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Show 1 HtwramiTWP e d i t i o uh f kM;" YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, A U - juutNIS j SPORTS: Cavemen set for football season TOWN HALL: Council sets fees for water system SCHOOLS: AFJH open house well attended Business HORROCKS ENGINEERS AT NEW P.G. LOCATION Citizens to wet o tomds Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF American Fork voters will go the polls in November with the option to approve up to five bond issues. In a separate action, the City Council increased property taxes approximately $28 a year on a $240,000 home to repair roads damaged in the construction construc-tion of the secondary water system. The five bond issues the residents may approve this fall could add to that tax bill. It could increase nearly $160 a year if all are OK'd by voters. Each issue is decided separately. Councilman Dale Gunther said it was a good idea to let the residents resi-dents have a say. "It's not what the City Council wants," he said in an interview. "This is an opportunity for them to say what they want the city j to look like. Philosophically I feel like if we are going to borrow money and obligate the citizens, affecting their property tax, they ought to be able to vote on that." One of the bonds would im prove several roads, another would finish Art Dye Park. The third would purchase and improve im-prove approximately six acres of property to be used for a cemetery. cem-etery. Another would purchase trails and open space, while the fifth would create a crossing of the railroad tracks at 5(50 West, north of Pacific Ave. The road bond includes $1.1 million to improve 50 South, nearly $ 1 million to improve 900 West north to 1120 North, nearly $2 million to extend 1 120 North to 900 West, with an other $400,000 to build a bridge for that road, and purchasing property for improvements at 900 West and 700 North. With engineering, contingency and bonding costs, that would cost $4.3 million. The tentative tax impact for this issue is $37 a year for a $240,000 residence and $67.50 for a business of the same valuation. valu-ation. Improvements at Art Dye Park, on the city's northeast side See VOTE, Page 2 WINNING SMILES If V) 'S,"I,J MSB ' , 7 ! CATHY ALLREDNorth County The 2008-2009 Miss American Fork royalty are left to right: second attendant Carrie Helland, Miss American Fork Kaitlin Hale and first attendant Juli Carter. Miss A.F., Outstanding Teen chosen Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF Two pageants took place Saturday at American Fork High School, one to choose Miss American Fork 2008-2(X)9, the other to chose Miss American Fork Outstanding . Teen. - , r, This was the second year the pageant has been under the direction of Staci Robi-son. Robi-son. "It was a very busy schedule," Robison said. "We've been here since 7:30 a.m. and have had two pageants back to back. It was wonderful. I'm looking forward to a busy year and plan to be back next year." Judges chose Kaitlin Hale as Miss American Ameri-can Fork 2008-2009. Little Miss American Fork Jessica Marshall will be escorting . Hale on stage at the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant 2009 in July. She was crowned by the 2OO7-2Q08 Miss American Fork Liesl Wright. ' . "It's kind of a shock right now," said the daughter of Shelie Hale, Kaitlin. "I'm ; so grateful." Kaitlin took awards in several categories. cat-egories. Nominated by two professional photographers, she won the Miss Photo- : genie Award; was selected by the Miss American Fork Committee for the Com-: i mittee Choice Award; and placed second j in the service and platform awards, win- ning $3,725 in scholarship money and ' prizes upon completion of her reign. Her platform as queen will be "In-" creasing health and wellness in disadvantaged disad-vantaged families." During her onstage interview she was asked if the media shows bias for political politi-cal candidates and she promptly replied "I think the media always shows bias - Her first attendant is Juli Carter, the daughter of Susan Carter. This will baJuli's second consecutive year as first attendant. The second attendant is the daughter of Miss American Fork Outstanding Teen Miss AF Outstanding Teen 1st attendant 2nd attendant Committee choice Miss Photogenic Jessica Taylor Kylie Cox Chloe Cox McKayla Privett Jessica Taylor Spirit of Miss American Fork Jessica Taylor Frank and Sandy Helland, Carrie Helland, whose peers nominated for the Spirit of Miss American Fork Award. . The threesome will serve as royalty and representatives of American Fork in city celebrations and other events throughout the 2008-2009 year. See PAGEANTS, Page 2 Positive reactions to North County library co-op Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF orth Utah County library patrons have responded positively since the inter-library co-op agreement took effect July 1. "It has gone really well. We are very excited to see the progress," prog-ress," said Pleasant Grove City Library director April Harrison. "We haven't noticed a significant increase