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Show - 375 expires 013094 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 467 EAST 300 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY uT F 84111 frills J HIT Wednesday, March 10, 1993 Vol. 15, No. 10 50 cents a single copy City establishes impact fees following completion of plan Lehi City Council, after months of study and planning, has passed a new capital improvement plan which includes five phases where changes or upgrades are intended, The changes and upgrading must take place before the city can keep up with the demands new homes will make on the city's roads and parks, as well as its sewer, culinary water and pressurized irrigation system. The impact fees include $250 for culinary water, $300 for pressurized irrigation, $100 for sewer, $250 for roads and $100 for parks and recreation. These fees will be added to each new house building permit. A portion of those fees will be refunded to developers and builders who will also pay i IS fis .V"t Police ;. 15-fo- ot Highland artists to cast 'Man of Steel' in bronze Where else but America could you find the "man of steel" being sculpted as "the man of bronze" out of clay? That's what's happening in Highland where Superman - the popular comic character killed in arecentD.C. Comic edition - is being sculpted as a suitable for mascot home Superman's town. Gary Ernest Smith is the artist, with Barron Walton the The Lehi Police Department hasresponded to a variety of calls, from domestic disputes and harassment to criminal mischief and theft of varying amounts. In addition to the many citations issued for driving under the influence of alcohol, officers were also involved with apprehending an felon, aborting an attempted suicide and recovering stolen automobiles. Two girls reported that someone tried to run them over while they were skating in the parking lot of Lehi Elementary. The suspect denied the incident when approached by the responding officer, but later said he "wouldn't do it again" when warned that an additional offense would bring charges. A local woman received vulgar and threatening telephone calls e from her son's girlfriend. The company advised the woman to make her answering machine tape of one call available to the police, who then urged her to contact Youth Services to get help with the family's domestic problems. Officers from Lehi, American Fork, the Utah County Sheriffs Office and the Department of were successful in thwarting a possible suicide attempt when they met, by request, with the subject in his home. -- -- project 15-fe- et take -- manager. When completed, the sculpture will plant its' umpteen size feet firmly in the ground into and reach the air, cape spread 12 feet wide, ready for tele-phon- "Daily Planet" - a newspaper also found in the Illinois town, according to Paul Barron of Barron Walton, project manager for the sculpture.) Smith, renown for his oil paintings, says the statue is the largest item he has ever done and has presented challenges beMs cause of its' size. In doing it, "You have to emphasize some things the lip forward so you can see it - make others, sure the muscles are in the ;r - right place." " off. The sculpture is beingcast in bronze at Metal Letters in Lehi, then will reign over the town square of where else but Metropolis Metropolis, Illinois, that is. (Superman resided in the city of Metropolis where, as reporter Clark Kent, he worked for the mild-manner- .& The sculp- ture was first made in miniature. Proportions were then enlarged to the needed size. are They working closely with D.C. Comics, who hold the copyright on Superman. "They gave us very stringent guidelines that we've had to work under," Barron says, and have to approve the See SUPERMAN, Page 3 The annexation requests for more than 80 acres near Lehi Junior High and Sego Lily Elementary, a proposed 34 lot development and a 52 acre annexation on the city's west side, could bring as many as 700 to 800 new homes into Lehi, or a 40 percent increase in Lehi's residential size. Lehi City supplies residents with power, culinary and pressurized irrigation water and sewer facilities. Many of the citizens attending the public hearings objected to the city's allowing any more expansion until utility systems were upgraded. They were mainly concerned about water supply and water pressure in the northern part of the city. respond to variety of calls olics out-of-sta- te Kevin Maug, left, Dion Barron, Paul Barron and Gary Smith pose statue of Superman. in front of increased utility charges for each new develsewer opment or home; they must add lines, culinary water lines and pressurized irrigation lines. Those fees went into effect Wednesday. Bob Kunz said that builders have filed for 44 new building requests. Kunz doesn't think the new fees will deter building in Lehi. The city has been holding all new building applications until the Capital Improvement Plan could be put in place. Many public hearings have been held to give citizens an opportunity to state their objections, or their approval of the numerous zoning changes allowing subdivisions, and other new building requests. Cor-rectio- A car was stolen from the carport of a Lehi residence one evening and located soon after when dispatch notified an officer of an accident on Highway 89. After rolling the vehicle, the suspect abandoned the car, subsequently stealing and damaging two more vehicles before being apprehended after a foot chase. The first car sustained $5000 in damages. An Orem man was charged with driving under the influence, open container violation and possession of marijuana. The man was booked into the Utah County Jail, and officers searched and impounded the vehicle upon the arrest. Two female passengers were charged with illegal consumption of alcohol and charges were being sought against a Lehi man for furnishing alcohol to a minor. Charges were dropped for one male and brought against another as the atter admitted he had given a false name when given a stop 1 sign violation and illegal consumption of alcohol. A Lehi woman reported that her daughter had attempted to assault her with two butcher knives two days prior. The juvenile was later admitted to the adolescent psychiatric ward at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Two Provo men were booked into the county jail on alcohol-relate- d charges. The driver, who refused to take a chemical test, was charged with DUI, open container, illegal consumption of alcohol and supplying false information. The passenger was also charged with open container violation and intoxication. A juvenile was charged with curfew violation as well as two counts of theft for $10 in small auto parts. The case is being