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Show feasant Grove and Linden Edition New Utah! - Wednesday, March 1, 2000 - Page 12 ' Micron to open fesf facility in Lehi Coma By Cathy Allred Channel 2 News and reporter Liz Dannheim broke the news last week Micron would be opening its test facility facili-ty in Lehi. The largest manufacturer of D-Ram chips in the world, Micron built a multi-million dollar facility in north Lehi and has announced its opening twice in the past, only to pull back due to changing world market conditions. Other media announced a large part of the plant would be opened. Unfortunately, such is not the case. At the most 300 people will be hired to work in only a small portion of the plant. That's about 10 percent of the 3,500 estimated employees employ-ees that were to have been hired in 1995 when the plant was originally built. "I think it is fair to say a few hundred people will be hired," said Stan Lockhart. "We are immediately hiring right now and will continue to do so through this same time next year." Place: Dept. of Work Force Services Address: 853 E. 900 North, American Fork Phone: 763-4459 Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and passing pass-ing a minimum competency test. Prospective employees will need to have a high school diploma or equivalent and need to pass a minimum competency test. They can apply at the Department of Work Force Safety from front page wa9 1,685, which averages to 4.6 arrests per day. The department of public safety is in the process of compiling com-piling a 1999 crime report, which will include a comprehensive compre-hensive look at crime in the community. The report will not be completed for another two or three weeks, said Ferre. By Marcella Walker A Pleasant Grove home sustained between $50,000 and $70,000 damage last week in a fire apparently caused by an electrical problem. Fire Chief Mark Hales said that the fire occurred at the Cindy Griden home at 295 N. 100 East on Feb. 17. According to the chief, the home had sustained some damage during a kitchen fire a few days earlier. Workman who were repairing the damage from the previous fire returned from lunch Thursday and could smell smoke. As they investigated they opened a bedroom door and heavy smoke billowed out. They left the home and called for help. Chief Hales said that the home owner had had some electrical elec-trical work done in the home and when the power was turned back on, a lamp, which had been left unnoticed in the "on" position posi-tion when the power was out, came back on. Something was hanging over the lamp and it apparently became hot and caught fire from the heat of the lamp. Other than the workmen there was no one else at home at the time of the fire. No one was injured and the fire department had the fire knocked down within a few moments after their arrival at the scene. Fifteen firefighters, two fire engines and an ambulance responded to the fire. In other Public Safety matters, a car fire was reported at the Water Gardens theaters in Pleasant Grove. A woman told police that she saw three juveniles try to get into a truck and then they tried to get into the car that was on fire. She said that when one of them opened the car door, fire flashed out the driver's side door. However, the fire department said the fire was apparently an electrical fire that began in the dash area. There were no signs of arson or an accelerant being used. Police investigated a report of forged checks for over $600 at a local bank. A Lindon resident reported that someone broke into her vehicle and took a Sony Discman valued at $150 and a CD case and 30 Cds valued at $450. In Lindon, a woman reported that someone had thrown a cinder block through one of her windows causing $300 damage to the window and curtains." An accident occurred at Main Street and 200 South in Pleasant Grove recently. One car ran into a flatbed trailer that was being towed by another car. The trailer jack-knifed to the left, pushing the car over the curb, sidewalk, grass strip, two small trees and into a building. Then the trailer jack-knifed back to the right and hit the side of the car that had been towing tow-ing it. The driver of the first car had to be extricated from the vehicle. He was taken to American Fork ER for treatment. There was $5,000 damage to the first car and $6,000 damage to the one hauling the trailer. There was $700 damage to the private property. A car was totaled recently at Main and State Street in Pleasant Grove when the vehicle veered off the road and hit some fixed objects and rolled. Witnesses said the car rolled four times. The driver was apparently intoxicated at the time of the accident, police said. The driver was not seriously injured. An accident occurred at 1300 W. State St. when two cars collided in the intersection. There was $3,000 damage to one car and $3,500 damage to the other. There were no injuries. J leial g m Internet Aa Pock Clia ess nge! Did you know that for less than 28c per day, INET-1 can provide you with unlimited internet access? This includes 56K access speeds, up to 6 e-mail accounts, and 15 MB of FTP space! Subscribe now to receive our introductory rate of only 599.95 (pre-paid yearly). That works out to only S8.33 per month! Regular month-to-month access is available for just S 13.95 per month. We will match any local competitor's prices and features. Providng Utahns with internet since 1995 Call 356-9000 or sign up online www. 