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Show m Utahns owe great deal to pioneer heritage of existence, but men and women of culture, products of the Industrial Revolution, who abandoned the comfr of civilization to suffer hardship, sickness and death. It was a price they were willing to pay. Their goal was a safe harbor, one built on a salty inland sea that fostered no life in a valley no one else wanted. Their reward was the isolation which allowed them to practice their religious beliefs without fear of per-secution. And while the isolation was short-live- d, it offered the culture they cherished a chance to take root and flourish. Utah's pioneer heritage is one to be proud of. A quick reading of the history of north Utah Valley, and the difficulty encountered by the pioneers first called to settle our area only a few years after the Mormons entered Salt Lake Valley, offers a clear picture of the deprivations the pioneers suffered tc lay the foundations for our culture and society. We have plenty opportunities to review the dPht owe the pioneers. utWe Pioneer Trail State Park, site of the "This ls u Place" Monument, is offering for the holiday tours ' several restored pioneer homes and displays at am' 50 cents a person. The Hutchings Museum in Lehi includes, i varied offerings, a peek into the lives of 'early ar residents, as do local museums sponsored bv t Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. "e Utah County also offers the Stagecoach Inn in field, which gives another view of early Utah - a3'' with the nearby National Cemetery for the soldier ti? served in Johnston's Army during the "Utah War " Whatever we choose to do for this peculiar holiday, Utah's Pioneer Day is one which deserJ remembering. It represents a truly noble herita i bequeathed to us by a very uncommon group of comi " men and women. As Utahns celebrate Pioneer Day this Thursday, they will be commemorating what one historian has described as "the most dramatic emigration of a body of people that has ever occurred in our history." While the July 24th festivities mark the day Brigham Young viewed a reportedly desolate Great Salt Lake Valley and uttered the words, "This is the right place," the pioneer heritage that is the focus of the celebration took much longer. Starting with that first group of 143 men, three women and two children, 86,000 pioneer men, women and children left behind comfort for a promise of hardship. Over a period of 22 years, until the railroad was com-pleted, they came by wagon, by handcart, on foot. Those early Mormon pioneers traveled that way some 1,300 miles. As the rails advanced westward, the route was shortened. But for all, the trek was a sacrifice. As such, it stiffened their resolve and strengthened the faith that drove them to make the journey. These were not crude people continuing a vagabond Redevelopment Continued from front page assisting and encouraging public and private entities to eliminate blight, install needed utilities, rehabilitate property and development property in the project area consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. The principal objective of this plan is to promote redevelopment by stimulating private development within the project area. Durham explained that the plan sets up some economic tools for the city. When a store is built it would raise the tax increment to the city and that tax would bring funds into the city it would not otherwise have had. This then can be used to get a revenue bond to make some developments possisble that otherwise could not happen. The Agency was asked what provisions will be made to assure that quality structures and proper landscaping is installed? The response was that the plan includes architectural controls and quality controls. Mayor pro tern Cullimore stated that the council wants to keep Lindon a nice town to raise families but that the city also needs a good tax base to keep the community " healthy financially. Councilman Garth Gillman ex-plained that it used to be that property tax revenues and sales tax revenues were about even in the city. Now the sales tax revenues are going down which would indicate that property taxes would need to go up. The Redevelopment Agency is a better process for handling land use because it provides better controls, than just letting things go on their own, he noted. Some concern was expressed about existing homes in areas ad-jacent to the commercial area. Mr. Jacobs proposed that a buffer zone requirement could be added to the plan as a protection to the home owners. The council explained that the commerical zone was established a long time ago and a masterplan set up 20 years ago which allowed the commerical zone on State St. Jacobs also explained that selling property to the Redevelopment Agency was similar to selling under threat of condemnation and money received is not taxed if it is rein-vested in property within three years. He said that some people wanted to be included m the district ' for this very reason. Any four year old wants to know 'why' p.g. blab X By MARCELLA fll U WALKER Life is made up of such a won-derful lot of experiences. I have had a few lately that have made life just a bit more entertaining. First of all, my cousin came to visit from Missouri and to attend the Osmond Fan Club Reunion held recently in Provo. She brought her four-year-o- daughter with her. Now, we haven't had a four year old around for a long time and we have kind of forgotten what to ex-pect. Undoubtedly four is a won-derful age but it is also a very curious age. After my cousin arrived at the Salt Lake Airport we waited around for her luggage. It never came onto the carousel so we decided we better try the other two carousels. It wasn't there either. My cousin had noticed that no one had claimed a suitcase on the first carousel, where hers was supposed to be, that looked a lot like hers but it wasn't hers. After waiting nearly 45 minutes, we decided that something had happened to her luggage. Maybe someone had taken hers by mistake.; - We went and talked to the baggage people and they thought that is what had happened too and she filled out a form so that when her suitcase was returned they could notify her. By this time the four year old had asked why their suitcase wasn't there about 1,000 times. "Why isn't our suitcase here?" "Because someone else must have taken it." "Why?" "Because