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Show r nnEHiinit! Free Press - Wednesday, September 13, 1995 - Page 2 Taking time to stop and smell the mountains Editorial When Dorothy Gale took a spin on a cyclone, she encountered a marvelous, magical land and took a journey that eventually led her to the discovery that happiness could be found by looking in one's own Plan needed to improve north county roadways The future of transportation in . north Utah Valley is now at least in a sense. In an attempt to plan for the future and we are talking 10 or 20 years I the Mountainlands Association , here of Governments and Centennial Engineers have been studying pro-- posed transportation corridors and . .'interchanges. The initial proposals were present- ed at a July 12 open house. Three sub-- sequent public open houses will be held at the American Fork Junior High School today. One will begin at 3:30 p.m., a second at 5:30 p.m. and a final meeting at 7:30 p.m. The meetings are designed to get comments on recommendations for roadway improvements in Alpine, Highland, Cedar Hills, American Fork, Lehi, Lindon, Pleasant Grove and Utah County. At the meetings, people will get to view displays, discuss plan alternatives and comment on the plan. Engineers can expect a lot of com- ments, because these proposals will Cmean taking a serious look at where pwe are going, and how we are going to get there, tor the next several decades. The planning is necessary. Growth slated for the North Utah County area means that if roadways are unim- proved, we will face tremendous traffic jams. The planning must also make "sense. Transportation follows predictable patterns. Streets that provide quick, easy access become important roads with a lot of traffic. And it does- n't take much driving around our to get a good idea of where the demands for transportation are going to be. The Mt. Timpanogos Temple will and soon. adequate access IThe upcoming open house will attract 'hundreds of thousands. Our roads need to be able to handle that traffic from the outset. Micron Industries will require better ways of getting from there to there. ; backyard. of increased traffic. Centennial Engineers have come up with proposals that look at improving existing roads for better northsouth interarterials, adding a new change and making new road alignments for a north-sout- h corridor near the boundary of Highland and Lehi and an east-wecorridor near the boundary between Highland and American Fork. Not surprisingly, it is the new alignment proposals that are creating most of the concern. After all, improving 100 East to Alpine, as well as 1100 East4800 West is already in the works. Both are a logical extension of existing driving patterns and obvious future need. And the new interchange for Pleasant Grove and Lindon is not a new idea, but the fruition of long-terplanning. But the proposal to improve the north-soutcorridor between Lehi and Highland calls for major road construction and some disruption of existing and planned development. Some people don't want that. There is similar resistance to improving the route between Highland and American Fork. But some adjustments will be nec- part-tim- 1-- st m h , st To essary. Like it or not, growth will come. Like it or not, the traffic will drive these natural corridors. Refusal to improve these roads will simply result in congestion, noise, pollution and a general degradation of the quality of life. Building good, adequate roads that ease the flow of traffic is the best way to preserve the best of the rest of north Utah County. If you want to have a say in the manner that is carried out, participate in today's public information meeting at American Fork Jr. High School. What item of truth did my parents leave that has had an effect on my life? Coming from a family that was poor, we children had a tendency to complain. Then my father would call us together to our living room. Usually there was a fire in ihe fireplace. Father (or Tad as we called ;hia, which was Welsh for father), would yhave his Bible open in front of him. iHe reminded us that we were a large "family and we had each other. -- He said, "I know there are many things we do not have, but there are a few things vwffdo have." He continued: "I want to read you from chapter seven of St. Matthew of the New -- Testament. It is part of Jesus' sermon on the mount. ?And why take ye thought for raiment? -- Consider the lilies of the field, how they rgfew; they toil not, neither do they spin; anfl yet I say unto you, that even Solomon jn all his glory was not arrayed like one of . Browsing . Itfiese." "IIThen he asked the question, "Are you pot more than the lilies of the field?" There have been many times in my life when I have thought back to those -tevenings in that little Welsh cottage and Tad sitting at the table with his Bible open, and most of all I remember those words, i 'Are you not more than the lilies of the Afield?" X Tad was converted to his religion and va"nted his children to be baptized, but there weren't any pools suitable for this 'r ordinance. There was the River Ebbw but fff water