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Show 7 40 expires .?u 7 r. , & SONS f7 BOOKDINDERY i RAILROAD STREET ' U" R gpRINGPORT MI cjG4 f" VoU 1 ' No-3- 4 Wednesday, August 23, 1989 50 cents a single copy Firefighters contain 'canyon Maze ' .r v. :....- - " , ;j V v ... j. .... V i' ; .: ,t ' ? "'...., j !, ' .T trv rts-- " ...,, ..." vt""' "' :'.-'..- , '"' f - J( J, ' - - , , .- - - . - 1 ' - r .... -- - ' $ ' 'A 5 . ... I r " ' ' " t.t s , I ; fire in American Fork Can-- I 'scontainedbylastWednes-- ! evening, according to a spokes-man for the Uinta National For" "forest spokesperson Loyal Clark :ifire fighters were able to build X line containing the fire after ilicopter dropped water on the ' ftehelicopter had been used to .jke water drops on the fire Ljghout Wednesday, dampen-- , the fire and helping bring it --V control. "Located in the cliffs near the jith of American Fork Canyon, j, fighters had a hard time get-:jt- o the fire because of the steep-s- s of area. Ms. Clark said about the fire aj spread over about 20 acres of pod by Wednesday, and was erring in pinon, juniper and coni-- t Twenty fire fighters from San ta National Forest in Colorado Hon the scene Wednesday. They slated a 24 person crew had been lie fire earlier. 1'edon t want to lose any more i;lershed acres than we have to," dDon Nebeker, Uinta National ":rest supervisor, as he viewed the ii fighting efforts. Ms. Clark said crews were at tempting to keep the fire from jumping a mudslide that came off the mountain in the same general area last year. She said the helicopter water drops were really helping crews, who were hampered by the steep terrain of the area. The helicopter began making almost continuous drops through- out most of the day Wednesday. Water for the chopper was being pumped out of American Fork River into Pleasant Grove Fire Depart- ment's tanker truck. The tanker then went to a flat area in the foothills and pumped the water into a large tank. The helicopter pilot dipped his bucket into the tank in order to fill it. Don Rudert, a pilot with Classic Helicopters, said about 40 gallons were dropped at a time. Heat, wind, and elevation helped determine how much could be car-ried in the capacity bucket. He quipped it took about 3 min-utes to go into the fire and 30 sec-onds to come back a lot shorter time than the 2 12 hours it took fire crews to walk into the blaze. "It's located on an incredibly steep ridge," Rudert said. In making the water drops, Rudert said you have to be careful so you aren't too high that the water doesn't do any good. If you are too low, however, the rotor can spread the fire. The helicopter crew had beert back from the fires in Salmon, Idaho only three or four days when they were called to the American Fork Canyon fire. Visitors to American Fork Can-yon and Timpanogos Cave National Monument were inconvenienced Wednesday as Highway 92 was closed most of the day as a safety measure during helicopter use. Vehicles were let through peri-odically as the helicopter set down for refueling and pilot break. The highway was opened about 4 p.m. Ms. Clark said the fire was started Monday afternoon about 4 p.m. by a lightning strike. Crews were on the scene that evening but were unable to contain the blaze. Smoke from the blaze attracted sight seers to American Fork Can-yon and adjacent roads as indi-viduals attempted to see the source of the fire. A Pleasant Grove fireman over-seeing the filling of the tanker was amazed when one motorist said, when told the fire had been started by lightning, said it wasn't possible for lightning to start a fire. "He hasn't seen many fires," the longtime fire fighter said. Helicopter lifts bucket of water out of holding tank before carrying it to the fire in American Fork Canyon last week. Hospital's Back-to-Scho- ol Health Fair Friday The fourth annual American Fork Hospital Back-to-Scho- Children's Health Fair will be held Friday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the hospital (170 N. 1100 East in American Fork). All activities and presentations are open to the pub-lic and are free of charge. "American Fork Hospital is pleased to sponsos this event each year as a community service," says Administrator Craig Smedley. The fair helps children learn about good health in a fun environment, and it also lets them know that the hospi-tal is their friend." At the health fair, children will be able to participate in fun activi-ties dealing with many facets of health. Attractions will include a first-ai- d trail, a "junior surgeon" operating room, an EKG "heart-beat" booth, a muscle workout sta-tion, nutrition games, laboratory and exploration posts, a "fun with dental health" booth, safety displays, ambulance rides, a growth-assessme- nt station, a talking ambulance robot, and more. The Utah County Health De-partment, North Utah County Dentist's Association, and Ameri-can Fork Police Department will all be participating in the fair. In addition to health-relate- d activities, children attending the fair will enjoy carnival rides, clowns, magic shows, sno-cone- s, and cot-ton candy. Everything is free. Many free gifts will also be given out including a 64-pa- emergency guide (one per family), full-col-wall growth charts, coloring books and crayons, and much more. In addition, there will be several draw-ings for valuable prizes. For more information about the Back-to-Scho- Children's Health Fair, call 763-350- 5. "ity Council approves sale of onds for water improvements Construction