they were and talk about other things, the child kept going back to asking the why's about the suitcase. We all tried hard to ignore the why's. Fortunately, the next morning at 6 a.m. no less, we got a phone call from a woman in Sandy saying that . her brother had picked up the wrong suitcase and the airline had given them our number. Later that day we got the right suitcase and the matter came out all right. However, we still have not Com-pletely recovered from five days of why's from a darling little four-year-o-girl. Sometimes I am really glad my kids are grown. Another exciting event happened last Thursday when a new industry opened up here in Pleasant Grove. That is Richards Industries which has built a new building down on Sam White's Lane. The home office for the company is in Tennessee so Pleasant Grove is pretty lucky to have a company come west and choose our fine city for their business. . The company' makes'-- nozzles' for gas pumps'. t V 7:' They held an open house last : Thursday and gave people a tour of the plant, answered questions and became acquainted with local folk. This was the first opportunity I have had since I became president of the Chamber of Commerce this ' year, to greet a new. business and become acquainted with the owners. This industry came to Pleasant Grove because of the efforts UVIDA and the Pleasant G; Industrial Development Commi''. They sponsored a lunch that da! I had the opportunity to attend to sit next to the owners wife y Richards. '" During the conversation she. plained how they got started b business and how they happen? locate in Pleasant Grove. They purchased, the it business from a' man whom;; out of his truck,, going from, station to gas station, for about i' At first the Richardses used!- garage for their manufacfc area. The first couple of years y kind of slow and thev ' V c money. But thon, s den, S business took off:, First it dot' and then it tripled. By this tine E had had to build a larger hit P Back in Tennessee they havea!:-- P number of employees at theirs., They saw a need a few years pi to add an outlet in the west I: al had traveled through this area- - w .liked it very much r So they op: Is ''plant Provo:1; It was oA1" ; porary for them, however; audi gc began to think of buildings: structure for their western offe T The manager of. the Provo;' J lives in Lehi. The "Pleasant was shown to them and Pleasant Grove' hasa nice t dustry. ": ; ' ; ' ' Isn't American ingenuity and r enterprise something, though? 1 v (Jt 7 V probably in a hurry and didn't check closely." "Why?" "They were in a ' ' ' ' ' hurry, I imagine. 'Why? This had gone on so long and my already frustrated cousin was automatically answering the "why's" without even thinking. The rest of us stood around and shook our heads. . "" " " ' ''":,'. "' By now the child was. ' really A worked up into a state !fbt panic because the suitcase was gone. Her mom told her it was OKAY because only her clothes were in the suitcase anyway and she had a change of clothes in with her daughters things in a carry-o- n bag they had with them.. On the way home, no matter how hard we tried to change the subject Group seeks help with ground water some fires in fields of weeds. The question was asked of how strict does the city want to be in getting rid of weeds and unsightly areas in the city. The council ex-plained that it is permissable for the city do the work, if the property owners won't, and then bill the property owner for the work. Mayor Holdaway noted that the city has some property with weeds and could not really ask the citizens to do what the city has not done it-self. The mayor said that maybe the best way to go was to respond to complaints received, rather than trying to pinpoint all the problem areas in the city and writing letters to the owners. This method might result in some problems, he said, because some neighbors would be more picky than others. It will be a judgmental call in any event, he added. The council suggested that a committee be formed to act on the complaints or to send letters where an obvious problem exists. The council will make further decisions on this matter in a later meeting. A large group of residents met with the Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday night to discuss ground water problems in the Ravenhust Subdivision at 400 East and 1100 North. Some of the property owners are having a serious problem with ground water getting into their basements. They said that Wade Springs generates some of the ground water and drains will be installed to direct this water into the Murdock Canal. Another source of the problem is an irrigation ditch in the area. This ditch will be repaired. It was also noted that the 'Murdock Canal itself might contribute to the problem with seepage. Mike Loveridge, who was spokesman for the group, said that most of the people felt that if the people east of them would keep their runoff water out of this area it would solve a lot of the problem. He stated that a partial drain system was installed by the developers in the summer of 1980 when the ground water problem first came to the attention of the city. The drain system was not continued through out the subdivision, however. He noted that kids have filled the drain system with rocks which has made it virtually unusable. He stated that it is not a functional system at this time. Frank Mills, Public Works Director, indicated that some water is draining through this system, however. The city engineer, Lee Wimmer, said that a lot of water from Wade Springs is naturally draining in the Ravenhurst Subdivision. Loveridge .said that about ten of the 18 homes in the subdivision are suffering from the water problem in their basements. Frank Tvlills said that thre are several areas like this throughout the community. The city engineer was asked to make a study and then make recommendations on the best ways of handling the water problem and the costs involved. The possibility of a special improvement district was briefly mentioned. The group will meet again on July 29 at 7 p.m. in the city council room to discuss the results of the engineer's study. The council also discussed en-forcement of the weed and nuisance ordinance. There have already been abl We all have our 'hang ups' 2 grassroots p ,: ' 'rrnmiYritilW i Copyright 1986 Becky Grass Johnson : It never fails. ' As soon as my favorite t.v. show