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Show 2 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, June 2005 Editorial Comments The Art Museum is a feeling-good place The following letter was sent to Vern Swanson, director direc-tor of the Springville Museum of Art. Dr. Vern: Ever since our last meeting, meet-ing, I've been trying to find the right words to describe your museum. I've been to a few museums around the world, and they were always a bit stiff and stodgy, even the relativity new ones. The San Francisco Museum Muse-um of Art, as bright and airy as it is, is not really a comfortable com-fortable place, although some of that feeling might be my personal bias towards what is displayed there. I'm guessing that the brand new De Young Museum Muse-um in Golden Gate Park will also not be "comfortable" when it opens in a year or so. And yet, as old as your original building is, when you come through the front door, there is an immediate Vote to withdraw from WTO Editor: In June, the House of Representatives Rep-resentatives will have an opportunity op-portunity to have the United States withdraw from the world Trade Organization (WTO). In 2000, Congress refused re-fused to protect the independence indepen-dence of our nation by not withdrawing from the WTO. Since then, that organization has issued rulings against our nation in matters regarding regard-ing oil importation, cotton subsidies, steel tariffs, even the purchase of bananas. Strawberry Water needs to sell 46 kV fine to Strawberry Electric SUVPS board hears Martin Conover STAFF REPORTER Jeff Foster, South Utah Valley Power System Board Chairman told Calvin Crandall, representative represen-tative from Strawberry Water Users Association, that his company needs to sell the 46 kV line to Strawberry Electric Company. Com-pany. He went on to point out that SWUA has been talking talk-ing about this situation for several years and that the deadline for this action was eight months ago and still Springville Herald 269 E. 400 South Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. Subscriptions & Delivery Service ....375-5103 News & Advertising 489-5651 Fax 489-7021 E-mail artcityavpro.com USPS 513-060 Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 269 E. 400 South, Springville, Utah 84663 Periodicals postage paid at Springville, Utah 84663 Postmaster: Send address changes to 269 E. 400 South, Springville, UT 84663 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Newsstand Price $.50 Subscription Rate 1 year - $36.40 (in county) 1 year - $45.40 (out of county) Thursday only delivery or Sunday & Thursday plus holiday deliveries 'Holiday deliveries include delivery the week of Easter, Memorial, Independence, Pioneer, Labor, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's. (For in county subscriptions only.) News We welcome news tips. Call 489-5651 to report a news tip or if you have a comment or a questions. We welcome letters to the editor. 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. feeling of comfort and ease, and a sense that one belongs there. True, there is no sign saying so, but there is a distinct dis-tinct feeling that it would say: "Welcome to our house, pilgrim. Stay so long as you wish, and leave knowing that your custom was appreciated, appre-ciated, and we look forward to next time." The only words that I can find that fit, are that you have a "feel-good-place on your hands. Pure and simple. I lay responsibility for this at your doorstep, to you and your remarkable staff, all of whom I met. They have developed de-veloped your attitude, which makes a really feel-good-place at your museum. Thank you for all you have done and are doing. It is much recognized and truly appreciated H. C. Banks (Mr. Banks recently donated donat-ed six John Hafen paintings to the museum.) The WTO threatened to initiate a boycott against US products because of our tax laws. Our leaders answered by altering the laws. The WTO is attacking on our national na-tional sovereignty, a stepping step-ping stone to world government. govern-ment. All members of Congress should be urged to vote "YES" on H. J. Res. 27, the proposal to have the U. S. withdraw from the WTO.120. Robert Schorn Pleasant Grove nothing was happening. He also went on to say that if SWUA did not sell the line to SEC that SUVPS would look for other ways to get around using the 46 kV line. He did not elaborate what actions are possible. The problem lies in the fact that all of the members of SUVPS are public power entities. SWUA is a private entity and does not operate under the same laws are public power companies. However, because SWUA does have a generating gener-ating facility in the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, it can sell power to SUVPS or its members. SUVPS was set up at the time the power "tap" was constructed near the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon as an agency to supply power from the high voltage transmission lines coming from the power pow-er plants in Emery County and Flaming Gorge Dam in the Uinta Mountains to the cities in southern Utah County. Strawberry Electric Company was set up as a public power company as a part of SWUA to comply with the other public power pow-er company's in the south Utah Valley area to supply FACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALER & SERVICE CENTER We offer service and rune-ups on most lawnmowers or small engine yard tools! Get yours done today! s TOUR SEf DS GROW" C rrn (ARPENTEREEDVO; 1030 South State, Provo 373-3740 Hours: Mon. - Sat. 8 am to 5 pm tfS Several great places to buy plants in Springville Editor: What a wonderful time of the year when we have the opportunity to buy beautiful plants and trees to decorate our properties. Springville and Mapleton has been fortunate over the years to have places like Diamonds Dia-monds and Sunroc to obtain their plants right here in town. - Some of us have discovered