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Show . w. ' Also in this section: ocal Obituaries E2 Opinions E4 ArtsEntertainment E6-- 7 Nebo approves revision in policy By MARGARET H. EVANS Herald Staff Writer - SPANISH FORK Minor revisions of the Nebo School District's citizenship policy will go into effect this fall. The board of education unanimously approved the changes at its monthly meeting Wednesday. Under the revision, students must make up unsatisfactory citizenship grades from term to term, rather than from year to year. In the past, those students who were carrying too many unsatisfactories only had to clear them up before registering for the next school year. "We need to check with the kids each term and make sure they're not building up large numbers of Us (unsatisfactories)," said Dean Allan, director of secondary education. The citizenship policy has been operating in the district for two years. It was adopted s with the intent of reducing and truancies. In addition to their academic grades, stu- By SHARON MORREY Herald Staff Writer HIGHLAND Most times the duck guilty of slamming into the side of a $400 ceramic bird bath would be a dead duck. The fowl friend skidding across the face of a stoneware platter would be cooked for lunch. - if revisions need to Under the policy, students can make up unsatisfactory citizenship grades either by paying $10 to either attend a citizenship class or perform an approved service project. The revision includes a provision for students to make up citizenship credit by paying a $2 fine and completing an eight-hou- r approved community or service project. The $2 fee has not been imposed in the past, but Allan said such a fee would make students more accountable. A - er an "S" curve. The police spokeman said driver, Kendall W. Cranney, 18, of Provo stopped after the pair fell out and Miss Jones, who was only slightly injured, got back in the truck. A critically injured Hawthorne was left at the accident scene. The 1972 Dodge pickup was northbound on 140 East around 11:30 p.m. and was traveling through the "S" curve at about 25 mph, said the police spokesman. The driver of the pickup was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol and failing to remain at the scene of the gional Medical Center, morning , said Hawthorne in critical condition in the ical center's intensive zones in Provo city. The municipal council passed an ordinance Tuesday making the civil infraction a crime punishable by fines up to $25. Mayor Joseph Jenkins said the old ordinance was so lenient there was no incentive for citizens to obey it. "The fine has been $2. Many people think it is well worth the cost to park in a space close to the door of a business," Jenkins said. "The increased fine should give people more incentive to park somewhere else ; ' drafte'd out of college the day before he turned 26. He sketched to escape. The whimsy became an escape from reality, from the tension and terrible fatigue he felt in the A Shau Valley in Vietnam. "They were a Re- this was med- care - . - - - 180-degr- departure from what was happening around me; an escape from a negative situation. The images represent those who didn't come home and those who did. "They are not a political statement or a judgmental statement about the war, but are a result of it." "When I got home, in looking back, I realized the duck was perhaps part helicopter. I'd gone to jump school. My unit was Helicopters were an integral part of our existence." Village Duck Works evolved naturally from that beginning. show The he put together for his master's thesis sold out. His work was immediately in demand and for the past 20 years, Davis and his wife Gwen have made - - air-mobi- le. three-dimension- al ed pottery. Davis designs and throws the pieces. Gwen shapes the ducks and does the detail painting and masking for the two firings. unless they have handicapped designation." City police, through an agreement with the state, patrol private parking lots, as well as city parking, to enforce the law. Timp parking fines are over, also. In another ordinance, the council raised parking fines to $5 if paid or contested within five days, $10 if paid between six or 10 days, or $25 if paid between 11 and 15 days. $2 If tickets are not paid within days, the tickets are considered in default and become a criminal misdemeanor subject to court remedies. 15 Duck Works has created and sold thousands of the flattened feathered friends. fornia and Nevada buy Davis' work. Japanese and Australian markets are requesting the duck pieces. Much like the Cabbage Patch Dolls, no two Duck Works are exactly alike. "A lot of them just take on their own personality," said The demand keeps growing. The days just before a big showing are 16 hours long, not counting time spent tending the kiln around the clock. "This year we added the navigator duck. Last year we added the watchers," said Davis. "This is a process." Galleries in Arizona, Cali dingy? Over the years, Village Isn't Davis getting duck Gwen. "Sometimes I wonder my- self when I tell people what I do. I make plates and crash ducks into them. scandal sentencing postponed Sentencing of three defendants in the Timpanogos Mental Health Center scandal has been postponed to July 28, according to Stan Olsen of the Utah Attorney General's Office. The three men, all former officials of Timpanogos Mental Health, are scheduled to appear before Fourth District Judge Ray M. Harding for sentencing. More than a month ago Glen R. Brown, 63, former center director; Carl V. Smith, 41, and Craig W. Stephens, 35, former top mangement officials, each pleaded guilty to five third- - in downtown Herald PhotoLane Critser Roger Davis creates a pot that, when it is done, will sport a duck "crash landing." degree felonies involving mis- use of public funds, using unauthorized contracts and purchases on the center's American Express card, and misappropriating some $3.4 million from the center for their personal use. Six months earlier the attorney general's office had filed a total of 117 felony counts against the three men. Their Even with the plea bargain, each could face a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison, $25,000 in fines, and an undeter- mined amount in restitution. Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam has said he will recommend incarceration for all three. The men also face civil suits brought by Timpanogos Mental Health Center in an attempt to the narrowed recoup must of the lost money. plea bargains Van Dam has said he will number to 15. It is anticipated that the remaining charges will seek restitution of $3.4 million, be dismissed once the men are but the civil suit places the sentenced. figure closer to $4 million. Riverbottoms residents protest against research park By ROSANN FILLMORE Herald Staff Writer Residents in the Riverbottoms area of Provo packed council chambers Wednesday to protest a proposed research park de- velopment between 4800 North and 5000 North, west of University Avenue. The Provo City Planning Commission was considering an amendment to the general plan area from changing the 17-ac- re and resi dential to industrial research. If the plan is amended, the property must then be considered 'very-io- w low-densit- y for a rezone from tural, to residential, A-l- -5 agriculand agri- cultural residential to planned industrial commercial. Although they continued the issue pending a traffic study, a market study, a detailed land use report and other informa- tion, the commission heard comments from a few residents before closing the hearing. Dave Gardner, a representative for Riverwoods Development Go:; said the be used for research companies and light assembly only. "A Signetics would not work -- park-woul- ! 1 i 4 vrv-- I duck adds a touch t wry amusement to the piece of pottery. And that's by design. Davis started with the ducks in Vietnam. He'd been unit, suffering from head injuries. BURGLARY Baseball caps, a power booster, tools, a computer scanner, a video camera and an antique fire extinquisher all valued at $3,400 were reported stolen Wednesday from Morris Motors, located at 1131 N. 500 W. in Provo. ReliAUTO BURGLARY recassette were tapes gious stolen from Wednesday ported a vehicle parked at 960 W. 100 S. in Orem. A green AUTO THEFT 1967 Chevrolet pickup was reported stolen Wednesday from 586 S. 500 W. in Provo. The victim told police Wednesday that the vehicle was actually stolen on Tuesday. A suspect or susTHEFT pects reportedly attempted to steal a windshield from a vehicle parked at 960 W. 100 S. in Orem. The incident was reported Wednesday. The days of Itf If i S of Park in handicap spots and face criminal charge Herald Staff Writer It is now a criminal offense to park in handicapped parking 1 i "1 Everytime, the splayed, duck-bedeck- By ROSANN FILLMORE - wrung-ou- Orem teen critical after fall from truck ACCIDENT is in critical Orem teen-agcondition this morning after he fell from a pickup truck and was abandoned by acquaintances. A Provo police spokesman said that Jay V. Hawthorne, 18, of 176 S. Palisades Dr. in Orem was standing in the back of a pickup truck Wednesday night with Jennifer L. Jones, 15, of Provo when they fell out near 2700 N. 140 E. in Provo. The vehicle was traveling through mmm yf;.. crit- d plate would not be welcome. But for potter Roger Davis, his career is literally a ducky one that thrives on the mistakes of clumsy fliers. Davis is a successful Utah artist in Bull River who makes and sells stoneware with a whimsical feathered touch. Every piece includes a duck who's made an error in landing judgment, planted both webbed feet in the side of a soup bowl, flopped onto the top of a huge laid egg, or become stuck right in the middle of a cylinder vase. Sometimes the duck hits dead center. Sometimes the belly flop is observed by watcher ducks lined up along the lip of a plate. tar-die- accident. Officials at Utah Valley waddling web-foote- JA ter on the bullseye of a dinner Another change in the policy is that students will be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities, provided they have no more than two unsatisfactories in any given school year. The citizenship grades will not carry over from year to year as they did in the past. Allan said he believes the policy has been accomplishing dents receive citizenship its intended goals. This spring grades, which range from hon- only two students from the ors to satisfactory to needs three high schools did not graduate because of poor citizenship improvement to unsatisfactory. District officials plan to look grades. A i3. Bad fliers are good business at the policy each summer to determine be made. Thursday July 13, 1989 here, a Soft Copy might. We are looking at high tech businesses that are primarily research oriented, that might be involved in some light assembly." Representing the Riverbottoms neighborhood, Steve Jaus-s- i gave the commission pet- should be near the freeways, Jaussi said, saying the proposed development would impact the area with high traffic and interfere with bus routes. "Traffic is likely to go down Orem's Center Street, and up 800 N. and down University Ave.," he said. There are about 16 homes immediately north and south of the proposed park. "Lots of people had faith in the .mastet plan .we had,!', .he said.'This is prime residential Speaking for Shadowbrook residents.. Roger. Merril. jex-- . pressed more concerns about increased traffic. "In the morning you have itions the protesting development and promised there would be more. . area." Commercial developments traffic backed up from the moutn ot the canyon to BY u. in the afternoon it is reversed. You put 6,000 more cars into that area, and you'll have a real problem," Merril said. "If ever there was a place where this should not go, this is it." Although Orem city had expressed concern about the proposed development's impact on Orem, and Orem development staff attended the meeting, they , did not speak. The amendment will be reconsidered in a public hearing in September. "Basically, I'm a potter. I like working with the clay. It's 100 percent responsive though unforgiving," he explained, looking ruefully at an unexpected crack through a large dish. "There's always something new. Each opening of the kiln is still a surprise. "I'm free. I work hard doing what I love to do." "Besides," added Gwen at his side, "you didn't choose this. It chose you." Avenue work going to 1250 N. By ROSANN FILLMORE Herald Staff Writer Approval has been received to extend the reconstruction of University Avenue beyond 800 North to about 1250 North. The Utah Department of gave approval Transportation today to the extended contract with Geneva Rock Products and if work continues at its present pace, it should be done by Sept. 15. "We've given the contractor until said Kevin mid-Octobe- Beckstrom, spokesman for UDOT. "That will put us on 1230 North after school starts, so it affects BYU and Provo High students. But we'll have 800 North open by then, so they won't need to close school." The extended contract will cost $930,000. is now opening 400 North and closing 800 North. Motorists can use 1230 North or go to 100 East or 50 East. UDOT Although there are warning barriers on the North Canyon Diagonal- motorists mav at: - use University Avenue for cess to businesses between North and 800 North. I ac- 1200 , |