was as black as coal. Then the v Monmouthshire Canal also flowed through !ihe area but its water was unfit to touch whuman bodies. happened one Sunday when we were V out for our walk. Up in the hills we came -- across an old abandoned coal mine. Out of she con- late-nig- By TOM GRIFFITHS f it flowed a nice stream of water. Tad stopped and looked at the water and an idea was born. When we got home he told us of his idea. The family would all go up on Saturday and dam up the stream that came out of the old mine and make our own baptismal font. All the family agreed to help. So on Saturday morning the whole family headed for the old mine and the stream. It took about all day and just as the sun was setting, Tad said, "Alright, that's deep enough. We don't need a swimming pool." The baptism service was held the following Tuesday with the missionaries presiding. Tad commented that it was a crude baptismal font but it was away from prying eyes and acceptable to God. I thought about it later and the words of a poet came to me, Tar from the madding crowd's ignoble act." Dear Tad, your counsel was divine. Harvey News tgrf one-four- teen-ager- s. crimi-"lial- bf Tl3 ht 763-308- th 1. , Letters to the editor Planners want input from Lehi residents Editor: The Lehi City Planning Commission is beginning the process of reviewing and revising the document known as the "Lehi City Master Plan." We have contracted with Mr. Gary Jones of AP Associates to help put this revision on together. Also, Mr. Andy Hall of the Mountainlands Association of Last month, Wisconsin became the first state in the nation to abolish auto- demns welfare as "government-spon-v'sore- d child abuse." She proposes replacing Aid to families With Dependent Children with 1995 Paul Harvey Products Inc. a program that emphasizes work and teen pregnancy. 'discourages She infuriates liberals when she says, "111 be truly happy when we have done away with this destructive system and I California's welfare caseload has am out of a job." four times faster than California's to seen has grown She that higher spending population. California consumes sustain life often makes life more miserof our nation's entire budget for moth- able and that subsidizing teen-ag-e - ers to-- have their own apartments pushdependent children. And more than half the women es fathers away and allows others to AFDC checks gave birth to receiving them. on prey their first children as The result is additional children. - And, says Anderson, "When children Anderson, a black woman, grew up in the inner city of Toledo, Ohio. In college, .' are raised by an immature she became a social worker. Wisconsin's they often become permanently irre- Gov. s Tommy Thompson first recognized as either wind and up sponsible or as a new generation of welfare her potential and made her head of Wisconsin's welfare agency. mothers." teen-age- r, Set against the majesty of the mountains around us, the ballet ends on a note of beauty that really can't be adequately described in words alone. Until that night, I've always taken our mountains for granted. Although I've enjoyed many beautiful sunsets on the peaks, I've also taken lightly the comments made by newcomers to the area who are more overwhelmed by their surroundings. Since the mountains simply have always been there, I guess I haven't appreciated there beauty as much as I should have, so I was awestruck by the ballet, as if I were seeing the mountains for the first time myself Thank you, Jackie, for not only letting us stop and smell the roses, but pointing them out as well, and for sharing your talents with the young people of our area and letting them participate in the beauty of the arts. There's no place like home. ur gle best J3ocial Services. A veteran social worker, story. Having never been of the hairless perjust look bald. That is certainly a possibilsuasion before, I am uncertain what to ity, one I intend to explore to its fullness. But if a good head shave is the only way expect in the coming months. You see, the problem is this. In about to get the proper effect, do I go half the two months or way, or the full measure in the name of months, IH be expected to be, well, bald. I get to play art? Keith Christeson of Pleasant Grove Daddy Warbucks in American Fork Arts Council's production of "Annie." And anytook the razor to his head a few years one who used to read the comic strip when he played the role in Lehi. I respect knows Daddy Warbucks was portrayed as Keith's approach to theater. By MARC HADDOCK a tall, powerful, totally bald man of middle But Marvin Payne kept a fringe when he played Daddy in the Sundance age. Theater's version a couple of years ago, so Well, I got the age down pat. But I'm not very tall, nor really powerful. Nor bald. that he looked, basically, like Marvin. I More than that, I like my hair. Never used to tell me that when I was a baby have a lot of respect for Marvin as well. mind it is graying now more than ever, and with a soft skull I was so stubborn I insistI guess that makes this decision a slightly thinning in front and I have to fish ed on sleeping on the same part