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Show -- 7 KflILRafiD STREET R : " 1 NiGP DRT ; IclMfilfir ixmAt& Vol. 7, No. 13 Wednesday, March 27, 1985 50 cents a single copy ' ' ' t-gewer rates increased By makcella walker property owner in The average Pleasant Grove will begin paying $2 66 more each month for service beginning in April, Rowing a rate hike approved by city council last week. rate increase became Jessary when the Timpanogos flial Service District announced Sit would be charging the four member cities an additional 15 per cent for service as of April 1. In addition, the city sewer fund was running in the red and because city cannot afford to subsidize le seWer fund, it has to be The council left the hook-u- p fees at to not discourage $1 000 so as k The user rate was set at $9 for the base rate plus 65 cents per 1,000 gallons. The present rale is $7.50 base and 50 cents per 1,000 gallons. The suggestion for the amount of the increase was made by the Water and Sewer Department Committee headed by Councilman David Faux. They felt this was a fee that they could live with for several years without having to make another increase. The council also approved a related motion to charge $14 per linear foot to a maximum of 150 feet for new property development which abuts a street where the sewer line was already installed by the city. A charge of $400 per lateral for city installed laterals for new homes on streets where the sewer was city installed since Jan. 1, 1970, was also approved if it is the legal right of the city to do so. One resident reminded the council that the elderly and others on a fixed income have no leeway in their budgets to keep paying these utility increases that come all the time. He asked if the single elderly could receive some kind of rebate on their bill. 'Mayor David Holdaway said that they realize that this problem does exist but if' they give the elderly a rebate it is. a form of reverse discrimination because sometimes a young couple is on a limited income, too. The council noted that the city cannot depend on hookup fees to keep the sewer fund afloat as they are so unreliable. They said that if it appeared that a shortfall might occur in the sewer budget later they would reconsider raising the hookup fees. Council moves to courtroom Pleasant Grove City Council will hold its regularly scheduled council meeting Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in the courtroom of the Public Safety Building. 100 S. 100 East. The public is invited to attend at this trial location for the next four council meetings. Carolyn Smith will give a report from the Fireladies at 7:05 p.m. and this will be followed by a discussion on the need for a water line on 100 East near where the safe sidewalk project isplanned. The council will formally award the bid for the safe sidewalk project at7:45p.m. Other business items from the mayor and councilman will be given as the agenda allows. I .... ?:v. ; ..: :v:. , n v.'.''':iCS'.i'fr'' :t f: y'lwiiftvifi 'v-- W&-M-Stephanie Walker Stephanie Walker will crown new queen Pleasant Grove's reigning Strawberry Days Queen, Stephanie Vaiker, will bid farewell to a wonderful year, on the evening of March 30 when a new queen is selected1 at the pageant in the rieasant Grove High School at 7:30 p m. She will represent the city in the Miss Utah Pageant in June. :"T)ie past year has brought me a wst d?,l'of joy : id caticfsciioo. in representing 'my home' and its wonderful people, to the surroun- - ding communities," Stephanie .said. "I have been very fortunate this year to meet many public and church officials and have gained a great deal of appreciation for the time and effort they put forth in behalf of our communities." "My reign as Strawberry Days Queen for 1984-8- 5 was an experience I shall never forget and treasure ' always. The teas, luncheons, parades, interviews and apea ranees helped me become more acquainted with some of the most super people in the world. I want to thank a!) those who have extended so much support and kindness to me this past year in making this experience such a special one." "I plan to continue my education at Southern Utah State College in Theater A.rtK ith ?H ,nrTT- r. w dance, under the direction of Burch Mann," she added. "Traveling around the country and abroad, performing and meeting people is something I have always wanted to do. I've been fortunate to have clone these, and hope to continue." "Pleasant Grove will always be home to me. Wherever I may go to in the future I will always represent my community with pride and fond memories," the queen stated. McNalley awaits study results By CINDY LLOYD For the past two months emp-loyees at McNalley Mountain States Steel have been working on a feasibility study of the proposed Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Over 120 employees have donated $100 each towards the study. Mountainlands Association of Governments in Provo, has used its (unds to. match the donations. Professor Warner Woodworth and students of BYU have been cond-ucting the study along with Mc- Nalley employees. Taking into account that the closing of the company is partially due to foriegn competition, the main objective of ESOP is to bring overhead down and at the same time become more productive. Several committees have been organized to formulate diffrent