main Street park and ride project, the city is working to expand the facility by 100 or 120 stalls, depending on the area of land available and the con could have four slices at a cost of $3.20. (This changed with the times and Volunteer Auxiliary members no longer work in the cafeteria.) With her children grown, she switched to an afternoon shift and for the last several years she can be found nearly every Thursday at the Information Desk in the front lobby, answering answer-ing telephones and questions from noon to 4 p.m. "I really enjoy it," she says. "You meet a lot of wonderful people. I love people and this gives me the chance to talk with them. It doesn't matter if I know them or not, I can talk to them." Grace brings her crocheting to do when she's not busy answering telephones or direct ' I ! : . m M Photo by Barbara Christiansen annual Car Show on Friday. The cars took to the streets on Friday evening with a cruise on Main Street and a burnout contest to see who could create cre-ate the greatest amount of smoke in 30 seconds of spinning spin-ning their back wheels with their front wheels held in place. Organizers say the commit' tee worked to ensure that all of the events during the celebration cele-bration were bigger and better bet-ter than in previous years, leading the way for an even greater Steel Days next year. The committee will begin work in August. to engineers figuration of the parking spaces. That would double the size of the existing lot. Another facet would be to create an access area large enough for buses to pick up and discharge passengers at the lot, eliminating the hazards haz-ards of the current area on State Street. Work on the American Fork River trail would begin at the Art Dye Park and continue con-tinue south toward 300 North. Some of the land is already in city ownership and some is not. In some locations, the trail may have to go along city streets. It is exp9cted to be at least eight feet wide, with a hard surface, probably asphalt. The projects are funded through monies from Congestion Management and Air Quality, with a small match from the city. ing visitors to patient rooms. Her projects in recent years include completing over 80-pair of house slippers which she has given to family and friends. "I really enjoy working with the ladies (other members of the Volunteer Auxiliary), and have always got along fine with them," she says. She and Kenneth recently observed their 61st wedding anniversary. They have resided in the Highland area for much of their married life. Carol Ann Durfey, Director of Volunteers at American Fork Hospital, praised Grace and other members of the volunteers volun-teers for their dedication and willingness to serve. Grace is See GRACE on Page 4 Citizens are invited to speak on bonds By Barbara Christiansen City Editor Citizens have an opportunity opportuni-ty to shape the future of their public buildings, and are invited invit-ed to attend three public hearings hear-ings sponsored by American Fork City. Residents may ask questions about or make suggestions for, a proposed police and courts building and another structure for the fire and ambulance departments. Those two measures will be on an Aug. 8 bond elections and the citizens will have the option to vote for either or both. Preliminary estimates run $S million for the police and courts building, of which the District Court would pick up half the cost through a 20-year lease from the city. Fire and ambulance facilities facili-ties are being pared down from initial estimates, which had been based on the city creating full-time departments. The current cur-rent plan is to continue to use volunteers to man the departments, depart-ments, na',ir!g the fost pHrr the initial $2.5 million estimate. New Utah! ge new own Pulitzer purchases news group, local content to be further strengthened New Utah! joined the Pulitzer Inc., the owners of the Daily Herald in Provo last week in a move that is designed to strengthen the group of community com-munity weekly newspapers. The New Utah! newspapers newspa-pers are expected to continue operating as they have in the past, with the newspaper staff left intact following the merger. Brett Bezzant will remain as manager of the newspaper he has published since 1982 and Marc Haddock will remain as managing editor. City editors remain Barbara Christiansen for American Fork, Cathy Allred for Lehi, Karli Poyfair for Pleasant Grove and Lindon and Beky Beaton for Lone Peak. Beaton is also the New Utah! sports editor. "We believe the future of our paper and our employees is best served by joining with The Daily Herald and Pulitzer newspapers," Bezzant said when the merger was announced last Friday. "Together our papers become much stronger in terms of size and scale. "And we are pleased to be joining Pulitzer, a company with an outstanding reputation - A J. t - ' V - ' s s ' ' ' r. Vs V ' ' : ' " . ' - ' ' ' """-. . Grace Jensen greets visitors at the American Fork Hospital Information Desk. She has served as a volunteer for 30-years. July 13 Barratt Elementary School 168 N. 900 East July 20 American Fork Public Library 64 S. 100 East July 27 American Fork Junior High School 1120 N. 20 West All hearings begin at 6 p.m. i Studies arc being done to determine whether the current building at 98 N. ('enter Street should be renovated to house larger fire and ambulance departments, once the courts have moved into the new facility. facili-ty. Another option would he to build a new structure, probably on property the city owns at 300 Fast and Main Streets, which is currently a city park. With either or both of the bond issues, city officials expect jre See HEARING on Page 4 for quality and community service." ser-vice." Kirk Parkinson, president and publisher of The Daily Herald also praised the move as good for both The Daily Herald and New Utah! "The partnership will benefit the readers and advertisers of the weeklies, as well as The Herald," Parkinson said. "Besides production and content con-tent economies, this merger will strengthen local content and regional news in all of the publications." No job cuts were expected as a result of the merger, and terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Bezzant purchased Newtah Inc, which included the American Fork Citizen, the Lehi Free Press and the Pleasant Grove Review in 1982. In August 1998 the newspapers newspa-pers were combined as New Utah!, with separate editions for American Fork, Lehi and Pleasant Grove, as well a new edition for the Lone Peak area, including Highland, Alpine and Cedar Hills, and a Lindon edition. edi-tion. The newspaper also launched its web site, www.newutah.com at the same time. ts POOR COPY |