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Show Or em-Geneva Times Wednesday, January 20, 1993 Page 5 Utah Valley Eight talented young people will be in the spotlight Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday, Jan. 20 and 21, when the Utah Valley Symphony Sym-phony presents its annual Young Artists Concert. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle, under the baton of Clyn D. Barrus. Tickets will be available at the door. Admission is $5 ($4 for students stu-dents and senior citizens). Ample parking is available at Nu Skin International, west of the Provo Tabernacle. Sonja Gray, a senior at American Fork High School, will open the program with the first movement of Horn Concerto No. 1, by Richard Strauss. The daughter of Stan and Sue Gray of Alpine, she has studied french horn five years with Ellen Powley. She has been a soloist with the AFHS Marching Band, a member of the 1992 Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, and first chair in the 1992 All-State Band. A brother and sister from Alpine Al-pine are on the program. Gregory Scott Brown, 9, and his sister Desirae, 13, will perform piano solos. They are the children of Keith and Lisa Brown, Alpine, and students of Irene Peery. Both are taking correspondence courses cour-ses from private schools in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Scholarship search services raise hopes, but few funds Due to a combination of rising education costs and dwindling resources, many college students are turning to national scholarship scholar-ship search agencies in quest for funds. But, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the overall results of these agencies, which lure students to invest in their "guaranteed, money-back" services, ser-vices, are best described as poor. Each year the Financial Aid Office at Brigham Young University Univer-sity receives inquiries from students stu-dents and parents regarding these services, which usually charge up-front fees ranging between be-tween $50 and $300. "Interest in the services offered of-fered by scholarship agencies has increased because of higher education costs which have continued con-tinued to increase above the rate of inflation," said Norm Finlin-son, Finlin-son, BYU Financial Aid director. "Students who in previous years were funded through Pell grants and other federal programs are looking for other sources of financial aid," he said. Some advertisements and sales pitches claim there are millions mil-lions of dollars in unclaimed scholarship monies just waiting to be tapped. Many ads offer money-back guarantees or $200 savings bonds to students who don't receive either sources or funds. 'These offers for scholarship and grants can look very attractive attrac-tive to students who don't understand under-stand financial aid," said a spokesman for the New York City Better Business Bureau. "Unfortunately "Unfor-tunately students are paying hefty fees for sources which typically typi-cally generate no funds." According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Susan Worm, a University of Wis-consin-Oshkosh nursing student, sent nearly $200 to a scholarship search firm which guaranteed in APICS iuncheon meeting Jan. 21 The January luncheon meeting meet-ing of the Sundance Chapter of the APICS (the Educational Society for Resource Management) Manage-ment) will be held at 12 Noon on January 21 at the Provo Elks Lodge, 1000 South University Avenue, Provo. The topic will be "The Shingo Prize for Excellence in American Manufacturing." This award helps U.S. companies to improve their competitive position in the world marketplace by fostering a better understanding and increased in-creased sharing of successful manufacturing techniques, the speaker, Dr. Ross E. Robson, is the Executive Director of the Shingo Prize and Associate Dean for Business Relations of the College Col-lege of Business, Utah state University, Logan. For additional information or R.S.V.P., please call Melissa at 226-8119. is to I wis Gregory, first-place winner in both the Utah State Fair and the Utah Summerarts Festival in 1992, will perform Mozart's Concerto Con-certo No. 9 in E-flat Major with the symphony. Desirae, 1992 second place winner in State Fair competition and 1991 and 1992 first place winner in the Arlette Day Piano Competitions, will play Chopin's Concerto in E Minor. Orem High junior Crystal Shields, 16, will perform a flute solo, "Renaissance Concerto," by Lukas Foss. She has been a student stu-dent of Barbara Shpack four of the five years she's played the flute and has been a member of the Utah Valley Youth Symphony two years. She won first place in Utah State Fair competition the past two years. Her parents are Dennis and Helen Shields, Orem. Pianist Dustin Gledhill will perform Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody "Rhap-sody on a Theme from Paganini," which he performed in July with the San Diego and Nevada symphonies. sym-phonies. The son of Michael and Leslie Gledhill of Provo, he began playing piano at age 4 and now studies with Irene Peery. Although Al-though only 12, Dustin won first place at the 1992 Utah State Fair in the ages 16-18 division. Violinist Amy Osmond, a junior at Timpview High School, its ad that the scholarship she would receive was worth at least $1,700. All she received from the company com-pany was information about scholarships for graduate students. stu-dents. She is undergraduate. 