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Show Gir 1 0 V S 8W More LOC4L neivs than any other source! i For subscription or delivery problems call 375-5103 or 756-7669 See our web site at www.newutah.com aoRlNGPORT Mi 13 1 - r-"I V..- Vol. 23, No. 30 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 50 cents a single copy T1 I - I I ' (r ) r ) j i r ft ' ' 4 I J I I Scratch Gravel Neighborhood to meet Aug. 1 Srrnt.rh Gravel neighborhood will meet jiext Wednesday, Aug. 1 at kpffl, in tne community ipvelopment conference r south door). There will be im election of a chair, a i,jce chair and a secretary, he Heritage Fair booth rvill also be discussed. ,rhis is everyone's oppor-' oppor-' innitv to voice concerns LnorAmP the neighbor- i .fTr Anrnno with yliuestions can call Libby 'V H. , i noc 7071 'legal at ioo-ii j-- Council to hold fecial meeting July 25 J The Pleasant Grove pity Council will hold a Special meeting tonight at 7 p.m. The only agenda f: tern will be a hearing to lecide whether to remove irnpst Bramwell from the planning commission, the I jublic is welcome to lttend, however it will not je a public hearing, ihe neeting will be held in ;he community develop-nent develop-nent conference room, 86 5. 100 South. No meeting planned for July 31 The city council will not lold a meeting Tuesday, fuly 31. The next sched-iled sched-iled city council meeting t-Padc'M be Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. cc;ci 'Of Time to sign up for Family Luau The Pleasant Grove Ifirrpat.inn Dpnartment is ,ponsoring a Family Luau it the rleasant urove 'ool Aug. 10 from 8 to 10 UIW i.m. $r3 There will be swim-ff3 swim-ff3 ning, Hawaiian dancers, efreshments and craft. irojects for the kids. The 's Per Person and j --vhildren 3 and under are Lj'ree. Tickets must be purchased pur-chased by Aug. 6 at the 'ec center. Anyone with luestions can call 785- 5172. J . - 1 3 s i f I - ,. ' V"""" 1 . ' ! ; I? h 1" I Help Save An Animal Photo by Karli Poyfair Shalaine Holladay, left, and her sister Alex, try to sell Kool-Aid and popsicles along Battlecreek Drive in an effort to raise money to help save endangered species. After a trip to the zoo, the girls wanted to help the animals. Despite Friday's heat, business wasn't as brisk as the girls had hoped. Pleasant Grove Library Board aains four new members The Pleasant Grove City Council appointed four new members to the Library Board of Trustees. Julie Bellon, the public relations committee chairman chair-man presented the four new names for the city council's approval and also introduced intro-duced the four current board members. The newly appointed board members are Paula Fugal, Anne Willis, Curt Brinkman, and Bradford Pack. Fugal graduated from BYU and taught in the secondary sec-ondary schools. She earned her Masters Degree and she is currently working as the assistant principal of the Pleasant Grove Junior High School. She is married to Guy Fugal and they are the parents of two girls and one granddaughter. Willis has lived in Pleasant Grove for 15 years and is a southeastern Utah native. She earned degrees in Business Education and English from BYU. She is well-traveled and firmly believes that the library is the backbone of the community. commu-nity. Brinkman has lived in Utah County for 26 years and has participated in city government, serving on the American Fork city council. He is currently working on his masters degree in educational edu-cational leadership. He is married to Annette who is a principal in the Alpine School District. He has great enthusiasm for youth and their need for libraries. Pack has lived in Pleasant Grove for four months. He has five children chil-dren and is an accountant in the technological indus- See LIBRARY on Page 12 Candidates spending more than $750 need to file disclosure The Pleasant Grove City Council pproved an ordinance last week that ill require only candidates spending lore than $750 to file a campaign dis-osure dis-osure statement. "The old ordinance mandated by ie state code was that in third class ties, all candidates were reauired to r.ie a disclosure, even it only $1 is )ent," said city attorney Tina stersen. The new state code states that a sclosure does not have to be report ed now unless a candidate spends mor than $750. Petersen said the money should be broken down into increments incre-ments of $50 and the disclosure should include who the money was from and how it was spent. "It makes it easier for people running run-ning for office," said Petersen. The reports required by this ordinance ordi-nance shall be filed at least seven days before both the primary and general gen-eral elections and at least once 30 days after the final election. City to go with Option Two for oulevar The ordinance also states, "The statements required by the ordinance shall be public documents and shall be available for public inspection and copying during all regular city business busi-ness hours." This election season there will be three public offices open. The terms of two city council members and the mayor both expire this year. Anyone who wishes to file to run for city office needs to do so before Aug. 15. By Karli Poyfair City Editor In response to the majority major-ity of residents who chose Option Two of Pleasant Grove Boulevard, the city has decided to officially construct con-struct the road with a northern curve in it. On July 12, an open house was held for the public pub-lic to view and give comments com-ments on four different options for Pleasant