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Show American Fork Citizen New Utah - Thursday, May 23, 2002 - Page 10 Memorial Continued from front page memorating 39 who gave the supreme sacrifice for freedom. Any relative or friend of those men are invited to attend the program pro-gram and participate as their names are called. Music will be provided by the American Fork Children's Chil-dren's Choir, which will sing "The Star Spangled Banner" Ban-ner" and "Let There Be Music." Ned Veater, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), will give a tribute to the flag and perform per-form a ceremony for folding the Stars and Stripes. Nine students will give b rief speeches on The Value of Education." Winners of the annual speech contest sponsored by the city's Cemetery Committee, are sixth grader Jeff Rodeback, seventh grader Samantha Hamner, Peterson School student Jade Lopez and American Fork High School students J'Rol Simmons, Paul McAlister, Luke Edval-son, Edval-son, Jeff Watson, Andrew Anagnoslow and Dustin Humes. Robert Hemingway, chaplain chap-lain of Post 4918 of the VFW will dedicate an honor guard stone, commemorating those who have performed military rites at burials. Wayne Miller and Eric Smith will perform Taps" with an echo, a tradition at Memorial Memori-al Day ceremonies. 003113? KSQ) World War I Darrel A. Ander son Russell A. Inger soil Joseph G. Okey Dell Philips George H. Westren Raymond N. Fos ter William E. Martin Arthur Peterson Reno Wagstaff World War II Frances G. Ambrose Lloyd W. Chipman Alma Dale Clark Howard B. Garlick Wendell 0. Smik CM. Hutchinson th Herman J. Leof Henry Strasburg fler Curtiss E. Wilde Stephen M. Mon son Korean War James A. Ross Boyd E. Conder Eldon A. Soren Glen Roy Draper son Frank U. Nicholes Jack A. Wagstaff Kenneth E. Calla Vietnam han (MIA) Ronald K. Allgood L.G. Christiansen Marion L. Draper Richard P. Blair Loan Keown Edwards Vern M. Snyman Mac S. Groesbeck Ralph Jim Chip (MIA) man (MIA) Edwin H. Johnson Dean F. Fox Allen Madsen Michael H. Hip Louis C. Peterson pach o Crime Continued from front page er we can make a difference. differ-ence. I want to make it the same safe town I grew up in." Police detective Rick Bockman encouraged residents resi-dents to be the eyes and ears of the American Fork Police Department. "To keep out big city problems we need to divide back up into small neighborhood neigh-borhood communities and be out walking the streets. You can prevent crime simply sim-ply by being seen," he said. Bockman said neighborhood neighbor-hood watch organizations need to be more than signs on the street and stickers in the windows. "Let's make this not be just words, anybody can do that - we need to make a difference," he said. Reporting suspicious behavior such as cars coming com-ing and going from a particular partic-ular house or funny burning smells coming from the house and reporting domestic domes-tic abuse was stressed by law enforcement officials as a way to prevent crime. "Don't leave it up to someone else to report," said domestic abuse victims advocate Jessica Hubert. "Sometimes you are the only one who will do it." A.F. police chief Terry Fox said help from citizens is the key component in solving most crimes in American Fork. "The police are only as successful as a community allows them to be," he said. Jack Price, a member of Bikers Against Child Abuse, spoke about the strength of unity. He complimented com-plimented Neighbors in Action for organizing the event and the American Fork Police Department for their support. "You don't know how lucky you are to have a chief who actually wants to do something for the city house to house," said Price, a former for-mer Los Angeles police officer. offi-cer. Giving encouragement to those in attendance, Price said, "BACA was started by one man and a couple of his friends who thought they could make a difference. You here are 50 people stronger than started our great organization." Detective Bockman said most of the crime in American Ameri-can Fork is related to methamphetamine use. "People who use meth steal," he said. "We can prevent pre-vent crime by breaking the naivete surrounding this problem. We have to educated edu-cated the kids so they're afraid to ever go near the stuff." Bockman said there are no proven methods to break meth addiction so prevention preven-tion becomes essential. He said education is also a key to stopping child abuse and domestic violence. Neighborhood in Action member Janice Ottesen believes her son was shot and killed because he was dealing drugs, but said she had no idea about his problem prob-lem until it happened. Ottesen said recognizing there are drug and crime problems in American Fork is the key to making the city safe. "We cannot put the blinders blind-ers on, we've got to keep our eyes open," she said. "We can't pretend it isn't going to happen in American Fork. Instead we have to do something." o Fire Continued from front page we've had to purchase smaller ambulances to fit in our station, and it's cost the city and taxpayers more money because they've had to be specially designed," he said. "And operational wise, it's been hard to operate out of this station." Planning Commission Chair James Hansen said that although members of the commission did not know the logic behind every site plan decision, they nonetheless have a responsibility respon-sibility to encourage the city to build a sufficient center. cen-ter. "Obviously, we don't know all the answers," he said. Commission member Ken Baldwin acknowledged the City Council's ability to ignore the commission's motion and to move on with their original plan. "But," he continued, "the Planning Commission's conscience will remain intact." Christensen said he would simply like to see the city get the job done and begin construction on the building. "Now we're going to lose all summer construction time, because things aren't ready to go," he said. "We've been working on this for years now." 0 Lift Continued from front page "It was pretty hard to come up with something that would work," Taylor said. "Sort of a last minute thought during brainstorming, brainstorm-ing, we came up with the idea we used which was under the seat." Taylor said another design feature they wanted was a way Ray could actually actual-ly lift his wheelchair into his truck without