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Show r Page A6 Thursday, October 23, 2003 Times Newspaper ARTHUR V. WATKINS AWARDS 'A Continued from front page Jeanette Herbert Businesswoman of The Year Jeanette Herbert was born in I' r e s t o n , Idaho and raised in Springville, Utah. She opened her first day care center, the Kids Oon nection in 1985. It is located at 906 South State in Orem and services serv-ices 94 children. The program includes lull academic preschool, pre-school, breakfast, lunch and snacks, plus a variety of activities activi-ties for the children throughout through-out I he day. I lor second child care center, K.C.'s Kids Club, opened in 1995 and is located at 800 S. ,'!50 East in Orem. It is an hourly drop center. -Jeanette lias served on the board of directors for the UPCCA (Utah Private Child Care Association) and served as Vice-Chair of the Utah County Centennial Committee. She has served in many church positions and is currently serving as Relief Society President in her ward. She has served for the past two years on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and has served as the chairman chair-man of the Partners in Education Committee with the Chamber. Jeanette is married to County Commissioner Gary Herbert and they are the proud parents of six children and five grandchildren. She enjoys anything that involves being with her family, including includ-ing singing together as a family fami-ly and going on family vacations. vaca-tions. She loves working with children and finds her work with them very rewarding. M. Kim Nielsen Businessman of The Year 'I i r - J rf r-v I - ; vJl, If i M. Kim Nielsen has been in health care for 28 years. Currently, he is an . Administrator at Orem , Community Hospital and an Operations Officer for IHC Urban South Region. He was born and raised in Spanish Fork, Utah. Kim graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's in Health Sciences and Chemistry. He has his master's degree in Health Sciences and Organizational Behavior. Kim joined IHC in 1993 as an Assistant Administrator and in 1995 became Administrator at Orem , Community Hospital. Following strategic "integration" "integra-tion" efforts to better serve our communities, Kim also became an Operations Officer with administrative leadership in imaging services, surgical services and constructionmaintenance and clinical engineering. Kim's goal is to be an effective effec-tive leader in contributing management skills to the highest high-est level of health care delivery to our community. This goal, combined with his desire to model values of the Intel-mountain Health Care organization that match his own, trust, mutual respect, service quality and integrity have been inst rumonlal in ' bringing exciting changes lo the Orem Community 1 lospita! campus and the Orem community commu-nity in his 10 years as Administrator. Kim's career goals include continuing strong contributions to IHC and the community. r Auburn Lott ' Chamber Chairman's Award In 2001, Auburn Lott started her own business busi-ness (HR Resource: a full service payroll out-s out-s o u r c i n g company), and joined t h e ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce in the same year, j Since that time, while growing iher business, Auburn has also Contributed to the growth of tother business through iChamber activities at many levels. Through Pacesetters, Auburn has helped to welcome new businesses to the Chamber. In 2002, Auburn was a member of the first graduating graduat-ing class of the Leadership I Academy. Since January of 2003, Auburn has served on the Board of Directors of the Chamber. Specifically, she is - 1 J 1 the Executive Chair for the Business Development Committee. Auburn is an active participant partici-pant in the First Friday Forum lunches, Business After Hours functions, and many other Chamber events. Auburn is also on the Board of the Timpanogos SingerSongwriter Alliance (a Chamber member). Through that liaison, Auburn has been able to provide entertainers enter-tainers for Chamber functions as well as enticing door prizes for various Chamber activities. She has been the Entertainment Chair for the Arts Festival that occurs in conjunction with the Prove Freedom Festival. Auburn has successfully provided a program pro-gram of entertainers for this event for the past 3 years. Recently, Auburn has begun performing with the singing trio. S.I.N.G.L.E. The group also includes Janae Kolter and Secily Saunders. S.I.N.C.L.E. was recently featured at I'rovo Arts Center Monday Night Concert. Auburn is the single mother of two sons, Christopher and Nicholas. She was born in Mesa, Arizona and has lived in Utah since the day after her high school graduation. First Colony Mortgage, John Aldrich Outstanding Business-Education Business-Education Partnership First Colony Mortgage was estab- ished in 1984 by John M. Aldrich and Scott Shelley. Currently First Colony Mortgage has five offices along t he Wasatch front. First Colony MortgageCommercial is one of the leading loan originators in Utah. First Colony Mortgage is a strong believer in businesses taking an active role with the local schools. First Colony Mortgage is located adjacent to Hillcrest Elementary in Orem. With the close proximity to Hillcrest, First Colony Mortgage has worked many years in supporting the students stu-dents and administrators of that school. Over the years, First Colony Mortgage has had the 6th grade students of Hillcrest Elementary come to the office, in groups of three, to spend two hours working with a loan officer. offi-cer. They were able to see first hand how a business is run. The students were then treated treat-ed to lunch. First Colony Mortgage has also supported the read-a-thon