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Show Review - Wednesday, December 21, 1983 - Page 3 CUP okays $20 million budget The Central Utah Water Conservancy District has approved a budget for 1984 that is doubles the district's 1983 spending. But district officials were told that despite the $20 million budget for 1984, taxes throughout the district will drop in 1984. Because the conservancy district will be transferring over $13 million from its reserve funds to help pay for new watcrwork facilities during the year, property tax levels are expected to drop from the current 2 mills - the maximum allowed to the district - to 1.27 mills. (A mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation.) The board will set 1984 mill levies the middle of next year. That transfer will leave the district with $10 million in the its reserve fund, district manager Lynn Ludlow told the board. In addition to $12.5 million for the consruction of a new water treat-ment plant in Vernal, the district has set aside an additional $5 million for payment on the Jordan Aqueduct-Reac- h 4 and Alpine Aqueduct-Reac- h 3. District officials expect con-struction on that project to begin next spring in the northern part of the county near the West Jordan water treatment plant. However, the Bureau of Reclamation is still having problems getting easements through the northern Utah County com-munities who have opposed the project since its inception. (See related story.) The BOR may be required to go to court to carry out the necessary condemnation proceedings to get those easements. The only point of discussion in the budget was a request for. personnel services which reflects a 3.8 percent increase over 1983 spending. Several directors said they weren't sure district employees should be getting any increase in salaries, considering restrictions that are expected to be placed on state employees by the 1984 legislature when it meets next month. The board passed a motion to limit any increases in salaries .to a total of 3 percent over the 1983 budget, although individual increases could vary within the overall budget. Any salary increases will be subject to board approval. I; -- x? - t 7-- -- ' Ni ": ; . ""rrr - - ,v ? K o ... " - i 1 " f, --,ar y - BONNIE AND BUD BAKER discuss their animated Christmas by their home on Navajo Drive. display with children of all ages as they come 1 Baker's Yule display J is treat for young, old N By GWEN PETERSON j Bud Baker is the man who makes elves. He and his wife, Bonnie, live 't' at 1345 Navajo Street in Pleasant Grove. Each year Bud sets up his t; animated scenes in his yard for the pleasure of Christmas viewers. "Snow cooperates much better j; here in Utah than it did in California," Bud notes. He began 1 his hobby in La Mirda, California lj ' near Knotts Berry Farm where the i'jjI city had decorating contests. To e)'- - make the illusion of snow Bud i! stapled white packing paper to the IF- - lawn. The soft flakes drifting from heaven saves him a lot of work now.. E One evening when Bud was out in the street passing out suckers he :e" heard a terrible commotion in front of his house. He ran back to see if he was being vandalized - when what to his wondering eyes should appear but the Tri-Cit- y Council and all their mayors. It was a delight to him to see their limo's lined up three deep in the street, the women wearing furs and arguing about who was going to get to push the button which activates his scenes. Bud made all the dolls in his display, while Bonnie made the clothes. The elves are busy little creatures, sawing, sewing, tying ribbons, checking the names of good little children. "There are many kids your age that come to see the display," he said to me. "There are even older couples who come to see the scenes." The lollipop fence is a delight to young and old alike, as are the reindeer mounting to the roof-to- Sometimes there are four or five carloads of people, all lined up waiting a turn to push the button and listen to the recording that brings the display to life. As the Baker's hear people's comments it simply reaffirms that "we are all children at heart." "That's where we get our en-joyment, from the enjoyment the display brings to others. It's so much fun for us, because it is so much fun for them," they agree. If you don't know where the Baker's live, just ask someone, everyone knows where they live. If I didn't know better I'd swear they live close to the North Pole. Their friendly smiles, kindness, and that laugh, I know I've heard it somewhere before. Maybe it will sound familiar to you, too. 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(T'TrriT. on Glasses or Contact J ii UnU VLi U ogt Parking limits in PG Pleasant Grove police officers today reminded citizens of the 48 hour time limit for cars to be parked on a city street in the residential and agricultural zones. Officers said that they have placed warnings on many vehicles left over the authorized time. Some cars were towed away last week when the snow plows could not get down a street in the south east section of the city, police said. The parking ordinance allows vehicles, including RV's, to remain no more than 48 hours on the street without being moved. No truck more than 144 inches long or trailer in excess of 20 feet can park on a city street at any time. The ordinance is designed to keep vehicles off the streets for safety and appearance reasons. Snow plows cannot move snow adequately if the streets are lined with autos, the police officers said. In nearly every instance the officers will place a warning ticket on a vehicle before it is towed away. The officers ask the citizens to be of assistance by moving the vehicles. Cars which are left abandoned because the owner cannot get them home because of weather conditions are included in the AR hour limit. Trapped l! yL (Continued from page 1) Mi The first thing she thought was that she had been rescued. She called out with what she thought was a very loud voice, "Open the door, open the door." The door opened and the man standing there seemed so large. "I held up so well during the whole 111 experience until I saw this man and then I sort of just fell to pieces," Afton said. She asked hirn the time. It was nearly 3 p.m., on Thursday. It was the man from Boise Cascade with the boxes. She never did learn his name. He told her that he had barely heard her call out He suggested he take her to the hospital when she told him how long she had been in there. He couldn't believe she was still alive. '1 must have looked just simply awful," Afton exclaimed. She said she had tucked her hair under the Karf and knew she must have been a sight At least she was rescued i and safe. She said she just wanted to go home and get warm. She drove her car home, stopping once along the way to get her bearings as her body was shaking and she was in some "hock, she feared. .As she entered the home her fster called on the phone. Afton karfully told her of her ordeal. Her j sister didn't even take time to say goodbye. She was on her way to Afton's side. She fixed hot soup for Afton,: explaining that it would be better to" warm up from the inside out. Afton had been bundled up in a zippered quilt trying to get warm. Actually she said it took about a week before she really began to feel warm again. A doctor looked her over on Friday and said she would heal up OK but he could hardly believe that she had survived. Afton prounounced it a very traumatic experience. She said it was only because she kept a cool head and walked back and forth along with the praying that brought her out alive. Afton is 62 years old. She retired this year after 26 years of work as an elementary school secretary. She spent 22 of those years as a school secretary with Principal Robert Emal. Most of the time was spent at Valley View School in Pleasant Grove. Apple farmers for many years, Afton and her late husband, Sam, owned a large farm in Iindon. Afton is assisted now by her nephew, Craig Fryer, in running the farm. Thanks to determination and a cool head, Afton is alive and well to enjoy Christmas with friends and family again this year. $Jleaaant (&roue fieuteiu U S P S. No. II South Main, Pleasant Grovt. I'Uh 84062 Published weekly by Newtah, Inc. 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