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Show Thursday, Ortober 2, 2008 2 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Co 'MMENT! Springville Editor: Springville needs a new library! I am writing this letter to encourage all Springville citizens to vote YES on November 4 for the library bond. I am a mother of three young children who uses the library services regularly. regu-larly. With its excellent staff and varied selections, I credit our weekly outings to the Springville library as a major factor in my children's love of reading. We have especially enjoyed en-joyed the Music and Movement Move-ment program taught by Ann Moyle which provides an active participatory introduction in-troduction to words, music and literacy for young children. chil-dren. This outstanding program pro-gram has benefitted many families in Springville, but sadly because of space issues is-sues its influence remains unduly limited. In addition, as a parent I have also been educated on The Springville Herald Customer Service 375-5103 489-5651 fax 489-7021 269 E. 400 S. 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All letters must include the authors name ( printed and signed) and a telephone number. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, punctuation, taste and length. Letters are welcome on any topic No Interest Jtotil January 2009, Includes j m JHiMtKtuBj J . Low-E&Argon j jttSlSKi Qualifies for Utility if j fuTTlk PvSJ , Rebates om ' m Guarantee Energy Efficient I P Quality Installation wuraymeni x x needs a new library emerging literacy skills as I have attended programs with my children at the library. li-brary. While we love the library li-brary it shows its age and neglect. For example, we have been been turned away at story time because it was over capacity. Several Sev-eral times we have stood in the library with plastic tarps hanging overhead to catch rain and melting snow. More than once we have gotten wet trying to check out books! The cramped space for books, reading, computers comput-ers and work space do not allow patrons to take full advantage of all that our library can offer. Some of our resources (like take home reading kits) are being be-ing under utilized because there is simply not enough room to store them in a manageable way. A library can, if accessible, acces-sible, open new worlds to any one who enters. Because Be-cause of the conditions at the Springville City Library Li-brary it is no longer accessible, acces-sible, nor comfortable for everyone. Some may rightfully be Springville police report Springville police had 229 calls last week including 37 for animal problems, two for civil disputes, three for civil problems, three for criminal mischief, four for domestic violence, eight for family problems, four for fraud, three for har-rassment, har-rassment, three for identity iden-tity fraud, one runaway, three sex offences and 22 for suspicious circumsta-ces. circumsta-ces. Two male juveniles were arrested for possession of tobacco and possessin of drug paraphernalia at the . SHS football game. David James Dickison, age 21, 1464 N., Spring Mtn. Dr., Springville, was arrested for unlawful sexual intercourse inter-course with a minor female, fe-male, who is 14 years old. A 16-year-old male was referred to Juvenile Court for unlawful obtaining of a credit card and five counts of unawful use of a credit card after his father reported re-ported a card stolen. Craig Ferguson, 95 E. 100 South 17, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for two outstanding warrants, domestic violenceassault vio-lenceassault and terroristic terroris-tic threat. Chad G. Finch, 285 W. 1200 North, Lehi, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Daniel Dan-iel M. Golding, 215 N. 1350 East, Springville, was cited for unlicensed dog, animals raining at large and no rabies ra-bies shot after a report of a dog bite on a young female. fe-male. Jaren Michael Guerra, 541 S. Art City Circle 4, Springville, was arrested for DUI. Jodee L. Hor-rocks, Hor-rocks, 636 S. 800 West 12, Pay son, was cited for intoxication after police were sent on a report of an intoxicated person being held up by a male. Wasatch Vinyl Products i HlghQuality...LOWPricell 1 077022-7203 concerned about the economic eco-nomic future. While the bond will increase taxes on the average home in Springville by $5.27 per month or $63.19 per year, the reality is there will not be a better time to build. If we wait, prices will continue con-tinue to climb. And right now builders are offering very competitive bids and interest rates are low, sav ing taxpayer money. Pass inz this bond now is an investment in our city and future. I am voting to pass the library li-brary bond because I care about my community. I believe in contributing to the public good. I want a place where the young, elderly, and everyone in between can go and feel mmfnrtMp where thev can explore new