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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - May 7, 2003 EDITORIAL Imi off tolito at. girls' , Are you as tired of looking at girl's and women's stomachs as I am? What makes the female population think that their middle is an attractive part of the body and something we all wish to view? I go to a restaurant and sitting down have navels right at eye level! I go to a drug store and have to view the salesperson's salesper-son's flabby stomach! Wouldn't it be nicer to look at her eyes? Little girls, big girls-fat girls, skinny girls. . They all have this thing about everyone wanting to look at their midsections midsec-tions and more. Where will it end? What is next for us to look at? When many of them bend over we also get a fine view of their behinds. That is not a pretty sight nor a spectator sport. In many cases I wonder where all the mothers are of these young girls who are displaying their bodies? Or, do the bared navel females look in a full-length mirror before they venture out in the public square? Apparently not. The world treats people the way they look. If you dress slutty, you are going to get treated slutty. I don't care if it is "the style." Girls-get over it. People are just laughing at you and talking about you behind your back. Look in the mirror, you look ridiculous. Lets get back to real stylethe modest kind! County Unas mew siinl shelter The new Utah County Animal Control Shelter is now open. There will be an open house all day on Saturday, Satur-day, May 10, for all who would like to see the facility. The new shelter is directly direct-ly behind the County Jail on North Main in Spanish Fork at 582 W. 3000 North. If you are dropping off animals after May I, please call 343-4080. 343-4080. Springville's Animal Contorl Officer Jim Barker reminds all animal owners in the city concerning animal laws: 3-7-501: Animals to be Impounded. The animal Control Officer shall place all animals which he takes into custody in the County Animal Shelter. The following follow-ing animals may be taken into custody by the Animal Control Officer and impounded, im-pounded, without the filing of a complaint: 1. Any vicious animal not properly confined as required. re-quired. Provo seeks parade entries Entries for Provo's 126th Fourth of July Grand Parade are now being accepted. The initial application deadline is May 15. This year's parade will be held along University Ave- nue in Provo, Utah County, on July 4, starting at 10 a.m. Applications, a complete list of requirements and general parade information can be found online at ww-w. ww-w. freedomfestival.org. The 2003 parade theme is "Let Freedom Ring." Parade applicants are strongly en- prtngutUp IKrralfi (USPS 5 1 3-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 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 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23 Per Copy 500 delivered by carrrier, per month $2 ..,: Member Utah Press Association 2. Any animal running at large. 3. Any animal which is required by this chapter to be licensed and is not licensed (which is all dogs within the city limits). Any animal not wearing a tag shall be presumed pre-sumed to be unlicensed for purposes of this section. 4. Sick or injured animals. 5. Any abandoned animals. 6. Animals which are not wearing a rabies tag in accordance accor-dance with the requirements of this chapter. 7. Any animal held for quarantine.,. . : .... 8. Any animal being kept or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter. 3-7-401: Duty to Report Bites. The owner of a dog that bites a person and any person bitten by an animal shall report the bite to the Animal Control Officer within 24 hours of the bite, regardless of whether or not the biting animal is of a species subject to rabies. couraged to incorporate this theme into their entry. Floats and other entries with a high entertainment value will likely be accepted. Tasmania is named for its European discoverer, Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman, who sailed there in 1642. he called it Van Die-men's Die-men's Land. Animals are such agreeable agree-able friends-they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. criti-cisms. -George Elliott pXtt Maoleton Police had 44 calls last week. They arrested Vernon M. Eggen, 1331 W. 2800 South, Mapleton, for intoxication and possession of drug paraphernalia. A rape was reported to police by a 42-year-old female, fe-male, and police are also investigating allegations of sexual abuse of a 12-year-old female by a family member. Investigation is also ingoing for the alleged physical abuse of a three-year-old female. Officers were assisted by Utah County HAZMAT Team for the removal of a large amount of toxic chemicals chemi-cals found in a Mapleton home. Criminal trespass and theft was reported after a female removed and sold a fence from private property. Another fence on private property was damaged. Several Sev-eral chickens were killed by two stray dogs. Springville Police report Springville Police had 258 calls last week. Thirty-six of those calls were for animal problems. Jacob W. Beesley, 665 S. 400 East, Springville, was referred to court for reckless driving and going the wrong way on a one-way street. Jordan Bernhardt, 835 E. 575 North, American Fork, was arrested for an outstanding outstand-ing warrant. Two male juveniles were caught out at 2 a.m. One was charged with curfew and allowing an unlicensed person per-son to drive a vehicle. The other was charged with curfew cur-few and having no drivers license. Gaila J. Dennis, 423 E. 400 North, Springville, was charged with six counts of prescription fraud. A male juvenile was arrested and taken to the detention center for assault, criminal mischief and shoplifting. '' Tiffany A. Hopkins,. 