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Show BUILDING COMMUNITY IN OREM AND VINEYARD i AT I ON x f" 1 00 1 6'U 24-1501 JLllVJLJl I T I 0 N THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006 50 CENTS II I ITi T STa II I s i I V II m II r I mm J (lull II SCHOOLS: Students Christmas shop while at schoo TOWf J HALL: Interim City Council member needed SPORTS: Timpanogos girls moving in right direction BUSINESS 'POINSETTIA LAND' HIGHLIGHTS CHRISTMAS Midtown Village details released MICHAEL RIGERTNortn County A view of east Orem and the mountains from atop the South Wing of Midtown Village in central Orem. European-style street mall, restaurants coming to Orem development Michael Rigert NORTH fOUNlY VI AM As the towers of Midtown Village begin to rise over State Street in central Orem, more and more details about what the development will look like and who will be there are materializing. materi-alizing. The 1.2-million-square-foot multi-use development develop-ment comprised of condominiums, office space, retail stores and restaurants at 320 S. State Street consists of three main structures: a soon-to-be completed south wing, a north wing and a west wing that will join the three together. Midtown Village developer Larry Myler said See MIDTOWN, Page 2 Subcontractors for Santa i 1 i fr" x- zz r J , fir s . . ? "V'l J J ! ..-. - ' -- -. w r ,, MICHAEL RIGERTNortli County Caroline Thom of Orem front is overcome with gratitude Dec. 7 as custom homebuilder and Utah Valley Homehuilders Association president Rob Schaffer left and another volunteer make plans to replace the shower in her master bathroom. Home makeover brings Orem mother to tears MichaelRigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF hrist mas 2006 will go down in i "" j Caroline Thorn's journal as one I of the most generous and pre-V pre-V Vyycious in her life. Thorn, a single mother of four children, gets teary just talking about the in credible gift given to her this year by a family fam-ily friend and members of the Utah Valley Homebuilders Association. Just recently, Sniree Best, a neighbor and close friend of Thorn's, asked if there were home repairs Thorn needed help with. Best and her husband Kim, owners of custom cus-tom wood company Best Woods, surveyed Thorn's home and identified several projects requiring immediate attention. "On a single income and raising four kids there's not a lot of money to do ail the extras," ex-tras," Thorn said. Members of the Utah Valley Homebuilders Homebuild-ers Association, the Bests who Thorn calls her children's second parents then recom- See MAKEOVER, Page 2 City adopts arts plan, seeks experts to sit on arts council Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAff As anticipated, the Orem City Council approved the Cultural Arts Strategic Plan at Tuesday's city council meeting, replacing replac-ing the Cultural Arts Advisory , Commission with an Orem Arts Council. What wasn't expected was the City Council left the door open for applicants to the 11- member Arts Council and altered the wording of the ordinance to limit Arts Council members to Orem residents. Councilwoman Karen Mc-Candless Mc-Candless raised the issue of requiring members of the Arts Council to be residents of Orem. She said that because the Arts Council may be charged with enacting en-acting policy, members "ought to be residents of the city." The original wording of the proposed ordinance was: "Council "Coun-cil members shall be residents of the City of Orem or represent an arts organization with a significant signifi-cant presence in Orem." Councilman Les Campbell said he agreed with McCandless' assessment, as-sessment, although he realized Orem could lose valuable candidates candi-dates based on their experience experi-ence and talent as potential members. Councilman Stephen Sand-strom Sand-strom said that even though an individual is not a voting member of the Arts Council, his or her input in-put would still be welcomed. A provision for the mayor to remove an Arts Council member from office if they establish residence resi-dence outside of the city or live See ARTS, Page 2 Community Briefing SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSITY STATUS - The Orem City Council approved a resolution Dec. 12 that supports Utah Valley State College in its quest to become be-come a four-year university. 1 1 . -. I ,.- Courtesy Marie Prince Highland resident Marie Prince fright j stands next to her donated painting at the Orchard Park Care Center in Orem. Accepting the gift is Justin Allen leftj. the center's director. ARTIST DONATES PAINTING TO OREM REHAB CENTER Highland resident Marie Prince donated her rendition of Charles Barber's painting entitled "Suspense" to the Orchard Park Care Center in Orem. Prince has been studying works by the old masters for the past three years and recently spent some time in the Orchard fark Care Center recovering from knee surgery PERFORMANCES OF THE CHRISTMAS CLASSIC "THE NUTCRACKER" AT THE SCERA CENTER If the sugar plum fairies at the SCERA Center for the Arts seem a little smaller and even a bit more lively than in most productions of Tchaikovsky's famous Yuletide ballet, "The Nutcracker," that's because dance choreographer Tami Meacham is using enthusiastic enthusi-astic youngsters in her version of the holiday favorite. She is also using several guest artists from the Classical Ballet Academy as principal dancers in the key roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Spanish Dancer, Russian, Snow Queen and Prince plus 175 performers from her Timpanogos School of Dance. SCERA will present the seasonal ballet at 7:30 p.m. Friday- Dec. 23 with matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Dec. 23. All tickets are reserved and are $14 for adults and $12 for children (age 3-11), seniors (age 65 and up) and students (with ID). They are available online at www.scera.org, by calling (801 ) 225-ARTS or at the SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State St. in Orem. The box office is open 10 a.m. -6 p.m. weekdays and on Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. EARLY DEADLINES - Due to the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays, the deadline for turning in wedding, anniversary, missionary and other celebrations celebra-tions for publication in the North County Newspapers will be Friday, Dec. 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. for the following follow-ing Thursday editions. Don't forget, our offices have moved to 399 East State in Pleasant Grove. You may also submit your Milestone announcements via e-mail: e-mail: jesplin'" heraldextra.com. Any questions, just give us a call 756-7669. APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME UTILITIES ASSISTANCE - Community Action Services is accepting applications for the HEAT program. The HEAT program assists low-income households with utility payments through the winter season. A one-time payment per year will be submitted submit-ted directly to heating companies for those who qualify. qual-ify. All Utah County residents interested in applying must call 373-8200 for an appointment. Low-income households and those with disabilities disabili-ties are encouraged to apply. Applicants must meet income guidelines and provide required documentation. documenta-tion. Home-bound individuals may request an outreach out-reach worker to come to their homes to assist in the application process. First-time applicants in Utah County must complete com-plete an energy education class as part of the process (energy class is waived for disabled or elderly applicants). appli-cants). For more information, go to www.Community-ActionProvo.org. I'LilillPJii h ilia ' tit ermal Loans 1 !- 0pm to ell of Utah Counts: Orse a member, ahmp a mmker no matter whre yvu go. Mm r COPY! |