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Show A-14 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 2-5, 2005 The Park Record SPA & HOT TUB SALE! Thru July 4th ONLY! UTAH'S BEST SPA PRICES! OUR "BEST MASSAGE" SPA 3 Motorsl 4 5 Total Jets! 3 Whirlpool Jets ._-.er'. •4 Neck/Shoulder Jets REG. $ 8497.°° 5995V EZ-FINANCING LAYAWAY HOURS Mon-Fri 10-7 Sat 9 - 5 Sun 12 - 5 Spa Depot 649-0091 8801 S. 700 E. SLC FIREPITS & FOUNTAINS www.spadepotutah.com SPA COVERS sVon FREE Teeth Whitening With completion of an exam, cleaning and x-rays. Offer availablefora limited time, to new patients only. of * white sale. Save $300 on any full orthodontic treatment Offer is available to new orthodontic patients only. Students rush for deadline (AP) Borrowers flooded the Department of Education and lenders with phone calls as they rushed to beat the deadline to consolidate student loans before interest rates rise. 'ITie variable interest rate on federal student loans will rise nearly 2 percentage points after midnight Thursday. Some borrowers could save thousands of dollars over the lives of their loans by consolidating at the lower rate. 'Die unusually sharp increase has prompted a wave of last-minute inquiries, causing back-ups for banks' 800 numbers and at the Department of Education's Direct Loan Servicing Center, where at least some calls weren't getting through Wednesday. Department spokeswoman Susan Aspcy encouraged borrowers to Gle electronically - the department added nine Internet servers for extra traffic - or to call at off-peak limes. The center will remain open until midnight Pacific time Thursday. Borrowers can generally apply for consolidation loans online, but the process can be tricky and they often end up phoning lenders with inquiries. "The volume is tremendous," said Jennifer Darwin, a spokeswoman for Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia Corp., which said call volume was up 51 percent compared to a year ago. A spokeswoman for Chariot lebased Bank of America said callers should expect to be on hold an hour or more, even though the bank has added staff to field calls. Other companies said their preparations worked. Mark Brenner, president of San Diegobased College Loan Corp., said 97 percent of calls were being answered within 30 seconds. At Collegiate Funding Services in Frcdericksburg, Va., executive vice president Clark McOhee also said most queries were being answered, thanks to extra staff andovertime, despite several times the usual volume. Pennsylvania's Higher Education Assislance; Agency had managers answering' calls, which were at more than twice ! the usual volume. Some lenders bombarded s t u dents with reminders encouraging; them to consolidate, but it didn't • prevent a last-second rush. "You'd be surprised how many! students out there have no idea what interest rales have been doing and what il means for them." said Matthew Sleingmher. via.- president of marketing at Academic Financial Services in Tampa, Fla., where volume is about 50 percent higher than normal. "A lot of them don't realize they have options." Still, consolidation is ;i risk. Interest rales have heui .;! Insioric lows, but if they were lo eventually drop even more, SUKILIIK might regret locking in at a higher nie. Chief of national education selected HELENA (AP) Joan Schmidt education but leave no child leagues as caring and personable, has devoted most of her life to behind. ... Children are not like Schmidt has a sharp intellect, a education. First as a teacher and a parts you can just reject and passion for church organ music mother, then as a district trustee reorder." and a firm handshake thai belies and now as the newly elected That idea of educating the 35 years of working alongside her head of one of the nation's largest "whole child" is central to husband. Arthur, on ihe family; education advocacy groups. Schmidt's platform as president. farm. A Montana native and 22-year She wants schools to protect She's extremely organized, a. trustee in tiny Fairfield, Schmidt music and arts programs, ensure self-described type A personality; is the new voice for 95,000 school the health and wellness of stu- who juggles a number of roles and; board members across the coun- dents and emphasize the need for responsibilities but is focused on! childhood education staying grounded and keeping her: try in her role as president of the early Virginia-based National School through full-day kindergarten and roots firmly planted in Fmrfield; Boards Association. She wasother programs. and Montana. • elected to the post this spring. "I'm not mandating that chil"I need to be connected to the! As one of the first NSBA pres- dren start school at age 3. but children in my community and the; idents from a rural slate like (early education) needs to be state education groups." SchmidtMontana, Schmidt said she wants more available," Schmidt said. said. "I'm not going lo he this per-; to bring attention to the problems "People who can afford it are son on high, who's separated; faced by the country's small, iso- doing i( a lot, but there are also themselves from the real world." » lated schools - declining enroll- parents who can barely afford day Lance Melton, executive direc-' ment, a lack of qualified teachers, care." tor of the Montana School Boards' worsening poverty and inadeIn Fairfield, a malting barley Association, and other colleagues quate funding. town of about 700 people west of expected nothing less. • "I1 feel an obligation to speak Great Falls, district officials are "Joan has managed to find ai out/ the former English teacher excited by Schmidt's ideas and the way to be equally ui home in! and mother of two said. "Rural chance to make their voices heard Washington D.C.. Helena and schools don't have enough of a on the national level. Fairfield, Montana." he said.: voice/' speaking before; "Everything you always hear "Whether Schmidt, 61, also wants to about is urban." schools superin- Congress, participating in <\n bring more attention to the prob- tendent Mark Anderson said. "I interview on Good Morning lems rural states like Montana are think now, to have a voice that America, presenting leadership having with President Bush's No speaks to rural issues, especially skills lo Montana school board Child Left Behind education someone with her intelligence and trustees, playing piano for her! reforms and other federal laws. A articulation ... she has the right local church or working her farm with Art. Joan has shown a consispassionate musician, she believes beliefs, the right ideas." NCLB has put so much imporAnne Bryant, executive direc- tent integrity and authenticity in[ tance on test scores that music, tor of the National School Boards ail that she does." the arts and other electives are Association, also praised Schmidt, Added Fairfield High School being squeeze'd out of school cur- saying: "She will be a powerful Principal Les Meyer: "She has riculum. voice fc>? school board members basically given her -life to educa"The political climate is a chal- in the service of children in our tion and pursued it on a much lenge," she said. "Schools are told nation's schools." grander scale than most people, they must provide a world class Respected by friends and col- would." Top RDUK Linda McReynolds. 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