'With two different student loans, I couldn't afford to lose the $200," she said. Said Finlinson, "We have consistently con-sistently advised students that the best way to obtain information informa-tion on financial aid sources is to use college financial aid offices, high school guidance counselors, public libraries or catalogues from bookstores. These sources provide the same information and are free of charge." At a recent College Board National Na-tional Convention which BYU employees attended, financial aid administrators concurred in u-nanimous u-nanimous criticism of these companies. com-panies. There were no administrators ad-ministrators present who had seen positive performance by these firms, said Finlinson. Last September, the NYC Better Business Bureau felt constrained con-strained to issue a "consumer alert" regarding scholarship search companies. As the report indicated, "few, if any applicants, receive any funds from such companies." com-panies." The Bureau's own investigation investiga-tion revealed that none of the firms, save one, were able to verify to the Bureau that any students stu-dents had obtained funding using their sources. After contacting more than 30 firms, the Bureau found only three students who had received any funds. The Bureau also found that most scholarship matching companies com-panies are either licensees or information in-formation brokers. Rather than assisting the students in, obtaining obtain-ing financial aid or screening applicants, ap-plicants, they simply forward the student's paperwork to a parent company which does the actual matching. The parent company then sends out the list of potential sources to the student who must research and contact each organization or-ganization listed. According to the Bureau report, one student sent in his money thinking that he was guaranteed a refund if a scholarship scholar-ship was not found. However, BENNER BROTHERS GLASS CLEANING 226-0695 Free Estimates LICENSED GUARANTEED INSURED 240 EAST 800 SOUTH, OREM, UTAH 84058 We also do Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning will play Saint-Saens' "Havanaise." The 16-year-old daughter of Wayne and Kathy Osmond, Provo, she began performing per-forming violin solos at age 4 and has played on television and in concerts throughout the U.S. She was a music finalist in the National Na-tional PTA Reflections Contest. She studies with Barbara Williams. Wil-liams. Violinist Emily Richards, 15, is in the ninth grade at Provo High. The daughter of Claude ana Cynthia Richards and student stu-dent of Barbara Williams, Emily began her violin training at age 5 and took first place in the State Fair contest in 1989. She is the fourth child in her family to solo with the Utah Valley Symphony. She will perform Dvorak's "Romance." The concert will close with Prokofieff s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, performed Lara Jean Lambert, 19. The youngest of eight daughters of Neal and Anne Lambert, Provo, Lara has studied in Massachusetts and was a scholarship student at the North Carolina School of the Arts and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. This is the BYU sophomore's second appearance with the Utah Valley Symphony as a soloist. She studies with Irene Peery. rather than finding him the scholarship, the company sent a list of 250 sources to which he could apply for financial aid. The student had no luck obtaining ob-taining monies from those he contacted, con-tacted, but in order to get a refund he would have had to apply to all 250 sources, be denied and have some form, of verification of all denials--a task that would be4-nearly be4-nearly impossible. Needless to say, he received nothing back from the company. "Despite numerous poor reviews, there are some companies com-panies that don't charge excessive exces-sive fees that will do the work and find legitimate sources for scholarships," said Finlinson. "However, we suggest that if students are interested in participating par-ticipating in this kind of search service, they ought to contact the Better Business Bureau and find out if there have been any complaints com-plaints or what the reputation of the firm is." I College of Eastern Utah names Fall Dean's Lists ' Jan Young, director of admissions admis-sions and records at the College of Eastern Utah in Price, recently announced that 19 Utah County residents were among the 230 istudents named to the Dean's List for fall quarter 1992. A student must carry at least 12 credit hours and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher to be named on the Dean's List. Students earning grade point averages above 3.75 are recognized as high honor students. stu-dents. Students from Orem are: 3.50 Angela M. Marx, 3.57 Thomas Spencer Hathorne, 3.68 Russell B. Evans, 3.71 Blaine David Hawkes and Allison E.McKenna. DNDED Babies born to Orem parents Utah Valley Regional MedicalCenter December 30, 1992 Girl to Rhet and Jeanmarie Jensen January 7, 1993 Girl to William and Christine Black Girl to Steven and Anne Kingsolver Girl to Frank and Roberta Boscan January 9 Boy to Kent and Caroline