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Show 8 Utah County Fair headed to Spanish Fork Lana Creer-Harris STAFF WRITER The smell of corn dogs and cotton candy will once again waft over Spanish Two Springville boys won the Thanksgiving Challenger Tennis Tournament They are Kevin Rose (white shirt), first in the boys 12 and under category; and Chris Wiscombe (dark shirt), first in the boys 14 and undewr category. Wedding Decor Backdrops, Lighting, Centerpieces, linens I Call Crystal Adams 803140 j n5 Ifell i "Slipped, Herniated, Or Bulging UTAH- A new free report has recently been released that reveals how break through medical technology is offering of-fering surgery free new hope for disc pain sufferers. Research Re-search has proven that FDA approved ap-proved non-surgical spinal decom pression has a 86 success rate for treating debilitating back pain including sciatica and multiple herniated disc. It looks like another NASA discovery has lead to the most A , wieilil I I A . bu 1 grm DlamondBack Ind, i few--' Custom Fit & Protect your Children Sharp looking Add value to your home I ran TinnAvi I Fork Fairgrounds. Utah County Fair is returning in 2008. The low of show cattle, blatting of complaining com-plaining sheet in the stalls mm AW. Disc Pain? " promising non-surgical disc treatment today. For your free report entitled, "How Space Age Technology Tech-nology Is Solving Solv-ing Back Pain Without Drugs Or Surgery!" call 1-800-893-7644 and listen to the toll-free 24 hr recorded message mes-sage for all the details or go to www.911backpaininfo.com. These free reports are available avail-able for a limited time. Paul Beck D.C. Maple Ridge Spinal Pain Center Installed! 1 9 S P R I N G V I will again be heard over South Main Street. Although the County Commission has not yet signed an agreement with the City of Spanish search for "toys" on Ama-Fork Ama-Fork for the Fair to move zon.com reveals more than back home, everyone is in 400,000 listings, agreement. Many meet- Now that I'm a parent, I ings have taken place, understand why my par-lots par-lots of handshakes given ents and grandparents over this project. wanted at least some of After months of behind our gifts to be "educa-the "educa-the scenes work Utah tional." The trick is to find County Commissioners in toys or games that impart conjunction with the City knowledge and that won't announce the Fair will get tossed under the bed open August 10 and run because they're boring, through 13. Utah County Here are a few ideas for Commissioner Gary An- games for all ages that can derson said "we're work- teach your kids the value ing on a deal where it'll be of money, the importance as Spanish For forever." of saving, and planning for Commissioner Anderson, the future - and amazingly, is the Vice Chair of the they're fun too. Some are Commission. He was in high-tech, some are more Spanish Fork to take part old-fashioned and many in the Birthday Party for are actually free: the Festival of Lights. The Game of Life. This Commissioner Ander- classic board game is de-son de-son credited City Coun- signed for ages nine and cilman Wayne Anderson up. Players navigate life's with being the catalyst twists and turns, learning for the move. Commis- how various life events, sioner Anderson visited education and career deci-the deci-the city council shortly sions impact their earnings after he was elected, and potential, ability to buy a asked what the county could do for Spanish Fork. Councilman Anderson Ander-son answered "bring the County Fair back." Councilman Anderson began by introducing members of the County Fair Committee to the Transportation (UDOT) in-SF in-SF grounds. Anderson, vites the public to provide accompanied by Steve comments on the 1-15 Cor-Money, Cor-Money, escorted Fair ridor Draft Environmental committee member Belva Impact Statement (DEIS) Parr around the grounds at two public hearings on in late July, 07. Parr's Dec. 13 and Dec. 15. Corn-specialty Corn-specialty is exhibits. She ments may be made in writ-was writ-was please with the space ing or verbally to a court SF could provide. Mon- reporter during these open ey, who has been the SF forum public hearings: Fairgrounds go-to guy Thursday, Dec. 13, 4 -for a long time indicated 8 p.m., American Fork Jr. where venders could go, High School, 1120 N. 20 entertainment could be W., American Fork; set up, and walked ev- Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 eryone through the new a.m. - 2 p.m., Dixon Mid-indoor Mid-indoor arenas. Council- die School, 750 W. 200 N., man Anderson, who was Provo. still on crutches from his UDOT and the Federal riding accident, kept up Highway Administration with the group, adding (FHWA) have prepared points in SF's favor as he the DEIS on the 1-15 Cor-saw Cor-saw them. ridor from Utah County to It took lots of meetings, Salt Lake County. A range and negotiations, but the of multi-modal transpor-Fair transpor-Fair is again in a commu- tation concepts has been nity, one which started analyzed and narrowed as an agricultural town, down to two alternatives, and still continues with The release of the DEIS on agriculture as part of the Nov. 23 began the official area's economy. public comment period, which runs through Jan. 11, 2008. Success is going from "The Draft Environmen-failure Environmen-failure to