315 W. 100 South, Springville, ;' was arrested for a warrant. Two male juveniles were charged with criminal mischief. mis-chief. Paul Edwin Lindsay, 242 E. 400 South, Springville, was arrested for two warrants and two counts of possession of marijuana. A female juvenile juve-nile was charged with theft. Raul Ortiz, 607 E, Center, Cen-ter, Springville. was arrested for a warrant. and possession of alcohol by a minor. Alejandro Ale-jandro Perez-Gomez, 900 N. Main 2, Springville, was arrested for giving false information to police, speeding, speed-ing, suspended license and two warrants. Gary Allen Rayburn, 851 N. 600 West 1, Provo, was charged with criminal mischief. mis-chief. Erik John Shewmaker, 934 S. Main, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Jana L. Sullivan, 140 W. 100 North, Springville, was arrested for intoxication. Thefts from vehicles resulting in the loss of a wallet; stereo; and $15. A rifle was taken from a home, and a woman found a neighbor neigh-bor boy hiding under her bed holding her purse. There were several acts of criminal mischief including water balloons thrown at a vehicle; water in a gas tank; bottle thrown at a vehicle breaking the mirror; two trees pulled out; light on building broken and windows shot with BB gun; locker at jr. high kicked in; and holes kicked in wall of playhouse at a city park. Two persons tried to cash stolen checks at Central Bank. They were able to get away before police arrived. Someone is using a stolen credit card to purchase porn on the Internet. Thefts included an air compressor; five gasoline skips; credit card; a dog from a yard; bird house from a porch; five bicycles; license plate; A 15-year-old female was referred to Juvenile Court for possession of stolen property. And a 17-year-old male was referred to Juvenile Court for theft. ' ,. COMMENT PAGE sas - Editor: Recently, my family and I attended two wonderful musical programs here in Springville. I felt a letter of thanks would be appropriate for all the work that went into both events. The Musettes had a very inspiring musical program about a week and a half ago. It was centered around the organization of the Relief Society program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was such an uplifting event. Many many people put a lot of Open letter to all To America's Teachers: Thank you. Thank you for your dedication. dedi-cation. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your service. Thank you for choosing this noble profession. profes-sion. Thank you for being a hero to both young and old. Thank you for being a best friend. Thank you for your love. Thank you for believing age. Creek School well Editor: Petersen Brothers Drilling of Bountiful, Utah was rehabilitating reha-bilitating and deepening an existing public-supply well for the City of Springville between January and April 2003. The well is located adjacent to the Sage Creek , Elementary School, and during recess every day the kids were wondering what that "big old machine" was doing! .' The thought occurred to .me, "What a great opportunity opportuni-ty for these kids to learn something about ground water and wells." I contacted Natalie Call, the Principal of Sage Creek School and offered of-fered to describe in the class room what was going on, and then conduct an on-site visit with each class in the school. I explained that it was a golden opportunity for the children to learn about ground water and the hydro-logic hydro-logic cycle, and to get some real first-hand knowledge at no cost whatsoever. Beating the "War on Drugs" Editor: The problem of drugs and addiction are not new. In fact, they have been around for many centuries, long before we had the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the American Medical Association Asso-ciation or the multi-billion dollar per year industry of pharmaceuticals. However, even with these watchful and protective agencies, the problem of drug addiction appears to be worse than ever before, so much to the point that many people have gone into complete apathy over the subject of "The War on Drugs." The time line of the problems prob-lems seems to have escalated when alcoholism and drug addiction were labeled a disease some fifty years ago and complicated through ever-increasing types of diagnoses, and of course, the new medications to go with them as the latest treatment. Not only are millions of people told that it's not their fault, but many are given another drug to treat some of the symptoms from their addiction, such as an antianxiety, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication, which only complicates the problem even more and also makes the person less capable capa-ble of being himself again. This has become such the norm that any person or program attempting to reha bilitate an individual using simple approaches, without work into the program. Thank you so much. On May 3, the Summit Singers and Mt. Nebo Children's Child-ren's Choir put on a musical presentation at the Springville Spring-ville Jr. High School. My son is in the Summit Singers and so I know a little bit of the work that Jenny Lowe put into the program. She works with about 20 children, chil-dren, 5-9 years old.That in and of itself deserves recognition! recog-nition! However, she is so patient and really teaches the children the important of in the bright hope of every child. Thank you for setting high standards. Thank you for believing every child can learn if given the chance. Thank you for inspiring the leaders of tomorrow. Thank you for offering comfort com-fort in times of sorrow. Thank you for being a mentor men-tor for a lifetime. Thank you for your professionalism. pro-fessionalism. Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for staying after school and It was especially timely because Springville, and all of Utah, are in the midst of a five-year dry spell and there was a lot of publicity about the city's water supply. Ms. Call was delighted about the idea and we scheduled sched-uled a day for me to visit the school. On January 23 I gave a short, 10-minute classroom presentation and then accompanied accom-panied the students, along with the teachers, to the well-site near " the school playground. - There were four, First Grade Classes and four, Fourth Grade Classes involved; in-volved; and, it was a "blast!" The kids and their teachers learned what that "big old machine" was doing, and where their drinking water supply was coming from. Danny and John Gots-chall, Gots-chall, the driller and his helper, were very accommodating. accommo-dating. They bailed the well a few times to show them what was coming out of the hole, and the students re using other drugs and getting the person to take responsibility responsi-bility for his condition is actually thought of as weird or is scrutinized by those that have created the current mainstream idea of treatment. treat-ment. Though there may be many contributing factors, the problem started with the person's decision to take a drug to solve a problem. Therefore, the solution is for the person to recognize that fact and then decide to take responsibility for it, which may include using helpful tools to assist them in the process of becoming drug-free, drug-free, such as a true rehabilitation rehabili-tation program. One set of tools is part of the Narconon drug rehabilitation and education edu-cation program (www.stopad-diction.com), (www.stopad-diction.com), which is based Defensive driving The Utah Safety Council is now offering four-hour defensive driving courses for individuals in the Provo-Orem Provo-Orem area. Courses are held throughout each month, at the Utah Valley State College (Orem Campus). Also, Spanish Span-ish defensive driving will now be held once a month in our Murray location. The four-hour course consists of classroom instruction instruc-tion and focuses on an accident acci-dent prevention, driving music. She loves music herself and her talents truly shine. Mt. Nebo Children's choir is the advanced choir to the Summit Singers and equal appreciation needs to go to those directors. Let's not forget to thank the accompanists accompa-nists for their hours of practice. prac-tice. Springville is a wonderful place to live and it is events like these that help to make this city great. Patti Jcffcry Springville teachers providing extra help. Thank you for doing whatever it takes to make sure no child is left behind. As you go about your work this day and every day, know that you have the admiration, appreciation and respect of the President of the United States and all of the American people. Rod Paige U.S. Education Secretary sponded with a few "friendly" "friend-ly" snowballs! A few weeks later I received re-ceived an envelope full of "Valentines" from Sheila Robbins' fourth grade class, thanking me for my help. It was a real treat for me; but, it also emphasized what a tremendous responsibility these dedicated school teachers teach-ers have to educate these precious children. Carl H. Carpenter P.E., CGVVP i : Springville A P.S. The project was completed April 23, 2003 and the well produced 900 gpm of good quality water. Two of the Valentines received by Carpenter said: "Dear Mr. Carpenter, Thank you for teaching me about water and have a Happy Valentines Day. From Mar-itya Mar-itya Dear Mr. Carpenter, Thanks for telling us why that machine is there. Oh and thanks for teaching us about the well. Whitney Homer on discoveries by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard and achieves an incredibly high success rate for ending addiction. The program is not considered consid-ered traditional treatment with new drugs and diagnoses, diagno-ses, thankfully, but an opportunity oppor-tunity for a person to once again be free from the downward down-ward spiral of addiction. In today's society, an individual ought to be able to think and find out for himself. him-self. Our country was founded found-ed on freedoms and individual individu-al rights and rebelled against those that tried to impose or enforce ideas and customs upon us, why should it be different with drug addiction? Luke Carton President Narconon Arrowhead confidence, awareness of hazards and improving driving driv-ing skills. Drivers may complete the course for a 50-point reduction reduc-tion from their Utah driving record, once every three years. Individuals 55 years of age and older, may qualify for insurance discounts after completing the course. Registration is $35 per person, or $10 for those age 55 and over that are only seeking a reduction in their insurance rate. For additional information or to register, please contact the Utah Safety Safe-ty Council at 800-933-5943 or visit www.utahsafetycoun-!cil.org. www.utahsafetycoun-!cil.org. i |