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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - Page 12 Clean Sweep Day planned for April 7 Saturday, April 7, will be Pleasant Grove's Clean Sweep Day. Citizens will be organized by neighborhoods and will help clean up drainage ditches throughout the city. Those interested in participating par-ticipating should contact their neighborhood chair. The city's Clean Up Week is scheduled for April 21-28. PG Library Board changes meetings The Pleasant Grove Library Board will now hold its meetings the third Thursday of each month. Previously, the meetings were held on the second Thursday. The meetings will start at 8 p.m. in the director's office of the library, which is located at 30 E. Center St. People desiring to be on the agenda must notify noti-fy the library director at 785-3950, by noon seven days preceding the meet- Decorating class to be held Friday night The Friends of the Library are sponsoring another Friday Night at the Library class March 23. Leta Smith, a local interior designer will present a class entitled, "Creative Decorating on a Budget." The Friends of the Library invite the public to attend. The class will begin at 7 p.m. Apple Grove to go before commission ALM and Associates are scheduled to go before the planning commission this Thursday. The company com-pany will request a property prop-erty rezone of the area located at approximately between 450 Locust Aven and between 500 South and 1000 South, from the Rl -8 zone to' the Rl-7 TD zone. This rezone could allow development of apartments, condos, townhouses, and other types of attached, multiple multi-ple family dwellings. ALM will also request preliminary project plan approval for the Apple Grove Subdivision, which would include 148 attached 'dwelling units with an overall density of 6.84 dwelling units per acre. immons them about our American holidays," said Marlene. Marlene now supervises students for the Foreign Study League (FSL) organization. organi-zation. Xhey. have, opportunities opportu-nities for families to host students : from-all over the world, and for American students to go abroad. "People can learn so much through this program," pro-gram," Marlene said with a smile. ' "The one thing we suggest sug-gest is that the student be treated as one of the family," fami-ly," Ron said. "They are here to be part of a family not just as a guest. They want to experience America." "I feel like I am doing something for our community commu-nity and for peace through understanding in the world," said Marlene, One of the current students stu-dents from Hungary. Greg (Gergely Gaal) when asked about being in America said. "I like it here. Everything is different from my country school, cars, and p'eople." When asked about school, he said, "I like taking such fun classes like photography, computers, cooking, sports, and drivers ed. They are not available in my country." The students are encouraged encour-aged to be involved in service serv-ice while they are here. They are available to talk to groups like scouts, clubs or church groups about their country. "They want to give back to the community that has given so much to them." Cily Council endorses 3-Step, ALERT programs By Julie A. Bellon The Pleasant Grove City Council officially endorsed the 3-Step Emergency Preparedness program and the ALERT, or Amateur Liaison Emergency Radio Team and plans to educate and encourage citizens to participate in these programs. pro-grams. The local 3-Step program coordinator, Dawn Hadfield was informed of the city's decision to officially sign the proclamation and was invited to speak at the city council meeting. Freeman Andersen, city councilman and longtime advocate of the disaster preparedness program, was especially proud of the city council's decision. The official proclamation was issued last week and stated, "Whereas, the Mayor and City Council's main concern and responsibility responsi-bility is the safety and welfare wel-fare of the citizens of Pleasant Grove City; and whereas, the Mayor and City Council desire to help with pressing needs within our growing community; and whereas there is concern con-cern as to how the City of Pleasant Grove would fare in the case of a large-scale In the last few days the Pleasant GroveLmdon Police Dept. has investigated over 21 reports of windows in vehicles, houses, school buses, and heavy equipment being shot out by marbles, steel ball bearings and other materials. These incidents are in addition to many similar simi-lar window breakings in previous weeks. The value of the windows damaged amounts to several sever-al thousand dollars with some windows being valued at $1,000, $700, and similar amounts. The police department is asking the help of the public in trying to bring these incidents of vandalism to a halt. A reward is being offered by the police department for information leading to arrest and conviction of the suspects sus-pects in these incidents. If anyone sees anything suspicious at all, such as cars driving slowly along city streets late at night, people walking on city streets after dark perhaps in groups, or anything which seems questionable, call the police. The officers would rather investigate something that turns out to be perfectly innocent than to have the vandals get away because no one cares or wants to get involved. No part of Pleasant Grove or Lindon seems to be exempt from the vandalism. In other police matters, a burglary was reported at an apartment complex in Pleasant Grove where a TV valued at $300 and a microwave oven valued at $100 were taken from an exercise room. An office window was found open. The manager said that the windows were all locked when he left. A Lindon business reported that a door had pry marks and inside a new electric fuel pump valued at $300 was missing along with $283 in cash, ball caps valued val-ued at $260, toy models valued at $60. A box containing a TV set was opened but not taken. Damage to the door was set at $30. J In Lindon, a resident reported that a Palm Pilot valued val-ued at $250, lotion valued at $60, and a checkbook were taken from a vehicle. From Front Page Marlene said. To arrange for a student to come and tell about their country to a group or family, call Marlene at 785-3190. They share their traditions and culture, and some basics like what it is like to live in that country now. Many of the students volunteer vol-unteer as teachers aids in the language classes