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Show European village plan denies existing town characte Do the smaller communities in Utah County want to make over their character in order to turn the towns into theme parks that will attract an estimated half-millio- n tourists a year? That's the question a local development organization is asking many of our towns. We should answer them with a resounding, "No." Clearly the group, called the Newheart Institute, has a vision of turning parts of Utah County into imitation parts of Europe Lehi cast as a quaint English village and Pleasant Grove as a slice of Bavaria. Under the scheme, Springville would be remade into Scandinavia and Spanish Fork would take on a western Mediterranean look. Once the transformation is complete, the way the Newheart people envision it, tourists would flock to Utah County to experience the European atmosphere without ever leaving the country. It's a concept that has worked in other parts of the And Disney s Eptot country, most notably in California. Center has done a similar job with its World Showcase But local city fathers need to ask themselves this, s such a project appropriate for Utah Valley and do our local communities want to sacrifice their character in order to attract tourist dollars. The plan to make Utah Valley a little Europe requires total commitment to work, and it will mean giving up many of the things that give our local cities their sense of community. Lehi is proud of its Roundup, but such a celebration would have no place in England. If the community is to go British, the rodeo would have to be redone. A Newheart representative has suggested possibly a joust to replace the traditional rodeo. That's just an example of the kind of sacrifice Newheart is calling for - all in the name of tourist dollars. And it comes at a cost local residents shouldn't be willing to pay. Each community in Utah County ha T qualities; each has its own makeup. And that uS adds to the lives of the residents even as w add to the town's character. cne side P What Newheart is ' suggesting is a complete m , with the corporation picking up its fee as a 0vt the project, while local business owners anrnSUltantit pick up the cost of selling out their communitv i into a theme park instead of a home town H Such a transition goes against the grain of th tradition and heritage of each of our Utah 6 ' communities. It is a sell-o- ut designed to turn 01 i into places where people may want to visit h won't want to live there. ' ut they J Our local communities need to continue with beautification efforts, but not by throwing out a t identity in order to capitalize on tourist dollars Let's work on making our towns into more i they are, instead of turning them into something?1 J are not. 8ttlt! ". Kennedy selected as rodeo queen The Strawberry Days Rodeo Queen Pageant was held Saturday starting with a tea furnished and served by the Strawberry Days Association. The girls gave a brief introduction and had an interview with the judges at the J.C. Building. Due to the weather the horsemanship competition was held at the Lindon indoor arena. The royalty was chosen from a field of 19 talented girls, one of the largest groups the contest has had. The Rodeo Queen for 1988 Strawberry Days is Kandi Kennedy from Hooper, Utah. She is the daughter of Roger and Julie Mills. She has held previous titles in-cluding Utah Quarter Horse Assoc. Jr. Queen, Miss Rodeo Plymouth and First Attendant at Hill Air Force Base. Her hobbies include rodeo, painting, Persian cats, drawing and participating in rodeo queen con-tests. The first attendant is Lori Jo Evans, also from Hooper, Utah. She attends Weber State college majoring in elementary education. She graduated from Roy High, was a national Honor Society member, and varsity cheerleader. She is currently Salina Rodeo First Attendant, Utah Quarter horse First Attendant, Hooper Tomato Days first Attendant, and Wilder- - Strawberry Days Royalty, are, L-- R, Queen Kandi Kennedy, first attendant Lori Jo Evans, and second attendant Carol Christensen. Lori Wood is alternate. ness Circut Second Attendant. Her parents are Lyle and Linda Evans. The second attendant is Carol Christensen from Moroni, Utah. She is the daughter of Mary Kay Christensen. She will graduate from North Sanpete High this year. She was Sanpete County Sweetheart, North Utah County queen and South Utah County Queen. Her hobbies include training dogs and all kinds of sports. .: -- . ' ,n . " r i ! , - y ; - T " 1'- v " V. ; ; x f - S J f. (I ' : . J j Tr ' " ' . 2 t - it ." r --" ' ' S . Barbara Roberts, center, accepts a big kiss and bouquet from son, Ryan, while husband Clark, left, looks on. Ballroom dance team s an excellent program P--0. ftlok I f By MARCELLA WALKER I was fortunate to be able to attend An Evening With Ballroom Dance at Pleasant Grove High School recently. The program was very well done, as usual. As I have said before, I wish we would have had these kinds of ac-tivities when I was in high school. These kids today are so lucky to have programs like this. Pleasant Grove especially has been blessed to have really excellent programs. Students have not only learned skills and developed talents they otherwise would not have been able to do, but they have been able to receive college scholarships, travel to Europe and all over the United States. Several students who have graduated from Pleasant Grove High School have been able to continue with their dancing on the college level and this is great. I was especially impressed at the Ballroom Dance concert with the performance of Steve Livingston and Lisa Brown. They obviously have a special gift that far outreaches what they would learn in the classroom. For romance, the Sleeping Beauty and Her Prince number by Brian Kerr and his partner was wonderful. A special treat for the audience came with the guest performance of the Utah Valley Community College Ballroom Dance team which is also coached by Elaine Hansen, Pleasant Grove's teacher. Kurt Holman, Elaine's first ballroom dance protege at Pleasant Grove High School, and his partner, Amy Olsen, members of the BYU Ballroom Dance Team, performed for an enthusiastic audience. In fact, they were called back for an encore because of their exciting dance presentations. Elaine used the pair to demonstrate some different types of dance steps for the audience. Elaine had the "A" team mem-bers who learned the "Footloose" number as