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Show 16 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, May 25, 2006 Utah's Rainbow Bridge among 40 Wonders of on new postage stamps America to be featured They pay homage to the tallest, largest, fastest, loudest, longest, oldest and hottest that America has to " offer - and Utah is well represented. rep-resented. Southern Utah's Rainbow Bridge, the world's largest natural bridge at 290 feet high and spanning 275 feet, is one of 40 new postage stamps entitled "Wonders of America," which depict the most remarkable places, structures, plants and animals in America. Stamp subjects range from the loudest animal, to the oldest trees, to the deepest lake. The stamps will debut May 27 at Post Offices nationwide. na-tionwide. "Standing at the foot of Rainbow Bridge is an experience expe-rience like no other, and simply getting to this remote re-mote national park site - whether it is boating across Lake Powell or hiking in is all part of the adventure," adven-ture," said Kitty Roberts, National Park Service su-. perintendent ; 'of Rainbow ; Bridge National Monument and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. "We are delighted that: the U.S. Postal Service is once again , highlighting America's national na-tional parks ;on - postage stamps." l j ' 1 Other Utah-related "Wonder" "Won-der" stamps - ' include: Largest" Desert: Great Basin; Largest Mountain Chain: Rocky Mountains; and Largest Plant: Quaking Aspen. The Wonders of America Stamps 'can be viewed at USPS.com and click on "stamp preview," "Through postage stamps the nation continues to discover dis-cover the many wonders of Ps$jW.Vr a, .t Utah," said USPS District Manager Ken McArthur. "Two months ago it was Bryce Canyon, now it's Rainbow Bridge.". On the front of .each stamp, in large letters, are words that describe the superlative su-perlative nature of a particular partic-ular place or thing. Smaller, type gives the name or location lo-cation of the featured wonder. won-der. Text on the back of each stamp provides relevant rele-vant statistics and other interesting in-teresting information. The text for the Rainbow Bridge reads: "The world's . largest- natural bridge, Rainbow Bridge is in southern south-ern Utah. It is 275 feet across and 290 feet tall. This sandstone wonder holds spiritual significance for various American Indian Indi-an groups and was designated desig-nated a national monument : in 1910 by President Taft." Rainbow Bridge National Nation-al Monument was created by President Taft using the Antiquities'' Act. Passed by Congress in 1906, this law is. a hallmark hall-mark of American conservation conser-vation and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Many of the most famous national parks, such as. Grand Canyon and Zion, were first established estab-lished using the Antiquities Antiqui-ties Act. Today, Rainbow Bridge receives 100,000 annual visitors, most of whom arrive by boat from Lake Powell, a part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. . Wonders of America stamps, and stamp-related products, such as First Day covers, Digital Color Postmarks, Post-marks, post cards, and posters, will be available while supplies last at postal stores, . online at USPS.comshop, and by phone at 1-800-STAMP-24 (1-800-782-6724). Students, teachers and even parents were found running circles at Sage Creek Elementary last Friday. The school held its annual fundraiser, fund-raiser, the much anticipated Jog-a-thon, with sponsored students running run-ning or walking laps around the school's field. 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CENTER STREET PROVO 1 377-6009 - Hours: 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. Saturday by Appointment ART CITY DAYS TENNIS TOURNAMENT JUNE 5-9 2006 Junior Division 8:00 a.m Adult Division 6:00 p.m. : PLAY DIVISIONS: BOYS: Singles & Doubles - Ages 8-13 GIRLS: Singles & Doubles - Ages 8-13 ' BOYS: Singles & Doubles - Ages 14-17 GIRLS: Singles & Doubles - Ages 14-17 , 1 MENS & WOMENS: Singles & Doubles " MIXED DOUBLES: ) uniors MIXED DOUBLES:Adults ; - In order to play you must complete and submit and entry form and $10 per . player & event to: .. -"' Springville City Recreation Ivt 1205 East 900 South C i Springville, UT 84663 g Submit by Friday, May 3 , 2005 ! " ft '' '. ' '- ' '' - 1 ' .-"'! .. ' , ' . - ', -, :. :. ) . . ; You may get an entry form at : www.springville.org or at the City.Offices at 50 S. Main - Springville! Cl fev.;j Entries are limited to 2 events. v Cost includes T-shi.rt; i'V fi- You must complete all play during the weelo of June 5-9, 2005. NO EXCEPTIONS. 