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Show " '.r , & s Vol. 8, No. 2 Wednesday, January 15, 15)80 50 cents a single copy Fire destroys PG home I vr T-T- - - t .'iU " L ! r . n . - - - t .. . ' I - ' I A Pleasant Grove home sustained $70,000 damage in an early morning fire Sunday, according to Assistant Fire Chief Frank Mills. Mills said the home was located at 100 W. 1100 North. The fire was reported at about 4:45 a.m. by a neighbor. The cause of the fire is un-determined at this time but evidence at the scene caused the fire department to call in Brent Halliday of the State Fire Marshall's office. Lt. Tom Paul of the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. said that they were investigating the possibility of arson. Mills reported that they estimated the fire had been burning for about an hour before the fire department was notified. He said that the fire appeared to have started in a hallway between the kitchen or dining room and the living room. ' It took about one and one-ha- lf hours to completely get the fire out, t he noted. He explained that hoses and equipment had started to freeze by the time they began to put things away. The investigation at the scene continued until about 11:30a.m. About 20 firefighters, three fire trucks and the rescue vehicle were used. Chief Mills said that the Frank Mills, assistant fire chief, inspects damage following a structure fire in Pleasant Grove which officials believe may have been purposely set. Rescue Truck is now equipped to refill the oxygen tanks for the firefighters so that they do not have to run back to the station to refill them. There were no injuries reported in the fire. The investigation will continue into the cause of the fire, Chief Mills said. Youth 'serious but stable' after shooting incident with 11-year-- old A Pleasant Grove teenager is in serious but stable condition at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center after oeing shot in the neck Saturday night in the Pleasant Grove home of a friend. Lt. Tom Paul of the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. reported that Kristal Harvey, 14, was shot by a .22 caliber pistol following an argument between a group of kids. An youth is being referred to Juvenile Court in con-nection with the shooting, Lt. Paul said. The officer stated that the girl was taken to American Fork Hospital by Pleasant Grove Ambulance and then transferred to UVRMC where surgery was done to remove the bullet which had lodged near the spinal column. Investigation of the shooting is continuing, Lt. Paul reported. Lt. Paul said the argument centered around some pizza the girls had purchased, he stated that the mother of the boy was at work at the time of the shooting. Kristal is a friend of the sister of the boy who apparently did the shooting, the officer added. Extensive restoration planned for 'G' Mtn. Extensive restoration is planned for April of the Pleasant Grove "G" on Little Mountain. Last fall volunteers, including Pleasant Grove's Mayor David Holdaway, members of the Kiwanis Club, and Pleasant Grove High School Key Club, and many people of all ages, hiked up to the "G" and filled in the eroded spots with rocks and dug trenches to divert water so further erosion would be prevented. Plans have been made to rein-force the present concrete form and then fill it in with calcite, a white rock. The calcite will then be held in place by wire mesh. The Pleasant Grove Kiwanis' Club, in cooperation with Pleasant Grove High School Key Club, is in " charge of the project under the direction of Boyd Fugal. Fugal has secured the help of the Utah National Guard to take the materials up the mountain with helicopters in April. A community effort is needed to restore the "G". The Pleasant Grove High School Key Club has raised almost $700 from the student body during "G" Week where Fugal was a guest of honor at an assembly. Still more money is needed to complete restoration of Pleasant Grove's symbol of pride. Any donations would be appreciated. Interested parties should send their donations to Pleasant Grove High School "G" Fund co Key Club " Advisor, - 700 'East 200 South, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062. Cedar Hills to re-ann- ex residents clerk and Richard Dalley as treasurer. Mayor Greg Harris expressed appreciation to outgoing councilman Don MacPherson for eight years of "dedicated and conscientious" service. The council also expressed commendation for the years of service by outgoing Mayor Max Adams. The town council reported-thai- . money has been appropriated for the installation of a street light at the intersection of Cedar Hills Drive and Training School Road. The intersection has been the site of some accidents. The town council is pursuing the repair of the brick wall located at the entrance of Cedar Hills. The wall was damaged last fall in an acwdenUwhcn a driver lost control of his vehicle. by BECKI GRASS JOHNSON Two months ago, 17 property owners in the Manila area petitioned the Town of Cedar Hills . for Those residents, dissatisfied with the July 1985 court ruling which deannexed their land, sought to once again be included as part of Cedar Hills. The Town Council of Cedar Hills has authorized and approved the preparation of a policy declaration to annex 15 of the 17 parcels of land. S Because the petitioning parties were once residents of Cedar Hills and had wished to remain within town boundaries, the town has agreed to bear the expense of preparing the policy declaration and rawing up of the annexation plat. In the future, any petitioning parties seeking annexation must underwrite those costs. A publie hearing to be held