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Show 2 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, September 30, 2004 Editorial Community and Family Night Last week we ran an article on the front page of the Springville Herald Announcing the Monday, Oct. 4, Community Com-munity and Family Night at the Springville Museum of Art. We ran it a week early hoping that families out there would put that date on their calendar and plan to attend. Did you? The monthly Community and Family Night has been growing each time. The Springville Art Museum started this event in an effort to encourage families to come to the museum and to provide an art experience for children. chil-dren. They desire to educate children and parents about art and our local artists. At each of the first Monday of the month evenings, the museum features an artist, usually someone who lives in the area, to come and exhibit some of their works and tell about them - how they came to be an artist and how they craft their art. Also included in the event is an art activity for the kids that usually ties in with the art of the featured artist. And there is always some entertainment featuring groups from around the valley. This coming Monday night the featured artist is Donald Don-ald Allen of Springville, a still-life artist. The entertainment entertain-ment will be by the Utah Lyric Opera Society. And there will be an art activity for the children. Sometimes it is hard for families to find things that the whole family can enjoy that are both fun, educational, interesting in-teresting and entertaining. The Community and Family Night fits that mold. And it is FREE. And while you are at the art museum for community and Family Night, you can also visit the four other exhibits ex-hibits that are currently on display: "From Bouguereau to Norman Rockwell," "Taos Masters & Western Artists," "The Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of Yuri Petrovich Kuguch," a famous Russian artist; and "Primodial Childhood," the works of Marilyn Read. These are on the main floor of the museum. On the second floor you can see art from the wonderful wonder-ful permanent collection at the museum including those of important early Utah artists and the powerful works of Soviet artists. Be aware that the "Bouguereau to Norman Rockwell" exhibit is one of the few that the art museum has even charged for. This exhibition is a fund-raiser for the Hafen-Dallin. Volunteer Guild who conduct some kind of fund-raising event each year to benefit the museum. This collection of realist works is well worth the small fee and well worth taking your children to see. They are asking $4 for adults; $2 for students and seniors; and $3 per person for groups of 10 or more. Children under the age of 6 are free. Mapleton police report Mapleton Police arrested Chad Ray Betts, 158 W. 400 North, Spanish Fork, for an outstanding warrant. Lynzye Shepherd, 550 W. Maple, Mapleton, was arrested for a warrant. Michael Dell Huff, 407 S. Nebo, Spanish Fork, was arrested ar-rested for DUI, possession of amphetamine and possession of drug paraphernailia. Amber Dell, 1472 E. 520 South, Provo, was arrested for possession of amphetamine and possession of drug paraphernailia. para-phernailia. Police are investigating a sex offense involving a 20-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl. A fire in a home was quickly put out by firefighters. An 80-year-old man was run over by a pickup and is fine. And a 17-year-old male is being be-ing cited for riding a motorcycle motorcy-cle without a helmet. Police had 28 calls last week. 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All letters must include the author's name ( printed and signed) and a telephone number. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, punctuation, taste and length. Letters are welcome on any topic. Senior Health Fat: a good time for a checkup Men and women over the age of 65 are invited to attend at-tend the Senior Health Fair September 30 and October 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Utah County Health Department, Depart-ment, 151 S. University Avenue, Av-enue, Provo. The event will be open to all senior citizens, and is a great opportunity for those who don't have access to adequate ad-equate health care resources to better their personal health. Services provided at the fair include: Skin cancer screenings, colon cancer kits, vision and hearing screenings, bone density tests for $5, fasting cholesterol choles-terol tests for $11 (by appointment ap-pointment only), information on nutrition and health improvement im-provement techniques and vaccinations for Flu, Pneumonia, Pneu-monia, Tetanus, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (various costs included). Door prizes, a gift bag and refreshments will also be Senior citizens Senior Citizens are invited to take part in the many activities ac-tivities at the Senior Center including quilting, cards and billiards from 9 a.m. to noon daily; aerobics, Mon., Wed., and Fri. 8 a.m.; art class, Mon. 14 p.m.; card playing, Tue. and Thur. