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Show AN EDITION OF T :: lATIJi) 1 M iO''-' r,..n 24-1501 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 2005 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Zoning may change for car lot BUSINESS: Growth creeping in on flf SPORTS: Lindsev Phelps helps lead the softball team W.'J'qWi SCHOOLS A MAGIC AWARD FOR A BARRATT TEACHER fcr flood B B Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY SIAFF After years of drought, the snowpack in the mountains above American Fork is 75 percent above normal City officials are making preparations prepa-rations for the possibility of flooding, although there are many variables that may make it unlikely. One of the items that has the greatest effect on the potential for flooding is the speed at which the snow melts. Howard Denney, director of public works, showed the City Council some charts that represented the amount of snowpack and the rate of melting for several years. Holding a yardstick along the graphs, he said it was the slope that represented the melt rate that most affected flooding. "We hope it starts out early instead of staying stay-ing up there and having a rush all at once," he said. "When you have over 30 degrees in your snowpack, it is melting in the days and the nights." "The key is not necessarily that we have a high snowpack," he added. "It is how the warming of that snowpack occurs." For example, the runoff in 1982 began earlier ear-lier than in 1983, but the flooding was greater the second year. The snowpack in 1982 was actually greater than in 1983, but the melt rate in 1983 was s' , f. ' : r'tt'1" r .- t,' "Ta FRANK BOTTNorth County American Fork River tumbles by Little Mill See FLOODING, Page 2 campground along the American Fork Canyon road. A passion for the pipes Bagpipe playing has brought AF couple plenty of opportunities Shauna Belknap NORTH COUNTY STAFF t was love at first pipe, bagpipe bag-pipe that is. Candice and Dale Hawkins have been playing the bagpipes bag-pipes for about 10 years now, and that's how they met. They had both decided to join the Ben Lomond High School pipe-band pipe-band in Ogden, and the rest, as they say, is history. Both of them play other instruments, instru-ments, but the bagpipe is their favorite. "I like them just because they're a unique instrument and the effect they have on people," Candice said. Her husband agreed. The bagpipe is a unique instrument," instru-ment," Dale said. "It's enabled us to go a lot of places and meet a lot of people we wouldn't have otherwise." Those places include Canada, California, Colorado and Nevada, to name a few. In fact, their talent got them both scholarships to Southern Utah University where they both taught two bagpipe classes a semester and played in the SUU Scarlet and Black Highlander Bagpipe Band. Candice liked playing at SUU. "I enjoyed it a lot," she said. "They have a lot of community members there rather than student members so it was a lot of fun." The Hawkins graduated a year ago and recently moved to American Ameri-can Fork from Cedar City. They are excited to be a little closer to their family in Odgea Candice is looking to be accepted into the dental den-tal hygiene program at UVSC and Dale works as a graphic designer with Electrovision Signs and Displays Dis-plays in Salt Lake City. Their 14-month old son, Celt in, cannot play the bagpipes yet, but ,;t it i. 1 HMM-- !i J. " !te..,, 9-J 1 " I AV J' 1 f( V - 4,1. ' , it .- . , FRANK BOTTNorth County Fourteen-month-old Celtin Hawkins dances to the bagpipe music created by his parents Candice and Dale Hawkins in the back yard of their American Fork home. he has a mini bagpipe to begin practicing on. Dale and Candice are currently members of Clearfield's Galloway Highlander Pipeband. "We are both pipers," Dale said. "We perform per-form and compete with them" The bagpipe has a steep learning learn-ing curve, requiring at least seven years of practice before a piper starts to master the instrument. "It's all dependent upon your will and want," Dale said. "You can always al-ways be better at something." There's no wonder the bagpipe takes a while to learn; it requires a lot of coordination. The bagpipe is a Scottish instrument composed of a pipe, a chanter, a bag and three drones. The pipe is the mouthpiece the piper uses to fill the bag. The chanter is used to finger the notes, and the bag is like a big balloon that acts as an air reserve the piper pushes with an arm in order to control air flow through the instrument. instru-ment. And the drones are the three rods that protrude from the bag and play a single, constant note each. Working the bag and blowing into the pipe require a lot of work. "When you first start playing, the hardest part is keeping up your lung capacity and to keep your bag full and the pressure steady," said Candice. "It's a good cardio workout," Dale said. Those who learn to play the See PIPES, Page 2 I like them just because they're a unique instrument and the effect they have on people." Candice Hawkins BAGPIPE PLAYER owntown qroiiD seekino ci Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Nearly a year after Downtown American Fork, Inc. made a presentation presen-tation to the American Fork City Council seeking that group's help, the downtown group returned, asking ask-ing for clarification why no action had been takea The proposal would have included setting up a business improvement district