plans with the BYU students contributing to each j committee. Each of the committees are assigned different departments to redesign. These include equipment costs and maintenance, organizational restructuring, finance, personnell and marketing. The members of these committees are meeting weekly. The design of ESOP is to make all employees equal owners and profit sharers. All will vote on main issues and will have the same incentive to cut costs and become more productive. To begin with the Employee Stock Ownership Plan expects to have 100 direct labor employees and 25 indirect labor employees. No outsiders will be allowed to become owners. Currently only people that have been employed at McNalley in the past year are being recruited for hire and ownership under the Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Some of the goals the committees are working towards include cutting indirect labor and direct labor, establishing credit, arrange for working capital, bonding capacity; and researching for a new labor contract. So far in talking with past customers of McNalley Mt. States the response has been encouraging in that the customers seem to be receptive to the employee buy out. The feasiblity study should be completed no later than mid-Apri- l. If the employee buy out does come about it could be three to 10 months before the recruited employees are called back to work. Other em-ployees of McNalley may seek other employment or opt for retraining. The government has approved 52 weeks of unemployment benefits for laid off employees of McNalley Mt. States. Junior High to be accredited As announced previously, Pleasant Grove Junior High is seeking official accreditation from the state this year. Committees were formed in the fail to evaluate all aspects of the school. The committees were made up of staff members, patrons and students and included all 15 curriculum areas, as well as 16 service areas such as ad-ministration, school plant and counseling services. The committees developed philosophies, goals, objectives and descriptions of each area and then ihe area. From the evaluation, commendations and recommendations were made and an accreditation report listing all of the information, was completed. Copies are available at the school for review. This week, March 27 and 28, a team of 32 educators from outside of the District will be in the school, observing, discussing and evaluating. They will make com-mendations and recommendations in each area of the school. The staff will use this summary to guide them in improvement during the nwA seilerat .years. We lock .. ionvard io the evaluation. . Among many helpful aspects of the process are the student, parent and teacher inventories that are summarized in the report. Opinions regarding the school in numerous categories were gathered from .200 randomly selected students and parents and from each teacher. This is being examined carefully to plot needed improvements for the future. Council approves zone changes By MARCELLA WALKER Pleasant Grove City Council approved two zone change requests Tuesday, March 19, at the regular city council meeting. A portion of the Garden Village subdivision was changed from A-- 2 to TR-- and Country Meadows was changed from A-- 2 to R-- l. It had been made R-- l before but then it was accidently zoned back to A-- The approval of the zone change requests followed public hearings on each request. The presently developed part of Garden Village contains modular homes on permanent foundations, regular sized streets, setbacks, etc. The developer wanted to change the zone to allow the other plats in the subdivision to have mobile homes and recreationalvehicles. The developer assured the council that no overnight parking of recreation vehicles would be allowed. The present property owners in Garden Village expressed concern that the change in development plans would reduce the value of their homes. They, however, noted that they understood the position of the developer, Tellum Corp. The developer told the council that they were now looking at 198 available spaces and would call it a mobile home park. Originally, the concept called for 165 lots. This would have been 6.35 homes per acre. The change will allow for 7.5 units per acre. Mayor David Holdaway said that probably the TR-- 1 zone is the correct one for the site anyway and felt it should have been zoned that originally. He did suggest that the city con-sider making a new zone with in-clusions and covenants that would be in keeping with the needs of the people there. There were no objections to changing Country Meadows to R-- l. The council also approved Country Meadows Plat B which included covering a ditch on the west side and getting an easement through lot 14 for a ditch. oard differs wrfe state gracL meeds Members of the Board of Education in the Alpine School District have decided to ask the state board of education for variances in some areas of requirements for graduation from the district's high schools. The proposed changes are in the foreign language and science areas, according to Dr. Koleen Granger, district education administrator. Alpine School District currently requires high school students to pass 17.5 required units and 10.5 elective units in order to graduate, Dr. Granger said. Students in schools in the district where the eight-bloc- k plan is