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Show Page 2 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, March 20, 2008 NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU Patron Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Lack of accessible parking at the American Fork Fitness Center came to the forefront again at the March 1 1 City Council meeting. Dolores Sanders asked the council to address the issue, saying there was a real need. "It is beyond a joke," she said. "There are not enough places for the senior citizens who are expected to park down at the bottom of the hill. They sold 975 memberships in January." She said that was commendable, but there should be sufficient parking for those who wish to attend. "It has been really hazardous hazard-ous this winter," she said. Not only did some people have to park in the lower parking lot and negotiate slippery slip-pery sidewalks to get to the entrance, but some parked in wrong places, causing additional addi-tional problems. "People were parking where they shouldn't be," she said. "It is depressing. People try to make a turn in the wrong place and get stuck." Councilwoman Sherry Kramer reported the city had been attempting to solve the problem. No decisions had yet been made, she said. "We have been working on this for quite a while," she said. A previous suggestion had been to use the Filly and Pony League fields north of the fitness fit-ness center for parking and move those fields to the Art' Dye Park. Kramer said she did not like that idea. "There are many of us who love baseball who don't want to see the fields disappear," she said. "The ball fields have lights and would be expensive to move." Mayor Heber Thompson said he had explored several ideas with a group addressing the issue. Recreation Director Derric Longevity Continued from Page I Her family purchased the second television in Goshen, and she remembers watching favorite shows like "Amos and Andy" and "Jack Benny." "He was really good; he was a laugh," she said. One of her favorite things to do was go dancing. 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Published Thursdays by Lee Publications, wheh e a division ot Lee Enterprises, Inc. : Audt Bureau of Grculetions seeks fitness ..,17 V - Mil f Patrons at the American Fork Fitness Center walk toward their car Rykert and a committee will make a recommendation to Thompson for possible both near- and long-term solutions. COMMUNjTY NOTES Thanks given to egg hunt sponsors Organizers of the American Fork Easter egg hunt have expressed appreciation apprecia-tion to the event's sponsors. They include: ABC Preschool, American Fork City, Gandol-fos, Gandol-fos, American Fork Fitness Center, Albertsons, Alpine Credit Union, American Fork Burger King, American Fork Vision Center, Arbys, Bank of American Fork, Belle Book and Candle, American Fork Citizen, Citi-zen, Dr. Blaine Bateman, Best Buy, Bobby Lawrence Karate, Bowers Photography, Bushi Ban Karate-Do, C-A-L Ranch, Cold Stone, Del Taco, Dippidee, Doug Smith Autoplex, FedEx "I love to dance," she said. "My card was full pretty quick when I was in high school. I still love to dance." She married Merlin Lindquist when she was only 17. Her talents were also in demand de-mand as a singer. "I sang with the Singing Mothers in Goshen," she said. "We sang in LDS General Conference once with them and once with the Santaquin- Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 mm DAILT HERALD FVBLISHIMO CO. ETEE 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 12 HP? INFORMED AND it' 1, tj 1 m 4 Kinkos, For Every Body, Home Depot, Jack & Jill Bowling, JCW's, IHC- American Fork. Little Things Mean a Lot, Maggie Mag-gie Moos, Parkers Drive-in, Party Plus, Pier 49 Pizza, Pizzazz Piz-zazz Partyware, Rhinehart Oil Harts, Rumbi Island Grill, Salon Sa-lon Vox, Smart Cookie, Smith Food & Drug, Towne Cinemas, Wendys and Wingers. Putnam pleads guilty An American Fork man charged with killing his 20-monthold son in an act of child abuse pleaded guilty to aggravated murder on March 12, setting himself up for a possible life sentence but avoiding the death penalty. Jason Mikaele Putnam, 24, entered his plea at a hearing at Provo's 4th District Court. Prosecutors had said they were considering asking for the death penalty, but promised not to pursue capital punishment as Tintic Stake. I also used to sing at funerals." Some things have changed with her voice, however. "Now I can't make my voice sound like it used to," she said. "It doesn't sound like me anymore." any-more." Lindquist still remembers the words to the Payson song and the one she and three friends wrote for Goshen Junior Ju-nior High when they were in Easter egg hunt madness ghat's the perfect weather for an Easter Eas-ter egg hunt? Well, a lot warmer than we