to fund upgrades up-grades to the central city businesses. A majority of business and property owners expressed willingness to contribute monetarily. Members of the downtown group recently requested the city purchase the former Harrington School to house arts groups and events. Instead, the City Council voted to spend its share of redevelopment rede-velopment funds on projects that included upgrading the fitness center, cen-ter, expanding the boat harbor and remodeling city hall. "Are we part of the team or are we adversaries?" asked Heber Thompson, president of Downtown Down-town AF, Inc. Dale Gunther, former president of the group, said they continued to make proposals, only to feel they were ignored. "There has been plan after plan," he said. "I have a boxful if you want to see them. Most of what we are proposing was in the '92 plan." The group asked city support similar to what has been done for other builders and businesses. "Developers are subsidized to develop on the outskirts," Gunther Gun-ther said. "Downtown merchants lose revenue because everybody goes to the new space. It ls not unreasonable to ask the city to put some money into the downtown, because it Ls going to come back to them." He said the increased business would bring increased tax revenue to the community. After a favorable response from council members during a work session, the downtown representatives representa-tives cteterrnined they wtjuld study and revamp a plan, if necessary, to revitalize the dwntown block which includes the Apollo Hall, Police and Courts building and fume businesses. WWW.HARKTHEHERALO.COMNORTHCOUNTY CAU 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Briefing Cedar Hills NEW GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT Things are getting on par at the Cedar Hills Golf Course. A professional admimstiation has signed on to run the course and the council is getting its ducks in a row for addressing the course debt. The large divot that Gina Higbee left after her resignation in March is growing back in. The City Council officially approved a month to-month to-month contract April 5 with RC Management to over see operations of the course. Cecil Read of RC Management said he has years of experience running a retail golf shop, and currently manages that side of the operations. His partner, Ryan Liddiard, is a golf pro and brings in the tournaments and will run that side of the business. Highland ZONE CHANGE DENIED - The Alpine City Planning Commission resolved one of its more recent controversial controver-sial issues Tuesday night when it unanimously denied a proposed zone change requested by Alpine businessman business-man Dan Carlisle near the Alpine Highway. Carlisle had asked to have property along the west side of the highway changed to business commercial so that he could expand his home recording business that has exceeded the allowances for a home occupation in a residential zone. Previously, the city has tried to keep commercial uses in the downtown area to draw people to the center of the city. Local author Anita Stansfield wrote supporting the change. She said Carlisle's customers make a "positive contribution to the arts...a definite bonus to Alpine City and should be heartily embraced." Lehi ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION - A 133 year old tradi tion has taken hold in Lehi city. On April 14, the Lehi city mayor signed a proclamation making the last day of April in the community Lehi Arbor Day. "Whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business area, and beautify our community," read Mayor Ken Greenwood from the proclamation. "... Further, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future generations." The Lehi Parks and Trails Advisory Committee has organized several Lehi Arbor Day activities from 10 a.m. to noon on April 30 at the Band Wagon Park, 900 N. 200 West in Lehi. Pleasant Grove TRAFFIC COURT POLICY CHANGED - Residents of Pleasant Grove and other surrounding cities will have less to worry about when pulled over by Utah County Sheriff's deputies after a recent county policy change. Up until the change, individuals receiving a citation from a county officer were then directed to resolve those matters at the county courthouse located in Provo. According to Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy, the county feels it should keep revenue if its personnel does the work. Now, offenders will be directed to the Pleasant Grove traffic court. Orem - VjtV 1 ; ' ,- ' K J. j fc S V. . " i . FRANK BOTTNorth County Katsumasa Hibino returned $l()J)()t) he found in the wall of his home, lie says he relumed the money because, "I don't need it. The monry is not mine." RETURNING MONEY 'NATURAL' - Hibino Katsumasa Katsuma-sa doesn't understand what the big deal is. Lver since he returned the $10,000 he unexpectedly found stashed in his recently purchased Orem home, he has had a steady stream of reporters from newspapers, radio and television televi-sion interested in his story. "It's not special," he said "I gave (the money) back to its true owner. It's natural." Katsumasa said in Japan it's not uncommon to unex pectedly run into large amounts of money, arid everybody every-body just automatically turns it over to the police. - F mm stall reports J4L', '05 CHEVY AVE0 wJ '05 DURAMAX HD -rV CY7T3 ' ' V CREW CAB 4x4 2 J .A ? I 05 CKEVY ULmMEIJl Aft! A I mTir A t I rt-1 "U mn J AN AMLPJCWJ KVOUTION COPYi I ( W! |