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Show Utah Press Association Arinda Guttierez 1521 East 3900 South Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84124 AN E D I T I O N O F PRIDE & P R OG R ES S PRSRTSTD US POSTAGE PAID SPANISH FORK, UTAH PERMIT NO. 2 The Spanish Fork News J L L VOL. 2 / NO. 36 O C A L L Y O W N E D A N D OWEDNESDAY, P E R SEPTEMBER A T E D5, 2007 SPANISH FORK, UTAH Lynn Durrant Terry Ficklin Todd Gordon Lee Richan This is the third in a threepart series featuring the various candidates running for city council positions in Spanish Fork and Salem. The Spanish Fork candidates were featured on Aug. 15 and 22. This week's article features Salem candidates. Interviews by Marilyn Nielson, Christy Hardman and Steve Hardman. Courtesy photo / Seth Perrins. Spanish Fork City PATCH JOB: City crews inspect the massive patch before securing it to the 30-inch line on Thursday, Aug. 30. Construction crews puncture water main Lynn Durrant Lynn Durrant has served on the Salem City Council Burke Tervort for the last four years. She said her experiences there have been really neat, and The one at the loafer subshe would love to have the station is in place now, and opportunity to continue to as we enlarge that we will be assured of power in the serve. city." "My time here has been Another one of Durrani's overall positive. I've loved major focuses is the library, being on the city council. and has been since she first I didn't think I would, but ran for city council. I've learned a lot about how "We're going to be the city's run where before it expanding that as well, and just wasn't a big deal. Now I'd really like to see those it really is," she said. things through," she said. Durrant said that she Durrant said that with her is the most interested in new awareness of the inner the city's power supplies workings of the city, it has because that has been under become important to her to her stewardship the last four make sure that the citizens' years. "We're working on needs are met. "I want to make sure enlarging the loafer subeveryone is taken care of station. That's probably our main source of electricity. here, that they have the We bought two new things they need to live transformers, one that will comfortably, with power, go there, and the other down by the Wahoo arena. See CANDIDATES • A6 Call for Questions * Let your voice be heard." '^ The Spanish Fork News will be hosting a series of debates for the candidates in the general election. The debates, to be televised on SFCN, will provide an indepth look at the candidates and their ideas on the issues facing Spanish Fork. In order to represent a broad demographic, the News is requesting interested citizens to submit questions for the candidates. Possible issues could include: management of growth, economic development, parks and recreation, etc. Please submit questions by Friday, Sept. 14 via email to editor@spforknews.com or by phone, 7944964. Christy Hardman STAFF WRITER Last Thursday, Aug. 30, construction crews on Highway 6 punctured a 30-inch water main line around 5 a.m. That water line services all of the east bench of Spanish Fork, and residents there had no water for a few hours. The pipe also provides pressure to the entire water system, and everyone experienced an immediate loss of water pressure. The leak caused a loss of three million gallons of water. Seth Perrins, Assistant City Manager, said the city crews responded quickly, and were able to fix the problem in only a few hours. While three million gallons may seem like a lot, Perrins said it is only about as much as the city uses in a day. "The only issue was a loss of pressure. People won't have to worry about water restrictions or a drought because of this," he said. When the city implemented the pressurized irrigation system, it took a great deal of demand off the culinary water system. "Before that, all the water came out of the same pipe. Before the PI system we used wells, and we still have those high-producing, quality wells that we can divert to the PI system in the event of an emergency." said Perrins. Perrins feels the city is in good shape with water in case of a city-wide emer- gency. "The wells are on standby if the culinary pipes break. With a long-term outage we would ask people not to stop using the water, but to slow their usage so we could allow the pipes to fill to provide pressure." Perrins said that overall the incident was no more than a "terrible inconvenience." However, it allowed the city crews great practice in dealing with a crisis. That practice will be invaluable if a real emergency strikes. "Overall, the crews responded very quickly and acted diligently to get the See WATER • A6 Salem resident raising eyebrows Few people can claim changing an entire industry. Salem's Glen Jensen, the CEO and founder of the Provo, Utah-base Agel Enterprises, LLC has done it twice. Jensen first received recognition in the industry for conceptualizing and implementing a new business plan for a small company that enabled it to enter the Japanese market. The plan, which has been adopted by businesses since, brought the product directly to the consumer. "I hate to be told that something can not be done," Jensen said. "I have always found a way with the tools at hand to make the impossible happen." The impossible occurred again in 2004 when Jensen met with ASH Capital to share, with them the busi- ness proposal he said came together in his head late one night. After working together for several months, funding came from the private investment firm. "We typically invest in companies that have been established in their field for a number of years with a track record and ongoing revenue," said David Harkness of ASH Capital. "We have never invested in a network marketing company before, but because the story was so compelling and the product so unique, we wanted to be apart of it." In March 2005, Jensen again went for the impossible by simultaneously launching Agel Enterprises, LLC in 10 foreign markets on the first day the company started to See AGEL • A5 Courtesy photo BREAKING GROUND: Agel Enterprises CEO and Founder Glen Jensen speaks at the ground-breaking of the new corporate headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at the Thanksgiving Park Business Complex. \ • v |