'met-1 .com Services by phoning 763-4459 or by going to their offices at 853 E. 900 North in American Fork. Interviewing for the positions posi-tions has been going on at the department for the last few weeks and will continue to be ongoing for quite a few more months. The Testing Production Area is the department that is opening. open-ing. Last year, the company finished fin-ished work on the test facility. Micron has built 2.3 million square feet building space north of Lehi and the test area is only a small part of that about the size of a superstore or about 20,000 square feet. "The potential is still there for several thousand employees but the current opening is substantially sub-stantially less than that," said the Micron administrator. "However, Lehi is still a key part of the Micron road map." Beautification and Tree Board needs arborist The Pleasant Grove Beautification and Shade Tree Advisory Board is in need of an arborist. This volunteer position involves working several hours' a month as a consultant to the Advisory Board. Anyone interested should call Christina Waggonner at 785-0356. said. "I love going to church every Sunday." Block also holds a job as a courtesy clerk at the Albertson's grocery store in Lehi. He has worked there since the store opened a year ago. Before that he worked at the Albertson's in American Fork for several years. Evelyn Johnson, a Pleasant Grove resident who shops at the Lehi Albertson's said, "We love him. He's great with customers, cus-tomers, especially old ladies like me." "He's probably in the top three, out of 30 courtesy clerks," said his boss, manager Paul Thompson. "He's very dependable and does everything every-thing I tell him." Block rides a UTA bus to and from work and works about 25 hours a week. Block sets monthly job goals with his job coach from Tri-Connections. He said his job coach has "helped me out quite a bit. He says to not accept my handicap as a crutch." Although he lives alone, he has family next door to him and down the street. He is currently looking for a roommate to help share expenses. Case has worked in the medical med-ical field for nearly 17 years. She has had experience working work-ing with handicapped patients. She said all her training really prepared her to work with her brother. She currently heln, the bills and takes W; shopping. Sty "He does his own 1 and cleaning," Case Sai: Block says he eniovs ti, a Tr, J y s top Uw.Lo. iu mo spare time; often be found riding V mowine somprm i t working in the garden He also loves to bp . people. 'There's notalj-doesn't notalj-doesn't like Aaron " hie both said. ' Ssii "Hp's Vicrl l X-X- ii iearn t(l everything all over again".1 After his accident t said, "I thought I'd be L forever." But now? "TV ; to be alive." k j., Mliioriffiii inn flu,,,,, Secondary Water Service not available to all resdent There has been a great response from the community concerning the secondary water system. However, the city is only in Phase I of the system. The service is not available to everyone yet. Frank Mills, community services director for Pleasant Grove, said that the city is hoping to get funding this fall to start Phase II of the project, which will expand the pipeline to include more of the city. Provided the city gets funding, fund-ing, he said, they hope to begin next year. Residents will be notified when the pressurized irriga tion will be available to ttJ lviiiis saiu pnase u resitW xnll CTClT fVQ c r J- 1 that phase I residents areXcf "recurrently, "re-currently, residents sign up before April 1 only have to pay $100 to r up. After April 1, the cost ! Pleasant Grove planning to update Street Master Pq The city of Pleasant Grove is planning to update its Street Master Plan. Frank Mills, director of community services said it has been several years since the street plan was updated and since that time there has been a lot of growth in the city . which necessitates an update. Two firms are competing for the business of updating the plan. 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