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Show expires 813B'f i ?fk&rait mm Wmuw 'as,1 Grlt Vol. 10, No. 5 Wednesday. Feb. 3. 1988 50 cents a single copy Revised construction plan presented for jr. high addition A revised plan for construction of an addition at the Pleasant Grove High School was presented for consideration of members of the board of education at their Jan. 26 meeting. Dr. Harold Jacklin, District Manager of Physical Facilities and New Construction, said the plan eliminates the proposed greenhouse but includes construction of seven new classrooms, including two science rooms, a computer room, a type room and three regular classrooms. It also includes conversion of the heating system to gas. Jacklin said officials considered renovating some present classrooms to science rooms and building just "regular" classrooms, but it was found to be more cost effective to construct all new science rooms. "It would cost more in the long room to convert the existing rooms," Jacklin said. Cost of the construction is estimated at $860,000, rather than $770,000 as previously projected. Bids on the construction are to be opened Feb. 16, with Oct. 1 shown as the projected completion date. Lindon City Council to review audit report The Lindon City Council will meet in regular session on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Lindon City Hall, 383 W. 300 North. The public is invited to attend. The agenda includes a review of the 1986-8- 7 audit report by Jess Johnson of Wiggins and Co. and an update on the West Side Industrial Sewer Project. The Redevelopment Agency is also slated to address the sewer project. The Agency will hold a discussion on an agreement with Pacific States Steel. The city administrator will review the street light requests and the mayor and city council members will give their departmental reports. An open session will be allowed at the conclusion of the meeting so that the public can address the council. Five minutes will be allotted for each person to speak. :.S!iSSs:M ! sis ? Wis?:; - jmWsSi iPK&;ps - U 1 - i W;:' plillBBiii ss. - - 1 j : ; f " , 1 ."' V if .msm- mm !;?; 1 MllSlPSPHM 5 1.Si.;. 111 & AHHB if till tick it over here arren Gilbert was named MVP by fan vote in the KPGR lonkey Basketball game last week. (Photo by John Hill) Smith honored For community fire safety service Carolyn Smith, a former president the Pleasant Grove Firemen's uxiliary, and her assistant, Eberle Tiith, were honored last week for leir efforts towards educating the lblic on fire safety. Mayor David Holdaway presented Dmmunity Service Awards to the o fireladies in behalf of the city iring a meeting of the auxiliary, e also presented a certificate to the ire Auxiliary for their work on the ograms. Mayor Holdaway said that the city id received a letter from David M. ingree, Chief of Fire Prevention r the state of Utah. In the letter lief Pingree said he wanted to .press their pleasure with Carolyn, ho has worked in various ways ith his department for the past ree years. "She was the head of the Pleasant rove Fire Ladies when the ganization was selected as our organization under e Utah Community Volunteer Fire evention Program," Pingree rote. "Carolyn spearheaded this effort id developed programs which were it only successful, but were stributed throughout the state ider a cooperative project with the TA and the statewide coordinating mmittee," the chief explained. He noted that her efforts and thusiasm to carry the fire evention message to as many ople as possible was one of the key ctors for the Community Volun-s- r Fire Prevention Program in ah becoming a model for the tion. Her efforts later led to her ing selected as the executive ector of the newly formed Utah re Education Association. Because of her willingness to rve and her abilities she was cently selected to act as a con-enc- e coordinator for a national nference the state hosted in ivember. The conference was a sounding success, due mostly to rolyn's efforts, the chief said. Eberle has been the record keeper the fire education programs and s assisted Carolyn these past ee years. rhe Pleasant Grove Fire Ladies :eived the $25,000 grant in 1985. ey purchased 500 smoke detectors lich they gave free of charge to the lerly and to low income families, ey conducted free fire held a family fair in ijunction with the Ambulance sociation and Police Deprtment, ight videos and films which could j shown in the schools and rented ijor home use. Tie second year they received a J,Ant of $17,500 which was used to juire more safety education 'lipment yfhey developed a program which nt into all the schools to teach fire ?'ety. The program was geared for the separate age groups in grade school, then junior high and high school. They leased a little robot