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Show feasant Or Hew new 1 ri UFf More LOCAL news than any other source! For home delivery call 756-7669 or see our web site at www.newutah.com sPRiNSPG.rr m: hqx, f Sh - Si 1 -" 3 f V V: J - r1- "l ; r V t'v-i 1 till w-f wt iiiiy jggf j'fis iiiiyillll J Vol. 22, No. 24 ... . . , , , Wednesday, June 1 4, 2000 50 cents a single copy Strawberry Days Are Here Again ""' mim.PM'mminn.Fi Muni iii . nu m . )$$:issZss rate v J jit" r&sz pate peasT, i k-- j i r c: .: Come enoy Utah's oldest continuous city celebration Photo by Karli Poyfair i7 Carlson and Smiths employee Ryan Miles stack 110 cases of strawberries in preparation for Strawberry Days this week. sonsaia me tagies nuve uiuereu cases or sirawDerries lor me event. The strawberries are stored at Smiths. It will take sitimated 1300 man hours to prepare the strawberries for sale and volunteers will work from 10 a.m. to 1 1 D.m. each dav. ;om of Weber sold them more than 160 gallons of sundae mix and 15,000 bowls and spoons are ready to go. "Hopefully we run out mis year, saia Sanson. (For more Strawberry Days stories, see pages 6 and 7.) By Kalyn Secretan Strawberry Days has finally final-ly arrived! The carnival is all set up ready to open tonight, the Children's Parade will begin at 5 p.m. and the rodeo will begin tonight at 8 p.m. There will be a lot of excitement excite-ment at the pre-rodeo entertainment enter-tainment so be sure and arrive early. There will be a mutton bustin' beginning at 7 p.m. followed by Barry Van Wie and his lightning fiddle playing. play-ing. The rodeo will continue for four nights. Prices for the rodeo will be $8 for adults and $3 for children. chil-dren. Adult prices will be $6 tonight. Kids will be admitted free on Thursday night with a paying adult. Tonight is also Wrangler night and Wrangler dealers will be giving tickets away with the purchase of a new pair of Wrangler jeans. Tomorrow, start out the day early by gathering with family, fami-ly, friends, and neighbors at the breakfast sponsored by the Youth City Council. It will be held at the patio behind the library. It will be served from 6 until 10 a.m. The cost is $3 for adults and $2.50 for children. There are a lot of other events happening during dur-ing the day. Tours at the Pioneer Museum and Cabin will be Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Boutique will open at the carnival grounds on Thursday through Saturday from noon until 9 p.m. The Youth Theater will perform "Alice in Wonderland" at 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. in the Little Theater below the library. The event is free and will be fun and entertaining for the old See BERRIES page 3 ignment ized, PG it of new gion 7 jwra By Beky Beaton brican Fork and Lone stav 4A. Lehi -i 3A but enters a whole son, and Utah Countv ; will play most of their 1. . 11 A. .1 - iccaiiy alter the Utah School Activities finalized the put of the state's high - mursday. an Fork is still in 6 with the generally schools in the south Countv inr-lnrlincr -.Provo, Spanish Fork, - wduo. nmpview. "Peak and Pleasant 'fPM ota new Region also indnrlpc i-onlo . vtu ii-Liaoor schools Timpanogos, View and Orem. '"tomes part of a new ;i3AKegion, ,ire), Delta, : Dale) anA " M. Pleasantl J? P!an is drastically , J original pro- m out snm Qrrl,(. It will be in effect uo school years, : es local school 'ators for the most School District offi- l 8 with Emery North Here's how the UHSAA set the classifications including local schools for the 2001-2005 school years, Enrollment figures are as of October 1999. - REGION 4: REGION 5: REGION 6: REGION 7: REGION 8: REGION 9: REGION 10: REGION 11: Class 4-A (25 schools) Bonneville (1,421), Box Elder (1,500), Logan (1,242), Mountain Crest (1,435), Roy (1,428), Sky View (1,671). Bountiful (1,601), Cyprus (1,495), East (1,389), Highland (1,525), Murray (1,447), Olympus (1 ,547), West (1 ,355), Woods Cross (1 ,31 5). American Fork (1,103), Payson (1,283), Provo (1,286), Spanish Fork (1,600), Springville (1,339),Timpview (1,363). Lone Peak (1,570), Mountain View (1,544) Orem (1,581), Pleasant Grove (1,529), Timpanogos (1 ,698). Class 3-A (23 schools) Carbon (1,044), Delta (583), Emery (704), Lehi (1,046), North Sanpete (603). Canyon View (723), Cedar City (742), Dixie (908), Hurricane (714), Pine View (1 ,164), Snow Canyon (1,136). Granite (1,063), Judge Memorial (689), Park City (875), Uintah (1,258), Union (724), Wasatch (842). Bear River (1,067), Ben Lomond (1,129), Grantsville (505), Morgan (534), Ogden (1,154), Tooele (1,144). Skatepark has until June 22 to meet conditions of permit By Karli Poyfair City Editor Supporters came out en masse to the city planning commission meeting Thursday night as the conditional use permit for the Proving Grounds Skate Park was discussed. The planning commission may modify or revoke the permit it granted earlier, but will have to wait until