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Show expire I District will name p new Supt. May 24 B;... I . "it; A new superintendent is expected to be named for the Alpine School District by May 24. according to Jan Lewis, president of the district board of education. Supt. Clark L. Cox, current superintendent, will retire at the end of June after having served five years in the position. Headline for applying for the position was April 29, officials said. Since then a selection committee has been reviewing applications in order to narrow the list down for board interviews. j "We are participating in the first , phase of selection" and expect to announce the new superintendent "by May 24," Mrs. Lewis said. "We feel we have a good variety of applicants," Mrs. Lewis said, although she would not release the number of applicants who had ap-plied. "It was a little under 30," she said, adding there were "quite a group from around the state" as well as "several from out of state." Mrs. Lewis said the applicant review committee is "quite a representative, knowledgeable, and assertive committee" and is made up of representatives of "groups we deal with on a regular basis and other community members." Board members will be in-terviewing applicants "in the next couple of weeks," Mrs. Lewis said. H - . J' Vol. 10, No. 19 Wednesday, May 11, 1988 50 cents a single copy Queen pageant this Saturday night Lisa Hollis, Miss Pleasant Grove for 1987, will relinquish her crown Saturday at the Strawberry Days Queen Pageant slated for 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School Auditorium. Contestants in this year's pageant are Suzanne Smith, Shannon Bat-chelo- r, Kristen Williams, Vallerie Peterson, Andrea Holdaway, Jenie Smith, Jani Jones and Kristen Brinkerhoff. Iowa Hall will be the Master of Ceremonies for the pageant. The well-know- n Pleasant Grove educator was born in Wellington, Utah, and moved to Pleasant Grove, when he was in the 10th grade. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School and attended BYU graduating with a Masters Degree in education. A teacher for 31 years, he in-stituted many fine programs in outdoor education working not only with students but also teachers and principals during the summer months in Clear Creek and Ephraim Canvon. Iowa has served as bishop of the Pleasant Grove Fifth Ward and served a fulltime mission in the Ohio, Columbus Mission. He and his wife have a large family and he loves to have the children and grandchildren in their home. He enjoys making toys with wood for the children to play with and to sell. The theme for the pageant this year is "Puttin' On the Ritz". The pageant will open with a production number done by the contestants which was choreographed by Marie Balcer. The public is invited to attend the pageant. Tickets can be purchased from the contestants or that evening at the door for $3.50. Lisa will perform a piano solo, "Mazeppa," Transcendental Etudes on the program. She will also compete in the Miss Utah pageant this summer. She will crown the new Miss Pleasant Grove at the conclusion of the pageant. Lisa is a student at BYU where she is majoring in education. She is listed on the National Dean's List, an honor that only .5 percent of the college students receive. She has maintained a 3.98 GPA at BYU. Lisa enjoys tennis, rapelling, backpacking, river running, hor-seback riding, cross-countr- y skiing and winter camping, and she is an avid hunter. She is a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School and LDS Seminary. She was an honor student school and was president of the Drill Team and was active in A Cappella Choir both as an ac-companist and a vocalist. The new queen and the two run-ners-- will serve as the Strawberry Days Royalty and will reign over those events along with par-ticipating in the other parades in the valley this summer. The contestants will select Miss Congeniality from their number i '7' . - f' i I r f I f A I t - k J Iowa Hall Strawberry Days Queen Lisa Hollis will give up crown Saturday. prior to the pageant and she will receive a special award, as will the girl who sells the most tickets for the pageant. The contestants will be honored at a luncheon on Saturday afternoon, after which they will begin the series of events with the judges, including the interview and swimsuit com-petition. During the pageant each girl will be introduced following the production number, each will present a talent number, and then they will appear in evening dress for the final competition. ' ' . ', f - 4 ' ; lVvV ' - - i r ,f Vt - k. f i ; ,: ' s;U 1 V!' . V , .x A .'hi'" my' , . , , ' r hi vx. , ;'r' u ; I X N- - 5 . " X r V- ' 5 i v k N 1 ' - 1 , ' " t i ' i V . V -- - i:r ... - . v , V ft . ! " l q ,i ; - ? . v Z ; - ' n- r , .,;' c a EAST f , ' .' - AUG" ' .1 f V6.K jMike O. Hill, new superintendent of Timpanogos Cave, looks over his new stewardship. )$Timp supt. plans --few changes By RACHEL C. MURDOCH 3 Michael O. Hill, a veteran f the National Park Service, took ver this season as the new Park Superintendent of Timp Cave Rational Monument. - He said his supervision will not ause immediate changes at the ark, and he will basically continue lie projects and precedents set by reviews superintendents. "I have an attitude that if 'it ain't 'roke, don't fix it,' " said Hill. We're fortunate here to have an xcellent maintenance staff, some f whom have been here for 20 or 30 ears. We also have guides who ep coming back year after year," esaid. This continuity has helped make park a well-ru- n one with few roblems. 