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Show District kor7,ti11 eo before the F?h County Commission. l. nntv Commis- 'rs are required by law Appoint an ad hoc com- f4'r. n:.VDronTi said. ,. -tteg iii."- f Litre required to study . tlk to the citizens, and M-tf ith the school Only after an unbiased' 5 pendent study has been L!would the process Pr" ased on the results of ki'tbe study, the Commission-is Commission-is would vote whether or I' Utoputthe issue before S Alpine School District "H ,fu. cnHv comes back Itat this will be financial devastating, I don't think kj will want to proceed," pickerson said. "We would ( j J3r financial state- whether or not it is ible." . I Orem supporters want to flvide the Alpine School district for financial rea- ins, aiuwu-g" ouuiuuuuu,,, Tniii is rain? to have to i.. Orpm tn nass the jtiy uu - j Vest bond issue," Dickerson W; "My feeling is why should sthe people of Lehi, Eagle Mountain and Saratoga 'Springs suffer, because )iem doesn't want to pass sPt he next bond?" , Rt Orem is stagnant and rfrc any of its schools need P-podeling, according to fKffickerson, with a student tabulation base that will LU irooaoiy remaining 111 not con :cli: Story Bgun, took only one year in ,' le making. literal The book covers about 70 ears of Fillerup s life, finning when he was just juuug scnooi Doy. Included in the book are .paintings, both acrylic and J, along with other picks pic-ks created from water- ir. Me visiting countries H as Portugal, Ireland Mexico (where Fillerup Jiwt one week with the pahumara Indians) he suh finted what ne saw in ... e parts of the world. nWillerup's paintings 1 of scenary, candid pic- ' . FS of people working, dif- pt kinds of animals and cenes of the west such as owboys. e book is much like an list's journal. Pictures, Sanations and ' stories i0 nyllC 2 it P- rtund the artist's expends expen-ds while he was creatine to t- , L' masterpieces cover the r- sofFUlenip's history. eat .0$ for r am .500. 1 59 West Main American Fork, UT 801-756-7669 Www.newutah.com stant for next 10 to 15 years. The decision to divide between the two groups, has left ASD board member Donna Barnes cautious about the move. "In theory, I have always been in favor of smaller school districts," Barnes wrote in a press release. "However, until a complete com-plete feasibility study is done, we do not know the financial ramifications of such a move for Alpine School District. I am in favor of the process that is now underway to determine deter-mine what the impact would be on the people in this area." Lehi and Lehi west student stu-dent populations are experiencing experi-encing a high growth rate and its area supporters of the proposed district division divi-sion not only want more control and say in Lehi area schools, they believe smaller small-er school districts benefit students. The school district has decided to remain semi-passive on the issue. "Really the law was passed providing communities communi-ties the opportunity to pursue pur-sue that (division) if they chose," ASD assistant superintendent Rob Smith said, although he is able to offer statistics of his own showing studies for the Granite School District when it considered dividing eight years ago. It is Lehi House Representative Repre-sentative Cox's bill HB 169 that became legislation in From Front Page Bechtold said the hardest hard-est part about the project was covering that large of time span. While writing Fillerup's book, he said one thing became apparent. The common thread through his life, aside from all his other responsibilities, responsibili-ties, is that he's always been an artist. "I've learned what a remarkable influence a man can have on people around him, simply by setting set-ting a good example," Bechtold Bech-told said. He describes Fillerup as a kind of fellow who had traveled with many people of different religions and Fillerup always made them feel comfortable. The Artistry of Melvin Fillerup" can be pur M chased for $59.95 from the David Ericson Gallery at 418 S. 200 West in Salt Lake City or by contacting Bechtold at 796-1309. ore local news than any other source! From Front Page February 2003 that has made the whole district division process possible. Much of his research that he gathered in creating the bill is posted on his Web site www.smallerschools.com. Cox is quick to point out that larger school districts have larger amounts of problems and that smaller .school districts with a minimum mini-mum base, are more economically eco-nomically and logically feasible. fea-sible. The Alpine School District Dis-trict is the fourth largest school district in Utah with a population of 49, 668 students. stu-dents. If divided, the resulting three school districts would still be in the top 10 largest school districts in the state. Each new district would be, at most, 12,000 students above the national average for a school district, that average being approximately