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Show A M EDITION Or THE It-., ' '' U., Am c ii re" 1 1 ii 1 1 t i rv .9 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Navy Commander leaches about drugs SCHOOLS: School honors crossing guard for service SPORTS: Boys advance in state basketball tournament BUDIIIBSS PET SHOP HELPS FIND NEMO, AND A SNAKE? Citizens hope change will solve water woes Barbara Christiansen mouth (OijMvuaii Tanya Shehon fears letting the children in the child care facility she manages from her Mountain Meadows home play in the park next door. A drainage basin in the park fills up with water, but does not drain quickly enough, she said. And her neighlxirs in the subdivision sub-division located near 400 .South and 380 West have experienced problems with fkxxling in their basements over the past year a problem that surfaced when the recent re-cent six -year drought ended. Now the neighbors hope that a new storm drain will solve the water woes experienced in homes with basements that were built in a section of the subdivision where basements were prohibited in the development plat. The city has awarded to bid to See DRAIN, Page 2 SI "w Charlie Smith inspects work to install a drain which American Fork city hopes will eliminate flooding in the Mountain Meadows subdivision. BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County the Cancer Crusader A 7 ,7. ;r'' ' 4. ..... ( .--. -.j-; Yv' " 1 y'i " TRIXIE WALKER North County W Wilton (mile whilt hit sitter, Amy readt him a book. CJ hug two bruin tumorti, and hus had six bruin surgeries. Super hero smiles through struggles Trixie Walker I north county staff Hutching a blue bunny and donning a red cape similar to Superman's, 7-year-old .PJ Wilson flashes a big smile while his older sister, Amy, reads a Dr. Seuss book to him. That is the first thing people will notice about him. After that, they notice the scars that crown his head. Last October PJ started having rieadachos. "Since my father was dying, we thought it was tension," his mother Mary Wilson said. "Then tlie lieadaclieK increased to tliree a day, ho we took him to JTimary Children's I lospi-tal." lospi-tal." 5ihe said tluit when trie neurosurgeons saw tlie CAT scans of his brain, they were amazed at how active he was considering the two brain t union tiiey found. "Tiie doctors explained how they would put In an IV, and PJ asked if they had to," Wilson said, "When they said yes, he said 'that's life' and held out his arm." PJ had six brain surgeries in the following two weeks. Wilson explained how PJ easily acceded his diagnosis, "The last two years of our lives have been one major tragedy after another, so lie was prepared for it when it came along," she said. L "U TP o Q. o "He realized that this t(K will pass," Wilson's marriage of 20 years ended two years ago, und they moved to Utah, Then her son Kyle, age 15, was hit by a van and taken by medical helicopter to the hospital to save his life. Daughter Tori, age 10, fell out of a window and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. "When an ambulance comes by the neigh-lxrs neigh-lxrs know it is for us," Wilson said. "We have a sick sense of humor. We're making him a T-shirt that says 'I have brain cancer, what's your excuse?'." Mis sister Amy, age 19, attends BYU and changed her major to neuroscience because of the family's experience. "I want to lie a neuroradiologist so I can read CAT scans and diagnose stuff like my brother lias," she said. PJ attended first grade in Shelley Elementary Elemen-tary until he became ill. The school recently held a fundraiser for him called Pennies for PJ, "Children brought in tooth fairy money, $2 bills from grandparents, Susan B. Anthony dollars," dol-lars," his mother said. "In one week they raised See PJ, Page 2 Us i n Hi Briefing ii inv Orem's Olympian returns DAVID J. PHIUIPAssociamd Press United States Shauna Rohbock, left, looks at Valerie Fleming as they celebrate, wrapped in American flags, after clinching the silver medal in the Women's Bobsled at the Turin 2K)(i Winter Olympic Games in Cesana Pariol, Italy, Feb. 21. Look for a special section in this newspaper celebrating celebrat-ing Orem's homegrown Olympian, Shauna Rohbock. Rohbock returned Wednesday from the Turin Olympics Olym-pics where she and her brakeman, Valerie Fleming, captured the silver medal in the women's bobsled competition. com-petition. There were plans to honor Rohbock at Mountain View High School Wednesday evening, and at Brigham Young University, where Rohbock was a two-sport All-Ameri-can, just before the tip-off of the BYU-Colorado State basketball game. Spring preschool The American Fork Public Library will present spring preschool programs for children 3 to 5. Registration will continue through March 11 and storytimes begin March 14. They conclude May 4. Programs are held at the library, 64 S. 100 East, American Ameri-can Fork. Further information is available from the library at 763-3070 or from http.www.afcity.com. The theme is "I Spy ... A Surprise." The eight weeks of stories are filled with surprises, including puppets, music, mu-sic, crafts and homework. The cost is $5 per child. Storytime topics include bunnies, dinosaur's eyes, funny teeth, blindness, little numbers, little wheels, rainbows, rain-bows, and school stuff. They are held Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Thursdays at 10 and 11 a.m. Children's art classes The American Fork Arts Council will offer a children's art class, "Journey Through Ancient Art History." It will be March 11, 18, 25 and April 1, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, at the American Fork fire station, 96 N. Center St. ' The class is for children 6 to 10 years old. Further information is available from Wendy Parker at 756-1165. Council meets on meetings Members of the American Fork City Council are considering con-sidering making changes to the procedure they use to make decisions during council meetings. They discussed the concept at a Feb. 14 council meeting. While those meetings are open to the public, the residents resi-dents would have to go through a process to make comment, com-ment, if the plan is adopted. A recent proposal the council is considering is to have those who wish to speak regarding an issue sign in for that topic. When that item comes up on the agenda, a council member would make a motion for action. When that has been seconded, the public could make comment. Once the public comment period is concluded the council deliberation de-liberation would begin. "It strikes a balance betwee public involvement and the council doing the business of the city," councilman Shirl LeBaron said. Councilwoman Heidi Rodeback emphasized the suggestion sug-gestion was to organize the discussion rather than limit it. "It isn't to prevent it," she said. "We want to listen and represent." LeBaron agreed. "It would just be orderly," he said. Councilman Jim Cates also said it would be a good idea. "The purpose is so we can become more effective without limiting citizen input," he said. Mayor Heber Thompson charged Cates with making suggestions for future council consideration. 6 m,61055 00050"" 8 ton mmm wmm K mmu n mm mumj mum: uvumi; M. iu mm m rut Oil mn;m mid turn main t mt 2005 CHEVY MAUBU tmoouiK mm w coxdiiionimo CD HUH WMIIU HMI' OH MMTUMI HI WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE 2005 CHIVY fMMUS ODMHUMUU 2003 CHIVY UFLANDi Um "M H V4 MWMUtK Alt CONDIIIONHM 0 ' "Vtt, i r. 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