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Show Review-Wednesda- y, May 1987-Pag- e :5 pG Council to decide on control of pound animal sales Pleasant Grove City Council v Abided it will postpone a decision on ' Request to support a change in the Pound Seizure law of Utah until they h.ve had time to study the resolution and talk with the city's Animal control Officer. and Following a proposal presentation of the resolution by Robin Hall last Tuesday night, the city council felt that they needed further time to study the matter. The resolution asks the city to support a change which would give local governments control over pound animal sales for biomedical research. The present law allows state control over the sales. Hall said that she was not asking the council to take a stand for or against experimentation on animals, pets or otherwise. She wanted to make a case for giving the option of selling animals from local shelters for experiementation, to the local entity supporting such shelters. This would then allow those shelters which felt that selling animals is inappropriate, to ap-proach their presiding councils or commissions. It would also allow those shelters which need the ad-ditional monies coming in from selling animals for research, to continue to sell and perhaps even aggressively seek such business. She said she would like Utah to be an option state in which cities can decide which way they would like to go. One of the committee members with Mrs. Hall said that the law now does not allow communities to receive grant money for animal control projects if they do not sell the animals. Some cities are never asked to sell the animals, but because they have not sold any are not allowed to have the grant funds, she said. It was noted that 60 per cent of all children will be bitten by stray animals. Strays also run in packs and kill livestock. These matters need to be addressed as does the decision of disposition of the animals. Cities use tax monies to maintain their Animal Control office, sell licenses, care for the animals and provide food and shelter, and dispose of the animals and they should therefore have the choice. Hall said they would like a letter of support from the city council on the resolution. One lady said she thought the change would lead to more quality animal control. She added that outlying communities are not often asked to sell animals for medical research. The councilmembers said that Pleasant Grove is not often asked to sell the animals to medical research. In other matters, the council assigned Councilmen Keith Christeson and Dave Faux to assist City Recorder K. A. Driggs in analyzing the bids they have received from auditing firms. The council recently decided to ask for bids for auditing firms every three or four years as recommended by the State Auditors Office. A number of bids have been received and will be reviewed by those assigned. Mayor David Holdaway reported that the Kiwanis Club had gone on record to assist with fundraising for the city library. He discussed a brochure which will be sent out to all citizens and former residents asking for their support of the library building fund project. The new library will feature an area where the names of those who have contributed will be displayed. Donors can contribute and be recornized for their generosity in several categories, including In Memorium, $1,000, which includes a picture of the person to be honored along with a short biography which will be put on permant display; Benefactor, $500; Donor, $100; Friend, $50; and any other donation will be greatly appreciated, no matter how small. Those wishing to donate can mail their contribution to The Pleasant Grove Library Fund, P.O. Box 515, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062. The council took no action for lack of a motion on a request to have animal rights allowed for a property on 100 East which is not zoned properly for animals. Councilman Dave Faux said that the Planning Commission had studied the request and found that the property had originally had animal rights because animals were there when the property was given its present zoning. However, the property had been without animals for over one year and had therefore lost the right to have the animals. Several residents complained to the city council that if animal rights were allowed there they would be bothered by flies and unpleasant odors. It was noted that even if the council gave a conditional use permit for the present owners, it would become null and void when the property was sold. The owners are trying to sell the property, Faux explained, and prospective buyers would like to have animal rights. A conditional use permit is not tran-sferable. Report shows police calls up considerably over 1985 in 1985. The worst intersections for ac-cidents are 100 E. Center with 16 accidents; 100 E. 200 South and the Pleasant Grove High School parking lot tied for second with 10 each; Center St. and State Road 89; and 100 E. and State Road 89 and State Road and Main St. tied for fourth place. Lindon had 66 accidents. Twenty-on- e of these were injury accidents. The police made seven DUI arrests out of the total number of accidents in Lindon. The total property damage was $180,325. The worst intersections for ac-cidents were 600 N. State Road and 100 S. and Geneva Road. Lindon had 80 accidents in 1985. Part I crimes were down a little last year and Part II crimes were up itie, according to the 1986 report just released by the Pleasant Grove police Department. The statistics cover both Pleasant (jrove and Lindon as the two cities are under the jurisdiction of the pleasant Grove Police