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Show BUILDING COMMUNITY IN OR EM AND VINEYARD EDITION tHURSDAV, APRIL 10, 2008 SO CENTS SCHOOLS; Hillcrest celebrates math and pizza TOWN HALL; Volunteer fair otters opportunity SPORTS: Reviewing the best of winter sports p(J Www. en. BUSINESS HIGH COUNTRY GRANITE PROVIDES QUALITY Council OKs rehab homes in Orem Retfa Bowen NORTH COUNTt STAFF "Sober living homes" a hew Category of group homes for residents recovering from alcohol andof drug addictions could be coming soon to Orem neighborhoods. Under federal regulations, recovering alcoholics and drug addicts are Considered disabled (as long as they are hot using) and are protected from discrimination by the fair Housing Act, which mandates that they be al lowed to live in group home settings. Under the law approved by Orem City Council Tuesday, the sober living homes tan have up to six residents instead of the eight allowed in other types of group homes, and must have four off-street parking spaces instead in-stead of three. Stephen Earl of Orem's legal staff said that by setting the maximum number bf residents at six, the City was trying to strike a balance between keeping the homes therapeutically effective and financially viable, but also Com patible with neighborhoods. The extra parking requirement was added because residents of sober living homes typically typi-cally have been through treatment or rehabilitation, reha-bilitation, care for themselves, have jobs and are not confined to the home. Earl said he received a letter late f uesday afternoon from a representative bf a disability disabili-ty law center. The letter requested that Orem. postpone consideration bf its new ordinance See REHAB, Page 2 BEE A BEEKEEPER .,i..ti i, f . 5 v ' J J r f h ' , i n i Jit ,l 4 iSffliillfe 0 Y N zrr . . lilt ' MARK JOHNSTONail Herald Sam fevans ttt teiit tit awesepb fan aw-4 of bee feeepiYig- gstt-b- fes winning essay fitm the Otafi County fiaeteeepe- Asswcfeittew in Oewt, bn Apnt 4. Beekeeping a sweet diversion for youth MOftTH 'COUNTY STAFF thef e's a bft bf buzz ar-ouird the valley about a youth program of the Utah County Beekeepers Association tbat provides kids wrfh iVhe know-how and honeybees to ran their fowti beekeepirtg bperatiott. Just ask the three Evans children who re-'cently re-'cently Completed the Bee A Beekeeper program pro-gram and were selected as three of the four grand prize winners at the variation's Friday meeting in Orem. (Dalian Evans, 14, his sistefr, Sierra Evans, i3, and their brother Samuel Evans, tl, who live to Uehi, art some 'of the County's proud-test proud-test new beekeepers. AM three jparticatted in Bee a Beekeeper, which included submitting a 500-word essay, making progress reports and attending a Beekeepirtg 10 1 Course and chapter meetings. Each will receive bees, a hive, teensing and safety 'equipment from association sponsors for their (own personal apiary. '1 think It's awesome, said Sierra Evans, who aspires to one day turn her liquid gold hobby into greeia-prodticing (enterprise. "It taught me a lot more than I knew iSamuel Evans Said he was interested in beekeeping as a means to better pollinate the family's vegetable garden. He also learned about critters that might want to ' horde in on his hive. ""Mice w iU chew ttrough the wood to get the bees the ll-yeard said. ' Neil Shelley , president (of Utah County Beekeepers Association, Said this is the sec-bnd sec-bnd year the group has dffered the Bee A Beekeeper program to youth ages I'O to 18. After recognizing that the growing 'organi- Sce mtmm. Page 2 Orem fights bade against Cryptosporidium 'NORTH 'COUNTY STAFF to stem thie tide oif tbsporidium m fes cy pools this summer , the 'city 'of Orem te mvesting a quartet 'ot a millibri doBars m a technology to ktfl hawnfdl bacteria m the pbols and rampft p eTf brts to Wf drm swimmers and their families how they ';an help keep the waters safe. Because df unusually hWumbersdf'crosporl-dosis hWumbersdf'crosporl-dosis In Utah 'County and statewide in public podb last surnmer, the state lieaMi department 'ordered drMren ftnder age '5 and those 'using diapers banned trdm using us-ing the pools last Augtist At least 4,'600 cases were re-poited re-poited last year in Utah with 430 inUta'Cctuity aldne. Citing an 'emergency siraarion to 'coritrolthe'ctj'p-to 'coritrolthe'ctj'p-to epidemic, prevent tiew cases and protect patrons, 'Orem city managers arid the 'Orem !Cy Cdtmcfi m-thdrized m-thdrized the 'expenditure df $250,'00(!) to