June 22 to make a decision. The final vote had to be delayed because city officials offi-cials didn't post or print their announcement for Thursday's public hearing in time to meet the city's legal requirements. The skatepark has been under scrutiny by the commission after the owners hosted a Provo Fight Club boxing match last spring, as well as for not meeting other criteria of its permit. The owners of the skatepark originally want ed to hold 500 customers at a time, but have since decided to lower the occupancy level down to 150. This lower number will allow them to have fewer paved parking stalls and fewer women's restrooms. The owner's felt they had to "do what we can to get it open now." They also showed a video to the commission about skateboard parks and how they can help the community. Those in attendance at the meeting voiced their support for a skatepark in Pleasant Grove. "A skatepark in your community is an asset to all of you," said J.R. Dansie, of Provo. "They are very willing to comply with regulations, you should be supporting them. They're doing a great job." See SKATEPARK page 9 City council approves budget cials were particularly vocal in their desire to keep their students stu-dents in Utah County as much as possible. Superintendent designate Vera Henshaw said, "This is the position we supported sup-ported all along and we're pleased with it." Reflecting on the insistence that geography be a primary factor in deciding region placement, place-ment, he added, "We feel it benefits ben-efits not only Utah County, but the rest of the state as well." See REGION 7 page 3 By Karli Poyfair City Editor As expected, the city council approved the budget for next year at the city council meeting last Tuesday without any public pub-lic objections or comments. Mayor Ed Sanderson and the other council members seemed pleased with the outcome out-come of what turned out to be a . difficult process. "It has not been an easy process, by the way. There were some downright bloody battles," bat-tles," said Sanderson. "It was hard, but overall from a city standpoint, we improved." One of the good things to come out of the budget was the 2 percent wage increase given to employees. "We've given everyone an increase, it's a serious bump in wages. I'm comfortable about where we are concerning wages. We've made an effort to be equal with cities around us," said Mayor Sanderson. City Finance Officer Gary Clay said about the wage increase, "We'd like to do more." City employees may not be so happy when Christmas time rolls around. It was reported that the usual Christmas bonus incentive for employees had to be paired down a little because of budget restraints. "I appreciate how hard everyone worked on the budget. We had to dig in and work a little lit-tle harder to balance the budget. bud-get. Thank you all," said council member Jim Danklef. "We're finally moving in the See BUDGET page 9 Draw9 fundraiser artists and quick fulptures, and 3rtlsts were eces-"n. because tbr,2 IBQ more 2h;?st of the Pfeted ahead of Hwial bid-an bid-an ttoflSltand talk ; .tthe La ,he or she t pr e went up I", auctioneer - -ercy, dirJ t S Went UP ;V&? at were .Csnsfrm artists g tltled, "4am." Watson, known for setting a record in the Guniess Book of World Records, donated a pot called, "The World." Other donations included a Thomas Kincaide painting donated by his gallery at the University Mall, and a lithograph by Wayne Kimball. The event, put on by the Pleasant Grove City Friends of the Library, raised $2400 that will go to the library. "It will be used as a nest egg for library improvement, or toward a new building," Stacey Bartholomew, chairman of the public relations rela-tions committee, said. Ihe library is 11 years old. "The American Fork and Orem libraries have a children's chil-dren's center. Twenty-five percent per-cent of the population in Pleasant Grove is five years old at library funds and under," said Yvette White, president of the Pleasant Grove City Friends of the Library. A new building would likely accommodate that need. The current facility is equipped with a second floor, however its design lacks the capability to house bookshelves, and is not handicap accessible. This is the second year the Friends have put on "Quick Draw," and according to Maridee Killian, Friend of the Library, the idea came from a Charlie Russell Art Auction m Montana. It gives local artists an opportunity to display their work and raise funds for the library. With more advertising, Killian said she feels this fundraiser will get better every year. llS'fe si ?;;o: .. , :.. . .. ... ; I . f Ei :Jmmmmr - J !i ,.- :," 'X ': t&XX.J' ' xXXi X--fit"i : " ' WS'VX: X X-XX:$ -'X: . ' ' : i " 11. m A ' - iaiian-. Photo by D. Kealii Elmer An artist quickly paints a portrait at the library's fund-raiser last week. The funds, which totalled $2400 will be used for library improvements and possibly a new building. |