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Show . Thursday, September 11, 2008 Evelyn S. O'Brien to celebrate 80 years , The children of Evelyn Sorensen O'Brien wish their mother a very happy eightieth birthday. They will honor her on this special occasion at a family party and open house on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the home of Chris and Karen Sorensen, 940 E. 1040 South, Springville. Friends and family are welcome to join them in celebrating their mother's special day. Happy 75th birthday WaUy! Wallace S. Peterson of Springville is having a birthday. birth-day. Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most live the longest! Friends and family are invited to attend a luncheon held in his honor on Saturday, Satur-day, Sept. 13, 2008 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Wally's residence resi-dence located at 367 S. 200 West, Springville. Come and Visit. No gifts please! Family donates toys to Oakridge School Janice Peterson STAFF WRITER The students at Oakridge School in Springville will have a host of new tools to learn with this year, thanks to a local family reunion. More than $200 worth of toys were donated over the summer to the school for severely disabled children. chil-dren. Richard Kay, principal princi-pal of the school, said the toys came courtesy of the Burnett family, which does a service project every year in association with the family reunion. The f amily had money left over from their initial project this year cleaning a park, so they decided to help the school. "They got a list of what we'd like for our students, and they went shopping," Kay said. Lisa Pierson said she and her family decided to donate toys to the school because she has a disabled son and she knows people who have disabled children attending the school. "We're just aware, of them and the needs they have," she said. Pierson said her family has been doing different service projects every year for more than a decade. Humanitarian kits and blankets have been made some years, and she said the children in the family fam-ily love to participate and IS TIMING In today's market, potential buyers may be holding hol-ding out until the market hits bottom. However, as any stock market professional knows, trying to buy a security as it drops is like catching a falling knife. The same is true of real estate. Instead of trying to get the absolutely lowest price that you hope might come to pass, focus on the present buying opportunity opportu-nity that you now have. With interest rates at low levels, housing inventories up, and home prices generally more affordable than they were two years ago, the present looks .quite good. Take advantage of this historic moment to find the house of your dreams, and make it yours. You might not get the RealtyJ t X . - , I ; ' t '' i Evelyn Sorensen O'Brien Wally Peterson know it is always part of the reunion. "ft helps them to be aware of different needs in the community and around the world," she said. Jason Shelley, a speech and language pathologist for Nebo School District who works with Oakridge, said the donations make a big difference to the school. The 15 to 20 different toys donated are not just play items, they are learning tools, he said. Shelley said teachers at the school will use the toys to help the students communicate, com-municate, as 90 percent of the children are non f ' fl . '. " i Looking for a Great Garage Door? nt1"'' ""'Jink v Stvl' irUr, -t' - x-v n n ;door systems inc. n n te . y rj y Av-r y ' -' X 1932 N. MAIN St. SPANISH FORK E '"earn:-: " . Itt v lifll$ffi!MUM? verything Qeal Gsfi Presented by Mike and EVERYTHING? chance if you wait. 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He started writing "Water Keep," the first book in the Farworld fantasy series, to prove to himself that he couldn't do it. "I've always loved reading read-ing fantasy, watching fantasy fan-tasy movies, even playing fantasy games," said Savage. Sav-age. "I had a story I'd been thinking about for years, but for some reason I had it in my mind that I couldn't write fantasy. I tried to ignore the story, but it wouldn't leave my head." The story Savage couldn't get out of his head was about a boy in a wheelchair who has some unusual abilities, and a girl who lives in a world of magic, but who can't do or be affected by any magic herself. The two of them discover they can leap to the other's world for a few days at a time, but in order to open a doorway between their worlds, they must gain the help of mystical mys-tical creatures known as "elementals." He'd been thinking about the story for years, but it wasn't until a friend and fellow author signed a contract with Shadow Mountain Publishing, pub verbal. When the Burnett family asked to help, Shelley Shel-ley compiled a list of toys that help facilitate communication, com-munication, toys he called "cause and effect." Most of the toys have some sort of action required, such as shaking or pressing a button. but-ton. It is hard for many of the students to understand cause and effect, including using communication to get what they want. "The toys are a means to an end," he said. "They're a teaching tool." The school uses the toys to demonstrate to the children chil-dren what the actions can make the toy do. Julie Pierce www.utahvalleyrealestate.com ' lisher of such series as "Fablehaven" and "Leven Thumps," that Savage suddenly sud-denly felt driven to write it down. "I tried to go to sleep that night, but I kept seeing scenes and hearing characters' charac-ters' voices." Finally at two in the morning he decided he could either try to write a chapter, proving to himself him-self that he couldn't do it, or toss and turn all night. Five hours and five thousand thou-sand words later, Savage realized he was writing a fantasy series. The rest come so easily it was like something out of a movie itself. In three months he had finished the first draft. Several months later, Shadow Mountain purchased pur-chased the novel as part of a five-book deal. And now Music Teachers Association conference Utah Music Teachers Association is pleased to announce our annual State Conference. The conference confer-ence guest clinician will be Nelita True who will teach sessions both Friday and Saturday morning. Dallas Weekly, Nancy Arganbright and Carla Dean Day will also present sessions along with other talented presenters from our state. Presentations will include: in-clude: The Reward System: Sys-tem: What Deserves a Gold Star, Managing Time as Music Teachers, A New Look at Old Favorites, Working with the Gifted and Talented, Recognizing and Applying Theory in Music, Recreational Music Making, Creative Practice Strategies among other interesting in-teresting topics. Plan on joining them whether you come to lis jjr J Scott Savage it is hitting store shelves to rave reviews. Over 150 book reviewers review-ers signed up to read and review "Water Keep," and the praise makes Savage feel like he should have started writing the story a long time ago. ten to the talented students compete or join our conference confer-ence presentations. Please check out their website ATLANTIS ATHLETIC CLUB Soccer School taught by Professionals Entry level AA League Skills AAA League Skills PREMIER League Skills Registration Fee: $35 Age Range: 5-17 Gender: Boys and Girls f X m Saturday Savage will be visiting Spanish Fork elementary schools on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 11 and 12, encouraging en-couraging children, to find the magic inside of them through reading and writing. writ-ing. Then it's off for a two-week two-week multi-city tour. But before be-fore he hits the road, he will be holding a launch party in Spanish Fork this Saturday. The party will be held at the Spanish Fork Library, 49 S. Main, from noon to3 p.m. Books will be available avail-able for purchase through Barnes and Noble, who will be on site. Twenty percent per-cent of every sale will be donated to the library. Savage Sav-age will be on hand to sign books. Attendees will get free posters, free food and can enter a drawing for other books and prizes. at www.utahmta.org see what we have to offer and register to join our conference. confer-ence. Monthly fees: 1 kid per household: $50 2 kids per household: $75 3 kids per household: $100 Free required Atlantisac jersey set (AAC T-shirt and AAC Shorts) FREE S0CCEB CLII1IC 9-11 am Kepsi Academy mni&MMismiEFm! For more information: Contact: emmanuel.iiungacomcast.net Cell: 691 -221 3 Web site: atlantisac.org |