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Show Review - Wednesday, January 9, 1985 - Page 8 . ( : ta"jarm i r jT, n Like a good neighbor, j.RqTph Binnall Insurance, 120 N. 100 L, Americenjort , Hi IK ! !:,! i, ' j f t t , j S :i . .1 i r s.: ' ' - ; i ' .... J - E J l Tr-: 1 j i , ; , .. ; v ' 5 mlilM . , I ; .i- - , L " ... . . I i ; ; J ' 6 W 1 I , - G - ... i ' 'i: ' .. ' - I i I " ' C , tl - .... ' j : ; JH- j j oi r LJ, CofAmerican Port v ' ;ii i :i p W-- i: r 5 I ' ' C : . : v : I j ' ! I ; V ' " . -- . ..... II ;U,v, n' M.v"ifc Better Banking In Every Way z Only at a bank can you get FDIC insured safety R automatically on each $100 ooo u . 1 can you get the full range of financialI service Sh 1. S that has come to mean better bankingin 1CC every wav mmmma r6gl MMMM hMm We about you joid "an f American Fork f American Fork, Alpine s member FDIC tlJ St, Rest "" Tmmmm fis,,i mni, i,w,w 1 e'ghi Public Witness Day Scheduled for Mountain Fuel Supply Company Utah General Rate Increase Request The Utah Public Service Commission has set Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. for public witness . testimony concerning Moun- - tain Fuel Supply Company's $12.3 million general rate increase request. The times are set aside to allow Mountain Fuel's Utah customers time to comment on the request. Hearings will be held in the Commission hearing room, 4th floor, Heber M. Wells Bldg., 160 East 3rd South, Salt Lake City. I : mmsxsj i. Police Chief Ferre warns drivers to take special care in winter driving With lots of winter weather ahead, Pleasant Grove's Chief of Police Mike Ferre has been prompted to review professional driver techniques used to combat bad weather motoring woes. The message is clear according to Chief Ferre. "Regardless of the help provided by traction aids, in no instance is the way you can maneuver or stop your car close to that of con-ventional highway tires on either a dry or even wet road surface. You must slow down and stay well back of traffic ahead on winter slick roads. "And ajways buckle up! Use the safety restraints in your car - for yourself and your passengers. If you have children, equip your vehicle with the proper type of restraints recommended for your child's age, height and weight." Commonly posed questions at this time of year include: Is there a significant difference in stopping distances in relation to size and weight of cars? In comparing rear-driv- e vehicles, skid testers have found that a car is likely to require a shorter distance in a panic stop on ice than a compact car. A compact car, in turn, is likely to require a shorter distance than a standard car. Stopping distances for the lighter cars can be as much as 25 Winter driving specialists warn, however, that following distance changes with the weather. The time and distance it takes to do everything is exaggerated when the road is icy - up to 10 times normal. In snow and ice, allow a four, five (or even more second interval for an adequate safety cushion. Are traction aids helpful ? Extensive tests using standard-size- , rear-driv- e cars have shown that snow tires improve traction by 28 percent on glare ice, 51 percent on loosely packed snow. Studded tires (in states where their use is permitted) reduce braking distance on ice by 19 percent and provide about three times the pulling ability of regular tires. Reinforced tire chains reduce braking distances by 50 percent on glare ice and provide from four to seven times as much traction as a regular tire on snow and ice. according to Chief Johnson: "Regardless of the help provided by traction aids, in no instance is the way you can maneuver or stop your car close to that of con-ventional highway tires on either a dry or even wet road surface. You must slow down and stay well back of traffic ahead on winter slick roads. "And always buckle up! Use the safety restraints in your car - for yourself and your passengers. If you have children, equip your vehicle with the proper type of restraints recommended for your child's age, height and weight." percent shorter. However, a secondary problem crops up. Again referring to rear-driv- e vehicles, when trying to get started from a stop on icy roads, the smaller, lighter cars have a notable difficulty getting back into motion. .This is true at warmer ice tem-peratures or when ice has become highly polished such as at in-tersections. Chances are increased of being rear-ende- d by vehicles that can get started quicker - either because of weight or traction aids used. Are there other problems drivers of smaller, lighter cars should rethink? Ski testers cite these factors: a lighter car collides with a heavier car or truck, it stops very abruptly. All things being equal, occupants of the lighter vehicle face a higher probability of injury or death. --Sign posts andlamps designed to break away in crashes may not perform as designed when struck by lower, lighter cars. --Car and trucks parts, such as bumpers, may be too high