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Show AN EDITION OP THE atlUHCtatft 1r O f OPTni . UTAH PRrc, RT LOTr- ' "l " UTAH307 841011D31- 2704 04 080204 : UTAH -PRESS f ASSOCIATION 1521 E 390O & ffiu.u SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124-1501 YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR N l,il,tIMluuil,tU,,l,ll,lll,.l.l,l,,lllill,.li.l.lll...H.II R NUM 30 50 CENTS Kids (Dim tthe Tennis Anyone.. ft I 1 I 1 A. J J. fl I 1 I V. n vnvirmi mnr ' OS OTfiKDWQDDM on REVA BOWEN Times Reporter A self-de scribed "ordinary "ordi-nary mom" whose vision and dreams for her own adopted son with handicaps handi-caps became the impetus for founding an agency that has helped many Utah County families fami-lies is now retiring from her position of director of the agency Kids On the Move. What ultimately ulti-mately turned into a "great adventure" for Orem's Karen Hahne began two decades ago when she and Karen Hahne her husband, Bob, adopted their youngest son, Reed, as a baby. Reed has Down syndrome. syn-drome. From the first, Karen knew that she could not see her child institutionalized or segregated from the rest of society. "I did not want him to become that Tsoy on the bus' who would leave the neighborhood every day and no one would get to know," she said. "I thought, 'Hei'uJgcA to be part of the community.'" A group of 12 similarly-minded similarly-minded families banded together and formed the Up with Downs Early Preschool Pre-school in 1983, to get ' s i JLjfi.,. i J LYrjt if together, support each other, and track the progress of their children. The organization grew over time, moving from location to location, then qualified for various government grants and, through a series of "miracles" and acts of gen erosity by a number of individuals and organizations, organiza-tions, eventually eventu-ally acquired its building on Intermountain Health Care property on the grounds of O r e m Community Hospital. Today, the Kids On the Move has a staff of 70 people serving more than 1,000 families per year, providing early intervention inter-vention therapy for children chil-dren with disabilities, newborn new-born to age three, and early Head Start for the economically econom-ically disadvantaged. "I had no idea that all of this would happen," Karen reflected. "But we live in such a wonderful community. communi-ty. As I look back, I wonder if it didn't have to start here."- In her director's role, Karen has been able to offer hope to others, both locally and internationally. Continued on page A9 :X '" " : :" is:"' ' X ' -'' I - - - "... - V .y-f:; Rfff?f :- ;?::r':."':;.;';v ... i . ' " .-.I? :' .: . 'V,'- ' - . Mm-. "" " ' " i-'' '-'',-v...v KSft-i" ?w. '' ' 0--: - " ' il. phot by Lkw Otoo7tiB Stwtf$ptr Andie Young returns a forehand during a drill while practicing at the tenrdi courts at Mountian View High on Tuesday. Young will be an eigth grader this fall; but 15 working work-ing her way toward playing high school tennis next season. Council takes on a variety of issues REVA BOWEN ; Times Reporter Zoning changes, a street vacation, residential parking park-ing permits, General Plan amendments, and an' employee appeal board con- stituted the variety of agen-i da items handled by the! Orem City Council in its! July 27 meeting. In an item continued; from the July 13 council meeting, the city, developers Ivory Homes, and area neighbors came to terms on cost sharing arrangements . for putting in a raised, landscaped land-scaped median on 400 East from 1600 North to the Timpanogos High School entrance. The agreement was part of the larger issue of creating a site-specific PD-25 zone for the Carrara Villas development on prop-; erty at 1300 North 400 East; and 1600 North 400 East. ; In addition to helping to; finance the median, the; Ivory Homes developers were considering establishing establish-ing a homeowners association associa-tion to maintain it, as well as putting in a masonry wall in exchange for modified modi-fied setbacks. During Tuesday's meeting, it became clear that Ivory was willing to fund the median and put in the masonry wall, but did not want to establish the homeowners association. Final arrangements included a $22,000 contribution contri-bution from Ivory for the median, along with an additional- -.$5,000 -offered Tuesday night; a $10,000 investment from the city; and $8,000 raised by area Continued on A6 Vineyard Elementary replaces building sold to UVSC CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR Times Correspondent With the opening of Alpine District public schools scheduled less than one month away, contractors are busy putting put-ting the finishing touches on to the new Vineyard Elementary School, located at 1700 W. 400 South, which has been under construction for less than a year. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new school took place Aug. 14, 2003, to replace the former Vineyard Elementary School, which was sold to Utah Valley State College last year. The former building, located at 900 W. 800 South, was built more than 30 years ago and had served the Vineyard community, as well as the surrounding Orem neighborhood, even as the UVSC campus gradually expanded to the north to provide additional parking lots and other campus facilities. Negotiations had- been underway for some time between UVSC and the Alpine School District, concerning the ultimate purchase of the Vineyard Elementary School. Finally, in 2003, the Utah State Legislature appropriated appropriat-ed the necessary funding for UVSC to purchase the Alpine School District property. On July 1, title to the Vineyard School property passed to UVSC and Alpine School District vacated the building. Meanwhile, the Alpine School administrators lost no time in the designation des-ignation of a new elementary school location in nearby Vineyard. They selected Sandstrom Associates the same architects, who designed the Forbes Elementary School in American Fork to update the Forbes plan and place it on the Vineyard Town property. Building contractors were employed to construct the new Vineyard School and ensure its occupancy occu-pancy by Sept. 1. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held for the new school, to be located in a residential area, just south of the Orem City ballparks complex. The 81,000 square-foot building was scheduled to contain 24 classrooms, class-rooms, three kindergarten rooms, one pre-school room, and four activity areas. Vineyard Elementary School Principal Tom Tillman said the school would house approximately 750 students stu-dents and a teaching staff of 37. Principal Tillman, commenting on the excellent traditions of the community of Vineyard, said, "Citizens and school patrons from Vineyard are delighted to have this new school facility located within the town's boundaries." The first four-room schoolhouse to serve the Vineyard community was built in 1883 at 140 North 1600 West. That building was replaced in 1912 by the Lincoln School District with a two- story, six-room building. That building was used for classes for over a half-a-century, until it was closed and Vineyard students began attending Orem schools. At the new Vineyard Elementary. School groundbreaking ceremony, Alpine School Superintendent Vern Henshaw said, "It is always exciting to anticipate a new facility." k t . 5 i .-jJf',1. mi ' fHbff-. ! !t mil fTf If I n r a - tai-- , ..... Without a school open In Its community for over 40 years, residents of the Town of Vineyard are looking forward to the opening bi August of this new Vineyard Elementary School at 1700 West 400 North. ALPINE CREDIT UNION f t , im Mil , You can now enjoy membership with ALPIJIE CHZDIT U: HZ: OREM AMERICAN FORK LEHI r E3E COPY " A. u v " |
