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Show Page 2 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, May 8, 2008 1 r rp cp J VJ LrjJ Lr; I II 1 i c-3 f NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED , t. Am. Foot police told IbiGce safety fair Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Bike riders, families and friends turned out Saturday morning for the Bicycle Safety Fair sponsored by the American Ameri-can Fork Police Department and Wal-Mart. Riders practiced negotiating their bikes around a circular course, through a slalom-like course between cones, and other oth-er maneuvers. The event was open to all ages and abilities. Five-year-old Justan Cox was one of the earliest riders going between the cones. His parents said he liked the experience. Members of the Americian Fork Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club were also at the event. They had a tent and produced Amber Alert materials for the public. They took pictures and made cards for both children and adults. The cards have physical descriptions of the individuals, individu-als, including height, weight, coloring and identifying marks such as birthmarks. Even allergies aller-gies may be listed. There is no name or address on the card. The information is stored at the National Crime Database and police departments nationwide nation-wide may have access to the information in the event of a kidnapping or other trauma. The equipment used to make the cards was provided in part by Mountain America Credit Unions. "We give one card for the parents," said chamber director direc-tor Debby Lauret. "They can update the information and picture every year." She said the information can be valuable in the event of a crime, since parents may more easily recall the information with the help of the card. If a parent is unavailable, the information infor-mation is still on the record. "This is also a good service for endangered persons, such as senior citizens," Lauret said. Skate Continued from Pag 1 . interview. "He said it was a fairly new park and a great one." Arnold said the competition would be good. "It is going to be a lot of fun," he said. "The top seven 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Marc Haddock 443-3268 North County Editor , V mhaddock heraldexira .com c i Cathy Allred 443 3262: Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. Grove ' callred heraldextra .com Barbara Christianseri 443-3264 American Fork, Alpine, Cedar Hills bchristiansenheraldextra.com Mike Rigert 443-3265 Orem, Vineyard mrigertheraldextra.com Beky Beaton 443-3267 Sports " , : bbeatonheraldextra.com I Josh Walker 443-3260 Advertising Account Executive jwalkerheraldextra.com - Volume 135 ? 1 NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS ' i - ; f. t i J I? Ameocan Forte Otiwi Daily Herald Edition USPS 018-880 a vwekly newspaper published at 399 E. State St., Pleasant Grova. Utah 84063 PwocicPaPminPQn,! mailing offices. PUl:SendadjresacharigtotheAmencanF ForfcUT 84003-0007 Published Thursdays by Lee Publications, which a division of Lee Enterprises, Inc. Member; Audit Bureau of Crculations ' LEAVING f6rdonl56n? YOU CAN STARTSTOP YOUR NEWSPAPER DELIVERY FOR VACATIONS ( XISTOMKR SIIRVK :t HOT1.INE - 375-5103 Members of the police department's de-partment's SWAT team were also on hand, showing some of their weapons to the children and their parents. Those included in-cluded flash-bangs, battering rams and crowbars they use to open doors. One of the most popular demonstrations that morning was the canine unit. As one officer donned a special suit to protect him from bites, the canine handler began treating him as a "suspect." He called out, "Suspect, do not move or my dog will attack at-tack you." The officer portraying portray-ing the suspect kept on moving and the dog quickly brought him to a stop. A later demonstration demon-stration including him trying to run away. The dog sped across the parking lot and quickly brought him to the pavement. Eleven-year-old Becca Larson Lar-son was one who attended the demonstration. "I think my favorite part was the dogs," she said. "It was amazing." Callie Stay, also 11, said she enjoyed the event. "It was really fun and I really re-ally liked it," she said. "The best part was watching them get attacked by the dogs and riding the obstacle course." Wal-Mart donated 100 helmets hel-mets to give away to those in attendance and at school bike rodeos in the future. The store also offered four bikes which were given away in a drawing draw-ing at the end of the morning's demonstrations. COItIMUNjTYNOTES Employee of the month Marilyn Moss was chosen as American Fork's Employee of the Month for April. She is a daycare provider at the city's fitness center. "Whether it's coloring, building, or inventing, you are always thinking of new ways in each division qualify for the cnampionsnips in Arizona tnis fall." "Wild in the Parks is for young up and coming skaters to come out and show their skills," he said. The skaters are judged on the tricks they pull in three separate park areas. The contest is free for competitors, competi-tors, including a free barbecue Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 t i HIP i DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. OZ3j Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344 