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Show Thursday, August 2, 2007 Page 2 OREM TIMES NEWS A fJ D NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED Residents can On 400 Wcsl to 400 Last, excavation, trenching, water line and storm drain ojxTiitions continue north of H00 North. Several crews are working in this area to expedite construction construc-tion activities, so please exect intermittent and temorary side street losures. and watch lor alternate routes as necessary in this stretch. ( n Thursday and Friday, truestar as ( lews will lake a six-ini h gas line across H(K) North just east ol HOI) Last. During Dur-ing tins oieration, traffic will In." rest i id ed lo one lane in each direction along H(KI North from approximately l'MIO l ast to 700 last Main Street remains dosed north ol xi id North through eallv August as crews excavate, exca-vate, install several utility lines, and prepare the area lor final roadway construction. Motorists Motor-ists mav use Slate Street or 100 Last to 1200 Not th as alternate routes. I "lease exx'ct some additional ad-ditional travel lime accessing the area Work continues on the Page ( 'ullt initi'il (tutu I'lli' 1 ( nc of .'!r Senate pages serving serv-ing all 100 U.S. Senators, Craig spent three weeks working with mlluential senators such as I latch. Nevada's I larry Reid, and North Carolina's l.liahelh I Kile delivering amendments to various Senate offices, running errands and completing oilier clerical tasks. Particularly exciting moments mo-ments included dehates on the Senate floor over the divisive Immigration Bill that eventually eventu-ally was killed, she said. Senators Sena-tors were arguing the merits of the hill while pages scurried around delivering amendments Ruffell ( 'untmucd (mm 'citfe I help keep free of litter. Mem-Ix'i Mem-Ix'i s also serve as honor guards at veterans funerals and make flag presentations at churches and schools, he said. "We do 100-some-odd funerals funer-als a year." he said. "It's a patriot pa-triot i thing " Association memhers wear their crisp, hlue Air Force and Air National ( luard uniforms to formal functions, funerals and NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS Vl V.iv "V FV.i'mt Gmve Marc Haddock 4 13 3?G8 North County Ed'tor mhaddod (tihernldextM com Cathy Allred 443 3202 Lehi, Sat.ttnga Springs. PI Grove oallred'A'hpralile-tra com Barbara Christiansen 443 3264 Anvncan Fork, Aipme. Cedar Hills bctwstHti:wheraldetta com Mike Rigert 443 3265 Orem. Vineyard miigortidheialtiextia.com Beky Beaton 443 3267 Sports bbeatoPifSheraldPMra com r f.Vl'i Wii H.'LlljliZSSSSl Josh Walker 443 3260 Advertising Account Executive IwalkenSrieraidextra com Volume 134 USPS 411-700 i .'',.-. sinif'DiihwpOais-Jt Stale 'v ' 1'. T,j.. ;mh it ' 'r...i-.,f"T jk.,-p Utah H406? a'd at : " " Postmaster: .k.-! nv ha' j.. ; PQ ,: ' .'.'-! ' r vlf, t i h f'uNn him .s t'h.t' is a d'vtion ot ( Pfi Member: Hv.rtMU nt .reflations new traffic signal at the 400 West H00 North intersection. Please continue to expect intermittent inter-mittent lane restnctioas in all four directions at this intersection intersec-tion us underground cable is placed Post and panel installation for a sound wall barrier is underway under-way at several locations along the route. Sound wall work is expected to last through August. Au-gust. Future ox;rations at State Street and H00 North are scheduled sched-uled for Aug. 1 1-13 during which truestar Gas crews will install a high-pressure gas line along the western side of State Street at K00 North, and UIJOT crews will bring several new utility lines across the western half of State Street. This work is lieing coordinated to reduce impacts to the public. Crews plan to work from Saturday, Aug. 1 1. at li p.m. through Monday, Mon-day, Aug. 13, at (i a.m. IXiring these working hours, the following traffic impacts will le in effect: Fust bound K00 North traffic will le detoured to southbound Orem Blvd. Motorists Motor-ists muy also use KOO West and to Capitol offices while trying to evade the camera lenses of the press. "It was very intense and there were a lot of strong emotions," emo-tions," Craig said. "We would watch the news at night and it was cool. They'd show clips from C-SPAN and we would be like 'Woo, that's me.' " I ler favorite part of the pageship was simply being out on the Senate floor and getting to see some of the behind-t he-scenes he-scenes history of the Capitol including a tour of the dome and a peek into the Old Senate chamber. Craig's mother, Michelle Craig, Isn't surprised her second oldest child thrived during her time in 1C. Her duaghter Is ea- presentations. Ruffell's own uniform sports 24 service ribbons