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Show Page 3 Thursday, November 15, 2007 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN I NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU ouncil wepaires tree (orfmisiiice Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Trees the good, the bad and the ugh have been on the minds of the American Fork City Council. The council is preparing to adopt a tree ordinance, which would govern the way trees, both public and private, are cared for in the community. The ordinance would also be the first of four steps in American Ameri-can Fork's becoming a "Tree City, U.S.A." That is a program supported by the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program. Councihvoman Heidi Rode-back Rode-back presented the proposed law at a work session of the City Council last week. "Having an ordinance empowers em-powers us," she said. "It gives us the tools to address problems." prob-lems." Those problems include trees conflicting with sidwalks and power lines, she said. There are also trees in parks that are aging and require care. "This is the first of four tools we need in our arsenal to handle trees," she said. The others are a job description for an city forester, landscaping ordinance and specifications in the city's development and tree standards and specifications. The city forester would be an employee of the Parks Department. De-partment. In the proposal, which the council may take action on Irrigation Continued from Page 1 engineering studies predicting a water shortage in two or three years," he said. "That really re-ally got our attention. "From January of '06 until about June a proposal was developed de-veloped with several engineering engineer-ing firms participating. That showed us how we could save our culinary water system through using other water for irrigatioa We made a recommendation recom-mendation to the public. We wanted this to be a general obligation bond, so we had the voters decide. They gave a lot of confidence. It has been in the design stage and now this November we are ready to begin be-gin this thing." "I think it is a wonderful series of events," he said. "I am so pleased with the choices we have made." I : NorthCourity NIWSPAPIRS 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443-3268 ; North County Editor i mhaddockheraldextra.com i t At J.l:i4 U Cathy Allred 443-3262 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. Grove callredheraldextra.com Barbara Christiansen 443-3264 American Fork, Alpine, Cedar Hills bchristiansenheraldextra.com Mike Rigert 443-3265 Orem, Vineyard mrigertheraldextra.com Beky Beaton 443-3267 Sports bbeatonheraldextra.com m.vh.hhi.'i Josh Walker 443-3260 Advertising Account Executive jwalkerheraldextra.com Volume 134 American Fork Citizen Daily Herald Edition USPS 018-880 a weetdy newspaper published 399 E.Stme St., Pleasant Owe, Utah 84063 Periodicals Postage Paid at Pleasant Grow, Utah 84062 endeddroonel meingordoea. PueUinMei. Sand address changes B American Fork Crtaan, P.O. Bck 7, American Fork. UT 84003-0007, Pubkshed Thursdays by Lee Pubtaraons, when is a dMsionofLeeF-nwpriaes.lnc. : Audit Bureau of Circulatirjria mmmmi Nov. 27, there are provisions about how the city would take care of hazard trees and how they would care for those termed "heritage trees." Those which are hazardous hazard-ous are defined as having the potential to cause damage or harm to human life by falling limbs, unstable trees, upheaving upheav-ing sidewalks, or damaging utilities. They may be replaced by a different tree or one of a different variety. Heritage trees are those which have historical significance, signifi-cance, are part of a historical site, or are of a rare or unusual species. Councilman Shirl LeBaron spoke in favor of the proposal. "I love the timeliness," he said. "This is great. This is one of our primary roles." COMMUNITY NOTES Boat dealership plan approved ap-proved On Nov. 7, the Planning Plan-ning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend a change in the city's general plan for approximately four acres of ground at 735 S. Automall Drive, south of the freeway. If the change is approved by the City Council, the ground would be changed from the design industrial to the design commercial zone, which allows al-lows retail sales. MasterCraft boat dealership requested the change to put a sales facility there. The commission also The site of the groundbreaking, groundbreak-ing, north of Fox Hollow Golf Course, is near where one of two reservoirs for the system will be built. The other is near the mouth of American Fork Canyon. The lower reservoir will serve the central portion of the city, which is the first area to be hooked onto the system. .."We anticipate next June or July , the central area will be completed," Schiess said. "We will move on for more and to other areas continually." The reservoir has been designed de-signed to contain about 25 acre feet of water, enough to cover 25 acres of ground one foot deep. "It is roughly 8 million gallons gal-lons of water," Schiess said. Jay Brems, the city's pressurized pres-surized irrigation manager, gave approximate dimensions. "It will be about 18 feet deep, and will be around 400 Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. 