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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday. May 26, 2005 Page 6 in nJrrvr? n rv To? t? t? E VV S A f J D NOTES Memorial Day services scheduled for AF Barbara Christiansen emonal I.iy servic es will I held at the American Fork City Cemetery at 1 1 a.m. on Monday. I In- cemetery is at 600 North and (-ntcr Street I 'at riot ic niusK al numrxTs a ill Ik- x-rfrm-d by Mill Mc-Ouivi-y Ih'gui'st sK'aker will ! ( iary Caniptx ll. a veteran of ih- Vietnam War He will have i display of war photographs around the monument Veterans st V.iV.i will pres-'nt pres-'nt a 21 nun salute and perform " 1 aps " I wo new fountains at th- 'eterans' Memorial will I,-d-ilii ated. as well as an honor roll stone i ontaining the names of all l'n al veterans killed or missing in ad ion I h-v will also make a presentation presen-tation to the families of three men w ho were listed as missing matt ion Mac k (iroesbeek (whose M-mains were recently idem if ied and returned to his f amih Jim ( "hipman and Karl allahan 1 his will rx- followed by remarks from Michael Callahan Cal-lahan CITY NOTES I Firemen's breakfast - The Amenc an I ork Volunteer I ire I vpartnient will have its traditional tradi-tional Memorial Day Breakf ast from (i to 10 a m on Monday. Memorial Day It will !w at the fire slation, 9H ( 'enter St. 1 he ( ost is $1 for those over 12 and S2 for those 12 and under un-der I he menu ms hides eggs, hash browns, ham pancakes. Jim e. milk, c hocolate milk and ci tfc-e I Summer reading I lie Amenc an 1 ork hiblic Library will present .i summer reading progiam. "lragons. Dreams and 1 )ar ing I )eeds." Registration continues through June and programs begin tlx' week of June 6. 11k cost for children 3 and up who want to participate in the full range of summer activities is Sr I or tlxise under .3, including the lap-srt chess, the cost is $1. Tlx re will be a Harry Potter Pot-ter I-arty lield near the end of the summer reading program. More information will follow. All events will take place at the American I ork Iiblic Library. S loo last, American lork. Monday activities: lor those entering first NorthCounty NEWSPAPIRS American Fork Kirk Parkinson ;w 7669 u e ! 'esklt-ni Put'lisher part r ;'.( .' '.uheral'textra corn Marc Haddock ! ( -bbd ttiit ounn fdite ' it'id-.i 1cO tt'ifiart'-'tra com Cathy Allred ! G9 ifh: wv J5 us Pi Grcve O'llrf- j-'t'd :xn' Barbara Christiansen 7 7&e 9 Arte-, i" ' V-i Al; -De Ceda' hilh t:'i't a ?-- iM.tra com Lartdon Olson : so r.!;,',i' t.' Vj- 11 V-.'- : i" Beky Beaton - f,r? fit'! i2'.f-'dHt '"d : -jr", ESrnilTTTXrzrra Lane Dubois : f 6 'j.ie-':..nc AciLij"! I e,.i ?vp NEWSSTAND PRICE: SO 50 SUBSCRIPTION RATE 1 (rear (in Utah County) 36 40 Sunday, Thursday and holiday deliveries i wn; h includes the week ol Easter plus Meonai, Independence Pioneer, l !';. Th9'..gving. Christmas and New Year's Dayl 1 year I outside Utah County) - $45 40 1 year (m Utah County - Thursday onlyl - $36 40 TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED I jf -x- ... : ) ("'r- ivv I $ Li P c Honoring an Amenc an York High .School principal Carolyn Semi presents a folded American flag to Leslie Groesbeck, the brother of Mac S. (irKsh'( k who was killed in World War II. Mac was an American York High alumnus and was listed as MIA for 60 years. Recently the stutus was ( hanged to KIA after his remains were recovered. The high school honored him during a ceremony Tuesday. grade: Stories, math activities, games and homework. 10 a.m. in the children's area. lor those entering second grade. Stories, math activities, games and homework on a little more advanc ed level 11 a m. in the children's area. Joust Read for ages 9 and up: There will be an exciting story read as the children compete their quesi to finish a medieval craft 1 to 2 .V) p m. in the Community Com-munity Room. Family Fantasy Movies on Mondays at 6..'0 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday activities Lap-sit story time: Children up to 3 years, 10 or 1 1 a.m. in the Community Room. Preschool to kindergarten: stories, puppels, activities and fun in the children's area story pit. BcJth days at 10 or 11 a m. or 1 p.m. Kindergarten and up in the children's area: Stories, puppets, activities and fun. Both davs Phone: 7E6-76f 9 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD FUBLISHIKG CO. '.uiati?.t;' A'.-'s1 Jennette Esplin 6 7669 Office Manager John Taylor 756 669 Graphic Designer Landon Olson 344-2558 DesignerCopv Ednor Mark LaRocco 344 25X Destg-ier'Copy Ednor Leah L Culler 344-2562 Z?