earned during dur-ing his lengthy career. "I tell kids when I do flag presentations, they're like merit badges," he said. Ruffell, who currently volunteers vol-unteers on the Utah chapter's board of directors, was inducted in-ducted this month into the NCO Academy Graduate Association's Associa-tion's I Iall of Fame, becoming only the second member in the nation to receive the honor. "It's quite the highlight of Phone:756-7669 Fax:756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHINO CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7669 Office Manager Erin Stewart 344 2558 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Julia Fullmer 344 2570 DesignerCopy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344 2585 Photographer Issue 82 expect 1200 West to 400 North and 1200 North as alternates. Westbound West-bound 800 North traffic will be detoured north and south at State Street. Southbound State Street traffic will be restricted to one lane at 800 North. Northbound North-bound State Street traffic will be restricted to two lanes, with the northbound left-hand turn to westbound 8(X) North movement move-ment prohibited. NEVVS BRIEFS I Subdivisions OK'd The Vineyard Town Council approved ap-proved a proposed preliminary subdivision application for 18 lots in the East Lake Industrial Subdivision, located in the Industrial In-dustrial Zone at approximately 1000 North and Geneva road. "It doesn't negatively impact im-pact anything we do with the (ieneva site," said Jennifer Robison, Vineyard town planner. plan-ner. "It is goxl planning for the property." The council also approved a proposed Sunset Shores final subdivision application. The application has gone through ger to return next summer for a full-fledged internship offered to her by Sen. Match's office. "Lauren loves a sease of adventure, ad-venture, is outgoing and loves to meet new people," Michelle Craig said. "I think she could do anything she set her mind to." One thing that surprised Craig was the tight-knit social so-cial network that's part of the Senate page experience. After their shifts were over in the evening, she and her new-found friends would chat and laugh about their day over dinner at a restaurant. With a 9 p.m. dorm curfew, pages gathered together in groups in their dorms to gossip or watch movies. " ... You're with the people my life," he said. "It's something some-thing they just don't give freely." Ruffell's wife of 26 years, Sue Ruffell, said her husband is proud of his military career and the service he continues to render to the community, senior citizens and active duty personnel. "He'd give his life for (it)," she said. "His military is everything every-thing to him." Ruffell, who collects stamps, coins and picks up a "jigger," or shot glass, from every place Iraq war ax Pugmire will always be the face of the Vietnam Viet-nam War for me and many of my friends. Max wasn't the first local boy from Montpelier, Idaho, to be killed in that war. In fact, he was the last. But he's the only one we knew. He was in our LDS ward and dated a girl who had been my best friend throughout my childhood. He looked out for me, even though I was a couple of years younger. He was valedictorian of his graduating class and had a full-ride scholarship to BYU, and I'm unsure how he ended end-ed up in the Army. But those were the days of the draft, and a lot of people who might not otherwise have served put on the nation s uniform. When Max was killed in October of 1969, it sent shock waves through the community. A lot of kids were dying in Vietnam that year. Over 11,000 lost their lives in 1969 alone protecting pro-tecting the world from communism. And while we saw some of this action on the evening news, there were no 24-hour news networks around to provide minute-to-minute coverage. So for many of us, when Max was killed in the Binh Dinh Province a place none of us had ever heard of the war became very real. Especially those of us who were of draft-able draft-able age. At the time, I was just starting my first year of college at Idaho State University, and many of us were looking at military service as a real possibility. But it became much more real when we learned about Max's death. In recent months, the war in Iraq has come home to north Utah County in much the same way with the deaths of Senior Airman William Wil-liam Newman, U.S. Air Force, and Sgt. Nathan Na-than Barnes, U.S. Army. We had been spared these close-to-home casualties since the war started with the initial invasion in 2003, although al-though many local soldiers had spent time in the country. First, we learned in early June that Newman, New-man, who was a Lone Peak High School