install state-'df state-'df tbe-art tilfra-vlblet treatment systems, "Said Karl Hirst ;, "Orem's recresffkwi epartmerit director. Six 'separate UV systems will be installed in the Scera 'Park Pools, ?ol S. State Street and at the in-'dodr in-'dodr swimming pool tit the 'Orem 'Fitness 'Center., 580 See tOOl, Page 2 tpotil tk t'he'Orem mnesCeHter'mtueif. Community Briefing V? 4f Ao ARTS ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FOR OREM CARE MINI GRANTS - Five of the six hew applications applica-tions for Orem's Cultural Arts and Recreation Enrichment Enrich-ment (CARE) tax mini-grants tame under the umbrella of the Utah Storytelling Guild as the City Council held its first round of hearings Tuesday. The mini grants are for $5,000 or less. Wendy Gourley spoke to the council about the guild's proposed "Big Read" diversity project that would use as its basis the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" Mocking-bird" by Harper Lee. A dance performance piece would be done by the Utah Valley State College dance department, incorporating the Birmingham Jail letters Of civil rights leader Martin Luther King and highlighting highlight-ing stories from the slave era to the civil rights era. Nanette Watts reported on the success of the "Story Power" program that has been using a mini grant from last year to take stories that teach positive character traits into Title I schools in Orem. The Utah Baroque Ensemble made application for a 2008-09 concert season that would present two major programs in Orem two or three times each. Members of Tirnp Tellers., the local chapter of the Utah Storytelling Storytell-ing Guild, presented applications for story camp for children and storytelling residencies. Storyteller Ginger Gin-ger Parkinson applied for the sixth grant - $2,133 that would be used to take "Ginger Tales into 12 elementary elemen-tary schools once a week for four weeks. The City Council will hear applications for facilities grants on April 22, and for major grants on May 6. OREM CITY WATER SYSTEM FLUSHING - The city's water section will continue its fire hydrant flushing flush-ing program in Orem neighborhoods this month. The program is aimed at clearing out debris and corrosion from the city 's culinary water delivery system and providing pro-viding residents with the highest 'quality water. Residents are asked to help during the neighborhood neighbor-hood flushings by making sure fire hydrants in freir neighborhood are accessible by city trews and free and clear of vehicles and other objects. They are also asked to keep children from playing in the fast-moving runoffs for safety reasons. White the flushings are taking place, the city water section asks residents not to use their water as the dislodged deposits may cause a slight, non-harmful discoloration to the water and may stain laundry. Once crews have left the area, it is recommended that residents turn on a cold water tap in the home for a few minutes to flush the home's water system. FREE SCREENING OF INVISIBLE CHILDREN'S "BLACK IS FOR SUNDAY IN AMERICAN FORK The filmmakers who produced the Rim "Invisible Children about the plight of 'children and families in northern Uganda n Africa 's longest running war mat was screened in February in 'Orem, have a new documentary docu-mentary entitled "Blade is For Sunday.'" The follow up film on the 'continuing (crisis cbroni-ctes cbroni-ctes the life of a IS-year-d boy named Swvday who 'orphaned at a young age, lives in a displacement 'camp and struggles to siifrvive. With wo family, he must provrde for himself but comes up short mak-Vng mak-Vng the money needed to pay (or school fees end ne asflced to leave. The war that has already taVen so much from hrm now threatens the onty futuns he has left. A free screening 'of '"Slack Is Par Sunday'" wfl be held on Saturday sat ( p.m. at Towne Onema, 120 W. Mam Street, n 'American Fork. "ART IN THE GARDEN SUfBNRSStOKS SOUGHT - The Orem Arts Cowr ts lacking for artists for One ftet anwuall 'Orem City Art Fk, '"Art wi the 'Garden,'" May "24 ;M me Central Wtah Gardens. The 'Cowfcfl fe hoping lot a variety 'of weditOTS such as watercdldr, 'charcoal and pencl There w)ll be wo boom lee and artiste will tee aflowed to sell their wo 'on 'disrilay. Those Interested aire asked to send m electronic photo sample ot their wo to erts "cwm .'org, s we'll -as a torM description "off yacrsfeW mAf&r Web s'fre sd-'dress. sd-'dress. Submissions must be 'received by May 1 . 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