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Show Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, April 8, 1992 Page 5 Orem Women's Club hears first hand from County Commissioner Orem Women's Club members mem-bers learned first hand the duties of the County Commissioners. Gary Herbert a County Commissioner Commis-sioner came to our meeting April 1 at the Scera Lounge. Gary was introduced by Lavaun lurner. she told us he was elected County Commissioner in 1990 and is presently serving as chairman of the Utah County Commissioners. He has been a defender of private property rights, small business and the free enterprise system and has been to Washington, D.C. many times to lobby for these issues. is-sues. He is also a successful real estate agent. Gary said there are oVer 265,000 people in Utah County. The second largest county in the state. There are 21 cities. The Commissioners are the glue that hold the cities together and helps them relate one to another, as well as the things that go on in the unincorporated area of the county. coun-ty. Examples of these are law protection or Sheriffs Office, which also helps the smaller cities that don't have their own law enforcement. The county provides ambulance and fire protection. Crime is prosecuted by our County Attorney. They incarcerate in-carcerate in the County Jail all those who violate the law. The jail we have now is bursting at the seams. The consultants they met with to figure out which way to go thought there was an error in figures because for this size population of 265,000 the national nation-al average is 700 inmates, while we have only 140, maybe 150 on Babies born to Orem parents Utah Valley Regional Medical Center March 26 Girl to Richard and Julie Russell Girl to Brian and Teresa Lees March 27 Girl to Michael and Katherine Mckendrick Girl to William and Monica Buck-waiter Buck-waiter Girl to Michael and Nicole Transtrum Boy to Bruce and Heather Nilsson Girl to Russell and Brooke Young Girl to John and Ginger Pratt Girl to Donald and Kimberly Lovelace Boy to Kevin and Gina Alldridge March 28 Boy to Allen and Eda Hill Boy to David and Shelly Crump Boy to Michael and kristin Pierce March 29 Boy to Timothy and Tonya Chase Boy to Michael and Cindy Kelly Boy to Spencer and Julie Degraw March 30 Boy to Robert and Cindy Mollner Girl to Norman and Roxanne Harrison Har-rison Girl to Mark and Kari Johnson Girl to Jeffrey and Janalyn Olsen Girl to Marc and Dellene Vickers Girl to Mark and Sharon Honey March 31 Girl to Michael and Amy Jensen Boy to Robert and Marilee Davis Girl to Brent and Kathleen Nelson Girl to Todd and Ruby Wheeler Orem Community Hospital March 18 Boy to Brent and Judy Peay March 19 Boy to Randall O. and Ursula Soren-scn Soren-scn Boy to John and Kendra L. Hunter March 20 Girl to Brett and Sherri Remund Girl to Mark and Susan Standefer March 22 Boy to Steve and Lisa Lesser Boy to Rudy and LaDawn Resendez March 26 Girl to Alan and Tamara Moore Boy to Donald and Kara Morris Girl to Craig and Annamarie Rodabaugh March 27 Boy to Joseph and Sandra Harper Girl to James and Carol Ann Mason Boy to Terry and Catherine Pierce March 28 Boy to Scott and Cindy Paza Chandler Boy to Joseph and Tammy Jenkins March 29 Girl to David and Teresa Hansen March 30 Girl "to Hal and Shari Baird March 31 Girl to Rick and Jana Scott March 26 Girl to Alan and Tamara Moore Boy to Donald and Kara Morris Girl to Craig and Annamarie Rodabaugh March 27 Boy to Joseph and Sandra Harper Girl to James and Carol Ann Mason Boy to Terry and Catherine Pierce March 28 Boy to Scott and Cindy Paza Chandler Boy to Joseph and Tammy Jenkins March 29 Girl to David and Teresa Hansen March 30 Girl to Hal and Shari Baird March 31 Girl to Rick and Jana Scott weekends. The County Assesses property and also collect taxes. They haven't raised their taxes since 1978, other than the flood emergency in 1984. The Commissioners are over the Mental Health Department and are now keeping a watchful eye over the Wasatch Mental Health formerly Timpanogos Mental Health and are now happy to report this institution is now in the black and doing very well. The officials over county affairs af-fairs are very conservative in their spending. The county is over the Foster Grandparents and Economic Development. They also help to promote travel and tourism. The Orem-Provo area has been named in national magazines as the number one place to live but Commissioner Herbert assured us that when newsmen or business people come here to investigate, they look at the county as a whole, it is the people they notice and the quality of life we have here. It's the volunteer organizations that donate millions of dollars worth of time and effort that help make this county what it is. For instance the Search and Rescue Teams all furnish and provide their own equipment and volunteers their ow time. Gary concluded by telling us its Service that makes a successful success-ful community and this county has a