discov-ered a wonderful new nursery nurs-ery in Springville. It seems it is the best kept secret in town - the Garden Plot Nursery. Illegal aliens bankrupt California Editor: In states with heavy ille- al alien populations, the udget of a middle-class family is full of hidden illegal ille-gal alien surcharges. As a result, today's middle-class American family with two full working parents has less discretionary income than its traditional forebear, in which the father was the breadwinner. Illegal immigrants' defrauding de-frauding of (California's generous gen-erous welfare system has long been a scandal. Such welfare fraud is now a national na-tional scandal, as state and local governments operating operat-ing stealth amnesty programs pro-grams violate the Constitution Constitu-tion by negotiating directly with Mexico and other foreign for-eign governments to accept the bogus "matricula consular," con-sular," an insecure form of ID used exclusively by illegal ille-gal aliens, and in issuing driver's dri-ver's licenses to illegal aliens. The bogus matricula consular con-sular or state driver's license li-cense can be used to apply for welfare benefits from officials of-ficials who are forbidden by local laws to ask about citizen citi-zen status. Meanwhile, a driver's dri-ver's license can be used to illegally register to vote. Throughout the American Southwest, public and private pri-vate hospitals alike face the prospect of shutting down because of the onslaught of illegal aliens. Laws prohibit hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients based on inability to pay, or from inquiring about citizenship citizen-ship status. Exploiting such Eower to people who were eing served by SWUA and not living in any of the South Utah Valley cities. Since that time the transmission trans-mission line built by SWUA needs to be in the name of SEC to be legal with the other public power companies compa-nies in the area, but SWUA is dragging their feet on this issue for some "political" "politi-cal" reason. Other items discussed on the agenda seem to be going go-ing along smoothly and the operations of the company are normal. The board passed a resolution reso-lution allowing an incentive incen-tive program for various electric company employees' employ-ees' safety programs. These employees would be eligible for $350 worth of "Cabela bucks" should their be no bad safety reports re-ports placed ' on their records during a calendar year. If their records remain re-main "clean" for a five year period they could claim as many as $750 worth of "Cabela bucks" in that year. The program will be set up to increase each year each employee maintains a clean safety record from the $350 to $750 maximum. Should the program work as it is outlined, the various cities involved should make money on the lower workman's compensation compen-sation payments and lost time by the employees due to less accidents because of the incentive program. The SUVPS board agreed to try the program for a three year period and will extend it, if it proves successful. It is on the frontage road, two doors south of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart. Gordon, the owner of Garden Plot, is very knowledgeable knowl-edgeable of plants and trees, and he does the ordering for the nursery. We found wonderful, different dif-ferent herbs, and perennials, and he has a large selection of trees. It is nice to visit a nursery where you can obtain ob-tain assistance and suggestions sugges-tions for what is best for your garden. We invite you to find the Garden Plot in Springville. Geroge H. Lower Springville. laws, illegal aliens use emergency emer-gency rooms for primary medical care to avoid paying pay-ing for medical services. Meanwhile, American patients pa-tients with real medical emergencies, whose taxes maintain those hospitals, must pay increasingly high medical insurance premiums. premi-ums. Immigration writer Ed Rubenstein estimates that legal le-gal and illegal immigrants combine to cost American-born American-born California taxpayers 20 billion dollars per year for a 6.6 annual surcharge. sur-charge. And as Rubenstein points out, immigrants have a vo-. racious appetite for social services, costing California taxpayers about $6,200 per immigrant household in 1996. No wonder California has been on the verge of bankruptcy in recent years. Over half of California's large debt is due to the vast influx of illegal aliens into the state across the southern border. Governor Schwarzenegger has become be-come so outraged in recent weeks that he has called for a closed border and praised the Minuteman Project for its 'patrols to spot illegal aliens. Speaking of the federal fed-eral government, he said, "The whole system is set up to really invite people to come in here illegally, and that has to stop." Is Utah next? Yes, health insurance increases in Utah last year were the highest in the nation largely due to the large influx of illegal aliens into Utah. Utah is already there. Art Larson Springville Defensive Driving Classes The Utah Safety Council is now offering four-hour defensive de-fensive drivmg courses for individuals in the ProvoOrem area. Curses are held throughout each month, at the Utah Valley State College Col-lege (Orem Campus). Also, Spanish defensive driving is held once a month in Murray. Mur-ray. The four-hour course consists con-sists of classroom instruction and focuses on accident prevention, pre-vention, driving confidence, awareness of nazards and improving driving skills. Drivers may complete the course for a 50-point reduction reduc-tion from their Utah driving record, once every three years. Individuals 55 years of age and older, may qualify for insurance discounts after completing the course. Registration is $35 per person, per-son, or $10 for those age 55 and over that are only seeking seek-ing a reduction in their insurance insur-ance rate. For additional information in-formation