in effect, could end up with as many as 32 units, she said. "It allows a student to take four years of seminary or flunk four classes and still graduate," Dr. Granger told board members. One area where Alpine District requirements conflict with state regulations is in the arts area, Dr. Granger said. The district requires 2.0 units of arts andr foreign language. The state requirement is for 1.5 units of arts, and says language study cannot fill the requirement. District board members voted to require 1.0 unit of arts -i-ncluding music, drama, crafts, dance, etc. -- and 1.0 unit of arts or foreign language. Dr. Richard Sudweeks, board president, said this means a student isn't required to take a foreign language but "encourages it." He said by permitting students to take a foreign language in order to fill the requirement, it encourages them to learn another tongue, but doesn't burden them by a language requirement. In the science area, the state requires 1.0 unit of biological science and 1.0 unit of physical science. Board members want to include "technology" classes under the physical science area. This would mean they could fill the requirement not only with chemistry, physics or applied physical science, but also with computer science, electronics or other technologically-oriente- d courses. The state board has only specified five courses in this area, Dr. Granger said. These are biology, chemistry, physics, applied biology and applied physical science. Although the district is in com-pliance in the social studies area with the 3.0 units required by the state, board members voted to not require one-hal- f unit of Ancient World Civilization studies, but to offer it as an elective. Under the vocational requirements, the state has included a general vocational education class. District board members feel students don't need the "survey class" as it is proposed. "I'd rather see a hands-o- n class rather than the general course," Dr. Sudweeks said. "They're driving for breadth rather . than depth. In essence, the state course becomes a class about vocational education." Stating "we want every student to have the opportunity to participate in a skill area," board members voted to require one unit of practical arts instead of the general course. Other changes in the requirements include: --To complete the required four years of English, students must complete two years of composition, one year of American literature and a year of elective English such as debate, journalism, additional literature, reading, composition, or college placement composition. -- One half . unit of computer competency is also required. However, board members said this possibly could be completed by passing a test or by picking up computer skills through other classes. Board members also voted to eliminate the career education requirement in junior high school, and the requirement for students to pass junior high school classes in order to graduatefrom high school. Dr. Granger asking for this change, said it is an impossible task for high school principals to for-mally remediate junior high school courses in high school. - ' . "" - ' j, V' ' ' ''' " - - '. - -- - , i "' .. J .... , v, , t - .i - - ' . " - r .r : Pageant box office opens The box office for Utah Pageant ' the Arts will open part-tim- e on Monday, April 1, for both telephone and for the 1985 production. The box office is located at 54 &st Main, in the basement of the American Fork Senior Citizen Renter. Business hours will be 1:30 '"rough 4:30 p.m., Monday through mday, according to Marcia person, box office manager. Pageant season this year is June 10 through July 19, with no Performances on Sundays or July 4. Tickets for the 1985 Utah Pageant he Arts will again be $9 for nter section, $7 for side sections 21 'he American Fork High School Theater. The Pageant ticket also includes j fission to the Professional Art plt the YUth Art Exhibit and the i e,"Show Seminars on various "elds of art. G!nHiSplay of work of the Pageant ... la. Scholarship winners and of ri objects to be auctioned at the orl .nt Guild Gala Ball w' also be aiVicket holders' GrouP and j are available. 'ito"'06 Wil1 be Pen from Pridav t P m" Monday tnrougn I local u Petersn said. The 3 and rlep ne number is 75&-354-1 acS?!,ions and influiries wil1 during office hours. Feb3'1 rderS have ben filled since glVlng the Pageant a large adNance sale, Peterson Said. I Cody Best runs like the March wind to soar his kite high into the spring sky. Lafferty faces hearing Whether Ron Lafferty, 43, charged in the July 24 murder of his sister-in-la-and niece, Brenda and Erica Lafferty in their American Fork home, will stand trial for the homicides will be determined in a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April 2. Wayne Watson, Chief Deputy Utah County Attorney, said Monday Lafferty is to appear before Fourth District Judge J. Robert Bullock at 1 p.m. to determine if he is competent to stand trial on the homicide charges. Ron was to have been tried with his brother, Dan, 36, in January, but was sent to the Utah State Hospital for a 20 day examination after he attempted to hang himself in his Utah County Jail cell on Dec. 29. lie later appeared before Judge Bullock and was ordered returned to the State Hospital for further treatment. Judge Bullock ordered him back to the court in April. |