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Show Review -- Wednesday, July 6, 1983. p History ... r (Continued from page 1) '.'My fellow citizens, I would urge every young man who is of eligible age to enlist today. Let's win this war and rid the world of Kaiser Bill," he said. Such was one anecdote recalled by one citizen of Pleasant Grove. He was one of the young boys who ex-perienced those events firsthand. History can be exciting. Colorful legends, tales and anecdotes that warm you as much as those passed on orally around ancient Indian campfires. Tales of things that happened on the same ground where we now live and travel and make our history. Walking along a dusty road, a traveler leaves a trail of footprints. Unless those are captured and preserved by some indelible process, the slightest breeze will whisk them into notningness, as n those prints had never been, nor the traveler ever that way. We collectively have been this way called Pleasant Grove. Now is our chance to make that travel indelible. The Kiwanis Club is spearheading contest. (See rules a history-writin- g in accompanying article.) enter who has Anyone may knowledge of past events m an around Pleasant Grove and North Utah County. . Winners of the contest, which is to event, will have their be a articles published in a booklet that will be available to anyone who wishes to buy one. In the city library are several locked volumes of stories of our city's past citizens. The publication the Kiwanis is planning will bring those stories into our individual homes, make them more accessible. They will give everyone a chance to use and further cultivate his or her writing ability. The stories, poems and anecdotes will make us laugh and cry, they will entertain us. They will make us understand who We and who our people WeepaS,, wil, as history doJ , determine our uitima; bSpJ TJ The point to wWc7io brought us is our stan telb future travels. gP acquaintance with that PetSt' us can make our a?3d to plot. 6ahea: "We never know how learn, From that vvhic return, Until a flash UJ remembrance, Falls o been." (From E. A rK for: ' poem,Flammonde) bad The first publication Rc to be out by this December Ci BaS Proceeds from the be donated to the PieijK T City Library Fund to P1 construction and furnish I"5' retl addition to the library "tj aCC Here are history contest rules Timpanogos Trails is the name that has been given a booklet planned by the Pleasant Grove Kiwanis Club which will contain such things as historical essays, poetry and anecdotes relating to Pleasant Grove's past. The club plans to have the publication issued twice yearly. The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a contest in order to gather articles for the publications, Rules for the contest are as follows: The contest, known as the North Utah County Historical Writing Contest, is open to all interested persons who live in North Utah County and to all former North Utah County residents. The contest will be judged in five categories: Essay, Recollection, Story, and or Incidents. Cash prizes will be awarded as follows: Historical Essay: First Place, $25; Second Place, $20; Third Place, $10; Fourth, fifth and honorable mention places, cer-tificates. The same prize schedule will be used for Short Story and Personal Recollection categories. In the Poetry category: First Place, $20; Second Place, $10; Third Place, $5; Fourth, fifth places and honorable mention, certificates. Anecdotes and Incidents prizes are: First Place, $15; Second Place, $10; and Third Place, $5; Fourth, fifth be consistent with life in that period of time and must be based on actual events, existing legends or traditions. All entries must be the original work of the contestant and should be in keeping with good literary standards. Anecdotes and historical essays taken from family histories or histories of our area or county, must be authentic and fully documented. Source of material for poetry, personal recollection and fiction, whether written or verbal, must be stated. The entry must never have been published or must not now be in the hands of an editor and other person to be published. It must not be submitted for publication elsewhere until the contest is decided. (Articles which have been printed in local newspapers or local histories which are not published for commercial gain may be submitted. ) Only one entry in each category may be submitted by each con-testant. Only one cash award will be presented to any individual in one year. A person winning first prize in any category for two consecutive years must wait one year before entering again in that category. He will, however, be eligible to compete for first place in any of the other categories. Four copies of each entry are required. Names or other means of identification must not appear on manuscripts. Each entry must be accompanied by a seperale eight-and-a-ha- lf by eleven inch sheet bearing name and address