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Public hearings to be The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will hold public hearings for the environmental environ-mental study of U.S. 1X9 through Provo Canyon. The public is encouraged to attend. Two hearings will be held at the following locations: Oct. 16. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Wasatch Count v High School. 64 E. 600 S. in Heber. CXt. 17. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Foothill Elementary, 921 N. 1240 E. in Orem. These meetings are part of the re-evaluation of the Supplemental Bush stumps for Romney, Gore rallies voters BOSTON (AP) President Bush swept into town Friday to give Republican Mitt Romney's gubernatorial bid a boost, just hours before Al Gore stumped for votes in Cambridge and Worcester for Romney's opponent. oppo-nent. Democrat Shannon O'Brien. Both campaigns hoped the high-profile visits from national party leaders could sway the momentum in the race. Special v ; Record "Our local boards don't have any reason to charter a school," said board member Teresa Theurer. "We have to remove the disincentives," disin-centives," said board member Mike Anderson, who suggested letting districts keep a portion of the funding. The board agreed on the expansion recommendation after a Utah State University researcher presented results of a study, mandated by state law, on Friday. Charters are doing a good job living up to their statutory obligations obli-gations but need more work in areas such as measuring schools' Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). At these meetings, UDOT will present the preferred alignment align-ment for the next phase of the highway widening and discuss aspects of the environmental document docu-ment such as, the scope of the project, proj-ect, potential environmental impacts and steps to minimize those impacts. Project team members will be available to answer all questions and concerns. UDOT's overall plan for Provo Canyon is to widen and realign 22 miles of U.S. 189 from the junction "You need someone who knows what they're talking about when it comes to making sure that the people of this important state can find work," Bush said. "There is no question in my mind Mitt Romney knows what he's talking about," Bush said. Romney, the former Salt Lake City Winter Olympics chief who has pledged to be the state's "salesman in chief" if elected, introduced Bush, recalling how he spoke with U.S. athletes before the Olympic games. The state Republican party raised about $900,000 from two fund raisers Bush attended, plus $350,000 from the Republican Governor's Association. Referring to Romney's guidance guid-ance during the Olympics, Bush told the audience at the Seaport Hotel that Romney "knows how to take a struggling organization and turn it around." Gore and O'Brien shook hands with passers-by and bought fruit at a farmer's market stand in Harvard Square. 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".TT 4 800 ft & & 5 ft effectiveness, setting well-defined well-defined goals and getting parents involved, said report co-author Philip Rodgers of USU's Center for the School of the Future. "If we could track students' (achievement) year to year, it would be a far superior method of measuring the instructional effectiveness of charter schools," he said. The annual tests students take in all charter and public schools measure what they learned during dur-ing the school year but not whether their achievement levels improved. USU's evaluation also found that charter schools and school held for Provo Canyon; of WK) N. in Orem to the junction of U.S. 40 in Heber. Approximately six miles have been reconstructed, from the mouth of the canyon to the Sundance turnoff (S.R. 92). The next construction phase will run between the Wasatch County line and Deer Creek State Park (approximately 5.3 miles) and is scheduled to begin in 2004. Those who are unable to attend these meetings may access the environmental document at the following fol-lowing locations: Provo City Public Library (reference desk), 550 N. University Ave. service and entrepreneurship to lead the state through its current fiscal woes. "She's an inspiring leader. She has the record and experience and team-building qualities that Massachusetts needs so greatly," Gore said before leaving for a campaign rally and fund-raiser with O'Brien in Worcester. In front of about 375 people in Worcester, Gore criticized Romney's economic platform. "As the layoffs rise, and difficulties diffi-culties grow, and America starts to lose its way economically, you don't want a cheerleader who will say more of the same," Gore said. "You want someone like Shannon O'Brien who will fight for you." Gore swept Massachusetts in 20(H), despite then-Gov. Paul Cellucci's support for Bush. The visits by Bush and Gore came on the same day two new polls showed the race deadlocked. dead-locked. A Boston Herald poll showed O'Brien receiving 43 percent support to Romney's 42 percent, well within the poll's margin of error of 5 percent. Eleven percent per-cent of the 407 likely voters questioned ques-tioned Wednesday and Thursday sSzieM'Cf&sL Purchase or Refina Primary Residence - Second Or Vacation Hornet Investment Properties Single rimiiy Townhome Or Condo RESPONSIVE PERSONAL SERVICE CALL NOW! IAOREEN moriarty irrfvate'MortgaeeJBanker 778 1 oiy (435 645 :maureefistnorlartv wcIBiargo com r!'4v;XWells Fargo Bank -'T' t.-i Jl V 40KernsBU-SBKOIrkCly 404V '2r, Y1 . V ... ' WPlIIMsl.Wl.ll4rf . - a.' 1 V WedThursFri, October 9-11, 2002 districts rarely collaborate or share resources. The board will make several other charter-related recommendations recommen-dations to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee later this month: Remove the 4 percent cap on charter enrollment in school districts dis-tricts and impose it instead on the-state. the-state. The goal is to diminish the. state's involvement in charters" and increase districts' involve- ment. Require background checks on" charter school organizers. Encourage more collaboration between districts and existing charter schools. Orem City Public Library (reference (refer-ence desk), 58 N. State Street., Wasatch County Public Library,, 188 S. Main in Heber UDOT Region 3 offices at 658 N. 15(X) W. in Orem, Kinko's, 155 S., State Street in Orem. or visit the project website at www.dot.utah.govprovocanyon. Comments must be submitted by Nov. 11 Written comments may be mailed to Brent Schvaneveldt, UDOT project manager at UDOT Region Three, 658 N. 1500 W. Orem, UT 84057. said they remained undecided. ; A second poll of 4X) voters by New England Cable News and' Harvard's Kennedy School of" Government showed Romney and O'Brien even with 40 percent of the vote, with 17 percent unde-1 cided. Green Party candidate Jill' Stein received 2 percent, while Libertarian Carla Howell and independent Barbara Johnson ' each garnered 1 percent in the" telephone poll conducted Wednesday with a margin of error of 5 percent. The general election is Nov. 5. O'Brien thanked the former" Democratic vice president for his backing. ( "Al Gore and Bill Clinton ' demonstrated quite clearly that Democrats can and will provide fiscal leadership, will manage our ' government, while at the same time focusing on the issues that ; matter to the working people of this state," she said. Romney's running mate, Kerry Healey. said voters need to elect the GOP ticket to guaran-rj tee a balance of power on Beacon Hill, where Democrats hold most statewide offices and wide mar- gins in the House and Senate. J "Right now, Massachusetts is on the verge of returning to a one-party state and we all know the name of that state. The name of that state is Taxachusetts," she'3 said. 5 The GOP and the Romney campaign were paying for BushN to travel to Boston, said White' House spokeswoman Anne Womack. The fund-raisers were Bush's 61st and 62nd of the year. His total take on behalf of Republican candidates topped $134 million as of Friday. WhJskeydog Training i , i Anthony W owner f A long time local "v L and Dfofessional . 4 dog handler Vri Private cn-tite training i Fret frWiaf consultation r '43S-i40-0144 ijr jjr 2r - 78 1 4 i |