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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, June 9, 1999 Page 12 Jensen garden a popular spot By Marcella Walker City Editor Some of the people came back again and again and a radio station host couldn't quite get enough of it. The center cen-ter of all this attention was the Robert Jensen garden in Lindon which was part of last week's Secret Garden Tour. Robert's garden is tucked away behind his home on Lakeview Drive and you would never know that all this beauty beau-ty was located there. The garden can be approached by stepping over a Japanese-style bridge or by taking the cedar chip strewn path around the side of the house. In each little nook and corner cor-ner there are flowers and plants and the scent of cedar and lovely growing things. The spacious back yard has a central arrangement of iris in many colors. To the right under a grove of trees are lawn chairs placed conversation-style conversation-style for guests to sit down and enjoy the scenery. All along the paths are trees and flowers of different kinds and descriptions. But, perhaps, the most enticing part of Robert's garden gar-den is the pathways that wind past his dove cotes and other display areas housing his exotic exot-ic peacocks, peahens, colorful pheasants, and even roosters and hens. In fact, in one spot near the back of the house a mother peahen has carefully moved her brood to a heavily foliaged corner to keep them away from the inquisitive visitors who have been strolling through the garden during this tour. This is the sort of place that people like to "stroll" through, taking their time to enjoy the spirit of the garden and trying to absorb each and every detail. To be selected for the Secret Garden Tour, there has to be a nomination from someone who has seen and is impressed with the garden. Robert's has been the scene of many weddings wed-dings and is a place people can relax and enjoy. Parade fun things to do. The City Youth Council will sponsor a breakfast on Thursday morning from 6 until 10 a.m. The Boutique will open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and continue on Friday and Saturday until 6 p.m. Vendors are coming from throughout through-out the State. The DUP Tours of the Pioneer Museum and the log cabin will also begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The tours will be conducted until 4 p.m.. each day. The Youth Theater will perform, per-form, "The Emperor's New Clothes," with a cast of 35, on Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m., 2:30 and again at 4 p.m. each day. Families can join pet lovers at Battlecreek Park at 10 a.m. on Friday for the Pet Show. Dogs will be judged at 10 a.m. and all other pets at 10:45. Kids show up with variety of pets, it is a fun gathering gather-ing for families. The Greased Pole 'V . ;' " - This arrangement of flowers is garden in Lindon. Robert says he likes nothing better than to come home from a long day at work at his popular popu-lar Hair Styling Salon in Pleasant Grove and putter around in his back yard. Robert noted that sometimes some-times he gets help from family members but mostly he does all the grooming and designing of the garden himself. It is his place and time to change focus from his work and get rid of the stresses of the day. This year the Secret Garden Benefit Tour was held in the north end of Utah County with gardens in Lindon, Pleasant Grove, Orem, Alpine, Highland, Cedar Hills and American Fork being featured. In addition to Robert's Climb will be at 1 p.m. on Friday. It will be held at the Downtown Park playground. Cash prizes await the lucky winners who can retrieve the money from the pole. The Pie Eating contest will be at 6:30 on Friday night on the East side of the Community Strawberry Days sports events Sports events at the Strawberry Days celebration sponsored by the Recreation Department include the following. follow-ing. Men's Slow Pitch Softball Tournament. Held at Manila Park. Friday starting at 6 p.m. and Saturday starting at 7 a.m. Fee to the enter this double elimination elim-ination tournament is $200 per team. To enter, contact Ric at the Pleasant Grove Recreation Center, 785-6172. ' ' " l , 1 Photo by Mracella Walker a highlight in Robert Jensen's secret garden, other gardens being featured in Pleasant Grove and Lindon were those owned by Carey and Tracy Olsen, Douglas and Roylene Weight, David and Sharilyn Evans. The tour is sponsored by the Celebration of Health Foundation and proceeds from the tour will be used this year to finish the payment of the Family Guest House on the campus of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. This is a "home" where people peo-ple who are far from home can stay while they or their loved ones receive medical care. Many sponsors have helped to make this year's tour a success. suc-cess. Continued from front page Center. Anyone can enter. A Slow Pitch Softball Tournament will be held Friday evening and all day Saturday. A Men's Doubles Tennis Tournament will be held at the Manila Park and a 5K Run will begin on Saturday. Men's Doubles Tennis Tournament. Held at the Manila Park. Anyone can enter. Registration at 7 a.m. at the park, when the tournament begins. 