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Show OUTLOOK Editor s ays Lehi area is By SHARON MORREY Herald Correspondent LEHI Betty Fowler has seen Lehi from many sides. She's a long-tim-e resident. Though born and raised in American Fork, she's lived in Lehi since she married Don Fowler in 1939. She's a concerned citizen and the mother of 10 children who grew up in Lehi. And she's the editor of the Lehi Free Press and has been for the past 10 years. Before that she gathered news, reported the news, edited the news, handled the billing and manned the office from the time she was hired in 1971 to "answer the phones." She has watched Lehi evolve. is a very close-kn- it ; "Lehi community who's steeped in is-p- m tradition and history," Fowler describes. "I don't think they're too willing to break the mold and look to the future," And yet Lehi is taking giant leaps forward to expand its economic base, enhance its cultural atmosphere and promote living in Lehi. She points with pride at the three elementary schools, a new high school, a new junior high, an Olympic-size- d '. m mm X t . ' -- M, V O. it I if - 3 ; J city swimming pool that's "the ni- cest in the whole county." The Lehi High School band has been revived. "Since I started to work for the paper and became more aware of what's going on around me, a lot of building has been done. We had four churches where we now have 18 (LDS) wards and two new stake centers." area, but at the time it came into being, it was totally a Lehi effort." The new industrial park on Lehi's east end is an effort on the part of the city to add a payroll to Lehi, said Fowler. "Things have tried to happen here. Some work. Pykettes understands Lehi folk. Lehi Block and General Refractories hire a lot of local people. But a lot of the old guard hark back to the Sugar Factory which was the first days major industry in Lehi, where my husband and my father "Since the sugar factory to build the Hutchings Museum. Now of course there are contributions from the outside February close-kn- it both worked. Betty Fowler "The people joined together '83, Sunday, closed and then Geneva and Bingham shut down, we've been without a payroll. We need to establish some indus- try." Thanks to some "far-seein- g 28, lSUt, TuL IHiRALD, Provo, Utah Page community city fathers" Lehi has its own power industry, something Fowler said has been invaluable tD the city's survival and growth. income." "It's now our chief "We're not expanding. We've stayed pretty much status quo. That's why we're trying to provide an economy." Some of the money required to set the infrastructure in place has come in the form of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). Fowler said many Lehi City projects have received CDBG assistance and city engineer Lorin Powell should be credited for his effective preparation of grant applications. This year's hopes are pinned on getting grant money for a new library, a senior citizen's center and possibly a recrea tion center for youth. "Sports always have been a big thing in Lehi," said Fowler. "Though it isn't like it used to be. People would get up at 5 a.m. to get their basketball tickets. Now there are lots of empty seats, too many are staying home to watch television when we need their support." is acThe Lehi Round-U- p claimed throughout the west as an outstanding rodeo event. The stands are packed every run night of the three-nigand the purse is Professional and World Champion Rodeo riders come to the Lehi Round-U- p always held the last weekend in June, dates picked with meticulous care by the originators. ht good-size- d. ion q ( ljt Help Our Local Economy . . Help your business, family, and neighbors. Brinq your conventions or family qatherinqs into Utah County. 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