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Show edition or t n e Datlittllfl A N I YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. MAY 18. 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Princes, princesses show up at the SCHOOLS: Immigrant students work hard to adjust SPORTS: Cavemen shut out Skyline in first round CX Business PRETTY AS A PICTURE: GET GREAT PORTRAITS CRty fes to mmi if mmm American Fork Director of Public Works: Things are going as planned Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Things seem to be progressing well for American Fork to avoid flooding during the next month. Director of Public Works How ard Denney said in an interview Monday that the weather and runoff run-off patterns were going favorably. "Up and down, up and down that is exactly what we want," he said. When the amount of water wa-ter in the river is plotted, it shows up with daily highs and lows that permit the water to run to the lake, but at a reasonable rate. "Every night you want it to get down to freezing temperatures (in the mountains)," Denney said. "That slows down the snow melt." It is that rate of melting that contributes con-tributes to flooding as much as the amount of snowpack, he said. "We will have more than average aver-age water," he said. "With this undulation un-dulation pattern we should be able to survive this. This is an easier year than last year." "It appears that we are in fairly good shape," he said. "The peak flows, though, are typically somewhere some-where in the week and a half before be-fore and the week and a half after the end of May." There are two forks that combine com-bine to make up the American Fork River. There are snow measuring mea-suring stations on each. At the Timpanogos Divide, the snow is See FLOODING, Page 2 FRIENDLY QUILTERS MATT SMITH North County Glenda Slater, right and Carmen Martinez, display a quilt during a New Friends Quilt Circle meeting, at the Pleasant Grove City Library on Tuesday. Quilting circle still going strong Christie Dalley NORTH COUNTY STAFF They call themselves the New Friends Quilting Circle. For more than 17 years they have met every week. They have learned new quilting methods and patterns. They have also given hundreds of blankets and handmade hand-made items to various charities. "Last year we gave 95 items to the Utah Regional Re-gional Medical Center's Neonatal 'preemie' unit which included two hand knitted preemie outfits," out-fits," past president Glenda Slater said. The group also participates in a group called Project Linus, (named for the "Peanuts" character charac-ter who always holds his blanket) which makes and donates blankets for children in hospitals or the Shelter for Battered Women and Children. "These are not for beds but cuddle blankets just large enough to wrap around a child," said Carmen Martinez who not only started the quilting group but is still creating patterns to share with the members. She pointed to a grocery bag of donated fabrics "We win piece these with hundreds of other scraps into beautiful beauti-ful blankets." Martinez said she has always loved fabrics and quilts and geometry.. "I took an adult education class from Debbie Thurgood," she said. She taught how to draft quilting designs so the pieces were all accurate. It was like a door opened and sunshine came in and 1 understood the geometry of quilting," she We visit, exchange ideas,-- -bring fabrics to cut out and sew. We have members from Lehi to Spanish Fork with quil-ters quil-ters who are just starting and many who have been quilting much of their lives." Glenda Slater PAST PRESIDENT. NEW FRIENDS QUILTING CIRCLE said. Martinez went on to teach classes herself and in 1987 started the quilting group. "I love to quilt and I love to teach," she said. "There is nothing better to do than to teach what you love." She sat before a child's blanket she was working on with an ocean theme. "This is done with 'whack and stack.' You take six layers of fabric and line up the pattern precisely. Then you cut your quilt pieces triangles tri-angles in this case. These are sewed together in a circle creating a kaleidoscope effect." The quilting circle meets every Tuesday at 10 a.m. The first Tuesday of the month they meet downstairs in the Pleasant Grove Library. The rest of the month they meet in the basement of the American Fork Senior Citizen building. There they have a room filled with tables, three sewing machines, cutting boards and patterns. The walls are lined with finished quilt tops displaying dis-playing such patterns as The Hidden Star or The Flock of Geese. There, they also have meetings at night on the second and last Tuesdays at 7 p.m. A beginners begin-ners meeting is held at 2 p.m. on Mondays. The last meeting of the month is devoted to community commu-nity service. "We visit, exchange ideas, bring fabrics to cut out and sew. We have members from Lehi to Spanish Fork with quitters who are just starting start-ing and many who have been quilting much of their lives. Many of our members also belong to the Utah Valley Quilting Guild," Slater said. "The members range in age from 24 to over 90. We have one member who cant get out any more but she quilts our service quilts for us at home." A new method or quilt block is taught each . month. At a recent meeting president Cathie Denney taught the workshop. She explained the method of sewing through a newsprint pattern. See QUILTS, Page 2 t n WVWV.