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Show exoires 0131386 I 7r TSDNS BOOKBINDERY, INC. R ' HOPGpalCROflD STREET ; spRlNBPOWT ? S " " Vol. 7, No. 10 Wednesday, March K, 1985 50 cents a single copy Local cub represents nation I i if.'- - ' I ' - V if V I I : f N v '41 I I '' ... , . V. & V, V.r ;.; j. I . i "1 f J ' I fr s r. . I "17 . r; . By KAI.YN SKCRKTAIN "Pride of the Past - Footsteps to the Future," was the theme of the Cedar Hills annual Scout Banquet, but this occasion was different because a member of the pack, Cub Scout Nathan Hadfield, was selected to represent the nation in Washington D.C. for the 75th An-niversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The cultural hall certainly looked festive with balloons and flags standing around a special tiered cake with a chocolate Scout emblem on the top. The emblem had previously been on a cake at a Scouting luncheon in Washington D.C. where Nathan and his parents were guests at a dinner with President Ronald Reagan. Nathan's mother, DebbL had carefully wrapped the chocolate emblem, placed it in her purse and brought it home where it was ploced on top of the cake made by Jean Peaslee. Nathan is a member of Pack 3873 sponsored by the Cedar Hills Ward in the Pleasant Grove Manila Stake. He was chosen to represent 1.6 million Cub Scouts selected on den, pack, district and national levels. He was judged on cub activity, family participation, school grades, service, talents, hobbies and church involvement. The highlight of Nathan's trip was the association with other Scouts during the Feb. 2-- 8 visit to the nation's capital. He will never forget the young man assigned as his big brother, Thad Bibb, 15, the Boy Scout representative from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Thad came from a Scout troop of 200 sponsored by the Lutheran Church. Nathan celebrated his 10th bir-thday on Feb. 7 during the trip and Thad had brought him a Scouting and neck scarf from Oklahoma. Thad talked to his Scoutmaster by phone during the trip and told him how special Nathan was, and they were going to celebrate his birthday. The Scoutmaster, Bill Shaffer of Tulsa, got busy and made a display of Oklahoma patches, some he designed himself. He mailed this banner Federal Express to be delivered and presented to Nathan on his birthday. He enclosed a birthday card and note which en-ded, "If you are ever in Oklahoma we'll take you camping Oklahoma style." Nathan's father, Eugene, said the trip was exciting for Nathan and a great opportunity for the parents. Nathan, being a cub was the only Scout able to have his parents enjoy the trip with him. Eugene was impressed with the calibre of other Scouts involved, finer young men could not be found. Other representatives besides Thad Bibb included National Ex-plorer President Brian Sims of Loogootee, Indiana; Explorer representative, Kim Stephanie, a young woman from St. Cloud, Minnesota, sponsored by a law enforcement post; Freddie Hill of Albany, Georgia, sponsored by a Marine Corp, he had received the national award for heroism in life saving; Steven Minnaugh, 19, Simsbury, Connecticut, who was the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow; and Alexander Holsinger, Normal, Illinois, selected because of his Boy Scout Youth Leadership. The group enjoyed the cam-pionshi- p of Sanford McDonnell, elected president of Boy Scouts of, America. He is chief of McDonnell Douglas who makes the D.C.-10'- s and passenger jets. They stayed at the Marriott Hotel just two blocks from the White House and had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Marriott. Highlights of the week included church services at the Episcopal Church where President Reagan attends, a Canadian Brass Concert in the Kennedy Center, tours of Ford Theatre, National Archives, Capital, Library of Congress, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials and a trip to Mt. Vernon. They met with Senator Robert Dole, Congressman Jim Jones of Oklahoma and Congressman Howard Nielson from Utah. Nathan is a special young man, an outstanding fourth grade student, he plays the violin and piano, does his chores around home, participates in family devotional and has a good memory. He ap-peared on TV and named all 50 states. He'll never forget this experience. It was his first chance to fly on an airplane, he saw the President of the United States and received a tie pin from President Reagan. He grew to love Thad and they all shed tears as Thad left the plane in Oklahoma. In Nathan's words, "It was a neat experience." Nathan Hadfield folds flag he received which had flown over the U.S. Capital on his tenth birthday, February 7. j PL Grove to receive low-intere- st funds for water improvement I During the past 18 months, the Utah Safe Drinking Water Com-mittee has authorized the allocation of low interest loans and credit enhancements totalling over $10 million to communities throughout the state. " Pleasant Grove was one of these. This statewide