referred to juvenile court and the suspect was released into parental custody. Officers responded to a bomb threat on a UTA bus traveling north on Center Ctreet. The street was closed off at 600 North until Pleasant Grove Police Department officers reported that they had caught the suspect, who admitted that there was no bomb. The department was requested to assist an agency in Marshall County, Indiana, in apprehending a felon at his motherjs residence in Lehi. The man was handcuffed during a traffic stop and was taken to the Police Depart- ment. When the man was informed of extradition to Indiana, he became upset and violent and threatened to commit suicide. During transportation to the county jail, he kept crying and saying he wanted to kill himself; officials at the county facility decided to move him to Wasatch Mental Hospital, where he was later admitted. Lehi officers notified the Indiana agency that the man had been taken into custody. Four juveniles were taken into custody when an officer noticed a car with Nevada plates driving around Lehi. A plate check revealed that the car had been stolen from Wendover. The juveniles did not admit to stealing the vehicle, but said they knew it was stolen. Officers recovered a purse containing the victim's identification and called the Wendover Police Department to make contact with the owner. Some of the thefts during the period included $50 in meat from a home freezer, two tricycles, over $1000 in cash, tools valued at more than $600 and audio equipment listed at $240. Criminal mischief cases Mother of 2 make strides as ballet performer Nontraditional students are fast becoming the norm at the University of Utah. But in the Ballet Department, with its rigorous physical demands and time consuming rehearsals, undergraduate students with serious outside responsibilities are rare. For a mother of two to be promoted during her first year to the Utah Ballet, the premier student performinggroup, is without precedent. Katharyn Kali Lee, daughter of Calvin Atwood, Lehi, and Lee Wilson, American Fork, is a ballet major who will earn a bachelor's degree next year. She and her husband, Larry, are parents of Lydia, 7, and Shanna, 4. Lee is a 1979 graduate of American Fork High School. Lee attended the U. on a ballet scholarship as a freshmen right out of high school, but was soon injured and withdrewfrom school. After dancing with Utah Youth Ballet in American Fork, marrying and moving to Ogden, and in structing at the School of Ballet West, she taught ballet on her own. At the same time, she took liberal arts classes at Weber State University. Returning to the U.'s Ballet Department last spring, Lee regr istered for a technique class. By the end of the quarter she was ready for third-yea- r level, and during fall quarter she was invited to join the Utah Ballet, the department's official performing first-yea- ensemble. "For a student, it's the ultimate," she says. "I danced and floated down the hall when I heard." Barbara J. Hamblin, associate professor and chair of the Department of Ballet, says Lee had every reason to levitate. "Kali has been remarkable, really tenacious. She's a wonderful student and extremely bright. I was amazed that she got back into shape so fast. Going soquickly r from level to the company class is unheard of." With plans to either teach at a university or open her own school, Lee is completing requirements for both performance and teaching emphases in her major. .A J first-yea- I ') Katharyn Kali Lee Cold Springs served as important landmark to early Lehi settlers By RICHARD VAN WAGONER On the earliest map of the Lehi area, drawn in 1850 by the Captain Howard Stansbury survey team, three springs are shown in the vicinity. "Large Springs" is the present Mill Pond,"Warm Springs" is Saratoga Resort, and "Cold Springs," just west of the Jordan River, is on Allred Ranch property. Ancien t Native American s most likely utilized the area for hundreds of years. The Allred family since the turn of the century have discovered dozens of Indian artifacts in the vicinity. Some are in the Hutchings Museum collection, others are in the private collection of the Wayne (Tuff) Allred family. In 1854 John Conrad Naile (a.k.a. Naegle), a German convert to Mormonism and member of the Mormon Battalion, arrived in Lehi and settled at Cold Springs. Naegle had made a substantial strike in the gold fields of California. He also had accumulated huge proceeds from the sale of a large Spanish land grant in San Jose. The area surrounding Cold Springs made for excellent grazing grounds. Naegle raised cattle, horses, and sheep there. He may also have planted extensive apple 1 Lehi Yesteryears orchards for producingcider, a lifelong passion linked to his German heritage. His family dwelling, however, was in Lehi on Block 38, near the northwest corner of Main and 200 West. In Juneof 1858, as newsrenched Lehi and Cedar Valley that the Utah Expeditionary Force (Johnston's Army) was moving southward, most Fairfield and Cedar Fort citizens left their homes and camped around Cold Springs. They remained on the site for several weeks until military leaders convinced them they would not be harmed if they returned to their Cedar Valley homes. During the 1850s and 1860s three major American transportation and communication lines ran within two miles of Cold Springs. The Pony Express Trail, Overland Trail, and the Transcontinental Telegraph line all crossed the Jor dan River at Indian Ford and then coursed a southwesterly direction past the Cold Springs. Tragedy struck the vicinity of Cold Springs in the summer of 1863 when Overland Stage driver Wood Reynolds and express messenger Thomas O'Shonnison (responsible for passengers, mail, and freight) met their deaths on June 10. On April 1, a detachment of Fort Douglas soldiers under the direction of Lieutenant Ether attacked a party of Indians just north of Cedar Fort. The defeated Native Americans vowed revenge on "the men who wore the blue coats." Overland driver Frederick Scarlett left Porter Rockwell's station at the Point of the Mountain driving an empty coach toFairfield on June 9. Normally the coaches were ferried across the Jordan River at Indian Ford, two miles downstream from Cold Springs, but the ferry boat had sunk the previous day during high winds. Scarlett drove the stage farther south to the Bridge, lessthanamilefrom Cold Springs. Here Caroline Ball, wife of the tollkeeper, warned Scarlett that See YESTERYEARS on Page 3 Lehi-Jorda- in- volved slashed tires and other vehicular damage, vandalism and negligence, representing over $1500 in repair costs. n The Cold Springs, now known as Allred Pond, have been an important element in Lehi history since the early 1850s. |