should begin this mi the new water improvements Pleasant Grove as a result of the council giving approval for the .! if water revenue bonds, la last week's meeting the coun-- I authorized Larry Denham of ::th Capital, a division of Zions iii, to proceed with the sale. Hie council approved a resolu-1- 3 which authorizes the issuance Series Awater revenue bonds for itmorethan $166,000 and Series revenue bonds for not more 5510,000. IJecity would like to have the fes in and the new two mil-lion water tank installed by W summer. to will add better water pres- sor the north part of the city ""ill become a part of the Bat-Bee-k System, t connection with this, the ;1 approved the purchase of Worthe new water tank at rf$35,000. This includes the lit Prperty plus a sever" ' other matters, in prepara-th- e recodification of the nances, the council approved recommendations from the 5 ll0n Which of the laws k6pt' rePealed or ieajed ,Se,old alcono1 ordinance was ""le(1tornake it more constitu tional. It specifies how far away from a church or school alcohol can be sold, a schedule of fees is given, prohib-ited activities where alcohol is sold, selling alcohol to minors, and being of legal age (21) to sell alcohol. An ordinance dealing with wa-ter connection fees and water me-ters was approved. The council also passed an ordi-nance adopting the Land Develop-ment Code 1985 edition. Also included was approval for an ordinance establishing a resi-dential district Rl-- 7 which had inadvertently been omitted when other zoning ordinances were changed a few years ago. The council repealed several sections of the city code to provide consistance with state law. They are also amending several sections of the city code for the same reason. The city council approved the establishment of two new account-ing funds. One will be the Internal Service Fund for disability and unemployment liability. The other is the Friends of the Library Fund to keep track of donations to the library. The council decided on the word-ing for the new water shutoff no-tices. These will be cards which will be placed on the doorknob of those homes which are two months behind in their city utility pay-ments. The homeowner will then have five days in which to contact the city hall about their delinquent bill prior to the water actually being turned off. A plan was discussed for a par-tially self--funded health insurance for city employees. The city would put in a sum of money and work as a partner with an insurance company. This would save the city some money on health insurance premiums. In addition, the fund would col-lect interest as long as no large claims against it were submitted. The council will consider this proposal again at a later date. Members of the Strawberry Days Rodeo Committee met with the city council to discuss the costs for a new fence which was put in re-cently. The costs were believed to be shared by both the Rodeo Com-mittee and the city. The Rodeo Committee also dis-cussed using the Rodeo Arena for more activities during the year so that it can generate some revenue. It was noted that the Pleasant Grove Rodeo Grounds is recognized nationally as a very fine arena. The improvements which have been put in the past few years have made it a place where cowboys and others like to perform. Manila residents can now water three days a week Manila Water Company Presi-dent Russell Schow has announced that because of customers diligently following the water schedule for July and August they may now water on three days each week. Schow said that the earlier ef-forts had successfully leveled out the demand for water so that the pumps and spring have been able to meet the needs of the system. The rationing of water became necessary early in July when it was discovered that a rupture had oc-curred in the core of the main well serving the Manila Culinary Water System. The crack will be fixed this fall when heavy outside water use is no longer required. The auxiliary well has been put into use, along with the main well, and this has main-tained the system thus far. The company is still askingusers to continue the odd and even day use of outside water. If your house number ends in an even number you may use the water for outside watering on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. . If your house number ends in an odd number you m ay use the water for outside watering on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Manila Elementary School and the old Manila Church should water on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Manila Stake Center and the parks should water on Tues-day, Thursday and Saturday. No outside watering should be done on Sunday. Schow said that they are en-couraging those without automatic sprinkler systems to water before 10 in Vhe mornings or after 7 at night. Those with automatic sprinkler systems should water during the middle of the night on the indi-cated days. This will provide the most effi-cient use of the available water. Schow thanked all customers for their cooperation with the wa-ter schedule and noted that this new schedule will provide adequate water for drinking, fire protection and outside watering. Cards win LiF League state title The Cards continued to play great baseball as they went into the state tournament undefeated and the champions of the Pleasant Grove league. The state tournament was fun but the Cards were never really tested, as they won all five games in four innings by the 10-ru- n rule. The pick up pitchers