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Show Page Two - The Springville EDITORIAL toping) Christinas This newspaper is dated December 25, 2003, but you might be reading it on December 24. Christmas is a special, magical time of the year. And as the hustle and bustle of getting ready for the day winds down, we pause to feel the spirit of the season, of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We gather our families around us to celebrate... to remember the birth of a baby so long ago. His birth and message changed the world. Love your, neighbor. Do good to those around you. Forgive. Peace on earth. If only we could all remember and live His message every day in all that we do. We must learn to love one another. Every person is important. Every life is precious. And each life has meaning. No one around us should be lonely. Make a phone call. Take time to visit. Keep the Christmas spirit all year. As one of the missionaries said in the movie "God's Army," "Go out and do some good!" Even a smile can do wonders for someone else. Do good to those around you each day. Good will towards men... Do you forgive those who have offended you? It is a powerful, healing of your soul to forgive. We celebrate our freedom... to worship as we see fit at Christmas time. There are many on earth who do not have that freedom. Our world has been plagued with anger and destruction. We must do all that we can to make peace throughout the world. It starts with peace within one's self.. inner peace. When the gifts are opened and the food is eaten, take time to think about how you can keep the spirit of Christmas all year. Not about free trade Editor: Some people misunderstood misunder-stood my recent opposition to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). They believe that I oppose "free trade" itself, which is not the case. "Free Trade" is the absence of government meddling, med-dling, regulation and licensing licens-ing in the market place. I applaud true free trade. The establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFATA) demonstrated dem-onstrated that so-called "Free Trade Agreements" are not necessarily about "free trade." NAFTA included Springville Herald 161 South Main-- Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, a Pulitzer, Inc. Newspaper Subscriptions&DeliveryServicc. . .375 5103 News & Advertising 489-565 1 Fax 489-7021 E-mail artcityavpro.cum USPS513-O60. Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 161 South Main Street, Springville, Utah 84663. Periodicals postage paid at Springville, Utah 84663. 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Herald - December 25, 2003 over 2,000 pages of rules, regulations and the authorizing authoriz-ing of supre-national authorities authori-ties such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule over American trade. The FTAA, like NAFTA, isn't about "free trade" either. ei-ther. Couldn't the "free trade" title be a mask to cloak its true purpose? The FTAA will not offer trade free of regulations, but will rather have a hemispheric trade organization that could override our local trade laws as established by our state legislatures or Congress. In other words we would be submitting our nation's businesses to rule by a non-elected non-elected supra-national authority author-ity just as the-Europeans have been subjected to the European Union's authority. So the FTAA is a carefully crafted plot for bringing about the economic and political merger of the nations na-tions of this hemisphere, a trap to establish hemispheric-convergence. hemispheric-convergence. International monopoly capitalists who promote the FTAA do not champion a "free enterprise system," but rather hope to use FTAA's treaty-authority to eliminate competition (including small businesses in America) through over-regulation and thus solidify their brand of international monopoly corporatism cor-poratism in this hemisphere Bliss Tew Orem, Utah Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police had 43 calls from Dec. 16 to 21, with 12 for animal problems. Two adult males were cited for driving on suspended suspend-ed or revoked licenses and other traffic offenses. Trevor Erickson, 1230 S. 800 West, Mapleton, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Two female juveniles juve-niles and one male were arrested for curfew violations. viola-tions. Austin Giles, 1181 E. 1400 North, Springville, was cited for consumption of alcohol by a minor. A male juvenile and two female juveniles were cited for consumption of alcohol by a minor. Kelsey Morgan, 1765 W. 80 South, Provo, was arrested arrest-ed for supplying alcohol to minors and three warrants. James Nielson, 406 E. 900 North, Springville, was arrested for consumption of alcohol by a minor. Kristina Robinaon, 235 N. Garden Park Dr., Orem, was arrested for supplying alcohol to minors. Two dog owners were issued misdemeanor misde-meanor citations for allowing their animals to run stray. A business was broken into on Alvey Drive and tools were taken. Gasoline was stolen from vehicles after the suspect (s) cut the SpringvilOa Police report There was a rash of auto burglaries this past week. Springville Police arrested Austin Giles, 1181 E. 1400 North, Springville, for seven counts of breaking into vehicles vehi-cles ' and taking things. A male juvenile from Payson was arrested with Giles for curfew violation and seven counts of auto burglary. Police had 213 calls from Dec. 16 to 22. Thirty of those calls were for animal problems. Ian Garrett Beach. 