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Show ;t$r 4 On Vr. i , 7 DAUSM v By Editor Hem Hanvy I'. VANDALISM-Mar- Jorgensen, owner of Jorgensen vin examines broken window at the front of his business, the latest Upholstery, in a series of breakage at his firm. The large date glass window of Jorgensen Upholstery was shattered last Thursday by vandals. But this is not the first time the business, located just off Main Street in American Fork, has been attacked, nor is it the only victim. For over a year the Jorgensen business has been the target of vandalism every few weeks. Owner Marv in Jorgensen put in a night light in back where most of the vandalism was occurring. The damage stopped for a couple of weeks, then started up again. Then Jorgensen placed a heavy wire mesh over most of the back and side windows. Again the vandalism stoppedthis time for a couple of months. Then last week the bathroom and large front windows were broken out. Jorgensen calculates the cost of replacing the large window will be about $200. He has already spent quite a bit on smaller windows broken previously. But probably most costly, he says, is the time he has lost chiseling out and replacing broken windows, covering windows with the wire mesh, etc. "We do have some wonderful young people, but there are a few rats," says Jorgensen. Lehi has not had as bad a problem as larger towns and cities, but the problem is becoming considerably worse. "It has increased considerably just in Thursday, January 4, 1979 the Increase in Lehi 1973, but "most incidents of vandalism aren't reported." Most people do not report vandalism unless their insurance company requires it. Adams says there has been an increase of at least 10 percent over last year. "Kids just don't have enough to do. the last couple of months," says Lehi Police Chief Burl Peterson. "The big kick right now," he says, "is tearing church and school lawns their wheels on them and up-spi- nning stuff." Last year there were 16 reported cases of vandalism in Lehi, plus over a Sometimes when you pick them up, they don't have any answers as to why they did it. They are making their own fun. That's all it amounts to as far as they're concerned," says Adams. "They don't have jobs. When I was a kid I didn't have time to get into dozen cases of lawns being torn up by cars. Stop signs are also popular vandalism targets. "Twenty years ago knocking down a stop sign would cost $3 to $4 to replace," says Peterson, "but now, with their higher material and labor costs, it runs between $60 and trouble." Just before school began this fall, vandals broke into the new junior high in American Fork, tipping over book shelves, breaking windows and making "a real mess." According to Adams, "It looked a lot worse than it really was, $70." "I don't know why they do it. I wish I knew how to curb it," he says. "They get to drinking a little bit and someone dares them, I suppose." Damage in the reported cases of vandalism ranges from $100 or slightly less to several hundred dollars. Windows are broken in homes and businesses. Antennas are broken off cars, and headlights and windshields are smashed. Holes are knocked in the walls of new, unoccupied homes. Garage doors are damaged. Stop signs are destroyed. Mail boxes are devastated with small explosives. "Vandalism is increasing all over the nation," says American Fork Police Chief Boyd Adams. In American Fork there were 47 cases of vandalism reported during the first 11 months of but it did cost several hundred dollars in repairs and clean-up.- " More recently some kids coming home from an evening church activity decided to push over a stop sign with their parents' car. "When their consciences began bothering them, they came in and asked if they couldn't arrange to pay for the sign," says : Adams. But most vandalism cases are not so easily solved. The American Fork Police Department has only been able to solve 28 percent of their vandalism cases. New Year's Baby BABY- -A baby girl born to Mrs. Sherene Turner on January 1 at 10:53 a.m. at the American Fork Hospital was the first baby - 7 1$ au i c h If to be born at the hospital in 1979 to Lehi residents. The little miss is the third child for Mrs. Turner and her husband, Morton. They also have a daughter, Trisha, 3, and a son, Tyler, 11 months. No name has been selected for the new little girl, who weighed in at 8 pounds and is 19 inches tall. to HJJ K Lehi A heated discussion broke out Tuesday night between Lehi City Council members and residents protesting the city's demand of water shares in newly annexed parts of the city. The new residents said when the city annexed their land last November they were never told they would have to turn over their water shares. Mayor Singleton said the trade had been stipulated and was common procedure. He said they were essentially trading culinary water for irrigation water. The residents said they were never told of the "trade" and that they will probably seek deannexation. married 71 years MR. AND MRS. GEORGE LEWIS (w pie 7 1st Vtfeddin gmiviSG'sarjf Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lewis will celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary quietly next Tuesday, Jan. 9. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were married Januarys 1908. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are still active and enjoy their home, family members, friends and their garden in the summer. They attend church regularly and can be found among their friends nearly every day eating lunch at the Memorial Building. George A. Lewis was born May 4, 1889 in Lehi, the son of Henry and Jane Goody Lewis. He has been a livestock and poultry producer and for 20 years was employed at the Utah County Assessor's office. He is a charter of the Lehi member and Lions Club, charter member and president for 18 years of the Lehi Civic past-preside- Improvement Association, served as Mayor of Lehi for two years and was a member of the Old Folks Committee. He has been a high priest group leader and secretary. Ruia Bushman Lewis was born November 11, 1889 in Lehi to Elias Albert and Margaret Zimmerman Bushman. She has been active in civic and church activities. She served as ward Primary president and counselor; ward Relief Society counselor; and been a visiting teacher most of the time since 1920. She also served as president of the Athenian Cluh and, together with Mr. Lewis, was a member of the Old Folks Committee for 12 years. They are the parents of three sons