program and provided local newspapers to the students of Hillcrest Elementary to help ensure they stay informed on current events. First Colony helped furnish the marquee at Hillcrest Elementary, which lets the students stu-dents and the neighboring community know of upcoming school events and also sponsored spon-sored the the Dad and Donut program at Geneva Elementary. John has served on the Hillcrest Elementary School Community Council, and is currently serving on the Alpine School District Foundation board. John's wife Rosemary, is a former 1st grade teacher with Alpine School District. His daughter, Emily is currently current-ly a 3rd grade teacher in that same district. John challenges every business busi-ness to become involved in a business-school relationship. Eric J. Ruff Entrepreneur of the Year Eric was born in Washington, D.C. and spent most of his childhood in California. He attended Brigham Young University where he earned a B.S. in Accounting in 1982. He started his first company, Gazelle Systems, in 1985. Since he's always looking for a new challenge, chal-lenge, Eric decided that one successful company wasn't enough; so he started PowerQuest Corporation in 1993. But another successful company did not stop him from branching out again. Eric joined Quickutz in July of 2001, and is the current PresidentCEO of the company. A true entrepreneur at heart, Eric jumped at the opportunity to apply his marketing, mar-keting, financial and business savvy in the scrapbooking arena to help launch an incredible, incred-ible, totally unique concept through an excellent company. Eric loves pushing never-been-done-before ideas and says he's having as much fun as legally allowed! Eric has been recognized for his ingenuity with awards if i, . i -1 :' including: 64 on the Inc. 500 list (2000), HH on the Fast 500 list (1999), til Utah's Fastest Growing Company (1999), HI Utah's Fastest Growing Company (1998), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (1998). Bilco Safe & Lock, David Wormley Small Business of the Year David Wormley started working with his parents in California at a fiberglass fiber-glass business busi-ness in his early teens. It was dur ing this time that David took an interest inter-est in locks. He began taking courses in locksmith and more advanced courses on security systems and commercial high security. David's father took notice of his interest in locks and security securi-ty systems and in 1971 they opened a lock business under hisv father's name Bilco. Bilco grew at an incredible rale and in 1984 six new employees were hired and they moved from a one room shop in Lindon to a State Street location loca-tion in Orem. Bilco has recently recent-ly moved to a larger facility in Orem and opened a second shop in Prove. Like other industries, modern mod-ern technology has changed a lot of the things that Bilco Safe & Lock does. Electronic locking devices such as punch button and electromagnetic locks with no moving parts, specialized safes and high security locks are being widely used. David can honestly say that Bilco Safe & Lock has kept pace with these advancements as well as providing parts and services for their customers who have older systems and locks. Bilco Safe & Lock is equipped to handle every type of job whether it be residential, business, church or automotive. automo-tive. They are constantly training train-ing their servicemen with classes in new products and techniques and offer an extremely large inventory. Mallary Gillespie, Mountain View High School Athlete of The Year ; Mallary is "The Complete Package," that every high school dreams about. She is not only an exceptional excep-tional student, stu-dent, but also an awesome athlete that has inspired all the teams that she has played on to go to the next level. Mallary's basketball achievements include the 1st girl in the State of Utah to attend the Nike All-American Camp. She received All-American All-American honors her Sophomore and Junior years, was on the team ranked the Top 8 team in the nation for three years, holds the State of Utah record for 3 point shots at 10 in 1, and won the ESPN National High School Basketball Championship. Additional athletic accomplishments accomplish-ments include live State High School Championships, six region championships, six All-Valley All-Valley teams, and team captain cap-tain and MVP on the sof'tball team. Her academic achievements include a 3.8 CPA, member of 1IOSA and National Honor Society, and future graduate in the Health and Science Academy at MVHS. Mallary plans to go into nursing. She has been a member of the Vineyard Town Youth Council for three years, serves on the Stake Youth Council and is the Laurel President in her ward. Canyon Park Technology, Tom Macdonald Environmental Quality Award M r . Macdonald currently serves as t h e President, CEO and Board Member of Canyon Park in Orem, Utah. He has over ten years experience at the Board of Directors level, Senior Management, International and CFO positions. posi-tions. He also has six years of private management consulting, consult-ing, six years of public accounting account-ing experience and has negotiated negoti-ated the sale of several businesses. busi-nesses. Mr. Macdonald previously served as Vice President of f 4V A. S niiVi,-,.trti fli- ih.