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Show AN EDITION OF T II E YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. MARCH 23. 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: Orem show to give proceeds lo charily SCHOOLS: Dak Canyon digs itself into a fewHoles' SPORTS: Bruins fall to Payson in Softball thriller TOUR ICE KEEPS COOL, SMELLS LIKE A ROSE TD-flS Fashion) Team to take stage Operation Smile will be the benefactor of Wednesday's show atthe high school Reva Bowen NOH l OUNTY STAFF Smiles will be the order of the day as the Timpanogos High School Fashion Team and advanced ad-vanced fashion class stage Fashion Show 2006 Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the THS auditorium, 1450 N. 200 East. Fashion teacher Kris Caldwell said this year's theme, "SMILE ... You're Stylin' When You're Smilin'," was selected because all proceeds from ticket sales will go to benefit Operation Smile, a charity that provides cleft pallet and lip operations opera-tions for children in developing countries. Tickets are $4 in advance at the THS finance office or $5 at the door. Caldwell said her students stu-dents hope to raise $5,000 for the charitable cause. Students have been working on the annual an-nual event for about two months, Caldwell said. All of the elements of the show video segments, seg-ments, lights, scenery, music and modeling are carefully choreographed and practiced, both during class time and in two evening run-throughs run-throughs prior to the actual performance. Traditionally, the show includes a popular Harley-Davidson motorcycle segment. Clothes for little children will be featured in one section, wedding fashions in another. "There will be punk, preppy, skirts, cowboy a big variety," Caldwell said. "There will be at least one people will like, and probably some that they don't." An addition to the show this year is a new runway that has been added to the front of the stage. Center offers resource to pregnant women Nicole Thelin NORTH COUNTY STAFF Pregnancy tests, maternity and baby clothes, and peer counseling are all available at the Pregnancy Resource Center of Utah Valley. "There's no other ministry quite like ours in Utah Valley," Shelley Ver Steeg. the new director at the center, said. "A young woman can come for help or assistance and find loving and caring people here to try and meet her needs with no strings attached." In January alone. 73 mothers-to-be came to the center, located at 343 E. University Parkway in Orem to take advantage of their various services. As a non-profit organization, all of their services are free of charge. The center is designed, in part, for pregnant teens, although its services aren't limited to that age group. "The Pregnancy Resource Center is partially designed as a crisis pregnancy center for girls or young women who find themselves them-selves unexpectedly pregnant and don't know who to turn to." Ver Steeg said. "We see the teenage girl who is unmarried, not sure how she's going to tell her family, and perhaps not sure what she's going to do. We try to give her as much information as we can so that she can make an informed decision." However, the Pregnancy Resource Re-source Center of Utah Valiey has found that most of its clients are 20 years old or older. "They aren't necessarily in a crisis situation in terms of the pregnancy itself, (but) being unprepared for the preg- "V . . , . v T&rV,37 i . ... ,. .. ,1 -Of t'i s 1 MATT SMITHNorth County Volunteer Peer Counselor Libi Lendall, left talks with a client at Pregancy Resource Center of Utah Valley, in Orem on Tuesday. The organization works with young women often teens who are pregnant. nancy emotionally, financially, or materially. They need help with babyor maternity clothes. (Some) just (need) a listening ear ... and they feel a little overwhelmed." "We figure that if you come here, we're here to serve," Ver Steeg said. "We just ask that people peo-ple take what they need." The most commonly used resources re-sources available at the center are the pregnancy test, peer counseling counsel-ing and information on the mother's moth-er's options. "(They talk) with a peer counselor coun-selor about what they're going to do," Ver Steeg said. "Are they going go-ing to parent, or give the child up for adoption? Are they considering See CENTER, Page 2 Woman shares love of music through donation Reva Bowen ;'3JNTY STAFF Orem's Maxine Kitchen is eel-ebrating eel-ebrating her 84th birthday not by receiving a gift, but by giving one. A life-long love of music has led Kitchen to donate a brand-new Lowrey organ to the Orem Senior Friendship Center for use ih its programs. A formal presentation ceremony is scheduled for Monday at noon at the center, the day after Kitchen's birthday. "She's giving back to the community com-munity that has given so much to her," said Kitchen's long-time friend, LaRae Bunting. Patty Hanks, with the Lowrey Organ Center at the Piano Gallery on State Street in Orem, said the donated instrument from the store is a Lowrey Legacy model from the Elite series, complete with roll-top roll-top cover and bench. "The organ is one that most everyone ev-eryone win be able to play," Hanks said. "It makes more sounds than anyone will be able to use, but it is not intimidating." Maxine and her late husband, Russell, were prominent in the Orem business community for years, as they owned and operated a number of enterprises, including three service stations, a laundry dry cleaning establishment, a cafe and the Orem Reception Center, where they hosted wedding events beginning in 1965. Sensing the need for a person to perform mterdenorninational wedding ceremonies, Kitchen went through the steps to obtain authorization authori-zation through the Universal Christian Chris-tian Church to legally perform the services. Kitchen performed the wedding ceremonies for one of her two daughters and for her son. With humor, she remembers a few times when she was basically a one-woman show playing the processional on the organ, officiating of-ficiating at the ceremony, playing the recessional and running out to throw rice at the newlyweds. "What a life," Kitchen laughed. "I see some of my brides occasionally. occasion-ally. They are grandmothers now." f: ..