1336 S. 550 East, Springville, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Bodie David Bona, 451 Brookside, Springville, was arrested for a no-bail warrant. Brandon Michael Boyd, 360 W. 400 North 11, Springville, was cited for intoxication. Sandra tC . Ellis, 213 Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville, was charged with issuing a bad check. Faamosofa Frank Finai, Payson, was arrested for a warrant. Danny John Herre-ra, Herre-ra, transient, was arrested for a warrant, possession of amphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia in a drug-free zone. Blake D. Jones, 850 N. Main 23, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Cagriel Liberato-Carbajal, homeless, was charged with littering and giving false information to police. Steven Dallas Machuca, 179 N. 200 West, Fayson, was arrested for a warrant and driving on a suspended license. Roy Martindale Marler, 134 W. 30O North 2, Springville, was arrested for shoplifting, possession of drug paraphernalia and assault. as-sault. James Andrew Partridge, 92 W. 300 North, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for intoxication, intoxi-cation, criminal mischiefdomestic mis-chiefdomestic violence. Kendal Robert Stokes . 1035 E. Hillcrest Drive, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for three warrants. Rafael V. Tenorio. 440 E, 900 South, Springville, was arrested for DUI. Michael Mi-chael F. Valeti, 501 E. Center, Cen-ter, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Brennan Sheril Walker, 170 N. 30 West 1. Springville, Spring-ville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia parapher-nalia and distribution of marijuana. Brittany Tanner Warner, 710 W.160O North, Mapleton, was cited for shoplifting. Two auto burglaries resulted in the loss of medication medi-cation from one vehicle and a stereo from another. A coin . collection was taken from a home, and there were three calls for checks being stolen and forged. A male juvenile took basketball that belonged to the middle school; he is being sent to Peer Court. Other thefts included a Mercedes hood ornament from the high school; two gasoline skips; and fridge, washer and dryer from a trailer. A 13-year-old girl was caught taking money from her grandma; another juvenile juve-nile took a Game Boy and games from a friend and he is being sent to Peer Court. A 14-year-old girl is being sent to Peer Court for possession pos-session of tobacco. The lifespan of insects ranges from a few days or hours for adult mayflies to 50 years or more for some queen termites. The kindergarten system of preschool education was designed in 1837 by Fried-rich Fried-rich Froebel, a German educator. Gratitude is a milder form of revenge. Nietzsche . ' Deer range in size " from the moose, which may be seven feet high at the shoulder, shoul-der, to the kudu of South America, just 12 inches high. gas lines. And license plates were stolen from a vehicle. A 33-year-old female was taken to the hospital after ingesting a bottle of over the counter medication. COMMENT PAOB Editor: Thanks to volunteers! . Volunteers are what makes any community great. I love living here because the spirit of volunteering is alive and well. I want to express my deep gratitude to all the parent volunteers who have worked so hard this year to make the Springville City Recreation Wrestling program pro-gram run so well. Some say the wrestling program is the best run recreation program available Thanks from 116th Editor: A letter of thanks to all of the merchants and businesses that recently made contribution contribu-tion to the 116th Engineer Company Utah Army National Nation-al Guard Family Support Christmas Party. The party was held at the Spanish Fork National Guard Armory the afternoon of Dec. 13, 2003. Over 400 family members and friends were in attendance. atten-dance. The 116th Engineers Company recently received a mobilization order, calling them to active duty in support sup-port of Iraqi Freedom. The members of the unit come from all walks of life and communities from all over State should not fund Editor: Governor Walker seems to be sending out proposals testing the State Legislature to see which will hurt the least or cause the least furor. Similar to a cagy game of chess, probing here and there, suggesting that moneys can be transferred from this fund or that wjth no intent to, replace borrowed funds. Notably, the Centennial Highway funds badly needed for our crowded highways along the Wasatch Front. Education is the sacred cow that will feast on IOUed funds while the IOUs will be relegated to some dark recess of the Capitol building never to see daylight again. May I be so bold as to suggest that education does not need more funding from the State. Let districts vote on bonding financial needs. Rather, let the Education Gurus fan out and see where funds are being wasted, then put forth challenges to education educa-tion methodology that will produce results without plumping up . the districts with unneeded state tax dollars. I hold an advanced degree de-gree in education, taught 23 Thousands hurt at-school. New Utah Department of Health (UDOH) figures show thousands of children are getting hurt at school every year and that most of the injuries could have been prevented. The UDOH has compiled five years of school injury data into a series of fact sheets, the first of which was recently delivered to education officials. For the years 1997-2001, UDOH received nearly 33,0-00 33,0-00 reports of injuries serious enough to require medical attention or to force students to miss at least a half-day of school. Among the department's depart-ment's findings: - Every hour a student is injured at school. -.Every 4 hours a student sustains a fracture or possible fracture at school. - Every day a student suffers a possible concussion at school. - Every 5 days a student is hospitalized because of a school injury. Among students in kindergarten kin-dergarten through 6th grade, injuries occur most often on the playground or playfield; in grades 7-12, gyms and athletic fields are the most dangerous areas for students. In all grades, boys are hurt more often (60) than girls in Springville or Mapleton. I am involved in many such programs, and I agree. The reason is that so many parents par-ents have stepped up and volunteered their time. They