approximate-ly 3,000. Both sides anticipate the other party to begin using propaganda tactics to further fur-ther its cause before the process is over. "Let's not start with the propaganda 'Fire the teachers, teach-ers, fire the custodian,'" Dickerson said. "Why are we afraid of the truth?" The study, said Cox, should minimize propaganda propagan-da issues. "Then you have facts with the study not just accusations 'Oh, we'll lay off teachers,'" Cox said. I Mb fexfe F(i)(t03)tflJ July 7th through the 19th at GET IN THE GAME 336 E. State St., 3? m am m&B - rm&m AMERICAN FORK, UT THURSDAY-SATURDAY JULY 10-12 Ar meet quarterly, as opposed to the previous council's monthly meetings. The committee com-mittee members will continue contin-ue to administer the Concerts Con-certs in the Park program, give out the high school cultural cul-tural arts awards, sponsor the Heritage Festival Art Show, oversee the Pleasant Grove Orchestra, support the Pleasant Grove Players and other programs as they deem necessary. Because the city does not want to compete with private pri-vate enterprise, the mayor said, they will let The Grove Theater sponsor future youth theater programs. This means that the city will no longer have the Pleasant Grove Youth Theater, The-ater, which was organized by Judy Noziska. She was one of the committee members mem-bers opposing the establishment establish-ment of an executive coun-' cil, having said it was established estab-lished illegally. The executive council was formed by the rewriting of the council's bylaws. Some of the council members mem-bers claimed they never were privy to those changes before it was presented and approved by the City Council Coun-cil last year. The move on the part of the mayor removes all control con-trol of the council from the volunteer organization and establishes a mayor-appointed mayor-appointed executive board over the arts. Danklef has yet to Pleasant Grove (East of Smith's) 4m1 mm VV "We pride ourselves on having clean -A Li Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - From Front Page announce who will be asked to serve on the new committee, commit-tee, but he said he anticipates antici-pates doing it soon. The Pleasant Grove Arts Council was formed in 1985 by Marcella Walker and was made up of volunteers. She has said the group was intended to be run as a church correlation body like practiced in the Church of-Jesus of-Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Before the mayor suspended sus-pended the council, the group consisted of a chair, vice chair, secretary, city liaison, Leisure Services Director and other members, mem-bers, in all, totaling 12 to 15 members. The suspension of the council in March came in the wake of accusations of nepotism, the resignation of the chair Jeralyn Merrill and Walker, and continuous contention that disrupted the monthly meetings. The new committee will act as an executive council overseeing the various art programs. "They will be invited to the meetings to discuss the needs and make the council aware of their activities," said Walker, former Arts chair and city deputy recorder. Danklef said he thanked all those involved with the former Arts Council for their service and devotion to promoting the arts in Pleasant Grove. mMfw i v t Thursday, July 10, 2003 - Page 3 False fire alarm penalties set The city council approved the addition of penalties for false fire alarms to Pleasant Grove City's false alarm ordinance ordi-nance at the July 1 meeting. Alarm owners are allowed one free false alarm per year. After that, there is a fine for each false alarm police or fire officers respond to. Penalties Penal-ties for false alarms until now only applied to false burglar alarms responded to by the police department. Now, fines will also be given for false fire alarms. The second false alarm is a $50 fine, the third a $75 fine and the fourth and subsequent subse-quent false alarms $100. Public safety director Mike Ferre said the department responds to around 240 false alarms each year, at great cost to the city. Most of the false alarms are from businesses. Many of the calls are from the same alarms that have some kind of system problem that never gets fixed. Ferre said if there are four false alarms from the same location over six months, the department sends a no-response no-response letter stating the police and fire departments will no longer respond to alarms at that location. Pleasant Grove Review 59 W. Main American Fork, UT 84003 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. Subscriptions & DeliveryScrvice.. 375-5 103 News & Advertising 756-7669 Fax 756-5274 E-mail callrednewulah.com USPS 018-580. (ISSN: 1521-6845) Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 59 West Main, American Fork, Utah 84003. Periodicals postage paid at American Fork, Utah. Postmaster: Send address changes to 59 West Main, American Fork, UT 84003. 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