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Show Free Press - Wednesday, January 4, 1995 - Leash laws create problems for dogs Cedar Fort's ve Page 4 Fired TAD worker warns city of danger By RUSS DALY City Editor Steve Jones, recently fired as safety officer from the Chemical Agent Disposal Facility at Tooele Army Depot, attended the recent meeting of the city council to warn them ofthe dangers associated with the incinerator. "We have a very real potential for release," said Jones, whomentioned 119 specific complaints against the facility, 84 of which have been personally counted by him and 58 by the New York Times. The Deseret News reported on 0 Thursday, Dec. 22, that a statement made by the Army Corps of Engineers "revealed that only 12 of the 119 allegations were actually design-relate- d. Jones explained about the type of release, which produces a steam-lik- e output, and the BX incombustible type, which he compared to the smoke given off by burning tires. Councilmember Knollin Haws told Jones that the public safety organizations in thecity, i.e., police, fire and ambulance departments, had been through related training 6--B provided by the Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA). "The army is seriously underestimating the downwind hazards to Lehi," countered Jones. Although Jones left after he had presented his viewpoint during the citizen input portion of the council meeting, the issue was raised by others who spoke during unrelated presentations. "It's unsafe, it's unnecessary," said Mick Elkins about the Tooele project, introducinghimself by asking Councilmember Wayne Carlton to read aloud papers listing Elkins' free-wheeli- that such an important piece of our community's identity was not preserved. Other, perhaps wiser communities, like American Fork and Provo, now have a wonderful legacy in their restored tabernacles. The Lehi High School building, shown above, is also gone although it was not the architectural marvel that the Tabernacle was. Fear struck the hearts of Lehi citizens in the late 1920s when State Superintendent of Schools I. J. Muir announced he was in favor of a consolidated Alpine District High School in American Fork (Lehi's chief rival then). "It isn't hard to foretell how the local people will feel about this question," responded the Dec. 16, 1920 Lehi Sun. "It is well that we awake to the move and keep in touch with anything that might come up." Buthigh school consolidation was not to be. Each community in the district was allowed to maintain its own identity. In the spring of 1921 new Alpine School Board President F. D. Worlton announced that a Lehi High School would be built on the Lehi Tithing Office site on the southeast corner of Center and Second North. Plans for this new school were identical to the nearly completed $95,000 Lincoln High School in Orem. A general contract bid of $72,874 was awarded to W. G. Reed, a Salt Lake contractor. Coupled with Lehi plumber M.S. Lott's $19,950plumb-in- g and heating bid, the Lehi High School's cost, excluding property, was $92,834. When school opened on Sept. 19, 1921, the building was not ready for occupancy. But the 170 students and faculty members Principal David Mitchell, Junius Banks, MaLeander rgaret Thurman, Tamminen, Robert Pixton, Merel Chipman, Louise Hyatt and Mary A. Anderson were immensely proud of their new quarters when - - they moved there the last week of October. y The ground floor of the building contained four class rooms, a study room and library, office space for the principal, a girl's locker and rest room, and a 60 by 108 foot gymnasium. On the second floor were four additional classrooms, a library, physics and chemistry laboratories, lecture room, and boys' lockers and toilets. On the lower floor at the entrance to the gymnasium a collapsible iron gate was installed which allowed the rest of the school to be closed off from the gym during the hundreds of basketball games and dances that were held there. From 1908-1- 6 the Lehi Pavilion (present site ofthe Rodeo Grounds) had been used for high school gymnasium activities. After this building was demolished, the Smuin Dancing Academy (now the Victoria Apartments on the northwest corner of Center and Second North) was used for these functions. After 1921 the high school's huge new gymnasium filled all these needs. From the earliest days of Lehi High, the school had used the Lehi Tabernacle for an auditorium. In June 1930 the school board purchased $7,500 worth of property south ofthe high school from Sidney two-stor- Gilchrist, Joshua and Christie Whitman, and George and Lucy Whitman. Bids on a 50 by 90 foot auditorium were let to contractor W. W. Dickerson ($16,672.72), and plumber George Nuttall ($4,490). This new addition, completed in December 1930, had a stage on well-design- the east end. The auditorium with a seating capacity of 481 hosted hundreds of school functions, stage productions, and public assemblies. An auto mechanics shop was built in 1936 on the east side of the high school building. Larger and more adequate locker rooms and showers were also added south of the gymnasium. To accommodate both