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Show 50 expires 013088 LG & SONS BOOKBINDERY, INC. R VHS? RAILROAD STREET M gpRlNGPORT MI 49284 ( Draper postpones Traverse vote 5 HvMAKCIIADIXX K t I " ' ' Draper City postponed a vole to annexing 4 000 j acres of Utah County land for the proposed ! Traverse Mountain development at its Thursday . city Council meeting after some city worker's ! t rajse(j questions with the development, t The delay came as a surprise to Dennis Wall $ who represents the Arizona-base- Estes Corp., (he company proposing to build the develop' ment, and to some city council members. ! Traverse Ridge is a planned community ; development which eventually will consist of 6000 residential units, a resort 600-roo- hotel, an 18 hole golf course and compatible industry on 5 Traverse Mountain. ; Estes representatives and the city council had i I spent several hours the previous Tuesday night going over the details on the annexation and i development agreement - and had reached an accord at the close of the meeting. In the two-da- y interim between the meetings, three letters of concern were given to the city, one by the city's planning coordinator, one by an economic development advisor and a third by a Planning consultant. addreTs r ('0uncil members waited to D er PI rUVTSe Moun,:,in issll(' W;'" nd 0,rC,in;,lor Tom SP were CerCi;vlralld,stussi,m in ,he - r udIS w,ne (LsC'U1Ssion was oyer. an obviously E J entCCd 'he C0Until chambers t0 "car ro S,5 d?C,Jsion n annexin8 the Property postponed two weeks Mayor Charles L. Hoffman made the 7he CUncil is -d- ecided as to riSh no 'right- If we g over this thing Hoffman said the city was not ready to vote on n' Prp0Sed another work schedld ?CC (i' WitH 3 Vte n the annexation meeting regU'ar DeC' 3 cil coundl "What distresses me most is coming to a meeting th.nking that we are in accord," Wall said. "In the past !H) days we have made 20 alterations and some people haven't paid at-tention to it." Wall said that the issues raised in all three letters had already been addressed by Estes Corp. and the City - and said the last minute nature of the letters was unprofessional. "I think there's something wrong with the administration and how they deal with projects like these." Wall said. Utah County Commissioner Gary Anderson who attended the meeting said he too was disappointed at the postponement of action for annexation of Estes' Corporation Traverse Mountain development. "We've a vested interest." Anderson said after the meeting. 'We've been fighting hard for that hotel. There's 600 jobs there during the con-struction phase and more jobs plus the transient and room taxes later on there, with no expenses to Utah County. "I don't know what their problem is tonight but there can't be very substantive problems. They ( Draper) said they'd give it approval. m mm. m. .,, -- m,,,, , ... , j Dennis Wall, representative for Kstes Corp., registers frustration as he leaves Draper City Council meeting. . Vol.9, No. 46 Monday, Nov. 2:i. 1!H7 50 cents a single copy Newspaper seeks families in need This newspaper is seeking the identity of needy families in this area for Christmas. "We need names, ages, clothing sizes and a list of specific needs," says Publisher Brett Bezzant. "Because of our own 'Christmas Family' project each year, this newspaper has come to be a clearing house for needy families in the area. The names of families we do not choose for our project are given to other organizations who carry out their own projects. We do our best to see that every family receives some assistance. "Our readers have always been very generous in providing for the families we describe in the newspaper," says Bezzant. "The nice thing about the project is that the recipients usually cannot identify themselves because we list the children of both families together. It gives us all a chance to give anonymously in the true spirit '' of Christmas." Parents who have children of about the same age can ask them to select a gift for their secret friend. "It's great way to help someone who really needs and deserves it with whatever you can afford. "If you know of a family who lor unemployment, illness, or some other reason, may be looking for-ward to a bleak Christmas, please give us as much information about them as possible, including names, address, telephone, ages of children, clothing sizes and any specific-request- s for Christmas. Please include your own name, address and telephone number also so we can use you as a confidential contact per-son." Deadline for submission of suggested families is Friday, Nov. 27. Names of families should be submitted to: Christmas Family, In care of Newtah News Group, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah or hand delivered to 59 West Main. Written suggestions only please. The RPV developed by Jim Walker took this photograph o"Edge of the Cedars State Park in Blanding. Notice the detail picked up through this type of aerial photography. j PG man develops : aerial photo j vehicle At first you might think it is an ordinary model airplane but closer ' inspection and performance proves j it is by no means your usual hobby i craft. ; This blue and white model sports an eight foot wing span. It is l equipped with a camera which rides in its belly and it is radio controlled. Called an RPV, Remote Powered ! Vehicle, the airplane is used for low level aerial photography. It was , developed by Jim Walker, photographic consultant at BYU, for the College of Social Sciences. A method of low altitude large scale reconnaissance photography was needed for archeology, geography, botany, range science, i etc. Regular airplanes are too high and too fast for what was needed. Balloons