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Show Thursday, November 27, 2008 Marsha Rasmussen gets Service Award from Sage Creek Elementary School and it's PTA honored hon-ored Marsha Rasmussen . with the PTA Excellence in Service Award last week. "Rasmussen really cares about all of the children at Sage Creek. She has always al-ways been and continues to be a great asset to our Sage Creek environment," said the principal. "Anyone "Any-one who works anywhere is bound to leave a mark by the things they contribute. contrib-ute. One of the people who has left a HUGE mark on Sage Creek Elementary is Marsha Rasmussen." Rasmussen began her service to Sage Creek as a member of the PTA board over 30 years ago. She was on the PTA board all the time her own children attended the school, even serving as the PTA President Presi-dent twice! Additionally, Rasmussen Rasmus-sen has worked in the office, of-fice, as a math aide, an art technician, noon duty aide and as a skill building coach helping a number of The Sixth Daniel Souza STAFF WRITER This week I had the opportunity op-portunity to test drive the new 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. In the past I have been somewhat pessimistic about the miles-per-gallon claims on hybrid vehicles in general and have had some friends that have purchased a hybrid only to find out that they were not all that they were cracked up to be. Not so for the Honda Civic Hybrid! Honda claims on the sticker that the car will average 40 mpg around town and up to 45 mpg on the highway and guess what? After having the car for a week, with two trips to Salt Lake and a bunch of running around town, I was getting 41.8 mile per gallon! Even with fuel prices , dropping this is a respectable respect-able reading. The driver that dropped the car off was even impressed saying say-ing that he got over 500 miles on a tank of gas coming com-ing all the way from Colorado Colo-rado Springs, Colorado, to Green River, Utah, before having hav-ing to fill up. The 1.3-liter i-VTEC4-cyl-inder engine and a 15 kilowatt kilo-watt electric motor produ-cea produ-cea combined 110-horse-power 6000 rpm and 123 lb-ft. of torque between 1000 and 2500 rpm. This is not the most powerful car that one can drive but had no problem maintaining maintain-ing a cruising speed of 72 miles per hour on the way to Salt Lake and back with four adults seated comfortably comfort-ably in the Civic. A continuously variable vari-able transmission (CVT) " - ii IVIOORE HEATIf JG & AIR 858 E. 100 N. PAYSON, UT 84651 465-2709 Since 1969 fiftvt I ft t firm' . smmmn pea l en Fall is coming on and Old Man Winter is next! Gas is going up and another $12.50 (average bill) per month and power just took another increase. 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The primary IMA components consist of a 2.8-inch-wide electric motor mo-tor positioned between the engine and the transmission, transmis-sion, an Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) that controls the flow of electricity to and from the electric motor, and a compact nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack. The gasoline engine and electric motor work together to-gether during acceleration. When cruising, the gasoline gaso-line engine andor the electric elec-tric motor provide power to propel the vehicle based on driving conditions. In certain steady-state cruising cruis-ing situations, the IMA system can deactivate all four of the engine's cylinders cyl-inders and operate using only the electric motor. SPRINGVILLE HERALD the Media Center Specialist at Sage Creek. She spends many hours of her own time and much thought to Honda Civic Hybrid d.tt. :v:--V-S One has to get used to the acelleration delivered from the Civic when moving mov-ing into traffic, but if you are concerned with gas mileage this is a great way togo. The Civic Hybrid does not offer a bunch of options op-tions out of the gate it comes quite loaded. The only options to choose from are whether or not to get the leather seats and the onboard navigation with satalite radio. The test drive included both of these options and made for a very comfortable ride. The heated seats and mirrors are a great ad-on in Utah and satalite radio is a must for me especially with the recent merger of XM and Sirius you get the best of both now for one price. The only down side that we could find was the trunk space was limited. On a run to the airport I was only able to fit one large suitcase and a small carry on in the trunk. If you are planning a long : . i ward making the Library a great place to come and explore, learn and relax. She spends hours looking for things to add to the library, li-brary, whether it be books or games or decorations for the enjoyment of the children. Several times a year she has the children act out skits-complete with costumes cos-tumes (which she sometimes some-times makes) and scripts (which she sometimes writes) rotating the children so everyone has a chance to be in a skit. Sometimes she reads stories sto-ries to the classes to teach values and caring, or to cover a seasonal theme. The staff say that there is always there is something to learn in the library! Rasmussen has a huge costume collection that she makes available to the staff and to the children for plays or activities. She also makes costumes she can't find ready-made and supplies and Halloween costumes for those children chil-dren who don't have one. " ' ' L A i trip with more than two adults you would have to take smaller luggage and work a plan to make it fit. But it you just want to help the enviroment and get some great gas mileage, mile-age, just running to and from work and to the store this would be a great car to have. There was plenty of space for a weeks' worth of groceries with no problem. prob-lem. A basic Honda Civic would cost you around $15,500 but to get the standard stan-dard hybrid you would pay $23,550 for the better mileage and a more comfortable com-fortable interior. Overall the Honda Civic Hybrid was a great ride and fun to drive with a very updated, stylish interior, inte-rior, and very comfortable - even on a longer trip. Base price $23,550 Price as tested $26,750 Daniel Souza can be reached at sixth.gear. Jieraldgmail.com. Sage Creek She also creates educational educa-tional displays for hands eyes on learning. Sage Creek students and staff have experienced her fur collection, rock and mineral min-eral examples and bug and bird displays just to name a few. Rasmussen even made a huge dragon for the children to use during dur-ing the Chinese New Year Celebratioa She also contributes to the community, as well. INCREASE RESISTANCE TO STRESS WITH ADAPTOGENIC HERBS! Just in time for the Holidays! Taught by Rober Parent Saturday, Nov 29, 2008 11 a.m. SANTA IS COMING TO EXPRESSWAY LANE! Saturday, Dec 6, 2003 3 p.m. tucstt 4 Is n iPVjF8 t?ken ftmti withSamtalDrawu.gs fsnafsh 0 n-Knlm, Gweavvays, Samples & 72f-&i:i2 Goodies Galore! $2 OFF PACKAGING WHEN WE PACK 1 PACKAGE WtL)lipMHpttMMONLeftMI V LANDMARK Starting in www.landmarkutah.com 19 School She served for over ten years on the volunteer ambulance crew, she has taught numerous Community Commu-nity Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes, and she has always served faithfully in many callings call-ings in her church. 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