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Show 1- - 530 expires 01 WESTERN MICROGRAPHICS 7 IE SOUTH 3600 WEST ttE UT WEST VALLEY CITY 64113 I :095 F Vol. 16, No. 14 50 cents a single copy Wednesday, April 6, 1994 Board to decide on possible $98 million school bond Members of the Alpine School District board of education were to decide whether or not to bond for new school construction when they met for their monthly business meeting Tuesday, April 5, at board headquarters in American Fork. The question of what to do about the district's crowded student population has been a topic of discussion by the board for several weeks. A number of study sessions were held to investigate housing altern ati ves. items was also on last month's agenda as a discussion matter. According to district superintendent Steven C. Baugh, the decision to place a possible bond issue on the agenda was made after other alternatives had been exhausted. "We now have 14 of our schools d on either extended-daor schedules to save space, and 20 percent of our students are attending classes in portable units. A number of our schools are reaching The y Tickets on sale for year-roun- Ml twice their origin al design capacity. It's becoming increasingly unfair to our students to leave them in crowded conditions," Baugh said. "Of course, whether or not to ask patrons for the permission to borrow money for new schools and how much to ask for is strictly a board decision. This is the determination the board will be making on Tuesday." At the March 22 board meeting, Baugh proposed that the board ask cost $25 million to construct a high school and $6 million to construct an elementary school. Board members also had to decide whether to ask voters to approve a leeway at the same time to fund the maintenance and operation of the new schools. In other action, the board was to decide on recommendations from the Orem and American Fork boundary committees. The two groups have gathered public input for sev for a $98 million bond to construct two high schools - one in the Amerid can area and one in the north Orem area and two elementary schools - also one in the American Fork area and one in Orem. Additional funds would be used to remodel and renovate existing schools with money also set aside to construct two more elementary schools as needed to "catch up" with -- Fork-Highlan- - -- increased growth. Architects have estimated it will Lehi council looks at changes in city's development standards Jr Round-u- p Tickets are now on sale for the renowned Lehi Round-up- , which will be held June 23-2- 5. A new feature of the rodeo this year will be numbered seating for all sections of the arena for the The City Council discussed proposed changes in the Development Standards several different times during the last meeting. Councilmember fire hydrants in the planter strip between curbs and sidewalks. City Engineer Lorin Powell said that hydrants, as well as power poles and equipment, do not show up on the plats and that buyers would not know if they were placed on their property. The hydrant issue led to a discussion on the placement of mailboxes. Several members ofthe council reported that citizens had placed m ailboxes directly in the path of the sidewalks near their homes. Powell said that nothing should be in the sidewalk if the sidewalk is Photo by Marc Haddock The egg comes first Little Cassidy Eapaska, 14 months old, knows what to look for in the Lehi Easter Egg hunt at Wines Park Saturday morning. There was a good turnout for Saturday's hunt, and the change to Wines Park offered a new landscape for Easter Egg hunters of all ages. City-sponsor- pro-te- editor-in-chi- ef Squad, and has participated with the tennis team, track team, Future Homemakers of America, and the journalism staff. Katy Worlton, secretary for the junior class and member of the Lehi City Youth Council, has also been very involved in several activities at the school. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Encore show choir, the German Club, the Science Club, the yearbook staff, and the debate team. She recently played the lead role in "Annie Get Your Gun." She has served as a peer tutor and in peer leadership and was a member of the ZOD Squad. curb. Councilmember Reed Sunderland asked developer Mel Frandsen how he installs mailboxes. Frandsen said his developments include planter strips in the curb to allow for mailbox placement. Sunderland, with a second from Councilmember Knollin Haws, made a motion to include in the Development Standards a stipulation that mailboxes must not be placed in the sidewalk but in the curb strip. Later in the meeting, Powell suggested the following four items that he felt should be included in the Development Standards: Either a three-inc- h asphalt layer or a thinner layer with an overlay in years. Sunderland voiced apoption due proval for the three-inc- h to the heavy equipment using the roadways into developments. A three-incthickness of road base under curb, gutter and sidewalks. A minimum pipe size of six inches or eight inches (up from four or six inches) in order to avoid the costly upsizing; the city would also have the option of using smaller or sizes in areas such as dead ends. Either way, the pipes would already be in place. Adjustments to the fee schedule for presenting plats for approval. 