'Some of these people just keep oming back, and their concern for ark resources is really valuable," aid Hill. "Their efforts make my b much easier." sme projects which will be ontmued by Hill include resur-!cin- g the visitor's center parking its in May, building new retaining 'a"s in the river to prevent further rosion, and construction of a "ture trail which will allow visitors to view the cave trom a distance Before entering the Park Service. Hill attended Humbolt State University in his native ('alilornia His schooling was mlerupted In a two-yea- r and eight month stint in Vietnam as a member nt the Marine Corps. Following his return, he graduated from Humbolt state with a degree in Natural Hesource Planning "I got into the Park Service realh by accident." Hill said He nad worked as a cowboy a real cowboy working with cows. Hill said "1 decided to see il I could get a job in a national park one year, and they were having trouble finding people who knew livestock well enough to be a horse ranger said Hill. He ended up with a job as a back country horse ranger in Sequoia National Park that summer and tor the next four summers. He worked an additional season at the Channel Islands National Monument in 1976. then took a permanent job as Horse Patrol Supervisor at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Hill has worked full-tim- e in the Park Service since that time. He See 1 1 1 I.I. on page 2 New sewer line will open southwest PL Grove A sewer line extension into the area of 850 West, south of Center Street was approved by Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday and it is expected that this will open up this entire area to development. Lee Wimmer, city engineer, said that all of the property owners have gone along with granting the easement. The extension was needed for the development of the Westcon property north of the present Westroc site. The company plans to build their corporate headquarters in that area. The project will be funded by Pleasant Grove City, the Pleasant Grove Industrial Development Commission and Westcon. The council noted that the ex-tension of the sewer line which will continue through to Sam White's Lane, is badly needed and should generate more development through this industrial area. One of the property owners asked if he could use the drain which will be installed around the sewer line through his easement for irrigating his ground. The council approved him putting in turnouts for this irrigation water. In other action, the council set the bid opening for Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. followed by a public hearing, on the fencing of the Murdock Canal through Pleasant Grove. The fence is being installed at the expense of the government as part of the agreement between Pleasant Grove City and the Bureau of Land Management for the J-- pipeline going through the city. This meeting will probably be held in the meeting room in new library and senior citizen center. The council decided that bids for the the landscaping of the railroad underpass area must be in by June 7. The council has agreed that the native plant landscaping would be the best way to go since irrigating the area would be extremely dil-- I as well as expensive After the first year, the native plants would require little main-tenance. The UDOT has agreed to expend $40,000 toward the landscaping project. It will be available after July 1. The planting probably will not be done before fall, however. The city council voted to ask the Post Office to move the mail collection box, which is presently located west of the city hall, to the northwest corner of that building. The councilmembers stated that it is difficult to see and difficult to get to at the present site. At the proposed location people could come through the city hall drive-u-p window area and reach the box easily. The council approved the ap-pointment of Danny Smith to the Tri-Cit- y Golf Course Committee. Another person will be added in the near future. City Recorder K. A. Driggs and Deputy Recorder Charmaine Childs have been asked to serve as representative and alternate to the Utah Finance Cooperative II Agreement for the city. The council declared the week of May 2 through May 6 as National Drinking Water Week. Mayor David Holdaway noted that the city is seeking exemption from some of the new water testing regulations because the city's water has tested out so well in every test. He said that the new EPA tests will be quite expensive and the city would like to save as much as