effort is designed to improve the quality of drinking water in smaller communities which otherwise may not be able to afford such capital improvements. The loans are administered through the Bureau of Public Water Supplies, Utah Department of Health. Gayle Smith, Bureau Director, notes that the committee and bureau closely check each proposed project. "We must be certain that each project funded by the committee is in the best interest of the pubic and that taxpayer's dollars are used in the best possible way," he said. The loan fund was made available by the 1983 State Legislature to provide financial assistance to communities and water districts for the construction of adequate drinking water systems. The which communities and water system owners can apply for low interest loans. Loan repayments are made to the revolving fund. Despite the magnitude of this program, it represents only a small portion of the resource necessary to fully meet the drinking water needs of the state. The preliminary results of a study completed by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah, show the need for one billion dollars to meet the capital facility needs for Utah's public drinking water system. Pleasant Grove received an $800,000 loan at low interest for water system improvements. ,. . ' ' - - - - i ;. , .r -- Svi : x -- ... - ! e --v- i ' " ;" " . 1 : ...... .v'. ' - .. . V Kresser appointed PG City water supervisor Robert Kresser has been ap-pointed Water Department Supervisor for Pleasant Grove City, acciH'uiiig lij PuuiiO vvoiks Diieciui , Frank Mills.- The city council approved the appointment recently following the resignation of Tony Brooks who took employment elsewhere. Robert has worked for the city since 1977. He and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of a new baby daughter, Cara, born just one week ago. His hobbies are hunting and fishing but he says he doesn't know why they are since he never catches anything. His department was busy this week replacing a six inch water line which froze and broke. The pipe was located under the 100 North bridge over the Murdock Canal. Robert Kresser, center, new water department supervisor in Pleasant Grove, assists co-workers with replacement of frozen pipe beneath 100 North bridge. LioddDo reports little crime in 1984 fact that the highest percentages occured when weather and road conditions were ideal, being clear and dry. Most accidents were contributed to improper driving. Also the age factor on the report found that 17 percent of males in-volved were between the ages of 21 to 26. The report also found with females involved in accidents 10 percent were between 21 and 26 years of age. For driving under the influence, ten arrests were made. Property damage in DUI related accidents totaled to $11,300. Pleasant Grove Police depart-ment began handling Lindon City responsibilities in June of last year. By CINDY LLOYD At the Lindon City Council meeting last week, Police Chief Mike Ferre gave Lindon City council members the crime report for 1984. During the past year no robbery or rape offenses had been reported. There were four assault offenses, which were cleared with four arrests made. For burglary there were 18 offenses reported with a 61 percent clearance resulting in 26 arrests. Six vehicle thefts were reported wi'h an 83 percent clearence in which three arrests were made. Forty-eig- larceny offenses were ne most reported last year. Thirt-een arrests were made leaving a 35 Percent clearance rate. t 0f tne larceny offenses reported, 42 percent were from motor vehicles, 13 percent were from wildings and 6 percent were Dcycles. Motor vehicle parts were 4 percent of the offenses, and shoplifting was 2 percent. Other larceny crimes not defined totaled to 33 percent. Most burglaries during 1984 in Lindon occured in areas between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Most burglaries in residential areas occured during daylight hours between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. The highest rate of burglaries were during the months of July, October and extremely high in December. During the year, offenses were reported for fraud, sex offenses, drug possesion, drug sales, driving under the influence, intoxication, liquor laws, family offenses, harrassing communication, driving while on suspension, driving while on revocation and other traffic of-fenses. All of these crimes resulted in a 100 percent clearance rate. Of vandalism reports 53 percent were cleared. Other crimes with a 100 percent clearance rate were warrants, incident reports, con-tributing to delinquency, hit and run, trespassing and weapon offense. Of the 140 crimes reported there was a 95 percent clearance rate. Chief Ferre also released a year end accident report for Lindon. Out of a total of 27 accidents, five resulted with injuries. Of those five accidents with injuries, two arrests for driving under the influence were made. Reportable damages totaled to $29,350. A high risk area