City Administrator Barry Edwards told the City Council the Highland City Water Advisory Board had recommended no more well water be accepted as part of the water requirement to develop in Highland. "We are at capacity for pumping water. We cannot use any more well water," he said. "We just want developers to know not to go looking for well water because the City Council will not be accepting it." Councilwoman Kathryn Schramm asked "What if someone has a well with flowing water?" "The ordinance allows the council to make that decision," said Edwards. The policy change passed with Schramm's opposing vote.

The city and the Library Board have set March 10 as the date the 2005 Lehi City Library Gala. Featuring the bluegrass band Gift Horse for entertainment, the dinner and show will be hosted in the Lehi Legacy Center, 123 N. Center Street, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at the library, 120 N. Center St., or at the Legacy Center. All proceeds from the event go to the Frances Comer perpetual library fund.

The City Council approved adding $7,031.75 to H. E. Davis Construction's contract to renovate the Squaw Hollow debris basin at 500 North and 800 East. The city wants extra compacting in two areas so the soil will be more stable for a "possible driveway on the north and possible building construction on the east."

After a public hearing about rezoning property owned by Don Henrichsen, the Mapleton City Council on Feb. 2 decided to continue the matter for two weeks waiting to see if Henrichsen might proceed on what he had planned to do with the property. The property under consideration is located at approximately 100 South and 2400 East and is approximately 68 acres. The deal with the city was for Henrichsen to deed the land to Mapleton city in exchange for 80 transferable development right certificates worth in the neighborhood of $1.6 million.

The City Council filled six vacancies in its Oct. 8 meeting in the Senior Citizen Advisory Commission with three couples, appointing Parley and Kathleen Anderson, Emerson and Pearl Hartzell, and Wendle and Rexine Eager. The council also issued a reappointment to Russell Brown to continue his service to the Metropolitan Water District. The council also agreed to have local architect Richard Gardner fill the vacancy in the Board of Building and Fire Code Appeals.

Whitney Penrod will represent Payson Jr. High School at the State PTA Reflections Contest in April. The theme this year in Reflections was, "A Different Kind of Hero." Whitney said, "When you think of a hero, you usually think of Superman or someone like that. But when I heard 'A Different Kind of Hero,' I immediately thought of my mom because she saves my life in a different way. Moms do so much, and I don't think we stop to appreciate them enough, so I wrote my story about a girl my age who finds out who her real hero is -- her mom." Whitney won first place at PJHS, at the District level and the Regional level.

The Pleasant Grove Orchestra will offer a free concert to the public Friday at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School Auditorium. This concert is family oriented and will feature familiar melodies "From Classic to Cartoons." The community orchestra is an organization that offers musicians from the area an opportunity to use their talents in providing concerts for the public. Anyone interested in participating in the orchestra should contact Sharon Ives at 785-0479, Lisa Banks at 796-1642 or Jenny Alton at 796-7993.

The annual Passover Seder services at Brigham Young University will be held March 26 and April 1, 8, 9, 15, and 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in 3228 Wilkinson Student Center. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, in 271 Joseph Smith Building at $25 for the public and $17 for current BYU students, faculty and staff. Call the Passover hot line at 422-8325 or Patty Smith at 422-3611 for more information. The Passover, a Jewish celebration commemorating the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, has been celebrated for millennia. Victor L. Ludlow, professor of ancient scripture at BYU and specialist in Jewish studies, will conduct the services. In addition to the services, a Passover Seder service workshop is being offered by Ludlow on Saturday, at 10 a.m. in 3228 WSC.

With the start of a new semester come new student leaders. The Spanish Fork Middle School recently held student council elections for the second semester. The new council will include Katie Cook, Amanda Hill, Tyrel Prior, Kellie Orton, Cody Quakenbush, Makenzie Berns, Andi Smiley, Evan Anderson and Cosette Stone. The new student body officers are Jake Guymon, Trevor West and Michael Cole. The student council and officers help with all Cougar Club activities.

The Honors Philharmonic Orchestra of Springville High School will perform a pre-tour concert on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium, 1205 E. 900 South. This group will be touring to Reno, Nevada the next week to attend the National Orchestra Festival and compete against some of the top school orchestras of the nation. The music for the concert will include music by Verdi, Antonin Dvorak and Tchaikowsky as well as "Lord of the Rings" by DeMeji.