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Show 4nnimk4Hfwmn edition ' " r : : : "T ,of c ' . YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAR V URSDAY, JANUARY 31," w " v ! -t : a i :v8 ! a'-i'. Vj- SPORTS IV - - - AT.'. CSV) i i j nn I i I If rs jyyu c LOCAL GRAPPLERS TAKE FIRST PLACE - See page 10 PORTRATTTTRR FTDDUNPt AND MORE AT THIS MONTHS EVENT - See page 11 MM Sbfl R,... 1 -r-i- . ! .in r '1, d 5 BL iiiiiit .. mmu hmiiii.-i. ii i wmnia'iiiiiniint , O. tnwim i ;.vii ffp, . , . .V V'' - - Sterli cnomrs announced ai Springville ffigh , . Photo by Craig ConoverThe Springville Herald A 35-year-old woman was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to the hospital Tuesday morning after her vehicle hit a northbound train in the area of 800 S. Main in Springville. The woman had to be extricated from her car. ; 1 V'- n Photo by Craig ConoverThe Springville Herald Firemen work to extricate the victim of Tuesday's cartrain accident after using the jaws of life. .'.'V'. Springville police, fire and ambulance am-bulance responded to a traffic accident involving a train and a car Tuesday morning at approximately approxi-mately 8:55 a.m. The accident occurred oc-curred at about 800 South Main Street, Highway 89. . According to Springville Police Po-lice Lt. Dell Gordon, preliminary investigation indicates the train was northbound through Springville Spring-ville and the car was westbound, intending to continue south on Main Street. ? "It is unknown- at this time if the car slid on the icy road or if the driver did not see the railroad crossing lights," said Gordon. Gordon said that the front car of the train struck the front of the vehicle. The car then hit the pole which holds the railroad crossing cross-ing lights and stopped against a control box between the railroad tracks and the road, i The 37-year-old female driver was the only occupant in the vehicle and was trapped in the badly damaged car. She had to be extricated by the Springville Fire Department and suffered head, neck and leg injuries. She was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. . Jennifer Parks and Madelyn Tucker . ' '' . SHS STAFF WRITERS - Thirteen SHS seniors were recently named Springville High School's 2008 Sterling Scholars. The students were chosen for their dedication to academics, leadership and service. Katrina Vi Anderson, Ander-son, daughter of James and Evonne Anderson of Springville, is the winner in Mathematics. She loves all parts of mathematics, and loves successfully solving a challenging problem. She is the Concert Master Mas-ter of SHS's Chamber Orchestra, and is planning plan-ning to attend Brigham Young University in the fall to continue her education. In the Social Science category Daniel James Simmons, son of Ron and Lisa Simmons Sim-mons of Springville, was the winner. He has a passion for politics and current events. He serves as Springville High School's National Honor Society president as well as the Co-Executive Editor of the yearbook staff. Daniel See SPRINGVILLE STERLING SCHOLARS on page 1Z mtmut ' - I.ILIU.IUWPWUI " -I -. I Daniel Simmons SOCIAL SCIENCE. Kyle Tuft '.''.SCIENCE ' Bradley Clark COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY : KellenHyer TRADES TECHNICAL ED. ' Allissa Huffaker FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE -. Jemmifer Parks ENGLISH Jessica Swensen speechDrama has modcp Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE herald Springville residents consider con-sider the overall quality of life in their city as good, support building a new recreation center cen-ter and swimming pool and believe be-lieve that drugs Standing tall ' for our community are a major problem in the community. These are some of the results from a survey asking residents to give their opinions on every-; every-; thing from the appearance of ; their neighborhoods to recre-' recre-' ational opportunities and con struction of a new city library. A special edition of the city's newsletter containing some of the survey's results arrived in residents' mailboxes last week; complete results can be viewed on. Springville City's Web site (www.springville.org). : ; "Overall, we are very pleased," said Springville Mayor May-or Gene Mangum. "I felt like we got some good support indicated in-dicated from the community. People seem to think that we're getting the job done, a targe percentage of them anyway." Surveys were sent to more than 1,700 residences, with 906 (52 percent) of those surveys returned. The first surveys went out on Nov. 15, 2007, and several follow-up mailings mail-ings were sent out during the following weeks to encourage residents to return. the sur-' veys. . : The survey was conducted ' by two Springville consultants: Dr. Ralph B. Brown and Dr. Vaughn R.A. CalL,-fthese two men developed questions for See SPRINGVILLE SURVEY on page 3 , .... : - Kelly White . VISUAL ARTS Conner Cunningham - MUSIC Amelia Wells . -DANCE VI Andrew Whiting FOREIGN LANGUAGE Austen Allred BUSINESS & MARKETING Katrina Anderson ' MATHEMATICS jr ---- - .. ( f ' V |