Grove Boulevard. Horrocks Engineering, from American Fork, will be designing the road. Large posters of the different options were on display for the public to examine. Forty-six comment forms were received. Of those, 35 residents voted for Option Two. One person voted for Option One, four people voted for Option Three and seven votes were cast for Option Four. "It's pretty clear that Option Two is the one the citizen's are most in favor of," said city administrator Frank Mills. He said five property owners would be involved and that a meeting would be set up in order to get started on the road. Some of the comments regarding Option Two were: "Does not go through any homes and is not as close to homes as other options, thus less traffic and noise for those residents." "Least impact to current residents." "More convenient, less hazardous intersection with Proctor Lane. Better for development. Further away from houses thus less opposition oppo-sition and quicker construction." construc-tion." Many people also commented com-mented on the State Street and Pleasant Grove Boulevard Intersection. A common suggestion was that' a signal was needed there. Someone also wrote that "The curvature of PG Boulevard as it gets to State Street seems extreme." Larry Reisch, who is working on the project for Horrocks, said construction on the first part of the road should begin this fall, with the phase being completed in February. The second phase of the boulevard will be completed in time for the new interchange, inter-change, which is slated for completion in the fall of 2002. Council won't require garages in CS-2 zone By Karli Poyfair City Editor The ink was still wet on the new housing development develop-ment standards of the CS-2 ordinance when the city council reconsidered the standards last week they had previously approved. The council had approved multiple-family residential development standards last month in the CS-2 zone. The CS-2 zone comprises a relatively small area near State Street in Pleasant Grove where Macey's and the Pleasant Grove Town Center will be located. Some of the standards were causing problems for BSB Developers who were trying to design a housing complex to be built south from Macey's across Pleasant .Grove Boulevard. The council had required that two covered garages be put in for every one housing unit. The council had also approved a density of 18 units an acre. Brian Snelson, the developer, devel-oper, told the council last week that the only way to have garages and 18 units to an acre was to build a high rise apartment complex. com-plex. "This is not the right area to do that type of project." proj-ect." Snelson wanted the council to reconsider the requirement for two garages. He said with the layout of the land he had, the garages would have to be on the perimeter and the buildings in the middle. "There would be more open space without .the garage." He also pointed out that residents would not use the garages as intended because they would be 50 See GARAGE on Page 12 Home on the Range (OS J PI. Grove couple fulfills dream at Montana ranch By Lisa Flinders At age eight, he had a dream to someday own a cattle ranch in Montana. Today, Ken Duncan of Pleasant Grove is living his dream. In 1995, He and his wife, Marie, bought Horse Prairie Ranch from a Florida Surgeon. Located just south of Dillon, Mont., 'he Duncan family ran the cattle ranch, yet they decided to share its beauty and fun with others. So, in 1997, they opened it up as a guest ranch combined with a working cattle ranch. The ranch is rich in history. On this land is where Lewis and Clark first discovered an Indian on horseback. There are other writings recorded by these explorers that occurred on this property. Stephen Ambrose, author of New York Times' bestseller "Undaunted Courage" has visited this ranch to recount some of the events that took place. Aside from the incredible history, it is a great place to combine relaxation as well as experiencing the authentic ranch life. "Most of our guests are from the East Coast," said Marie. A lot of the guests want to experience the real ranch life for a week. "Who doesn't want to be a cowboy?" Marie said. After breakfast, the wranglers instruct the guests on the etiquette of horse riding. After some practices in the arena it is off for the first trail ride. It's quite common to see moose, deer and antelope on these rides. Once the guests are briefed on some horsemanship skills, the guest assumes the responsibility of his own horse. The guests saddle, halter and tie up their own horses. The wranglers will help if needed, though. It's considered work for the wranglers wran-glers this work would be going on every day if the guests were here or not. The next horse rides are not strictly strict-ly for site seeing they are to round up cattle. There are over 51,000 acres where the cattle can roam. The wranglers know which pasture to move them from on various days. There are always cows to move with over 500 of them spanning the ranch. Horse Prairie Ranch runs a commercial commer-cial herd of Black Angus cows bred to Braunvieh bulls. The ranch is committed commit-ted to raising only natural beef exclusively exclu-sively on the ranch. They are Montana's largest Black AngusBraunvieh producer. They recently won awards for their cattle at the 31st annual Great Western Beef Expo. They tied for Grand Champion in the Carcass per Pound category. The other award given See RANCH on Page 12 . 'H ? K - ' A- &' .,- ' !fii Ken and Marie Duncan |