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Show SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, April 13, 2006 Reagan Academy students learn about science 10 r . ,.,,'.8 ;' -'.:,,iykS,. . L : f Mrs. Clements demonstrates the use on electricity to interested students. 1 t- - Mr Beaty trying to get volunteers for A If a; iff 2 ' 4 V r Clearanee Sale tL. i 801 - 806 - - I L -tfrnm :,. y 'fJln Hp 4 the rocket demonstration. 4 Be I I V 9500 fflBAKWIQHII IE! SIM cm What do you get when you put a fun-filled day of science experiments, children, chil-dren, teachers and parents? A great time filled with learning experiences : to broaden a child's mind and imagination. . Reagan Academy invited the Junior Engineering pro- ram from the Extension ervice of Utah State University. Uni-versity. The program brings unique equipment that individual schools could never afford to demonstrate scientific concepts. con-cepts. This opportunity helped students learn how scientific principles apply in daily life and explains careers ca-reers available to them in technical fields. The philosophy of Junior Engineering is about changing attitudes towards science and technology. With the rapid expansion of new technology, it is imperative im-perative that our community communi-ty continues to be exposed to the sciences of tomorrow. tomor-row. A day of more that 30 possible activities as well as an evening of family fun is funded through local school participation. Some of the activities were electricity, hurricanes, hurri-canes, toys in space; earthquakes earth-quakes and quicksand, robots, ro-bots, rockets, germs, and how to prevent them from spreading, Newton's law's, etc. Children rotated through different classrooms throughout the day with hands-on learning of 5-6 different science topics. Parents and families were invited to attend an open house the same day to view what the students have learned and participate partici-pate in hands-on activities. It seemed as if the parents had iust as much fun as the children. Since children are our hope and future, we hope that each child discovers their own special abilities and contribute them toward to-ward a better world. Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? - Henry David Thoreau Smart, u ' i We have a Full FREE SAFETY ';! SOC0S INSPECTION ; .CS-n! mm d term naiKwiii UHUIUK VI Mil blllllliaIWII9 Expires June 30, 2006 ' Expires June 30, 2006 Appointments suggested but not required i IS I Students having fun learning about Springville Ci studies Martin Conover . SPRINGVILLE HERALD The Springville City Council Coun-cil spent Tuesday evening's work session talking about problems relating to the sewer sew-er system and the sewer plant. At issue are the projects needed to cope with the proposed pro-posed growth for the next 20 years, along with the needed upgrade and repairs to the present system. Water infiltration is an ever-present problem because be-cause of the many springs and ground water found in various areas of the city. Authorities Au-thorities are concerned about the amount of water getting in the system from manhole covers that are not water tight. At the present time, the city is working on a master-plan master-plan which will lay out the order of the projects needed and the amount of money in present dollars to pay for them. They are looking at v ''uMf r, car Service Department! v- j . : , "raj- rJf 1 Broke i U II : ,v 7 voice and hearing from Mrs. Palmer. nroble sewer how the projects can be funded fund-ed from present revenues, projected impact fees and necessary bonding. The sewer plant also needs to be . enlarged because of growth and oecause of Nes-tle's Nes-tle's need to increase the Springville Plant capacity. The council is accumulating accumulat-ing this data, along with other oth-er needs in the city concerning concern-ing the water systems, both culinary and secondary, the parks system, and the new utility called storm water runoff system, so that all of this work can be coordinated and worked on at the same time. The council feels that this type of coordinated effort ef-fort will avoid duplication and tearing up of streets and roads to a minimum. Gathering this information is a large job and is being done by the public works department de-partment and engineering firms. - The council will also use this information to determine any needed utility rate in-. J J si ,1 Inspection ( 4 Deseret First WMMM A 1 Ktm-t ms crease. . A report by the pohce department de-partment indicated that they have recently handled several sever-al sexual abuse type problems, prob-lems, more than normal for a month. These cases involved both adults and juveniles. The electric department had a good month and they reported that the engine which has been off line for general maintenance for the past two months will begin start up procedures the first two weeks of May. It was taken off lline after 20,000 hours of operation, Only eight power outages were reported ' durmg March, and the top power peak was March 6 at 34.12 megawatts. . The power company has been upgrading the controls at the 10th South well, and the flow jr eduction wiring of " the new controls is complete. Of the 8750 total electric meters in.the.city the power department reports that 8542 are being read automatically. The planning department reported that building valuations valua-tions were higher in March than February, but were down from last year. Twem . ty-two new building permits were issued; 18 of those were in the West Fields area. Over 8000 people visited the library in March and over 30,000 items were checked out. Over 1400 patrons pa-trons attended programs held at the library. Revenue collected at Hobble Hob-ble Creek Golf Course since July 1, 2005 is almost $560,000 Verna Jo Hollingshead and Tori Eaton have been hired as co-supervisors at the Se-. nior Citizen Center. Credh Union 111111111 idffHTl n ili . 4 ' |