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Show y e p . 0ltat ft ketH NEjI T I O N OF THE DftUll Cmlfo L ik, . A' ZIYOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THU nV a s s j. RSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 2004 50 CENTS aniHati0t :tle is dr. )r collect;, J' stages r- "stofU,. Petition j 5S -1 ml Ml it ucati ;nds. col- .,rt :lop& if noUf in coo .Jot ecofr flan IS City remains firm n limiting ptosis Robert Cunningham Pleasant Grove Correspondent . May1- D'anklef and the pleasant Grove City Coun-j) Coun-j) discussed a drafted ordi-3;inCe,t)n ordi-3;inCe,t)n Oct. 14, which will ;imificantly increase the prober of racing pigeons lowed for the city's cur- Bt and future fanciers. Elected officials were to luye. voted on the revision Oct. 19, but the work session ses-sion may give little hope for pigeon breeders in Pleasant Grove. "I see a lot of concerns here for us having to enforce this new ordinance with that many pigeons," said zoning enforcement officer Jim Taufer. Discussion of new pigeon laws in Pleasant Grove began more than a year ago when the city cited resident Gordon Smith for housing 128 pigeons in his backyard 78 more birds than the law permitts. In' July, Smith said he defiantly killed more than 100 birds to comply with the current municipal code. Smith said he complained the law would not allow for a second loft to separate the breeders from the racers, nor was he allowed a sufficient suffi-cient number of birds. According to Smith, approximately approx-imately 140 birds are needed need-ed for a successful racing team. Now that Smith's legal battle is over, city attorney Tina Petersen has proposed an ordinance that will allow serious pigeon racers to have two lofts and up to 140 pigeons. The loft size must be sufficient to accommodate accommo-date the number of pigeons, with no more than one pigeon per eight cubic feet. Passing the drafted ordinance ordi-nance would make pigeon racers happy, but concerns Officer Taufer. The ordinance would double the amount of pigeons an owner . could house in a 10-foot by 12-foot loft. "If you put 120 pigeons in a 10-foot by 12-foot loft, I think we'd be asking for a lot of problems," said Taufer. Animal control officer Merrill Finlayson agrees increasing the pigeon population popu-lation will only increase neighbor complaints and health concerns. "When I have gone up and done inspections on those lofts, they do not sweep them out every day like they said they do. If See BIRDS, page 3; Up, Up and 4. if' 1- f : . . .... i -; T,- -n; . . ... ,:, " ... ..V- . , S. :. ; . - t I Photo by Linda Butler Students at Rocky Mountain Elementary released 750 red and purple balloons in celebration of ribbon week. Each balloon carried a student's tondwritten pledge to remain drug and violence free. Red, Purple Ribbon Week celebrated Linda Butler The 750 students at Rocky Mountain Elementary pledged to remain .drug and violence free during a recent red and purple ribbon week celebration. The red ribbon stands for being drug free and the purple ribbon stands for being violence free. During the week the school was decorated with red and purple balloons and a variety of banners and signs with messages such as "rule out drugs and violence" to encourage encour-age students to live a more peaceful and healthy lifestyle. A variety of presentations and activities helped children learn to deal with violence, bullying, illegal drugs, prescription pre-scription drugs and being safe at home. Magician Brad Barton gave an entertaining and educational edu-cational assembly on the illusion illu-sion of drugs. Students were given red and purple ribbons to wear as a reminder to remain drug and violence free. The Friday morning balloon bal-loon launch ended the week. Each student wrote a personal person-al pledge to remain drug and violence free and tied it to a See RIBBONS, page 3 This Time Around heal writer's W sees concf printing pi Linda Butler leasant Grove author 'lle Bellon, first intor- her book, "Through s dials' in the LDS ove' 5cii 1011 marW Tr v who gently in it's second ntlng, its Pleasant LBe setting will take Readers on a familer ey into several well-landmarks. well-landmarks. Readers may also recognize a few familier people like the mayor, city administrator and several other city workers. "It just fit," said Bellon. "This is where I live and work." One scene takes place at the Purple Turtle restaurant. restau-rant. Bellon said the mam character, Emma James, is based on Pleasant Grove's city attorney, Tina Peterson. Peter-son. "She's pretty and has a See AUTHOR, page J i ' i : ! Julie Bellon . 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