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Show I SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101-1277 Printed Weekly Read Daily .r 72nd yearNumber 24 Soccer club yard sale to SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter A yard-sale junkie might have had a hay day last weekend week-end at a 100-family yard sale. Parents of the Utah Valley Rangers used Orem City property near the SCERA theater Friday and Saturday for a sale to raise money for soccer tournaments. . The Rangers is a Triple A level soccer club for boys U-ll to U-18 all over Utah County, said Lynette Padilla, a parent volunteer. But part of the game involves going to out-of-state tournaments during the summer, sum-mer, Padilla said. "These kids have to travel to get good competition," she said. When tournaments can cost as much as $350 a person, per-son, it's time to start raising extra money, she said. "It just starts to be a lot for the parents." par-ents." As a result, Rangers' parents par-ents decided to donate extra belongings for a giant yard sale. Whatever profits raised would be divided among players' play-ers' travel accounts, then parents par-ents would pay for the rest. Since about 100 families are involved with the club, Padilla said, parents advertised adver-tised the fundraiser as a "100-family "100-family yard sale." Several Rangers from all over Utah County volunteered volun-teered at the sale Friday morning, along with their families. Furniture, bicycles, games, clothing items and other goods were available. Orem resident Minae Okamura found a desk and some clothes at the sale. Okamura said she goes to yard sales every weekend. When she saw the large crowd, she said she had to Lemonade stand uses high-risk marketing approach Officers received a call on June 6 from someone wanting to report children who were selling lemonade by the side of the road. The complaint wasn't that the kids didn't have a city business license (which are actual complaints com-plaints that have been called in before), or that their product was bad, or too expensive. ' '7- ' ' Ccttty UcZiy -con;-".oner xourn uape:.2Ji, was jt; -zzz&i ime; ' - - c2 1 -i Cr: 1 C.ty CcvrrL II .3 Wi3 n:r ' Orri Eecreatica i v...3toldtlieccr-r-:ithsf -'' 1 -. "3 1 t - 1 - city ta ccrrtrt 'C.'s't "1" 1 1 .. 1 v ( v ? an e d organizes raise money Hyrum Chichla, a Ranger parent, helps supervise the yard sale Friday. stop by. Mary Larsen, a Ranger parent from Alpine, however, said she didn't plan on buying anything unless she really needed it. Larsen donated her time and extra belongings to the sale on behalf of her 15-year-old son. "He's been a Ranger since he was 10," she said. Larsen said she was grateful grate-ful for the fundraising opportunity. oppor-tunity. "It's good for the boys." According to Padilla, this is the first time the Rangers have organized a yard sale. The club has tried other fundraising methods in the past, including selling cookie dough, Padilla said. Club coach Dave Woolley even let players sell copies of a Latter-day Latter-day Saint fiction book he wrote. If enough money was raised through the yard sale, families may do it again next year, she said. The complainant was concerned con-cerned because of their marketing market-ing approach. They were lying out in the road to get cars to stop. Officer Dennis Nelson quickly responded and took care of any potential problems. While you've got to admire their young entrepreneurial minds, officers can't have them getting hurt. of Orcn . the v.;:: : 0 n . ,;t I Y it ion o f The Daily THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2002 Official parade 00 DDD DQI SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter Summerfest will feature a more do-it-yourself children's craft fair and an open air cinema cine-ma for the first time this year. The Summerfest activities will be held Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15. . In . the past, the children's craft fair has been commercial, said Jill Winder of public works. "This year, it's more traditional tra-ditional arts and crafts," she said. This year, city staff found actual artists to give demonstrations demon-strations and supervise children chil-dren making their own crafts, said Boyd Wilkins, Orem City Summerfest coordinator. "We're gonna have a different differ-ent flavor this year," he said. "(Children) can basically create something for free." Classes will include designing design-ing Hawaiian wear and making jewelry. Officials will play the recent hit, "Shrek" on a 40- by 20-foot movie screen Friday night, Wilkins said. The movie will cost $1 a person and is a good opportunity oppor-tunity for families, he said. However, the highlight of Summerfest will be the parade Saturday night and the fireworks fire-works display following the parade, according to Wilkins. "They've made the finale very (eye-catching)," he said of the fireworks. UTA official SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter Hydro-electric buses, light rail extensions, and park and