friendly "Can Do" spirit that has not gone unnoticed. Our musical entertainment Women's Leader Elsie Aston and Pastor Needra Troyer display baked goods to be sold at Spring Bake Sale Reorganized LDS Church to hold bake sale On Saturday, April 11, the Women's Department of the Reorganized L.D.S. Church are holding a Spring Bake Sale. This will be at the church located at 925 East 1400 South, Orem. The time will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mail boxes at Post Office to be collected until midnight on April 15 Orem residents can take tax returns to the collection box directly in front of the Orem Post Office as late as midnight on April 15th and still get the day's postmark. The Orem Post Office will have a window clerk selling postage until 10:00 p.m., as well as postage vending machines in the lobby. ' According to Postmaster Wally Adams, the cut off time for depositing mail at the post office is usually 5:45 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 4:40 p.m. on Saturday. Satur-day. The temporary extension should help people still working on their taxes when the deadline arrives, he said. Postmaster Adams said that 19 other Utah Post Offices will temporarily extend collection times on April 15th to help tax filers. The postmaster also of BENNER BROTHERS GLASS CLEANING 226-0695 Free Estimates LICENSED GUARANTEED 'INSURED B 240 EAST 800 SOUTH, OREM, UTAH 84058 We also do Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning for the afternoon was given by Tricia, Jenny and Sherry, daughters of Richard and Pat Roberts. They sang several numbers num-bers from Down Memory Lane. Winifred Jones gave us the Utah County Women's Legislative Legisla-tive Council report for the March meeting. John L. Valentine, repre-r senting District 59 said in the recent legislature $3.8 billion was budgeted for '92 and '93 with 99.9 million for the bonding package with 65 million carry-over to the next budget period. No new taxes were passed but some fees were raised including fees for hazardous waste, some court filing,s and for birth certificates. certifi-cates. Areas in crime and punishment, punish-ment, several new pieces of legislation legis-lation were passed. Some discussion was devoted to "not a drop" sponsored by Valentine which would have allowed al-lowed the state to take away the drivers license if they were found drinking. Some legislation was passed requiring those seeking divorce to get counseling. The biggest thing Mr. Valentine Valen-tine could say about the past legislation was, "We did some things right and some things wrong." Orem Women's next club meeting will be held April 15 when election of officers and the civic project will be presented. This meeting was under the direction of President Colleen Judd. There will be cakes, pies, cookies, candy, bread, etc. There will be some special cookies and candies for Easter. We will also have some bazaar items for sale at this time. The public is invited and most welcome. fered these tips: Make sure your return has the correct postage. The IRS and The State Tax Commission do not pay postage due costs, and the postal service can't deliver mail without postage due costs, and the postal service can't deliver mail without postage on it. If your tax return does not have enough postage, it will be returned to you. Make sure your envelope is securely sealed. Loose flaps can get caught in processing equipment, and your envelope could be torn. Make sure you include your return address on the envelope. If you do not have an addressed ad-dressed envelope that came with your tax forms, you may use the following addresses for local returns: Internal Revenue Service, Ser-vice, Ogden, UT 84201 and Utah State Tax Commission, Salt Lake City.UT 84134. 3NDED American Cancer Society begins Annual Fund Drive A new Area Director for the UtahJuab County unit of the American Cancer Society has been announced. He is Michael Jensen of Orem. Jensen is a native of Mapleton. He graduated from Springville High School in 1978, served a mission for the LDS Church in Puerto Rico and then attended Utah State University where he received a bachelor of arts degree in Organization Communication Com-munication in 1986. For the last five years Jensen has worked as a supervisor at Recreation for All Handicapped, a United Way Agency in Provo. Jensen replaces Duane Meacham who left the American Cancer Society's Community Crusade will be held in Utah County this year from April 6-18. The Crusade, a door-to-door solicitation conducted by volunteers, volun-teers, is the Society's most dependable de-pendable fundraising event. According to Dr. Joseph Minor, President of the UtahJuab County unit of the ACS, and Executive Director of Utah County Health Department, Depart-ment, "All of the funds the Society raises in Utah are used to support local programs local programs of research, education and services to cancer patients. About 60 percent per-cent of the money raised by