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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald EDITORIAL What is happening? Two weeks ago we ran an article in this newspaper concerning bad sportsmanship at Springville High School. The Nebo School District Board members said that they "had not ruled out" closing some sporting events or games to everyone except players and coaches. : It seems the problem is worst with basketball games between district high schools. The board asked for community help in improving the atmosphere at area basketball games. . It doesn't take a whole lot of information to realize that the main problem is when Springville plays Spanish Fork. There has been an intense rivalry between these schools for many years. But what used to be innocent pranks pulled between the schools has grown into incidents that have seriously endangered the safety of students and others and destruction of school property costing much money to restore. What happened? Where did it become funny to hurt others or their property? What happened to respect? What happened to sportsmanship? What happened to healthy rivalry? This week you will read that the Friday night basketball game between Springville and Spanish Fork will be played at the new events center at Utah Valley State College. That is a nice place to play, but it is not convenient. The article also says that those attending will have to pay $2 to park their vehicle. We hate to see a situation where only the basketball players and coaches are allowed at the games. We also hate to see the games moved to a neutral place. What is the answer students? Should you now have to have a responsible adult with you in order to attend a high school basketball basket-ball game? V3 The Springville Police Department is continuing their efforts to raise money to fund the D.A.R.E. program in the city. They have replicas of the Springville P.D. badge with "D.A.R.E" written across it for sale. They come in a tie tack or lapel pin and are available at the police station for $5. All money raised will go toward supporting the D.A.R.E. program in the Springville Spring-ville schools. Home & Garden Sho w Utah Valley's popular spring Home & Garden Show, featuring innovative products and services to improve the home, the yard as well as enrich family life, will be held April 1 1 and 12 at the Spanish Span-ish Fork Fairgrounds for its sixth year. "This show has proved to be an ideal forum for bringing together to-gether entrepreneurs seeking to market their products and discriminating dis-criminating consumers interested in improving their home environment," environ-ment," said Ronald F. Payne, show director. Payne said that the show will include a booth devoted to RV's, (USPS 51 3-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Patricia Conover Periodical Postage Paid in Springville, UT 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Herald, 161 S. Main, Springville, UT 84663 Subscriptions in Advance per year $20.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23.00 Per Copy $0.50 Delivered by carrier, per month $2.00 Member Utah Press Association - January 29, 1997 spas, computers, tools, entertainment, entertain-ment, sports equipment and do-it-yourself projects. Landscaping ideas, gardening equipment and live plants will also be available to preview and purchase at the show. Other sections of the expo will feature food storage, nutrition, nutri-tion, health care and virtually every aspect of home improve-ment-from interior design to flooring to kitchens to home security. Special emphasis will be given home-based businesses. Those interested in exhibiting are invited to call Ron Payne at 798-8527. Mapleton appointments by Laurel Brady Mapleton's City Council voted to approve several appointments to the planning commission and board of adjustments. Planning Commission Chairman Chair-man Winfeld (Win) Broadhurst resigned from his position and the terms of Rupert McGuire and Tom Tippetts expire at the beginning begin-ning of this year. The council voted to approve the appointment of William C. Rawlings, Rupert McGuire and Barbara Pratt, as regular members of the commission. commis-sion. Thomas G. Nielsen and Bruce Buzbee were approved as alternate members for a one-year term. Appointed to serve on the city's Board of Adjustments were Andrew Mixer and Joyce Clifton as regular members, Sharon Gomez and Drew Kriser as alternates. alter-nates. All will serve five-year terns. ' The council voted to accept an ordinance change that will prohibit pro-hibit a member of the planning commission from also serving on the board of adjustments. Mayor Richard Maxfield explained the board as a "quasi-judicial body," and the potential for conflicts of interest arise when one person serves on both. "The commission needs to present their arguments before the board, not as a member," Maxfield said. Mapleton police report Mapleton police had 38 calls last week including 10 of them animal related. James F. Hamilton, 1305 E. 225 North, Springville. was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. Springville police report There were three burglaries in Springville last week. One occurred oc-curred at the Villa Theatre where thieves got away with a sizeable amount of., money; and ; candy .