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Show Thursday, September 18, 2008 Citizens can get answers concerning a new library in city ' Pam Vaughn ' SPRINGVILLE LIBRARIAN The Springville Library Board will host a public forum meeting for the proposed pro-posed library Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, at 50 S. Main. As the library director, I have had a number of questions ques-tions from residents that I'll answer below. What is a library public pub-lic forum meeting? Public Pub-lic forum meetings allow residents an opportunity to meet with the architects, the library director, and some of our city officials to learn about the direction the city has taken to this point, to gather additional information and ask questions, ques-tions, and to offer input on desired services, amenities, site plans and the building " in general. What if I can't make it to the meeting? This is one of at least three meetings so you will still have an opportunity op-portunity to participate. Will I get to see what the building will look like? The architects have prepared a proposed site plan and a rendering of the building. This proposal is based in part on the results of an independent needs analysis and assessment, working with a library consultant who has advised over 150 public libraries during construction con-struction and remodeling, two city surveys, population popula-tion projections and architect archi-tect recommendations. Although we have worked carefully to assign spaces within the building to arrive at cost and site estimates, the final lookj of the building will be determined de-termined through citizen input. If the library bond passes, residents will have continuing influence including in-cluding things like how the library is used, access and even smaller decisions such as carpet selection. Libraries are community spaces and should be built with community input. Is it true that Spring-ville's Spring-ville's library is one of the smallest in the county? Yes. According to recommended recom-mended figures by archi Take your kids waterfowl hunting on Sept. 27 A great way to introduce your kids to waterfowl hunting awaits Sept. 27 as Utah hosts its annual Special Spe-cial Youth Hunting Day. All of Utah's state waterfowl wa-terfowl management areas ar-eas and federal refuges will be open to hunters 15 years of age and younger that day. To qualify for the hunt, young hunters must complete the state's Hunter Hunt-er Education course, have a current hunting license and be accompanied by an adult. Shooting starts at 6:52 a.m. on Sept. 27. You can learn more about the hunt by obtaining a copy of the 2008 - 2009 Utah Waterfowl Wa-terfowl Guidebook. The guidebook should be available avail-able at www.wildlife.utah. govguidebooks starting DatlCQIIOIZaljQlIB . ? ' f S fLeilipep's I ,V '.M' I Child Cam Fre-School 1 J& -- -Lift iuuiuuiUMifli,''''f'rJ We currently have openings for all age groups! Come on in, take a tour, give us a shot, let us be your HOME AWAY Competitive Rates -Great Staff 'Fantastic Cook "Large Fenced State Regulated 20082009 Baby Steps Grant Recipient FUN 1497 W. 800N. 801-491-6661 Mapleton 801-376-8097 tects, the state library and national library sources, our library is less than one-third one-third the size recommended recommend-ed for today's population. Some comparative figures of area libraries are: Pro-vo, Pro-vo, 105,166 sq. feet; Orem, 86,346; American Fork, 38,200; Cedar City, 29,000; Lehi, 18,676; Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, 13,686; Spanish Fork, 12,000; and SPRINGVILLE, SPRING-VILLE, 8,075. What size is the proposed building? 40,00045,000 sq. ft. This is based on population popula-tion projections and survey results from citizens indicating indi-cating they want a library that meets community needs for at least 10 years. What's in it for our senior se-nior population? Many libraries report that when a new building opens, the most obvious change, besides be-sides more resident use, is a marked increase in use from the age 60 patron. Shelf space is expanded so there is less stooping and stretching to find materials, ma-terials, aisles are wider so items can be viewed from a distance, parking is improved, im-proved, there are separate areas for those who want quiet time and space, and the atmosphere invites patrons pa-trons to linger over newspapers, news-papers, magazines and books. Gasoline prices are lowering, low-ering, but groceries are still high. Is this really a good time to build? The advantages advan-tages of building now, in addition to creating more and functional space, are that tough times mean that building prices are more competitive. It also means that builders and subs with good reputations, such as Layton Construction-the builder on the civic center, bid on projects of this size and are more likely to complete com-plete projects on time. It seems like there is always al-ways a wait for computers in the evening. Will this be different in a new library? Yes. In addition to offering more computers, we have had many requests for a space to hold computer classes. Adult, teen and children computer spaces will be separate from one another to better accommodate accom-modate all ages. the week of Sept. 15."The youth hunt is a great way to get young people excited excit-ed about waterfowl hunting," hunt-ing," says Tom Aldrich, migratory game bird coordinator