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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday. May 18, 2006 r.liilLi..the; Page 2 NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED AN EVENING AT THE BALL 11,1 Rtrri r ' ' Jl S X . 0 ' J - n H iVi v'v,, ..? .',- j - 1310b-- !- ' $m7j ; i H ' Y TE P l BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County Kailey Hopkins, 21 months old. plays flamingo croquet at the American Fork Public Library's annual Princess Ball Monday evening. Princess Ball proves to bo big soccess Barbara Christiansen More Ihiin 'I5t individuals turned mt for llie third annual lYmcess liiill at Ilie ArrHTKan f ork Library on Monday ev-ning IJoys, girls and p;irenls came dressed as primes, princesses and other characters, char-acters, especially f rom "Alice in Wonderland." Won-derland." the theme of this year's event. "I was very happy with the turnout." said Kathleen Barton, coordinator of the ball Although it was n intended as a fund raiser, between S"0 and $1K) was collected. wlu h w ill be used to augment the children's lxk collection "My goal is not really for a fund raiser." Barton said "I want it to be something fun that families can come to. and see how cool the library is and come back " Children participated in flamingo croquet, a rose walk. Mad Hatter's tea parly and dancing. Michael Carrasco portrayed the Mad Hatter and circulated among t he areas, greeting the children and families. "I talked to him and. boy. he was really re-ally mad," said one boy who attended. "It was really fun. I liked him." said another. Barton said the library appreciated those wlw attended. "We appreciate our patron support." she said. "If tliey keep coming back, we will keep doing I lie Princess Ball. A couple of families have come to all three. They said they hope to make it a family tradition tradi-tion every May COMMUNjTY NOTES I Community receives Governor's Award Lnvision Utah presented the Governor's Gover-nor's Quality Growth Award of Merit to the first phase of the neo-traditional Vin-taro Vin-taro Master Planned Community, slated for vhii beast American Fork. It was conceived by the real estate development develop-ment firm Fusion Group and patterned after historic neighborhoods. "We certainly consider this to be a joint honor, awarded to Fusion Group. . American Fork city, and the participating participat-ing landowners." said Fusion Group president Dave Robinson. "In response to the growing need for well-planned and practical housing, and under the capable leadership of Mayor (Heber) Thompson and city planner Rod Despain, the city of American Fork had the courage and vision to create an ordinance that allowed the assemblage of over 30 parcels into a community that will provide a beaut ifuL practical and sustainable community for Utah families." fami-lies." Robinson said. "We couldn't be more pleased." Thompson said. "By working with Fusion Group in a spirit of cooperation, we have been able to convert many relatively unproductive parcels into what promises to be one of the most unique and exciting communities communi-ties in the state of Utah. We hope that this will provide a model for other cities in working with responsible developers to find innovative and practical housing options," he said. The more than 300-acre master plan spans the cities of American Fork and Pleasant Grove, including the much anticipated an-ticipated final leg of 2000 West, which will provide a direct connection from northeast Utah County to the new Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove freeway interchange. "We're excited about the tremendous potential 2000 West will bring to the community and we can certainly understand under-stand why UDOT and MAG have identified identi-fied it as a top priority for northern Utah County," Robinson said. "We look forward to having a positive and productive relationship with Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove city in working through the many complex issues associated with master planning the east side of Vin-taro," Vin-taro," he added. NorthCounty N E 2V) S P A P E R S City pageants do a town good r.: Phone: 7-X "(05 Fax: 756-E274 Kirk Parkinson tc : 3 Wo Pvjon' 'Put" 'x- Marc Haddock low 'IP Cathy Allred 7rx70fj ie i,, Si-" y-' Sp-gs F Gvsi Barbara Christiansen 7iwj Anievan fir.. Apr. Cedr H. ? bct"T!sarfse,'.8''ie'a,'je-'''a co Michael Rigert 7,-63 Ovm, Vineyari Beky Beaton ?56 7f,c3 Sporrs bbealonQihwaldentra com Lane Dubois 756 7669 Advertising Account EiecLtw WjboisQ heraldextra ccm DAILY BEBALO rUBLISBIMO CO. EX Jennette Esplin 756 7063 Chris Peterson Designer. Cct dicr Casey Rogers 3JJ 2570 Rachel Rybicki 34 j 2558 DesgnetCw Edict Jeremy Harmon 344 2545 Piorog'aD!ie? NEWSSTAND PRICE: S3 50 SUBSCRIPTION RATE 1 year (in Utah County) - S3E 40 Sunday. Thursday and holiday deliveries (which includes the week o1 Easier plus Memorial, Independence, Pioneer, Labor, Tharsgvmg, Christmas and New Year's Day). 1 year (ootsidt Utah County) - S5 40 I yaar (in Utah County - Thursday only) - $26 00 aratoga Springs is talking about spoasomg a "scholarship-pageant Why? Because the city wants a Miss Saratoga Springs. I say, kt them have one. Local pageants serve an important impor-tant function in each of our communities. Twenty years ago. 1 wrote a column poking fun at local pageants, saying they were a waste of time and money, recognized young women for their looks rat her t nan th ir acwirnplishrnents, and featured a lot of substandard tafent. But that was before I met young women wom-en like Lciri Bromley. Jaciyn Hunt and Nanette Pearson three of the reasons I have come to believe that the pageants are good for the contestants and for the community. Nanette, of Pleasant Grove, and Jaciyn, of Lehi. both became Miss Utah and competed in the Miss America Pageant. So I'll start with Lori who was Miss American Fork sometime in the early IWJs. not long after I made a lot of mothers angry by writing that column. col-umn. She didn't win anything, as I remember it. at the Miss Utah pageant. But she spent her entire year as Miss American Fork making the city look good. Twenty years later she remains the standard by