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Show Thursday, May 23, 2002 Times Newspaper Oiremm's YesDnairaDD it Page 136 7 j I IB I A T 1-1 't " r k A 'A LLL The new officers for Orem's Yesharah (left to right): Mae Roylance (former president), Sue Swain, June Christensen, Audra Moss, Juanlta Clark, Carol Grant, (not pictured: Kay Harllne). "Yesharah" means "bearers of truth and light." It Is a group for female returned missionaries for the IDS Church. UVSC is doing its part to increase awareness of domestic violence by sponsoring a summer sum-mer Clothesline Project May 30 through June 1. In the Clothesline Project, those who have been affected by domestic abuse and violent acts create an artistic rendition of their experiences on a T-shirt and hang it to dry on a clothesline. The shirts will be displayed in the UVSC student quad on May 30, 31 and June 1. T-shirts used during the event are different dif-ferent colors to signify various acts of violence. White shirts are for those who died as a result of violence. While red, pink or orange shirts, signify survivors of rape or sexual assault. Other colors include yellow, blue, green, purple and gray. The UVSC Teacher Education Preschool was recently granted accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Accreditation is a voluntary vol-untary process by which early childhood programs demon strate they meet national standards stan-dards of excellence. The UVSC Woodbury Gallery, an off-campus art gallery located at University Mall in Orem, has opened its doors and displays to the public. pub-lic. The 13,000 square-foot space will host student and professional pro-fessional art exhibits. It will be free to the public and hours will be Tuesday through Saturday open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nine art shows have been planned for the gallery. News "Great Expectations" will be presented at BYU starting May 17 and running through June 1 in the Pardoe Theatre in the Harris Fine Arts Center. For tickets call (801) 422-4322. The Utah Valley Regional Family History Center will hold Sunday library tours, Family Search orientation classes and genealogy classes for mature groups. For more information call 378-6200. Museums & Exhibits For information concerning concern-ing Earth Science Museum call 378-3680; Museum of Peoples and Cultures call 378-6698; The Museum of Art call 378-2787; 378-2787; The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum call 378-5051. The BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures announces the opening of a new exhibition, In Search of Relics: The Pectol-Lee Collection of Artifacts from Capitol Reef. The museum is located at the corner of 700 North and 100 East in Provo. TIPS We want thscoop,on what's hafcWrung in CalOn News Tips: 225-1340 - f - y. 9 f "x? t . "tiil-.i. ..; ''ill- ,r4!- ! ! 1 K ' Av i'i Usii " XJ 3SJ3ijSiKiSa (33 'ft -it t)f tiir,')" She gave you life, tied your shoes, and made you eat your vegetables. Now you can give something back to your mom. Excel Eye Center and Excel Cosmetic Surgery, the premier providers of vision and cosmetic care in Utah Valley have teamed up to honor our moms by giving away a free LASIK procedure and Microdermabrasion treatment to the best mom in Utah. To enter, tell us why you and your mom should win and be on your way to enjoying clear vision and skin for life. Entry is free. Just log on to KOSY.com and in 50 words or less tell us why you and your mom should win free LASIK and microdermabrasion. Or, call 877 YOUR EYES for more information. Remember, entry is free, give your Mom the gift of better vision and an improved complexion today! I: sun? H' 'it ; - it! l ("U A white 1996 Subaru station wagon was stolen from the Park-n-Ride parking lot at 1650 E. 800 N. Officer Bill Crook pulled over a car load of kids for traffic violation in the area of 700 N. 400 W. He found out from the driver that all the kids were under 18, and consequently, were all in violation of the city curfew law. He talked to a 17-year-old passenger and asked him if he had any drugs in the car. No, said the boy. Any weapons in the car? Just some piercing tools in my pocket. The boy reached into his pocket and came out with a bag of marijuana instead. It was also discovered that the youths had been out tagging around town. The 16-year-old boy responsible had been tagging "Assassin" around town. In total, 4 kids will be referred to juvenile court for various var-ious charges as a result of the stop. A 33-year-old Orem man saw his probation officer, aided by Orem police officers, pull up in front of his residence to do a home check (word was out