or to register, please contact the Utah Safety Safe-ty Council at 800-933-5943 or visit www.utahsafetycoun-ciLorg. www.utahsafetycoun-ciLorg. I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually habitual-ly unfaithful to his appointments. appoint-ments. - Nathaniel Emmons Take children with you-always Do you ever leave your baby or youngster in your vehicle vehi-cle while you run into a store or get your hair done? We have all heard of stories of people leaving their kids in their vehicle and either forgetting they are there, or the child puts the vehicle in gear and runs over something. And sadly, we have heard of many children dying after having been left in a vehicle. Why do people do this? It is easier. It is hard to buckle and unbuckle youngsters from your car and then haul them into every place your are going-and for only a few minutes. It requires little effort to leave them for a few minutes so you can dash into that business. But it only takes a few minutes for something to happen. hap-pen. For someone to take your child. For an accident to occur. Leaving kids in vehicles happens right here in Springville. An owner of a hair salon said she sees this occurring oc-curring often in front of her business. A woman left two youngsters in her vehicle, and the vehicle running, while she went for a haircut! Another business owner said she observes the same behavior be-havior from mothers all the time. Why do we risk the lives of these little ones? It is against the Utah State Law to leave children in a vehicle ve-hicle that is unattended. It is also very stupid. Springville Police Report Springville Police had 257 calls last week with 23 of them for aminals. Ashley Marie Argyle, 30 S. 700 East, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for an outstanding warrant. Gregory Todd Cal-lister, Cal-lister, 66 W. 4600 North, Pro-vo, Pro-vo, was arrested for a warrant. war-rant. Natalie Rose Barker, 82 Brookside, Springville, was charged with two counts of forgery and theft by deception. decep-tion. Garrett Scott Shaffer, 82 Brookside, Springville, was arrested for a warrant and no registration. Natalie Rose Shaffer, 82 Brookside, Springville, was cited for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription pre-scription and no registration. Jayson Craig Dallin, 360 W. 400 North 78, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. mi-nor. A male juvenile was cited cit-ed for disorderly conduct. Justin Mark Harding, 763 N. 200 East, Orem, and Timothy Timo-thy Garth Hardinger, same address, were both cited for shoplifting $729 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart. Robert Lane Heaps, 195 E. 200 North 5, Springville, was arrested for criminal trespass. Paul D. Holdway, 551 W. 1280 South, Provo, was arrested for a warrant. Kasey Jay Kenner, 257 N. 200 East, Spanish Fork, was arrested for a warrant. Two Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police had 64 calls last week including 16 for animal problems. Shane Stubbs, 194 N. Main, Mapleton, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Richard Colleman, 830 W. 1000 North, Mapleton, was arrested for a warrant. David White, 642 E. 400 South, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Maria Delos Garcia, 777 Birch Circle, Cir-cle, Layton, was arrested for a warrant. Lacy Simons, 1151 E. 66Q ForestService offers new travel map to visitors Unita National Forest Supervisor Su-pervisor Pete Karp has announced an-nounced the release of a new travel map for recreationists and visitors. The new map can be purchased for $7 at all Uinta National Forest offices in Provo, Heber, Pleasant Grove, Spanish fork and Nephi, The map is printed on a wear-resistant, tear-resistant material that increases the durability of the map. Forest officials remind recreationists that all routes and ares in the Uinta National Nation-al Forest are closed to motorized motor-ized use unless designated open on the travel map, or posted on the ground. When the first baby laughed for the first time, the .laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping skip-ping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. - James M. Barrie male juveniles were cited for possession of tobacco by a minor. Michael Porazinski, 225 N. 1185 East, Springville, was charged with issuing bad checks. Isaac Luke Prince, 329 N. 100 West, Springville, has had federal charges filed on him for possession of marijuana mari-juana and possession of a firearm by a restricted person. per-son. A female juvenile was cited for shoplifting at Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Brent D. Richmond, 1525 S. 400 East, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for five warrants. Brandy Lynn Rouse, 709 N. Main 1, Springville, and Jeffrey Jef-frey D. Rouse, 1615 S. 1600 West, Mapleton, were both cited for assaultdomestic violence. vi-olence. Preston M. Thompson, 966 E. 1200 North, Mapleton, was arrested for two warrants. war-rants. Doug Whittaker, 257 W. 200 North 1, Springville, was arrrested for a warrant. A male juvenile was charged with possession of weapon by a minor after his mother found a handgun in his room and called police. A stereo was taken from a vehicle and $950 from another anoth-er vehicle. Other thefts included in-cluded outdoor lights; purse and wallet from the all-night party at the high school; three gasoline skips; license plates; bike; testbooks from the jr. high; and two cases of beer from 7-11. North, Spanish Fork, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Preston Davis, 1733 W. 6400 South, Spanish Fork, was arrested for a warrant. Three juveniles were arrested ar-rested for curfew violations. There was a traffic accident involving two cars at 1600 S SR89, with injuries. A toolbox was found two weeks ago at Maple and SR89, and keys were found at 1200 E. 400 North. See police po-lice if you think they are yours. 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