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Show expires 013085 J' fGDNB BDOKBINDERY, IND. R 7 ROIL ROW STREET " Vol. 6 No. 15 Wednesday, April 18, 1984 50 cents a single copy Construction begins e CUP's J--4 aqueduct MARC HADDOCK BV the controversial J Kl3uct-Reach4hasbegu- n Jorda,nhp Point of the Mountain, as I cities have all Nor?reements the Central llva Servancy District to "lif e Bureau of Reclamation cUy utility lines that lie in issrts Jaentive Kirt Carpenter, the lu' project manager for the Sl Project, in reporting Sinning of construction to the ItricK governing board. Local Srns protests have delayed the project for about three years. Lynn Ludlow, CUWCD general manager, said the way for the construction was cleared after a meeting with local mayors in which the district agreed to mitigate the damages and difficulties the pipeline construction will create for local communities. Most of that mitigation will come in the form of a chain link fence that will line the Murdock Canal where it passes through populated areas. "We are trying to identify these areas where the fencing should take place," Ludlow said. "The cities have agreed to get the right-of-way.- " Most of the fence will be built on rights of way owned by the BOR for the J-- 4 and Alpine Aqueduct-Reac- h 3, and on private property owners along the canal, since the aqueduct and it's accompanying right of way crosses the canal several times. Board member Joseph Novak, who also acts as attorney for the Provo River Water Users who control the water rights in the Murdock Canal, expressed concern about the fence "and how it relates to the Provo River Water Users," but Ludlow said the fence would not affect that group. Ludlow expressed confidence that the agreement satisfied many of the concerns of north Utah County - but Pleasant Grove Mayor David Holdaway said local cities are trying to make the best of a situation they don't favor. "We still don't agree with the concept of the project," Holdaway said, "but it's going to go whether we want it or not. We are going to get something out of it." Local mayors had banded together in the Timpanogos Plan-ning and Water Management Agency to promote the concept of enlarging and enclosing the Mur-dock Canal to transport the CUP water from Provo Canyon to Salt lake County - the purpose of the J-- 4 aqueduct. Holdaway said discussions with the conservancy district had determined that virtually all of the miles of Murdock Canal that run through Pleasant Grove would be fenced, as well as areas in Highland that are highly populated. Pleasant Grove, he said, is in the process of canvassing property owners along the canal to see if they are willing to provide necessary rights-of-wa- In some places, Holdway said, the fence would have to be built on the Murdock Canal right of way, but he said that right of way is controlled by the BOR and not the PRWUA, and the BOR has agreed to give the rights away. Pleasant Grove has gotten other concessions from the CUWCD for other disruptions to the Pleasant Grove community -- - including the replacing of a water line that will have to be torn out for the pipeline construction with a larger line, and the purchase of a permanent easement on the Wade Springs property at about $17,000. Most of that money will go to replace a bridge that crosses the Murdock Canal, Holdaway said. "We still don't feel good about it," he said. "We are trying to cooperate and get it over a quick as we can." Construction on the pipeline will proceed south from the point of the mountain. .'' v-- i, .... "5 V".'V:- - ; . ..: '?",". i ' : .. ... i .;;".... ,; ' . ... r "- - . " - . , f .. .. ..... , v .. ....... f ' ' ...... ..... L - f ... ',.,. ' r . - . i ( . " f ' . - - Construction crews begin moving tons of dirt and rock to make room I lor a massive debris catch basin Utah County is building at the mouth of American Fork Canyon. Most of the project will involve moving the earth from one part of the project to another as the basin takes shape. Large earth scrapers will be brought in later this week to speed up the project. Mass meetings next week Political mass meetings will be held Wednesday, April 25, in Pleasant Grove at 7 p.m. All the Republican districts will meet at the Pleasant Grove High School and then separate to their own district meetings. The Democrats will meet at: Districts 1 & new 14 Richard Moore 555 W. 2600 N. District 2 Charles Lambert 1290 E. Main, Am. Fork District 3 Bill Told 550 N. 300 E. District 4 Ellen Peterson 1010 E. 550 S. District 5 Dianna Carter 900 E. 700 S. District 6 PrealZufelt 480 e. 300 S. District 7 Ray