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Show January 15, 2004 - The Springviiie Herald - Page Nine Senior 11 Citizens I - e.-i V-:1 o P " I . V , V - S ,A . V , . y 1 ' -.."- : - I : . M I i - - ' i ' At-,r ( . t J J . .--. til - .. 4 k-J - , UV '. L ,.k ii V - ' . Geography Bee Finalists at the Springville and Josh Evans. Front: Calvin Clark, Middle School are, back: Rachel Kearl, Jaycee Carly, ChaiDee Woods and Kyle Tairsa Brown, Spencer Larson, Jeff Albee McMullin. Sidy directors report activities for Decombor Directors meeting Tuesday Tues-day afternoon at city hall showed a lot of activity from some of the departments during December. Police Chief Scott Finlay-son Finlay-son reported that a special "Administrative Checkpoint" approved by Fourth District Judge Davis from 11 p.m. until 3 a.m. New Year's eve turned up three driving under the influence arrests, two illegal consumption of alcohol alco-hol by minors, ten traffic violations, four vehicle impounds, im-pounds, two drug paraphernalia parapher-nalia arrests, one possession of marijuana and several other arrests. City officers also picked up three other people on New Year's eve for DUI at hours other than between 1 1 p.m. and 3 a.m. Over 1000 cars were stopped the department depart-ment estimated that night. Ten drug arrests were made during the month and one of the "top ten" active drug users or sellers was arrested after a search warrant war-rant service. Animal control officer Jim Barker responded to 122 calls last month including three wild animals captured. The fire department responded re-sponded to 60 calls last month including one structure struc-ture fire. Joel Cope was elected first assistant fire chief and 'Linzy Rowett was elected as second assistant fire chief. Troy Mills was elected safety officer and Karl Roylance was elected secretary-treasurer. The ambulance responded to 79 calls last month. Power department The power department has now received all necessary neces-sary clearance to operate the plant from the state department depart-ment of air quality. The department has installed in-stalled continuous monitoring devices on all of its emission stacks and found to be in compliance with state emission emis-sion standards for operation of the plant. Power department head Calvin Baxter also reported that about one half of the city is now on automated power meter reading service which saves the city having meter readers go from house to house. All engines are running at the power plant with the exception of one of the EMDs because it is waiting for a new turbo unit to be installed so the engine will meet air quality standards. Planning, zoning December showed over a 200 increase in building permits this year over last year. . Valuation of building permits last year was about $1.2 million while this year's building permits were at over $4.6 million. Most of this increase was in single unit family dwell-' ings. Randy Drummond, city engineer, reported that the 10th South Well had been surged during last month and will now produce 600 to 630 gallons per minute which it did last spring. s. He stated that after several sever-al tests the well remained stable in producing the 600 to 630 gallons per minute. The gold course took in over $37,000 in revenue during December all due to the sale of golf passes for next year. This has brought total revenue from the golf course to over $500,000 since July 1. Golf pro Sonny Braun also reported that he is working work-ing with the electrical department depart-ment to get some needed rewiring done at the club house. The present system is not adequate for present operations opera-tions of the facility and will be upgraded this winter. Parks, recreation Alan Curtis reported that his department has been taking care of snow removal at the city buildings and parking lots. He reported that the office building in the canyon had been vandalized with some damage to the facility. All basketball leagues are in full swing as well as women's wo-men's volleyball, wrestling and community ed classes. Classes at the swimming pool and presently underway as well as the Springville and Spanish Fork high school teams. Curtis also mentioned to the street department that they could help in some of the snow removal . at the airport in and around the hangers where the larger city snow removal equipment cannot get. Springville city is in charge of all of the snow removal at the airport. Vern Swanson, Springville Spring-ville Art Museum Director, reported that the building is nearing completion and will be ready for re-dedication this spring. He noted that most of the tile has been laid on the lower floor of the museum sand that the electrical work has mostly been completed as well as the ceiling tile. New offices and classmeeting rooms will be available soon at the museum and the regular offices are presently being remodeled. Also the book store at the museum has been finished and is presently being stocked. The new desk for the east entrance has also been ordered and most of the cabinet work has been completed com-pleted in the lower rooms. Carpet will be laid soon in these areas. A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. 