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Show City approves proposal for sinal Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Thursday, July 1, 20O4 - Page 3 paramedic response licensin anal ! is. "' who;, Mirth , Mi it. UP atr and , a Pit amour mes. ed sot: e sun se of the' xperier. hes me J e a high h lis Witt; the tea: ircumv; g peop.r le-sidt .s dom )rnmitte tion bet" host fen ration ddress e There! a to k her verbs jsue ok Bsentei g the to air th; v reao i taxpa; y-sized lese an: lecank nv pobert Cunningham At City Council meeting on May 18, imously approved a proposal to j 1 1111 , n application to the State W J ,.11 oll 1 Rnard that will allow a sin- f paramedic to respond to emergen-es emergen-es with an EMT-Intermediate back- UPChief Mark Hales has worked four years to upgrade the city's status. Sally, tw0 paramedics would 5 ond' to medical situations, but the pleasant Grove-Lindon area does not have the economic base to hire enough jjamedics. The city only has three full-time -ramedics. The license does not Luire the city to hire more full-time aramedics; rather, it increases what e cits current EMTs can do. The city has an excess of talent, jjth 20 intermediate EMTs. The sin-le sin-le paramedic response license will "allow a paramedic to be teamed with jn intermediate EMT on all rescue calls. The city's intermediates have already been trained and have participated par-ticipated in intubations and delivering deliver-ing advanced medicines. The proposed licensure will further tram the intermediates to work along side, and sometimes in place of, the paramedic. "By going to a paramedic service with the intermediates and basics that we have, its just going to increase their knowledge and their skill level to a paramedic level without actually doing a year's worth of school to become a paramedic," said Captain Mark Sanderson. Converting to a single response team will be of relatively low cost to the city, very little supplies will be needed. "We're not talking thousands, we're only talking a couple hundred dollars," dol-lars," Chief Mark Hales said. But there will be an increase for extra wages totaling $34,000 for the part-time paramedics. This amount will be covered by the increased use of the city's service. The city recorded 195 paramedic calls last year. It has received 197 calls from January to April this year. With the potential increase in business busi-ness and population in the Gateway area, the city expects the number of calls to multiply. If approved, the single paramedic response license will last four years, with the possibility for renewal if the city still qualifies. Once the city is in a situation to afford a two-paramedic response, the licensing board may force the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove to comply. Until then, Hales believes the single response license will be best for the city. "I look at it like, what kind of service serv-ice do I want for my family in Pleasant Grove," he said. Once it has been reviewed by the paramedic advisory board, the application may be approved as early as June 12. lesidents protest dealership move Kids 3eConie ras Ith of ev of Din division to org- 5ngW'ff people has c ecial ev .ninfl ap' littees. the pa: nday. a KellV the in 11 ,v ,.resa ts are By Harlow Clark d a special City Council meeting June 23 Dustin Sweeten presented a solution to his conflict with landlord Skip Dunn over who has the right to the auto dealership. However the Council ran out of time as tie Planning Commission arrived for its meeting, and continued the item to June 29. More than 30 neighbors on 600 North tame to comment, though the meeting was tot noticed as a public hearing. Sweeten thought their comments would lie about a driveway onto 600 North, but neglected a point he had stressed with Link's Lin-k's Planning Commission - Low Book keeps test drives out of residential areas by sending a sales person on each drive. More than an hour of comment focused on safety and test drives. With 36 children in the 11 houses on the 625 North cul-de-sac and about that many on 600 North self, several residents said the traffic will surely kill a child. Well, nobody test drives a television set," Betsy Neil said of the fact that a car lot generates less traffic that other retail. Others treated Low Book as an extension nfWal-mart, saving its lot and Wal-mart's larking lot would bring crime to the area, specially at nights. Mayor Larry Ellertson said the city rould address the test drive issue if the move was approved, as it had addressed the issue with another dealership (Utah Auto Sales). Sweeten acknowledged that he should have talked about how Low Book tontrols test drives. However, the meeting's main purpose was to discuss a solution to Sweeten's conflict ith Dunn, who also claim Country Cars' tonditional use permit and thus the right to move or expand the legal non-conforming use within the general commercial zone. Sweeten asked for the Council meeting at the judge's request after the judge told him he thought no matter how he ruled the other party would have grounds to sue the city. He said his tenants at Alpine RV are moving to the Vantage Auto site at about 350 N. State July 31. When Sweeten started start-ed Alpine RV at 159 S. State he sold cars on the lot, and the state regulates motor sports as motor vehicles. The business license has been