Young 45 N. 600 E. District 8 Kevin Dearing 58 S. 600 E. District 9 Therald Clark 31 W. 100 N. District 10 Lena Wilson 440 S. 1250 E. District 11 Call Uvonna Duvall, 785-310- for address. Districts C.J. Humble 3534 W. 8800 N. District 13 Fred Russell 565 E. 1030 N. A training session for the Democratic district leaders will be held today, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the South Courtroom of the Utah County Building. The room is on the south end of the top floor. All those who will be conducting mass meeting sessions in the Democratic Party are in-vited. They will receive instruction on what should be accomplished in ' ' the meetings ' .'" ' ' ; The American Party chairman could not be reached for places of their meetings. Lindon meetings Lindon political mass meetings for Republicans and Democrats will be held on April 25. Republicans will meet at the Lindon Elementary School at 7 p.m. All four districts will meet at that location. Democrats will meet at the home of Tad Norman, 310 N. Canal Drive, at 7 p.m. All districts will meet there. All citizens are encouraged to attend the meeting of their choice. Local businesses sponsor annual Easter egg hunt Adventureland Video will again sponsor their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 21, in the Downtown Park, next to the Community Center. This year's festivities will bring some notable changes in the hunt. Children from two to ten years old will register that morning prior to the hunt, and will stay inside the Community Center until their age group is scheduled to go out into the park to hunt. will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eight to ten year-old- s will hunt eggs at 10 a.m., and will need to be at the center at 9:30 a.m. Five to seven year-old- s will register at 10 a.m., and will hunt eggs at 10:30 a.m. Two to four year-old- s will register at 10:30 a.m., and will be released into the park at 1 1 a.m. In each age group, it might be noted, the eggs will be hidden each time, for each group. The eggs that the children find wall contain clues, and these clues will then be turned in at the given place, where further clues and prizes will be given. Many clues wdll result in visits to participating merchant's locations to receive discounts and prizes. All children must pre-regist-prior to their time to hunt. Children must be able to search for Easter eggs independently, and parents will not be allowed to help. This event is sponsored by Adventureland Video, and local merchants participating and contributing include Christiensen's Department Store, Rock's Records, A Little Bit Country Gift Shop, Barnetts Variety Store, Smith Pharmacy, Purple Turtle, Bower's Floral, Vector Video, Inter-mountai- n Craft, Robert's Beauty Salon, Seven-Eleve- Chicken Time, Bill's Lock, The Bungalow, Durfey's Dry Cleaning, Storage Enterprizes, Mr. G's Gas and Food and Hart's Gas and Food. Pleasant Grove police apprehend suspects in numerous felonies MARCELLA WALKER feasant Grove Police have d a man and woman living 0 feasant Grove on felony fs and expect that the two 2 be extradicted to Tucson, Ariz. face trial there. EdwaJr Paul 8aid to1 40, and Dianna SL?63"1 Gannon' 33- - were JWuJly arrested for possession of plates. Jh ?.fficer said that the 2gabn began after an gfn Fork Officer, Merrill C ?nSOvJe?0rted that the couple J for work as nurses in Jn Fork and he felt they Jfcusly. He told Lt. Paul couple had given their address as 652 W. 1000 N. in Pleasant Grove. A check of the license plate on the Gannon's car did not check out. The report came back that the plates had been stolen from a car in St. George. After staking the home, the officers arrested Gannon and later his wife. The police department later learned that the motor home in the Gannon's driveway, which had no license plates visible, was stolen in Arizona. Lt. Paul said their investigation showed that Mrs. Gannon was wanted in Texas on parole violation and also in Arizona on felony check cases and felony auto theft. The police also discovered that the couple had a total of 35 aliases or stolen credit cards in their possession. Lt. Paul said they seized most of the property out of the rented home in Pleasant Grove. He said it was believed that most of it had been purchased with stolen money or stolen credit cards. Lt. Paul noted that it will take many weeks to sort out all of the items confiscated. He explained that most of the I.D.'s were obtained through purse snatches in grocery stores. They only took the wallets out of the purses and many times the owners did not realize it was gone until they reached the