seems to be on Geneva road, where 80 percent of the accidents occured last year. The high risk day seems to be on Thursday with six accidents reported on that day last year, on Fridays five were reported. Also interesting to note was the District to discuss leeway vote One of the items to be acted on by the Alpine District Board of Education at its meeting on Tuesday, March 12, is the possibility of a voted leeway. The board discussed the need for ad-ditional funds for public education during its business session in February but did not take a formal vote on the matter. The item will again appear on the agenda on the March 12 date when the board meets in open session at 6 p.m. at 39 North Center, American Fork. Another action item which has generated public interest is the Extended Year proposal which may be piloted in the district this coming fall. Under the proposal students would attend school for 11 months during the year with appropriate vacation time given during the period. Possible changes in the district's graduation requirements will also be discussed and voted on during the session. USTS evaluation recommends moving students to homes The population at the Utah State Training School should be lowered by at least 50 percent according to results of evaluations conducted by the staff members of the State Division of Services to the Han-dicapped. The estimate was made as the result of the California Development Evaluation Report (CDER) con-ducted at the school during October, November and December of last year. The preliminary report shows at least 345 of the schools' residents should move. There is only funding for about 100 of these to the move in the next year, however. Dr. Gary Nakao, Director of the Division of Handicapped Services and acting superintendent of the training school, said the tests were sent to the Department of Developmental Disabilities in California where computers analyzed the material and rated whether or not the individual could successfully live in the community. He emphasized the report is preliminary as there were some errors in the data. These are currently being corrected and studied to come up with accurate figures. "It's really too early to put an exact number on the possible community placements until we get the corrected results back," Dr. Nakao said. In addition to the test results, he said, there are other scores taken into consideration before a resident is considered for placement in the community. "You have to consider a behavioral score, - people who have good self help scores but bad behavior, for example. Things like this have to be taken into con-sideration in making the decision." "What this means is that in some cases, it may be too costly to move somebody out." Decisions on placements will be determined by an interdisciplinary team composed of the parent or guardian, direct care staff, the case manager, a representative from the See Training School Page 3 4 vie for sheriff's post maUer who is aPPinted sheriff 1! Utah County to serve the next two years, all indications are they will be from north Utah County. h ink d Bateman. Alpine; Randy M json, American Fork; Michael tu RMKevTleasant Grove-an- H- Toby '41 ' 0rem. have filed fnr , applications it bv. Position vacated in January I j Utah County Sheriff Mack Holley. vin Holley retired after ser-l-years in law enforcement, I I r 12 as sheriff. He still had two ye"s to go of his term. R.n uveriff Holley was elected as a H RpK1Can' state law requires the 3i Z '1Can Party to choose three n'nees for the position. These names are presented to the Utah County Commission for final selection. Six people originally applied for the post, according to Mrs. Raelene Ireland, chairman of the Utah County Republican Party, but two have since withdrawn their names. The party will accept applications until Thursday, March 7, Mrs. Ireland said, but no further ap-plications are anticipated. The Utah County Republican Party Central Committee will meet that evening at 7 p.m. at Orem High to make its nomination. Mrs. Ireland said each candidate will be given the opportunity to tell Central Committee members his qualifications and why he wants to receive the appointment. Members will then cast a secret ballot to determine their choice for the position. This recommendation will be given to the County Com-mission. County Commissioners will have the final selection, however. Bateman served as Sheriff Holley's chief deputy and is acting as interim sheriff. Johnson is chief of police in American Fork, and Ferre is chief of police in Pleasant Grove. Bath is a former police of-ficer for Orem City. UP&L changes PG office hours Nyle Harris, local agent for Utah Power and Light, has announced a change in office hours in Pleasant Grove. The office will now be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be open during the noon hour. The change is made in hopes it will be more convenient for customers. The change takes effect im-mediately, Mr. Harris noted. |