help, giving giv-ing him some independence. independ-ence. That's the best part about this project it's fulling an important need that will help him every day," he said. "If I want to run to town and go get something I can do it without getting someone some-one to come along to help," Anderson said. Taylor said the project gave the team some practical practi-cal experience and hopes the team may be able to get a patent on the design. Mike Miles, a faculty member who served as team coach, said his role was one of scheduling and basic planning. "As for the design, the team members really came up with it themselves," he said. The lift design the Capstone Cap-stone students came up with is unique because it will be stored under the backseat so that Anderson can maintain the use of the backseat of his truck for passengers. That way he can take friends, kids and grand-kids along with him on a favorite hobby, rock hunting. "I mostly just want to go out and enjoy the outdoors without phones and dogs and all the noise," said Anderson. This will help me do that whenever I want to." Budget Continued from front page book of American Fork City. The book's tentative completion com-pletion date is early in 2003. Capital Improvements expenditures include $100,000 for a downtown parking project, $2,500,000 for multi-park improvements, improve-ments, a 317,000 payment for Hunter Park, $100,000 for cemetery property acquisition, $2,5 million for the fireambulance facility and $100,000 to remodel the current city hall. Budget work sessions are scheduled for May 23 and 30. A public hearing is scheduled for June 11. If the city chooses to enact a tax increase, the final budget will not be adopted until Aug. 13. MM American Fork Police were busy during the week. Investigations included: Possible burglary attempt - Officers were contacted by a representative from Neighborhood Watch. They were advised that there was a suspicious moving van in their neighborhood that appeared to be attempting to break into homes in the area. The vehicle contained three males who were ducking down in the seats and acting suspicious. When the complainant went out to get a license plate number the vehicle vehi-cle left the area, but was later observed parked down the street. The occupants observed the reporting party and left the area again. The involvement involve-ment of neighborhood watch likely prevented pre-vented a burglary. Any one who is interested inter-ested in joining neighborhood watch can contact Lt. Darren Falslev at the police department or Detective Rick Bockman at 763-4095. Driving-under-the-Influence - A 35-year-old male was arrested for DUI. The arrest took place when an officer on patrol observed a group of people arguing. As officers approached the individuals two of the people attempted to get into their car and leave. The officer found that they had been drinking. Possession of marijuana - A 25-year-old male was arrested for possession of marijuana after the vehicle he was riding in was stopped for a traffic violation. Retail Theft - A teenage female was arrested for retail theft after she attempted attempt-ed to take make-up from a local business. Retail Theft - A teenage male was arrested for retail theft after he attempted to take two boxes of hair coloring products from a local business. Retail Theft, warrants - A 20-year-old male was arrested for retail theft for attempting to steal a hat from a local business. busi-ness. The suspect removed the tags from the hat and attempted to leave the store without paying for the item. Officers found that the suspect had a felony arrest warrant out of Arizona and a second warrant that had been issued by Juvenile Court. Retail Theft - A 35-year-old male was arrested for retail theft. The suspect attempted to steal multiple items of clothing, cloth-ing, cologne, jewelry and cell phone accessories acces-sories from a local business. DUI - A 30-year-old female was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop. Retail Theft - A teenage female was arrested for retail theft after she attempted attempt-ed to steal cosmetics from a local business. Disorderly Conduct - A 52-year-old female was cited for disorderly conduct. Officers were called to a dispute between two females who were arguing over various vari-ous belongings. They found that one of the suspects had allegedly grabbed the other party's shirt and pushed her into a wall. Alcohol Offense, False information to an officer - A 20-year-old male was arrested arrest-ed for illegal consumption of alcohol, providing pro-viding false information to an officer and an outstanding arrest warrant. The suspect sus-pect was arrested when an officer on bike patrol observed the individual holding a beer can and recognized him from a previous previ-ous illegal consumption arrest. The outstanding out-standing arrest warrant was also for illegal ille-gal consumption of alcohol. Assault - A 28-year-old female was arrested for an assault. Officers were called to a disturbance and found that the assault was the result of an on-going neighborhood dispute. DUI - A 20-year-old male was arrested arrest-ed for DUI, no insurance and driving on suspension after he was stopped for a traffic traf-fic violation. DUI - A 40-year-old female was arrested for DUI. The suspect was traveling travel-ing eastbound in the westbound travel lane on State Street. As the suspect approached an officer who was traveling westbound the officer activated his emergency lights to get her attention in an attempt to avoid a collision. colli-sion. The suspect stopped in the roadway and was arrested for DUI. The suspect had a BAC that was double the legal limit and she had left home to pick up some more beer. r If f WJ 3 I f ! it'! t ' We had Gunthers install our air conditioner 31 years ago and it's still cooling our house today. Of course, we've had Gunthers service it regulary. When we needed a new furnace, we tried another heating company. The dual speed fan never worked properly. After we called them back several times, they told us there was nothing more they could do for us and basically gave up trying. We finally called Dean Gunther and he found two defective parts. Now the furnace works great, but only . because we called in the experts. - Darwin and Vaunda Box (GUNTHERS RJlf www.guntherscomfortaincom 81 S. 700 E., American Fork 756-9683 |