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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday. April 7. 2005: Page 2 S db P f zr? tj t W S A f J D NOTES A Essays to be titled "Why My Library Book is Overdue!" "I he American lork Rib he Library has invited the public to join in celebrating National Library Week, April 10 to Hi. The I r tends of the Library are sponsoring an essay contest con-test called "Why My Library Hook is (A-erdue"" They invite library patrons to use their wildest imaginations imagina-tions and write a one-page essay on why they didn t get to the library on the day their tooks w ere due Essays are due at the library by Apr J 9. Awards and the reading of the winning essays will take place on April 15 Children's librarian Vicky Turner has recommended sev-eraj sev-eraj books about libraries: t For preschoolers: "Book, book, Book," by Deborah Bruss with illustrations by Tiphanie lieeke In it, animals from the farm learn how to overcome their boredom at the library. In "Wild About Books," by Judy Sierra with illustrations by Marc Brown, a bookmobile bookmo-bile librarian reads to zoo animals I For children. "Help, I'm a Prisoner in the Library," by Lth Clifford, with two sisters mistakenly locked in their library. For adults and young adults: "Body in the Library," by Agatha Christie, featuring Mess Marple; and "Murder at the Library of Congress," by Margaret Truman. In it, a lawyer and art gallery gal-lery owner discovers a murder among the stacks at the Library Li-brary of Congress "Library Card." by Jerry Spi-nelli, Spi-nelli, shows how a library card affects the lives of four people. Zoning Continued (rorn iJage 1 1 n t he past , t he group has had requ-sis for high-density housing hous-ing in similar areas, but without the related services. The commission com-mission is urging development to consider all aspects together. 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TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND I N V 0 ibrary's FRANK BOTTNortti County Children's librarian Vkky Turner takes a moment to pose or pictures with her yardsticks or learning. The yardsticks help measure how tall one's tall is during the tall tale writing contest sponsored by the American Fork Public Library to kick off National Library Month. COUNCIL NOTES I Temple Haven plat amended Steve Young, the developer of Temple Haven subdivision at 525 N. 1100 East, American Fork, appeared before the City Council in a special session ses-sion March 31. He requested approval of a revised plat and urged the council approve what he called a minor amendment amend-ment so he could have the plat recorded and move ahead with his development. The council approved the addition ad-dition of wording to the plat, which informed purchasers of the lots of the potential of hazards such as high ground water, which may preclude "We will consider rezoning (an area) residential if a developer devel-oper shows us comprehensive plans from the get -go, not after there are several pockets of lugh-density housing established," estab-lished," Baldwin said. "We are not against high-density, high-density, but we are against it without the infrastructure that Phone:756 - 7669 Fax:756-5274 DAILY HERALD rUBLIIBUO CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7669 Office Manager Heather Justesen 7567669 Receptionist John Taylor 766 7669 Graphic Designer Mark LaRocco 344 2570 DesignerCopy Edrtot Rachel Rybicki 344 2558 DesignerCopy Editor Kent Davis 756 7669 frioto lecfinician .l . "W' hitMM! tUmcMvM unusual contest T X - lit. 1 i the construction of basements in their homes. They were charged with the responsibility to conduct testing to determine the adequacy of the soils. I City to seek sewer, water bids American Fork City will seek bids to make improvements im-provements to its water and sewer systems. Director of Riblic Works Howard Denney outlined some projects. They include improvements to the sewer at the 300 West freeway underpass, and two projects on 1200 East and 400 South. "The purpose of the projects is to try and take care of those trouble areas," said Denney. Water improvements include a line on 700 North to 900 West, which will provide ad makes it a community," he added. add-ed. Those include local shops, schools, services, open space and parks, he said. Other issues affect the property prop-erty which could come Tinder this proposed ordinance. "There is underground water flow and water rights associated associ-ated with it," Baldwin said. Shoppers staying closer to home """"""I he Saturday before Easter 1 1 s went to the store looking for Li I something to hide for I Sharon to find the f next morning. It's like an Easter egg hunt, but you'd better hide something more than jelly beans, if you know what 1 mean. As empty nesters, we find doing these small kinds of things help keep the holidays interesting. Anyway, I was carrying out my Easter errand when i observed something some-thing I hadn't noticed before in American Ameri-can Fork. Not ever. 1 was driving to Target, and came in through the back way so 1 had to drive past the new Old Navy and the new Pier One stores. VvTien I turned the corner onto the main parking lot, 1 saw recreational shopping and lots of it taking place m American f-ork. I've watched the stores coming in first the big box retailers, then the movie theater and restaurants. res-taurants. Then the stores. And looking back, I can see there were other signs, like the evenings Sharon and her daughters daugh-ters would leave home and return only an hour later with all kinds of cute clothes for the babies ba-bies who won't be born until fall and for their mothers and grandma. But that Saturday the point really struck hone as shoppers poured into and out of Old Navy. We don't live in small towns any more. North Utah County has become an economic force. And while it didn't happen all at once, the cumulative effect of the years of commercial growth have kind of come together over the last few months. Until recently, a recreational shopping outing meant a trip to the mall be it Orem's University Universi-ty Mali, Sandy 's South Towne Mall or the Provo Towne Centre Mall. It has been that way for the two decades I have made American Fork my home. And the years before that, when I lived in Spanish Fork and Provo. For the past several decades, shoppers would patronize the hometown businesses for groceries and even some clothing. But hard-core, recreational recre-ational shopping usually took place somewhere L V E D f1 "Ml . L Mi HI SL ditional fire protection for The Meadows shopping center. Also included in the project would be replacement of some of the water valves. I Sampson to head task force D. Kyle Sampson, son of Dennis and Carolyn Sampson of Ameri can Fork, was named on March 9 to head the U.S. Department of Justice's Intellectual Property Task Force. He has been deputy chief of staff Kyle Sampson "Those are a major concern," When commissioners analyze