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Show Bum' ims mm Page 3 Times Newspaper Wednesday, May 7, 1997 New Businesses, Promotions, Chamber News and Long-Time Local Company's 11 K -- --- - x Melissa Crawford displays some of the unique merchandise merchan-dise for sale at Wolf Creek Silver, a specialty shop holding its grand opening May 9 and 10 at Orem. With the federal government ' mandating that most small businesses busi-nesses pay their federal taxes electronically beginning July 1, . 1997, one million entrepreneurs who relied on making payments at their local banks will be required re-quired to use the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) or face a 10 percent penalty from the IRS. KeyCorp, Key-Corp, the nation's top business lender, has developed a solution--KeyTax-That will make it easier for these small business owners to pay their federal taxes with a phone call. To use KeyTax, small business busi-ness owners call the Key Business Busi-ness Resource Center (1-800-891-8918) and select KeyTax from the list of options to make their federal tax payments. Once small business owners have signed up to use the service, ser-vice, it takes about a minute to complete a transaction. The system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, enabling ena-bling 8m all business owners to 1? GaDDGGD by REVA BOWEN City Editor A quilt may be an usual way to wrap up and deliver a message, mes-sage, but that's what is being used in the state of Utah to highlight high-light the success, and importance, impor-tance, of cancer screenings for women. Jackie Evans-Black, a registered nurse and Family Health Bureau director at the Utah County Health Department, Depart-ment, displayed the "quilt with a message" at the Senior Friendship Center in Orem recently. The quilt has been making the rounds of cities in Utah County. As part of a statewide campaign, cam-paign, each participating county is creating a quilt. The Utah County quilt will eventually be presented to a cancer survivor whose condition was diagnosed through Health Department screenings. Evans-Black said the Utah County quilt was put together by volunteer Bevalene Evans, a professional seamstress. Other volunteers assisted in tieing the quilt. Theme of the quilt is "A House Is Built a Piece at a Time, But a Home Is Built With Love and Kindness". The message of the quilt is to encourage women to take advantage of the Health Department's cancer screening services, so they can enhance and protect their opportunities for living and continuing to build their homes with love and kindness, kind-ness, Evans-Black said. Material for the quilt was donated by Stitching Corner in Provo, lace by Jolene's, and Ideal Machine contributed money for frames and miscellaneous supplies. sup-plies. The unique quilts from all over the state will be displayed in the Capitol Rotunda in October Oc-tober as part of cancer aware 625 North State Street in choose the time that is most convenient con-venient for them. To safeguard their account information, small business owners receive a PIN (personal identification number) num-ber) and access code a few days after they sign up for the service. Small businesses can also request re-quest information about KeyTax using the same phone number. Many small business owners are still confused about this government mandate and what action they need to take," says Sandy Maltby, executive vice president, KeyCorp. "KeyTaxis simple to use and provides entrepreneurs with more flexibility in making these payments pay-ments and managing their cash." Utilizing an Automated Clearing House (ACH) credit system, small business owners designate a specific amount that will be used to pay federal taxes through KeyTax. GQUQQUHMftO ness ceremonies. All women are welcome to participate in the screenings that are held by appointment only every Tuesday at the Utah County Health Department, 589 South State, Provo, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is based on income and family size, and ranges from free of charge to $27. The screenings are done by female screeners in a relaxed 4 f s "Early detection is the best protection" is one of the messages mes-sages of a special quilt making the rounds in Utah County. Nurse Jackie Evans-Black with the Utah County Health Department recently brought the quilt to Orem for display and to promote cancer screenings. Wolf Creek Silver slates grand opening in Orem Melissa Crawford is pleased to announce the grand opening of Wolf Creek Silver on May 9 and 10 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wolf Creek Silver is a specialty shop located at 625 North State Street in Orem. They will feature unique Indian jewelry, Southwest accessories, Indian artifacts, candles, etc. with affordable pricing. Store hours will be Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Melissa will also be available for home jewelry and accessory parties. Melissa is a native of Orem. She is a daughter of Sherman and Yvonna Wankier, and is i married to Dr. Chris Crawford, ' son of former Orem mayor ; Winston and Ramona Crawford, i They are the parents of three daughters Jesee, Crystal, and Molly who will be helping with the store. For more information about Wolf Creek Silver, call (801) 222-0881. KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) is one of the nation's largest financial services companies with assets of about $67 billion. Through three principal lines of business-Krporate business-Krporate banking, consumer finance, and community bank-ing-the Cleveland-based company com-pany provides retail and wholesale banking, investment, financing, and money management manage-ment services to individuals and companies across the U.S. Key companies have a presence in 44 states from Maine to Alaska, including in-cluding its network of Key-Centers, Key-Centers, 1,900 ATMs, affiliate offices, and four telebanking centers (1-800-KEY2YOU) that provide financial products and services 24 hours a day, every day of the year. KeyCorp's website web-site can be found at http:wwwkeybank.com. and comfortable