2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Allison Davies 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344-2585 Photographer Issue 19 it ... ... ' J Five-year-old Justan Cox maneuvers his bike around cones at the by the American Fork Police Department and Wal-Mart. for the children to have fun at the Fitness Center Daycare," Mayor Heber Thompson wrote to her. "The children leave the daycare feeling special and well cared for. Not only do you entertain many children with your enthusiasm, you also have the great ability to take the one who is sad and show them loving one-on-one attention. atten-tion. The energy you bring is a great asset to the daycare team." City cleanup continues American Fork's spring cleanup continues through Saturday. The city has 13 trash receptacles at Art Dye Park, 550 E. 1000 North, for residents lunch. There are three fcge divisions divi-sions 14 and under, 15 and over and Pro-Am (open). Registration is dona the -morning of the contest outside the park beginning at 10 a.m. " If a competitor is under 18, they need to have a parent or guardian sign a release waiver. Registration for up to half the spots is open online at volcom,. tff Guys just adventurous '11 be wo&ing late Friday, so you'll haye to keep yourself busy," Sharon announced last week. "Maybe you could take yourseltoamovie." "Maybe," I said cautiously. "If I can find something worth seeing" see-ing" t "Really. It will do you good." My suspicions began to grow, and take on nevyi meaning. "I don't khow," I said. "It would probably mean I would have to go alpne." ' " 'What I didn't say what I was thinking was this: "Iron Man" was opening Thursday, and Friday would be a perfect day to take in the first big superhero movie of the summer. , . I knowiwhat you are saying: This guy is old; Why would he want to see a movie about .a comic book character? The fact is, lots bmen never outgrow comic book heroes. That's-why when the last Fantastic Fantas-tic Four movie came out, I went to see it with two of my sons-in-law and some grandkids. True, I fell asleep in the first part of the movie. I fall asleep in most movies. Put me a comfortable chair in a warm room and turn off most of the lights, and the odds are I'll fall asleep. (Sharon would argue that the same thing happens on an uncomfortable bench in broad daylight but only on Sunday afternoon.) Still, I enjoyed the Fantastic Four movies, even though the critics didn't. I read those comics regularly. I didn't read Iron Man, but that didn't mean I wasn't intrigued. I just didn't want my wife to know I was still drawn to this particular fantasy world. So I hemmed and hawed and . then checked out movie times on the Internet. . As it turned out, there was a show Friday afternoon that I could make and still be home in time to make dinner, which was my part of this bargain. So I "reluctantly" agreed to spend wly Friday evening at the movies while my wife worked. I'd feel guilty, I said, but if it would make her feel better about leaving me alone, I could make that sacrifice. ' . I 1 .41 i 1 to take their refuse. Dumping may be done from 8 a.m. to dusk. The cleanup effort began last Saturday. Parks Department Depart-ment head Cal Houghton said it was well attended the first day. "We had a busy day Saturday," Satur-day," he said. "We had a loader up there to help the people. The city crews will monitor and try to keep it clean. With 13 Dump-sters Dump-sters there is plenty to keep people moving and help them cleanup." Contestant orientation There will be an orientation Wednesday for those interested interest-ed in participating in th Miss : l. : -TV l ., ! ? ft com. Those who sign up, online stiljjieed to have a parent sign f the waiver if required, ff sjome-? sjome-? one' signs up online anddoes , not come by 11:30 a.m. that spot wil) be made available to feomeone else. t "When competitors register, they get a free Volcom WITP T-shirt, sunglasses, stickers and other goodies. Depend 1 IK . cant resist a good, SUI Marc Haddock THk Editor's column i BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Bicycle Safety Fair, sponsored American Fork Scholarship Pageant or the Miss Outstanding Outstand-ing Teen Scholarship Pageant. The workshop for teens will be from 6-7 p.m. and for the Miss American Fork Scholarship Pageant will be from 7-8 p.m. Both will be at the library, 64 S. 100 East. Both events will be Aug. 16. Participants must live, work or attend school in American Fork to participate in either event. , ; More information is available avail-able from Staci Robison at 362-3681, Renata Smith at 318-3049 318-3049 or Megan Wettstein at 368-5091. ing on the event and division, : ' prizes for theop five in each. group will include cash (Open f Division only), skateboards, ' wheels, bearings, grip tape, backpacks plus lots of Volodm clothing. 