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Show American Fork Citizen New Fire they would have,to wait to do demolition and construction construc-tion until the police and courts move from the current cur-rent building into their new structure, being built to the east. Another option would be to do a partial demolition of the current building and start construction now. That option would be expensive, indicated Moves. "We will pay a real premium," pre-mium," he said. They could leave the current cur-rent building intact and build around it. The site would work for that function," said Moyes. The next aspect is aesthetics. aesthet-ics. Architects do not like to leave open space on the edges (of blocks), but it makes a lot of sense to place the building Church e covered the stained glass with brick." After the LDS Church discontinued use of the structure, it was then used as a preschool. The reception center plans on retaining as much of the original look as possible. possi-ble. "We are rebuilding and trying to put a stained glass overlay in all the panes," he said. "We are going back to the 1903 look with stained glass and arches. It will be kind of the same atmosphere." atmos-phere." The former chapel and cultural hall areas will be the main reception areas. The one in the cultural hall on the building's east side will include a grand staircase. stair-case. The former Relief Society room will be converted to an area for business luncheons. lunch-eons. The kitchen will be expanded and upgraded to a catering kitchen. In the upstairs classrooms, class-rooms, there will be a bridal gown sales shop and a tuxedo tuxe-do rental, along with two bridal dressing areas. , Basement classrooms will be converted to a retail floral area. in mill if Utahl - Wednesday, April 25, where it can be built." Committee members had studied several other downtown down-town locations and made initial contacts with property proper-ty owners to determine if they might be interested in selling to the city. While the areas differed in size and layout, any would be acceptable, according accord-ing to Moyes. "Pretty much, they will all work," he said. "There are some unique challenges. We would have to weigh circulation cir-culation and access, the price of land, and the amount of parking." Moyes estimated a two-to two-to three-month period to design the building and 10 to 12 months for its construction. con-struction. Dale Gunther, of the In the front of the east side, there is a two-story section which will be used for a photographer's studio. The project is cpmplex, with new heating, electrical, electri-cal, plumbing and roof structure. "In all of the remodeling, we are still trying to retain the atmosphere of an old church," said Richards. The concept is gaining popularity populari-ty through the state, with similar projects completed or under way in Payson, Spanish Fork, Salt Lake City, Brigham City, Bountiful and Logan. The work is challenging, yet satisfying. "It is a great use for an old building," said Richards. "I love to try to restore it and bring back some of the history. It is a challenge - a challenge for all of my people. peo-ple. But it is definitely worthwhile." One of the most useful ways to meet those challenges chal-lenges is with flexibility. The original conception of what the building would look like when we were through changes daily," he said. The owner, contractor Introducing our generous NEW Centra! 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Continued from front page and subcontractors all have to have flexibility and imagination imag-ination in dealing with this old building." For example, when they removed some of the inner walls, they discovered that during previous remodeling projects, they were simply added onto rather than being upgraded. The gap was used as furnace fur-nace flues," said Richards. "Some of the walls were 36 inches thicken when we torn them apart." There have been surprises surpris-es with the construction techniques, but no exciting items have been uncovered, he said. The only thing we found here was a lot of old dirt," he said. Along with the old dirt, there were old construction methods and materials. "This building is structurally struc-turally very sound," he said. "The timbers they used were full size, not nominal. We have saved a lot of those. , ."The rock foundations, are Rougher to cut than a. new concrete foundation is. When they built it in 1903 they built it to last." Member FDIC Eqjal Housing Lender ( www.centralbankutah.com "' u mb .. '" -t . ). ..: . Trail make sure it works for them, too," he said,1- . Some citizens asked whether the trail needed to be asphalted, but the engineer engi-neer said it would be. "In a practical sense, a hard surface is almost man Boyer concert halls in the United Kingdom and Europe. I also was fortunate to have fabulous fabu-lous teachers. "Because of my music, I was always assured of a job. That was important, because in the early 80s there was a change in the economy." His