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Show A -hit ION OP THE 2)ftHt$ HCttllft '1 I Jij'i -U m d u ,- - -"-I AT I ON sir; ilf7-: si.f: 100 -J 1 v- UT 84124-1501 Ml 0 TO-' $y - i YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2005 50 CENTS tip TOWN HALL: American fork celebrates winter season SCHOOLS: AFHS marching band to perform in Si. George SPORTS: Dan Beardall helps life Utah to bowl game Business BEEHIVE HOME KEEPS mmm m a I M 0 --ll I f" m1 tLUbKLY HANU5 AUMvt Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF The title may have changed, but the face is familiar. Jay Christensen, long the head of American Fork's emergency medical medi-cal services department has taken on an additional role that of city fire chief. "We wanted to have someone full time who could address some of the day-to-day assignments," said American Fork City Chief of Staff Melanie Marsh. "The fire department is wonderful at responding re-sponding to the fires. It was time to move toward a full-time fire chief to help with the administrative side of things, such as budgeting budget-ing and grant writing' Mayor Ted Barratt complimented compli-mented Christensen. Chris-tensen. "He is well qualified," Bar ratt said. "We appreciate the opportunity to have him in the city." The change will mean the departments de-partments will do more things ces on f ieiry ro Wl ; I.i Jay Christensen together. "We will be training together," Christensen said. "Basically we will have one department, the firerescue fireres-cue department." On the city's books, the departments depart-ments will remain separate, because be-cause they are accounted for on a different basis. In action, they will be combined. The fire fighters and medical personnel per-sonnel already have been receiving cross training in each others' fields. . When an emergency arises, that change will make the service better, bet-ter, Christensen said. "This will help us utilize the personnel," per-sonnel," he said. "We do have a lot of EMS personnel that are cross trained as firefighters and the other way. "With some more training we will be able to staff both sides by the same people." "Hopefully we can step it up one notch, professionally," he said. The medical side is moving toward that, with the announced intention to have personnel trained as paramedics. "By Jan. 1, we will have paramedics para-medics on board," Christensen said. "There will be two paramedics paramed-ics 24 hours a day at the station." See CHIEF, Page 2 BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Robert Hall, left, and Richard Featherstone discuss the construction at one of the pioneer cabins which was built by Hall's great-grandfather. Pioneer homesteads prepare for big move Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Two pioneer cabins will soon be heading to their new homes in American Fork's Robinson Park. Developer Gary deVincent purchased property near 400 North and 100 West to build on. He and the previous previ-ous owner, Tom Loader, agreed to donate two cabins to American Fork city and ask they be moved to the park. Councilwoman Juel Belmont has been working to facilitate the move. City officials are waiting to hear from the mover regarding an exact date. The estimated cost to move them to the site is $5,000 each. Belmont has money in the city's Historic Preservation Commission budget to move one of the cabins and is seeking donations to help with the other. One cabin was built in approximately approxi-mately 1867 by Alexander Adam-son Adam-son and his wife Mary. It measures 14 feet 8 inches by 16 feet 8 inches. One unusual aspect of that cabin is that is has a full basement. "The basement gave them twice the room," said Robert Hall, one of the volunteers who has been helping help-ing ready the cabin to be moved. "That is very unusual for a pioneer pio-neer cabin to have any basement, especially one the same size as the main floor." The basement had windows, which were rocked over when Hall began work to save the structure. He is a descendant of the Adam-sons. "My mother was Nida Adamson Hall," he said. "I am Alexander's great-grandson." Hall and others have been working work-ing to move more than a century of debris from the building. Much of it was wood stacked inside. "The stairway is now cleared and you can still see the rock walls as straight as can be," he said with pride in the pioneer craftsmanship. Details about the original ownership owner-ship and history of the second cabin See CABINS, Page 2 AF grad places third in national FFA competition Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF An American Fork High School graduate recently competed in the National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Agriscience Fair in Louisville, Ky. He took third in the botany division of the fair. Bryce Robinson, now a student at the University of Utah, titled his project "Organic Fertilizers and Their Effects on Pinto Bean Plants." He measured growth, did observations obser-vations on plant health, then dried L the pinto bean plants which were grown with various natural fertilizers. fertil-izers. "I took them to the mass spectrometer spec-trometer at the University of Utah," Robinson said. He measured the nitrogen