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Show Free Press - Wednesday, February 5. 1986 - Page Police stop 1,080 drivers in effort to teach new limits Speeders traveling : along American Fork's north 100 East and along East State Road found themselves waved to the side of the road this past week - but they got off An : Instead of a ticket, they were warned that speed verbally limits along those highways have been lowered. Amnesty is expected to end sometime this week, however, and police will start issuing the real thing. Police Chief Randy Johnson said approximately 1,000 motorists are being stopped in the educational - - campaign., y 1 main routes in and out of the city because of concern for the safety of vehicles and pedestrians. The north First East area is a residential area with schools and churches located along it. Fast food type businesses, a shopping center, and grocery stores along East State Road have resulted in increased traffic and accidents. UDOT agreed to the lower speeds "The rate depended on the time of day, whether youngsters were being in the areas on a one-yeprobation. picked up from school or not," Chief If American Fork City doesn't enforce the limits, the state says the Johnson said. On East State Road, the rate was limits will again be raised. "about equal for those living in The speed limit along north First American Fork and other cities, he East (U-7is now 30 mph until aaid. about the American Fork Junior Chief Johnson said most of the High School intersection, where it drivers stopped said they had read raises to 40 mph until the city limits. or heard of the speed limit having ), On north State Road it is 30 been lowered, but had forgotten miles per hour until about the about it. inAmerican Fork Hospital American Fork City requested the tersection, then it goes to 40 mph Utah Department of Transportation until near the Pleasant Grove city UDOT lower limits on several of the limits. An interesting note, the Chief said, was that, on the average, out of every five motorists stopped on north 100 East, only one lived in American Fork. ' Of the remaining four motorists, d three lived in the area, with the remaining one residing in Lehi, Pleasant Grove or elsewhere. Alpine-Highlan- ' These motorists were clocked by officers using radar units as having : gone over the speed limit. Speeds noted ranged from 35 miles per hour in the 30 mile speed zone on north 100 East to 75 miles per hour. The average "above speed limit" was 45 mph - or 15 above the new speed limit. (U-89- who wish to speak are asked to sign up at the door prior to the meeting. Among the action items for the Tuesday meeting are the following: Bonneville Elementary School Extended Year Proposal, Vineyard Area Boundary Modifications, Final Plans for Pleasant Grove High School Addition, and Orem High School Science Room Remodeling, and approval of a policy on district Public Involvement Councils. On the discussion side of the agenda will be a report on the district's Cluster Program, discussion on several board policies, and the Enrollment Report for December. Men arraigned in scheme Two men were arraigned in American Fork's Eighth Circuit Court .Tuesday on second degree felony charges of theft by deception at ' Ream's Market in American " Fork. Appearing before Eighth Circuit Court Judge John Backlund were k Si n zMfj -- 4) Forensics squad sweeps meet Members of the Lehi High School Forensic squad pose with their teacheradvisor, E. Russell Jensen, far right on back row, following sweep at recent Pineview Dixie College Invitational. See story on page 6. Board to meet Tuesday night The Alpine School District Board of Education will hold its monthly business session Tuesday, Feb. II, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at district headquarters, 39 N. Center, American Fork. - A "public opportunity to address the board" will be held near the beginning of the session. Patrons Harland "Woody" Larsen, 44, of 894 N. 400 West, American Fork, and Gary A. Jensen, 45, of 2990 W. Payson Canyon Road, Payson. charged with one count of theft by deception, a second degree felony. A preliminary hearing will be scheduled withing 30 days, although not date was set Tuesday. Jensen was charged with five Chief Johnson said Deputy Gary second degree felony charges of Caldwell of the the police departLarsen was ment began investigating the case in December after being tipped off by supervisory personnel from the store. He said the amount of money involved is approximately $100,000. One of the men, a Payson meat broker, was alledgedly in collusion with an inside employee of the store to overcharge for meat products sold to Ream's, the police chief said. Utah County residents believe the in place at UTC is paid for from The operation is believed to have student funds "almost exclusively" Utah State Legislature should inon for about a year, it was gone crease funding to Utah Technical along withf some private funds. .noted-- i , ,i ,;v,' Tr - but many f'Those programs are very imCblleigd at Provo-Oret- h feel to change the name of, thViiK' portant to' a total atmosphere," Dr. "if stitutioti would cause confusion. Higbee said, and while the college These opinions were expressed in can't have a total athletic program, a survey conducted seven months "we need to do what we do well." A total of 96 percent of those ago by Dan Jones and Associates, and surveyed said UTC is the first inmarketing Inc., a public opinion research firm based in Salt Lake stitution that comes to mind when they think of vocational-technicCity, and released last week. education and 99 percent said UTC is The survey, Dr. Jones said inan asset to the state. cluded responses from 503 residents The college, according to survey of Utah County and 100 business executives from the county. Some results, is by the Salt Lake businesses were also area, receiving high marks for its academic quality, contacted. reputation, "We didn't question any of the showing concern for students, etc. Over 50 percent of those surveyed students," the pollster said. Jones and Dr. J. Marvin Higbee, said they would encourage family college president, explained the members to attend the college for survey results at a press conference reasons including good vocational-technicJan. 