OCR Text |
Show A 4 A i ! r .1 AH EDITION Or T II E WW YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 50 CENTS TOWN HALL: City code updated in City Council meeting SCHOOLS: Seniors battle social ills with service projects BUSINESS: Ease off the gasoline with a new scooter Sports TWO HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAMS WIN STATE TITLES Orem cemsiidlers dlnsfiractt spllott Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY SI AH "We've taken a historic first step," said Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn after the Orem City Council voted unanimously Tuesday Tues-day to proceed with commissioning commission-ing a feasibility study to analyze whether or not the city should break away from Alpine School District and form its own school district. "I don't think there is anything too dangerous to talk about," said Councilman Dean Dicker son, who also said he favors having the study done quickly. During council discussion on the issue, some councilmembers, including Stephen Sandstrom and Mark Seastrand, expressed feelings that there should be parameters pa-rameters set for the study, while others, like Karen McCandless, felt the council did not have enough information to set the parameters beforehand. "Right now, it feels to me that we need a little more clarification," said Seastrand, ,., There are a bunch of preliminary questions that need to be addressed. I don't favor a blank check to chase data." "I want the parameters and questions to be very thorough," McCandless said. "We're all saying the same thing, but we're not all on the same bus," Councilman Les CampWJ made the successful motion to have the feasibility study pertain to the City See SCHOOLS, Page 2 WALK THE WALK ' . 3 if I Cs C h ) - ' x v.fc M a iv New V 5? From left Austin Kocherhans, Jordan tones, Hogan Jacobson and Tohi Heimuli, students in Lynn Walker's physical education class, jog around Hut soccer field at Orem Elementary School in Orem May 1 5. Below, Walker meet s with students. Orem teacher wins third place in contest to promote healthy living Reva Bowen NOHTH COUNTY Orem Elementary fifth-grade teacher Lynn Walker lived up to her name participating partici-pating in a state-wide contest for teachers arid adniinistrators called "Walk the Walk" a competition designed to motivate educators educa-tors to be more active physically and to take the lead in encouraging their students to adopt healthier lifestyles. Walker won a $50 third-place prize in the Educators Mutual Insurance Association-sponsored Association-sponsored contest for the healthy lifestyle plan she formulated with her dass. The money mon-ey is earmarked for use in the classroom. "We were very excited about the turnout turn-out and the reaction of teachers in getting involved said Jonathan Bacon, a publicity spokesman for the contest sponsors. "Our goal was to get the teachers involved, then the students. Lynn Walker got the whole class involved. From that respect, it was a great success." Under the rules of the contest, free pedometers pedom-eters were issued to participating teachers and administrators, who were directed to use the instruments to track their steps during dur-ing all waking hours through a four-week period that began in April. See WALKERS, Page 2 -TV r 1 1 r 4 Missing Orem girls stole truck and fled to Nevada Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD The two Orem teens reported missing were found late Tuesday night in Nevada. Vesica Saban, 14, and Sandra Merary Torres, 13, were spotted by a passing motorist around 1030 P m., Orem police IX. Doug Edwards Ed-wards said. Police said they believe the girls hijacked a 2006 Dodge pickup which was unlocked and had the keys inside from an Orem neighborhood and drove to Ne vada. The truck ran out of fuel and left the girls stranded in Alamo, Edwards said. Police also said they believe the teens fled the state to meet a boy in Las Vegas they met on Myspace.com, a popular Internet Inter-net profile site. In addit ion to the theft of the vehicle, police are also considering charging the girls with emergency reporting abuse f or sending text messages that suggested they liad been kidnapped, towards said, See MISSING Page 2 WWW jMARtCTHEHERAtO XXJMNOPTHCOUNTy CAU ?75 1OT TO Ue$CRf Community Briefing MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION PLANNED - Mem bers of the Orem Heritage Commission and Orem American Ameri-can Legion Post 72 have sgain set ttie stage for what is now an annual Memorial Day flag exchange program. The servic will be held at (tie veterans' memorial in the Orem City Cemetery, 1000 N. 800 East, r,u tAm4ny at 9 am. John Stone, public relations director for the Heritage Commission, said the American Legion and his organization organiza-tion "work hand -in -glove together" throughout the year, preparing for the Memorial Day service, and (or a similar Veterans Day program in the fall. As part of ttie ceremonies, rbe American flag and seven ottier flags, representing the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and prisoners of war, are taken down and replaced with new flags. The featured speaker at Monday's commemoration will be Warrant Officer Lsyne Pace of the Fire Division of the Orem Public Safety Department, who has recently returned from service in Afghanistan. Stone said Pace is "not only civic -minded, but also a very fine veteran " Plans call for Pace and another officer to fly on an Apache helicopter at 8 45 a.m., just before the start of tbe program, taking an approach from the south over the soccer field and canal, and landing on a grassy area and roadway. Monday's program will also have the participation of Orem High School choir students, under the direction of Sterling Keys, and band members, directed by Paul Lemen. A 21 -gun salute will be done by an honor guard from American Legion Post 72. Mayor Jerry Washburn will conduct the service. MJttMY MAMHOHfikxtti Cwty National Park Service Director Fran V. Muinella, left, tours the caves at Tirrtpanogos Cave Sathnal Park with park employee Cami pulham while visiting Utah on May IH NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTOR VISITS T1MPAJVOGOS CAVE - The first woman to ever lead the National PanV Service also becanrw- the first padx service director to tour Timpanogos Cave Director Fran Maioella, an outstanding hiker at age 69, made the tfiree-hourtrek tfiree-hourtrek with reporters, photographs, park staffers and staffers from tie offices of U S. Sns Qnm Match, R Utah, Bob fiSennett, R-Utah and U S. Rej Cfjris Cannon, RnUtah, She toured tSrid cave last Thursday, praising the cave and speaking of her love of Utah's ski slopes. 5pes4cing at the cave visitors cer iter before tlie tiike, Maioella said tliere has been national misonderstariding atxut Bosh's 8020 spending policy for national parts and monuments, Rather trian reduce spending, Bush's measure would free up rrioney for othe activities by requiring parks arid monuments to serid only 80 (jercerrt on those f id costs. TATTOO SHOP GETS A BREAK - The county health board is willing to let a tattoo sltop stay m business afir C school Oiens riet door this fall, but tlie shO(; desn't want children ff neighbors Tle tieatth boaid discussed the issue Monday, saymg tfiert it could become a chicken versus the egg question. Noah Webur Academy ctianer school is s;tieduled to open f or class at 205 . 400 South in Orem, witti its (jiV ing lot abutting Quality Tattoo & Body Piercing's b parking lot. The tattoo shop, at 357$. Stat St. in Orem, has been there for three years. Tfie academy, for students in kindergarten through sixth grade, tias to get the OK f rorn tl board fefore it can open. The board will make a decision at its meeting in July. EARLY DEADLINES - Deadlines for weddings, anniversaries, anni-versaries, birthdays, missionaries and other celebrations in trie North Count y Newspapers will be Friday at 3 ym. for the June 1 edition. The off ice will be closed Monday. Trie newspaper office is now located at 399 E. State $tv Pleasant Grove, on the second floor. Tliose wlio wish further information or directions may call 756 7669. from etvft reports n,,61055 000501 6&r 9QS(M31I) I mOj I . . D , 1-..- - t -- i". COPY r |