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Show Daihj&Hcmlft AN EDITION OF TUB vsmkm Fwkis Cite ess YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBOf AFOUT CAR-RT L0TO007 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 307 W ZOO 5 STE 4006 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101-1277 2. 2003 50 CENTS i - ivA -'""JVVf .; N rl'1 - r- tv" . Ij-AJ- ' PfX)to by Kent Davis mm Workers demolish the American Fork fire and ambulance station on Friday. The city is constructing a new public safety building on the same location at 100 North and Center Street. Demolition clears way for new facility American Fork City has finally taken steps to make way for construction of a new fire and ambulance station, with the razing of its former structure last Friday. There had been discussion discus-sion whether to replace some of the brick on the new structure with split face block, which was estimated esti-mated to bring a cost savings sav-ings of $28,000, but Mayor Ted Barratt removed the items from consideration by the City Council. "We don't want to keep a building from getting built when we need it built," he said. The city entered into an agreement with Dr. Carl Bell, who owns the former Harrington School on the same block, that the fire and ambulance station would have harmonious architecture with other buildings in the area, based on the city's Historical Preservation Commission. Barratt said it was not worth the political hot potato, pota-to, or a possible lawsuit, to save the funds. "In the long run, the building may not be as serviceable serv-iceable as it should be with the split face block, but it is best to move on," he said. Downtown AF adds seven to board Downtown American Fork Inc. has named Bob Tingey as chairman of its board of directors and announced seven additions including Carl Inger-soll, Inger-soll, George Jacklin, Debby Lauret, Glen Ricks, Heidi Rodeback, Heber Thompson and Mark Van Wagoner. DAFI is a non-profit organization comprised of community and business leaders that focuses on revitalizing the economy of downtown American Fork. The board of directors serves as volunteers coordinating revitalizing efforts, special events and community projects. Tingey will assume Dale Gunther's responsibilities as chair in January of See DOWNTOWN on page 10 new stoplights to keep students safe By Tammy McPherson Utah Valley staff It seems to Principal Chuck Bearce that students who cross the street to get to American Fork Jr. High School might as well be wearing targets. Many drivers don't slow down for the marked school zone, let alone stop for students stu-dents waiting to cross the street on their way to and from American Fork Jr. High and Legacy Elementary Elemen-tary schools, he said. Particularly troubling to the principal is the intersection intersec-tion at 1120 North and 100 East, the town's primary north-south thoroughfare. "One of our biggest concerns con-cerns at that crossing is that a lot of people do not slow down for the flashing lights," Bearce said. "We have literally hundreds of students crossing that every day." Bearce and others concerned con-cerned about the traffic along 100 East, which is also State Highway 79, arc hoping two new traffic lights will change the situation. situa-tion. The Utah Department of Transportation started construction con-struction Monday on two traffic signals, along 100 East, also known as the Alpine Highway. One will be at 1120 North in American Ameri-can Fork and the second at 10400 North in Highland, near the city offices. Included in the construction con-struction are plans to put another light at the intersection inter-section of Orem Center Street and Geneva Road, which the contractor will begin around the end of October. The cost of the three will be about $490,000, said Geoffrey Dupaix, UDOT spokesperson. spokesper-son. Crews will be working on the Alpine Highway stop lights from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with school crossings maintained main-tained for students at all three schools. Construction is projected to be finished by Nov. 5. Part of the reason why the two intersections are so busy is the increased growth and traffic in the area, Dupaix said. About 17,000 cars travel through the two intersections each day, according to a traffic study done by UDOT last year. Before UDOT puts in a stop light, a study is done to show whether the amount of traffic and pedestrian crossings and the physical characteristics of the inter-See inter-See STOPLIGHT, page 9 Eight seek AF council offices By Barbara Christiansen City Editor Ten candidates are seeking seek-ing four open City Council positions in American Fork. Eight are vying for six four-year seats. They will be narrowed down to a field of six in next Tuesday's primary pri-mary election. The other two candidates are seeking a two-year seat, which will be determined in November's Novem-ber's general election. Incumbents Jimmie D. Cates, Thomas H. Hunter and Ricky K. Storrs will face challengers George E. Brown Jr., Richard D. Byrnes, Shirl Don LeBaron, Karl Peterson and Judy Price. See COUNCIL on page 8 Serving in valor, honored in death Police officers always honor their own By Betty G. Spencer In February 1941, it was described as "the largest funeral ever held in American Fork." The occasion was the service honoring American Fork Marshall Mar-shall Clyde Chesnut, the only "chief" of police ever to die in office. Marshall Chesnut was serving serv-ing his second two-year term of office when he was felled, not by a bullet, but by complications following an appendix operation. The 6urgery had been done on Jan. 9, 1941. He was apparently making a good recovery when complications arose and he died of a heart attack Jan. 18. Within the past two years we have witnessed the manner in which area officers honor their own. When Utah County Deputy Sheriff Shawn Adamson was honored at the Central Stake Center the line of motorcycles and police cars went all around the chapel, spilled over into the Forbes School parking lot and for another block away. Officers attending were in full dress uniform. They took the loss of a fellow officer very seriously seri-ously and friends in he law enforcement field gathered from across the state. It was a fitting tribute. In 1941 officers from neighboring neigh-boring communities, as well as officers of the Utah Highway Patrol also gathered to pay honor to a friend and fellow officer. offi-cer. The funeral was so large that it had to be held in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle, an unusual circumstance, and the hall was filled with friends, relatives and fellow officers. Sitting on the stand were Mayor O. De Vere Wootton, all members of the present American Ameri-can Fork City Council, all members mem-bers of former city council's who had been in office when Marshall Mar-shall Chesnut served as mar-shall mar-shall or night marshall, a position posi-tion he had held prior to his appointment as marshall by Mayor Albert Tregaskis at the See OFFICER on page 10 , v J " y, I"' Close up of Marshall Clyde Chesnut, the only police chief of American Fork to die in office. Courtesy photo IT ' V- AUTOMATIC AIICONOmOHING PWPl THTCKU 552362 '98FCXD SUm OB 4X4 s8,$51 AUTOMATIC miL COMPACT DISC CARPIT KIT AK CONDITIONING 552621 1 '03MMI8U 4 10 to aunst FOM! I AVARIfTYOt tQUIPMINT 1 INCLUDING AUTOMATIC I Alt CONDITIONING PWPl TILICkUISl COMPACT DISC 5MHA TO WU illBlffT TO PttOt SAIE. PIUS TAX AND IKOKf OA f Ptim IN Kwn Thhi nnmtf 1 MM nam iMiiMn hi in umi'ii'im i !'! r hit i if POOR COPY |