5K Run: This will be held Saturday at 8 a.m. starting at the Community Center. Preregistration is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Registration without a t-shirt is $5. Later comers com-ers can register for an additional fee the morning of the race before 7:30 a.m. He had new customers to hook up. Meters to check. But as he was driving down the road in Pleasant Grove, he noticed flames shooting above a fence. The fire seemed too close to a nearby house to be somebody just burning backyard weeds, so he stopped to check it out. As he got closer, Eric saw that flames had fully engulfed a heavy trash can and were threatening every- Firefighting wasn't A driver lost control of his car at 640 W. 1100 North m Pleasant Grove Friday and ran off the road and hit a parked car and then his vehicle collided with the comer of a house The driver's car sustained $8,000 damage and the parked car had $9,000 damage. The house sustained $3,000 damage. There were no injuries. . , A residential burglary was reported in which dr ill s.asaw golf clubs, and sleeping bags with a total value of $2,680 were t elk 611 Golf clubs valued at $415 were taken from a garage. Two traffic counters belonging to Pleasant Grove Uty were stolen from a city street. They were valued at $1,000 A Schwinn spider bike was taken from a home. It was valued val-ued at $400. , .vi u u u a Officers investigated a report of a boxed meth lab behind a home. The officers found no meth lab. Several mail boxes in Lindon were smashed on May u. Most of the mailboxes were valued at about $15 to $20 each. A cell phone and CDs with a total value of $320 was taken from a car. . , There were several arrests for DUI-alcohol. A 22-year-old male was arrested, as was a 51- year-old male and another 22-year-old male. . , Two juveniles were arrested for criminal miscniet and curfew violation after they decorated a car with whipped cream after 11 p.m. V Photo by Marcella Walker Clark Nielsen, left, and Cody Cullimore have been promoted to Detective Sergeant and Captain, respectively, in the Pleasant Grove Police Department. Police officers promoted Pleasant Grove Police Chief Tom Paul has announced the promotions of Cody Cullimore to Captain and Clark Nielsen to Detective Sergeant. Cullimore will replace Chief Paul as captain. He is an 18-year veteran with the PGPD. His work now will entail a lot of administrative work, payroll and he will still be overseeing patrol and investigation and will assist the chief in any way he can. Nielsen, who has been with the department for the past 11 years, has served the last year with the Utah County Major Crime Task Force. Before that he was in investigation. The department will be assigning another police officer to serve on the Major Crimes Task Force. Nielsen will be supervisor over investigation and evidence and similar responsibilities. Both officers said they were looking forward with excitement to their new responsibilities. They like to learn new things each day and be busy with new and different programs. Cullimore said his goal is to make the PGPD the most productive pro-ductive police department in the state and feels that they are already. "If we accomplish this we will thing around it. The vinyl slats in the fence were beginning to melt, and the house was in danger of being next. So he pulled the trash can away and grabbed a shovel and garden gar-den hose. He found a faucet, hooked up the hose and put out the fire. Spreading the contents on the ground to be sure no hot embers remained made quite a mess, and Hric hoped the homeowner would understand. As he was on Eric's "to do" list. returned. He explained what happened, they thanked him, and he went about his rounds. No big deal. Until he got back to the office, and everybody started congratulating him. Turns out the trash can held ashes from a recently cleaned fireplace, which re-ignited while the homeowners were at work. A very grateful Mayor had called to thank Utah Power's Hric Wetel. Seems the house liric saved belonged to him. Uric and Utah Power. In thecomnumitv I .... ,j. tr'r'SlirSrfPSf JfffA 'f:ftsi.?l: Id have done a lot," Cullimore said. He noted that the department has a good reputation throughout through-out the state. The officer added that the department is determined to get rid of the drug problem. "So much crime is generated by drugs," Cullimore stated. "About 85 per cent of all the crime in the United States is related to drugs, according to the Attorney General's office," Cullimore said. "We do not have the time nor the manpower to do all that we would like to do," Cullimore explained. He has served as the president presi-dent of the Central Utah Detectives Association and is currently the presidsent of the 3,000 member Utah Peace Officers Association and serves on the POST Council and other committees. He is an advisor to the Pleasant Grove City Youth Court and teaches A.P. Chemistry and Fourth Amendment classes at Pleasant Grove High School. The new Detective Sergeant said that they spend their whole careers as officers working hard for these promotions. He enjoyed working in investigation inves-tigation before and feels that it will be an interesting and challenging chal-lenging responsibility. preparing to leave, the homeowners UTAH POWER A Pih itiCoi j' CoiiijHiiiy Making it happen. |