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Show I to i. j 10 J v V R -x-jYjIXED flDC 840 HOPS & SONS BOOKBINDER Y INr 7 17 RAIL ROOD ST ' SPRINGPORT MI 4 9 c' ft 4 news ten any other source! es 736--' i For home delivery call 756-7669 or see our web site at www.newutah.com Vol. 22, No. 8 Wednesday, February 23, 2000 50 cents a single copy I r 77.7 8 imergency meeting held twice in Pleasant Grove By Karli Poyfair City Editor . i j Htm. The Pleasant urove cny iri i ouncil held an emergency 'LESjeeting last Thursday night m TOop7rder to adopt temporary zon- cd, regulations. sii.autcs-i back doors were mad- .ertently locked at the time JCKS nd because that may have prevented the public from a, Attending, the city council held vaX" second emergency meeting iis as Friday afternoon which essen-s essen-s Ri 'ally covered the same maten-sm-A as the first meeting. ; The Utah Code enables -ATlOKities and towns to adopt tem-1ICLES tem-1ICLES orary zoning regulations with- it a pUUllU Iieaiing iuj. aiy ill 7564316 fart or all of the area within io n'tv or town. IAL19SFS Amanda Fraughton, city iis3a.K)piec0rder, said that the only 3-0959. uhlic notice needed for an Emergency meeting was that ntire be posted in three places iroughout the community. ' The emergency meeting was 11 1 r.r f ll TTrtllfV rJ"istrict Court has ruled that 'Tbme of the city's zoning regu- annexes land near Qtov 9 s! lations are void because of procedural pro-cedural errors in enacting the ordinances. The Pleasant Grove city council felt that the order of the Court will create confusion in the city about what is or is not an effective zoning ordinance and what regulations are in effect for certain areas of the city. These temporary zoning regulations reg-ulations will be in effect until the city can hold the required public hearing and enact new zoning regulations to replace the regulation voided by order of the Court. Mayor Ed Sanderson called this a "stop-gap effort, so there's not a gap," he said concerning con-cerning the temporary regulations. regula-tions. Pleasant Grove is currently involved in a lawsuit by a group of citizens who contend that adequate notice was not given in the 1980s by the city concerning certain zoning ordinance ordi-nance changes. Therefore current cur-rent zones may be affected by the final ruling of the court. Creek Canyon ice By Karli Poyfair City Editor The Pleasant Grove city ouncil approved an ordinance jinexing the property known s the "Grove Creek East umexation" to Pleasant Grove !ity at its Feb. 15 city council ieeting. argeSta The property is located at f Bearkae mouth of Grove Creek East & Seatlanyon approximately etween 1000 East to 1250 Jast and 750 North to 1180 North. Grove Creek East Canyon is a popular recreation spot. There are many hiking trails. The hills are also used for off-road off-road motor vehicle sport, which in the past has been difficult for the city to control and regulate. regu-late. Once the area is annexed, the city can officially send law enforcement officers into the area. See ANNEX on page 12 DO YOU THINK IT WILL FLY? A WMM& BYU grad student Clint Mortenson helps Central Elementary student stu-dent Bryce Ballian as he designs his passenger plane. Photo by Juli James Central Students filmed by KUED designing planes By Juli James v NewUtah! Correspondent "Do you think it will fly?" says a sign in the computer lab at Central Elementary school in Pleasant Grove. Underneath is the answer: "I know it will fly." Last week 31 of the school's sixth graders had the chance to design their own passenger plane by participating in a simulation filmed by a crew from tele-. tele-. vision's KUED. The film will be used in the PBS educational program "NASA Connect" and will air sometime in March. With cameras rolling, the students became aeronautical engineers given one last chance to save their company from financial ruin by winning a contract for a fleet of passenger jets. Specifications including cost per airplane, mileage, passenger pas-senger numbers, fuel capacity and coast-to-coast fare per passenger had to be complied with. Five engineering students from BYU, including engineering faculty member Paul Eastman, assisted the students. Five teams were created and team leaders lead-ers were selected. When the deadline arrived, the best design from each team was chosen and presented to company "president" Megan DeMasters. She consulted con-sulted with the mentors and made the final decision. The winning design was .by Logan Barnes. His plane met all the specifications specifica-tions at a cost of $23.7 million per plane. Central Elementary is well known for its science programs. One of its main attractions for students