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Show f SECTION FRIDAY, MARCH 5, METRO EDITOR ' - ! r .. . ... I Donna Rutek 2004 drutekheraldextra.com 344-256- 1 t. Genola denies rawest for bovs center Heritdge Youth Services1 proposal denied on basis of lack of information attendance at the meeting. Heritage Youth Services, a company that runs a residential treatment center for boys in Birdseye, asked the county Thursday for a special exemption permit to allow the company to house troubled , lot adjacent to youth on a Genola's town limits. The meeting was packed with more than 50 Elisabeth Nardi THE DAILY HERALD After almost three hours of discussion, the Utah County Board of Adjustment denied a request to allow a boy s treatment facility just outside of Genola. ' The decision was met with cheers and applause from many in 50-ac- re area residents asking the board to deny the exception, citing concern for the safety of residents. Genola Mayor Neil Brown said ; he was happy but cautious with the board's decision "The greatest concern is the youth escaping and heading directly into town," he said "I am apprehensive about the decision, because if the company finds it a viable business they have the right to appeal." And it is possible for the company to reapply, especially since one major basis for the denial of the exception was a lack of informa- - , tioa Jim Brady, board member, said he couldn't support the exception . because Heritage officials didn't give enough information about the type of boys who would be housed in the facility or the effect the facility would have on property values.- "I have some personal experience with these facilities and I See D2 CENTER, Highland Glen park's Future MOU.Y . CORSODaily Herald Mahones Orem home was recently put on the National Register of Historic Places. The house, built between 1915 and 1919, still has the original wood ceilings and door frames. Mike and Jenni Orem helps family I'll get house put on historic register . ' Tammy McPherson THE DAILY , HERALD ,r The character of the original wooden ceilings and fir floors are part of what drew Mike and Jenni to the house at 275 East and 2000 South in Ma-hon- Orem. ' With the help of the city's Historical Preservation Advisory Commission, the Mahoneys' house was recently put on the National Register of Historic Places, which will help preserve the historic features they have worked for the past four years to restore. Jr"lt's worth it. We love it," Jenni Mahoney said. The city paid for the application process through a federal grant, which is awarded every other February. A building must first be declared historic by a city, then state before going national The city could help with other buildings to be put on the national register, depending on whether, or not it is awarded a federal grant again, said Tamara Beardall, technician with Orem development services. " The Stewart-Hill- s home, named after the original owners, joins 23 other national historic buildings ' throughout the city and a 65home national historic district called Christeele Acres, located near State Street around 800 South, Beardall said. V ' The Mahoneys can now apply for federal and state tax credit for restorations to the house, but the couple said they probably wont. They paid for much of the V Sef 1 See REGISTRY, D2 RAY better place: A cyclist passes by playground equipment make it the premier park. A er Christi Babbitt C. THE DAILY HERALD While teaching a group voice class at the University of Nevada, Reno, Rosemary Mathews met a student who would eventually rise to international opera stardom: Dolora Zajick. ' Mathews was first voice teacher, helping prepare the singer for a career which would include singing with the world's greatest opera companies and stars such as Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. On Saturday evening, Zajick will help Mathews by appearing in a concert at Mountain View High School Dolora Zajick that will raise money for the school s choir program. Mathews, who works as Mountain View's choral director, said Zajick has been called the premiere Verdi dramatic mezzosoprano in the world. Zajick's biography lists pen'ormances with companies in Vienna, London, New York City, Rome and Madrid. "Her voice is huge and the Verdi literature requires i big, wonderfully technical voices that can sing very high and very, very low," Mathews said. "She has a three-octav- e range and her voice is just like a cannon from top to bottom." After teaching Zajick individual voice lessons for two years, Mathews moved to California. "When we moved, I said to her, 'When you're rich and famous, Dolora, when you'reisinging at the Metropolitan, be I v: Za-jfc- See ZAJICK, D2 Herald Commission agrees on plan for park City council will now review proposal she said. After years of study, the city's Planning Commission has agreed on a master plan for Highland Glen Park. The plan includes an expanded trail system, undeveloped forest in some areas, clearing out trees in others, new signs, expanded parking and a controversial road that runs through the park going east to west, providing connector in the a new east-weheart of Highland. But the deal is not done yet. The City Council will review the proposal sometime in the next month. Then, since the park was originald ly built in the 1970s on land and funded, in part, with federal money, the plans Elisabeth Nardi THE International opera singer to perform for choir fiind-rais- MEESEDaily at the Highland Glen Park. The city is planning to put more money into the park to DAILY HERALD When Trixie Walker moved to Highland from American Fork, one of the biggest reasons was to be near Highland Glen Park. Now she walks to the park nearly four times a week. But Walker is concerned about the changes that may take place after the city adopts a plan to develop the neglected 8&cre park. "People go there for the wilderness feeling or maybe to play sports, but not to listen to traffic," st state-owne- "People go there for the wilderness feeling or maybe to play sports, but not to listen to traffic." Trixie Walker Highland resident must be approved by the National Park Service and then the state's Division of Facilities Construction and Management. That puts the final adoption of the master plan at least a year away, said Barry Edwards, city administrator. Once approved, the plan will be - implemented by the city over a 10- -, year period, Edwards said, and could cost as much as $ 1 million, although the final costs are uncertain. The park, once called the Adventure and Learning Park, was built largely with volunteer labor and donated materials, and included features for the residents of the nearby Utah State Developmental Center. In the 1980s, the park fell into disrepair and was closed by the state for a short time until Utah County offered to maintain the park. After about three years,, the county turned it back over to the state, which locked the gate. See PARK, D4 Provo district considering new master plan Christi C. Babbitt THE DAILY t ' HERALD The Provo School District Board of Education is ing adopting a new policy that spells out how future decisions to build and close schools or change school boundaries will be made. The building and boundary policy will aid the district in its masefforts to create a ter plan guiding the district's future building and facility needs. The policy will be considered during the school board's Tuesday meeting for possible adoption. Sandy Packard, a Provo school board member who helped draft the proposed policy, said the district's process of closing schools came into question in 2002 when the board decided to close Edgemont Elementary School. The controversial decision was later reversed and the school remained opea "We realized that we needed to go back to the drawing board and actually figure out a process to go through," Packard said. I I It "S i r - j ar See DISTRICT, D4 ' , : ' ' ( - -I IKATT SMITHDoity Herald to calculate the square footage of a Centennial Middle School classroom white Trent Powell records the information Tuesday evening. The two are parr of a group of BYu students who are conducting an inventory of the school for the Provo School District Tony RoaiM takes a measurement 'l .I1 I |