in our circulation. It really re-ally has gone extremely smooth. ... So far I haven't seen any down side to it." Each library director from Eagle Mountain, Lehi, American Fork and Pleasant Grove was pleased with the results, saying the process has gone well as they had hoped. "It hasn't been that overwhelming," over-whelming," said Kristi Seely, Lehi Library director. "It's only been a few a day ... As far as I know it's just gone smoothly. We haven't had any problems." She said her library has had people from all the different libraries, and the response from patrons has been favorable. "They love being able to use all of the libraries," she said. Most of the outside patrons using the Lehi system are residents on the east border of Lehi from Highland High-land or American Fork, or nonresidents non-residents who work in Lehi. American Fork Library director di-rector Sheena Parker said her library has seen 224 new registered regis-tered borrowers since the first of July. "I think that we expected there was going to be a goodly number that were going to take advantage of it. It hasn't been a surprise," Parker said. "It's gone well." Even the Eagle Mountain Library Li-brary director has seen patrons travel into Cedar Valley to use her facility. "We have actually had patrons from the Lehi Library come out here for books," said director Mi-chele Mi-chele Graves. "I think what it is is that the new releases out here have a shorter wait list." See LIBRARY, Page 2 Community bnerinq MAN WILL SERVE 20 TO LIFE FOR CHILD'S DEATH - An American Fork man was sentenced to 20 years to life at the Utah State Prison on Tuesday for the child abuse death of his toddler son, but the judge left open the possibility of parole. Judge Steven Hansen handed down the sentence in Provo's 4th District Court for Jason Mikaele Putnam. The 24-year-old defendant pleaded guilty in March to one count of aggravated murder, but sentencing was delayed over the question of whether Putnam would ever be eligible for parole. Putnam was arrested in June 2007 after Jordan Putnam Put-nam died from a multitude of injuries, including ruptured rup-tured blood vessels that caused him to lose about half his blood to internal bleeding. An autopsy showed dozens of bruises, a cracked skull and evidence of strangulation. At a hearing in June, prosecutors asked Hansen to give Putnam life without parole, but the defense attorneys, at-torneys, backed by Putnam's wife, mother, sisters and friends, asked that parole be a possibility, though not a guarantee. "This is a very difficult decision to make," Hansen said. In handing down his sentence, Hansen cited the support of Putnam's family, including Mary Putnam, the defendant's wife and the victim's mother. Many of Putnam's relatives wept as he was led out of the courtroom on Tuesday after his sentencing. Putnam's relatives and friends acknowledged at a hearing in June that he must spend a long time in prison to pay for his crime, but they also urged Hansen Han-sen to leave Putnam the possibility of being released one day. Mary said she planned to stay together as a family with her husband. Just' because Putnarp'te eligible for parole one day, that does not mean his eventual release is guaranteed. At the hearing in June, Jim Hatch, a hearing officer with the state board of parole, said that only 25 percent of aggravated muTder convicts who are eligible for parole are ever actually released. Those who are eventually released on parole serve an average of 28.4 years. Hatch testified. Hansen cited Hatch's testimony as a factor in his sentencingxtecisiori ' ' Jeremy Duda --Vi : ... $ . J : i ... 1 Courtesy Belinda Stockton and Terry Tucker will perform with Pat Pymm's Vocal'Academy at Concerts in the Park in Arnerican Fork on Monday. CONCERTS IN THE PARK - Pat Pymm's Vocal Academy will perform at Concerts in the Park Monday at 7 p.m. at the Amphitheater at Quail Cove, 851 E. 700 North, American Fork. The concert is free and open to the public. Those who attend may bring blankets or chairs. Belinda Stockton and Terry Tucker are guest artists with the group. Stockton, a vocalist from Lehi, has performed in several venues through out the state. Tucker, also from Lehi, is known as a gifted musician. Over the last 40 years he has traveled the country playing in such venues ven-ues as the Nugget and Peppermill Casinos in Reno as well as locations in Memphis. CITY ASKED TO RECONSIDER ZONING - The American Fork City Council is scheduled to consider a request to change the city's master plan and potential zoning in the area east of 900 West at approximately 500 North. The issues are on the agenda for the Aug. 26 council meeting. The city had previously been asked to put a combination combina-tion retail and office center, with a section of residential as a buffer between the commercial uses and existing homes. The idea behind that was that those who moved into those homes would do so being aware of the retail uses nearby. oss'oooso1 COMPARED t ; TO NEW t noiriMM MSRP V J save up to r s. 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