grad- street closures numerous changes. The last question left was why there were so few access points to the trails. After much discussion, only one council member voted no and the final subdivision application was approved. ap-proved. Council acts on zone changes Vineyard town planner Jennifer Jen-nifer Robison asked town officials of-ficials to amend its general plan to allow for a new medium density den-sity use designation. Vineyard denied the amendment wanting to stay as close to the original general plan as possible. Robison also asked Vineyard to approve a proposed zoning ordinance text amendment to allow density incentives for the provision of infrastructure, services, facilities, or amenities as determined necessary by the Town Council. The council amended the ordinance to allow for community benefit or enhancement en-hancement that the town finds appropriate. The council also approved 23.51 acres, known as the LeCheminant Property, to be a high density residential zoning district with a planned develop 247 for three weeks ... I've kept in touch with a lot of other oth-er pages I was friends with," Craig said. "I can't wait to go back." Though she isn't allowed to share her opinions about Congressional matters covered during her pageship, Craig, who will turn 18-years old before be-fore the next presidential election, elec-tion, is excited about her first opportunity to vote. Asked who she would vote for if the election were held tomorrow, she said either Republican candidate can-didate Mitt Romney or GOP contender John McCain. Craig isn't sure why America Amer-ica hasn't yet had a woman president, but wryly added she hoped a woman wouldn't be he's ever visited, shrugs off the notion that he is special or made unusual sacrifices because be-cause he served in the military. "It wasn't something you had to do but everybody you went to school with, that's what everybody did," he said. "It was your duty as a citizen." Among his best memories as a member of the NCO organization, or-ganization, Ruffell counts his involvement in constructing a 911 memorial parade float that won six military trophies and assisting in the relocation of a hits close Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN ment overlay, rather than the agricultural zoning district it was. I UVSC campus equipped with free wireless Internet access Utah Valley State College will now provide free wireless Internet access to all students, faculty and staff. "This provides convenient network access," said Michael Simpson, network engineer for UVSC. "Students, faculty and staff can access any resources on the UVSC network." Students have been pushing for free wireless for several years, consistently being a main running point for student government elections. The Information Technology Department has included free wireless for everyone as part of its budget request for the past two years, and recently had it approved through the School of General Academics Planning, Budgeting and Accountability. The free access will benefit those who have laptops with wireless connections, but it was also benefit others by making the computer labs less crowded. elected in the current presidential presiden-tial race. "I think a lot of it is not the fact of there being a woman, there just hasn't been the right candidate," she said. "The time will come." Following her experience working in the Senate, Craig feels she not only more fully understands the legislative process pro-cess but also is better informed about American politics and issues facing the nation. She strongly encourages other teens to apply to be a Senate page. "Be ready for an adventure, an amazing experience, be open to new things," Craig said. "Just totally apply and get yourselves out there." massive C-124 military cargo plane from Aberdeen, Md., to the aircraft museum at Hill Air Force Base. He also tracked down parts for the Air National Guard fighter jet that for many years has been on display in front of the Utah National Guard headquarters in Draper just off Interstate 15. "It came from the Air Guard" Ruffel said, "then a general says 'I want it out in front of our place instead of their's,' " Ruffell said. "So we lost it." to home uate and had lived in Highland with his foster family for several years, had been killed while dismantling a bomb near Balad, Iraq. Many people could remember seeing Newman cheer at a high school football game or watching him break dance. Then two weeks ago, we found out that Barnes had been killed when he was shot in the neck while getting out of a helicopter in Rush-di Rush-di Mullah, Iraq. My kids went to school with Nathan, starting in Shelley Elementary, Elemen-tary, and