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Show "IT Times News Page A10 Thursday, February 13, 2003 VALENTINES Continued from front page some of my favorite thoughts, such as, 'Some day, when you know who you really are, you will be sorry that you didn't use your time, better.' 'Relax. God's in charge.' We write our own destiny ... we become what we do.' 'Life is like a lollipop. You have to lick it.' "What would Jesus do?' "And many more, too numerous to mention.'' The richness of her life, as validated by the priceless mementos displayed on the walls of her room, opened up new vistas of meaning and appreciation for the many opportunities Bradford has enjoyed in her life, as a wife, a mother, a career woman, a community worker, and a missionary for her church. Bradford and her husband, hus-band, who died 18 years ago, have seven children, 20 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in this area. She said she is grateful for their proximity. Pointing to another wall, Bradford says, "On this wall, I have placed graduation gradua-tion programs, marriage announcements, baby announcements, baptism programs, missionary farewell programs, the Family Proclamation and posters of favorite scriptures." scrip-tures." Also seen are pictures of LDS temples, as well as pictures pic-tures of Christ, pictures of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, photos of places she has traveled, and much, much more. With Valentine's Day tomorrow, glowing brightly on her calendar, Bradford said, "I love to sit in my 'Joy Room,' which is full of wonderful won-derful memories. I continue every day to add more and more wonderful memories. And more valentines!" PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Continued from front page Division of the department, was recently named as Park's successor. Park lives in American Fork, and describes himself as "happily married." He and his wife, Monica, have six daughters three of whom are still living at home. He said he also has two grandsons under the age of one. "I finally got my boys!" he declared, noting that his family is "the most important thing in (his) life." There was to be a send-off send-off party for Park on Friday afternoon, and he was also honored in the Feb. 4 City Council meeting with the reading of a proclamation that outlined a number of the city's projects in which he has played a major role. These included city-wide street lighting, the golf course, Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA), and the Lakeside Sports Park. Park said the city-wide street-lighting project was a "long, drawn-out process," but said it was also "one of the neatest things I've ever been associated with." The process began with the formation for-mation of a citizen's committee com-mittee to study the issue and make ' recommendations. recommenda-tions. Toward the end of the process, sample street lights were set up along the 800 East corridor from 800 South to University Parkway, and public input was solicited on the favored design of lights. Hundreds of people responded with opinions. Park termed the approach "city government at its best" effectively using the resultant public input for such a major project. proj-ect. Over half of the lighting has been installed, and, Park said everything looks good. Some of those initially opposed to the lighting have been won over. Politically, the city was forced to go back and re-evaluate the lighting system, and staff was excited, he said, to find they had done it correctly. The golf course by Utah Lake, Park acknowledged, has also been a long process, but he said that dirt is actually being moved there now. The original concept con-cept has been changed, and the city is now working with a private developer on the project. Park said it is interesting inter-esting to him that a number of the big projects he has been involved with as an Orem employee will be long-lasting long-lasting legacies that will still be around when his grandchildren have grown up. "Over all, the project that's the most exciting to me right now, and that I hate to walk away from, is UTOPIA," Park said. The concept behind UTOPIA is that a city puts in fiber optic lines, and they become an infrastructure like roads or a water and sewer system. Rather than the city marketing mar-keting the fiber optics, businesses busi-nesses come in, use the lines, and provide services to consumers. UTOPIA has the potential poten-tial to have "a major impact for a lot of years," according to Park. He said the model that Orem and other cities are developing could "completely "com-pletely turn around the telecommunications industry" indus-try" in the years ahead, and the model could have "nationwide ramifications." The "technology is there" for UTOPIA to operate, and Park views it as a "proper role of government," but financing is the challenge. A feasibility study approved by the Orem City Council should be completed in the next month or two, he said, then Orem can "go to test the financial market in May of this year and see how we fare." - Lakeside Sports Park, located down by Vineyard, will be "one of the neatest parks in the area," and "a tremendous asset for years and years to come." Park said. "We are looking forward for-ward to starting to play soccer soc-cer and softball there this April." And he noted that city staff did their homework home-work on the lights for the park, and neighbors should not be bothered by the relatively rela-tively unobtrusive lighting. One of the first assignments assign-ments that Park had when he came to work for Orem was serving as a staff liaison liai-son with the Historic Preservation Commission. "(The assignment) helped me, and gave me a sense of what Orem has been," he said. The commission had a professional survey done, and Nielsen's Grove was officially rediscovered. The City Council and city management man-agement have been receptive recep-tive to the concept of the historic park, which is now being built and contains many of the features of the original pioneer park. The timing was right with the Historic Preservation Commission and its work, Park said. "Orem was old enough to realize it had a history, and there was a convergence of state programs that matured, great people on the commission, and a story to be told." Park said he will most miss the people with whom he has worked. "Orem City is as efficient as any place I've ever worked, and it's because the people care about what they do. If something some-thing needs to be done, it is done. And that carries through from (City Manager) Jim Reams on down." Asked about Orem's water situation, Park said that being in the fifth year of a drought does not bode well, but Orem has worked through people like Jack Jones and Bruce Chesnut XoTa the sronn rr y happening in Call mj in News Tins: 225-1340 for a long time to secure water rights. Orem has a state-wide reputation for the quality of its water program. pro-gram. "We understand we live in a desert, but we don't anticipate the situation will be so critical as to require rationing. We just ask people peo-ple to use water wisely." The city has found that it needs more storage facilities, facili-ties, Park said, and that problem is being addressed with plans underway for another 10-million-gallon tank. A feasibility study will determine where the tank should be located. Although water is going to become more expensive as second and third tier water rights have to be used, Park was generally reassuring about the water situation in the city. "People in Orem are going to be able to turn their taps on for a long time and have water come out," he concluded. ft n m I "l 9'' The Young Construction Management Team from BYU topped 29 other universities y National Home Builders Competition In Las vegas lasi wee. ieim memuers are: Front left to right: Ryan Carter, Brandon Hill and Craig Hassell. Back row, left to right: Brig Mayer, Joseph Hudson and Jeremy Jackson. CONSTRUCTION TEAM Continued from front page construction management chair. "I told them, going into it, 'For you to win, your presentation presen-tation must be clearly the best,'" Christofferson said. "They basically performed flawlessly." "Tramanto," the Italian word for "sunset," is the name of the 48-unit housing complex that will be built, according to the BYU team's proposal, that won them first-place honors. Last November, each team was given a set of plans for Tramanto, to be built along Lake Las Vegas. Teams prepared a complete com-plete management proposal, containing three parts: a detailed schedule, the project's pro-ject's cost estimates and a marketing plan for the development. "In the 15 years since this competition has been going on, this has been the most difficult project addressed," said Leon Rogers, the team's faculty advisor. "We simply have some incredibly gifted students." Besides the classy hardcover hard-cover project proposals and computer disk, the team's oral presentation impressed four of the five judges to award them a perfect 20, while the remaining judge awarded the team a 19.5 score. Team member Jeremy Jackson commented, "Some people have said i i oecause we nave serJ missions, and are men-, of the church, we hap level of maturity, compo. and experience that give the edge over the com tion." 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