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Show Review - Wednesday, Jurn-- 20, 1984 - Page 2 See yon all at the parade ! By MARCELLA WALKER This week is Strawberry Days and it is also the first week of summer. As I drove to work on Tuesday morning the City of Fun Carnival was being put into place on 200 South and at the Downtown Park. I can hardly believe that it is Strawberry Days time but I am more than ready for summer. We are getting lots of juicy red strawberries from our patch and the roses have blooms on them. Soon the raspberries will be ready and the tomato plants already have blossoms on them. We finally got the petunias in the ground. With all the cold weather and other interruptions I didn't think we would ever get the flowers in. In fact when I went to buy them they had gone on special because it was so late in the season. That is the only good think that came from getting them in late, they were cheaper to buy. They already had blossoms on them and were quite tall. They were more than ready to remove from those little potting cups that they are grown in. As you know, up there where we live there is an abundance of rocks. The strawberries like the rocks and so do the potato bugs. The flowers need a bit of soil to thrive so we added some more peat moss this year. I never have figured out where the soil goes, leaving big rocks in its sprinkle the cloth -ly.-waitawhile, noned. They gotmll What a mesa1 When we got the was a big help. H0 rarely use the steam usually only ironn needs a little touch sewing, or to apply Pa' some handwork I can remember wh, i would spend , washing and H clothes. (I do no?23 I clothesline.) In Z1 would sprinkle the ckSjj ' them ready to iron on Tu ' I throw a batch of ckf ! washer I eodothekids.Thei!r0S f wash and no set day ?!; a though they do J clothes to meonSaturdayfi f better forget it I Sattirtey.ordoitthernsejv15 1 more they do it themsSr 1 I donf know how conversation got from Stra,k Days and summer to the L and ironing. However iH your washing and ironing, next few days and enjoyK C days of summer with Stru Days of Pleasant Grove See you at the parade! place. The mother swallow is on her nest on the patio and her husband and his cohorts dive bomb us when we go out to the patio. Summer is here for sure. All of the shorts are now out of mothballs from the winter. The girls wear them, sometimes too short, and the boys wear them, rarely too short. I remember when I used to wear shorts. It was back in the golden days of the 40's and 50's when I looked good in them. My mom once got me a darling pair of Daisy Mae shorts with the picoed edge and a top which left a bit of bare midriff. That was one of the cutest shorts outfits I ever had. Most of the rest were homemade with little sleeveless tops with a bare midriff. Mom would make them out of anything, including old flour sacks. My kids have nothing made out of old flour sacks. Remember when flour sacks came in pretty printed designs and they were always used to make something out of when the flour was gone? We used to get more for our money than we do now. First you could use the flour and then you could use the bag. My mom made dish towels out of them after they were, empty sometimes. She made aprons of them, too. Of course anything made of flour sacks in those days had to be ironed. People ironed their sheets and some ironed their underwear. I hardly ever iron any more. I am supposed to be teaching the children this skill before they get out on their own. Although most of them have at least tried ironing once or twice I'll bet none of them know why the ironing board is narrow on one end and not on the other. When I was a kid our ironing board came down out of the wall. When it was out of use it was completely out of the way. Homes do not come with built-i- n ironing boards any more. It will not be long before we will probably not even need ironing boards at all. All fabrics will be totally unwrinkleable. When I was first married we had to do a lot of ironing. I would Strawberry fields forever Back in the '60s the Beatles wrote a song called "Strawberry Fields Forever". It is a really nice song and it seems strange that the Strawberry Days Committee hasn't set this song aside as the official song for Strawberry Days. Perhaps the large Strawberry fields of yesteryear in Pleasant Grove are gone but these rocky slopes of Mt. Timpanogos still make an ideal place to grow strawberries and a good many people grow enough for their own use although they might not sell them as they did years ago. Today, a celebration named after these luscious red berries, the oldest continuous celebration of its sort in the state, will begin with a fine childrens parade at 6 p.m. and the horsepulling contest at 7:30 p.m. in the rodeo grounds. This is the weekend that many of the kids who grew up here in the Pleasant Grove area return home to enjoy anew the celebration that was part of their youth. There will be family reunions, there will be class reunions