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE jf .v'frA4' .VV,H Commui Briefing COUNCIL SEEKS TO MINIMIZE PROPOSED PROPERTY PROP-ERTY TAX American Fork city is seeking ways to minimize a proposed property tax increase while still increasing its budget to provide what they call needed services. Members of the City Council had been considering enacting en-acting a BO percent property tax increase to cover those costs. At the May 9 council meeting, members suggested finding ways to improve the revenue stream by increasing increas-ing the fees it charges, such as those for building permits. per-mits. Council members Dale Gunther and Shirt LeBaron were assigned to investigate those fees and report to a work session of the council on May 18. LIBRARY HOSTS PATRIOTIC EVENTS - The American Ameri-can Fork Public Library will present a week of nightly patriotic programs from Tuesday to May 25. The library is located at 64 S. 100 East, American Fork. Events begin at 6:30 each evening. They include: Monday All American celebrity story night Families are invited to hear local celebrities read patriotic patri-otic stories. They include Utah Education Deputy Christine Chris-tine Keral, Mayor Heber Thompson, City Chief of Staff, Melanie Marsh, City Council woman, Heidi Rodeback, Library Board member, Jean Dewey, and Friends of the Library representative, Dr. Scott Smith Tuesday All American games night Families are invited to play jacks, jump rope, checkers, marbles, hopscotch and other All American traditional games. Wednesday - AN American crafts night Families may make a quick and easy Fled White and Blue craft. May 25 - All American Family Read-In Families are invited to come, find a comfy spot or bring their own comfy spot (a favorite blanket) and read together. More information is available from the library at 763-3070 763-3070 or the city Web site, afcity.com. SPRING INTO HEALTH - Families in Utah County are invited to attend the "Spring into Health" community fair at the American Fork Hospital on Saturday. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the hospital located at 170 N. 1100 East in American Fork. The fair will provide opportunities for children and families to learn more about health, safety and injury prevention. A variety of free wellness activities, health screenings and educational booths will be offered. For more information, call 855-3279. FIREMAN'S BREAKFAST - Preparations are under way for the annual Fireman's Breakfast, which will be held Memorial Day morning from 6 to 1 0 at the fire station, sta-tion, 98 N. Center St., American Fork. Tickets are available avail-able at the door or from any member of the volunteer fire department. STUDENTS HONORED - American Fork High School students Shannon Babb and Jeff Bean recently returned from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Indianapolis, Ind. Their projects were among 1,482 projects from 47 countries. In addition to numerous other prizes, Shannon won first in place in the environmental science category. She was also invited by the Swedish National Academy on an all-expense paid trip to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in December and present her project. Jeff Bean received third place in chemistry category and a special award of fourth place from the American Chemical Society. As part of Jeff's project of creating an alternative energy source from lawn clippings, he made his own equipment and compared his findings with BYU's equipment. According to accompanying science teacher, Blaine Greenhalgh, "Jeff's results were pretty close from his machine to BYU's." VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - The Lehi veterans are seeking seek-ing help in placing 2,600 American flags on May 27 at 7 a.m. and taking up flags May 30 at 7 a.m. at the National Veterans Cemetery north of Camp Williams for Memorial Memo-rial Day. Scout troops, families and others who would like to volunteer for the opportunity to honor the nation's veterans can call Blackie Harris for more information at 768-9493. EARLY DEADLINES FOR MEMORIAL DAY - Because Be-cause of the Memorial Day holiday, deadlines for weddings, wed-dings, anniversaries, birthdays, missionaries and other celebrations in the North County Newspapers will be May 26 at 3 p.m. for the June 1 edition. Don't forget we are now located in Pleasant Grove, 399 E. State St. Fcr further information or directions call 756-7669. From staff reports 055 00050"" 8 ca 4 c?to Jig&s -mm,' m TfRr eww PSr?- -'&HE29 KttI& "HJXsNL- y r mmcrauwiH VULUiUH ' . w W ft . f mn. mn UH M u, IUUZ axe was Hiram wan COPY |