it can through the testing procedures. The new library and senior citizen center update was presented by Councilman Lloyd Ash. He said that they plan to move the books from the old library to the new one on May 23. An open house for the public to see the library will probably be held on June 4 if all goes as planned. He also noted lhat the power poles west of the new structure will be removed and Ihe power lines will be placed undergrounH Thn irawr IpvpI of the building is already completely carpeted. The Council gave approval to Jim Gillman of Deseret Bank to move an easement in the Autumn Cove Subdivision. He said that the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City had received the easement in 1941 for a water pipe line blow off which goes through one of the lots in the sub-division. Without the easement being moved, it would be impossible to develop lot 12, Gillman said. The proposal was to move the easement on the city's master plan as recommended by the city's Planning Commission. The water district was requiring authorization from Pleasant Grove City to run water down to a catch basin. The easement was granted as platted. The area will be developed later and when it is the city agreed to require the developers to pipe water down to the proposed dedicated street. Liability for flooding in case of disaster would not stay with Pleasant Grove City but would revert to the Metropolitan Water Dist. of Salt Lake City. The blowoffs are located about every quarter mile. The council was told that the original easement was based on the lay of the land and the natural drainage. Since 1941 there has been a lot of changes and the drainage is different than it was then. The council approved the con-ditional use permit for construction of the Pleasant Grove Fifteenth Ward chapel near 745 N. 600 West. The council also was told that certification classes are required by the state now for those who operate day care centers. Those who have a day care center will be allowed three months to complete the training and then they will be required to have a business license and comply with the state law. Demos to convene in Am. Fork American Fork will host the Utah ''ounty Democratic nominating convention Saturday at American Fork High School, 510 N. 600 East. Party delegates from throughout the county will gather at the school to nominate candidates to represent Utah County Democrats in the upcoming November election. Party members will also hear from candidates for state office, adopt a 1988 county platform and elect delegates to attend the Utah State Convention June 25 in Salt Lake City. County delegates, selected at the recent district caucuses, will only vote on one race. Glen Hawkins and ' iene Faux are both competing for the Democratic nomination for two-ea- r county commissioner. It either candidate can win votes irom 7o percent of the county delegates, he will run the general election on Nov. 8. If neither can-didate can generate that much support, they will face off in the primary election on Sept. 13. Delegates from Legislative District (id. in Orem, will also have a contest to vote on between Helen Weeks and Glen Zimmerman. Keynote speaker for the con-vention will be Rep. Beverly White, a state legislator from Utah who has been elected to her office for 10 consecutive terms. Also in attendance will be Ted Wilson, candidate for governor; Brian Moss, candidate for U.S. Senate; Robert Stringham and Craig Oliver, candidates for U.S. Congress; and Paul Van Dam and Zane Gill, candidates for state at-torney general. Other candidates being nominated to county office are: Eldon Money, incumbent for the stale senate; and the following for state represen-tatives, Lars Jenkins, District 57; LaVon W. Laursen, District 58; Berdean Jarman, District 59; James Petterrson. District and in-cumbents Glen Bird. District 65; Tim Moran. District 66; and Drew Daniels. District 67. Anyone in-terested is invited to attend the convention, although only selected delegates will be able to vote. Jrimp cave tours begin or 1988 summer season cave tours began at Timpanogos ve National Monument Saturday, ay 7, according to Superintendent "chael 0. Hill. Tickets for tours can be pur-ase- d at the visitor center between fm. and 3:30 p.m., daily, at a cost w for 16 years and older, $2 for x through 15. Under six years is Persons with Golden Age (aPrts, 62 years and older, are Visitors are encouraged to wear uray, comfortable walking shoes ,r 'he strenuous l'vmile hike to le caves and bring sweaters or pickets for the tour through the damp, 4:s degree temperature inside the caves. All tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis and ad-vanced reservations are not taken. Because of the large increase in visitation in recent years, visitors frequently must wail one-hal- f hour to two hours before hiking to the caves during weekends and holidays. In addition to cave tours, the area facilities include a visitor center with exhibits, a free slide program, snack bar and gilt shop, picnic areas and a short nature trail. |