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Show ,nv op the 2aily5Hcral6 WJ8"""" INC Am mm YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. APRIL 27. 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Hew store to occupy an old location SCHOOLS: Reading to dog makes big reward (or students SPORTS: Refuge enhanced by wildlife education center PS BUSINESS DAY MURRAY MUSIC OPENS LEHI LOCATION Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF The future of American Fork's water is back in the hands of the City Council. Horrocks Engineers, the consulting consult-ing firm hired to study the water and make a recommendation, has completed that task. John Schiess of Horrocks presented pre-sented the results to the council at a work session last Thursday. He recommended a proposal with an estimated price tag of $39.5 millioa The council has yet to determine how to pay for the improvement, but general obligation bonds are most likely. The recommendation included developing a secondary water system sys-tem for areas south of the freeway and major water users on the north side of the freeway. They also suggested sug-gested implementing conservation measures. "The options presented by Horrocks Hor-rocks were very well thought out," said mayor Heber Thompson. "We will be pleased to make a selection of a proposed final solution. We invite the public to a meeting May 4 at 4 p.m. at the library to present their views." Whatever action the City Council decides to take, the residents will be paying more for water. There are no estimates yet of what the user rates would be, but that was one of the first assignments made. Schiess was asked to report back to the council and give estimates. Residents today are paying $10 a month for a base rate for the first 6,000 gallons of culinary water, with a surcharge for additional water. Steve Parker, head of the water department, said there are very few residents who use only the base. Horrocks had originally presented pre-sented nine alternatives for the city to increase its water supply. The council selected four of them for See WATER, Page 2 i' . :( ; . , Set1:-.'- - -4 lr:;:::. . :..'- 1 " 1 v j& , . ' ' ' ' " ' n t i , ' TV ' I BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County Chuck Dominic checks the food at the American Fork Hospital prior to the dinner delivery on Tuesday. It's not your typical hospital food Chef Chuck Dominic takes care in preparing selections for AF hospital cafeteria Ann Shields NORTH COUNTY STAFF "Just like home cookin'" is the description some give after eating at the Garden View cafeteria caf-eteria at the American Fork Hospital. Although such things as Buffalo chicken salad, fresh vegetable stew, grilled salmon and turkey-asparagus roll-ups may not sound like typical hospital fare, you can find them on the cafeteria menu on a regular basis, along with traditional turkey -and-all-therimmings and beef gravy over noodles. The menu changes daily with a choice of a special, two entrees, soup and dessert for lunch and dinner. Fresh rolls complete the offering. The breakfast menu includes potatoes and eggs as well as pancakes with a special butter syrup. Omelets are served every other Thursday. Thurs-day. Although patients don't get the same, Chuck Dominic, manager, does provide them with tasty and satisfying food and a varied selection, depending on their menu needs. "Every so often I take a staff member and visit the patients, asking what they like and don't like about the meals and what we could do to change," Dominic said. "Then we take these suggestions back and go over them." Dominic and his wife came to Utah from California five years ago in August when their children attended BYU. "We loved it," he said. "The kids met their spouses, grandchildren started coming. The wife and I took a leap of faith and moved." After he started at American Fork Hospital, See DOMINIC, Page 2 Sport of disc golf set to sail ioto town Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Disc golf, one of the country's fastest growing sports, is coming to American Fork. Team Utah, a disc golf association, associa-tion, has agreed to put in 18 baskets bas-kets on poles to represent "holes" in what they plan on becoming a Championship course. Nine holes would be put in place now; the rest would come within a year. Mark Galloway represented Team Utah at the Planning Commission Com-mission and City Council meetings. He explained the course would be set up in the wooded area east of the parking lot at Art Dye Park on the city's north side. Being among the trees offers both an element of challenge and that of safety, he said. The trees would prevent the discs from straying from the main paths and hitting someone, Galloway said. The disc golfers have also volunteered volun-teered to maintain the trees, taking care of pruning when necessary. The Planning Commission set a requirement re-quirement that the pruning be done under the direction of the parks department. , Galloway said the course would belong to the public. "It is really for the community," he said. "We will use it one percent to their 99 percent." There would probably be national tournaments twice a year and maybe one informal infor-mal tournament, he said. He anticipated use by families, See DISC GOLF, Page 2 Community Briefing CITY LOOKS AT RESORT ZONE - The American Fork Planning and Zoning Commission began the process of creating a resort zone for property near Utah Lake. City Planner Rod Despain presented a proposal for an ordinance to create such a zone at the planners' April 19 meeting. The commissioners took the initial suggestion under advisement and will study it prior to its inclusion on an upcoming agenda. Despain expressed optimism. "I think we have a chance to make something good down there," he said. There is approximately 2,000 acres between the city boundaries and Utah Lake which could be annexed into the city. Of this, the planners are considering most to be residential, resi-dential, with small commercial nodes. They have also been considering allowing a resort zone, which could include recreation facilities and some related amenities. Further discussion on the item is scheduled for the May 3 Planning Commission meeting. The public is invited in-vited to attend the meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the board room of the Alpine School District offices, 595 N. 100 East, American Fork. ALPINE PLAYHOUSE TO CLOSE - When the lights dim on the Alpine Playhouse production of "The Foreigner" For-eigner" in early June, it will also mark a "lights out" for the playhouse itself. "We realize the 'Field of Dreams' didn't happen," said Robert Brown, owner and executive producer of the theater. the-ater. In the nearly two years they were open, The Alpine Playhouse produced 19 shows. He said the attendance actually had been good, but that a 97-seat capacity show-house show-house did not allow enough revenue to allow them to cover the costs. Most theaters need more than ticket sales to survive, he said. The Alpine Playhouse received some donations and started the process to work toward more, but time ran out first. The playhouse had submitted applications for more than a hundred grants, he said. Some of those are pending and if they are granted and the timing is right, he did not discount the option of reopening. ZONE WILL NOT CHANGE - The American Fork Planning and Zoning Commission did not take an official vote, but discouraged developer Paul Southern from asking ask-ing for a zone change at 1125 E. 1100 North. Southern had sought a change in zoning to allow five or six lots on his parcel of ground. The area is designated at three units per acre in the general plan. GROW A ROW PROGRAM - Utahns Against Hunger started the Grow-A-Row program encouraging church congregations, civic groups and community residents to "grow a row" for the hungry in their home gardens. Gardeners can then donate their extra produce to their emergency food providers and helping families in need. Those who wish to donate but do not have a garden may also purchase produce at their grocer or produce market to donate to the food bank. Donations can be brought to the Community Action Food Bank, serving residents of Utah, Summit and Wasatch Wa-satch counties at 815 S. Freedom Blvd. in Provo. The bank provides food for seven food pantries and 32 community agencies and donations are accepted during business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Fruit with worms cannot be accepted and additional information may be found at the Community Action Services' Ser-vices' Web site www.communityactionprovo.org. For any questions or more ways to be involved to help Utah County's hungry, information is available at Community Com-munity Action Services 373-8200 ext. 216, Jim Thomas. BEKV BEATON North County The snowy egret is in breeding plumage right now, accounting for the fluffy appearance produced by their long plumes. See Sports, page 6. II 6 '""61055 0005 fjini L WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 37S-S103 TO SUBSCRIBE ca I r - n I II ii- ii fl - nini-n nmi mm ii iii ii iim in ihi ,. m i. AH Riif.c tup TIM rn mrjit: xn IWorwwerIrode.B!(MIM) GENE HAflUEY CliEVROLEf! toMtodSS U&JUUiim : m m " 1 v t Kmmmm oOi is l MKB M IWKT TM0UW im J, MM. 33 rem |