that he was doing drugs). The suspect ran into his bedroom to hide and locked the bedroom door. Other residents let the probation and police officers into the apartment. The suspect's 24-year-old brother then lied to the officers, telling them that the suspect wasn't home, showed them the ldfcked bedroom door, and told them that no one had a key to get into the suspect's room but the suspect himself. While the officers stood outside the bedroom door discussing options and trying various keys to get into the room, the tension must have become so unbearable for the suspect that he decided to calm down by lighting up a marijuana mari-juana cigarette. The smell of burning marijuana from the room was enough to tip off the officers that the suspect was in there after all. The officers forced their way in and took him into custody. Neighborhood Preservation Officers served a search warrant war-rant on a suspected drugparty house at approximately 1200 N. 1200 W. When they entered, they found a group of males sitting down and passing around a marijuana bong. Charges referred against eight, including the property manager who was told 3 months ago of the drug use by the residents, but decided not to evict. The property manager will be charged with maintaining a nuisance. j A white 1994 Ford Escort Wagon was stolen Thursday v night from the area of 500 N. 800 W. It was discovered on Sunday that the car was stolen by a 14 year old Lehi boy. The car was located in Orem and returned to the owner. The boy was arrested at his home after he confessed to the theft to a Lehi police officer who was questioning him about another matter. The boy was taken to the Youth Detention Center. Officers arrested a 28-year-old woman of Orem, on Saturday night. She was driving while intoxicated and caused an accident at 800 W. Center that sent at least one woman to the hospital with minor injuries. She fled the scene of the accident because she was frightened. Motorists followed fol-lowed her to her home and then reported her location to the investigating tofficerBri'She was arrested at her home and booked into the Utah County Jail. A number of miscellaneous tools were stolen from an unlocked car sometime Saturday night in the area of 600 N. -Monterey Drive. Detectives of the Orem Department of Public Safety, in concert witti officers from the Brigham Young University Police Department concluded a lengthy investigation when they arrested a 52-year-old man, without incident, last Friday morning at his home in Orem. He was taken into custody for suspicion of sexual abuse and rape of a child. The arrest was based on allegations made by a family member of a protracted protract-ed and frequent pattern of abuse going back over the past 14 years. The victim is a family member. The man is an employee employ-ee of Brigham Young University in the Botany Department. He made a first appearance before a judge Monday morning and bail was set in the amount of $100,000. A 42-year-old Murray woman was shopping at Lowes and decided to leave her three-month old child in the car alone while she was inside the store. Her actions were reported to the police and Officer Art Lopez was dispatched to investigate. investi-gate. He found the car, the infant covered with a blanket in the back seat, and requested that the store page the registered regis-tered owner of the car to return to her car. When Officer Lopez explained that what she had done was against the law, she became indignant. She declared that she had a right to leave her child in the car unattended if she wanted to and didn't did-n't see any danger in doing so. When Officer Lopez asked for her personal information because he was going to issue a misdemeanor mis-demeanor citation, she refused to give it to him. Instead, she crossed her wrists and told him to take her to jail. She quickly quick-ly rethought that bravado when she realized that the officer believed her demand to be a perfectly acceptable solution to him and obligingly took out his handcuffs. Displaying her first signs of rational thought since she pulled into the parking park-ing lot, she gave the officer the information he needed, except for the age of her child, to which question she responded, "You figure it out"! After signing the ticket, she gathered up her child and went back into the store. There was a burglary of a business in the area 1400 E. 800 N. sometime over the weekend. Computers were taken from the business. The burglar entered by forcing a window. DOLLAR SENSE STORES Everything $1.00 or less it 1084 N. Main Spanish Fork (Next to Maces) 3 101 S. 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