and there will be friend reunions during these next few days. The annual city festivities are a time for picnicing and visiting with old friends. The Strawberry Fields are forever in Pleasant Grove, it seems, even though the acres of strawberries do not still grow on the hillside. Strawberry Fields are alive in the hearts of the participants of Strawberry Days. They are alive in the memories of every former resident and every long time resident. They will live again this year in the eyes of the newcomers who see the big parades, the carnival, the rodeo, for the first time. The Strawberry Fields are tasted by everyone who buys a bowl of strawberries and cream at the city park or at the rodeo. The strawberries in the fields, or in the gardens, are coming on strong now and many local farmers are saying the berries are larger and sweeter than they have ever been. Local strawberries are for sale along the roadway and in the fruit stands. Strawberry jam makers are busy as all get out. As the festivities get into full swing today and the parades and rodeo tomorrow provide the biggest day of the entire weekend, citizens are urged to get involved and enjoy Strawberry Days. Attend each event, join the competition, and bring the first days of summer in with a bang with Strawberry Days. Viewpoint - Suddenly I'm very popular is By JACK HILL When the political mass meetings convened in April, I was there. After all, it is our civic duty right? "Mass" means "a large quantity or number" so the term is inap-propriate when applied to the political meetings referred to above. Citizens who lean toward the ..Republican Party met at the high school There are 14 voting districts in Pleasant Grove ancTthedistriet-- I 1 ive in is number 8. We had 24 people in attendance which was the most of any district and enough to win the traveling elephant trophy. In case you didn't know, or hacr" forgotten, the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey and Santa Claus as we know him, are all creations of Thomas Nast. Nast was a political cartoonist who is best known for his courageous exposure of "Boss Tweed" and his gang of corrut politicians in New York State in the 1870's. Nast was once offered $500,000 to lay off Tweed and move to Europe. Back to the voting districts. Most of the other 13 districts had far fewer people in attendance. How the Democrats did the same night, I don't know. As the current district chair-person, Carol Harmer conducted the business for district 8 and before I could get comfortable, Floyd Ostler nominated me to serve as the district chairman for the next two years. After a long campaign and terrific" floor fight, J was elected without opposition. One of the privileges usually accorded the district chairman is to be a delegate to the State Convention. Having never been a delegate to a State Convention, the experience sounded interesting. With the governor's race wide open to this point, it has been very educational. The Convention is Friday and Saturday and it is amazing how popular I have suddenly become. Every day for the past month, the mail box has been full of pamphlets, flyers, invitations and personal letters from the candidates. I have been invited to breakfast with Norm Bangerter, dinner with Dan Marriott, a barbeque and an evening of entertainment with Karl Snow and a variety of receptions and "meet the candidate nights." Bob Wright even came to my home and we talked just like I was an important person! I haven't heard from Laura Ferguson. . . yet. Once or twice a week a different pollster calls and asks questions. The questions asked run like this: "You are a State Delegate, right?", "What is the main issue in this year's governor's race?" "Of the five candidates for governor, who will you vote for at the con-vention?" "Are you leaning in that direction or have you definitely decided?" After answering the questions, I ask a few of my own. "Who gets this information?" and "Who are you calling for?" One pollster didn't know or at least wouldn't a ci who was getting the data. ftJ to said that he worked for fls, th Polling Services and didn't b, at who or what organization r. getting the information. a Since I've studied and to about "Boss Tweed" and jy corrupt political machines, It. ' been expecting someone to offer- w( a new car, a trip to Europe n ' envelope with small unmarWt B! I guess that's just stuff you is about in the history books. Anjr. the bills in the envelope I'd ? would probably be gas, lelept- - ' and water. to Friday and Saturday skiH 141 interesting. Of the candidate M met and talked with, each sk' like a good honest man, Sim P' haven't met Ferguson, I tot ' formed an opinion concerning be After the vote at the com. wonder if any of the candidate . ' say 'Hello'. Oh well, popularity: all glory is fleeting. Intern proposes council changes which now have to keep machinery in the back of the Pioneer Museum to protect it from the weather and to give the employees a place to work on the machinery in the winter time. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers have long urged the city council to find a place for the parks equipment so that they could enlarge the museum. Brian said the city would be able to increase the library facilities without floating a bond issue to finance it. In fact, he believes that the entire list of changes could be made - without the city having to raise taxes or bond. " The library was once located in the present city hall so it would be coming back to its beginnings. The BYU senior economic student --see Intern Page 3 Brian Anderson, BYU intern who is assisting the Pleasant Grove City Council for the next several months, has made a proposal to Pleasant Grove City leaders which would mean major changes in use of city buildings. The city council asked Brian to work on several possible capitol improvements. He was asked to consider the least expensive options that would serve the city best, for maybe 15 to 20 years. He was told that the library needed more space, the fire station needed more space and the city hall needed more room. After looking around and making several assessments of availabilities, Brian suggested the city look into a lease or purchase plan with the Alpine School District for the buildings which now house the Central High School, Young Mothers School and the old shop area. Brian feels that the shop area would make an improved fire station. The classroom areas could be used as the city hall, the old city hall on Main Street could be used as the library, and the library then could be used as an art gallery. The young intern said that the downtown businessmen would be pleased to have the library on Main Street to keep shoppers in town and more parking would be available for the library. The present fire station could be used to house part of the equipment for the shops and parks department f letters to "- - L the editor ) . ManUa mugt haye j Q ... Editor The following is in response to Mr. Backlund's letter of last week , regarding the Master Plan of the Manila area As a lifetime and now disillusioned resident of the annexed Manila area of Pleasant Grove, I would like to express some of my thoughts and feelings regarding the Master Plan of that area. I have lived in the Manila area all of my life and have fond memories of when it was truly agricultural. I never gave much thought to planning and zoning until the acreage across from us was sold to a r. I attended a county planning meeting to hopefully have a voice in the discussion of that but the meeting was a sham and the citizenry had no voice or opinion with any clout I literally cried the day they broke ground for that development-m- y country home was being invaded. Three more have been established since. What used to be one ward is now five wards and a stake of its own my very neighbors are almost strangers because they live "in the other ward." I voted for the annexation because I hoped Pleasant Grove City would take a little more personal interest in our area and we would have some representation on the city council. Representation we finally achieved last year, and last year we also received some "personal" interest when the tried to city instigate a special improvement district which was totally absurd for anyone owning more than a building lot. The Manila Elementary opened its doors last year also, and our once quiet serene neighborhood became a clamor of children's voices, school buses and cars. Our privacy invaded, children "cutting thru" to school property rights disregarded, our fences opened up and our livestock set loose. The bottom line is that we are no longer agricultural, we're not even rural, we are a haphazard bedroom community. We want sewer and sidewalks but can't afford it because we do not have the tax base. We can't sell less than five acres without having to subdivide. We can't have septic tanks even if we have five acres because of the stringent septic regulations applied by the city. Another subdivision has been approved for 34 homes on 10 acres and that is going to be the future of Manila. The Planning Commission was da: approached for a spotzoneti the a research and develtp all laboratory to be built on (ex between the Manila Stake fez ino and Elementary School. bal, This is a clean, quiet n' Ser laboratory, not a manufaAS yea plant, that wants to estate E beautifully designed building legi a park-lik- e landscaping, a Alp . break to the high density) that is encroaching the enta- - The only thing I knowthat'J-b-better would be a city part the city did consider but table because of lack of The property in fluefW"; sale and will be sold eitte5 research firm or a buMi' add more homes suburbanized agricultural s Manila citizens, W K planning is a must! Janeen Listen ft" j pleasant (Sroue ffituieui t'.S.P.S. No. ' 11 South Main, Pleasant Grove, Utah M062 Published weekly by Newtah. Inc. Telephone Numbers Advertising Circulation. News Publisher Brett R. 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