the soils in the area to determine deter-mine suitability for construction, construc-tion, they are hampered by lack of current information, he said. "We are still looking at 30-and 30-and 40-year-old data," Baldwin said "In normal years the farmers farm-ers down there had to drain the Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN M if counselor to the attorney general. gen-eral. He previously served in the White House as associate counsel to the president. The task force has a charge to address intellectual property items including copyrights, patents, pat-ents, trade secrets and trademarks. trade-marks. Sampson replaces David Israelite, Is-raelite, who has left the Department Depart-ment of Justice. I Employee appeals board American Fork City Council Coun-cil members Keith Blake and Jirnmie Cates were named as regular members of the City Employee Appeals Board. Rick Storrs and Shirl LeBaron were named as alternates, in City Council action of March 31. land, not irrigate it." The question of jurisdictional wetlands also affects development develop-ment of the area south of the freeway, Baldwin said He said the planners had considered that in setting two- and three-units three-units per acre overall density for the area, but developers continue to seek higher density. other than in downtown Lehi, American Fork or Pleasant Grove. Usually, it took place in Orem. And I'm not talking about your standard Wal-Mart experience, which might be better characterized by desperation des-peration shopping than recreational shopping. The Wal-Marts preceded this shift, and may have even been a catalyst. But they are a side trip for this kind of credit enrd intense activity, not a destination. What I refer to is a serious excursion where the shoppers spend as much time in the changing room as they do sorting through clothing racks. The imminent opening of Cabela's in Lehi promises to provide the same kind of shopping experience for men as the changes in the Meadows and other new shopping centers in American Fork have done for women And in just a few months, American Fork has gone from the perennial community where it was impossible to eat at a sit-down restaurant res-taurant to a place where you want to call ahead before driving to Chili's or where you can plan to wait to be seated at Ottavio's Restaurant. So why have things changed all of a sudden? For one thing, we have a lot more people living in the area than were here only a few years ago. Lehi, Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain have added thousands more residents to the area. That means more shoppers, more money, more people looking to spend their time by spending their cash. For another, the Meadows has come along at just the right time. There was talk of building a shopping mall in 1983 in the very location where the current commercial growth is taking place. There just weren't enough customers. That's all changed now. Many long-time residents have lamented the changes in their hometown too many people, they say. Too many cars, too many stores, too much growth. I, for one, welcome the recreational shopper to the area. It's a sign our communities are growing and moving forward. It's a symptom of a healthy economy, and it carries a promise for a bright future. Librarian Continued from Page 1 reputation of being the most noteworthy honor a children's chil-dren's author can receive. Equally noteworthy is the honor of being a Newbery Committee member. The Newbery Committee consists of 14 members and one chair. The Association for Library Li-brary Service to Children selects the chair and seven members. The remaining seven members are invited to serve in order to achieve a fair representation of the United States. These committee members gathered four to five times to discuss nominated books. Committee members nominated nomi-nated books they favored as well as those recommended by people in the community. Publishers also nominated books. AD nominations had to be considered, giving Broadway what might seem to be the daunting task of reading over 500 books. But this wasn't daunting to Broadway. She described coming home from work to find boxes of books on her doorstep. "It was like Christmas," she said. Broadway only had to read enough of each book to determine whether or not it was indeed Newbery-worthy. Newbery-worthy. Sometimes that would require re-quire her reading 30 pages, and other times she would read 60 pages or more before be-fore eliminating a book. Each month committee members would recommend their favorite books of the month. All books on this list had to be thoroughly read, and notes had to be taken to share with the other members mem-bers of the committee. "As discussions proceed we see that certain books are gaining favor," said Broadway. "That open discussion dis-cussion is just wonderful because these people are people that love children's literature." In what is called a final midwinter meeting, committee commit-tee members voted to determine deter-mine the Newbery winner. This year the committee met in Boston. This meeting was two days long, with discussion lasting 12 to 13 hours per day. "That is just an incredible incred-ible experience because you know this discussion is in large part changing their lives," Broadway said of discussing dis-cussing each author's work. "During the balloting process, pro-cess, there are people that keep tally," explained Broadway. Broad-way. "The Newbery Winner must receive eight votes and be eight votes ahead of the next book in order to win. The majority must vote for the particular book and have an eight -point advantage." The book that met all those criteria for 2004 was "Kira Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata. "It's a gentle story of family fam-ily loyalty," said Broadway. "There are parts of the book that just make my heart sing. "This book, presented in the correct way, can be a positive salute to parents and familial love." The Newbery Committee Commit-tee was also tasked with notifying the Newbery winner win-ner and authors of Honor Books. Broadway described this experience as "electrifying." "electrify-ing." Broadway will travel to Chicago in June where committee com-mittee members will gather once again at the official Newbery Award ceremony. This wasn't Broadway's first experience on such a committee. In 1996, she was on the Caldecott Committee that awarded 1995's Caldecott Medal, an honor presented to the artist of the most distinguished dis-tinguished children's book. Originally from Alabama, Broadway has lived in American Fork for three years. She moved to Utah in 1985 to pursue her second master's degree and has been working at BYU as the director of the juvenile library since 1993. Broadway received more than 500 review copies of children's books throughout this process. While she has donated some of these books to BYU, she has also given the American Amer-ican Fork library about 100 books, with another boxful on its way. POOR |