comes on, the phone, rings. If I make one move towards the shower, the phone rings. . The minute someone comes to the door, the phone rings. Usually it is a wrong number. One time, (just as I was putting the left contact in my eye), a salesman called and askfed to conduct a free , water analysis in my home. It's enough to make Alexander Graham Bell roll over in his grave ! After I saw the movie "Dial M For Murder," I was afraid to answer the phone when I was alone. It was my greatest fear that I'd pick up the receiver and hear heavy breathing, or a raspy voice would say , "I know you're alone." So far, the only raspy voices I've heard have been trying to sell me light bulbs or convince me to place an ' order for magazine sub-scriptions. One morning last week my phone rang. It rang just as the three year old spilled her milk all over the "We don't buy groceries," I solemnly stated. There was dead silence on the other end for several seconds. I fought back a good laugh and was ready to ask if anyone was still there when a subdued voice replied, "Okay. Thank you." Click. I hadn't meant to be rude. I just wanted to put her on her toes. If I had really wanted to shock her I could have told her that I got my meat from the animal shelter and I grew my own vegetables. When I was a kid, my friends and I played pranks by telephone. We got our kicks by calling some poor soul late at night and asking if their refrigerator was running. If they were smart, they'd hang up. Others would confirm that their refrigerator was indeed running. "You'd better go catch it then," we'd chortle into the phone. ' We'd call the same number two or three times and ask for Sandy. Each time we called, they would insist that there was not a "Sandy" at that number. When the people bef-ej run out of patience, we'd call: and say, "Hi! This is Sdndp there been any calls for me? One. day my mother cm? playing on the phone. She Hire; that if we didn't knock il operator would have our f taken out. The way she talked, I pi Bell as old an hag that was s between a drill sergeanU LI Sherman tank. I envsmfj anM . storming into our house the phone from the wall. After Mom grounded m week and I had a nighty Bell was in closet, I ca l my realization that' the phone invention to be abused.' played on the phone again, So don't call and M Ve refrigerator is running j a that I can have my caJ Pea, for $14.95. You'll proba aclickandthenthedialtj el, Let's- just say it's t have; ' creai Thin. by BECKI GRASS JOHNSON counter, the french toast was bur-ning, and one of the kids screamed that she found a cricket in her shoe. I had an Excedrin headache. "Hello," I answered. "Hello," some sweet, young thing said. "I'm taking a survey and I just called to ask the name of your favorite grocery store." The telephone was never meant to be used like this. It was too much. Justi City Council approves roadwork Staker Paving of Salt Lake City was the apparent low bidder on overlaying three streets in Pleasant Grove this summer and the city council authorized awarding the contract to them following the bid opening Tuesday night in the city council meeting. Bids were accepted on three schedules which include 300 East from State Street to 500 South; Alpine Drive from State Street to Main Street; and the street in front of the city swimming pool from the high school drag strip to Locust Ave. The low bids came in at $63,678 for Schedule I; $9,219.50 for Schedule II; and $8,955.50 for Schedule III. Staker was low on all three schedules. All of the bids from all bidders came in under the engineer's estimate of $87,240 on Schedule I; $12,800 on Schedule II; and $12,400 on Schedule Til Because of the decrease in oil prices, this year's overlay cost is nearly 22 per cent below that of last year, according to Public Works Director Frank Mills. In other action, the council gave final approval to the 1986-8- 7 fiscal budgets in all areas for the city. The general fund budget is up about $60,000 from last year but most departments were careful in what they asked for, staying as close to last year's budget as possible. Mayor David Holdaway and Councilman John Frampton com-plimented everyone connected in anyway with the successful July 4 fireworks display in the city. They reported there was a good crowd and despite the winds there were no injuries. There was one malfunction, however. They ex-pressed appreciation to the fire HeDartment for their assistance. The council decided to ask the State Personnel Service to attend the next city council meeting to give information regarding services they offer to the communities. Finance and Budget Director K.A. Driggs reported that the city had been contacted by this department concerning helps their professionals can give in regards to evaluation of personnel matters, establishment of formalized policies and use of printed materials, management training, etc. The mayor said it might be well worth paying the $300 per month required for their services in that it might save the city a considerable amount of money in several areas. It could be financed out of the Special Projects Fund. Mayor Holdaway was authorized to send a letter to the Alpine School District asking that they have the tfe strtf property acra ,; l . south from the W , and5 praised and cite n, purchase price ofjes He proached by we . terest in th 'Pfr council assured h m at least an interest. R Mayr.fSate' real' the Young Mother .s S , g but does not Pai , continue at that pa (ra- - i J Following comPJ Co,, Chief Mike &;, fc Superintendent d poK , at dty council. ma ? p a,Iow poWica canj landscaped city g; eSer, sign could hamper watering of tans. ,ife Alpine Concert Band slated for Sunday The weekly Sunday concert series will continue on July 27 with the appearance of the Alpine Com-munity Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. in the Downtown City Park. The Alpine Band performed twice in Pleasant Grove last summer and was well received on both occasions. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy an hour of entertaining music in the park. The entire community is invited to attend. There is no charge for the concerts. The Summer Concert Series is sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Arts Council under the able supervision of the Music Committee which is composed of. Ida Mae Christiansen as chairman, Stan Johnson, Anne Fisher, and Elton and Beth Robb. |