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Show u SPGVQUT CAR-RT L0TC-018 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 6 1521 E 3900 S STE 100 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84124-1501 2Hi3HcraU) EDITION YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006 50 CENTS VOL 108 NO. 43 n MO SCHOOLS mm koto SUSAN HUFF HONORED IN SUPRISE ASSEMBLY - See page 7 SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DONATE AT SfWUlT AftRFlUmV.Sooncifmll 1 -- 1 1 "3 Memorial to three teens to be dedicated Sat. ' Christi C Babbitt . SPRING VILLE HERALD A memorial remembering three local teenagers who were killed in a traffic accident on Aug. 2 will be dedicated during a public ceremony on Saturday at 10 a.m. near the Springville Museum of Art. The memorial will be placed on a corner of the 200 East and 400 South intersection in Springville. The memorial will include three trees planted in remembrance of Katelyn Gabbitas, 16, and Brady Conger, 17, both of Springville, and Tasha Brammer, 18, of Mapleton, who died in a traffic accident at the mouth of Hobble Hob-ble Creek Canyon. A flat stone marker with the names of the three teens and the date of the accident will also be placed at the site. The accident occurred when the 2004 Ford Mustang in which the three teens were passengers careened around a corner and slid into oncoming traffic, colliding with a Suburban. Police said "at the time that speed was a factor in the crash. Springville Mayor Gene Mangum said part of the reason for the memorial is encouraging more public safety and awareness. "We don't want to see those kinds of things continued on and hopefully (youth) just get that message from those kinds of reminders." re-minders." The city is providing work by city crews to ready the memorial memo-rial site and plant the trees, Mangum said. The remainder of the cost for creating the memorial - including the trees and cement work - will be charged to a police association fund. "We're furnishing fur-nishing some labor, but any direct cost will be charged to the police fund," Mangum said. The stone marker is being donated by Memorial Art Monument Monu-ment in Springville. "We lost a son, so it was just kind of one of those things you feel good about," said Mike Anderson, owner of Memorial Art Monument. Springville Museum of Art Director Vern Swanson said a bench is also being contributed for the site by an anonymous donor. Springville Police Chief Scott Finlayson said he has offered to help pay for the trees with the police association fund, which contains money donated by police officers and citizens in the community for people in need. The idea for the monument came after friends and family of the victims began erecting their own monument at the location loca-tion of the crash, Finlayson said. Groups of people, sometimes more than 30 in number, were staying at the site until late in the evening, prompting canyon drivers to call police with concerns about the safety of mourners at the site. ' "We were extremely concerned about having someone else injured in-jured or killed because of that," Finlayson said. Finlayson said he received permission from the city to plant "trees as memorial to the teens, and he and the city parks director direc-tor met with the families and received their approval. Finlayson See MEMORIAL TO TEENS on page 8 I -- ' The corner of 400 South and 300 East is being prepared for a memorial for the three teenagers killed in a traffic accident on August 2. The dedication will take place this Saturday at 10 a.m. c 5 A ; f J iff M W W ill v. r?: 0 "mm py y tfS. a .v.' jr .3 ii f J 1 f I' ii. V maLjI i L,l y2irtL Sara Pratt of Springville and her daughters, Amanda, left, and Jessica, had a great time at the 2005 Safe Halloween in downtown Springville. Citizens are invited to bring their children under 12 and enjoy another fun time on Tuesday, Oct 31, from 3 to 5 p.m. , Celebrate a 'Safe Halloween' in downtown Springville Tuesday Young people, ages-0 to 12, are invited to bring their parents and participate in the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Safe Halloween in downtown Springville on Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 5 p.m. This is a great opportunity for kids and parents to visit local lo-cal businesses on Main Street between Center Street and 400 South for a safe Halloween experience. ex-perience. While traveling around the various businesses don't forget to get to know the great companies compa-nies and owners that make up. the downtown area. The city has asked that participants partici-pants go around the downtown ' area in a counter-clockwise direction. Families are encouraged to dress up and enjoy the fun of safe trick-or-treating experience. experi-ence. You must be in costume to receive a treat. The chamber thanks the businesses busi-nesses in Springville, the Springville Spring-ville Youth City Council, and Springville Police Department in helping to provide families with a safe Halloween event. Youthnet honors Marianne Stephens Marianne Stephens of Maple-ton Maple-ton received an Excellence in Service Award last week from Youthnet and the PTA Council for her years of active participation partici-pation in helping to educate the community about drugs. "Without Marianne, we would not celebrating ten years with Red Ribbon Seminars here," said PTA president. "She has been there all these years helping help-ing the families in our community," commu-nity," j In responding to the surprise honor, Stephens said that "The reason we do this every year is because many parents over the years in Springville and Maple-ton Maple-ton have been broken hearted to find out their children were doing do-ing drugs. "Just one time of doing drugs can put them on a path that is not good." Stephen son, Jonathan, paid the highest price when he got involved in drugs several years ago. His addiction led to his death. "One child on the path of drugs is one too many," said Stephens. 0 f) O Marianne Stephens of Mapleton was honored last week at the YouthnetPTA Community forum for her years of service to the schools in the Red Ribbon program. Shown with Stephens is the speaker for that event Brad Barrum of DrugTalk, and three of the students others in Youthnet Teens, parents learn about 'the new face of drugs' nrn? "'61055 00050" 8 "More girls than boys turning turn-ing to drugs," "Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise," "From Adderall to Xanax, it's all for sale online." These were some of the topics that teens and parents par-ents learned about at last week's YouthnetPTA- sponsored community com-munity forum at Springville High School. Those topics were also addressed this past summer on ABC News. Brad Barrum, the guest speaker from DrugTalk, told those attending attend-ing that, the most difficult subject to get parents to come to hear about is the topic of drugs. "Parents "Par-ents just do not think their kids would get into drugs," he said. "We want to get parents and children to be part of the drug solution, so-lution, not the drug problem. We have not gone into a community See TEEN DRUG ABUSE on page 3 i i . 14 v v ZJ C . v . . v i 4. i 4 . 07 DQy4EixhacPI7 1 |