0 f -- rtiV the with integral Two named to Girls State Suzann Messersmith and Katy Worlton have been selected to represent Lehi High School at Girls State, which will be held June 1 at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. No stranger to government, Miss Messersmith has served the Youth city City Council as mayor recorder and council member. She has also served as assistant editorial editor of the Pioneer Post, the high school newspaper, as well of the junior high as newspaper. In addition, Suzann is a member of the National Honor Society, Science Club, Spanish Club, and Spirit Wayne Carlton first addressed the issue of placing Friday and Saturday performances. "Every seat is a good one," said Dona Anderson, a member of the Civic Improvement Association committee that sponsors the rodeo. She said that, although the arena is small, it meets PRCA standards for length and width, and she assured that "there is no bad seat." Thursday night will be Kids Night, with all children under 12 admitted for $1 if accompanied by an adult General admission tickets will be $6, with no reserved seating. Tickets for Friday and Saturday will be $6 and $8, with all seats numbered for convenience. Patrons may purchase tickets in advance at Ream's Boots and Jeans, 68 W. Main, or at Western Tack and Togs, 36 S. 200 West, both Lehi. In addition to numbering the seats at the arena, the committee has also decided to replace the wooden bleachers in the southeast corner of the arena. The improvements, however, will not be installed until after this year's performances. eral weeks in order to change el ementary boundaries in two areas The recommendations were submit ted to the board in March. A fin?.! decision was to be made Tuesday On the discussion side of th" agenda, the board was to begin deliberation on student fees and ha? ardous bus routes. Tradition !' items are first presented to the boar d as a discussion item and ther; brought back at a later board meet ingfor action. h Suzann Messersmith and Katy Worlton will represent Lehi High School at Girls' State. Sunderland made a motion to approve the first three options th ar. night, with a subsequent amend ment for fee changes. Although City Attorney Ke? Rushton suggested they finalize every aspect of the standards K'(t" adopting them, in order to save ; .Hp expense of the related costs of pass ing ordinances, Sunderland felt t n h they should pass the first thre' immediately and amend the rdi nance as necessary. Haws gn.ve p second and the vote was unanim ou. s Near the end of the meeting. Councilmember Dee Ray Rusw presented some possible changes : zoning ordinances for the cf consideration. Under Russon's proposals, the zone, allowing existing R-l-- 8 H.0)-sq- ft. lots, would only be allowed f ' existing lots within the inner city Several councilmembers felt thai the allowance would be benefit-- al t ; eliminate weed patches around town. A new zone would provide for 12,000 sq. ft. lots, without, eliminating the fvf homeowners who prefer the 1 5.000 sq. ft. minimum. New stipulations in the GC ' zone would allow the council and the Planning and Zoning Commis sion to designate what could be in eluded within one block on either side of federal and state highways. The zoning would designate the area north and west of Interstate 15, from the Jordan River to the Point of the Mountain, as an I & M zone for industrial ventures, and would eliminate completely the PUD overlay for an unspecified period of the time, with the option to zone if approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Several councilmembers ques tioned the zone, asking if the 8 would be phased out. Russov; said that the new zone could be u sed to control the size of lots in new annexations and the council would have the power to decide which nr eas should be zoned Russon reminded council men, bers that the proposals were just concepts. re-op- R-l-- 2. Mayor Racker was successful Lehi businessman By RICHARD VAN WAGONER Lehi'8 thirty-firmunicipal election, held on Nov. 7, 1911, pitted the incumbent mayor, Democrat Edward Southwick against Republican challenger William E. Racker, prominent local merchant. As on several previous occasions, the principal issue of the day was prohibition, an subject which seemed to bring out the vivisectionists on both sides of the political ticket. Former Democratic Mayor Abel J. Evans, in a November 4 article in the Lehi Banner summarized Mayor Southwick's record: We point with pride to the clean, energetic, and efficient administration given to the people of Lehi during the past two years by a Democratic Mayor and City Council, wherein the law has been vigorously, conscientiously, and justly enforced against all persons alike, and especially the carrying out, and the vigorous enforcement of the law against violators of the liquor ordinance, to the end, that the traffic in intoxicants has been induced to the minimum in so much that it is referred to by people generally aa being the freest City from the sale of liquor in the State of Utah. And we pledge the nominees of the Democratic Convention, if elected, at the pollsNov. 