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Show X Events and accomplishments f local citizens Page A5 Times Newspaper Thursday, February 6, 2003 u.nn Grover addresses county issues at luncheon 4 CO; I he i V 'eL coc 'ltt ;s. t ett nt; Angela Bigelow and Isaac Jacob Angela Bigelow to Jnarry Isaac Jacob 4Angela Bigelow, daughter PfRobert and Jill Bigelow of easant Grove and Isaac cob, son of James and Dawn Jacob of Orem, will married Friday, Feb. 14 the Salt Lake City LDS wimple. I IfThere will be a reception Id the previous evening, s tursday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 , p,8:30 at the LDS chapel at 41 North 1300 West, sasant Grove. Isaac graduated from ffligham Young University th a bachelor's degree in tepublican Women to visit Itah State Legislature m The Utah County publican Women will it the Utah Legislature nday, Feb. .10. They will Qvel by Lake Shore Motor f fach, leaving at 7:30 a.m. I returning by 3 p.m. '' The women will board i coach at the southeast ner of Nordstrom's park-JVC park-JVC lot at University Mall Orem. Those interested st arrive by 7:15 a.m. j(nmittee meetings at the P'jislature will begin at 8 i. Women may attend 5! meetings of their ible neral Session from 10 a. to noon. Time will be 11 1 11 j rr men kicks rnoio onermg Dtudio portrait workshop uX'Glen Ricks Photography tS announcing the 12th in a ties of studio portrait irkshops. This intensive A nds-on workshop will in Tuesday, Feb. 11 and atinue for three works, jjasses will be taught at lite new location of Glen ;cks Photography, 424 ""'est Main St., American irk. The course is designed r those who have a serious terest in professional type nf:hniques for portraiture, t doesn't require students .be professionals or have fofessional equipment. All Substruction applies to all ' Competitive Rates ' Great Service Se Habla Espanol Call for a Quote Today, You'll be Glad You Did. Lender Insurance, Inc. 390 W 800 N -106 Orem UT 84057 i ( ! , " manufacturing engineering. He plans to pursue a master's mas-ter's degree in the fall. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Madagascar and works at a computer software company in Orem. Angela received an associate's asso-ciate's degree from Utah Valley State College and is continuing her studies at BYU in English. The couple will make their first home in Provo. divided between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Rep. Becky Lockhart (R-Provo) will introduce the group in the House, and Sen. John Valentine (R-Orem) will in the Senate. A hot lunch will be served, and county legislators legisla-tors will speak at that time. Cost for the trip and lunch is $15 a person. The group must have at least 35 passengers. pas-sengers. Husbands and friends are invited to join. Those interested can call Loraine Hillman at 465-2838 465-2838 or Emily Wiscombe at 224-1964 for reservations. formats 35 mm SLR, medium format, large format, for-mat, digital. Subject matter of the course will include Posing & Lighting the subject for portraiture. por-traiture. The class will learn about facial angles and body angles for composition. compo-sition. Instruction will also include different lighting patterns, along with indoor and outdoor lighting sources. Assignments will be given and critiques made of the previous week's assignments. assign-ments. The cost is $99. Call 756-8824 for more information. REVA BOWEN Times Reporter Utah County Commissioner Jerry Grover touched on a number of county issues in a recent meeting with members of the League of Women Voters of Utah County, held at the Riverside Country Club in Provo. The commissioner explained that unincorporated unincorpo-rated Utah County is not a "large city" to the degree that Salt Lake County is. Utah County has opted to have its unincorporated areas remain agricultural or undeveloped until such time as they are annexed by cities. There is, however, a population of 14,000 people for whom the county commission com-mission does planning and zoning. In addition to the commission's com-mission's legislative duties, it has judicial functions, particularly in the area of property tax administration. administra-tion. The commission hears property tax assessment appeals, determines who is property tax exempt and is responsible for administering administer-ing abatements for the blind, the elderly, and others. oth-ers. Commissioner Grover estimated that 70 percent of the commissioners' time is spent administering a variety vari-ety of programs many Bluegrass concert to feature Orem, Payson bands An "Evening of Bluegrass" will be presented present-ed Saturday, Feb. 8 at Jorgensen Music Theater, 650 South State Street in Orem. Sponsored by "Blue Grass Thunder," a local