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Show Page 2 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, June 26, 2008 1 r rp e3 V J Ln J Lr i " i .. i m '"""1 r"" """"I NEWS A IM-D NOTES TO KEEP YOU 80 year Christie Dalley NORTH COUNTY STAFF "They accuse me of being a 17-year-old boy trapped inside an 80-year-old body," Highland resident Lloyd Guthrie said before he and a group of much younger friends embarked on a 270 mile bike ride. They started out at 5:50 a.m. from the American Fork Fitness Center on Monday, to complete com-plete the first leg of the four-day four-day trek 105 miles through Nephi and Levan to end in Gunnison. The next day they were to travel 80 miles on the east side of Yuba Lake to Circleville. Wednesday was planned to be shorter, just 67 miles, but the group would climb 4000 feet in elevation to get to the Brian Head Ski Resort. Thursday the ride was to end in Cedar City 27 miles away, all downhill. John Jesse, a personal trainer at the fitness center who organized the ride said in an interview prior to the ride, "Lloyd is an inspiration to all who train and ride with him. He has never done anything like this before and has been riding his bike for less than six months but has trained hard and I am sure he will make it with a smile on his face." COMMUNIS NOTES Resident earns medal Kris-tie Kris-tie Chidester of American Fork earned a silver medal from The Art Institute of Salt Lake City (AiSLQ, a media arts, fashion, Park Continued from Page 1 body has completely passed us up." Along with the lack of improvements im-provements to the fields and amenities, Taylor cited the narrow road which is the only access to the park, although others had been planned. "There has been a narrow road in and out for 25 years," he said. "It is time to take care of safety and liability." Art Dye Park, on the city's northeast side, is one of the city's largest parks, at nearly 22 acres. Land for the park was donated by the Dye family. fam-ily. Since that time, there have been plans created to map how NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS ' 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443-3268 North County Editor mhaddockheraldextra.com Cathy Alfred 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 mrigert heraldextra .com Beky Beaton 443-3267 Sports bbeaton heraldextra .com Josh Walker 443-3260 Advertising Account Executive jwalker heraldextra .com Volume 135 American Fork Citizen Day Herald Edrton USPS 018-680 a vwekfy newspaper published at 399 E. State St, Pleasant Grave, Utah 84063 Penodcals Postage Pad at Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 andaddrtonal meing offices. Poetmaeten Send address changes to the American Fork Citizen, PO.Bok 7,Amencan Fork, UT 84003-0007, Published Thursdays by Lee ir AurJt Bureau of Circulations old trains for long, I i M Mr ' i , lfif. I . f Lloyd Guthrie prepares to leave American Fork to Cedar City culinary and fine arts institution, institu-tion, at the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Beehive Chefs Chapter Annual Nicholas Food Show "K" Competition at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy on June 11. The third-quarter third-quarter AiSLC culinary arts students earned gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as two honorable mentions within the same judging criteria as the park would appear when completed. Planning is about as far as that work has gone, Taylor said. He suggested adding three additional ball fields, updating updat-ing the lighting, doing repairs, putting in scoreboards, adding tennis courts and multi-purpose fields for $1.8 million. "There are the things that we would really like to be able to see," he said. He suggested the city issue general obligation bonds and the committee work to get corporate sponsors to pay for the improvements. "We are trying to come up with additional solutions," he said. Councilwoman Heidi Ro-deback Ro-deback has been the council liaison with parks in the city for Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. FTEE 3 Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344-2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Allison Davies 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344-2585 Photographer Issue 26 Pubteatona, which a a division of Lee Enterprises, Inc. INFORMED AND I i i I. " ' ..it i: BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County on the 27b-mile trip from on Monday morning. professional chefs in categories of pastry, chicken and fish. Kristie earned the medal in the chicken, game hen or duck category for her roasted chicken with a citrus balsamic glaze, sweet mashed potatoes, blistered green beans and a red chili pepper balsamic-enhanced cherry tomato. "I was overwhelmed by the performance of our students several years. She agreed with Taylor. "I also want Art Dye to be completed," she said. She said she felt envious about parks in other communities. "When I drive by parks in other cities I wince," she said. She cited funding as a con-cera con-cera "No matter how much we value parks, we need to take care of essential services," she