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Show Thursday, November 20, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 11 Football meeting for all players, parents Monday For all of those interested in playing football next year grades 6th through 12th there will be a meeting this coming Monday, November 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Springville High School Auditorium. This meeting will be for all football players and their parents. Springville High School head football coach, Scott Mitchell, will be outlining all of the football foot-ball programs within the school disctrict and Springville Spring-ville City for the coming year. Again, all players and their parents are encouraged to attend. Get your tickets now for annual SHS Choir dinner, program The Springville High School choirs will hold their 15th Annual Holiday Dinner on Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at the school. More than 200 students from Springville Spring-ville High School Choral Musical Department will sing and dance together throughout the evening. Five different choirs will join together to take you on a tour through the British Brit-ish Isles for an Olde English Eng-lish Christmas. Dinner will be catered by A Matter of Taste. There will be a silent Prepare your home for winter The first day of winter is not until Dec. 21, but taking a few simple steps now could save time, money and a lot of stress later on. Prevention is the key in maintaining a safe and Springville road project update 15 Auxiliary Lane Area: Paving operations for this area were completed com-pleted by Tuesday, Nov. 18. The auxiliary lane will remain closed until spring 2009, when the final fi-nal asphalt layer Will be placed. 400 South Exit (1-15 Interchange) In-terchange) Area: Crews continue to drive steel pilings as part of the underlying support structure for the bridge. This work will create some noise between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5:3U p.m. 10-wards 10-wards the end of the week, crews will begin driving pilings in the median me-dian of 1-15. . Power crews are also relocating power lines m the interchange area. This work will not create any travel delays. 1750 West to 200 West Area: Utility work is underway. Springville power crews are relocating power lines and telephone crews will be removing phone lines. Services should not be affected. Work will continue through the end of November. The week of November 23, crews will begm excavating ex-cavating and driving steel pilings in the 1500 West area in preparation for the new bridge there. Residents Resi-dents in the area of Center Street and 950 West should expect some noise between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. This work will continue for several weeks. General Project Information: The speed limit along southbound 1-15 is reduced to 55 mph through the construction zone and the speed limit is reduced to 35 mph along 400 South from 1-15 to Main Street. Please remember, fines for speeding are doubled. Work hours are between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday Mon-day through Friday. Please use caution as you travel through the construction area as heavy equipment is working nearby. If you have questions regarding this project or would like additional information, feel free to contact con-tact us at 1.877.222.3757, via email at accessutah. gov or visit the project Web site at www.udot.utah. govaccess and click on the S.R. 77 project. auction and guests are invited in-vited to bid on many items donated by generous businesses busi-nesses and individuals. Proceeds Pro-ceeds go to the purchase of uniforms, tours and other much needed expenses in the choir department. Your support is greatly appreciated. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased now by contacting Amy Hixson at 491-9550, or Stephanie Swenson at 489-1139. 489-1139. Tickets also can be purchased by email at springvillehighchoir gmail.com warm environment and in minimizing the risk of winter damage. To find out information and other homeowner tips about winterizing your home please visit www. response.comsafety. it I -'r-.'": -I i I l I Take action Any family that has had one of their members addicted ad-dicted to alcohol, prescription prescrip-tion or illicit drugs knows the cost of that addiction in anguish, fear and sadness. sad-ness. However, there is another an-other cost that every f amity pays for addiction, whether someone close to them is addicted or not. That is the economic burden of addiction, addic-tion, paid for in health care costs, low productivity, welfare, wel-fare, accidents, property damage, the legal system and incarceration, crime, child and domestic abuse and all the public and private pri-vate facilities that provide counseling, rehabilitation and treatment. In 1992, this cost was estimated es-timated at $246 billion dollars. dol-lars. In 2006, according to the President of The National Na-tional Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, the 0 Roast Carved Turksy Roast Carved Hani ; fried Chicken Salisbury Steak Glazed Meatleaf llonestyle Stuffing Masked Potatoes Cranberry Sas!(G Sslectien of Vegetables Soap and Salad Bar Dinner HoIIs PuopMn Pie Assorted Desserts ' 'A Z f J n ni l against substance abuse, bill was approaching $1 trillion. tril-lion. This means that every person in the U.S. is paying close to $3,000 a year, one way or another, for the substance sub-stance abuse problems in this country. "What happens on a national na-tional scale also happens on a small scale to families," noted Derry Hallmark, Director Di-rector of Admissions and Certified Chemical Dependency Depen-dency Counselor at Nar-conon Nar-conon Arrowhead. Nar-conon Nar-conon is one of the country's leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation re-habilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. "Very often, families facing fac-ing a loved one's addiction problem don't realize what they are looking at. Addicts routinely become manipulative manipula-tive of those close to them so they can continue to get the alcohol or drugs they are addicted to. This manip 5 "- Served Thursday J 'November '27th, 2008 fiwn Ham 10pm mx if--. " 4 i 1 1 Children fommd-muUr no that- ft A MUJ ulation can create financial hardships for families." Addicts commonly complain com-plain of an unfair boss, an unjust arrest, bad breaks, thefts or threats and so prompt family members to help them out of a fix. But in truth, they are hiding their addiction behind a smokescreen. smoke-screen. Many addicts empty emp-ty bank accounts or steal items out of the home to finance fi-nance their addictioa This can go on for years, bankrupting a family. Then when the truth comes put and the family wants to get the addict into rehab, they may be financially unable to do so. "The best thing a family fam-ily can do when there are drug problems is to insist on rehab earlier rather than later, added Hallmark. "If an addict does not want to go to rehab, families should (i GO 1-1 5 Exit 261 Springville addiction realize that they can call for an interventionist. Interventionists Interven-tionists help the addicted person realize that they can get out of that destructive lifestyle by going to rehab. The family doesn't have to wait for the person to hit 'rock bottom.' This holiday season, celebrate by getting an addicted loved the help . they need. Families can call Narconon for a free addiction addic-tion assessment and referral refer-ral to a location anywhere in the country." Narconon Arrowhead specializes in helping families fami-lies locate the help they are looking for. To find immediate immedi-ate help for someone who is having a problem with drugs or alcohol, contact Narconon's free addiction consultation and referral helpline at 1-800468933 or visit their website at www. stopaddiction.com 3- 73?" , ;.. '.-m:t 4 1 t v Z 1r |