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Show 50 CENTS SCHOOLS: Drem Jr. High pets science grant TOWN HALL: UVSC reviews building lease SPORTS: Timpanogos wins first region game .. S'" ...rflfcV V.;' I . V.' fcJ i II Business EL SIBONEY BRINGS A TASTE OF CUBA TO UTAH Oreim FO propares to seirve Lindon Rette Speight NORTH COUNTY STAFF A new partnership was created to help out both Orem and Lindon, as Lindon will now use the Orem Fire Division for fire, dispatch and emergency medical services instead of Pleasant Grove. In two months, Lindon's new police department depart-ment will be up and running. The city still does not have a fire department and since obtaining ob-taining dispatch services would cost the city millions of dollars, it is not in the budget. The agreement will also help Orem out as the city will soon be remodeling one of its three fire stations, and will allow a temporary tempo-rary home for equipment and staff until the remodel is completed. Although the final contract between Orem and Lindon hasn't been completely drawn up, Lindon Police Chief Cody Cullimore said that it would be done very scon. "Orem will have people right here, and it'll definitely be more convenient now," Cullimore Cul-limore said: Previously, with fire services from Pleas ant Grove, Lindon's small station was left empty and the Pleasant Grove Fire Department Depart-ment operated out of their own station. The decision was made in Orem's favor after af-ter two lengthy discussions, which came as a surprise since Lindon has been using Pleasant Grove's services for more than 20 years. Orem will provide a full-time staff of 12 plus administration to the Lindon station, as well as loaned equipment including a fire truck and ambulance for $1.2 million. Dis- See FIRE, Page 2 HONORING HISTORY -A ti&.4- & V lk - -: ,:: Si- MARIO RUIZDaily Herald A bronze sculpture of Nielsen's Grove founder, Jorgen Nielsen, is set up by sculptor Man'in Eric Nelson, his family and Orem City Park workers Wednesday. Statue of Danish immigrant unveiled at Nielsens Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Nielsen's Grove Park, dubbed by city officials of-ficials as "the crown jewel" of Orem's park system when the grand opening was held two years ago, is about to be glimmer with the installation of a bronze statue of Danish immigrant Jorgen Nielsen, the man for whom the park was named. The unveiling of the statue of Nielsen, founder of the pioneer-era Lakeview Gardens and Nursery, commonly known as Nielsen's Grove, is set for today at 2 p.m. near the north entrance of the park, located at 1931 S. Sandhill Road. i Edith Dusenberry, a descendant of Jorgen Nielsen, is scheduled to speak and help with the statue's unveiling. The park's museum, built as a replica of Nielsen's farm house, will be open to the public pub-lic for tours today from 2 to 4 p.m. Today's Nielsen's Grove Park is in the same location as the original garden that became a popular recreation spot in the late 1800s and early 1900s. "We certainly invite everyone to come and see the statue, and to enjoy the park this summer," sum-mer," said Asa Nielsen, current chairwoman of Orem's Historic Preservation Commission, an organization that played a key role in rediscovering, researching and planning the park. The park's design incorporates many of the features of the original Nielsen's Grove, including a circular fountain, flower gardens, a reflecting pool, picnic arbors and a unique, See STATUE, Page 2 Orem family gets surprise home makeover from Oprah 1- I 1 t4r., t. 1 1 1 V H i !i a ii MARIO RUIZDally Herald Thill children play on their new play structure Saturday after Oprah's Big Give unveiled John and Cayce Thill's newly remodeled home and yard making it better suited for their 14 biological, adopted and foster children Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD The Thill family was in for a lig surprise when they were told the Heart 2 Home Foundation would be building them a new addition to their home, but they got an even bigger surprise on Saturday. The foster and adoptive family fam-ily of 16 expected to find a new dining room that could seat their whole family but returned home from an all-expense-paid vacation vaca-tion to find that the home had been completely ref inished and redecorated. "It's just beautiful," said John Thill. "I don't have adequate words to describe what has happened hap-pened here." John and Cayce Thill were to receive the room makeover from Oprah's Big Give-Utah and ABC4, but organizers say the project just spiraled out of control. con-trol. Deborah Under, community relations manager for Utah Foster Fos-ter Care, said the Thills left their "home Tuesday for vacation while the work was being done. In the meantime, people continued to donate time, money and items that totaled at least $200,000. "It's been kind of crazy this week, but all good," she said. Patrick Perrett, a spokesman for Heart 2 Home, said Kohl's and Pottery Barn donated home decor items, Lowe's donated two stackable washers and dryers, dry-ers, and Costco, Overstock.com, Smith's and other companies donated several items as well. Along with donated items, he said Foote Construction and dozens doz-ens of volunteers donated then-time then-time to the project. "We've had a lot of success See HOME, Page 2 Community Briefing ASHLEY FRANSCELLDaily Herald Nina Beck laughs during the pie eating contest as she competed against friend Craig Taylor Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at UVSC. The Intramural office sponsored the event and the winners got prizes to the UX'SC bookstore. UDOT ROAD CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY The Utah Department of Transportation advises motorists of the following lane restrictions due to construction con-struction work: I Northbound 800 East at 800 North in Orem (through Friday) will be closed to all traffic while crews continue widening 800 North. Traffic northbound on 800 East will be detoured to 400 East. Southbound traffic will also be detoured as well. The intersection is scheduled to be open to traffic beginning April 21. State Streetin Lindon (April 21 ) will be reduced to two south-bound lanes and one north-bound lane from approximately Center Street to 200 North for a Lindon city project to construct a tunnel under State Street for a new multi-use trail. Speed limits will be reduced to 30 MPH through the construction zone and there will be no left turns available through the zone. This restriction will be in place from late April through August. Flaggers, signs and othertraffic control devices will be placed to guide motorists through the construction zone. Please expect moderate travel delays. DIMA LIFEPRINT CHILD SAFETY EVENT IN OREM A DNA LifePrint child safety event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Ken Garff Honda of Orem, 115 E. University Parkway. Children can have fingerprinting done and create DNA identification identifi-cation kits for their families in case of an emergency. The kits allow parents to have their child's fingerprints finger-prints immediately submitted into the FBI database if they are reported missing. Participants will receive a free 10-digit fingerprint profile, free high-resolution full-color digital photograph, photo-graph, free child safety journal and free home DNA identification kit. For more information, log on to www.dna-lifeprint.comapplications.htm. NATIONAL POETRY EVENTS AT OREM PUBLIC LIBRARY - On Friday at 7 p.m., the Orem Public Library will present an exploration of Dadaist poetry with famed local poet Alex Caldiero as part of National Poetry Month. Join in an evening dedicated to poetry lovers with group readings, performances from UVSC students, and more in the Media Auditorium. On Monday at 7 p.m., the library will present Pum-berly Pum-berly Pott's Unpredictable Niece and other Perfectly Penned Poems for Families. Poems by Jack Prelutsky and others will be featured in this night of family friendly poetry in the Storytelling Wing to celebrate . National Poetry Month. 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 their neighborhood are accessible by city crews 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. While 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. "ART IN THE GARDEN" SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT - The Orem Arts Council is looking for artists for the first annual Orem City Art Fair, "Art in the Garden," May 24 in the Central Utah Gardens. The Council is hoping for a variety of mediums such as oil, watercolor, charcoal and pencil. There will be no booth fee and artists will be allowed to sell their work on display. Those interested are asked to send an electronic photo sample of their work to artsor8m.org, as well as a brief description of yourself andor a Web site address. ad-dress. Submissions must be received by May 1. Questions Ques-tions may be also submitted at artsorem.org. 6 '""61055 "00050"" 8 |