-iiiin World Wide Marketing for Enrich International in Orem, Utah, Enrich is a natural food supplement company with sales of over $300 million which was purchased by Numico in 2000. lie was instrumental in opening a new international market for Enrich that led to a significant increase in sales. Prior to this, he served as Vice President Division General Manager of Ameritech Library Services. He was responsible for organizing, developing and managing Ameritech s worldwide network net-work of distributors, subsidiaries sub-sidiaries and employees. Mr. Macdonald led the operations of 15 offices & 250 employees throughout the world. He increased international sales from $15 million to $29 million, mil-lion, and supervised installation installa-tion of 250 systems in 34 countries. Before becoming a division general manager at Ameritech, Mr. Macdonald served as President of Retro Link Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameritech. He has also served as Vice President and CFO of the Eyeing Corporation, a technology-based research and development devel-opment company, and as an Audit Managee for Grant Thornton. Mr. Macdonald holds a BS from Brigham Young University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Utah Valley State College Business Beautification Award T 71 1- 1 7 11 J OUUC UUilCC Utah Valley State College, enrolling over 23,609 students, is a fully accredited, state-supported, comprehensive four-year four-year community college providing pro-viding curriculums and related student services and activities to meet the needs of each student stu-dent as well as those of contemporary con-temporary society. UVSC takes pride in its 380-plus person faculty. This highly trained group is culturally, cultur-ally, ethnically and philosophically philosophi-cally diverse. The staff is proud to support women and minority minori-ty members who hold such leadership positions as vice president, dean and department depart-ment chair. In the summer of 2000, construction con-struction to expand the Student Center began, and UVSC purchased and remodeled remod-eled the Utah County Journal Building on the southeast corner cor-ner of campus. The summer of 2001 held several campus construction projects including a new roundabout and road located on the southeast corner of campus. cam-pus. Also four new parking lots were completed. Additional contsreution projects include a Liberal Arts Building to be located on the north side of the PE building and a Wasatch Campus. Costco Wholesale, Scott Chrsitensen Business of the Year Costco warehouses offer a wide variety of the highest-quality highest-quality products available from around the world. Costco is committed to offering the absolute best value to its members on merchandise and services and offers a 100 satisfaction sat-isfaction guarantee on every product and every membership that is sold. In addition to offering low prices on top-quality goods and a variety of services, Costco strives to be a valuable asset to every community where they do business. This means providing pro-viding good jobs at good pay, being involved in community activities and charities, contributing con-tributing to the local tax revenues, rev-enues, offering a profitable business opportunity to their suppliers, and most importantly, important-ly, taking care of their members. mem-bers. Costco entered the Utah County market in November of 1999. Their store in Orem at the University Mall has proven to be a great success, rapidly pushing Costco to the top revenue-producing retailer in the city. The Orem warehouse enjoys tremendous loyalty with over 46,000 members and continued double-digit sales growth. Scott Christensen, warehouse ware-house manager, is a veteran of 22 years in the warehouse club industry, starting his career in Mesa, Arizona in 1981. Christensen has opened and operated numerous Costco warehouses around the country coun-try including the original Midvale, UT location, San Francisco Bay Area, Central California, Florida and Oregon warehouses. Christensen and , & V 'Mi ' - U . . "V. r y. the Orem Costco are deeply involved in the education of our community's young people through annual events such as the liackpack and Reading programs pro-grams offered to "adopted" local schools. Linda Campbell Community Service Award Born in Havre, M o n t a n a Linda was raised in B u r 1 e y , Idaho the youngest of five children. chil-dren. She received her Associate Degree in education from Kicks College and Bachelor of Science from BYU in Physical Education and Health. She has been married to Les Campbell, a seminary teacher, for 35 years and is the mother of five children-Aaron (and wife Emily) Laura, Holly, Megan and Spencer. She has three granddaughters and she, has been a foster mom to 27. As a stay-at-home mom for many years, Linda's community communi-ty service actually began with the I'TA where she actively served for 25 years. As an educator, edu-cator, Linda worked as a teacher and curriculum director direc-tor at Independence High School and as a Middle School Directorteacher at American Heritage Middle School. Her family has lived in Orem for 31 years and also lived in Tonga where Les taught at Liahona High School. Linda worked as the City Desk Editor for the Utah County Journal and most recently for Golden Prime Services of Prove. As a SCERA board member, her passion for the cultural arts lead her on a campaign last year to pass the ZAP tax in Utah County to obtain more revenue for the cultural arts. 1 Icr commitment to the cultural cultur-al arts also led to her recent full-time employment at the SCERA as the House manager for both the theater and outdoor out-door Shell a dream job!! ,mmy! i Bright Start Pre-School, Angela Seaman Home-Based Business of the Year Over 100 preschool age children have participated in Bright Start Preschool since it began in September 2001. The owner, Angela Seaman, has a diverse background back-ground in tax accounting and financial planning. She graduated gradu-ated in 1994 from the Tax Accounting program at Brigham Young University. Angela's desire to be more available for her own children and more involved in their education grew until