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Show r rvf vf f i f 1 I 11 I r 1 I II f I r 11 EDITION YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. AUGUST 7, 200 50 CENTS VOL. 120 NO. 32 GENERAL NEWS GENERAL NEWS I VI. "Si 1, s S V w . A. CTTTrCttim MAAJI?n DTTCTMITCC i v? OF THE MONTH - Spp nacm 12 LOCAL STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS - See page 16 uty anmonzes 1 -rt Tl -r! tray told el i ecuon Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD Springville City Council authorized au-thorized a bond election for this coming November 5, talked about a new liquor store, and moved to purchase property at its regular meeting Tuesday evening at city hall. The general obligation bond would be for no more than $9.8 million which would raise enough money to construct a 45,000 square foot building to house the Springville Public Library Li-brary presently located in the current city hall. . The new library building, should the bond pass, would be constructed on ground presently present-ly occupied by Springville City Public Safety facilities across the street from the present city hall. The 21-year bond would be paid off by citizens with a property prop-erty tax increase. It was shown to pay off a bond of this size with property tax money it would cost property proper-ty owners $61.19 more per year for a home and property valued at $233,332. This would be in addition to the $27.46 on a home of about the same value which Nebo School District is going to raise its taxes which would make a total of. $88.65 per year. Some residents who live west of the See SPRINGVILLE CITY COUNCIL on page 3 Nebo School District increases meal fees Nebo School District has increased in-creased the cost of school breakfast break-fast and lunch fees 'by 25 cents because of ood costs that have risen as much as 30 percent and increased fuel costs. Nebo meal menus will be post ed online at the Nebo Web site www.nebo.edu around the end of August. They will be accepting applications applica-tions for free and reduced meals the entire year. Applications are available at Nebo School Dis trict's temporary offices located in Springville at 570 S. Main in the Nebo Learning Center building. build-ing. NFphn Srhonl District aDDreci- ates the opportunity to serve IfcUIUHtJS 11 i LUC UIOH iv,!.. 1 1:- 'MM tih; t -J-:'.a.i-. he.. . - r -,. - photo bv Chlrist BabbittThe Springville Herald the equipment they use in their work. : :. MetvF, Mumtes citizens Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE HERALD Residents were able to climb inside police cars and ambulances, ambu-lances, try on SWAT team body armor and take a turn shooting water from a fire hose during a safety fair conducted by Springville Spring-ville City on Monday night. City emergency vehicles were on display - along with a Life-Fight Life-Fight helicopter - during the event, which was held at the Spring Acres Arts Park. Residents Resi-dents were also able to meet and talk with city emergency personnel person-nel including firefighters, police officers and EMTs. Springville Police Lt. Dave Ca-ron Ca-ron said the goal of the event is to provide a chance for children and families to have a positive experience with safety personnel person-nel and get a close-up view of the equipment they use. Meeting and talking with a police officer or seeing the inside of an ambulance ambu-lance can help children avoid being be-ing scared if they ever encounter encoun-ter them through an accident or other situation. "People who are here aren t calling us because something bad has happened, v.aruii sam. "We're here having fun with people," , It was the third time the safety fair has been conducted, and Ca-ron Ca-ron said the city hopes to present pres-ent the fair every two years. It was hoped that as many as 800 to 1,000 people would attend this year. The event is held in conjunction con-junction with National Night Out week. On one table, resident could inspect rifles and Tasers while another booth offered information infor-mation about how to avoid West Nile Virus. Representa- J ' 'i "Fantasies of the Sea," by Utah artist James Christensen Is on of the many works of art that the Clyde Family of Springville have donated to the Springville Museum of Art. An exhibit of these generous donations l now on aispiay a muwi. , Celebrating Collectors: The Clyde Art Show From the Guggenheims to the Gettys, patrons support the fine arts in museums both great and small all over the world. Utah's oldest art museum, muse-um, the Springville Museum of Art, is no exception. The museum mu-seum owes both its origination and continuation to generous donors such as museum patrons pa-trons Blaine and Louise Clyde. A retrospective exhibition of the contributed works from the Clyde Family of Springville Spring-ville will be on display at the Springville Museum of Art starting today, Thursday, Aug. 7, and running through March 22nd, 2009. PripnHs familv and the public are invited to attend a Louise Clyde tives of the city's CERT emergency emer-gency response program were on nana, ana represeiuauvca of the Utah County Sheriff's Office offered demonstrations showing how drug-sniffing - dogs are trained. The Utah Division of Wildlife had a booth at the event for the first time on Monday. Mon-day. Residents could stop by the division's booth and pick up information in-formation about how to react if they encountered a bear or cou- ffnr "Over the last year, we've had a lot of bear stories in the media and we want people to know about bears," said Scott Root, i-nncprvatinn outreach manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "If they see a bear near a rnmnffrnund. theV Should contact us immediately and we 11 respond to that." TjuDiic are inv lieu iu aiiciiu , n . Option honoring Louise Clyde on Wednesday, Aug. 20, be- tween 5 and p.m. ax me museum. Now in her 90th year, Mrs. Clyde has been a kind supporter of the museum for over 25 years. The retrospective honoring the ClyTFamily contributions will highlight her remarkable gifts to the local community. tunrrt Louise and her family have demonstrated devotion to the mu-seuni mu-seuni by donating over 30 pieces of artwork to the museum's pSmSent collection. The Clyde's gifts, such as the early do-Sn do-Sn "Fantasies of the Sea" by James C. Christensej , stnke the fancy of museum visitors as well as enhance the museum s nermanent collection. , , "This family has given the museum its bedrock support, ot servSCeum Director Dr. Vern G. Sw.anson, "Louise and Blaine have donated many of the masterpieces that make the museum glow more bright and beautiful. Presenting a variety of pieces from majestic landscapes to personal portraits, this exhibition displays more than meaningful meaning-ful pieces from the museum's collection; it also shows the sig-nif sig-nif icance of a family's generosity. , The Springville Museum of Art pays tribute to the Clyde Family and expresses gratitude to its many other contributors and volunteers. Join ta the celebration of fine arts patronage by visiting the Blaine and Louise Clyde ?Z attending at-tending the reception held in honor of Mrs. Louise Clyde on Wednesday, Aug. 20, between 5 and 7 p.m at .the useum. The Springville Museum of Art is located at 126 E. 400 South in Seville, and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10-5, Wednesday 10-9, Sunday 3-6, closed Mondays. Admission is free. For more lniormaxion, piease contact the museum during regu- i u.,n;nc V.rnro at Rf)1.4R9-2727 .l,if .mmvcmnfanr? A 61055 0005u yji V iJii. M ,umvivi.v.0 a a "i r- 4 i 1 4 r i n r : n n 115 Point Inspection qLow Price Guarantee oNo Hassle Buying oCarfax Certified Dealer VAVV.Smartpriccautcixom - Scre dralcr far d,A:ihf. it |