of my rather personal one. a few hairs out of the shower drain each head every night. The result is a sizeable It has been pointed out by more than morning that I remember to do so. (To fail flat spol on the crown. Do I want to display one of my kids that the hair might not to do so incurs my wife's wrath, and prothat in public? grow back. Still mar, likely, some have duces comments on the current state of - In addition, the play will be in said that it will grow back all gray instead hair loss, which is negligible.) November, just when it starts to get cold. of just mostly jgray. But I tend to wear my hair long. I cut it Being bald means facing an entire winter You can see I'm getting a lot of help on about every three months or so when it with nothing to keep my head warm. The this one. Just to see what the effect would be, I gets to be more trouble than it's worth. prospects of skiing without hair are dauntAnd I don't worry about it much. I just ing. have had my photo digitally altered for comb it once in the morning and natural And finally, Sharon has offered to find this column, just so I can get a good idea of curliness takes care of the rest for good me a new home for six months while my what a bald Marc might look like. It's pretor ill. I kind of like that, too. hair grows back so she won't face the ty scary, huh? I know people my age and even younger prospects of being seen in public with me. Anyway, IH keep you posted until deciwho have gone to great lengths to reduce Never mind that she has a part in the pro- sion time comes. Any suggestions to help or eliminate the effects of losing hair. And duction as well, and will appear in public solve this dilemma are welcome. television each night we perform. She can deal with And by the way, all the parts for the anyone who watches has seen the half-hoadvertisements for that, she says. play have been cast except one. We are still But she most certainly does not want to looking for a suitable Sandy, the dog that products designed to combat hair loss from be method hair seen walking down the street with a usually steals this show. Anyone who has a every spraying using from a can that looks like spray paint to bald person. At least, not if that bald perpet that has the right look (scruffy) and son is me. She's made it clear that Patrick the right temperament (patient, obedient having it implanted. Making hairless people feel like they Stewart looks just fine without hair, but and playful) is asked to call Lori England have hair is big business. she is convinced I will not have that same at So I find it odd to be sitting here con. . . look. We just know there's a dog out there Of course, baldness is not the only solusomewhere waiting to make his or her templating taking a razor to my head. The question is complicated by this flat tion. People have been quick to point out stage debut. And we promise not to shave spot on the back of my head. My mother the prospects of wearing a skull cap so I the dog at all. Welfare: For richer, for poorer The Wall Street Journal says the sinthing that Pete Wilson has done as governor of California is to appoint Eloise Anderson as director of the state's sprawling $16 billion Department of We wept as Heather Colledge, Jackie's daughter, leapt onto the stage with both grace and power in her role as Ucanogos. Jais Zinoun as Timpanac complemented her with his artistry as well. The entire performance was one of sheer beauty, and all too soon we were at the climactic ending, the pinnacle of the ';' lit-Ct- ie .'; great. bald? What a question be or not to be The Editor's Column We are more than the lilies VJne Daly Planet We've all taken our own journeys throughout the years, gathering many different experiences along the way, some of ByRUSSDALY our own choosing and some that have come our way from different sources. Remember the dilemma that Dorothy faced when she met the scarecrow? She One of the experiences along the yellow came to the forks in the path and had to brick road of life is our employment, and choose one of the two directions. e job is of particperhaps our first Perhaps she would have met with a dif- ular significance. ferent fate had she chosen the other fork. While other kids my age were deliverMany people who started out in Lehi have ing papers or babysitting, and the entreended up in different parts of the world preneurs among us were selling night and have been very satisfied with the way crawlers, I was doing something completethings have turned out for them. ly different: Jackie Colledge had hired me But some of us have traveled the path to be the accompanist for her ballet classthat Dorothy followed, and we have seen es. new places and met new friends. Since I was too young to drive, she even For me, that path took me halfway graciously picked me up on her way to the around the world at one time and across classes, which she taught in Pleasant the country at another time. Grove and in Lehi. She worked with me to develop a reperMissionary experience took me to Japan, where I met many new friends and toire of appropriate music for the different was able to experience