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Show Free Press - Wednesday, March 25, 1998 - Page 3 a A presenation on the upcoming bond and leeway election which will go before voters on June 23 was part of the Alpine School District board of education meeting on March 24. The meeting was held at Westmore Elementary School in Orem. In addition, the role of a distrit-wid- e public involvement council to provide input to the board concerning the bondleeway was discussed. Approval of names for that committee was to be multi-medi- Board hears presentation on bond etection acted on during the evening. Also for discussion, the board was to review policies dealing with community and school relations. The major purpose of the meeting was to allow patrons to address board members on any topic of concern or interest. This was held near the beginning of the session. A closed session was scheduled for after the board meeting to discuss personnel and property issues. Bond Continued from front page A Provo man was cited for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol after failing field sobriety and breath tests; he also told the investigating officer that he knew he should not have been driving. After giving the officer an identification card in lieu of a driver's license, he admitted to the officer that his license had been suspended. His dog was released to the custody of a passenger and his vehicle was impounded. A $900 warrant crept up in the process and the man was transported to the Utah County Jail. A Sandy woman was charged with DUI and open container violation after being stopped for erratic driving. The officer observed the woman drive over the without median island and then make an abrupt checking for oncoming traffic. The officer not only noticed the woman's slow and slurred speech, but also two bottles of beer on the back seat behind her and two open bottles of beer on the floor to her right. After some resistance because she "did not agree with the arrest," the woman was given alternative lodging arrangements in the county jail. A eastbound car driven by an American Fork woman was totaled when the woman failed to yield to a northbound pickup in one of Lehi's uncontrolled intersections. The woman said the snow caused poor visibility on the day of the crash. One should note, however, that the north-sout- h y over the streets do not have an inherent east-wecross streets. Drivers are urged to use caution when traversing an intersection that has no traffic controls. A Lehi man reported damage to his vehicle and theft of some of its contents while the vehicle was parked at a commuter parking lot. The unknown suspects relieved 'the vehicle of audio equipment, compact discs and a cellular phone; the items had a combined value of more than $1,000. A Lehi business owner reported that two checks were returned because they contained forged signatures. When the account owner was contacted by police, she said that her husband had forged her name, but that she did not know where he could be located. Police are investigating the theft of a $500 mountain bike that a Lehi youth rode to school and locked in a bike rack. When he went to retrieve the bike after school, the bike was missing. U-tu- rn address the board portion of the meeting, Loralee Lind and Moana Burgess, both of Alpine, questioned whether the board was asking for enough money. Fork. "Will this just be another This is the third time since Lind asked. "Will it be 1992 that the school district enough to resolve some of the has gone to voters to ask for problems" such as the use of additional funding. The citizens portable satellite units at many passed a $30 million bond issue of the schools. an a voted leeway in 1992, and Steven Baugh, district in 1994, approved a $98 million superintendent, said the needs bond issue with voted leeway. .of the district are "extensive; The bond money was used to both needs in the capital area construct two new high schools for new schools and in the onand four new elementary going program area: "We need schools as well as renovate and new elementary schools and to remodel existing schools. The remodel and renovate present schools, and to purchase addileeway provided the funds to operate the schools. tional school sites, but we also During a public opportunity need the leeway so we can oper passed unanimously by board members during the monthly business meeting of the board held at Alpine School District headquarters in American to band-aid- ," on-goi- ng ate those schools. Alpine School District has a $200 million budget and is one have the money, but it is also important to older people" who have to pay the property tax. of the fastest growing districts "We have to look at both. It in the state. The current enroll- would be nice to go for $125 ment of 45,000 is expected to million and fix everything but grow to 50,000 by the year it (a bond and leeway) would never pass." 2002, according to district pro"Our decision to ask voters jections. for more money is made with a "We are growing 1,000 stuthat is an ele- very real concern for the burdents a year school and 200 more den it places on taxpayers," mentary (Alpine District tries to limit Baugh concluded. "But we have elementary school size to 800 to balance that concern with said Marilyn the concern we have for the students)," success of our students. The Kofford, board president. Kofford said there are a lot of truth is, the future will be a older people on fixed incomes nightmare if we don't bite the residing in the school district as bullet now. It's a painful deciwell as young families strug- sion for the public to make, but gling on a low income. "It is it will only get more painful if important to children that we we wait." Companion Continued from front page Scown and had moved to Lehi. During her trip here, she was encouraged to move t'o Lehi, but told her relatives that she would have to come on a work visa. Dr.. Boyd Larsen stepped in and offered her a job as a nurse at the Lehi Hospital in order for her to meet the requirement. She returned to Toronto to pick up her daughters, then 10 and 5, respectively, and moved to Lehi. Hackford worked at the Lehi Hospital for three years, then American Fork Hospital for seven years before moving to Payson, where she worked at the hospital there for 12 years. Finally, she returned to Lehi and to the American Fork HospitaMor a final five years of work." Including her service in the Royal Army, she had worked for 25 years in England and another 25 years in the United States. She became a U.S. citizen in 1969, and today she and her two daughters maintain dual citizenship; she proudly displays the miniature American flag she was given after taking the oath of citizenship. With two brothers still in England, she has returned (on her American visa) a total of 36 times, taking a granddaughter with her on one occasion. Her . vital senior citizen work, as well as five grandchildren and 12 are firmly rooted in Lehi. In addition to her ser 7- . she also enjoys traveling, law, Wilma. Hackford recalls either with the senior citizens that the two women could or with friends. always "outfish Grandpa." Her love of her senior comIn addition to a trip to Branson, Mo., the "light of her panions and the Senior Center life," she has traveled to itself, helps keep her young. She recalled a time when Pasadena, Calif., to see the Rose Parade and to San she was involved in a train Francisco. She is planning a accident. She had just purtrip in May with former Senior chased eggs from Bromley's in American Fork and was Center Director Marilyn Nielsen to see the Rose returning to Lehi on the back Festival in Oregon, followed by roads, the flat of eggs sitting a September junket to on the back seat, and she and her little dog in the front. Albuquerque, N.M. for the submarine veteran's convention Although she could see the with her friend, Lula Krivy, train was well in the. distance, now of Cheyenne, Wyo. as she drove over the tracks, Closer to home, she enjoys the arm in front of her came down. She attempted to put fishing. Her two vice, sons-in-la- Gary Pearson of Lyman, Wyo., and Dennis Greenwood of Lehi, take ' her regularly to Flaming Gorge or to Red Creek. the car in reverse, but the arm behind her came down at that point as well. She used to fish with Mark Dennis father, Greenwood and his sister-in- - ; her or: u she drove into .the barrow pit and sat back to wait for the train to pass so she could continue Gathering courage, on her way. She underestimated the length of her car and was hit by the train, although the engineer, seeing that the back part of her car was still in harm's way, not only tried to slow and stop the train, but also radioed ahead to the local police and ambulance departments, who met Hackford at the scene. At the hospital, the doctor asked her why she had come. Calmly, she told him she had been hit by a train. Thinking she was simply using a phrase that many patients use to describe their lethargy, he laughed it off, until she showed him the bruising caused by her seat belt. The fuss made less impact on her, however, than a phenomenon that occurred in the car: "The eggs didn't move at all," she said. right-of-wa- st 0 Shooting Continued from front page which 150 people live, currently, is right," Mayor Hogge said. "I've been riding up on the moved out here because they wanted to shoot." The Utah County Sheriffs office has already posted signs hills on horses and had rico- in the area to warn would-b- e chets flying past us. Somebody shooters. If a person is caught came along and decided they shooting in the area, he or she were going to shoot that far. will be charged with a class B And I love to shoot as much as misdemeanor. Although the anybody, but it's too danger-- ' punishment for a class B misdemeanor Varies it can be punous," Rob Batemart said" ", "I think it's going to be a real ishable by no more than a problem with enforceability," $1,000 fine and no more than Hogge said. 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