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Show c expires 01;i7iqs PRESS ASSOCIATION F WEST 00 SOUTH STE 5W05 SALT UTAH LftKE CITY UT 84101 gi Vol. 16, No. 52 Wednesday, December 28, 1994 50 cents a single copy New Lehi annexations include old sugar factory property In their last meeting of 1994, the Lehi City Council unanimously approved the requests included on the agenda, as well as one oftwo brought up in the citizen input portion of the meeting. Tom Peck's request for annexation of approximately 11.68 acres to GC-- 2 for property located between Millpond Drive and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks on 850 East was approved following a motion made by Councilmember Knollin Haws. The action included a waiver of the water share requirement since excess water had been dedicated to the city in prior annexation procedures. In connection with that successful petition, Kim Garrick, representing Cellular One, requested approval ofinstallation of a cellular telephone tower on the smokestack located on the Peck property. The tower would rise eight to nine feet above the smokestack, and would also include a 10 by 20 foot prefabricated building with a fence on the property. Councilmember Wayne Carlton asked Garrick about possible landscaping; Garrick said that a lack of a water source at the site would make landscaping unfeasible, but would reconsider as future development in the area necessitated. The motion to approve the re quest was made by Councilmember Reed Sunderland, with a second from Haws and unanimous approval from the council. Mel Frandsen presented his request for approval for an amended Chappel Valley, Plat D subdivision, 14 lots located at approximately 600 W. 700 South. The motion to approve was unanimous. The council also unanimously granted Ray Hutchinson an extension of time to record Dry Creek Meadows, Plat B, 12 lots at 800 W. 500 South in an existing l zone. Councilmember Dee Ray Russon also made the motion to approve Larry Lindstrom's request for annexation of of one acre to R-- one-tent- h clarify a mistake on the legal description of property located at approximately 300 E. 1900 North in an existing RA-- 1 zone. Voting was unanimous. Glade Berry approached the council during citizen input time to ask if he would qualify for annexation due to problems with the sewer system that have arisen due to development in his area. Although Berry was unwilling to give up his rights to an artesian well located on the property, the council was interested in the request since Berry's property forms an island of unannexed land in the city. Haws made a motion to approve Berry's request, subject to the lat- - Lynn Crawley, 36, Lehi, was fatally injured Tuesday in a accident at the intersection of 8 and three miles west of Lehi. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Pelton said the accident occurred about 8:30 a.m. when Stanley Rose, 73, Morgan, was traveling south on and "apparently went past the stop sign." His vehicle was struck by the eastbound pickup truck driven by Crawley. Rose, who was wearing a seat belt, received minor injuries. "Crawley was not wearing a seat belt. If he had been wearing a seat belt it would probably have saved his life," Pelton said. The officer said Rose was cited for failure to yield the U-6- 3, At U-6- 8, New city employees to undergo background checks A motion by Councilmember Carma Johnson led to the adoption of a new city policy autho- rizing criminal background checks on all applicants for city employments. The council discussed whether all applicants would be tested or just the person chosen for the job or the few chosen for a final interview: the policy as written will allow the council to make that determination on a basis. Councilmember Knollin Haws inquired about also including drug and HIV testing, but no action was taken on that issue. Following a second by Councilmember Wayne Carlton, the motion to approve the background check was unanimously approved. se Photo by Cathy Allred Descendants of the Whimpey's original mares, "Nightie News" and "Big Barney" pose with their owner, Bob Whimpey. After early quarterhorse success, Whimpeys were off to the races By CATHY ALLRED Young Bob Whimpy would be in such a hurry that he wouM exhaust two horses in order to cover the 10 mile route delivering the paper. Newspapers were 90 cents - for a month of dailies. That was back when WWII was on; from those days he must have learned a lot more than just business sense because now he and his wife Judy, residents of Lehi, are the owners of the number one earning racing quarterhorses in Utah for 1994 and are ranked 26th in the nation for the same reason. Utah is ranked number five in the nation for the number of owners with participating race horses or "starters" and also is fifth in the countryfor the number of starters -- that are foaled in the state. They are preceded only by Texas, Oklahoma, and California in the number of breeders and owners with the state, making them fourth