and two daughters: G. Merwin and INSIDE Pilot Rescued After 35 hours stranded on the side of Lewiston Peak, a California pilot .has been ...s Pne a rescued U.S. Defense Jeopardized Jake Garn accuses the Carter Administration of Sen. jeopardizing U.S. Defense Matheson Seeks Water Control Gov. Scott Matheson plans to propose a bill to give the state power to oversee water quality ...SeePa3 Band The At lhi looked 'sharp' Fiesta Bowl High School Band at the Fiesta Bowl. . , ,Stt Pifie 5 Lehi Residents Threaten io Winter qqIi Oeannenation A. (Snook) Lewis, both of Lehi; D. Lewis, Bakersfield, California; Mrs. Thomas D. (Nedra) Roberts, Rigby, Idaho; and Mrs. Gustave H. (Cleora) Radebaugh, Waverly, Iowa. Lynn Jack They have 13 grandchildren and 34 The Lewis's have lived most of their lives in Lehi. Early in their marriage they spent a short time south of Price "with no neighbors except the big prarie dogs." Together with another family they began farming there and the two men built a house for their families to share. It had two bedrooms connected by a room. "We had to drink the canal water and when the wai.er was shut off for a short time, we found the whole canal bottom covered with dead prarie dogs," recalled Mrs. Lewis. "It's a wonder we didn't all die of typhoid." kitchen-dining-livin- g Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis attribute long marriage to the genuine affection they continue to hold for each other. They share in the things they do from gardening to household chores. their Council members also passed a new ordinance Tuesday that will help coordinate development plans in the city. The ordinance created a site-plaapproval committee which will review and approve the construction of certain types of buildings. commercial and inIndustrial, stitutional buildings, as well as residential buildings, multiple-famil- y apartments, and sign and advertising structures will need the approval of the new committee. The general superintendent, city engineer, building coordinator, one member of the general public and one member of the planning commission will make up the new committee. Lehi City Attorney Ken Rushton said that the new ordinance was needed so that city planning could be done more accurately. Once the committee approves an application for a building, they may request that the city council give final approval. A building permit must also be issued by the city building department. The new ordinance also details some architectural and building characteristics that will be required for new buildings. Council members said they will begin forming the committee immediately. The new ordinance was passed unanimously. A review of the 1978-7budget was also conducted by the council at Tuesday night's meeting. The budget year is half over and Mayor Blaine Singleton said 49 of the total budget had already been expended. "Although we are in fairly good shape, I am worried about the future and would like to see us at 43 at this n 9 They also keep busy and active. They admit that everything hasn't always been bright and rosy, "but that's life. It has its ups and downs," they said. They even Joke about who is "boss," but it doesn't seem to really matter. If there's a job to do, a decision to be made, they both join in and get it done. vr time next year," Mayor Singleton said. City Recorder John Daly said that the biggest differences in the predicted income of the budget thus far were in the building inspectors department. According to Daly, $900 was taken in thus far on building inspections and $10,000 was the predicted income. He also said that the council had budgeted $17,000 for an estimated income from building permits and thus far only $3,216 had been received. A special flood damage prevention ordinance was also passed. That ordinance will help qualify Lehi residents for federal funding. "Without this ordinance, the federal government won't allow us to receive flood insurance or other federally insured monies," Ken Rushton said. Harvey Named Editor of Citizen and Free Press Experienced newsman Ken Harvey take the reins of the Citizen and Free Press news teams. The new editor will lead an expanded news staff in an attempt to provide better news coverage of city and county government, local schools, sports, social events and community affairs, according to Publisher Mike Stansfield. "We hope to be able to expand our news space and fill it with more of the affairs of our community, stories and plus more features," says Harvey. "We want to enlarge the newspaper, t, and incorporate modernize the more news and feature photography into our format," he says. "We realize everyone has a different idea what a community newspaper should be like. We hope to please as many people as and we are open to possible, suggestions." After working on the BYU student newspaper, serving as yearbook editor, and graduating in journalism magna cum laude in 1973, Harvey began his newspaper career as reporter on a weekly newspaper in Tampa, Fla. In early 1974 he was promoted to editor. In 1975 Harvey bought the Franklin County Graphic in southeastern Washington state. Working hard he was able to quickly expand both the newspaper's news coverage and advertising, doubling the newspaper's income. The Harveys decided to accept an offer to sell the newspaper two years later. Harvey and his young family then moved back to Utuh. After a short contract as an advertising consultant to a Salt Lake City publication, Harvey entered BYU graduate school, where he was given the Owen Rich 'Snoopy' , will day-to-da- y lay-ou- 125,000-circulati- KEN HARVEY Award for "unquenchable thirst for knowledge," taught news writing classes, and is now finishing up his master's degree with a perfect 4.0 GPA. In his "spare time" during his career, Harvey has headed two big city mayoral advertising campaigns, created a Spanish weekly newspaper, written several magazine articles, and started a novel about the "second nuclear era." In church Harvey has served as a missionary to Guatemala-E- I Salvador, teacher development leader, explorer leader, early morning seminary teacher, Sunday School president, and branch president. Currently he is serving as president of the 17th Quorum of Elders of the American Fork Stake. Harvey and his wife Gail have three children Kenny, 1, Amanda Kay, 2, and Margaret Ann, 4. this area in "We really love Utah-an- d particular," says Gail. "We hope we can be of service to the community professionally and in our church and civic activitiu.v" |