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Show ii e 2atttt$iHcmtfi AN EDITION OP T .:T lot c -oi a i AT I ON 1 100 , t 84 124-1501 3fam m uwm YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. JULY 28, 2005 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Af youth honored for volunteer work SCHOOL'S OUT: Space center is 'out ol (his world' SPORTS: Lacrosse's popularity growing at high schools Business NICK'S BOOK EXCHANGE TAKES NOVEL APPROACH New-style development will include open space, use creative design Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNISTAfr New-style development could be on its way to American Fork. The Planning and Zoning Commission Commis-sion has recommended revisions to the city's ordinances to allow flex ible lot developments, coaservation subdivision projects and low density-attached density-attached housing projects. The City Council will consider the proposed changes at a future date. Commissioners have spent many months mulling the new options for development; the latest version they considered was the 12th draft prepared pre-pared by planner Rod Despain. "It is good to have them done," said Planning Cornmission Chair James Hansen "I like the opportunity to give to developers to be creative in their plans so that we don't get the straight subdivisions. We can get alternative building, especially in the south area where we will have some restraints because of water or wetlands wet-lands and a number of things that are going to cause problems." The new ordinance was designed with the area south of the freeway in mind. A great deal of the area has been deemed wetlands by the Army Corps of Engineers and as such cannot be built upon The planners wanted to find a way to allow a developer to use those areas as open space and be able to obtain the density of either two or three units per acre. The flexible flex-ible lot project was born "It permits increased flexibility and See LOTS, Page 2 FAREWELL TO FIREFIGHTING . a W v y v. . - i i, - - ' l i;, X ' k I T I js'' FRANK BOTTNorth County American Fork retired Fire Chief Paul Peters has been with the American Fork fire department since the 1960s. Peters retires after 43 years Heidi Rodeback NORTH C'JUM STAIf Sormer American Fork Fire Chief Paul Peters is retiring from American Fork city after 43 years of service. Peters served as fire chief for more than 20 years, one of the longest lon-gest terms within the state, said JcAnn Scott of the public works c department. "Being a firefighter is an interesting interest-ing career because you get to know about so many people and places. Every time you respond to a call, you meet people," Peters said American Fork firefighters respond re-spond to about 400 calls each year, according to the fire department's annual reports. These include structure struc-ture fires, grass and brush fires and vehicle accidents, as well as numer ous service calls and assists. Additionally, Addi-tionally, the department carries out inspections and completes nearly 1,090 hours of training each year. As chief, Peters had responsibility responsibil-ity for all this, plus equipment and public relations. "Paul is well deserving of this recognition," said Richard Colborn, a member of the 33-member volunteer volun-teer department. "Paul is just unassuming, able to lead the men," Colborn said. "He never had to raise his voice to get action. He knew what needed to be done, and it went that way." In the years since he first signed on in 19(2, Peters has seen many changes in the fire department. Today, firefighters are dispatched dis-patched by pagers. In M2, they responded to the siren at the See PETERS, Page 2 Rose Vance, center, dances with Trent Howard, left, at a rehearsal of American Fork's Heritage and History Pageant. The pageant has been held at the American Fork cemetery for six years, and will run this weekend. MARIO RUIZ North County La ft r S: n 2'V - ft - 1 "T I 4 Pageant is a look at heritage and history Barbara Christiansen NORM ' OUN! ' '.IAIT The sixth annual Heritage and History Pageant will Ije held at the American Fork Cemetery on Friday, Saturday and Monday from 6 p.m. to dask. This year's theme is "Take A Walk Through History." The cemetery cem-etery Ls located at WK) N. Center St. Admission is $2 per person or $5 for an entire family. Wagon rides are included with the price of admission. Tickets will be sold al the two south cemetery entrances en-trances and are gixxl for all three nigtils of tlie See PAGEANT, Page 2 Community Briefing Orem Photos by FRANK BOTTNorth County Bill Burch pauses while whittling in his basement workshop located in Orem. Burch has been making nolo ties for Hoy Scout since the 1960s. Below, a sumple of some of Burch's work. BURCH CARVES BOLOS BY THE THOUSANDS Wood chips litter the floor. The basement workshop is cluttered with Scouting awards, handbooks, photographs photo-graphs and other memorabilia. In the middle of it all, Bill Burch, 82, sits, pocketknife in hand, carving a small wooden cowboy face to adorn a bolo tie. The Orem resident recently sent 700 such bolo ties to the national Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Fredericksburg, Fred-ericksburg, Va., where he hands them out each year. The veteran Scouter ducks his head bashfully after explaining ex-plaining that three presidents of the United States as well as various general presiding leaders of the LDS Church also have worn his ties. Lehi LIBRARY FUND STILL GROWING - The Frances Comer Perpetual Library Fund, with a balance of approximately ap-proximately $58,000, must continue to grow before its accrued interest can benefit the Lehi Library. Created in 2000, the fund was named for a city council-woman council-woman and well-known local educator, Frances Martens Comer, who fought for a strong and healthy library during dur-ing her term in office. Comer worked for the Alpine School District for 26 years, first as a civics teacher and then as a school librarian at Lehi Junior High School. She was known for her feistiness. "I'm not a character," Comer said. "I'm just plain ornery." Pleasant Grove CITY DEFENDS DOOR TO DOOR ORDINANCE - A recent decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold up-hold a previous ruling is not stopping Pleasant Grove City from taking the issue of door to-door sales to a higher court. Nor from enforcing provisions in the city's door-to-door ordinance that were not ruled on by the courts. "Over 99 percent of the ordinance is still in force," said Peter Stirba, legal counsel from Stirba and Associates representing Pleasant Grove City. "This is a valid ordinance ordi-nance and we still expect all to comply. We are going to proceed in normal fashion in the federal courts. The city still has a door to door ordinance in force with the exception excep-tion of two provisions. We will move forward anticipating the court will change its ruling." Cedar Hills SOME RESIDENTS DON'T WANT COURSE SOLD - Some residents of the Cedars Subdivision in Cedar Hills appeared surprised Monday night when city officials explained ex-plained their goal of selling the Cedar Hills Golf Course. "I wouldn't have voted for it (the general obligation bond approved in June) if it had said anything about selling sell-ing it," one man said. Council member Jim Perry, cond jcting the meeting with Mayor Mike McGee, reminded residents this goal was spelled out in the June voter pamphlet and numerous numer-ous City Council meetings. The general obligation bond was proposed by the council, he said, to give the city time to make the $6 million course marketable. "We've looked long and hard at this, and believe the best option is to sell the course," Perry said. Saratoga Springs STUDIO PRODUCES ALL KINDS OF MUSIC - Music Mu-sic fans can find anything from country music to '80s rock 'n' roll at J. Marc Bailey's music studio in Saratoga Springs these days. In fact. Bailey just finished producing 8 jazz-oriented soundtrack for the movie "Mobsters and Mormons," produced by HaleStorm Entertainment, the same company com-pany that produced "Baptists at our Barbecue" and "The Singles Ward." He's currently working on the soundtrack for a movie called "Church Ball" that will be released in February. The studio, however, does a lot more than movie soundtracks. Since it opened a year and a half ago, Bailey has produced for talent in Nashville, Tenn., Las Vegas and Utah. 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