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Show Pm' I District votes no change on nepotism policy Members of the Alpine School. District Board of Education voted July 14 not to change the district's policy on hiring relatives. Linda Campbell, a member of the board, had earlier asked that the policy, given approval in June of 1983, be brought back for further consideration and possible change, saying she felt it too stringent, going beyond what the state policy requires. In presenting the motion that the policy remain as it, board member Richard Gappmeyer said "a lot of people think we should keep the policy the way it is. In fact I haven't heard from anyone who thinks we should change it." Mrs. Campbell added it is "im-portant to listen to the people who elected us, and this is evidence we are doing that." The district policy on employment of relatives states it's intent is to prevent discrimination, favoritism and other work setting problems caused by hiring, supervising and working with relatives. It also allows the board of education to "hire the best qualified candidate (candidates) available for each open position." It is against the policy for any per-son in the district holding any position the compensation for which is paid out of public funds, or any elected official to hire, appoint, vote, or recommend for appointment his or her relative(s) in or to any position or employment, when the salary, wages, pay or compensation of public funds. It is also against district policy for any person to directly supervise the compensated work of his or her relative; or to be employed in the same school or administrative unit with his or her relatives. Under the policy, a relative is defined as one's father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-la- father-in-la-brother- in-la- sister-in-la-or daughter-in-law- . Superintendent Dr. Clark L. Cox said earlier the state law only covers hiring practices. Tuesday, board member Blake Evans asked how a law newly passed by the legislature will effect the local policy. Dr. Cox said they had just received a copy of the bill and are studying it. "We have it before our attorney. If necessary, we will change our policy to meet the law," he said. Cox said the new law appears to be more restrictive for teachers than the former one "but we just don't know yet." Vol. 9, No. 28 Wednesday, July 22, 1987 50 cents a single copy Lindon to vote on water system ByKALYN SECRETAN Lindon voters will have an op-portunity to go to the polls on August 19 and vote on the secondary water system for Lindon, the city council decided last Wednesday night. Public hearings were held at the school in May with water share owners attending additional briefings in June. Mayor McMillan stated that the resolution calls for an election. The people should have the opportunity to vote "for or against." "After the election we will have a feel where we are," he said. The project hinges on obtaining water rights. If the bond election passes, everyone would be assessed $600 an acre. A person can turn in water shares for the payment. A local citizen, Don Walker, who owns several shares, was on hand and stated he is opposed to the system because it is too expensive. He stated most of the guys in his area have cement ditches and wanted to express their opinion on the use of sprinklers. He was told sprinklers are not necessary. They can irrigate the same way, but at their convenience. He stated that some residents will want the water all the time. Walker questioned the four inch pipe, how can it provide the volume of water needed? They are using a 15 inch pipe now. Blackhurst explained pressure stations will be all along the way. Walker stated that Nephi farmers can't get enough water and felt the secondary system is the biggest mistake ever made. The council felt Mr. Walker had legitimate concerns and offered to take him to a place where the system is operating successfully. In other council business, Mr. Bastian of Mt. Meadows met with the council concerned with a problem on lot size. He wanted to request a variance because the road comes out of the one-ha- lf acre lots. He will have to meet with the Building Inspector. Brad Melendez, owner of the City of Fun Carnival met with the council. He is looking at purchasing property along the Geneva Road. He was referred to the Planning Commission to decide improvement which will need to be made. Don Peterson of the Public Works Department met with the council and discussed the work load. He requested the hiring of a part time worker for the summer. Organ music to fill the park on Sunday " f BlllliBllllB::-- i t "V "' - - - ,', L J 1.1 L Chester Stone will give an organ recital at the Concert-in-the-Pa- rk on Sunday, July 26, in the Downtown Park at 7:30 p.m. The public is , invited to attend. There is no charge. Mr. Stone is an accomplished musician who plays many ' instruments but who really enjoys playing the organ. He has entertained at Grand Canyon and many other places during the sum-mer months. He is a retired school teacher. Bring your folding chairs or blankets, along with the whole family, and enjoy a relaxing hour of music in the park. The concerts are hosted by the Music Committee of the Pleasant Chester Stone Grove Arts Council. I Community Fair Sept. 5 The Committee would like to encourage everyone to help make this year's