checkout counter, Lt. Paul said. The officer listed the value of the motor home at between $14,000 and $15,000. He said the other property confiscated was valued at about $4,000. The couple had run up bills totalling between $5,000 and $10,00 and had written checks valued to $10,000 in Arizona. He added that they were following up leads on the credit cards in Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Arizona, Colorado, California, Texas, Arkansas and Utah. The couple are wanted on numerous misdemeanor thefts in Utah and in most of the above listed states. Lt. Paul said the couple had only lived in Pleasant Grove two or three weeks. Taxpayer uncertainty kills Alpine leeway vote QtinDBj,MARCHADDOCK Kinty amone local h , the result of a that win me Court decision r h,omewners taxes, Ejg School District Board of SSPHC?"celed the voted UedMay8. Wm0 ame at the bard's rniC !tlng last wek after a Protwte th! ?'gned fay the board to tL Way recommended IS Vote "because of the intij10n and other un- - 1SVyersrUld have asked toill or ! aPProve either a !rty flye mi" increase in Hct neJn support various tenance ' mcludin8 building "aremmany uncertainties about the effect the tax law is going to have on us it creates a very negative impact," Don Evans, a prominent Orem businessman and of the leeway com-mittee, told the board. "It would be an uphill battle." District Superintendent Clark Cox supported the recommendation, but told the board, "Emotionally, I feel that we should move ahead, but rationally, I know that we cannot impose further tax increases on our patrons." That court decision nullified a 1981 tax roll back which froze property values for locally-assesse- d property at 1979 levels while state-assesse- d property values were allowed to increase. As a result, Utah County homeowners are looking at about a 9 i percent increase in property tax this year. Exactly how much that in-crease will be is still unknown -- - and that was one of the things that convinced the board to cancel the election. "We won't know how much the tax increase will be until we open that letter that comes in the mail telling us," Evans said. "It's the uncertainty," repeated board member Richard Sudweeks. "Nobody knows how much it will be, but we run the risk of having an election and losing everything and then complicating things the next time." Dr. Cox said that he felt the current climate would make it impossible to pass the leeway tax next month, and said that if one such election fails, "it makes the next time around even more difficult." Evans said the decision to recommend cancelling the vote was difficult. "I know how badly the district needs the funds. I feel very strongly personally that we should pursue the voted leeway as soon as the board determines it is ap-propriate." He explained that by not having a two-mi-ll voted leeway, the district is automatically losing out on mat-ching funds offered by the state. "It's a shame to lose half a million dollars each year because we do not levey a leeway." Not having the voted tax also makes it difficult to convince the state that the district should have more funding. "We are not going to get any help until we start at home," Evans said. Dr. Cox explained that the school district will benefit little from the six percent tax increase that will result from tax collections this year. The court decision could have caused a much greater increase, but the Utah Legislature limited the increase to 6 percent overall at it's recent special session. "We don't get another nickel from the taxes for maintenance and operation," Dr. Cox said. In fact, the district will probably lose some income, since for nine out of the past 10 years the district has seen a more-tha- n six percent increase in property tax income. He did say the district would see a slight increase in the capital outlay levy, funds that are used exclusively for constructing new buildings and purchasing new real property. t "The whole thing is a negative for this district," Dr. Cox said. Board Chairman Richard Heaps commended the committee mem-bers for their work, and indicated that the board would still be looking to call for a leeway when the at-mosphere was more favorable. "There is still a need," Dr. Heaps said. "We would hope the committee would work with us around that need." Evans also requested that the committee continue to work to educate the public about the Alpine District's needs. "We don't like to be last," he said. Evans commended the committee members for their work. "We wish to thank all of those who has spent so much time and effort with this project," he said. |