fire plug, Pluggy, which they were later able to purchase with outside help to teach children about fire safety. After the Pleasant Grove program was developed, Carolyn was asked to prepare a curriculum for statewide use. In turn, this was then sent back east and lots of states have since copied after it. Of the three states which received grants in 1985 as a pilot program, Utah (Pleasant Grove) was the only one which followed through on the project, Carolyn reported. She said that one state returned the grant and the other dropped it after one year. Since then, the government has been trying to give a grant to 10 states every year for five years until they all have had the program. The Pleasant Grove Fire Ladies have kept the fire safety education program going even though the grant has all been used. Each year they go to the schools and present the programs so that all children are taught and are up to date on fire safety. Carolyn has been all over the United States to speak to state fire people. She travels to each state when it gets a grant to teach them about the program. This week she will be in Florida to explain the program to them. When they were preparing the curriculum, Carolyn said that they came up with the basic concepts of how to get out of a burning house, who they should call and what to do if their house catches fire. They have taught the program to Relief Societies, Primaries, and several adult groups, too, Carolyn explained. Each year they have changed the concepts a little, she addied. They are available to go to any group to discuss fire safety. Those who are interested should contact the Firemen's Auxiliary. Annette Mills is president. Carolyn said that Utah received the National Safety Council Award for two years in a row, the first time this has ever happened. Named last year as a Utah Volunteer of the Year, nominated by the State Fire Marshall's Office, Carolyn is on the National Fire Academy adjunct faculty for public education programs. This academy is in Maryland. She teaches two-wee- k classes several times a year. She teaches Introduction to Public Eduction and an advanced course in the same subject. She said it is quite an honor to be selected to teach at the academy. Carolyn said she is committed to educating the children on fire safety. See Smith Pntfc :i Unusual thefts reported An office aide at Pleasant Grove High School found a gun on Jan. 29 under some steps on the west side of the school, according to a police report. Officer Jay Thornton has in-vestigated the theft. The owner of the gun has not yet been located. Allen M. Bezzant, 540 S. Loader, told officers that three pairs of skis valued at $150, $225, and $225 had been taken from a shed behind his home. Officer Jim Taufer said there are no suspects at this time. Becky Wagstaff, 283 S. Cherry Hill Drive, reported that $300 in cash had been taken from her home. Entry had been made through a basement window. There is a suspect, ac-cording to Officer Randy Shepherd. Nothing else was taken, the officer said. A red Toro snow thrower valued at $350 was taken from a driveway at the home of Joseph Gillies, 595 W. 600 South, Lindon. The snow thrower had been left in the driveway near the house while the family was away for a short time. When they returned it was gone. There are no suspects. Will inmates run USTS laundry? Decision has not been made yet There is a possibility in the nature of sharing, rather than replacing in some of the other administrative services areas, however. Fear that inmates from the prison were going to replace employees at the training school and cause widespread layoffs at the facility prompted Dandoy to call a meeting at the school about two weeks ago to explain proposed changes to the employees. He said at the time that State Sen. John P. Holmgren, Elder and Cache (chairman of the legislative social services and health ap- - propriations committee) had suggested the possibility as a cost cutting measure at the training Whether to use inmates from the Utah State Prison to replace workers in the laundry at the Utah State Training School is still up in the air according to Training School Supt. Jerry Dandoy. "We have a meeting with corrections (Utah Correctional Industries) later this week to go over some figures (in their proposal). It's still under consideration but nothing has been decided," Dandoy said Monday. Discussion, in addition to the. proposal itself, will include when can corrections officials meet with parents of training school residents, when will they meet with American Fork City officials; what is their procedure on public hearings, etc. ' We will go be going over their figures and determine what they mean on various issues - fine tuning the proposal. We know there ap-pears to be a big flat out