7, 1911, to a continuation of the earnest, conscientious, and persistent enforcement of the law in the future as in the past. Local Republicans were irate. The prohibition law was county-widand all officials, regardless of their political affiliation, were bound Main was completed in early 1901. In 1902 the Co-o- p management st e, initiated construction of a building at the uptown site( 161 East State). This structure (Christensen's today) was completed in the spring of 1903. It was one of the first stores in Lehi to be wired for electricity. 22,000-square-fo- by oath to enforce it. Morgan Evans and William Asher, local Republican officials, blasted the Democratic platform. "Well, why shouldn't they enforce a law made possible by a Republican Legislature," the two men attested. "Does it take any particular heroism to enforce an ordinance like this? Does not the Republican platform also declare in favor of a vigorous, impartial enforcement of this same Prohibition Ordinance? Why, any party in power that did not enforce this law would be untrue to the trust imposed upon it. So why all these words, words?" On election day all Republican candidates, except one, won election. Mayor Rackets supportingcast included: William F. Gurney, W. Karl Hopkins, Thomas Webb, ley Austin, George G. Robinson (councilors); James F. Fyffe (recorder), ErnestN. Webb(treasurer), George Webb (justice). Mayor Racker was born in Aarhus, Denmark, on Jan. 23, 1853. After receiving his education in that country he emigrated to America when he was 15 years old, arriving in Salt Lake City on Sept. 25, 1868. He began life in Lehi as a field hand, performing whatever menial work he would find. Bishop David appointed Evans, his him to a clerkship in the local tithing office, a position he held for father-in-la- seven years. Resigning from his clerking, Racker accepted a position as bookkeeper with the People's Institution. He was eventually advanced to the position of secretary and treasurer of that organization, a position he held for 10 years. The June ot 4, 1903 Lehi Banner commented that it was a pleasure to do business there because there were "no dark corners." The building was also the first in On April 29, 1893, Thomas Cutler resigned as superintendent of Lehi to have cement sidewalks. This the People's Racker, who had is something new in our city," commented the April 9, 1903, Lehi Banbeen serving as assistant superinselected ner, "and we hope to see our mertendent for some time, was to be Cutler's successor. Prosperity chants on main street soon do likewise and help make our city look of Lehi's largest mercantile continued under Racker's management. more metropolitan." W. E. Racker was called on a The Dec. 28, 1893, Lehi Banner mission to Denmark in early 1903. of business the detailed extensively the uptown at the end of A festive retirement party was held Racker's first year of management. on his behalf in the Union Hotel. The firm was stocked with After dinner president ThoCutler mas presented Racker with $75,000 worth of goods. Twenty a $240 gold watch. Samuel I. clerks were employed and the previous Saturday's sales were reported Goodwin, who was succeeding Racker, then gave a speech praising as $1,500. his predecessor's management style. In 1899 the People's capiWhen Racker returned from his talization was increased to $100,000, of which $60,000 was fully paid. In mission in the summer of 1904 he the first two years of the new cen- purchased the downtown tury Racker supervised dramatic branch. This $9,000 transaction inexpansions of both the uptown and cluded the lumberyard and all the frontage downtown stores. In the spring of buildings in the - but none of the store goods. 1900 the original downtown buildRacker Mercantile, ing (T & W TaylorLehi Union Exwith a was demolished and general merchandise, opened large change) on Aug. 6. In 1912 Racker demoy brickfacilitystarted.This building (presently the west half of lished the older, eastern portion of See YESTERYEARS on Page 3 the Colonial House) at 189 West Co-o- p. V 1 Co-o- p Co-o- p Co-o- p Co-o- p 108-fo- -- well-stocke- two-stor- V d ' V. William Racker, Lehi's twentieth mayor, served from J |