continuous continu-ous even though he sold the business. Sweeten proposed moving Country Cars to 159 S. State and selling it to Low Book who will move it to 600 North State, leaving Dunn with the conditional use permit where Country Cars is now. This will not increase the number of car lots along State Street beyond what it would be if another were to open at the Vantage Van-tage Auto site before its non-conforming use expires in October. "Do you think any of us on the Council thought of that as a used car lot," Council Member Jeff Acerson asked. Sweeten said he didn't but it fit the state's definition and accepting that definition (the city is not required to) would allow for an out of court settlement, without which he would continue contin-ue to pursue a legal remedy. Several residents heard that as a threat to sue, but the mayor said he didn't hear it that way. The Council ran out of time to consider the issue though as the Planning Commission Commis-sion arrived for its 7 p.m. meeting. At 7:30 Acerson moved to continue the item, scheduling sched-uling a June 29 meeting. High school awards night honors People Who Make a Difference' , &y Kalyn Secretan . People Who Make a Dif-terence" Dif-terence" awards were pre-at pre-at the annual Pleas-fflt Pleas-fflt Grove High School wards night on May 11. Students, faculty and vol-eers vol-eers all received awards J recognition at the '-sponsored event. J1 Spirit of the Class ' ad was presented to :PhanieAllred and Logan Jon- The Spirit of the Award was presents-Adams and Camil-nzel Camil-nzel and the Reach-2Ut Reach-2Ut Award was given to Jockey and Kortnie ncnan sJ6 Outstanding School Srj e Award was &ven t0 Strong and Mary jThe 110 percent 9lie Was Presented to k Anderson, Ryan lSon Brittany Bassett, ,Glllman Zach jo apenser Mangum Northup. w7fExceptional to ward was presented rw, 0UrnalismYpnrh etlL A C? UDder direc- sornanShelton.Advi- Csle.,Rhoades' Holly Erin Diderick- Si! J?61"0 AWard was W!toyse hnson and uSSell. The Spirit of the Team Award was presented pre-sented to Brooke Arbon and Cam Melick. The Citizenship Citizen-ship Valor Award went to Tawnya Anderson and Tom Call. The Extraordinary Award was received by Sara Borwegen and Steven James. The Doug Owen Humanitarian Human-itarian Award, was presented present-ed by Doug Owens daughter, daugh-ter, Diana Owen Telford, to Tawny Parks. The $400 scholarship is presented each year by a member of the late teacher's family. Ownes taught at the high school for 14 years, and as a teacher was a great influence influ-ence to his students and family and was always helping others. Don and Marcia Peterson and Aina Walker received the "Thanks, We Kneaded You," award with baskets donated by Kneaders. Don and Marcia were the Mom and Papa at the football games cooking the food sold at the games. Aina, the PTSA president, is always seen at the school and arrives early Monday morning morn-ing for faculty meeting. The Outstanding PTSA Award was presented to Karen Acerson, who will also be recognized at the State PTA Convention lor all her service to the PTA for the past several years. The Character Connection Connec-tion Award was given to George Durfee, for his work in putting together the tech lab. The retiree's at PGHS were presented with blankets blan-kets - Jon Hoover, special education; and Been Stras-burg, Stras-burg, businessATA coordinator. coordi-nator. PTSA president, Aina Walker, conducted the event and the National Anthem was sung by Chamber Choir Members, Kayla Cartwright, Amber Gleason and Annette Wilson. The awards were presented pre-sented by PTSA volunteers, Brenda Mcintosh, Carol Bilbro and Judy Runolfson, The PGHS Vice Principal. Princi-pal. Award certificates from local merchants were presented pre-sented to the students. Karen Acerson projected pictures of the students on the screen as the awards were given. II n i " Home on the Range pg Sot.wns . Ltc Dfll "s"" t Ref Two Yeors pg Ends Thursday 71-04 .The Alamo pg-is pjlM-Sd.UifclSpm Sat.Md.e 3 pra IXHJfickelsMySl 'JPIIII "J .. . Season Pose 1 1 movies for $7 Universe allowed conditional use permit By Harlow Clark Kids Universe, a gymnastics gym-nastics and cheerleading school in Orem will be moving mov-ing to Lindon's light industrial indus-trial zone. The school received a conditional use permit June 9. Lindon's Planning Commission Com-mission discussed the number num-ber of such schools in the light industrial zone. Schools locate there because they need height, and the buildings can be easily converted to light industrial uses. The Commission usually has taken care to ensure plenty of parking and that the schools won't interfere with the industrial uses. In approving Kids Universe Uni-verse the Commission wanted to be sure there was a good place for children to wait for their parents. The Commission also asked why the school offers other classes besides gymnastics gym-nastics and cheerleading. Matt Kriser, the owner, said the school also offers tumbling, tum-bling, dance and karate, dance because gymnasts need it for their floor routines, rou-tines, tumbling because cheerleaders need it, and karate to accommodate the siblings of the other students. Custom Masonry Specializing in cinder block buildings, fences, retaining walls, garages, etc. Also, brick mail boxes plus repairs. Ill ((CINEMA Movies starting June 25"": 1. