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Show r Arr:r: , yin PKFS iccn Juiljir 841 IIUMtnV VlUU EDIT! SALT LAKE CITY frr" m 84124-1550 r YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY,. SCHOOLS: Am. Heritage Acad, looks al upgrades TOWN HALL: City Web site launches redesign II1SIDE: A.F. Symphony winter concert coming up A r Utah Valley High School Sports City buys land for traffic corridor BarbaraChnstiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF North County Boulevard is a step closer to becoming a reality. The Mountainland Association of Governments Govern-ments has approved using $6.5 million to purchase land to eventually expand the road, which Ls 1 100 East in American Fork, to two lanes in each direction, plus a turning lane. The corridor is considered to be important to the future of traasportation in north Utah County. It also would benefit traffic in American Ameri-can Fork. "The completion of this project will have a huge impact on reducing cut -through traffic across American Fork City and consequently improve traffic safety," said Nestor Gallor, of the American Fork Engineering Department. "The city has always seen that corridor on its master plan as five lanes," Gallor said. "It isn't a big change. The intent of the road Ls still the same. It is nice to have money from other sources to bring it to fruition." Utah County public works director Richard Nielson said the county has planned for this road expaasion for some time. "This project has been in some form or See PURCHASE, Page 3 r ..- f i i - f V MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald Jeannine Lasky left plays Catherine as Joel Osborne, as Charlie, looks on during rehearsals of "The Foreigner" at the Northhampton House in American Fork on Monday. Arts Council sponsors The Foreigner' comedy Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Dinner and a show is the latest lat-est offering of the American Fork Arts Council. The group is putting on "The Foreigner," a comedy by Larry Shue, in a dinner theater setting at the Northampton House in American Fork. It will be Feb. 26, 27 and 28, with a Chicken Marsala dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. Reservations Res-ervations are required and may be made by calling 763-3081. "The Foreigner" tells the story of Charlie, an extremely shy man who comes to a lodge with a friend, Froggy. Froggy will be busy most days and suggests sug-gests that Charlie pretend to be a foreigner, not understanding understand-ing English, to avoid having to speak to the other residents. Successfully convincing the other guests that he cannot understand them, he becomes privy to information discussed in front of him that is both comical and threatening to the characters in the play. Director Buddy Youngreen said he selected the play because be-cause it is coasidered Shue's best work. He said he has enjoyed en-joyed the preparations. See PLAY, Page 3 If you go When: Feb. 26, 27 and 28, 6:30 p.m. Where: Northampton House, 198 W. 300 North, American Fork Cost: $25 per person Tickets: Reservations required; re-quired; call 763-3081 Mayor hopes to improve quality of life in Am. Fork Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF American Fork's mayor, He-ber He-ber Thompson, has high hopes for the community. He recently gave his first-ever "State of the City" address at a City Council meeting. He is beginning the fourth year of his term as the city's mayor. Thompson said he was honored hon-ored to serve as mayor. "I consider this a position of great trust with expectations and accountability on your part to keep our chy on course," he said. He addressed six topics what the city is about, the elements to be managed in a V city, dispelling misconceptions, highligh ting a time of transition, transi-tion, viewing goals and the citizens' roles. Thompson then addressed city goals as built on five pillars infrastructure, environment, business, city operations op-erations and growth. He spoke about the city's mission statement. The purpose is "to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the Citizens Citi-zens of American Fork by providing pro-viding essential services, and opportunities for an enhanced quality of life, while honoring . its heritage of values, culture and traditions." Thompson said there were See MISSION, Page 3 American Fork Mayor Heber M. Thompson. CRAIQ DILQERDaily Herald JLF. Citizen content shifts to the Daily Herald DAILY HfRALD Today is a milestone for the Daily Herald as it marks the final print editions of the North County weekly newspapers that include the American Fork Citizen, Pleasant Grove Review, Re-view, Lehi Free Press, Lone Peak Press, and Orem Times. On Feb. 5 the Daily Herald announced the discontinuation of the publication of the five northern Utah County weeklies. No employees will be laid off as a result of the decision. But this is far from the end of the road for the news content and community coverage of these cities. Local news reporters will continue to cover North County towns, schools, people and businesses, but their articles will appear in the pages of the Daily Herald. In addition, the company will introduce innovative in-novative online tools for the people of North County to connect them more closely to their communities. A series of Web sites each focused narrowly on a particular town will present news from all local schools, community groups', churches and local governments, and will feature a social marketplace with discussion forums highlighting local people and issues. Questions about subscriptions can be directed direct-ed to the Daily Herald subscription department at 375-5103. Questions about advertising can be answered by Josh Walker at 592-3127. COMING NEXT WEEK Nov Community Web site ourtowns.heraldextra.com Community Briefing DEADLINE ARRIVES FOR FIRST PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION AREA - Six months ago, the first project proj-ect area tor the American Fork pressurized irrigation system was complete and 290 residences were ready to hook onto the system. Of those, most had completed complet-ed their hookup and the required inspection within the six-month grace period. As of Feb. 9, there were approximately ap-proximately 60 homes which had not had that inspection inspec-tion done. After the six-month grace period is over, they will be charged $250 to connect to the system. Jessica Wilson, spokeswoman for Horrocks Engineers, En-gineers, compared American Fork's charge to those in surrounding communities. Alpine, Highland and Pleasant Grove charge between $500 and $800 to connect to their secondary water systems. They do not have a six-month grace period, as American Fork does. She said those communities also had their secondary water system as being mandatory for the residents. In American Fork, it is optional whether the residents hook onto the system. However, to encourage encour-age residents to connect to the system, and to encourage encour-age water conservation, the culinary water rates were raised. Those with questions may call the pressurized irrigation ir-rigation hotline at 763-5257. DESIGN CONTRACT CONTINUED - Phase two of the Murdock Connector Roadway design of the east west corridor in Highland would take in the area from the American Fork River in Pheasant Hollow to the siphon overflow of the Murdock Canal. Phase one was a cooperative contract with American Fork for the area north of the pressurized irrigation pond under construction con-struction on the border between the two cities. 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