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Show Review - Wednesday, June 13, 1984 - Page 3 Council approves $1.7 million budget By MARCELLA WALKER Pleasant Grove City Council officially approved the 1984-8- 5 fiscal budget at the recent council meeting which gives a five percent merit raise 'to all deserving employees and a five percent salary adjustment for those who have worked five years or less. The approved budget is for $1,770,642 in revenues with $1,747,945 allotted for expenditures. The budgeted surplus of $22,697 will be applied to the deficit in the general fund from a few years ago. This is an increase from last year's revised - budget which totalled $1,599,775. According to Mark Johnson, city recorder, the budgets in most departments stayed near what they were last year except the police department which shows an increase due to the city contracting with Lindon City to provide police protection there. The city council agreed that 80 percent of the funds being paid for police protection by Lindon will go to the police department to cover expenses incurred with the additional city to protect The remaining 20 percent of the funds will be placed in the general fund to cover impact to other departments because of the contract The total police budget turned out ot be $513,519. The city council indicated that they anticipated no tax increases either through the mill levy nor through franchise taxes. The mill levy will be set officially later this summer. w V j & ' : 1 yv 1 V f - - - f i fJ x;m v ml : h !s it Jx$ Strawberry Days Junior Rodeo Queen is Lori Wood, center, flanked by her attendants, Leana Dilworth, left, and Candie Nielson, right. Junior rodeo royalty selected Lori Wood was recently crowned as the strawberry Days Junior Rodeo Queen at the Pleasant Grove Arena. A field of seventeen girls tried out this year. Her attendants are Candie Nielson and Leana Dilworth. Lori is from Lindon. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Wood. She is 14 years old and is in the ninth grade. Lori enjoys drawing, dancing and riding her horse, Penny. Last year, she was the second attendant to the Jr. Rodeo Queen. Lori is involved in the 4-- riding club and has been competing in for 4 years. First attendant, Candie Nielson, is from Pleasant Grove. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tim Nielson. Candie is 14 years old and is in the ninth grade. She enjoys drawing, all sports and rodeos. She loves to ride her horse, Tonquest. She competes int he 4-- riding club. Leana, of Orem, is the daughter of Legrande Dilworth and Mrs. Lilian Dilworth. Leana is eleven years old and is in the fifth grade. She loves horses, camping and singing western music with her twin sister. She trained her pony, Sugar. Leana loves to compete in horse shows and has won many trophies and ribbons. Remembering Strawberry Days of past have many events of interest. In 1922 dinner was served at the high school where one could buy chicken and roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy, and many other things. The Merry Milk Maid Operetta was presented by the Lindon Ward Choir. There was a water fight between the Chamber of Commerce and the Fire Department in 1932. In 1924 the Indians from Fort Hall Reservation were the main feature in the parade. In 1925 a Wild West Show was shown at the park and a picture show at Clarks Opera House. Miniature floats were first used in 1932 and this continued for some years. In 1932 it was said they had over 100 miniature floats. The queens were just four or five years of age. In going over the material in the early Strawberry Day Programs the advertisements were of great interest. Travel was not so easy in those early days and so we find many businesses that we no longer have such as a Flour Mill, a Millinery Shop, Pleasant Grove Canning Co., The Shady Inn, Strawberry Inn and many other places that bring fond memories to our older citizens. Some of the following --see Strawbery Days Page 12 By DRUCILLA L. SMITH Editor's note: This is the second and final part fo a history of Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove written by the city librarian, Drucilla Smith. The first Strawberry Day celebration a Public Program was held in the street in front of the present Bank of Pleasant Grove. Bleachers were erected in a cow pasture and spectators flocked to see the pony parade and a horse pulling contest. In the Golden Days of the early celebration everyone went dancing in the evening at the Geneva Lake Resort from which the Geneva Steel Plant took its name. Geneva Resort had wide lawns, picnic areas, swimming pools with a slide going into the cold water pool. It had a wide dance pavillion stretching out into the lake. Some will remember the crowds that came into town on Strawberry Day on the old Orem Interurban Train. This was a merry, rollicking train that swayed through the valley carrying travelers from Payson to Salt Lake City. Farmers furnished many hundreds of cases of strawberries as the years went by and strawberries with cream from the old Peay Dairy and Utah Sugar were given to all who attended this mammoth celebration. As the crowds grew and the price of berries grew higher it became impossible to continue giving free berries to those who came from all around the area. Without the grand array of rides and consessions it was necessary to ; ' , - f - - . & tA, iH ill ! ! i - s This horse drawn float was a representative of the floats of days gone by. Floats, drawn by autos, are still the main feature of the Strawberry Days parade. Sherrie Keetch to compete for Miss Utah ' , ' --4 . 'is- - , - ;4 f ' S f : k '' t & ' 'i' i , : S; ' I ' i s Sherre Keetch will represent Pleasant Grove in the upcoming Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant, I June 13-1- at Mountain View High School in Orem. She will be competing against 65 other contestants for the title of Miss Utah, and the opportunity to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant in' Atlantic City, New Jersey. The contestants will compete in judges interview, swimsuit, talent and evening gown. Fifty percent of the points are awarded in the talent area. The public is welcome to watch the pageant any of the nights of competition, beginning June 13 at 8 Pm. at Mountain View High School. The contestant will appear in a different competition category on June 13, 14, and 15. Ten contestants will be selected for the final competition on Saturday , June 16. From these ten contestants the new Miss Utah will he selected. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or in advance at Bride World toss shop. Prices of the tickets vary depending on preliminary or taal competition nights. Sherrie is the daughter of Arthur and Carolyn Keetch of Lindon. She has had special training in music Piano. She plans to continue with her music for many years. She ould like to obtain a degree in Medical Dietetics. In the talent section of the contest r Sherrie Keetch she will play a piano solo entitled "Rhapsodie" by Maxwell Eckstein. Her hobbies include racewalking four miles or more each day, weight training, aerobic dance, piano, needlework, waterskiing and rodeos. She loves the outof-door- s and likes to hunt and fish with her brother, this also includes cleaning the fish. She loves health and exercises and plans to lift weights even when she is 80 years old. When she was younger she would ride a bull in the Pleasant Grove Rodeo Queen Contest activities for a free ticket to the Strawberry Days Rodeo. She was a cheerleader throughout high school and one year in college. 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