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Deana Hill 1220 N Main Suite II Springville, UT 801-489-9444 www.dcanahill.com LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR SIATI MRM INS UtAMCI STATE FARM IS THERE slj(7'ni torn Stuff Faun I if liwtnmic ( mpimv !o liowif m NVorWV) SMr t aim life and AiaJatf Asmikiiiu- Compimx (Ixtntti in V and U7) 111??. uMi (feme Offtws: Blmtminlan, llhnoii All Seniors are invited to take part in the many activities activi-ties at the center including quilting, cards and pool from 9 a.m. to noon daily; aerobics, aero-bics, Mon., Wed. and Fri., 8 a.m.; art class, Mon., 1-4; card playing, Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; ceramics, Wed., 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Bingo, 12:30 p.m. A new ceramics instructor, Carroll Adams, has replaced Cindy Farrell. If you ever wanted to write your life story, keep a journal or diary, write beautiful beau-tiful letters or that great American novel contact the center or Sadie Young, 489-4972. 489-4972. Student nurses will be at the comet on the 1st Wed. of Feb. and Mar. from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Kensington Medical will be at the center on the third Wed. of each month from 10:30 to 2 a.m. to check blood pressure, blood sugar and oxygen levels. lev-els. , Kamille Booth from the Outreach Program will assist seniors with H.E.A.T. applications appli-cations BY APPOINTMENT APPOINT-MENT ONLY, until Mar. 31, 2004. Call Kamille at 377-0066, ext. 262. A hot meal is served daily at noon. Choose from a chef's che-f's salad, salt-free, diabetic or regular dinner. Make reservations by calling a day in advance, 489-8738, before noon. No meals will be served on on Mon. Jan. 19 due to Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Meals are provided and sponsored by the Mountain-land Mountain-land Association of Governments Govern-ments and the Utah State Dept. of Human Services. Services. The last Friday of each month is the Big Dinner with former band leader Guy Wymore as this month's entertainment. A monthly trip to Wend-over Wend-over is on the second Monday Mon-day of each month. Contact Anna Mae Wardle, 489-6107 for details. ; f . V ' ! 1 V Y i Geography Bee winners ar the Springville Middle School are Tairsa Brown, ChaiDee Woods and Spencer Larson. (geography Bee ChaiDee Woods, a sixth grades student at Springville Middle School, was the first place winner in the school competition of the National Geography Bee. The bee, which is an attempt to increase in-crease geographic awareness in students in the fourth through eighth grades, takes place annually on a school, state and national level. The national finals offer a $25,0-00 $25,0-00 college scholarship for the winner and will be broadcast on a PBS television channel later this spring. Forty-nine students participated partic-ipated in various levels of the three-night school competition competi-tion before ChaiDee, the daughter of Lamond and TraceCe Woods of Springville, Spring-ville, won the contest. Second Sec-ond place winner was Tairsa Brcwn, the daughter of Garrett and Kali Brown of Mapleton. Spencer Larson, son of Gordon and Allison Larson of Springville, was the third place winner. Congratulations to these students and to the others who took part in the contest. Ik lf AMERIQJJEST 4iWORTCACI: COMPANY Need a loan? Credit Problems? WE CAN HELP! Bad Credit Bankrupt No Credit New Immigrants NO APPLICATION IS REFUSED! 1st, 2nd Mortgage CreditLine Personal Loan Debt Consolidation SPECIAL! First Time Home Buyers Pay As Little As 50 or $5000 Down! Call us today for FAST APPROVAL! 1-888-229-2786 or 1-647-885-9728 , m n r i r, y " Mi?9!iS!fSS&W ISi TM First Source Funding Home Mortgage Loans Rates as low at 4,25 Free Appraisal Free Credit Check No Down Payment No Closing Costs Debt Consolidation Loans CALL PATRICK AT 489-4800 732 N. 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