3 Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344-2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Megan Carleton 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344-2585 Photographer Issue 96 INFORMED AND Members of the American Fork City Council turn over dirt Friday in for a water tank which will be the first element in the city's new voted to recommend the dealership's deal-ership's site plan to the City Council. Scary Story Contest winners win-ners named The Friends of the Library have named the winners in the 2007 Scary Story Contest. They were announced an-nounced Monday evening. The grand prize went to S.L. Belgrade for "The Man Who Would Be Poe." The first prize feet by 600 feet," he said. The pond will be fenced and secured. There will be some kind of landscaping around it, although exact plans have not been made. From the reservoir, the city will construct a line coming down 200 East to 700 North. ' From there it will branch out to send secondary water to the central portion of the community. com-munity. . The first phase of thproi$et will have approximately 26 ; miles of pipe, Schiess sid. ; "It is a big project,? he.said. "Inthenexttwoandafialf : years, we will put in alojtjt 110 miles of pipe. Everybody will have an opportunity tq connect." con-nect." 4 "We hope that at the end of this project we will hav6 a very successful project and it will be an asset to the citizens and the community for a long time to come," he said. A Homeric football game n n ow mucn &d Homer I I know about high school I W I football? inl Maybe a lot more than one might give the old poet credit for. This thought came to me Friday night as I watched the American Fork Cavemen lose their chance to play for a state football championship champion-ship this weekend. American Fork was playing in the semifinals for the first time in 23 years. Twenty three years ago, I was walking the same sidelines at Rice-Eccles Rice-Eccles Stadium shooting that game for the newspaper. I don't take photos at high school football games any more, but I thought it appropri ate that I attend the game. I saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd and enjoyed some pretty good football, all except ex-cept for that third quarter. And as I watched, I couldn't help but compare the action on the field with an audio book of the "Iliad" I became interested after watching the 2004 movie "Troy," with Brad Pitt as Achilles. I had read the "Odyssey" many years ago, but had never read its companion piece, which I thought was the story of the Trojan War. I had asked a friend who has spent his life studying such things how the movie compared com-pared with the source material, the "Iliad" by Homer. "The only thing the movie got right," he told me, "was the color of the walls surrounding Troy." So when the opportunity came to enlighten myself, I took it. It turns out the "Iliad" is not THE story of the Trojan War, but just a story of the Trojan War. It picks up in the 10th and final year of the siege of Troy by the Achaeans, who later became the Greeks. And it only lasted a few weeks, mostly focusing on one long, bloody, see-saw battle. The story of Helen running away with Paris is only mentioned as background. And when the epic poem is over, Achilles still lives, Troy is still unconquered, and nobody has said anything any-thing about building a wooden horse. And almost nothing happens as it does in the movie. But what does happen is very much like Fri- INVOLVED in the adult category was for "Ransom by the Spoonful" by Larkin Weyand. Other adult winners were by Samuel Drake, Georgia H. Brodine and Deborah Lynn Hansen. The first prize in the youth (12-18) category was "Cooties" by Rachel Chase. Other winners win-ners included Stefani Tolton, Ashley Brocious, Brittany Cole and Sarah Chase. In the junior category for Open house The public is invited to an open house from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the American Fork Public Library, Li-brary, 64 S. 100 East. City officials have encouraged residents to view displays and ask questions of project team managers from the American Fork Pressurized Irrigation team. There will be a hands-on demonstration dem-onstration for residents to learn how to connect to the new system. Information presented at the open house will include the background, goals and commitments, com-mitments, schedule, public Thompson thanked the council coun-cil members for having the courage to take a stand and take action on the project. He day Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN f jj MARC HADDOCKNorth County a ceremonial groundbreaking pressurized irrigation system. those 9-11 years old, the first prize went to Christian Cop-pieters Cop-pieters for "Spooky Burrower Story." Other junior winners were Malachi Dunn, Sophia Dunn, Giana Rasmussen and Michael Lancy. For those 6-8 years old, the first prize was for "Gray Mouse" by Dallin Hunter. Other winners included Garret Hunter, Aerianna Dunn, Jacob Carr and Levi Anderson. outreach plan, culinary and secondary water user rates, construction detours, access issues and plans, maps of the project area and filter stations, designs, water conservation efforts, irrigation shareholder information, cross contamination contamina-tion prevention and service ; providers. Those who are not able to attend at-tend the open house or who have other question may visit the project Web sjte at www.af-city.orgafpi, www.af-city.orgafpi, e-m'ail representatives representa-tives at afpiafcity.net or call the project hotline at 763-5281. I also thanked the community residents for passing the $47 million general obligation bond which is f inaning the project. night's football lame. In the "Iliad," the momentum of the battle shifts wildly. Friday night, American Fork marched to an early score and played stifling defense in