ride lots could all be part of Utah's transportation in the near future, according to authorities. Utah Transit Authority General Manager John Inglish shared a presentation on possible possi-ble UTA developments at the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Forum last Friday. Unlike people in most of the J - C 4 7 l'T.zz-?r Fi:!is hz$ prc jrt.:ri, Scotty has been an 1 '1 f.r f s or 1 rrxt cf that process. He hz3 pro-l c .1 program inside S& ' The parade will feature bands and floats. For the first time ever, the city has hired pre-parade entertainment to play to the crowd, Wilkins said. "It's really kind-of an entertaining enter-taining atmosphere." Another favorite, Layne Pace, will return to Summerfest this year. Pace will fly his Apache helicopter over the parade route to begin the parade. According to the Summerfest program, Pace has served in the Army Air National Guard for 29 years. "It's quite a draw for adults and young people," Wilkins said. Performing groups at Summerfest will include Moosebutter, the Bucket Brigade and the David Edwards Band. This year's theme is, "Being grateful for and honoring the privilege to celebrate freedom." Accordingly, the Department of Public Safety will serve as parade grand marshal. This department provides police, fire, and emergency medical services for the city. Besides the children's craft fair, the parade and fireworks, Wilkins said several activities are free, including face-painting, balloons and golf. For more information, go to or call Orem City public pub-lic works at 229-7500. foretells transportation developments world, Americans rely too much on having their own automobiles, automo-biles, Inglish said. In 1946, the United States had a great public transportation transporta-tion system, but unfortunately, officials just let it go, he said. Now it is time to focus more on public transportation, he said. "We're going to see some major changes in how transportation, trans-portation, at least, is handled." The problem Utahns have now with public transportation started decades ago, he said. Even in the early 70s, Utah public transportation was not up to speed. We could not build - - n I V te rsconetjTxction of the Cttv Center Ball rrxt ci trit process, lie LZ3 pro-? -t izto the desi of the four new! I : f -'-Its in workirj through ' 1 cc-ms, and is very sap- fcnive and appreciative of Orem IsJdx Dascball's relationship with CI3 city. Ila h-s orcI:::trated fundi ;;.-Ir:r e'" 3 with I::: business-! cs f-J c :r suppcrt:.-s of youth f i ; 1 .1 i 1 th3 cr:r; .. " y &r.i as - fSAn it.i I.. I : vlnl f re: J c- ir t-r.3 r::.ions . r zee I in H ta a very f thai I "3 Herald ft 0 DO ffi J i f f- V J. . - ' ' - "I ;': i :h ' Orem native Lane Crltchfleld reaches the top of a rock-climbing wall at last year's Summerfest. enough highway ... to support our growth," Inglish said. Inglish showed a power point presentation entitled, "Planning for Multi-modal Transportation." He said he hopes to have Utah public transportation at the same level it was in 1946. Through various studies, he said, UTA officials have found ways to make the system more efficient. For example, instead of having all buses the same length at 40 feet, Inglish said it is better to have 30-foot buses and 65-foot buses depending on routes and amount of usage. Encouraging alternate venues ven-ues is one way to cut down on congestion, Inglish said. For example, the federal government govern-ment pays for employees to use vanpools. Intermodal centers, light rail extensions, and park and ride lots will also help, he said. UTA officials hope to buy Beginning July 1, 2002, the following charges will go into effect for placement of announcements in the Times. Wedding announcements and other celebrations with picture $10.00 without picture Free Missionary announcements with picture $5.00 without picture Free Eaole Scout announcements with picture $5.00 without picture Free With placement of announcements, the customer may receive up to five free copies of that issue. Orem's Weekly Newspaper Since 1930 500 Per Issue Online: www.HarkTh6Herald.coni 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 (801)225-1340 I BO dl three hydro-electric buses by the end of the year. In 10 years, the system could use hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, which are quieter and require less fuel than today's buses, he said. Inglish explained what he called "the deal of the century." In January, UTA officials signed a contract with Union Pacific Railroad, agreeing to start buying chunks of railroad. The deal will close in early July and will facilitate growth, according to Inglish. UTA already owns sections of railroad from Lindon to Payson, Inglish said. He explained that ITS or Intelligent Transportation Systems is becoming the wave of the future. "(People are) not looking for the old bus their grandma used to ride," he said. He talked about having sensors sen-sors on traffic signals, so sig- Continued on page 11 . caning a-141) - Only $18. per fear! COPM |