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Show f& Pi fa rave wwTniririniiinniiii i m , K . Heview More LOCAL news than any other source! 1 1 s x S . T Si sp 'not TAX R rAi o Jt IJLJ 1 1 .' (L -11 - Vol. 22, No. 44 Wednesday, November 1 , 2000 i - I - : I J- n J I ; lJ For home delivery call 756-7669 or see our web site at www.newutah.com 50 cents a single copy SSSSts opened 15 exit Rids were opened Oct l for the new -.' f..n,uav mter- ,.ve lice""; - e The engineers ::late for the project $13 8 million. Many ;4e bids came in under ".mata The state will :" , thp hids and ;en a'ard tne diu iu " r np-xt week. Jfhis Will Ut dicai the citv." said Snk Mills, community ices QiretLoi ix u , -i "TVio mrv v,avp to barrow as 3ach and this will free j, money to De useu uu elated projects, 'jlavor Ed Sanderson as also pleased. "I feel mnH shout the bids ad look forward to see- jtthem move some ain er there," he said. fopaiedness minor set to next week Kim Bond will give a Wntation on mock arthquakes Nov. 9 at 7 a.m. at the Senior iCitizens Center. Anyone Ao is interested can i il attend, tnose wnu aic evolved in the three-step jronam are especially rncouraged to attend. Bond recently conduct- si a mock earthquake in :er neighborhood. Anyone with questions :an call Dawn Hadfield 1785-6 141. City council omeet on Wednesday The Pleasant Grove uty Louncil meeting 'liich is normally held on ie first Tuesday of each th, has been moved Wednesday, Nov. wause of the elections in? held that nieht. The meeting will begin 11 ' P-m. in the communi '!' development confer room, 86 E. 100 h, Pleasant Grove. ; : Hill fc; : ilfe;itR:ilMI!l;!lii pill - n fly'' X Not o very scory fairy Photo by Kent Davis Kindergarten students at Central Elementary School celebrated Halloween Tuesday with many activities including a parade through the school and art projects. proj-ects. Halloween turned out to be wet and rainy this year, with some snow falling during the day. Voters to elect new president, governor Utah County Voters will go to the polls this Tuesday, Nov. 7 to cast their vote for national, state, county and school district office candidates, candi-dates, two initiatives and two propositions. Election booths will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Polling locations for districts, dis-tricts, sample ballots and other information are listed beginning on page 16 of today's newspaper. Also located in today's newspaper, newspa-per, beginning on page 13, are profiles of local candidates, candi-dates, as well as coverage of last week's meet-the-candi-dates night. This year's election will be highlighted by the presidential presi-dential election race, as well as an election for the US Senate and House of Representatives. Utahns will also vote for a governor, gover-nor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state school board member, state auditor and treasurer officers. offi-cers. Area elections will include a four-way race for Senate District 14, which includes Pleasant Grove, Lindon and American Fork. Candidates are Incumbent John Valentine (R), Jerry Hancock (D), Kerk Phillips (L) and Ronald Winfield (IA). House Districts 56 (Lehi, Cedar Valley and American Fork), 57 (Highland, Alpine Cedar Hills and American Fork), and 58 (Pleasant Grove, Lindon and north Orem) are all being contested. con-tested. There are two races on the county level, for County Commission and County Treasurer. The incumbent office holders, Gary Herbert and Melvin Hudman respectively, are running unopposed for reelection. re-election. The state has mailed out a Utah Voter Information Pamphlet, which lists the voter initiatives and propositions. propo-sitions. The pamphlet is also available at the Utah County Web site, www.co.utah.ut.us. Voice Stream tower finally finds a home By Karli Poyfair City Editor The Voice Stream Wireless cell phone tower has finally found a permanent perma-nent home. The Pleasant Grove Planning Commission granted a conditional con-ditional use permit for the tower and antenna to be located at the Timpanogos Animal Hospital at 1299 West State Street. The motion passed unanimously. unan-imously. The commission stated that all the codes must be met regarding the city's cell phone tower ordinance. ordi-nance. A new asphalt pad will be ready for the tower and Dr. Lafe Parrish, owner of the Animal Hospital, said he plans to place a vinyl fence around it and put sod and other landscaping around the area. The cell phone tower has been a subject of controversy, controver-sy, especially for the Mud Hole neighborhood. The city council originally approved the cell tower site at the new city park located See TOWER on Page 12 Family celebration coming soon By Hilary Hunt Pleasant Grove's first celebration of National Family Week, the presidentially-declared presidentially-declared holiday, is just around the corner. The city-wide celebration, held the same week as Thanksgiving, will host an opening night ceremony, a family party extravaganza, extravagan-za, entertainment for Pleasant Grove s seniors, sen-iors, and a free movie hosted by the Water Gardens Theatre. . Following is a list of activities, dates, and times. Sunday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School Auditorium is Family First Night, the opening ceremony for Family Week. Two city choirs will be performing. Speakers include Mayor Ed Sanderson and well-known author Brent Topp. Pleasant Grove's outstanding families will be highlighted, and cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of the essay contest. Voices are still