Community Fair the best event ever held. There are so many talented people in the community and the committee hopes that they will display their talents and hobb-ies. A flag ceremony and Lions breakfast will start the day's act-ivities. There will be kids games in Battlecreek Park as well as downtown. A car show will be held with over 100 entries expected. An art show, handicraft, fruit and vegetable display and a quilt contest are to be held. For the horse fans, a fun day at the rodeo grounds will be held. There will be a talent show in the park and the grand finale will be a dance festival at the high school. Everyone is invited to participate in the dance. Anyone from 14 years and older can check with their in-dividual wards to see who is in charge of the ward practices. The Committee hopes that everyone will want to be a part of this patriotic occasion which not only celebrates Pleasant Grove's birthday but the U.S. Constitution as well. Pleasant Grove has been selected as a Bicentennial Community and the theme of this year's fair is "From our Mountainside Let Freedom Ring." Please join in for a fun day honoring the town and the country. Two Lindon men retire from UP&L children who are still at home are on their own, he and his wife would like to go on an LDS mission. His hobbies are his church activity, his farm, riding horses and ball games. Nick said he really enjoyed working with the people of the Pleasant Grove, Lindon, Alpine and Highland over the past few years. Wayne was the Resource Control Supervisor in American Fork when he retired. He has worked in Orem and in American Fork since he began working for UP&L in 1951. He recalled that when he first began working they had really large crews and they set poles by hand. Later sophisticated equipment was used and crews were cut to only four or five men. One time he got caught on top of a mountain while snow shoeing over Snake Creek Pass in American Fork Canyon to maintain power lines in the winter. He ended up spending the night in the old Pacific Mines. He said the power company was good to him. He enjoyed working there and had good experiences. Wayne plans to relax and enjoy life. He likes to horseback ride and thinks he might take up golf. He is active in the LDS Church and in civic affairs. He has served as a Lindon City Councilman. He is married to the former Geraldine Adamson. They have three children and eight gran-dchildren. Nyle (Nick) Harris and Wayne Peay, both of Lindon, have recently retired from Utah Power and Light after working for the company 35 and 36 years, respectively. Utah Power and Light recently offered qualifying employees a retirement incentive and both men decided to take the offer. They said that all but a very few of those eligible took the retirement incentive. Nick had most recently been the local agent in Pleasant Grove. His area covered Pleasant Grove, Lindon, Alpine and part of Highland. He began his career with UP&L in jjie American Fork District where worked for 10 years before tran-sferin- g to the Orem area where he was for the next 22 years. He worked as the local agent in Pleasant Grove for three years. He said during the 35 years he wrked for the company, he noticed really great changes in equipment the material that they used ged for the better. He stressed J m the safety of the job improved Mly over the years. Nick exclaimed that he really had great time working for the power mpany. He said he will really miss ,He PLans to work on his farm and ii ri e "J1 horse and maybe do a little J 11 g with wife the former with Jean Walker. The couple has k 5uhildren and 23 gran- - Nick was recently sustained as counselor in the Lindon Stake residency and he figures that will a deal of his time. Some 1Z down the road when his I' V Yy - " 4 '4 ' & " K --S. Nyle (Nick) Harris Wayne Peay Animal fancier houses menagerie V ; : ..; : --- . " V l ' , ' ' ' : 1 l . i, t Edward (Skinny) Turner gives some TLC to his dog, Goldie, who was shot with birdshot recently by some unknown person. By MARCELLA WALKER The house sits way back from the road. The drive to the house is defined by large white rocks which were brought in from the desert. It must have taken a lot of work to load them up and bring them home. The house was built room by room by Edward Laverl Turner, better known as "Skinny." He and his wife have lived in this house off and on for 60 years. Lofty trees of all kinds and descriptions reach toward the heavens and shade all that lies below, including Skinny's house and all his little animals. Skinny, 79, sports a long white beard which might make children think he was Santa. He is a kind of "Santa" to animals. He loves them all and has had a good many over the years. A stroll to the back of his house makes it possible to see one pen after another, all fenced, where he keeps his pets. First of all there is a cote of doves. He said their cooing is one of the pleasant sounds he likes to listen to each day. His home is so far back from the road, and the jungle like undergrowth and trees on every side, keep the sounds of the world at bay, and the doves do sound pleasant to the ear. The next pen houses his two pups. One is Goldie. Skinny showed us where she had been shot with bir-dshot recently. He does not know who did it. The dogs have an insulated dog house. Skinny said, "I won't keep them (the animals) if I can't keep