$igo Copy Ednor Kent Davis 756 -7669 fVfc echnic,an alumnus at 10 or 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. If the class does not have at least 20 children register, they may be asked to move to another day. Crafts: Every other week during a child's regular story-time, story-time, they may participate in medieval crafts and activities. There will be two crafts available avail-able each day, depending on the child's age. Those who wish more information infor-mation mav contact the library at 763-3070. D City seeks property American Ameri-can Fork City is looking for properly either to be donated or sold to the community for use as a cemetery. Anyone who would like additional information in-formation may contact Melanie Marsh at 763-3000 or Ray Garrett Gar-rett at 763-3095. I Read-a-thon Chad Lewis, tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles, Ea-gles, will be featured at a read-a-thon at the American Fork Neighbors help those in need But we'll give you our shirt And a hack to go with it If your crops should happen to die. Meredith U'iLson : he line from the song "Iowa Stubborn" Stub-born" from "The Music Man" talks about how the standoffish residents of River City would respond re-spond to someone else's personal - tragedy. But it could apply to what 's happened throughout our state over the last few days as the water has risen Thousands of people have turned out to fill sandbags, and then stack them along river and creek banks to protect a neighbor's home. Pleasant Grove is a perfect example, as the city opted to turn 500 North into a river to divert water from the Grove Creek reservoir rather than letting the reservoir spill over on its own. Citv officials estimated residents had filled "19.000 sandbags for the effort. Then the residents turned out en masse to help build an artificial waterway on Sunday out of concrete barriers, sheets of plastic and those same sandbags. When I was there last Sunday morning, morn-ing, volunteers lined the street taking directions from city workers and church officials as ihey were formulating a plan to drive the water d( iwn the center of the road. Grovecreek Stake LDS stake president Duane Atkinson who lives on Grove Creek Drive, was there in jeans and boots, soaked to the knees, working side by side wuh his neighbors and helping help-ing to direct the work force. Those efforts continued throughout the day and into Monday, with local high school students joining the efforts, and the city-created artificial "river" was directing water from the reservoir spillway down 500 North to the Murdock Canal The same kind of cooperative effort was evident evi-dent in Lehi along Dry Creek, where high water will threaten homes for the next several nights. City officials estimated anywhere from 900 to 1 ,200 volunteers turned out to line the bank of the creek where the homes were threatened Saturday Satur-day morning many of them near Main Street at about 600 West. Before that, volunteers had filled between 50.000 and 60,000 sandbags. The city doesn't have enmigh employees to duplicate Public Library on Saturday. Chad will arrive at 10 am in Robinson Park, next to the library. 64 S. 100 East. Children are invited to come early to get a good spot. They may bring their favorite books and blankets and pillows to be comfortable. I Applebee's to come to AF Applebee's restaurant has announced intentions to build a restaurant in American Fork. The developers received a conditional con-ditional approval from the city's Harming and Zoning Commission Commis-sion on May 18. The City Council Coun-cil will conduct a public hearing prior to considering approval. The restaurant could be open in September, just east of Kohl's, at the northwest corner of Pacific Pa-cific Drive and State Street. I Westroc to move West roc, a Pleasant Grove company for decades, is seeking a larger site and asking to move to Lakeside Lake-side Planned Industrial Park in Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN MATT SMITHNortn County southeast American Fork. Company representatives received conditional approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission on May 18 for their request to approve its site plan The larger facility would "better meet their production needs and serve their customers," custom-ers," according to a document submitted to the planners. I Temple Meadows plan tabled Temple Meadows, a planned unit development at 650 N. 1200 East, did not receive approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission on May 18. The planners, however, asked owner David Millheim to submit a revised preliminary plan, since that version needs to match the final plan when it is approved. Without information contained in the revised preliminary plan, the commissioners would not be able to make an informed decision deci-sion on the final plaa said commissioner com-missioner Joe Gordon that kind of Herculean effort. dint Carter, Lehi's director of emergency preparedness, pre-paredness, praised the volunteers. "If the city had to do it themselves, we would still be filling those bags and we would have been flooded," he said. Cathy Allred. who covers Lehi for the newspaper, newspa-per, said the volunteers worked with enthusiasm. And Garry Sampson, a first counselor in the Lehi South Stake and former Lehi Mayor who was helping organize the effort, said the turnout was heartwarming. heart-warming. "It's incredible, within half an hour we had hundreds here." One negative note was that the motorists mo-torists who were driving along