Angela began looking for a self-employment self-employment opportunity which she found in Bright Start. Early conducted research found that few preschools offered a strong academic base as well as a variety of exploration explo-ration and social experiences. This research lead Bright Start Preschool to focus on phonics, math, science, literature, litera-ture, music, art, cooking, and Spanish. They also work on group dynamics, learning to be good friends, overcoming separation sepa-ration anxiety, participating in recess, socializing during snack time, being courteous and much more. They run the preschool like a business, but still provide a cozy home-like environment that the children love. They make an effort to communicate often and on a personal level with parents about their child's progress. The preschool currently employs four teachers and three support staff for 32 students. stu-dents. Angela says the combination combina-tion of running her own preschool pre-school while still having the chance to work in the financial world have given her motivation motiva-tion to continue promoting and encouraging education in children chil-dren as well as in those she hires. CURB RAMPS Continued from front page needs of the disabled, and required a massive program, modifying public policies and public accommodations throughout the country. Among those modifications was the construction of curb ramps to facilitate the travel on sidewalks by handicapped people. The law required public entities that have responsibility responsibili-ty or authority over streets, roads, or walkways to prepare a schedule for providing curb ramps, where pedestrian walkways walk-ways cross curbs. Public entities enti-ties must give priority to walkways walk-ways serving State and local government offices and facilities, facili-ties, transportation, places of public accommodation, and employees, followed by walkways walk-ways serving other areas. To promote, both efficiency and accessibility, public entities enti-ties could choose to construct ramps at every point, where a pedestrian walkway intersects a curb. I Iowever, public entities were not necessarily required to construct a curb ramp at every such intersection. In order to ensure compliance compli-ance with the new Disability Act, each city, county and state in the United States was provided pro-vided a Technical Assistance Manual that outlined in detail all of the provisions, which public entities were required to follow in order to implement it. Regarding the curb ramps, the manual stated: "In order to achieve or maintain program accessibility, it may be appropriate appro-priate to establish an ongoing procedure for installing curb ramps, upon request, in areas frequented by individuals with disabilities as residents, employees or visitors. For the past decade the City of Orem has been, methodically, methodical-ly, working to achieve compliance compli-ance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. As a significant signifi-cant part of that compliance, many curb ramps have been installed in city sidewalks, where pedestrian walkways cross curbs, making it possible for persons in wheelchairs or electric scooters to cross streets without obstruction. Older curbs and sidewalks have been demolished at many Orem intersections and have been replaced with the sloping curbs, which permit persons in wheelchairs and electric scooters scoot-ers to navigate them, seamlessly, seamless-ly, without tipping over their vehicles. The most recent such sidewalk side-walk and curb replacements in Orem have just been completed on 400 South Street, between 400 East and State Street. New curb ramps, extending into the street, have also been installed at the 300 East 400 South crossing for the SCERA Park Elementary School, as well as at several other elementary schools. Disabled Orem residents, like Dora May F'anelli, know their ability to navigate street crossings at intersections, depends upon unobstructed and level sidewalks on which their wheelchairs and scooters can travel, without tipping over. Every week-day, several elderly eld-erly people in wheelchairs are seen, using the curb ramp and crossing 400 East Street, going and returning from lunch at the Orem Senior Friendship Center. Fanelli said, "A lot of people in Orem have electric scooters, but they can't get into certain places, especially private homes. I am grateful that I can get to nearby stores and my church. 1 am also grateful that I can get into that lovely park by the West more Elementary School." She said, she wishes that there were a curb ramp at 200 East 1300 South, so that she could cross 1300 South Street. Also, she says, that handicapped handi-capped people have great difficulty diffi-culty getting in to the west entrance of the University Mall. "Every pedestrian, as well as handicapped people, like me, in wheelchairs or scooters, has to enter the west entrance of the Mall on the asphalt street, competing with motor vehicles, driving on the same street," she said. "There is no sidewalk access to the Mall on the west, on which people, like us, can navigate our wheels. It is a safety hazard." Although the fact may not be widely known, the City of Orem does have a program in place for installing curb ramps, upon request, in areas frequented fre-quented by individuals with disabilities, as residents, employees, or visitors. Such requests should go to the Assistant Orem City Manager at 229-7037. It is the official policy of the City of Orem fully to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. That fact is published, weekly, as the Oi 'em City Recorder invites people with various handicaps to request special accommodations accommoda-tions to attend meetings of the Orem City Council. |