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Show Page Two - The Springville EDITORIAL Vouthniot frying t help teems There has been great concern by parents and community leaders in Springville and Mapleton in the last few years concerning the prevalence of drugs being used by some, young people and because of the deaths of several apparently related to drug use. Police have repeatedly said that drug problem in this community is not any worse than any other community in Utah County. However, any drug use is drug use we do not want to have among our youth. There have been many attempts to help with this problem and educate both youth and parents. The high school PTA have worked hard each year to provide information to the community. We have also had a very successful DARE . program in the lower grades. Some concerned citizens have recently formed a group called Youthnet. They want to see positive things happen in our area, and with the support of the Springville and Mapleton City Councils, fhe'Nebo School District and the local police forces, Youthnet is planning to fight substance abuse and encourage positive development of our young people. The program they are wanting to implement has been tried in other communities and it has been successful. It can work here with the support of the citizens. We do not know if the parents involved got involved because they knew of or had young people who had problems prob-lems with drugs, but we applaud them for getting involved and trying to do something about this problem. The world is always a better place when people get involved, and work together. Youthnet is inviting all interested citizens to attend a seminar on Saturday, Mar. 6, at 9 a.m. at Springville High School. They have invited two specialists from Idaho to be there to explain how this program has worked for them and how we can customize it for our area. If this effort will help even a few teens in our community, communi-ty, it will be worth the effort. If you could contribute to this program in some way, small or large, the sponsors invite you to come on Saturday, Mar. 6, and hear about it. The lives saved from this endeavor endeav-or might be those of your kids or grandkids. . Unbuckled parents unbuckled kids If we want to protect children we need to do more to reach adults that don't wear, their, safety belts. Why2 ,A . recent child safety seat study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveals that an alarming number of unbuckled adults don't buckle their kids, despite laws that mandate child restraint use-and common sense that kids should be properly restrained in car seats and booster seats that are proven to save lives. The NHTSA study confirmed that when a driver was wearing a safety belt, 91.7 percent of the children (weighing 80 pounds or less) were restrained in either a child safety seat or safety belt. But when the driver was not wearing a safety belt, the percentage of children who were restrained dropped to 62.3 percent. This is unacceptable. Adults that do not wear their safety belts cannot risk lives of children that ride with them. Those drivers need only a few extra seconds to make sure that the kids in their vehicles are properly restrained. Moreover, in the interest of the child, adults must buckle themselves as well. As adults, we must set an example for our children, protect their lives and our own and make sure that every passenger is buckled up, every trip every time. Thank you police! Editor: We, as a city, owe a huge pat on the back to the Springville Sprin-gville anti-drug task force. They are doing what every city, town and county needs to do in this state to ride itself of those who peddle or take drugs. To have the courage to put a hand on the shoulder of users and purveyors of illicit drugs, look them in the eye, and flat tell them that their number is up, takes intestinal fortitude. It makes my. heart swell with gratitude to the Spring- Mapleton Police Mapleton Police had 40 calls the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 27-Feb. 2. Donald L. Smith, 542 E. 600 North 1, Spanish Span-ish Fork, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Lori Smith, 410 W. 1000 North, Spanish Fork, was arrested for possession of metham-phetamine metham-phetamine and drug paraphernalia. para-phernalia. Rachelle Colby, 994 W. 100 South, Provo. was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Robin J. Jackson, 637 N. 300 East, Lehi, was arrested for possession pos-session of methamphetamine. Two snow boards were taken, and police are investigating investi-gating several fraud cases foi check fraud, identity fraud and a business claiming they need a bank account number from a citizen who has allegedly alleg-edly wnn a rash nri7P Herald - February 26, 2004 ville Police for working hard to clean up this city and erase a misdirected identification identifi-cation of our homes as a drug infested area. Would it be unfeeling if the law, when catching violators viola-tors of drugs, could sternly inform the violators that the next time we catch you, you will do hard time in the Grey Bar Hotel? I think not. Take heart, fine police force, you are doing what is right and we thank you for your work. Leo J Lee Springville Police were called to five family disputes and a report of a hit and run accident that damaged church property. Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe be-lieve in the dignity and importance im-portance of the question. Williams Learning and liberty march hand in hand, or they do not march at all: the one is the condition of the other. Shawcross Life is a school. There is something new to learn wherever we may be, wherever wher-ever we go, wherever we turn. Witt emnirnsK Editor: We all know our community commu-nity is aware of the challenges challeng-es the youth of our area face each day. Each person probably proba-bly knows individuals and families whose lives have been tragically touched by high-risk behaviors such as substance abuse, violence or immorality. How many times have we all wondered if there was something that we could do to directly influence the lives . of young people in a positive way? How many times have YOU wondered if there was something that YOU could do? A group of concerned citizens from Springville and Springville Police Springville Police had 286 calls last week including 48 for animals of which 29 of those were for stray animals. Citizens are reminded that there is a leash law in Springville Sprin-gville and dogs must be on a leash or confined within a fenced area. Juan Manuel Avitia-Vas-quez, 161 Iowa, Casper, Wy, was arrested for DUI. Justin Broderick, 155 S. 200 West, Springville, was charged with theft of a generator from a home. Corben Richard Carter, 1016 Wellspring, Salt Lake, was arrested for two outstanding out-standing warrants. Two male juveniles were caught shoplifting at Reams. Another male juvenile was cited for trespassing at the jr. high, possession of tobacco and possession of alcohol. Robert Lewis Lyman. 257 E. 200 South, Spanish Fork, was arrested for possession of amphetamine, possession of marijuana, suspended license, no insurance and reckless driving. Daniel David Ruesch, 440 N. 800 West, Provo, was cited for shoplifting sunglasses, sunglass-es, necklace and charm from Wal-Mart. Haylee Viles, 464 E. 200 South, Springville, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. para-phernalia. Victor McDonand, 1717 N. 400 West, Orem, was cited for a traffic violation. viola-tion. A student at the high , school overdosed at the school on his mon's medication. medica-tion. Another person overdosed over-dosed on methadone tablets. And there was an attempted suicide. Two speakers, two cases of CDs and a hat are missing from a vehicle. Other vehicle vehi-cle burglaries resulted in the loss of two more speakers and damage to the car; and four CDs and damage to the face plate from another. A ring was taken from a home; the Dairy Queen had $70 taken from a safe; several sever-al trucks were broken into at a business in the Industrial Park; and two mopeds were taken. Other thefts included four gasoline skips, a bike, and a license plate was taken and replaced with another. The missing one was found in Orem on a stolen vehicle. Mailboxes were damaged in the southeast part of town. A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. some-thing. , Mizner CD settlement checks on the way After a few false starts, Utah music lovers will finally get their money from an antitrust settlement with major music companies. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced that nearly 30 thousand Utahns will each get $13.86 checks within the next few weeks. But wait, there's more The settlement will also bring 43,762 compact discs to 59 Utah public and university libraries in late April or early Mary. "This is one time that I don't mind saying, 'The check is in the mail,'" says Shurtleff. "We are extremely pleased our efforts helped the music industry change its - ir RflaDvS to Wp ymtto Mapleton have wondered the same things, but decided to take action. We have created a grass-roots community movement to take responsibility responsi-bility in helping our youth succeed in life. We have created YOUTHNET-a nonprofit non-profit organization, and we invite you to join us. Our mission is to combine parents, par-ents, youth, neighbors, educators, edu-cators, religious leaders, civic leaders, law enforcement, enforce-ment, service organizations, businesses and all aspects of our community in investing wisely in our youth by helping help-ing to instill values and skills that will guide them through their lives. Both the Springville and COMMENT Thank you Coach Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to express our love and appreciation to Coach David Knudsen. Knu-dsen Knu-dsen has coached the Springville Spring-ville High School Lady Red Devil Basketball Team for the past three years. Coach Knudsen informed the players play-ers at the last game of the season that he was resigning. He apologized for not have more wins and blamed loses-on loses-on mistakes in coaching. Coach Knudsen owes no such apology! We will be the first to agree that the Lady Red Devils need new coaching coach-ing expertise. But, blaming all loses on a coach is ridiculous. ridicu-lous. Knudsen should be given a gold medal for coaching coac-hing girls with PMS, failing grades, boy troubles, competition compe-tition between players, injuries, inju-ries, irate parents and bad referees. Knudsen should be applauded ap-plauded for teaching our girls lessons that have nothing to do with basketball and every- We need to stop FFM Editor: As a nation, we face another emerging threat. We have until January 2005 to overcome a vast deception-The deception-The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FT A A). FTAA will open our nation's borders, bor-ders, allow unlimited immigration immi-gration and merge us with the 34 nations of this hemisphere hemi-sphere into an European Union style superstate through treaty agreement. If American make excuses to shirk their