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Show Thursday, October 18, 2007 SPRINGVILLE HERALD - Tr i aw i i The American Legion & Auxiliary met Wednesday in the club room at the Veteran's Memorial Building (Senior Center). Guest speaker was Alan Curtis talking on community service. Curtis said that it begins with us in our homes and neighborhoods and then into the whole community. He emphasized volunteerism. "Volunteers are badly needed in our schools for the "at risk" kids, in the sports programs and with community events," he said. Alan's son, Courtney, sang two solos. Pictured are, left to right: Program Chairmen Dennis and Marilee Bubash and Alan and Courtney Curtis. Photo by Keith Davis Spring tads discussion tonight The Springville Reads 2007-08 selections have been announced and will . be discussed at a meeting for interested citizens tonight, to-night, Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Springville City Council chambers at 50 S. Main. For , older teens and adults, the Springville Reads committee has cho- . sen "Barefoot Heat," by Elva Tyrevino Hart as the 2007-08 selection. Each year the committee chooses choos-es a book, or books for cit Police report The Springville Emergency Emer-gency Dispatch center, located in the police, fire and ambulance facility, are having a huge problem with non-emergency 911 calls. In the past weeks dispatchers dis-patchers have answered t'hundredsf of -flll-calls that appear to be coming from discarded cell phones. - Police say that1 any cell phone, active with a provider pro-vider or not, can still reach the' 911 center if it has a charge in the battery. "In a period of three f ' li':: Hospital to host Utah County's third annual Suicide Awareness Walk In recognition of the devastating dev-astating impact suicide has on individuals and families, the third annual Suicide Awareness Walk will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, at 8 a.m. at the Clark Auditorium Audito-rium in the Northwest Plaza Pla-za at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. More than 31,000 people complete suicide each year in the United States and more than 425,000 people with self-inflicted injuries are treated in emergency rooms each year, according accord-ing to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. A Utah County task force called HOPE (Hold-On, Persuade and Empower) was created in MENTION THIS AD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A 20 BONUS PER POUND ON ALUMINUM CANS Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy all types of Metals, bteei Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aiuminun Cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Stainless Steel, We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to our Customers, Stop by and Give Us A Try! 550 No. Geneva Rd Orem izens to read and discuss. This year they have chosen cho-sen two books, this one for older teens and adults and one for younger teens. "Barefoot Heat" tells the story of the childhood of a migrant worker from her perspective. It is a story of challenges and overcoming. overcom-ing. It is truly about the American Dream. For younger teens, the committee has chosen "Day of Tears" by Julius Lester. "Day of Tears" is told by characters involved problem with 911 calls hours last week, we had fifty 911 calls from the same cell phone. The child calling was very young and only spoke Spanish. We had to get a Spanish speaking city employee and he finally talked the child into giving the phone to his mother," said Lt. David Da-vid Caron, of the Springville Spring-ville Police Department. According to Caron, - cell phone calls are hard i to track and take a lot of time. This ties up the dis- i patcher, as they need to ) 2002 to address the issue of : suicide on a local level. The i HOPE Task Force, in partnership part-nership with Provo School District, Intermountain Healthcare, Nu Skin, Bona i Signs and Provo City, is sponsoring the walk. Registration for the walk begins at 8 a.m. A short program will kick off the walk and then participants par-ticipants will begin the two-mile walk from the Northwest Plaza. This walk is being held in conjunction con-junction with the 8th Annual An-nual Suicide Prevention Conference, which takes place November 30. Participants are invited to make posters to carry throughout the route, of and Batteries pii in one of the biggest slave auctions in American history. histo-ry. Though the situation is obviously sad, this book is not too graphic for young readers. Both books are excellent excel-lent choices for book clubs, classroom study and individual indi-vidual reading. Come and learn about both books tonight. Presenters will introduce the books and provide suggestions for discussions in classes and book groups. Refreshments Refresh-ments will be served. track all calls to make sure they are legitimate. It seems that parents are giving their discarded cell phones to their kids to play with - and so the 911 calls. The police are asking parents par-ents to remove the batteries batter-ies and chips from the cell phones before giving them to children to use as a toy. "If you leave the battery in the phone, make sure it is completely discharged so it can't light up or call a number, any number," said Caron. the walk. Posters must be in good taste and educate others about suicide prevention. pre-vention. The picture of a loved one that suicide has affected may be displayed on the poster as well. For more information, please contact Lisa B. Bullock Bull-ock at lisa.bullockinter mountainmail.org or 357-7612. 357-7612. Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them. -Goethe The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the second half by our children. chil-dren. - Clarence Darrow v " ; I " E uvsc enrollment numbers show increase Utah Valley State College is one of only three institutions institu-tions of higher education in Utah to show an increase in enrollment for fall semester 2007, according to the Utah System of Higher Education. Educa-tion. "We are pleased with the enrollment increase," said UVSC President William A. Sederburg. "We believe it has come about because of three factors - new bachelor bach-elor degrees, university status and our retention efforts." ef-forts." Fall 2006 showed a head count of 23,305 students. This fall there are 23,840 students, an increase of 535 and 2.3 percent. Fall 2006 showed a full-time equivalency equiva-lency (FTE) of 15,662 students. stu-dents. FTE for fall 2007 is 16,135, an increase of 472 and three percent. For budget-related enrollments, en-rollments, the head count in fall 2006 was 20,262 students. stu-dents. This fall there are 20,959 students, an increase of 697 and 3.4 percent. The f all 2006 FTE was 13,877. FTE for fall 2007 is 14,371, an increase of 494 and 3.6 percent. "It shows students are seeing UVSC, soon to be UVU, as an institution of preference and a place to get a quality education," said Cory Duckworth, vice president for student af-f af-f airs.More information can be found at www.utahsbr. edu. Music teachers to conduct conference The Utah Music Teachers Teach-ers Association Conference wiU be held Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, Oct. 26-27, at Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Road Campus. It's suggested that you get there early in order to be able to get a parking spot. 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