sophomores, perform it for the last time. I was not really happy about this because I have enjoyed that number each time it has been performed and feel bad that they are not going to do it again. Elaine presented several awards for achievement to the students who had been voted best by their colleagues. Then Elaine presented the Glass Slipper award, which she gives every year to someone who has helped further dance at the school, to Stephanie Walker. Stephanie is a former dancer at the school and now assists Elaine, coaches the Drill I I Team, and is a member of the fto Ballroom Dance Team. You have to be proud of fc : students who are willing to put intk extra time out of class to perfec ; their skills and develop their talents : It is interesting that nearly all i these students who are taking lit; to be in ballroom dance, or in scut of the other programs which migt: be determined "arty", are involve, in several areas of cultural arls aid are also very good students. It galls me when I hear that Ite type of classes would be the ones be sacrificed in this educate financial war that seems to be goc; on today. All of the areas of cultural artsn of great benefit to these students e they not only give them to perform, but it also j a way of earning scholarships as: ; furthering their education. I recently heard two mote ' talking to Principal Neil ChristeK about next year's class schedu; having Orchesis and A Cappei Choir, or something like that, lists at the same time and they wonfc; if it could be changed. Their children wanted tobeafc take both classes and it would no! s possible unless the schedules changed. I certainly hope it n because the students should havefe opportunity to take both if they : to. Cultural arts classes a: programs provide a wealth ol if portunity for students and it does: matter what area they are n interested in, it will still be of F benefit to them when they go- - life- - Of course, students shouldntK-loade-with the cultural artsfc classes that they do not have the basics. They musthavet first and foremost, but there for the arts and if the b not carry it on, who will? , Central 3rd graders make Mom a bouquet Paper flowers so well done that they look almost real will be presented to mothers and fathers of Central School third graders in Mr. Freeman's class this week. The lovely bouquets are for the mothers for Mother's Day and the children made boutennieres for the dads for Father's Day since school will not be in session then. Mr. Freeman's students have made the flowers for many years. The children choose the colors they want to use and they are taught to make the blossoms in various sizes. No mother or father would be embarrassed to accept such beautiful handmade flowers. Students participating in the project are Brad Adamson, Mary Anderson, Terrie Anderson, Travis Block, John Brailsford, Natalie Bullock, Angela Bunker, Joshua Chesnut, Ramon Corona, Delora Davis, Adriana Gonzales, Alyssa Hales, Jennifer Hardman, Cory Hardy, Amber Harris, Kimberly Hawker, Aaron Hilton, Ryan Huish, Misty Hutchings, Tim Jense, and Robbie Jensen. Others are Leslie LeVitre, Bill Macie, Mike Marrott, Joshua Marsigli, Shannon Miller, Dustin Mower, Shawn Reynaud, Ryan Roberts, Jacob Sapp, Bryce Smith, Doug Smith, Amber Taylor, Jared Warburton, Joey West and Gary Covington. More purses stolen Pleasant Grove Police officers renewed their caution about leaving purses in vehicles after another one was taken this week. Officer John Lloyd said that an eelskin purse valued at $150 and with an eelskin wallet valued at $45 were taken from a car owned by Todd Atkinson. The purse belonged to his wife. There was no money in the purse but there were credit cards and a checkbook. The car was parked at 280 N. 200 West. Children broke a window at the American Heritage School, ac-cording to Officer Lloyd. The parents of the children will see that the $100 window is replaced. A male was arrested for criminal mischief, intoxication and on two warrants. Officer Randy Shepherd is in-vestigating an attempted burglary at DanDee's Cafe in Lindon. Someone tried to break through the back door. No entry was made but there was $100 damage to the door. Stephanie Bird, who lives in the Nathaniel Drive area, reported that someone had broken into their home and taken some blank checks. There are no suspects. The checks were on a closed ac-count, according to Det. Cody Cullimore. Dr. Max Blackham reported that a rock had been thrown through his truck windows. Both the front and back window were damaged. There are no suspects at this time. Steven Pankretz, 292 E. 200 North, Lindon, reported that two tires had been punctured on his auto while the family was out of town. The tires were valued at $60. There are no suspects. ESP Construction reported the theft of five lights from heavy construction equipment which had been left at the job site at 200 S. 850 East, Lindon. Two of the lights were valued at $150 and three at $200. The officer said that some lights were also missing from a Mtn. Bell vehicle but it was parked on the Orem side of the road. A car had a collision with a boat on Saturday. According to Officer Lloyd, Marjorie Peterson, Spanish Fork, did not notice the car in front of her, which was towing a boat, stop at the crosswalk at 45 S. Main. Her vehicle ran into the boat causing about $600 damage to the boat. The driver of the car towing the boat was Neil Osborne ' West Valley City. Damage to the Peterson car was $1,000. There were no injuries. Another accident occurred that day at 200 S. 300 East, when cars driven by Sheryl Greenland American Fork, and Kayline Hansen, Pleasant Grove, collided in the intersection. There were no injuries. There was $2,000 damage to the Hansen car and $1,000 damage to the Greenland auto. An accident occurred on Wed-nesday at 300 E. Center when cars driven by Alaine Carter, Cedar Hills, and Helen Diana Nielson, Pleasant Grove, collided in the in-tersection. There was $1,000 damage to the Carter vehicle and $600 damage to the Nielson car. There were no in-juries. N-N-y. Drawings FREE i"VA f0'fi2! Admission . fTj and prize A XWJ qlie BASEBALL f Varsity: May 6, Timpview at P.G. - 3 p.m. (Booster Day. Hamburgers, hot dogs & drinks for sale. Get your Viking Dog!) May 10 - Springville at P.G. 4 p.m. (May be for Region 8 championship) Jayvee: . May 5 - P.G. at Timpview 9 - P.G. at Springville $UaHant (groue iReuteui ISSN No. 2 U.S.P.S. 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