or too low to do any good in crashes between the different sized vehicles. -- Because the eye height for drivers in smaller cars is lower, the motorist's sight distance is reduced at hillcrests, intersections, and by roadside obstructions. Splash from larger vehicles is also more of a problem. of lower, lighter vehicles must be extra alert, and extra skillful, in crash producing situations. Stretched out following distances are a good preventative technique. What is the key to judging how far to stay behind a car ahead? Experts recommend the d rule. After the vehicle ahead has passed an object (such as a sign) alongside the road, count the time it takes your car to reach that same object. Count "one thousand and one, one thousand and two." If you reach the object before you've finished counting "one thousand and two," you are following too closely. Too seconds is valid through only on good (dry) sur-faces. Agency meeting dates The Timpanogos Planning and Water Management Agency is an organization created by an interlocal cooperation agreement between the cities of Lehi, Highland, Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Hills, Pleasant Grove and Lindon for the purpose of cooperative management of water resources and planning efforts. The regular meetings are generally held on the first Wednesday of each month beginning at 7 p.m. in the con-ference room of the Timpanogos Special Service District office building, 6400 North 5050 West. The time and dale of the meetings do change and anyone desiring to attend the meeting should contact David It. Holdaway, chairman, or Curtis B. Forsgren, 785-504- secretary, for definite information on times and location. The public is invited to attend the meetings of the agency. Curtis B. Forsgren Secretary Published in the American Fork Citizen, Pleasant Grove Review and Lehi Free Press Jan. 9, 1984. PG. meeting dates given TO THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS OF PLEASANT GROVE CITY: Public notice is hereby given that the City Council conducts its regular council meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the city hall, 35 South Main, with the meeting beginning promptly at 7 p.m. If the meeting date is a legal holiday and on election day the meeting shall be held at the same time and place above described on the day next following that is not a legal holiday. Persons desiring to be on the agenda must be placed thereon by Friday 10 days preceding the meeting. Contact should be made with the City Recorder at the city hall to be placed on the agenda. TO THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS OF PLEASANT GROVE CITY: Public Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission conducts its regular meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the city hall, 35 South Main, which meeting begins promptly at 7 p.m. If the meeting date is a legal hol.iday the meeting shall be held at the same time and place above described on the day next following that is not a legal holiday. Persons desiring to be on the agenda must be placed thereon by Friday preceding the meeting. Curtis B. Forsgren City Recorder Published in the Pleasant Grove Review Jan. 9, 1984. Utah Opera Co., . Faculty Club sponsor symposium On Jan. 23, Michigan sta1 University Professor Herbe Josephs will conduct a three-;- , panel symposium on Verdi's traj opera "II Trovatore." j0jnJ; Professor Josephs for this higK informative and entertain evening will be Robert La china, the conductor f0r Trovatore" and stage direct Franco Gratale. This symposium is third in series of education programs sponsored by ( University of Utah Faculty q: and the Utah Opera Compart Professor Joseph's last appearaiy.' in Salt Lake was for the Octot 1984 production of "Faust," whit drew over 350 interested ope; lovers. Rather than a conventional ture, the symposium is a livt discussion of interesting fae; opinions and opera "gossip" by u, conductor, stage director and Also included in the evening, entertainment are musical pe formances of arias from the subjt opera and an informative prest: tation by UOC costume design? Susan Memmott. A question and answer pen; rounds out the evening. The symposium takes place all;. Capitol Theater at 8 p.m. with lig refreshments served immedialt afterward. This symposium is op: to the public and admission is fret P.G. Irrigation Co. to meet The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pleasant Grove Irrigation Company will be held in the Pleasant Grove Recreation Building, 41 East 200 South, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Saturday, Jan. 12, 1985 at 2 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to hear the annual report, to elect three directors, one from District 1, one from District 3, and one from District 5, each to serve for two years, and to transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. Harold H. Bullock Sec.Treas. Published in the Pleasant Grove Review Dec. 27, 1984, Jan. 3, and 9, 1985. |