group directed by Terry Tucker, the evening will also feature "Hearts Gone Wild" from Payson. Both groups are performing perform-ing traditional bluegrass and some original songs. Admission is free. For more information, call Terry Tucker at 224-0636. Sergeant to speak at Elder Quest luncheon The Elder Quest Current Events luncheon will be Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Provo Marriott at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $12, and reservations reser-vations must be made before Monday, Feb. 17 with Ernest Krey at 863-8398. Payment is made at the door. Sergeant Gustman of the Orem Gang Task Force will speak about gangs, drugs, thievery, vandalism, etc. Anyone is welcome to attend. I V, v f TrTf'."'.1'' ' ' I LJ I JliWf t'fi I nave found an i honest transmission ! shop in J&M s. They taiy care i about the customer, i 111 go there again! i Highly recommended i - S. Spencer FREE DUGNOSTiC ANALYSIS & FRE E TOEING FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE NATIONWIDE WARRANTY INSURANCE & ALL TYPES OF WARRANTY WORK 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH FINANCING AVAILABLE iOAG state-dictated for which they hold responsibility. One example is the Children's Justice Center, an organization that provides pro-vides services for abused children. County employees staff the center. The county commissioners commission-ers sit on the board of the Mountainland Association of Governments, an organization organi-zation that serves Utah, Summit, and Wasatch counties coun-ties in areas such as transportation trans-portation planning and aging services. Grover said the commissioners commis-sioners meet once a month with the county's mayors, and are now organizing to also hold regular meetings with the city managers. The commissioner said there has been an "if you build it, they will come" effect with the new Utah County Jail, and the commissioners com-missioners have brought in a free consultant from a national organization to help "get a handle on " the jail population. A study found that the jail is housing individuals who should be in alternative alterna-tive programs, and some whose offenses would better qualify for a "cite and release" outcome. In response, the commissioners commission-ers have helped organize a district judicial commission to meet and discuss issues related to sentencing. Utah County runs the "Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times." -Anon. IIC JU. fa (iVl fulfill' (Q)LF-:'-4iU 3G0 S -H-H-K sao s. :-!S.T.-.'V.-r u v2?5 !.5 Foothill Treatment Center and also has a drug court. Under the drug court program, pro-gram, offenders enter a nine-month program designed to help them learn how to be off of drugs and living in the community. Under the program, participants partici-pants report every week for required urinalysis and counseling. Grover said the county is looking at setting up a mental men-tal health court, patterned after Florida models and the drug court concept. The regular jail population includes those with mental illnesses some who get off their medications, or who self-medicate and go to substance sub-stance abuse. Putting these individuals in jail, the commissioner com-missioner said, solves nothing. noth-ing. Like the drug court, a mental health court could serve the specific needs of those who might otherwise swell the jail population. "We're supposed to just handle prisoners as they come into the system," Grover said, but the jail does not want to hit capacity capaci-ty so the most serious cases have to be turned away. Asked if anything is going to happen with a county-wide library system, Commissioner Grover answered bluntly, "No." He said cities in the county are not willing to give up what they have to a larger system. sys-tem. 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In answer to a question, he said that U.S. Steel is responsible for clean-up of the site. The commissioner was also asked about the failed Zoo, Arts, and Parks (ZAP) tax, that went down to defeat in the November elections. Grover said he voted against putting the issue on the ballot, because he felt it was "set up for failure." fail-ure." "In Utah County, you don't just go out and ask people to increase their taxes cold," Grover said, "especially in hard times." And once such an issue is put to the public, and it fails, it is difficult to pass, he said, because the perception percep-tion is that someone is trying try-ing to force it. A better approach for success, he said, might have been to take polls to see where the public was on the issue, then if the support was within striking distance, to proceed with an education campaign. 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