pulled off the smoothest tournament of the year again for the second straight year. They have volunteered to coach, , move mats, keep records, etc. It has been a tremendous year. Special thanks goes to Gwen Reed, Alan Chamberlain, Chamber-lain, Chris and Celena Call, the state from Hyrum to Cedar City and Blanding and Vernal to Tooele. The unit specializes in heavy equipment operation used in construction of roads, airfields and other types of horizontal construction. We would like to recognize recog-nize the businesses that supported sup-ported us and encourage your patronage to them also: Outer Limits, Rocky's American Amer-ican Car Care, Wendy's Corporation, Susan's Hair Design, Arby's of Spanish Fork, Colette Hansen, Dese-ret Dese-ret Book at East Bay, UPS Store of Spanish Fork, Imag-eWorks Imag-eWorks and Radio Shack of Spanish Fork. Top Cuts, Cope's Shoe years with success using a very simple method. Students will not be "left behind" if they are assisted to acquire four subjects early in their school years. They are Phonetic Pho-netic Reading, Mathematics, Writing and Respect. Utah could implement a simple program from kindergarten kinder-garten through third grade by teaching those four subjects from the onset. Reading, writing, arithmetic and respect re-spect would be the focal subjects. This is not to say that use of other potentials of education couldn't be taught sparingly. I would suggest that a lot of the teacher's time in these lower grades is spent teaching teach-ing "nice" things that the students have already been exposed to, such as, visits to the grocery store, the post office, bus rides to hither and yon... the purpose to give them "experience. " This time could be better used in teaching variations on the themes of the four subjects sub-jects mentioned above. For those students who haven't acquired workable English, total immersion is the best and quickest method. This could be augmented (40). "As we analyze the data, it's clear the majority of school injuries don't have to happen," said Trisha Keller, Program Manager of Violence Vio-lence and Injury Prevention, UDOH. "Younger children get hurt because they play rough and use equipment incorrectly," she said. "In the upper grades, student athletes suffer injuries because they aren't properly conditioned, don't warm up before playing play-ing or practicing or overexert themselves." Classroom injuries are also a big problem in secondary second-ary schools. "Students can be injured anywhere," said Utah's Director of Risk Management Alan Edwards. "From home economics class to the chemistry lab and wood shop. We get a lot of reports of young people losing fmgers while using saws and other power tools most often because they simply aren't being careful." The news about school safety isn't all bad, according to Edwards. "Utah schools are far safer than they were just five years ago," Edwards says. "Districts are purchasing purchas-ing safer playground equipment, equip-ment, using shock-absorbing fill under swings and slides Paul Roundy, Jeff and Penny Kinross, Gary Ratcliff, Steve Peterson and all the little league coaches. I know my sons have greatly benefitted from their efforts. The second phase of city' recreation wrestling is now' starting and phase three wilF stan in February. Any inter:i ested can call Craig at 489-8767. 489-8767. With Gratitude, Craig LaMont Mapleton Engineers Repair, Hickory Kist, Og-den's Og-den's Carpet. Burger King Corporation, CAL Ranch, Spanish 8 Movies, Dollar Sense, The Silver Company,1 Grand Creations Hair Design, De-sign, Booth Brothers and Artistic Floral. Karen Thomas Scrapbo-oking, Scrapbo-oking, Olsen Brothers Green House, Chris's Barber Shop. One Man Band in Santaquin, Brad's Barber Shop, Family Tree, BACA, Napa Auto of Payson and Two Jack's Pizza. Lollipop Pre-school and Day Care, Checker Auto of Spanish Fork, Checker Auto of Payson, Yvette Hansen and Danny's Candy & Gifts;: education with a Reading Lab where eight students are quickly taught the fundamentals of, the English language-the alphabet (many new students can sing the alphabet song, but can't tell an A from a Z) nouns and verbs. Just an hour a day twice a week works miracles. fulfiie Bfflpe rosld btffb plied with a Math Lab, until, the basic fundamentals ' are learned. Students in the latter part of second grade can enjoy learning multiplication of Is, 2s, 5s, 10s and lis in just a matter of six weeks. This could be followed up with closely related divisions of these numbers in the early part of the third grade and filling in with the remaining numbers in the latter part of the third grade. With a little vision, enerr gy and foresight, students completing the third grade could- be forwarded to the fourth grade competent to do work at that level. It doesn't make sense to promote stu? dents into higher grades who are reading or doing math one to three grades behind. Leo J. Lee Springville and have all adopted zero-; tolerance policies on fighting." fight-ing." ' Parents can play a big role in improving school safety. "Parents need to teach children of all ages to respect authority and their peers, and that bullying is hurtful and dangerous," said Keller. "Students in the upper grades can avoid a lot of sports injuries simply by being properly conditioned," Keller added. "And they should never play injured, no , matter what the coach of; their friends say," she added, j "One football game is not' worth a broken neck or other; injury that could leave a! child with a life-long disabili-i ty." Utah schools use a stan-! dardized form to document incidents that require treat- j ment by a medical profes-j sional andor cause a student j to miss at least a half-day of school. This Student Injury! Reporting System (SIRS) is! administered by the UDOH and has data on more than; 113,000 injuries dating back; to 1994. "The UDOH injury report ; form is a great tool for schools to track injuries,") said Edwards. I |