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; ceramics, Wed. 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and bingo, 12:30 p.m. The center is in need of a tread mill in excellent condition condi-tion to be donated (as a tax deduction). Please call or contact the center 489-8738 or Senior Director Wayne Cutler, 489-5270. A BYU law student will assist seniors with legal matters mat-ters on Tuesdays from 1 1 to noon and Fridays from 1 1:30 to 12:30 starting Sept. 10. Utah County Health Department will give flu and pneumonia vaccines at the center on Tuesday, Oct. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. Bring your Medicare card. (Part B will cover cost; without Park B there will be a charge.) Call the center for questions, 489-8738. A Home Health representatives come to the senior center on the first Wednesday of each month; Kensington Kensing-ton Medical comes on the third Wednesday from 10:30 to noon to check blood pressure, blood sugar and oxygen oxy-gen levels. Kamille Booth from the Outreach Program will be at the Center on the 2nd and 4th Thurs. from 2-2:30 p.m. during October and November to assist seniors with their needs. No appointment is needed. For other times, call her at 377-0066, ext. 262. A hot meal is served daily at noon. Choose from a chef's salad, salt-free, diabetic or regular dinner. Make reservations by call a day in advance, 489-8738 before noon. A monthly trip to Wendover is on the 2nd Monday of each month. Contact Anna Mae Wardle, 489-6107, for details. Questar Gas Requests Rate Increase Questar Gas is requesting a 10.4 percent increase in its Utah natural gas rates to reflect re-flect higher gas-supply costs. If approved:, the company anticipates this request will be partially offset by a recent re-cent Public Service Commission Commis-sion of Utah (PSCU) decision ordering Questar Gas to return re-turn to customers $29 million in gas-processing expenses. The combined changes will increase the typical residential residen-tial customens monthly bill by about 6.5 percent or $4.64 on Oct. 1, 2004. Questar Gas typically asks for PSC approval twice yearly year-ly to adjust rates to reflect changing supply costs, which are passed on to customers cus-tomers with no markup. The price wefre paying for supplies on the open market is higher than current rates cover,i said Alan Allred, Questar Gas president and CEO. iThis request is being made now so we can keep up with higher prices this winter. win-ter. "Half of the natural gas we provide customers comes from Questar Gas-owned reserves re-serves and is delivered to our customers at 'cost-of -service' pricing, which means the costs of producing the gas instead in-stead of market prices,": said Allred. "Without company-owned company-owned gas our customers would be facing an increase of about 26 percent. Our ownership of gas reserves makes us unique in the industry. indus-try. The cost to develop and produce this gas is considerably consider-ably lower and more stable than the cost of gas we need to purchase from third-party suppliers." About two-thirds of a customens cus-tomens bill reflects the cost of the gas itself. The other third consists of non-gas costs such as system mainte given to all participants. Jackie Black, director of the division of Family and Personal Health at the Utah County Health Department, hopes all senior citizens will take advantage of this opportunity op-portunity to check up on their health. ."The senior health fair offers of-fers a great opportunity for men and women to learn how to improve the quality of their lives through better health practices, as well as updating themselves on their current health status," Black said. Good health later in life allows al-lows for energy to spend time with family and friends. The health fair offers great information and resources for senior citizens to have energy en-ergy to do the things they wish to do with their lives. For more information or to schedule an appointment for testing, call the Utah County Health Department at 851-7031. nance and other expenses related re-lated to delivering gas to customers. cus-tomers. The full impact of the 10.4 percent increase in gas costs will be reduced by about 4 percent as a result of the recent re-cent PSC order disallowing the inclusion of certain gas-processing gas-processing