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Show Free Press - Wednesday, June 3, 1998 - Page 12 ffSr-- Forest Service outlines projects for AF canyon Forest Service rangers have been making the rounds through local City Council meetings, presenting a report on what is planned for improvements in American Fork and provided items, installation of new informational and direc- Provo Canyons. The announced projects will take about two years to complete and will be funded by the fees collected in the canyons, which has amounted to about $215,000 so far. The rangers emphasized that 100 percent of the fees collected are allocated to such projects. Visitor services, including maps, are now provided at entrance stations and plans include initiating emergency medical services in the area in the near future. Currently proposed projects - -- 3f y-c- 0 is for day-us- trail-head- s. e, mid-Jun- e, page are all celebrating the roads we are on now and the millions of roads in the future," said Kirk Meldrum. "Keep all the lessons in your head, keep all the friends who have helped you in your heart." He elicited both laughter and thought from the audience when he challenged fellow classmates to "treat this world like a baby if it stinks, change it." "If you see a man on top of a mountain, you know he didn't just fall there," said Shawn Sorensen, speaking on the importance of setting goals. "No matter what you do in life, you succeed if you aim high, try to hide your astonishment when you fail, and then try will again." He added that their education thus far had simply brought them to the base of the proverbial mountain which they would begin to climb. "I appreciate you," Felt told the class as he presented them to the school board for graduation. "I appreciate your response." The class noted, by presenting him with a diploma, that this year was also Felt's symbolic "graduation" from the school as its principal as he has accepted a position with the school district. Following Felt's remarks, Alpine School Board president Marilyn Kofford took the stand and added her congratulations to the students for being "an incredible class of young peo- ple." She related the story of her then son, Nathan, who was recently killed in a tragic car accident shortly before he was to enter the Missionary Training Center. She told how he had fallen into a garbage dumpster once when he had been assigned to take five-year-o- out the garbage. Kofford said that her son had tried several times in vain to jump up to escape from the dumpster, and became almost frantic when he heard the sound of a garbage truck. The young boy finally hit upon the idea that he could make better progress if he heaped all of the garbage into a corner to give him a higher vantage point to reach the top. "Someday, you're going to be stuck in a dumpster," said President Kofford analogously. "You can mount insurmountable odds, but you may have to climb over the garbage." Mike Continued from front page wife, Nissa, came to Mike's side and started administering resuscitation while an officer started chest doing compressions. Another passer-b- y helped with the other Smith children and the South Towne Security staff maintained control of the crowd that had gathered. rode with the fTy View Hospitalparamedics while the mall security staff transported other members of the family. Mike was later flown by Life Flight to Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC). The family stayed by Mike's bedside for the next three days, watching as he slowly quit mouth-to-mout- h off-du-ty responding. On Tuesday, May 26, tests confirmed that his brain had ceased functioning. Early in the week, Ty knew that the end was near, and they were approached about the possibility of using Mike's organs for transplanting. Despite the struggle of the question, the family said that the staff at PCMC was supportive of their decision and their needs. "You never felt like you were being pushed out or hurried or left out of the circle," said Mike's paternal grandmother, it!M j ' j. A masked man brandishing a handgun held up a local convenience store, taking with him a little over $150, but leaving the clerk unharmed. The attendant on duty said the man, wearing a ski mask and black gloves entered the store and ordered him to hand over the money from the cash register. He also requested money from the safe, but the clerk informed him that he did not know the combination. After obtaining the money, the man told the clerk to go into the office; the clerk said that the suspect slipped on the floor the clerk had just mopped on his way out. Police from surrounding jurisdictions set up a perimeter block, but were unable to apprehend the suspect; the case is s still under investigation. Thinking he would only be a minute, a Lehi man left his vehicle running while he ran into his house. When he returned just a few minutes later, the vehicle was missing. The van was later located in Las Vegas after it was involved in an accident. A Lehi juvenile was charged with felony grand larceny of an automobile and was being held in juvenile detention. An adult passenger was booked into the Clark County Jail on unknown charges in connection with the theft. Another Lehi man reported the theft of his vehicle, which was also later discovered to have been involved in an accident. Although the man had not left his keys in the vehicle, they were left in a main room of his unlocked home. The vehicle sustained $1,500 damage in the hit and run accident, which occurred in Lehi. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt for a Salt Lake City man who said there was no alcohol in his vehicle even though the officer who stopped him could see an open of beer in the front seat and open can in the back seat. The officer had stopped the man because he was driving at night without the benefit of headlights; the man was charged with open container violation and driving under the 12-pa- "We " one slated renovation by the Forest Service Upgrading and improving Upgrading and improving e facilities at Echo, day-us- e facilities at the Roadhouse, Martin, Warnick, Timpooneke, Aspen Grove and Mile Rock and Grey Cliffs picAmerican Fork Canyon nic areas; Plans including modernizing Upgrading and improving overnight facilities at Little bathrooms and making them Mill, North Mill, Granite Flat, handicapped-accessiblrepairMount ing or replacing grills, picnic and Timpooneke Timpanogos campgrounds, tables, foot bridges and other bridge Grads Continued from front e This TWiy "Si. user include: tional signing, reconstruction or repaving of roads, defining use areas to better protect vegetation and wildlife, repairing walls, and other similar improvements. The American Fork entrance station is currently open from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Aspen Grove station will have similar hours beginning in and both will have hours extended later in the year. Passes cost $3 for three days, $14 for 14 days and $25 for a year. National Golden Age and Golden Eagle passports are honored and can also be purchased at the stations. As before, there is no charge for those who. are simply driving through the area. its': Mary Lou Wells, also of Lehi. She added that the manager of the organ donor department at the center promised he would stay with Mike during the surgery and make sure he and his body were treated with utmost digni- been an available recipient, was flown to Georgia, where a lab was to have removed the valves prior to returning it to PCMC for two other children who needed valve replacements. "The care that some people can give at Primary Children's Medical Center is amazing," said Ty of the experience. He added that the hospital did not even ask for insurance information, preferring to concentrate on the needs of Mike and his family. As a token of appreciation to the staff at PCMC, Ty plans to have a reproduction made of a watercolor painting that Mike did at age 10 while studying under noted artist Randy Blackburn, which will be presented for inclusion in the gallery of art done by juvenile patients. In addition, Rocky Mountain Raceway plans to conduct a memorial service in Mike's honor, and Ty hope to have his number, 7682, retired so that it will remain with him. Ty recalled how he and Mike had both drawn out for the swan hunt and the two joined several friends in the field. When the game official checked to see that the hunters had not spent more than their allotted 10 shells each, they found that Mike had not even shot once, too softhearted, his dad, said, to kill the birds. Mike's heart was too big for. his body, and his gentle legacy and his memory will live on. influence (DUI) of alcohol. A Lehi man was charged with DUI after failing field sobriety and breath tests to determine his level of impairment. The officer stopped the man after he failed to signal to make a turn; he also observed the slurred speech and slow responses of the man. City takes stand on YFCS With the City Council divided on the issue, Mayor Ken Greenwood elected to take a stand on an issue that has been boiling for some time in the community' City attorney Ken Rushton recommended that the council authorize a permit to allow YFCS (formerly YSI) to operate for an additional 60 days while the city continued negotiations with them. "The state and YFCS have had five months that they've been operating without a license. 1 question whether 60 more days would make a difference," said Greenwood in giving the deciding vote to the motion to deny the license. "I understand we may be going to war, but I'd rather go to war knowing we were taking a stand." Councilmember Johnny Barnes made the motion to not issue a business license to YFCS; the motion was seconded by Councilmember Rod Olsen. "Ken Rushton, I appreciate the work you've put on this, but my gut feeling is that it doesn't matter whether it's 60 days or 90 days," said Councilmember Frances Comer in opposition to the motion. "We're either going to be sued by the state or snoH by YFCS." Councilmember Carl Mellor concurred with Comer, saying that he felt "it would be wiser for us to avoid all legal opposition by giving all parties three to six months to work it out." fa ts What to wish for when & O business license ID ty After each member of the family had the opportunity to visit with Mike alone, the family waited as his body was taken to the operating room one last time. His pancreas and one kidney were transplanted into one man at LDS Hospital, while his liver went to another patient there. The other kidney was taken out of state, and his heart, which could have been transplanted into a grown man had there e (o)E Twi Other than another 85 years, there isn't much we want or need at our age. But there are plenty of wants and needs HOUSING LENDER in the community. So instead of free hot dogs, red punch and the usual fanfare Member FDIC "BPIus GEORGE S. ECCLES DINOSAUR PARK & Raptor Cafe 1544 East Perk Blvd. 0gden,Utch 84401 393-DIN- O Mi:,: System that accompanies a business's birthday, we're giving our 85 birthday wishes back to the communities that have supported us for just as many years. For example, one day we'll donate clean bedding for a women and children's shelter, another day we'll send deserving boys and girls to camp. On another day we'll provide a supply of teddy bears to local fire and ambulance crews to help comfort distressed children. And so on for 85 days in a row. After 85 wonderful years serving you, we couldn't wish for more. So we're helping make someone else's wishes come true. It feels good to turn 85 years old. Seven locations to serve you: Alpine Bank of American Fork Highland Lehi American Fork Pleasant Grove Orem Spanish Fork |