Provo
Former 4th District Judge George Eggertsen Ballif died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2003, after a long illness.
He grew up in Provo and attended Brigham Young University, Stanford University and the University of Utah Law School. He practiced law with his father in Provo and served as assistant city attorney and deputy district attorney.
He was appointed to the court by Gov. Calvin Rampton in 1971. He served 21 years on the bench and retired in 1992. He continued to serve as a senior judge for three more years.
He was born June 19, 1927, to George Smith and Algie Eggertsen Ballif. He married Ruth Macdonald in 1950. Their marriage was solemnized in the Provo Temple in 1999. He is survived by his wife and three children, three sisters and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral will be Thursday, Jan. 23, at noon at the Oak Hills 6th Ward Chapel, 1900 N. 1500 East, Provo. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. as well as one hour before services. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Hills.
Spanish Fork
Utah County Commissioner Gary Herbert went before the City Council on Tuesday to ask that the body to reconsider an effort to annex the gravel pit near the intersection of U.S. 6 and U.S. 89 at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. The council several weeks ago rejected the annexation request by Spanish Fork Associates LLC, which needed the annexation to go forward with a property sale to Clyde & Co.
Council members cited numerous concerns, including a potential cement batch plant, traffic crossing a nearby railroad track and dust that could drift into newly built residential neighborhoods. However, the council agreed to take another look.
Herbert said the county isn't trying to dump the pit onto the city, it just wants an amicable resolution that will create a business opportunity. The county is unable to offer incentives that are available from city can. The county also tries to avoid development issues that are more suited to city control, he said.
"You can call the shots," Herbert said.
Clyde & Co. wants to mine the gravel pit, already overmined according to earlier agreements, for sand and gravel products that could be used in widening U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. The company will then reclaim the area, potentially for light industrial use, Herbert said.
Utah County
Utah State University Extension Service is seeking comment and information from area residents on possible future programs that could be offered by the Extension Service.
The residents' meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. in the USU Extension office, Room 306 at 51 S. University.
The USU Extension Service currently offers informal programs to residents in such areas as nutrition, food storage, safety, home gardening, water conservation, water-wise landscaping, family financial management, debt reduction, 4-H and youth monitoring.
For more information. call 370-8460.
UVSC
Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest," will be presented in the Ragan Theater on the campus of Utah Valley State College Jan, 23-25, 27, 29-31 at 7:30 p.m. Matinees are set for Jan. 29-31 at 1:30 p.m.
This Victorian comedy is set in the high society world of the late 1800s in which the best-kept secrets are the ones that everyone knows.
Tickets are $7 general admission and $3 students. For more information call 863-6067.