all over the state is the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center, which offers simulated space missions. mis-sions. The school also officially adopted a submarine, the USS Salt Lake City, and is trying to earn grants to create a simulated simu-lated sea base. Even the computer lab was constructed to look like mission control con-trol at NASA. "We probably have the best technical capabilities in the state," said Bill Schuler, Central's computer technician. Despite being coached to "act natural" by their instructors, the students were nervous at first. But they soon became engrossed in their assignment, ignored the cameras, and worked hard to create the perfect airplane. See STUDENTS on page 12 -7 MAC :v;:; ;v'::::::'::::: !::::;'":::-:;:!' '''-''-y '' ' -S' ::iv: 'xr'jiV'Sj:':. :S;3;s;-IS; ',i,fmi&'"' " " " v : fpli&Wsi; , i. . ' ' 1 ' ' I ' - ' : MmiM:xMiM; - i A ' A.& ,xmimMM : ;: i r v- i f 11 m iS:!pllipli R ' - : ; f S?r:: ! ' K m'smmimm: , : 1 : m-, M. v. I ft I.- f'B j I mm::rwm. f r v . . ..mmmi f Mf pays back the Scoutmaster who saved his life during 91 1 Emergency cali i -:,r'"' PGHS Sterling Scholars Pleasant Grove Hiah School students will compete in the Deseret News Sterling Scholar competition March 23 Following are the names of the students pictured above and the area they will compete in- Top row: Zach Holmstead, foreign language; Brad Talbert, advisor. advi-sor. Second row Carlo Ball speechdrama; Megan Foster, English; Holly Pledgensocial science; Andrew Brown, mathematics. Front row: Anna Christensen visual arts; Camija Searcy, music; Justin Beecher, computer technology; Anthony Frenzell, trade and technical techni-cal education Not pictured- Zach Shore, science; Jessica Dastrup, dance; Lisa Wilden, business and marketing- Melissa Thurlow, family and consumer sciences. Editor's note: This is the second sec-ond and final article in a series about the 911 System in Pleasant Grove and how lives have been saved because of it. By Marcella Walker When Kevin Dickerson was a Boy Scout, Mike Cox was his Scoutmaster. They were on a white water river trip when Mike saved Kevin's life after the boy was washed up on a beach after being dumped out of a raft in a rapids area. Kevin had a debt to repay. His chance came in August 1998 when as a Pleasant Grove EMT he responded to a 911 call from a house on 1100 North in Pleasant Grove. It was Mike Cox's house. The Cox family had just celebrated cel-ebrated daughter Stephanie's birthday. Mike lay down on the couch to relax after dinner. Suddenly, Mike's son, Justin, saw his father's head fall forward for-ward and he called for help. Knowing that their dad had a family history of heart problems, prob-lems, Justin called 911 and Stephanie pulled her father's ill i j Photo by Marcella Walker Recalling the events surrounding a 911 call after Mike Cox, center, had a heart attack, are Justin Cox, Stephanie Cox, EMT Kevin Dickerson and Dispatcher Linda Chipman. head back so he could get air and saw that his eyes were rolled back and he had started to turn purple. The two of them got Mike onto the floor. Stephanie knew what to do because she had taken several medical classes at Pleasant Grove High School. A neighbor, Gary Stone, is a respiratory therapist. One of See 911 on page 12 Temporary zoning regulations enacted for land near 1-15 interchange The Pleasant Grove city council approved temporary zoning regulations for the area generally located in the southwest section for the city adjacent to and surrounding the proposed 1-15 Interchange. The action took place at the city council meeting Feb. 15. The temporary zoning regulations reg-ulations will be in effect for up to six months. City council member Carol Harmer said the regulations will halt commercial development develop-ment in that area. The city wants a good shopping center, she said. "This gives us six months to get a planner in here. It's . not often you have virgin land and the opportunity to plan everything," she said. There is a meeting planned br March 28 with planner Jason Birmingham. PG City Council approves purchase of land for new park At the city council meeting Feb. 15 the city council approved the purchase of 5.38 acres of land adjacent to the new Strawberry Elementary School. The land is located at approximately 1300 W. 500 North. The city plans to build a city park. No definite plans have been set forth for the design of the park. Residents of the neighborhood neighbor-hood who were in attendance expressed interest and approval for the park. Mayor Ed Sanderson said that public input would be welcomed. Sanderson said the park will probably include several soccer soc-cer fields and a baseball diamond. .1 |