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Show hhw mrwm 1 -J 3 w" Or ii -i "ii r" i i r I i i i i i I I I t "k. I i More LOCAL news : than any other source! 4 r m mil Dancer takes For "... i U.S.nationals By f - "' ' ! Ji i - - " - Cathy Allred 50 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Vol. 21, No. 28 . JM.IMU "ii r -- ' -- City Editor The Cedar Fort July 24 celebrations have already begun. The rodeo is a long standing tradition in the community, as is the all day water fight on July 23. The public is invited to attend the festivities but expect to get wet. Thirteen year-ol- d Megan Eisenhart, daughter of Tim and Donnalee Eisenhart of Lehi placed and took the annual national dance competition through the prestigious New York City Dance Alliance (NYCDA) in New York City last week. As the first place winner, she competed against dancers throughout the country who had to qualify on the local, state, and regional levels. Six out of 50 qualifying youth were chosen for the final competition or Gala Event which was presented in the Hotel. Waldorf Astoria Eisenhart won a $300 award, a $500 outstanding scholarship award, and a lifetime scholar-Se- e DANCER on Page 12 Country night at Wines Park Jennifer Danw Arts in the Park will begin at 7 p.m. and will be extended an extra hour to provide two great hours of country music and poetry this Sunday, July 18 at Wines Park on 100 East 500 North. "Country and Lota of It" will feature entertainers Chelsey Jones, Steve Draper, and the musical group Higher Ground. Chelsey Jones liv?9 in Lehi with her family. She is turning 15 in August and will be attending Lehi High School as a sophomore in the fall. Jones has recorded music for Janice Kapp Perry, sang the national anthem at the Roundup rodeo last year, and enjoys performing at the Utah State Fair. Jones will be singing a variety of country selections during her portion of the country music S - ,. n , ' V ' , Sponsors only team roping Saturday, July 17 9 a.m. Open jackpot roping 18 Sunday, July 7 p.m. f I " ..... Friday, July 16 6 p.m. Drap- - in Highland with hi.-- wi, and six children. Son of Paul and Donna Draper of Lehi, he will be reciting cowboy poetry that he has written. Playing even more country music will be the vocal group Higher Ground. Higher Ground has been seen many times around Lehi. The band's most recent performance was at the Maverik dance at the Lehi Roundup. The two members of the band, Greg Anderson and Brannigan Hunter, both reside in American Fork. The band has been together for one year and will be leaving in September to perform in Nashville. Wednesday, July 21 Family FunNight Julie Loveridge Ivan Johnson will tell you just about anything you'd want to know about what life was like back when he was just a kid growing up in Bluffdale. He tells stories of how his grandfather drove the school wagon with a team of horses from that small community to the school in Riverton. He speaks of herding cows , out west of Camp Williams in a life and time much simpler than today's; and of his sweetheart Bertha, who passed away three weeks ago. He'll tell you about the mines he worked in and how he broke his back three days into his new job at the St. Joe Mine up Bingham Canyon. It put him flat on his back in the hospital for three weeks before the doctora could even straightened it enough to put him In a body cast. He would wear that cast for 10 months. That was in Fort Park -- Cedar Water Fight All Day - ...... - Saturday, July 24 a.m. Breakfast in the Park with pancakes, sausage, bacon, hash browns, eggs, hot chocoiate. tang, or coffee. 9 a.m. Slack at Rodeo Grounds on the comer of 100 West 100 11:30 a.m. Parade line-u- y p North. Noon ' - ' . - f i - - " - I " 12:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 9 p.m. Parade proceeds south along 100 West to Center then east past the church and school to 100 East and goes north to 100 North to the Town Park. Carnival games and lunch of pizza, sub sandwichmelon with a bake sa!e m the park es, and water Junior Rodeo with concession stands sponsored by Cedar Fort Ward Young Men and Young Women, Immediately following the Junior events will be the Senior Rodeo. Dance in the tennis courts at the Pa-- k featuring Connie and Butch Grace and "Mus.c City' Adults S. S2, children 5 yeas-oichildren and unoer free. d 2 ...... ... . .... Photo toy Heath AHrecJ A buckaroo with chaps and boots rides in the Little Buckaroo Rodeo's sheep riding event last Saturday. See page 7 for the Junior and senior Buckaroo Royalty and page 1 1 for event results. Public invited to groundbreaking ceremony of new dinosaur museum Thanksgiving Point claims