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Show AN EDITION OF THE 2mUt$Hcmtl . L0TC-01B 0 : 'Vl YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005 75TH YEAR NUM 10 50 CENTS l , if if I w -. -1 arr fillif ill iillilmii,iriii Orem's Junior Miss, Ashley Boulter, took home the state Junior Miss title last weekend. She'll compete at the National Finals in Alabama In June. Talented winner Ashley Boulter, Orem s Junior Miss, captures the state crown LANDON OLSON Times Editor Ashley Boulter went into the state Junior Miss competition compe-tition for the experience and with the hopes to win the talent tal-ent category. With her iolin solo of "Zigeunerwisen" or "GN-psy Airs Ashley did just that, but her performance perform-ance also propelled her to the state title. "I thought I had a pretty good chance to be first .on talent, tal-ent, but I never though I would win," Ashley said. But with her talent performance, per-formance, and by placing in the fitness and self-expression categories, Ashley, Orem's Junior Miss, was crowned Utah's Junior Miss for 2005 at the state finals Saturday After spending the week in Salt Lake with the other contestants, Ashley participated partici-pated in the interview portion por-tion Thursday, saying she felt pretty good about the performance. Then Friday was her talent portion. "We went into it not having hav-ing any idea of how she was going to do," said TruAnn Boulter, Ashley's mother. "When we got up there and saw the caliber of girls.com-peting, girls.com-peting, we though this was going to be real close." Ashley said despite a couple cou-ple of small mistakes, she performed well on her violin solo, although she wouldn't continued on Page A3 Council focuses on billboard issue ERIKA NELSON Tunes Correspondent Although the existing billboards that line State Street and 1-15 touting the virtues of car insurance and Internet matchmaking services are in Orem to stay, city leaders prepared a resolution that would allow owners to replace or beautify the existing signs. The city council discussed its billboard policy at length in its Tuesday meeting, following up on policy it enacted in November of la1?! year. The November policy pol-icy outlawed any new signs, but allows existing signs to stay. Both sign and property prop-erty owners brought up concerns about that policy, so the city reviewed the policy in December, and chose to come back to the issue later after they could analyze various options. The city had three options in Tuesday's meeting. The first option would allow owners to move the billboard on the same piece of property, and repair or replace the sign if desired The second option, which reflects state law, would allow owners to replace a sign only if it was destroyed by vandalism or 'an act of god The final option would allow owners to remove their billboards from State Street and Geneva Road and replace them along 1-15, but at a ratio of three billboards lost from the surface streets for every one billboard bill-board put up along the Interstate. By the end of their discussion, city leaders favored a plan that would allow owners to move or replace billboards on the same piece of property, or on adjacent properties, as long as the new sign is within with-in about half a block of the old one. In their discussion of the policy, city leaders considered heavily the remarks of Guy Larson, a representative from Reagan Outdoor Advertising. Larson proposed pro-posed putting a limit on how far a sign can be moved within the same piece of property and explained why he hoped the continued on Page A3 ruin baseball rock . . " fy" ; "' i "-- -- i.... ra , : , : photo by Landon OUntilTimei Sewspaper Jason Hewlett Impersonates Elton John while performing at the Mountain View baseball team's fundraiser Monday night. Hewlett did a comedy routine, as well as singing and Impersonations. Orem public library had more than 600,000 partons and more than 1.3 million books checked out in 2004 CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent It certainly isn't rock 'n' roll that animates the Orem public library, but there is no doubt that the library brings people out in large numbers and entertains them in a great variety of ways. In 2004 an average of 2,033 patrons entered the library every day it was open, for a total of 607,780 visits. They came for books, DVDs and videos, audiobooks, compact discs, maps and periodicals. They came for materials for children, for teens, for adults, and they came seeking advice and recom mendations for what to read, hear and view. All in all, they checked out 1,324,437 items: 539,967 children's books, 376,014 books for adults and teens, and 408,456 non-print items. They came with information needs, and they received help from staff in finding answers to their 248,887 questions. They used Internet workstations for everything every-thing from research on school assignments, to keeping in touch with family fam-ily by e-mail, to doing job searches, for a total of 50,453 sessions. That is an average of 170 patrons per day, com ing from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. week-days, and from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Heading up this remarkable community resource, that touches so many lives, is Louise Wallace, Orem Public Library Director, who has served in that position for the past six years. She came to her current position posi-tion after working in the Orem Library for nearly a score of years under the direction of library director direc-tor Richard Beeson, who retired in 1999. ' During her quarter of a century of service in the Orem Library, Wallace has seen phenomenal growth y ' -- -T - - - -- ; - A sampling of the 95-member library staffs showcases the library's children's wing. in the library facilities, themselves, as well as in the variety of services and resources being provided to the community. For example, on a continuous con-tinuous basis, the Orem library offers programs that reveal the strengths of its collections and programs. pro-grams. During 2004, 24,546 patrons attended 733 literary and cultural programs, including readings read-ings by authors and poets, performances by puppeteers, pup-peteers, storytellers and dancers, and book discussion discus-sion groups for children, teens and adults. In 2004, 12,639 children and their parents attended attend-ed morning storytime for pre-schoolers and laptime for toddlers. Tours containing con-taining 1,069 children came to the Library to learn how to use the, library. The library celebrated National Poetry Month with its own Poetry Festival in April 2004. Eighty-seven patrons attended the month-long series of presentations, readings, and discussions. Noted poet and performance perform-ance artist Alex Caldiero participated, as a presenter, presen-ter, skillfully using the sound of his voice to interact inter-act with resonant exotic continued on Page A3 Alpine School District issues annual report defining support areas CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent Part 1 Working together to meet the needs of students is the thrust of the message contained in the Alpine School District Annual Report for 2005 issued this week. In the report, the Alpine School District defines its goals, as areas of support: 1. Develop strong, positive relationships with community leaders, business leaders, legislators and patrons. 2. Afford opportunities for students to become academically academi-cally successful, as well as responsible, contributing citizeas. 3. Implement literacy instruction to provide continuous improvement for K-3 readers and independent reading strategies for 4-12 readers. 4. Plan and support professional development, which will increase understanding, improve skills, and demonstrate lifelong learning. 5. Provide a positive, safe, nurturing environment for every student. 6. Link technology effectively and efficiently to support educational and management goals. In an update on bonding projects in the Alpine School District, for the 2005-2006 school year, Superintendent Henshaw said, the District will be entering the final phase of bond projects. These projects include: The opening of three elementary schools in Harvest Hills, Highland and Westfield Elementary. All are scheduled to open the fall of 2006. Saratoga Shores Elementary will be completed for the 2005-06 school year and the satellite will be moved from the site. I . Additional remodeling of American Fork High School will be completed. Several elementary and junior high projects proj-ects will be completed There are 44 elementary schools in the district, 10 junior high schools, and seven senior high schools, along with one Alpine Life & Learning School, one Summit High School. Alpine School District is experiencing a shift in its student stu-dent population to the northern section of the District. In continued on Page A3 alpine UlI illVITATlOU TO QESIDEU7S OF 3mU GoOHf V cii for details 225-0256 Membership anl Eligibility RuiiT5 2 You can now enjoy membership with ALPINE CREDIT UNION OREM ' AMERICAN FORK LEH! OPY |