-'" ' E2XT f ., " 2; 1 ' f -. ? ' I mm mm mjuam i I MARIO RUIZNorth County Maxine Kitchen of Orem will donate a Legacy organ similar to the one in er home to the Orem Senior Friendship Center Monday. Bunting and Kitchen became close friends through their business busi-ness associations. LaRae and her late husband, Warren, owned and operated the Timp Drive-in from 1965 to 1993. Warren agreed to See ORGAN, Page 2 bonimuniiy Briefing BOARD TO HOLD BOND INFORMATION MEETINGS MEET-INGS - The Alpine School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, Vernon M. Henshaw, are hosting a series of public meetings to present preliminary pre-liminary plans for a bond election in November. Suggestions from community are sought before district dis-trict officials proceed with plans to bond. Meetings will be held today at Lone Peak High School, 10189 N. 4800 West, Highland; March 30 at Pleasant Grove High School, 700 E. 200 South, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove; April 4, Mountain View High School, 665 W. Center, Orem; and April 6, Lehi High School, 180 N. 500 East, Lehi. All meetings will begin at 7 p m. Patrons are welcome wel-come to attend any of the meetings. CANDIDATES FILE FOR 2006 GENERAL ELECTION ELEC-TION - Candidates who have filed for the 2006 general gen-eral election in the Orem areas are as follows: House District 58: Candidates include Republicans James Ferrin, Orem (incumbent); Stephen Sandstrom, Orem, and Dave Merrill, Orem; and Constitution Party candidate Edward McGarr of Lindon. House District 59: Republican Lorie Fowlke (incumbent) (incum-bent) will be opposed by Libertarian candidate Russ Zimmerman. House District 60: Candidates include Republicans Brad Daw (incumbent) and Linda Houskeeper, Democrat Demo-crat Edward Lalone, Constitution Party candidate Scott Swain and Independent Americarr candidate Cal Harper. House District 61 : Republican candidates are John Tinsley,-Garr Judd and Keith Grover, Provo. Democrat Susan Chasson, Provo; and Constitution candidate Steve Saunders, Provo, are also running. Senate District 15: Republican candidates are Margaret Dayton, Orem; and Parley Hellewell, Orem (incumbent). Bethanie Newby is running on the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket and Gordon Mella is the Constitution Party candidate. Alpine School District A5: Jodee Sundberg, Orem, is running unopposed. County races are as follows: Utah County Commission Seat A: Jerry Grover, Orem (incumbent); Gary Anderson, Springville; Howard How-ard Stone, Provo. All are Republicans. Utah County Commission Seat B: Republicans running run-ning are Steve White, Provo (incumbent); Bill Ellis, Orem, and Shirrel Robinson Young, Thistle. Joseph Brierley of Spanish Fork, is running as a Democrat and former commissioner, David Gardner, of Springville is running as an unaffiliated candidate. County Attorney: Incumbent Kay Bryson, Orem; is being challenged by fellow Republicans Jeff Buhman, Orem, and Curtis Larson, American Fork. ClerkAuditor: Running are Cary McConnell and Bryan Thompson, both Republicans and both of Spanish Span-ish Fork. County Treasurer: Two Republicans, Kim Jackson and Robert Kirk, both of Orem, are running. Running unopposed are Kirk Poulson of Payson for County Assessor, Randy Covington of Orem for RecorderSurveyor, Re-corderSurveyor, and James Tracy of Provo for County Sheriff. All three are Republicans. THE GARDENS OPENS SATURDAY - Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Point Gardens will open for its 2006 season on Saturday. The Gardens features 15 uniquely themed gardens on 55 acres nestled in a secluded area away from the rest of the city of Lehi. To find The Gardens just west of Interstate 15 atthe AlpineHighland exit, more information and directions are listed on www.thanksgivignpoint.com or is available avail-able at (801) 768-2300. The Gardens will be open Monday Mon-day through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Season passes are available. BOOK STORE TO CELEBRATE SISTERHOOD - On Saturday Seagull Book is holding a "Celebrating Sisterhood" Sis-terhood" event. At all 25 locations, Seagull Book will provide giveaways, drawings and discounts of up to 70 percent off, including framed art. They will host popular popu-lar LDS authors, artists, speakers, and musicians. At the Orem location, 111 S. State St., events include: in-clude: 5-6:30 p.m.: Musical performance by David Blasucci, singersongwriters, Someday 5-6:30 p.m.: Art and book signing by popular artist Greg Olsen, Heaven's Touch (book) 5-6:30 p.m.: Book signing by Jennie Hansen, author, Wild Card 7:30-9 p.m.: Book signing by Jeffrey Savage, author, House of Secret 7:30-9 p.m.: Book signing by Annette Lyon, author, House on the Hil, 7:30-9 p.m.: Book signing by Melanie Millet, author illustrator, CTR Boy From staff reports 61055 00050' WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COMNORTHCOUNTY CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE Name: GENE HARVEY CHEVROLET; Width: 69p9.Cl; Depth: 1.25 in; Color. 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