said. "We have to take care of public safety and other important impor-tant items." Councilman Dale Gunther also cited finances. "We had about a half million dollar subsidy for recreation last year," he said. "We just bonded for $47 million for secondary sec-ondary irrigation. Where can Setting a etting a new world record re-cord for the Guinness Book of World Records isn't easy. So when the organizers of the Saratoga Splash set about trying to get 2,000 people together to-gether for the world's largest water gun fight, they had to know it was a long shot. It was all for a good cause. The event was planned to raise funds for Cassie Cox, who is starting chemotherapy che-motherapy for the third time in four years for an inoperable brain tumor. Besides, you wouldn't think it would be that hard to find 2,000 people peo-ple who wanted to get wet when the temperatures are in the 90s. But on Saturday, when the last squirt gun had squirted, event organizers figured only about 1,400 turned out. I did my part, taking my wife and four grandkids, three of whom were old enough to count. (You had to be six or older) v . We had planned ahead by buying new squirt guns with a lot of water storage and enough power to hit a target at a fair distance. Here are some of the things we learned: 1. It takes organization to set a record. The Guinness people are very picky, and demand an accurate count of those who participate in an event. Everyone who wanted to join in the squirt gun fight had to register and then obtain a wristband. Even people who had registered on-line had to get a wristband, all of which took time. The actual fight didn't start until almost 45 minutes after the announced start time. 2. It's tough to manage 1,400 people with water pistols. I'm not saying the crowd was unruly, but I was soaked long before the fight ever started. In order to set the record, we were divided into two teams, separated by a three-meter "no man's land." While we waited in the sun, many people got itchy trigger fingers. Many of them aimed their pistols at the back of my head. 3. Some folks love to soak people with gray hair. Kids just love to squirt grandpas. I had INVOLVED difficult who, with only nine months of training, were being evaluated at the same level as chefs with 15-20 years experience," said chef Frank Krause, AiSLC academic aca-demic director of culinary arts, who helped his students train five weeks for the competition. "An ACF medal signifies the highest level of cooking, and, for these students, speaks volumes vol-umes about their training and talent." Planning Commission to reconsider fence issue The Planning and Zoning Commission Com-mission has agreed to take another look at the ordinances governing the placement of fencing for residences, particularly particu-larly those on corner lots. Planner Rod Despain said it was a balancing act to consider the city's wishes for openness and spaciousness on a general level with the wishes of residents resi-dents to have their property rights. The law requires a 30-foot setback for six-foot tall fences from the front property line; 20 feet from a side line; and 20 feet from the street for properties proper-ties which are on corners. "People feel like they lose some of their backyards," he said. "In American Fork from day one, the notion of an open community with spacious views has been a determination determina-tion this community made. We have held to the notion that tall fences should set back the same as setbacks for primary buildings." He said the public has commented com-mented on liking the feeling of openness. we get the revenue?" Taylor said he understood the need for essential services, but said that residents often requested re-quested recreation "Recreation is the number three item, right after public safety and water and sewer," he said. "People request that even more than they do the library." Taylor said some of the initial investment could be recouped by having tournaments and hosting teams from other cities. "It can generate revenue," he said. "It can bring in tax revenue rev-enue from people coming with their teams. It could be huge for us, but something always comes up and gets in front." Councilman Rick Storrs suggested sug-gested the city create a plan for record not so easy I Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN bike trek "That is one of the hallmarks of this community," he said. Despain said the opposite could have an oppressive feeling. "It is the concept of a bowling alley vision," he said. To maintain the openness, those on corner lots have had to comply with different fencing fenc-ing requirements than their neighbors. "There is no question those on corner lots to some degree are treated differently from those on interior lots," Despain said. Commissioners heard several sever-al options for compromise and decided to consider some at a future meeting, the date yet to be determined. Councilwoman Heidi Rode-back Rode-back attended the Planning Commission meeting and told the group she had requested a change in the city's ordinance. "A resident brought to my attention a rash of burglaries," she