Isotope Iso-tope ratio between N15 and N14, analyzing the health of the plant based on the fertilizer. What he ended up with was more questions than answers, he said. "It is new information," he said. "It is basically a new study. I ended up setting up preliminary informa tion to base further study for me in college." At the University of Utah, Robinson Robin-son plans on going into veterinary science or some form of animal research. He may consider wildlife biology biol-ogy research. "If I became a vet, I would want to be a large animal vet, maybe even in a zoo," he said. "That would be very nice." He likes all animals, but has his favorites. "For some reason I have always al-ways had a passion for animals, especially birds," he said. "I have always been surrounded by animals." ani-mals." His dad, Todd, has been a veterinarian, veter-inarian, and has taught integrative biology at BYU. "Now that I am getting older and getting into it myself, I can see his passion and it interests me," Robinson said. When he's not working with animals, doing research or getting his general education requirements require-ments out of the way, Robinson can often be found skateboarding. He also enjoys art. WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Briefing Countywide CHRISTMAS TRADITION CONTINUES IN NORTH UTAH COUNTY - The North County Newspapers are now accepting nominations for needy families in the area to receive help for Christmas. Some names have been nominated for help. Those who wish to sponsor them may review the letters of nomination at the North County Newspaper office at 59 W. Main, American Fork, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. any weekday. Submissions are being accepted until Dec. 12, may bT based on the need for help, and should include information informa-tion about unemployment, illness, injury or other reason the family may be facing a bleak holiday. The front desk at North County Newspapers, located at 59 W. Main in American Fork, has nomination forms, or individuals may send a letter outlining the need. Each nomination should include the name, address and phone number of the person submitting a family for help, so sponsors may use them as confidential contacts. The letters or nomination forms will then be available at the newspaper offices for individuals, families or organizations orga-nizations who are looking for someone to sponsor for the holidays, Orem CITY EYES GREEN WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM Orem residents may soon have the opportunity to recycle re-cycle green waste through curbside pickup. The Orem City Council voted unanimously Nov. 22 to approve an addition to the city's contract with Waste Management that will allow residents to subscribe to the service for $5 per month for weekly pickup during the growing season between March 1 and Nov. 30. Recyclable green waste will include grass clippings and shrub and tree trimmings. Thicker branches and stumps up to six inches in diameter can be set out for col lection as well. Pleasant Grove CITY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMASES FROM AROUND THE WORLD - Residents will get a chance to see how Christmas is celebrated in Italy, Germany, England, Eng-land, Spain and Mexico in Pleasant Grove this weekend. The Historic Pleasant Grove Business Association and Pleasant Grove City Arts Commission will bring the spirit of Christmas from these traditions alive as they present a Christmas Around the World Celebration on Main Street in Historic Downtown Pleasant Grove. Visitors will be intrigued by the sampling of holiday traditions from all over the world on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Lehi l J JEREMY HARMONNorth County Thelma Williams, left, of Lehi reads with Lillias McMillan ut the Heritage Care center in American Fork Nov. J 7. Williams volunteers us a Senior Companion and in a variety of other ways. NONAGENARIAN DEDICATES HER LIFE TO SERVICE SER-VICE Driving around older women, helping out around the hospital, and reading with nearby Sego Lily students is all part of a typical week for 90 year-old resident resi-dent Thelma Williams. With the passing of her 90th birthday last month, Williams Wil-liams is as active as ever in her volunteer work. While Mondays are reserved for what she calls "all the little extra things," William's schedule is booked from Tuesday morning to Friday afternoon week after week. Saratoga Springs CITY HIRES NEW HISTORIAN - Despite several failed attempts at documenting its history, the city of Saratoga Springs recently hired a new city historian. Previous City Historians never followed through on the job, said city administrator Lori Yates, and she is hopeful that Amber Lee Chamberlain, new to the job, will succeed. 61055 00050' ReD TAG EVENT y") rv 1 RED TAG PRICING IN ALL NEW 2005 AND 2006 CHEVROLET PREVIOUSLY OWNED SUV'S TRUCKS, VANS, AND PASSENGER CARS! TW .,.. 3blAt S. ILT.Tmrte .ilmaUi'lV, .iir ATC! ' ri, , -J somaw" cats", - su8sbahs?w"- jriibwn SSi W 5UIHO 10 PI0 Ut . ft X "7" AN AMERICAN FtVOUjTIOfJ SUBHO TO PI0 Ml HUS I UCtNtt ND fiti. '0t.C "N!W 2005 SUBU8BW ND TAHOfS, O.A.C. flOM! Of SAVINGS C0MPWD TO ORIGINAL MSKP. 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