did a great job. Danny Campbell from the Angels won the first game. Jimmy Anderson from the Braves won the second game. Mike McMurtrey from the Expos won the third and fourth games, with Cody Knuteson getting the save. In the championship game, Cody Knuteson went the distance, win-ning 17-- The team played great defense with only one error in five games. Nathan Duvall at shortstop and Jeremy Walker at second base turned in great performances up the middle, turning two double plays. Ryan Jensen at third base took away the bunt, playing great de-fense. The outfield, led by Cam Baker, Damon Smith and Tom Rasmussen, threw out several runners trying to take an extra base, and played solid defense the entire tournament. The Cards have won the league and state tournament for three years in a row. It always takes a little luck to win a state tournament, but this year's Cards h ave worked very hard. The Cards played in the Pleas-ant Grove league, played in the Lindon League and practiced two times each week. Many hours in the batting cage is the main reason the Cards aver-aged 17 runs per game for the sea-son. Coaches Jay Walker and Gary Knuteson have put in many hours working with the team and want to thank the players for their dedica-tion. These two coaches will be mov-ing to other leagues next year, leav-ing it up to someone else to make it four state tournaments in a row for Pleasant Grove. Thanks to all the Cardinal play-ers and coaches for representing the league and the city of Pleasant' Grove in such an outstanding manner. ?inal preparations made or PG Community Fair Co rvjwoman Mary West said 'committee is in the final a! Pit preParation for the an-- J i tantGrove Community will be held on Satur- - tsL-,ln0tll- Downtown Park, tmues will begin with a Niau ony at 7 a.m. and ikwi ,ly after that the Lions ' Davii cooking breakfast ''lend fr evervone who Uns will use the proceeds j. ePrJectsinthecommu- - ..t ill be served until A'iofth tftoni will be H r a'm Until 6 p.m. in l5nityCenter,Rec. iJds ng' or at the Rodeo ' !cC0fArtsa"d Crafts, is are the various Se 7R?acron Atwood, Tole : Ruth Shoe11' !tylar; ;Carmel Clay and Jensen, Crochet and Handwork, 785-405- 9. Games for the family will be under the direction of Ann Bown and will be held in the park. Kathy Draper, 785-618- will be in charge of the produce, fruits and vegetables. The popular classic car show will be chaired by John Linebaugh, 785-401- It will be held on the east side of the Community Center. Fine Arts will be handled by Lynn Adamson, 785-214- Shirley Millgate of the Garden Club will supervise the Flower Show. Call her at 226-683- The Senior Citizens will have fun projects and displays going on. They can be reached at 785-2- 8 18. Mametta Johnson, 785-313- will take care of the tours of the Pioneer Museum and Log Cabin for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers All 4-- Club activities will be directed by Holly Stansfield, 785- - 3013. A very enjoyable event for all horse fanciers will be the Rodeo Fun Day at the Rodeo Grounds under the direction of Brenda Nielsen, 785-473- The Kiwanis Auction will be held at the Park Pavilion at 11 a.m. Call 785-211- 2 or 785-453- 7 if you have useable items to donate to. this auction. Proceeds go for commu-nity service projects. The only event at the fair that you can really enjoy most while sitting down is the Talent Show which will be held at the Pavilion from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Community Service Awards will be presented first and this will be followed by outstanding enter-tainment throughout the afternoon. Vicki Young, 785-457- would like to hear from you if you would like to perform on the program. Harley Jacobs and Randy Hoyt, 785-352- are in charge of commer-cial booth space for the event. Contact them if your group would like to sell food or other items dur-ing the day. Everyone in the community is invited to the fair. Don't miss it. Mark it now on your calendar. Lindon City reviews new SID's, selects election judges Lindon City Engineer Dave Thurgood met with the Lindon City Council on Aug. 16 for a work ses-sion reviewing costs and procedures for the proposed Special Improve-ment Districts. New special districts to be added to the SID's this year are located at 400 North from 200 East to 400 East, 100 South from 400 West to 600 West, and 200 South from 800 West to Geneva Road. The funds for the project were projected at $270,238 from the participating fund, $107,315 from theClassCfund and $148,853 from capital improvements. UDOT will be contributing $30,571. Action was taken on the alco-holic beverage ordinance. An up-dated version was passed amend-ing the city code and the effective date was revised. David Christofferson met with the council for a review of code requirements to sell raw goats milk. He has eight goats, a small produc-tion, and sells the milk from his home. The home occupation is inspected often and found to be neat and clean. Christofferson received a license as he met the qualifications for state and county health regulations. The election judges for the Nov. 7 election were selected. In District 1, Ila Johansson, Audra Hooley, Marilyn Kanick, Barbara Larson and Jeanene Allen were appointed. In District 2, Carol Chidester, Verna Benn, Leone Shumway and Vera Winfield were selected. Robert Steele reported he was pleased with the Lindon Fair. Dan Peterson reported the prog-ress on road improvements. An increased salary for the judge and clerk was also approved. |