setting, Evans-Black Evans-Black said, and include: Blood pressure check Pelvic examination Pap test Breast examination Mammogram Educational materials such as videos and pamphlets are available. When necessary, referrals are made to surgeons and specialists. For more information, infor-mation, call the Utah County Health Department at 370-8738 c 1 jf "If". , V v y A v,7 V) Store owner Mike Jorgensen (left) and bis son accept a "First Buck" recognition from ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Pacesetters representative Kent Gygi (right) at ribbon cutting ceremonies for the new Keith Jorgensen's Music Center which recently opened at 650 South State in Orem. Assisting at the ceremonies were Miss Orem Kelly Roper, Chamber president Steve Densley, and Travis MitchelL general manager of the store. Bob Lee to host Smoot Awards Live satellite Former KSL Talk Show Host, Bob Lee will be the master of ceremonies at the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Out-standing Senator Reed Smoot Citizen. Awards on Thursday, May 8 at the Provo Park Hotel. Lee, the youngest of four children, was born in Utah and spent his early childhood years in Grantsville, Murray, and American Fork before moving with his family to California at age six. He spent the next 20 I years of his life in "Silicon Valley" Val-ley" or Sunnyvale, located forty miles south of San Francisco. After graduating from San Jose State with a degree in advertis- ' ing, Lee moved to Utah in January, 1973 to work for KSL Radio, where he became one of Utah's most well-known radio ' personalities. . j Lee has served as a scout .j leader for the Boy Scouts of America, and is active in his church. His hobby is model rail-; rail-; reading, but he spends most of his leisure time reading and doing things with his family. Lee is married to former Linda Ann Horrocks, and they have two children, Emily and Alex. Louis and Mable Crandall will be receiving the Outstanding Outstand-ing Senator Reed Smoot Award, sponsored by The Daily Herald; Athlete of the Year goes to Jesse B. Clark of Provo High School, sponsored by the Provo Park Hotel; Student of the Year is Bethany Durham from Timpview High School, sponsored spon-sored by Novell; Outstanding . Educator will be awarded to Terry E. Shoemaker of Rock Canyon Elementary School, sponsored by Credit Bureau of Provo; Outstanding Lifetime Service Award goes to Verl G. Dixon, sponsored by BCS - The Way To Pay, Inc.; Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Arts will be presented to Kurt Bestor, sponsored by Zions Bank; Out- IE m 11U YU fl FS'J 1MB gflHE Vli if MyW W E Total Honosty & t J ! Integrity: r5 0 Top Quality V Construction EO Numerous Design Options Financing Guidance MEMID DEAL ESTTAlflE & 1021 hum University Avenue, 203, Prove, Utah 84CC4 35"25c5 or fax 375-265(D It is f 3i 0 0 1 standing Chamber Service is Dave Perry of Advantage Online, On-line, Sponsored by NuSkin; Community Service is L. Douglas Smoot, sponsored by Office Essentials; Business Man of the Year is Bill J. Pope of US Synthetics sponsored by BCS -The Way to Pay, Inc.; Business Woman of the Year is Connie K Nielsen, owner of The Bridal Center, sponsored by Central Utah Health Care Foundation; and Business of the Year is Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., Gene, Kristine, & Pauline Hughes, sponsored by Bank One. Tickets to the Annual Reed Smoot Outstanding Citizen Awards night are $20 per person and are available at the Chamber Cham-ber at 51 S. University Ave., Suite 215, Provo. Tickets must be purchased by Tues., May 6. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. and the dinner is at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 379-2567. Utah letter carriers looking for a handout Utah letter carriers will be looking for a handout from their customers on Saturday, May 10--not because they are hungry, because they want to feed those who are. Utah letter carriers will collect col-lect the food donations while making their appointed rounds on Saturday, May 10. On that day, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the U.S. Postal Service, the AFL-CIO and the local United Way are asking Utah residents to place non-perishable non-perishable food in a bag near their mailbox prior to mail delivery. Letter carriers are hoping to fill local food bank shelves which are traditionally bare this time of year. broadcast Steven H. Tolley, the EDWARD ED-WARD JONES investment representative rep-resentative in ProvoOrem, will host a satellite teleconference for employee benefit managers, human resource specialists and personnel directors. The "1997 Education Symposium: Retirement Retire-ment Savings: Employees Can't Afford to Wait," will be broadcast broad-cast live Friday, May 16. "This program offers benefit managers a local venue to discuss dis-cuss timely topics and interact with exceptional speakers," Tolley Tol-ley said. "I am proud to host a program of this caliber for professionals in our community." com-munity." Discussion topics will include: in-clude: an explanation of savings trends in the United States: education and certification resources available to human resources professionals; and a look at the advantages of offering offer-ing employee investment education educa-tion programs. Mr. Don Blandin, president of the American Savings Education Educa-tion Program based in Washington, D.C., will be one of our featured guests. Another guest, Ray Weinberg, SPHR, CCP, recently received the Award for Professional Excellence Excel-lence from the Society of Human ResourceManagement(SHRM). There is no charge for this interactive satellite conference, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, interested professionals should contact Tolley's office at 226-5125 by Friday May 14. EDWARD JONES has been serving the investment needs of individuals since 1871. Today, JONES is the largest brokerage firm in the nation in terms of office locations. Its investment representatives serve more than 2 million individual investors from more than 3,500 offices in 50 states and through its Canadian affiliate. . |