in the United States for American Quarter Horse racing. Described as "the mainstay on the Intermountain racing scene.. ." by the June 1994 Western Racing News, the Whimpeys are modest about their business. "We went into horse racing to keep the pasture grass down," explains Bob who is also the of Thomas J. Peck and Sons Trucking in Lehi. "We tried sheep and the dogs kept getting into them; we tried cattle but there was no money in it." They own 12 acres and wanted to make at least enough to maintain it and pay its taxes. er So through a brother-in-la- Steve Houghton, they bought a package as a promotional from Viking Ranch in Idaho. They began their business with twomares, breeding shares, and two foals. "It turned out to be fun," commented Judy, "the children loved it, itbecame a family activity." All their children are gone now but they and their extended family still keep up with their hobby. There are three race tracks in Utah where horses are run; St. George's Dixie Downs, Ogden's Golden Spike, and South Jordan's Laurel Brown. The Utah Classic which Nightie News placed first in, is the race with the biggest purse with totals of $148,000 in winnings and takes place at the See HORSES on Page 5 By RICHARD VAN WAGONER Adventism, the belief in Christ's and millenarianism, the conviction that Christ will eventually reign personally upon the earth for one thousand years, appealed to vast numbers of Americans in the early nineteenth century. While Mormons are technically described as premillenarians because church theology teaches that the coming of Christ will precede the thousand-yea- r reign of peace, Saints the emphasis of Latter-dahas traditionally been on the place rather than the time of the predicted miraculous events. That place, that sacred spot was first Missouri, then Nauvoo, 111., finally Utah with promise of a future return to the Zion of Jackson County, Mo. The Mormon agenda since the earliest days of the church has been to establish the moral, social, and political conditions necessary before Christ's return could occur. As early as 1837, a Universalist visitor to Kirtland, Ohio, declared that the Saints had "too much worldly wisdom connnected with their religion too great a desire for the perishable riches of this world -holding out the idea that the kingdom of Christ is to be composed of "real estate, herds, flocks, silver, gold,' etc., as well as of human bey ings." Most early Mormons considered this criticism a strength rather than a weakness, evidence that religion had application to the here-and- Russon, with a second from Councilmember Carma Johnson and subsequent unanimous approval the request. from the council, made a motion to take t lie proposal under considei-atio- Voting was unanimous. Brent Hickman broached the until a future meeting. v but many acquaintances considered Scouting her "first love." In the biographical sketch, aunt Evelyn Peterson said that "every Sunday we would see her with her little briefcase that held her notes and records going around checking up on the boys." "She wouldn't take 'no' for an answer and when some of them would get a little lax and become disinterested, Carolyn was right there to prod and push and coax and beg until she got results." "Some of the mothers gave up on their sons, but Carolyn never did. She would meet them and work with them at their con venience, not hers. She would come up here on weekdays, either in the morning or afternoons, whichever was most convenient for the boy." Mrs. Butterfield was honored th is summer at an Eagle Court of Honor where two of the young men she had helped were presented with their now, not just the afterlife. Considering the fact that many, perhaps Mormon conmost verts were of the lower classes, the promise of an inheritance in a new Zion was in many cases the most compelling feature of the Mormon message. This was especially evident after the Mormon exodus to the West and after the establishment of the Perpetual Emigration Fund, which offered an immediate payment of part or all of the emigration expenses with the expectation, which was to be only partially fulfilled, of a future reimbursement. Many Lehi men were a prominent part of these early emigration activities during the 1850s and 1860s. Eleven served as missionaries for thechurch, some traveling as far as India and South Africa. Most of the church's four hundred missionaries leaving between 1855 and 1864 were sent to European countries, where they converted thousands of new saints. Church leaders were anxious to build up the Great Basin and advised these new converts to emigrate to America. Many of them, arriving in New York or New Orleans with little more than the clothes on their backs, required church assistance to gettotheGreat Salt Lake Valley. 