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Show Utah Press .'ssociation 467 East Third Gouth Police Beat Utah schools are in for a change, according to state board official ... See editorial on page 2 Attempted burglary at video Thieves steal outboard motors Lehi man injured in fall shop see story page ....see stories p. 3 12 W Vol. 5 No. 29 Thursday, July 28, 1983 50 cents a single copy District delays decision on new school in Lehi j population pressure at AF Junior High by sending some of the studthe recommendation for a new ents to a new school in Lehi or mior high school in Lehi on the surrounding area. ck burner at a workshop meeting Currently, there are three times the Board of Education on as many students in American Fork than Lehi. uesday. The recommendation was made a subcommitee of the Public According to the statistics volvement council, headed by Kay presented to the Board the gap will elerson. grow larger with the projected enrollments for the coming years. was the subcommittee Originally, "We need to narrow that three to t up to investigate and evaluate one e curriculum gap, and if we can't do that, then and housing we have to maintain it," said one roblems in Lehi. The curriculum problem ironed subcommittee member. The subcommittee realized that ftself out when the program made additional classes available to equalizing the populations of the students, said Neil Christensen, schools is not a feasible thing to do, but a better balance can be found. principal. The meat of the housing problems The board decided however, that stems from the fact that there are a the subcommittee had of number in students the although large American Fork Junior High and a worked numerous hours on the small number in the Lehi's Junior proposal, it was still premature to make a decision. which has inadequate High "We can not continue to build new facilites. It was recommended by the buildings all the time," said board subcommittee to build a junior high member, Richard Sudweeks, "we school on Cedar Hollow Road in Lehi. have to build and find housing The group felt that the both alternatives." . : i: If n Some of the housing alternatives roblems couia De enminaieuJ u a ifiift could be made to relieve the are: satellites (portable rooms). By GINA CALDWELL The Alpine School District placed ill double shifting, and year-rounschool years. There is also further information coming in about the problems. Said Sudweeks, "We would like to see all of the data before a decision is made This is a hard issue to confront, we are facing a dilemma that has some far reaching effects." Nancy Williamson, member of the board, mentioned that she "didn't feel good about making a major decision with a new superintendent coming in" and would like to wait to make the decision until Superintendent Clark Cox takes office in August. "I would like to see Lehi considered very seriously, thoughtfully, completely concerning this issue," said Kent Day, a subcommittee member. The board guaranteed the subcommittee that their work was appreciated and that the board was serious about making a decision. One could be made as soon as the Aug. 9 board meeting. The subcommittee was just a bit early its report, as there will not be funds available for a building for over a year. They will continue to do research in this area. d iff I. 3 GRAVESITES-Shallo-w forcement officers. s.-- aid from federal government GitjoNe ; graves where bodies of three Salt Lake County boys were found by law "We have not had any problems, By GINA CALDWELL The recent flooding in Lehi has yet, and expect the money soon," he caused inconvenience, unwelcomed said. costs and pain. Lehi is trying to reduce the unMORE FLOODING welcomed costs by making a formal The city is looking at the flooding application with the Federal that could happen next spring. Government for disaster money. Federal money is available to make The city has applied for $56,000. for prevention of preparations "It took us a while to decide how much we wanted and needed and how much we could get," said Gary Lewis, city recorder. The city estimated that $78,000 would be needed to pay employee salaries, contractors, fix bridges, roads and make other repairs that happened during the flooding. Lehi will have to get the same amount of work done, only with less Federal money. "We are waiting with fingers crossed for the money," said Lewis. The formal request was made about 2 weeks ago. "I have talked with other cities that were flooded. Some of these cities received their disaster money quite fast, others are still waiting," he said. en- Cedar Valley burial site for 3 missing SL children Three small bodies were found beneath the cedar trees on a lonely mountain hillside near Cedar Fort Monday, bringing to an end a search that first began in Salt Lake County four years ago. Police in Salt Lake and Utah Counties have identified the bodies as those of Alonzo Daniels, Kim Peterson and Danny Davis, all