technolo- gy and involve themselves in public debate and inf or- . . mation. I am voting to pass the library bond because I believe in investing the in future. Please vote YES to build a new Springville City Library! Li-brary! Lana Bailey Springville We are lucky, or more Rachelle Larsen, 1357 W. acurately, blessed to have a 800 South, Orem, was ar- committed, knowlegable li-rested li-rested for a warrant. In the brary staff with vision and vehicle with Larsen was energy. It is our obligation Todd William Opf ar, same to meet them with an equal-address, equal-address, who was cited for ly committed public vision driving on a suspended li cense. Cindy Vanausdal Riche, 594 E. 200 North, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for a warrant. A male juvenile was referred to Juvenile Court for theft, criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia after he took things from his mother. Jared Jon Sorensen, 522 W. Bridal Wood, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for theft and possession of drug paraphernalia after a report of the theft of a scooter. A female juvenile was cited for shoplifting at Keams. Kyle Duane Goshorn, 1362 S. 1100 West, Provo, was arrested for forgery, unlawful obtaining of a credit card and unlawful use of a credit card. The card he was using was in a vehicle that was reported stolen and later found in Spanish Fork. Thefts included 10 baseball base-ball hats, cell phone and check book from a home; video camera and coins from a shed, checks taken tak-en and cashed, medications medica-tions taken from a vehicle parked at Walmart, bike trom Brookside School, im- portant documents taken " a oucu, wini a uai u used at Flying J; gasoline from UHaul trucks, rear li- vwuvpiuituumovcmirc, purse taken from a shop- ping cart, and two gasoline skips at Flying J. Someone cut the locks on the storage units at the wastewater treatment plant. j RI0ES! 1 S In Utah CouHtylC ' 40-45 Minute Rides I ftift Cftrtififtatcfi lvVilKI Vote 'yes' on library bond Editor: I am past the era when my house was full of children chil-dren needing educational resources or enriching entertainment; en-tertainment; but, I remember remem-ber that season well. My adult children are successful, success-ful, well-rounded citizens who now nurture children of their own with many of the same traditions they learned in our home. Thank goodness we had a library in our world that furnished many of the tools that built those traditions. Thank goodness we have the opportunity to contin ue that significant system of education, enrichment and entertainment in the Springville Library bond election. That a good library is critical to our children's future fu-ture is surely a simple fact. The decision is to determine whether or not the current library meets our needs. It does not. The population has increased at incredible speed in this community. J 1 1 A 'l it une nas oniy to visit tne library on an average day to have evidence of the in-adequatcies in-adequatcies we face. The crowds stumble over one another while the staff heroically he-roically hang on to their patience, pa-tience, trying to serve each patron. On the days of special spe-cial programs, those activities activi-ties that so endear children to reading, the space issues are even more inhibiting. ot support. Vote yes on the Library Bond. Linda G. Paulsen Springville Didyou know Editor: I came across this information in-formation quite by accident. ac-cident. In my monthly bank statement I noticed a small amount had been taken out of my savings account to "re-activate" the account. I wondered why it needed "re-activation." Out of curiosity, I called the bank to ask them. I found out some interesting stuff that most people would never know. I'm from the old school that it's good to have a little bit of money in a savings account to draw on it you need it. I have been taught that "savings" "sav-ings" is good. It certainly doesn't draw much interest from the bank, but it's a way to have a llittle on hand in time of need. But guess what? It might not even be in the Dank it you need it. You might have to go looking lor 11. That is if you're alive to go looking for it. If you nave your Kia s names on the account and you die, they may need to go looking for it if they know about the account in the first place. The "re-activation" process pro-cess makes sense once Tough times don't last It is hard to avoid all of the bad news in the world today. to-day. Just reading the headlines or watching the nightly news makes one wonder how the United States has gotten got-ten into the mess it is in. How can citizens help but worry about the future and if they will be prepared to:weather what is ahead. Self -development expert and columnist Bryan Golden says that "tough times don't last but tough people do." That is certainly what we need to be right now - tough people. We will always have problems, of a personal nature or