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Show Printed Weekly Read Daily 4l 72nd yearNumber 34 Making Orem a better city through Community Services The Office of Community & Neighborhood Services (CNS) receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) in the form of a Community ' Development Block Grant . (CDBG). HUD awards grants to entitlement community grantees to carry out a wide range of community development develop-ment activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic eco-nomic development, and providing provid-ing improved community facilities facili-ties and services. The CNS Office uses CDBG funds to help income-qualified residents in two ways: through its Housing Rehabilitation Program and through Building Neighborhoods Together. Housing Rehabilitation Program The Housing Rehabilitation Program includes a low-interest loan and an emergency repair grant. Housing Rehabilitation Loan The loan program is available avail-able for homeowner-occupied homes. Currently, a homeowner -K who is income-qualified may borrow up to $15,000 at an interest rate of 3 to make various var-ious exterior or interior improvements. The loan may be repaid over 10 years. A homeowner who is over 65 may qualify for a 0 deferred loan. To learn more or to obtain an application, call 229-7025. Emergency Repair Grant The Emergency Repair Grant may pay up to $2,000 to help repair critical damage to a home or to eliminate specific and immediate hazards to health, safety andor sanitation. Building Neighborhoods Together Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) is a collection of Continued on page A5 State Street can be hazardous to your car i A two-car accident at approximately 540 South State In Orem was backed up on State Street as two southbound lanes were closed. Suuscnua to t it ' . fmmm .niMrr , A 'I G.c,n-Geiieva Times by , " (0)xttiif ((kmmwj an edition of The Daily Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 - :' ' ' without Injuries. Traffic was VI T t- if (Direon toy to sm nop hughs at stotytell jng festival SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter For a boy who likes to clown around, trying out for the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival wasn't too far off. Eleven-year-old Spencer Harris rides a unicycle. He has a clown costume, and he even does balloon tricks. "I just think it's fun making people laugh," he said. Spencer is a sixth-grader at Windsor Elementary. When he heard about a contest at his school for the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, he thought it would be fun, even though storytelling was new to him. According to festival officials, offi-cials, each class in participating participat-ing elementary schools in Utah had a storytelling competition. Finalists then competed at the school level and at the regional level. When preparing for the contest, con-test, Spencer decided he could- Continued on page A5 calling 225-1 ul?i CAR-RT LOTC-005 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 307 U 200 S STE 4006 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101-1277 4 Spencer Harris practices his story Festival. 340 - Only $ 1 Orem's Weekly Newspaper Since 1930 500 Per Issue Online: www.HarkTheHerald.com 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 (801) 225-1340 District officials react to parents' protests SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter The hundreds of residents that came to the Aug. 13 Alpine . School District Board meeting to protest bus route cuts may hot be satisfied with the district's reaction. "The board's already made its decision. They made (it) two months ago," said Lindon resident Kim Millett urge the board to reinstate a bus route that was cut from Rocky Mtn. Elementary. Rob Smith, the district's new chief financial finan-cial officer. District officials eliminated bus routes for students who lived within 1.5 miles of their schools, because the state does not reimburse them and the district has limited funding fund-ing to reimburse them. Out of 1,000 routes, 54 were cut. Parents came to the meeting meet-ing from Lindon, Lehi, American Fork, Alpine and Pleasant Grove. They contended con-tended that walking routes were dangerous, too long or that the routes put their children chil-dren in danger of being abducted. Lindon was well represented with four residents who Continued on page A5 O for the Timpanogos Storytelling M per tearl ., j. "S. COF slAJI isl ,m. ,)J idLjto. |