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azlaban Daily: 12:00 3:00 6:10 9:10 W 3:00 6:10 2. Shrek 2 (PG) Oath" 12:00 2:25 4:50 7:20 9:45 Suti: 4:50 7:20 3. Around the World in 80 Days Daily: 1:00 3:45 &30 9:05 PG) Suti- 3:45 6:30 4. The Terminal (PG-13) Daily: 12:20 3:30 6:40 9:25 Sun: 3:30 6:40 5. The Notebook (PG-13) Daily: 1:05 4:00 6:45 9:20 5un;4:00 6:45 6. Two Brothers (PG) Dully: 12:15 2:40 5:00 " Suri 5:00 7:20 20 9:40 Summer Kids' Movies til are no ON SAH I? the Box Office: 10 Movies for $7,00 Ticket Prices Adults: $6.00 are now: Children unia 12: $4.00 Wed. Nigat tlitr b: m.uu 5 f Fire department stresses safety Even though there will be no special restrictions on fireworks fire-works this weekend, the fire department wants Pleasant Grove residents to be careful. "To my knowledge, it's the same as every year," said Captain Cap-tain Ryan Rasmussen, "No illegal fireworks, that is, no fireworks fire-works that leave the ground." State law prohibits the sale or use of fireworks rated higher than Class C. Fire Chief Mark Hales hopes people will be very cautious with where they choose to light their fireworks. . "We want people to keep away from open fields and the foothills, and look out for dry fields," Hales said. Hefty citations will be handed out for possessing and discharging dis-charging contraband, up to a Class A misdemeanor. Also, damages that occur as a result of irresponsible celebration will be the financial responsibility of the perpetrator. Lindon considers restrictions Lindon's City Council usually sets forth its fireworks restrictions in mid-June, but has not issued them yet. The Council was scheduled to discuss possible restrictions restric-tions at its June 30 meeting. Venla Gubler, Lindon's administrative assistant, said the proposed restrictions are for all undeveloped areas in the city. Normally restrictions are set just for the area north of Murdock canal, but because of high fire danger from the drought, fireworks will be restricted in all undeveloped areas of the city this year. Fireworks are only allowed in Utah for the weeks three days before to three days after July 4, July 24, and Chinese New Year. Neighborhoods reelect chairs June 23, at a combined neighborhood meeting, Battle Creek residents reelected Randy Kummer as their neighborhood neigh-borhood chair and Maureen Miles as secretary. David Schouten was reelected as the neighborhood chair of Mud Hole and Terry Schouten was elected as secretary. Man escapes death in accident By Ann Shields An 18-year-old Ogden man escaped serious injury Thursday about 10 a.m. when he was pinned to the ceiling at a construction site by the scissor lift he was standing on. Pleasant Grove police Capt. Cody Cullimore said the man, whose name was not released, was working for a construction company building the new Wal-Mart store at 600 North State in Lindon and in the basket on top of the scissor lift, about 12-15 feet above ground, painting the underside of an awning over a door. It appears he leaned over the basket rail to spray paint something, and was either too low or too high so he reached back to raise the unit. The basket was raised to the ceiling, pinning him against it. Cullimore said the man was found by his supervisor about 10-minutes later. "He was not breathing and we thought he had sustained life threatening injuries," Cullimore said. He was air lifted to the University of Utah Medical Center. Cullimore said he visited the hospital later in the day and was told it was amazing the man didn't have any broken bro-ken bones and no neurological neurologi-cal damage. "They believe he is going to be just fine." Bear From Front Page the only one to formally establish a committee, Wilkinson said. Within the last few months, Wilkinson said, he has seen some "dramatic results" in Utah County, and he is currently working on six major expansions that could result in a few hundred new jobs within the next three to five years. Visiting these businesses, business-es, like the Pleasant Grove BEAR committee is now doing, didn't necessarily push the businesses to think of expanding, Wilkinson Wilkin-son said. But the expansions expan-sions might not have happened hap-pened as soon as they will without the support from the cities and state, he said. TpKNKSGlVWG PQINT Also online at: wwTv.lhanksgrvuigpoint.com J New Summer Kids' Summer Movies Series! Honrs: Starting June 1-3 tAnngb Aug. 10-12 Mr: 11 JO im Now on Stle! 11 Shows for 57.00 Sun. 3:15 pm WE NOW ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS!! Now Pre-Selling Spider-Man 2! Midnight Showing: Tuesday, June 29th Spider-Man 2 Movies starting June 24": Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner of Maban Daily. 12:15 3:40 6:35 930 (pg) Suit 3:40 6:35 Shrek 2 (PG) My: 12:10 2:25 4:45 7:10 9:20 Sun: 4:45 i 7:10 Two Brothers (PG) Daily. 12:00 2:15 4:35 7:00 9:25 Sun 4:35 7:00 I The Notebook (PG-13) Daily: 12:50 4:05 7:05 9:45 Suri- 4:05 7:05 Dodgeball (PG-13) My: 12:20 2:35 4:50 7:20 9:35 Vn.; 4:50 7:20 Terminal (pg-13) My: 12:50 4:00 7:00 9:50 Suw 4:00 7:00 .Around the World in 50 Days (PG) Daily: 12:50 4:15 7:00 935 Sun: 4:15 7:00 Stepford Wives (PG-Y3) Daily: 12:20 2:30 4:40 7:15 9:30 Sl4ti: 4:40 T:15 p is Bar; iin Xt! All Shows k5( All shows before 6 pm: 4 Shows after 6pm: Children 2-12 s4 Adults '6 Seniors '4M Pleasant Grove Review 59 W. 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