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Show V 1 Hrf Ji e i r- -i r - - TB A Hie publication o( h ' Wednesday, October 50 cents 15. 1997 a single copy To subscribe call 756-766- 9 Mayoral candidates give views Editor's note: This is the second of a four-par- t series highlighting the candidates for " political office in Lehi. We this week with the two mayoral candidates answering questions about their views of What qualities do you have that make you most qualified to be the mayor? con-tinu- the office. What new programs would you like to develop or what changes would you like to see made in existing programs? Tl"llT"We definitely need more recreation," said Richard 'Rick' Worthen. "I'm a firm believer that if we can keep our kids busy we can keep them out of trouble." He warned, however, that the city needs a good recreation program that youth enjoy and that parents can afford. He suggested that the city should expand its existing good programs. Worthen also said that senior citizens need opportunities as well. TT-""think the city coun-XY- . VXcil has gone to quite a bit of work to take care of employees in the city," said Kenneth Greenwood, "but communication between employees and management needs to be improved so there can be more of a camaraderie. He also said that the city might want to even consider another moratorium in order to determine if a proper growth mr-rr,- - XL -- - fI V. , Photo by Marc Haddock John Cook, director of the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service, makes a point about the park system at Tuesday's commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Timpanogos Cave National Monument. Timp Cave turns 75 Park Service praised at Tuesday rites Timpanogos Cave observed its 75th year as a national park Tuesday with ceremonies honoring the park and the employees who have served there. The park was proclaimed a national monument on October of 14, 1922 by proclamation President Warren G. Harding, just 31 days after the Payson Alpine Club went to the forest service asking that the cave be preserved. "We still think its' a record," said park superintendent Cordell Roy. Arlo Shelley, a ranger for 47 years, said his first visit to Timpanogos Cave was in 1938 when he was 10 years old and his 4th grade teacher took the class to see it. "We still can do a great service by greeting children, whether with families or with school classes, giving them an outdoor experience that is positive. I don't recall when we haven't done that." Unfortunately, he said some school districts won't let their students come for one reason or another. Representative Chris Cannon recalled his first visit to the cave as a young boy, visiting with his mother and all his cousins, and said he has been back several (R-U- t) times since. "As Americans, we love our public lands. I believe we should keep these wonderful areas and keep them for people to see," he said. Darin Bird, special assistant to ), Senator Robert Bennett told of Bennett's involvement in the pilot fee program started this .summer and the proposal that the majority of the fees collected stay in the canyon. Currently Bennett is involved in the process to secure y fee funding for the station, he said. He said $500,000 has been obtained for planning money for the new visitors center and the hope is that the President won't use his line hem veto on it. John Cook, Director of the Intermountain Region of the Park Service, called the establishment of national parks "the best idea America ever had." Timpanogos Cave National Monument, he said, is part of 376 parks in the United States. The first national park Yellowstone was established in 1872, Park four years before the battle of Little Big Horn. "We have made mistakes in developing our parks" but what has been learned has gone into improving the caves themselves." Cook praised the fee program which gives the majority of the fees collected back to the park, saying With this program, the people who are using the parks are contributing to improving them." A moment of silence was observed at the beginning of the program in honor of Lucille Walker who passed away recently. Mrs. Walker was the wife of Thomas Walker, who served as superintendent of at cave for 32 years. (R-Ut- multi-agenc- Top volunteer: By Russ Daly City Editor Service with a smile is secnature for a civic worker and a former Miss Lehi who learned early in life the value of serving others. Before she was even old enough to drive to American Fork, Annalese Evans volunteered a couple of nights each week at the Utah State Training School (now the Center). She Developmental worked in the Intensive Care Unit with severely handicapped children, then went over to the girls' dormitory to help the young women get ready for their LDS Mutual classes. When she received a certificate from the governor for her volunteerism, she knew that her efforts were appreciated. That early service started her on a track of continued sen-icto her community and to her fellow human beings. Her latest effort is to formulate a group of citizens who share her enthusiasm for service and her desire to make the community better by reaching out to others through the State of Alert (see related story ond Parents: Larry and Leslee Fillmore Spouse: Ricky Evans Children: Kade, 4; Twins Lauren, 5 and Alexa months Musical theater roles: Annie Oakley Annie Gel Your Gun Jan Morrow (the Doris Day role) Pillow Talk Titles: Miss Lehi 1986-8- Utah County Dairy Princess Civic service: Parade and Special Events Committee. 1990-199Miss Lehi Scholarship Pageant, 1995- - State of Alert chairman, 1997- - above) to bring people together in acts of service. As a contestant in the Miss Lehi Scholarship Pageant, Annalese combined the service project and her interest in the dental hygiene field to teach elementary age children about the importance of good dental hygiene and junior high and high school age youth about the dangers of smoking and using ! management program is in Ken Greenwood place. If the petition to manages growth passes, what will be your reaction? If it does not pass, how would you propose to handle growth? Tl 'If it passes, then in a I don't think there is any question of it having to be implemented," said Greenwood. But he likened the problems of growth to a bus going down-biwithout brakes. He said that one cannot fix the brakes while it is already moving, but that they must get it off the road and fix the brakes before continuing on. According to Greenwood, some of the items that need to be fixed include upgrading the city's infrastructure, upgrading XWXdemocracy, ll Lehi residents invited to join in America is in a state of alert people believe can be helped by an increase in the spirit of volunteerism. A special volunteer summit will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 22, which will be broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on commercial and public television stations Channels 2, 4, 5, 7 and 11 and followed up with individual meetings in public high schools throughout the state. Retired