and understand the exercises that she used, and I remember customs of another people, including some watching with fascination as this master companions that were a little out of this taught her students. world. As we all must, I eventually moved on, After graduating from BYU, employbut I've never forgotten the opportunity ment took us to Maryland, and we not only she afforded me to not only work, but to enjoyed the sights along the way, but we work in the fine arts field and to work with also took the opportunity to visit her. Pennsylvania, New York City, and the Her work expanded, as we knew it boardwalk of Atlantic City. would, evidenced not only by her American In the end, however, the result was a Fork studio, but also by the many fine perreturn, and a reawakening, to that which formances by what became known as the was always with me, the same discovery Utah Regional Ballet. that Dorothy made. Then came a spectacular achievement And finally, many of our current streets that handle corridor-typ- e traffic will have to be upgraded or they simply won't be able to meet the needs east-we- The known as The Legend of Timpanogos," which received wide acclaim. Having not been able to attend previous performances, we were determined to see this year's engagement without fail. With my work experience with Jackie, my expectations of the ballet were quite high as we went into the hall. To say the least, "The Legend" far exceeded what we had imagined would be matic welfare checks and replace them with a program requiring work and personal responsibility. Employed in California since 1992, Anderson has tried to be equally bold but has run into fierce opposition. If she prevails, all those people who make a living protesting the rights of parasites will themselves have to find honest jobs. For perspective: This past year, the richest 1 percent of Americans paid 26 percent of all federal individual income taxes. That 1 percent earned only 13 percent of total income yet paid 26 percent of the federal tax bill. A family with an $500,000 income pays $154,000 in taxes. A family with $45,000 income pays $3,800. That means the rich family makes 11 times as much income but pays 40 times as much in taxes. In short, the rich are paying far more than their share. Any politician politicking on a platform of "soak the rich" is a generation out of date. Governments is contributing to the overall process by reviewing the City's current ordinances. In addition to professional assistance, the Planning Commission is asking all Lehi citizens to attend and participate in public hearings for the sole purpose of expressing their respective viewpoints on what direction the community wants to take with regards to growth and development over the next 10 to 15 years. The first such public hearing will be held on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. This will take place in the City Council chambers at 150 N. 100 East. The Planning Commission, with input from AP Associates and Mountainlands, has prepared a simple citizen survey that is to be sent out with utility bills beginning This is another avenue by which the citizens of Lehi can make their feelings known. I would ask that everyone who receives a utility bill from the city to please complete the questionnaire, include any and all com- ments relating to the growth and development of Lehi City and return the survey with their utility payment to the City. Lehi is a great city in which to live and bring up a family and I'm sure everyone wants to keep it that way. We as a Commission can only guess at what the general public wants if we don't receive public input, and that's not a desirable situation. It is therefore imperative that as many citizens as possible complete the questionnaire, plus also attend the public hearings. The Master Plan, document is very important to the community as a whole because it defines how much growth or development can occur, what types of growth or development is needed and where certain land use zones are to be placed. Also, new road placements along with existing road upgrades will be outlined. The Planning Commission cannot accomplish this monumental task alone, nor do we want to. I would hope that any citizen with constructive input relating to the development of the Lehi City Master Plan will complete the survey and attend the public hearings. I personally would like very much to see a "full house" at the meeting on Sept. 28. We as citizens should all be concerned about continuing the "quality of life" we are all accustomed to. If we do not work together to preserve it, we will lose it. Change and growth are inevitable, but how they are managed is our responsibility as citizens to direct. Terry G. McBride Lehi Planning and Zoning Chairperson Policy on letters to the editor letters to the editor. All letters should be typewritten and double spaced. Letters must also be signed, and must include the writer's name and telephone number. Please send letters to Editor, Newtah News Group, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah, 84003 or through email at Newtahaol.com. We welcome 4 |