costs in customer rates. The PSC's order of a refund means most customers cus-tomers will see a line-item credit on their bills throughout through-out the next 12 months titled "PSC-ordered gas-processing refund." The company is encouraging encourag-ing its customers to do a few things to help cope with fluctuating fluc-tuating gas prices. "The higher price Questar Gas is paying for supplies on the open market is a result of policymakers' reluctance to deal with our natioru's energy-supply access problem," Allred said. "This has potentially poten-tially serious consequences for the environment, economy econo-my and the natural gas industry. in-dustry. " "Federal and state policies must be enacted that stimulate stimu-late development of the na-tiom's na-tiom's abundant natural gas resource base." Annual Scholarship Banquet Republican Women invite all interested to attend their annual Congressional Report and Scholarship Banquet Saturday, Sat-urday, Oct. 9, at the Provo Marriot Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Ball-room, 101 W. 100 North, Provo. Pro-vo. Invited to give us the latest report from Washington are Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Sena-tor Bob Bennett, Congressman Congress-man Chris Cannon and from Utah, Gov. Olene Walker, Attorney General mark Shurtlefr, Gubernatorial Candidate Can-didate Jon Huntsman Jr., Road tax will not be on ballot Amie Rose STAFF WRITER After getting a commitment commit-ment from several state legislators legis-lators to move at least $200 million more into transportation transporta-tion funding each year, Utah County commissioners decided decid-ed in a 2-1 vote to take the quarter-cent sales tax for transportation off the ballot. The issue was put on the ballot last month in a 2-1 vote, with Commissioners Steve White and Jerry Grover voting vot-ing for it. The tax would have generated about $12 million each year, and would have gone to a list of 27 road projects pro-jects around the county. The resolution that commissioners com-missioners approved Tuesday Tues-day calls for the question to be moved to the 2005 ballot, but they'll have to vote again for it to appear on that ballot. Also, the state Legislature will have to change the election elec-tion law because it doesn't allow al-low counties to hold a special election for opinion questions. ques-tions. Next year is a municipal munici-pal election year, so any countywide election would be a special election. State legislators are planning plan-ning bills to change the trans- Eortation project lists from eing mostly political to being be-ing based on need, said state Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, R-Draper, who is president of the Utah Taxpayers Association. Associa-tion. They've also committed to try to move $200 million per year in automobile-related sales tax from the general fund to transportation. Also, he's filed a bill to establish a statewide property tax for roads based on land values. White voted to put the issue is-sue on the ballot to Keep pressure pres-sure on state legislators, and now they've committed to do something, he said. Also, he didn't want Utah County to get less state transportation funding because it is generating generat-ing revenue for state road projects. He said he had a change of heart about the issue last week, after learning on Thursday that the $100,000 he was counting on to fund an ad campaign for the issue was unavailable from the Mountainland Association of Governments, and after hearing hear-ing from a group of Utah County legislators Friday morning. Grover said the move will Commentary Thank you to all who helped! Editor: On Saturday, Sept. 18, in the parking lot by the Art Museum was the first Springville Marching Band and Orchestra combined Yard Sale. There were over 60 vendors selling almost any thing you could want or need. The money the students stu-dents earned at this sale will help to pay their way to competitions com-petitions and concert tours. This sale couldn't have happened by itself. There were many hours of work that went into it. A thank you goes to Pat Conover, Craig Conover and the Springville Herald for making the sign that was placed downtown and the advertising ad-vertising that was done. Another An-other thank you to Alan Curtis and all of the parents that volunteered their time and resources. Second District John Swallow. Swal-low. Special entertainment is by Six Handsome Brothers from Idaho. Meet the Candidates Candi-dates and Elected Officials at the VIP Reception and silent auction at 5:30 with dinner and program at 6:45 p.m. For reservations call chair Suzanne Mererill, 796-0831 or 787-9372, or ticket chairman chair-man Pearl Rex-Hartzell, 225-1521. 