BUILDING COMMUNITY IN OREM AND VINEYARD OremTi N THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 50 CENTS fflS SCHOOL: Congratulations Class of 2007 graduates TOWH HALL: Sculptor plans open houses SPORTS: Mountain View soccer tails in title game Business EVANS HAIRSTYLING COLLEGE GETS NEW DIGS ITl JIN vvlv v 1 & Photos courtesy Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins second from right country director of HELP International humanitarian projects in El Salvador, works on a Habitat for Humanity home with other HELP volunteers in San Jose Villa Nueva, El Salvador. Also pictured are left to right Gregan Anderson, Kate Griffiths, Susie Salisbury, Perkins and Ashley Watts. Orem woman changes lives in El Salvador Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF About to graduate from college, Rachel Perkins Per-kins of Orem didn't know what she wanted to do with her life. All she knew was that she was searching for something meaningful, a purpose to "expand my horizons and go beyond myself and world as I had known it." After a humanitarian experience in El Salvador Sal-vador as a volunteer with Provo-based HELP International in 2005, Perkins knew she'd found the home away from home she'd been seeking. "It is something that I have never regretted, even for one day," she said in an e-mail interview inter-view from El Salvador. "It has been a defining and central experience of my life." Perkins, 27, who graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in recreation management with an emphasis in youth leadership, has been with HELP (Help Eliminate Poverty) for two years as a recruiting specialist, spe-cialist, and most recently, See PERKINS, Page 2 Rachel Perkins bottle feeds 8-day-old Xiochilt Nicolle who was brought to a shelter for homeless children after being abandoned by her mother. I 1 1 i . , ... . ".Ma , z Day off mm HI mKmwWMm 3s warn a - r mm.mmm liilllll fliiliil'iittilfiiiti 'llllllllll'll'l "'I'll 1 1 Illl'l ' " ' I i fn ns A ' Li h l - ASHLEY FRANSCELLDaily Herald Army National Guard Staff Sgt Lee Johnson left and Don J. Hansen of the Orem American Legion Post 72 take down the United States Navy flag during the flag exchange at the Memorial Day Program on Monday at Orem Cemetery. All the United Stuted military branch flags were taken down and replaced with new ones. Sen. Hatch joins Orem's Memorial Day service Nathan Johnson daily herald At the ringing sound of spent rifle casings cas-ings hitting the pavement at the Orem Cemetery, a bugler began his solemn hymn to the fallen. It was an hour of mourning, an hour of prayer and an hour of remembrance Monday as men, women and children from around Orem paid tribute to the fallen, their honored dead. he young grand-nephew and grand-niece grand-niece of Shirley Atkinson stood by a marble plaque and pointed to the graven name of their great uncle Allen Al-len Powers. Several hundred people gathered on the grassy hill above the copper and marble war memorial and together heard and SUng hvmns and anthems. " ASHLEY FRANSCELLDaily Herald Utah's senior U.S. senator, Orrin Hatch, spoke Hundreds of people sat around the Veteran's Memorial at the Orem Cemetery for the Memorial Day Program on Monday. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch spoke and the Orem See MEMORIAL, Page 2 American Legion Post 72 exchanged all the flags at the Memorial site. t ' ' -1 SVST; t,,mti '"JZ ' is : "ur r.Xr P.QQlr. W!0 ?"ty Brief ing TRAFFIC FATALITY IN OREM ON MEMORIAL DAY - A Toyota Tundra traveling south on Interstate 15 crossed the median and rolled near the University Uni-versity Parkway exit, killing Rebecca Ann Davis, 26 of Ormond Beach, Fla., according to Utah Department of Public Safety officials. She was in town visiting family in Lehi. No one else was in the vehicle, there were no other injuries. DPS suspects the cause to be fatigue, however the cause of the accident has yet to be determined. The Provo Center Street northbound on-ramp was closed due to the accident. acci-dent. APARTMENT FIRE A fire was reported at 3 a.m. Wednesday by the resident of an apartment at 361 E. 600 North in Orem, according to Lt. Doug Edwards, spokesman for Orem's Public Safety department. , The 35-year-old woman awoke to the smell of smoke and said there were flames outside a second-story balcony. She and her 15-year-old son evacuated the apartment before Orem police officers offi-cers and firefighters arrived and officers evacuated the other four apartments in the building. Fire crews were able to knock down the blaze before it spread to any of the other apartments. The fire is estimated to have done $50,000 damage to the one apartment. apart-ment. No one was injured and fire investigators are sorting through the debris to determine a cause for the fire. The woman initially reported that she thought the fire was coming from a light fixture out on the balcony. ALPINE LOOP ON SR 92 REOPENED RE-OPENED TO MOTORISTS - The Utah Department of Transportation has re-opened state Route 92 (or the Alpine Loop) between Provo and American Fork Canyons, to motorists. SR-92 is a seasonal highway and due to heavy snowfall in the area, it becomes cost -prohibitive to keep the pass open for travel during the winter months. This road will remain open through fall 2007. BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF 2006 AT OREM PUBLIC LIBRARYSUMMER LIBRARYSUM-MER READING PROGRAM - The Orem Public Library is beginning a summer sum-mer of treasure hunting as children's librarian Pat Castelli presents a program "The Best Books of 2006" on Monday, June 4. She'll be discussing some of the best books published in the past year including some readers may have missed. Castelli will begin with books for the youngest readers from 7 to 7:20 p.m., followed by fantastic junior books from 7:20 to 7:40 p.m., and finally, terrific terrif-ic teen reads from 7:40 to 8 p.m. Come for part or come for all and leave with a great list to keep everyone in your family fam-ily reading this summer. Summer reading at the library is about to begin. Sign up anytime between June 1 and July 6 at the children's reference desks. Make your goal, write it down, keep it, and come back to the library for fun rewards. The program runs for eight weeks. FREE FISHING DAY IN UTAH JUNE 9 A free day of fishing and fun awaits June 9 as Utah hosts its annual Free Fishing Day. You won't need a fishing license to fish in the state that day. "Fishing is an activity that everyone in your family can enjoy," says Roger Wilson, coldwater fisheries coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "We offer Free Fishing Day every year to attract people to an activity that can make the time they spend in the outdoors out-doors even more rewarding." Before! Free Fishing Day, DWR personnel per-sonnel wHJ stock extra fish into waters across the state. Wilson says most of the fish will be placed in lakes and reservoirs. res-ervoirs. Wilson reminds anglers that while they don't need a license to fish on June 9, all of the other regulations in the 2007 Utah Fishing Guide will still be in effect. Anglers, especially those who might be fishing for the first time, are encouraged to obtain a copy of the guide and learn the rules. Guides are available online at www. wildlife.utah.govproclamations and from fishing license agents and DWR offices. ill 61055 00050"" 8 rSlte'SWsWHpf'''P' i Copy