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Show American Profile Inside 71styeaivTJuinber 13 2001, The Orem-Geneva Times j r; x i I :i Jy'Hk La1 City of Orem Recreation Director, Jerry Ortiz, told Orem Kiwanis this is not a fad sport with national sponsors like ESPN promoting the sport. Ortiz speaks to Kiwanis about skate park City of Orem Recreation Director, Jerry Ortiz, told the Orem Kiwanis that a new skate park will be built to help with the recreation recre-ation activities of skateboard enthusiasts. The new Skate Park will be built at 1200 West and 400 North by Fire Station No. 3 in the area of the retention basin in Orem, at a cost of $360,000. Ortiz pointed out that three years ago, the largest attended recreation rec-reation meeting heard from local youth about the need for a skate park. A task force was organized to obtain information about the cost and need for such a facility. Ortiz told Orem Kiwanis this is not a fad sport with national sponsors like ESPN promoting the sport. There are over 100 skate parks nationwide with the first park built in 1980 in Maryland. The recreation department is requesting $155,000 in this year's coming budget. The Orem Parks and Recreation Department came together with a group of students to propose, design, and build a skate park for the youth of the community. The project was approved by the City Council. Currently the design engineering and cost estimates for the project have been completed. The skate park has been designed in two phases. The park will be about 25,000 square feet and will cost about $360,000. It is the' goal of the Recreation Department to raise $200,000 of that amount. Contributions in the form of cash, a donation of a major component, compo-nent, a contribution of an in-kind material, or a contribution of in-kind in-kind labor is being sought. ANY help to achieve the goal will be greatly appreciated. Orem Skate Park Fundraising Coordinators are Jerry Ortiz, Chairman, Director of Recreation and Carolyn Petersen, Assistant, Recreation Intern. Donating Cash Platinum Level '. $1000 and above Gold Level $500-5999 Silver Level S100-$499 Bronze Level $20-$99 For additional information, call Jerry Ortiz at 229-7152 or e-mail at jjortiz(5 ci.orem.ut.us. mg' J- 1 Cf. :x"f '.JA w Elsie Ashton and Thelma Carter display some of the items that will be available at the spring bazaar. Church to hold spring bazaar The R.L.D.S Church, now Community of Christ, will hold a spring bazaar, rummage and bake sale at the Church, located at 825 East 1400 South, Orem, Utah. The sale will start Friday, April 6 and run through Saturday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Bazaar has things good for Easter gifts, birthdays and weddings. wed-dings. The bake goods are all good things to eat, including pies, cakes, candy and cookies. The rummage will consist of twin beds, mattresses, bed spreads, sheets, pillow cases, a small gas barbecue, electric heater, Colman stove (with stand), video tapes from old TV shows, clothes, a love seat, 78x14 radial heavy duty new tires and a girl's bike. There will be something for everyone. The public is welcome. MioscriDe to HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLSOFTBALL POSTERS seemsm. 0 rem Geneva W t' WEDNESDAY, BY PATRICIA KNOELL Times Reporter A mountain cabin, complete with fireplace and book shelves. A forest full of creatures ranging rang-ing from snails to moose. A grassy hillside where children and animals alike can relax and listen to a good story. Sound too good to be true? Not so. This idyllic setting is actually closer than you'd think. In fact, it resides at 655 West 400 North in Orem right in the middle of Geneva Elementary School. The project is the brainchild of Annette Verhaal, who took over as principal of Geneva in the fall of 1999, just as the school was undergoing a major reconstruction reconstruc-tion project. "When I first came here, the school was torn apart with construction," con-struction," she recalled. "I decided de-cided that I wanted to make the school a friendlier place with some decorating. So I talked to our secretary, sec-retary, Cynthia Dameron, and she suggested that her sister might be able to do something for us." Enter Susan Wagner, a painter who had won awards for her work in painting a bus and other designs de-signs that decorate the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Zoo. "When Annette told me she wanted to change the atmosphere of the school and some of the things she'd like to do, I immediately immedi-ately thought of Susan," Dameron said. "I told her (Verhaal) what Susan had done in Sioux Falls and that she had moved to Park City recently that's how this whole thing got started." It began simply enough (simple SCERA to hold auditions for Agatha Christie play The SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre The-atre announces auditions for its summer 2001 production of the Agatha Christie courtroom murder mur-der mystery thriller "Witness for the Prosecution", directed by Dave Hanson and playing May 25 to June 4. All parts are open. Auditions will be held Tuesday, April 10, from 6:30 - 9 p.m. in room B3 of the SCERA Center, 745 South State Street, Orem. Men and women ages 20 and older are invited to audition and will be asked to do cold readings from the script. For more information, contact SCERA at 225-2569 or 225-ARTS between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. week-days. Cholesterol screening available Cholesterol screenings are available the second Tuesday of each month at Orem Community Hospital, 331 North 400 West The cholesterol screenings are $5 and will be held in the hospitals hospi-tals Education Center from 10 a.m. until noon. The next screening screen-ing will be held April 10. For more information, call 224-4080. -Geneva Times by APRIL 4, 2001 being a relative term) with a bulletin bul-letin board at the far end of the main hall. The board depicts a giant gi-ant carrying a book bag with a large "Welcome" message. It looks basic enough, but designing, drawing and cutting a giant out of construction paper wasn't necessarily nec-essarily easy. There was also the pressure of knowing that the giant gi-ant she created would become the design for the school's mascot. "That giant is everywhere," Verhaal