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Show 1 ON ?07 2Htt$iitcraUi e d T I 0 N '! AT tew! Jfei r tis id e, YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. MAY 31, 2007 50 CENTS SCHOOLS: Congratulations to AFHS Class of 2007 TOWH HALL: City celebrates Memorial Day SPORTS: Locals contribute to strong year for county Business LANE BRYANT MAKES THE MEADOWS HOME New buyer considers Am. Fork fiber optic network Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD American Fork may have a new buyer for its fiber-optic network. City officials voted unanimously on May 22 to begin negotiations with Surpha Inc., an Orem-based company. The company was one of three that submitted sub-mitted proposals to the city regarding development of the fiber network. In October, the city had entered into a $2 million agreement to sell and lease portions of the network to Sweden-based PacketFront Inc., and its partner company, Homeport. In March, the city announced that deal had fallen through, and council members voted to try to find a new buyer. As part of the original agree- 4 ment, PacketFront f' t I and Homeport had promised to invest $8 million into the system, upgrading it and making it profitable profit-able something city officials said they could not afford to do. The companies also had said they would offer Internet, cable television and telephone services to subscribers. The city now offers only Internet service. Last week, Coun-cilwoman Coun-cilwoman Heidi Rodeback said the city would enter into a 90-day letter of intent with Surpha, which would allow mmm the city to begin negotiations about how much the city will sell its network for and what the company might do with the fiber. The deal is expected ex-pected to be several million dollars, she said. "They appear to be financially capable and they have been in the business for many years," she said. "They are professionally capable of delivering deliver-ing quality service, and I am convinced of their company's ability to add speed, reliability and af-fordability af-fordability to the service. I think this would be of value to our residents." If negotiations are successful, the details will be released at a future date and a public hearing will be held before any agreement is voted on by the council, said Mayor Heber Thompson. I am convinced of their company's ability to add speed, reliability and affordability to the service. I think this would be of value to our residents. Heidi Rodeback AF COUNCILWOMAN See NETWORK, Page 2 51 wears of s ummeir toy r s " ' A'! 1 it 1 - I j 1 ? , J; - ' k iX -v-- ' j 1 - - - . . : 1 BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Arlo Shelley takes the trail to Timpanogos Cave, this time out of uniform, after he finished a 57-year career as a tour guide there. Retiring Timpanogos guide didn't consider his job to be work Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF merican Fork resident Arlo Shel- li ley is calling it quits after taking It 1 people on tours of Timpanogos l xivc tut 01 auiiuiicia. Even though he has been paid for it, he doesn't consider it work. "I don't actually work," he said. "It is too much fun. You couldn't call that work. I have thoroughly enjoyed v. sharing a lot of people's vacations from all over the country and world." There are a lot of local people who tour the cave, but he said he has seen a lot from other locales. "I have met people from every state in the union, Mexico, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Orient," Ori-ent," he said. "I can't think of a place where people live that they haven't come and visited." He has done the tours since 1944, except for six years he was working as principal of American Fork High School. "With the school activities program I couldnl get away long enough to go up there and work," he said. Shelley got started at the cave when Charles Walker was looking for someone to help keep the cave open. Because of World War II, many of those involved had to leave See SHELLEY, Page 2 1 ' r : -1 : : : p.D.o.y 0 jtypnef ing CONCERTS IN THE PARK - The summer Concerts in the Park season will begin Monday at 7 p.m. at the historic his-toric American Fork amphitheater, 851 E. 700 North. The public is invited to attend at-tend the free concert. The first evening's entertainment will feature singer Belinda Stockton and The Paul Burnside Band. Stockton was born and raised in southern California where she attended the fine arts school FAME. She started singing at an early age and has performed per-formed with several groups. She has recently performed at area locations, including in-cluding the Barn at Thanksgiving Point. The Paul Burnside Band is a nine-piece nine-piece group that performs a variety of music, including standards, pop, Jazz, rock and Latin. Those who attend may bring chairs or blankets. YARD SALE TO BENEFIT BAND MEMBERS The American Fork High School marching band will yard a yard sale Saturday from 8-11 a.m. in Robinson Robin-son Park, at 100 East and Main Street. One hundred percent of the proceeds of the sale will go to the band members. Those students expressed appreciation for the support of the community. Courtesy photo The Paul Burnside Band OPEN HOUSE FOR POLL WORKERS AND ELECTION JUDGES - American Ameri-can Fork City will have an open house for poll workers and election judges and those who are considering serving in that capacity. It will be tonight from 6:30-8 in American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St. (50 East), American Fork. BACKPACKS SOUGHT - Backpacks in good condition may be donated at Barratt Elementary School 168 N. 900 East, American Fork today. They will be given to Hope Alliance, a group which sends themlo Peru and Guam. PARTY AT ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CATHO-LIC CHURCH - St. Peter's Catholic Church in American Fork will have a chicken grill party on Sunday, beginning begin-ning at noon. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children. All proceeds will go to the building fund. Anyone who wishes further information informa-tion may call 756-7771. LOCAL AUTHOR HONORED American Fork resident Annette Lyon won a Best in State medal for her fiction. She received the award in mid-May; it was presented by the Best in State organization. orga-nization. She is a. novelist who has published four previous pre-vious novels with Covenant Communications Commu-nications and has a fifth coming out in September. ALPINE LOOP OPENS - The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has reopened state Route 92, or the Alpine Loop, between Provo and American Ameri-can Fork Canyons, to motorists. S.R. 92 is a seasonal highway and due to heavy snowfall in the area, it becomes cost -prohibitive to keep the pass open for travel during the winter months. This road will remain open through fall 2007. RELAY FOR LIFE THIS WEEKEND - The annual north Utah County American Ameri-can Cancer Society Relay for Life will be Friday and Saturday at Lone Peak High School, 10189 S. 4800 West, Highland. The event will feature cancer survivor sand their supporters who will walk and run the high school track from 5:30 p.m. on Friday to 10 a.m. on Saturday. Team members take turns making the laps. This year's event is themed "Field of Dreams" and is being sponsored by Costco. For team and event information, call Co-chair Tammy Plett at 836-4491 or Co-chair Denise Jardine at 766-3705. Annette Lyon 6 IM,61055 00050"" 8 1 utiai'HinJZ tidiiljuii fe''Wflmw,J . ews M PASS. 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