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Show C2E1VIKC FQMl ClTYr CELEBRATING 150 YEARS IM 2003 AH EDITIOil Or TKE D$lUQ?Ctt)t o VJ. &A101 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, Y . CENTS MM s1 Man injured in AW accident Johnathan IX Beck, 19, of American Fork, was flown to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City Sunday evening ' ' after being; injured in an -all-terrain-vehicle accident-while accident-while riding the vehicle in American Fork Canyon. Meghan Johnson, 13, Orem, a passenger on the off-road vehicle, sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene and released. Utah County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the accident occurred about 5:40 p.m. approximately approxi-mately five miles above Silver Sil-ver Lake Flat, just below Twin Peaks, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet The couple was riding the ATV up a hill when it rolled over, pinning Beck beneath it. Other riders in the area assisted in moving the vehicle off Beck. Jess Thornley, a firefighter firefight-er and Intermediate EMT with Murray Fire Department, Depart-ment, was one of those riding rid-ing in the area. He assisted in stabilizing the victim, then rode his own ATV down the mountain to his vehicle, then drove to Tim-panogos Tim-panogos Cave National Monument to call 911. . Life Flight reached the area at approximately 7:20 p.m. They were able to land near the victim and load him on the helicopter. Members of the Utah County Sheriffs Search and Rescue responded and called in Life Flight No condition was available on Beck. , . Library marks sign-up month The American Fork Public Library is marking Library Card sign up month, and the library has a goal to make sure residents know what is available to them. The card gives access to books, magazines, maga-zines, CDs, books on tape, computers, the Internet and parent resources. The library also offers story times, programs pro-grams and other events that encourage reading and lifelong life-long learning. For more information, contact the library at 763-3070. 1 1 ;-' ; 1 ' . " rtfeaaeS;' . --:"- - -. - n -. . . .. v . . a-a. ...I . -I.- ' .'-j .-a:.v - - - - . - s . : - s " , - -" '- ; . t (M! i I i u a. -;:a k ; W-v-, T w" . 15 ' '-..'- -. ... - . s,- " " ,5f . j Photo ty Barbara Christiansen The future looks at the future Three-year-okl McKoR Bezzant wcrtchos whilo her ckxi, David Bezzant, fills out a questionnaire about American Fork's parks. They were attending the third of three open houses to look at options to Improve the city's park system. Architects will now draw concept plans and bring them back to the residents for another look prior to construction starting on the parks. . . . j " " 560 West may still cross tracks By Barbara Christiansen ChyEwior There is still hope for residents res-idents of northwest American Ameri-can Fork to have an additional addi-tional access over the railroad rail-road tracks to Pacific Drive. Representatives of the City Council met with Mike Seeley of the Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation (UDOT) to review the available avail-able options. Officials from UDOT had previously indicated to the community that their standard stan-dard policy was that two railroad crossings would need to be closed for a city to have another one opened. City Council members and others in the community communi-ty had agreed that a minor crossing at Elm Street, east of 500 East, would be possible possi-ble to close. The other closure, clo-sure, however, has been much harder to determine. Suggestions of closing the Church Street, Merchant Street, 200 East or 300 East crossings have all met with opposition. Council members Jimmie Cates and Keith Blake recently met with American Fork Director of Public Works Howard Denney and Seeley and looked at possible possi-ble alternatives. Denney had researched historical records regarding the Union Pacific plans and discovered a closing done in the early 1980s, on the south side at 500 East He also found an earlier mainline main-line crossing at Elm Street, which has since been vacated. vacat-ed. "I believe the city has complied with two crossings to get one open," he said. "The city took the impact of those crossings." A variation from the standard policy of closing two major crossings to open one was found in an instance when Pleasant Grove was permitted to close nine private crossings to open a new one. Denney found some private pri-vate crossings on the south side of American Fork to suggest closing. In addition, the city representatives suggested changing the configuration con-figuration of the intersection intersec-tion of Barratt Ave. and the tracks to have north-bound Barratt traffic make a right turn only. Another