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Show l CO? jj rV B TOW H D W re LOCAL news to any offer source! For subscription or delivery problems call 375-5103 or 756-7669 See our web site at www.newutah.com V RATI Dnnn "-"iWtKy ' RAILROAD g - niNb'PfjRT mt . Wednesday, May 2, 2001 50 cents a single copy ;S!L 3 '"J I ! . J i - ' 1 x- Ji-- Vol. 23, No. 18 .. ? J J r i - i i i i Alpine potr ons fo vo te next we ek on S200M bond i j 11 Registered voters in the Alpine s,hool District will go to the polls . Tuesday, May 8, to voice their 0Dinion of the $200 million bond jCut forth by the school dis- I trict. ... , nrion fmm 7 m tn d m. Consolidated voting a:m- listed in the leeal tdistncis a- ----- m , . advertising on rage x ui tms, newspaPebond approvedj the ffloney will be used to construct 10 L schools during the next four t0 five years, acquire new properties proper-ties for future schools, and compete com-pete maintenance and renovation projects at the majority of the present schools. Approval will mean a $100 tax increase on a $150,000 home, phased in over a four to five year period. It is estimated esti-mated the tax increase would be around $20 to $25 each year. At present, Alpine District is growing at a rate of more than 1,000 new students each year and projections indicate there may be as many as 10,000 new students during the next five to seven years, district officials said. The $200 million is the largest bond ever sought by the school district but officials decided to ask for one amount, instead of going to the public several times as was the case in the 1990s, said Alpine Supt. Vera Henshaw. The money would be used in phases with $40 million issued in the first phase to pay for construction construc-tion of two new elementary schools in the Eagle MountainLehi area, a new junior high school in the HighlandAlpineCedar Hills area, and renovations at Orem High School, and Cherry Hill Elementary in Orem. During the second phase (2000-03), (2000-03), $50 million would be spent to construct a new elementary school in the Lehi or Highland area and a new junior high in West Lehi. In addition, a new building would be constructed for the Alpine Life and Learning Center, the district's alternative high school, whose lease with Utah Valley State College expires. There would also be major additions addi-tions and renovations started at Lehi High School and at Forbes Elementary in American Fork. Lehi High School and American Fork High School will also have major remodeling and additions and new office, counseling and lunchroom additions added along with the remodeling The district estimates it would spend $35 to $50 million in phase three (2003-04) to renovate and upgrade a total of 21 schools throughout the district, with air-conditioning air-conditioning added, energy efficient effi-cient windows installed, and electrical elec-trical work improved. Two new elementary schools would also be funded in areas determined by growth. In the final phase, 2004-05, the remaining $40 to $60 million would be issued. This would be used for construction of three additional elementary schools, 14 schools would be renovated. The plan is also to purchase new sites for future schools during dur-ing each phase. 300 '0 swift penBo atsat Price' . m) - i;5Sss i t , v- 5 J : 4 if1 1 ,f v Ptonfng a Tree Photo by Karli Poyfair - - Community volunteers, including Pleasant Grove Mayor Ed Sanderson (who is wearing a baseball hat), helped plant approximately 50 trees at Manila Park last Saturday in honor of Arbor Day. PI. Grove police still searching for answers in Pajela homicide By Karli Poyfair City Editor It's been one week since 54-year-old Mina Pajela's body was found and police are still searching for a reason rea-son why anybody would want the successful Pleasant Grove businesswoman business-woman dead. "We're still investigating," investigat-ing," said Police Chief Tom Paul. "We know everything except the who and why." Paul said it was believed that Pajela was shot once in the head with a handgun and died around noon last Wednesday. Her body was found Wednesday night right before 10 p.m. in the Eagles Lodge parking lot. Police initially responded to an arson of a vehicle call. A cloth was stuffed in the gas tank and set on fire in Mina Pajela an apparent attempt to burn the car with her body inside. Police said witnesses See PAJELA on Page 12 City to create Gateway architectural review board No new taxes planned in next year's budget J! 3l 3! ?! 