will get year. This is the earliest date for Easter since 1912, and it won't be this early ' again until 2228. So for most of us, it will be our earliest Easter ever. The date for this particular religious reli-gious holiday is based on the Jewish Passover, and the traditional Jewish calendar is based on the lunar month. So each year Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following fol-lowing the Spring Equinox, or first day of Spring, which is March 20 or 21. It takes an extraordinary set of astronomical circumstances for an Easter to come this early. What's the recipe for a perfect Easter egg hunt? For American Fork City, you take about 10,000 plastic Easter eggs filled with candy, gift certificates from a dozen businesses, 500 paper bags filled with candy to hand out before the Easter egg hunt begins to make sure no one goes home empty handed, and about 200 hours of work. At least, that's what Cindy Parker figures she's spent getting ready for this year's city Easter egg hunt on Saturday, all for less than five minutes of fun for the 500 kids who will run for the eggs. In addition to advanced planning, candy purchases and soliciting certificates from local businesses from banks to fast food restaurants, Cindy's been filling the small, plastic eggs pretty pret-ty much full time over the last two weeks while she recovers from surgery, "And my hands are very tired," she said. Cindy has lots of volunteer help, but she does a lot of the early preparation herself. She figures fig-ures she's been in charge of the event for the last 10 years or so. It's a labor of love. Her advice for anyone interested in attending attend-ing one of these events is simple: 1. Come early. (The average hunt lasts about two minutes before all the eggs and prizes are gone. Latecomers will be disappointed) 2. Don't forget your Easter basket. While these city-sponsored events are fun, the basement, INVOLVED center parking -- I .... , em . L on March 18. part of Putnam's plea deal. Judge Steven Hansen scheduled sched-uled a three-day sentencing hearing for June 11-13. Putnam will be sentenced either to life without parole, or 20 years to life with the possibility of parole. Putnam was charged with aggravated murder, a capital offense, in June after his son, Jordan, died from a multitude of injuries, including a ruptured spleen, fractured skull and torn blood vessels. Police said Putnam initially told officers that the child fell off a bed, a distance of about 27 inches. According Ac-cording to police, he later admitted ad-mitted to the abuse, saying that he didn't want his son to grow up to be a "crybaby." Defense attorney Gunda Jarvis said the prosecution's threat of the death penalty was the primary factor that led Putnam to accept the plea deal, which had been under the eighth or ninth grade. "I think they still sing it," she said. She told what she thought the best invention during her lifetime was. "I think I have enjoyed television the most, especially now that I am here alone," she said. While she spends time alone, she often has family and neighbors visit. ' this Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN "7fW , ' "' "r'i " 1 R i r wise, we re going to be hiding a lot ot eggs in BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County discussion for several months. She said she would push for a sentence of 20 years to life, which would leave open the possibility of Putnam one day being released from prison. Chiropractor's trial begins Attorneys for both sides made their opening arguments on Monday in the trial of Grant Joel Hildreth, an American Fork chiropractor accused of sexually abusing three patients and an employee. Hildreth, 45, is charged with six counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. The charges were filed in June after a former employee of Hildreth's who was also receiving re-ceiving chiropractic treatment from him reported that he had fondled her during treatment. After the charges were filed, three patients reported that they had been sexually abused as well. "I may be getting old, but by cracky, I can still remember remem-ber what I am supposed to do," she said. Lindquist told what advice she would give to those starting start-ing out today. "Be happy," she said. "I think if you are good to everybody ev-erybody and be a good friend, you wiil be happy. You keep your friends if you treat people peo-ple nice." they can be tough on the kids who aren't very aggressive or who aren't "blessed" with aggressive parents. I've personally witnessed parents climbing into the area marked off for toddlers (where parents are specifically prohibited) and pushing two-year-olds out of the way so their own darling kids can get more candy.) That's one reason we've taken to holding our own Easter egg hunts for the grandkids