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Show 41 ret 1 f DHL i publication o( (is?.. .Hrt I wtoonesday, December 31, 1997 50 cents a single copy To subscribe call 756-766- 9 rowfh issues prominent in Lehi news for 1 997 By Russ Although the two new traffic on Main Street were probably the most welcome news to Lehi resident, the 1997 election may have been the biggest news of the year. In the election process this year, Lehi residents voted down two major proposals, Cedar Fort voters had their first primary and Eagle Mountain residents sported a 95 percent turnout in their election. The few Lehi voters who participated in the nominating conventions Ken pitted Greenwood against Richard "Rick" Worthen in the mayoral race, with Johnny Barnes, Reldon Barnes, James Dixon and Carl Mellor in the race for the two four-yea- r council positions. Greenwood was elected to the top spot, with Carl Mellor and Johnny Barnes garnering the top votes for the council positions. Voters also handily defeated the growth limitation initiative (see below) and the proposal to issue $17 million in bonds for the construction of a citizen center. After the elections were concluded, the Lehi City Council unanimously voted to change to the primarv form of elections in lights 1999. In their historic primary election, Cedar Fort voters had the choice between incumbent J. Howard Anderson, Nyle Jacobsen discrimination prohibited how YSI based on disability portrayed the facility, and a point, to which the neighbors Daiy City Editor and current Councilmember Jeanine Cook for the mayoral race. Jacobsen and Cook proceeded onto the general election and Cook was eventually elected. When Cook takes office next week, the council will have to find a replacement for her council position. Jed Berry, Duane Allen, Falcon Commichaux, Barry Miller and Sheila McKinney were featured in the primary election; in the final tally, Allen and Miller were selected by voters. Eagle Mountain residents turned out in relative droves to participate in their first elections in the new community. Debbie Incumbent Mayor Sit KCt'J , disagreed. Later in the year, city olti- cials drafted an ordinance which seemed to toughen the standards for such facilities claiming to be for persons with disabilities; the ordinance was passed without any discussion nor any presentation of its content. Both YSI officials and neighbors claimed that their rights would be violated, depending on the denial or approval of the facility, respectively, but Tim Welch, director of the local YSI organization, said that he was prepared to file Federal Fair Housing forms in the event that the home was denied. After the Lehi City Council returned the decision to the quasi-officiDevelopment Review Committee, which had authority to approve all requests that had met all of the necessary requirements, Councilmember Frances Comer said that the "city's hands were tied." th 'JjfH - : File For Lehi residents East who felt the frustration photo bv Russ Daly of trying to cross a busy Main Street, the Installation of two traffic signals one p of the freeway was probably the most welcome news of 1997. at 850 and Main, the other at the northbound Hooge ran unopposed for part of the time until J.L. McDonald joined the race as a write-in- ; voters chose Hooge for her first elected term. Dan Valentine joined incumbents John Jacob, D. Cyril Watt and Nick Berg for the two four-yea- r council positions; Valentine and Watt were victorious. Appointed incumbent Diane Bradshaw, along with residents Rob Bateman, Jack Guthrie and Allen Thompson chose to join the race for the two two-yepositions (which would offset election of two of the councilmember positions); Bradshaw and Bateman will fill those two seats. Growth limitation initiative Dean Lott and Dick Smith spearheaded an effort to get people to sign a petition to place an initiative on the November ballot that would limit residential growth in Lehi to 3 percent. On their first attempt at filling the petition, the found they were short just a few names after city and county officials combed through the list to verify that all of the names were valid voter names. Surprised by the number of people who were not even register to vote, the pair started another effort to get valid names, and combined their second trSwith an effort to get people registered at the same time they provided information on their efforts. The second time proved to be the charm, and the measure was placed on the ballot. Lehi voters, however, soundly defeated the proposal by more than margin. two-thir- City Council pulls legal notices from newspaper to editorial Responding pieces by Marc Haddock and Russ Daly, the Lehi City Council threatened to withdraw the publication of legal notices in the pages of the Lrhi Free Press. The was newspaper informed Lehi by City Administrator Ed Collins the following Monday that the city was indeed going to publish their public notices Daily Herald instead. Jeffrey J. Hunt, a Salt Lake attorney who specializes in media law, sent a letter to Lehi City outlining the constitutional issues involved in such an action, and indicated that a "city may not withhold such advertising in retaliation for.. .exercise of its First Amendment Rights." Hunt wrote that he had "not seen a in--T- case of liability more clear-cu-t for violation for First Amendment rights." The following week, Collins read a statement during the regular meeting of the Lehi City Council in which they were "willing to admit we were wrong. The retaliatory nature of our decision was the result of haste and high emotion." Group home concerns, troversy con- Controversy started early in the year over the implementation of a group home operated by Youth Services