it's t. iiig to be the home ol the largest dinosaur museum ever built, and the public is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for its construction this Friday, July 16, at 10:30 a.m., at of the southeast corner Thanksgiving Point's property. According to Paul Eddington, Manager of Marketing and Sales, the structure will be equivalent to a building in height and contain 86,000 square feet It will take a building that size to house the museum, exhibit hall, giant screen theater, and the longest, tallest, and biggest col-- f ors. n on page 12 Neighborhood wins a zoning debate By Cathy Aured Citv Editor The bimonthly Planning and Zoning meeting in the Lehi City Chambers on 153 North 100 East was packed to capacity Thursday, July 8 to discuss two controversial issues in public hearing placed before the city commission. Two thirds of the attendees protest the rec- were there to ommendation ly 41 acres at about 1300 changed from inn six-sto- ry of approximate1220 North and West to be a l to an A-- R-l-- 8 zone. Mike Brems represented the residents against the rezoning and cited devalua- architect's rendering shows the 86,000 sq. ft. North American Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Life to be constructed at Thanksgiving Point. The public is Invited to attend ground-Se- e breaking ceremonies for the museum 1 0:30 a.m. Friday, July 1 6. An six-stor- y, tion of $200,000 to $300,000 homes that predominate the area, inadequate artery roads, and a high water table with poor drainage as the major reasons the citizens were protesting the request. "We have clearly established a trend and we would like to op it thi wav" aid Brems m referring to the upscale homes in the neighboring community. The representative of the owners Barnes, Robinson. Day, Spencer, Clark, and Lloyd had appeared before the commission a year ago with 1 the same zoning request. Even though the concerns involved in a development of that size were the same, none of the issues were addressed by the owners. "The profits should not drive what should be developed in our city." said commis- - See ZONE on page 12 teaches by example the meaning of service given when he retired from Ireco in '71. Hell talk of a great explosion out there that took his friends, and how he was nearly in it himself. Ivan's got a lot to share in a world of speeding seconds and racing days. Step into his home and you'll get a sense that there are more important things than tomorrow's lists and next week's goals. But you won't find Ivan talking about those things. He won't say much about the importance of serving neighbors, other than shaking his head over the way the women would come to the door as he drove his tractor up the street, and ask him to do this with his tractor or that. "I used to joke that you'd think I was a polygamist, the way all the women stop me!" he laughs. Ivan doesn't have to say anything at all about service. 1947. He just lives it, in his quiet, After the cast was removed, constant way. Just ask any of Ivan returned to the mines. his neighbors. They've all got He'll show you his award for stories of how he's always been working at the old Lark Mine there to plow their weeds, or twenty years. And hell ehow bail their nay. Or been there in you the gold watch he was a pinch to help out with a COPY win- Friday, July 23 Ivan Johnson By Concert in the Cedar Fort Pa featuring Sue Jeffrey, Johnny Barnes, and LaVei Covington composing, perorming, and recording artists. Essay ners announced. By night. St 756-766- Cedar Fort Celebrations and Rodeo Calendar '" S ? mw. , Xq cents a single copy 9 home delivery call or see our web site at www.newutah.com i water turn. Gary Christiansen lives through the block a couple of streets over from Ivan. He tells about the time he was tending another neighbor's mule while the family was out of town. Seems the mule somehow managed to escape the corral in the middle of the day. Now, Gary's the first to admit he doesn't know much about animals. "There I was," he says, "trying to get that mule back in the corral. Well, he knew a sucker when he saw one, and I was it! No matter what Gary did, the mule wasn't going to return to its pen. Finally Gary knew he'd have to get help from someone a lot better with animals than he was. He called on m in A 4 i hi iniipiii a ' v 1 Ivan. "D'you have a rope?" Ivan asked him. "No." "D'you have anything?" "No," Gary said again, starting to feel really dumb. Ivan picked up a piece of bailing twine from the ground and proceeded to make a loop Sets' IVAN on page 12 LL Photo by Julie Lovertdge ,van Johnson and his tractor have seen miles of service to neighbors and friends. |