junior and senior high school students in 1939 (somehadbeen housed in the Grammar School), major renovations and additions including a southwest wing - were made under a WPA - -- grant. New main floor features included a south entrance similar to the north, a trophy case, a student body office, a new principal's office, a large classroom, music and bandroom, and a new office, display room, and anvil room in the Shop and Mechanics Art Department. The upper floor included two additional classrooms, a new library, and a study room. A modern lunchroom was also built in the basement at this time. School lunches prior to this had been served in the basement of the Memorial Building, though many students preferred eating downtown in the popular Wattie's and Evans's cafes. A major property expansion at the high school occurred in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The school district bought all the remainder of Block 48, with the exception of the Fifth Ward Church from five property owners. This area became an athletic field for girl's physical education. During the November 1955 monthly meeting of the Alpine School Board, Superintendent Alma P. Burton announced that the district would construct new senior high schools one each in American Fork, Pleasant Grove, and Lehi. The Oct 18, 1956 Lehi Free Press carried the announcement that after considering three sites in Lehi the board had decided to purchase acreage on the east side of Fifth West near Ninth North. But insite on Fifth stead, a thirty-acr- e East and Main Street (near the Lehi Roller Mills) was purchased in J une He also showed marks on his arms that he alleged were related to military operations. Elkins had actually attended the meeting to provide an update on the status of his property improvements. Speakingas acitizen who is "paying the bill," Glade Berry returned to the microphone late in the meeting to voice his opinion about the various remarks thathadbeenmade about the incinerator. "The propaganda thatthetwogentlemen Jones and Elkins said is costing taxpayers millions," he said. - As the new Lehi Junior High neared completion in late 1986, the old building was feted in several tours, and toasted through varied activities. During two city council meetings in early 1987 citizens were invited to help determine the future of the "old junior high" which had been purchased by Lehi City Corporation. Architects and building contractors investigated the school and determined that to meet building codes and seismic requirements, $4,095,104 in public expenditures would be required. Mayor George Tripp and city council members ultimately decided to preserve the of the building for a library, senior citizen complex, and facility. The older portion of the building was declared surplus property and a $33,000 demolition bid was awarded to Alpine Wrecking. The Lehi Public Safety and Library buildings now occupy the site ofthe former Lehi High School where long ago many of us as school mates once assembled. 1967-porti- multi-purpo- se Cdfti 3fm Prose ISSN No. U.SJ.S. By CATHY ALLRED between There is a fine line iou goi iwo grown men running around town chasing kid's pets with mace; kids are upset added Allen, "and the sheriff or whoever has told me ifhe picks up my dog again its going to be $100 Why are wehavingcity laws pushed in a country town? That's what I would like to know." Theoriginal intentionofthe council was to alleviate the problem of stray dogs and dogs that were creating problems with the livestock. "There is one important issue that drove this to what it is, if we ever have something happen . . . where a little boy gets bit and we get a lawsuit in this town," explained Mayor Anderson, "all of a sudden nobody claims the dog and they are going to go right to the to wn. They'll take the owner and the town and well both go down in flames." For a small fee the county is contracted to enforce the leash law but the alloted time given for the whole month is only supposed to be five hours. Citizens have reported that "the canine patrol" was visiting the town every day. It was recognized by the council that the person in charge might be getting overzealous and resolved to speak with them. en- forcement and harassment sometimes and the Utah County Dog Catcher"seemstohavecrossedover for a few dog owners in Cedar Fort. Marlene Allen's licensed dog got picked up and was held at the pound in Springville over a weekend, so she began keepingher son's pettied up in the garage. someone goes "Three days later into my garage in the day time and lets the dogout;he (the dogcatcher) .. . picks it up and calls me again Alln. stflts "He is lurking out in front of your house alright," said Councilman Groff accompanied by chuckles in the audience. "Now he just calls the dog and the dog gets in with him," rejoined Allen. Another witness, Vicki Draper affirmed that the county dog catcher now called to the small 12 poodle pooch by name. two-b"Sixty dollars later for a the is problem?" dog I ask him what reports Allen. She is told that the town council asked for the leash law to be enforced. 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