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Show Aw , H Vl-.y, LtJL - - - .. 'linn (: i . EDITION TV , YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 sulcim SPORTS: Blind athletes come for goalball tourney TOWN HALL: Elderly man trains for bike trek SCHOOLS: Friendly creatures outside your door 7T- 4 i BUSINESS EL POLLO LOCO COMES TO UTAH COUNTY Recycling funds have uncertain future Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD American Fork is wondering what to do with $50,000. Earlier this month, council members here voted to implement imple-ment an opt-out recycling program, pro-gram, meaning all residents would be billed for recycling unless un-less they ask the city to cancel the service. The city is hoping that as many as half its residents will keep the service, which everyone every-one agrees will save space in the landfill. The program will also enrich the city by more than $48,500 a year. If half the city recycles, the city will pay that much less annually to dump garbage at the waste transfer station. City staffers have been told to write an ordinance governing the program for council members to debate, and it is unclear what staffers will suggest the city do with the projected $50,000 savings. sav-ings. Council members said the city wants to use the money for non-garbage projects, potentially potential-ly roads or parks or recreation. At a recent public hearing, at least one resident said the ethical thing to do is return that windfall to residents by making recycling cheaper, thus encouraging encour-aging even more residents to join the program. Councilwoman Heidi Rode-back Rode-back was one of the minority who voted against the program, not because she is at all against recycling, she said, but because the program is too vague. Allied Waste has said the program will cost about $5 a month. Right now, only 971 residents out of 6,500 in the city pay for recycling. See RECYCLING, Page 2 A DAY AT THE PARK ;! ' 1 Oft. MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Children play baseball at Art Dye Park in American Fork on June 21. Committee seeks park completion Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF They call it "The Quest for Completion." The American Fork Recreation Committee appeared before the City Council on June 19 asking the council to find a way for Art Dye Park to be finished. "It was put in approximately 25 years ago," said committee chairman Clark Taylor. "American Fork was the hub of north Utah County. There were no multiplex ball fields around except in Salt Lake. We were ahead of the curve." There were two ball fields completed, with a total of five planned. The numbers haven't changed, he said. "This great facility has completely stagnated," stag-nated," he said. "Since then nothing has happened." hap-pened." "Rather than completing and finishing a park as we should have done, we piece-mealed piece-mealed it," he said in an interview. "We put up temporary solutions which over 25 years have become permanent and dilapidated. "In the end we won't have this beautiful completed park," he said. "We will have multiple mul-tiple elements that have just gotten us by. It is not the way it was envisioned or planned." Since that time, other communities have installed in-stalled parks and fields, while American Fork has lagged behind, he said. "All of the cities around us have recognized the importance of having such a park," he said. "American Fork got started but every- See PARK, Page 2 Arts Council teaches unique drawing technique Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF More than a dozen students are learning how to draw "lur-py" "lur-py" characters this summer. That's in a cartooning class, taught by Jared Salmond, as part of the American Fork Arts Council. Lurpy is a term he uses to designate a characterization of a figure which is bent and usually usu-ally skinny, he said. "Goofy is a lurpy character," Salmond said. He has shown the students how to make cartoon bodies in realistic proportions, then exaggerate exag-gerate certain features. "You make a stick figure, then muscle it up, make it into a person," he said. "You can do it fast. You don't need to use all the same rules, but it will help you. Remember to stick to the basics." "The great thing about cartooning car-tooning is there are not a lot of rules," he added. Students learned about human bodies and its proportions, propor-tions, then went on to different animals, including hippos, dogs and monkeys. Salmond showed the students to use basic shapes like circles or ovals to start their figures, then erase parts of those as they added more. "Keep your drawings light so you can erase," he said. He encouraged the students to use their imaginations, combining com-bining ideas. u . 7 I.; ; BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Jared Salmond shows his cartooning class techniques for drawing See CLASS, Page 2 animals. Community Briefing la ' . 1 , I ! .. - JEREMY HARMONDaily Herald Jeff Hinton left and Quint Randle of Joshua Creek. CONCERT IN THE PARK - Joshua Creek will be the featured performer at Concerts in the Park on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Amphitheater at Quail Cove, 851 E. 700 North, American Fork. Those who attend the free concert con-cert may bring blankets or chairs. Jeff Hinton and Quint Randle have been writing together togeth-er for eight years and have numerous songs published by Nashville- and L.A.-based publishers. During this time they've garnered movie soundtrack credits and cuts by other inspirational artists, including the No. 1 "I Love You Son" for Christian country artist Jackie Cox. In 2004 they received an honorable mention for "Everything I Need" in the Nashville Song Search contest. Their debut Joshua Creek CD was named First Runner Up for Album of the Month by Powersource Magazine. Country superstar Alan Jackson received the top honors. HIGHLAND-A.F. DEAL DONE - All the approvals were finally put in place by the Highland City Council to allow American Fork to use a thin triangle in Highland as part of its pressurized irrigation pond. Andy Spencer, American Fork City Engineer told the Highland City Council on June 17 construction will soon begin. "In about a month you will see the large pile of dirt turn into a reservoir," he said. The approval of the conditional use permit required to allow A.F. to move the utility poles in preparation for construction passed by unanimous vote. REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED FOR INAUGURAL RACE The American Fork Rotary Club is accepting registrations for those who wish to participate in the Tourde Donut, a bicycle race planned for July 12, during the city's Steel Days celebration. Participants will start at Greenwood Elementary School and ride seven miles, then eat as many doughnuts dough-nuts as they wish. Then they ride repeat the circuit, finishing fin-ishing off with seven more miles for a total of 21 miles. They deduct three minutes off their time for each doughnut they keep down. The winner is the one with the lowest time combination. Those who wish to register may do it at www. utahtourdedonut.com. The cost is $30 for the general classification and $15 for youth (under 14) and the exhibition exhi-bition category which is a seven-mile loop only. The fee includes a T-shirt. Further information is available by calling 763-1216. S.R.-68 UPDATE Flaggers are on site throughout the construction zone on S.R.-68 to ensure safety and to assist trucks in and out of the roadway and may slow or stop traffic at any time. Construction crews will continue excavation and grading work between approximately 14600 South and the Saratoga Springs northern city limit. All work will remain within the UDOT Right -of -Way. A new safety measure will be put in place this week. No passing will be allowed in the areas of S.R.-68 between be-tween Bangerter Highway and Saratoga Springs where there is no center turn lane. A double yellow line will be painted this week indicating these sections. There is a reduced speed limit of 45 mph within the work zone for the safety of the crews and of fellow motorists. For additional project information visit, www.udot. utah.govsr-68south. For specific questions or concerns, contact the Public Information Team at sr68infolang-dongroupinc.com sr68infolang-dongroupinc.com or 801-455-3116. UVU TO CELEBRATE TRANSITION - To help manage man-age traffic during UVUphoria festivities celebrating Utah Valley State College's transition to Utah Valley University Universi-ty Monday, College Drive between UVSC's roundabout at the intersection of University Parkway and Sandhill Road and the McKay Center will be closed from 4-7:30 p.m. Event traffic entering campus at the roundabout will be directed east around campus to access free event parking. Traffic coming to UVSC from the north is encouraged en-couraged to take the Orem Center Street exit and head south on 1200 West to access campus event parking, due to UDOT construction on University Parkway. For more information about UVUphoria activities, go to uvu.edu. 055"00050ll,l8 ON ALMOST ALL NEW '08 CHEVROLET'S IN STOCK! SILVERADO HHP. 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