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Show t comment Review - Wednesday, J""c 1 MffiM New Budget holds (Je line on taxes Public Works TV Mills reported thereK fecial sand fV Grovecreek r ' $ Well p H has had to be in wear and tear WeHanditpumpsH He that it eC-homes on the uT' Grovecreek well ne Mills explained thentyreceivesbidrj"1 . ery on the new M Therefore, plan? new filter whiWi V out of service in the f3 C He said the cityi ' tinuetodowhattheZ IS Ashing out the si & J. now in use each V willkeepthosehome2 in their water lines Mills ;also told thecountiK ' lift station will be place , ' in the Westroc ' Ind t sewer project. This will'"7 'Up sure line to take these! the rodeo Jjrlaa grounds wher connect onto the city sewer The property owners are,, . vor of the hne being taM. direction, he said. il Mills reported that twt(, lights have been t chard Drive and twofil B)' 1050 E. on 1100 North ' Judge Vergil Peterson county justice of the pj J "? serve as the Pleasant pro tern. e'" J,le The Ambulance f, told the council of theZJ 5 new ambulance due totheace, fit KemileagefthebaCkup t Dave Vickers, said thattheos S which will help pay to leaseam !L ambulance. , He also noted that they sy,.; JJ raise rates for residents to $1); j,er since the city rates are amonftk Bl lowest in the state. This way the association con!: 'I make the lease payment. V The council will study the nt, ter at the budget work sessi scheduled this week. The council expressed coiice about firemen's disability coveraj; in the state workmen's compen-sation plan. The long-ter- disabilih has been dropped and is no longt: covered. The city will need to It ' protected in case this should occu. A beer license was approved k Maxi-Ma-rt and Maxi-Dine- f-ormerly West Winds Cafe. Only a few citizens were in at-tendance last Tuesday night in a Pleasant Grove City Council meet-ing when the proposed 1988-8- 9 city budget was presented in a public hearing. The new budget does not call for a tax increase of any kind, in fact there is a slight decrease required by law due to the increase in the county mill levy, so residents will see no difference. Although the new budget will not be formally approved until June 21, the council went through some of the items during a discus-sion period. City Recorder K. A. Driggs said he only anticipated a slight in-crease in sales tax revenues during the coming fiscal year and said he used a conservative approach in contemplating the budget. The estimated revenues were listed at $2,222,970 with expenses put at $2,214,341. The difference will go into the Capital Projects Fund. He said the budget included a 3 per cent cost of living increase fac-tor for all city employees. He added, that they expect the deficit condi-tion in the water and sewer fund will be overcome in this budget. The 1987-8- 8 budget was $2,332,466. Driggs explained that less than one-thir- d of the general fund is financed by property taxes. The single largest portion of the general fund goes to the Public Safety Dept. The budget for this department runs over $600,000. The budget also includes $174,089 for streets and roads, $67,965 for the new library, which is a $10,000 increase from the year before, but the new library is much larger than the old one. Mayor David Holdaway said he felt this was a very workable budget. He added that they want to continue to improve wages of city employees so that the city can at-tract and keep good employees and be competitive with private indus-try- . He also stated that the city is getting lots of good publicity be-cause of the beautiful parks, city entrances, and public buildings. A work meeting on the budget was to be held June 14. The city received two bids for landscaping the underpass area on State Road. These are package proposals and the city is not obli-gated to take the lowest bid, Mayor Holdaway said. The bids were $39,585 and $35,904. The council members were asked to look over the bids and drawings and they, along with Bill Hoglund, and Deon and Paul Giles, will make recommendations on which one to accept. Both bids call for landscaping that requires no irrigation after the first year. The UDOT has granted $40,000 to be used to landscape the under-pass area. The council approved the award-ing of a bid contract to Acme Fence Co. of Orem for fencing the Mur-doc- k Canal through Pleasant Grove where fencing does not already exist. The bid was for $71,764. Con-struction was to begin about June 10. The city council presented a Community Service Award to Nor-ton- s Store and thanked them for donating the food for the Firemen's Breakfast and the microwave which was given away during that breakfast as a fundraiser. Jerald and Shauna Hatch ac-cepted the award in behalf of the store. It's tough being a dad on Fatherfs Day the editor's column By MARC HADDOCK It's tough being a father espe-cially when you already know eve-rything you're going to get for Father's Day. My kids say it's tough being a kid, when Dad is a snooper who can't let well enough along, and wait for his Father's Day presents, like every other father. But I take exception to that. Can I help it if my daughter spills the beans about a present? I only badger the kid about it a little, because I know she loves her father, and I know she's the most likely to tell me with the least amount of badgering. But this year I didn't even have to try. When my boy and I came back from the Fathers-and-Son- s outing, we knew the rest of the family had been shopping. After all, almost everyone was sporting new shoes. "Do you like my new hera-chees?