patriotic duties to learn of and then expose the FTAA dangers, when their duty is plainly before them, then there will be little hope for our children or our grandchildren future. If an FTAA supranational authority is established over this hemisphere, Americans will soon suffer as jobs are transferred to other nations while those nations export their poverty stricken masses ways and money will be going back directly to consumers. con-sumers. " The money and the music was supposed to go out last summer but several appeals delayed the delivery. The appeals have been resolved and now 3.5 million individuals, individ-uals, including 28,549 Utahns, will be getting their settlement checks. Recipients had to file a claim by March 3, 2003 stating they had purchased a compact disc, cassette or vinyl album between be-tween January 1, 1995 and December 22, 2000. One out of every 125 Utahns filed a claim. Utah and 41 other states sued five of the larpest music Mapleton city councils are supportive of this program, as are the law enforcement entities. We are holding a seminarworkshop semi-narworkshop on Saturday, Mar. 6 at 9 a.m. in the" Springville High School auditorium. Two specialists from Idaho will be here to explain in depth how this program is working in their communities, present a model mod-el and help us adapt this program to our needs. We will also be forming action committees to take things we are learning and begin immediately implementing imple-menting them. Everyone is invited to help be a part of thing to do with what is important in life. My daughter was able to witness, first hand, Coach Knudsen play, wrestle, chase and carry his kids on his shoulders after practice. She watched him hug and kiss his wife, who gave birth to their third child during the basketball basket-ball season. By watching his example, my daughter realized real-ized that basketball is just a game, but family is what's important. How many coaches coach-es teach that lesson? Coach Knudsen's parents attended practices and games. He consulted them often and listened respectfully to their advice and comments. How many coaches do you see do that? When players caused turnover after turnover, Knudsen never raised his voice. How many coaches can you sat that about? When players left practice early to study for a big test, Knudsen reinforced the importance im-portance of knowledge and education over basketball. here to soak up welfare state benefits. If you're not reading the evidence concerning the FTAA in "The New American Ameri-can magazine, or if you think you can let some one else do the work needed to stop the FTAA, it's a mistake you will regret. Ask yourself, are you ready to merge with Haiti, Brazil, Guatemala, Venezuela, Mexico, etc. to see their problems migrate here? Remember, Americans, we can't lay this work on the Lord to do for us, for the Lord says, "Faith without works is dead." Work is needed, coupled with faith. Congress must be influenced by us to stop the FTAA. Efforts to stop the FTAA could be called America's Second War for Independence, Indepen-dence, but to win we must all develop a will to win. Bliss W. Tew Orem, Utah distributors and three of the largest retailers for conspiring conspir-ing to artificially hike their prices. The lawsuit claimed that policies requiring a "Minimum Advertised Price" on prerecorded music violated violat-ed federal and state laws. The defendants settled the suit and agreed to change their sale practices, pay $67 million in cash and distribute CDs worth $77 million to charities and libraries. "The is a tangible example exam-ple of how enforcing antitrust laws helps consumers directly. direct-ly. This lawsuit helped bring lower prices, more choices, some extra cash and. lots of CDs to Utah," says Wayne Klein, the assistant attorney general who represented Utah in the lawsuit. Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. something that could change our communities in a positive way. If you feel you could contribute in some way, small or large, we hope you will attend. It is free of charge and could change the lives of so many. Mike & Debi Parry Kevin & Brooke Scholz Paul & Vicki Wheeler Blake Ailing, Pastor Baptist Church Ted Davies, Nebo School District Joe Chamberlain, state parole and probation agent Steve Williamson, state parole and probation agent PAGE JnucJsen How many coaches encourage encour-age that idea? If we had to use one word to describe Coach Knudsen, it would be KIND. Long after the basketball season ends, Coach Knudsen's legacy of kindness will linger forever in my daughter. Good coaches wins games, but GREAT coaches, like. Knudsen, teach lessons that will remain with our girls a lifetime. Thank you for teaching my daughter that family, education and kindness will always WIN over a basketball basket-ball game. Ray and Laurie Bradford Jessica Bradford 24 PS: Thank you to all the SHS coaches for spending thousands of hours coaching our girls for less than minimum mini-mum pay and maximum headaches! Springville Herald 161 South Main Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, a Pulitzer, Inc. Newspaper Subscriptions&DeliveryService. . .375-5103 .375-5103 News & Advertising 489-565 1 Fax 489-7021 E-mail artcityavpro.com USPS 5 13-060. Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 161 South Main Street, Springville, Utah 84663. Periodicals postage paid at Springville, Utah 84663. Postmaster: Send address changes to 161 South Main Street, Springville, UT 84663. 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