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Show 1521 E3900SSte 100 Salt Lake City UT 84124-1550 T H E O N E T H A T ' S R E Hie Spanish Fork News VOL. 4 / NO. 24 J L L O C A L L Y O W N E D A N D O PWEDNESDAY, E R A JUNE T E17,D2009 50?f SPANISH FORK, UTAH LUUcif \\\c fSC6iV6S nonor to Christy Hardman STAFF WRITER Paul Healey of Spanish Fork received an award in Washington, D.C. last week for making a life-saving call on his cell phone. According to a Business Wire News Release on HPC Market Watch, Healey was chosen by a panel of law enforcement and emergency response representatives to receive the 2009 VITA Wireless Samaritan Award. Last June, Healey and a friend, Gary Perigo, also from Spanish Fork, were four-wheeling on a trail in American Fork Canyon, coming down from a trail by Miller Hill. As they rounded a turn, a small truck with two women in it came around them on the adjacent road, and hit a small tree. The tree impaled the woman in the passenger seat, and Healey said they hit it so hard the tree actually broke off. The injured woman was Clancy Talbot, who said in a KSL article by Ed Yeats Courtesy photo ON CALL: Paul Healey, right, is congratulated after receiving the 2009 VITA Wireless Samaritan Award for making a life-saving call on his cell phone. on July 22, 2008 that she saw the tree coming, but there was nothing she could do. Yeats reported that the four-inch diameter tree "ex- ploded Clancy's stomach, and shattered her rib cage.'1 Healey said the tree went almost all the way through her body. There was another truck behind the girls, in the same group, and Healey said everyone was panicking. Many of them had cell phones, but because of their remote location, only Healey's had service. "They had Sprint, Verizon and AT&T," Healey said. "Mine was T-Mobile, and for some reason, it worked." See HEALEY • A8 Liddiard joins NEA board Courtesy photo EXTRA EFFORT: Miss Spanish Fork 2008 Ashlee Jex, above, and Miss Salem 2008 Brooke Christensen, right, begin competition for Miss Utah today. Kate Jar man / Spanish Fork News Locals compete for Miss Utah Marilyn Nielson STAFF W R I T E R Miss Salem 2008 Brooke Christensen and Miss Spanish Fork 2008 Ashlee Jex will be competing in the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant June 17-20. The Pageant runs for four nights at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake City. As part of their Miss Utah experience, Christensen and Jex will be staying at the Crystal Inn in Salt Lake City and participating in interviews, activities and practices which started on Monday, June 15. The Miss Utah contestants will appear on "Good Things, Utah" for three consecutive mornings, from June 17-19. Another event that all the contestants will participate in is called "Show Me Your Shoes," held at the Gallivan Center at 5:30 p.m. on June 15. "It's an event where each girl has to decorate a pair of shoes to represent her hometown," said Christensen. "Then we get to show the shoes and explain why we decorated them the way we did." Now that the Miss Utah Pageant is so close, both Christensen and Jex say they are prepared and excited for what is coming. "I can't wait to spend time with all the other girls, because they're really the cream of the crop," said Jex. "I know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience where we can all learn so much from each other, and I'm so excited." Jex said she has been practicing the piano for her talent number, as well as speaking about her platform, "Dream to Achieve," with several groups. "I just started a nonprofit organization called the Dream to Achieve Foundation," said Jex. "It's a foundation that will provide what I call a dream scholarship to help young people who don't have the financial ability to pursue their dreams. Instead of only relating to school, like traditional scholarships, this could pay for music lessons, dance lessons — anything that will help them achieve their See PAGEANT • A8 Dwight D. Liddiard, principal of East Meadows Elementary School in Spanish Fork, was recently elected to the 15-person board of directors of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) in a nationwide election. Gail Connelly, NAESP's executive director, announced the results from the Association's headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Liddiard begins his three-year term as director of Zone 9 on July 1, 2009 representing elementary and middle school principals in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. "I love being a principal! Even during these stressful, high-stakes times in our jobs, we are so lucky to be surrounded by excellent staff, great kids and supportive patrons," Liddiard said. "Through NAESP and its state and local affiliates, I find amazing resources for networking, professional development and political advocacy." Liddiard has been a member of NAESP since 1996, holding a number of posts, including the Zone 9 Chair, and serving on the nominating and resolutions committees. In addition, he works with the Utah Association of Elementary School Principals (UAESP), serv- Dwight Liddiard ing as secretary in 20032004 and on the Student Council Conference and nominations committees, serving as a state representative since 2005, as well as contributing to the group's newsletter and publications. He also has been affiliated with the Nebo School Management Team since 1996, and currently serves as its executive secretary. Liddiard began his education career in 1984 as a teacher at Brockbank Elementary, and then became a curriculum specialist for the Nebo School District in 1992. Before assuming the principalship of East Meadows Elementary, a position he has held since 2006, he served as principal of Park View Elementary (1995-1996) and Larsen Elementary (19972006). See LIDDIARD-A8 |