were too susceptive to wind currents. Helicopters vibrate too much for good still photos and stir up . too much dust at low altitudes . The project to develop the RPV was funded by BYU. It took Jim three months to build the plane it-self. Ricoh cameras are used because they were donated by the company. In addition to the blue RPV there are two other planes and a fourth is planned. The vehicles can provide photographs at 60 to 600 feet above the subject area. Jim said that other developers had teen working on a method for taking low altitude pictures for about 15 years. About 18 months ago BYU began working on this project. Jim explained that he is part of a team that has worked on the project. He said he has no idea of the total cost of the project at the present lime. He said it costs $120 for two airplane kits, $45 for an engine, $250 for the radio and about $200 for the camera. There is the cost of alcohol for fuel for the plane and film for the camera. The planes are handlaunched to keep dirt from getting on the lens of jje camera which sticks out from underside of the fusilage. Sometimes the planes crash on anding or are damaged by things on w ground. Jim said that sometimes lands it in a tree as they usually receive less damage that way. They have always been able to reuse the engine, radio and camera from damaged planes so that the replacement costs have generally been limited to the plane itself. Wind has not been a serious problem for this RPV, Jim ex-plained. The plane was originally intended for photographing archeological sites. The value of using it for many other purposes has become obvious as work has progressed. At the site to be photographed, Jim needs the assistance of another person. A determination is made as to where the other person should be located in relation to Jim. The other individual helps determine when the RPV is in the right place to begin taking pictures. Landmarks are usually placed at a site before the project begins for easier identification of locations and to make it easier to combine photos for a complete picture. Jim said that they work out the intervals between picture frames based on altitude and airspeed. The plane flies at about 20 mph, as determined by a police radar gun. On very close to the ground photos a composite is made so that the entire area can be shown close up. The camera uses a regular 35mm lens most of the time but Jim has shot photos with a 50mm lens and even has shot some with a 28mm lens. The remote controlled vehicle can be manuevered easily. The small one can stay in the air for about 12 to 14 minutes. The blue one, which is larger, can stay aloft for about 40 minutes. Both planes have the same wingspan but the smaller one manuevers tighter. The picture quality on the small one is not as good, however. Jim explained that they have totalled the fusilage twice but they are easy to fix. The camera has never been seriously damaged. The plane has been used to do aerial photographs at close range of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is probably the archeological mecca in the United States, Jim noted. The largest Kiva they have ever found is there. In the photograph, numerous Kivas are represented by large circles of various sizes across the entire site. They have also photographed a ranch owned by BYU near St. George where part of the area will be left it its natural state to protect the Desert Tortoise which is in danger of extinction. The State Park service has used the plane to photograph several areas including Edge of the Cedars State Park in Blanding, Heron Beach near Lehi, Lincoln Beach in Utah County and Camp Floyd near Fairfield. Southern Methodist University had Jim come down and take low altitude photographs of Fort Burgwin in New Mexico, an old fort site which has been restored. Jim stated that there has been no commercial use of the plane. It has been applied to academic level projects which are going on at BYU and elsewhere. He demonstrated that even the vegetation in an area can be iden-tified accurately with the low altitude photography. "We have been going along looking at photographic satellites in space, but we have a need now to come down and do low altitude photography," Jim explained. Jim and his associates are ex-perimenting with using a TV camera in tandem with the still camera. The TV camera shows the area on a monitor on the ground and they can tell when to take the pictures just by looking at the monitor. They have sent the TV camera up three times so far but they do not have the funding yet to do it much. All of this work seems to be right in line with Jim's hobbies as a boy when he had his room filled with model airplanes. He became a pilot and has enjoyed flying and being around airplanes all of his life. Being able to combine this with his life's vocation of photography has added extra dimension to his in-volvement with this project. "Not much has been done in this area before," Jim added. "Depending on the heights, we can get the coverage the scientists want," he concluded. Family traditions sought Family traditions are what make holidays memorable - and we want you to share your family holiday traditions with our other readers. If you do so, you may win $100 cash. This newspaper is asking readers to write down, in 100 words or less, their favorite Thanksgiving or Christmas tradition. All who submit entries will then be eligible, by drawing, to win $100 cash. Entries must be typewritten, no more than 100 words, and must include the entrant's name for publication. This newspaper will print as many family traditions as possible during the holiday season. Last day for entries is Friday, Dec. 11. The contest winner will be announced