General Colin Powell and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt will address citizens throughout the state in the first half hour of the meeting; volunteer chairmen in each community will then work with local citizens to formulate goals and plans for their own areas. Annalese Evans has accepted the assignment to head up the Lehi task force. Other members of her committee include Diane Daly, Hesther Rippy, Judy and Davidson Stephanie Tuckett. Others will be added as the need arises. Evans is hoping to reach a from cross section of citizens senior citizens to youth, and business leaders to single parin order to get a ent families that many For Annalese Evans, of Alert Is W pie f" W A worked with peo- all my life," said Worthen. "I've been in this community and I've seen what is going on." He said that he is a terrific motivator and is very effective in his work at A. P. Green Refractories in Lehi. He said that programs often get started only to have no one continue with the work. like people," said 2 XVVXGreenwood. "I like to see things happen. If the town is achieving its goals, that makes happy people." Being a former Main Street businessman, be feeis that he has some insights into some of the problems that local businesses face. "There are people who go into business who literally put everything on the line," he said. "There are ordinances that have been passed that make it difficult for them to succeed." 1 XV What: State-wid- volunteer e summit When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. Where: Lehi High School 180 N. 500 East Rick Worthen of the inner city, and developing a drainage plan. 13 VT' W it passes, the citi-XV zens of Lehi will have spoken, and it's up to the mayor and council to implement it," said Worthen. Yet, he added, if it does not pass, he believes the city still has the obligation to have some control on growth. "We can't build 250 more homes in Lehi and not have the services," he said. "I think we can have growth with good sound management." He suggested that the department heads should be able to realize how much growth the city can withstand throughout the year and that city leaders could work out development with "the people who are doing the work" in the city. group. She feels that people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start and that they may have no time, although, she feels that each person must first accept responsibility' for his or her own family. Where it started The late Governor George Romney of Michigan tried to persuade three US presidents to convene a volunteer summit that would held raise civic power to a new plateau to solve the problems of American society. little success, Having Romney then turned to Robert Tfv7expen.se that has gone X. into the Master Plan is a "I think the effort and posi- tive thing," he said. "With the fact that Lehi has been an 'afterthought' town, we need to See MAYORS on Page 3 volunteer summit Wednesday Goodwin, president of the Points of Light Foundation, and Wofford of Harris the for National Corporation Service, about a nonpartisan effort to persuade elected officials, national corporations and American themselves about the importance of volunteering. When Romney died before he could see his dream materialize, Goodwin voice from every group of people to assess the needs of each Are there things in the city's past that give you direction for the future? and Wofford decid- ed the best way to eulogize the statesman would be to make his dream a reality. After attending a summit, Utah Gov. Leavitt and Lt. Walker Olene Governor returned to Utah determined to increase volunteerism, the quality of Utah's youth and crime prevention statewide. Leavitt asked the Utah Commission on Volunteers, the Governor's on Initiative Families Today, the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and the Governor's Commission on Women and Families to form a steering committee comprised of representatives from religious, business, parent, education and volunteer organizations. What are the goals? In addition to community goals that local volunteers will set next Wednesday, the five state goals the initiative is working to accomplish by the year 2000 include the following: Have a caring adult in the life of Utah children. Specifically, the state will have 3,000 trained foster care families and in increased number of volunteers in mentoring children. programs for at-ris- k Make Utah a safer place to live. Every high school area will establish a community crime prevention council. Give Utah's children a healthier start. The number of low birth weight babies born in Utah will decrease by 10 percent. Give Utah youths more marketable skills. Approximately 12,000 youth who are at risk of becoming functionally illiterate will be reading at the third grade level. Provide opportunities for service. Each month, 75 percent of youth ages 12 to 18 will volunteer a significant amount of time in service to others. heading up the State just one more chewing tobacco. When she was named as Miss Lehi 1986-87- , Annalese continued her tradition of giving service to her community when she performed or otherwise participated in civic functions, such as the ribbon cutting at the opening of the present Lehi Junior High School. Later, she assisted her sister-in-laKrissy Evans (now Knowles) as she prepared a service project for the Miss Lehi competition. The two of them set up the first recycling program in the community with the help of the Lehi Senior Citizens. became then Annalese involved with the Parade and Special Events Committee, serving as its chair for. five years. She gave credit to former chairman Janys Hutchings, whom she said "had done such a great job she lAnnalese didn't need to improve anything." The one change she did make was to reverse the Saturday morning parade route, a move that was unpopular with some, but which proved to be better from a safety standpoint. "It was hard," she said of act of service making the decision to alter the route, "but I felt like I needed to try it." In 1995, she took over the reins of the Miss Lehi Pageant, and again felt that she had a great committee already in place from when Renita Revill was the director. "I have a real love for the pageant because I was a Miss Lehi." said Annalese. "I love working with the girls. I get so proud of each one of them when I see the progress that they make." Despite her extensive civic involvement, she continues to work as a dental hygienist at Davis Dental Group, where she has worked since receiving her degree from Weber State University. She is also committed to four other very important people in her husband, Ricky, her life her son. Kade, 4, and twins Alexa and Lauren. 15 months old. "I think that everybody can extend themselves in some way," she said as she passed out information on the State of Alert program in preparation for next Wednesday. Photo courtesy Annalese Evans Annalese Evans gives a hug to her sister, Laralee Fillmore, the night she passed on her Miss Lehi crown after a year of service to the community. |