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Show BUILDING COMMUNITY IN Overall MES THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 50 CENTS C; mar BUSINESS: Lei someone else clean the waste can TOWN HALL: Police search tor restroom vandals SPORTS: Timpanogos football ready to go 1 ms'i ii -. w 1J .. BWWpWPffmWWBM .swim SCHOOLS MWAYSIUUtlHbAUT i iff CflD DAPI TO cpunni I UN unuv IU OUIIUUL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION Orem teen an inspiration to others Michael Rigert ' NORTH COUNTY STAFF ff hough Orem teen Carli -II Carter has a rare disease, most people who hadn't seen her in a wheel chair If , would never know it. Carter, 14, has a genetic ge-netic motor neuron disease called spinal muscular atrophy through which, over time, the body's muscles mus-cles deteriorate. "You can't gain them but you lose them," she said. Carter can walk short distances but uses a wheel chair at school (she'll be a ninth grader at Orem Junior High this year) and at places like the shopping mall or the airport where a great deal of walking walk-ing is involved. Despite her disability, Carter is an outgoing, bright and popular among her peers. She served on last year's Student Council, won the lead role in the school play, and sings in the Orem Junior High School choir. And Carter never hesitates to try something new that may appear ap-pear to be daunting, said her mother moth-er Cindy Simpson. Her daughter has tried her hand at skiing, water "4 "" skiing and was a member of her school's track team in seventh grade. She would race around the oval track in her wheel chair and push herself to excel. She's also tackled ballet, gymnastics, and plays the piano. "It's affected her body, but that's all. Not her spirit," Simpson said. "I think if she does get frustrated (as a result of her disability), no one would ever know." Carter said her heroes are her See CARTER, Page 2 You can help For more information informa-tion about muscular dystrophy or to make a contribution to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, go online to www.mdausa.org. m 1 1 I A i) 'V; It' 1 ...crv JEREMY HARMONDaily Herald Carli Carter, 14, of Orem, regularly speaks at events for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Iranian films may be first in series of cinema fests at library Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF Though Iran may be at political odds with America on matters ranging from terrorism to human hu-man rights violations, experts say the Middle-Eastern nation is churning out some surprisingly good cinema. Partially due to the quality of films being made by Iranian filmmakers and the fact that the Persian-speaking country is a salient topic in current international affairs, the Orem Public Library has opted to host an Iranian Film Festival this month. Orem media librarian James Scarbrough Scar-brough said the library recently purchased the rights to show three Iranian films in their entirety. He said assistant librarian Mike Smith, who holds a master's degree in film studies, stud-ies, has tackled the job of putting the festival together. The three films, all made by Iranian director Majid Majidi, are in Persian Per-sian with English subtitles and free screenings will be shown Aug. 7, 14 and 21 (all Tuesdays) at 7 p.m. in the library's media auditorium. On Aug. 28, the final night of the Iranian film program, Smith will present a lecture on Iranian cinema and screen clips from other Iranian filmmakers including includ-ing Abbas Kiarostami. According to the International Movie Database, Majidi's "Bacheha-Ye "Bacheha-Ye aseman," entitled "Children of Heaven" in the United States, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1997. "... Iran is so much in the news these days and it's nice to get a perspective per-spective ... on people and families and how they live on a daily basis and not just on fiery rhetoric," Scarbrough said. "One of the things we try to do at the library is expose (patrons) to things the general media is not doing" to experience these "hidden gems together with things they haven't oth erwise seen. Previously, staff and guest lecturers lectur-ers hosting monthly film lectures at the Orem library have only been able to present a small sampling of movies by showing brief clips. Dean Duncan, an associate professor profes-sor in Brigham Young University's Theatre and Media Arts department, is a frequent film lecturer at the Orem Public Library and at one time told Scarbrough and his staff that Iranian films, ironically, might be a perfect fit for the community. Though a