on.the annexation will be announced at a later date. In the town council meeting held on Wednesday, Jan. 8, Margaret Hurley was reappointed as town Council listens to merits of J.P. court system The Pleasant Grove City Council will decide at the next Council meeting whether to keep the present Justice of the Peace system in the city or change to the Circuit Court as neighboring cities have done. The council listened to arguments in favor of keeping the present system and reported on a meeting which had been held between Judge Keith Anderson and the city council. Councilman Keith Cristeson told those present that the judge had indicated that he plans to finish his present term of office which con-tinues for two more years. He does not plan to continue in the position after his present term, the coun-cilman reported. The judge had also noted that he would not resign at the present time in favor of the Circuit Court System, Mr. Christeson said. Gail Christiansen, a county Justice of the Peace for the Pleasant Grove area, stated that there are some misconceptions about the justice of the peace system. He explained that it is not the old "Lets sit around the kitchen table and talk about it" philosophy anymore. Justices of the Peace are chosen by the people and the Circuit Court judges are not, he said. He also reminded the council that the J. P. system now is very professional. He stated that the circuit court will cost the city more money and there will be more trials. It is a more formal court. Justice Christiansen said, "When you have a system working you should keep it." He added that Judge Anderson provides more daily ac-cess than the circuit court does. Because of Judge Anderson's 23 years of experience on the bench, he has handled more cases than the circuit court and this is the kind of experience the community needs, he explained. Police Chief Mike Ferre took exception to some of the items mentioned in a pro's and con's list that had been prepared on the two court systems. He stated that some of the items mentioned were not true and wanted the city council to be aware of that. Sgt. Steve Frampton discussed the integrity of Judge Anderson and said the police officers felt comfortable with the job the judge has done over the years. Mayor David Holdaway said that the council would continue to study the matter and would be prepared to make a decision at the Jan. 21 council meeting. I. t " , ; i L i . , " - m M . 1 - i J ) 4' -- V. . F--;r . ' - V-- . ; ; ' ' I i - i:' , -- '';'s,-t --c..V t - rd'W Vimix - ' V --ft 1 Robbins continues third generation train hobby ;S ' v' 'v ' rv.v iff y-'- By MARCKLLA WALKKR Ken Robbins of Pleasant Grove has followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and his father and taken up model train collecting as a hobby. In the basement of the Robbins home is a large room, completely filled with a (rain layout. It has taken Ken about three years to complete this particular layout. Ken's love of trains was instilled in him when he was a little boy by a father and grandfather who loved trains, too. Ken said that his grandfather lived on Second West at Ninth North in Salt Lake City. The train tracks went right in front of their home. They would watch the trains go by all the time and they were fascinated by the steam engines. Three or four times a week his dad would take them to see the City of Los Angeles go by and they would race the train down the street and wave at the engineers. Instead of taking Ken fishing or on picnics, Mr. Robbins took young Ken to watch the trains. Ken's grandfather bought the first Lionel Train that was ever made. It was "G" scale (called gauge 1 now) and was very large. Ken said it looked like an electric train and the track was about three inches wide. Every year Grandfather Robbins would put up a 10'xlO' train display around the Christmas tree. This took three grown men about 80 hours to accomplish each year. They started the project about two weeks ahead of time, Ken said. Ken's grandfather, father and uncle were the three who put it together. People came from all over the city to see this beautiful train See Trains Page 2 Ken Robbins places ore cars on his model of Bingham Copper Mint, a part of his model train layout. Above he adds finishing touches to three-yea- r project. Budget grows by $67,000 Pleasant Grove City Council approved the expenditure of $67,000 for various items when the budget was reopened last Tuesday night. Last spring when the Pleasant Grove Ci(y Council approved the 1985-8- 6 fiscal year budget they decided not to plan on Revenue Sharing Funds for the General Fund in case the funds were not received. Fortunately, the funds did arrive and the city council put $67,000 from Revenue Sharing into the Capital Project Fund and transferred the sales tax funds previouly budgeted to Capital Improvements back into the General Fund. The largest chunk of the excess funds was used for an employee compensation adjustment in December. The cost of this was $16,000. In addition, there was an increased audit fee of $8,000 because it took considerably longer to audit the city books this year because of administrative changes during the year. Finance Director Kay Driggs asked that $12,000 be set aside for special projects which will be used for emergencies as determined by the mayor, staff and city council. Other allocations included $6,200 for health insurance costs; $3,000 to the community theater; $1,000 fire station roof repair; $1,800 cinder truck repair; $1,200 street dept. pickup repair; $4,400 grader repair; $1,300 circle bar repair on Cat grader; $2,900 additional help at city hall; and various other repair bills. |