- " asked my oldest daughter? I winced. I'd seen the shoes. I like them. I had coveted a pair of similar footwear for men only two days before in a sales catalogue. I was annoyed that she didn't say the word correctly. I was annoyed that she had a pair when I didn't. Tour new whats?" I asked with the appropriate amount of adult scorn. She repeated the word with the same anglo pronounciation, and I winced again. "Look," I said in my most schol-arly tones. "If you're going to wear those things, you'd better learn how to say them." Now I was hitting my stride. Here, at last, was a meaningful shoes for Seth, and told me, "Every-body got new shoes except Lauren." Lauren, who is three, looked appro-priately indignant, but Meghan explained there simply were no shoes Lauren's size. "I hate Mommy," Lauren said, and rushed to her room. I would have followed, but I was putting two and two together, and coming up with four. See, if everybody got new shoes except Lauren, somewhere in that house was a pair of huarachis just for me. And, I reasoned, they were probably being saved for father's day. So I got Meghan alone, and asked innocently what kind of shoes they had gotten for me. "I can't tell you," she said. "They're for Father's Day." "Thanks, Meg. That's all I needed to know." Once again reunited with the entire family, I started in. It was actually fun. "So everybody got new shoes except me, huh?" I said in my best imitation of Lauren. "Sounds like I'd better go to the store and buy me a pair before the sale ends." "You don't want to do that." "Why don't you wait until they go on sale?" "What makes you think you need a new pair of shoes?" You'd think this crew would know by now that an editor just loves to be begged, but I let them go on, continuing to express my deter-mination to acquire my own pair of huarachis. Somewhere in that house was a pair with my name on them, and I had no intenuon 01 waiting until Father's Day to wear them. Finally, a new shoe box was produced, and I put them on with the satisfaction that comes from outsmarting the family. But now Father's Day has lost some of its shine. Erin, my didn't help things either when she came from Merry Misses bearing a mug full of jelly beans and unceremoni-ously handed them over. "Here, this is for Father's Day." "But Father's Day is two weeks away!" I protested. "Don't you want to wrap them up and save them or something?" "No," she said. "If I do that, I'll just eat them." So, there was my Father's Day present, sitting on the bedroom dresser as the number of jelly beans got sm aller and sm aller each day, although no one would admit to eating a single bean, not even me. Finally, I left the last jelly bean, a purple one, in the bottom of the mug, just to see how soon it would dissappear. It didn't take long. The next time I looked, the mug was empty. "Who ate the last Jelly Bean?" "Was it purple?" asked the daughter with new huarachis on her feet and a grin on her face. "Don't worry, I'll buy you some more for Father's Day." So now I know everything I'm getting. Like I said, sometimes it's tough being a father. chance to use that foreign language minor in Spanish I had earned in college. After all, if a dad can't use his knowledge to teach his own kids, who can? "It's huarachis," I said carefully, pronouncing the word ," just like I'd heard it said many times by people who really wore them. "Try to say it right," I urged. "Everybody else says herachees, and that's fine with me," the smart alec replied. For some reason, the rest of the kids seemed less anxious to show me their purchases except of course for Meghan, who always wants to show me every-thing. She even produced a new pair of Strawberry Days brings back memories By MARC ELLA WALKER p.g. blab It is hard to believe that it is time for Strawberry Days again. It seems like it is coming earlier in June than usual but it is not. Perhaps it seems that way be-cause school just got out, later than usual, and so it has pushed Straw-berry Days up. When I go to the parades and the rodeo it reminds me of the "olden days" when I was a kid in Ogden and we had the Pioneer Days cele-bration on July 24 and the week preceding. The children's parade and the rodeo wereheld several days ahead of the grand parade on the 24th. If we marched in the children's pa-rade we received a free ticket to the rodeo. We never missed the rodeo. It was a wonderful time for us and, even though I was a city girl, I loved to see the beautiful horses, and watcl. the cowboys ride, and see the trick riders and the rodeo clowns. But my favorite part was the cowboys or the royalty. It made you get goose bumps all over your arms. There was the good smell of hot dogs and hamburgers mixed with the odor of horse sweat and ma-nure. The drum and bugle corps, with the many uneven rows cf baton twirlers, marched in the arena, too. My best girlfriend was always in the baton troupes. I tried to go to the rodeo