needed to participate in the choir, said Heather Miller, Family Week committee president. If you or your children chil-dren would like to sing with one or both of the city's two choirs (one for young children, chil-dren, one for teens and adults), please come to 825 S. Loader (Pleasant Grove East Stake Center) at 8 a.m. to practice each Saturday. To nominate an outstanding family, contact con-tact Heidi Johnson at 785-8850. There will be an essay contest for stu- See FAMILY on Page 12 Some city officials not pleased with new animal right By Karli Poyfair City Editor The planning commission commis-sion would like to give animal ani-mal rights back to Pleasant Grove residents, but some city officials aren't exactly thrilled with the prospect of having more animals in the city. "I don't believe we have the resources to manage that," said Mayor Ed Sanderson last week at the city council work session meeting. "How do we police it, manage it. We have people peo-ple all over town that have animals and shouldn't." The new animal rights section was developed by the commission to give animal ani-mal rights to anyone living on a parcel of land that is half and acre or bigger. The planning commission has worked for a long time on this section, which will is scheduled to go before the city council for a public hearing on Nov. 8. "I think it's a good idea," said Vic Orvis, planning commission chair. "It is different dif-ferent from what we normally nor-mally do." Public Safety director Mike Ferre felt the ordinance ordi-nance was not enforceable. "There are too many questions. ques-tions. It's gonna cost manpower," man-power," he said. City attorney Tina Petersen agreed. "I have problems with giving back animal rights. I don't know why we have to go to this. There is a problem with enforceability. I deal with this every day. People are attached to their animals, they get emotional about See FAMILY on Page 12 I . j!,! tr:$:lt:Wli: , . . . :.:; :;. ; S :-.-f ;.. .A r im-i II til iff Mill : , I m w:;M:ii-Wvm i: i (i IftfS'll-"J-MB mm ,,, ....... j; V- i II",, ; , ' V f I - " J 1 ' 1 Ay-.:..,, i - 4mi9m& WiMf'm V-' ; ;:':i-:f.::;.:.? . ' , I i : W. . ' ;;':. ;v '4 C;I Is'SiSiy Downtown barber Evan Der Harri . hir n nis UUl- rr c .... 4 t-.ic i iQtiimer i' -.-i-.. shP on Main Street in Pleasant Grove. The du.i a f von Harris says he enjoys cutting hair in his historic building on PG's Main Street By Julie A. Bellon Pleasant Grove Main Street boasts some of the city's oldest landmarks, including the building that currently houses Evan's Roman Way Barbershop. This building has had a long and varied history. In 1873 a Scottish immigrant and coal miner, Cornelius Baxter, arrived in America. He made his way to Pleasant Grove and in 1893 he owned the hotel that used to be west of the current barbershop. Cornelius built the barbershop building build-ing next door to be a cafe for his daughter to own. . In this building's rich history it has been a cafe, a bike shop, a lunch counter and a barbershop, to name a Someone who was part of that history his-tory is Harold Clark, a lifelong resident resi-dent of Pleasant Grove. Clark fondly members when Main Street was just a UflS w.f dirt road and there was onl six houses between Lindon and the Provo Dugway. Clark has seen a lot of changes to Main Street, and in the 1930's, he was part of some small changes. Harold decided to rent out the barbershop bar-bershop building one summer and make it into a hamburger shop. He called his lunch counter Hab's Lunch, where he served hamburgers and cold drinks. He didn't think the location loca-tion was small because as he put it, "back then there just weren't so many people." He had so many friends, however, he had to close down because he couldn't afford to feed everyone who wanted a free lunch! Back then he felt like he was following fol-lowing in his father's footsteps of owning a Main Street business by opening his lunch counter. His father owned the grocery and dry goods store which now houses an antique shop on Main Street. After Clark closed down, the building build-ing quickly rented to someone else who made it into a beer parlor, according to Clark. He was glad to see it converted to a barbershop, and still enjoys going there for his occasional occa-sional haircut. The man that cuts his hair is Evan Harris, who currently owns the his torical building. He had been in the hair-cutting business with his own barbershop in Orem for 26 years when the building was torn down. He searched all over Orem for another location, but this building in Pleasant Grove was more economical to own than any rent in Orem. He bought it from Mr. Jones two years ago and has enjoyed his Pleasant Grove clientele. He loves the location and the people in Pleasant Grove are great to work with. When asked how he thought of the name Evan's Roman Way Barbershop, Harris explained that his old building in Orem had pillars in the front that looked Roman so he gave his shop that name. He didn't mind when he moved that there were no pillars in front of the Pleasant Grove building because he's always like the idea of the masculinity of a Roman soldier. Since he is a barber dealing with masculinity, the idea and the name still fit Harris employs Lisa Hegyessy and she specializes in women's hair. Mr. Harris offers his services for men. and, after 30 years in business, he is an expert in his trade. Mr. Harris and his historical building look to be in Pleasant Grove for many years to come. constructed as a cafe in 1 893 ana nu i i .... . i enc u: oy many different Dusinea- |