many in town know his father, Kevin, who was a Scout leader for years. We can identify with the hopes he and Donna had for their son's future, and share in the pain at seeing those hopes dashed. A lot has changed since Vietnam. For one thing, we know a lot more about what's going on in Iraq than we did in Vietnam, thanks to advances in communication technology. And while the merit of the current conflict is a matter of debate, dissenters have learned to separate their feelings for the war with their feelings for our warriors. Soldiers are getting much more respect under trying circumstances, cir-cumstances, even from people who don't support sup-port the war. Public support was very much in evidence Saturday when hundreds of Scouts bearing U.S. flags lined 100 East to serve as an honor guard while the body of Nathan Barnes was taken the six blocks from the Alpine Tabernacle Taber-nacle to the American Fork City Cemetery. It was a most impressive display. Our reporter said he had never seen anything like it. Now, for many of us, William and Nathan have become the face of our current war. These are young men we knew who paid for our freedom with "the last full measure of devotion." de-votion." They will not be forgotten. Note: Two weeks ago I used the wrong name for a local musician. The correct name is Lowell Blue, and his music can be heard and downloaded at www.JoweJJbJue.com. Beetles Continued from Page 1 widespread in Utah County. We haven't detected any outside of Orem." Still, state agriculture officials of-ficials won't know precisely how effective this summer's spraying have been until next summer, he said. Burfitt estimated 99 percent per-cent of the infested area has been treated with only 12 residents being issued doctor's waivers to prevent spraying on their property due to health concerns. In those cases, alternative pesticides pes-ticides such as nemotodes or Sevin will be applied to the property. Richard Manning, Orem's assistant city manager, said only one resident without a doctor's waiver wouldn't allow al-low contractors to spray his property. "When we think of the numbers, that's amazing cooperation," co-operation," he said. Partnered with the Utah State University Extension Office, Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture and Food officials in August 2006 began an extensive trapping program centered on Utah County but encompassing the entire state. Of the 3,000 traps located lo-cated statewide, 1,200 are in Utah County, and 479 traps are in the Orem treatment area. The traps are located in square grids at 250 feet apart within the treatment zone, every 500 feet outside that circle, every 1,000 feet outside of that, and every 5 square miles in the rest of the county, Burfitt said. As of July 18, 1,585 Japanese beetles have been trapped within the Orem treatment area and only 15 of the insects were found on the extreme northwest perimeter pe-rimeter of the area, he said. The traps will be a relative permanent per-manent fixture in the Orem area for a while. Clint Burfitt SURVEY ENTOMOLOGIST WITH THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD "Eighty-three percent of the Japanese beetles were captured in 55 traps located around the hospital," he said. Based on those trap counts, Burfitt said the beetle bee-tle populations will continue to be decimated in Orem though some areas may require more treatments in coming years. He said it's too early to tell if the infested infest-ed Orem neighborhoods will require another year or two of treatments. "The traps will be a relative rela-tive permanent fixture in the Orem area for a while," Burfitt said. Manning is pleased with the progress of the beetle eradication campaign. Orem's treatment zone, he said, at approximately 600 acres, is the largest attempted attempt-ed eradication effort against the Japanese beetle in the United States. Burfitt and Manning said the key contribution residents resi-dents can make now is to continue to bag any and all green waste including grass clippings, plants, and tree branches because the adult beetles are still very active. "If I cut down a couple of trees and hauled them away, I'd been taking beetles out of the treatment area," Burfitt said, and potentially spreading spread-ing the infestation to unaffected unaf-fected areas. "We need to think about containment and not transporting any green waste." Residents who locate Japanese beetles outside of the Orem treatment zone (between State Street, 400 South, 800 North and 1200 West) are asked to contact the Utah Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture and Food at (801) 538-7100 or a USU Extension Office agent in Utah County at 851-8460. smajBMM |
