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Show Dauna Rasmussen, CIC joins Am. Heritage Insurance Group American Heritage Insurance Group is proud to announce that Dauna Rasmussen, CIC, has recently joined our staff as customer service representative in the American Fork off ice at 201 West Main. Dauna Rasmussen will principally prin-cipally be responsible to service the existing customers in Lehi, American Fork, Highland, and Alpine. She will also handle new sales for Automobile, Home, Life, Health, and Business Insurance. A Utah native, Dauna will bring with her 15 years of insurance experience. She has earned the designation of Certified Cer-tified Insurance Counselor. This professional designation is earned through continuing education, attendance at-tendance at seminars, examinations, . and practical experience in all major areas of the insurance field. "Dauna is determined to provide our clients with the most current, relevant, and cost effective insurance coverage in the industry." Dauna, her husband Ron, and their family currently reside in Alpine. Crisis Line offers listening ear for very troubled people If you need a listening ear, the Crisis Lane of Utah County is willing to listen and help. Crisis Line is a completely free help line that keeps all calls anonymous and is open seven days a week, 24 hours per day. According to Jennifer Bram well, Director of Crisis Line, many of the calls are suicide related. Some callers are actively contemplating suicide, while others simply need someone with whom they can talk about their problems and find Traffic signals to be installed The Utah Department of Transportation Tran-sportation opened bids on Tuesday on a project to upgrade or install totally new signal systems at four locations in Utah County. Hamilton Bros. Electric of Springville submitted the low bid of 1162,109 to do the work. UDOT's official of-ficial engineer's estimate was $174,768. The following four locations, which do not presently have traffic signals, now warrant signals because of increased traffic volumes. 900 West at Center Street in Provo. 1200 South at 1-15 northbound and southbound onoff ramps in Or em. 800 North at 1-15 northbound and southbound onoff ramps in Orem. 800 North at 1200 West in Orem. Weather depending, work may begin on the project this fall, however, it's anticipated that the 1 majority of the work will be done next summer. III I f pi "., DAUNA RASMUSSEN possible solutions. Crisis Line has just recently started serving as a help line for veterans also. Crisis Line is manned primarily by volunteers. According to Bram-well, Bram-well, the community involvement is vital to the program. Volunteer phone workers are trained in listening and counseling skills. They are also educated on what other community agencies and resources are available to help the caller. The line workers are able to keep a caller on the telephone and keep him from doing harm to himself . Members of the community who are interested in volunteering at Crisis Line are welcome to come to the next training session to be held on Tuesday, September 15. Volunteers must be at least eighteen years old and be willing to stay with the Crisis Line Program for at least eight months. mon-ths. Because the Crisis Line operates 24 hours a day, there are shifts which fit almost anyone's schedule. Volunteers must commit to work at least one three hour shift each week. Serving as a Crisis Line volunteer volun-teer is excellent work for any member mem-ber of the community. Volunteers need not have any special skills, but they must be a good listener, non-judgmental, non-judgmental, and caring. Students studying psychology, family counseling, coun-seling, social work and other related areas may find the work at Crisis Line beneficial to their field. Anyone who is interested in volunteering with Crisis Line can call the United Way Volunteer Center at 374-8108. Home Fire Drill is statewide program I Governor Norman H. Bangerter and the state's chief of fire prevention today at a news conference asked all Utahns to prepare for a "Plan To Get Out Alive" statewide home fire drill to be held Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 pjn. The purpose of the drill is to help children and their families plan in advance ad-vance so they can safely escape their homes in case of fire. "So far this year 10 Utahns have died in fires, and six of these people have died as a result of fires in their homes," said Dave Pingree, chief of fire prevention for the State Fire Marshal's Mar-shal's Office. "More deaths can be prevented if people will take the simple sim-ple step of carrying out a planned home fire drill." The "Plan To Get Out Alive" program pro-gram is being conducted by fire departments across the state, with the help of McDonald's restaurants, the Utah Broadcasters Association, elementary schools, and others. It is being held in conjuction with national Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4-10. To help people prepare for the drill, Utah fire departments and McDonald's are distributing free home fire escape planning sheets now through Oct. 6. In many areas, the plans are also being distributed in elementary schools by fire safety educators. Each plan includes home fire drill instructions and an escape Promotion raises $1,600 for March of Dimes The four-day promotional fundraiser fund-raiser for the March of Dimes, sponsored spon-sored by Little Caesars Pizza, Cream O' Weber and KBER-106.5 FM raised rais-ed more than $1,600 Sept. 14-17 at the Little Caesars Pizza Riverside Plaza location 1260 N. State. The promotion, Brigham Young University Student Pizza Week, saw approximately 5,000 people take advantage ad-vantage of the 14 of a medium pep-peroni pep-peroni pizza and 12 pint of milk for $.25 deal. The objective was to raise money for the March of Dimes and in some way help to stamp out birth defects, said Utah Pizza Service Inc. - Utah's Little Caesars franchise - Marketing director Connie Haughn. . "Our goal was to raise a substantial substan-tial amount of money for the March of Dimes," she said. "We did just that with the help of Cream O' Weber, KBER and all those who participated." The total raised during the four days came to $1,676.25. Most of that money will stay in Utah to help the southern Utah Division of the March of Dimes with part going to the organization's national headquarters, according to Jean Hatch, Southern Utah Division director. "We were hoping to raise more than $3,000," Haughn said. "Although we did not reach that goal we still feel we achieved a great deal for a great cause." The March of Dimes Southern Utah division poster child, Adam Daines and his mother Carol, were part of the throng that attended the festivities each night. "This is a great thills' " farol sai' burins' tbc event route planning guide. The plans have been produced as a public service by "McDonald's. Over 300,000 are being distrubuted in Utah. The Program's Track Record Last year Utah was one of seven pilot states that tested the McDonald's "Plan To Get Out Alive" program. The program was so successful suc-cessful that it's being conducted nationwide na-tionwide this year. The Wesley and Penny Peterson family of Lehi credits last year's program pro-gram in part with helping their family fami-ly escape their burning home safely. Ironically, the day after 14-year-old Vernon Peterson came home from school with his McDonald's brochure and reminded his mother about the importance of knowing two exits from each room in the house, the Petersons' Peter-sons' home caught fire, destroying on room and causing smoke damage to other areas. Because Vernon, his eight-year-old brother. August, and Mrs. Peterson knew what to do in the emergency, all six people in the house made it outside to safety. "I strongly encourage other families to plan ahead so they can be as fortunate as we were," Mrs. Peterson Peter-son said. Widespread Support "Plan To Get Out Alive" has been DIRECT MAIL TO OVER 41,000 HOMES W OREM PROVO BYU Students Yiisiraes 546 South State Orem 225-1340 endorsed by virtually every major fire service organization in the state of Utah, according to Pingree. These groups included the State Fire Marshal's Mar-shal's Office, the Utah Fire Education Association, the State Fire Training Department at Utah Valley Community Com-munity College, Professional Fire Fighters of Utah, the Utah Fire Marshal's Mar-shal's Association, and the Joint Council of Fire Service Organizations. The Utah Broadcasters Association, Associa-tion, which represents 80 radio stations, sta-tions, has asked its member stations to sound an alarm over the air at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6. This will signal the official of-ficial start of the statewide home fire drill. To further draw attention to the program, the NBC television network will air a special home fire drill episode on "Valerie's Family." The episode will air locally on KUTV at 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 (the day before the drill). "Last year Utah took the lead and showed the nation that this program can make a difference," Bangerter said. "Plan To Get Out Alive has already helped save lives. I encourage en-courage children throughout the state to help their families prepare for the statewide home fire drill." |