dollar savings but there are other con-siderations," Dandoy said. UCI (Utah Correctional In-dustries) have indicated that they do not plan to submit any formal proposals other than for operations of the laundry because they do not have a pool of appropriate prisoners to take on further projects at this time. school. If the proposal is accepted, the laundry would be fenced off and made secure. Inmates participating in the project would be Level 5 in-mates. This means they would be close to the end of their sentence and would not be considered high security risks. The training school currently employs the equivalent of 22 full-tim- e positions in the laundry, but the impact would be higher than that since some of the jobs are part time. It is hoped these employees could be placed in other positions if the proposal should be implemented. Sen. Holmgren has said he believes things can be done more efficiently at the training school and still provide active treatment for the youngsters. He said he doesn't want to cut hands-o- n staff, but believes the school maintains too many vehicles, has an excessive number of secretaries, and has other excesses. Under the proposal for the laundry as presented at the employee meeting, cost using the prisoners would be about $240,000 a year compared to the present $511,000 a year because of being able to pay the prisoners less. Delinquent taxes published The 1987 Utah County Delinquent Tax List is being published this year as a public notice by the Lehi Free Press. However, additional copies may be obtained free of charge at the office of this newspaper, 11 South Main, Pleasant Grove, the American Fork Citizen, 59 West Main, American Fork, or at the County Treasurer's office in the Utah County Building in Provo. Leonard Ellis, treasurer of Utah County, reminded property owners of the following: Unless the delinquent taxes together with the cost of publication, penalties and interest are paid before Feb. 29, 1988, he shall have the legal right, pursuant to Title 59, Chapter 10, Section 33, Utah Code Annotated 1953, to sell the real property upon which taxes are a lien to Utah County, in the manner prescribed by law for such taxes, interest, penalties and other costs, excepting only such property as is held by the County under Certificate of Tax Sale. Pageant auditions start j Auditions begin today for 1988 production Auditions will be Wednesday, Feb. 3. through Saturday for the 1988 production of Utah Pageant of the Arts. Teenagers and adults are especially needed for three casts of. 85 each, which will appear in two-wee- k shifts during the run of the "living pictures" production, June 13 July 23 at American Fork High Auditorium. Auditions will be from 6-- 9 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Pageant Center. 454 N. Center, American Fork. Prospective cast members will need to fill out an application, have their picture taken, and bo measured. The lfilh annual Pageant will recreate some 40 pieces of painting, sculpture, and illustration in an all-ne-show, according to David O. Krockbank. producing director. Among them are "Chinese Mirror Painting." storybook watcrcolor children. Lladro porcelain, orange crate labels, and bronze figurines by Erte. Three old favorites will be repeated, including Mia Krantz's bronze pieces of children at play, Michelangelo's "La Pieta." and the popular Gainsborough-Lawrenc- e duet of "Blue Boy" and "Pinkie." For more information, phone the Pageant office. 75fw2()7. Utah Pageant of the Arts staff member Tanja Brock bank measures prospective cast member Mindy Swenson in special Pageant photo booth. Residents warned about telephone solicitations Frank Mills, Pleasant Grove fireman and Public Works Director, warned the public this week that residents are receiving telephone solicitations purportedly to raise funds to help pay for the new fire engine. Mills said that no one is authorized to raise funds for this purpose via telephone solicitation. He suggests that residents not make any donations to anyone for this purpose until they have checked it out with the police department or fire chief. He said that the fire department has not been contacted by any organization to conduct this type of fundraising and the department is not involved in any way. Rabies clinic slated for Sat., Feb. 20 A Rabies Clinic will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove City Shops, 326 W. 200 South. The cost will be $7 per animal to be vaccinated. Dogs need to be vac-cinated every two years against rabies, according to Animal Control Officer Kurt Bean. Dog licenses will be sold at the time of the clinic. The licenses are $5 or $2 for spayed and neutered dogs. For further information call Of-ficer Bean at the Pleasant Grove Police Department, 785-350- |