the opening half. Then, in the third quarter, Layton scored three unanswered touchdowns, touch-downs, as the Caveman defense seemed completely confounded. It was very Homeric. Heroic deeds are part of the ancient an-cient story. ? Friday night American Fork's Jake Murphy pulled down two spectacular spec-tacular catches on a single drive. Then, in the third quarter, the Layton quarterback made a highlight-reel worthy 40-plus yard run that meandered to the east side of the field and then back to the west before he turned north for the score. It was the turning point in the war ... er, game. In the "Iliad," animal sacrifices to the gods were part of the preparation for warfare. The death of the pheasant during the game two-and-a-half weeks ago probably doesn't rise to that level, but it's an interesting parallel. In the "Iliad," the outcome and much of the action is determined by the acts of the gods, who are involved in one way or another in almost every aspect of the warfare. Often, the gods appear as individuals familiar to the people involved in the battle. In ancient times they didn't wear striped shirts, but the comparison bares noting. At times Friday night it seemed to me that the Cavemen were being punished because of the bench-clearing brawl against Hunter the week before. They got four tough personal foul penalties in the first half some of the flags seemed quite petty. The gods were angry. At the end of each individual combat sequence se-quence in the "Iliad," and there are many of them, the victory went to the warrior favored by Zeus, not necessarily to the better warrior. Dishonor could come through cowardice, but not through losing a well-fought contest. That was certainly the case Friday. Neither team was dishonored, and the Cavemen never gave up. It may not have been a great game, but it was a classic one. Veterans Continued from Page I for their work. One was Maj. George Warden, who was a medical corpsman on Iwo Jima, who sustained three wounds over a three-day period. "Each time he refused to be evacuated and treated, continued to treat others at the peril of his own life," Frandsen said. "He later served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. George today is a proud citizen of Utah and a champion for veterans everywhere. ev-erywhere. I have never met a more humble man in my life than Maj. George Wahlin." He told of those from Utah who are presently serving in the military. "Our neighbors and friends are in of course Afghanistan, Iraq, Quatar and other well publicized places, but we have Utahns serving in over 105 others countries wearing the uniform of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard," he said. He gave examples of their service, keeping names and other information guarded for security reasons. "It was a group of Utahns who, through their diligence and language skills, routed out the Hussein brothers and their father Saddam," he said. "It is Utahns who helped capture one of the world's greatest drug lords just last year," he said. "It is another Utahn who is working in Pakistan today trying to assist the embattled president of that country to regain control if it is possible," pos-sible," he said. A Utahn is now in the Kingdom of Morocco assisting assist-ing that Arab nation to get a modern-day handle on terrorism, ter-rorism, he said. "It is a number of Utahns, many from the unit here in American Fork who last year were in Nicaragua building schools, medical clinics and water systems for remote villages vil-lages to improve conditions and spread American good . will abroad. I was personally thanked by the president of that country for the service of our Utah soldiers." . After these and other examples of service of local iitdividuals, Frandsen urged those in attendance to take positive action to remember those who made the sacrifice. . "Let us not be guilty of the same lack of appreciation for those who have given so much," he said. "I ask you all to consider that today we have 85 veterans in the Utah Veterans Nursing Home in Salt Lake City. They often are neglected and forgotten. Visits by individuals and groups are a welcome blessing bless-ing in their lives. i "Consider that today there farp hnnrlrpris nf vetprans in the Utah Veterans Medical 'Center also in Salt Lake City. , Many will spend the holiday season alone - more alone than when they were on the foreign battlefields of this earth. A visit with a candy cane and a thank you from anyone, anyone, is a joyous moment in their otherwise drab day." The services were concludes con-cludes with a tribute to the American Flag conducted by members of VFW Post 4918. They folded the flag, explaining the symbolism of each fold, paying respect to family and deity. Builders Continued from Page 1 "Names of families are submitted to us," she said. "We try to do one-day f bees, but some take longer. Air Design Heating & Cooling actually donated the furnace and the man-hours to put it in." "Their furnace was really old and not very efficient," she said. "Just to change the filters cost about $ 15 each. They are hard to find. The ; mom was pretty excited, especially es-pecially since it is going to be getting colder." She paid tribute to the builders and subcontractors which take part in the program. pro-gram. "Our builders are just great," she said. "We usually do 35 to 40 different homes." Utah Valley Home Builders Build-ers Association is a nonprofit non-profit trade association representing companies in the residential construction industry. Founded in 1973, it has more than 800 company members. |