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Show W I. I ill I i'," vtuv. itlgiD - -trT' -iiit-- T-ir niiiri R i'S (J? m T(T if rov view an edition of The Daily Herald Online: www.HarkTheHerald.com Vol. 24, No. 35 THURSDAY. AUGUST 29. 2002 Residents want lights dimmed on medical buildin n.. Oiitu TllDMCD PY Hum iu"i"-" Several Pleasant Grove resi-.- are upset with a commercial Medical complex lying direct-behind direct-behind their houses, and have Len tneir w""" 'if.' r,tk the nroblems have tor 1 U-lv built up, but complaints ;ve been kept wiunn me iitugn-', iitugn-', j ,.,V,;-Vi is located at. 'proximately 900 S. 500 East. V: fV,o last thrpp weeks ;evei, X -4' 2A have dealt the final blow. Large lights were placed on the buildings, for security purposes. While the neighbors favor anything any-thing that aids in security, the lights have interfered with everyday, every-day, or night, life. "These aren't just normal lights," said Sharon Harris, who lives in one of the houses the lights affect. "I can almost read in bed without the lights on, it's like a bright nightlight." Kathy Watkins has similar complaints. She came home from a camping trip late one night a few weeks ago, stepped out in her carport and was met with the bright lights that were put up while she was gone. "I noticed right away," said Watkins. "My first thought was 'Where is all of that light coming from?'" They have tried to come up with solutions themselves, but haven't found one. Someone said to plant some large trees. "Well, I have trees, and the light comes right through" said Watkins. "Plus, the leaves will be gone in month or so." According to Community Development Director Stan Klemetson, owners of the building have already been informed that they need to put shields over the lights. These shields would direct the light down and hopefully con tain it within property lines. "We've already given them the condition to get those lights fixed," said Klemetson. This solution sounds good to residents and they hope it will solve the problem. But they are left wondering exactly when it will happen. "How long does it take to put shields over lights?" said Harris. See LIGHTS on Page 12 t .- i ...,- " i-...v i : . I III I: I . ' i f ! ' lit i I : 4- i - i "'"T , ii-f ,i V ( I: 11 r j ' ... 4'- City puts SID on hold Photo by Kent Davis 'tijoying o little fall color :hn Burton completed a three-week task of painting a colorful 700-foot wall mural outside of Dale Pinegar's sseietstorane nlonn the new Pleasant Grove Boulevard next to Macey's. The 77-year-old "retired" artist depicted lie four seasons of the Wasatch countryside. The mural replaces a 600-foot mural demolished to make way for the few highway and Pleasant Grove 1-15 interchange. iwaner Design plans a 'community vision' v3f) "This is verv bei By Ruth Turner The city council agreed to put plans for a Special Improvement District or SID at 1100 North on hold Tuesday night, following a recommendation by city administrator Frank Mills. "The state law says we only need 50 percent approval, but the city normally nor-mally requires 75 percent or higher," said Mills. "If it isn't that high, we walk away for awhile." Plans for the SID include sidewalk, curbing, and gutters gut-ters for houses with frontage along the road. It was created in an attempt to solve drainage problems along the road, and deal with foot traffic. The Grovecrest Elementary Elemen-tary PTA came to the city with concerns of children walking to and from school along the road. "We've tried to satisfy the PTA and their concern for the children," said city council member Carol Harmer. However, 43 percent per-cent of those residents along 1100 North are against the SID, with at. least 11 formal complaints filed with the city in the past few months. Jeanie Sykes is one of the residents concerned over the project. She already has curbing and gutters in front of her house, but is trying to put a new yard in. Waiting for the decision on the SID has delayed her yard and she doesn't know where to put it. She doesn't want to "put the yard in and have it all torn out," she said. "If it had to come out, the city covers all costs for her," said Mills. "But most sidewalks' side-walks' and- curbing is already in alignment." Several residents came to the meeting not in protest of the sidewalk specifically, but to raise See SID on Page 12 Pleasant Grove and other rthern Utah Count v s have joined with (aner Desim. of Salt City, to develop a plan illed Timpanogos Comity Com-ity Vision." Sponsored by Mountain- r nasuuauon oi uovern-.;nts, uovern-.;nts, Swaner Design helps communities create a 20-year plan focusing on three issues: land use and open spaces, transportation, and annexation and development. devel-opment. Their goal is preserve open space in an affordable and desirable way. The company will hold a regional workshop at 5:30 pm. on Sept. 19 at Pleasant Grove Junior High School, 700 E. 200 South. The city is looking for anyone with knowledge of agriculture and transportation, transporta-tion, as well as anyone who is interested in being part of the committee. "This is very beneficial. If we can get elected officials offi-cials and neighborhoods to come to this meeting, it will do some good," city administrator Frank Mills said. He participated in a similar sim-ilar plan Swaner Design did in southern Utah County. New Utah has early deadline for holiday News stories for the next edition of New Utah need to be submitted by 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, in order to observe the Labor Day holiday. holi-day. Submissions for weddings, wed-dings, missionaries, Eagle Scouts, Young Womanhood recognition, and other items should be turned in by that deadline.The same applies to display advertising. Obituaries may be submitted sub-mitted until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, and the classified advertising deadline is noon on Wednesday. f J -V afi' in'"" 0 III Master Gardner Won with a penchant w gardening shares bounteous harvest By Greg Hall Rbert Lloyd has been growing stable gardens for almost 50 ears- That's a lot of vegetables. , A 'ong-time resident of Pleasant jrVe. Llnvrl'o ; ,.flrir,o- lt six types of squash, four vari- lles of DPDnprs varinns tvnp.S of atoes and melons, and those little u ''-colored gourds seen frequently . , , ueLrations on Thanksgiving "t)les. We also grows some fun vegetables , "fctiai variety Ji jjcjjpci darhQ- n mi..- i -'uji x epper. mis ptppt i ;ttl0St DPrfVv,l J u Kn-hf Color, nnr! j:- T "T 13 i cu. His garden also includes other standard vegetables like corn, red potatoes, beans, and cabbage. In all, he has between 15 to 20 different types of vegetables growing in his garden. Not only are there a large variety of vegetables, but the harvest is also abundant. "Last year we harvested around 400 pounds of red potatoes," said Lloyd. Needless to say, Lloyd's garden is over 170 feet long and between 30 to 40 feet wide. Since August is harvest month for most varieties of vegetables, a walk through his garden will reveal plump red tomatoes, green, yellow, and red peppers of various shapes, large watermelon and cantaloupe, and a variety of mush melon for which he received the original seed from his father over four decades ago. Each for the last 4o years, uoya nas lnrcrpst seeds irom ine vear, saved mush melon, and uses these seeds for the next year's crop. Lloyd said the secret for his annual annu-al bounteous harvest is in the chicken feed, or rather what comes from the chicken feed. In years past, he used commercial fertilizers, but more recently he has built pens alongside his garden which now house chickens, chick-ens, chukkers, quail, ducks, and pheasants. His collection of birds, and their contribution to his garden, is almost as interesting as the garden itself. He tills in the chicken manure once or twice after the harvest is over, and again in the spring before planting. plant-ing. In Lloyd's garden, nothing goes to waste. After all the vegetables are picked, he tills in all the vines from the tomatoes, toma-toes, potatoes, squash and melons, as See VEGGIE on Page 12 - - y : 'i , - ' .,; ' ' . '. ? ' V. " ' '14- -I- m I k, i I I : ' -i Robert Lloyd gives away much of his to neighbors and friends. 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