23. education, general college held at UTC at Provo-OreOver 80 percent of those contacted programs, cost effectiveness, good agreed that the legislature should university preparation, training consider additional funding to the potential and the excellence in faculty and staff, with good student-employe- e college. ratios. surthose of Sixty-fou- r percent Beautiful grounds and physical veyed don't think UTC should change it's name to include facilities on the Orem campus were "community college," while 93 listed as major assets to the college percent said they feel the college's image and over half of those image has improved over the past responding had visited the Orem few years. cmapus for a tour or classes. included 41 The questionaire The respondents said they would like a wider selection of offerings at items, Jones said, with professional random, using the college and believed the athletic interviewers department needs a stronger systematic sampling from current telephone directories. program. The survey was based on a plus or Dr. Higbee, college president, when questioned about the athletic minus 4.5 percent of tolerated error program said he feels an athletic with a 95 percent level of confidence, program is part of a total campus ne said. infrom Private donations environment and brings about an commitment .' from dividuals could be expected from 3 emotional students and former students of a of the respondents, according to their answers. school. Employers in 80 percent of the He said the athletic program now responses said they would hire a UTC student this year, and 83 percent said they had hired a UTC student in the past. Nearly three-fourth- s of the respondents answered 12 they were "very familiar" with the college, its programs, location and mission. n. Residents support funding for Utech i District outlines policy to set homework limit Members of the Alpine School District Board of Education have sided with district students - there should be a limit to the amount of homework they have to do. At the January business meeting the board, members passed a policy on homework, asking each school to "be aware of the serious of of coordination problem assignments and develop within the school an acceptable policy to prevent overloading." of While recognizing the importance as an extension of learning activities, the policy says "such homework should be purposeful, reasonable in amount and designed specifically to meet the needs of the learner." It should "be carefully explained so the student has an understanding of expectations." of homework for students - And should be "corrected and-o- r evaluated within a reasonable amount of time and returned to the student." Students were not let off by the policy, however. It goes on to say "students should be held accountable for completion of assigned homework as part of class requirements." Board members said they recognize the fact that part of the "overload" of homework is often the fault of the student - "they put it off themselves until they have to do it." During discussion of the policy, David Harvey, a member of the board, asked how homework could be coordinated by a school. district Dr. Clark L. Cox, superintendent, said each school should be working toward that kind of coordination, possibly at staff v meetings. "There will always be some problem but it can be worked out," he said. He said the board may want to develop guidelines to assist the schools. "It's hard to regulate homework and how much," he said. Jan Lewis, also a member of the board, said she would like to have the guidelines. Dr. Richard Sudweeks, board president, said homework should be work. not busy "purposeful, Students resent busy work. "Teachers have an obligation to explain the work, to evaluate it and to return it in a reasonable amount of time," he said. "We recognize the importance of home work," he said. "Homework is still the responsibility of the student, however," board members pointed out. 7 cJiruQur:Mine PROTECT YOUR SWEETHEART'S HEART al m Feb. 4 at American Fork Hospital 10-1- 2-- Members of the city council agreed to install a street light on Mairi Street at the entrance to Subdivision Meadows Western following an eloquent plea by Zina -.- fdjt free Press ISSN No. 8750-466- 9 U.S.P.S. No. 309-50- 0 . Published weekly except for Thanksgiving and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. 32 West Main Lehi, Utah 84043 The light will be at the intersection of Main Street and 800 West. Mrs. Cox explained that citizens in the area had signed a petition and approached the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) about the matter. UDOT officials promised to provide the pole and light if Lehi would provide the power, City ' Mayor Tripp explained that there were two poles in the vicinity, but the City would comply with the wishes of the citizens. ' Power supt. Glen Carter and Don Pinkham ' will Inspector determine the best location and crewman will Install the light. " ' ; Heart Risk Factors No appointment necessary Please abstain from food and drink hours prior to blood test Light to be installed by subdivision Coxl 3 Tested Include: at least Direct payments please, no insurance claims Normal range results will be called to the patient Results out of normal range will be phoned to the patient's physician Cholesterol Triglycerides HDLand LDL , semi-weekl- y " A HEARTFELT GIFT FROM OUR LABORATORY TO YOU! ' Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation. iv s f uolisher 9 K $32.50 3 Brett R. 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