them good." Next there are some empty cages. "I used to have chuckars here but someone shot all of them, except for two that I gave away to protect them," Skinny noted. There are chickens, fantail pigeons, rabbits, a peahen and peacock, golden pheasants, and a goose. Skinny used to have a gaggle of geese but gave them away. Then a lady brought him a goose. He would like to find a friend for his goose but hasn't been able to do so yet. There is another pen of chickens. Skinny told us that all his roosters had been shot. "They tend to crow early in the mornings," he explained. He paused a moment and pulled on his beard. "I have had two pigs poisoned and two ducks poisoned. The hay had been poisoned and I didn't know and as I fed it to the rab-bits, they died," he observed. There are some banty chickens and some more pigeons. He has a blue heeler dog in a cage at the back. It belongs to his sister and she keeps it at her house during the day but it sleeps in it's pen at Skinny's at night. There are three goats and two lambs. Skinny said he has had a variety of animals over the years, especially chickens. Early on, when he was fir-st married, he had a pig or two and some chickens, and a lamb or two when he could get them. We passed another burrow of rab-bits and a covey of quail, a mother and a bunch of fluffy babies. Skinny has a dog trap "that would hold a bear." He has caught a few dogs in it. It is a cage type of trap. He has to keep the cages of all the animals padlocked or they would all be gone, he said. On the west side of his property he showed us where he was shot with a BB. The shot imbedded itself in his elbow and had to be dug out. Skinny loves rocks. He has brought many varities in from the desert. He makes them into plan-ters or other ornaments. When asked how he could afford to feed all the animals, Skinny kind of smiled and said, "We just do it, somehow." Skinny served in World War II for two years in the North and South Pacific in the U. S. Navy. Other times he was away from home to work but he always managed to keep the house going. He has worked on the railroads and in the mines. He retired in 1972 from the Utah State Prison where he had worked for 16 years. He has been called Skinny since he was very young because he was so skinny. "I only weighed 130 when I got married," Skinny added. He and his wife, Jennie, have raised seven children. They now have 28 grandchildren and "close to 50 and seven Skinny was born in Lehi but was raised in Pleasant Grove in a house next to where his house is now. Teachers and others often bring children to see Skinny's menagerie. He enjoys showing the animals to the children. Skinny has had a lot of trouble with someone, he's not sure who, killing his animals, leaving threatening notes, and snooting him in the arm, over the years. The police have been called in but they have not been successful in finding who does all the killing. He'd like it to stop. At the end of the tour of his menagerie, Skinny looked over his pens of animals, his rocks and his ornaments, "I wouldn't trade it for anything," he said. This is his hobby. This is where he stays, so he has what he likes. J Local youth in Draper pageant n impressive number of local J yU,h are invoIved in tne UP--- prig.Draper City Youth Pioneer 1 set for Friday, July 24 at 7 DrLa' 1080 East 12660 South, , Pr - a pageant that promises to daceUmque offering in music and Pageant, the first of anrJi and P,anned to become an , Vou,havon'. will feature a 65 piece Youth ry.mphony and a 150 voice msic Performing original Wn by Merrill Osmond, V 0srdnn and Conrad Dunn. , Pioneer also Producing the Kuorui P,cant with Mike " shol I1'05 An8cles directing ucr8,er has produced CS,D,ry-,and- S ariis(C' and talented irchcs, nrad Dunn is conducting the , fun aand choir. ynun& musicians from Utah and Salt Lake Valley have been drafted for the production with many coming from American Fork elementary string programs and from the Junior High and High School bands. In addition, American Fork High School's Drum Line will perform as part of the opening ceremonies after a taped message from President Ronald Reagan is shared. will include a The evening pageant multi-medi- a presentation projected onto a theater-siz- e screen that wil feature a montage of historical pictures. People and events from Utah's history will star. Then a spectacular fireworks display is planned for the evening finale. Reportedly, the largest firework ever to be exploded in will be part of the fare. The Pioneer Pageant is sponsored in an effort "to pay tribute to the pioneers of the past, the citizens of the present, and the children, our hope for a brighter tomorrow," says Ann Mitchell, publicity spokesman. Tickets are for sale at the Far-mer's Market Outlets in Salt Lake City or at the gate the evening of the 24th. Children under four are free, from 5 to 12 pay $2, from 13 up pay $4 and family discount tickets are available for $12 (8 in a family.) From Pleasant Grove symphony players include: Jeremy Larson and LeAnn Wimmer. Choir members are: Heather and Sidney Bales, Kevin Carter, Nicole and Tracy Colunga, Cari and Michael Farr, Jaycie and Kelli Fidel, Tasha Hahn, Andrea, Brooke and Anne Hullinger, Heather and Robert Hunt, David, Emily, Natalie and Daniel Larson, Kelly Leathern, Danny and Ellen Shapiro, Jason and Shannon Wimmer and Jeffrey Yerkes. |