1 1 z : "We want to make sure every ev-ery kid goes home with something," some-thing," Arnold said. oerhero flick Imagine my surprise then to get to the movie theater in American Fork and find the movie was sold out, even though many people were just getting off work. And I wasn't the only 6ne disap- pointed. I ran into a neighbor, Chad : Hendry, and his son, Chantry. They were also walking out of the theater looking very disappointed. A lot of other old guys were going in, many with kids and grandkids, some with friends. . ; :; And while I was disappointed, earlier in the day I had chanced across the information that a screening of the same film was starting in Pleasant Grove in about 30 minutes. I figured I just had time to make that trip. .. Me and a group of other old guys were happy to learn that this viewing was not sold out, and me and my popcorn were settled into a comfortable seat well before the previews started. There we watched teasers for the new Indiana Jones movie, the new Batman movie and-the new Incredible Hulk moyie. The film, which was excellent by the way, ended with a : promise of an Avengers movie in the future. ' Anticipation was in the air. The fact is, we don't outgrow good adventure adven-ture stories, and comic book heroes tend to exemplify the genre, even if the movies don't always live up to the expectation. That's why I have Superman movies, three Spider-Man movies, and "Batman Begins" in my personal DVD library. It also makes me very popular with the grandkids, many of whom love the Man of Steel as much as I do. As it turns out, Sharon got home from work before I got home from the movie, and dinner was late, too. , i, . I kept expecting her to give me a hard time, but she was actually pretty nice about the whole thing. She seemed to be satisfied just rubbing in the fact that my initial reticence was disingenuous, and was actually thrilled to be heading out with the boys to see a film in which she had no interest. iJ I hope she'll be that understanding when "The Dark Knight" comes to town. Back home Continued from Page I Wars were on hand to greet him and mayor pro tern Dale Gunther gave him a welcome from the city. He gave Sco-bell Sco-bell a copy of the city's history his-tory book, "American Fork City: The Growing Years" by Betty Spencer and some pins created to commemorate the city's sesquicentennial. Main Street was lined with American flags, and there were yellow ribbons decking the trees in the park. There was a stage set up for the National Day of Prayer, which was being conducted con-ducted by the Calvary Mountain Moun-tain View Church. That group postponed its event to let Sco-bell Sco-bell receive his welcome. He spoke briefly at the services. ; "We are proud to be Americans Amer-icans and proud to be doing what we are doing," he said. He was a member of C Company 4 Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. . "We were a task force and Military Police unit," he said in an interview. "It provided security for the people of Iraq." "Mostly for the Iraqi highway patrol," said his commander Sgt. Jonothan Sharp of Lindon. "We had a broad array of missions. We did convoy security, prisoner transfers and escorted truck convoys." Many Americans think of Iraq as being a hot climate, but Scobell said they saw some changes. "It was really hot the first couple of months we were there," he said. "We were fortunate and it cooled down. The winter stayed pretty cool actually. We had one day when it snowed." "Supposedly it was the first snow in 100 years in Iraq," Sharp said. ,-' Scobell said he was surprised sur-prised by several things in the desert country. "I think it was a real culture cul-ture shock," he said. "We take a lot of things for granted grant-ed here, like electricity. In Iraq a lot of building are run off of generatortvYoucould" see a whole street go out because be-cause a generator ran out of gas. It is a much.ftore. simple ayoflifef-'fl Despite thost conditions, Tie said the people seemed "They seem really happy," he sakl. "They seem really contejit inthefr lives. They also seem J sppportive of us being there. Ninety percent of the people there are just going through their days, trying to get by. They are just normal people trying to make ends meet." He said he was not one of the personnel who got involved in the political situation, situ-ation, but was there just to serve. "I wanted to serve my country and help another country," he said. "I was just over there helping a country regain what they used to have and what I have." Scobell told how he came to join the service. He was living in Salt Lake with his wife Michelle. "On the Fourth of July, we were'at Sugar House Park watching fireworks," he said. "I kind of sat there thinking about the life that I have and the freedoms that I h$ve, thinking of the military being over in Iraq right now sacrificing their freedom to help someone else. I wanted to basically do my part, so I joined." His wife Michelle said it , was worth it, although being 'apart was hard, i "I am very proud of him ' and what he was doing," she said.;, Others have expressed the same feelings. As he was in the park with the first welcome home, people peo-ple passing would wave. "Some people pulled over and got out of their cars to wave and acknowledge me," he said. "It was really neat." At his home, there was a group of flags lining the front and driveway. When he was outside, people would honk as they drove past. Scobell said . he didn't know them, just that they were expressing their thanks for his service. "It has been really positive," posi-tive," he said. "I have never had any negative feelings presented to myself or that J have had myself. It is a giant gi-ant sense of pride for what I have done and to know that my neighbors support the. decision I have made. The reception I had from the city Was the best day I have had." |