career in music was based on more than economic eco-nomic principles, however. "When I was 15 years old I got the chance to conduct the band," he said. "It was one of my own arrangements. arrange-ments. I got the shivers. Playing became the means to an end. I was thrilled." Based on that experience, experi-ence, he decided to teach music. After he received his . degree in education, he moved to northeast England to teach music in a high school. "I intended to go up there for a year," he said. There weren't very many good brass bands in that area. My jobs was to make them; stronger. It was a difficult job to keep the players, because the best ones went to other locations." Boyer was able to combine com-bine his love for teaching and music with his training in psychology. "I started developing people peo-ple skills. I found that I enjoyed taking the underdog under-dog (band) and making it successful." He enjoys the same trend in business, taking a small business and making it a market leading, he said. It was through his interest inter-est in brass bands that 1 Boyer came to Utah. Through brass bands in I Sprung c m ( Ml 4" Premium" Annuals Zonal Geraniums New Guinea Impattens Tuberous Begonias Dracaena Spikes Aspragus Fern i l: - ii -,2J ... ... : r Cation Geraniums Buy tfsi&t fen tSss p&o ssi &s isist spsffy' dated," said Brown. Since it is designed as a multi-use trail, and must meet federal standards due to funding, it must be readily readi-ly useable for those on bikes, wheelchairs or pushing push-ing strollers, in addition to the United Kingdom, I met someone who sold acoustic instruments," he said. They became partners and eventually even-tually found that Larson Davis felt it was under represented rep-resented in the United Kingdom. They started selling sell-ing their equipment and the company eventually acquired the other. He was in Utah during the Sesquicentennial celebration cele-bration and somebody pointed out to him that Utah had an English style brass band which had a concert con-cert scheduled. "It was organized by Steve Call, a professor at BYU," said Boyer. "I was like a drug addict. I went as long as I could then contacted contact-ed Steve. We formed Utah Premiere Brass." There are about 30 members mem-bers in the group. "That is a pretty standard stan-dard number," he said. "It provides a required balance and composers write for that balance of instruments." instru-ments." He told about the history of brass bands in Utah. "At the beginning of the 20th century there were over 100 brass bands in Utah," he said. "Now there are only two. The other is in Bountiful." Because of the size requirements for the proper instrumentation, their goal is not to expand their band, but to encourage other cities to create more. "Our goal is to provide a stimulus to other communities communi-ties in Utah to form brass' bands," he said. Through that I can repay the Utah people. I am doing my level best to give a rich culture 1MMMJ GREENHOUSE & ICiclcoffff Wednesday - Thursday -Friday 4" . Wide assortment of Annuals, Perennials", Colors, Tomatoes, Onions, Peppers, Hanging Baskets, 4" & Gallon Perennials Eierytfiing a Gardener's' Heart Could Desire! .A Hours: 9-7 9736 North 4800 West Continued from front page , walkers and joggers. Of the $350,000 estimated estimat-ed price for the trail and acquisition of the property, 93 percent is coming from the federal government. Continued from front page back to Utah. "It can be a very rich part of somebody's heritage. The repertoire can be wide and varied. It is a phenomenal media." x The music itself it usually usual-ly a surprise to those with preconceived ideas about brass bands. "People expect marches, but we play some serious music," he said. "It is more of a symphonic ensemble. There are some light pieces and entertaining programs as well." Audiences respond positively posi-tively to the music. "I can drive people to tears, hopefully through their emotions and not with bad playing," he joked. One of the group's most popular emotion-provoking pieces is "YouH Never Walk Alone." Boyer's philosophy, whether it is in business or music, is being a team player play-er and helping others to do so. He gives much credit to American Fork High School's music director. "We think the world of John Miller," he said. "He is an amazing individual that has achieved so much. I have learned so much from him", Boyer is happy where he is, and pleased with his new work and location for himself, him-self, wife Anne and son, who is happy to be able to join Miller's band program as AFHS. . "I could have been a pro-; fessional musician and it would have paid me a lot of money," he said. "But that is highly competitive: I have"' no regrets, and now I can sleep at night. GARDEN CENTER - Saturday Annual Marigolds Dahlias Pansies 9mm ' PI I AMERICAN FORK , nfff-l-tnmrmT- M,BM,.,fflT.T.tr.......fi.J..-,-J--')g CENTRAL ANN i (On mile North of Tlmpanogoj Temple) (POOR CO 'WBfti5JSIWQftailJ9w -"UW'-JW. V 4 4 "5 Tjp Highland Firms WV jJ Jill I.I f .,,, |