Main Street at the time the workers were setting up the sandbags weren't quite so helpful, instead zooming by without giving heed to workers who were transporting sandbags across Main Street. In fad, Sampson was brushed by an impatient driver who couldn't be bothered both-ered to slow down for the workers. I guess they weren't feeling neighborly neigh-borly that day. In Highland on Saturday, the neighborhood neigh-borhood turned out to help a family whose home was flooded when debris collected in a grate along an irrigation ditch, forcing water out of the ditch and into the home. It wasn't the kind of general flooding experienced experi-enced in Lehi or Pleasant Grove, but the incident did demonstrate how willing people are to help when a neighbor is in need. The volunteers cleaned out the basement, carrying car-rying out furniture and clothes that might be damaged by the water. Undoubtedly, similar acts of kindness will be repeated over the next few days and maybe weeks as the long anticipated floods become reality. It's just good to know you have neighbors like that, people you can rely on in an emergency. Just one bit of advice to those who witness such selflessness from the comfort of an air-conditioned air-conditioned automobile and think, "I wish these people would get out of my way. What are they thinking?" Slow down dummy. You. too, can play a small part in this real-life drama by helping to make it safer for everybody eLse. Danger Continued from Page I American Fork Canyon campgrounds will be open for the weekend. The Little Mill Campground has some camp sites closed, and the Roadhouse Picnic area has a small portion of the picnic area closed. Rangers hope to open Granite Flats and Hope campgrounds by Friday. The ranger station contact number to check on the status sta-tus of a campground site is 785-3563. Utah County's Wil-lowcreek Wil-lowcreek Park is also open, although some of its picnic sites are under water. "We advise people to stay away from these high water Flooding Continued from Page I scared. Back in '83 this section sec-tion didn't flood." They do have evacuation plans in case the water becomes be-comes too much of a threat. Sherma uses the aid of a walker and is on oxygen, so is unable to move around quickly. That has prompted advance planning. In the event they need to leave, she will move into Heritage Convalescent Con-valescent Center. "That's also along the river," she joked. Both expressed gratitude for friends and neighbors who have helped. "The ward really came out full-fledged," Sherma said. "They were just terrific. I can't believe how they all work together like that." Some may wonder how the family can sleep with the water wa-ter running that close. Ward members keep a night watch to be aware of pending problems prob-lems and alert the Mills. City workers have also kept a close eye on the area, patrolling often during the day and night. Other areas of concern include in-clude a double culvert at 400 North and 400 East, where the water nears the top, and near Burningham Trucking on 100 North. "That double culvert is about to capacity right now," said Rob Autrey of the city's Public Works department. "At Burninghams, they move the concrete barrier out of the way and put it back when they move their trucks. They are afraid of losing their potash." Autrey said the measures the city took in the '80s have helped prevent serious damage. dam-age. "The debris basis is doing its job," he said. "Gabions, channelizing and the new bridges are really helping." Miss AF Continued from Page 1 degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of Utah and plans to attend pharmacy school For her talent number, she will perform "The Swan" on the French horn Britney Smith is attending Capelli Institute of Hair. She plans to study cosmetology and major in dance. Her platform issue is "Beyond the Surface: Encouraging a Positive Posi-tive Body Image." For her talent tal-ent number, she will dance to "Let il Rain" Karyn Walker received an associate degree in arts from Utah Valley State College and is working toward a bachelor's in theater arts and design For her talent, she will perform a Native American dance, "Butterfly Dance." Her heritage is Zuni-Puebk), Shawnee, Delaware and Choctaw Indian For her platform, plat-form, she has chosen literacy awareness. Nicole Williams attends the University of Utah and plays the English horn and the oboe. Her platform is related to music as a healing art. For her talent number, she will play an oboe solo, a movement move-ment from "Six Metamorphoses Metamorpho-ses After Ovid" by Benjamin Britten Amanda Wilkinson's platform plat-form issue is "Eating Habits Today Prevent Diabetes Tomorrow." She plans on attending at-tending college and obtaining a degree in physical therapy. For her talent number, she will dance to "Ain't no Sunshine." Sun-shine." Candkc Woods plans on becoming a Registered Nurse with a specialty in pediatrics. For her talent number, she will sing "There You'll Be." Her platform issue is service through humanitarian aid fPOOR |