1 By Karli Poyfair . City Editor The city council was to have adopted adopt-ed a preliminary budget last night at the Pleasant Grove City Council meeting. meet-ing. The final budget public hearing is scheduled for June 5. The city's budget for the fiscal year 200120 02 will be available at city hall for resident's to view. Pleasant Grove residents will be happy to learn that property taxes U not be raised again this year. laxes may even go down slightly," said Gary Clay, Pleasant Grove's hnancial officer. There will be a five percent increase in sewer rates. Clay said this was because costs at the treatment plant will increase five percent beginning begin-ning July 1. According to the budget, city employees will get a 3.5 percent cost of living pay increase. They will also earn a merit increase of 2.5 percent, for a total six percent increase. "This is a chance for the city to catch up. The employees have not been able to keep up. This increase will get them to the level they should be at," said Clay. The total revenue in the general fund is $8.65 million, said Clay. The total expenditures are $8,647 million. This is an increase over lastyear of 6.35 percent for revenues and an increase in expenditures of 6.33 percent. per-cent. Several new positions have been approved by the city council. If the final budget get passed as presently written, there will be one new police officer added to the public safety department. A part time administrator administra-tor will be moved up to full time status and the temporary full time pool man- See BUDGET on Page 12 By Karli Poyfair City Editor In an effort to expedite new development in the Pleasant Grove Gateway District and ensure the quality of projects, an architectural archi-tectural review board will be created. The city council decided last Tuesday night in their meeting with Nancy Taylor, a consultant from J.U.B. Engineering's Boise office, to not have projects in the new Gateway District officially offi-cially go before the planning plan-ning commission for a recommendation rec-ommendation before coming com-ing to the city council. An architectural review board will be formed consisting con-sisting of two planning commission com-mission members, a staff zoning officer, an architect, a landscaping expert and a citizen of the community. The board will review projects proj-ects and buildings, making sure requirements are met and that the project fits within the guidelines that will be set. A "blue book" will be made which will contain the standards for development in the area. Before a developer devel-oper even starts on a project, proj-ect, he or she will receive the book, which will hopefully hope-fully aide them in producing produc-ing a product that will fit in the area. Another question discussed dis-cussed at length last week was housing. City officials See GATEWAY on Page 12 CRAP HAPPY Publisher buys Lisa Bearnson's Creating Keepsakes magazine : By Lisa Flinders Locally founded -reating Keepsakes scrap-Dok scrap-Dok magazine now has a "ew address: Madison wenue in New York City. Primedia recently purchased pur-chased the nation's No. 1 capbooking magazine dlng to their ownership J over 220 national publications. publi-cations. In 1996, Pleasant Grove resident Lisa Bearnson was inspired with the idea create a magazine focus-on focus-on scrapbooking. While ?rg as the editor-in-cnief for WordPerfect mag-j'Hje, mag-j'Hje, she approached the WS'?!? director of "Perfect magazine, on Lambson, who was quickly sold on the idea, too. They were told the startup start-up costs would $1 to $1.5 million dollars, plus a year of market research. And according the to the experts, scrapbooking was a silly idea for a magazine. Still, despite the "expert" opinions, Lisa and Don followed fol-lowed their dream. And it paid off. They each took mortgages mort-gages out on their homes and set up shop in their basements. Lisa recalled, "My coffee table was the conference table." The idea sailed. Demand was high and profitability came almost immediately. Six months after start-up, they repaid their mortgages mort-gages and continued building build-ing their business. They advertised through direct mailers and various craft store mailing lists and received a phenomenal response. The first year of the magazine they sold nearly 10,000 copies. Today, their subscription level is over 250,000. Now sponsoring a National Scrapbook Day on May 5, Creating Keepsakes magazine has contributed to the fastest growing hobby in the United States. Lisa stated, "Americans take approximately 55 million mil-lion photos per day. That's more than 20 billion pictures pic-tures a year!" Lisa also believes there are five reasons people keep scrapbooks: 1. It's a social outlet. Some people get together and have scrapbook parties, par-ties, exchange ideas and tools. 2. It's a way to get rid of guilt. People collect years of photos stashed away in boxes. Putting them in scrapbooks helps them feel they accomplished something. some-thing. 3. It helps build self-esteem. self-esteem. When children see their accomplishments and other memories preserved it boosts their confidence. 4. It's a priceless heirloom heir-loom to pass on to generations. genera-tions. 5. It is a creative outlet. As for Lisa, her favorite part of scrapbooking is looking at the completed pages. She began keeping scrapbooks at age seven, when her mother handed over all the family pictures See SCRAP on Page 12 - . r-rp i o -1 1 -s ' i ' .......v.-.-.-:-.-: S??4: ' "A Mr"- II I $f O .w. -. - ...i- -. ... -..-2 'tV - i. r--r- r i - i nf--1 Photo bv Lisa Flinders Lisa Bearnson is surrounded by supplies in her new scrapbooking room. Bearnson is one of the original founders of Creating Keepsakes magazine. |