in the Dec. 16 or 2:i issue of the newspaper. Send entries to: "Traditions" in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 7. American Fork, Utah, B40o:i or deliver them in person to 59 West Main, American Fork. i V PG woman wins baking contest A Pleasant Grove woman who once had to make 385 dinner rolls in one day won this newspaper's holiday bread recipe contest with a simple recipe for delicious Refrigerator Rolls. Betty Adams submitted the winning recipe, and received $50 for her rolls. See CONTEST on Page 9 Betty Adams Am. Fork Hospital ends Golden Anniversary activities The American Fork hospital has trng roots in the community and "s a long heritage of quality people rhave worked there, Craig I 'ey, hospital administrator, "f rd. during a program at the f "wpital Nov. 19 honoring past and t employees and board j ""embers. .Program was part of activities t fixing the "Golden An- - 7 Jjy'' of the establishment of nosPitaI in American Fork. ? cT? Said a hospital was first 5 edln American Fork on May 24, I (level 3nd has- - over tne years- - 3 loruTPed int0 a "regional hospital ' A,enorth end of Utah County." t ,gh Private hospitals were 5 E for a few years' the ' con! Was firsl envisioned as a Will mty effn by then mayor 1 lihw St0rrs aftcr nc had ha(l 10 2 WS son t0 the Lehi hospital 7 he broke his leg. 1 old'?1 estarlished upstairs in the f the P build'iS n Main Street, "ospital was, in 1950, constructed M. on Third North. "At that time, the hospital was one of the most modern in the state, Smedley said, but it didn't have "some of the things we take for granted now." In the late 1970's the c.ty so d the hospital to Intermountain Healtn Care and the present building was constructed. It opened on Nov. 12, 19"The old coop building was pur-chased for $2,500. to house the first hospital. This one cost $12 million so that you can see the many changes in health care over have taken place the past 50 years." Smedley said. down the road you 'Fifty years probably won't recognize th place will be that much change, he SaSmedk'V recognized past board Overly. Fred T. presents Don Wri'uht and Fred Fish who were 'present lor the prmogermambe.rs who erc Former board were also rec ognied. 'Malcolm H Beck. present chairman of the hospital board, said he remembers the first hospital he was ever in; He was six years old and had pneumonia. He had to go to the Lehi hospital. He said he remembers the old American Fork Hospital when it was downtown, and when in the late 1940's, it was realized it was inadequate to serve the area. American Fork City decided to construct a new hospital on Third North at that time. "It was one of the most modern hospitals in the state." In later years, it was seen that the city had to do a major expansion of the hospital in order to keep up with advances in medicine. Beck said. Beck, who was on the hospital board as an member when he was mayor of American Fork and was later appointed to the board, said "We spent hours meeting with consultants to decide what to do." The city decided to get out of the hospital business and. after con-sidering of fers from various hospital organizations, to sell the hospital to IHC. "We had 4 doctors back then. Today we have somewhere between 45 and 50. We are a viable hospital with a staff dedicated to serve the people. "We are a hospital, in fact, with no financial problems. We are not faced with closure as are some hospitals we read about. "This hospital is expressly for one purpose. We operate this hospital and take care of medical needs and educational needs of the citizens," Beck said. "Our goal is to treat all people and give them the best of care. After that we will worry about whether they can pay the bill or not. We treat you first and ask how you can pay later. "If we lose sight of that goal, we had better not be in this business," Beck said. Dr. Guy A. Richards, long time physician in American Fork who recently retired, said his 40 years of practicing medicine "have been challenging years but I wouldn't trade them for anything." Richards, telling of the hospital his Dad, Dr. Guy S. Richards, operated in American Fork prior to the city opening a hospital, said the thing he recalls is it was his job to milk two cows morning and night to furnish milk for the hospital. "The greatest day of my life was when I came home one night and found Dad had sold those cows," he quipped. He said when he and Dr. Boyd Larsen came home to open a practice, there was no lab, no but they had put in an elevator. The hospital, he said, has been a "not only a symbol of excellence" for the community but "has given the whole community a certain pride." The first hospital was started through donations and people have supported the facility since. "There hasn't been a lot of tax dollars gone inlo the hospital - it has been a community effort." Richards said he has fond memories of having worked with every hospital board since the hospital started in some capacity or other. "It's been a real joy to work with these people who have donated hours and hours of their time and their expertise to keep us on the cutting edge of medicine. "Our ICU (Intensive Care Unit) was the fifth one built in the state of Utah, and we have always been one of the best equipped for our size." Richards said he has had the opportunity over 40 years to work with every hospital administrator, and with the employees. "Many employees have worked here for years - there are some dedicated people here." Richards said his family comes first in his life with close friends next. "This hospital has got to be the third most important thing in mv life." Lynn Cook, a nephew of Maude Thornton Humphries, was presented a plaque honoring "Maude." i |