said. The woman said the burglar was able to get away by hopping a short fence. "She said she would feel much more secure with a taller fence." "Good design emphasizes function over form," Rode-back Rode-back said. "There is a need for privacy and security and a public need for safety on the sidewalk." She said another issue which comes into consideration is the distance the sidewalk is from the passing cars. In some instances, in-stances, there is no separation. "I thought there was room for a middle ground," she said. Suggested repairs Three ball fields - $350,000 Updated lighting - 300,000 Repairs - 50,000 Scoreboards - 25,000 Lighted tennis courts - 210,000 Building reconstruction - 900,000 East fields -49,000 Total - $1,884,000 the improvements and do a portion por-tion of it each year. running battles going with four or five kids who would sneak up behind me, squirt me, and then retreat into the crowd. It was OK, because I could usually find the kids and douse them, as well as the person they were hiding behind. be-hind. That only seemed to encourage them to come back for more. I get the same response at playgrounds play-grounds when I'm chasing the grand-kids grand-kids around the big toy. More than once a kid I've never seen before calls me Grandpa, and tries to join in the fun. 4. Firehoses pack a lot of punch. Event organizers were wise in setting up several inflatable swimming pools to serve as refilling stations. But once the tight was on, anyone who needed to refill a gun had to brave the fire hose to do so. Firefighters were set up on the perimeter of the battlefield, dowsing anyone who came near. This seemed counterproductive. We had to fight for five minutes to attempt a world record, re-cord, and that meant everyone had to refill two or three times. I got a lot wetter filling up than I fever did on the front lines and I spent all the time I could in the front lines. And not everyone in the fight wanted to get drenched in the cold water. The fire hose dampened my wife's spirit, and sent my 4-year-old granddaughter, Alyson, to the rear where she could wrap up in a towel and recover from the dowsing. Her older brothers and a cousin didn't seem to mind at all. And when we returned the dripping grand-kids grand-kids to their parents, Alyson was full of fun stories about the water pistol fight and her part in it. But the fire hose seemed excessive. 5. If at first you don't succeed... We didn't break the record, but we still had a blast. With the lessons learned from this year's water gun fight, I think the Saratoga Splash organizers ought to go for the record again next year, and the year after, if necessary. We were so close to making history. A few more water pistoleros, and the record could be ours. Class Continued from Page I "It is fun to add things together, to-gether, like making an alligator alliga-tor into a wrestler," he said. He taught the class last summer and during the school year. "It was really fun for the kids," said Arts Council director di-rector Lori England. "He is really good at what he does." McKenna Chapman told why she signed up for the class. "I took it because I like drawing and it is one of my favorite things to do," she said. "The best thing is being able to use your imagination, drawing anything you want to." "I think it is fun to draw," agreed Jason Kastleman. "It is fun to cartoon. Maybe I could be an artist some day." . Shelby Gundersen said she liked the variety. "I like how we draw different dif-ferent things every day, not just the same things over and over," she said. Not all the students were young. Marilyn Owen is an adult who likes to draw. "I want to learn how to draw cartoons," she said. "I just didn't know where to start. The kids spend a lot of time doodling. They have a tremendous imagination. I would like to learn how to do that." Salmond encouraged her. "You have to keep on ex pressing yourself a lot," he said. "Eventually you will get a bigger imagination." Recycling Continued from Page 1 "As tempting as it is to find revenue for our pet programs, I don't think gar bage collection is a fair wav to fund our vision," she said in an interview. Residents should simply be charged the actual cost of garbage collection and recycling, and if recycling lowers the city's cost for trash service, those savings should be passed on, she said. That seems to make sense to me," she said. In an interview, Mayor Heber Thompson disagreed. "I don't think so," he said when asked if the money would be returned to resi dents. The city simply needs the money, he said. In November, No-vember, residents here are likely to be asked to support a tax increase to fund city programs. "We have so many de mands on our budget," he said. "It is not as if we have a windfall of $48,000. We have to see what happens as this unfolds." If half of the city's house holds do sign up for recy cling and the city can save nearly $50,000 on garbage fees, that may simply mean city leaders ask residents for a smaller tax increase in the fall, he said. "If we have an extra $48,000 then we don't have to ask for so much next time out," he said. ode a nip IMONLI |