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Show Page 5 Wednesday, March 7, 2001 Times Newspaper P.G. resident named to dean's list Dean's lists for the 2000 fall semester have been announced by 1 1 colleges and another academic unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jessica Butler of Pleasant Grove was among the 5,590 students stu-dents honored. Dean's list eligibility !s limited to the top 20 percent of a student's college class or curriculum. curricu-lum. The minimum number of hours of course work required is determined by each college or unit. legislative session Continued from front page on the purchase of chemicals used in the fabrication and processing of computer chips. Since this is what Micron, the company that built a huge processing plant in Lehi a few years ago, only to find itself unahle to open full operations opera-tions there. "Originally, the plant was supposed sup-posed to employ 4,000 people and there are about 900 there now," Valentine said. "Hopefully, this bill will help them get production going go-ing and get the plant operating at full capacity." The tax break will automatically automati-cally expire in three years, unless further legislation is voted upon. Valentine was particularly pleased with the legislature's approval ap-proval of funds to help Utah County purchase commuter rail right of way from Payson north along the Union Pacific lines. "We were allotted $10 million in cash, $ 10 million from UDOT, which was free because they ended up not having to build a bridge in Davis County that they had originally origi-nally put that money toward, and $4 million for property for a total of $24 million," Valentine said. "This will purchase the right of way, so that any time in the future that the citizens of Utah County vote to have commuter rail, we'll have that right of way and it won't get sold for other purposes in the meantime. It allows us to lay the groundwork and be thinking ahead. Even if commuter rail doesn't happen in my time as a senator, I'd like to think that I and the other men and women who are working now might be remembered remem-bered as being forward thinking in this area." Of general interest to people across the state, is the tax cut that was voted in by this session. Several proposals for tax relief were brought before the session in 2001. One, sponsored by freshman north Orem and Lindon congressman, congress-man, Jim Ferrin, would have cut the Capital Gaines Tax by 1 percent. per-cent. Another proposal would have eliminated the food tax. Neither of these proposals passed. The one that did pass was a proposal that expanded the tax brackets, allowing people to stay in lower brackets longer, thus enabling en-abling them to keep a higher percentage per-centage of more money. "The bill moved the highest tax bracket for a married couple, filing fil-ing jointly, from $7,500 of taxable income to $8,626 of taxable income," in-come," he explained. "For single people, the old bracket was $3,750, now it's $4,313. "We went with this method of a tax break because it is broad based it affects everyone. The Capital Gaines Tax targets mostly the high-income bracket and the food tax would really hurt the tourist gateway cities, which get a lot of income from out of state visitors who pay the food tax." A couple of bills regarding gun safety and permits, sponsored by rookie congressman Mike Thompson Thomp-son of Orem failed to pass, despite engendering some statewide publicity pub-licity on local television news shows. The first, House Bill 264, which called for gun safety classes to be made available in seniors in pub-he pub-he high schools didn't make it out of the house after a second modification modi-fication and another Thompson bill, which would have eliminated the need to carry a permit for a concealed weapon, was also defeated. Chauntenettes present sacred fireside The Chauntenettes Ladies' Chorus will present a sacred fireside, fire-side, on Sunday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lindon West Stake Center, at 1030 West 1600 North, Orem. The Chorus is made up of women from Utah and Salt Lake counties who come together to perform "Service Through Song" for the community. They present annual Christmas and Spring Pops concerts, and provide music for church and school groups, parties, par-ties, family reunions, and programs pro-grams for retirement communities. communi-ties. The fireside's musical numbers will include "Come Unto Him" (flutist: Susan Stone), "Life Thine Eyes," "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," "Abide With Me," "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," and "Peace I Leave With You." The program was written and will be narrated by Nedra Sorenson. The Chorus sings under the direction of Ranelle O'Dell and is accompanied accompa-nied by Irene Jenkins. Executive Officers for 2000-2001 are Nadene Mathie, president; Chris Blackhurst, president-elect; Zoe Coomes, secretary; and Marilyn Wursten, treasurer. The public is invited and admission admis-sion is free of charge. Promote Community PACE (Provo Advancing Character Char-acter Excellence) is looking for volunteers to help with its third annual Character Celebration being held on March 10. This year's theme is "Pathway of Promise," wherein youth are able to learn good character and skills like home cooking, pottery and how to get a summer job. Volunteers can help by introducing intro-ducing and overseeing different projects, speakers, classes and by assisting with the organization of the conference. For further information regarding re-garding this and other volunteer opportunities available in Utah County, contact the United Way Volunteer Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 374-8108. K I . LOWER MONTHLY PAYMENTS IN 90 MINUTES? 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Chatterly has become best known for the recently published "I Was Content and Not Content: The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry," for which he was the photographer. He documented life inside the "Tunnel of Blood" where Linda Lord spent twenty years of her life slitting the throats of chickens on their way to processing in the Penobscot Poultry plant in Maine. The book deals with the decline of blue collar work in Maine, using the Lord's experience with the closing of the Penobscot Poultry plant as the focal point. Chatterly has also produced exhibits documenting such topics as the rebuilding of Spencer, South Dakota following the May 30, 1998 tornado, foodways of the Cambodian community in southern Maine, and folklife in rural counties of south central Virginia. Copies of Chatterly's book will be available for purchase and signing sign-ing at the reception. The event and exhibit is free and open to the public. Dr. Terry Hill, director of orchestras at UVSC received three different dif-ferent awards. He was recognized as college teacher of the year by the Utah chapter of the American String Teacher Association with the National School Orchestra Association. He was also awarded the first UVSC Trustees Award of Excellence. On March 12 and 13, Hill will be honored by the Ragan Theatre Award for outstanding service to the school and the community. Up-coming sporting events (through Afar. 21) Baseball vs. Southern Idaho Mar. 9-10 at 1 p.m. Baseball vs. Utah State Mar. 13 at 1 p.m. Softball vs. Dixie State College March 16 at 1 p.m. Softball vs. Dixie State College March 17 at 12 p.m. 11 iiiiiii nun. ummii -mmwmm'tmqrni " ' - ' t ""' JL - ii-hi- f ft I . r"4 . .... ...... - , .r.'-wwr"'-"-- $2,125 per mo. AT ZIONS BANK WE CAN REFINANCE YOUR HOUSE IN 90 MINUTES FLAT, WITH NO FEES. 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Students have enjoyed learning the dance elements: body, energy, space and time as they explore movement. Berrett is a faculty member at Brigham Young University and is certified in elementary education She is a dance educator and performing per-forming artist and has taught all ages and abilities. Berrett will continue working with Hillcrest student s three days a week, with a culminating program pro-gram on Thursday. March 15 at 6:309 p.m. For more information, call the school at 227-8717. This project is supported by a grant from the Aits Education Program of the Utah Arts Council. Coun-cil. The UAC is a state agency, funded by the Utah State Legislature Legis-lature and the National Endowment Endow-ment for the Arts. Mrs r's Back Z' ' . 1 0 It mm. A n OPY |