19th-centur- y Numerous Lehi townsmen were "called" during the 1860s to help d immiwith these gration expeditions. The first wagons with Lehi teamsters left Salt Lake City for Florence, Nebraska, in April 1861. The town's quota consisted of five wagons, 40 oxen, 5,000 pounds of flour, and six men: Captain John R. Murdock and drivers Martin B. Bushman, Albert Goodwin, Thomas Karren, George McConnell, and J. Edgar Ross, my church-sponsore- great-grandfath- months later the Four-and-a-ha- lf company returned to Salt Lake City, each wagon filled with eight to twelve immigrants. Prior to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, 37 other Lehi men were involved in five more for the "down-and-back- Perpetual Immigration Fund Company. The sacrifices to outfit these trains were substantial for Lehi and other wards. Aletter to Bishop David Evans from the Presiding Bishop's Office in early 1863 outlined Lehi's assignment: Your ward will be expected to furnish eight ox or mule teams (six mules or four yoke of oxen to each team) an equal number ofgoods and trusty teamsters, and one mounted guard, armed and equipped for a four or five months' journey, with clothing, provisions, ammunition, Missionaries traveling abroad had no other alternative than shipping the high seas. To those with queasy stom achs, the trip to Europe seemed to last forever. Lehi mis- sionary Edward South wick, later to serve with distinction as our mayor, captured with eloquence the essence of seasickness in "A Poem of the Ocean," published in the May 31, 1894 Lehi Banner: On the 28th of April In the year of ninety four, A jolly band of Lehi boys Set sail for England's shore Twas on the Arizona, Our baggage put on deck, It was a triffle storm But none of us got wet When evening was approaching What a difference in the eye See YESTERYEARS on Page 5 J Carolyn Carson Butterfield Eagle awards. That same week, she was honored at the Pioneer Day Celebration in Cedar Fort for her service. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in recreation and physical fitness. Siie taught second, third and fourth grade the Jordan in School District for 14 years. In addition to the sketch, remarks were made by President Cloyd Harris and Bishop Harry Draper, as well as memories by her brothers and sisters, Patty, Rita, Cleo, Ned and Vern. Interment was in the Fairfield Cemetery. Offices ofthis newspaper will be closed Monday, Jan. 2, tot the New Year's Holiday, Deadlines for news and display advertising will be Friday, Dec, SOyat 5 p.m. Classified advertising will be accepted nntil noon on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The newspaper staff wishes all its readers a happy new year and urges everyone to um caution on the highways and to not drink and drive. ,:w v,.mmmm ' ferriage means, ox or mule shoes, spades, axes, picks, ropes, augers, saws, etc. . . . without the expectation of receiving any assistance from any other source. As sacks and sacking are scarce, you will have to make boxes to put the flour in, for the poor on the road. Each team will be expected to have sufficient boxes to carry at least one thousand pounds of flour for this purpose. The flour and grain must be brought to this city, and a full and detailed report made to us of flour for the poor, number of teams, etc., so that a settlement can be made with you after the return in the fall. .an Newspaper to be closed Jan 2 km,, Lehi men involved in early emmigration efforts Coming, 2 iety, right-of-wa- Second Hickman's neighbors, the Fairs, were successful in their bidding for the property, but had apparently not paid the money Hickman asked if he would be considered the second bidder 8nd said he had the money in bpnd to pay his originpl amount hid. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 23 in the Cedar Valley Ward chapel for Carolyn Carson Butterfield, well known in the Cedar Valley area for her work with youngmen in the Scouting program. Mrs. Butterfield died Tuesday, Dec. 20 at home after a long illness. She was born Oct. 14, 1941 to Reed an d Vera Car son . She m arried Gary Butterfield on July 12, 1974; to this union were born three sons, Karson, Kelton and Denton, the last ofwhom passed away one month after birth. An active member of the LDS Church, she served in the Young Women's organization and as education counselor in he Relief Soc- two-vehic- le case-by-ca- subject of property which had been declared surplus by the former administration in their Aug. 8, 1993 meeting. Carolyn Butterfield eulogized in Cedar Valley services Accident claims life of Lehi man U-7- ter"s obtaining water rights; approval was given, however, for Berry to hook up to the sewer system prior to the official annexation. Carlton provided a second to the motion, which was unanimously approved. David Pierpont received approval for him and Dustin Y8 tes to operate a sports apparel business at 1195 E. Main in an existing GC-zone. After learning that the business would be merely an office location, Sunderland, with a second from Haws, made the motion to approve ,. u- , ' ... :'""iN .v 't y i i Lehi resident E. ft'- w.v -- '.iJ."n.'.i.g.Kii mi Mi." ' ! M I 4 if , .... , ' f t ; - A. Bushman on left, was a typical Mormon missionary. 19th-centur- y |