possible change would be to eliminate elimi-nate vehicular access from the Pacific Cove subdivision in that same vicinity to Pacific Drive. Those measures would be designed to increase safety in the community, which reflects the goals of UDOT in decreasing the total number of railroad crossings. Planners say 'No' to proposed sign amendments By Barbara Christiansen City Ecxtor Out of three requests for the most recent changes in American Fork'B sign ordinance, the Planning and Zoning Commission has forwarded for-warded only the most restrictive one on to the City Council with its recommendation. The planners also looked at possible pos-sible methods to allow merchants some flexibility in their signs, but still give the city control. Those changes will be the topic of future discussion before recommendations are made to the council. Changes the group addressed and voted on included setting a limit on the size of signs on the walls of buildings. That had previ ously been based on the size of the structure, but with large stores being built, those signs could have been proportionately large. The planners set a maximum size of 350 square feet for such fascia, fas-cia, or wall, signs. The group did not recommend, however, changes which would have permitted spire-type signs which would extend above the roof of a building, and did not change the sign map, which limits the places where signs may be built in areas close to the freeway. Tall, slender signs extending above the building were suggested for the Cinemark Theaters, near the south side of The Meadows, on American Fork's west side. Company representatives asked for that type of sign, which would also have had lettering with neon lights, on it One suggestion was for it to say "Best seat in town." When asked why his motion did not recommend that sign, Planning Commissioner Ken Baldwin said it was not necessary. "To me the building is large enough that the signage on the building would accomplish everything every-thing without going above the roof line," he said. They (wall signs) have served the city well. I see no advantage (to the spire). I would like to prevent visual pollution." Pam Helmandollar, the company spokesperson, said it would have helped her company compete with Thanksgiving Point's theaters. "I live in American Fork," she said. "I love American Fork. I don't want to pollute it either. I think this is a beautiful sign." Baldwin disagreed. "When you look at competition like that, you end up with Las Vegas sign types," he said. Baldwin cautioned the group Against unintended unin-tended consequences which could arise from approving a sign with a particular company in mind, and others could apply it to their loca- See SIGNS on page 8 LogCabin 29 Cabin 29 has had a momentous journey through the years By Betty G. Spencer When American Fork celebrated celebrat-ed its settlement anniversary in 1950, there were several original log cabins located at various places in town. One by one, they were torn down, fell down or were somehow lost forever. Due to the foresight on then Council member Malcolm H. Beck the original Thomas Proctor cabin, 29 inside the Lake City Fort, was rescued. , With the help of a lot of other interested people, it was also , restored! ;.. . . .. . , " It began on March 10, 1969, BEMiUllfiafl when Beck proposed to the American Amer-ican Fork City Council that the ' Louis Steggell property, on which the cabin was located, be purchased. pur-chased. The property was sold on June 19, 1969. ' At that time, George Steggell donated the cabin to American Fork City on behalf of the Louis ' Steggell estate. The cabin, then considered the only remainder of the original fort cabins, made its , way back to the fort site on Robinson Robin-son Park on June 25. , -I The 18-by-18 foot cabin was well built and amazingly well preserved, pre-served, considering it was built in October, 1854. The corners were carefully hewn and well ' fitted. The cabin retained much of the original chinking and boasted a wooden floor, probably added when the cabin was moved from the fort. It was placed on a 20-foot square concrete pad and for a few years stood in the park, but looked quite neglected. It was not forgotten, forgot-ten, however. Stewart Durrant, a member of the Sixth Ward, the area from which the cabin had been moved, felt it should be restored and repaired. With the assistance of other members of his priesthood quorum the task of restoration was begun. It was an interesting, if difficult effort. ' See CABIN on page 3 ,-?a iz. Oflt- 'r ,!. t Log cabin adjacent to DUP Relic Hall In Robinson Park. .k, jM - "'-1 Ml UW 'C3 TASS0ES & SUSUSSM 1 i 1 - iar? ..... - J ; ' , UfM 1 K TlirBT i ;H.l,.vjy-.,'iftl..ln,h.ft nf-Hrfr- lhmi i-'K,rf l fa 1 5.mYr.:m3te4r |