where we can impose rules like a 10-egg limit, and special eggs for the little kids. What's the recipe for a perfect Grandma's Easter egg hunt? Take 18 grandkids seven under the age of 3 and 11 between the ages of 3 and 10 and add 110 regular eggs for the older kids and 70 shiny eggs for the younger ones. Add 12 packages of candy (at least, that's how much we have now; more may be needed), 20 white paper bags and eight packages of stickers to decorate deco-rate the bags. Grandma has spent a good part of the week filling the plastic eggs while she recovers from surgery. On Saturday, weather permitting, several adults will take the eggs to a nearby park and hide them while the kids decorate their paper bags no Easter baskets needed. When all is ready, the kids will be brought to the park and set free. The rules are simple. The older kids can't collect the shiny eggs. Once a child reaches his or her quota of 10 eggs, that child must withdraw from the arena of competition, com-petition, but he or she can still help a younger brother, sister or cousin. Cousins are as a rule nicer to each other than the kids at a city-sponsored event. Siblings are, as a rule, not quite so nice. Still, everybody gets 10 eggs. Nobody goes home empty-handed. No feelings are hurt. My wife, Sharon, loves planning these kinds of events because they are good grandma activities ac-tivities with enough kids to keep it interesting, interest-ing, but not too many to make it impossible. If we can get the weather to cooperate this very early Easter, all should go well. Other and there will be blood. Irrigation Continued from Page 1 a "meter jumper." Brems explained that the city could choose to install meters at a future date and they would go in that section. Next to that portion there is a hose bib, where residents may connect a hose if they choose, or if they do not have a sprinkler system. For those with those systems, sys-tems, the pipe extends from the box to another box with the system controls. That would have to be provided by the resident. Randall Honey explained to those in attendance that the secondary water system would have less pressure than the culinary water now in place. "That is a safeguard to prevent pre-vent cross contamination," he said. He told the residents the difference in pressure would not be noticeable. "The sprinkler systems are set for it." Displays around the room told about the various points of the system. One of the most often visited was a chart showing the rates. There is no connection connec-tion fee. Residents will not be required to hook up to the pressurized irrigation system, but the culinary water rates will increase as It is going to take probably three months from when they get started. The contractor has to let people know when the road will be affected. John Schiess PROJECT MANAGER an incentive to conserve that resource. Those with lots up to 9,000 square feet will pay a base rate of $14 per month for the secondary water. Those with larger lots will pay an additional charge based on the size. Those charges will be year round, although the water will only be available from April to October. Culinary rates will be $14 for a base of 6,000 gallons per month. Those who use more than that will pay $2 or more per 1,000 gallons above the base. At the open house, residents resi-dents could pick up lists of potential service providers who do plumbing, landscaping landscap-ing and sprinkler work. That list is available at the afpi link on the American Fork Web site, afcity.com. When the system is installed in-stalled in the road in front of a home, the resident may arrange for the connection to the property's water system. When that is complete, the owner should call the city and arrange for an inspection inspec-tion before the water is connected. con-nected. In an interview, Schiess explained more about the pipeline which will go in 200 East. "They will be placing a large diameter transmission line down 200 East," he said. "It will be 42 inches, or three and a half feet across." He said he did not know where the contractor would begin laying the pipe, but that he expected the road would be closed except to local traffic for much of the distance. "It is going to take probably proba-bly three months from when they get started," Schiess said. "The contractor has to let people know when the road will be affected. They also must notify emergency services, the school district, garbage collection and the post office. "It the pipeline will go from the reservoir down to the distribution system where people can start using us-ing the water," he said. "It branches off from there. Then we will start on other roads. The contractors will start working on the rest of the pipe system. It will go on one side of every road wherever wher-ever we can fit it." |