Dept. Police Chief Mike Ferre said that calls for police department services were up a lot over the previous year . He said the department gets bogged down with too much to do. "We can't do the preventive measures because offices have to go straight from call to call," the chief ' stated. He added that they could use at least one more police officer. The department began using ' computers midway through the year. Although it was time con- - Suming to make the switch-ove- r, it has proved to be a valuable asset to the department. They now can retrieve much information on in-- 1 dividuals and vehicles on their own without having to get it from other ; agencies. This makes it much quicker for them to get a response to ; the officers. - There were 590 Part I crimes in : 1986 and 46 per cent of them were i cleared. In 1985 there were 593 and i 54 per cent were cleared. : A breakdown of the Part I crimes I showed that there was one att-empted murder; four rapes, all were cleared and three arrests were made; one robbery; 56 assaults, 82 i per cent were cleared and 25 arrests were made; 429 larcenies, 123 arrests and 45 per cent cleared; 79 i burglaries, 41 per cent cleared and 12 arrests made; 17 vehicle thefts, 41 ; per cent cleared and four arrests : made; and three arsons, 33 per cent cleared and 2 arrests. November was the high month for burglaries with February not far i behind. The least number of i burglaries were in July. The value of items taken in burglaries were $54,395. There were 902 Part II crimes. There were 782 the year before. Sherri Atwood, computer specialist for the department, said that much of the difference in numbers bet-ween these two years is in the items included this year which were not included in 1985. Some of the statistics on Part II crimes include 34 sex offenses (does not include rape) in which 76 per cent were cleared. They made 14 adult arrests and four juvenile arrests. There were 33 sex offenses the year before. The department recorded 168 cases of criminal mischief. Of these 43 per cent were cleared and 24 juvenile arrests were made and six adult arrests. In 1985 there were 185 offenses and 39 per cent were ' cleared. Family offenses includes family fights, child abuse, wife abuse, runaways, etc. The department handled 145 cases and 100 per cent of them were cleared. They arrested 11 juveniles and 11 adults. The year before there were 76 cases reported but they did not keep a record on runaways that year. There are always a large number of runaways, Mrs. Atwood said. The department made 29 DUI arrests. Twenty-seve- n were males and two were females. In 1985 there were 31 DUI arrests. Pleasant Grove recorded 291 auto accidents and 40 of these were injury accidents. Two were DUI accidents in which there were injuries. Police made 12 arrests as a result of accidents. Seven of these were DUI's and five were for various other reasons, such as suspended license, etc. The total property damage amount was $387,875. Pleasant Grove had 267 accidents Preparations near completion for 1987 Utah Pageant of Arts Casting is complete, set con-struction and painting of sets is underway, and tickets are on sale for the all-ne- 1987 production of Utah Pageant of the Arts. Governor Norman H. Bangerter is scheduled to attend the opening performance June 10 at American Fork High School, where the Pageant has been presented for 15 years. Producing director David O. Brockbank has selected 41 pieces for a varied mix of sculpture, paintings, Steuben glass and jewelry, ranging from medieval to contemporary. They will be recreated onstage with live models in 21 scenes. A cast of nearly 220 volunteers will rotate in shifts during the six-wee- k run, June 10 to July 18. Performances are nightly at 8, except Sundays and July 4. Among this year's new selections are the intricate "Butterfly Brooch" created by Lucien Gaillard; a tapestry-lik- e gouache painting, "Yogini with a Vina;" and a bronze sculpture, "Shiva: The Lord of the Dance." Three Van Gogh portraits will be included, as well as a selection of life-siz- e tin toys that will be animated. Old favorites, back by popular demand, include the Wedgewood piece, "The Choice of Hercules;" a sculpture with fountain, "Water Nymph and Triton," by Leo Laporte-Blairs- y ; and Winslow Homer's "Breezing Up." Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" will close the program. Pre-sho- seminars at 7 p.m. will feature Mountain West Ballet, demonstrations of Pageant costumes and headgear, musical performances, Salt Lake sculptor Dee Jay Bawden, singersongwriter Marvin Payne, violinist Conrad Dunn and the Pageant Youth Symphony Orchestra, on a rotating schedule. A Pageant ticket admits the person to the seminar and both professional and student art exhibits, as well as the stage production. Tickets are on sale at the Pageant box office, 54 E. Main (basement of the Senior Citizens Building), or by sending a check to Box 111, American Fork, Utah 84003. Seats are $9 for center and $7 for side section. A $2 discount for side seats is available for each Monday performance. Phone orders are being taken (756-3505- ), and Vis aand Mastercharge will be accepted. Ambulance called over 30 times a month The Pleasant Grove Ambulance Association has responded to 94 calls during the first quarter of 1987, according to a report just released. During the first three months there were eight cardiac calls, 40 medical responses, 11 vehicle ac-cident responses, 31 transfers, four fire calls and 85 patients were transported. In a month-by-mont- h breakdown, there were 27 calls in January, 31 in February, and 36 in March. 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