of author, title, and first line of entry. Manuscripts must be typewritten, doublespaced, and the number of words or lines written on the first page of the entry. Judges are selected by the Contest Chairman and members of the Timpanogos Trails committee. Judges have the right to award or not award prizes or honorable mention to entries. The judges decision will be final. Entries must be postmarked no later than October 1 or April 1 of each year. Entries not accompanied with a stamped, envelop will not be returned. All entries must be addressed to North Utah County Historical Writing Contest, care of Drucilla Smith, 105 South 100 East, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062. They may also be submitted to any member of the Timpanogos Trails committee consisting of Marcella Walker, Ford Anderson, Jim Gilson, Donna Brock, Drucilla Smith and Linda Harris. Winners will be announced in a special manner determined by the Kiwanis Club of Pleasant Grove usually within a month after the deadline. In evaluating the writings, the following criteria will be con-sidered: Historical Essay and Personal Recollection - Length must not exceed 1500 words. to theme; style (interesting reading); or purpose; of information; Short Story - Length must not exceed 3000 words, of story; development; and their presentation; style; Poetry - Length must not exceed 50 lines. or theme; and pattern; of purpose; Anecdotes and Incidents - Length must not exceed 300 words. of information; of presentation; style; Contestants are encouraged to take all reasonable care to submit their writings in conformance with modern rules of English sentence structure and punctuation. However, documented historical information is of major importance. Sketches and photos will be ac-cepted with the manuscripts . Married women are asked to state their maiden name so they can be more readily identified, e.g., Lilian Hansen Fox. The deadline for the first publication is October 1, 1983. and honorable mention places, certificates. All winners from the contest will be included in the Timpanogos Trails publication. Essay, anecdote, or personal recollection articles must be written on a historical, pioneer, or Indian theme based on true happenings in North Utah County during the years 1850 to the present. All entries must .: f rTmnr i ! mni Cat Jwiwii-HiwiHyMiwwww.-- ' if you want to get J the most for your he homeowners insurance 11 , dollar, check with frV S State Farm. on Call, and let me explain State Farm s 1 unbeatable combination of service protection, and economy , , yfV J. RALPH BINNALL fl An 120 N 100 Easl f fl; Anwican Fork 756 3518 .Tf j 0U I - Ulf i iAS. ( "Tt FARM n t W' - .nil- - " - J ' ' - Lii!t f ,.f y li " " """""" " " " , l a w'wwr-r,,- - '""f 'f r- ; .1lurirllall ,. i,,iT-""-"'t,W- M .. 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Brockbank We care JTCTD about you JDD Bank of American Fork j American Fork, Alpine 1 1, ... " member FDIC 9 i - Ha l W'WEHllJflM'i.'WgWM i'!'l;lll7l7M1.lJl!i.w.ii;'iWiliiiFi' i in .. ., i mi uimn i urn. "'J Vandalism, blackout deliver double blow to Lindon water supply Vandalism and a power outage combined to put a portion of Lindon out of water for several hours on Saturday, June 25. The problem started when vandals pried open some of the city's 13 spring boxes in the canyons. The bent vents on the boxes allowed air to be introduced int j the lower water system. A piece of plywood had also been placed over one of the boxes by the vandals to prevent spring water from coming out. A power outage compounded the problem because the pumps from the tanks qo not have an automatic reset mechanism. Thus when the power failed for a time, the pumps remained off. A lady drew the city's attention to the system failure when she phoned Assistant City Administrator Bill Green, complaining she had no water. This was about 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. In checking, Green found the water in the 650,000-gallo- n tank had gotten very low. The level, in fact, was below the eight foot mark and thus had set off the safety pressure valve thus signaling the upper tank to begin draining. Due to air in the system, however, the upper tank soon became air-lock-and stopped draining. Crew worked until about 11 :30 that night suctioning the lines to get the air out. Meanwhile they had fired up the Number 4 Well to provide water to residents. The water cutoff af-fected mainly those living in upper Lindon. Bill Green said there had not been any contamination into the water system since only air had entered. Dennis Houghton and Rick Ovard of the public works department went up into the canyons and repaired the boxes. Bill Green asked that the citizens help the city keep an eye on the spring boxes and pump stations so further vandalism can be prevented. The springs are located quite far up in the foothills making it impossible for the city to maintain constant surveillance of them. |