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Show Page Fourteen - The Springville Herald - November 6, 2003 InvcsBimsnt Seminar odd i b(&fof R iflaiiatefion mi (safiDseons As part of a national public service program, Mapleton City is encouraging its citizens to give a gift that could save lives. The Maple-ton Maple-ton City Ambulance Service has partnered with Safe Community USA, a Utah-based Utah-based not-for-profit organization, organiza-tion, to offer local residents a way to increase individual preparedness while at the same time earning donations to benefit MapletonTs emergency emer-gency medical services. Through Mapleton City Ambulance Service, local residents are able to purchase emergency medical kits ?t a significant discount: one-naif to one-third of regular retail price. Program representatives representa-tives suggest that these emergency emer-gency kits could make excellent excel-lent gifts to give during the upcoming holiday season. For every emergency kit purchased, Safe Community USA will donate $5 to Map-leton's Map-leton's ambulance service fund. Grace Nay, Mapleton's Ambulance Captain, says money raised by the sale of the emergency kits will go toward purchasing much-needed much-needed new communications equipment for the Mapleton Service, which provides backup for Springville and Spanish Fork, as well as for Mapleton City. if V K If f " ' l 3 1 J '" ' 'j ' ' J Hobble Creek PTA was excited to donate over $3,000 to their school this week. The PTA held a Read-a-Thon for their fund-raiser and made over $6,000. They wanted to extend a huge THANKS to parents, family members and friends for their donations. The money will be used in the classrooms. Pictured here are PTA President Stephanie Swensen, Principal Garth Bird and Treasurer Colleen B. Brown. Post office opens more passport locations in state Eight new passport locations loca-tions opened at Utah Post Offices on Monday, Nov. 3, - bringing to 18 the total number num-ber of postal passport locations loca-tions in the state. The new locations are in Lehi, Magna, Bountiful, Layton, Price, Vernal, Moab and Richfield. Customers can call 1-800-ASK-USPS to get the location loca-tion of passport post offices nearest them and their passport pass-port customer service hours. The Post Office recommends you come in as early as possible to apply for your passportat least two months or earlier before your departureto depar-tureto avoid any extra costs to expedite your application. Normally, it costs $85 for adults (16 years and older), with separate payments of $55 paid to the State Department Depart-ment for the passport application appli-cation fee; and $30 to the U.S. Postal Service for its processing fee. For persons under 16, the total cost is $70 with separate payments of $40 and $30 respectively. Two identical photos of you are required which the Post , Office can also take for a fee. For expedited passport service, add $60 for each application. To have your passport process go smoothly and efficiently, the Post Office recommends that you do the following: - Bring in proper proof of American citizenship or naturalization. The must be either: a state-issues certified u and ambulance In addition to raising money for emergency services, servic-es, the Safe Community program also provides a community service by distributing dis-tributing medical supplies to local households. "It's neighbors neigh-bors helping neighbors," said Nay. "If a disaster strikes, they're prepared. They have the tools they need." Dale Allred, President of Safe Community USA, says the program is dedicated to helping communities across the country acquire medical kits for every family and home. It's a simple way to dramatically improve emergency emer-gency preparedness, says Allred. "Immediate access to medical supplies is critical for every family and community. commu-nity. The more medical kits we have available, the better prepared we are to meet any emergency. Ve're delighted to be working with the city of Mapleton to help make its citizens safer and healthier. " The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FE-MA) (FE-MA) recommends that each household prepare emergency supplies as an important part of an overall disaster plan. In their publication, "Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness," FEMA r.otes that, "Immediately after an emergency, essential services may be cut-off and local birth certificate, available by contacting the State Dept. of Health of your state of birth; or it can be a previbus official offi-cial passport; or a naturalization naturaliza-tion certificate if you are foreign-born. (Please note: a hospital-issued birth certificate certifi-cate is not acceptable). - Bring in one officially-acceptable officially-acceptable state or government govern-ment photo ID this can be either a driver's license, a military photo ID, or a state-issued state-issued photo ID. Workplace IDs and regular photos are not generally acceptable. - The passport application requires two recent identical photographs of you, which the post office will take for a $15 fee. These photos must meet specific passport requirements. re-quirements. - To save time, you can download passport application applica-tion documents at www.usp-s.compassport www.usp-s.compassport and fill out your application beforehand. The application process at the post office can take as easily as 10 minutes or less provided you apply early, have all the correct documentation, documen-tation, with no problems. All applications are sent to the U.S. Department for final, processing and approval, provided everything goes smoothly, you can have your official passport mailed back to you, with plenty of time to prepare for your trip abroad. The main office in Provo at 95 W. 100 South processes process-es passports. disaster relief and government govern-ment responders may not be able to reach you right away. Even if they could reach you, knowing what to do to protect pro-tect yourself and your household house-hold is essential." The current Safe Community Commu-nity USA program began on ' October 1 and runs through November 15, 2003. Orders for the emergency kits should be placed before November 15 to ensure their arrival in time for the holidays. For more information about the program, please visit www.s-afecommunityusa www.s-afecommunityusa . com . mapleton maple-ton or call Safe Community USA at 801-794-1989 or contact Mapleton City at 801-489-5655. Mapleton is one of 17 cities statewide to be participating partici-pating in the current Safe Community USA program. In Utah Valley participating cities include Eagle Mountain, Moun-tain, Payson, Salem, Santa-quin, Santa-quin, Saratoga Springs and Spanish Fork. Safe Community USA is leased locally, with headquarters head-quarters located in Spanish Fork, Utah at 1460 Main Street, Suite 3. For further information, see http:www.