225-1521. Your attendance will greatly benefit their scholarships scholar-ships and literacy programs. mean higher costs for Utah County taxpayers because it will require a costly special election. Also, if voters approved it this year, commissioners wouldn't have had to impose it, Grover said. They could have waited until after the Legislative session, or not impose im-pose it. Herbert said he wouldn't consider money spent on a special election next year a waste of money because of the benefit of waiting for possible pos-sible legislative action. It would cost at least $ 100,000 for a special election next year, said Utah County Clerk-Auditor Kim Jackson. This year's election is costing the county between $150,000 to $160,000, and adding the opinion question wouldn't have made much of a difference. differ-ence. However, the issue faced opposition from most of Utah County's representatives in the state Legislature, as well as many mayors in the county, coun-ty, White said. Local state legislators have committed to sponsoring legislation leg-islation next year to increase transportation funding, Stephenson said. The decision to put the issue is-sue on the ballot served as a "wake-up call" to local state legislators about pressing transportation needs in Utah County and about the hemorrhage hemor-rhage in the state transportation transporta-tion budget, he said. "Basically you've given us an impetus to make something some-thing happen in the next session ses-sion of the Legislature," Stephenson said. The state Legislature's Transportation Planning Task Force is set to make funding recommendations in November after two years of studying the problem. Stephenson said if the state Legislature doesn't follow through, Utah County should put the issue on the ballot next year. He objected to the issue because it would be requiring re-quiring Utah County taxpayers taxpay-ers to pay for state road projects. pro-jects. "To require Utah County taxpayers to fork over money mon-ey to the Utah Department of Transportation, while it's not being required of taxpayers around the state is unfair," he said. "If the Legislature doesn't does-n't act, you have no other choice." A big thank you to Ann Bartholomew for all of the hours she put in before, during dur-ing and after the sale. And a huge thank you goes to Brian Bri-an Tobler (Doc) and Sam Tsugawa for their time, care, love and concern that they not only give to the yard sale each year, but also to the students stu-dents all year long. SHS Band and Orchestra Springville police report Springville Police had 279 calls last week including 33 of those for animal problems. prob-lems. Two male juveniles are being referred to Juvenile Court for possession of tobacco to-bacco by a minor. Another male juvenile was taken to Vantage Point after an assault between him and his sisters. Bo S. Clements, 307 E. 100 North, American Fork, was arrested for domestic violence. vio-lence. Shay Reed Clements, 262 W. 400 South, Springville, was cited for theft. Adam Cowgill, 360 W. 400 North 33, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor and failure fail-ure to stop. Christopher Patrick Damron, 2419 Cimarron Drive, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Steven Gary Deems, 714 S.. Main, Springville, was arrested for possession of amphetamine in a drug-free zone and driving on a suspended sus-pended license. Angela Nicole Hall, 360 W. 400 North 19, Springville, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Arthur Manheimer, 95 S. 100 East, Springville, was cited for assaultdomestic violence. Shane Christopher Rising, 968 S. 1000 East, Springville, was arrested for possession of marijuana, marijua-na, possession of drug paraphernailia para-phernailia and a warrant. Chance Rule, no address, was arrested for a warrant. Patricia L. Zbyrowski, 151 W. 7200 south, Midvale, was arrested for four warrants war-rants and possession of stolen property. Matthew Hogan, 814 W. Brookside Court, Payson, was arrested arrest-ed for a warrant. Thefts included scrap brass, aluminum and copper cop-per from a business; tools from a garage; food from trailers; gasoline; cash, walkie-talkie and knife from a trailer; medicine from two homes; birdhouse, chair annd decroations from a home; cash, hacket and CDs from a home and two matress pads from a garage. The Springville Herald Customer Service 375-5103 489-5651 Fax 489-7021 239 E. 400 S. Springville, Utah 84663 PubSsher Kirix Parkinson Iqnrldrsonaldextracorn Manager Oaig Conover KonoverherrJdextra.com Editor Pat Conover iro.com Page designad layout Marda Harris Ad Layout MyrnaJeffers Typesetter Shem Harris Office Manager Janed Duffin Send Newshems to us at artrilyavpro.com |