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Show 16 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday. March 15, 2007 n nrr (III il 1 Springville (teeters report on kst month's mMtm: If s Dads and Donuts in the auditorium of Hobble Creek Elementary School. The event was sponsored by the PTA and was attended by a school full of dads and their kids. Dads and Donuts was part of the school's Read Across America celebration held in conjunction with Dr. Suess' birthday. Other activities that day included students dressing as their favorite storybook character, a book drjve, and readings by a Mapleton Police officer and the Cat in the Hat himself from Spanish Fork theater's "Suessical the Musical" production set for July. Book Look 'The Poisonwood Bible' Debbie Balzotti the instant we first set Author: Barbara King- foot" solver I just love a really big "Man oh man, are we in book. I can lay it on the for it now, was ray think- bedside table and look like ing about the Congo from a serious reader. 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I was captivated by the unique style, where each chapter switches voice between be-tween the wife and four daughters. This gives the reader a constantly changing chang-ing perspective. As the family trudges into the African village of Kilanga, weighed down with their western luggage lug-gage and each wearing six layers of extra clothing hung with utensils due to baggage constraints, one of the Price daughters, Leah, describes their arrival, arriv-al, "We came from Bethlehem, Beth-lehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle." This arrival is set in 1959 and the suspenseful SOB SJxaflaHK f 7. I.AUTO RW.C m.3 coupon 2 yr 24,000 mile warranty All A s h cpTXmpa Tprhnirinns w I - Voted best in Utah County - Cean,Friendy and Happy!!! ZBP nil r l V I INN i Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD Alex Roylance, director of parks for Springville City, reported that a new cemetery gateway is being planned. He also reported that citizens seem excited about the tree planting that has been going on in the city, especially in the Devon Dev-on Glen sub-division. New trees are also being planted Library invites seniors For our senior friends-we friends-we are so excited to provide pro-vide a new service for our patrons 55 years and older at the Springville Library. We are going to have a special spe-cial time once a month beginning be-ginning Mar. 23 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. where we invite you to come to the library and enjoy some quiet time to browse, visit, ask questions ques-tions and check out things at your leisure. Patti Rogers will be on hand to recommend books and answer questions. There will be plenty of parking, so you won't have to walk so far. On Mar. 23 we will have light refreshments refresh-ments to welcome you. Come in and see if you like this new time just for you. You will be able to come in on the fourth Friday Fri-day of each month at 8:30 a.m. when the library will be yours. See you then! epic continues for about 40 years. The clumsy attempts of. this American family to civilize and convert in their small village reflect a larger political disaster in the Congo. As a reader you are often shocked that the Price family would be this incredibly foolish and Western powers equally so, as they interfere and cause so much suffering due to their lack of cultural understanding. under-standing. Can either group find redemption? This book is so beautifully beautiful-ly written with phrases like this entry from 16-year-old Rachel: "Company for dinner! din-ner! And an eligible bachelor bach-elor at that, without three wives or even one as far as I know . . . with all his fingers still on, both eyes and both feet, and that is the local idea of a top-throb dreamboat." I found myself often laughing despite their desperate plight. I would consider it one of the most haunting novels I have ever read. The Springville Spring-ville Library has a copy and has the audio version on order. It is definitely worth 543 pages of print - and it will look good on your beside be-side table. in phase 1 of the Grasslands sub-division and in many of the city parks. He also said that the bid is out for flower bed maintenance main-tenance and these will be opened on March 23. New construction is staying stay-ing high. Forty-four building build-ing permits were issued last month with a valuation of almost $9 million. Fees collected col-lected for the month were over $550,000 and include all of the impact fees, electric elec-tric fees and park fees. The report for the golf course continues to be good. The course is within $4500 of breaking $.5 million so far this fiscal year and it may prove to be the best year ever. The Daily Herald Her-ald recently listed Hobble Creek Golf Course as the most popular course in the county in its reader poll CVity Attorney John Penrod reported there were no ignificant claims filed against the city as of the end of February. " The library reported that over 700 children and 400 adults attended special library li-brary programs last month. The library is a very popular popu-lar place for children as well as adults. They are starting a new program from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on March 21 for se- use the library when it is not so busy. The electric department had very few power outages out-ages during February and reported a high load of almost al-most 38 megawatts on February Feb-ruary 5. , The department also said that the rebuild on engine en-gine K-2 is coming along nicely and will soon be on line again. Holding up the project at the moment is the arrival of some "clean burn" modifications which will make the machine even more environmentally friendly. The department is well staffed with men who are able to tear down the large engines at the Whitehead facility, determine what is wrong, fix the problem and then put the large engines back together again. Public works is very busy all ready this spring with projects which include the construction of a new well house at the Canyon Road well, overseeing the laying of pipe on 400 South west of 950 West and several sev-eral pipe laying projects in the southeast section of the city.' The department is also working getting the new stormwater utility up and running with staff and nior citizens to come in and equipment. Time to take responsibility Editor I read the article in last week's paper, "Open borders and destruction of America," It was a little disturbing. I'm tired of hearing about how, because of 20 years of America's Amer-ica's own neglect, drugs, disease, dis-ease, crime, etc., have been brought over from Mexico. That garbage would have found its way across anyway. It is time that as Americans, we "Cowboy Up" and take responsibility for our own mistakes. We can't possibly continue to blame those who have come across the border because a better life was available avail-able here. Americans are cheap! Heaven forbid that as con--sumers we purchase products made in the United States or as employers that we hire an American citizen, or even are more conscientious and do a little research, before donating donat-ing to a foundation to earn a huge tax write-off . Most of my friends, no, I take that back, all those I know who are from Mexico, here illegally or not, are some of the best people in the world. They are family strong, clean and honest and amazingly hard working. They are the majority. They are not here to destroy America, but to earn a decent education for their chiddea Does this seem strange? No. In Mexico, to get what we would consider a decent job, you have to be able to speak English. Yes, It is time to get control, but it is also time to stop the prejudice garbage. If the borders bor-ders had been regulated properly, prop-erly, a lot of American businessmen busi-nessmen wouldn't have the wealth they do now. It seems like a huge double standard to me. Whether we like it or not, the damage has been done so to speak. It is time to think about the children. Many of these immigrant families are going to be a huge part of our future. We need to embrace the best we can, those who want to be here for the right reasons, and educate them and ourselves. Iworkineducatioalknow that it takes a community to raise any child. I'm afraid however it will take all of us working together as one, to overcome and admit this huge fault and not do so begrudg-ingly begrudg-ingly or at the cost of many Mexican families who were just looking for a better future. fu-ture. I worry about the children who have been born here and have mothers or fathers arrested ar-rested and deported, leaving the children to fend for themselves. them-selves. We must find humane answers. an-swers. We would also do well to remember that generally people will behave the way they are treated: Even the poorest man can be made to feel rich, it he is treated with respect. Kemari Rawlings Santaquin HOKCREPifE BM CREDITS ft 1 & I I fMMWMM' ' WWW if!. ml f . . r mmI IWlff HWI 1" I f II I I ' I V I. ""hi lill 1W1 Why Choose Bear River Mutual For Auto & Homeowners Insurance? Our rates are consistently low because, as a Utah company, we Insure ONLY UTAH DRIVERS and ONLY NON-DRINKERS! Our POLICY HOLDERS OWN THE COMPANY. We do what's best for them not what's best for the stock holders! Established in 1909, Bear River Mutual is UTAH'S LARGEST LOCAL AUTO AND HOME INSURANCE COMPANY! POLICY HOLDERS BENEFIT from less frequent catastrophic losses when compared to other parts of the country! 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