volunteers volun-teers during the Crusade will go toward these programs and services. ser-vices. The remainder supports national research." Because of the fine caliber of researchers in Utah, three times as much money comes back from the national office than is donated here. Currently, the ACS supports sup-ports over $1.4 million in research re-search grants at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University and Utah State University. While striving to reach its eventual goal of eliminating cancer, can-cer, the American Cancer Society always keeps an immediate goal in sight - to save more lives. This year over 4,000 Utah residents will develop cancer. Sadly 1,900 will die of cancer who might otherwise be saved with early detection and prompt treatment. The Society's goal of saving lives to the dangers of cancer and the possibilities of cure, through the education of the medical community com-munity to the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment of cancer, can-cer, and through direct service to It's called distance learning. A program developed by Utah State University and funded in part by a $300,000 grant from the US WEST" Foundation. And it enables small 6 rural schools to interact with classes in other larger schools via the patient and their family. The American Cancer Society conducts public education through programs at schools, worksites, healthsites, community com-munity centers, and in many CBS radio Easter Tabernacle Choir The 325-voice Mormon Taber-nale Taber-nale Choir will be featured on the CBS Radio Network's traditional Easter holiday live broadcast Sunday, Sun-day, April 19, 1992. Network officials offi-cials say the one-hour program will be broadcast live at 6 a.m. The choir is known throughout the world for its ling-running ling-running weekly radio and television program and for its concert tours and award-winning recordings. Among the traditional Easter numbers to be sung by the Choir are "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "O Divine City of Orem Family Summerfest scheduled for June 12-13 City of Orem Family Summerfest Sum-merfest schedule announced The 1992 City of Orem Family Summerfest will be held June 12 and 13 at City Park, directly east of the Orem City Building at State and Center Streets. Last year's event was attended by more than 40,000 people. Activities will include a craft fair, entertainment groups, food and drink, games for children, free blood pressure checks, and informative displays. Other activities include a bluegrass and fiddling music festival, fes-tival, the third Annual Old West Dutch Oven Cook-off, sky divers, the Utah Summer GamesCentral Region opening ceremonies, and an evening 10K race. On Friday, June 12, the annual an-nual "Glow In The Dark Parade" will take place. Floats, bands, cars, Summer Games participants par-ticipants and many other entries will be illuminated with tens of Now watching a lot of TVcan actually be good for kids. video monitors and computers. Our grant is focused on helping the teachers who instruct over the video system to develop presentations and curriculums that work well with the television medium. It also helps teachers Making the most of your other settings. Programs on nutrition, tobacco, and breast health are high priorities. According to Jeanette Black, more than 225 patients in Utah County benefitted from ACS service ser-vice programs last year. special, Mormon featured Redeemer," "The Lord is My Shepherd," "He is Risen," and "Were You There?" Music director Jerold Ottley and his assistant, Donald Rip-plinger, Rip-plinger, will share conducting duties, accompanied by the Tabernacle Organ, with John Longhurst, Richard Elliot, and Clay Christiansen alternating at the console. The Choir's most recent tour was in Russia and eastern Europe last summer. The major tour this year will include the eastern and central United States. thousands of lights. This is the only nighttime parade in Utah, and the pleasant evening temperatures make viewing the parade a comfortable and entertaining enter-taining experience. A spectacular aerial fireworks display and free street dance will immediately follow the parade. The Family Summerfest will conclude June 13 with a celebrity Softball game. Funding for the City of Orem Family Summerfest is provided through donations from the following fol-lowing community-minded organizations or-ganizations and businesses: KCPX 98.7, Daily Herald, City of Orem, Orem Community Hospital, Hospi-tal, Orem Geneva Times, Utah County Journal, Utah Power & Light, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, and K-STAR 1400 AM. For information about the Orem Family Summerfest, call the City of Orem Manager's Office Of-fice at 224-7037. in rural areas understand how to better motivate their students in learning math, science and language arts All of which makes it easier for students to learn more. And for more students to learn time.' i li'll US W I ST MK V |