Thome Girl to David and Deborah Phillipa January 10 Boy to Tyson and Lora Kern January 11 Boy to William and Lugenia Watson Girl to Jason and Melissa Averett Boy to Rex and Tina Peterson January 12 Girl to Matthew and Jodi Williamson Girl to Richard and Joann Cuimet Girl to Randy and Aline Hardman Boy to Gary and Sheryl Pryor Girl to Brian and Leean Morgan Orem Community Hospital January 8 Girl to Matthaew and Sandra Southerland January 11 Boy to Robert V. and Jeanne Gunnell January 12 Girl to Fu-Hwei Lwo and Lu-Hau Li Boy to Daniel and Andrea Bulkley Boy to Steven and Lisa Blonquist Smoking cessation classes "Fresh Start" one-hour smoking smok-ing cessation classes have been scheduled at the Utah County Health Department for any smoker who wishes to participate. par-ticipate. Classes are free of charge. The first class will be held on Monday evening, January 25, 1993 at the City-County Health Department of Utah County, 589 South State Street in Provo (9th East and 6th South). The "Fresh Start" program consists of four one-hour sessions held during a two-week period. Following the first class, subsequent classes will be held Tuesday, January 26th; Monday, February 1st; and Tuesday, February 2nd at the same time and location. The "Fresh Start" Quit Smoking Smok-ing Program of the American Cancer Society is designed to help the smoker quit smokingin a two-week two-week period. It emphasizes that quitting smoking is a two-part process: First, quitting and second, staying stopped. Ten to 15 people will form each quit-smoking cessation group. If a person feels uncomfortable uncom-fortable in a group situation, the City-County Health Department has several self-help programs available. For further information, and to register for a smoking cessation cessa-tion class, contactPator Karen at the City-County Health Department, Depart-ment, 370-8798. TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening in Orem. Call in news tips. Orem -Geneva Times 225-1340 fat I 1 Don 't Pay High Prices ($ rem Super Troopers class preparing for "Jake's Corner" roaring 208 musical are left to right, back row: Jilline Hoen, Andy Hunsaker plays "Big AT1 and Kristy Mayo. Front row: Rebecca Ashment and nicole Adams. Girls play "Chorus Girls". Theater Workshop for youth to begin Feb. 2 Theater Workshop for children and young people (ages 7-15) will begin Feb. 2 at Valley Center Playhouse 780 N. 200 E. Lindon. The three month course is designed to teach students acting skills, theater discipline and give opportunity for performance. Classes are offered for beginners, intermediate, advanced and super-advanced. All students work toward a recital where each participates in a performance. The super-advanced class presents a play which is per Set your water heater to 111 degrees The optimal setpoint for residential water heaters under ideal conditions is 111 degrees. This is an adequate temperature tempera-ture for most household tasks. It allows for heat loss through pipes and margins of error due to inaccurate inac-curate aquastats (water thermostat) thermo-stat) prevalent in most water heaters. At the same time, it helps conserve energy by reducing reduc-ing standby heat loss. In addition to providing the 105 degree temperature recommended recom-mended for baths and showers by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Condition-ing Engineers, temperatures in this range prove adequate for dishwashing with enzymatic detergents and booster heaters. Keep in mind that the 111 degree de-gree setpoint is optimal if there are minimal heat losses through pipes and pipe runs that are insulated insu-lated and relatively short. It is also optimal if the heater is a state-of-the art appliance with a new aquastat with a plus or minus 2 degrees of accuracy. If you fall into this less-than-ideal category, as probably 90 percent of us do, you may want to measure the temperature of the water at the output point in the Since 1952 We have a Complete Line of Wedding Announcements, Napkins, Thank-Yous and Enclosures - feefra 546 South State Orem 225-1340 formed on Saturday at a matinee for children's Theater. Classes are held one hour per week on Tuesdays (4-5 or 5-6 p.m.) or thursdays (4-5 or 5-6 p.m.). The picture depicts a few young people from the Super-Troopers, (super-advanced class) preparing for a performance of "Jake's Corner", a roaring 20's musical. Registration and auditions for student placement will be held January 26, 27, and 28 (4-5 p.m.) at the theater. Please call Jody Renstrom, instructor, at 224-5310 224-5310 for more information. shower to see that you're not cheated out of any one of your 105 recommended degrees. Don't forget to replace the insulating in-sulating blanket around your water heater when you're done adjusting the aquastat. If you haven't put a blanket around your water heater yet, it would make a great birthday or anniversary anniver-sary gift. Send questions or comments to: Stephen Poe, Utah State University, Cooperative Extension, Exten-sion, Logan UT 84322-2300. Depression Assn. to meet Thursday The Utah Chapter of the DepressionManic Depression Association will meet Thursday January 21, 1993 in Room 106 in the Orem City Center at 7:00 p.m. For more information call Christina Chris-tina Heath, 224-6188. Slimes fft |