( They tried to take equipment but!' were unable to get it out of the building. Someone broke into LaCasita,' broke a phone and took some cash. And someone broke into Oertle Woodcarving at 1575 S.; 1950 West and took some carv-; ings and made a mess. John Cassius Collett, 795 E.; 400 North, Springville, was arrested for criminal trespass,' possession of drug paraphernalia and for an outstanding warrant. Charged along with Collett was Jeffrey Allen Nielsen, 927 E. 900 South, Springville, for criminal trespass and possession of tobacco tobac-co by a minor. A juvenile accompanying accom-panying them was also charged with criminal trespassing. Donna Cauley, 755 S. 100 East 2, Springville, was cited for domestic violence. Gene Eldon Crandall, same address, was also cited for domestic violence. vio-lence. Jennifer Jill Ellis, 1523 S. State, Provo, was arrested for three outstanding warrants. Daniel Dan-iel T. Hardy, 353 S. 100 East 2, Springville, was arrested on a warrant. Richard E. Morgan. 915 E. 300 North, Payson, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Gary Lee Welker Jr., 112 E. 800 South basement. Springville, was cited for assaultdomestic ass-aultdomestic violence. Michael D. Werner, 521 N.f Main 2, Springville, was arrest- ed for assault. A 17-year-old male is being charged with sexu-ally sexu-ally abusing a 7-year-old relative, ; and a juvenile was arrested for a ; warrant. Shannon Lee McKenna, 61 E. 1500 South, Orem, was arrested on a warrant and for possession of marijuana. There were three incidents of fraud including another Nigerian letter received by a citizen. The other two involved stolen checks. Two juveniles are being charged for passing forged checks in one case. Thefts during the week included includ-ed stereos taken from vehicles at JRJ Wrecking; a Fire extinguisher taken from a laundry room at an apartment; gas skip at Mt. Springs; and 61 CD's taken from j an unlocked vehicle at 1244 N. 150 East. i ; To become mature is to re- cover that sense of seriousness I which one had as a child at play. I -Friedrich Nietzsche ' - f 1 i III itM 0 ' ' 4 Miss Springville Sydney Taylor cut the ribbon Villa Playhouse Theatre and we Iconic : citizens and the Springville Area Chamber of Com- or visitors to the city who want to know more merce opened its doors in a new office last about the area. Members of the chamber board week. They are now located just south of the are shown above with Miss bpringvuie. COMMENT PAGE Materials Editor: As Miss Springville, I have the wonderful opportunity to complete a community platform of service. I would like to introduce intro-duce you to my platform "Giving from the Heart. " With this platform I am going to go into the elementary schools and tie quilts with the students, teaching them that together we can make a difference and giving them the opportunity to make "the tie that will bind us." These quilts will be raffled and the Where is the real fraud? Dear Editor: Your front page "expose" on credit repair "fraud" sounds as though it was written by one of the credit bureaus. Most people are surprised to learn that these bureaus are only private businesses business-es not attached to thergovernment in any way. Their main goal is profit. They pretty much make their own rules and we, as consumers, con-sumers, pay for their mistakes as they sell our personal information for their personal gain. The problem is that 70 of all people in the nation have L egislation let citizens Representative Glenn Way, Republican of Spanish Fork, is sponsoring a constitutional amendment amen-dment that will require a 35 majority in both houses of the Utah State Legislature to raise taxes, fees and other sources of revenue. In order to pass this amendment, a 23 majority in both houses is needed. The citizens citi-zens of Utah would then have the opportunity to approve this amendment amen-dment formally known as "House Joint Resolution 2." In 1993, the U.S. Congress passed the largest tax increase in the history of the United States. With the Senate vote tied at 50 to 50, Vice President Al Gore cast his vote in favor of the tax increase. in-crease. President Clinton, showing show-ing his support, signed the measure mea-sure into law. However, in his recent election campaign. President Presi-dent Clinton withdrew his support of the increase claiming it to have been a mistake. "By passing this bill, we are Literacy Center in Mapleton by Laurel Brady Illiteracy is the most clearly identifiable source of family, school, civic and social failure. Many professionals believe it is the root cause of dropouts, drug abuse, gangs, unwed pregnancies and crime. And educators agree reading failure is a cause of the sustained frustration that results in delinquent behavior. For these reasons, Mapleton City Council decided several months ago to launch an effort combatting illiteracy in its population. popu-lation. They will help welcome a new Family Literacy Center at its :t, needed for money will be used to help the Folkfest. Supplies will be purchased pur-chased such as shampoo, conditioner, condi-tioner, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes and will be put inside the package the dancers will receive when they arrive in Springville. Hopefully, this will lesson the load on the host families fami-lies and save them some money. I am looking forward for any donations of material, batting or yard to tie these quilts. Odds and ends are great, and I will sue all inaccuracies on their credit reports re-ports and most don't even know it. Seems to me the real fraud is selling our inaccurate information for which we, as consumers, pay the consequences in loss of cred- it. time, money, shelter or even livelihood. We need to be informed of our rights, and, by all means, fight back where these unscrupulous unscrupu-lous bureaus try to control our lives. The fact that many people pay thousands of dollars to correct cor-rect credit problems shows just would decide enacting the opportunity for the citizens of Utah to be able to decide if they want a super-majority super-majority (35 majority)," said Representative Way. "It is important impor-tant to allow them that opportunity. opportuni-ty. This bill isn't anti-tax. But it is to make sure that if taxes are raised, there is a sufficient need to do so." Representative Way cites the likelihood that a "mistake" "mis-take" being made in a tax increase in-crease would become very slim by passing this legislation. . Many organizations around the state have voiced their support sup-port of this bill. Among these are Senator Howard Nielsen and most of the Wasatch Front chamber cham-ber of commerce. Currently, 13 states require a super majority to raise taxes with 13 of U.S. citizens living in those states. Local groups in support of Rep. Way's bill urge their members to contact their representatives and vote in favor of House Joint Resolution 2. grand opening Saturday, February Febru-ary 1, at 10 a.m. A short ribbon cutting ceremony will be conducted conduct-ed at the center, located at the Brookmobile Library, 305 N. Main Street. The mission of the center is to fight illiteracy with one-on-one help to children and their families. fami-lies. Tutoring in reading, spelling and writing is provided to children chil-dren under age 16 several hours a week at the center. Parents can help their children by improving their own reading skills, and are also welcome to contact the center for help. V ' if) ( 4 7 J - i quilts that is donated and piece it together to-gether to help me and the students stu-dents make some beautiful quilts. If you have any material or ideas that you would like to donate, please call me at 489-7919 or drop it off at 1425 E. Hobble Creek Drive. I appreciate all your support this past year, and I am excited to serve our community commu-nity and to "give of my heart." Sydney Taylor Miss Taylor how desperate many of us have been forced to become. Your article does not take into account that many legitimate businesses or organizations that can help. Much of this can be accomplished on your own if you first know how. The Fair Credit Foundation Report teaches the average person how to regain control of hisher own information. informa-tion. Don't spend thousands, but do be informed and do it yourself. your-self. Robert Miller Provo The first American magazine for women was Godey's Lady's Book, founded in 1830. The Kentucky Derby, held every year since 1875, ranks as the nation's oldest continually run horse race. Daring ideas are like chessmen chess-men moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. -Goethe The cycle of illiteracy is often passed from parent to child. Carwin Williams, vice president of the Family Literacy Board, said the need to eliminate illiteracy illitera-cy is urgent. "One out of five Utahns is only marginally literate. liter-ate. Forty percent of students at the end of third grade are not reading up to their grade level. States like Vermont predict their future prison population based on that figure alone." He explained those who cannot can-not read by the end of sixth grade suffer from low self-esteem and discouragement which are major factors in turning children to gangs, teen pregnancy and drug i use. Not only are the fruits of illiteracy individually destructive to the nation's youth, but social problems rooted in illiteracy drain tax dollars from the federal treasury. "We could balance the budget, if our illiterate population were taught how to read," Williams Wil-liams said. Because reading is so fundamental funda-mental to future learning, breaking break-ing the illiteracy cycle helps children gain skills and confidence, confi-dence, improving their self esteem es-teem and improving their chances for a successful life experience. Mapleton resident Elaine Carlson, a long-time volunteer tutor, will direct the new center. She encourages anyone knowing of a child who could benefit from personal help to call the center at 489-6584. Community members who would like to become a tutor can also contact the center for more information. JL |