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Show Alpine District to continue graduation prayers Alpine School District will continue the prac-lc- e of allowing pravers as part of the district's graduation rites, Di Steven Baugh, district superintendent, said Monday. in a prepared statement, Baugh said the prayers at graduation rites have be",ong-standin- g tradition. this ceremonial function does not viola'- -, in anyway that we are aware of, our students.' religious rights or personal freedom," Baugh says. "Indeed, the very intent of the policy is to protect the individual rights and freedoms of all of our students. "We view these public utterances as expres-sions of gratitude for the advantages of living in a free society where public education is an inher-ent right." Baugh said the district doesn't condone nor permit the use of prayers for the promotion of specific theologies or personal religious beliefs. "Other than this universal expression per-mitted at graduation, the Alpine School District does not permit the use of prayers of any type in individual classrooms or on other school pro-grams or assemblies held during the school day," he said. He concluded, "If it is determined that the Alpine District is in violation of the law regard-ing our students' religious freedoms, we will discontinue the practice." Earlier this year, Jordan District in Salt Lake County, said it was discontinuing prayers at high school graduation because a lawsuit had been filed challenging denominational prayers at Brighton High School. VoL U No-4- 8 Wednesday, November 22, 1989 50 cents a single copy New Christmas lights go up Thursday. Mayor DavidHoldaway has said that the old decorations that have been used on Main Street for many years had served well but their time was passed. The city council ' was pleased with the new banners which will be used this year. jhere will be a new look in Pleas-tGrovef- Christmas this year, ""public Works Director Frank gs said that the city's Christmas ;. . wiH be turned on on Thanks-Lnov- . 23. there will also be This year beautiful new Christmas banners hanging from the poles on Main Street and on Center Street from HaintolOOWest. The trees on Main St. will be Aw with lights as in years past. The main emphasis for Christ-flight- s will be at the new city library where the entire building jillbeoutlined in tiny white lights. The 21 trees around the build ing will be festive with colored lights The Parks Dept. has made a metal tree form on the front lawn of the library which will also be lighted. Mills said that the goal of the city is to add more lights each year until they can even have all of the trees in the Downtown Park filled with Christmas lights. The Chamber of Commerce is assisting in the purchase of the new Christmas decorations for the city. Mills noted that there will be no formal lighting ceremony, but the lights will be put in place on Main Street and at the city library so that they will be lighted at dark on v f i f . 1 r x f, ; . ''.. ' ' i - i ' : i i ..... . . i ' . v. - : t , ' , , r . ' t ' ' : ' 1 " I . .4 f ' . J I " 'v ' ' 1 i. ; t I f r ..J l ... . '.: i t A i t , , . . s Pleasant Grove City Parks Supt. Deon Giles and co-workers, Paul Giles (on ladder), trim the trees on Main Street prior to strining Christmas lights in the trees for the upcoming holidays. Little Silver Lake dam may be breached A meeting was being held yes-terday by all parties involved to decide whether Little Silver Lake Dam in the North Fork of Ameri-can Fork Canyon will be breached. Invited to attend the meeting, called by State Representative Donald LeBaron were representatives of the American Fork Irrigation Company, Pleas-ant Grove Irrigation Company, Lehi Irrigation Company, the Utah Dam Safety Division, the Forest Serv-ice, Division of Wildlife Resources and interested individuals. Farrell Larson, president of the American Fork Irrigaiton Company, said the three irrigation companies intend to breach the lake's dam as they have been ordered not that they want to, but they don't have the funds to repair it. He estimated it would take between $50,000 and $60,000 to do the necessary re-pairs. Because of the dams location within the Lone Peak Wilderness Area, irrigation companies can't reach it with mechanized equip-ment and the irrigation companies have been ordered to either repair the dam or breach it because of . unsafe conditions. Richard Hall, director of the Utah Dam Safety Division, said the out-let to the dam is obstructed, the spillway partially blocked, and the upstream face of the dam eroded. He issued an order to the com-panies to submit a plan to breach the structure by Nov. 15, and threat-ened to obtain an injunction to force the action if he did not hear from them. LeBaron scheduled the Nov. 21 meeting in the State Engineer's Office in Salt Lake City in an effort to resolve the issue. Larson said American Fork Irri-gation Company owns 63 percent of the water interests in the lake and is the managing partner. The remaining water interests are owned by Lehi and Pleasant Grove. He said the companies don't want to lose the water rights they hold in the small lake. He explained the dam was a natural lake to begin with. Later however, the irrigation companies erected a dam to enlarge its capac-ity to between 300 and 400 acre feet of water. He said even if the dam were to be breached, there will still be a small lake remaining, one holding about 100 acre feet of water. "We don't want to turn it into a fishery and lose 300 to 400 acre feet of water impounded behind the dam. It would be a one-tim- e loss, but we aren't willing to have the water remain impounded forever." He did not anticipate serious problems for the companies if the dam is breached, because they should still be able to store the water in the Silver Lake Reservoir below Little Silver Lake. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the irrigation companies have the dam under a special use permit. Larson said several years ago, the Division of Wildlife Resources required the irrigation companies to do some work on the dam, but the Forest Service wouldn't allow any equipment in the area. "We took a crew of Mexican workers in and completed a lot of hand work," he said. Later, irrigation company offi-cials hired a large tractor with tracks to go in to do repair work but it was unable to reach the dam because of the steepness of the area. He said it would take a great deal of expense or hand labor to do the repairs on it. "People nowadays don't want to go in with wheel barrow, shovel and hand tools and do the work," he said and in order to repair it, the irrigation companies would need to build a road to get equipment in. Officials have said if the dam should break there would be mini-mum danger and minimum dam-age to the environment. The forest service recently im-proved the trailhead in the north fork, installed restrooms and pro-vided a parking area, he said. Murder suspect appears Dean Paul Thomburg, 19, of 3687 2200 W., West Valley City, app-eared before Judge Robert Sum-iio- n in Provo's 4th Circuit Court Monday to hear first degree mur-isrcharg-filed against him in the Sov. 15 death of Sidney Yamasaki, a Yamasaki's body was discovered Nov. 15 by hikers in Battle Creek Canyon above Pleasant Grove. He iidbeen shot twice. Thornburg is charged with capi-j- l homicide, a first degree felony; aggravated robbery, a second de-gree felony; and theft of an oper-able motor vehicle, a second degree felony. Judge Sumsion ordered him held without bail. The suspect was arrested in a road block early Friday morning near Cedar City . He was flown back to Provo to face charges. The homicide is being investi-gated by the Utah County Sheriffs Office. Amnesty offered d The State of Utah is going to lange to a statewide warrant vstens ia January. In preparation 'or this they are offering a limited imnesty on outstanding warrants irtraffic and other misdemeanor lenses from Monday, Nov. 20, irough Friday, Dec. 1. It a warrant is outstanding for jiiir arrest for failure to take care it traffic citation or other type of "idemeanor charge, you will have aopportunity during the amnesty wiod to resolve the warrant. Ways in which this can be done itoappear voluntarily before the surt clerk between the hours of 8 and 6 p.m. You may pay the untof the initial bail only. Any itecharges or warrant service fees be waived. i If the offense does not require i prance before a judge, as in , y traffic offenses, and the ( 'Want was issued by a Circuit t, you may pay the penalty to clerk of any Circuit Court loca tion in the state, not necessarily the location where the warrant was issued. For warrants issued by a Jus-tice Court, you will need to go to the location where the warrant was issued. If the offense does require ap-pearance before a judge, more seri-ous offenses such as DUI or reck-less driving, you must go to the court location where the warrant was issued and make arrangements with the court clerk for an appear-ance before the judge. Payments must be made in cash or by money order. You may enter a "Not Guilty" plea and request a trial setting. This must be done in the court location where the warrant was issued. If you are not sure whether a warrant is outstanding against you, or whether your offense requires an appearance before the judge, you may call the court and ask. Children can enter recipes Children up to age 12 are en-- J couraged to get out their aprons and cookbooks to prepare for the children's cooking contest, sponsored by this newspaper. Prizes will be awarded in two age groups: eight and under, and from nine to 12. First place winners in each divi-sion will receive $30. Second place winners will be awarded $20. The recipes for "Children's Holi-day Treats" must be submitted in the child's handwriting. We ask parents to check each one for accu-racy. Recipes plus a sample prepared by the child and large enough for a p. jl of six judges are due Friday, The may be brought to the Ameri-can Fork office, 59 W. Main, during regular office hours Monday through Friday. The Lehi office, (in Laney's at 86 W. Main) and the Pleasant Grove office (11 S. Main) can accept entries only on Fridays and Mon- - a'l offices will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23 and 24. The holiday treats may be of any type, includingcookies and candies. Judging will be on taste, texture, eye appeal, originality, complete-ness and accuracy of recipe, and suitability for children's cooking. This paper will publish as many of the recipes as possible during December. If you have questions, call Newtan News at 756-766- ; Newspaper offices I to close Friday ' Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, offices of ' th's newspaper will be closed Thurs., Nov. 23 and n., N'ov. 24. Deadline for the next issue will be Monday as usual with regular office hours. lls- - V,N"' iiS5S, Av j'' I ' - ' r. - ! vv1 r " 4, ' Jsi ? If V mas I, : Debbie Hanson leads the crowd in the Ibigwa Japan Marathon. Hanson wins Japan marathon Pleasant Grove's Debbie Han-son has won first place in the women's division of the Ibigwa, Japan marathon which was held on Nov. 12. Debbie was among 4,000 run-ners in the race. Debbie had won first place in the Women's Division of the St. George Marathon just five weeks before. It is difficult for a runner to participate in two marathons that close together but this was a spe-cial situation. St. George and Ibigwa, Japan are trying to set up a sister-cit- y relationship. The first place win-ners in the St. George Marathon were invited to participate in the Ibigwa Marathon as guests of that city. The mens and womens division winners and the men and womens Masters Division (40 and over) were invited to go to Ibigwa, Debbie said. They were the only Americans in the race. They were in Japan for one week. Debbie said that the people there treated them like celebrities with TV cameras and opening ceremo-nies. See Hanson Page 3 : families sought : for newspaper : Christmas project i iv 'W newsPaPer is seeking the ' Z 7 of neecJy families in this i for Christmas, i j, e neeJ names, ages, clothing JapndLf Hst of specific needs," .jc Publisher Brett Bezzant. PaJ?Se of our own 'Christmas neWs prject each year, this liPaper as come to be a clear" i areaTri fr needv famihes in the , .(,jilhe names of families we do i '4 0aOSe fr our project are given Httier orSanizations who carry ft w"" Wn proj-- I Rw do our best to see that f m''y receives some assis- - '"Je"" readers have always been C :'imili nerous in Providing for the ts We describe in the news- - 'itvyS Bezzant "The nice thinS fu Project is that the recipi- - esu y cannot identify them- - r i fQ ause We list the children $ ;salla !amilies together. It gives V 'HL,. ancetogiveanonymously J p true spirit of Christmas." enti who have children of ask them to about the same age can for their secret friend. select a gift "It's really a great way to help someone who really needs it with whrA-Aiyw- ho illness because of unemployment look-ing may be or some other reason forward to a bleak Christmas pkase give us as much information as possible, including fames, address, telephone ages of sizes and any children, clothing contact person. submission of sug- - Deadline for American rorK. tions only. |