which 1 judge most of the misses I meet. She was friendly and outgoing, and made an instant impression impres-sion with her intelligence, class and hard work. She was a far cry from the stereotypical bubble-headed beauty queen. And the city benefited from that as she spent 12 months as the city's representative at of ficial events. Lehi's Jadyn Hunt is another good example and a more recent one. Jadyn was Miss Lehi and went on to be Miss Utah At the 2001 Miss America Pageant she won two $ 10.0 0 scfriarships, one for being a semi-fi-nalist and one as the winner of the "Quality of Life" award for her community service project. When the pageants first adopted the service project format, I was very skeptical After afl. how many prjgrams do you need to reach out to teen age girls with eating disorders? ft-- V if ' Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN as a bully pulpit to promote organ, eye and tissue donation. As the recipient of such a donation, she was an especially eloquent spokesperson. And she made a major difference. She was also a picture-perfect example of the values Utah County residents hold so dear, and she made us all look good on national television when she was featured fea-tured with her family. Nanette Pearson was a perfect example exam-ple of the power of perseverance. I donl know how many times I saw her dance as she appeared year after year in the Miss Utah pageant as the winner of one local pageant or another. Each year she would dance an impressive impres-sive ballet number, and would be named a runner up, and each year she returned to try again. When she finally won the Miss Utah crown in 1997, it was a lesson to everyone in the audience that it pays to hang in there. She didn't stop teaching us then, either. The next year, as she crowned a new Miss Utah, she announced to the audience that she had been diagnosed diag-nosed with a degenerative illness, which meant she would have to give up performing, but she made it dear she wasn't giving up. I know the Miss America crown shows some wear and tear. The most recent pageant was held in Las Vegas, not Atlantic Qty. and was broadcast on a cable country music channel before a small audience. And Sharon and I no longer attend the state pageant pag-eant since it moved from Or em to Salt Lake Qty, al hough some of those pageants were wildly entertaining enter-taining for lots of reasons, not all of them positive But on the hometown level, the pageants still have meaning. That's why one of the first things Eagle Mountain did once it was large enough, was to hold a Miss Eagle Mountain Pageant. That's why Saratoga Springs wants one, too. The simple fact is that for is financial support, the dty gets an ambassador to officials of other cities, cit-ies, not to mention leaders of church and state, as well as someone willing to perform the tedious duties du-ties of appearing in countless parades and wielding unwieldy scissors at ribbon cuttings. When they do t wea, our dry pageant winners Flooding Continued from Page 1 down to a little more than five inches, lower than average av-erage (about 11) and much lower than last year's measurement mea-surement of 31 inches. At the Snowbird site, however, how-ever, the measurement is approximately 63 inches, just under last year's of about 67, and significantly higher than average of approximately 35. The city made some improvements im-provements to the river channel chan-nel after the floods of '83, including installing gabion baskets and concrete walls to protetf the banks. Last year there was some damage to the riverbed, which has been repaired. There was about three feet of sediment around the bridge at 700 North and there was some undermining of the baskets. City officials spread out some of the material and repaired some of the holes. "We cleaned the channels and took out debris." Denney said. City crews have found numerous nu-merous items in the river. "One of the things we are seeing the most of and fishing fish-ing out of the river is shopping shop-ping carts," he said. "We are removing one or two a day out of the river." Most of the time, the water simply flows through the carts and does not create a problem, but sometimes debris de-bris gets caught on the carts or on energy dissipaters installed to smooth out the flow, and the debris ends up blocking the flow, he said. "If people would not throw debris into the river that would help us," he said. Residents who see dangerous danger-ous conditions, including debris which needs to be removed, re-moved, are asked to call the Public Works Department at 763-3060. "They should listen to the voice message and call the phone numbers of whoever is listed as being on call" Denney Den-ney said. He said they may also call the police department depart-ment for emergencies. Quilts Continued from Page I "Always look at the line you are sewing on. not at the needle," she said. "After the material goes through the needle it is too late to correct the stitching." When the quilt tops are completed some members hand quilt them, some tie them and some have them professionally machine quilted. One member, Kathryn Carbine, does machine quilting quilt-ing with a special long arm machine. "I have done 20 quilts in the last three months," she said. Some of her quilts are on display in local fabric stores. Each year the group makes an "opportunity quilt" to raise funds. Any of the 40 members may sell opportunities opportuni-ties for S 1 each or S5 for six. They display the quilt to sell opportunities at community events like Steel Days on July 13-15 and the Utah Valley Val-ley Quilt Fair held in Provo at the Eldred Center on July 19. "Last year we raised over $700 which goes toward buying buy-ing batting and more fabrics to make more quilts," Slater said. This year's quilt is called a Garden Path Sampler. The winner of the king size quilt will be announced at the group's December meeting. ' Dalene Golding has been a member for 10 years. "Where else can you have as much fun as you can here '. for only $ 10 a year?" she said. But Jaciyn used her Miss Lehi and Miss Utah title are worth their weight in gold to www.heraldexfra.com yellowpages r. -"r POO |