co-ordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "There's always plenty of ducks for the kids to shoot at, and the kids have the marsh all to themselves. "And, since adults can't hunt that day, they can focus all of their attention on these young hunters. The youth day gives adults more time to teach the kids how to be safe, responsible and ethical hunters." For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700. SPRINGVILLE HERALD Debate students present to school board -Vs - Debbie May, Nebo School District gifted specialist; Suzanne Grimshaw, school community chair; Hobble Creek Principal Garth Bird and students Emily Robison, Shelby Wayment, Gable Munn and Jacob Grimshaw. The students presented a debate to members of the Nebo School Board. Hobble Creek Elementary Elemen-tary delighted' the Nebo School Board of Education Educa-tion with their outstanding outstand-ing debate students including in-cluding Emily Robison, Shelby Wayment Gable ' Munn and Jacob Grimshaw. Grim-shaw. Debate Coach Carol Day has been instrumental instrumen-tal in developing the debate de-bate program across the district. , . . , Debbie May, the district gifted specialist, mentioned men-tioned that debate helps students in reading, thinking, think-ing, speaking and writing in meaningful situations. "Substantially improving improv-ing the state of Utah's air quality" was the topic students stu-dents researched and debated. de-bated. Community Council, chair Suzanne Grimshaw described two projects Celebrate wildlife in the Strawberry Valley September 19 and 20 Fluorescent red kokanee salmon have started, to swim up several tributaries tributar-ies to Strawberry Reservoir. Reser-voir. The salmons' journey jour-ney is part of . their annual spawning run. . You can see the salmon, and possibly other wildlife, at the annual Strawberry Valley Wildlif e FestivaL The festival will be held Sept. 19 and 20 at the U.S. Forest Service visitor cer. ter at Strawberry Reser-: voir.- The visitor center ' is along US-40, about 20 miles southeast of Heber City. The Friends of Strawberry Straw-berry Valley host the festival festi-val every September amid the beauty and changing colors of the Strawberry Valley. You can see some salmon salm-on in the Strawberry River Riv-er adjacent to the visitor center, but most of the fish will be congregated in the fish trap and egg-taking facility behind the visitor center. Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources will be available to show off the salmon and talk with you about the peculiar life cycle of the fish. Festival activities will run from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 19, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 20. Activities Activi-ties will include a chance to hook and land a 'virtual' .1 FROM HOME! Backyard with Playground Transportation Available E-Mail Us At babybaemsn.com j if '-7 h. if , I si I . . V Hobble Creek Elemen-tary's Elemen-tary's council worked on. The first was widening the 1200 North road to the school. After research and discussion dis-cussion from parents, the Community Council, and the principal, the Community Com-munity Council went to the Mapleton City Council to ask for their help. The Mapleton City Council agreed to pay to have the road widened. "Now the road is a much safer place for children to go to school. We appreciate appre-ciate the good working relationship that developed," devel-oped," stated Grimshaw. The other project presented pre-sented included buying needed computers for teachers and staff to enhance en-hance the education process. pro-cess. . fish on a fishing simulator; look at animal tracks; see exotic animals (Sept. 20 only, from 1 - 3 p.m.); see ' several live birds; watch the Utah Highway Patrol demonstrate ZONAR, and watch boating and ATV safety demonstrations. Several other booths and displays will also be available. avail-able. Smokey Bear will also be on hand. - Two additional presentations presenta-tions will be given on Sept. 20. Shirlyn Peatross from Duchesne County Search & Rescue will give a presentation pre-sentation at 11 a.m. on "Outdoor Survival." Angler An-gler Dan Potts will give a presentation on "Fishing Success and Technology" at 3:30 p.m. Both of the presentations will be held in the visitor center. For more information, call the Uinta National Forest For-est at (435) 654-0470 or Scott Root with the DWR at (801) 491-5656. The festival is sponsored by the DWR, the U.S. Forest For-est ServiceUinta National Forest, the Strawberry Anglers An-glers Association, Wasatch County, American Land & Leisure; the Utah Snowmobile Snowmo-bile Association, the National Na-tional Wild Turkey Federation; Feder-ation; the Salt Lake County Fish & Game Association and many other organizations. organiza-tions. There is an old 'saying that a "rising In terms of real estate, rising home values in recent years have benefited nearly all homeowners across the board. Now that the market in many areas has undergone a correction, cor-rection, homeowners may be reluctant to make a move. However, unless you are making a move to a vasdy different diffe-rent market or market segment, you are still in the same boat as everyone else even though you might be selling your home for less than you might have a year or so ago, you will be purchasing a home in the same market for Jess money than it would have taken a year or two ago. 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