strict, theocratic regime is currently calling the shots in Tehran, Teh-ran, Duncan said political restraints on Iranian filmmakers have not prevented pre-vented them from presenting their artistry and talents to their countrymen country-men and the world. The people and their stories, culture and religion are presented in a very "exhilarating and exciting way" through the camera See FILM, Page 2 If you go What: Iranian Ira-nian Film Festival (screenings are free) Where: Orem Public Pub-lic Library, in the media auditorium audi-torium When: Aug. 14,21 and 28 at 7 p.m. i Briefing JERONIMO NISADaily Herald Capoeira instructor Edson "Xochinho" Lima helps Spencer Cuevas to do a hack flip during a lesson at the UVSC grounds on July 31. OREM MAN MISSING 21 YEARS MAY BE IN TEXAS A man who has been missing for 21 years may have been found right where he said he was going. go-ing. Keri Bray, a resident at a group home for people with disabilities, told employees at the home that he wanted to go to Texas to become a cowboy. After walking away from the home in 1986 with nothing but the clothes he was wearing, he apparently did just that. An insurance company investigator was looking into a tractor crash at a Texas ranch wanted to learn more about Bray, who was 27 when he disappeared from Orem without a trace. An Internet search brought up a link to his picture on the nonprofit Web site www.doenetwork.org. The volunteer organization organiza-tion posts pictures and information about missing and unidentified people. The Doe Network Web site had an old picture of Bray and listed the Orem Police Department's telephone number. The investigator called to say that she thought the tractor driver looked just like the man in the Doe Network picture, just 21 years older. "He'd been in the office, the name was the same, the date of birth was the same and he had worked on this ranch for about 21 years," said Orem Police Lt. Keldon Brown. Officials still need to confirm Bray's identity based on personal scars, but they are almost positive that this is the Keri Bray they've been looking for. Bray's parents died when he was a child and he had very few other relatives. Those he had didn't seem to care he was missing, said Denton Johnston, a former Orem police officer who investigated Bray's case. "This case kind of got to me," said Johnston, who now works in courtroom security for the Utah County Sheriff's Office. "Nobody really cared about this kid." The Associated Press UDOT 800 NORTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROJ-ECT UPDATE - Beginning Saturday, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m., through Monday, Aug. 13, at 6 a.m., all through traffic along 800 North at State Street will be detoured to 1200 North, 400 North and 1600 North due to utility work. Motorists traveling eastbound from Interstate 15 can use 1200 West, 800 West or Courtesy Way to access these other parallel roads. Motorists traveling westbound between Provo Canyon Can-yon and State Street can use 800 East, 400 East and Main Street to 400, 1200 or 1600 North. Motorists traveling along State Street near 800 North will be restricted to one lane in the southbound direction and two lanes in the northbound direction during this work. All left turns will also be prohibited during the work. Restrictions will be in effect 24 hours a day. Motorists should expect moderate to heavy travel delays. Between Aug. 13-31, State Street will be restricted to two lanes in each direction at the intersection of 800 North and all left-turns at the intersection will be prohibited pro-hibited as construction crews will rebuild the northeast north-east quadrant of the intersection. Restrictions will be in effect 24 hours a day. Motorists will need to use 800 East, 800 West a nd 1 200 West to 1 200, 400 or 1 600 North as alternate routes and should expect moderate to heavy travel delays. ARTIST BEV DOOLITTLE TO MAKE OREM GALLERY GAL-LERY APPEARANCE - The Repartee Gallery will host popular artist Bev Doolittle and her works Friday, Aug. 10, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the gallery's Orem location loca-tion in the University Mall. Doolittle's art reflects her love of horses, the natural work and Native American themes. II 6 m,61055 00050' mm liTtlflflJONR Safari Savers Youth Savings Program We will be having fun on our first expedition. Get Started Summer Saf a ri Carnival fS Date: August 10th, 2007 Time: 11 am to 5pm rI Location: Main Office 1510 N State St Orem NCUA W will aleo have t i ocai ponce on . hand to provide Vy S fingerprintID . ' s3 carae rrom lz-opm 1 I Copy |