of their native tongue. This is. a great benefit for American students, they hear the language lan-guage spoken by a native, and get to learn first, hand how it is to .live in that country. Each summer Marlene and Ron host a short exchange program for a month at a time. The students stu-dents are from Spain and come to learn English and learn more about America first hand. Ron and Marlene introduce them to LTtah. "We love this community commu-nity and know the students will too," said Marlene. They spend the morning learning English and the afternoon seeing and experiencing expe-riencing this great state. Ron said, "We take them water skiing and to Lagoon. We go" camping and hiking. We want people from all over the world to know what a fun place Utah is." Ron's other job is the manager of "The Car Doctor' at 102 South State in Orem. He has been in the car repair business for 25 vears. For more information about the students exchange programs available avail-able call Marlene or Ron at 7S5-3190. disaster; and whereas, a 3-step 3-step Disaster Preparedness Program and an 'ALERT' Amateur Liaison Emergency Radio Team are active in the City of Pleasant Grove; and whereas, where-as, in an effort to further educate citizens on issues regarding large-scale disasters, disas-ters, the 3-step Disaster Preparedness Program provides pro-vides quarterly meetings, which are open to the public; pub-lic; and whereas, participation participa-tion in these programs will help Pleasant Grove's citizens citi-zens become better prepared pre-pared in the event of a disaster; dis-aster; Now, therefore, I, Edward T. Sanderson, Mayor of Pleasant Grove City, do hereby endorse our support for the "3-Step Disaster Preparedness Program and 'ALERT' Amateur Liaison Emergency Radio Team, Further, encourage the citizens citi-zens of Pleasant Grove City to show their support by participating in these programs." pro-grams." Copies of the proclamation proclama-tion may be obtained at City Hall buildings, or for more information on participating partic-ipating in the 3-Step program, pro-gram, please call Dawn Hadfield at 785-6141. Homes From Front Page buildings. The minimum square footage on the homes built would be 2800-3200. 2800-3200. Wentz also believed that the city had very little transitional zoning and that development was coming com-ing to the area. ' ' V "Like it or not, 1100 North is on the - cusp of development. The ' area is changing." Wentz also said that dividing the property into the two different zones, "Splits the development, it doesn't give us the density we need to be profitable." Bruce Teuscher, a resident resi-dent at the meeting, said, "You bought it at RR, you knew it was half- acre lots. Not that we don't want you to build." Planning commission member Ernest Bramwell added' that animal rights could be a problem with property owners next to the Perry Homes development. The planning commission is still working on an Animal-Rights Animal-Rights ordinance that may grant animal rights to property prop-erty owners who own more than half and acre. The Rl-15 Rl-15 and Rl-20 lots would not qualify for animal rights, but they could be located next to larger lots in which animals are allowed. Fewer than 20 residents were in attendance at the meeting last week. A vote was taken at the end of the meeting where it was decided that most residents resi-dents who were in favor of Perrv Homes staving m the RR or Rl-20 zone 1 3r tJL f n h I itP0? ? Wr, I w XL I t-1 spa iSl The map Show Ih , new boundaries Jo, American H,gh School. . The shaded a,, show the parts ot Migniana oundary wrong decision," said Michelle Clemons, a resident, of Highland. About 40 students from her area will go to American Fork. "I e-mailed them (board members), asking them to please take all of Highland or leave us alone, not to take little chunks from each city." Jerrilyn Mortensen, administrative assistant to Alpine Superintendent Vern Henshaw, said about 150 students from Pleasant Grove and Highland will be transferred trans-ferred to American Fork High School this fall. Some parents said they thought American Fork High School is a good school but are concerned because it is too late for their student to try out for various athletic activities. Glen Clark, principal at American Fork High School, said a transition transi-tion team will meet with incoming students from Pleasant Grove and Mountain Ridge Junior High Schools to help them make the adjustment. JoDee Sundberg, board president, said board members, in making the decision, studied each proposal that came to them, each e-mail and letter, listened to telephone conversations and studied all of the issues presented. They also drove the various routes proposed to select what they felt would be the safest. "We desired to do the right thing. We Hp r V f i Heating "if sore, i I The rising price of n uul guuu news, it means an f nlrlpr nr inpffirit f,, - " -'A. AAA V A V.. 1 1 L lUlllOCC could cost you dearly. But there is something you can do and it won't cost you anything. . Call Gunthers Comfort Air today and schedule a FREE energy analysis of your heating system. At no obligation, you can determine if your furnace needs to be tuned, repaired or replaced to achieve maximum heating efficiency. taii Lruntliers 756-9683 1 JX anu neusum .. - natural gas today! Rebates up -gi"ithersconjfortair.com 81 S. 700 E., American Fork 756-9683 imu From Front Page built three great high schools. Eventually there will be five great high schools in the north end that will work together," she said. "We as a larger community can make community work no matter where we reside, if we, as parents will support the boundary change and support our students in that change," said board member Andrea Forsyth. A description of the boundaries is as follows: fol-lows: "starting at State Street at 1300 West, Pleasant Grove, travel north to 2600 North and go straight East on 2600 North to the mountains. This becomes the southeast boundary for American Fork High. "Starting at State Street and 900 West, American Fork, (or 6800 West county), go north to 10400 North in Highland. Go east I on 10400 North to the Alpine Highland. . Turn south on Alpine Highway to the I American Fork City boundary. Follow the J city boundary east to 900 East, American Fork (or 4800 West county). On 4800 West ' county turn north to the Murdock Canal. Follow the Murdock Canal east to 4000 West county. 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