at least two nights and more if possible. I sort of worshipped the cowboys . from afar. I thought they were about as macho as you can get. The funny thing is, I still feel that way and a real cowboy still gets a second look from me. Don't tell Jerry, though. When the rodeo was over, I liked to walk down past the stables and get a better look at the cowboys and the horses close up. We didn't have a carnival, per se, but there were rides at Lorin Farr Park which is right next to the rodeo grounds. We would like to ride a few things (that is all they have is a few things), before we went home. There used to be the old Monte Young Carnival which would come down by the baseball field during the summer. It would come and stay for quite a while. My mom didn't want us to go down there because it kind of at-tracted a bad crowd, but sometimes after MIA we would all go down and rideafewrides. IhopeMom doesn't read this. But this carnival did not usually coincide with Pioneer Days, as I recall. So, as we approach, Strawberry Days this week, it brings back a flood of memories. Make memories for your kids and attend as many of the planned events as possible. The parades, the rodeo, the kiddie games, and the carnival will provide happy days for them and will get the summer off on the right foot. ' Happy Strawberry Days to you all! Grand Entry. The sound system played the neatest music and all of the cowboys, pickup men, enter-tainers, royalty, and clowns par-ticipated in the Grand Entry. Everyone stood with their hands over their hearts as Old Glory went past, held high by the People. Politics & Policy in Pleasant Grove: Have a berry good time By E. MARK BEZZANT It's berry time in Pleasant Grove and the Strawberry Days Commit-tee would like you to have a berry good time. City crews have been out spruc-ing things up for the annual cele-bration, which promises to be a grand one. Kids measure time by such events. You have Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, Memorial Day, School closing and, of course, Strawberry Days. Strawberry prices have been at record lows this Spring, helping to heighten people's taste buds for the real thing. That means a cup of strawberries and cream officially sanctioned by the Strawberry Days Association in the downtown park. Clarence Wilson used to buy them by the dozen. However, one must admit that the best berries and cherries of the season are the first ones. These are the ones that look like a berry, smell like a berry but really are abit on the green side. It's one of the best bitter-swe- taste of the year. One of the nicest things about our annual celebration is that it brings us together again to where we have planted deep roots. We associate as family and friends. We pause from the some-times hectic world of work and cele-brate. It'satimefor old folks like Frank Mills to get motion sick from the carnival rides. It's a time for the Daughters of the Pioneers to show of some new improvements to their facilities. It's a time for outsi der s to see th e most beautiful flowers any city has in its public places. I worry the air pollution people might dampen thefun by complain-ing about the smoke from all the barbecues taking place. Speaking of smoke it's time to remember fire, I mean the P.G. fire fighters. You know, the guys who squirt you along the parade route. Give them a bighand. These people perform a great service along with our ambulance and first alert people. If you see one of them, offer to buy them a free cup of berries. It won't be long, we hope, before we get them a new fire station. Whatever Strawberry Days means to you and yours family it again is a time to pause, give thanks and continually look up-ward and Eastward to the block 'G' which reminds us that we must never be complacent until our city is a city without equal. Hey, and if you have a little extra change, remember Pleasant Grove City workers of all depart-ments. A cold can of pop to a busy policeman, a slice of melon to the street crews, etc. is a welcome gesture of a job well done. To you young people who just graduated under the leadership of Bill Holmann and Jani Jones, con-gratulations. You have had a fine year. Continued success to each and every one. PG Band takes first in Springville The Pleasant Grove Marcfc Band came away withfirstpte' the Springville Art City Days Pe rade last week. The ninety-piec- e band was : competition with four other from Orem, Payson, Spanish Fori and Springville. ft. Under the direction of w ,.. Fullmer, the band is looking and will lead tomorrow's Stn fe berry Days Parade. p Abakesalewillbesponsor f; the band Thursday in fror.:." s Deseret Bank. Proceeds will offset band expenses. , s Catch the "Spirit and Pn the Viking Marching Band asK . perform this summer. Entries still welcome for flower show With the theme of "Our Pioneer Heritage," the Strawberry Days Flower Show will open tomorrow following the parade. The show will be held in the Community Center. Anyone is welcome to enter hor-ticulture or artistic arrangements. Further information can be ob-tained from Shirley Millgate, 226-683- LaVada Winters, 785-617- or Maureen Jorgensen, 785- - 2225. $kaaant (Sroue iKeuteui ISSN No. 2 U.S.P.S. 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