failure without tal Impact Statement ex-a ex-a loss of enthusiasm. amines the' future of 1-15 - Winston Churchil in Utah County and is the PURCHASE OR REFINANCE Let us find the right loan option for you! No out of pocket costs! Conventional Loans FHA VA Jumbo Loans Construction Loans No Doc Loans Bridge Loans Utah Housing CHAMP Loans 2nd Mortgage Loans Home Equity Loans LL E HERAL Make a holiday Jason Alderman Are you stumped for ideas on what to get your children for holiday gifts? Join the club. When I was a kid, my folks had far fewer gift choices for me: board games, a bicycle, or maybe the dreaded long underwear. Today, doing a UDOT to hold public hearings on 1-15 Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement The Utah Department of REPUBLIC MONGAGE town. Hotnwa OPPORTUM!I shopping game house, retirement planning and so on. The new Twists & Turns Edition uses an electronic "LIFEPod" to store players' financial data and progress prog-ress through the game. The game rewards players for earning "life points" - a mixture of wealth accumulation accumu-lation and life experiences - while pursuing life goals along four different paths: Live It (adventure), Love It (family), Learn It (college) and Earn It (career). Stagecoach Island. If your high school or college-age kids enjoy multi-player multi-player video games, have them check out this online virtual world created by Wells Fargo. On Stagecoach Stage-coach Island they can explore ex-plore the island and its hidden hid-den secrets, connect with friends and learn smart money-management skills. After registering for free at www.stagecoachisland. com, players earn virtual money they can "spend" on the island by answering questions about banking and personal finances. Financial Football. Your family's sports nuts will like Financial Football, an online, interactive game developed by Visa and the National Football League. The game combines the next step toward providing provid-ing congestion relief," said Merrell Jolley, UDOT project proj-ect manager. 'We encourage encour-age the public to review the DEIS online or at a community location and provide their comments at the upcoming public hearings." hear-ings." The DEIS will be avail-, able for review at the public pub-lic hearings. It is also available avail-able on the project Web site, www.udot.utah.gov il5utahcounty, or at local libraries and UDOT offices, offic-es, A complete list of locations loca-tions is posted on the project proj-ect Web site. Written comments com-ments on the DEIS must be submitted by 5 p.m., Jan. 11, 2008, using any of the following methods: E-mail: il5utahcounty utah.gov; The project Web site: Fax: (801) 262-4303 (Attn: 1-15 Corridor EIS); Or mail to: 1-15 Corridor EIS, co PB, 488 E. Winchester Win-chester St., Suite 400, Murray, Utah 84107. The two alternatives analyzed in the DEIS are 1-15 Widening & Recon Kristy Oakey & Laurie Christiansen 1190 North Main Street Springville Office 801-489-3300 Fax 801-491-7001 Kristy Cell 801-836-5358 Laurie Cell 801-367-4634 Thursday, December 6, 2007 plan for kids structure and rules of the NFL with financial education educa-tion questions of varying difficulty. Playing against the clock, teams gain yards and score points for answering questions correctly, cor-rectly, and lose yardage for wrong answers. Par-' ents, teachers and kids can play the free game, order a free CD-Rom or download the cell phone version by going to www.practical-moneyskills.comfootball. www.practical-moneyskills.comfootball. H.I.P. Pocket Change. For elementary school kids, check out the U.S. Mint's H.I.P. .(History in Your Pocket) Change website web-site (www.usmint.gov kids). Designed to generate gener-ate interest in coins and U.S. history, the site features fea-tures interactive games, stories, puzzles, cartoons and many other activities. Teachers can also download down-load free lesson plans and other classroom resources. No matter how you do it, sharing your financial wisdom is one of the greatest great-est gifts you can give your children - you might as well make it fun in the bargain. Jason Alderman directs Visa Inc's financial education programs. To sign up for a free monthly personal finance e-Newsletter, go to www. practicalmoney skills, comnewsletter. struction and No Build. The 1-15 Widening & Reconstruction Re-construction alternative includes the widening of 1-15; total reconstruction of 15 interchanges, including three interchange options at American Fork Main Street; modification and improvements to seven interchanges; construction construc-tion of two potential new interchanges, and four different dif-ferent options in the Provo and Orem section of the 1-15 corridor that includes a potential four-mile frontage front-age road system. Commuter rail, previously previ-ously studied as part of the 1-15 Corridor EIS, has been selected to be a locally lo-cally funded project separate sepa-rate from the 1-15 Corridor project. For more information informa-tion about Provo to Salt Lake City FrontRunner commuter rail, please visit UTAs website (www.ri-deuta.com). (www.ri-deuta.com). The Federal Highway Administration will ultimately ul-timately make the final selection of a preferred alternative, which will be documented in the Record Re-cord of Decision anticipated antici-pated to be issued in summer sum-mer 2008. |