of the Salt Lake area. Two other bodies those of Troy Ward and Graeme Cunningham were recovered from the stream bed of Big Cottonwood Creek in Salt Lake County. Authorities declined to say whether they had been buried. A Salt Lake man, identified by police as Arthur Gary Bishop, 30, also known as Roger W. Downs and Lynn E. Jones, was charged Wednesday with five counts of capital homicide for the deaths of the five young boys. According to police officials, Bishop himself located the grave sites after he was questioned by police in connection with the recent disappearance of Graeme Cunningham. The bodies were sent to the state medical examiner for autopsies to determine the cause of death. News of the arrest and the discovery of the bodies was an nounced at a news conference held in Salt Lake Monday afternoon. Alonzo Daniels had been missing from his home since Oct. 16, 1979. Kim Peterson vanished Nov. 27, 1980, and Danny Davis, Oct. 20, 1981. Troy Ward had been missing since June 22, 1983 and Graeme Cunningham since July 14. The bodies were located just off a dirt road at the base of Lake Mountain. As officers believe the murders occured in Salt Lake County, the case is being investigated by Salt Lake law enforcement officers. flooding. "We will be replacing a couple of culverts," he said, "we will be there is no doing a lot of work doubt about that." Maybe with some foresight and planning much of the destruction caused by natural flooding can be prevented in the future. Lehi seeks AF support Sampson helps plead case against UP&L for power Lehi Mayor Garry Sampson and Springville Mayor Brent Haymond came before the American Fork City Council Tuesday night "pleading" for American Fork's help in keeping Utah Power & Light Company from of buying up the 200 megawatts will bankrupt that they say power their city power companies. Mayor Sampson said the latest request of UP&L will financially ruin his city. as Mayor Haymond said he comes to road the "down plead a neighbor with you not to sign this at this time." UP&L will be on the docket Aug. 9 to ask for American Fork City's support for the utility's request to pick up an additional 200 megawatts of power for sale in Utah. The utility is claiming that if it can can purchase the cheap power, it conto those along savings pass sumers in the state. But UP&L's bid for that power threatens the present agreements that towns like Lehi and Springville have to purchase the f inexpensive power from the Colorado River Storage Project. Mayor Haymond charged that Utah is already "held for ransom" by the monopoly power company. He said Springville, which has its own power system, is asking for help much like American Fork has asked for support in their fight against the Central Utah Project aquaducts. "In reality we're dealing with a monopoly business," said Haymond, "We (cities which operate a private power system and purchase power from several sources) represent an alternative to high power costs." As Utah Power and Light already owns all the wheeling rights in Utah (lines that move electricity to the cities) Haymond says that prevents anyone else from bringing in cheap power. Mayor Malcolm Beck noted that in Moscow, Idaho, residents pay power bills of $10 and less because power is purchased from hydroelectric plants. Beck said whether federal or not American Fork supports UP&L's request makes no difference. "The only way we'll ever change a thing is if we can change the Public Service Commissions. Those commission seats should be filled with elected officials. And people should attend the commission meetings," declared Beck. "What we do here won't make any difference." But Haymond and Sampson said their cities need the support of communities that buy power from the federal plants. ditional megawatts they request will never be seen. "I assure you, should you pass this, you will not see any decrease," said Haymond. Lehi residents will see their power bills increase by 187 percent, added Mayor Sampson. "They'll have to buy our power system and I can't see how they can reduce your rates if they have to buy out every city system," said Sampson. "They'll just pass those costs on." Haymond urged the council to up against the power company saying, "If we are to maintain a free enterprise system, we cannot have a blow like this delivered to private utilities. We want to be Don't give UP&L a blank check here." Haymond insisted that the 25 percent decrease in rates promised by Utah Power if they get the ad stand t. A handful of the 40 cities directly involved have already accepted the UP&L including resolution, Pleasant Grove and Santaquin. Haymond says he hopes when they hear from the other side those cities will rescind their endorsement. Beck said the Utah Power & Light proposal is set for the August 9 meeting and all interested citizens are welcome. on . .As c Lehi Queen in Pioneer Parade CYNDEE CRITTENDEN rklei Lehi's float down SLC'i Days of '47 parade on Monday. |