-safecommunityuse.com http:www.-safecommunityuse.com For the complete FEMA Guide to Citizen Preparedness, visit http : w w w. fema. gov areyou-ready. The worst prison would be a closed heart. -Pope John Paul II The oldest road in the United States is El Camino Real the Royal Road build in New Mexico in 158. It is now known as Highway 85. About 30,000 species of wheat are grown in various parts of the world. Long ago, Indians of Central and South America made rubber waterproof shoes by spreading latex, the milky white juice of the rubber tree, on their feet and letting it dry. ire minium HI I Frank Taylor, an investment invest-ment advisor with Wedbush Morgan Securities, is bringing bring-ing a popular seminar to Springville and Mapleton. "Many people are uncertain uncer-tain how to invest their savings sav-ings (retirement or otherwise) since the technology bubble burst a few years ago. Retirees Retir-ees have the added problem of 45-year low interest rates," says Mr. Taylor. This seminar is designed to help people answer these questions. It provides a useful, informative and fun analysis of the markets and then presents some helpful solutions. Taylor brings 22 years of investment experience as an account executive. Prior to that, he taught law at the Air quality program mw ' i. place jhlKah Countjrl The Department of Environmental Envi-ronmental Quality's "Red Light-Green Light" program, which curtails wood burning along the Wasatch Front during winter inversions, started its 11th season Saturday, Satur-day, Nov. 1, 2003, and continues until March 1, 2004. Wood-burning conditions are identified as "RED, YELLOW, GREEN." The system used to notify citizens when they can burn, is simple: sim-ple: A red light indicates burning is prohibited, yellow means a voluntary no burn and green means burning is allowed. Wood- and coal-burning coal-burning fireplaces and stoves, when used, should operate properly to reduce pollution. Residents will also be asked to drive as little as possible during red ' and yellow days because "tatt contribute significantly to the area's air pollution. Industries Indus-tries will be asked to minimize mini-mize their release of air pollutants and to ensure that air pollution control equip AX V ft ( J m aB iiwi ini iMiiPi) university level for eight years. He teaches numerous investment seminars, including includ-ing community education f courses, for individual inves- $ tors. Asked why he is hosting ij the seminar in Springville and Mapleton, Taylor replied.. re-plied.. . "The smaller communities commu-nities need this information, as well as the major centers. The investment concerns of today are universal in nature and there are some newly designed financial products that help solve these issues. People can either play ostrich and hope for the best, or learn to manage their funds better." See the insert in this edition of the Springville Herald for the. seminar de- tails. ment is functioning properly. More information on actions residents can take to reduce pollution is available on the "Clean Air Utah" web site at www.cleanair.utah.gov. Air Quality Division Director Rick Sprott urges citizens to be as committed to reducing pollution this winter as they were this summer. "Clean air is vital to our quality of life and requires that residents proactively do what they can to keep the air they breathe as clean as possible," he said. "We encourage people to choose clean-air activities that fit their lifestyle, because their individual actions really do make a collective difference differ-ence in keeping our air clean," Sprott said. The program reduces particulate air pollution (PM10 and PM2.5) and. carbon monoxide in Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber counties. PM10 are particles of any kind that are 10 microns mi-crons or less in diameter. They are 110 of a diameter of human hair. PM2.5 are The Springville Herald is the best way to learn about all of the news and events that happen in Springville and Mapleton. For just $20 you can receive the Springville Herald weekly for an entire year. Enjoy news about local events, schools, weddings, boy scouts, church news, obituaries, sports, advertisements, and anything else happening in Springville. Call us today at 489-5651 to start your sub n 1 year $20.00 OUTSIDE UTAH COUNTY gprmgtrille ierafo 1 51 South Main - Springville Frank Taylor particles smaller than PM10.' It is possible to have a "red day" without exceeding; the federal health-based standards for PM10, PM24 or carbon monoxide because red days are called as pollution pollu-tion begins to approach, unhealthy levels. J. Fines can be levied against individuals who use a wood-burning fireplace of stove during a red-burn period. A first-time offender is charged up to $25; a second-time offender pays $50 to $150; and a third-time i offender faces fines from-; $150 to $299. Pollution conditions are announced daily by newspa-1 pers, television and radio stations. Recorded updates,, can be obtained from thej Air'j' Pollution Iriffex'"THotlinetJat( 975-4009 for Salt Lake and., Davis counties and (800) ' 228-5434 elsewhere, and on," the "Clean Air Utah" web' site at www.cleanair.utah.g- , ov. scription immediately. UTAH COUNTY 6 months $12.00 6 months $14.00 1 year $23.00 , |