said. "We have it on letterheads let-terheads and t-shirts, everything to do with the school. Our school theme is 'Building Giants Among Us Stepping Toward a Positive Future' and we wanted something some-thing to reflect that." Once the initial design was completed, com-pleted, Wagner was asked to create cre-ate a mural of a giant in a peaceful, peace-ful, learning-type situation with children on the large white wall opposite the office in the main hall. "I was told I could do anything I wanted, as long as it had a giant," gi-ant," Wagner said. "It was really wonderful with all these white walls an empty canvas but it hasn't been easy. If I had the time and energy, I think Annette would love to have me do the Continued on page 5 Council approves Community Development Block Grant funding "Your hard work makes our decision de-cision easier," said Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn in thanking Lorin Smith, chairman of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment In-vestment Partnership Grant Citizen Citi-zen Advisory Commission, during the March 27 meeting which saw the council vote on the dispersal of $117,300 in public service funds, over $700,000 in other CDBG funds, and $347,603 in HOME funds. After a public hearing that featured fea-tured presentations from a number num-ber of community service agencies requesting funds, the council voted to eliminate some of the recommended funding as well as to increase some. Eliminated from CDBG funding fund-ing consideration were an adaptive adap-tive .physical education program at Lakeridge Jr. High, money for bicycles for the Orem Public Safety Department's Neighborhood Neighbor-hood Preservation Unit, and money for the Turning Point program pro-gram at Utah Valley State College. Youth and Families with Promise, a 4-H-related organization, was also denied any funding. The council increased recommended recom-mended allocations for the Center Cen-ter for Women and Children in Nordstrom begins construction of mall store Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., has announced the beginning of construction of its new store at University Mall in Orem. The store is scheduled to open March 22, 2002, and will be approximately 120,000 square feet. It will be the retailer's third store in Utah. Edifice Edi-fice Construction, the Seattle-based Seattle-based general contractor selected to build the store, has moved onsite to begin mobilization and layout work. "Nordstrom is committed to the calling 225-1340 -" 11 " "'" "' 1 u -"-r' " 11 "-' -"" N i r s i IP ih - WW )1 3 v mm Susan Wagner puts the finishing touches on a family of opossum opos-sum that hang by their tails in a tree in the forest she is painting as part of the decoration of Geneva Elementary. Crisis (from $8,000 to $9,000); the Children's Justice Center of Utah County (from $8,500 to $10,000); the Family Literacy Center (from $10,000 to $12,650); the Family Support and Treatment Center (from $8,500 to $10,150); and The Gathering Place (from $5,000 to $7,000). Funding recommendation levels lev-els were retained for Community Action Services ($12,000); Food and Care Coalition ($8,000); Fourth District Juvenile Courts (HOPES), $3,500; Kids on the Move ($10,000); PERC (Parent Education Resource Center), $7,000; Project Read, $4,000; Orem Recreation Department, $8,000; Recreation and Habitation Habita-tion (RAH), $7,500; Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), $5,000; and Schooley Mediation Center, $3,500. The Schooley Mediation Center is a newcomer to CDBG funding. The organization is associated with Brigham Young University's law school, which provides lawyers, law-yers, and Utah Valley State College, Col-lege, which furnishes meeting facilities, fa-cilities, and is designed to promote pro-mote mediation over litigation for low and moderate-income individuals. indi-viduals. Other CDBG funding was allo University Mall project and we look forward to serving the needs of our customers in the greater Orem area," said Len Kuntz, executive vice president and general manager of Nordstrom's northwest region. In keeping with its regional surroundings, sur-roundings, the store's exterior will recall a rustic, mountain-style architecture ar-chitecture conveyed by roughened concrete finishes and flagstone texturing. tex-turing. A three-story tower with windows will be the focal point at the main entrance of the store. - Only $16. per Yezft Orem's Weekly Newspaper Since 1930 50C Per Issue 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 (801) 225-1340 mm cated as follows: Building .Neighborhoods .Neigh-borhoods Together, $88,000: Commission Com-mission for Economic Development Develop-ment in Orem (CEDO) Revolving Loan Program Income, $216,780; Housing Rehabilitation Program, $100,000; Kids on the Move, building enlargement, $50,000; Public Works - playground safety, lighting - $48,000; Recreation Department, De-partment, Orem Senior Center (air conditioning unit for a classroom) class-room) - $6,000; curb, gutter, and sidewalk - $59,516: CDBG office administration - $180,000. These allocations total $748,296. Footnotes Foot-notes indicate that $100,000 in new funds for the CEDO Business Revolving Loan were requested, as was $60,000 for a code enforcement enforce-ment officer to increase the level of service to targeted neighborhoods. neighbor-hoods. Th- requested amount of $180,000 for operations of the CDBG office was increased by $20,000 to $200,000. HOME funding of $347,603 was divided as $52,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Utah County; $95,603 to the Housing Rehabilitation Rehabili-tation Program, which provides loans for home improvements to low income individuals: and $200,000 to Housing Services of Utah Valley, which loans down payments. Other prominent design features will include projecting canopies at the entrances. The first phase of construction will begin with survey and foundation founda-tion work, followed by the structural struc-tural steel framework to be completed com-pleted in June, ('(instruction on the exterior facade of the two-level store will begin once the stef 1 framework is completed. Nordstrom, Inc., is one of the nation's leading fashion specialty retailers, with 122 stores located in 24 states. (poor copy f |