International (YSI) which requested to operresiate the home in an 8 dential zone. rallied several vain, to get various reject the request. Those officials, however, said there was nothing they could do because Federal and state laws Neighbors all in officials to times, Lehi to Carl Buhler repairs old headstones to save Lehi's historical markers By Russ See BUHLER on Page 3 group of concerned individuals banded together to the wagon as part of Lehi's contribution to the 150th anniverof the sary celebration Pioneers' entry into Utah. Artisan Melvin Anderson coordinated the actual work on the wagon, with many volunteers giving of their time and skills to make the project a reality. While the wagon was being constructed, the Lehi Arts Council formed a Community Band, with Kaye Collins as its director, to perform when the wagon made its debut in the stock parade of the Lehi Roundup Celebration. The wagon was later featured in ceremonies in Salt Lake City that marked the entry of the wagon train comthe origipany that nal trek for the sesquicentenni-a- l celebration. See WRAP-U- P on Page host celebration Daly City Editor Carl Buhler couldn't rest as long as he saw headstones in the cemetery lying in pieces. The Lehi City employee was fairly elated when he was assigned by Public Works director Jim Hewitson to assist Tim Monson at the cemetery by helping repair the old sandstone headstones that had either broken or been vandalized. Some of the stones had been fixed by adding angle iron to the backs, but Buhler felt that he could create a form that would allow the workers to create a new cement stone reinforced with steel rebar. Buhler, along with DeWayne Sorenson and Monson, have poured about 14 of the new pieces to fix broken stones. Occasionally some of the pieces of the broken stones are missing, but Buhler puts as much of the stone together as possible, with the goal of keeping the name and date information intact. Sometimes he has been able to place a stone in a form merely to keep it upright. "We tried to save as much of the dates as possible," he said. "I hate to see them lost and destroyed." As he has worked on the project, he has seen some interesting facets of Lehi history. He believes that there were artisans in the community who signed their names to the stones, similar to how an artist signs a painting. Buhler and his colleagues have about three dozen more stones to work on, but may have more in the spring. Currently, the group is installing the new fence at the cemetery. "I've learned one thing: kids don't have the respect for sacred things like we did when we were kids," he said, expressing his disappointment about those w ho vandalize headstones. When he isn't working on the headstone project in the cemetery, Buhler works in the Parks Department of the city. He has been with the city full time for two years. Prior to becoming a full time city employee, Buhler worked part time in the same Lehi Bandwagon project Led by Scott Sampson, whose Ray grandfather, Stewart was involved with the old Lehi Silver Bandwagon, a Utah residents will not have to wait another hundred years to eel- ebrate the centennial of the state. The Utah State Historical Society will mark the occasion of the state's admission to the union with annual celebrations in town throughout Utah, with the first such gala to be held in Lehi on Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998. The highlight of the day will be a Statehood Day program, which will be held at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Lehi High School, 180 N. 500 East. Max J. Evans, Lehi director "'rJ I r,. mi - Photo by Russ Daly' Carl Buhler, an employee of Lehi City who was given the special assignment to restore broken headstones at the Lehi City Cemetery, inspects two of the old sandstone markers that he was using a special form. able to of the native and Utah State Historical Society, will deliver the keynote address, which he has entitled "The Land South was Called Lehi." Other speakers will include Lt. Gov. Olene S. Walker; District Congressional Third Representative Chris Cannon and Peter L. Goss, chair of the Board of State History. John Rockwell, chairman of the Preservation Historical Lehi Commission and descendant of Mormon history figure Porter Rockwell, will conduct the program, with remarks to be given by Lehi Mayor William Gibbs. Musical performances will be given by the Lehi Silver Band, youth and adult community choirs, and cast member of Follow Your Heart and Handcarts West. In Lehi the String addition, te POO RjCOEY ' Ensemble and Lehi High School's Encore show choir will provide music during the banquet at 5:30 p.m. Other events of the celebration will include a photographic exhib's it; an exhibit of Mary Ann e collection of watercolor portraits of historic Lehi homes; displays of art by such famous Utah artists as James T. Harwood, Minerva Teichert and Avard Fairbanks; and a preview of a special program entitled "Legacy of Living Art," which will make its debut next summer. The latter will be shown in the auditorium at 4:45 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. Selected exhibits will be on display at Lehi High School throughout the afternoon from noon until 5 p.m., as well as after the program until about 9:30 p.m. Honorees include the following local artisans: Steve Streadbeck, Mike Stan Stan Russon, Hanby, Wanlass, Nina Schumann, Neldon Bullock, Susan Stevens, Bill Evans, Jackie Colledge, Sarah Price, George Schramm and Blanchet Hadfield. Visitors and residents alike are also invited to visit the John Hutchings Museum of Natural 75 and N. Center History, Thanksgiving Point, 2095 N. West Frontage Rd. At their own convenience during the morning. Judd-Johnson- 150-piec- 3 |