the kind we now have in our United States that will effect everyone in one way or another. Golden says that "the way you triumph over problems is to outlast them," Don't let them get you down. Adversity comes and goes and problems are solved, resolved or fade away. We have all heard that if we are prepared we have no need to fear. Being prepared means to do your best to put away a little food, money and the necessities so that you can get through any problems that come your way. Tough people keep going according to Golden. "Tough times can have a grinding, draining and demoralizing demor-alizing effect on a person. But allowing a tough problem to beat you into despair puts you in danger of becoming overwhelmed with little hope of recovery," said Golden. "Everyone needs encouragement and motivation." It is when things go wrong that we mustn't quit. When we understand that tough times will not last, it gives us the resolve to carry on, to overcome our problems and find solutions. Golden says that "problems are only temporary aberrations aber-rations on our path of life. Tough times are like a brick walL When examined up close, both are made up of small pieces that are removable. If you try and break through a brick wall by repeatedly throwing your body against it, you will only become sore and frustrated. "However, ff you climb to the top of the wall with a hammer and chisel, you can readily begin removing one brick at a time. This is the same approach that will allow you to tackle tough times. Each challenge is a collection of bricks that can be removed one at a time. "You can cause problems to crumble by disassembling them into small pieces. Once your brick wall of problems has been reduced into a pile of rubble, it no longer seems imposing or overwhelming. "When viewed in this way, every challenge will appear conquerable. You realize that you can overcome any problem. As you begin to proactively disperse adversity; your self-confidence, self-esteem and mental toughness will flourish. Rather than being apprehensive of tough times, you will become as worried about them as you would be of a housefly. They may be annoying, but they are certainly no match for you and your mind." Tough times come and go and we all have the power to endure and overcome. A tough person can outlast tough times. this about savings accounts? the woman at the bank explained it to me. Yes, we should have some "activity" "ac-tivity" in our savings accounts. ac-counts. I get that! what I don't get is what she told me next. She said that if a savings account doesn't have any "activity" in three years, the State of Utah wants the bank to send the money in the account ac-count to them. I ask her why the State has any interest in-terest or business for that matter in my savings account? ac-count? . She said that whoever makes the laws decided decid-ed it -that would be the Legislature. She said the money in my savings account ac-count would go to UNCLAIMED UN-CLAIMED PROPERTY if it hasn't had any activity in three years! It used to be five years, but is now three. The woman said that you can still get it back if you can prove that you had a savings account for that amount. I see the Unclamed Property notices listed in the newspaper, and I have always wondered about how all of that property became "unclained." Now I know how some of it does. Three years isn't very long for the state to be Mi Cigarettes Cigars, Pipes, Loose Tobacco LOWEST PRICES i r.YJ.L J M r.a H i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' l n i ' ivn.miiraimii.iiavi'iiiiM 695 North State Street PROVO 410 North Freedom Blvd. r Bring in this ad able to take your savings account if it's inactive. How is- it.their business anyway? Let me reason this out: We pay the State employees em-ployees wages, they are employed by us, and they have given themselves the power to take our moey from our savings accounts if we are so negligent neg-ligent as to leave it, supposedly sup-posedly in safe keeping, for three years, without any activity. I get the fact that the account needs to be active. ac-tive. That is the easy part. It's easy to put a little in and take a little out. And, I will do that from now on to keep my money from being confiscated' by the State of Utah in the Unclaimed Property Department. Have you ever heard about this on the evening news, in the newspaper or a bulletin from your bank - or any bank statement state-ment you have ever received? re-ceived? It is easy to investigate this information. Call your bank and ask a few questions. My bank is Central Bank in Provo. They gave me this information infor-mation Sept. 15, 2008. Coralee Thurgood Provo it I L J 1 1 tnJA IWix'k 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 i i n 84 North 100 West IlniWl fGZIR 106 N. West State U and receive a I I With a Minimum $1500 Purchase I Limit one per customer j Some Restrictions Apply txpiresuiU3108 or 733-5633 I. vyww |