1 ' k There must be at least four entries per division divi-sion to carry. Make checks payable to: Springville City - Tennis Tournarnent FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ' or vii I. , WWW.SPRINGVILLE.ORG The fifth grade students at Westside Elementary School spoke, sang and danced their way through the 20th century during their program this past week. Sharing what they had learned about United States , . history, the students entertained the audience with a trip down memory mem-ory lane. Parents, students and teachers recalled the events, laughed j at the ridiculous and honored the heroes of the last century. Financial Focus Help Your Children (and Grandchildren) Become Smart Investors i - Greg Jensen ''Tfi EDWARD JONES FINANCIAL j To become a good saver and I investor, you probably had to f i 1 learn some hard lessons along the way. Wouldnt you like to save your children or grandchildren those troubles? You can - by teaching them, early on, about the basics and benefits of investing. Here are a few ideas for getting young investors off to a good start: Suggest a savings strategy. If you give young children an allowance, suggest that they divided it into two pools - "saving" and "spending." And if they earn money babysitting or mowing lawns, offer to match whatever they put in to a savings account. They will be pleased to see how their balance grows, and, hopefully, they will be motivated to keep putting more in. Make "stock-picking" fun. A lot of adults believe their children or grandchildren would not be interested inter-ested in something as "grown-up" as the stock market. mar-ket. But that's just not true: Kids are often fascinated fascinat-ed by the idea of owning shares of a company. And the more they understand about owning stocks, the more interested they become. So, consider playing a family "stock-picking" game. Have everyone in your family choose a stock to follow fol-low for a month or so. At the end of that time, award a small prize to the person whose stock has done the best. You also may want to add some "qualitative analysis" by examining the different factors that may have caused the winning stock to outperform the rest. ' Keep all explanations fairly simple, but don't underestimate your children's ability to grasp fairly sophisticated concepts. Children love to learn - and they're often better at it than adults. Give stocks. If you want to invest the money, you can go beyond the stock-picking game and actually give shares of stock to your kids. Try to find companies compa-nies that make products with which your children are familiar - provided, of course, that the stocks are of high quality and have good prospects. When you do give-stocks to your kids, be aware of the "kiddie tax." According to the kiddie tax rules for 2006, the first $850 in unearned income - interest, dividends and capital gains - is tax-free, and the next $850 is taxed at the child's tax rate, which is typical-, ly 10 percent, or 5 percent for long-term capital gains. If your child has unearned income of more than $1,700, he or she will be taxed at the rate that would apply to you if this money were added to your taxable income. Children 14 and over pay taxes on all unearned income at their own rate. Show the right behavior. Children are grea imitators imi-tators - so, if you show them how you are saving and investing for the future, it's likely to leave a strong impression. Let them know when you've reached a particular savingsinvestment goal - enough money for a new car, for example. Show them the statements for the accounts in which you are investing for their college education. However you do.it, make sure they understand the concepts of setting objectives, making regular contributions, contri-butions, delaying gratification, etc. By following the above steps, you'll be providing your children or grandchildren with the knowledge and skills necessary to help them become savers and investors. And those lessons can last a lifetime. Copyright 2006 Edward Jones Gas prices affecting holiday travel Year after year gas prices pie planning to travel this appear to be making an im- Memorial day weekend is up pact in: Utahns' travel plans, slightly over last year, Utahns Although the number of peo- are increasingly pointing to TTEElL Tube Pipe Angles Immediate "Will Calls" Welcome Immediate "Cutting" Services 7:00 am Service Mon - Fri. 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This is a slight decrease from last year. The remaining 17,000 travelers travel-ers in the state expect to reach their destinations by other modes of transportation like buses, trains or boats. Nationwide, AAA estimates 37.6 million Americans will travel this . Memorial Day weekend. About 31.4 million of those will travel by car, while 4.3 million plan to fly and 1.9 million expect to vacation vaca-tion via other modes of trans-portatioa trans-portatioa Tips for Saving Gas: If you own multiple vehicles, vehi-cles, drive the most fuel efficient effi-cient car as often as possible. Consolidate trips and errands er-rands to cut down on driving time and miles traveled. Slow down. The faster a vehicle travels, the more fuel it burns ' Avoid quick starts and sudden sud-den stops. This wastes fuel and is harder on the vehicle. Lighten the load. Don't haul extra weight in the trunk or cargo area of your car. Shop around for low fuel prices and fill up your tank before be-fore your road tnp. Use the air conditioner conservatively. con-servatively. Most air conditioners condi-tioners have an "economy" or "recirculation" setting that reduces re-duces the air conditioning load and saves gas. V i s i t www.aaa.comgasprices for more gas-saving tips and information in-formation on where to find the cheapest gas in your area i I v 1 . |